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Show ;.i SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS WEDNESDAY Community Earth Day Domestic Blitz By Dixie Brunner Maddening magazines make for mixed messages Editors note: This is a repeat of work, Im still a klutz! As we browse through the an article from 1 0 years or so ago. been to known make Ive fun womens magazine, you quickly of the gossip tabloids on occa- realize the ads arent the only sion. They provide outrageous things that dont make sense. On entertainment when youre one page you can learn how to get stalled behind a coupon collecWe will lose our thunder tor in the check-ou- t lane. Where else but in the express line could thighs, meandering middles and you learn about the alien in- -' yes, even our burgeoning bottoms. habitation of Sylvester Stallone? All we have to do is follow the The other day as I waited for exercises shown. Again, we have some ladys fifth price check, I an anorexic model 20-year-- discovered another curiosity of the demonstrating for us. And people Mother givesBirth to Sugar-coate- d Baby But they, too, can make magazine and you get delicious written word. Womens maga- wonder why most American zines. Granted theyre a wee bit women are obsessed with weight? Go on a few pages in the same more believable than Chocoholic questionable sense at times. pot pies and sugar-fille- d Lets just look through one of fruit pastries. Fm a little confused, the periodicals available for pru- doesnt one cancel out the other? How are we supposed to look like dent womens perusal. It is important first of all to Skinny Minny in the shape-u-p realize how much store Ameri- articles, if we pig out on pastries? But. theres more. For if you can women place on these magazines. They not only tell us of arent already thoroughly confashion fads and flops, but they fused and frustrated, another argive us recipes, inform us about ticle tells that you can have it all. new products, and trend diseases In the very same magazine there we can contract. They can also is a forbidden foods diet. You can tell us movie star gossip so we snarf pizza, donuts, bread and can all fantasize, solve our mari- chocolates and still lose up to seven tal problems and help us raise pounds it claims. Theyre playing our bratty kids. They are a my song! The diets theory iswhen womansyardstickto see whether a junkfood junkie is satisfied, she shes in step with other women. of course will then balance the The first thing we will discuss ingestion of junk with that of is womens advertisements. You healthy and nutritious edibles. cant miss them. They show Good plan, if it pans out. In the you heard it first from skinny, beautiful women selling a variety of products. These Dixie department, there is an rearticle telling how bad perfect women are sponsible for many of our mothers are for children. I knew it. The article says these mothnations female neurosis. For instance, if any of us gals ers are creating neurotic, incawere given to smoking cigarettes, pable children. And I thought you would have to go a long way the only thing they were doing baby to look like the sexy woman was ticking the rest of us off. Here is an article (yes, in the in the picture. It didnt work like most I same when smoked that magazine) that tells us people how we can wear clothes in a treat you like the plague! What about the woman sell- certain way so as to fake a ing moisturizing lotion? She skinny middle. If the exercises says, I dont intend to grow old didnt work and the forbidden foods diet backfired - youre still gracefully. She is covered. There are ways you can tops. Its hard to relate. knock-oYet another woman minimize your is dancing around like a Mexi- middle. Army tents do wonders can jumping bean selling panty for concealing things. hose. Ad copy tells us she has Well, its my turn to check out energy because ofher panty hose. my groceries. That was certainly Yeah, right, she wouldnt have an interesting read. I dont know energy if she had to chase after though, Fm still rather hooked a whole houseful of kids all day. on the tabloids. The respectable magazines just dont offer Shed just have the runs, we. educational element. For believe the now dont Girls, absolutely everything these ads instance, I bet those womens claim? I for one, was convinced I magazines wouldnt tell us how would be able to ski, run and Elvis Presley communicates play tennis well if I used a cer- from the beyond with the tain sanitary product. It didnt Graceland gardener! single-handed- ly ld, . not-so-mod- ut t 7 JUNE 13, 2001 est poster contest winners Grand The ! VI I- m fc 4v 11 'i0$Y f 1! hf: :Tit I Committee would like to thank all the participants in the 2001 Earth Day Poster Contest. The judges had a difficult time choosing the winners from over 130 entries, but they narrowed it down to five grand prize winners and 32 honorable mentions. Prizes were awarded to the grand prize winners on Earth Day, and they were also honored at each of their schools award ceremonies the last week of school. Congratulations to each of the following winners, and thanks to each of the students that took the time and effort to participate. Were grateful to the Arizona Strip Interpretive Association for donating the award money and Willow Creek Books, Coffee and Outdoor Gear for their generosity with the gift certificates. Mtf i ) i i 11 , c f 8i, 'U- . ft1 1 so J4J ( - L 4 Hh-- - sp i iis an. I. t 114 llji. JS vjpii .'! l A M I ti tj.tirarjp.TMW.iijl f Tb Slill i t: fs iix-- 'Si f t f 4 v )iM ililff! StiflM? V ytifU ill fell iti &$! iw.r ;V a ft f t 1 1 i i fe S t r v f h 1$! Staircase-Escalant- e National Monument and the Kanab Beautification 4 ji 4'1 - 4'milj'. - sW4u tfttaiiriiPAU a I - s) 1 1 i ill I fi; (3 if tflVl 'Sttt- f M tn .1irti'l54pMiiifv, i llltS :, ;r f1 ? M r. : 'MRIFTSHOP Serve Y our Community Support our Hospital To Volunteer CALL 6448 175 10-- 4 M-- F Pick-u- p of large items in working order Thursdays only Grand prize winners 1st place-Eri- c Begay, Fredonia High School, $150 gift certificate; 2nd place-Wya- tt Kimball, Fredonia Middle School, $125 gift certificate; 3rd place-Tash- a Hardy, Fredonia Middle School, $100 gift certificate; 4th place-Lis- a Begaye, Fredonia Middle School; and 5th (Special Merit)-Carle- y Barber, Kanab Elemen- tary School, $5Q gift certificate. Honorable mention winners (all won From Kanab Elementary T-shir- School-Trev- or ts) Yoho; Chelsea Johnson; Codi Willaquette; Bryce Holley; Katie Fernandez; Brandi Wolfe; Troy Herring; Lisa Hombeck; Kailey Smith; Matt Spencer; Jared Christensen; Kaylee Jones; Cortney Sanford; Mollee Jacobs; and Misty Ann Reidhead. From Kanab Middle School-Kreig- h Carter, and Joanie Corry. From Fredonia Elementary School-Freddi- e Nockidineh; Layton White; Madison Dickinson; Lane Womack; Braxton Waite; Jeremiah Coho; Jessica Robinson; Austen Utter; Diedra Griffiths; Tiffany Newsom; and Christine Nez. From Fredonia e Middle Holland; Bonnie Allred; Danielle Johnson; PTitIhi AmumunaH FatiBneiF's ay U Spesnall Sunday, June 17 Open Noon till 10 p.m: n f Dinner Menu Only School-Shalen- and Jennifer Smith. Reservations Required 644-540- 0 (t---- f |