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Show IV've (Fp V t i ; b, 4e L J ' . i, ' k fife . bite. Mother s Day "tins..:- - igor-k- t rprise, Thursday, September 25, 1986 t Trivia 2 Pag . . . by Max E. Call lalisj)' National Award Winner in 1981 Three limes Best Editors Column by Utah Press Association by Pal Mellor . .?J Time for church Once in awhile some super-organiz- type stands up in church and urges parents to prepare on Saturday for the Sabbath, in order to maintain the spiritual quality of the day Generally, this type of theory is popular among ladies who reared two children or less, both of whom are now grown men. The rest of us recognize it for what it is, a theory. Those of us who must get five or more persons to the church by 9 a.m. Sunday morning are doomed to be spiritual midgets, alternately shouting and cajoling, quelling homicidal urges, all for the sake of faith. Getting an entire family to church each Sunday requires a lot of the same qualities cattle barons used to require in Texas when looking for men to drive longhorns up the Chisolm Trail. The only difference is, those guys got to carry whips and guns. If you attend church on Sunday, you can count on several things. One of these is that teenage boys only grow taller on Saturday nights. A boy whose dress pants were the proper length for day at Wednesdays dress-u- p will attention call your seminary to his Sunday morning pant cuffs, which will remind you how you used to dress on vacation in Oregon, digging for clams while the tide was still in. Teenagers will suffer martyrdom before they will attend church dressed like this, and assuring them that socks the same color as their pants will camouflage the problem is useless. You will have to perform alterations. While you are sewing, ask yourself how those tailors in Hong Kong can keep up this pace seven days a week. Another natural law is that children between the ages of two and eleven will lose one dress shoe. If you nail both shoes to the floor on Saturday night, on Sunday there will be a nail hole in the floor and a missing shoe: count on it. Brigham Young was fond of insisting that children should be able to find their shoes under their beds even on the darkest night. Remember that President Young had 27 wives and 52 children, possibly trying to find at least one who could live up to his expectations. Sunday is the day you can count on to discover that the preschooler has been playing ghost, trying to frighten the baby by wearing your grey pantyhose over his head. This is not good for pantyhose. It's also the day you will learn that on the Saturday shopping trip you forgot to purchase baby formula and diapers. A baby who attends church in his last remaining diaper will make puddles on his father's dark suit halfway through the openinf nraycr, but Daddy will forget ..bout it when the baby spits u cgular milk all over his lapel, anyway. I used to try to dress everyone alike for church, but eventually I was defeated by paw prints, growth spurts, magic markers left in shirt pockets, and a little boy who drools toothpaste on white shirts and ties. If we all arrive dressed for the same season, its a good day. Allowing everyone in the family some choice in dressing for church can be chancy, but it makes life interesting for the folks in the pew behind you. If you have one boy in chinos and a white shirt, another in a three-piec- e suit, another dressed like Don Johnson on a Saturday night, and another in a Little Lord two females in Fauntleroy suit, ' lace dresses and a third in a spangled sweater and skirt, visitors can spend the whole meeting trying to figure out which kids are yours. While you are roping the preschooler to wrestle his shoes on him, finding a belt for your spouse, and continuing a search for a missing shoe, you may notice one youthful member of the family furtively pawing through the bookshelf. This is the person who is supposed to give a talk in Sacrament meeting, who remembered it this morning, and who now has 20 minutes to get it together. Adrenalin rushes like this are good for you if you have asthma; you wont need to take your medicine for the rest of the day. If you dont have asthma, of course, a child like this can put you into heart failure. Actually getting into the building is no guarantee that things are going to go more smoothly. A really quick can crawl under seven or eight pews during the opening prayer if you close both eyes. If you forgot enough pens and pencils, there may be a mutiny in the pew. Meanwhile the pantyhose you borrowed from the are sliding toward your kees, and you are sneezing into a two-fostrip of toilet paper wadded up in your hand to look like a Kleenex, writing one kids talk for Primary and wondering why you cant get organized. ld We rushed into church a few weeks ago and I plunked myself gratefully onto the bench just as the prelude music began. As I sat there the realization that I had indeed once again actually made it to church dawned, and I began to experience a feeling of satisfaction and peace. There was no sign that either of our little ones planned to repeat the word they had heard Daddy use when he tripped over a toy race car which had been left on the porch, and the strains of "Come, Come, Ye Saints" were wafting on the early autumn air. Then 1 heard it, from further down the bench: the voice of what could only be one of my own, bellowing: "Transformers, Robots in Disguise . . .Transformers, More than Meets the Eyes . , . Someday," 1 murmured to my husband, "theyll all be grown This past weekend our family went for a ride up Manti Canyon to Skyline Drive, and over and down Ephraim Canyon. If you look close at the East mountains you can see that something is changing up there. Autumn is now here, not just because weve past September 22 on the calendar, but because the leaves on the trees are changing color. Autumn is the season between summer and winter. It is a changeable season. Some days we have summer sun, and other times we have winter cold, with rain and snow. You have probably noticed that the weather is becoming much cooler. You have to close your windows at night and when you go to school you need a sweater or coat. Nature makes its preparation for winter in Autumn. Leaves change color from green to yellow, orange, and red. This is because the tree sap stops flowing through the leaves. Instead the sap nourishes only the tree roots. Without its food supply, the leaves change color, die, and turn brown eventually and fall off the tree. This really is to protect the tree as well, for heavy winter snow would break off the tree limbs if they were still covered with leaves. This is why Autumn is also called masonry), maintenance engineer (horticulture, custodial), clerical, including word processing, printing, serve. You can also use puree of peaches, bananas, apricots, or a combination of any of these fruits. This is also a good use for fruit that is too ripe to eat Fall." Animals also make their preparations for the coming otherwise. Don't Litter "Nope, frayed knot." If I seem to be a little more active these days its because of I something read. 1 cant remember where I read it, but it said that exercise would improve your memory. Researchers found out that reaction time, short-termemory and the ability to reason all improved greatly among a people group of who were put on a aged m 55-7- 0 program of brisk walking. The study was done at the Vets Hospital in Salt Lake. According to Robert Dustman, Ph.D., "One of the reasons why the brain seems to benefit from aerobic exercise is that the body gets better at transporting oxygen there. And oxygen appears to be good for brain functioning." So if you see me out briskly walking, just understand that Im even doing it for a good reason if I cant remember why. ap- - priority programs and services. (programs and services) for reallow-eatin- g the $315,000 freed up from the reductions. Views Building additional, budget by President Steven Bennion Utah is at the crossroads as we look at financial support for education and other government services in the state. In order to serve growing numbers of students in both public and higher education and to cope with an anticipated tax revenue shortfall of $48 million for this current fiscal year (1986-87Governor Norman Bang-ertc- r has asked state agencies. collegeuniversities and public school districts to begin their budget process by: 1987-8- 8 Reducing their base budget by 6 to 9.4 of the 1986-8base. For Snow College this is a $315,000 7 figure. Taking the reduction of the should be from lower ), $315,000 The Ephraim Enterprise The Manti Messenger request items to meet critical needs such as salary increases where the college and universities have had two years in the last four. Governor Bangerter, faced with a projected $48 million deficit for this with projected year (1986-87enrollment growth of significant proportions in both public and higher education, with cultural expectations of quality education by the public, and w ith a statutory charge to balance the budget has directed us to make 6 program service reduction in higher education, public education and state agencies, to take effect in fiscal year. The real pain the 1987-8means that jobs will be eliminated in order to free up this amount of funds. Faithful and loyal workers will likely be laid off to meet this mandate. Since Snow's budget is nearly 80 tied to personnel, we will not be able to avoid personnel changes. Those impacted will have seven or eight months lead time to search for employment alternatives. ), 8 plication for a teaching position the other day. One of the questions on the application was: List three reasons for entering the teaching profession. One honest applicant had answered, without hesitation: (1) June, (2) July, (3) August. lm carefui of the words I say; keep them soft and sweet. never know from day to day Which ones Ill have to eat. I I Oh, Say can you sing from the start to the end, what so proudly you stand for when orchestras play it; when the whole in voices that congregation, blend, strike up the grand tune and then torture and slay it? How valiant they shout when they're first starting out; but the dawns early light finds them about. Tis The Banner theyre trying to sing, but they dont know the words of the blessed old thing. the twilights last Hark, gleaming" has some of them stopped, but the valiant survivors press forward serenely to the when ramparts we watched, some others are dropped and the loss of the leader is manifest keenly. Then "the rockets red glare give, tlv bravest a scare, and theyre few left to face the "bombs bursting in air"; tis a thin line of heroes that manage to save the last of the verse, and "the home of the brave. floundering Star-Spangl- Not so trivial: If a nation values anything more than freedom, It will lose its freedom; and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money it values more, it will lose that too. W. Somerset Maugham In order to move ahead to meet future needs, we will need to take additional measures of economy and productivity. For several years, Snow College employees have handled the custodial duties of emptying the trash and sweeping or vacuuming their offices. Several positions have been eliminated or consolidated in the past three years. Snow students take the highest average credit load of any college in Utah. The student housing bonds were refinanced recently which will result in a 15 year savings of $715,000. Snow has become in computing (instruction and administration) over the last three years primarily with private and federal funds. These and other productivity measures have been taken; others will yet be taken. state-of-the-a- rt Utahn's support of education is vital to the continued development of our youth. This is an investment that is vital not only to our young people, but also to the future economic development of our state. The decisions of our legislators and governor in the 1987 legislative session may be the most critical of the decade. The future opportunities for our children and grandchildren will depend, to a large degree, on the response that is made. Published Weekly by 35 S. Inc. Main,' Manti, Utah 84642 e, Phone:835-424- pi Photographers EE EE EE EE p EH ip EE jEE 911 Ephraim:5-234- 5 Lloyd E. Call Max E. Call Editor r Emergency Phone Numbers 1 Publishor. I The thirsty rope was also refused service at the next bar he tried. Then he decided to change his approach. He frayed his ends, tied himself into a knot, and entered a third bar. When the waiter asked him if he were a rope, he answered: Scott Bean was accepting News and Staff Writers, Manti food services, health opportunities, Staff Writer, Ephraim. Ej EE News Briefs, Manti and heavy equipment operations. News Briefs, Ephraim Special programs include driver education, leadership, UAW ad- - EH Advertising Town serve ropes here. Identifying higher priorities "You wont be able to stand the quiet," he warned. "By the way, did you know youre still wearing your bedroom slippers?" Be Proud of Your "Sorry," said the barkeep, youll have to leave. We dont person who can look in the top drawer of a dresser and find a mans handerchicf that isnt there. up." vanced automotive training, military training, rangers, student govern- ment, placement, national training academy for residential living and,, college. While a student in Job. Corps, all their basic living expenses are paid for by Job Corps. The basic expenses are: room board, tuition, books, medical and dental expenses, clothing allowance and a small spending allowance. "Of course. A wife is a Snow College Job Corps now recruiting workers 466-573- winter days. Squirrels keep putting away nuts and seeds for their winter food, bears eat a lot and get fat so they can hibernate (sleep) through the winter. Birds warmer to south migrate climates. Your pets, dogs, cats, and others will grow and keep their hair longer to keep them warm. Most animals do this instinctively, that is, without thinking. People prepare for the colder days too. How many of your mothers do canning? This is just one way we prepare for the winter. Your daddys will start putting up storm window covers and roll up and store hoses, and lots of other things to get ready for winter. How many other things can you think of that you do to get ready for winter? If your mothers are canning, get them to make some fruit leather for you to eat. The recipe to do this is here for you. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Pour applesauce onto greased shallow pan. Spread to about 18" thickness. Place pan in oven and lower temperature to 180 degrees. Cook for about 3 hours, until leather can be peeled from the pan. Cut with scissors and BY CATHI CALL Messenger-Enterpris- Recruitment for Job Corps is now handled by Nero and Associates at their Job Corps office, 1776 South West Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah 84115. The telephone number is and potential applicants may call, reversing the charges. Male and female applicants between 16 years and the end of their 21st year are welcome. Clearfield center offers English as a second language. All centers offer GED training and an opportunity for a high school diploma whpn appropriate. Training is available in auto mechanics, auto body repair, machine shop, welding, small engine repair, building crafts, (carpentry, plumbing, electricity, painting, and rope stopped in a bar, sat on a and ordered a drink. "Arent you a rope? asked the bartender. A stool, Bruce Jennings, Pat Mellor Joanne Bock Messenger Office, Eleanor Madsen, 835-424- 1 Contractors Notice to Bid 283-444- 3 Lloyd E. Call Pat Mellor, Bruce Jennings, Joanne Bock, Lloyd Call The South Sanpete School District will receive bids on the demolition of the old mechanical arts building adjacent to the Ephraim Elementary School. Bids will be received up to 5:00 P.M. on October 1986. 6, Monday, Bonding and bid information requirements specific be obtained may by contacting Paul Gottfredson at the South Sanpete School District Office. Deadline: MONDAY NOON for all ads, Including Classified News Deadline is Tuesday Noon Subscription Rates: $ 1 2.00year inside Sanpete County $14.00year outside Sanpete County Office Hours: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Mon., Tue., Thurs., Fri. Closed Early Weds, at 2:00 p.m. Publish Sept. 25, Oct. 2, 1986. Ir. |