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Show mes Newspaper Thursday, April 10, 2003 Page A9 OBITUARIES 58i: IK idot R ts.t AST era: -.1 03 'Se': ver'f ire W REC1 in!!: ccK-; ua:'; tori CSj"' i)4-:: P Kit):' ill 02 rAiV: ihei 77K. is 0 01 nor i Timpanogos ;Green Spell of Poetry K American Poetry Week 2003 O Poetry: the words that beautify, We celebrate how well you satisfy! This world is yours to mold and magnify The ways you tell of bird and butterfly! A poem has a life-force of its own That animates the words upon a page To speak a message meant for us, alone. A lyric verse, the sonnet of a sage, May hold a pithy kernel of advice. An ode can launch a lofty accolade. A limerick may cause a chuckle, twice. A nursery rhyme is where a child has played. The lofty language poetry may use Shall canonize the verses that you choose! A pithy poem hides a secret seed That germinates to bless a soul in need, Who sorely needs to have their spirit feed To savor something wonderful, indeed! The ballad is the oldest lyric form, That tells a story of some characters Who play a part and act a noble scene. A rondel is a song to raise a storm In dancing 'round a room's diameters. The sonnet is a pattern, evergreen; Its fourteen lines are clearly past dispute, As is its root in 1294. Petrarch's and Shakespeare's sonnets gained repute, As poetry, their readers would adore. A rhyming verse may only take two lines To crystallize a poet's life designs, Or cast a lover's lot. with ancient shrines, That weave a spell for vibrant valentines. . The passions that a poet can incite Are numerous as sands beneath the sea. The pictures in a poem guarantee Sharp images that spawn a new delight: A rainbow or a hummingbird in flight; An unrequited lover (he or she); A sacred drama in Gethsemane; A lady and her ever-noble knight. Who seeks the spell that poetry may cast, Shall hold its subtle magic in their hand, And feel its tender shoots within their heart, As mysteries may be revealed, at last; For poetry can help us understand The secrets that a poet may impart! O Poetry, beguile us with your net That gathers pearly dewdrops, wild and wet! Redeem us from repression and regret With magic Poetry, if we forget! Smmmm mmm.. jgiJT Home Auto Life Business J Great Auto & Home n m Faci lease Discounts Immediate i SR-22 Filings i www.footeinsurance.com 305 N. FREEDOM BLVD. PROVO Photo by Duane Hilton Jared Matthews (left) and Taner Chatfield work out In one of the new weight rooms at the Orem Fitness Center. REC FACILITY Continued from front down because people pay for fitness center use with their discretionary income. That income has been negatively affected by the current economic state. The renovation included building two new weight rooms, a new aerobics room and remodeling the child care facilities. The fitness center also bought 25 new pieces of cardiovascular cardiovas-cular machines and installed a new air-handling system in the pool. Bill Rouse, who has been coming to the Orem Fitness Center for eight years, said he likes using the new weight rooms. "It's great. It's got everything we need." Emma Schmidt EMMA ELAINE SCHMIDT Emma Elaine Anderson Zoller Schmidt, 81, passed away April 6, 2003. Emma was born November 4, 1921 to David Sidney and Ann Caroline Parkinson Anderson at Holy Cross Hospital in Salt Lake City, UT. She was raised in Twin Falls, Idaho and Utah. She graduated from West High School in Salt Lake City. She married Vernon L. Schmidt on May 30, 1948 in Las Vegas, Nevada. They were later divorced in April 1990. They spent their first years of married life in California, Nevada and Utah. They later made their home in Manti and Orem, Utah. She was an active member of the LDS Church, where she served in the following callings: mutual teacher; nursery worker; primary teacher; visiting teacher; and was a hostess at the Manti Miracle Pageant for eight years. She and Vernon also volunteered at Mayfield Manor (Mayfield, UT) to help with arts and crafts; reading; etc. for six years. She is survived by one daughter and one son: Carol L. Lastowski of Provo, UT; and George S. Zoller of Eagle Point, Oregon; four grandchildren grand-children and six great grandchildren. grand-children. She was preceded in death by her parents; one brother; two sisters; our dad Vernon; one daughter, an infant daughter and a grandson. grand-son. Funeral services will be held Saturday, April 12, 2003, at 2:00 p.m. in the Cascade Chapel at Sundberg-Olpin Mortuary, 495 South State St. in Orem. Friends may call on Saturday one hour prior to the services. Interment will be in the Orem City Cemetery. VETERAN STORIES Continued from front commemorating LDS Church members who fought or were otherwise involved with World War II. Norton's brother-in-law, Orem City Councilman Les Campbell, recruited him to the Heritage Commission, and Norton began the project about two months ago. "My main interest is getting these histories to the family," he said. "Families can learn a lot about their ancestors who have entered into military service." After stories are recorded, they are transcribed into written writ-ten record and given to the Orem Public Library. Veterans must sign release forms, and they can review transcripts before they become public record, Norton said. These "living memorials" are in conjunction with a city veterans' memorial that will be dedicated Memorial Day in the Orem City Cemetery. The city is taking stories from any veterans interested, but Norton said he is focusing particularly on interviewing World War II veterans before they die. "We're losing 1,500 veterans a day in the United States," he said. Besides members of the Heritage Commission, Campbell and a few high school students have helped with the recordings. Norton hopes to utilize members of the Orem Youth Council this fall. Melissa Myler, a senior at Timpanogos High School, has gone to two interviews and transcribed one. "The interviews inter-views were really interesting," she said. "It just makes it more real." Myler said she learned more about war during those interviews inter-views than she ever could have learned from textbooks. "(The servicemen) were just my age," she said. "It's important to realize how much we have." Norton said he hopes the project will help more young people, like Myler, understand what servicemen and women have gone through. "Most people, especially young people, have a very difficult diffi-cult jme relating to (war)," he said. By talking with veterans, they can gain a better perspective perspec-tive of "what war is and what it is not." Norton estimated that there are more than 17,000 veterans in the ProvoOrem area. He said war stories are particularly particular-ly important because military service is a "major interruption of an individual's life." You can learn a lot about a person by how he or she deals with crises, he said. The Heritage Commission uses tape recorders because it is much easier for some people to tell their stories verbally than to write them down, he said. "You get any story in greater detail than people will typically write." Transcribing usually takes four to five hours for each interview. Norton said the process is tedious but deeply rewarding. World War II veteran Allan J. Parkinson is one of 10 or 11 veterans who have been interviewed inter-viewed by the Heritage Commission. During his interview last week, Parkinson talked about his three military missions in ..' Europe toward the end of the i war. Parkinson, a togaleer, joined the Air Force shortly after graduating from high . school in Grantsville. He recalled having to leave his , wife pregnant while going into training. He said he didn't meet his daughter until sheiii was 3 years old. In Parkinson's opinion, ;j today's media has made the ' general public more aware of war's effects than they were during his time. But listening to veterans' stories can help them understand even more, he said. "The real test of friendship is: can you literally do nothing with the other person? per-son? Can you enjoy those moments of life that are utterly simple?" -Eugene Kennedy Quality & Affordabilify Premium Vinyl Windows r - -- irv fy. i ? I : ! t 4 a r hi j if' r lu f J. W 7M Guaranteed Low Price Lifetime Warranty Glass Breakage Warranty Ask For Details Call For FREE ESTIMATE "Simply the Best for Less" M";m- 1785 N. 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