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Show ommunity Vi lews A2 • WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2 1 , 2009 - N E W S - Spanish Fork 280 North Main St. Spanish Fork, UT 84660 Lane Henderson Publisher Namon Bills Editor Dana Robinson . Assoc. Editor The Spanish Fork 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@spforknews.com Email ads to ads@spforknews.com Call us at 794-4964 POSTMASTER Send address changes to Spanish Fork News 280 North Main St. Spanish Fork, Utah 84660 The entire content of this newspaper is Copyright © 2009 Spanish Fork News. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without the written permission of the editor or publisher. THE SPANISH FORK NEWS (USPS 024716) is published weekly for $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, missionaries, 1st birthdays, articles, photos, letters to the editor Friday, 12 p.m. Covering what matters most Switching to digital Frosting in for 2009 television Benjamin There and Back Again Shirlene R. Ottesen Your chuckle for the week: "A dignified old lady was among a group at an art exhibition in a newly opened gallery. Suddenly one contemporary painting caught her eye. The artist happened to be standing nearby. "What on earth is that?", she inquired of him. He smiled condescendingly. "That, my dear lady, is supposed to be a mother and her child.". "Well, then,", snapped the old lady, "why isn't it?" Do you have your tv (or tv's) changed over to the new digital system? The deadline is fast approaching ! If you haven't you may soon be watching a plain, black (or is it white) screen. I finally got my coupons for the converter box just the week before Christmas. It took a long time to get those and now I understand they are all gone. They were each worth $40.00 toward the converter box and so it was worth it to send for them. I just bought the box a couple of weeks ago so I would have it ready when someone could put it in for me. There have been demonstrations on some of the tv stations lately to show how the conversion can be done. They say that it is as easy as one, two, three and you're done. My grandson, Bryan asked me if I had my box and told him, "Yes". Anticipating a quick changeover, he said, "Well, let's get it done." Thank goodness for grandchildren who understand all this technology stuff. I guess it isn't all that confusing, but there are so many cords to work with and so many places for them to go. When Elizabeth and I decided to trade houses, we decided that I would keep her tv's and entertainment center and she would keep mine. Both were good and nice and so it wasn't a big deal. Her entertainment center (now mine) was in three big sections and it was just too hard to take them down the stairs. The furniture company had packed them in when she bought them, but we didn't want to pack them out. My transition wasn't quite one, two, three. It was more like four, five and six. This new tv is big and heavy so the first thing was to get it out of the entertainment center so Bryan could get to the back to change the cords. In so doing, one of the cords broke during the process. He had to scrounge around in a box of left over cords and find a new end connection and repair the cord. Then, we had to dust the cabinet. Now taking a big tv out of a cabinet is not something that is part of the usual weekly Saturday routine of vacuuming and dusting so that took a tittle time. We were ready to put the tv back in it's usual place but now because it was sitting on the floor, it took two people to lift it and put it back. Everything was turned on to see if it all worked, but it didn't. There was sound, but no picture. He twisted the tv around while still in the cabinet and found another broken end and fixed that. Finally, during the last test run, it all worked! The picture was good and then came the lesson on how to use the remote. So, I'm good to go now. In many cases it will probably be an easy transition and I hope that all goes well for you, but hurry before it's too late. _A during this snowy winter. They have been right there to assist people getting over the snow banks between the Kathleen Olsen parking lots and the church. It has made getting into the On days when we have church not quite so chalsnow, we say it is snowing; lenging and we thank them. on rainy day, we say it is ••• raining so, I guess today, we Coming up in Benjahave to say it is 'frosting' since the lacy frost adorning min: Tuesday, Jan. 27,2009: the trees has been fluttering The Ward Talent Show down - at least down here in foggy bottoms. It's been sponsored by Benjamin 2nd Ward primary. Everybeautiful. one is invited to attend. ••• Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2009: Congratulations to DariA Visiting Teaching Conus and Jaelyn Simons on the ference will be held for the birth of their second son. He Benjamin 1st Ward visiting was bom on Dec. 19,2008, teachers. This will begin at the Utah Valley Regional at 7 p,m. at the Benjamin Medical Center and has the Church. All visiting teachname of Conner. Darius and ers are urged to attend. Jaelyn and their family live ••• in Benjamin 2nd Ward and Choir practice for BenGrandpa David and Grandma Rhonda Simons live just jamin 1st Ward takes place down the road in Benjamin each Tuesday night at 7 p .m. The practices last for one 1st Ward. hour. David Huff is the di••• Thanks to the young rector with Nadene Roberts men of the Benjamin 1st as accompanist. The choir Ward Aaronic Priesthood has presented excellent who have diligently been numbers but it's important helping church attenders that choir members be in atget from the parking lots tendance at the practices as into the church each Sunday much as possible. Round and About Benjamin Madison's Avenue by "Big Al" and "Farnzy" Healthy breakfast of champions Happiness is Homemade Marilyn Atwood Saturday was pancake day at the Moody home. It was a tradition that my parents established to keep us from consuming too much sugar. Monday through Friday we ate the healthy, high fiber cereals like oatmeal and cracked wheat. Sometimes we had boiled eggs, toast and orange juice. I can't remember having sausage, bacon and fried eggs. My dad wanted us to avoid saturated fats and foods cooked in butter. On Sunday, the day of rest, we loved having cold cereal. Like most children Courtesy photo PANCAKE SATURDAY: Madilyn and Elisabeth enjoy their tradition of eating pancakes on Saturdays. when I went shopping with my mother, I tried to get her to buy sweet cereals like Frosted Flakes or Sugar Pops. She always persuaded me to choose something else because she knew that healthy breakfasts were an important way to start the day. She had us eating cereals like shredded wheat (high fiber) or corn flakes (low sugar). My favorite was Wheaties, the "Breakfast of Champions." With raisins or sliced bananas and a little bit of sugar, it was a real treat for me. My parents were definitely right about cold cereal. Take a look at the nutrition content of your favorite sweetened cereals. 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