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Show Vernal Exprest Wednesday, August 1, 1990 15 Rural Life By Dr. Val Farmer A motivational secret: deadlines make it happen : f J ;y y ' f ' . j Blanche & Gale Pitchford Pitchford celebrate 50th ivedding anniversary Gale and Blanche Pitchford were married December 14, 1940 in Randlett. To honor them for their Golden Wedding Anniversary, an openhouse will be given at the St. James Social Hall Aug. ,5 at 5 p.m. A program including family members mem-bers will begin at 7 p.m. Mr. Pitchford has been employed with American Gilsonite. Ke likes to collect arrowheads and go fish- Vernal Woman wins "A" division racquetball tournament Most athletes train themselves from childhood, gaining sports skills through programs at school, later advancing to win state trophies and then maybe a shot at the pros, For Shcli Bodily of Vernal, four years is all the time it took. Bodily recently traveled to American Fork to win first place in Tri-Cilics 1990 Women's "A" Division racquetball tournament, a state-wide competition sponsored by the American Amateur Racquetball Association. "I first started playing racquetball just after I had my first child," she said. "A friend of mine from Roosevelt introduced mc to the sport." Bodily said she quickly lost 35 pounds and decided to suck with the game. She has been a faithful player at the Vernal Athletic Club ever since, practicing at least three times each week with "whoever is down there." Because few women have turned out for the local racquetball competitions, compe-titions, Bodily said she has been playing in the men's league which hasn't been bad for her game. "It's good to play people who are better than you arc and most of the men are "A" playm," she said. "I'm glad they have put tip with mc." Attending an intense, three-day workshop taught by professional racquetball player, Sieve Stfatemo Of Calif., hat also helped Bodily hnnc Iter skills. "It was because be-cause founJ out uhal wc were diing wrung and huw to apply what C learned UJ helping cutr game," she said. IiKuura;:rd by hrr win in Amcfuan I'mk, BivMy has set a gaal for bet self, "1 want trt be play-V'ft play-V'ft the qvn by the end vt 0m caf. PARENTS Does yowf O-a isi-jr-i o '..'.? Doc a yoyr s i t-n:-s to re t.v,? Dcrjwr W4 t.o-p"a .1 cf t'urw'-tJi Kxg at bQ (' '!)"',Y6 fit tcool? SEITZ KYKCAKI !5 re""'" t 3 v- 15 r, off lenses & frames ."-o- rt t ! ' T f f in j u Arts? S j I .r- i fc i mg. Mrs. Pitchford has beV.n ployed with the Forest Service and the Utah Drivers License agency. Her hobbies are painting, knitting and sewing. The Pitchfords children include: Bob, Betty, Jim, Loreen, Terry, David, Rocky and Marie. They also have 25 grandchildren and two great- grandchildren. em- Sheli Bodily If I win one more "A" tournament, I have to move on to the next level to compete anyway." Some good athletic advice Bodily said she would offer is to warm up before playing and always wear goggles. "Racquetball is just like anything else. If you go in cold, you can get hurt," she said. Eye protection protec-tion is critical because "if you're hit in the eye you can be blinded instantly. in-stantly. Even my seven-year-old knows that when you play, you wear goggles." Bodily s;iid she is currently looking look-ing for a gtxx! partner for her next competition the doubles nationals nation-als to be held October 24-28 at the Sporw Mall in Salt Like City. Air force officer serving in Korea Air Torcc U Col. Gary Wilkins arrived for duly in South Korea. He U the commander of the 8th Mission Support Squadron. Wilkin t the son Of Tote and Shulcy Wilkin of Vernal. I lis wife, N.kIj, U lfc daughter of Lindsay and Julia Rawlins of Lxiston, t'tah. lliC colonel graduated in l(fi9 fnwti L'intah tbph Scluml ami re-tnvrj re-tnvrj ma:.icii degree in 1981 fnun Po'.ton Univrrsiiy. :1 . ....-a3 1 f - f . nLTEflfW HIGH SCHOOL REUNION for ell MudenH mho hove t uer attended from 1934-1951. Cott $12.00. to: nrdo Montrittd P.O. Bom 8 lepolnt, UT 84039 bg Rug. lit Dane at Senior Citizen's Center In flooieuelt Hugutt 10. Dinner end vititinrj Dugutt 1 1 et Neois Tark 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Local Dentist Retiring After practicing dentistry in Vernal for ;if) ycar, Dr. U.K. Murri h retiring. He vi?lic3 to thank his many friendn and paticnti for their support and friendship. ,iifeiwi&,iaa&8i,afcW, Raie & David Clark Clarks celebrate Golden Wedding Anniversary David V. and Raie Clark of Vcmal will be honored in celebration of their Golden Anniversary Aug. 3 at the Maeser Stake Center at 2745 West 1000 North at 8 p.m. The Clarks were married Aug. 1, 1940 in Vernal, and have lived in several homes around the Uintah Basin. Mr. Clark has been employed as a miner as well as the owner and operator of a restaurant and working with Wycoff Delivery. Mrs. Clark is talented at making gifts for her family, fam-ily, which includes 19 grandchildren and four great- grandchildren. The yNews from Naples by Ada Openshaw 789-3145 Caldwells and Oisens have Nevada guests Susan Weaver and family of Mcsquitc, Ncv. spent the past week visiting her sister, Brcnda Olscn and her parents, Kcdric and Freda Caldwell. Major and Carlie Williams and son of Downey, Calif, were visitors during the week with Carlic's sister, Vcrgic Gee and other relatives. They left Saturday to return home. Wanda Jones and daughter, Rhea McCourt of Wellington visited with their sister, Rcva Ruppc and their brother, La Veil Simmons last Friday. Holly Baker and children traveled to Provo Thursday to spend a few days with her parents, Duanc and Barbara Hcndrickscn. They returned Sunday. Mac Hcmsuilk of Oravillc, Calir. is visiting with her sisters, Ellen Gardiner and Vera Olscn, as well as her brother, Ken Barker. Val and Kaiherinc Harrison came from Bountiful Saturday to attend their class reunion. Linda Olscn and daughter, Rachel, arrived from Daytown, Texas Sunday evening to spend a couple weeks in Naples Willi Charles and I lacl Olscn. Brad Haslcm went to Provo Sunday afternoon to visit his sisters, Karen Cook and Caryl Ann Scastrand. He returned home Monday. Lwny and Joy Kay y eni to Salt Like City Friday to sec their new grandson txirti July 24 lo Paul and Ixslic Kay. The new baby vwll c named Benjamin Michael Kay. hours she has taken to make these gifts are much appreciated and the gifts are treasured by her family. Hobbies of the couple include camping and taking care of their home, children and small farm. The children of David V. and Raie Clark include: Mrs. Merrill (Judy) Adams, Mrs. Nolan (Pam) Jackson, Morgan and Gloria Clark, and Mrs. Gerald (Pat) Abplanalp of Vernal; Mrs. Jay (Janet Knudson of Dallas, Texas and Corey Clark of Salt Lake City. News from Whiterocks by Virginia Ferguson 353- 4584 Birchells and Rasmussen visit Lake Chapeta Kay Rasmussen, with her sister and husband, Sharon and Norman Birchcll, spent last weekend at Lake Chapeta on a fishing trip. Laura Rac Ann,.Mariah, Erma and Emily Mooscman, Christy Dickey, Tracy Pike and Audry Robb were among those attending Girls' Camp last week in Uinuih Canyon. Skits, games, campfirc songs and other activities took place. Members of the American Search Dogs Organization met at the home of Ron Morrill for a workout. A total to-tal of 12 handlers with their dogs were present. Blayne and Valois Morrill drove to Provo last weekend. Don and Ednal Simmons, along with daughter, Ulecta Mullins, traveled trav-eled to Salt Lake City to keep a medical appointment of Don's. Chcric Dickey and children spent four days in Salt Lake City and stayed with daughter, Janna. TAKE IT WITH YOU AND SAVE Bargains galore In the Vernal Express 789 3511 m y va it If Custom arrangements beginning ot'15 "V fx "Mr iu-c I People will change only when the perceived consequences of changing seem less painful than the perceived consequences of not changing. Fear of the unknown is overcome by an even greater fear of what will happen hap-pen if nothing is done. Work expands to the amount of time available to complete the job. Work that is easy or fun is put ahead of important work that is hard and painful. As long as we don't know where we are going, no one can fault us for not getting there. The less specific our plans and commitments, the less we will be held accountable. It is easier to do the work by yourself your-self than to take the time to train and supervise someone else. Delegation requires human relations, rela-tions, skills in communication, trust, teamwork, and shared goals. Delegation is hard. Without a plan, goals are just dreams. Procrastination is the death of great plans. Without plans, goals remain beyond reach and dreams remain re-main dreams. A friend of mine asked me what was my secret to being be-ing motivated. I gave what must have been a rather lofty but empty answer. My wife heard it and wasn't satisfied. The next day she came up with an answer that satisfied her. Deadlines. I respond to deadlines. I wish I could say I am an exception excep-tion to those rules of human nature listed abovc.that I am a highly disciplined, dis-ciplined, self-starting person who is motivated by compelling goals. I can't My wife was right The answer an-swer is deadlines. Having deadlines implies that there are real problems with real consequences. This is not play. This is serious. If a deadline isn't respected, re-spected, something bad will happen or something good won't happen. If there is no deadline, no pressure, no urgency, then how important is the problem, anyway? If it can be postponed post-poned indefinitely, then it probably isn't that important. When something is expected of us, if our effort is needed, wc strive hard to measure up. Deadlines define de-fine what is required of us. If wc have deadlines, wc cither respond or wc don't That is better than not being be-ing needed or not having a worthwhile worth-while task to do. People can have deadlines and still feel unhappy and unimportant This happens when the deadlines that arc imposed upon them do not reflect their personal aspirations. Much of life is survival; people do what is necessary, not what they really re-ally want to do. People do hard Gorge-Us The Flaming Gorge Ranger District will welcome 5,fXX) Boy Scouts from across the suite in the first ever Gorgc-Us Getaway Encampment at Antelope Hat Campground Aug. 8-11. Due to the encampment. Antelope IT.it Campground and boatramp will be closed to family and group camping Aug. 3-12. The encampment expects to feature fea-ture such dignitaries as Sen. Orrm Hatch, Jake Gam and povsibly Governor Norman Bang crier. r n nam a , s in Occasions . . . . f v::i J 709-0930 things and go through hard times simply because they have to. Uninvited troubles and problems can be just as powerful as the ones we choose for ourselves. Life is such that there are plenty of challenges chal-lenges and problems to go around, even if we don't choose them. Choosing our problems and deadlines dead-lines presupposes that we know ourselves our-selves - what we enjoy, what our talents are, what life is all about for us - and that we have a reasonable amount of freedom to act on our choices. Goals bring focus to one's energies. Decisions are easier when goals are defined. Clear-cut goals make it easier to recognize opportunities opportu-nities and to spot problems when they occur. Part of life is to undertake under-take this journey of self-discovery without having the destination fully in mind, and then having the courage to define, revise, and refine our goals as our vision grows clearer. clear-er. Obstacles force a greater vision and demand creative solutions. As we create, we grow. Life isn't a straight path. Rather, it is full of twists and surprises. We end up at a better place than we had in mind when we started out. There is a human relations bonus to setting goals. People work together to-gether to realize their common goals. Shared goals create the basis for unity and cooperation, this is the essence of teamwork. A shared success suc-cess brings more joy than a solitary triumph. The key to a successful life is to place ourselves in situations where deadlines draw from us the necessary neces-sary effort and hard work to accomplish accom-plish our long-range goals, unsolved problems force us to search for a greater vision, to activate our creativity, cre-ativity, and to develop new strengths as we struggle with the unknown. Initially wc feel threatened and overwhelmed by the task in front of us. Challenges aren't pleasant when they arc too new and appear overwhelming. over-whelming. Wc persist and draw strength from the steps and progress wc make. It begins to feel good. We accomplish goals and set new ones. Success or failure depends on the ability to translate long-range goals into day-to-day operations and deadlines. Some stumble because their short-term deadlines don't match up with their long term goals. Having deadlines is not enough. They have to be the right deadlines. The deadline for writing this column col-umn has arrived. I needed it. The column is done. I made it. Now on lo the next deadline. Getaway During the week-long event. Scouts will participate in water. boating, mountain man, and kill activities. Locate J within naming Corpe National Recitation Area are 15 other PoreM Service campgrounds and eight additional ixwiramps. u lorcst visitors would like information informa-tion on any tf the r:hcr mics, con tact the I laming Gorge Rjrgcf District offu'C in M.Wilj at 7h') Monday thrwr.h hnUy, 7.M a m. to 5 p m. an.i Saturday and Sunday 8 a m. lo 4.?o p m. r u-j iwrn a e my y?p fy |