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Show Thursday, December 4, 2008 SPRINGVILLE HERALD 13 Lady Mustangs stampede over Timpview Ryan Williams On Tuesday, Nov. 25th, the Mapleton Junior High girl's basketball team took the court for their first game this season against Timpview Junior High. The Lady Mustangs began their season with a cheer from the student body during dur-ing a Tuesday afternoon assembly, and their first ; game did not disappoint ! their fans. ! The first quarter ended ! with Timpview in the lead by one point, but the Lady Mustangs quickly jumped ; ahead to a score of 24 to ; 11 at the half. They never ; looked back. By the end of ; the third quarter, the Lady Mustangs broke ahead to ' a twenty point lead. The girls shut Timpview down : in the fourth quarter for a final, score of 54 Mustangs to 22 Timpview. The MJHS girl's basketball basket-ball team looks promis-ing promis-ing this season. Their first performance showed well-planned well-planned plays, including an under the basket give-and-go play that scored every time. The team also has very talented players, including Baylee Nielsen, 23, who dominated under- Been There, Done TImt Life deals different experiences Liz Elder There were these two enormous guys at the Grand Junction IHOP this morning who had sleeve tattoos, those tattoos that covef your arms. They were facinating, and best of all, people were staring at them. Like my husband's Uncle Ivan used to say: "Marry a fat woman and you can be warm in the winter, have shade in the summer, and if she has tattoos, you can see the movin' pictures." I was grateful they were there because I was with py handicapped son, Stephen, Ste-phen, and we are usually the first thing that people stare at. Stephen's looks a little funny: one eye is a lot smaller than the other and he sort of gimps along because be-cause it gives him a firmer grip on the road to have pne leg bent if he falls. He; recognizes me because be-cause I have "the smell." Our family? smells like caramel cara-mel sauce ghat's been in the fridge for- a while. I also wear the same perfume, White Shoulders, that I wore when he was little and lived at home. " He moved to Grand Junction Junc-tion in 1972 to live at the Regional Re-gional Center, a place like the American Fork Training Train-ing School. He was part of a rubella epidemic that happened hap-pened just before the vaccine vac-cine became available. He was pur oldest and I was 19 when he was born. Yes, I knpw, tragic. Npt sp muCh really. We've had gpod lives and, hey, everybpdy has something. some-thing. (I dismiss this pnly because I'm done with the feeling sprry fpr us part.) He's 44 next week. Sp, back tp the staring. It's interesting tp watch people watching us. As we come down the aisle between be-tween the tables, I'm usually usual-ly looking down watching Steve's feet, but occasion M 2 . . v;-. h o Quality Senior Living In A Residential Setting 'TheAWstandardin Senior Assisted Living Competitive Rates Private Rooms Pbohe Hook-ups in each room Adjoining Bathrooms BEEHIVE HOMES OF AMERICAN FORK SOUTH ' 1 64 West 200 South, American Fork, Utah - : . (801)885-7893 ' ; Craiv Baylee Nielsen, 23, shoots a free throw as point guard Jessica Benson waits on defense in the bsketball game against Timpview Jr. High. neath the basket. Kasan- dra Paprocki, 15, showed fearless hustle, and Jessica Jes-sica Benson, the star point guard, had no trouble taking tak-ing the ball from basket to basket for fast break after ally I look up to see where we are going, and suddenly find that everyone's eyes have just shifted to look down. It's an extraordinarily extraordinari-ly personal connection with others tp be npticible in this way. There are very few pepple we pass who dpn't cpnnect with us either by eye contact or by moving their body away from or towards you. You're still anonymous, but it's a little like when I first moved west from Mississippi and had learned to say hi to everyone, ev-eryone, and suddenly that wasn't what people did in Denver. Now no one ever just passes us by without noticing. notic-ing. I feel this tremendous obligation to reassure them that we're okay and happy. Once in awhile, a parent pulls their child away and scolds them for looking; children never hesitate to settle in and give a good gawk. I wish I could take them aside and say it's okay, we know we lppk different. And then' there's the issue is-sue of pregnant mothers: are they going to feel bad looking at us? Are they thinking we might shoot them the hex-eye hex-eye just by being in the mall at the same time? Like all difficult things that happen to people, having hav-ing Stephen has been a blessing for us. I hope it's a blessing for him. I've seen all the nice drawings and .heard all the nice poems about him being held in heavenly hands, and I believe be-lieve them. However, I've also seen his hand severely infected when he was bitten by another an-other resident at the training train-ing school. It didn't heal for six months. If I think too long about what he's missing, miss-ing, what I've missed, what I'd like to have happen, I get a little mental. New Level 2 we E S "k "k Rates Include Meals and Laundry Service No Add-ons Stop By for a No Obligation Tour Will Assist With Veterans Aide & Attendants Benefits and Kami Smedlrt - Owners and A1 turn f-f, fast break. Every player on the team proved to be skilled and ready to win. This season promises to bring the fans to their feet. He lives in a wonderful host home now with a family fam-ily who after nine years are close friends. I sleep on their couch when I come to visit and I eat their food, rummaging through their fridge like it was my own. I love their children and grandchildren and they love and care for my Ste-vie. Ste-vie. Because of Stephen, I'm open with others in ways that I would have missed had my life been more conventional. con-ventional. And I continually continu-ally know that everyone has something, and many people have problems much worse than Steve and I will ever have. I don't mind people watching us. Once-in awhile I chicken out and go f through the drive-thru at Kentucky Fried, a fav meal. But our favorite is Mexican food, and Steve likes it hot. And Taco Bell just doesn't cut it. ;,This morning at IHOP, ' we had just the sweetest waitress. She suggested t hot cocoa which was some-' thing I hadn't thought of. I have a tendency to think that because he's handicapped, handi-capped, Stephen will only like mild, room temperature tempera-ture foods. The first time we had hot wings, he almost al-most licked the bucket clean he was so excited by them. It finally occurred to me a few years ago that I should think about what his brothers liked and see if he liked those things too. They like spicy hot food and tart lemonade. Things have really re-ally looked up culinarily speaking since then. We sat for a long time this morning while he sorted sort-ed through the ice cubes in his water glasses and I stared at the tattooed guys. The waitress was so kind and sympathetic, I kinda hoped she might give us our food for free. But no. Home Li', if V firs Book Look "Miracle in the Wilderness" A Christmas Story of Colonial America Debbie Balzotti Paul Gallico's Christmas fable is one of those little holiday treasures. We have a family tradition of book giving (imagine!) which has been in our family since I was a little girl. Mark and I continued it with our children chil-dren and now with our grandchildren. "Miracle in the Wilderness" is actually a gift from my sister who has surprised me the past few years with hard-to-find books including President Monson's favorite "The Mansion." If you have a Lit-Lover Lit-Lover in your family, these are the type of books to give them. The author, Paul Gallico, has written several well-known well-known books. "The Snow Goose", "Mrs. 'arris goes to Paris and "The Poseidon Adventure" were some of his works of fiction that I was familiar with. As an -K8 A V i 1 1 .--- ". Sage Creek students are excited about science! This week Sage Creek fourth, fifth and sixth grade students were treated to an engaging science assembly courtesy of Robert Bigelow and Clark Planetarium. In two, 45-minute sessions students learned about the properties of magnetism, electricity, hydrogen and helium gasses, astronomy and seasonal fluctuations. 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