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Show - 'r?Trr.s-- fT- !... ' - K . SECTION 2)aBemUi WEDNESDAY, EDITOR I Elyssa Andrus AUGUST 29. 2007 fandmsOheraldextra.com 344-255- 3 nrwvNMMVBtavjw III ' Literal Labor Day: Ah. labor V Day. The first hint of coal air, the first football , games and the first birthday of ' my daughter. Yes, she V? sent my wife into labor on Labor Day. the first recorded, hstanceofan unborn child, v showing come-- Y dk timing, she waited five days . past her due date. A friend that her Y Mdyneux sense qf humor must havedeveloped . in the womb. I I can tell you dkkitthink Y Y was funny. Just after midnight, ; . inthefirstfew minutes of labor Day, my wife jumped out of bed and told me frantically that her water had broken I told her tokeep itdovwi as I was trying to . : getsomesieep. Actually, drove her to the hospital and stayed up until : about 4 p.m. that afternoon. It was quite a nice ii i V' TjST'.-- Mi 4 .. W!ftl nil Mil? ir ii m . . c . Logan Molynew MHVHEIWU) I . . tahia home to the worlds first . - : . can't ' . atSajaandbe - finished by duv nertime so everybody can have a good meal , and get some sleep. I know some doctors (or whoever) have . to stay awake for my way home Labor Day eve-- Y ning. That night . I slept for 15 hours straight 1 . woke up starved because all I had eaten in a day were a couple of world-renown- ' Why babies schedule these th ings a . fittle better? la-bshould start 36hoursKkel dkl but it wasn't easy. I was all over the road on '. . 'Kentucky Fried Chicken, the International Dutch Oven Society World Championship Cookoff, a Shakespearean festival in Cedar City and, now, the World's premier Sheepdog competition. Thats right, in only its fifth year, the annual Soldier Hollow Classic Sheepdog Trials is rec-- : ognized (by the International Sheepdog News,: at least) as the foremost sheepdog event in the World. This is so because of the unique setting, which provides excellent facilities for the corn, petitors and excellent views for spectators. There's no other place in the world where ; there are already facilities for press, parking, vendors and power and everything that went , into creating this spectacular venue, event organizer Mark Peterson said, referring to theSoidier Hollow cross country and biathlon venue used in the 2002 Winter Olympics. Add to that the fact that it sits at the base of slowly rising foothills, which makes it easy for people to clearly see what's going on and it's just 45 minutes from Utah County and Salt Lake City. . The trials will take place this weekend at Soldier Hollow, just west of Midway, with events ' Friday through Labor Day. The gold medal wDl be awarded after the final event Monday. :.. There will be several vendors, a children's play area and other events throughout the weekend, including duck herding. Peterson was introduced to sheepdog trials in 1994 in Great Britain, and said he was blown away. He knew Americans would love the trials in the right setting. When he attended the holiday. hospital bagels and juice boxes, (Turns out' my wife got the worst end of the deal. Sure, she had the loopy drugs and bedside service,' : butlcfidn'thave people popping . into my room every couple of' hours o take my blood pressure or help me to the bathroom.) Another thing . Coldlcr Hollow Clacdo ChcopdciJ Trials 5 When: 8 a.m. to S p.m. Friday through I Tickets: single day, $38 four-da- y pass Sunday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday I Where: Soldier Hollow, 2002 Olympic I Info: www.soWiertiollowclassic.oom or (435) 654-200-2 Drive, Midway R See SHEEP DOG, D6 $7-)1- lit - w tmua.Ks n. .theyneedto .. change about births is that gross chunk of gunk left on the belly button. It needs to (fisap- pear in days, not weeks. The . samegoesfor the baby's head. All I wanted to do that day was match with my labor union to demonstrate the cone-shap- . Water, water (not bottles, bottles) everywhere Cory Ohlendorf full force. able water bottle's an easy solution. Its been a long time coming, says Kicking the disposable habit is easier with a new crop of stylish and Josh Dorfman, author of The Lazy Environmentalist and spokesman The people have spoken. Water permanent options for your daily u for the 'Filter for Good campaign ap--' hydration. For aqua addicts who are may still carry that never wkhoii a bottle ki their bag or maker those IN of water colorful, but what by Nalgene, you carry peal, indestructible (and reusable) bottles car, Nalgene offers a sturdy, leak may not. Those dear, plastic status ubiquitous on college campuses. Its proof flask (complete with an Insulatsymbols have been vilified as time bombs with misleadactually cool to care about our impact ing sleeve. Then there are tha eUochaol class ing labels. Bottled water backlash is in on the planet, and giving up a disposcarafes. Wfth a drinking gbsa that doubles as a Id, weighted bass and Bottled water backlash Is in full force. Some options, from left: Flask by the capacity to hold a quarter of your monogrammed Nalgene, $10; crystal carafe, $85; WUHams-Sonom- a daily H20 recommendation, the decadent decanters make even a bottle of carafe, $32; Restoration Hardware bottle carafe, $19; Atlas carafe, $95, by Tiffany; Twilight carafe, $15, from CB2.com; Rosendahl carafe, Fjjilook cheap. And theyre all dishwasher-safe- . $32 (with lid, $28f. Nat that you'd waste the water or the JUUA EW ANThe WMhmgton Pott energy. THE WASHNGTON good-for-yo- POST industrial power . of my nation, just Kke everybody else. Oh, that and watch the Muscular Dystrophy Association Kttmon. jcny . lewis is great But no, the baby had her own schedule, . andstilldoes. Nowadays she ' waits until the instant when I'm about total asleep and lets out a big wal I say. 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