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Show SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 19, 2001 Community Settlement provides toys in time for holidays A warehouse full of scooters, Domestic Blitz skateboards, Barbie dolls and fun things is now empty after By Dixie Brunner Attorney General Mark Schurtleff helped deliver $66,698 worth of toys to organi- Its got to be a real tree zations that help needy children. The Santa-size- d delivery is the final shipment to satisfy an an- Theres one Dix, just cut that titrust settlement with the some people have romantic and one down, my husband offered countrys largest toy retailer. The toys will be distributed to unrealistic expectations of how impatiently. The Packers are children throughout the state Holiday activities really should playing today. I be? not Its through theUtahDivisionofChild big enough, I That would be me. I dream of discounted, and think the andFamily Services, TpysforTots, You know how 7 experts say being the poster family for Forest Service might take Currier and Ives...thats me to offense at us cutting the one at ' the hilt. I want the sleigh riding the visitors center. We drove on... .and on...and through the woods stufL.the fat Santa getting stuck in the on. An hour had gone by. I sang d carols briefly, only to be chimney stuff...the manufacturers from selling to discount stores. Utahs share included $243,129 in toys over a three-yea- r period, $99,264 in cash and $25,000 in attorney fees. Its just awesome to go through ali these boxes and boxes of toys and think about what it will mean to the kids, said Shurtleff. Tm sad that this will be the last year we will be able to do this. But Fm happy we were able to spread so much cheer. Family Support Centers, Domestic Violence Shelters, Childrens Justice Centers, Primary Childrens Medical Center and the Shriners Hospital for Children. In 1999, Toys R Us agreed to pay Holidy dinner stuff... but most of threatened with my life. What $40.5 million to settle a lawsuit all, the stuff that I must have, little Christmas spirit we filed by Utah and 43 other states is the real tree! possessed was passing quicker claimingtheretailerpreventedtoy folks for fake than the miles we were logging. the go Many We decided to go off the variety. They argue that theyre cheaper, easier and much more beaten path, and into some convenient than the real thing. more serious forest-typ- e areas. So whats to brag about when you The trees we saw from the road dont have sap dripping on your were making the tree lot carpet, and tree ' needles versions look like scenes from foundering your vacuum a Christmas Carol. We were cleaner? Repeat after me, My, seeing Evergreens so scrawny doesnt your tree look real! that they were in need of Some people settle for the lot steroids. Lets get out and try to find version of the real tree. Ive gone along with this concept one, I told our youngest son as often. Its convenient, easy and we drove through a wooded the trees areor were alive at meadow. He and I got out of the least briefly. But heres the vehicle to find the tree, as the bottom line-yo- u dont know who wind began to whip and out. It couldve been temperatures began to drop. picked them some normal Joe, who didnt give We hiked out for awhile..,say 50 a rats evergreen about which feet. tree he was cutting down. This ones special, dont you We are talking some personal think? My son asked hopefully, involvement here. We are talking pointing to a tree which in a cognitive decision... we are politically correct terms would home-cooke- . Assistant Attorney General Wayne Klein has been involved since the very beginning with the lawsuit, the settlement and the distribution of all the toys. This year he helped figure out where all 4674 toys would go. This has been a great way to take a naughty business practice and turn it into something nice for thousands of deserving children, said Klein. I hope this sends a message to other business owners that that they need to be good for goodness sake. Brenda George, program administrator for the Childrens Justice Centers said she is grateful some of the toys will go to children from abusive homes. These kids have been through so much, said George. It warms, your heart to see them get such great toys for Christmas. I v" . talking about real Christmas have tree selection. Sure our Holidays had been hectic, my husband had been sick and our older sons were still at college-i- t was not a good time to have a real, Christmas tree And I didnt want just any real tree, mind yoii...I wanted the whole enchilada! I wanted the middle-of-the-woods-coyer- been considered physically challenged. Looks good to me, I answered through chattering teeth. V We took turns sawing the thick trunk for the next fifteen minutes, to no avail. Our . energy and patience were running out. He and I were ed losing any Holiday spirit we had left. Hey, kick off is in twenty I had to have it. minutes, my husband yelled Thats why when we set out to from the car. find said tree, I really wasnt Stand back mom, my son concerned, I knew that my announced. This calls for endeavor would be protected by serious measures. the Christmas spirit karma, as He paced back and took a it' were. I tuned the radio to a running tackle, knocking the channel, and tree into the snow. Grab the we were off. We purchased a other end, he said, as he permit (yes, Ive learned my brushed snow off his face and lesson. Those rangers are never pulling needles from his nose. We carted the tree back in the spirit when you havent followed the rules), and drove up home, decorated it, and it is into the mountain to get the currently occupying an tree. important comer of our living And who wouldnt want the room. We all sat around it the ideal tree? You know, the other night, not necessarily perfect ones that you see in adoring it, more like making the! movies- - the ceiling fun of it and laughing together. ring-ting-ting-ali- ng - Hurry! Offer Ends Dec. 31, 2001 Visit your local RadioShack the RadioShack AnswerPlus credit card issued by Hurley State Bank and approved credit $297 minimum purchase amount financed. Finance Charges will accrue from date of purchase during the deferred period and will be added to your account if qualifying purchases are not paid in full by the end of the deferred period or if you fail .to make any required payment on your account. Terms accurate as of 912001 . Subject to change after that date. 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