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Show Vernal Express Wednesday, September 12, 2001 .... " . i - ? " ' ..." . . - - ; . - . . " .::--. ,S- j 1 - i ' :W 1 If I 11 v &i Fi - J fan i Mark Elder paddles through northern Minnesota in solo canoe Canoe camp is set up on Lac LaCroix. Elder to be first in Winter Program series On Thursday, Sept. 13, the Uintah Mountain Club will begin its Winter Program series, at 7 p.m. at the Golden Age Center. The first speaker is Tom Elder, who w ill present a slide program on the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, in northern Minnesota. One million acres of piney, lake-studded lake-studded woods was set aside decades ago for the enjoyment of the people. Tom was with a party I - ' - A" :' . - AVMC engineer Randy Gray was 'King for a Da during the month of August. Gray named 'King for a day' Randy Gray, engineer, was named as Ashley Valley Medical Center's "King for a Day" for the month of August Gray has been an employee of AVMC for over nine months and is a member of the engineering staff. "I like working at AVMC," stated Gray. "It's nice to work with people that you like and get along with, if makes the day go quickly and the work environment more pleasant." Gray joined the AVMC crew in January of 2001 after retiring from CIG, where he worked for 22 years. The "King for a Day" program was started in March of 2001 as a way to recognize employees who go the extra mile in providing cus-tomer cus-tomer sen ice to the patients and customers at AVMC. Gray was nominated by another staff member who cited seven incidents of customer cus-tomer service. Gray was observed helping an older woman pick up papers she had dropped, assisting more than one patient who could not find the department they were looking for and lending a hand to a patient who desperately needed a wheelchair. "Randy exhibits both the behaviors behav-iors and attitude that we hope to reward with this program," said Si Hutt, CEO at AVMC. "Customer service is about anticipating patient and visitor needs and working to meet tiiose needs. It is important mat patients who come to Ashley Valley Medical Center not only have an excellent clinical outcome, but also a positive experience with our staff." - Gray will receive a monetary reward for being "King for a Day and will be recognized at the annual hospital Christmas partly along with the other nominated candidates for the year. " that journeyed for a week into this watery wilderness. Hoisting canoes, they portaged from lake to beautiful lake, passing beautiful waterfalls to camp on granite shores. The land seems untouched, the same wilderness that French fur traders traveled centuries ago. The public is invited at no charge. Grandchildren have feast at Beehive Home By Virginia Harrington Feature Writer Sunday was Grandparents Day across the nation and the residents of Beehive Home celebrated early with a special dinner on Saturday, Sept 8. Children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews and a variety of spouses visited for an evening of good food, lots of conversation, a talent show and even a watermelon seed spitting contest More than SO people gathered on the lawn in front of the home to dine on home grown vegetables, roast beef sandwiches and plenty of deserts. With plates piled high, families fam-ilies gathered around long tables to catch up on the latest news and to share some high quality time 'with their favorite senior citizens. When everyone was full to the brim and had no room for even one more cookie, the talent portion of the evening began. Such a variety of talents has rarely been gathered in one spot before! There were crocheted cro-cheted vests, weaving, drawings, poetry thought for the day recitals, a puppet, two singers, two doggers, two very talented employees who sang "Happy Birthday" backwards well, they turned their backs to the audience, anyway and a real show stopper cake decorating by a died-in- the- wool practical joker. (Anyone wishing to know how to make a water balloon look like a birthday cake waiting to be cut just ask the Beehive residents. They learned how.) Dennis Green proved he had the best spiting ability by winning the men's watermelon seed spitting contest and by spitting farther than Beehive residents Sarah Foster. Fem Daniels. Betty Brothers, Rae Stewart, Sarah Myers and Mildred Jones rest up after a big night with the grandchildren. anyone else. Michelle Valdez, a visitor vis-itor from Colorado, won for the women and April Merrick won for the kids. Before the contest began, participants were guaranteed a prize to match TV game shows should they win. Green won a truck complete com-plete with tools while Valdez and Merrick each won a car. The happy winners put their vehicles in their pockets before kissing Grandma goodnight and promising to return soon. As the visitors were leaving they were reminded, "You don't have to wait for Grandparents day to visit again!" There are plenty of reasons to visit during the week of Sept 9-15, 9-15, which is National Assisted Living Week. Monday, Sept. 10 featured fea-tured the Flake Family from 1-3 p.m. and the Barber Shop Quartet, Intoneations, at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday was trusts and wills from 1-3 p.m. the the Kevin Dickson family dog, Mowgli, who played "Toto" in last springs musical presentation of the Wizard of Oz." entertained at 6:30. Today, Wed. Sept 12 will be emo- ' - . - , - V - ' & O J Three members of the lour plus one' barbershop quartet, the 'Intonations,' performed several classic barbershop songs for Assisted Living Week, including 'I Love You Toil and 'Down By the Riverside. They are Mickey Wells, Laura S. Foley and Fay Howells. tional well-being from 1-3 p.m. and "Laughter Night" at 6:30 p.m. Thursday's presentations will be meditation from 1-3 p.m. and the Wilson family at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 15 will feature hand therapy from 1-3 p.m. and a big surprise at 6:30 p.m. Anyone in the community may take part, free of charge, with or without a family member living in Beehive Home. MM mm O ' O If you signed a petition thinking it was to study a change in government think again! The deal has been done. The proposed councilmanager form of government is on the ballot O The 7 part time council members meet twice a month. You vote for 3. The single manager will make 90 of the day to day decisions O Studies have shown that costs and taxes go up with this form of government IT in LIU LJJ Ul urn Paid Political Ad |