Show I Sunday July 28 2002 A3 Local state Skeen gives and regional news Festival of the American West i up Millville council post for wedding' V By Jaff Hunter — otcuT wmor Back in November tins newspa-introduced a story about new Iville councilwoman Jamie Skeen with the following sentence: “It didn’t take long for Hollywood — or Millville — to discover Jamie Skeen” The line was a play off of Skeen’s full-tivocation as man- - " ager of die Hollywood Video Store in Logan but now her political career has what one might call a Hollywood ending She’s leaving for love Wedding plans called for Skeen the divorced mother of three to many Ryan Casperson Friday evening at her parents’ home in Liberty And because the home she has been renting in Millville isn’t large enough to accommodate the new fiverinember family the Caspersons are moving to Logan and away from Jamie’s con- E 01 wy JV s iv o K "U i 1 ' ‘Al ' v-- I - W V J ' Vi U: t AfemV i' V ' - 'JtF stituents “I’m so grateful that I could have the experience and it’s very hard to step down” Skeen said earlier this week “But at die same time I’m very happy with Ryan and so excited about this new phase of my course it’s hard to picture Skeen being anything but excited Although she began her candidacy with little notoriety and little hope of winning a late donor chipped in $100 for fliers and she and her children quickly covered Millville with her photo and biog- - - ’ : c ' Vs ' f - ' -v ' t '£ ' i ij i vv'vv V 1 - IA — f lW y iVAV ! ir - ! ' El LuceraHeradd Journal Hair with at Facial the Freeman the Jensen Historical1 around King man name mountain the Beauty Pageant during 'Stray dog jokes goes by Farm on Friday Ashby won the category for the scroungiest beard while King took home the prize for the most unique ‘ Jared Ashby left who That biographyincliuiedpraaft Histoid £ bait DuarwJHarvby ty eight votes Sfe sf®oaor Contestants'duked it out in five Contestants vie for nWhat country this is that somebody Bkelhe with little educa- - categories: Best chops best handle- prizes laughs at' facia! hair pageant bars best goatee scroungiest beard and most unique beard Steve Taylor traveled all the way from West Haven to show off his handlebars By Leon D’Souza staff writer “They’re did gray and overex-posed” he laughed But the wife loves em “She told me if I ever cut it off ain’t ever gonna take the find an attorney while I was at " to Miss America of place it” Taylor said proudly That was the general consensus It took him four years to grow his But then Friday’s “Facial Hair ' whiskers out to their current length Beauty Pageant” at die Festival of Malad Idaho resident Gene Jones die American West wasn’t really and picabout die straight-lace- d grew his in only eight months and needed no one to tell him that he No siree this was a had a winner celebration of the overgrown and “It’s better because it’s bigger" in some cases downright “ugly” as ' Jones said beaming “This is a genone judge put it uine Texas moustache" For the motley crowd of men The facial hair is-- compromise with fome of the most dazzling Jones who raid his motive for for a beards Cache Valley has seen m ' an was this time growing his moustache was to long opportunity make up for his “follicly chal- to show the wife that the scruffy — what with look was worth it lenged" (read bald) head He want on to clinch the prize in the “Best a a to camera anything from digital Handlebars” category DVD player for winners to take home' Winning was important to these tion and utde experience but with desire to do it could have the chance” Skeen said During her brief but energetic tenure Skeen revised die Miss Millville Pageant — “To the dismay of ' some people and die appreciation of others” she noted — and spearheaded the creation of a youth coundL “It was fascinating to be able to see how our government works rad to be part of the system for a small period of dme” she declared After getting her family settled in Logan Skeen said she might get involved with politics again — “I'm thinking foe next mayoral-raceshe crocked —but if die doesn’t she’s grateful forthe understanding of die system she has now ( “I have a new appreciation for what it takes” she said “and Fll be less likely to criticize because I khoiw how hard it is to try and v please everybody” - well-wax- ed ture-perfe- ” -- ct ' a v " - men Especially Morgan Utah resident Jared “stray dog” Ashby who insisted he had the scroungiest beard around Attired in rugged mountain-ma- n leather Ashby strutted coolly across the dais brandishing a SO-caliber muzzle-loadand a bowie knife “I’d really really like to win” he announced menacingly sending the audience into a bout of loud laughter He then took a seat right behind the judges as if to make his point (still grinning of course) “Don’t want you to make any mistakes” Ashby laughed They didn’t He won Quite the stroke of luck for a guy who signed up to participate only because he thought he was “supposed to” “They (the organizers) came around with there little fliers' and said I was supposed to be here” Ashby recalled If Ashby’s win was anything to go by the content was as much about theatrics as if was about er “I wm®? 12-in- ch whiskers arid hairdo (or lack of it) as was did case widrfftemra King who bagged the prlztffn the “Most Unique” category ' King showed up with a beard to rival Santa Claus and a thick gray : fur cap that looked like something' out of an old Russian flick When announced as the winner the lightsome man charged up on the stage and tipped his hat revealing a smooth bald head “Hey wait a minute! I thought ' that Was part of the beard” Bruce Daly ore of the judges screamed ' eliciting guffaws from the crowd much to King’s embarrassment But then laughter is what drove i the evening The more the crowd roared the better off you were in this caval- ' cade of fon So if a colorful personality is your forte and you don’t much care to indulge in the pleasures of a Gillette Mach 3 consider next year’s pageant Atthe very least it’s a good excuse to look unkempt on a Sunday - - - See SKEEN on A14 whether you call it ‘ pop’ or soda ’ It’s a In Hyrum if customers aren’t corn-- ' ing into the Chevron convenience store on Highway 165 to grab a drink i ' to residents visits Cache When they are driving up to Valley dis-- at clerks which order busy keeps convenience store to fill they tant ends of the counter aren’t reccsitarily arier gasnl i ni A convenience store clerk at the Call diem— pop Whatever you soda or Coke —- carbonated drinks are Hyrum Chevron said “tons of people” dnnk soda pop from cans bottles and popular in CacheValley and through-fountains : out Utah Vvright'now Margo Pierce said 66 “Everyone is ft’s Utah’s addiction” Logan inanageriOfMoodi’s Diet Coke and Mountain Qew are her ' he said ' ' Some people come into the store' custorhers favorite drinks ' four to five times a Uy to'tefill mugs we it’s where hot so go “Especiall which hold up to 64 ounces he said Pierce said: v drinks of lots through Mountain Dew is the most popular “They’re abig'iiumber for'us"1''' At the intersection of 400 North and ? drink at this store Main Strtet in Lxiganpalrbns can ' Logra resident Max Spackmra said onmiefc tiiirst of thefour stop for a pop is more’ of a his'daily i quenditheir than V anything elre Spackman A hobby coniers In order to keqi the customers com- - Can be found many afternoons in a ing back in such a cOinpetitie market bdoth at LW’s Truckstop sipping on a wora'mug and visiting his friends Piercesaid anployeesadjust the car discommon for him and the Spackr hwHflAarid syrupreguiariy to stop bythe store for no other reason clean fhe machines than to buy a refill during foe hottest Sradfy service is mother thing that " ’ Utahn’s prefer pop ' Utah statistics: 16181 responses: 142 (053 : ‘er-u- p responses responses) refiOonsosV - SodecM(4155 ’ : - - " resporM) : v Other 5 (352OfanUtah of al other responses 045 ' - - : : WanftaM iv a- B LuoaWHaaid Journal in rvUufti- - 1 1 : mina If tha beverages T-- a persOri grew up '' in influences what they call caftoonatod - A' H “I Bell Chevron ccMvemeoce stores- - - ’i hredt is amed way tq com relax he said-- - v ' ' ' : : t ' '& Note: ’Other” responses:soda water aodtaJop fbcl drink i - '' ai ‘is responses) : ’ an Utah 063of afl pop of Utah t resporises 056of al soda ? 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