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Show Mother s Day We invite Letters to the Editor from our readers. Letters must be brief (we reserve the right to edit to 500 words), not libelous, and in good taste. Letters must be signed and names will be withheld only for justifiable reason. Any one writer may not submit a letter more than once a month. Letters must be submitted to the Messenger-Enterpris- e exclusively. by Pat Mellor Isaac Watts in 1709, has been for generations a musical testimony of salvation by grace through faith in the blood of Jesus Christ. Its chorus proclaims, At the cross, at the cross where I first saw the light, And the burden of my heart rolled away, It was there by faith I received my sight, And now I am happy all the day. For the born again Christian, to hear the message of the cross held up to ridicule and laughter is nothing short of blasphemy. Let us not be throwing theological rocks at one another. Instead, may we step out from behind our religious walls, dare to mept, and intelligently discuss eternally significant topics. Controversy can become a stimulating means of learning. But callousness only intensifies ignorance. Sincerely, Lloyd Larkin, Pastor Trinity Baptist Church of Richfield To the Editor: Curse of the clogged pipe self-defen- From then on, repairs were a process: simple (1) trying to master the broken item yourself without resorting to the book, (2) using the book and finally getting the thing fixed, and the optional (3) using the book and realizing you could not get the thing fixed, and calling someone who actually owned repair tools seldom seen outside NASA. At first I could not believe there a book to cover what to do when you flush the toilet and murky water backs up into your bathtub. But these things do happen, and there are people who will write entire books on the subject to prove that you are not alone. was My husband looked at the large pool of suspiciously typhoid-lade- n black water where the drain might be found and said, This drain would almost never clog if everyone in this house would not use the drain for anything but waste water. You can't wash grease and garbage down the kitchen drain and hair down the bathroom drain. This drain would work forever if everyone would Well, youve probably just heard it before. I should have taped it the first time 1 heard it over 20 years ago and I could just hit the play button when the drain clogs, as a sort of prelude to more exciting events about to take place. 1 got out the- - book. . Under it said, unclogging drains Sink and lavatory drains will almost never clog if you observe one simple rule: do not use them for anything but waste water. Do not wash grease, coffee grounds or garbage down a kitchen drain; do not wash hair down a lavatory drain. A drain protected from such obstructions will last until it falls prey to old age and erosion. See? The thing's going to fall apart anyway. Once the book was through advising me what I'd done wrong, it actually got down to telling me what to do about it. Believe it or illusnot, it had a quarter-pag- e tration on how to use a plunger. I plunged. Gray water splashed all over the front of my clothing, but not much else happened, except that the nearly swallowed his tongue trying to make sounds like the plunger. Step 2 is called clearing the trap. You are supposed to get a bucket under the funny little bend in the pipe under the sink, and unscrew the cleanout plug with an adjustable wrench". Cleanout plugs, however, were ... four-year-ol- d invented in the last half of this century, and my sink didnt have one. Its not cricket to just drill a little drain hole in the bend of the pipe, so we have to move on to Step 3. If it bothers you to skip steps, tell yourself the truth, you couldnt have found an adjustable wrench anyway. The kids stirred the paint with it 6 months ago. Somewhere in the history of every sink clog, we have to try the Hose Trick. It's not in the book, it's an old family favorite. It involves stringing the hose through the house from the tap outside, stuffing it into the drain, and packing the rest of the drain opening with rags. This is supposed to force the clog apart through sheer pressure when the water is turned on. Most of the pressure, however, is applied to the marriage, as the eternal partners holler On and Off to control the flow of water through the hose ( "on and off sound a lot alike, have you ever noticed?) and as little leaks can be found in the hose where it passes over the living room carpet, etc. Rags become unstuck from the drain opening, spraying the Head of the House, etc. In the water in the end, the backed-utub will be a lighter gray but there will be a lot more of it, thanks to the hose, and you can call the plumber, knowing you have Done All You Can Do. p There are a few key words in the world of repair books that indicate to you that you need someone else to help you, and one of those is auger". An auger is an oversize drill bit that can bore a old pipe real neat hole in a if you are not careful, and its hard to be careful when you have your eyes closed, praying, and gray water is running out of a pipe into your lap, and the Drano you poured down the drain a week ago is eating holes in your levis. 50-ye- It was at this point that we called the plumbers, which is what it said to do in the book. The plumbers climbed up onto the roof, the only dry place left, and hauled out an auger that looked like a mongoose going after a cobra, and dropped it down a black pipe. It a few minutes the entire yard smelled awful, and they announced the clog had been removed. It turned out to be a large glob of hair clear down in the main line. See? my husband said with 1 told obvious satisfaction. you. His little family of blondes gathered around him, the only brunette in the bunch, other than himself sporting a quarter-incbutch for the summer. h All the hair in the clog, told him, we "was dark brown. Burglars target V CRs at Manti Home Supply BY PAT MELLOR An apparent early-mornin- g bur- at Manti Home Supply, 70 West Union in Manti, practically cleared out every VCR in the store early this week. glary Kathy Cox, whose husband Dave owns the business, said burglars entered the store sometime after about 2 a.m. on Monday morning by breaking a window of the front door. About $4,000 in inventory was removed from the store including a number of VCRs, a small television, a microwave and a small stereo. According to Mrs. Cox, the suspects were limited in what they could carry because they had to work it through the hole they had made in the door. Apparently the suspects were frightened off before they could gather all they planned to take, possibly by a neighbor who got up in the early morning hours with her baby and turned on a light. Four VCR units were found just dumped on the ground in front of the building, according to Mrs. Cox. Manti Home Supply fortunately had good inventory records which included the serial numbers of all the stolen items, which can be entered on the national crime computer. Manti City police have been seeking input from anyone who might have noticed strangers in the area during the early morning hours. Mrs. Cox said the burglary would have no effect on a sale of RCA items the store planned for Wednesday: the RCA supplier was scheduled to bring the truckload of items including more VCRs, down that diy for the sale. Weather This morning I was again reminded of the agony brought about by misguided religious fervor. There, on my television screen, were Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland literally throwing rocks at one another, hiding behind the brick wall which divides them. Tragic. Senseless. Blind intolerance, we say. d As a religious minority in an ecclesiastical state, I genuinely enjoy vigorous discussions with my neighbors when conducted in a good natured, issues oriented manner. However, local numerical supremacy too often breeds an unbecoming insensitivity toward deeply held convictions of others. other-minde- Unfortunately, the Mormon Miracle Pageant in Manti has become an annual source of great offense to evangelical Christians. I refer in particular to the sarcastic rendition of the hymn, At the Cross. This widely used song, first published by Weed Board no help To the Editor: were in vain because next year all the This spring we received a notice seeds from the neighbors will be from the Sanpete County Weed there taking root. Board about musk thistle. It stated The Weed Board needs to be that everyone should spray and take replaced and other people assigned care of this noxious weed or the to the spraying because these people County would do the spraying and are not getting the job done. We the expense of the spraying would be need someone who is not afraid to charged to that property owner, if get off the road and out of the truck. not paid it would be added to the taxes. The County Weed Board, A lot of us did spray but there is a especially in the north end of the lot who did nothing; neither did the County is like the Chinese say of County. There is a lot of musk thistle America, a paper tiger, one who going to seed now, because it was roars but nothing else. not taken care of. Sincerely, Those who did spray, their efforts Que and Kristy Jensen Not all bad buys i To the Editor: I myself felt that - played out as the bad guys in this case. Some of us made a mistake and now we're paying our debt back to society for it, and I for one will be glad to put my folder on display for the public to see and read so that they may see that Im not what that article portrayed me to be. (Salt Lake Tribune My name is W. Gregory Johnson. I am one of the first four state inmates to be housed at the Sanpete County Jail. As of today (July 20). There are eight inmates. Last month an article was published in the Salt Lake Tribune about the inmates being, drug informants, child molesters, and rapists, and being unable to cope in the general prison population," for which all of this not necessarily or completely true. In fact, some of us were forced to come down here against our will to relieve overcrowding at the Point of the Mountain. The reason that inmates are in the county jails throughout Utah, is to relieve the overcrowding conditions at the Point of the Mountain. Respectfully yours, W. Gregory Johnson 160 North Main County Courthouse Manti, Utah 84642 we were being Named Patient of Month at Payson Hospital Max Cox of Manti spent 19 days in the Mountain View Hospital in Payson following surgery on June 3rd. He experienced complications and his stay was much longer than anticipated. His wife, Melva spent much of his stay by his side giving him support and encouragement. Once again on July 2, Max was admitted to St. Mark's Hospital in Salt Lake City for surgery and another hospital stay. He was discharged and went home for about . 3rd place in Nation for Editors Column in 1981 Four times Best Editors Column by Utah Press Association including 1985 Religious zeal breeds insensitivity we Years aeo in bought a book called, Bow Things Work In Your Home and What to Do When They Dont, published by Time, Inc. 2 Pag Thursday, July 31 , 11W Maaanaar-Entnr1a- . two weeks, but due to complications, had to have a 3rd surgery, again at St. Mark's Hospital, on July 23 for infection in the abdominal wall. While he was a patient in the Max was selected as the "Patient of the Month in the July issue of the hospital news bulletin. Melva also spent time in the hospital in June. She reports that she is much improved and hopes this is the end of their hospital confinements for a long time. MVH 7 interested in? We could go out to Jim Grasse's fish farm and you can catch all the trout you want and you pay for them by the pound. I Lets take a vacation, chirped up brightly last Monday morning. Now that the Pageant is over nobody would miss us for a couple of weeks. I "You call that fishing? exploded. I'm talking about real fishing. Why dont you go with Bruce Reservoir if its out to Nine-Mil- e fishing you want? I could see that this discussion was going nowhere. I decided to drop the fishing part of it and appeal to her nobler motives. What makes you think anyone missed you before? Beth asked. I understand the flowers in Portland are beautiful. ignored the implication. Lets get away from it all where we can forget the cares of the world, I went on blissfully. We could go to Gunnison, or even Salina. We havent been south for quite a wh,;e, she suggested. I mean really away, I went on. She warmed up. And youd actually let me take time to see something like that? she asked unbelievingly. "Sure, I said. Then its settled. Well go to the northwest, I Well we could go to Salt Lake she and visit Judys family, countered. Thats quite a ways. And we wouldnt have to stay in a motel even. But I want someplace exotic, someplace we havent been before, or at least someplace we havent been for a long time. If you think Im going to Europe with you, forget it, she snorted. The last time I went to Europe with you I got pregnant! Well, we could avoid Paris. The water there has strange properties. "Forget it!" she repeated. But that couldnt possibly not with us, I happen again reminded her. ... You can say that again, murmured. she That couldnt possibly hapI started to say. I didnt mean that literally, she snapped. Besides you just had a vacation. Remember Ronnie? pen ... That was business, not a vacation, I responded. Do you want me to give Ronnie a call and see if you can have lunch with him? she said. really, not but Ronnie. Nancy, Maybe But I dont have any pull with Nancy," I reminded her. Not "And you do with Ronnie? she asked sarcastically. How did this discussion get around to politics? I asked. I thought we were talking about our vacation. Maybe we could take a week off and work in the garden. We could just about get all the weeds she said, tongue in pulled, cheek. "Yuk, I said. Why dont we go up into the northwest? 1 understand thats beautiful country this time of year. Maybe we could go up into Canada or Alaska where they catch those big fish. Is fishing all you are OK? How about the southwest? she queried. "Too hot and dry, 1 opined. Lets go northwest now and then maybe next winter ... "Are you suggesting that we take two vacations this year? she asked incredulously. Well MaCoy and Doris Larsen are doing it. Why cant we? MaCoy and Doris Larsen have worked hard all their lives. Theyre entitled to two, or even three vacations if they want them, she pointed out. While I was trying to figure out if that meant that I hadnt worked hard all my life, the phone rang. Get down here to work, Lloyd said. What do you think youre on, a vacation? Coming, Lloyd, I said. r- ' Sherry Bartholomews small daughter came to her the other day with a profound question. Mom, how do lions kiss? she asked. I dont answered. Rotarlan. know, Your Sherry fathers a Speaking of Rick Bartholomew, the other day he just finished writing a $20,000 insurance policy on some new furniture for a client. Tell me, the client inquired. "What could I get if all this new furniture was suddenly destroyed by fire. Twenty years, replied Rick coolly People who think they know It all really annoy those of us who do. All you kids who are lamenting the fact that school is about to start should realize that if you never learn to write your name, youll have to pay cash for everything when you grow up. Not so trivial: Patience Is a good thing to exercise but a bad thing to overwork. Notice to All League Teams! PICTURES TAKEN Pictures of all teams to be used in future T'A Max Cox of Manti is namod "Patlont of tha Month" at Mountain Vlow Hospital In Payson during his 19 day stay thora In tha Intonslva euro unit. Cleon Up and Beautify Your Yards! news stories in the Messenger and Enterprise will be taken MONDAY EVENING AT 6:30 P.M. in front of the Manti City Library. If you want a picture of your baseball, softball team published, and you want us to take the picture, it will be necessary to have it taken at this time. Those who desire pictures and miss this appointment will need to take their own pictures. Thank you very much. Messenger-Enterpris- e Staff |