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Show SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS TUESDAY MARCH 9, 1993 Community Domestic Blitz ",'" '' A V ', ' A A' A . . '! - , A....A..XX . . " "'', f Local BSA holds annual recognition banquet x ? By Dixie Brunner ; The Local Boy Scouts of America held their annual recognition banquet at the Red Hills Convention Center. The following Scout3 won awards: Keith Church and Curt Growing old gracefully and other cherished fables Tick...Tock...Tick...Tock. struck with the urge to stop the As a woman. Im well aware clock, or call a time out! that my biological time clock is Youknowyoure getting older, when your bra size is a lower ticking. number than your age. Fast. Fve been focused" on getting I dont know whats been the older lately. (Dont you just love matter with me lately. Fve never these trend buzz words?) If wine been down on the aging process supposedly gets better with age, before. In fact, I even used to and art appreciates with time, lecture my mom on the benefits what happens to humans when of growing older, Mom, youre only as young as they turn the calendar a few times? you feel," Fd encourage ener- Mom, did you know your getically. Lets go out and walk awhile. Itll be good mother skins wrinkling? As sands through the hour daughter bonding time. Mom, glass, so are the days of our why are you looking at me like that? lives." I think its all the medias fault, Fm sure my chronological con- There is a decided over-em- cems come courtesy of my rap- idly approaching birthday. Isnt phasis on being young in our it funny how when youre little, mediatoday.TVperpetuatesthe you look forward to birthdays? image of youth being the only g time passage a They are wonderful and joyous that you eagerly antici- son ever travels, Did you ever notice they dont pate. But somehow as you get feature middle age women in older...birthdays begin to have the bathing suit addition of the appeal of athletes foot. Sports Illustrated !? Flabby fore- Isnt your birthday next week arms and varicose veins evimom? dently arent au trend when it comes to cavorting in the surf. No, I snap. Im sure it is. Yeah, its in We need to change the whole March. perception of growing older. Our youngest son used to think Mind your own business. When I was little my family that with every year you got would decorate with balloons older, you got smarter. When and hang-u- p signs proclaiming our grandmother turned 90 my age for the whole world to years old, he said, wow, great know. grandma must really be If someone were to put up a smart. I think Ill just grin and bear sign with my age printed on it birthdays. now, I couldnt be held respon- my rapidly-passin- g After all this whole birthday sible for my actions. As the natural progression of thing beats the heck out of the time occurs, occasionally Fm alternative! fun-lovin- Hawkins received the prestigious District Award of Merit Second miler awards were presented to Lynette Foster, Harriet Perkins, Lisa Reese, Verla Troy and Jim Bingham. Twenty-fou- r Eagle Scouts earned the award in 1992 and received recognition: Jeremiah D. Allen, Wesley Bingham, Mor- gan Bingham, Matt Bingham, Daniel Holland, Andrew Roundy, Thomas Avant, Jeremy J. Chamberlain, Joseph Dean Pepper, Jeremy Tim Jones, Carson Donald Baird, Sam Roundy, Joseph Brown Wright, Curt Hawkins and Keith Church received the prestigious "District Award of Merit" at the Boy Scout banquet held at the Red Hills Convention Center. Also honored with the "Second Milers Award" were Lynette Foster, Harriet Perkins, Lisa Reese, Verla Troy and Jim Bungham. These people have done a great job in our local scouting program. Photo by Royce Young. per-even- ts Lane Roundy, K C. Stockard, Doug L. Cox, Kevin R. Wade, Todd Barnev, Preston Gary McDonald, Sonn Berrett, Arlyn Hall Young, catalog (computerized system) to the bookmobile library ser-vice. A more reliable and efficient late list will also be available, But the library director, Kent Osborn warns that some coop- eration and change will have to be tolerated by local patrons. Transforming checkout and cataloging processes to the com- - biles have no card catalogs, but rely on the memory of the librar- ian. This is often difficult with the 30,000 books in the Bookmo- bile Library collection. When the automation project is complete, each bookmobile will cany Com- puter generated lists showing all of the books in the collection by both author and title. If a re- quested title is not on the book- - Lynal-Heato- n Young, Michael Downward, and m Lloyd Millett Jr. Riofem This meeting is open to all and we shall have members of the Kaibab Piute Tribe showing us the weaving skills they have learned, Th e meeting will be held at Fredonia High School Media Center at 7:00 p.m. on March 10. Discussion also on future lectures and events. Learn howto enjoy ournon-renewab- le resource, archaeology. Join your local chapter. Bookmobile automation on agenda for March Kane Countys Bookmobile puter network will take place in service will computerized next March and April. There will be an month with a system worth over interruption of service for about $6,000. This will be paid for by six weeks for the data entiy. The project grew from concern the Utah State Library. alhave that the states Bookmobile would Warmup activities ready begun with the transition notmeetUpgrade Process stan- of local patrons from patron reg-- dard required to qualify for the istration to computer coded li- - library development grants. One standard requires a catalog cards. The project, nicknamed Gen- system to aid access to materials esis, will introduce a mobile card in a particular library. Bookmo- 7 Store small tools, hardware, plumbing and electrical supplies, sewing items, fishing tackle, hobby supplies, first aid or veterinary mobile, the librarian can check a computer at the headquarters to find cut who has the book and when it is due. Preparation for this project to improve Kane County library services is almost complete. Our book collection will be cataloged, a patron file built, and bookmo-brar- y bile service will be temporarily interrupted, Limited service will be given from March 1 to March 15. 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