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Show Page 16 NORTH COUNTY NEWSPAPERS Thursday, October 16, 2008 P rasie 1 Emily Marlowe NORTH COUNTY STAFF This week I think I will be taking a trip to the doctor (as soon as I find one). I have not had to go to a family doctor in years. I would think that the problems I am experiencing should be an easy fix. I am sure the doctor will tell me slow down, improve my diet, sleep more and simply take time to relax. But in the back of my mind, I wonder if the test results were not so simple. What if the test results came back that I have a serious illness, or problem that will be hard to overcome or fix. Would I change anything I do on a day-to-day basis? I may change small things here and there, but I would not make any drastic changes. Life can become stressful and full of too many things to do on your "to do list," but my list consists of things that I love. I just love too many things! I need to learn that I have the rest of my life to learn about new interests, and NOTES FROM Staff Sgt. Brock Jones Life is the ultimate road trip. I sat eating lunch with my dad in a fast food joint in Lehi a few summers ago. I don't remember what we talked about, but it probably wasn't too ground breaking as neither of us usually has much to say, especially when eating. A long silence passed and then dad stopped chewing and stared over my shoulder. "Where are they all going?" he asked with a hint of exasperation, exasper-ation, and breaking the silence. I didn't understand what he meant and made that known with a questioning face, grunting grunt-ing through a mouthful of cheeseburger and bun. "Hmm?" "All these people... I can't figure fig-ure out where they're all going in such a hurry," he said. I turned to look out the window toward the busy intersection in-tersection of Main Street and Interstate 15. Cars and trucks and boats and trailers were racing rac-ing and bouncing in both directions direc-tions on the freeway, going up 0i!llllWlM(Kfltt)l!iVtt)1N( Federal Consumer Protection has confirmed the fuel saving described in this advertisement. Device may increase gas mileage by 22 Boston - National Fuclsaver Corp. has developed a low cost automotive accessory called the Platinum Gas Saver which is guaranteed to increase gas mileage by 22 while meeting all emission standards. With a simple connection to a vacuum line, the Gas Saver adds platinum vapor economically to the air and fuel entering the engine. Since platinum enables non-burning fuel to burn, the Gas Saver's platinum increases the percentage of fuel burning inside the engine from 68 of each gallon to 90 of each gallon, a 22 increase. Since unburn! fuel leaving to try many different things. Slowing down is the right thing to do, but is it the easy thing to do? I have to ask myself my-self this daily. I love the life I am living now, and I love the seconds and minutes that I spend with my family. I enjoy being involved in the community and learning new talents and taking up new interests. This year one of the things I wanted want-ed to do was to learn to play the guitar. So once a week our two sons and I go to guitar lessons together. 1 What a treat this is! I can learn a new talent and spend time with my children. This is how I make most things in my life work I include our children and my husband. But the nights that I need to leave home right after dinner or right before dinner, I need to have a simple and quick meal ready. Even a meal that my husband could finish, start or throw in the oven. Cooking is something that I need to make easier. I need to realize that I do not need to impress im-press my husband each night with a big meal. (Yes, you have heard me say this before.) I need to realize that making mac and cheese every so often is not a sin and that no one will die because of it. I feel that for the most part, I make simple IRAQ Taking the Wheel of Life on-ramps and down off-ramps, turning left and right, nosing out into traffic and dashing out of the flow to turn left or right. It was mildly controlled semi-chaos. semi-chaos. The depth of my father's vision vi-sion that day has struck me every ev-ery time I see a similar scene: Where is it that we are all trying try-ing to get in such a hurry? Life began pretty much the same for all of us and from that first day, we have been hurrying toward the final destination des-tination for all living things death. We were born and we will die and there is no paying the taxi driver to go slower, no way to derail the train of life's cycle, no way to swamp or sink the ship. The only thing left for us to do is commandeer the steering wheel or the helm and chart our own route through life. We cannot choose to never pass away but we can choose the way we pass through life. We can be in control of our lives, and should be, stopping whenever when-ever we want to look at autumn au-tumn leaves and expansive vis an engine is pollution, this 22 of each gallon normally burns when it reaches the platinum of the catalytic converter. However, the converter's platinum burns this fuel outside of the engine, where the heat and energy produced from this fuel cannot give you more miles per gallon. But when the air and fuel carry the platinum into the engine, 22 more of each gallon burns - inside the engine so that 22 fewer gallons are required to drive the same distance. After a five year study, the government concluded: "Independent testing shows greater fuel savings with the '(()) meals. I just need to remember that if the recipe is simple keep it that way! Do not try and add flair to the simple things in life. This week, as I try to be the best mom and wife possible, tending to our son who will be having surgery, finding a new family doctor, doing my community work, going to my job that keeps me "Emily" and not mom all the time, working with my scouts, working on the PTA, practicing my guitar, writing my cookbook, being a taxi-cab driver, a maid, and finding time to sleep, I will be making this wonderful recipe that is simple and needs no flair. This recipe tastes incredible incred-ible and can be made with things in your pantry. A reader sent this recipe to me from Alpine. Sherri said, "I have made this recipe for years for our children, and our daughter now makes it for her children. It is a recipe that you will want to make once a week, and the best part ... it will freeze!" Sherri thanks to you for sharing this recipe with our readers and myself. When I made your recipe this week, my kids asked when I would make it again. If it passes with the Marlowe children as good, you know you have a winner. I appreciate appreci-ate Sherri helping to simplify my kitchen and my life. tas, whenever we want to lie around and loaf with a loved one, even whenever we simply want to stop moving. We are the commanders in charge of our own convoys. Every military convoy I have ever been a part of begins the same way: The convoy commander, the person in charge, explains where you are going and then goes into depth about how you're actually actu-ally going to get there. Roads and checkpoints and routes are mentioned. Actions in case of roadside bombs and ambushes and break downs are rehearsed, re-hearsed, along with the medical medi-cal evacuation plan and broken vehicle recovery procedures. Regardless of the destination, the focus of every convoy is never really where you are going, go-ing, but how you're going to get there. It is so easy to get caught up in the tangle of getting somewhere, some-where, and fast, that most of us travel through life without realizing that we ever lost control of the wooden helm or the sweaty steering wheel. We cm 01 QUJ3h mm IK'lit'Vh I ft .4 I ms. Gas Saver than the 22 claimed by the developer." In addition, the Gas Saver has received patents for cleaning out carbon and raising octane, making premium fuels unnecessary for most vehicles. Joe Robinson, tfie developer, commented: "Since the government concluded its study, we have sold a half million Gas Savers. To our surprise, more people buy the Gas Saver because it extends engine life by cleaning out the carbon than buy it to increase gas mileage or to raise octane." For further information call: 1-800-LESS-GAS 1-800-537-7427 Until next week's batter charter, I will try and slow down and keep my recipes in my kitchen simple. I will try and turn my brain off at night and sleep, and then maybe I will not have to find a family fam-ily doctor to tell me to slow down. I will keep you posted! Dig Biscuit Pio 1 1 pound lean ground beef 1 14 cup finely chopped onion OR' 4 Tablespoons minced onion 1 1 teaspoon salt Vtr Vi teaspoon pepper 1 2 cans refrigerated biscuits 1 10-cheddar cheese slices Or 2-3 cups grated cheese of your choice. I used 3 cups grated Colby Jack Cheese. I had It on hand and it was delicious! Directions: Brown ground beef and onion. Drain fat. Season with salt and pepper. Roll out biscuits on a floured surface into a large 8-9 inch circle. Place ground beef on one side of the dough. Top with cheese, and fold dough over pressing edges firmly to seal. Prick top in six places with a fork. Place on a foil lined cookie sheet that has been sprayed with a cooking cook-ing spray. Bake on 375 degrees for 12 minutes or until lightly browned. Feeds 8 hungry mouths. move as though stuck in traffic, unable to exit the freeway, going go-ing from destination to destination, destina-tion, arriving exhausted at one place only to see the horizon of somewhere else we need to go. There is always something more, something better to shoot for: a new car, a higher paying job, a bigger home or more financial security. There is always something important to get done like school or work, and things to tend to like the garden or a relationship or cleaning the garage. Most destinations we strive for are noble, even necessary and worthy of our efforts. But there is no destination that will ever be as satisfying as the bumpy and dusty and long road traveled to get there, the people we love along the way, and the sites we breathlessly take in along the road. Unless we find a way to enjoy the road trip, we will never quite be satisfied once we get to wherever it is we're going. Staff Sgt. 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Main St. American Fork Arts Continued from Page 15 days from noon to 6 p.m. at SCERA Center, 745 South State, Orem, by calling 225-ARTS, 225-ARTS, or online at www. scera.org, The singers began in 1994 as friends performing for Horizons Choir in Logan at Utah State University's LDS Institute of Religion and who wanted to expand the experience experi-ence beyond college. The sue singers are spread through Utah, Alabama and South Carolina, but continue to perform per-form at concerts, corporate events, festivals and more. Their focus is on family entertainment enter-tainment and includes music as varied as contemporary pop, rock, jazz, country and barbershop sounds. Expect some music that spans several decades and anticipate a silly song or two. The six singers include Richard McAllister, a high tenor who lives in Lehi and works in commercial real estate; John Luthy, the group's vocal percussionist and founding leader who is a law professor at University Univer-sity of South Carolina; John Huff sings baritone and is a product manager in Salt Lake City, commuting from his home in Honeyville,; Phil Kesler, also a baritone, teaches graphic design at the Jacksonville State University in Alabama; Mike Wilson, nicknamed "Bass Man," lives in Clinton and trains others in the art of Internet routing; and Mike Bearden, a tenor who arranges much of Voice Male's music, lives in River-ton River-ton and works as an accountant accoun-tant for American Express. They have recorded nine CD's. Jingles, their Christmas Christ-mas album, was awarded the CARA for Best Holiday Album of 199 by the Contemporary Contem-porary Acappella Society of America, an award also given giv-en to such nationally-known groups as The Kings Singers, Rockapella and Take Six. SCERA to present Theatrical 'Mockingbird Fly' Students throughout the United States are reading Harper Lee's acclaimed novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" this year and the SCERA Center for the Arts and Resonance Story Theatre will contribute by co-presenting a moving theatrical the-atrical production celebrating celebrat-ing the themes of the classic story Oct. 21 at 7:30 p.m. in SCERA's Showhouse II. Called "Mockingbird Fly," the inspiring show uses drummers, drum-mers, singers, dancers and storytellers to honor those who have pushed the cause of civil rights forward by examining exam-ining the racial themes woven throughout Harper Lee's groundbreaking novel, "To Kill A Mockingbird." Featured performers are Utah Valley University's Contemporary Dance Ensemble En-semble and storytellers from New Level 2 Home Fall 2008 (Now Taking Reservations!) we E S Rates Include Meals and Laundry Service . No Add-ons Stop By for a No Obligation Tour Will Assist With Veterans Aide & Attendants Benefits and Karat Smttilrf Owners and Managers &BJNEljS " 7. . ' ""' 1 "J ' JlUl '"1 .. ; i, v V ; Resonance Story Theatre. The event is in support of the Orem City Public Library's Big Read program and is funded in part by the City of Orem CARE Program. The national Big Read program chooses a piece of literature each year to highlight high-light and encourages libraries and local organizations to find creative ways to bring the book to life and present its messages. Their book for 2008 is Harper Lee's "To Kill A Mockingbird." Tickets for "Mockingbird Fly" are $5 general admission admis-sion and available from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays and noon to 6 p.m. Saturdays at the SCERA Center for the Arts, 745 S. State St., Orem, by calling (801) 225-ARTS, online at www.scera.org or at the door 30 minutes prior to the performance. All proceeds pro-ceeds will go to support the SCERA Endowment for the Arts. Art Studios Plans "Big" Exhibit in October The SCERA Art Studios is calling its next art exhibition "The BIG Exhibit" and means it literally. That's because every piece on display at the SCERA Center for the Arts has been painted on a large 4 foot x 8 foot canvas. The show will open with a free opening night reception recep-tion Friday from 6 to 7 p.m. at the SCERA Center, 745 S. State St., Orem, and continue through Oct. 31. The exhibit is free to the public and is available for viewing weekdays week-days from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturdays from noon to 9 p.m. The Big Exhibit features works by Envision, composed com-posed of elite high school art students from throughout the valley who have been selected to participate in the SCERA art program. For more information, call SCERA at (801) 225-ARTS or online at www.scera.org. Hale Center Theater Orem Aida Hale Center Theater The-ater Orem will present Elton John and Tim Rice's "Aida" now through Nov. 22, with performances beginning each evening at 7:30 p.m. Saturday matinees are scheduled each Saturday (with the exception of Oct. 5) at 3:30 p.m. Ticket prices range from $13.50 to $17.50, depending on night and seating location. Tickets may be purchased by calling the box office at 226-8600. 226-8600. "Aida" is the love story of Radames, a soldier for the Pharaoh, who chooses Aida from a group of Nubian Nu-bian Slaves as a gift to Amn-eris, Amn-eris, the Pharaoh's daughter, whom he has been arranged to marry. He soon falls in love with Aida, not knowing that she is actually a Nubian princess. Opening lihiwrJl .- A, r |