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Show N \ W S Spanish Fork Covering ivhat matters most WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 2008 • A3 Easter egg hunt held What's in From FLOUR • A2 'Round and About Benjamin Kathleen Olson catsup bottle? Sorry to have missed a couple of weeks — but there is nothing like a little shoulder surgery to inhibit a lot of things, including writing a news column. I'm glad to be back even if this may be a bit brief. • There and Back Again Sliirlene R. Ottesen Your laugh for the week: "A tough old cowboy once counseled his grandson that if he wanted to live a long life, the secret was to sprinkle a pinch of gunpowder on his oatmeal every morning. The grandson did this religiously and lived to the age of 110. He left four children, 20 grandchildren, 10 great-greatgrandchildren and a fifty-foot hole where the crematorium used to be." When I die, I'm sure that my children will probably speak at my funeral. They will have all kinds of little tidbits to share about their mother. I'm going to steal a little thunder from them right now and admit one of my habits that I'm sure they would delight in telling you about. I put water in the catsup bottle! Now this isn't earthshattering news, but it is something that I do and I can't help it. When the bottle is almost empty and, if I can't empty it completely, I put a little in it, give it a few good to get all of it off the and bottom of the bottle. when our kids would see there wasn't much left in .bottle, they were careful Itipping the bottle because |they knew that it was £oing to come out a little runny. A few times, one wouldn't be paying close attention and after a considerable amount had escaped on to their potatoes or hamburger, they announced the warning, "Be careful — Mom put water in the catsup bottle!" Another habit of mine is to keep the string off feed sacks, seed sacks or the sacks that we buy milk replacer in. Why not? It's good string. Everybody needs a supply of string. It might be in shorter lengths, but it still comes in handy. Well, these are things that I learned during the Depression. It was taught, reinforced and part of everyday living. Nothing was wasted. Recycling is not a new idea. When we had an article of clothing that had a rip or a tear or a hole, it was patched so it could still be worn. Patches were even patched. When the clothing was worn beyond use, the buttons or zipper was cut out arid the rest of the fabric was cut into strips and then sewn together. The strips of fabric were rolled into balls and kept until there was enough to weave into rugs. We have been a throwaway society for many years and I think the time has come to adopt some of the practices used by our grand- and greatgrandparents. "Use it up, wear it out. make it do or do without!" One of my big pet peeves are children who don't and won't eat the crust on their bread. The day may be coming that they will be grateful to eat a crust of bread. Have a good week. Again we welcome another new month! • "What means the most to my wife Judy I when it comes to our business is • and satisfied customers. We are determined I • • • • • • • I I • I I I I • • I I • • • • • • • 44 4t My thanks to these valued customers for sharing their experience -Cary Robarge I I I I I I • I I I Ed VanLeeuwen Lana Hiskey • « • The annual Benjamin Community baster ligg Hunt took place on Saturday, March 22, 2008 at the Benjamin Park. Many eager egg hunters were lined up with their baskets and ready for the opening whistle at 9 a.m.. at which time they made quick work of finding the scattered eggs and returning them for the wailing prizes. Becauseof the generous donations of prizes or money from Benjamin citizens, every child received something. By 9:20 a.m., the park was once again silent, as the activity was over and done with in record time. Those who helped with the set up and making sure every child got a prize were Pat Swenson, James and Janean King, Vernon Marshall, Michelle Anderson. Val Hogan, and Blair and Kathleen Olsen. ••• With the death of Iris Finlayson Beekstrom Hggeilsen, Benjamin has lost one of its very choice citizens. Iris died on Tuesday, March 11, 2008 in Spanish Fork Funeral services for her were held on Monday, March 17. 2008 at the Benjamin Church with burial in the Benjamin Cemetery. Iris gave many hours in service to others and enjoyed a multitude of friends. It was always a delight to YJMI her in her lovely home where one fell welcome any time. - To Dale and Holly Bceksirom and their sons of Benjamin and the families of Garth, Anita, Barbara, and Maureen, plus the extended Beekstrom family, we offer our condolences. Iris will long be remembered in our community. Even though winter is still trying to make itself known, it is spring, and that brings stock shows, including the Benjamin 4-H Livestock Show scheduled for Saturday, April 26, 2008 at Browns' Arena on the north side of Payson. Club members are reminded of a club meeting set for Thursday evening, April 3. 2008 at 7 p.m. at the Benjamin Church. Parents are urged to also attend with their children. Officers for this year include Tyler Gait. President; Katlyn Urmston, Vice President; Braden Beekstrom, Secretary; Jenna Anderson. Beef Chairman; Wyatt Peay, Lamb Chairman; and Cooper Gall, Swine Chairman. Leaders of the club are Wendell and Janna Lee Williams and David and Tammy Peay. don't go out and panic buy everything on the shelves! As I have said all along, sit down with your family and make-a plan to build your food supply. Think about what you eat, dissect the recipes and figure out how much food you need for three months, six months and then a year. Next, buy a variety of food. Don't just buy one whole years worth of one item at a time. Buy a variety of items, because if you haven't completed building your food storage, and you end up having to live off of it, then eating that one item for a week, let alone three months or longer, is going to get really tiresome — not to mention unhealthy. Make sure that you use what you are buying and make sure that it gets rotated. We consciously eat because we get pleasure, from it (some of us more than others), but the real purpose of eating is to give your bodies the proper nutrition that it needs to stay healthy. If the food that you are eating is so old that it is nutritionally devoid, it might fill your belly, but you will* be malnourished. We have been talking in this article about building our food storage and being prepared for about two years now. I am really hoping that you have been, slowly but surely, building your food storage, thinking about what you need in a crisis, learning what your needs are versus your wants and thinking about the health and safety of your family's future. I that everyone who walks through or door has a positive experience. Our current customer satisfaction rating stands 99.93%. We know we're not perfect, but we fre working on it." I I Don't panic: Dana Robinson • • • I I I I YOUR FACE HERE Dale and Susan Phelps I I I I I I Customer Satisfaction Rating I I I I I Exceptional Care, Collision Repair 798-1967 • 570 SOUTH MAIN ST. • SPANISH FORK I You could be the next satisfied customer! 97.86 % Star, A Largest Day !j Spa in Utah l\ Utah Valley's Tours Cupcakery RELAX #|SlEFRESH RENEW Mother's Day Makeover ... , . . ..{^,_;c "Thank you Primrose Retreat! I've gotten more attention in the last two weeks than in the. last ten years. " - Claire'^ u ' . 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