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Show Times Newspaper Wednesday, September 12, 2001 Page 2 Editorial Good chance the Utah County Fair could he revived Last week Utah County Commission Chairman Gary R. Herbert said there is a good chance the Utah County Fair could be revived. According to Commissioner Herbert they have received two attractive offers to hold the County Fair. Spanish Fork came forward for-ward with a proposal to return the fair to that city's fairgrounds. City officials proposed allowing the county to rent the fairgrounds for 25 percent of the standard rental fee for the first year, the second sec-ond year the county would be charge 50 percent of the rental fee; the third year. 75 percent and the fourth year, 100 percent. For the lart few years the county and city officials of Spanish Fork have been in a tug of war over the cost to rent the Spanish Fork facility. The fair was moved to the McKay Events Center at UVSC in 1999 and 2000. and attendance has been embarrassing. embar-rassing. Thanksgiving Point also put together a proposal to host the fair at a new fairground facility to be build west of the Dinosaur Museum. The fairgrounds, fair-grounds, to be called The Barn will be operational by the end of the year and will have a seating capacity of 1,000 to provide one of the largest? theaterperforming the-aterperforming arts centers in the valley. In past years the county fair was held in August and competes with other city celebrations, cele-brations, including the Utah State Fair that follows in September. The Utah County Fair has never been successful and has required the county to spend money in the red to accommodate accommo-date the activity. The county commissioners should move ahead with caution and research the two proposals and should guarantee the fairs success before reviving the event with county tax dollars.. dol-lars.. It would be a positive move to find a corporate sponsor spon-sor for the event and relieve county government of the county fair. like .;. Hi" - A U Marriage is a video cover My toddler son and I were casually lying on the Moor doing carpet angels isnow angels on herberl when he unexpectedly turned and smiled adoringly. With a whoosh of warmth 1 smiled lovingly back. And then he smacked me with a video cover. Promptly, yet (irmly, I said that was a no-no, an owie, a big ixnay, to which he quivered his lip then smiled adoringly. And then he hit me with the video cover. Later I realized my two-year-old was teaching me about marriage in which there are many things nigh unto a continual smack in the face with a seeming lack of change. But most often there is change, imperceptible though it may he. because marriage is a process, a long-term one at that. Kverv marriage has "video covers", issues that affect the relationship hut take a long time to deal with. What's important is the issue is not abusive, that the video cover is just a aietaphor. That you both, individually individu-ally and then together, set boundaries of what is necessary neces-sary to develop your particular relationship. Marriage is about transition and the sooner we get used to bringing il to the kitchen table so to speak, the sooner we can understand how to grow our relationship. Ask yourself what kind of video cover issues are affecting your relationship. It may range from chronic tardiness, neglect or depression, to difficulties dealing with anger, a spouse's unemployment, or living parallel lives. Choose one issue and ask yourself, what is one thing i can personally do in my own life to alleviate the stress? Write that down somewhere, anywhere, and see it through to completion, meaning until you feel a change in your life. When you focus on one issue, and change one thing in dealing with it, you see changes in your life and consequently in your relationship. To illustrate. Betty and Bob have a problem; ho ritu-allv ritu-allv enjoys a bedtime snack. The problem? Noise and location. His appetizer is pistachios or shelled peanuts. And after 15 minutes of crunching and flaking all over the bedcovers, he will finish up with a fresh, hard to open plastic package of crunchy, crumbly graham crackers. crack-ers. Out of the many solutions Betty considered (ear muffs, a Dirt Devil i she chose to change one thing. Meaning, she chose to read downstairs or occasionally share his snack, with the understanding love handles means he will love them. With in a few days he unexpectedly unex-pectedly offered to occasionally eat in the kitchen, and eventually he completely switched to ice cream. After the euphoria of discovering a solution you may say. aha, it is solved. And then you will get hit with the video cover again. This w ill create frustration - how many times do you have to get hit with the video cover to know where this is going? But truly, no one knows where it's going. And just when you say. that's it. I can't take this one more second, something changes. Mainly because you either gave up control you didn't need or set a boundary bound-ary you couldn't before without reaching this point. Define the issue, change one variable and see it to completion. If that fails, try smacking it with a video cover - metaphorically of course. Book Pick: Dance of Intimacy, Harriet Lerner, Ph.D. LIFEChange Tip: Define the issue, change one variable, vari-able, see it through to completion Auditions for Exultate Choir to be held Auditions for the choir, Exultate, Rejoice in Song, will be Thursday, September 20 from 7 until 9 p.m. at 294 East 230 South, Orem. Have a piece of music prepared pre-pared that shows the quality of the voice (hymn or other legato piece). Accompaniment will be provided. If interested and unable to attend at that time, or with questions, please contact Bret Hess (378-2108 or brethess3 byu.edu). The choir will rehearse on Thursday evenings beginning October 4 preparing for the concert on the BYU campus on December 14. Plans for this season including recording a CD. The choir, under the direction direc-tion of Russell Wilson, chairman chair-man of the Music Department at the College of Eastern Utah, pulls its 40-60 members from along the Wasatch Front, from Price to Salt Lake City. Russell Wilson has taught at CEU for the past 13 years. He teaches conducting and composition compo-sition in addition to directing the CEU choirs. He directed choirs at Utah State University for three years with Will Kesling. He received a Master's Degree from USU in 1985. I le was the founding conductor conduc-tor of the Arizona Mormon Choir in 1978. He was on the faculty at the BYU Church Music Workshop for seven years. He has taught choral workshops across the country. He has conducted choral and orchestral ensembles in Mexico and Canada as well and is scheduled to appear as the Utah All-State Choir conductor in 2002. He received the Award of Excellence from CEU twice (Professor of the Year), and was named Utah College Teacher of the Year in 1995. He is a prolific composer, whose works are performed regularly by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. I '9 We want pvi the scoop happening in Orem Call in News Ti'ds: 225-1340 i m r - v. Stye rem-fikmnrc (Slimes tS Online Edition: www.oremtimes.com E-mail: oremtimesfu networld.com USPS 411-700 538 South State Street, Orem, Utah 84058 Telephone 225-1340 Fax 225-1341 The Orem-Geneva Times (411-700) is published each Wednesday for $16.00 per year in area, $35.00 per year out of area, and $.50 cents per issue by the Orem-Geneva Times, 538 South State Street, Orem, Utah 84058. Periodical Postage paid at Orem, Utah 84059. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Orem-Geneva Times, PO. Box 65, Orem, UT 84059. News deadline, Monday, 12 noon, advertising Monday, 2:00 p.m. The entire contents of this newspaper is Copyright 2000 The Orem-Geneva Times. Ail rights reserved. No part of thi3 publication may be reproduced in any form without the written consent of the editor or publisher. Publisher - Brent Sumner Editor - Pat Knoell Member Olympic spirit portrayed at corn maze On the southwest side of Pleasant Grove, the newest corn maze shares the Olympic spirit with all. The maze was designed by Brett Herbst. The design is an Olympic torch and the message, mes-sage, "Discover the Gold." The 8-foot-high corn challenges chal-lenges maze-goers through three miles of wandering. "Ever since I started designing design-ing mazes back in 1996, I've been waiting to do one that would celebrate the Olympics," Herbst said. Hee-Haw's is located on 700 South in Pleasant Grove. It is now open in the evening to the public and during school hours for field trips. Evenings hours are Monday-Thursday 4-10 p.m., Fridays 10 a.m.-ll p.m. and Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Admission is $6 for adults, $3.50 for children ages 5-11 and free for children 4 and under. How do you think the Cougars are doing in football this season? IT y4 h j J J ...... I y- a) J 11 -r- ""V f I'd like to see how they'll do against the ranked competition. Deaven LeBaron, Orem They are kicking butt and taking names. Dustin Minor, Orem ! have no idea. We just moved here. Dennis Madison, Pleasant Grove r.. -v i- t 'V Utmm : I f i U I don't pay attention to football. I'm not really into sports. Kyle Palmateer, Orem I have no idea at all. I'm not really a sports person. Elizabeth Greenhalgh, Orem All I really know is that they won their first game. Corbett Greenhalgh, Orem OW F KERffl TOWN September 18, 2001 - Town Meeting - 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. RilEETD Area 1 Bill Peperone Areal Area 2 Karen McCandless Area 3 Jerry Washburn Area 4 Joseph Andersen Area 5 Judy Bell Area 6 Les Campbell Area 7 Stephen Sandstrom Area 2 Area 3 Area 4 Area 5 Area 6 Area 7 Orem Junior High School - 765 North 600 West Aspen Community Organization Bonneville North Community Organization Bonneville South Community Organization Geneva Community Organization Suncrest Community Organization Northridge Elementary School - 1660 North 50 East Northridge Community Organization Windsor Community Organization Canyon View Junior High School - 950 North 700 East Orchard Community Organization Foothill Community Organization Senior Friendship Center - 93 North 400 East Sharon Community Organization Cascade Community Organization Orem High School - 175 South 400 East Scera Park Community Organization Hillcrest Community Organization Cherry Hill Elementary School - 250 East 1650 South Westmore Community Organization Cherryhill Community Organizadon Lakeridge Junior High School - 951 South 400 West Vineyard Community Organization Orem Community Organization Agenda 1. WELCOME 2. INTRODUCTIONS 3. SCHEDULED ITEMS: Update on Citywide Street Lighting Program List of Recreation Priorities Neighborhood Preservation Accessory Apartments Traffic Calming Voting Informadon Open Discussion. 4. ADJOURNMENT - 8:30 p.m. if r r V 'ti 1 |