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I have to hand it to Crayola, they are sure pushing their washable crayons and markers like they never have before. However, I ask them to think about the behaviors they are encouraging before coming out with the next big thing. I cannot help but wonder, do any of the decision makers at this company even have young children? Case and point. I love crayons as much as the next person, but I think the usage has to stop somewhere. I mean, just start watching ads or go to the store and look; and you...
Arctic Circle was my first job. I started while at Green River High School and continued on while attending college at Western Wyoming for a while. When I moved away for school, I would come back to work there for the summer or even on my winter breaks. When relatives from out of town would visit, we would make a trip down to the Arctic Circle with them, or they would visit me while I was working. My Arctic Circle memories made while working there are numerous, as well as the shake and sundae fl...
Dear Editor, I’m writing to request a favor from your readers. In a college course I’m taking to become a teacher, my professor has assigned us a project to learn about a town in the U.S. She’s requiring that we do this without the use of technology; rather, she wants us to learn from the lived experiences of the people who know the town. Since I go to school in Minnesota and can’t visit personally, would you be willing to print my letter in your paper so that your readers could write to me? I would really appreciate hearing from them. I chose...
This is not to disparage legal immigration. Far from it! But, currently, procedures are available and are not particularly odious or difficult. Time consuming, yes, but not prohibitive. My own father and grandmother went through it, from Cayman Islands. I also have several close friends in Corpus Christi, Texas and Dallas, Texas who are legal immigrants from Mexico and who have no patience with those who want to “just walk in.” They and their parents all endured all the rigmarole to be legal, and they were car mechanics and occasional day-labor...
Kaye W. Allred, alias "Rooster" and "Grandpa Polecat", 85, slipped peacefully away in his sleep Feb. 25, 2016 at BeeHive Homes of St. George Assisted Living in St. George, Utah, with family by his side. Kaye was born in Fairview, July 13, 1930, sixth son of Elden Pratt and Amy Leola White Allred. He spent his younger years farming, trapping and running fox and mink. He graduated from Star Valley High School in 1948. He married Betty Ann Waring on Feb. 14, 1956. They met on a blind date and when...
