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Show I I 4A Tuesday December 17, 2002 SiAdvccd VM Stiff CDlDiin Those big boys acting like little boys By KEN LARSON responsible." Sun Advocate publisher sponsible as not having fun. But years of that message and years of seeing how much she struggled took its toll and I grew up a very serious person. As a young man I just could not let loose and enjoy fun things. There was always sort of a guilty feeling that I shouldn't be laughing like this or I can't do that because of what my mom When is it okay for big boys to have fun like little boys? I believe the answer should be, anytime they want to, but unfortunately many of us struggle with really having fun once we grow up. I enjoy life and have spent years practicing having fun, the way I once did as a little boy, but it has taken a long time and sometimes it still doesn't feel right I am not sure how old I was when I started getting more serious and lost the ability to really laugh but I suspect it was sometime after my dad left home and it was just mom and I struggling to make ends meet I have no idea how my mother made it during those years and what she went through working the farm and ranch trying to keep things together. And I know she didn't mean any harm when she reminded me that I was the man of the house now and had to "be Somehow I interpreted being re- might think. I grew up guarded. I remember once when I was on a date when I was in my late 30's my girlfriend decided to ride the carousel horse in front of a grocery store up in Oregon. I was embarrassed that a grown woman would get on a child's horse and actually laugh herself silly trying to ride it But she was having fun and had always wanted to do that I was trying to hide behind the Coke display in case anybody I knew was coming or going from the store. I can think of a dozen times where buddies of mine did stupid things but I wouldnt because big guys aren't suppose to act like that It is really group of friends are really enjoying themselves, but you cant quite let yourself go there. Such wap the case a few weeks ago when several friends from the local Kiwanis group ventured off to Las Vegas and raced NASCAR type cars at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. In real race cars these big boys crawled in and raced eight laps at speeds almost 140 miles an hour. When they returned to Price they brought the videos back and showed them at a regular meeting. watched the videos and listened to the guys kidding each other about the fun they had I jotted down a few of the comments. Later I realized just how much fun these guys had and thought to myself, "Man I wish I would have gone and had fun like these guys! As I Here were some of the comments made at the program where the videos were shown. "Understand that you will die if you wreck! "Death was mentioned several times in the release we signed. hard sometimes to be on the other side when a (Continued on page 5A) Staff celumn Real life twelve days of Christmas By KAREN BASSO Staff reporter As Christmas approaches, I become more anxious to get the headache of the seasons over with. Don't get me wrong, I love Christmas, but by the time that the holidays dwindle down to an end, I become more frustrated by the minute. Therefore, I have comprised my list of the 12 days of Christmas that effects us all. On the twelfth day of Christmas, I realize just how much I am sick and tired of holiday commercials. Every commercial that comes on is set to the theme of the holidays. This is a good advertising scheme for the millions of companies that partake in this campaign, however, it is very tiresome by the twelfth day to hear of the savings you'll find at various stores. On the eleventh day, I decide to quit being such a scrooge and set up my tree. Thank goodness that it is artificial because Im the kind of person that would take two or three hours to select the perfect "real" tree. A tree in a box is the perfect tree to me these days. It is easy and you know that all your ornaments from the previous year will all fit because they did last year. So not only do I have to have the perfect looking tree, I also have to have all the ornaments that adorn it in the proper place. I will spend hours rearranging ornaments to make the tree look "even. However, my three year old likes to hang ornaments all at one side at the bottom of the tree. .On the tenth day of Christmas, I derate that the tree looks kind of funny sitting in the front room with no decorations surrounding it Therefore, I decorate the house. Decorations are fun to look at but a pain to set up. Between rearranging the decorations on the tree on a regular basis, and setting up the holiday decorations, I am fed up with the seasonal items that are cluttering the house by the time Im done decorating. Call me a grump, but my idea of fun is not sticking dozens of window clings to my windows, just to peel them off in a few weeks time. I'm also not a big fan of picking up table decorations that are tipped over by the cat time after time. On the ninth day of Christmas, I decide to take some time away from the hustle and bustle of preparing for Christmas, so I sit down to watch television. The second I turn the TV. on, I find a Christmas program. This reminds me of the long list of things I still need to accomplish to prepare for the big day, but despite that I am determined to watch a little TV anyway. So I start to thumb through the programming only tofind that 90 percent of the shows are set to a holiday theme. The other 10 percent are programs that are in the lower channels on the satellite and are all in a I him the TV off and continue to work on my (Continued on page By MARK WE1SBR0T - Ifs 10 p.m. do you know what your government is up to? It seems that Iraq is not the only "regime change" that the Bush administration is working on. The U.S. government has apparently decided that President Chavez of Venezuela must go, one way or another. True, Saddam Hussein is a brutal tyrant who has invaded and threatened neighboring counwhereas Hugo Chavez was democratitries - cally elected, has shown no ill will toward any of his neighbors, and tolerates a steady barrage of d virulent propaganda against his presidency from the major Venezuelan media. But these distinctions can be blurred, because both have offended the U.S. government and both hate-fille- are sitting on a lot of oil. So most Americans can be forgiven for having similar impressions of the two leaders, given what they hear from the U.S. in "The Washington Post" media. A recent d referred to the Chavez government as a "dicta op-e- torship. Remember it was barely more than six months ago, on Aprti 1 1, 2002, that opposition forces overthrew the democratically elected government of Venezuela. They installed the head of the busi- ness federation as president and dissolved the legislature and the Supreme Court. , h administration at first welcomed The-Bus- the coup, retreating the next day after it became clear that other countries in the Americas were not ping to recopize the illegal government course administration officials denied having anything to do with the coup. There is a pile of evidence to. the contrary, indicating that they had a lot to do with it There were numerous meetings between Bush administration officials and coup leaders in tire months And of preceding tin coup. We also know that tin opposition received money from the United States government But even more important is the political support and encouragement that Washington provides. Those who are trying to overthrow the gov Editor What? No Messiah presentation in Price this Christmas sea-son? What a disappointment Lament Arnold Price Similar justification n Editor. 5A) The Palestinians, the Israelis, the U.S. and the world have paid, and will continue to pay an enor-mous price in blood and money the Israeli occupation of Pal-estinian lands. That Ammatuiai is the fuel that fires the that has led to terrorism. There &re at least two possible Bush eager for coup in Venezuela editor to the A disappointment foreign language. I'm sure that if I could understand what is being said, it is probably about the holiday season too. Guest editorial Minute Man Media Letters solutions: The Israelis could obey the United Nations mandate to leave Palestinian lands or they could give full citizenship to all the Palestinians and allow them to share in the great Ameri- can largess. Giving the Palestinians the same standard of living enjoyed by the Jews would probably end their rebellion. We fault the Palestinians for terrorism, but what other force of rebellion against the occupation is available to diem? The occupation of Palestinian lands is tlx major contention for and the other terrorists to inspire their terrorist Blaming the victimfis how both the terrorists and Istae-fo- r lis justify their acts of brutality. Gibtxtfis Hawfibg ernment of Venezuela at this very moment know United States will do its best to recognize and support any resulting dictatorship. They that the know this because neither the White House nor the State Department has indicated that a coup would result in any diplomatic or commercial sanctions against an illegal government It would be a simple matter for the Bush administration to make such a statement But even in the recent mobilizations of October 21 and December 2, with rumors of coup attempts flying everywhere, our top officials have maintained a telling silence, and carefully avoided saying anything that would discourage the violent opposition. The United States also supports the . Xettersto theedicorsIuMiW focua'on public submissions must be Verified ll entiriesAll to i prior pubUrationThe paper reserves jhejZnot onlyto satisfy sjftuteg opposition's call for early elections. Although the Venezuelan constitution provides for a recaH election halfway through the president's term, the opposition does, not want to wait until August There are two reasons for their impatience: first the economy is in a deep recession right (Continued on page SA ) Sun Advocate ! The voice of Carbon County since 1892; ADMINISTRATION ' Addrew 845 Eait Main, Price, Utah. Telephone: (435) Publisher 637-073- 2. Fa: ADVERTISINr. Director . uh, no, Mr. President Eat (435) j 637-271- 6l r Send change afaddrem to 845 Main Street, Price, Utah 84501. flawfiedi deadline: at 10 j i fat Tuetday'i publication and Wednesday ! t 10 B.QL for Thurtday'i publication, j Omni Patti O'Neil 1 SidNcnpticn rates: SO cents per copy, $37 per year in Cutan and. Emery counties, i $40 hi Utah and $54 outride of Utah per I J yearbymaiL Lynda Barnett BMTORIAI. Publication No. (USPS 174-96- 0) tawed twice a week at Price, Utah. 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