Meetings......

One thing I think we will have plenty of this year is meetings.  Although they are a pain, I really feel like group opinions and group decisions are a wonderful learning experience.  It is difficult to work with people on projects.  I have learned this many times over, and over, and over!  I have also found that most of the time others have much BETTER ideas than I do and almost ALWAYS better ways to carry those ideas through.  This is the case with the upcoming responsibilities of the Toquerville Royalty.  They have the opportunity to introduce themselves at the city council meeting this week and present an idea for fundraising.  Since Toquerville has no commercial businesses, the only income is from the property taxes and a couple other little things.  Needless to say the city has no budget for the float and the pageant.  We rely on the generosity of the wonderful citizens of our little town and area businesses.  We are very blessed to have so many understand the importance of and support this great Miss Toquerville program.  Over the past couple of weeks since Jessica was crowned we have had many say, "Don't let it go to her head." and "Watch out for her to change for the worst."  I was absolutely amazed at the smart people who said this.  If you have any questions about these pageants and reigning opportunities ask someone who is involved.  Don't just assume that because the only time you see the girls are in their poofy dresses and crowns that everything is done for them.  No sir!!!  There is so much work that goes into every aspect of serving your community for a year.  Yes, I said SERVE!  That is what this is all about.  The girls will serve their community in various degrees all year.  The Toquerville Royalty already have their July 4th celebration assignments.  They will get to help set up the morning breakfast, perform during the program, and provide all the games for the kids attending.  Then there is the Washington County Fair where they will represent our town by volunteering with registering food and crafts to be judged, the baby contest, ribbon cutting, parade, or many others.  The girls will get their assignments in June at the Fair Princess Tea.  Just between these two events the girls will spend between 75-100 hours of time.  Pretty glamorous huh!  This is one thing that I hope the people who stop for two seconds to read this blog will find out, this is one tough job to serve your community as the representing royalty.  But man what a job it is!  I hope Jessica will be able to learn to work with others, work hard, and mostly have fun!  She will have many opportunities to speak in public and be approached by strangers.  She had a little taste of that from the runners of the half marathon.  These skills will benefit her the rest of her life!  And so it is we will have more meetings and learn from each other and do what is required.  But, we will have so much fun in the process!