Deer to my heart: The recent announcement that outdoor retailer Cabela's Inc. is planning to open a store in Lehi has been met with such celebration that you would think Utah County has been chosen as the site of a future Winter Olympics.
Honestly people, how many stores that display dead deer heads and sell fishing gear do we need in one tiny valley?
OK, so I've never actually set foot in a Cabela's. And to be fair, its Web site does make the store look like a whole lot of fun.
But before I break out the (non-alcoholic) bubbly to celebrate, I'm waiting for other signs that the valley has arrived. My demands are simple: I want an Anthropologie and a Cheesecake Factory.
Note to the presidents of aforementioned favorite places: If the market can support a store that stocks $70 fly fishing sandals, surely it can also support stores that sell $70 sweaters and $7 cheesecakes. Is that so wrong?
Calling all tone-deaf Mormons: Sure, you love each and every member of the congregation, but do you ever wish that some would sing "If You Could Hie to Kolob" on key? Well, never fear. An in-tune Farmington gentleman has come up with Hymn Helper, a two-disc CD set meant to teach people how to sing harmony to hymns of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
According to a press release, Allen Crookston created the product for "selfish reasons" -- he wanted to learn to sing harmony himself.
I believe that Crookston developed the product for less-than-altruistic purposes. But I'm guessing it was because he wanted his congregation to learn to sing on key already. And this product is his not-so-subtle hint.
Allen, we hear you loud and clear.
-- Elyssa Andrus
This story appeared in The Daily Herald on Aug. 25, 2004, on page B1.
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