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Show JuLy 13, 1999 PAGE 6 MissHolm Wagears satcup hto Emily ve es up her title, move on she received her prize-a $1, 000 scholarship. But Holmes doesn’t seem to mind the wait-it’s been a fun trip. By JEAN CROASMUN LIFESTYLES EDITOR| HEBER - Emily Holmes is preparing to trade her crown in on a check. As the reigning Miss Wasatch County, Holmes, who will ceremoniously pass her crown on to the next Miss Wasatch County Saturday night, had to finish her year of pageant-winner obligations before Holmes, the second in her family to hold the title “Miss Wasatch County,” earned the crown last year after wowing the judges and audience with her poise and talent. Since then, she’s been going non- stop. In al oe addition to performing pageant-related duties, such as reigning over the Wasatch County Fair Days, going to livestock shows, singing at Arts in the Park, and performing for Swiss Days, As a final Miss Wasatch County duty, Holmes will choreograph, emcee and perform at this weekend’s Miss Wasatch County pageant. busy. -- “It was a lot of work,” says Holmes now as her life returns somewhat to normal, if work- ing at Wasatch Mountain State Park, living on bl a dairy farm, and emceing and choreographing the Miss Wasatch County pageant can be. called normal. “Plus I had to prepare for the Miss Utah pageant,” she says. arts do touch our minds and spirits.” Holmes is no stranger to competition, having been. an attendant to Miss Wasatch County twice prior to being crowned. She’s also competed in Miss Utah, Miss Utah — State University, and, with the Suffolk Sheep she raised, But for now, Holmes ribbons. in ie manure.” Academy. ~ Holmes’ duties extended past the livestock aid the county After coming off a year that included graduating from Utah State University and serving as Miss Wasatch County, Holmes looks forward to taking the rest of 1999 easy on her parents’ dairy farm. ic gatherings; she also had to choose a community-service platform for the year. “I chose cultural arts awareness as my platform,” say Holmes, herself an opera It? Local Community vs. Commercial a HEIMBURGER . CONTRIBUTING COLUMNIST _ er j : ‘ies was a time: when the mountains surrounding Heber. Valley were considered a barrier. There were no highways for easy access; no subdivisions providing shelter from -the- weather they helped to create. Towering above the valley through all the season, they - the mountains - forced isolation upon Native Americans, mountain men and the first Mormon settlers that pushed through Provo Canyon. Isolation has always required a certain state of mind to deal with. te ae To be sure, with isolation often comes solitude - a precious commodity in today’s crowded world. There are stories of Heber and fishing Valley as sacred hunting ground; point of rendezvous, gift of God to a ‘devoted people. It is not difficult to imagine ‘the awe.of the early settlers emerging from a narrow canyon to see the Provo River meandering through the mag* ical valley we now call home. No, there is no doubt that most of us — are still in awe of our chosen residence. The question is whether or not that. awe : 2 propels us to see out valley as a community of merely as a commodity. Conventional thinking suggests that use to complain about cat calls, those oral -outcries released from the mouths of some _feral men when they see a female in a pair of shorts, or jeans or a muu muu, to my boyfriend back in high school. All men in — - Texas, where I lived at the time, border on — feral—uncultured, uncivilized, often unbathed. My boyfriend would then answer - that I would be twice as upset if they didn’t cat call me, as if the male hormonal whistle were some sort of validation of beauty, a nice accessory to wear when you’re single in the . south where ugly girls don’t get married. pe | I bring this up because in the past week, By JEAN CROASMUN | I’ve been cat-called a handful of times while fe doing sexy activities like gardening, putting Courier LirestyLe Eprror ~_out the trash, or cleaning the. litter box, in my see CALLS on pases9 there can be little distinction between the. two. Is not uncommon to hear our citizens and elected leaders say “Well, change is coming and there’s nothing we can do about it. We might as well get used to it.” In some; there is an unspoken suggestion that “getting used to it” means profiting - from it - a kind of ‘if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em’ logic meant fo show empathy just before the sell-out. Yes, for some the see COMMUNITY on page 7 ae BY MatTTHEW : “When I was an aiteraain I fa it for the schotishif money,” says Holmes. “Later I decided I wanted the scholarship money and I wanted to win.” And win she did. ee Is yt LL | | " HE WL LLL| Holmes won numerous 4-H even the dirty work.. “It’s.kind of funny, get-.. is taking a much-deserved break from the compelllivg ting [Miss Wasatch County and her attendants] aypna. z out there at the livestock Shows. . ‘Some of the - Now Holmes i is ‘eoncentrating ¢ onPverting into sfaduat! girls don’t like it, but I live on a dairy farm,” : shea to further her vocal performance studies and waitHolmes says, “80 I’m used to walking around eas to return ae the Air F orce ing for her ! IIT UUUIOG But Holmes wouldn’t trade any of it, not singer. Holmes visited elementary schools and performed at public gatherings touting the benefits of cultural arts and performing an original operetta version of Peter Pan. Of her experience, Holmes says, “I was reassured that the sescritemcaetReRan ee sennasitccaiee ene LA ileal Holmes also had school to contend with. As a full-time student, and now a recent graduate of Utah State University, Holmes found herself o ac amet CMMIat | Lifestyles Reel 2 Reel 1 Tarzan Wild, Wild West 2:30pm. 4:45 7:00 PG-13, 1:47 min. 9:10. “7:30. 9:30 |. 5:30 pa. |» Fri-Tues at 3:30 p.m. |