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Show Page M THE DAILY HERALD, Provo, Utah, Thursday, July 16, 1998 UU's nott onasfiy oir t-eaft I am here today to do the thing which Mark Twain said we cannot do. Something about the weath- AND OSS KOnSTK: er. that it is not hot. For at least 60 seconds. About the time it might take you, say, to get nekkid, as Twain would write it, and go jump into an ice chest. Now, possibly, you are not exactly primed to receive the help I offer. The next person who asks, "Hot enough for you?" you're coldcocking. But, at the risk of raising your ire higher than the mercury, I must reiterate: We ain't got squat for hot here. Especially when you consid- - Gib Twyman er that the matter of heat is all relative. Just like the humidity ... or "yoomidity," which is how we said it back in Kansas City where I came from. As in, "Ya know, it's not the heat ... it's the yoomidity that'll get ya." UTAH VALLEY BRIEFING auditorium sound system. Tickets can be purchased at Alpine The Church of Jesus Christ the door. of Latter-da-y Saints will be sprucing up the city Saturday. LDS congregations Pleasant Grove will be cleaning city parks The city is gearing up for and picking up garbage on effort in the largest clean-ucity streets as part of the the city's history. Thousands of church's second annual day of workers are expected to turn service. out Saturday morning at 18 sites throughout the city to clean up, paint, pave, weed, American Fork prune, and fence areas of the The Steel Days Children's city needing help. For details Parade will start at 6 p.m. how you can help, call on Thursday. The children who want to participate should gather at the LDS Church parking lot at 240 S. Center Provo Street by 5:30 p.m. A benefit yard sale for the Children's Justice Center will be conducted Saturday from 9 Cedar Hills a.m. to 4 p.m. at 2295 W. 600 The bridge in the city park South. Friends of the Utah will be getting stained Children's Justice County Saturday. Volunteers particia charitable Center, LDS in Church's the pating organization dedicated to service day will gather at 7 serving child abuse victims a.m. at the Manila 3rd Ward and their families are sponand proceed to the park to the event. They are soring and the the stain porchbridge inviting people to donate es at City Hall. items for the sale. All proceeds will be used to provide serEureka vices and treatment at the Children's Justice Center. Progress on the Tintic Historical Society's museum Please contact Susan Chasson room in the old City Hall is or bring donaat tions to the Children's Justice being made, but more help is needed. Contact the city offices Center, 315 S. 100 East, Provo. or Historical Society for more information. p 785-504- 5. non-prof- it 375-575- 8, Salem Lehi trying to improve pedestrian safety on Salem Canal Road, but lack of funding will likely prevent some of the improvements area residents would like. City officials have promised a new sidewalk for the school year and are working to eliminate drainage problems on the road. City officials are The Legacy of Living Art, which celebrates 150 years of Utah's art, will be held today through Saturday at Lehi High School at 8 p.m. Tickets range in price from $8 to $10 and can be purchased at the Lehi Library or at the door. Mapleton Mapleton has a new city recorder. Don Walker, a city employee for about four years, was promoted from staff assistant to the recorder position recently vacated by Lori Santaquin Tomorrow the winners of the Santaquin Days Baby Contest will be announced at 5 p.m. at Santaquin Elementary School, 45 S. 400 E. Brierly. Orem Utah Valley State College presents the Custodial and Grounds Super Expo, July 31. The 1998 conference will feature professional workshops, vendor, exhibits, door prizes, great food and an incomparable day of networking with professionals from across the West. The conference features keynote G. Donald Gale, vice president for News and Public Affairs, Bonneville International Corporation. Participants will have the opportunity to choose from nine sessions, with 33 workshops focusing on grounds and custodial th th training. Individual preregis-tratio- Payson The Town Council Business Session will be held tonight at 6:30 p.m. in the town office, 130 W. Main Street. Residents are encouraged to participate. Spanish Fork The Fourth Annual LlamaFest will be held Saturday at 4 p.m. Llamas and handlers from throughout Utah will compete. Admission is $1 for adults, 50 cents for children or $5 for a family. The event will be held at KHQN Radio, one mile south of the city on Main Street. n is $30, group registration ranges from $22 to $25 depending upon group size. Registration at the door is $40. For more information and to register, call (8872). 222-UVS- Saratoga Springs C . The Peteetneet Academy will host "Sesquicentennial Days of the Old West, ieaturdinner 10 cowboy poets, ing and craft exhibits, at 8 p.m. Friday. The academy, located at 10 S. Peteetneet Blvd., will use funds raised to pay for a new Springville License fees for banks and financial institutions were lowered under an ordinance adopted recently by the Springville City Council. The new fees are now $40 per year. License fees for mechanical amusement devices were reduced to $25 annually. Vineyard The City Council will meet tonight at 6:30 at the Vineyard Town Hall, 230 E. Gammon Road. to whine skwk eoniDiiaguD And that is precisely a point I want to make. Just Chums White House The reason it is not hot here, relatively speaking, is because of the big doesn't blast us. I USED to think the humidity theory was all wet. You'd hear people in climates like this going, "Well, it's hot, but not really hot, because it's a dry heat." And I'd think of my buddy, Jeff Flanagan, a Wisconsin native who worked for an Arizona newspaper. "Yeah, they'd tell you it wasn't hot because it was a dry heat and you'd go outside and microwave your face," Jeff said. A myth, this dry heat thing, I thought ... bigger than the Loch Ness Monster, the Single Bullet Theory or Uncle Bill's But, lo and behold, maybe I can't vouch for everywhere, but the dry heat theory lives here. Folks, I promise you, we are not feeling heat like other parts of the country. You're not hot until you get out of your car and your pants come off. That's because they're stuck to your bucket seat. That can happen to you in Kansas City, where you drink, not humid air. breathe, the You think they call it getting mugged in New York? Mugged. Muggy. Same root word. And I have Florida friends who buy houses with swimming pools and never go in them after the first week's novelty wears off. The pool is bathwater. The bugs are like flying H-bo- I am going to convince you i tycapfff the weather. That is an Buicks. Talk about your d hospitality. There is nothing like that here. That is because, at least at Intern Program. American right, as inalienable as eating apple pie and booing the Chicago Bulls. But I appreciate summers here. I think anyone ought to. To fully understand, maybe you should call a friend or relative in the Midwest or Southeast or Eastern SeabnarH anH listen to 'em moan ... wViAtti Southern-frie- night, it cools down. ONE TYPICAL day recently in Midway where I live, the high was 95 and the low 45. Yes, I get a tad flushed for a few hours. But at night, you open the windows and sleep under the covers. Believe me, when you've got swings in a it's period, 90-pl- 24-ho- ur ee not-not-n- hot-hot-h- At least the earth cools before tossing you back in the Some Midwestern never it gets below 80. nights, Now, my friends, you are toast. Frankly, I don't feel called to stop your complaining about bun-warme- r. thpv're not easping for breath Or curse a Texan. It's all thelH '"A we're Dmttin? fault o their heat lltwiu wave. I mean, it's fun to blame Tevas for anvthine. Rieht? H I see my 60 seconds are up.K(i T hnnp I've helned. '"4 Now excuse me while I no remove all my clothes and ride 'A my ceiling fan. niia Gib Twyman is a feature J writer for The Daily Herald. Goshen cowboy Bill Boswell's a real buckaroo By AMY K. STEWART The Daily Herald GOSHEN - If ever there is a real cowboy, it is Bill Boswell of Goshen. The fact that he calls himself a buckaroo, not a cowboy, further proves his authenticity. Boswell, 37, is an expert in creating fancy leather saddles, braiding rawhide to make lariats, hobbles, hackamores and twisting horsehair into ropes. His work will be displayed Friday at the 3rd Annual Peteetneet Creek Ranch Hands Cowboy Poetry and Song in Payson. Displays begin at 6 p.m., the show starts at 8 p.m. '') !'.: t ' I ' ,.i - ; . , 4 if tj ' .s- - Horse whisperer But Boswell's leatherwork is just a hobby. For his real job, Boswell helps train "problem horses," just like Robert Redford who in the plays Tom Booker recent movie, "The Horse Whisperer." In fact, Boswell's belief regarding training horses is similar to Booker's in the movie: It's not the horse who has the problem, it's the owner. Boswell trained under MARC LESTERThe Daily HerikT Buckaroo Bill: Bill Boswell of Goshen is a real craftsman of western items such ropes and rawhide goods. If you go The 3rd Annual Peteetneet Creek Ranch Hands Cowboy Poetry and Song will be July 17 at the Peteetneet Academy, 110 South 600 East, Payson. The show starts at 8 p.m. A barbecue dinner and display of leg- endary horsemen for years among other buckaroos in Nevada and Oregon, working on huge ranches with head of stock. All the ranch work was done on horseback. Buckaroos take a lot of pride in their professions. And part of that pride emerges in the form of fancy accessories. A real buckaroo wouldn't just throw any saddle on his horse, or wear just any boots. Boswell's boots are custom made, created from shark and calf skin, but they are creased and dusty with use. His spurs are custom made as well, and are created from horse, and he listens to them. are superficial. "People Horses tell you exactly how it is," he said. After working with the horse, he will watch the owner ride it. And he almost always finds it's not the horse that has the problem. For Boswell example, watched his brother-in-laride and saw how he pulled on the reins too much, an action which upset the horse. The problem had nothing to do with the horse. Boswell finally took the bridle off and his brother-in-lawas forced to get along with the horse. "The real art is having people adjust to fit the horse," Boswell said. "Some people want to make the horse adjust to them." Taking a break: Boswell greets his dog while in the tacking room of his barn. anyone else, so Boswell ended up buying the horse. The problem was the owners were trying to "break" the sterling silver. he said. horse, "Buckaroos will spend a lot "He (the horse) had too much of money on decoration," he said. "That is the lifestyle, and spirit and heart," said Boswell. we take a lot of pride in the "He just couldn't be broken. He wanted to feel equal and make work." Boswell learned the braiding his own decisions." work from other buckaroos he The horse's mouth worked with on the ranches. Boswell explained he usually One of the first things he learned was a stampede string, tries to make friends with the which is a hat strap that goes under a cowboy's chin to hold their hats on. w w bachelor's degree in animal science at Utah State University. He worked for a saddle maker, clinand put on ics to earn tuition money. Boswell moved back to his childhood home of Goshen two years ago, and has been putting on horse clinics and training problem horses ever since. One of Boswell's favorite g stories involves a big gray thoroughbred named horse-trainin- g horse-trainin- "Killer." The owner brought the horse to Boswell and asked him to train the wild horse. Later Boswell learned he was the fourth trainer the first three were in the hospital with injuries sustained from "Killer." Boswell tamed "Killer" so he could ride him. 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