Every parent has probably experienced it. That moment of utter parental exasperation when —for a fleeting moment —you could just set that frustrating kid aside and out of your life. Very temporarily, oT course. When it actually happens, when they slice those apron strings and depart merrily off on their own life, there are separation pangs. Awareness of that crashed over us some six years ago, when our Come to Penn Ag Days and Discover the “Distinct Advantage” of owtting a Morton Building! “These warranties aren’t as important to me as what they are to my son. because he is only 24 years old and he’ll be 74 years old before these warranties expire!” Carl Mellott with son Eric McConnellsburg. Pennsylvania After more than 250,000 satisfied customers and Morton Buildings non prorated warranties that over 90 years of business experience, o/l/l yf /I *7 *7 include materials and labor offer we've learned what our customers O/“/TrJO peace of mind Be sure and stop by need Vto use fhat extensive /S\ IIA#ITAiI our display at the Penn Ag Days and knowledge and expertise to AftVifik ff||||f I till discover for yourself the’Distinct continuaty refine and improve our m■ ■■ ■ MIIAF Advantage'of owning a Morton designs tour building will be If I 111 If IN fix Building It's value will last for gen backed by the strongest written UUlßlrlllVv erations to come l warranty in the building industry P. O. Box 399, Morton, IL 61550 © 1995 Morton Buildings, Inc. Visit Us At Ag Progress Days, E. 6th Street 3368 York Rd., Gettysburg, PA 17325 717/624-3331 Call or write today for more information newly-married daughter and son in-law packed up a van-full of worldly belongings and headed West. We had no idea when we would see.them again. Believe me, it gave this mom a deep, deep appreciation and empa thy for the mothers of the pio neers. Many of them never again saw the sons and daughters they waved goodbye to, as they headed West to homestead. Even a letter was somewhat of a rarity. ‘All warranties are non-transferrablc and apply only to the original purchaser of the building. P.O. BOX 126, Phlliipsburg, NJ 08865 908/454-7900 1-800-447-7436 This distance is less vast in our late twentieth century, thanks to technology. Via telephone, postal and parcel service, even the com puter, our family has remained close and in touch at least weekly from west to east coast. And at least once a year, they’ve returned to visit or family here has gone there. I thought we had adapted pretty well to the absence and distance. They were happy with their active lives, while farming and extra-cur ricular involvements kept us equally occupied. We are all sim ply too busy to dwell on the dis tance between us. Then, along came a new gliche —a grandson. Originally, they planned to visit with us three weeks. While the nation’s weird weather of the sum mer of ‘95 has messed up many lives and plans, it worked in our selfish favor in this instance. Josh and his mom extended their visit back here by an extra two weeks. See, their summer was to again Contact: be spent in a fire tower on the Idaho Montana border as seasonal employees of the U.S. Forest Ser vice. Spotting, charting and direct ing firefighting efforts—from a vantage point of a 9,000-foot mountain-top observation and liv ing area—is a summertime oppor tunity for these two whose lives are somewhat free when schools are not in session. But their mid-June arrival date at the tower was delayed for a week. Then two. Then three. Seems there was 10 feet of snow covering the dirt parking lot which serves the tower, as well as the drifts over the rugged road that climbs the mountain to it. Meanwhile, month-old Josh was being inducted into farm life back East. Manure coated his stroller wheels on trips around the dairy barn. He went on his first farm-pond fishing trip and his first trip to a cattle auction. The dogs P.O. Box 361, Centre Hall, PA 16828 814/364-9500 1 ml. W. Of Jet. 144 & 45 Illinois only, call 1-800-426-6686 Uncttttr Farming, Saturttoy, July 29, 1995-B3 sniffed at him and went on their way, but Monk, the housecat, remained fascinated with the scent of baby and poked her nose around the baby equipment scattered around “her” house. Summer finally arrived in the Fayette National Forest and our two generations of family are back West. She writes that most of the snow is melted, except for a high, solid drift from which they must jump down to reach the outhouse. They have yet to see the herd of elk reported nearby. , Monk has “her” house back, minus the intriguing smells. Our sink is back to holding only dish es, and not a baby who loves an evening bath there. And, I thought I’d handled missing them pretty well until I found one tiny sock a few days ago. A baby bottle left in the refrigerator. And a soft baby blanket which had slipped behind his mom’s bed, scented with baby. Two hills away from us, a tall, cellular-phone, broadcast tower was erected a few years ago. Won der if they’d consider doubling it up as a fire tower for this neigh borhood. We know someone who coul staff it. KEN CLUGSTON (717) 665-6775 CRAFT-BILT CONSTRUCTION INC. 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