These pumps were built when gas was less than $1 a gallon, ... No one would have dreamed of $3 a gallon then.

The high years for Utah County were back in 2001, when there was 56,000 acres of grasshoppers and in 2004 when there was 124,000 acres of crickets.

The one thing I've realized is our kids will compete in a big venue, ... When you go into these games, you take away all the positives. Did they play hard? Did they get better?

This is a step forward, as long as we take the good and the bad and learn from it. Otherwise, it's just another loss. But I think, in the end, this can help us.

Our dads used to do this, and now us cousins always get together for it.

We talked all spring about this, ... We talked about it at town hall meetings, at concerts, everywhere. Seventh- through 12th-graders should take some responsibility. The students need to tell their parents.