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Show mwyf!Mi"ii4ijm Saturday, March 8, 1997 THK DAILY HERALD, Provo, I tall Especially o. for sip kids?) ? s their and Books that will turn your heart to the farm families In the Spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love. Farmers, however, are thinking about preparing the land to put in a crop. We have at the Provo Public-Librara whole grist (as my grandmother would say) of great farm books, some how to. some about. Pulitzer Prie winner Richard Rhodes' "Farm: A Year in Ihe Life of an American Farmer" is t lie story of a farming family's ear, filled with marvelous images of the 1997 by Universal Press Syndicate By BETTY DEBNAM from Ttit Mini Pagt by BMy DuOrrnn C l! UmytfMl PM SynaoU It's St. Patrick's Day! Ireland From A to Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with a mini view of Ireland. America Gaelic Celtic people arrived from Central Europe about 2,600 years ago. They spread over Ireland and conquered the people already there. This cross was put up by the Celts. About of the people speaK uaenc, me native language of Ireland. Most also speak English. - 3 J! !) Ireland gets this name because it's so green. Grass covers much of the land. the largest city in Northern Ireland. The Titanic was built in its shipyard. v 9.1 Vs." Hurling is one of Ireland's most popular sports and one of the world's fastest sports. The object of the sport is to get a ball between goalposts. Each called player carries a long, wide stick a hurley It is used to catch and balance the ball while running. - Island Belfast Belfast is -- mmmmmi Emerald isle The Irish were the first group to come, or immigrate, to the United States in large numbers. More than 44.5 million Americans, or 15.6 percent of the population, claim Irish descent, according to the 1990 census. Wl I IMA K Hurling Dublin is the capital of Ireland. About 1 million people live in the area . Flag Ireland takes up most (about of an island off the coast of Britain. . five-sixth- s) o, V"--- j The flag is green, white and orange. Northern Green stands for the native Gaelic Ireland takes up Irish, orange for the British who settled the other sixth. in Ireland centuries ago, and white for the peace James Joyce is a famous that exists in Ireland author. Irish two. between the green, white, orange Joyce The Bauer's combine is "a mobile factory that separates grain and seed from husk and stalk and pod. ..a tunnel that connects the natural to the human woild. a cornucopia..." Tom Bauer gets help drying his corn crop from a neighbor who's "handy as a pocket on a shirt." While you are enjoying the effortless sweetness of Rhodes' narrative, you will also learn, in Garrison Keillor's phrase "a great deal you never knew vou ought to know." For one thing, that old joke about farming turns out to be close to true: w hen he w as asked w hat he would do if he had a million dollars, he replied. "I guess I'd just keep farming until it was gone." If your interest tends more towards farming on a smaller scale. Sue Hubbell's "A Country Year" should fill your bill. I really like Sue Hubbell partly because she used to be a librarian who gave up the high life to keep bees in the Oarks and partly because she loves and writes about nature and country life in such a mouth-waterin- g way. Another w ay to focus on farnv ins on a smaller scale is to onlv f age O d, I More About Ireland Quaint Kennedy President John Uileann pipes Kennedy is one of the most famous Americans of Irish descent In Ireland and the United States, parks and memorials are named after him. Vikings In the 790s. iking invaders raided Ireland and settled on the coast. They destroyed many of Ireland's monasteries. But they did set up places of business such as Dublin, Cork. Limerick and Waterford. Legends Leprechauns, fairies. banshees and other imaginary creatures are part of the rich history of stories coming from this island. mm Monasteries After St Patrick converted the people to Christianity, monasteries . . sprang up all over. fVi ,1 f A- - llM J' copied and saved writings from all over the world. " itnout them, i i me worldj ij wouua The beautiful Irish country side is dotted with quaint villages and towns. Robinson Protft5tant - -- - Ocean The Atlantic Ocean laps the shores of this island. Potatoes Potatoes have long been one of the main foods of Ireland. Betw een the potato crops failed and there was a great famine. A million people died. Two million more moved, or immigrated, to other countries, especially the United States, 1S45-1S4- 7, in ir ar St Patrick Northern Ireland majority of its people are i the office. Her seven-veterm of office ends this year. President Robinsons official residence is in Dublin. President and Mrs. Clinton visited there in 1995. President Robinson made an official visit to the White House in 1996. Europe. island. The -- Mary Robinson was elected president of Ireland in 1990. She is the first female to hold have lost most of its books after barbarians invaded the rest of Northern Ireland is still a part of . Great Britain. It takes oneabout up sixth of the Irish .JL This musical instrument is used in traditional music. It is the Irish version of Scottish bagpipes. F. This patron saint of Ireland lived about 1,500 years Waterford crystal cl Waterford. exceptional scenery it uami Ireland is famous for its beautiful green landscapes. The skies and waters sparkle because Ireland has very little pollution. slave. He escaped and became a priest. Later he returned to Yeats Ireland and converted the people to Christianitv. About 92 percent of the people in the Republic of Ireland are Roman One of the most renowned poets of Ireland is William Butler Yeats. r r By DOANE HULICK The Providence Journal-Bulletin EAST PROVIDENCE. R.I. Parents in the 1990s find it increasingly difficult to build strong families because our culture no longer fosters a sense of community, a clinical psychologist and critically acclaimed author says. g Mary Pipher. the author of "Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls." said. "We now have a world where children don't know adults, because they "re taught to be afraid of them, and a world where adults are afraid of children." Pipher was the key note speaker at a conference last week on "Parenting in the "90." Pipher. a clinical psychologist with a private practice in Lincoln. Neb., said many of the problems facing parents today come from "the harsh climate in which families are expected to survive." She compared the experiences of her grandparents, who raised a family in eastern Colorado in the 1920s and 1950s, with the experiences of a family in Nebraska in the 1990s to illustrate how the climate has changed. "My grandparents lived seven miles from town. My grandfather was a rancher. He was and ran for the state Senate. He built Chrystal Springs, a place where the family could go on Sundays. ...He was a poet. ...He didn l like being at the house alone. "My grandmother was very smart, the moral exemplar lor the family. The family lived seven mile from town and did everything for themselves. My aunt Margaret played the violin. There were family gatherings. .They talkeJ and played cards. They had no electricity until after World War II. Sometime in the I9WK they got a television set. but they seldom watched it. i This is a CD title from the rock group scenery. d award-winnin- Wal-Ma- g rt "Loyalty was valued in the family. The family knew who the enemies were the depressions, hli ards and the locusts." Pipher s;j,i. "Now contrast them with a modem family. Brian's family. Brian's company has been downsied. He has had to fire people and he's unhappy with his job. His wik works ... and is the emotion,.! donor." both at work and lor : family. "His oldest daughter sutlers Iron; anorexia and his other daughter smokes heavily. His youngest son a good student and a great cello pl.u er. but he's afraid to go to seho.1 He's afraid he will he beaten up "They are all stressed as mdi viduals and don't know who the enemy is." Pipher said "W hat are your enemies m the '90s if you're trying to build a strong family .' Well, first ol all. we've lost, all over the country, a sense of community " Pipher said modern technology and the popular culture also nu.le it difficult lor parents to build strong families. "Children are being raised by appliances." she said. 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The Mini Page features a story by Madeleine Albright, the first female secretarv of state. ff .Ml vou join c!uS i.rxiiM xu) :: Js tli.xis irv mAir moey n- - W mm t.IBR.Ss-- CVnml RIKS .Xtjrsh iio throug'i your newspaper for sians of St. Patrick's Day. the Library quickly mention three more: "Farm: History and Celebration of the American Farmer" by Young Adult author Gary Paulsen: Thomas Jefferson's "The Garden and Farm Books." detailing our third president's passion for agriculture and the bucolic life: and finally, the dean of sensitive, sensible writing about the AmeriWendell can farm experience. Berry, whose "Home Economics" and "The Gift of Good Land" are classics by any standard. These books will all give your minds a place to rest when you are snuffing up smog at the interchange. They may all be found at the Provo City Library and may also be available at a librarv nearer vou. By EUGENIA LAST For March 9 ? Zooropa Look Laura Wadley you wish you were back out on the farm with alfalfa leaves sticking all over your sweaty self. Running out of space. let me ' Tourism remains and the beautiful, unpolluted At n Horoscope Catholic. About 4.25 million tourists came across the sea to Ireland in 1995. Tourists come to see the ancient f loss of community hurting nation's children civic-minde- Ireland is noted for its fine cry stal made in the town of ago. When he was 16, he w as kidnapped by Irish pirates and made a jjr( i punch-you-ou- A best-sellin- mam "He wrile about one crop as dues Wr-lyKlinkenborg in "Making Hay" kind of Ignore Klinkenborg clunky name, and vou will discov er yet another masterful prose si) I ist whose considerations of lt.iv making and hay makers (not thc t kind) in Luveme. 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