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Show Tuesday, October 15, Davis County Clipper Pioneer Christmas festivity planned at Lagoon, Nov. 9 7-- FARMINGTON The leading for the first Christmas celebration this year comes from Davis County. Farmington City is hosting its third annual "Pioneer Christmas festivity at Lagoon's Pioneer Village on Nov. 7, 8 and 9. The purpose of this event is to provide children and adults alike, a taste of a pioneer Christmas from the 1800s with some modem accents. In addition, proceeds will be used to help improve the city's emergency medical services. authentic Pioneer Family Flandcart parade through the city, an historic building and home tour and a Christmas dessert Dutch oven cook-of- f at Lagoon. Pioneer Village will be all decked out for Christmas with trees, garland, tinsel and twinkling lights. (one of the modern accents, since candles arent allowed.). Father Christmas will be on hand in the historic Pioneer Chapel for brown-ton- e pictures with all of the young pioneers who can spruce themselves up with some of the pioneer The celebration will begin on Thursday, Nov. 7 at 10 a.m. with a Christmas Cral'ters Boutique at Lagoon. It will continue through Saturday, closing at 9 p.m. each day. On Fnday, a dance will be held at the Davis County Fairgrounds called "The garb that w ill be on hand. In the Davis pavilion, along with the boutique, an abundance of family entertainment is scheduled on Friday evening and all day Saturday. This will also be the location for refreshments that will include such delicacies as Pioneer Pizza, delicious hot "hunter soups" served in bread bowls, homesteader (made to order), "hot honey scones, "Colonial cinnamon rolls, "pioneer Christmas cookies, Flolidays' Rock" while families will be caroling on the Pioneer Village Square. Also scheduled is a Lighted Carriage Parade that will travel down 3rd North and Lagoon Lane. On Saturday, there will be an trailblaz-e- r scrumptious frontier fudge, hot chocolate," hot "settler cider and much more. There will be storytelling, demonstrations, pioneer crafts, a gingerbread house contest and a festival of wreaths, complete with a silent auction. Lots and lots to see and do. And the crafters boutique will be one of the finest of the season. Entrance will be through Lagoons east gate, via Farmingtons Main Street. Parking will be a short walk away at the Farmington Rock Chapel just across from Lagoon Lane and there will be a free senior citizendisabled persons shuttle operating from the parking lot to the gate. The admission price for all the activities at Lagoon w ill only be $2 per person or $10 for a family. The home tour will cost $7 per person and will include admission to Lagoon. The price for The Flolidays Rock dance is $3 per person and refreshments are included. National Mammography Day scheduled during October 18 Davis County women are at risk for breast cancer and that risk increases with age. It is estimated that 860 Utah women w ill learn they have hreast cancer this year and some 210 will die from this disease. In 1994, the most recent year for which Utah Cancer Registry data is available, Davis County reported 79 breast cancer diagnoses. October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Friday, Oct. 18, is National Mammography examination (BSE) or by a clinical examination by a trained health care provider. Mammography saves lives. Unfortunately, fewer than half of the women over age 40 in this country have regular screening mammograms. Low cost or free mammograms are available through the Utah Department of Health to women who qualify. For more information, call your local health department or Day. Breast Cancer Awareness Month is a time for all women to focus on better breast health care by getting a physical exam which includes a clinical breast exam andor a mammogram, says breast t Complete breast cancer screening guidelines recommended by the American Cancer Society include: Monthly BSE beginning by age cancer survivor and American Cancer Society North Davis Unit Breast Cancer Detection and Support Chair Claudia Branch. We should take the responsibility for our own health care, not only for ourselves, but for our families. Our best defense against breast cancer is early detection, according to Branch. The best early detection tool is mammography. A mammogram can often detect breast cancer years before it can be felt with breast self loruf 20. variety of patient services, includ- ing Reach to Recovery. Reach to Recovery gives those with a personal concern about breast cancer the opportunity to visit with breast cancer survivors. These carefully selected and trained volunteers offer tips about treatment and recovery, answer questions, listen to concerns, and leave valuable booklets and other materials for patients to use during the breast cancer journey. Last year 40 Davis County women were a part of the more than 400 Utahns helped by Reach to Recovery. Each year a few Utah men also receive a diagnosis of breast cancer. There is a C i n ical breast exam every annualthree years from age ly thereafter. Screening mammogram by age 40, followed by a mammogram 2 years through age 49. every Annual mammogram beginning by age 50. The American Cancer Society is the largest source of breast cancer 20-4- 0, 1 -- research funding outside of the federal government. In addition to research, the American Cancer Society offers informative breast cancer programs and provides a Reach to Recovery volunteer ready to respond to their needs as well. To learn more about breast cancer or to take advantage of any of the educational or patient services offered by the American Cancer Society, call toll free at There is only one American Cancer Society. As part of the largest voluntary health organization in the world, volunteers in Davis County and throughout Utah are eager to help their friends and neighbors as the cancer battle continues until the war has been won. POETIC LICENSE got a nasty message, just delivered in the mail. It said: "youd better get a license, I gonna go to jail and since my life 1 have abhorred incarceration, decided to investigate to ease my consternation. or youre early in 1 It puzzled me a bit to learn some would focus on license a law abiding citizen like me, cause Ive never run a brothel, and 1 surely dont deal drugs, n or comport with other types who may be thieves or thugs. low-dow- hied I me to the city hall to isolate the shop responsible for license mail sure it was some cop. A bosomy receptionist just quite flat-o- glared at me, and said Go find the mayor.. .hes the guy you gotta see! So I parleyed with hizzoner, in his big upholstered chair, and regaled him with the details of the note that brought me thar. (poetic license) He listened quite politely, although bored beyond a doubt, while considerin if he should have his bouncer throw me out. He finally snuffed his stogie as he got up from his chair, and he said it was my problem, that he really didn't care. He asked me what my job was. and told him "I'm a poet, then he muttered impolitely, thats the reason, and you know it! 1 The city council voted they were gonna charge a fee for inscribing poems on paper meant for other folks to see. That for every letter bender bent on seeking worldly fame, they would make him buy a license and display it in a frame. So they sent the license letters out, and offered this advice: If you mutilate the language then you gotta pay the price, so just pony up the ante even though it makes you hot, then You can frame the only license any poet ever bought! Curly, a young spaniel pup. is anxious for a new home where he can live the rest of his life among a loving family. He loves everybody, especially children and other dogs. He is quite thin and not housetrained yet. His new family can easily houxetrain him by keeping him in a large airline-typ- e crate, letting him out very 2 to 4 hours. This helps teach dogs and puppies a schedule for relieving himself, napping, and playing, and prevents them from being destructive when you're not able to supervise them. Curlys adoption fee is $45. which includes his neuter, disptemper-comb- o vaccination, and microchip. If your animals do not have current identification tags on their collars, order them now. before Halloween and the busy holidays, which can be scary times for all animals. An ID tag is your pels voice. It says "my family wants me back." Even if you dont think your animals ever leave the house or the yard, accidents happen, especially during Halloween, holidays, and winter storms. Important: if you find a stray dog or cat. please take it to the nearest animal-contrshelter immediately. That is where the owner will look first. It gives the animal a chance to be reunited with his family or adopted. And its illegal to harbor a stray. When admitting the animal into the shelter, instruct the staff to make a note to call you before euthanizing the animal, to give you the option to adopt or foster it until a new home can be found. For lost and found pets, run an ad in the newspaper, post livers, and notify vet clinics. Check all shelters in the area every day. W hen your animal is returned, put an ID tag and collar on all cats and dogs. And get your animals microchipped by your veterinarian. A microchip is a tiny computer chip that is injected into the back of the animal's neck. If your pet should be lost or stolen, shelters and vet clinics anywhere in the counnumber to you. and safely try can scan the animal, track the return your animal. For information on how to order an ID tag or to schedule an adoption or program for your school, call Or visit the animals at PLTsMART in Wasatch Humane M-Layton on Sundays. nine-dig- humane-educatio- n City seeking lifeguards Susan Tanner Holmes Contributing Writer Poetry Society. For membership A little planning now might get that job next May, FARMINGTON said Viola Kinney, Farmington City Recreation Director. The new Farmington City swimming pool will be opening the summer of 1997 and individuals for the following positions will be needed: pool manager, assistant pool manager, instructors, lifeguards, concession workers and cashiers. Youth must be 15 years old to take the lifeguard class, so those wanting to be a lifeguard for the 1997 season should be certified in lifeguard training before the summer of 1997. Classes that are required to become a lifeguard can be taken during the w inter at either Lay ton City or Bountiful information call City. Don Tidwell 29 August 1996 Poetry submitted by members of the Bountiful Chapter, Utah State 295-289- 4 501 Prewashed Jeans & (Indigo Black) (Grey, Khaki, Burgundy) Stonewashed . Laredo Lace Up Roper Reg 501 Jeans Ra 'QZ53BI $100 & Bleached 50 00 Brand Sfoerpa Lined eminai All Leather (Men's Size: s4600 Reg. Ladies JladkeSs (Prewashed Blue) FDaeO (Button Front) Reg K S1 000 Short! 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