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Show Q pinion T Tell Me About It WHEN O U * KIP JOINEPTH' HOMETOWN TOO CLOSE TO CALL BY LEON SIMISTER These days not a whole bunch of folks are thinking about much more than the Iraqi quagmire, the horrible aftermath from Hurricane Katrina, and, now - coupled with the unconscionably high price of gasoline today (for starters, the news media has announced that - in London - gasoline just hit $7.00 per gallon)! But, even amongst what few rays of sunshine there are, the worst is yet to come; Hillary Clinton is not only gearing-up, but is putting the finishing touches on.. .her plans of running for the high office of El Presidente of the U.S. of A.! Too early, one would think? Well, never underestimate the power of a Clinton. One ray of sunshine has already appeared and is, hopefully, a hurdle which will be impossible to clear - even for Hillary - the Republican antidote. . John McCain. Yay, Team! Both apparent candidates, however, have their skeleton-laden closets. Hillary has Bill. John has Bush II. . .both former "Presidents who carry a lot of unwanted baggage. What with all the serious hullabaloo such as the Iraqi mess and the Hurricane Katrina debacle, it's factual that both candidates have horrors that are really unwanted political baggage to lug around. One surprising concession each potential candidate has already conceded, however, is that both of them have stated that the other would make a good President. Now, that's one for the books. Like the old trite, worn-out cliche: "Politics makes good bedfellows," the voting public is quite seasoned in hearing pre-election gushing from those who later turn into campaigning monsters before the campaign splurges end. What's ahead has all the early indications of producing a barn-bumer campaign trail. T-shirts are already appearing with the message on the back stating, "SOMEDAY A WOMAN WILL BE PRESIDENT!" And Hillary has already raised over $6 million in funds, just in the short interval during her (April/June) 50-state stump. . .and that's only part of her long list of 200,000 proven donors! Hmmm. . . Think: If she wins, will that make Bill 'first lady1 of the White House? One thing is almost a lead-pipe cinch: If she does win the presidential challenge (And she is, obviously, the Demo choice for candidate) is the general public ready to accept Bill as such (first lady, I mean), and are they ready to accept the degree of difficulty Hillary will have to endure as President, by knowing that Bill will never change, and his incurable womanizing weaknesses will be his interpretation of perpetual-motion? But then, as good as McCain is, he appears to be mulling-over the one thing that may make or break him: Knowing our current President's fall-from-grace (Think: Iraq and Katrina), how will McCain possibly handle party loyalty when the rapidly-losing-popularily-current-President, Bush, endorses McCain's Candidacy? It's already shaping up to where it appears that the 2008 Presidential race may prove to be very interesting, unusually defiant, and customarily, totally unpredictable. Funny thing about politics: Even though unmanageable events make headlines all over our entire world, we humans still seek-out and grasp whatever positives we can, while at the same time we know the dice are always being rolled. . .Hmmm. . . yes, and we also know the final roll may be craps. Thought for the day: "The leading candidates for both parties' 2008 nominations are in significant tension with their parties' bases, and in some cases, outright opposition." -Michael Berone political analyst, VS. NEWS. PAM S PIACE Holy Cats! I simply was not prepared for the plunge in the temperatures at night. I must admit I love the cool daytime hours but on Saturday I/had to finally give in and pull out'the comforter for the bed arid put away the light blankets used in the summer. My hubby even turned on the heater until I reminded him that there was going to be a fuel rate hike shortly and he better learn the value of sweaters and a warm blanket! One sure sign that Fall is here is watching the fans fill the seats at high school football fields on Friday nights and the "bigger" teams fill up the television screenon .weekends (and of course those Monday night games). Must admit it is my favorite sport to watch and I spend lots of time watching it. I have several daughters-in-law that are less than thrilled that I passed my enthusiasm for the sport their hubby's! Oh well they could do worse things I suppose. Speaking of my "adopted girls" I joined with several of them last week (Camellia, Collette and Chelsey) for a day at the Echo Reservoir where we enjoyed a "girls day out" without children and just spent some relaxing time together. Although I have wanted to "veg out" at the resort for several years there never seemed to be the right moment, so we just decided to plunge right in and do it on a moments notice and it worked out great. Owners Joye and Geniel had the picnic area groomed so very nice and it was fun to walk along the shore line and sit on the pier just enjoying the end'of summer moment together. Although we know each other pretty well it was fun to laugh and talk about life in a relaxing atmosphere for a while and get to know each other better. Thanks girls (actually young women) for a wonderful memory! Being the mother of five sons, I don't get to do a lot of girl things so this was a special time. Visiting with a very special friend this week, I got to view yet another of her "warm" personality traits as she told me an interesting human interest story. While attending a rodeo event, she was fortunate enough to sit in front of a handicapped child. In other peoples eyes this may not be ah opportunity but in her eyes it was. Her comments were, "it was so neat to watch his excitement and enthusiasm-it was so heartwarming. I loved watching him with his family and the love they shared with one another." However the story doesn't end here. She took an opportunity to speak with one of the stock-owners and told him how excited the boy was as he viewed the events. Taking time out from his busy work behind the scenes, the man brought a shirt and a hat to the young man and proceeded to "communicate" with him. My friend said, "It didn't matter that the boy couldn t express himself as most people do, but with the smile' ; 6n'his'face aridl the light in his eyes-it was made pretty clear that he was thankful and pretty darn excited." The next evening the man looked up in the stands to see the boy all decked out in his hat and shirt presenting the biggest smile in the world as he waved and shouted. I tell this story because this displays the true meaning of life. Treating others with compassion, kindness and love. These special people took time to brighten a young mans, life, and that of his family and well, and who knows the ripple effect this small act will produce. As I view the daily happenings during the Hurricane Katrina clean-ur>efforts I am reminded that although we can't all be there to help, we CAN help make the world a much more positive and better place by searching for the better things in life. Thought for the week "Freedom- It is not therightto do what we want, but the privilege to choose to do the right thing." See you next week! The Summit County Bee Is Your Hometown Newspaper Call us with your story Ideas! 336-5501 Summit L^ountu PUBLISHERS Dick & Sue Buys General Manager Paul McFee Managing Editor Laurie Wyrm Editor Pamela Robbins Columnists Leon Slmlster Jan Patterson Bee Office Sharon Pace Business Manager Joe Wynn Pagination/Layout June Mulr Annette Motley Advertising Sales Melanle Townley Tonyfelg Terry Rider Barbara Christensen Karl McFee Graphic Design Annette Motley Dan Chfpman Natalie Crow Promotions Joanne ArchboW Production & Press Jay Provost Dan Carille Randl Carille Jennie Ferreria Donna Harrison Daren North Ken Hastings Karl McFee Stuffing Crew Heber Office September 16,2005 The Summit County Bee Page A2 Jason Fage Kelsey Coy Karen North Cody Crittenden ErinWym BrittaNystuI Chauncy Harrison The Summit County Bee (UPSP525640) is published weekly for $18 per year in SummJl County, Senior Citizen Discount, $15 in county; $27 out-of-county by Wave Publishing Inc., 165 South, 100 West, Hcber City. UT 84032. Periodicals Postage Paid at Coalville, UT 84017. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Summit County Bee, P.O. Box 7. Coalville, UT 84017. The entire corftents of this news paper is Copyright© 2004 The Summit County Bee and/or Wave Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved* No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without the written consent of the Managing Editor or Publisher. NATIONAL GUARO, WE DMON'T SINCE "FAR AWAY" AIN'T REALIZE HE'P BE GUARPIN' TH' HOMETOWN FROM SO FAR AWAY... THAT FAR? Continued from page Al Regional News Notes for community volunteers to help with the program. Ef| you can find some time in your busy schedules for a worth while cause please call Camellia Willoughby (North Summit- 336-3382 or Brandy Allen at 435640-3219) Judy Couey (South Summit- 783-2174). North Summit classes are held on Thursday, Kamas on Monday. Accident on 1-80 Closes ^:;:';&s&. Traffic^..::^&m An accident involving two semi trucks in Echo Canyon closed 1-80 on Sunday for clean up efforts. According to a UHP report both semi's were traveling east bound. The first truck driver reportedly thought he was traveling the wrong way and decided to pull across an "authorized vehicle only" turn across when he became stuck. With his trailer sticking out into the .1-80 east bound passing lane he was struck by a second semi that couldn't stop prior to hitting him. No injuries were reported in the accident. This is the second time in only a few weeks a semi has become stuck for the same reason in the same area. -"'••• , - ; - •' • • . • • . , - ' , r - i i v-.1.:•.=••.• ' ' . : \ : v •-. ._ - - , • • • • • • • ' -•'•-, ' - •: y Celebrating Our Heritage ••• • : , ; ; ' • ' < [ - '. : ; • - • • ^ f * • " • A special program and plaque presentation will bes held at the Coalville Stake Center Saturday. Sept. 17,i at 11 a.m. The days events will then move to tl County Museum at the Courthouse, the DUP building! and the County Fairgrounds where there will beJ games, food and lots of fun. Bring your friends and' families and enjoy the planned activities. Arts^ids Volunteers Jeedeit i i An after school program that helps kids express their emotions through the arts has expressed a need JUST STuff Recuperating. It's not something I do well. For sometime, I've wrestled with a painful hitch in the lower part of my get-along...Over the past few years I've been to a variety of physicians, had all kinds of tests and scans and have endured endless hours of physical therapy in an attempt to find out what was causing it and try to cure the pain. Was it orthopedic? No arthritis, no bone cracks, no inflammation showed on any of the tests... Was it gynecological? Last year, I had an exploratory laparoscopy to see if the pain was "female" related. Everything looked OK in that department. However, they did find a hernia under my navel, which they repaired. *'I don't know how you've even been able to walk," the surgeon commented. She was 95 percent sure that the horrible hernia was the root of my trouble... Unfortunately, it wasn't the culprit. The pesky pain persisted. After several months of seeing a gynecologist who specializes in pelvic pain, it was determined that the pain was likely caused by severe muscle spasms in my iliacus and psoas muscles; muscles that I wasn't even aware I had. And, it was very likely that the muscle spasms were exacerbated, if not caused by, something relating to my feminine gender. Luckily, Kraig and I have to beautiful boys and we decided sometime ago that that was the all the family we would have. Consequently, it made the decision to "pull the plumbing" a little easier. So, a few weeks ago, I had a hysterectomy, which went off without a hitch. And one sleepless night in the hospital and I was back home recuperating. And that's the hard part. For heaven's sakes, I've had the surgery, I'm home, I want things back to normal. NOW. When one is used to being up and on the go, "staying down" is difficult. Of course, staying down is a little easier when getting up, showered and dressed wears By JAN you out. But I tend to push. If I feel good, I want to be up and doing... so I get up and do... and about do myself in. A few days after I was home from the hospital, I thought I was up to a short trip to the store to help Kraig and the boys get school supplies. I walked slowly down the aisles, hanging onto the shopping cart. I was careful; I was slow. We were out maybe a little over an hour and I was exhausted. Then I spent the next three days getting scolded by family and friends for pushing too hard! "Recuperating means resting!" No mpre field trips for me. It was TV, DVDs or reading. Unfortunately, I couldn't spend all day watching coverage of Katrina and there are only so many reruns of ER and Judging Amy that one can handle. And daily soaps were just plain out of the question. It's funny-. Kraig will get home from work and ask: "How was your day? What did you do?" and I will be thinking I had a busy day...I got up, got the boys off to school, made the bed, showered, got dressed and laid down for a nap. Then I made lunch, thought about checking my work e-mail, put in batch of wash and folded some clothes while I watched a little TV and thought about taking a nap. And I'm thinking this is a busy day! I'm amazed how tired I still am! And what's really frustrating is that I still have the old pain. I was expecting to wake up from surgery and have the pain be gone. Oh, I knew there'd be the pain from the surgery, but I fully expected the other pain to be gone. Overnight. Like that. But it's not. It's still there. I'm trying to be optimistic. I keep telling myself that the pain is caused by muscle spasms and it takes time for spasms to subside— weeks, sometimes months—and I just need to give it time. But it's frustrating and a bit discouraging nonetheless. In the mean time, I'll try to be patient as I rest and recuperate. Letters To The Editor Policy The Summit County Bee welcomes Letters To The Editor on any subject. They must adhere to the following guidelines: They must be received to the Coalville Office, P.O. Box 7, Coalville, UT 84017 or the Kamas Office, P.O. Box 225, Kamas, UT 84036, no later than Monday noon to be considered for that week's issue of the paper coming out on Friday. The letters must be hand signed with full address and telephone number of the person writing the letter. No letter will be published under an assumed name. Name may be withheld on request at the discretion of the managing editor or publisher of The Summit County Bee. They must not contain libelous or slandering material. 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