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Show Guardian of Your Community News WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2010 • A3 Honoring Mountain View quarterly volunteers Mountain View Hospital Volunteer Auxiliary is pleased to announce the names of four Volunteers who were chosen as Volunteer of the Quarter for 2009. These volunteers have spent countless hours of service assisting the patients, employees and guests of Mountain View Hospital. LouDene Perry was the first Volunteer to be chosen for 2009. LouDene has been a Volunteer since 1997. For many years she gave tours through the hospital to children of all ages. She served on the Scholarship Committee and enjoyed attending the Awards Assemblies at local high schools. She is well known throughout the community. LouDene serves at the Hospital Information desk, always smiling and willing to help. She has crocheted numerous hats and baby shawls for the delight of hospital patients. LouDene was married to Rex Perry (deceased) and is the proud mother to Bart, Gina and Fran. She has ten grandchildren and one great-grandchild and enjoys spending time with her family and friends. JoAnn Madsen was the second Volunteer to be honored. Prior to her retirement, JoAnn was a Mountain View Hospital employee for twenty eight years. After her retirement, it didn't take long for JoAnn to realize that Mountain View Hospital was home. She began her Volunteer career in 1996. For the past forty one years she has been a friend, co-worker, and Volunteer at Mountain View Hospital. JoAnn has served in various capacities throughout the hospital and can now be found at the Information Desk. JoAnn is married to Jake Madsen and they are the parents of five children: Brenda, Jan, Elaine, Jerry (deceased) and Val. Jake and JoAnn have nine grandchildren and eighteen greatgrandchildren. LouDene Perry JoAnn Madsen Diana Williams Shirley Park For the third quarter of 2009, Diana Williams of Woodland Hills, Utah was chosen. Diana has been a hospital Volunteer for the past nine years and serves at the Information Desk. Diana is very talented and loves to sing. Before moving to Utah, Diana and her husband Robert lived in Mesa, Ariz. Diana was very active in musical theatre where she played leading roles in many musicals. When ill health caused her to be hospitalized for three months, she resolved that when their children were grown she would become a hospital volunteer to give back for all the care she had received during that time. She kept her promise and continues to serve. Robert and Diana have three sons: Scott, Cris, and Rex. They have eight grandchildren. They also serve as Volunteers forBYU. Shirley Park of Payson was chosen for the fourth quarter of 2009. Shirley worked for NRP of Nephi for twenty three years. After retirement she decided to become a hospital Volunteer. For the past six years she has served in the hospital Gift Shop. She is often referred to as the Volunteer with the beautiful hair and impeccable taste. Shirley is married to Steven Park and they are the parents of two children: Brandon & Chantelc. They also have six grandchildren. They enjoy traveling and visiting new places. All of these Volunteers have something in common. They are willing to serve their fellow man. We express our appreciation for their hard work and commitment to iVlountain View Hospital. Please join us in congratulating all of the recipients. Cleaning up Christmas Fine Arts Ball There and Back Again Shirlene R. Ottesen You might be a Redneck if ... you bring more home from the dump than you took. Have you noticed that the days are getting a little longer? It seems good to have some daylight at 5 o'clock in the afternoon. It's still plenty cold and I'm hoping for a "January thaw." The other morning it was one of those "frosty" mornings and I had to admit it was pretty. Scraggly, bare trees boasted a white, sparkly appearance and even the barbed wire fences had a new look. If you have to work outside in these kind of temperatures it's quite another story, but when you're in a warm house looking outside it's really pretty. I have been putting my Christmas decorations away and although it hasn 't been a huge job, it seems like it has taken a lot of time. That's the story of my life lately, I can still do a lot of tilings, it just takes much longer to accomplish them. I remember a report on tv a few years ago about this lady that had 16 trees in her house and I wondered, "how does she do it?" It's all I can do to do two trees. And, where does she keep it all? How does she know what tree goes in what room and the decorations, lights and extension cords that go with all of it? I'll bet her home is beautiful, but I'll just do what I can do and that's it. There's a popular saying right now "It is what it is" and Til be content with that. I had to smile as I was putting some of the stuff away. Do you have certain decorations that go in certain boxes and have been that way for years? I have two Justin Boot boxes that I use and I can't tell you how many years it has been since I have purchased Justin cowboy boots! A lot. I use one for Christmas tags and the other for small pieces of paper, like the end of a roll. But it makes it easier to keep track of the tags and paper. I know just what box they are in. For years I decorated the fireplace in my other house with lighted garland and single poinsettias and I always kept it in a cheese box. Our dairy co-op would give boxes containing a variety of cuts of cheese and I liked the box so I have kept it all these years. And then there is the problem with village sets or figurines that go in a box with that styrofoam lining that has an opening where they fit just perfectly. Maybe once in a while I can get them to fit back in the way they should go, but more often than not, I just have to toss the original box and re-wrap them my way. Who makes those things anyway? I still have the lights and bows to take off the front fence, but the long extension cord to light them up is buried in the snow on my front lawn and seems to be frozen there, so I guess it will be a while before I can put all of that away. I am still finding Christmas items in some of my rooms. I think I have gathered them all up and then find something else. I also have the wreath on the outside of my house to take down, but I don't know what to put up in it's place so I guess it will stay for a while, at least until we start celebrating Valentine's day. This is also the time of the year when the IRS sends out all the pamphlets, forms and reminders about income taxes that will be coming due. I would think that the revenues will be down significantly this year. Some people may have stayed fairly steady in their income, but I think many more will have less to report. Hope is a comforting and wonderful word. I'm sure we're all hoping for the economy to improve, world conditions to calm down, and any personal or family concerns to be resolved with a positive outcome. The dictionary says that hope is: a feeling that what is wanted will happen; a person or thing from which something is hoped; to want and expect. Hope is something like faith and confidence and optimism. Only time will tell, but may we always have hope for without it life would be very difficult. My wish for all of us is that we maintain a degree of hope during this coming New Year. Courtesy photo FINE ARTS BALL: The Spanish Fork city royalty invites members of the community to a Royal Fine Arts Ball, Thursday, Jan. 21 from 7-9 p.m. at the Chillon, 710 East Center, St. Spanish Fork. The event wilt feature dancing, artwork and entertainment by local artists. Admission is free, but donations will be accepted for fine arts programs at Spanish Fork schools. Jr. Miss Courtesy photo SCHOOL VISITS: Spanish Fork/Salem Junior Miss Ginelle Jack visited Salem and Foothills Elementary schools in December and taught the 5th grade classes about the Jr. Miss Be Your Best Self Program. The students learned the five attributes of becoming their best, received bookmarks, and set goals. Madison's Avenue by "Big Al" and "Farnzy" "Well,... I can't tell a lie Ringo." |