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Show ( ommunity v> lews A2 • WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 2008 Don't eat that! Spanish Fork 280 North Main St. Spanish Fork, UT 84660 Galloping Geezer Lane Henderson Publisher N.mion Bills Editor D;ina Robinson . . Assoc. Editor Gary Davis "Hie Spanish Fork News is published e.ich Wednesday for S37.50 per year in area and $4 1.50 out of aa-.i bvJ-Marr, 2S0 North Main St., Spanish Fork Utah 84660. Email stories to editor(^>spforkn ews.com Email ads to adsfS'sp forknews.com Gill us at 794-4964 POSTMASTER Send address changes to Spanish Fork News 280 North Main Si. Spanish Fork, Utah 84660 entire content or this newspaper is Copyright© 2008 Spanish Fork News. All righrs reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without the written permission of the editor or publisher. Tile Application to mail at periodicals postage rates is pending at Spanish Fork, Utah. DEADLINES dnms, anniversaries, missionaries, 1st birthdays, articles, phot is, letters to the editor Friday, 12 p.m. Disp lay advertising and classified advertising Thursday, 12 p.m. When I used to perform comedy, I would sometimes tell of the smoker who had read so much about the harmful effects of tobacco that he finally decided to give up reading. I've nearly arrived at that point with what I eat and drink. It seems that everything I swallow is bad for me. Recently I got an email from a friend in Japan who was forwarding some health tips he'd received from his daughter. This was about butter vs. margarine. Butter won. Did you know that margarine is just one molecule away from plastic? I mean you could slather that stuff all over your morning toast, stick it in your mouth and whanwl That other molecule suddenly shows up and you're chewin' on plastic-covered sour dough! And if you stick an open container of margarine in a bam yard the flies won't go near it. Why? I'm not sure. I think it's some kind of insect religious thing. Anyway the point of the whole piece was that butter is a gazillion times better for you than margarine, which you should avoid even going near at the supermarket. A few days later I read of Tours 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. r a "public health official" in New Zealand who wants to put a special tax on butter. Why? Because butter is "pure natural poison, the purest form of saturated fat!" It's worse than green jello! It has absolutely no food value. "It is the most poisonous food commonly consumed in New Zealand," Professor Ron Jackson stated. (Note: there is no evidence that Ron is related to Jesse, though a connection seems likely.) Butter has no calcium and no protein, the article states. Huh? Is it supposed to? Apparently butter just goes straight to your arteries where it clings tenaciously ltil you die. So, who to believe, an email from a friend's daughter or a New Zealand whack job? Hmm, maybe I'll ask the kid who collects fast offerings. I'm just trying to perform a public service here. We have long heard that a person should drink 8-10 full glasses of water per day. What isn't stressed frequently enough is the need to be in close proximity to a rest room at all times. So have you read the recent reports about what is likely to be in your drinking water? Stuff like Cryptosporidium and Giardia is probably in there. I don't have the slightest idea what that is, but it doesn't sound good. Other likely "toxins" found in common tap water are: arsenic, lead, cadmium, mercury and polonium-210. I'm told that there is a trace of arsenic in most water and that it's basically harmless, but that polonium-210 stuff does not sound at all healthy. Isn't that what the Russians used to get rid of the former Soda. I like soda, but the spy who talked too much? health conscious, (please Drinkers of well water note that I'm staying away are not spared the H2O from the word, fanatic), tell perils either because ground us that carbonated drinks will water pollutants seep down turn your bones to chalk and and mess up the water with, you'll soon be as brittle as a (warning! this is not for the fresh graham cracker. Did faint hearted), fecal coliform you ever get the email alert bacteria. Oh oh. about Coke? How you can Fruits and vegetables. put a railroad spike in a glass We all need to eat lots of of Coke overnight and it'll be fruits and vegies; of course dissolved by morning? And they should be "organically that ax murderers use Coke grown." The way to tell if to clean up the dried blood stuff is organically grown is after an especially eventful weather or not it has worm evening? It's out there folks. holes in it. If it doesn't have worm holes or bug bites, that probably means some evil megafarmer has sprayed the food with something to deter worms and other fruit and veggie devouring crawlers. Do you know that means? It means you won't be eating any worms. To avoid ingesting insecticides, wash fruits and vegetables thoroughly before eating. If you use the washing machine, mix them only with white clothes. I prefer the dishwasher. The broccoli comes out steaming and ready to eat. Just add lots of butter and margarine. Utah Valley ' in \ltxh * I PRIMROSE in U t a h . 1 R E T R E A T RELAX Covering what matters most V* Cupcakery REFRESH RENEW Before After "Thank you Primiwe Retreat! I've gotten more attention in the Ia.it two weeks than in the fast /en years. " - Claire Like Beverly HilL, without the Beverly Hilb prices 798-1103 978 East Expressway Lane, Spanish Fork Mike Morley STATE REP As a new election season began, my thoughts once again turned to our founding fathers and their impassioned efforts to secure for us, the succeeding generations, through the formation of a Constitution, the inalienable rights and liberties won through years of struggle and battle. Likely, it was the re-dedication of the newly refurbished Utah State Capitol Building and the legislature's return to their historic chambers that has caused me to reminisce and think more of the founding fathers of this great State of Utah. I hope you will indulge me as I share briefly the lesserknown history of our own Utah Constitution. As early as 1849, a constitutional convention was organized in the hopes of obtaining statehood. Of course the dreams were a bit loftier back then as the first convention created the state of Deseret which encompassed all or part of the current states of Utah, Nevada, Arizona, California, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon and Idaho. Lacking the required 60,000 eligible voters (free and male), the federal government gave little consideration to their petition. Five subsequent constitutional conventions and attempts at statehood in 1855,1861, 1872, 1882 and 1887 met similar fates. I can only imagine the hope, anxiety, and eventual frustration that accompanied each request. Finally in 1894, some 45 years after the first convention was convened, Congress passed the Enabling Act, which provided specific steps the Territory of Utah must take to achieve statehood. On Nov. 6, 1894, 107 delegates were elected from across the territory to frame a new constitution. I find it interesting that this is only three more than the number of current legislators. Like our current legislature, the convention delegates represented every part of the state and many walks of life from agriculture to finance to business owners and educators. And like our current legislature, the majority were R e p u b l i c a n s . Bringing with them varying opinions and life experience, they set aside egos and differences and, for 65 days from March 4 to May 8, 1985, they worked to formalize our state's constitution. Ratified in the general election that fall, the new constitution took effect on Jan. 4, 1896, when Utah was proclaimed a state by President Grover Cleveland. The Constitution of Utah, although patterned after the U.S. Constitution and several state constitutions, contained provisions unique to our state including: • Giving women the right to vote • Banning lotteries • Requiring a balanced budget • Establishing public schooling 'Tree from sectarian control" I express my gratitude to the great founding fathers of our state and to modern-day patriots among us for whom the motto of the convention, "Our liberties we prize and our rights we maintain" still has areat meaning. Smudges that smear the glass and touch the heart Life After Birth Jaiiene Baadsgaard Mother's Day Makeover Remembering our fathers past When I was younger, I used to clean the house when I knew people were coming over. I don't do that any more. At my age, you lose the desire to impress visitors and work more on welcoming them. Family and friends forget the way our house looks five minutes after they leave, but they always remember how we treat them. After a few decades we learn to accept the fact that people actually live at our house and we can't keep it looking like a museum unless we want to scare off the locals. Take the other day for example. I knew several women were coming to my home any minute. Before they arrived I walked into the living room and noticed smears on our shiny black piano, lip smudges on the French doors and nose prints on the china hutch. Twenty years ago I would have whipped out the cleaners and wiped those greasy smeary messes away quick as a wink. But I'm older now and I've learned that lip smears and nose prints are evidence that children like to be in this home. Besides that, every smudge and smear reminded me of one of my grandchildren. When you become a grandma, you earn the right to leave smudges where they lie. What used to annoy you now makes you feel all fuzzy inside. When I looked at the china hutch, I remembered watchingmygrandsonMitch taking his first hesitant steps and doing a nose plant on that pane of glass. Wiping off the evidence of his victory seemed kind of disrespectful. When I saw the smears on the shiny black piano, I remembered the impromptu family concert on Sunday night when my daughters stood around the piano singing a song about Jesus. I was washing a mountain of dishes in the kitchen and when I heard them harmonizing, I cried. You see while they Janene Baadsgaard were growing up I tried to encourage them to get along with each other, practice the piano and sing — without a lot of luck. Now they do it without being forced, bribed or scolded. Now they do it because they love singing, playing the piano and each other. The finger prints on the French doors have been there for about two months now. They reminded me of Sophia and Samuel who live far away and can't See NOSE PRINTS* A3 |