Show I asks me to count all ItyMdrivebyoa sv A story about our father wants to adjoptyou” my mother said to me one moraine while sliding a bowl of across the Formica towards me "Your father wants to adopt you” she said repealing and milking the line like a blues singer "What? What do you mean?” I said even though I knew exactly what she meant Barely 65 years into life I already knew how to make adults squirm Heck just the week before I had made a nun stutter and Hush when she tried to primly explain why it was a sin for us boys to “play with ourselves” What? What do you mean? I'm an only child who else am I going to play with? Dunn! If adults weren't so hung up on age I could have won a lot of poker hands with that bee instead of settling for being an altar boy and the St Catherine second grade class’s priest in die school play I knew this father becoming my legal father thing was coming on for at least two years but I fV h 0 Vr 2 E O g‘5 X 92 P I o f full-gro- adoption had held my parents off by playing dumb I was so smart Ikept on asking "What do you mean?” Looking back I suspect that taDdqg about sex was even scarier than talking about divorce and custody so they demurred to my checkmate I knew what divorce was Johnny Woods who lived acton the street and never wore a shut or shoes all summer and who was my best friend till we moved to the suburbs told me about it I also sort of remetober some weekend tripe with some gqg when I was maybe 2 12 But I hadn't seen him since he moved to California Adoption was no big deal anyway Just the pear before I had consented to joining the big old Catholic cfaundi on the comer two blocks away In first grade I Hedged allegiance to God the Father even though most of the kids in the class had somehow made this decision when they were still pink wrinkled babies Heck we adopted kids all the time in Catholic school and we were only in second grade Every time the class collection can reached $20 we were adopting Artist The Ecdes Community Ait Center is pleased to announce the awards given in association with its 24th Annual Statewide Competition Juror Adrian Van Suchtelen of Utah State University chose 71 pieces lobe included in this exhibition The awards given are as follows: 1st: Untitled by Chad Mclnelly of Farmington 2nd: After Jacques Linaid's Five Senses by Colleen H Bradford of Brigham City 3rd: SLIGHTLY OFF CENTER Dennis Hinkamp non-lawy-er what divorce was Johnny Woods I knew who lived across the street and never wore a shirt or shoes all summer and who was my best friend till we moved to the suburbs told me about It some baby in Ethiopia Mexico or China Sometimes we even got to name them after one of our favorite saints or baseball players The Cardinals were in the World Series in 1964 and we tried to name a lot of those foreign babies "Lou” So me getting adopted? No big deal On an unmemoreUe gray Sl Louis day mom and dressed me up in one of those cute kid's suits and took me to the lawyer's office On the way through the city soon-to-bsoon-to-be-d- ad e- recognized Mystic by lone E Duncan of Tkemonton Mr Vu Suchtelen recognized the following artists and their art with merit awards: Dan Blair of Ogden for The Carver's Bench Ken Davidson of Ogden Canyon for Just For Fun Joseph M Dixon of Ogoen for Apache Gan Dancers Wen-C(Ellen) Liao of Logan for Searching L Julie Lewis of Sah Lake City for The Fast Supper Dayna Serna of Layton for Turin Towers Harry G Taylor of Ogden for Sound Waves Brock Thome of Vernal for hi I silly sitting there doing nothing sod the people inside are taking a real long time So I sit there and count Volkswagen bugs vans and station wagons that sputter down this side street until I think I got up past 50 Finally my parents come out and say "everything is taken care of” but aUTm trying to do is remember the number of Volkswagen I keep thinking the Indy is going to ask me and give me a prize like the nuns at school do when I answer questions I’m getting nervous and look around aa we walk bock towards our parked car and stiQ nobody has asked me anything "Mom I counted 52 Volkswagen” I finally blurt out She smiles down at me as says "Oh honey yon didn't have to do AaL That was just a game” knew that” I said dad toid me “Remember to say ‘ye ir' and 'no sir' to dine people” Yeah I knew adults liked this from a cute kid in a suit so I beamed my angelic poker face and agreed So we get there to this place that looks just like our apartment only with names painted on the windows and I say "yes sir” and "no sir” a couple times to guys in adult suits Then they send me outside to wait on die porch Some lady is worried about me being bared or some- non-lawy- er Brock and Suzie Wood of HunstviUe for Five Feats The Ecdes Community Art Center invites the public to view the art of the 24th Annual Statewide Competition The Art Center's regular gallery hows are Monday through Friday 9 am to S pm and Saturdays 10 am to 4 Closed Major Holidays The Center wiU Em f July 24 and 25 m celebration of the Days of ‘47 The exhibit continues through Aug 29 Admission is free 1 pSaaSlha bane th— ibk af k£Z Jaw laaamaasa riiiihiill aftheOata Om SL A tNH8vw (Mr hUm ——lea— ala apart fraBMalarafaart apart htm ap Oiatanr asalata i which nteaaalSiaaaBflaaaSaa eariata mmtim taarina anwattr Weston’s Sherwood Hilln aiaaiftcaatly rrducM thanf atm i—L Urinary aukta —sanity a— entkai riak farter than Brinary calcium (An J EptJtnai lwa 141 (11 BuppirSlS 1— atrf87Dk Ttua kxln-j- r appean that taka— tbu ham kiOaay ataaa riek urban cakiaai ia Ukra aiaala way laci— with—( nSucinc Ownl See all four productions for as little as $331 Cache Valley’s greatest ticket price in town for live entertainment! iHMBlhr ray U ion nan Naiiia Howaver ha Raeuka etudv wr-tm thiaUnew Uhecmlciuin ( wa thanbnTbaataaa SIMM The Woman In Black a chilling ghost story The Cardigans a swingin' singin’ musical comedy & Pools Paradise a hilarious British farce The Servant of Two Masters a classic comedy of hysterical proportions opens July 221 — antba High eeto- - Jek—wa tetArtwy rhmibrOtBwk— a— fit— will to — Ida— with aiaala bat aot ailewatal braa ar ather raf Sheathe— hnrt-- ' a with —ah a— trr-"18 JM 430041 Kbfceblba— JP Bartlett and his troupe of singers dancer and acton will be entertaining our good citizens with a footutompin kneewlappin good time every Friday and Saturday night at the beautiful outdoor theatre at the Nherwood Hills Remit A Old West Cookout with steak chicken and all the fixins will be served starting at 6:30 pm soul-satisfyi- Adults $17ftj Children lift) f ' For tickets or group infonaatiorc $4 QUALITY VOLtll 4M 11 N Main UERVICC Uto" (433)2415054 1 — |