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Show Readers identify turkeys chose to earn their wages by passing out pretty pink parking tickets in every direction. These same parking spots had been occupied during every season game, without seeming to offend the uniformed folks. Why, all of a sudden, when the crowd was larger and parking spaces fewer, did the police boys choose to make occupying these spots a major crime? The result was several tickets, several angry fans and this nomination for the Turkey Award! Don't malign noble bird! Editor: Your notice in today's Pleasant Grove Review that "Turkey shortage threatens newspaper contest," prompts me to make a response. Have you considered that you deserve what you are getting, that is, no response? You asked in your first announcement that we name that "turkey," or that we tell about the biggest "turkey" we know. From listening to Chris Hicks and other film reviewers we know, even without further explanation from you, that the story you want should be about some funny flub or failure. I'm sure you know that "turkey" is a word that carries lots of honor, respect and prestige. A turkey was the "pipe of peace" carried to the Pilgrims by the Indians for the first Thanksgiving dinner in America. The turkey then travelled around the world to receive his name in a far foreign country. He landed in u . England to improve native bird. He S America and was k shortened, and contoured ,! the most nutritious S feature of ban? celebrations. anque" 5 Through careful his genes, the hS05" he inelegance of hito I ancestors, and has become handsome of all including the nataft the United States S 5 Heprojects an imag? Jf , figure: he wiU audience; he will gobble?1 h.ghly colored make-u- p u .'j? taneous and always in I say it don'tgetaresponseyof1'' You should be embiSf? ' asking us to discredit the J? name of "turkey" by,J with something of a nop! "EffieW.Adam, Editor's note: It may be a first, but the newspaper won it's one contest. Oh, we won't be getting the turkey -- but we were the only individual or group named more than once in our first (and probably last) biggest turkey contest. Winning the free turkey was April Rohbock of Pleasant Grove. Judging from her entry, she would be well advised not to deliver it to her sister for the cooking duties. Second and third place winners were named, and are eligible for a free and enthusiastic gobble. First Place With sister's turkey still We'd rather have a T.V. dinner. In looking back, one thing is clear She's the turkey of our year. --April Rohbock Pleasant Grove Second Place Ax anyone! Biggest Turkey -- CONTEST ORIGINATOR. Dumb bird. Struts around. Stuffed ego. Gobbles plenty. Ruffles feathers. Seasoned. Well dressed. Thanksgiving feast, gets just desserts. Cheers! --Leo Loveridge Lehi Third Place We nominate Jack Sayre of Pleasant Grove, for his ability to stuff himself and gobble goodies at ward parties. Watch out for the Colonel (Beauregard!). --Jolene Bowman Pleasant Grove Editor's note - again: There were several other entries with turkeys who deserve the notoriety. So we're including them for all those who wish they would have entered but didn't. Good turkey The individual who deserves more than anyone else to be Turkey of the Year, "Every Year," is my Boss. Dr. Michael Cosgrave. He's one of .hose individuals who's an "All Around Good Turkey." T - Tolerant U - Understanding R - Rarely on time (whoops) E - Ever so compassionate than me! He's Great!!! (This will surely get me a raise) --Belva L. Henry Pleasant Grove Paper is crazy Turkey of the Year Award should go Newtah News for their crazy ideas like; Turkey of the Year. Who dares name somebody else that? --Craig Johnson Pleasant Grove He's no prince Turkey of the Year: A rude shoe clerk who kept complaining about my shoe size. I finally said, "I may not be Cinderella, but you're no handsome prince either!" --Karen Carpowich Lehi Turkey cooker Family turkey: "I'll bring the turkey," is my sister's cry. Horrifying memories of her gross turkeys go by. Her last was charred and dry. Our "Turkey of the Year" is nigh. --Debra Johnson Pleasant Grove Odd hours Dear Sir: Subject: Nomination of James Cummings of Coin-O- p Laundry, PI. Grove. James operates a Laundromat Closed! At ten I can't wash. Sign says till eleven. He swore and it wasn't heaven. Came home with dirty clothes. --Mrs. Cecille D. Monson Pleasant Grove Tall turkey tales Dad's Terrific Turkey Tales: Fastest turkey foot scrubber, Folded thousands of boxes, Hot wax pin feathers, Turkey beak snipper, Aching muscles lifting feed. Turkey tales from Proud Pulley descendant. --Lesa Larson American Fork One more Editor's note: Finally there were several entries which did not meet the rules of the contest -t-hey were either too long or did not want their names printed. We are including those entries anyway. Have a happy Thanksgiving. AFPD gets feather I would like to nominate the American Fork Police Depart-ment's traffic division for the an-nual Turkey Award for fowlness above and beyond the call of duty. During the recent quarter-fina- l football game held at AFHS, they Published Uh'1e. Adver,isingVN News.... 10,1??j$ Second class mi Pleasant City Council posts agenda Pleasant Grove City Council will meet in regular session on Tuesday, Nov. 20, at 7 p.m. in the City Hall. The public is invited to attend. Beginning at 7 p.m. and running every 15 minutes thereafter will be the following items: Pleasant Grove Kiwanis Club; a wording change on the Board of Equalization description; swearing in of Youth City Council (7:15 p.m.); approval of last meetings minutes; Ray Harding release vs. city release; Kay Jacobs of Deseret Bank; Shady Tree Condominium project-Plannin- g Commission. Other items include assessment of the Resolution of the Board of Equalization report; sewer hookups other than Special Improvement District; Planning Commission the 1 new zone; Frank Mills, Public Works Director; and the council reports. Turkeys --Cont. from front page Lloyd said in the past toms used to be cheaper than hens, but these days they have approximately the same prices. Self-bastin-g turkeys are very popular now and it is difficult to find a turkey that is not self-bastin- The self-bastin-g is a matter of adding shortening to the turkey before freezing it. During other months of the year, turkeys are not in demand much. But there are now so many different ways of processing turkey, that turkey farms do not suffer. Lloyd has toured the turkey farms in Moroni and likes the fact that turkeys are now completely dressed at the plants. When Lloyd first started in the business, turkeys arrived in what was called New York dress, which meant the feathers were plucked but the head and feet were not removed and butchers had to do the removing themselves. Yuck! Thanks for all the information, Lloyd, and Happy Thanksgiving to evervone! A time to remember deserving turkeys ' By MARCELLA WALKER h St pg. blab The Pleasant Grove Review has sponsored a Turkey of the Year, contest for the readers. They would not let employees enter the contest, but there are a few "turkeys" that , we know that should not be passed, by. Turkey has become a popular . descriptive word for those who do. rather dumb things. The fowl known as the turkey is famed for being rather dumb. We have a friend who uses the term frequently, "Oh, you turkey!" She always says it jestingly, with' her terrific smile on her face, so the "turkey" does not take offense. I have known a few turkeys in my day. I have been a turkey to some, I am sure, but they were erring in their estimation of my abilities. One time when I was in junior high if you know what I mean. We lived downstairs, for the most part. She lived up a flight. Since we had to use the old-typ- e washing machine that used the same water over and over again to wash in, and tubs were used for the first and second rinse, we tried to avoid overworking ourselves by taking turns doing the wash. We included her in this chore, however, she did not eat with us. The first time she had the op-portunity to do the wash she did the pink rugs first. Then, using the same wash water, she put our white blouses and undies in. I need not say more. You understand what hap-pened. That was a "turkey" thing to do. About that same time we had a friend, he really was a good friend, but there is no doubt that he was a turkey, too. He had a red Chevy convertible. We loved the car more than the boy. We would get him to drive us around Provo in the winter with the top down so that we could get more people in the car. I used to con him into letting me drive the car part of the way back to Provo when we had been home to Ogden for the weekend. (I was the only one he trusted to drive his car. The others, although they were better looking, had scared him to death with their driving skills.) He practically lived at our apartment and we tolerated this because his buddies were cute. At least two of my roommates were sure they were going to snag one i "; them. Although he was a bit of a "tutlfj type", he was really a pretty gcrf guy now that I think about it. When we lived at our former address, we had a neighbor wtows definitely a turkey. When I saw fee . coming, if I was fortunate enoughto see her, I would be tempted to god the basement and pretend I W hear the doorbell. She was what my Lari would cal "Strange, very strange." She weird stories of things which ta) happened to her which I could do without. Every time a house came up ra sale anywhere in the area sheas! sometimes her husband, would jolt check it out. When we decided needed to move to a larger tea. because of our growing family,", did not put a for sale sign outing to avoid having them come. not want to sell to them. That was rather mean, I but we loved that house and wanted it to go to someone ' would take care of it. We had their house fall from grace to ff over the years. Because of my conscience I did go to the basement whj came. This is the one time I being a turkey, myself. Turkeys come and turkeys could all ask ourselves, 'Ho V a turkey am I?" I safely say, "About thisbig-g- J school we had a typical "turkey" type. This kid had been a brick short of a load ever since elementary school. He was disruptive to make , up for not being overly brilliant. The class was math. The teacher was a recent college graduate, a male of good athletic skill. When this local yokel decided to put on one of his displays the teacher took ex-ception to the antics . After several warnings this "Turkey," who just kept up his capers, received a right cross to the jaw from you know who. The kid flew through the air, across the aisle and landed on my desk, causing me to mess up my assignment. He was a real turkey, alright. In high school I . was followed around by a guy who my girls would definitely classify as a "turkey." , Actually, he didn't go to the same high school that I did, but went to an inferior high school in the same city. He was always there. He would come over, uninvited and sit and watch me do my homework. When I could, I'd have my girlfriends over so that I was not bored to death by him. He would ask me to go to events with him and there was always an excuse to get out of that. He was kind i of dumpy and dumb looking. I'm sure he would qualify as a turkey. (He probably went on to become a millionaire and I am probably the one that ended up being the turkey.) In college there was a girl that lived in the same apartment as us but she was not one of us. The apartment had a sort of little apartment within the apartment, Review - Monday, November 19, 1984 - Page 2 ) v cBmmsmt Hats off to a fine Viking team and coaching staff Pleasant Grove High School's successful football season came to an abrupt halt Friday at Rice Stadium at the University of Utah, but our hats are off to these young men and their coaches for a fine season and the best of Friday afternoon and evening entertainment for the whole of Pleasant Grove. There was no shame in losing a heartbreaker by a score of 21-1- 9 when you consider the quality of game played. But for a quirk of fate the Vikings would have won and gone on and probably won the state 3-- A title. That is the caliber of players Coach Doug Bluth had this year. Also to be recognized are the vast numbers of fans who turned out to the games week after week, away and at home. Of even more consequence was the gigantic, very loud crowd which attended the semi-fin- al round on Friday. Although Ben Lomond is a much larger school than Pleasant Grove, they were dwarfed by the number of P. G. fans who turned out for the game. This year's football season is now for the history books, but it will stand out in the memories of all Pleasant Grove residents. This was the year, many experts said, when P. G. had the best football team ever. It was also the season when we got lights for the football field. This was no small feat and was due to the strenuous efforts of Principal Tom Carlile and the Committee For Excellence. This effort alone, which brought night football in Pleasant Grove into being, resulted in crowds three times as large as seen at afternoon games . No longer did fans have to stare into the western sun, squinting to see the action on the field. Those who worked late now had the opportunity to see their Vikings in action. All this brought additional revenues to a sport which has to help the less popular sports at the high school. A winning football team is a real pleasure to have around. Pleasant Grove has been fortunate the past three years to have a team which went to the state semi-finals twice and the state finals once. When it was announced that Pleasant Grove would be playing Ben Lomond in the semi-fin- al games, many asked who Ben Lomond was. Probably Ben Lomond wondered who Pleasant Grove was. Now both teams know the other team well and but for a referee's decision here and a dropped ball there, the game could have gone the other way last Friday. There were few penalties, both teams played well, but we all know who is the best when all is said and done. Congratulations to the Pleasant Grove High School football team, coaches, and fans. It has been a great Autumn. Let's do it again next year. I -- , , Please adopt us! Choose your own hair and eye color. These hand was ., sculptured 10" miniature dolls are machine Price includes official adoption certificate and Now taking a limited number of orders. Call rW J25w each jSgjJ lA time forgiving thanks For the privilege of living and working in this community... For wonderful friends and neighbors... For serving your insurance needs. May you all enjoy a safe and happy Holiday. JF" rnmm ; LJiskJ '22L Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there. STATE FARM INSURANCE COMPANIES JPk |