By Lyman Hafen One of the most pressing questions of my boyhood in St. George was how to reconcile the words of the Christmas songs I heard with the place where I lived. As a little boy in the early 1960s, I was growing up in a place where...
By Southgate Senior Living Frequently, the events presented on headline breaking news about senior living cast a shadow over the absolutely stellar and brilliant service being provided to seniors. The options, amenities, services, and quality of life provided to seniors today have come a long way from the stigma...
by Ted Spilsbury The beautiful, present-day Spilsbury Mortuary was completed in the fall of 1996 and is a dream come true. From its inception, our mortuary has been the benefactor of many promptings and manifestations, one in particular being the Come Unto Me sculpture. In 1997, I was...
by Charlene Paul All people have traits that make them who they are. Passed down from parents to children, these can be physical traits, such as webbed toes, long legs, or green eyes, or personality-type traits, such as compassion, intelligence, and musical ability. Conditions like heart disease, diabetes, and...
By Lyman Hafen “The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.” – Marcel Proust I recently stopped at a store on Telegraph Street between the cities of St. George and Washington. As I waited at the sales counter, I looked out the...
By Lisa Larson Since its 2003 debut on the silver screen, the film Elf has become a must-watch Christmas movie tradition for many people. All the magic of the movie is now coming to life on stage with more music, more dancing, and more festive fun in the heart-warming...
By Stephanie Dansie My name is Stephanie Dansie. I’m a recent graduate from Desert Hills High School where I was a member of the SUSA Club and the swim team. I love spending time with my family and friends. I also enjoy creating, designing, sewing, doing arts and crafts,...
By Dr. Arden Gillespie Fall is rapidly approaching and with it comes cooler weather and a much-welcomed hiatus from the sweltering summer heat here in Utah’s Dixie. If your pets are like mine, they love summer, but the heat can be taxing on them. They spend the majority of their days lounging...
By Kelly Kendall I will never forget a friend telling me that his dad never attended a single ball game while he was in high school. It actually hurt my heart, and I felt a lot of empathy for him because my dad came to as many school activities...
Learn, Laugh, Love, and Live By Angel Naivalu, MSW, Soul Mentor Several years ago, I attended a women’s retreat sponsored by local “play enthusiasts,” Kami Mitchell and Shelby Smith. They invited participants, grown women between the ages of eighteen and sixty, to participate in activities that most had not...
