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Show frage Two - The Pyramid - April 26, 1995 But one night of pioneering was enough, I elected to forego the second night under the stars opting for an additional drive back to the eight-hocomfort of a nice warm bed in our Moab base camp trailer. I thought I was relatively safe there (at least from scorpions) until a few days later when a wildfire swept through camp and my nice warm trailer got hot. Thanks to the quick thinking of son PJ and another camp Paul Roper, who resident, were able to move our trailer and two others out of the fires path, damage was averted. A Penny ur Worili By Penny Hamilton Merrill Ogden & Calvin Hobbes Mormon Miracle Pageant tryouts Wild MANTI Mormon Miracle Pageant tryouts will be held May-2and 24 at 7:30 p.m. at the Manti Stake Center for families or individuals. Performances will be July 6 through 8 and July 11 through 3 Manners still matter While browsing in a bookstore in Provo Saturday, I saw Emily Posts Book of Etiquette. It was the 15th edition done by Elizabeth Post who is Emilys I noticed that the first edition was published in 1922. So presumably Emily is on the other side teaching little g angels roughneck the ditty, "As the ship sails out to sea, I dip my spoon away from me. " What caught my interest as I leafed through the thick volume was the section on hats, Ms. Post allowed that times have changed relative to the wearing of hats. Time was when most men wore a felt hat in winter and a straw hat in summer. Just watch a movie from the 40s and 50s and into the 60s and youll see what I mean. Nowadays, the baseball type cap has all but replaced every other hat in society. Females sometimes wear these caps, often with a ponytail poking out the back. Even in the face of a change of the style of hats; hat etiquette, according to the book, hasnt changed too much. What my mother harped on still goes: "Take off your hat when you come into the house. And especially, "Take off your hat when you come to my table. " Simply put, traditional good manners dictate that hats are for outdoors, not indoors unless youre a child or religious reasons prevail. This brings me to, hats. in. Sanpete and just about everywhere else I go in this state. We apparently are in the forefront of hat manners. Were breaking new ground for the 16th edition of the etiquette soup-slurpin- book. There are people around here that I dont know what they look like without a cap on their head. One of them is my j Hats are on heads everywhere in Sanpete. I dont have a problem with it except in some situations. And now as I think about it, they are indoor situations. I wish people would remove their hats in the movie theater and in the Snow College Theater. Its only polite to reduce obstructions for your fellow audience member. A year or two ago, when the Utah Symphony performed at Snow in the Activity Center, I sat and counted dozens of Had we been outdoors at Snowbird, it would have been different. Had we been at a Metallica concert, even indoors; it would have been different. (Heavy metal demands its own brand of etiquette). . 15. Return traps to city police MOUNT PLEASAN- T- The Mt Pleasant City Police are asking for citizens cooperation in the return of their live animal traps. According to Officer Randy Lee, approximately six traps have been borrowed. He asks that anyone who has possession of the traps, please call the Mt Pleasant City an officer, Police at will pick them up. 462-272- 4, cap-weare- I dined at but wonderful Oh, the joys of family vacations: standing around the camp fire (not campfire) listening to the explosion of propane bottles; sleeping on the desert sand in a garbage bag (it looked like a real tent in the picture); scorpions and mysterious blood sucking insects; high winds, rain and snow.... It was glorious! If the family vacation had any notable annoyance at all, it would have to be the (trail and camp pit stops) miles away from civilization, with scant foliage or other hiding places; especially the afternoon we had a helicopter escort. I 10-10- 0s wonder if Mr. took notes. Our participation on the annual Moab Jeep Safari is always an adventure (remember all the car troubles last year?). But this year topped them all. Part of the reason was that we decided after last years safari that a weekend just wasnt enough. If we could have a blast in three days, think of what we could do in 10! And this year, all the Hamiltons made it: two sons; daughters Mindy and Angie; five grandchildren. It was Heaven on earth. The highlight of our adven- Simons at the Homestead last Friday night. Its an upscale restaurant with candlelight and linen table cloths. It was our anniversary and we were splurging. My crab cakes, clam chowder and salmon dinner were excellent. The live piano music was terrific. ture was a three-daexcursion to the five corners area to retrace the route taken by Mormon pioneers traveling from Escalante to settle Bluff and Mexican Hat. The ragged, but beautiful pioneer trek was supposed to take those setders only six weeks to complete. It took them six months in wagons. It took us eight hours to cover 30 miles with vehicles.' We couldnt go all the way To the because actual two-nig- y; My view, however, was of a guy with a hat at the next table. Go into the Sizzler, Shoneys or just about any restaurant and youll see hats left and right. My guess is that people want to avoid the dreaded "hat hair" syndrome. They feel better off keeping their theyre hats on than exposing their messed up hair. I understand that. I sometimes would rather keep my cap on in some circumstances. But mostly and finally, I guess Im old fashioned in my old age. I still believe that Emily Post and my mother were right Merrill. Support NS volunteers she said, since she said it so well! Dear Editor: The way I saw it, I was simDo you ever feel you live in a ply fulfilling my obligation to different universe from your become involved in my sons teen? Sometimes trying to do school activities. I distinctly your parental duty feels like remember saying something like youre loosing your mind! "Good afternoon y Child, how In a recent article I read was school today? Is there anyentitled "Parenting is like walking thing I can help you with to a tightrope in a circus" I laughed prepare for tomorrows lessons and felt like I was able to really and ensure your future health and identify with the writer Lily happiness?" Eskelsen. Id like to repeat what The way he saw it, I was once again poking my motherly nose in his business. He distinctly Sanpete's Leading Kewspaper remembers sitting in an interrogaTHE PyRHIHlD tion room with a bare light bulb hanging from the ceiling. He 365-580) claims I said something like, (USPS "Where were you on the night of Published Weekly at Mt. Pleasant Oct. 29? Isnt it true you watched the Simpsons instead of doing Utah, 84647 your algebra? Theyre going to 49 West Main Street lock you up and throw away the " 4 key for this one, Punk. Telephone: The truth, perhaps, lies somewhere between, but that in between place is sometimes hard to FAX: 9 find. Were supposed to be inPublisher Craig Conover volved and show an interest in Penny Hamilton Managing Editor our childrens school work. Linda Barker But our kids dont understand Associate Editor "interest," what they really hear Shirley Christensen Sports Editor is nagging. A simple, "Do you SUBSCRIPTION RATES have any homework?" can be met with eyes rolled toward heaven (In Advance) searching for the patience to $18 per per copy endure such parental abuse. "Im $21 per year outside Sanpete taking care of it." "Dont worry about it." "I did it all in school." County "Gol, Mom, Im 15. I dont need you to check up on me every minute." CORRESPONDENTS Gol, maybe hes right. A Manti, Bruce Jennings old shouldnt need Mom and MantiEphraim Dad to check up on him every Angela Rasmusson minute. But guess what, he does need me. Just as I need him to Gunnison, Uleda Westlund take more personal responsibility. Barbara Gordon.: Moroni, Just when our advice and our Fairview, Deanna Pate... and our knowledge off experience Ffn. Green, Jessie Oldroyd the dangers of the world is era-- : Snow College Dean O'Driscoll rial to impart, they see us inter-- , Reporter, Ray Truitt fering, overprotective and totally ignorant of whats relevant in Anderson 31 Hollee Photographer, their lives. Just when our kids need us POSTMASTER: Send change of address to The most, its time to begin letting Pyramid, 49 West Main Street, Mt. Pleasant, UT 84647. Second class postage paid at Mt. Pleasgo! (For parents with young children, you can look forward to ant, UT and additional mailing offices. years of such schizophrenics in sight.) 462-213- 462-245- ht Hole-in-the-Ro- ck Charles and Theressa Alder, of Ephraim, has been called to serve in the Nebraska, Omaha LDS Mission. He will speak on April 30, at 3 p.m. in the Ephraim LDS Stake Center. He will enter the MTC on May 10. He is an Eagle Scout, and a 1994 graduate of Manti High School and Manti Seminary . His grandparents are Ivan and Eunice Alder of Ephraim, and Carol Lowry of Manti. So parents, put on your circus tights and climb up to the high wire. Dont nag, but dont ignore. Remind them, but let them face consequences when they forget. Let them know your opinions even as you encourage them to form their own. Perform the balancing act, and dont look down. As a volunteer calling parents each night for the high school, we sometimes feel parents blame us and even the student answering the phone and saying his parents arent home night after night. It makes us feel we are somehow responsible. Please parents, we need more volunteers. This program can work with your help! The more helping hands, the more we show our teens we care, the less likely they are to resent us. If you feel you can volunteer two or three hours a week, pleas call the high school and we will contact you. 462-245- 2. Thanks! Lucinda Brotherson and NSHS Attendance Committee ve hole-in-the-ro- ck by Natasha Madsen MANTI Fourth quarter midterms are next week. The 1994-9- 5 school year is almost over. Music and drama competition was successfully completed. Congratulations to those students. Sevier Valley Applied Technology Center will start a summer cosmetology program. To qualify, high school students must pass an entrance test with an eighth grade score. There is a cost to attend classes. Credits earned at Sevier Valley Tech can also be counted as high school credits. Students interested in a summer session should check at the counseling center for additional information. The University of Utah is offering a Summer Computing Institute. Students interested must apply today, April 26th. Snow College will be offering classes at their "Summer School in the Mountains". The variety of classes and the mountain setting would be an experience for any student. These are credit classes that can be used for high school graduation. Mental Health has offered a scholarship for the school on "Alcoholism and Other Drag Dependencies" at the University of Utah from June Several students have already expressed an interest in the scholarship. If additional students would like more information, stop by the center. Sometimes we all need to remember: If you are a person of few words, you wont have to take' any back. 4 835-519- 1 528-706- 2 436-876- 0 427-379- 5 445-342- 2 445-332- 6 462-3- 1 There were others, however, that did not escape. The sound of exploding propane tanks added a Steven Speilberg effect to the raging inferno that intensified as the blaze engulfed stand after stand of trees. All I could do was watch from a safe vantage point and wonder how nervous the rest of our party, who had left earlier to attend a wedding of one of the club members, would be when they saw the columns of thick black smoke and were stopped at a makeshift road block by emergency vehicles. But then, most of them were used to seeing thick black smoke. It was a routine by- product of son Matts Blazer. Oil futures were a marketable commodity thanks to "OF Smokey" (yes, we did have our share of car problems, but nothing the resident mechanics couldnt patch up). Even the emergency evacuation of camp wasnt that bad after moms and dads (returning from the wedding) found all their kids (most of the little ones had been left at camp) safe and accounted for. The new camp was actually better than the old one anyway. At least it had a cave. I think well plan on staying there next year. I can hardly wait ing! It was during the overnight that I part of this journey encountered the scorpions and discovered that my novel survival tent (which I borrowed from one of our kits) was nothing more than an orange garbage bag open at both ends (to let the wind blow through). And blow it did. Actually a few rocks strategically placed closed up any drafts, and once hubby declared my bed scorpion-free (after spelunking inside with a flashlight) I had a relatively comfortable night. Plastic is ah excellent insulator; and it renders a sleeping bag water proof, which is more than I can say (after the cloudburst) for the tents which had been pitched in the camps soft sandy washes. 72-ho- ur . And for what its worth. Thanks to a supporter for the following excerpt from the Readers Digest "Corporate Cliches." Definition of a "team player": An employee who substitutes the thinking of the herd for his own good U Sanpete Youth Pioneer Pageant a Merrill Osmond Production Come be part of an exciting Osmond production. Youll have an unforgettable summer preparing for the Sanpete Youth Pioneer Pageant to be performed June 30, July I and July 3 in Mt. PleasantThis memorable performance will showcase the talents of local youth recounting the pioneer experience using song and dance. Singers, dancers, stage hands, lighting technicians, horsemen, ushers and other volunteers are needed. If 0 or George at youre interested, call Julie at will take place May 5. Casting 283-504- 462-244- Pageant proceeds will benefit the Sanpete Valley Health Care Foundation. POSITION ANNOUNCEMENTS NORTH SANPETE SCHOOL DISTRICT The North Sanpete School District is accepting requests for transfer from current employees andor applications from prospective employees to fill the following Teacher Positions: NORTH SANPETE HIGH SCHOOL Business Teacher, grades 9-- 12 HistoryForensics Teacher, grades NORTH SANPETE MIDDLE SCHOOL Business Teacher, grades 8 MT. PLEASANT ELEMENTARY Teacher, 2nd grade 9-- 12 7-- 15-ye- ar 835-382- Powell), but we travelled up and across Grey Mesa and hiked the pioneers escape route (which they found by following mountain sheep) off the mesa. You have to see it and live it to fully understand the pioneer which fortitude prompted settlers to carve stair steps down (up) cliffs and rig elaborate rope slings so they could lower their wagons to the valley floor below. Amazingly none of their 80 wagons or livestock was lost in die venture. The 15 or so vehicles in our "wagon train likewise trekked unscathed; but another expedition was not so lucky. A vehi- -' cle overturned while attempting one of the "obstacles" (yes, this can be dangerous). We even had a snow storm to simulate the adverse winter conditions endured by those pioneers. Absolutely outstand- MHS Counselors 18-2- 3. year-50- C of an impassible obstacle (Lake Art Center hosts 95 Spring Salon Kyle Burt Seely, son of Ted and Tena Seely, of Mt. Pleasant, celebrated his first birthday April 15, 1995. Grandparents are Burt and Maxine Seely of Mt. Pleasant; and Lillis Kellett and the late Rex Kellett, of Moroni. EPHRAIM Entries are being sought for the 1995 Spring Salon at the Central Utah Arts Center, 86 N. Main, Ephraim. This is open to all Utah Artists. For more information contact 1 ext. Daniel Vincent at must 234. Participants bring their art to the gallery May 19 and 20, from 1 to 6 p.m. Exhibits will be judged on May 22. The show will run from May 22 to June 27. 283-402- Applications will be accepted through May 12, 1995. Interested persons may fill out a written application at the North Sanpete School District Office, 41 West Main, Mt. Pleasant, UT 84647. Persons with applications already on file at the school district office or current employees may call 5 to have their application activated for this to have an position. Persons may also call (801)462-248- 5 462-248- application. North Sanpete School District is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants are considered on the basis of employment qualifications without regard to race, color, political affiliation, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, medical condition or disability. |