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Show 2 ?pl- - J1 IMPAfNO GOSfTrME S-- ;. ,? October 6, 2010 ;:' .,,,,., -- ,i i fc I' fcy Marcella Walker What a beautiful fall sea-son we have had so far! I hope it lasts forever. I am not a great winter person. I never have been. But I tolerated it better when I was younger and especially when I was real young and liked to ice skate and sleigh ride all the time. If it wasn't that we need the moisture out here in this dry desert I would petition that we do away with Winter entirely and go straight from Fall to Spring. Anyone agree? But we do need the water and so as we watch the beautiful flowers wilt and the crops slow on the vine and the birds head South, I will try not to moan about it too much and let Winter come with all its slush and snow and cold weather. On several occasions this past summer I have talked with some of the so called "Snow Birds" who fly South for the winter with their trailers and campers to get away from all of the cold weather here in Utah, especially Northern Utah. Some of them just head for one place in Arizona or Califor-nia and others spend some time in both places. I don't blame them. But I would hate to live in a trailer so much, as even a nice trailer is not as big as a home and I like space. However, I wouldn't mind taking a break now and then to the warmer areas of the West. We have discussed it but have never tried it. We like going to BYU football and basketball games in the Fall and Winter and I like being snug in a well heated- home with a full sized furnace, etc. Last year in September we took a week long jaunt to Southern California and I en-joyed every minute of it. The weather was warm and there was a lot of things to do. I think I could get hooked on that and if we had the money I could stay down there for quite some time. The whole thing boils down, though, to the fact that I don't like to be gone from my kids and grandkids for any long length of time. A few days is fine but after that I want to have the young ones around to talk to, play games with, and watch their ball games here in the city. Now we even have a great-grands- right here in Pleasant Grove and he is grow-ing by the day and I don't want to miss that. Really, the only down side to winter is the cold, the slushy streets, and the short days and long nights. I like to be out and about all the seasons of the year and in winter it is very hard when you only have such'a few hours of sunlight (sometimes called "daylight") every day. Life is more cheerful when we have long sunny days and no snow. But in the desert where we live here we have to get the water sometime and if it must come from snow and sleet in the winter, then I guess that is the way it is. But I do hope it does not start in too soon with the ice and snow. How about December 25 for a starter! '.If. "f- -" si ' - ' n - - minor tailoring needed, but you can always do it. It takes work to find that dress and time, but when it is on it is the most joyous event! Your heart is filled with excitement, there are smiles and laughter. You feel gorgeous and beautiful. You feel like the princess you al-ways wanted to be. So don't give up on life. Don't give up on struggling to find out who you are and those things that you want out of life. And once you find out what those are, don't lose sight of them, keep working. In the end you will be able to look back and smile so big at the end product. You will realize you accom-plished and found everything you wanted. You had the best life you could have for you or the best dress! by Marissa Walker This weekend I got the chance to go wedding dress shopping! There are so many stores to go to, so many styles to choose from, so many colors, types, sizes, so many choices and so little time. My mom came along and it was fun looking and deciding with her as my counselor. I fi-nally arrived at a conclusion and I am so ecstatic!!! It is breath-taking and everything I ever wanted. This can be applied to many aspects of life and life itself. As we grow up and continue to grow, we find ourselves faced with many decisions. There are so many different "shops," "col-ors," "types," and "styles" to choose from. I know as I have grown I have gone to many different shops, I have tried on differ-ent styles, different colors, and types. Although it can be tiring, the end result is what matters. Even now I am faced with decisions on what to do with my life, what job. We are all faced with the decisions on who to be and what you like and don't like, what you stand for, and what you are going to do. You have to try out different things until you re-alize exactly what you want, un-til you put on that perfect dress and see clearly your vision. And you always have people there to counsel with you. Like my mom, who helped me pick out my perfect dress, they are there to help guide you along life and to find exactly what you were looking for. There may be some Life is beautiful. The choices we have to make are wonderful. They are exciting and although hard, they are worth it. Don't give up and enjoy the process! Thoughts From The Garden... by Tonya LeMone "Striving for success without hard work is like trying to har-vest where you haven't planted" Fall is here, officially, and I know this because it says so on the calendar and it is a bit chilly in the mornings and requires an extra layer when I walk. But, the mornings are so fresh, cool, crisp and energizing. Fall in Utah cannot be beat. Well, fall leaf-peepi- in Vermont is pretty spectacular, too. But, we should not dismiss our Alpine loop that is almost at peak. So I hope you have taken the time to make the one hour drive around the loop and open the windows, turn the music up loud and feel fall, it is at your fingertips. With fall, of course, comes a lot of hard work canning, drying, and freezing for our winter storage. Hopefully, most of you have been harvesting for some time now. But as the above quote indicates, if you didn't plant, you will not har-vest. Pretty simple concept many do not get until it is too late. I am picking tomatoes like crazy and the few heirlooms I have are absolutely out of this world. But, a tomato without basil, olive oil and mozzarella is just a tomato and some days that is all I want, just a tomato. If you want more than just a tomato, try some of the pes-to'- s. I always thought pesto was made only with basil, but as I have done research for a class, pesto can be made from almost any herb and combined with meat, vegetables or bread and become an unimaginable concert to the pallet especially when fall has past and we are in the dead of winter with no hope of spring. Now is the time to make your pestos for the winter. They can be made and frozen for winter use very easily and the beautiful thing about freezing your pestos is the flavors con-tinue to keep their freshness and colors hold well also. 1 usually just dry my herbs on a drying rack, strip them from their stems and place in jars for winter use. But this year, I am going to do a variety of pestos for the freezer as well. I'm placing them in small containers and will thaw them out to use on sandwich es, crackers or combine in sauces for pasta or top meat for added flavors. My new favorite pesto is cilantro. It is so good topped on grilled chicken or as a condiment to a sandwich or quesadilla. If cilantro is not your favorite flavor, try parsley or combining parsley and basil together. Here are two of my new favorites, but don't limit your-self. Experiment and have fun and make sure you save plenty for the freezer, after all, real success does take hard work and your's will soon come to an end when the harvest ends and we start to read the new seed catalogs. Cilantro Pesto; 2 cups cilantro leaves 4 spinach leaves 1 tablespoon pine nuts (optional) 3 cloves garlic 3 tablespoons Parmesan cheese 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice 14 cup olive oil Salt and freshly ground pepper Place all ingredients in a food processor and process until , smooth. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Parsley Pesto 2 cloves garlic 2 cups packed, stemmed Italian parsley Course salt 14 cup walnuts (optional) 12 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese, or to taste 23 cup olive oil Salt and pepper In a food processor place the garlic, parsley, pinch salt, walnuts, and cheese. Process until they form a paste. Gradu-ally blend in olive oil, taste adjust your seasoning if necessary. Great with pasta, poultry, vegetables and rice. See you in the garden "Cool Clear Water" , ,. ,,. moved the starting point to the Lehi area. We have been so very fortunate this growing season to have enough water to meet the needs of our people. Even Deer Creek is relatively full for this time of year. There were concerns early in the year that this would be a poor water year but it turned out to be a good one. Battle Creek and Grove Creek, as well as water from American Fork Canyon were good streams. Last Friday the Pleasant Grove Irrigation Board met to review the progress made during the past year and look to the new year. With the official irrigation season over, the water master can now fly south to Arizona for a well deserved rest and a warmer climate during the cold winter months we will have here in Utah. Art Estes and his assistant, Billy Joe, have done a remarkable job shepherding the irrigation water to the various destinations in our community. As boys we would go peddling fruit with our Grandfather Bezzant. I remember well some of the irrigation water we would see in various communities and think how dirty it looked compared to the crystal clear water we irrigated with in Pleasant Grove. I felt sorry for the people who had to use that muddy looking water. Worse still was to think they had to drink that water after it had been treated when we got to drink water that was so clear and cool right off the slopes of Mount Timpanogos. How fortunate are we! As we prepare for the first frosts of October, it must be said that this year people in our community have raised some of the finest fresh fruits and vegetables you could find anywhere in the world. We ought to be very grateful that we were spared major flooding and hail storms that have damaged so many crops here in America and around the world. Soon it will be time once again to cast our ballots during the general election. We are so fortunate to live in such a great country and state. Political campaigns are difficult at best. For the most part good people chose to run for office. Let's hope that the good people in our communities participate and vote when the time comes. Good people can have honest differences of opinion and that is okay. The bad part is all the mudslinging that goes on. Here are two classic examples. Governor Herbert suggested his opponent didn't support public schools because he sends his kids to a private Catholic school. The simple fact is that the Carroons are Catholic and want their children to have a religiously oriented experience in school. The Carroons are strong supporters of public education and I respect the fact that they want their children to have a strong Catholic upbringing. Carroon's call for more math and science is also not an attack on LDS seminary but it does impact the numbers who could take seminary. I have known Governor Herbert for decades and this man is as honest as the day is by Mark Bezzant The official irrigation season is over and the Murdock Canal is empty. Local farmers have cut their last crop of hay and the unifsually warm weather last week was perfect for drying the last crop. We are so fortunate to have so many good farmers still left in the area. Work will begin on the massive piping of the canal this fall. Originally they were to have started near Battle Creek here in Pleasant Grove but long. The last thing he would be doing is trading state contracts for political contributions. There is no "pay for play" going on in the Herbert administration. These high level people get briefings from staff all the time regarding their appointments. When I was an executive at Utah Valley University, we would brief the president all the time regarding appointments he would be having with people, who he didn't know very well. It was a simple matter of keeping the CEO informed. The average person has no idea of the demands made on these people. The simple fact is that the system works if the people get r.-- "Bezzant" continued on page 3 - --Oi : T 1MPAN0G0S Tl.vlES SU;BSCRIPTI()N i , Name: Check Check amount: i Make check payable lo "Timpanogos Times" . i Mailing Address: CC 1 1 1 year $40 ,2 year $77 3 year $113 4 year $152 Exp. Date CC Billing Zip. , All credit card subscriptions will be shredded 1 Mail to: 11 S. 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