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Show SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS WEDNESDAY Community MAY 12. 1993 Domestic Blitz By Dixie Brunner The green that goes on giving First you plant it, then you water.. .dont forget about fertilizing and weeding it, and then whats the reward after you do all this? You get to cut it. Have you ever thought how truly ludicrous this whole lawn idea really is? The whole concept is out of whack. Lawn s are each one ofour little pieces of country. Its the American Dream at its best. You buy a house and a little piece of land to those hedge clippers. People spend months trying to get their lawn in shape, pampering and encouraging it to grow. Their whole life centers around getting the blades to bloom. And then, when it finally does, what do you hear people say? Gee whiz, all I ever do is mow the lawn. By the time I get the machine put away, its time to do it over again. The whole lawn thing seems call your own. It doesnt matter to be a real lovehate relationthat the land is only 80' x 100'- - it ship. Lets be real nice to it, so we can cut it, so it can look pretty, belongs to you. so we work harder...its a vicious want some people Naturally, to make that land into their very cycle. And we all know what the real own little corner of Heaven, so to behind all this lawn motivation speak. business to the the first Im really is. appreciate virtues of a nice lawn, but youve Hey Ralph, did you see what simJones did with their front the some to admit, people got We too far. one have take it yard? ply Yeah, it looks nice, why? friend, I refer to him as a lawn You arent going to just stand snob who actually lays down around and let that happen are chalk lines when he mows. Hey Dixie, what are your lawn you? Let what happen? plans? Questions next door Let them show us up. neighbor. I thought Id go with the wild Honey, frankly I dont think we can top an incredible lawn, prairie look, you know, aunatural with native grasses. topiaries in the shape ofanimals Oh no youre not. I dont want and 1,000 varieties of flowers. Ive got it! Wife responds, your weeds blowing pollen over after some thought. Well put a and infecting my lawn. Even if I promise not to let huge water fountain up in the middle of the yard. Theyll never them sneeze. Very funny. I suppose that think of doing that. Oh brother. means you dont intend to plant I shouldnt make fun-- a nice of do or flowers any type any is a wonderful asset to any lawn landscaping? I was actually thinking of home, which reminds me, Id sticking a pink buffalo lawn or- better get out and do something nament out there-yo- u know, to to ours. I think something in go along with my prairie land early prairie will go welL.oh give theme...why are you looking at me a home, where the buffalo me like that.. .hey, put down roam. Johnson returns Robert L. Johnson has recently returned from the Columbia South Carolina mission and will report in the Orderville Ward sacrament meeting at 1 p.m. on May 16. Robert is the son of Robert M. and Laura Johnson. V - Hardy awarded badge Spec. James G. Hardy has been awarded the Expert Field Medical Badge, the Armys highest Heaton-Finicu- proficiency award for medical personnel. The test covered three basic areas which included physical conditioning, written examination, and a field performance test. Soldiers completed a road march canying a patient strapped to a litter through an obstacle course during the hands-o- n portion of the test. Hardy, an operating room specialist at Fort Ord, Monterey, CA, is the son of Margaret V. Hardy of 276 South 100 West, Kanab. He is a 1978 graduate of Kanab High School. m to wed Wendy Patrice Heaton and Jody Dale Finicum will be married May 14, 1993 the St. George L.D.S. Temple. Wendy is the daughter of the late Wendel and Patsy Heaton. Wendy is a 1991 graduate of Kami) High School and is currently attending Southern Utah University. Jody is the son of David and Nelda Finicum. He is a 1989 graduate of Fredonia High School. All friends and neighbors are invited to attend a recepthn held in their honor that evening from 7p.m. - 9 p.m. at the Kanab Kaibab Stake Center. non-comb- at in 12-mi- le New Friends of Kanab City Library Carl & Pauline Robinson, Dukes Foscarini,Tom Haycock, Jess & & Janis Jeanette Johnson, Camp Lyman Athene F. McAllister, Arthur Ronshausen, Shumway, Maud W. Brown, Eleanor F. Fletcher & Susan Wood. Huffman, Charles & Darios Total donations to date Peterson, Denny & Anne $7,615.00. Wil-low-DU- St. Christophers Ladies Guild St. Christophers Ladies Guild held their meeting on May 11 at 1:00 p.m. in the Parish Hall. This was their last meeting until next fall. Hostesses were Dinny and Adele. Business discussed was the cleaning of the church to be on May 25. The yard sale is tentatively scheduled for Sept. 17 & 18. Discussed also was the refreshments we will be serving on May 16 after the 10:00 a.m. every Sunday at 1 1 :00 a.m. after Mass with three to five students present. On the weekend of March 27, Mary Hegge traveled to Las Vegas to attend her daughters wedding. Jenniffer Kruse married Darwin Morgan on March 27. Patti Norris also attended the wedding as a guest. Ed and Claire Varela will travel to the Phillipines in 2 First Communion Service. weeks to stay the summer. Father Tony Vollmer visited There are three of our CED members receiving First Com- the Holy Land the first week of munion. Starting around the May. last week of May we will have The church is located at 39 coffee, punch and donuts after West, 200 South, 1 12 blocks each 1 0:00 a.m. Mass, with only south of the Post Office. Anyone is most welcome to worship at donations needed. . , Our Preschool has been held the church. i J , A f t s P, |