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Show t; Free Press Wednesday -- ;85-Pag- 4 e2 This M.D. was a real lifesaver, too better you C believe it By BETTY FOWLER Most M.D.s are considered VIPs Important (Very People), lifesavers, in fact. And, most M.D.s are an essential, albeit expensive, part of our lives. Medical Doctors, that is. My M.D. too has been a lifesaver, essential, a very important part of my life. She's worth her weight in gold, and a teaspoon of her type of sugar, makes the medicine of life a lot less painful to swallow. But, she's not your usual brand of M D , she's my friend. And, I owe her. We grew up across a road from each other. A dirt road then, where sprinkler wagons made daily trips to keep the dust down, and ice wagons delivered blocks of ice to neighbors lucky enough to have an ice box. She was too ladylike to leap on back of the ice wagon and grab the tiny chips that flew when the iceman used a pick to chop ice blocks. But, she'd give the younger kids a boost onto the wagon. Kids like me. We played hide and seek in and out of ditches, behind poplar trees and back of fences. She and her sisters made up plays with the neighborhood children as the cast of characters. And characters we were. They couldn't get the boys to take part in their brand of drama, so girls assumed the roles of heroes, as well as the villains. The Cunningham Girls Play Production Company used the backyard chicken coop as their auditorium and an old sheet or blanket as the curtain. Mothers, tiny She was a wife, mother and all at once. And always a friend. She always found those iittle things to do, like washing and ironing the sacrament cloths every week, and like quilting, cooking and caring for those who needed a helping hand. My family has often been a recipient of those kindnesses. We have fun together. What a sense of humour! Her eyes shine, and she chuckles over a shared joke. She's been a staunch supporter of the wool growers auxiliary and staged many a Make It With Wool Contests. And, that takes dedication. I could go on about my friend forever and never run of of things to say. We've felt deprived together; we've felt rewarded together, she's been like a sister to me, a guide, a philosopher, an example. What more could you ask? But next time she casts me in the role of the hero in a chicken coop production, and threatens me if I don't show up, well! For a friend you show up. Even if the play stinks. And that's all there is to it. daughter-in-la- tots and derisive brothers were the hooting audiences. The mothers were shusssshhing and the brothers were hooting. The little ones were usually crying. The chicken coop show house was very smelly, but the performance must have stunk loo, even with the likes of Stella, Golda and Moselle directing the show. And then they entered the romance era. The Cunningham girls were very beautiful, and they had lots of admirers; some they didn't want. When the unwanted ones drove up in a model A, or a tin liz.y , or astride a horse, the girls ran across the road to our house and waited until their disappointed swains departed down the dusty road. But, it didn't take long for a trio of Lehi guys to win the hearts of a trio of the Cunningham girls. Doris handsome captured Sherm Moselle accepted the ardent hand of Ralph Davis, and Golda accepted the ring of Leo Gurney. Robinson; It was so romantic. Little did I realize that w hen they rode off into the sunset, my whole life changed. Until, a few short years later I found myself a neighbor again, to Moselle and Ralph. And the friendship resumed right where it had left off. Moselle kind of taking me under her wing just like she used to when she tended me, took me to my first silent movie and read all the lines as the piano tinkled the accompaniment. I can't count the lamb and mutton stews she's toted to our kitchen. She made my twins Easter dresses, and we commiserated with each other about our slightly chauvinistic husbands. We decided that they epitomized the old saying that men were men, and patriarchs of the family. They ruled with an iron rod, and we actheir chauvinism cepted even proudly. wholeheartedly, That's the way Lehi men were, we decided. Our children grew up together. My daughters had a case on her son, and my daughter was Katie's best friend. I watched as she tended, not only her family, but the herders too Shearing time was something else. She'd cook up huge pots of chili, soup and homemade bread and cart it out to West Canyon to feed the shearing crews. She put up hundreds of quarts of fruit to share with, not only her family, but the herders as well. the editor's column a -- 1 By M.AKC HADDOCK Davis. As I said, real friendship doesn't come cheap. That's the way love is, I guess. were objective news. Of. course, a lot of advertisers don't see things that way - and we get a lot of requests for news space to run concurrently with a given ad -we'll get the ad if we run the story. We have to explain that there is no relationship between our news space and out advertising space, arid if they buy the ad, they get their money's worth with their ad. We'll consider the. news story separately and make a judgment based on the story alone. It's a policy that has cost us some advertising, but not very much. On the other hand, it keeps me independent, and out of the adwhile the business, vertising publisher worries about all of that distasteful business. I get to sit back with no cares at all, other than being fair and impartial, and trying to keep up with local activities, and keeping people happy when a typographical error results in a wrong name or date being printed on a wedding announcement in the paper, and trying to explain why the story on somebody's grandchild in Tacoma didn't run this week, and my mother. It must have resulted from a mutant gene. But I cringe when a friend approaches me about getting involved in Amway - or anything else that requires a direct sale approach. I worked in my father's grocery store for eight years, learning the ins and outs of the business. When I left to go to college, I vowed I would do anything other than work in a grocery store again. It's not in my system. In the second place, there is a natural emnily between (he advertising and the news side of this business. Everybody knows that our ad space is for sale, that's what advertising is all about. But if our readers think our news space is for sale as well, then the news is worthless. When you pick up this newspaper, you should be able to read any given article without thinking that a business or group is getting special the first place, I can't sell things. It's an organic defect certainly not inherited from my father, who owned a grocery store, nor from In treatment because they have a healthy advertising budget. It is dishonest for a publication to hand out special treatment like that, and then parade that information as if it . . . 5 records will compete today with four teams, five on each team, to find out who will win the Knowledge Bowl championship. David Cox, who initiated the Knowledge Bowl competition at Lehi Elementary, named sixth grade All Stars who compiled the best records. DUFF SHELLEY MOWER & CYCLE 756-502- 7 Worthen. Team More than a Tiller . . . Clayton Grace, Melissa Felix, Marc Wilson, and John Chamberlain. Team L with a record: Kristine Kellie Barnes, Lisa Holbrook, Redhair, Jennifer Jensen and Wilson, 1 All-Sta- 1 BCS: NOW ON The students and their point totals are as follows: Matthew Anderson, 300; Heather Price, 290; Jennifer Berry, 280; David Wilson, 270; and Carl Rogers, 210. Fifth grade are: Adam Webb, 430; Greg Baird, 150; Kristine Brendan 140; Felix, Holbrook, 90; and a tie between Kellie Barnes and Nathan Allred who tallied 70 points each. The four teams who will be competing for the championship include the following students: Team B with a record: Wade Jenni Downs, Heather Wilson, Price, Justin Baer and Justin D with a 0 record: David V . Shanna Van Wagoner.- - Team O with a 1 record: Danny Patton, Logan Jubeck, Adam Webb, Kendall Miner and Jared Warner. Teams L and O will go against each other, while Team B and Team D battle it out to see who will go into the finals. Twenty questions will be asked in each contest, 10 questions in each half. The team who answers the toss-uquestion will be given bonus See KNOWLEDGE on page 3 4-- p " I mtM'nfcl Don Roundy's Boots and Saddlery features a bar left over from the days when the shop was a ks saloon. Newbootery boasts ambiance People come from all over the country to have Don Roundy make their custom boots. He builds them to order, "you think it - he makes it." Except for one time when a customer wanted something really racy designed to decorate his boots. Don persuaded him to change from the original design. "It was sumpn' real kinky and I didn't want to represent myself that way, so the original design turned out to be a dancing girl. The customer was satisfied," Don said. You take a step back into the old west when you walk into Roundy's Boots and Saddlery, located at 120 West Main. The bar with stools lined up along it's length, provides a place for people to sit while Don performs his repair magic. He prefers to do the work while customers wait. He can have the old sole off while the patron enjoys a look-se- e around the former saloon-bar-caf- Knowledge bowl finals start today After a year's competition, Lehi Elementary's "Knowledge Bowl" will have it's final rounds today. The Knowledge Bowl, patterned after television's popular College season with Bowl, began the 1984-8on 80 students participating 16 teams. Students with the best 7 A My M.D. is special. She's cured more of my ailments than I can count. And the treatment hasn't cost me a cent. Someday I may be able to pay her back, but something tells me that I'll never get even with Moselle Sorry, but I don't do advertising Someone came to me this weekend asking for some help in formulating a campaign to help publicize an upcoming event. It w as for a church activity, and targeted at a specific group. The man was looking for a little volunteer expertise - for someone who understood the ins and outs of advertising methods and who was capable of conceptualizing (advertising people actually do this) a synergistic ad campaign that would attract a large crowd to the upcoming function. I gave him someone else's name It's not the first time I've been asked to help out on advertising. It's not the first time I've had to explain that what I do for a living and advertising are mutually exclusive activities - and that I will do all can to keep it that way. In fact. I've probably worked harder at staying out of advertising than I ever have worked in journalism. I know the ads in this publication are important They pay the bills, including my paycheck. And I think that's great. As long as somebody else is out there creating and selling the ads. fv. "That way I don't have to write a ticket or hunt for it or the boots when they come back," Don smiled. He can do half soles and heels in 20 minutes. Every day when he leaves the shop, he has the day's work done. Not having to write a ticket, then hunt for it when the customer comes back, saves Don time and the customers money. Don hasn't changed the decor of the old building to much, just moved his equipment back of the ancient wooden bar, which is anchored on each end by buggy wheels. The shop reminds some folks about the old days in Lehi. "In fact," Don says, "a former customer comes in, plops himself on a stool at the bar and says, 'I used to spend hours sit tin' on this same stool.' " And, there's another concept too. Don doesn't like all the emphasis on shoe repair because with over 100 pair of lasts, he cuts patterns to fit, and whips up boots from scratch. When repairmen resole boots, they're working on lasting on the size and shape which can be easily meddled with. an "It's intricate thing. Sometimes when customers get boots back from the repair shop, they're a different size. That doesn't happen here because we do resoling on the last. This method is unique only to places who build boots." And, Don says, if you really care about your nice boots, you probably won't mind paying a little extra for the personalized service. Don does the first resole on his handmade boots free; it's 25 percent off from then on. The stock of with. He enjoys his work with leather, even though a friend told him, "Now you know how to make boots, you're an artist, so plan to be broke ! " Even though Don, his wife, Mary, and their four daughters live in the handsome Taylorsville, shoemaker hopes that his skills as a bootmaker and repairman, blends right in with the "boots and saddle he's discovered in atmosphere" Lehi. "I'm a unique guy. They don't make artisans like me anymore!" and somehow you've gotta believe him. Camping & Recreational Vehicle Show ,v SALE! April 1720 Outdoor enthusiasts . ., it's here! This Wednesday thru Saturday at the University Mall. . you can have a tiller that's also a lot ol other machines; like a sno blower, rotary mower, and sickle-bacutter, to name a few. One unit that does many diflerent jobs. That's the DCS. Come in and see for yourself. No r 899 8 HP 1199 DUFF SHELLEY 5 HP MOWER Wednesday - Friday 10 a.m. 9 p.m. 10 a.m. 6 p.m. Saturday -- -- . & . (All major recreational CYCLE Utah County's largest power equipment dealer 260 E. Main, American Fork 756-502- 7 4 lasts still isn't almost every width, length, and nature of feet that he's confronted The Great Outdoors. V 100 He is having to send to Texas for new measurements all the time. But he is able to build boots for enough. vehicle lines will be represented) UNIVERSITY BA MAZjZj |