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Show Page B12 'OIhe Eirngg-ttbcpcnbe- Food Bank and HEAT program move On Two Wheels A pedaling periodical of bicycle-relate- d by Ron Georg Maybe I Thorny Topic prepared, (long lycra shorts on a bike ride) adults leading teen-ageboys into the desert in June without enough water. The problem I want to address is goatheads. Those evil little weeds have gone to seed again, and 100-degr- ee d paying attention; after all, the bike he was holding had two flat, old, cracked tires, so I just assumed thats what he wanted. At the very least, he needed two tubes. What he really asked for was slime for his tires. With a capital S, Slime is a brand name for a product designed to go inside a bicycle tube, where it waits for a hole. When it finds one, the Slime tries to get out, but its sticky and full of fiber, so it plugs the hole. Slime and its imitators, the little s slimes, work pretty well if you dont mind slow leaks. Slime will help you get home from a ride, where you can replace your tube. Even the manufacturer doesnt recommend it as a repair. I told the Scoutmaster this, and he replied: Its okay, its just for a scouts bike. I might agree that we have a surplus in that department, but I wouldnt be so callous as to strand one in the desert with two flat tires. I guess Scoutmasters can afford to lose one or two. Still, I tried to appeal to them from a Scouttish per- despite the dry conditions there seems to be a bumper crop this year. For the uninitiated, a goathead is blocky thorn that grows on a groundcover plant. The block, which is a seed, has spikes that look like a goats horns; theyre designed by nature to bore into a passing foot or wheel for distribution. That means incautious cyclists will get flats from them. Short of radials mounting on your bicycle, there is no way to prevent goatheads from puncturing your tires except not riding in them. Thats not as hard as it sounds. Goatheads grow mainly in disturbed, untended areas like abandoned lots and gravel parking areas. When crossing such spaces, follow paths; chances are someone else will have picked them up. Learn to identify the plants specifically, and dont run them over. If you have goatheads on your property, yank them up so that you may ride up to your door without a flat. After pulling them, throw them in the trash. I watched one botanical genius pull them from his yard and toss them onto an adjacent dirt path. Not only was he sharing with the world, they were bound to return steel-belte- d ld well-wor- n spell-chec- k tells me Scouttish isnt a word but it should be). I hope youre not handing out any bicycling merit badges for this outing, I said. After their nervous chuckles died I added, because this really doesnt meet your criterion of being prepared. Okay, perhaps I was slip- home to roost. As for kids, if their brains arent too television addled they should be able to learn to identify this one plant. Teach ping from advising to bullying. Im a bike mechanic, not a social worker, and its hard to TheGrand County Food Bank and the H.E.A.T. program are moving to a new location: 58 North 200 East pants look even sillier than just hadnt had enough coffee, but I could have sworn the Scoutmaster asked me for tires. Or maybe I just wasnt spective (yes, my news and views d over-dresse- Thursday, June 10, 2004 nt avoid becoming combative with someone who believes that all of our advice is designed to sell them stuff they dont need, useless parts like bike tubes. Thats right, at the end of a day of scamming Scoutmasters, we go home to our gated, community, lock the mansion doors, and dive into decadent piles of bike tubes. However, this wasnt intended as a diatribe on the Scouttishly ironic mix of preparedness and incompetence we see this time of year, when Scoutmasters from around the intermountain west plan their them to avoid goatheads, teach them to fix their own desert. No, the main theme of this column is a bigger problem than under rush, when egg and candy opportunities abound, and kids are freely stuffing their bas- - kets, even helping younger ones pick up a few prizes. Soon the quarry grows more elu- sive, hence more precious. Some players will drop out, ill from the cholesterol-heav- y mix of protein and com sugar. A few will press on, heralding each new score as though theyve found the Holy Grail.1 At the point when the wild rush ends, when most of the candy is eaten and only a few stinky eggs remain tucked in inconvenient hiding places, kids start thinking about their next birthday, or Christmas Easter is a long way off. That sort of perspective is one of the privileges of childhood. Back in the 1960s, geologist M. King Hubbert predicted a similar pattern for petroleum acquisition, but without the hope of a new Easter. For adults currently paymore than $2 a gallon for ing gasoline, Easter may never come again. It is possible that the spike was predicted by Hubberts theory, and that our current troubles in the Middle East are coincidental. Hubbert predicted that we would eventually reach Hubberts Peak, a point where oil is rare enough that supply cant meet demand. That will make every gallon much more precious. Of course, the peak is only for supply. Cost will continue to climb so long as there is demand, so dont think youre going to coast off the backside of Hubberts Peak in your new Humvee. In fact, you might want to have a bigger gas tank installed so you can fill up with this bargain-pricefuel. If Hubbert was and it seems like a right, pretty simple equation, then d, (be- - 10. Child care session planned June hind the old middle school). The old offices will be closed while they move until the new offices open on Thursday, June 14 The Department of Workforce Services in will a workshop host Blanding for people interested in becoming licensed child care providers. Family Child Care: Is it for you? will be held on Mon- The food bank hours will remain the same: Monday 9 a.m. to noon, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The new phone number is The H.E.A.T. program operates from November to March, and its new phone number is 259-645- 259-636- 2. at 10 a.m. at DWS offices. The Blandings licenswill address workshop food USDA the ing standards, for skills business program, day, June 14th family childcare. Interested by persons should pre-regist- calling er 5. this could be the start of the final ascent. So this is a public service announcement. You should be prepared, and not in some Scouttish, way. Free yourself from your petroleum addiction, and you, too, can enjoy the view from Hubberts Peak. You can reach Ron Georg with comments or information regarding this column at or send email to SonGames 20 slime-in-the-tub- 259-305- ontwowheels VACATION DIOLE SCHOOL Samos Crafts Songs Snacks Diblo Stories 2; learthlink.net. SPANISH VALLEY VINEYARDS & WINERY For Locally Grown and Produced Wines! Place: The Community Church 544 Mivida Date: June Time: 9-11- 14th-1- 8th :30 am Open for Tastings & Sales Mon.-Sa- t. 12-- 7 pm 4 (435) 259-813- SW Corner of Stocks Drive and Zimmerman Lane Gtero GDan Sjtenlte (tec? flats, and refuse to drive them around when their tires wont hold air. They will learn. Or you could buy tire lin- ers, thorn-resista- tubes, nt tires, etc. In fact, forget what I said about pulling up plants and avoiding their habitat. Just keep going for those Scouttish slime, Kevlar-belte- solutions d I need another wing on the mansion. rg Peak Bagging An Easter Egg Hunt has a specific dynamic, one that a statistician would have no trouble charting. Theres an initial summer break trips to the e, DELTA SALES YARD June 3, 2004 Market Report We had a good summer run this week. Feeder cattle higher again. Butcher cows higher. Singles and lower than prices quoted. Pairs in high deodd lots $10-$1$900-$mand. Top Pairs $1 1 375, 050, older 1 or poorer quality $750-$87calves to $1 .65. Spring lambs 1 00 .95-- 1 .05. Ewes Young ewes to .55. Sheep Fat goats $60-$9families $100-$16Top milking nannies $1-$- 2 $2-$- 3 5 00-$- 1 mid-quali- 50-30- 5. .35-.4- 1 ty 0 5. 5. 0. One Stop for Full Service Food & Fuel $100-$12- 0. 0 Steers Steers 400-50- 0 Steers Steers 600-70Steers Steers .45 1.15-- 1 300-40- 1.15-1.3- .05-- 1 1 500-60- 0 1 0 5 .10-- 1 .03 Heifers 300-40- 0 1 .05-- 1 400-50- 0 1 .03-- 1 - Heifers - Heifers -- .90-- 1 800-90- 0 - - Heifers .30 .23 .90-1.0- 3 700-80- 0 -- - Heifers 500-60- 0 - Heifers .35 .25 .97-1.2- 0 600-70- 0 700-80- 0 .90-.0- 5 .90-1.0- 0 800-90- 0 .85-.9- 0 No top bulls offered Butcher Bulls - Top Cows . 0 5 Heiferettes 3 Lower Yielding cows Medium Cows 4 Butcher Bulls low yield 5 .65-.7- .55-.7- 54-.6- -- -- .47-.5- .46-dow- n .55-.6- 0 Cutting Bulls 1 5 Pairs, 25 Butcher Cows, Next week - June 1 400-50run NO HORSE SALE of along with our usual dock IN JULY. Next horse sale Sat., Aug. 7th. We will no longer accept boar hogs for sale. Join us for Farmer Rancher Appreciation Lunch June 1 7th. FREE lunch sponsored by Delta Area Chamber of Commerce. We are Videoing cattle now for July Sale. If you have Semi load lots give us a call. Market is good. Deadline for July Sale is June 23rd. Over the summer months postcards will be mailed every 2 weeks with updated market news and upcoming consignments. Remember NO SALES Juy 1st and 8th. More info call Dan . . . 800-100- 0 01 .70-.9- 0-- 0. 970-874-46- 12 A 6. www.outwestfoodnfuel.com Shell Black oil co. Wholesale Retail |