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Show Page 2 tr Mother s Day Thank You, Everyone! i rr I i , , f a' by Pal Mellor Open wide . . . The most inexact of sciences must be administering medicine to a baby. I know, I know: hide it in his applesauce. I did that with one of the first kids. Applesauce with medicine mixed in it makes interesting designs on your wallpaper when the patient stores it up in his cheeks and then sprays it at you. The spraying routine brings us to the next part of giving medicine to Baby; guessing how much of it. Baby actually got. Doctors in Central Utah are prone to giving instructions to mothers in American English (i.e., Give him a teaspoonful and see if that shuts him up.) However, in an attempt to look more "Medical, the baby aspirin people persist in printing the side of the dropper in metrics. If you remembered any of your metrics from high school, it will be lost after six hours of walking the floor with a cry ing baby, that's for sure. Parents who can recall their own middle names by 4 a.m. are working in the genius I.Q. range. So you hold the dropper up to the bathroom light and try to guess how much of it would constitute a teaspoonful. People whose babies have not yet reached screams may want to fill the dropper with water and measure it into a teaspoon. Most of us do not, preferring instead to guess and get into the anything something babys mouth before his tonsils explode. A baby whose swallowing reflexes work fine on pennies, marbles, wads of mud and entire paper napkins will hold his mouth totally slack while you squirt medicine into it. This allows the medicine to dribble out the other cheek, down into the folds of his neck, and all over the neckline of his clean pajamas. This is the s phenomenon, w hereby an eighth of a teaspoon of medication becomes a river when rejected. Some babies with a real mean streak will close their lips around the medicine dropper, leading a parent to believe that the baby is actually going to swallow his medicine. As soon as the dropper is removed, however, this type baby usually grimaces, throws his head back, and proceeds to scream while the medicine forms a pool in the area of his epiglottis. Fearing that the loavcs-and-fishe- child will drown, the parent will straighten him up into a sitting position, and violal See above. loaves-and-flshe- s, The real challenge is to guess how much medication the baby actually got down his little gullet, and how much you must make up the .second (and third) try. Medicine looks different when its dripping off a little dimpled chin. Its hard to catch it in a spoon as it runs into the folds of his neck and measure the volume. Medicine that runs into his ear is somewhat easier to calculate, as it generally pools just above the earlobe. Surprisingly, the average earful of medicine amounts to only about a fourth of a teaspoon. Don't ask how I know. I used to tell myself that when the baby got big enough to swallow a pill or to chew one up, my troubles would be over. That was before I learned that a child who puts a chewable fluoride pill up his nose is worth at least S128, which is what you will pay the emergency room staff to remove it. And while acetaminophen may be better for a child than aspirin, this applies only to putting it into his stomach. In his ear, is another story. Every once in awhile you get a really perverted little kid who will chew up the pill with a sickening-swee- t smile on his face reminiscent of Bayer commercials, then choke and gag when actually faced with swallowing the pill, and spit it out. Now you are faced with guessing how much he ingested during this performance. It's no easier than guessing the volume of rejected liquid medicine, and slicing a second pill into 38 of a piece is going to leave marks on the kitchen counter, too. Getting a kid to swallow a pill with a drink of water is an amazing feat that should be recorded in his baby book if you are not into bronzing prescriptions. I had one boy who drank four cups of water and still kept the penicillin pill tucked safely into his cheek. I gently wrapped him in a blanket, tucked him in the car and returned to the doctors office for a penicillin shot. I Mormon Miracle Pageant Committees R. Morgan Dyreng, General Chairman know exactly how much of it 4-- 911 g: Ephraim:5-234- 5 H H jjj Published Weekly by Messenger-EnterprisInc. 35 S. Main, Manti, Utah 84642 Phone:835-424- 1 Publisher H H H H H i H j gH e, H Editor Staff Writers, Manti Staff Writer, Ephraim News Briefs, Manti News Briefs, Ephraim Advertising Photographers Lloyd Max E. E. Call Call Eleanor Madsen, 835-424- 1 283-444- 3 Lloyd E. Call News Deadline is Tuesday Noon 2.00year inside Sanpete County $14.00year outside Sanpete County $ H H Joanne Bock, Lloyd Call for all ads, including Classified 5 Subscription Rates: e Pat Mellor, Bruce Jennings, Deadline: MONDAY NOON HI 1 Bruce Jennings, Pat Mellor Joanne Bock Messenger Office, for entering a coat in the Style Revue. 1 I' j to enable people from other communities to have easier access to club activities. those Valley artists and potential artists, not just Mt. Pleasant, the next painting session will be at 1 p.m., Saturday, July 26, in the Manti City Park at 4th West and Union Streets. Later meetings will be held in each town in the county, including Gunnison, Sterling, Ephraim, Spring City, Moroni, Fountain Green, and Fairview, with members from towns held for locating meeting potential new members were contacted during the recent three-daexhibit at Mt. Pleasant and it is hoped by club officers that the membership will increase considerably in the coming months. Besides meetings in the valley towns, art exhibits are being planned for those sites, also. Many Future plans include the avail- ability of qualified club members to give demonstrations andor art appreciation lectures to other organizations munities. in ... j Did you hear about the man who was arrested for running through a farmer's wheat field? He was charged with going against the grain. At age 20 I was worried about others thought of me. At 40, I didnt care what they though of me. Now at 65 Ive discovered that they havent been thinking about me at all. MoRell Snow is really a big tease. He and Sherrol were ushering at the same gate as 1 one night. He wasn't satisfied just to smile and say hello, he had to tease them. He almost had one lady in tears when he jokingly told her she couldn't take here baby in. When she was about to punch him in the nose, he smiled and told her he was just kidding. I don't know just what he said to the expectant mother who was obviously pretty close to her delivery date, but she went past me chuckling out loud. What he probably told her was that she wouldn't be allowed to have her baby on the temple grounds. 1 also heard him tell one teenager that the only food he could take in was what he could carry in his I overheard one newlywed friend of mine the other day talking to another newlywed. Marriage is such a grind, she said. You wash dishes and make beds, then a month later you have to do it all over again. The problems of the world have become so complex that even the the don't have teenagers answers. . the different com- Exercise Your Right of Freedom of Speech! Write Letters totheEcJitor .1 . God must love the common people, for he made o many of them. Abraham Lincoln second point show results Roberts, Michelle Petersen; quadrangle, Kelly Hansen, Kristina Larsen, Tim Roberts; poles, Kelly Hansen, Kristina Larsen, Tim Roberts. 4-- members from throughout Sanpete County participated at the show on Saturday, June 28. Winners were as follows: Group A: Written test: Jamie showmanship at halter, Kendra Jensen, Bruce Barton Nielsen, Mandy Tidwell; horsemanship, Jamie Megan Anderson, Jake Christensen; trail, Kammie Jensen, Jessica Wilkey, Preston Allred; quadrangle stake race, Kendra Jensen, Melinda Mackey, Jake Christensen; poles, Jake Christensen, Kendra Jensen, Michael Peterson. Group B: Myrup-De-Leeu- Myrup-DeLeeu- Kristina Larsen; Kelly Hansen, Kristina Larsen, Michelle Peterson; horsemanship, Kelly Hansen, Kristina Larsen, Tim Roberts; trail, Kelly Hansen, Tim ' Written test: Stephanie Tyhurst; showmanship at halter, Stephanie Tyhurst, Catherine Cook, Jeremy Pritchard; horsemanship, Catherine Cook, Stephanie Tyhurst, Jeremy Pritchard; trail, Jeremy Pritchard, Stephanie Tyhurst, Catherine Cook; quadrangle, Lisa Larsen, Wendy Keller, Sharon Hansen; poles, Lisa Larsen, Teri Holt, Sharon Hansen. Group Ci Written test: Carol Christensen; showmanship at halter, Barbara Naylor, Heather Peterson, Dana Watson; horsemanship, Wade Beck, Karen Hansen, Heather Peterson; trail, Carol Christensen, Tammy Allred, Heather Peterson; quadrangle, Wade Beck, Heather Peterson, Jason Coombs; poles, Jason Coombs, Wade Beck, Stacy Poulson. . new feature at Sanpete Fair Tug-of-w- ar new and exciting event is being planned for the Sanpete County Fair Demolition Derby. Between the heats of the Demolition Derby, the first annual Tug-Of- f Sanpete County will be held. Eights teams from around the county will be pulling off for a traveling trophy. Challenges' from the fire departments and police A Tug-of-W- departments have been voiced. However, only the first eight teams to enter will be allowed to compete. We would like to encourage teams from different parts of the county to compete, Terrie Green, chairman of the event, stated. Teams should be composed of 10 people 8 men and 2 women. There will be eight teams pulling in four rounds. Each round will be five minutes long. At the end of five minutes, the team that has pulled the ribbon closer to its side will be declared the winner. That team will then move to the semi-finaand then to the finals. Each round will be five minutes long, incuding the final round. ls . Office Hours: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Mon., Tue., Thurs., Fri. Closed Early Weds, at 2:00 p.m. . Not ao trivial: showmanship at halter, y As it was originally planned to form an art group for all the Sanpete mouth, and that was quite a bit. It was a lot of fun. I dont know when Ive enjoyed my assignments any more than this year. I even had fun sitting at the top of the hill all Saturday afternoon Guarding the equipment. Lots of people came by to see how everything was organized and I enjoyed visiting with them. Helping serve dinners was also enjoyable. I asked nearly every person who came out if they got enough to eat. Most of them just rubbed their taut stomachs appreciatively. Yes, pageant time is a busy time, but the rewards are well worth the effort. TV Despite the fact that KSL to not advised people 5) (Channel Miracle Mormon the to go that Pageant, 128,000 ignored advice and came anyway. 128,000 is an awful lot of Gate 2 people. I was an usher at of all 128,000 that sure and Im those people went in and out of that gate three or four times each. And each time I smiled and said hello to them. They come early and drop off their blankets and pillows on a chair to reserve them, then head to the church house for dinner. Then they come back in and check their seats to see if everything is OK. Then its out the gate again for a can of pop or a drink of water. Then back to the seats, then to the rest room, then ad back to the seats, then infinitum. As one lady went through the gate for about the fifth time, she said, I imagine youre getting bored with saying hello to me so many times. I never tire of smiling at pretty ladies like you, I said graciously. (I think that was a pretty good answer, dont you?) Group AAi Written test, respective responsible places. 3 by Utah Press Association including 1985 4-- 7-- At a recent business meeting of the Sanpete Valley Art Guild, it was voted to meet in surrounding towns I Four limes Best Edilors Column 4-- next meeting in Manti The Manti Messenger t At the second point show of the season, Manti Rough Rider Riding Club was the hosting club. Art guild decides to hold The Ephraim Enterprise y 3rd place in Nalion for Edilors Column in 1981 Rough rider post winners The Shooting Sports team from Ftn. Green took 1 st place and most of Heather Larsen, daughter of Mr. the from the north end participants and Mrs. Kent Larsen, won a blue of the county received blue ribbons. ribbon for doing a Physical Fitness demonstration. Stephanie Faatz, Sanpete County was well repredaughter of Mr. and Mrs. LaRell sented by contestants in the contest. Highlighting the Faatz, deceived a blue ribbon for three-da- y entering a dress in the Style Revue. last day was a special motivational Also receiving a blue ribbon was program with Dan Litchford, Ogden, Suzanne Frischknecht, daughter of as the speaker, an awards program Mr. and Mrs. Steven Frischknecht and Smorgasbord luncheon. Emergency Phone Numbers by Max E. Call 4-- H Three local girls win blue ribbons in state 4iH he Rot. . . Jr j Frischknecht, Stephanie Faatz, and Heather Larsen. Three contestants from Manti all received blue ribbons at the state contests held July 9 at Logan. Stand-Sterlin- Trivia . Twenty Mormon Miracle Pageant seasons have come and gone since first the pageant was performed on July 23, 1967. None of them have been more beautiful or rewarding than this particular twentieth season. What a tremendous job, but great opportunity we have had to host and edify the estimated 128,000 people who have visited our Sanpete valley the past 10 days. Almost all of them have left feeling inspired, uplifted and grateful for a marvelous experience that they will never forget. On behalf of the pageant committee, we extend our heartfelt thanks to all the rrjany hundreds of volunteer workers who have given so freely of their time, talents and energy to make this miracle possible. You are the greatest people on earth and those who have been hosted and entertained by you have felt of your spirit and kindness and have gone away marveling at our ability to work and love and cooperate together in such a monumental task. Some have said, and rightly so, "This couldn't happen in any other place!" To those people who provided the early inspiration and talent to make this great pageant possible, we will always be thankful. ' We are especially grateful to Mrs. Macksene Rux, our dedicated and beloved director from Salt Lake City, who leaves the conveniences of her home, at a great personal sacrifice, and lives among us for the time it takes to direct and produce the pageant. Mrs. Rux has for many years used her genius and expertise as a director and artist to bring about this memorable production and we appreciate her great work. To each of YOU, the cast, the crew, the supporting services, to EVERYONE, whatever your assignment might have been, we thank you for your dedication and contributions. YOU have been an important part of this tremendous effort described as one of the great missionary tools in the church and which is now known throughout the world. May you be blessed for your contribution and in t knowing you are an indispensable and important part of. j the great united effort of the Mormon Miracle Pageant. j I. If you have a team and wish to compete, please contact Terrie Green by calling between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. and 8 after 2 p.m. or Brad Bown at Please have your team contacted and signed up before August 16. 835-111- 1 283-413- 835-890- 1. |