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Show Free Press - Wednesday, March Personal problems, and national debt, too Lehians unite behind causes r Lehi unites when there's a cause. You saw it at the state tournament when the Pioneers were traveling the rough and dangerous trail to the championship. Half the town turned out to cheer their team on to victory. That crowd could have been wearing the buffalo hides and sunbonnets of real pioneer frontiersmen. They could have been carrying bowie knives and muskets. They could haves been chewing jerky and drinking 2-- A Brighamtea. They were as determined a bunch of trailblazers as ever left their footprints on a mountain path or forged a gushing river. That enthusiasm was a determining factor in the victories and the gold Pioneers' three two-poi- nt championship trophy. Coach Robinson commented that there were so many people celebrating in the parade of champions that he wondered if some of them, out of curiosity, came from American Fork to see what was going on. Coach Robinson doesn't realize that Lehi people are like that. When they get behind a cause, they're indomitable. That's why the Lehi Roundup is so successful each year. It's a united effort on behalf of every citizen. That's why the miniature parade is one of the best parades in the state. Everybody gets into the act. That's one of the reasons Lehi why is getting a brand new 1,000 student junior high in the face of stiff opposition. Let's face it. When there's a cause, Lehi folks are front and center. Look at what happened when creeks and streams threatened homes and property. A united effort saved thousands of dollars of flood-swoll- en damage. Lehi is a town of proud people. And now, a united effort is needed in a citywide beautification project. It's a matter of pride, and Lehians have never lacked pride. Every citizen will be asked to clean up, fix up, paint up, not only their own property, but property of those who are unable to do the work themselves. If the people unite behind the beautification project like they did in rooting the Pioneers on to the gold, and if they work like they do to make the rodeo and the parade successful, then, surely they'll put their proverbial shoulders to the wheel to make that Pioneer wagon roll, along to a great future the kind of future our hard saw for us so working, visix)naryi.Pioneer,,ancestors manyyearsago;?? We have a 19. 1986 - Page 2 'p'S.. r proud heritage and we're living up to it. When commentators or public officials start talking about the national debt, I get uncomfortable. I mean, it's tough enough to keep my books balanced without worrying about Uncle Sam's. Anyway, what can we do about it? Books, magazine articles, movies, and radio shows are geared to be informative about such things as dieting, budgeting, running, teacher troubles, air traffic controllers, cancer causers, bad coaching, good coaching, the A.D. and Frank saga, BYU and LaDell, BYU and La Veil, U of U and Archibald, Weber and Farmer, and the beat goes on. We're supposed to take all this stuff in stride and not worry about it. Good grief. All that and the national , debt, too. Now, on top of all that comes income tax warnings, what will and what will not cause auditing. What will and won't cause bed wetting and nail biting. What causes headaches and cramps. you better believe it j,l mu- w im. ; By BETTY FOWLER The 6 o'clock news is responsible for half the nation's ills. I know it. I'd prefer, at this time of year, to savor the daffodils that are blooming all around town. There are crocuses peeking out after a long winter's hideout, and asparagus is hitting the produce counters. There are Easter cutouts pasted to windows, jelly beans and candy rabbits are again on the grocery shelves, and watermelon is down to 69 cents a pound. children's education. There's just not enough money in the till, say our educators. Heck, where does it all end? We're geared to worry. And all the media take advantage of that fact. When somebody figures out how to cure all the ills, let me know. I'll bottle it, seal it, and sell it for a marvelous spring elixir. ItH outsell sulphur and molasses, vitamins and fresh vegetables. I'm just afraid someone might find glass fragments Folks are leaving their favorite chairs in front of television sets to go outside and rake. Kids are driving their mothers crazy asking for marbles, kites and jacks, as well as new Easter togs. Despite this happy scene, always lurking in the back of our minds is the nagging worry of the national debt, the Nicargua scare, and the starving people in South Africa. Now, on top of every thing else, I have to worry about my grand Do you think congress will give in to Reagan's pitch for Contra aid? Do you think another leeway vote is in the immediate future? I can't help it folks. 1 think about these things. Shucks, I agree with Mark Twain when he said, "Life is just one damn thing after another." In the meantime, let's all take and go advantage ot tne iwarcn wina ' fly a kite. I just hope the string doesn't get caught in a power line. Ill lb. We need to bind those family ties the editor 's My cousin died last Thursday in Provo. He was 61. His name was Rusty. As far as I know, we have never met. With all the talk of the importance of extended families, no one ever addresses the families that are over extended - as this one. Rusty Haddock was the son of my father's oldest brother, Don. And my father was the youngest of nine brothers. I'm his youngest son. That puts a lot of distance between this cousin and myself. I knew Uncle Don well enough. He lived in Paris, about 10 miles from my home. My father used to tell me about how his older brother had been blinded in an accident, and went on to earn a law degree despite his handicap. Dad felt very strongly about maintaining those family ties. I would see Uncle Don, and my father's other brothers quite often when we'd get together in frequent family reunions. And I know my uncles quite well. In fact, Rusty Haddock may well have been at more than one of them. But I was the youngest child of the youngest brother - and a lot of my cousins had kids older than I was. There were just too many Haddocks to keep them all straight. , All the Dunns on my mother's sid of things didn't help any. (Mom had eight brothers and sisters, too, and she was. the youngest of those. ) I grew up knowing that I had a lot like me. That caused us both some grief. Once, the mail carrier brought me Woody Woodpecker puppet that my cousin had ordered. My mother had a hard time convincing me we should take it to Uncle Don's house, since they had paid for it. I was little, and that didn't mean much to a column me at the time. Ed moved to Big Piney, Wyo., and started his own grocery store. The last I heard, he owned a store in Rock Springs and, according to the obituary for Rusty, he's still there. In fact, most of the cousins moved away. That's the curse of many of the small farming communities settled by the Mormons. Farming can only support so many people, especially in a place with a climate like Bear Lake Valley. By MARC HADDOCK They're great places to rear families, but poor places to stay once you've been reared - and most of family members scattered. Most of relatives, but I never did get the of my uncles stayed in the valley. Some moved to Logan or Idaho Falls hang of who most of them were. I lived in a small town, in a small or Boise. Most of them stayed in the valley, and the family members who valley. But their kids spread from the east stayed close to Bear Lake were familiar faces, just like everybody coast to the west - taking the unelse. My father owned one of the few common name with them. , As a result1, I've found Haddocks inf grocery stores, and his brothers-,t lots; of places you wouldn't expect? shopped there."" In fact, Rusty's . brother, Ed,, them to be. When I worked on ai worked in my father's grocery store, construction magazine in Salt Lake and I knew him well. City, I had to read newspapers from Ed had a boy named Mark, just five states - and even came across a who was Haddock making to become a Catholic preparations nun. ' . Whenever I visit a big city, and that's not often, I look in the telephone book for Haddocks. I don't find very many. I knew there were Haddocks nearby. They are cousins of some sort, but this oversized extended family of mine overwhelms me. After all, I have a hard time keeping in touch with my two brothers. So I knew I had relatives living nearby just because we were listed next to each other in the telephone book. But I never got around to figuring out just who they were. I've been tempted to make a telephone call, or just drop by for a second to say hello - and make that family connection. But I find it hard to approach strangers for any reason, even when we share a name and a heritage. So I didn't. It wasn't until I read the obituary in Sunday's paper that I learned who L.D. Haddock was, and felt the loss of family; even though the loss was .distant. It's not hard to understand how grandparents and great grandparents who have died can fade into pbscrUy,' .when" we , allow Hying relatives ta driflt so far apart iti sb ' l ' short a time. .."! And I think it's probably time I started knocking on a few doors, and getting to know my family again.' - Luncheon Saturday for pageant hopefuls Food everywhere, and not a bite to eat delightful spring luncheon will be held Saturday at 11:30 a.m. for Miss Lehi contestants and their mothers. A professional photographer will be on hand to take the official contestant pictures, and workshops will be held to offer hair styling, modeling and makeup instruction. Kate Fillmore will be present to " conduct the workshop. The girls will also be informed activties inabout cluding a fabulous day in Salt Lake City where they will meet with church and state officials. Taunya Wilson, Pageant chairman, will give information concerning pageant protocol. She will also help the girls with decisions as to interview wardrobe and techniques. There, is still time to enter the pageant. Any girl who will be 18 A . before September is invited to participate. Committee members stress the fact that an expensive The wardrobe isn't necessary. contestants will be judged on interview, evening gown, swimsuit (private judging session) and talent, Mothers of the girls will introduced at the spring luncheon, and will be briefed as to pageant requirements. v One event of pageant participation has been changed, according to Mrs. Wilson. The sportswear category which has been a pageant standby, will be changed and girls will be asked to dress as their favorite character in any movie or play. This change will allow a new dimension to theme and decorating ideas . The Miss Lehi Pageant has been planned for May 3 at Lehi High School. Spelling Bee Thurs. Alpine School District's annual spelling bee will be held Thursday, March 20, at 7 p.m. at Meadow Elementary School, 176 S. 500 West, Lehi. The event will feature the winning spelling contestants from each elementary and junior high school in the district. Jack Reid, principal at Meadow Elementary, is chairman for the 1986 spelling bee. Stan Butler, principal at Westmore Elementary in Orem, is for the activity. Volunteers Continued from front page Jeppson, RaNae Hadfield, Betty Girot, and Roma Hall. According to the Center's Cloyd Atwood, the volunteers provide a real and valuable service. "This volunteer project has several advantages," he said. "In the first place, it makes the Center more efficient. With two of us here, we can handle all of the administrative duties and help Director, As near as I can tell, we're just going to have to give up eating. It's getting harder and harder to eat right at my house. We're now been told by the doctor; the grandmother, the aunts and the uncles and the television that the way we're doing it is sure to kill us. We've been handed these diet plans we're supposed to follow, and edible has been everything eliminated. t The kids are allergic to milk. So we have to cut out milk and dairy That eliminates ice products. cream, cheese, butter, puddings and pie a la mode. For the child allergic to salicylates, the grape juice he loves isout. . For the baby, no orange juice, no eggs. Red dyes make my kindergartener break out in a rash. Whole wheat gives everybody stomach-ache- s. old thing but refuse to eat "anything tidbits - , Copyright . 1986 ." Sharon Morrey .vsn. UtON MORllKY a free day to have a headache. (Why am I complaining? I can still have liver, brussel sprouts and cauliflower!) That takes out hamburgers from the local drive-in- , and fries and son's retainer and get lodged into his braces. For him we have to eliminate carrots and apples and hard bread sticks. My daughter cannot have a lot of meat or fat. Popcorn should not be eaten in excess. She gets attacks of pop-over- s. My husband doesn't like fish, and is trying to lose weight. He wants me to cut out starchy foods. There go the Then there's me. I have migraine potatoes and the garlic bread and headaches once a week unless I the tuna fish casseroles. There go avoid sugary foods, salty foods and the salmon patties and the fish all the foods I like. I'm supposed to sticks. eat small frequent meals and never Then the doctor says he suspects d the get really hungry. cannot tolerate Hot raised breads, donuts, pizza, corn syrup. There's corn syrup in foods and with Monsodium almost everything, popsicles, fruit Glutamate are absolutely not for juice, syrup and corn !. me. I can only eat them when I have The foods we have left break my three-year-ol- . they've never eaten before. (They may have picked up that trait from ' their ; mother, I never did eat I: , didn't have ; an anything established relationship with.) Then just as I'm ready to serve up " bacon and eggs I hear about cholosterol levels and ' sodium nitrate so those have to go." Fruit has been sprayed with deadly pesticide and the cattle have probably eaten hay tainted with acid ' rain. As a result of all this I'm having difficulty coming up with meals that don't break the rules. (Sometimes the budget has to be considered too. ) I really do want my children to be well-fe- d and healthy. But I remember how I felt as a picky child so I don't force them to eat. Somedays we have six different items for six different kids for dinner. That may look like in' dulgence. I've come to the point where whatever it takes to get a little food into them, I'll try it. I just have to find something they can all have, something of which everyone would approve. There must be a food item out there that's ' . students with individual problems "with the help of the volunteers we welcome, the service of these such as research, finding a book, are getting all of our audio-visupeople is greatly appreciated." " While at the school, the volunteers using the card catalogue, or with a materials programmed into the wide variety of questions. In ad- computer for easier access. Also, : assume a number of duties. They dition, we are now able to keep the the program is a good public "man" the circulation desk to check teachers better informed as to the . relations activity since it brings books in and out for students, using services available here. Presently, parents into the school to find out? the computer as the filing system. we send out a periodic list of, the what's happening here and also to They program the Center's audioresource materials here which will provide input to help us do a better visual materials for use by students help teachers with their specific job. All in all, I'm very impressed and staff. They also provide needed content areas." with this volunteer activity, and help to students for special projects, e "In addition," continued Atwood, while a aide would still be such as book reports and research colitis. That brings us about down to peanut butter and lettuce ' and onions, and I haven't even counted the foods the kids just plain will not eat. Even if I held them down and shoved it in. That includes good nutritional that go from fridge to stove to the garbage if I fix them; broccoli, eggplant, cauliflower, sauerkraut, chili dogs. They get tired of eating the same foods , papers. According to PTSA President, Kay Peterson, the project not only, helps meet the objectives of the safetoeat. . ."' Anybody for a glass of water? . school but also those of the PTSA "Our primary objective is to enhance the educational program " ' she said. Time to plant & fertilize! 4" Pansies 75 full-tim- ea." Flat ; . . . v 9 . , . n Roses (2 gallon pot). 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