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Show """ " 1984 - Page 2 Review - Wednesday, November 21, BmoMsmt J My year to wrestle the turkey p.g. blab f By MAIU'KLl.A WAI.KKK This week is my week to squirm. Thanksgiving dinner is being held at our house this year for my side of the family. (We alternate years with the Walker's and the Whaley 's. ) No one gets real excited and asks us to have it at our house. I volun-teered. I am not the best cook in the world and I'm sure no one is ex-pecting the best Thanksgiving dinner they ever had. Besides, I have assigned out some of the dishes so that there will be. guarantee that some will taste good. One reason I know that my cooking will not cause great cheers is because none of my family ever say, "Mom, make us some of your really good such and such". Every Sunday night they ask Jer for some of his famed "Cheese Omelettos". The married kids even come home and ask for this treat. I often say to the children or my husband,. "What would you like for dinner?" because it is unfair for moms to always have to think up what to have for meals. We tend to get in a rut, if you haven't noticed. When I ask this question I get no response. They cannot think of anything I. could fix that really sounds good. Of course, they are too polite to say so, but I can tell what they are thinking. be as good as my sister-in-law- 's a few years ago, when she cooked her first turkey. She put it on broil, and although the poor thing got brown on top quite fast the little red thing did not pop out. When we discovered her mistake, she was mortified, and we played games til the turkey got cooked through. There are so many Walkers that they reserve a church cultural hall for their Thanksgiving dinner. It works out quite well and everyone brings something, even me, and we have a wonderful time. By contrast, my family is not very large, thank goodness, or they wouldn't fit in our house. In fact, for the last several years my folks have taken us out to eat on Thanksgiving arid none of us had to slave in the kitchen.' They decided that this year, since the family is growing with the grandchildren getting married, they could not afford it. We wondered how they afforded it those other years. So, this year it is at our house. I sat down and planned the menu. For-tunately, I do know how to cook a turkey. They are easy. When I cooked my first turkey I did not know that the giblets were hidden under the neck flap and cooked them along with the turkev "Pm their little pal'w in. UxycJ Since then I goodjobofcooking'tft, Thankgoodness for te pie crusts that PiikK I love turkey k never learned S u . momcan.Shemakeste gravy you ever had H. Each year I debate whether potatoes a'V necessary wiln Z other goodies. Pox? morestarchbuttheyaf' you are wondering m 'comment abovealj debat.ng with myself have our own i;; turkey even if somewhere else for ." dinner My husband dS' ago that he was not without turkey ! help it. ym"t: With a little help from and a bit myap of luck, lhis come off yet. Until then, & squ.rmabit as I worry and ! if the food will be edible Next problem, what if comes? When our second son, who is now on a mission, began buying his own food and eating it on a regular basis when the homecooked didn't look so hot, I knew I was a failure, mealwise. Actually, I kind of enjoy the roasts, the lasagna, the tacos and enchiladas, as attested by my waistline. Have you noticed that the rest of my family are skinny ? Well, back to Thanksgiving. I guess my Thanksgiving turkey will U.S. Steel policies rob local economy With his controversial study "De-Steelin- g: The Fall of U.S. Steel and Implications for Utah,' Dr. Warner Woodworth has documented what many Geneva Steel workers have been saying for a long time -- - that U.S. Steel management appears to be operating the plant in such a manner that it can justify closing it down. And the steel company's response to the study does not provide much encouragement that current management policies are going to make any changes. According to the study, Geneva Steel needs to change, or it won't survive. However according to U.S. Steel, the plant is not going the change. The conclusion to that scenario is logical -- and tragic. It is, according to Woodworth, "economically disastrous and morally bankrupt." Woodworth's study is well documented, and demonstrates just how closely the local economy is tied to the steel plant. Utah Valley loses over $5 million annually for every 100 workers laid off at Geneva. The state as a whole loses $6.5 million. . .. A few minutes with a calculator and the figures of the layoffs over the past few years show that the county has already paid dearly for U.S. Steel's management policies of the recent past. If the plant continues its current decline to a shut-down, the impact on the local economy will be devastating. And yet, that is what Woodworth foresees unless steps are taken to modernize the plant. Despite lay-off- s and outmoded equipment, Geneva continues to make a profit for U.S. Steel - but that is a trend that will decline if the necessary capital in-- ; vestment is not put back into the Utah County plant, .i Unfortunately, the general response to Woodworth's ' report has been the standard non-deni- al denial, and U.S. ; Steel officials have attacked the bearers of the bad news rather than address the serious issues brought up in the report. They have called the report's authors publicity seekers in an attempt to discredit them and thereby .' dismiss their findings. That's convenient for a large company --- and con-sistent with the corporate mentality which refuses to admit problems that are obvious to the men involved in I the day-to-da- y operation of Geneva Steel. Rather than avoiding the report altogether by throwing stones at its authors, U.S. Steel should address the issues identified in "De-steeling- ," before it is too late for the 2,400 workers whose income still depends on ; the Geneva plant. Thank goodness for Christmas season the editor's By MARC HADDOCK I Jj By M ARC HADDOCK This is the time of year we should all be thankful for something. I'm thankful for Christmas ! Sure, it's still a good month away. And sure, it's jumping the gun to start celebrating one holiday before another one has been put behind us (which is where most of Thanksgiving seems to end up. ) But sometimes, the spirit of the holiday season seems to open up the pocketbook and provide those little extras that you always wanted but could live without. And while Christmas (is it really still that far away) might sneak up on some and catch them off guard -- others of us are prepared. A good part of our Christmas is already stored away in that secret place that only Mom and Dad (and Santa) can find -- yup, already. You see, I've been blessed with a wife who is thrifty and who has an eye for sales. She's not the only one. The Christmas sales have drawn a lot of interest this year. Just ask a sales clerk at the stores that have been having them for two months or so. But it's amazing just how much more enjoyable the holidays can be when you are ready for them well in advance. The other good part of our Believe me, we need it. For as long as we've owned furniture, it's been someone else's. You know the decor - early hand-me-dow- It consists of a couch from her family and end tables and a chair from mine -- - none of which match - all tastefully combined to create livingroom chaos. And the old couch is ready to be sent where all worn out furniture goes -- - to the family room where the kids can climb on it, and jump on it and do all the other things kids do to furniture when Mom and Dad aren't there. Not that we don't owe the old furniture -- - it provided a good seat for a lot of seats over the years. But then, it owes us too. After all, who else would have replaced the old foam when it started to crumble? Who else would have moved it from home to home, even thougrui never fit in any of the livingrooms? We protected that ragged couch, those deteriorating chairs, arid gave them love when no one else would -- and longer than we should have. But it took the holidays to give us the incentive to make the final move to refurnish that livingroom for the first time with furniture we liked instead of furniture our parents liked years ago. Why? Because a family reunion is eminent at our home -- and this k it's my family that's reuniting And Nancy could not bear fc thought of facing my two 0fe brothers with the couch we inhemr from her mother. And it's all because of Christe It's the holiday that's bringing brother Jimmy from New km ( He wants to find out what it's lib ski on a real mountain, like we p, 'em here in the Rockies, instead a those wimpy mounds they "ski't back east.) It's the white Christmas ol Ik West that will bring us together and it's the getting together t prompted us to furnish our ta with a couch that's comlor rather than dumpy. Maybe it will even soften the to when my oldest brother learns ak his youngest niece. She'll be ak , Jour months old when we plop tec his lap and give him the joyful m (He's big on population cw.'ri, we're big on population.) For certain it will provide ate place to have people over -- one w won't feel we have to hide In everyone in the neighborhood. So all day long on Thanksgiiir as I sit in the new recliner walch.a football games, I'll be giving tki for Christmas - even if it is a lift early. 'Christmas was scheduled to arrive Tuesday -- - and it marks a major step in our ongoing struggle to become real people. And I'm so excited I can't wait to get home and settle into our new couch. (Ain't Christmas won-derful?) Chief suggests way to use state retirement Police Chief Mike Ferre made a proposal for a way that the police officers could buy into the State Police Retirement System. For several months, since the city council gave the Police Department permission to change retirement systems, the Chief has looked for a way to make it possible for the of-ficers to buy into the program. Chief Ferre suggested that the. money for the buy-i- n be taken from the Police Budget and that the of-ficers repay their share by having their overtime earnings deducted from the amount they owe. He said the "loan" could come from the overtime budget of the department. The method of pay back can be deliberated, the chief said, but he urged getting the situation off dead center where it had been for a long time. Many of the councilmembers indicated they were willing to pursue this suggestion and asked that the chief provide them with what each officer would require for buy-i- n and how long it would take each to pay the sum back. Several of the council members noted that some way would have to be worked out so that if an officer should leave the force he would still repay the amount of his buy-i- Chief Ferre also suggested that a new form be prepared for Business License applications. He felt that more information should be required on the application so that if questions come up they can be an-swered. The council gave approval to having a new application form prepared and asked Fred Christensen, the building inspector, to follow through on this. Reduce water bill by stopping leaks will result in a lower calculated for their sewer payments during k coming year. Pleasant Grove City Treasurer, Robert Williams, has suggested that residents eliminate all possible water leaks in order to keep their sewer bill as low as possible. The sewer service, rate charged each customer during the year is calculated based on the water use during the months of December through March when lawns are not watered. He suggested that homeowners be sure they have drained their sprinkler system and turned it off. Check taps and sinks and be sure they have no leaks. Mr. Williams also suggested that homeowners be sure the timer on their water softeners are working properly. He urged residents to take every precaution to be sure there is no water lost unnecessarily and this r r ; v ji - ' a '"'I """' i 4 firi f ' I ' - ' A - lit "j , .V - ; ,J j- - i I - ' Officer Dave Vickers prepares to write parking tickets for cars parked in "no parking" zone at Pleasant Grove High ; School Pleasant (kout Ima U.S.P.S. No. 11 South Main Pleasant Grove, Ulah Site Published weekly except y tor ThanksgM and Christmas by Newtal. Nmbmt.al Advertising 4 Circular News r'. Publisher BrS Subscription price J12" per Second class poslage at Pleasant GrovePosl0fl P0.Bni7.Amfnc.nr-llU"- ' I ndividucil p Attention '" .bsT is what we can offer t 'C' j; your child. 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