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Show 10 .4 LakesideCommunity Tuesday Ffctvua'yll 1997 c Virus strongest while waging war C C Yuure it! the irus wbhpm in our tar at 2 a m pno morning You get up to quench the slow burn in jour throat, hump the ihfrmtHMi up to combat our thill, nil ruh id the linen closet a box tf tu me. Y our tinuwt, suddenly full, are ju4 a suddenly empty my At the virus nukes itxelf at home, your note red Jens, your eves shrink in their sock-ciand your joints dry up. You ache all over and expect your elbows and knees to vqueak with every move. You cant sleep, you cant work, you cant read. Y'our IQ drops by 30 percent, but this is a yood thing, since your only companion is and daytime lelevition. The family room becomes a war one. littered with dirty water glasses, rumpled blankets and pillows and discarded cough drop wrappers. Your kids avoid you; your spouse dotes on you until youre forced to invoke a banishment. Your mood is too sour to tolerate such kindness. fr s. Luc-nig- Valentine From 9 me up and took me home. I was able to return to the dance and take this sick girl home. Bramhm Miihtn Kaysule I forgot my sisters birthday. Considering that my sisters birthday is on Valentines Day, you wouldn't think it would be hard to remember her birthday. My family had been very busy for the past month. That morning I remembered when I woke up at 5:30. I had to drive to several stores before she woke up. When I got back from the store my sister was awake and caught me. This ruined her day and she was sad the whole day. Chad Christensen ... Valentines Day 1994! My Valentine's! I had the hots for Jane Watts. I remember going to the valentine's dance nervous as can be. I asked her to dance twice and I was pretty pumped. Her friends told me that she liked me, so I got her some kind of stuffed animal and a sugar cookie shaped as a heart. I was talking to her this year about old times and she didn't remember the dancing or the pres ninth-grad- e managed for days. You shower and dress -nothing fancy, just a sweatsuit. You run a Home Light comb through your hair. You dont feel good, but you feel alive. Shen Poe You feel hope. A day later, and youre thinkDemand CoM'"St ing about going to work for a few hours. You vacuum the family room and make supper for the family. Hunk goodness, you Personal hygiene would be abandoned if think, that virus has finally moved on. showers didnt provide such welcome respite Then, at 2 a m. the nest morning, from your sinuses. Its a good thing you dont awaken to a noise. "Youre it. the virusyou is aspire to wear anything but your old bath whispering at the pillow to your left Your robe. The washing machine hasnt been run spouse awakens with a chill and a sneeze, and since the virus came to calk as you run to fetch a bos of tissues, you You lay low for four or five days, coughing bump into a child tn the hallway. and blowing Sleep is fitful at best. The only "This house is too cold," he says, his family that sticks by you is the family dog, checks red with fever. You hear your daughand the doesnt count. Shes only using you; ter down the hall, coughing in her sleep. humans has alher quest for Afghan-wrappe- d And you realize, whatever you have been ways been like a bloodhound on the scent. through is nothing compared to what is to Then, you awaken to the marvelous real- come. Readers with comments or suggestions may ization that you have been asleep for four weekdays. hours, more than twice as long as youve call 776-49- h 5! bouncing around in my van in bubbling excitement as a gray car Boyd Summerhays zipped through the thick fog, Farmington ramming into the side of my van. Once my parents decided to I spent the first few hours of Valentines having gravel and lake ofT to dinner, but before going my mother approached me glass removed from my battered d and said, "while were gone put little body. The the presents in Jessicas bedroom blue dress remained in my closet for your dad." Know ing my dad, My countless stitches ached and I knew he didn't buy her anypulled as 1 lay in my parents I chocoand so went bed, but my greatest agony was thing, got lates and flowers for her from my sorrow in missing my first him. When they came home Valentines Day party. My helpthere were presents for him and ful older brothers, shocked by my accident, delivered my valentines chocolates and fiowers for her. Kevin John to the class, but they didnt know Fruit Heights who to give the two candy-stuffe- d ones to. My little heart felt just as broken as my bleeding I was 6 cars old and attending kindergarten. It was the day body. Demere George before Valentines Day and I had Fruit Heights already picked out a beautiful blue dress splattered with hearts, I lived in Salt Lake and my to wear for my very first Valentines Day party. Carefully mother and I were out delivering stitching yam through little holes. valentines to the neighbors. It I had sewn a pink construction was about 6:00 and very cold. paper heart pocket to store my We were at my friends house and I put the gilt on the ground, little cards. I was incredibly excited and felt very mature as I rang the door bell, I turned to run an hit a patch of ice, slipped crammed two special envelopes full of candies for Andrew and and fell on my chin. I had split Jonathan - the two very cutest my chin open and had to go to the hospital on Valentine's Day boys in Mrs. Partington's class. Wfith my dress hanging on the to get stitches. After that I have outside of my closet, ready for never delivered valentines to the next morning, I went to my neighbors when it is wet and ballet lesson that evening. I had a cold. most enjoyable time and was Andy IVooisey ent. How humiliating!! ... heart-sprinkle- Military News six-mon- th Warning Squadron 117, embark- ed aboard the aircraft carrier aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk, 10 tactical aircraft squadrons, five surface combatants and two submarines. evening of a wonderful Valentines Day. Her name was Callic and she was my girlfriend. We had made plans for her to come over so we could watch a movie together. We werent alone the whole night, but toward the end of the night w e were, just long enough for my first kiss. Paid Stanger Davis High School I was a sophomore at Davis, my brother was a senior and a student body officer. All of the SBOs decided to write valentines to every one in the school. I remember sitting in my English class when we got them. As my valentines was handed to me with my name on it, 1 opened it up and there was a little sweet message from my brother telling me how much lie appreciated me as his little sister. I somehow lost that, but the thought will remain etched in my memory forever. 1 looked up to my brother a lot and still do. He is my good friend and I couldnt thank him enough for all he has done for me. Holly Brinkerhoff Kaysville SAVE DAILY! inn Standard-Examine- r With the USS Kitty Hawk operating extensively in the Persian Gulf, McGills squadron has e airborne early viding warning to ships and aircraft of a carrier battle group. The Hawk-ey- e also can provide additional air control and intercept information for other aircrafl. long-rang- McGills squadron departed helped to enforce the U.N. imposed no-fl- y zones and sanctions against Iraq. So far, McGill has visited Bahrain, Hong Kong and Singapore. its home base of San Diego as part of the USS Kitty Hawk Battle Group, which includes the McGills squadron flies the e turHawkeye, a aircraft boprop capable of pro The 1993 local graduate joined the Navy in December USS Kitty Hawk. Dont I was an eighth-grade- r when I received my first kiss. It was the CLASSIFIEDS Navy Airman Robert E. 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