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Show Page 7 by Earl Roe wearlroe@yahoo.com • 676-2376 If you did not get to see the Winter Scene West of our bank last Monday (May 8th), you missed a light show of unequaled beauty. Every tree looked like a crystal chandelier and every blade of grass was a crystal stalagmite reaching up to meet them. If I had not been running late for an appointment with my therapist, I would have gone back and got my camera. I want to start the Knothole this week by congratulating our city workers for the job they did on constructing our new community garbage disposal area just south of the sawmill West of town. Most of our local readers will probably have seen it by the time they read this, but if they "haven't please go see it while it is still so neat and clean. Let's hope that all of our citizens will follow the instructions posted on each dumpster and keep it looking like it does now. I would be willing to bet that it is one of the best looking garbage disposal compounds in our end of the State. They even moved our Lions Club bins for us and placed them on each side of the entrance which makes it easy for those who support our recycling project to drop in their bags of cans as they enter or leave the area. Hopefully this will cause more of our citizens to bag their cans and support the Lions Club with their recycling project. (There are still lots of cans just thrown into the dumpsters) This move should make those who drive the River Lane feel better because the old site was a mess. (Maybe the lions club could work on this area once instead of our mile of Highway 89???) The Summer meeting schedule for the Panguitch Lake Branch of the Panguilch Fourth Ward will start Sunday, May 21st and will end on Sunday, September 24th. Sacrament Meeting will begin at 10:00 A.M. and will be followed by Priesthood, Relief Society, and Primary meetings at 11:25. This schedule will be for every Sunday except on the Holiday Weekends of Memorial Day, July 4th, July 24th, and Labor Day when there will be two Sacrament meetings (10:00 A.M. & 12:00 P.M. but no Priesthood, Relief Society or Primary meetings. The Branch Presidency for 2006 is Dan Tebbs, Allen Worthen & Norm McKee. President Tebbs said that on these holidays, the new chapel is just not big enough to get everyone inside so they have decided to see if the double sessions will solve the problem^ MAY 18,2006 T H E GARFIELD COUNTY INSIDER Evalyn and I traveled to Logan (Smithfield) May 11th to attend the graduation of ManHo Au, (Joe), the young man from Hong Kong who lived with us five years ago while attending our High School. After graduating from PHS, he attended Snow College for two years then went to Utah State where he received his BS in Computer Science. Joe had invited us to his graduation and even offered to come down and get us if I could not drive that distance, but my sister, Ardith, volunteered to go along to help with the driving through the big cities which I didn't feel comfortable about doing. Joe was happy to have his "Grandpa & Grandma Roe" come up for the big event and to hear his plans for the future. He is going to stay in the U.S. for a year or two to get some experience before returning to Hong Kong and hopes to be able to get to Panguitch to see some of his friends here. I had a grand daughter and her husband, Jennie and Andrew Bleak (Blake) graduating from SUSC at the same time, but we had promised Joe that we would attend his and Jennie and Andrew had plenty of family and friends to congratulate them so they understood our situation. I guess we had several students from Panguitch who received degrees from SUSC this Spring, but the only one I know of is one of my former students, Stacy Clark, daughter of Jay and Charlotte Clark. Stacy, Jennie and Andrew all plan on working toward an advanced degree. We must have had two or three of our visiting specialists at our hospital last week because it was one of those situations where there was "no room at the inn". I had my bi-annual checkup with Dr. Lappe and had to move to three different rooms to complete it, but it was worth the trouble. My by-pass is still functioning as it should, the small damaged spot on my heart has disappeared and the Doctor hinted that I might get to do a little fishing. (He said he would see me again in six months.) Henry Thomas was in the hospital having a heart check-up (chest pains) at the same time, but I have been told that he is now back at work so they must have found and corrected his problem. I was told today that Bishop Frank Henrie had been rushed to Salt Lake due to a heart attack, but have had no report on his condition at this time. 1 have a feeling that there was something else that I was to get in this week, but I can't find it in my notes. The hour is late, my eye lids are drooping, so I am going for my burma shave and get this off to Ryan. "Tho tough and rough-From wind and wave-Your cheek grows sleek-With Burma Shave. "(1931) lAuGMNg TWO-PART QUESTION Bob had finally made it to the last round of the $1,000,000 Question TV Quiz Show. The night before the big question, he told the host that he desired a question on American History. The big night arrived. Bob made his way on stage in front of the studio and TV audience. He had become the talk of the town. He was the best guest this show had ever seen. The host stepped up to the microphone. "Bob, you have chosen American History as your final question. You know that if you correctly answer this question, you will walk away one million dollars richer. Are you ready?" Bob nodded with a cocky confidence — the crowd went nuts. He hadn't missed a question all week. "Bob, yours is a two-part question. As you know, you may answer either part first. As a rule, the second half of the question is always easier. Which part would you like to take a stab at first?" Bob was becoming more noticeably nervous. He couldn't believe it. He was not sure, but American History was his best subject, so he played it safe. "I'll try the easier part first." The host nodded approvingly. "Here we go. Bob. I will ask you the second half first, then the first half." The audience grew silent with anticipation "Bob, here is your question: And in what year did it happen?" THE POOR TAILOR AND THE FRENCH RESTAURANT Old Abraham was a poor tailor whose shop was next door to a very upscale French restaurant. Every day at lunch time, Abraham would go out the back of his shop and eat his black bread and herring while smelling the wonderful odors coming from the restaurant's kitchen. One day, Abraham was surprised to receive an invoice from the restaurant for 'enjoyment of food'. So he went to the restaurant to point out that he had not bought anything from them. The manager said, "You're enjoying our food, so you should pay us for it." . Abraham refused to pay and the restaurant sued him. At the hearing, the judge asked the restaurant to present their side of the case. The manager said, "Every day, this man comes and sits outside our kitchen and smells our food while eating his. It is clear that we are providing added value to his poor food and we deserve to be compensated for it." The judge turns to Abraham and said, "What do you have to say to that?" Abraham didn't say anything but stuck his hand in his pocket and rattled the few coins he had inside. The judge asked him, "What is the meaning of that?" Abraham replied, "I'm paying for the smell of his food with the sound of my money." SI6NS, HOW TO TRAIN A CAT Our young daughter had adopted a stray cat. To my distress, he began to use the back of our new sofa as a scratching post. "Don't worry," my husband reassured me. "I'll have him trained in no time." I watched for several days as my husband patiently "trained" our new pet. Whenever the cat scratched, my husband deposited him outdoors to teach him a lesson. The cat learned quickly. For the next 16 years, whenever he wanted to go outside; he scratched the back of the sofa. PRINTING & GRAPHIC DESIGN Call 616-2621 www.snapshotme4la.com THE INSIDER HAS MOVED! We are now in the old Panguitch High School just inside the front door to the right! Gall 676-2621 |