Show 3 Dec Salina SunGunnison yalloy News ember 1 3 2000 disappointed" and “No peeking1" parents' bedroom and beg for perWhen Mom was ready and mission to get up and start the settled with the camera Dad would Christmas festivities to come Dad would say "It's way too finally give us permission These and other Christmas remember squealing and see miracles have built our chiloren’s early Go back to bed" In another hour we would venwith delight when resaw the gifts Santa testimony As a child ture oack to see if Dad would under the Christmas tree and realmember lying so still listening ized Santa had truly visited our tently not breathing hoping to hear change his mind “Can’t you wait the jingling of bells or noise on the another hour?" he would say We home Don’t let Christmas lose its roof would lie awake for what would plead with him and somemagic We have two teenagers at seemed like hours waiting for Santa times Mom would put in an encourClaus or morning to come aging word like "Why don’t we home and two young men all grown would sleep in the same room sleep for another 30 minutes or so? up But at our house when it comes to Santa Claus there is only an alwith my brothers and sister on You can do that now can’t you?” Yeah as if we could sleep at tered magical reality And there had Christmas Eve We seemed to build talk all! That 30 minutes reseemed like a better not be any on each other’s anticipation member shivering with excitement year! Then back into see Mom and in my presence It's pretty fun to perpetuate the Dad More pleading We would wake early Christmas “Okay okay” can Dad would say “let me see if Santa magical belief in Santa And morning One of us would be secame" He took forever to pull on always benefit from a little shiverlected to sneak into the front room Christmas! if his to walk our front Merry the anticipation and visited had Santa and see ing pants room home With no lights on in the house We would listen for signs of enthe “sneak” would tiptoe into the front room and try to make out couragement He would turn on the Off The Top is the product of Lori's Christmas music and the tree lights shapes from the moonlight through rambling and disjointed thoughts the windows Then the “sneak” while we visited the bathroom and This conversational style piece may wcited in the hallway He would say would report to the rest of us be somewhat exaggerated and does We would wait as long as we things like “Well well” or “Hmmmm not reflect the opinion of this newsdon't know? You may all be a bit could then we would slip into our paper all in the trunk to head for home they were true believers for another year Do you Believe By Lori Olsen still believe in Santa Claus and my children had better believe “If you don’t believe you don't receive!" is the familiar saying in our gerbils to our older boys Now Mom would never allow such a thing “There really is a Santa Claus” they told their doubting friends One special Christmas our traveled to a mountain famhome for the holidays Our kids catch you spreading carefully watched Jim and pack the trunk of the car They knew what stuff When the kids were small it was was in every suitcase and box So easy to keep the magic alive One when Santa Claus delivered toys Christmas Santa Claus brought and goodies and we couldn't fit it family Even the word if you have doubts munis You'd better not let me family ily Speaking of Sports Will Share Have Love will as needed willing to contact you in advance to let you know if and when you are needed as each event is finalized and the need is assessed Because many of the children needing "surrogate giandparents" are from single parWe by Kathy Eickson Dir Six County RSVP This 'play on words' turns the theme of an old western TV series to describe what we need a few wonderful "Grandparents" to do in Sevier and Wayne counties Local Head Starts Preschools and Prothe Retired Senior Volunteer gram (RSVP) are working together to implement special Grandparent Days at local schools The children from the Head Starts and Preschools are to invite a grandparent or elderly friend to join them to help with some fun activities on specific days over the next few weeks The purpose of the event of course is to give special attention to each child and help them realize how unique they are Some children however do not have a grandparent to invite We are asking you to be a surrogate grandparent for these special We need to establish a occasions List" of folks who are "Resource around Grandfathers ent households would be especially appreciated We want to be certain that each child has a "Grandparent" to share the event with If you have an hour or two that you can share with a three or and would let us to our "Resource call Kathy Frickson please Manager of RSVP and the VolunFxt 28 or teer Center at VISTA Volunteer Shara Bastian at Fxt 27 Long distance calls can be placed by calling Press ext 28 when the recording answers This is a wonderful time of year We hope you will be willing to share your love with these special chilchild add your name List" dren Utahns in tiptop shape The State of Utah is tops when it comes to having a population in tiptop shape A new study named Utah the third healthiest state in the nation — up from sixth last year Among the 50 states Utah has the lowest prevalowest risk for lence of smoking heart disease and the fewest cancer cases per capita But it's not all good news Utah continues to do poorly in providing prenatal care with a ranking of 49 And there is work to be done in other areas says Robert Rolfs of the Utah Health Department suicide diabetes low "Obesity infant birth weight and dental health are at the top of the list" he says Team Work uted to the victory Carl Malone is without a doubt one of the best basketball players of all time but where would he be by Bob Bahlmann Staff writer The Gunnison Bulldogs are off without John Stockton? Other to a good start on the power forwards that came in to the The team h?v basketball season NBA about the same time as Carl some of the best athletes they've had have had good careers but not as since the State Clwmpionship team good as Carl's They have the same in '99 but a big part of their success level of skills and the same level of has to be their teamwork commitment but they don't have It's a great asset to the team to John Stockton bringing the ball have half a dozen players that can down the court John makes Carl a step up and lead the team in scorbetter player Carl by running the ing In their first four games the floor filling the lanes and using Bulldogs have had four different his skills to get open also makes leading scorers It's important to Stockton a better player have several team members score in So it is with sports at any lex el It's redouble figures every game Sp it is with life By being a real part ally nice to see each player with at if a tea m by ma king ou r tea mma tes least one tick mark in the assist better we also make oui selves betcolumn ter Nobody gets to be an by More important than the win loss himself As Coach Powell said berecord of this year's basketball seafore the season started if a bulldog son will be the friendships these he's got to wants to be an young men develop and the unity make a teammate an throughout the community that can The true measure of a team is not result from the team's example 4he sum of the players A real team It's always easy to point a finger exceeds the sum of all its parts at an individual player when a team loses by a point or two but the tru th is that every member on the team made a mistake or missed a shot that could have made the difference in the game's final score Likewise it's easy to select one player that played well and was a major factor in a close win but the truth is that every member of the team both on the floor and on the bench contrib- - Former Snow College QB finishes in Heisman voting second Josh Heupel former Snow College great and current Oklahoma quarterback finished second in the Heisman voting Last Friday Chris Weinke from Florida State was selected for the prestigious award by a margin Heupel had enough class to not demand a recount Old West Paging & Voice Mail Service i i or wwwPagingUtahcom i TAKE YOUR NEXT STEP TO SUCCESS! 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