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By Lyle Hillyard
Utah State Senator: Cache Valley

There have been several events in my life that have really caused me to stop and think about how fast time flies. The first was when I turned 30. Then again when my first child was married. They all pale in light of the trauma of attending my 50th year class reunion which occurred over the weekend.

The class of ’58 from North Cache High School had 145 graduates (this was in Richmond, Utah. In the olden days it was the farthest north of any High School in Utah but has since been replaced by Sky View High School now in Smithfield). It was reported at our dinner that 29 have passed away. Surprisingly to me most were due to cancer. The second-highest cause of death was accidents with car accidents being the highest. Of the survivors 85 sent photographs and 69 attended the reunion. Most with spouses. One traveled from Eastern Pennsylvania and many from out of state. 37 live within the friendly confines of Northern Utah.

I soon tired of asking people what they were doing and be told that they were retired. Most were still recognizable but some were totally so different that even though I had spent 12 years in school with them, I would have never guessed who they were.

After a fine, full evening and lots of talking, I came to this conclusion; it did not make much difference in what they did for a living or where they lived. People are a lot more important than things. The main subjects for discussion were their health and their families.

I wish someone would have told me that 50 years ago. They probably did but I did not care to listen then.

1 Comments:

 Anonymous said...

Its so amazing to reunite with long time friends, classmates and school mates. What is important i think is how we take care of our living standards. Driving carelessly causes fatal injuries so its better to prevent speeding than ending up in hospital bed or cutting your life to an end. Accidents are not planned but can be avoided. No ones want to die young and am inspired by Senator's story because he did realise how time was going till he discovers seing his Daughter getting married and obviously holding the grand kids. As youth, to clock 50 or more, we need to take care of our life and stay away from bevaiuors which can cut our life short.

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Chamika
http://www.singhalaya.blogspot.com

7/15/2008 1:19 AM  

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