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Show Ed I r- I . I- I-. . i "A ouuiiim u -umuiui or Opinion at our office, located locat-ed at 538 South State in Orem. Deadlines Qre Monday 10:00 a.m. All submissions are subject to editing lot length and The Orem-Geneva Times reserves the right to publish or not to publish a submission. Dinion A2 Thursday, January 2, 2003 ( ColumrP) Orem Almanac: Prognostications for 2003 T II IV! E COMMENTARY & Q CLYDE E. WEEKS, JR. Times Correspondent JANUARY Orem Mayor Jerry C. Washburn prepares to take his family to Urumqui, China. Under the Sister City program involving the City of Orem and the City of Urumqui, Mayor Washburn will become mayor of Urumqui for one year, while Urumqui Mayor Anwarjan Umar will become mayor of Orem for a year. Steve Densley, president of the ProvoOrem Chamber of Commerce, is selected to become the new president of the Salt Lake City Area Chamber of Commerce. FEBRUARY Karl Malone announces his candidacy candi-dacy for governor of Utah, following Governor Leavitt's resignation to become campaign manager for George W. Bush's second presidential campaign. cam-paign. Larry H. Miller agrees to become Malone's running mate for the post of lieutenant governor. MARCH As an economy move for higher education, Brigham Young University and the University of Utah announce plans to merge the two institutions into one. The Provo institution will continue to be called Brigham Young University, while the Salt Lake institution insti-tution will be called BYU-Utah. Former Utah Football Coach Ron McBride becomes the president of the merged universities. APRIL Walter C. Orem, IV, great, great grandson of the founder of the Salt Lake and Utah Railroad, moves to Orem and announces plans to rebuild the railroad line, which his forebear laid from Salt Lake to Payson 100 years ago. MAY William A. Sederburg arrives in Orem to take over the presidency of Utah Valley State College. He moves the presidential office to the Bunnell Pioneer Home on the campus, which has been remodeled and earthquake-proofed earthquake-proofed to serve into the next century. JUNE Chief Justice Renquist retires from the United States Supreme Court. President Bush nominates Utah Senator Orrin Hatch as the new chief justice of the Supreme Court. Heavy rainfalls in Utah fill reservoirs reser-voirs and aquifers with precious water, ending the five-year drought. JULY The Fourth of July is the date set for the dedication of the new veterans memorial, which has been completed at the City of Orem Cemetery. The services include the firing of old wartime rifles by the American Legion Color Guard. AUGUST A community Picnic In The Park marks the completion of the Orem Stonehenge Park in Provo Canyon. The annual Timpanogos Storytelling Festival, now located in the Orem Stonehenge Park, attracts 5,742 people peo-ple from all over the nation to participate partici-pate in the program. SEPTEMBER The opening of Utah public schools is delayed, when teachers band together, demanding that their salaries be raised to equal the salaries of other teachers in the intermountain states. Salaries are increased by 10 percent. OCTOBER The extensive remodeling of the SCERA Theater is completed, with the outside of the building painted green to match the original color, when it first opened. The ProvoOrem Chamber of Commerce names Vic and Madge Davies, as 2003's Most Outstanding Citizens. NOVEMBER Heavy snows stall traffic in Utah County, as snow plows attempt to clear thoroughfares. Flame throwers are used to clear sidewalks, enabling letter carriers to deliver mail to homes and businesses. DECEMBER Brigham Young University has a turn-around season, winning the football foot-ball conference championship and gaining an invitation to play in the Rose Bowl. Oivc Eldest (Sxiett MemexieA SOb fm Me fat QfouAtmaA RICHARD RASMUSSEN We went to Grandma's early the day before Christmas. She lived in town and had a furnace, so her house was warm all night. There were cousins, The Orem-Geneva Times 538 South State Street Orem, UT 84058 published by The Daily Herald, A Pulitzer Newspaper Subscriptions & Delivery Service 375-5103 News & Advertising 225-1340 Fax 225-1341 Email oremtimesnetworld.com USPS 411-700. Published Thursdays by Pulitzer Newspapers, Inc., 538 South State Street, Orem, Utah 84058. Periodicals postage paid at Orem, Utah 84059. Postmaster: Send address changes to P.O. Box 65, Orem, UT 84059. 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Weeks Jr. Pagination & Craphics Robert King Scott Sumner Tifianey Kenison Office Manager TifTaney Kenison Office Sydney Sumner Printing Relations Brent Sumner Advertising Sales Phil Patten Daniel Colyar Production & Press Steve Goodwin Josh Romero Robert Kint Jack Sumner Stuffing Crew All the above and we stayed up late around the Christmas tree until Uncle Ward pinched the candles out with his fingers. fin-gers. We talked in bed, and the girls giggled in the dark. Some boys at school said Santa Claus was not real. I was growing up and big, but I didn't want to believe them. I wanted to believe that Santa came and hoped he knew where I was. We were all wounded that year when the world came crashing crash-ing down around our heads. Daddy felt worst, called it a depression, but from it, I still have an invisible scar. I knew presents around the tree would be small, but I wanted, in the worst way, a pair of skis. The cattle back on the farm didn't know about Christmas, so Daddy went home in the afternoon so he could feed them Christmas morning. I loved to help Daddy feed the cattle, even when it was cold. But with cousins and all, I couldn't help on Christmas Day, and Daddy had to do it alone. He looked troubled, not as cheerful as he usually was. I felt bad. I knew he worked awful hard and worried a lot about the Depression and all of us. Maybe he knew how to get in touch with Santa Claus. I would tell him that if there was no Santa, not to worry about the skis, but he was gone. We waited at Grandma's house on Christmas morning morn-ing till everybody was there to exchange presents under the tree, but the kids could get up early to see what Santa had brought during the night. That morning, we scrambled out of bed before the sun was up and ran to the front room to the tree. I had a Kabar pocket knife in my stocking; my brother got a book about Tarzan and the Golden Lion and a checker set, but there were no skis for either of us. I knew Fred was disappointed disap-pointed too, but he was older and wiser and understood under-stood things better than I did. He shrugged his shoulders shoul-ders and asked me if I wanted want-ed to play a game of checkers. check-ers. He beat me two games in a row, but he didn't brag. Daddy came about noon. "The cattle are fine. I fed them and got here as soon as I could." His troubled look was gone. He smiled. "Guess what? He doesn't make many mistakes, but Santa didn't know you were at Grandma's. He left the skis at home. They're in the car outside." Many years later, I learned how Daddy, on that cold winter afternoon before Christmas, had bagged 20 bushels of wheat of what was left in the granary, had taken it to the grain elevator eleva-tor and sold it for 50 cents a bushel to get money to pick up the skis he had on hold at Graham Boyle's Hardware. I now had kids of my own and remembered that Christmas day when we were so happy with our skis. I understood better why Daddy was the happiest. Timpanogos Green ' S A ' L.. L The Marry Elves of the New Year The new year under Timpanogos green Presents a wealth of possibilities For those who share the Timpanogos scene. In spite of many foreseen difficulties That face us, every one, the needs are great For us to serve and also to be served. How many people cheer and celebrate The way their lives are gently curved Toward the needed, or the needy ones! For each of us is needed, many ways, To lend the largesse of our benisons. And we are needy: each of us portrays And represents a dozen different elves, As very different facets of ourselves! A lack of means denotes the elf of need. A lack of grace consumes the elf of greed. A dearth of dreams can make an elf go blind; God help the elf, bereft of humankind! The somber elf belongs upon the shelf, Until he learns good humor by himself. The elf who steals, discovers how it feels To feast on bread and water prison meals. The unforgiving elf, who holds a grudge May find himself before a sterner judge. For elves are much like people, I declare, And they may represent you, unaware: The one you think is hardly like your elf, May be, in fact, the model for yourself! So, cultivate the elf of harmony, Who sings and brightens all your happy days: The elf, who resonates a melody, And blesses those that bloom with songs of praise. Unselfish elves, who revel in their living! The elf, who never utters wanton lies! The elf, who simply blossoms with his giving! The elf, who tells the truth until he dies! Believe the elf, who whispers in your ear: The elf, that's there in every time of needf The elf, who says you have no need to fear; The elf, who says he knows you can succeed. The elf, who really is just what he seems: The elf, who makes a substance of your dreams! The many elves the new year has in store Can bless or curse the ones they choose to guide. The bad ones, you must shrink from and abhor; The good ones, you can cherish near your side. The coming new year contemplates them both, For all the joy and mischief they create. But if you look for happiness and growth, The good ones, only, you will celebrate! So, choose your elves, this year, with greatest care, For they will be your very faithful guides. Their inner secrets, most of them will share, And teach you where your victory resides. May new years under Timpanogos green Bless those who tread the Timpanogos scene! Bless many with a precious peace of mind. 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