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Show THE SAN JUAN RECORD Wednesday February 24, 1993 Page Around The Hal m by Doris Valle was not sure this Column would be forthcoming because yesterday my comI puter again indicated its displeasure with life in Mexican Hat. I was just do- ing my thing and suddenly there appeared a series of odd little characters -- something like diamonds and clubs and paper clips and worms. The discouraging aspect is that these symbols appeared as if by magic on my screen but the printer refused to be associated with such frivolous beings. There I was in the middle of some profound observation on life and the printer balked leaving my thought half unthunk. I deleted and they moved somewhere else. I turned the printer off and on. I turned the computer off and on. I moved to another file. The tenacious little tures hung on. I imagined them dancing in the middle of my words, sticking their crea- tongues out at me. I turned everything off and took two aspirin. Ah, Donna, Donna, my dearly beloved daughter Donna. How could you go off and leave your elderly mother at the mercy of modern technology? Donna was a professional computer consultant. She worked mostly with individuals and small businesses and she was very good. Only Donna could talk me through my trials and tribulations at a computer keyboard. In fact she 12 gave me credit for much of her success. I learned to be a consultant by working with my mother. Nobody could possibly get into more trouble than my mother did. I have a row of fat computer books chock full of in- formation. Ive never read them. Those pages were not written for someone in computer kindergarten. So the last time Donna was here on vacation she spent hours writing detailed instructions in a notebook. Yesterday when I was so upset I got the notebook and tried to find something about removing gremlins from my screen, Darling, but your handwriting brought back too many memories. Last night I dreamed we were in the hospital in Chicago. We were walking down the hall together. You were wearing my fuzzy bedroom slippers because your feet were so swollen you couldnt get your own slippers on. We walked hand in hand with you pushing the IV pole. Interferon and Inter-leuke- n II. All the nurses we knew were there, promenading with us, saying hello. Remember Mae? She was the one who came flying in the door one night as I came dashing out, trying to get that big old thing that controlled the IV dosage out the door because you were, briefly, asleep and the thing was beeping. Someone had left it on a chair after the last treatment for the night Agricultural Conservation Funds Funds totaling $81,668 have been allocated for the San Juan County 1993 Agricultural conservation Pro-gram(AC- P) administered by the Agricultural Stabal-izatio- n and Conservation Service. the San Juan County ASCS office. Participation in programs administered by ASCS is open to all eligible farmers without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status or disability. had been metered and it fell off. Mae gasped in horror. Youve pulled out all your needles, she said. She thought I was the patient, gone berserk. We all laughed about that the next day. As usual you were worried, a little conDid I get my medifused. cation at 4:00 oclock? you asked Mae. Honey, yawl got everything for sure. Yawl dont heads gonna roll. Right out that doah. The little English girl was there. The one who came when your heart began racing one night. Remember how she was trying to take your pulse and I asked how fast it was. She dropped your wrist and ran, saying, I dont know. Its too fast to count. The room was suddenly full of young men in white coats. You were angry becuase nobody would tell us anything. After they moved you to a monitored bed on another floor the heart ward it was that very small RN who came finally through the door of your room, pushing my bed, folded on end. She had not been able to get anyone from housekeeping so, sweating and irate, she showed up with it so that I - could rest. You couldnt - vorite rock. Hear the water. Clear and sparkling in the sun. Hear it flow gently, gently... You did finally rest but I think it was just the sound of my voice. Somehow a vi- sualization of the muddy old San Juan doesnt seem soothing. I hated to wake this morn- ing and know you were gone. But of course you are not really gone even though I cannot touch your hand or hear your voice. You will always be with me in my heart. Love is eternal. The allocation was based - conserve water, improve water quality and install other conservation measures. The total allocation includes $60,060 for annual conservation agreements and $21,608 for long-terconservation agreements. m The ACP is designed to encourage farmers to voluntarily perform soil and water conservation measures, to improve water quality, plant trees or to correct serious environment problems. Application for annual To bring you more new m and exciting hair styles. . . are going to a Hair Show in New York !! SO... We will be closed from March We 1-- For more details contact slumberparty! by Craig Yazzie On Friday morning, January 22, 32 seventh and eighth graders at ment Valley High School began their Monu- one-day-allnig- ht read out bash! Friday morning at 8:30 was the starting time. The students read for 55 minutes with a five minute break. Every third hour, they would have a 15 minute break with a donated snack and time to stretch out. The students had to keep read- ing without taking their eyes off their books. If they did they were disqualified. Reasons for being dis- qualified included having wondering eyes, talking, and especially sleeping. Some of the kids fell asleep sitting upright in their chair without anyone Some teachers were up all night just watching the The Read-A-Tho- Bu-cari- a, Bit-seed- y, Parent-Lin- k Telephone Numbers at MHS know- ing. kids. Ms. Ansley, Mr. Yazzie, Mr. Roberts, Ms. Towne, Mr. Rock, Ms. Ms. Bailey, Mr. Dickey, Mr. Reeder, and Mr. Sumsion. Extra helpers were Francis and Rosley Sumsion, Lucretia Holiday provided extra snacks. As the night went on three winners came out the next morning. They were Pam Cly (third) who finished at 5:25, and won a prize of $35. Daniel Towne (second) who finished at 7:10 and won a prize of $45. Shandiin Deputee (first) won the grand prize of $60. She lasted until 7:11. The rest of the participants also received a prize. bers: n n was held in the library and monitored by staff mem 24 hour telephone Call 587-289- 9 If busy, after 3:15 pm Call 587-232- 4 sleep that night and I tried visual imaging to relax you. Walk down to the San Juan and sit on your fa- on conservation needs in the county. The funds will be used to control erosion, conservation practices are accepted on a continuous basis with approval meetings for funding March 23 and May 18. Requests for long-teragreements must be submitted by March 19, Read-a-tho- 19 San Juan County is offering a reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of individuals involved in defacing, removal, andor damage to San Juan County Road signs. Please provide information to the San Juan County Sheriffs Office, P.0. Box 788, Monticello, Utah 84535, 801-587-22- 37 |
