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Show Awards or lack of them mean something tj.g. blab female spectators, of whith 1 rea lly one of the best. I'll never be listed in Who's UTm America because who cares' I'm too old for Young Moth the Year or even Mrs. America h a good thing I'm too old becai don't have any of the 0T qualifications either, and savins v too old saves a lot 0 1 barrassment. er-My er-My kids have never even given one of those little ugly statues thar inscribed "World's Best Mother"! know there is a message in ik somewhere. eri I did get kind of an award theoiL night. The assistant principal at j high school helped me to a chairs, at midcourt on the balcony au I PG-Payson game. I cheered welif ' the Vikings from that seat. When you spend as much tin,... the high school as I do, the ' ministration begins to offer 1 deeds of kindness in lieu of pUr! me on salary. Thanks for the an loo, sir. m For all these reasons, and ma, more like them, I am not likely u, recieve a deluge of awards inn, lifetime, so please feel free to cot'' see the ones the Review won. 1 tjjj personal pride in them, even like might have had something to do with it all. When I was a junior leader for a Girl Scout troop, the girls ; gave , me a beautiful pair of light blue White Stag pedal pushers. It was for my birthday but they said it was an award for helping them out. Hr many of you can remember what color of pedal pushers you got when you were 18? So as you can see, my life has not been one filled with awards. No wonder I was so thrilled when the Review came up with six neat awards. There was one other award I received once. The Utah Press Women presented me with one for my column, The P.G. Blab, a few years ago. That was a real honor. There are some awards I have resigned myself that I have no hope of getting. One is the Mother of the Year award. I don't have organized boxes for each child in the laundry room to win me that honor. The Homemaker of the Year award does not go to people who put the sugar bowl in the fridge because their mind is wandering off on something else. The Oscar will never be mine because the best acting I do is when I smile and say I'll be happy to accept another PTA job. Sportswoman of the Year awards only go to female athletes and not By MAIU KI.I.A WAI.KKR You are all invited to come down to the Review office any Monday or Friday and let us show off for you. We have several new decorations on our wall, six to be exact, as a result of the annual Utah Press Association convention held recently. When the Review walked away with so many nice awards, the editor was floating so far above the ground it was unreal. Anyone who comes to the office will be regaled with all the details, so don't miss your opportunity. (Besides they help to cover up the ancient paint, cracks and dirt on the walls.) During the past four and one-half years that this reporter has been working for the Review, we have only brought home one or two awards each year. It has been discouraging, if nothing else, to see our sister newspapers rack up some pretty high faluting awards while we received token recognition. This writer knew all along that our newspaper was great, but the state didn't recognize it until this year. It was wonderful. Some people are born to receive great rewards. Others, like me, go along at second place all their lives. I won a certificate when I was just a girl for having the fattest doll in the doll show at the local park program. My mom even took a picture of me, all my dolls bundled in my arms, with my glasses slipping slip-ping down my nose. It was a memorable shot. I still have the certificate. The Girls Scouts of America gave me a special award after I had been in scouts for 10 years. It was kind of unusual because by the time I had been in for 10 years I was 18 years old and not many girls stick to scouting that long. I did. |