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Show Feature SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 7. 1994 LLUf -- 4Pimv. Om I Tj $h hi V. I he said. Jamie had talked nonstop since getting into the truck, Moving bring- .aout situa and she had to go real bad. that tions arf quite We arrived on the crowded humorous... especially looking back on them now. freeways of Las Vegas with Jamie screaming she had to go Jim and I arrived in Cypress, CA on Wednesday afternoon. to the bathroom, real bad. Our Our ultimate goal: move our grandsons, Michael and David daughter-in-law-anwere smart. Their thinking was: grandchilLet the one with the weakest dren to Boise, Idaho where our We son was already working. kidneys complain. We spent the night in Las Vehad a Meeting of Minds. Who was going to do what was asgas. The next morning I spoke to I'll call the Leader used words that my grandchildren just above a signed by I nothIn for shocked the chain but had short. even me, her Lynn whisper. Listen to me carefully. of command, ranked down ing but admiration for her. The My eyes shifted from child to there with the cat. cocky bearer of bad news tells child. I will tell you when you in temleader that can drink fruit juice, and that 90 our Sweltering degree o our her isn't team attitude began helping mat- will be when we reach Boise. I perature, We had to hustle. The ters. Lynn explodes and calls will control all snacks and the pack. moving van would swing into escrow. Escrow threatened the water bottle. And, I will tell you when you can and cannot go to the driveway in exactly two Title Company. We The wait. days. phone rings. the bathroom. My grandchilThe next day, we ran into an Were going to Boise, screamed dren later referred to my speech incredible phenomenon... red our commander as she ripped as tough love. Unaffected by the rain, our tape. From that day on. I re- the phone from the wall. ferred to our situation as hell With the afternoon sun almost caravan pushed towards Boise. week. down and our arm pits smelling I only had to tell Michael once A woman at t he loan company like filthy laundry, we headed that it was against the law for decided to drop some crucial for the nightmare of the Califor- him to hang out of the van window and make a nose like a popaperwork into her desk before nia freeways. for the We weekend. I'll Our call lice siren. a had new leader. leaving leader the moving him Grandpa for short. In the At last, we arrived within r hain of command, I still ranked shouting distance of Boise. van. Sunday, we stored our food in down there with the cat. Cmon, youre makingabigdeal a cooler. The leader sold the reover minutes Jamie later, Twenty nothing, I hollered over To it to the had to off, the bathroom real the radio as Grandpa took the top go frigerator. I and washer dryer were gone too. bad. Okay, to be honest, forgot wrong My radio went The clothes hamper was full of to remind the grandkids to go dead. We finely arrived at their new house, and what a dirty clothes, and we were out of before we left. ice. This called for drastic meaGrandma to Grandpa, I wonderful reunion between my sures. So, during hell week screamed over our two way ra- son and his family. whenever someone invited me dio. Grandpa switched to the My son never fails to surprise over for a cup of coffee, I arrived reserve tank on his supply of me. After Lynn gave him a dewith a sack of wet towels, grubby patience and pulled off the free- tailed account of hell week, he and smelly socks and way. grinned. In his wildest dreams, left with clean clothes, and a bag Lynns assignment, drive the he would never realize what we of ice. van. Grandpas assignment, had been through. The loan company called early keep us on the right road and But frankly, I was tired. So, All essential the drive truck. Monday morning. My assignment, Grandpa blew up our bed and papers will be signed Wednes- keep the kids happy, keep noise we went to sleep. We woke up day, said the manager. Trans- levels down, and the bathroom flat on the floor. And take it from lation: The papers were lost. The stops to a minimum. So far, I me this is no place for a senior Vs lor, the moving had failed. citizen's body. van While in transit, I reduced Did you sleep well? asked The movers arrived early on sibling rivalry by switching the my son. Stone-face- d the seventh day of hell week grandkids from the van to the I answered, No. and things went smoothly. They truck at regular intervals. Jamie I slumped to the kitchen floor ' old Lynn her furniture would rode with our new leader first. and he had the good sense to be in Idaho in three days. I had Thirty miles down the road. hand me a cup of coffee. xiiv doubts, but the loan papers Grandpa flashed his lights and The furniture arrived two were signed and we were in good pulled over. Lets trade kids, weeks later. The articles Grandpa carried on his truck became real treasures. He had Q &Ce-Pvifruzi- t4, brought every box marked kitchen and a card table.. ..plus some lawn chairs. There were towels, clothes and bedding too. Grandpa was a hero. As we left Boise for Kanab, our children were becoming true Boiseans. They had exchanged shorts and for warm $134.95 boots. and snow ..and jackets Califorwere all at 4 they yelling nia cars to go back where they 644-282came from. 8 Would we help them move again? You bet we would. By Barbara les - d spirits. Besides, Grandpa had loaded his truck with essential items. The movers left. The children were in the van. Jim was in the truck with the motor running. Lynn was just about to unplug the phone. It rings. It's the Title Company. We're very sorry, says the young lady on the phone, but we dont like the wording on the title." My usually sweet, calm daugh-ter-in-la- w 1 sweat-drenche- Cindy Snow is the newest stylist at Creative Cuts. Her family moved to Kanab recently. Photo by Barbara Pyles. Snow joins Creative Cuts By Barbara Pyles Cindy Snow has joined the team at Creative Cuts, 310 S. 100 East (in the Heritage Cento ter) and has the know-hoserve you. Snow graduated from beauty school in Bountiful, UT in 1988. Before movingto Kanab, Snow worked at her trade in Groton, CT, and San Diego, CA. Snow has the expertise to work on men, women and children. I enjoy doing perms, shampoos and sets, styling, colors, and haircuts. I have done many types of styling including straight, curly, long, short, fine, coarse, African American and Asia, says Snow. She also does French w Twists and French Braids. I always have a good feelingwhen my clients walk out the door with a new hair-dand a smile.. Snow and her husband Troy and son Timothy moved to Kanab two months ago. 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