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Show ommunity ews A2 • WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2008 -N Covering what matters most Woman-'Oh Pause' F. VC' S - Spanish Fork 280 North Main St. Spanish Fork, UT 84660 what our experiences have taught us. Life After Birth Once. I was sitting next lo Bmily Watts at a Deseret Book Time Out for It has always bothered me Women. We were both on that menopause isn't called the program and waiting to womanopause. I mean, who's speak lo a large gathering of doing the pausing here? I've women. heard about all the hot flash"They've got me billed es, night sweats and mood as the one that's giving the changes that accompany (he mother talk." 1 said, turning loss of fertility. Why doesn't lo her. "I'm not comfortable anybody talk about the pause appearing to be some kind part? I think pause should of expert. 1 mean, what do mean — pause — stop and 1 know? I don't feel like I ponder. really know anything about Growing older is not being w mom." what I expected. I used lo "Yes you do," she anthink old people were old swered. "Think about it." people. We're not. Older And so I did. people are just regular peoThinking about it is the ple in old bodies. We stay part I'm interested in. By pretty much the same inside the time we hit our fifties, as the years go by, but the most of us are inching upon body goes south. Life is so the tail end of the crowded much shorter than I thought years. For the first half of it would be. I think we're our life, we hurried around more likely to learn some- like Martha, taking care of thing along the way if we all the needs in our family take time to contemplate and the universe. Now it is Lane Henderson Publisher Namon Bills Editor Dana Robinson . Assoc. Editor The Spanish I'ork News is published each Wednesday for $37.50 per year in area and $41.50 out of area by J-Mart, 280 North Main St., Spanish Fork Utah 84660. Email stories to editor@spforkncws.com Email ads to ads @sp fo rknews. co m Call us at 794-4964 POSTMASTER Send address changes to Spanish Fork News 280 North Main St. Spanish Fork, Utah 84660 The entire con tent of this newspaper is Copyright© 2008 Spanish Fork News. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without [he written permission of the editor or publisher. THE SPANISH FORK NEWS (USPS 024716) is published weekly tor $37.50 per year by JMart Publishing. 280 North Main St., Spanish Fork, UT 84660. Periodicals Postage Paid at Spanish Fork, UT. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Spanish Fork News, 42 East 300 North. Spanish Fork, UT 84660. DEADLINES Weddings, anniversaries, nmsinnario. 1 sc hi tlulavs, articles, y horos, letters to the editor time to be more like Mary and choose more carefully the better part. Raising a family is a lot of hard work interspersed with moments of indescribable joy. If we don't take the time to share our dear (and not so dear) motherhood experiences, the younger moms will think they are alone. When new moms lock arms with old moms, we are a formidable force for good and much cheaper than therapy. We spend the first half of our lives acquiring and accumulating. We spend the last half unloading and thinning out. We come to understand that less is more. We spend the first half of our lives wishing everybody would leave us alone so we can get something important done. We spend the last half of our lives trying to get those same people to come back, because we realize they are the important part. Menopause ushers us what makes grandparenting so grand. Motherhood follows the same cycle of life as in nature, with spring time, summer, autumn and winter - each following the other in an eternal round. Whether we're starting out or ending up, we all have something valuable to offer each other. We start out feeling like we're giving up something more important to raise children and end up realizing raising children is Janene Baadsgaard the important part. We start out thinking we're sacrificfrom a fertile time for our ing our personal developbodies into a fertile time ment and end up realizing for our minds. We are given the process of learning to our bodies back, though a love someone is the ultilittle wider and sporting a mate road to personal deC-section scar or two. Now velopment. We quite literwe're asked to see what ally find our self when we we will do with a seasoned lose our self. In the end, we heart. That's why we're come to know that everycalled grand mothers. We thing that matters most is don't have to give birth any sitting around our kitchen more or be the disciplinar- table. And that's something ians -just the lovers. That's to pause and think about. Letters to the Editor Friday, 12 p.m. Display advertising, elassih vd .idvtt lisim; ,im Bu.siiiL ss Index a ds Conflict of Interest Friday. 12 p.m. SPANISH FORK NEWS re salon • spa The political race in my neighborhood is out of controls It is amazing to me that there is so much hype, but most of the people do not know the'issues. The worst part is that the opponent for the house race claims that she is running on an ethical platform. However, her supporters are the ones that are continually going through the neighborhoods and taking down the political signs for the incumbent, Mike Morley. This removal of signs from private property is a criminal offense. Most of the signs are stolen in the middle of the night; if I were able to catch one of the offenders, I will gladly turn them in to the law. Debbie Swenson's claims that if elected she will form an ethics committee to investigate conflicts of interest. That is interesting since she would be the first one that should be investigated. She openly admits that she works for the public school system, and in the same breath, she openly admits that she will work hard to increase public school funding. She openly is admitting to a conflict of interest. She will not get my vote! Ada Gardner Spanish Fork SPECIALS AVAILABLE N O W THROUGH OCT 31 $10 OFF Editor's Note GUTTER TOES $5 OFF ANY MASSAGE $10 OFF Ada Gardner is not the first person to suggest the above conflict of interest. I asked Debbie Swenson about the issue. She informed me that as a member of the Nebo School Board, she receives $250 per month, plus $50 for a travel allowance. If elected to the state legislature, she will give up her seat on the school board. 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Mike Morley is a member of the controlling party of the house. He is on committee's and subcommittee's, as chair in many instances. He is a member of the majority caucus, which sets the legislative agenda and controls the flow of discussion. He has a four year record of very good results for the district and is in a position to influence legislation in a positive manner for the citizens of the district. Re-electing him to office will continue the growth and influence that our district has at the state level, since seniority is one of the criteria for legislative influence. Ms. Swenson may be a very nice person, but she has no standing at state level. If she is elected, the district will lose significant influence in the legislature. She will not be a member of the majority party; she will not be in the majority caucus; she will not be a part of the discussions that control the flow of debate. It seems like electing Ms. Swenson will cause a loss of representation at the state level, not an increase of representation. I have a hard time seeing that, for any of the issues that Ms. Swenson has raised in her campaign, she will have any possibility of causing any action to be taken at the state level. In addition, we will lose four years of seniority and continued influence at the state level. This doesn't sound like a wise decision from my perspective. Douglas G. Bowen Spanish Fork |
