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Show 'Grasscycling' recommended August 9. 1991 - The Eureka Reporter - Page Three Reflections end retnemberances My dad left this world at age Give the landfills and 82. He may not have been the your lawn a break-ne- xt time you mow, tallest man in the world, be he your clippings lie where they was up there in a select group may-- f with the best of them. called grasscycling-- an The foregoing probably goes earth-friendl- y term for a simple beyond setting the scene for the .. , t.' nnrMiVo tVii i r ...1 t . i expect anyone to be around soon, It was ten Oclock in the morning when I decided to get one of those big, long, fat cigars out of the cupboard. I placed the cigar scribe the finale. Suffice it 10 say, between the chickens getting on the perches and my stomach sick-lness, and my being too sick to shoo the chickens away, I was a to my lips, struck a match, and mess, I after fumbling, coughing and eventually recovered suffi- -et ..1. State University Extension horti- - television time or exposure to inside a house as quickly as when and believe me, cool water never culturist. advertisements about when to I saw men smoking outside. I felt so good and refreshing. I During the summer alone, start and how it would help my opened all the windows in the glanced at the clock, and even Sagers said the Salt Lake County growth, physically. Importantly, I long living room, and thrashing though it seemed like a forever landfill estimates that 30 to 40 had training and instruction at and waving my arms vigorously, I time, It had only been one hour percent of the material it receives home and in Sunday School about found had little to no effect in of elapsed time from smoke to no is biodegradable and could easily how it wouldnt help me. In fact, dispersing the smoke. The smoke smoke. I was told rather pointedly how was still being generated even be recycled in the backyard. Let the record show I started I was learning smoking at 10 a.m. August 23, About the most grasscycling bad it would be for me. I had without puffing. Ls to fast...not much...but fast. I tried 1924, and quit smoking the same to some do ideas from the requires you keep your picked up mower blade sharp and your grass silent movies from cowboy stories, strutting up and down in the living day and year, one hour later at 11 cut. You can grasscyclc with most shown in the movie house about room while doing the baton twirl a.m. May I add, and have never ifwl Ilf lawn mowers, said Jerry Good- - ten good strong stone throws from and flicking my fingers. Visibility smoked since, You know, my dad never our house. Movies were shown on was getting worse and the odor speed, USU Extension Agent. He said most mowers have Friday evenings only, you know, seemed to be getting offensive, smoked or drank alcoholic liquids. Making sure all the windows were At 5 foot 9 inches he was one of Smith of Tintic attachments to cover the opening the cowboy and Indian version. I must detour for a moment open, outside I go. (That was the tallest men in the world. Im 5 Lodge 711 has been appointed where the mower bag connects. for what foot 10 inches, but you know to the position of District Deputy Once the hose Ls covered, you can and tell you about this movie good thinking except I house. follow's). sister something, if I follow close to his My Evelyn and Grand Exalted Ruler. Robert safety mow the lawn without hav- a was chicken There small went for a visit t0 scc revives in footsteps, I may be nearly as tall depu- - ing to fuss with the clippings, he (R.C.) Smith was from the main house, as my dad some day. Salt Lake City. We, of course, coop not far tized at the 127th NatSnal Qm- - said. was the other only by Frank W. Saiasbury building on vention of the Benevolent and Goodspccd said proper mow- - traveled by train; it was fun, I can jf 1,rmer S,Iver C,ty res,dent hitflS Protective Order of Elks in St. ing is important to get the best remember that. What really left a results from grasscycling. That lasting impression was the sight Louis, July 14-1to There are over 250 districts in means to cut your grass when it is that greeted our eyes when the h,dnTnhtfShpn i the United States and R.C Smith dry with a sharp mower blade, train rounded the bend, and the wilncf4d the mcnsmXrs I COI'flGT was will assist the national leader of The mower should be set at the town came into view on our re- awarc I had begun to do an un- Elks in promoting and coordinat- - proper height so no more than turn. Its only fair to tell you, we one-thir- d of the blade of grass is really didnt want to leave because nastdTofTto dent of ' Srthand his rcfsi ing the many programs for chari- but just Eureka, wue, wed be mussing the coming Friday sputtering, removed with each cut. tv, of a was 32 a that said number He patriotism. why good mowing height episode veterans and ?hC prUJ Parnts I hat was, until ! started to per- - 7 on born pound boy, Bv being annointed to the for Kentucky Bluegrass, the most we were so anxious to return started in getElko, Nevada, July 14, 1991, common in Utah, Is 2 12 inches home. Tom Mix or Art Accord, pins quite profusely, position of DisDeMtv from sick and to stomach. Kristie and dizzy my Darin, son, Devin ting in were our ihc heroes, cowboys, membership of the almost 15 to 2 13 inches. Lawns should be I a WdlS NV RbCrt Jc houscntccV'ihc million R.C has demonstrat- - mowed every five to seven days, great trouble. They had just sat cd his commitment to the national or as often as needed to avoid down in the tepee to smoke the and in order to get out of Proud parents arc R.C. and removing more than one third of pipe of peace. My sister and I just plac and state programs. proceeded to crawl m under Judy Smith of Eureka, and Nancy knew that was not going to solve Lester C. Hess, Jr. of Wheel- lawn height with each cut. ow constructed perches. Only and Randy Lowe of Pocatello, In addition, Goodspccd said it their predicament. Well! When ing, West Virginia, the newly cwjvoTdwrcquirccnrMltJkljiho installed national leader of the is best to water in the early morn- - the train rounded the turn with hours--nnoses our nd to at night-afirmly against pressed Elks, stated that "by being able to ing the window to get a first look at call on people such as R C. we nvoid daily watering. Hc said grasscycling does not the movie house, we were literally will be able to continue the proud CHAPERONES.. .For the Eureka Youth Center cause thatch buildup in the lawn, devastated to see a pile of ashes tradition nf the t 4 Hours a Month) "Clippings decay quickly on the where the movie house once in aHof our (Only when was If stood. there any time Contact: Mary Lou Draper were speechless, that younguns was the time. The stillness was 433-680- 5 broken by clearing of throats, and I can remember taking a side or It sister face, Evelyns glance by my Marine Sgt Charles E. Ross, an(j saw ijmc tcars at ihC corners Jenny Long whose wife, Ethel, is the daughter 0f 433-631- 3 eyes, as I wiped a hand of Mrs. Frances Ewell of Eureka, across my eyes to clear away the A stray dog which bit a 12- - recently returned from Operation moisture caused by one of those year-ol- d girl in Kearns (south of Desert Storm and Operation Sea lrajn engine cinders. Salt Lake) on June 17 was con- - Angel while serving with 5th Ma- jqo, we werent upset at the firmed to be infected with rabies, rinc Expeditionary Brigade, Camp jic 0f asfocs so much as we were This is the first known infected Pcndelton, CA. to the fate of all those wonderful dog in Utah. Two infected cats Operation Desert Storm was horno with us hclnlcss to assist have previously been idenlified the Largest deployment of U.S. thcmThat was a bad time Hotel g the past five years; one in military forces since Vietnam. The at agC eight. The largest fish East Center Street, Provo the Uintah Basin and one in St. operation was in response to jn the world flipped off my hook From George. Both of these were wild, Iraqs invasion of Kuwait and in the Snake River at Springdale, was also moose rabid A cals. to threat Arabia. Saudi stray Idaho. My Uncle Frank said "For- confirmed several yearsgo.lt had Operation Sea Angel emp- - KCt it, you can catch six small fish, m the Uintah Mountains, hyed joyed more than 7,000 Army, and that will make up for the big bats (some restrictions apply) the of about 13 Usually Navy, Marine Crops and Air one." I know now he was trying to which are found during daylight in Force personnel to assist in a he hut this comment fell Includes one night stay and four Water Park passes, additional persons extra Utah and are submitted for lab massive relief effort to Bangla- - Sh0 illkc, CTen atottey rebuiltit tests are found to carry rabies. deshs southern coast and nearby lhc theater sometime later, The Farther You Drive, islands to provide much needed never did answer the of j emptiness More You Save! This incident emphasizes the food and supplies to approximate- - those heroes. Later, when I The this coupon end proof of address present Simply 1.7 million people recovering the scries was back importance of having all pet dogs ly again for a I (driver's licenie. activity card, etc) and a aval ' and cats vaccinated for rabies and from a cyclone that claimed rerun, and our heroes were doing I Offer good any day during 1991 season. I.D. cardholders and immediate family. Not valid with any other discount offer. to Limited lives. boostcrcd as required. This serves 138,000 the same things and looking OK, as a buffer of safety between the Hc Ls a 1979 graduate of Span- - we felt much belter of course. wild animals and we humans. The ish Fork High School, Spanish Year later, when I learned incident also emphasizes the im- - Fork. most cowboys that smoked, got (after 5:00 p.m.) portance of treating bite wounds sick, I was sad again for awhile. If as rabies suspects. 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