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Show ) I City,' Utah 1977 29, Thursday, September BOX ELDER JOURNAL, Brigham 2 t Letters to The Peep Show the Editor ... Editorially Speaking A reminder , voters , The editor invites and welcomes letters for publication in these columns. However, contri- butions must be signed and also bear the writers adress and telephone number. It is suggested that letters not exceed 250 words in length. elections are coming Pardon us. Its the old editor here, reminding you that municipal elections in Box Elder county are not so far away. Coming up even sooner are party nominating conventions. The Box Elder News and Journal through its correspondents in the various communities are attempting to keep Box Elder residents informed about nominating meetings, dates, times, locations, etc. These sessions represent the primary process of paring the fields of candidates down to those who will appear on the final Nov. 8 ballot. So who cares? You ought to care if you live in a municipality. The folks who hold government office in your town or city have a direct hand in the services and ordinances embraced by your community. Its important. In Brigham City there has been a stir on the political scene. But as yet Thanks for paper only three persons have announced themselves as candidates for nomination to a pair of seats on the city council and mayor. Of course there undoubtedly will Editor: Thanks so much for sending the Box Elder News-Journfor the past two years. I have really enjoyed it and it has kept me in touch with home. All my companions enjoyed it as much as I did. I will be home soon so you need not send it. Thanks again. Elder Mike Hollingsworth East Borne East Sussex England al be others who step forward as the conventions are held. Our purpose is this writing is for citizens to care enough to encourage capable persons to seek office beforehand. Its not good enough to railroad someone into running at a sparsely attended convention just because no one else wants to take on the challenge. If theres one thing of which you can be certain, its that the next four years will bring new demands on the leadership of this city. As it has for Thanks for support Editor: We wish to thank you for the support you have given us and for the news coverage we have received from the Journal. You have been a great help to us in promoting high school rodeo. Our Peach Days rodeo was a big success and we realize that without backing from fine people like you, it would not be possible. Thank you. the current administration. The people who will help to make the crucial decisions that stand on the horizon are those nominated and then elected to office this fall. Is that important? You bet it is! Members of the Box Elder High and Flying J Rodeo clubs and their advisors Ducks Unlimited has provided good lesson ; ! I : Ducks Unlimited recently held a successful membership sale and banquet locally, an item which might go relatively unnoticed by those who have little interest in waterfowl or hunting. For the sporting segment of the population, however, it is signifi-- 1 cant. And, the principle involved in the DU program has importance for ' theSieial public as well.' You see, DU was born during the dust bowl days of the 1930s to counter a decline in wildlife re-- ; sources, especially migratory wat-- I erfowl. Instead of talking and wringing their hands over a worsening situation, the organizers set to work doing something. The result was an inter- national association of members ; willing to put their concern and their money to work. The course of action was to raise funds form private sources in the United States for waterfowl habitat restoration in Canada where 70 percent of all waterfowl on the North American continent originate. According to DU literature, since 1937 the organization has constructed more than 1,250 wildlife habitat projects. TTiese represent almost 2 million water acres and more than 1,000 miles of shoreline. This has required an investment of more than $40 million, most of it raised at the grass roots level with membership now in excess of 150,000 persons. What does this mean to the non-- , hunter, th person who has no particular interest in migratory waterfowl? Well, to us it stands as a lesson that conservation and preservation of a natural resource can be accomplished. . . . multiple use concept with emphasis on cooperation with landowners in the Canadian provinces. The DU record is proof that man can put common sense to work for a gainful purpose and do it without a lot of wrangling and conflict. Whether youre a waterfowl hunter or just enjoy watching or photographing them. Or, are primarily interested in societys ability to live compatibly with its environment and even improve it, the DU experience has to be considered outstanding. : . : ; ; its autumn the days of September trickle away, the brisk nights and pleasant days, adorned with blue skies, sunshine and a colorful patchwork of leaves spending their final season, speak the message plainly. Its autumn. Its a time of harvest, of storing for the winter, of driving through the canyons alive with splashes of red, orange and yellow. Its autumn. This is a season of refreshment and anticipation, a period for con-- : templation as the late afternoon sun sets the heavens ablaze. Its football, hunting and the world series. Its autumn. As School Talk About criticism is it all What better time can we imagine, here in northern Utah, to renew our appreciation of the Creators earthly domain and its creatures. It provides us with food and beauty and the physical conditions for life. What better time to sense a special kinship with our surroundings, to ponder our good fortune at living in a free land so rich in so many resources. Its a time to stop for a moment to notice the clouds, the birds, the golden touch of a mornings new dawning. Its a time to be grateful. Its autumn. Years Ago Elective officials in Box Elder county government Monday received salary increases of $1,200 each as a cost of living adjustment, bringing commissioners pay from $5,400 to $6,600 annually. Sept. 28, 1967 Rule Yates and Max Baty were elected director and assistant director respectively to head the Brigham City Quarterback club boosting Utah State university football. Sept. 28, 1967 . . . that bad? Years Ago Sept. Ray Wixom, son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Wixom of 225 South First East, Brigham City, was given a $100 award by the Surgical Supply company of Salt Lake City, for being the top medical student in his junior class. Sept. 24, 1952 It was a lucky day for Mrs. Roy Holland when she bought her White King soap at Tex Market $nd had it handy to win one of the many appliances given in the current doorbell 25 It has come about through a A time for harvest and storing 10 24, 1952 By Principal Darwin Woodbury Bear River High School care enough to criticize. Good advice! ! Benjamin Franklin once said, You should love your enemies because they tell you your faults and that is the only route to Who likes to be criticized? What a question! None of us but wait a minute Dr. Woodbu ry is criticism all that bad? Lets take a closer look. Are school grades built in criticisms (especially if they are less than the average ) ? Probably so, and therefore, half of our students are being criticized each time a test paper is graded, a theme is handed back, or a final grade and graduation is reached. Is it any wonder that many students, those who dont like the taste of being the underdog, dislike school? This was put in proper prospective when the fifth grader brought his bad report card home and quickly told his Dad; I dont know what is wrong, Dad heredity or environment. We have to be told of our weaknesses and mistakes, but lo and behold, all our life we will be graded either by the foreman, manager, boss, wife, or husband. How are you going to take it? Will we be as wise as the Frenchman, LaRochefou who once said, Few persons have the wisdom to prefer useful criticism to deceptive flatRemember, he said useful and tery. another term for useful is constructive criticism. A good bit of advice was once given to me by the assistant football coach at Utah State University when, after I had committed a bonehead play, the head coach really let me know I was a candidate for the Bonehead of the Month Award. I really smarted until the assistant coach put his arm around my shoulder and said, Darwin, he still cares enough about you to cuss you, dont be too upset until he has lost confidence in your ability and doesnt Nature is very generous. Whoever is made weak in one way, is given extra strength in others. Each of us is endowed by God with a special gift; the secret is to find which it is. Napoleon Bonaparte was one of the worst students in the history of his military school. He graduated 42nd in the class of 43, yet became a military genius. Isaac Newton, at the age of 15 was still so backward that he had to be taken out of school yet not many years later, became one of the worlds greatest scientists. When everything is summed up, defeats are in reality stepping stones to victory if we but use them properly. Dont be afraid of criticism. Abraham Lincoln, who we all remember and love, generally thought of as being the best president of all times, said, I do the very best I know how; the very best I can ; and I mean to keep on doing it to the end. If the end brings me out all right, what is said against me will not amount to anything. He was probably defeated more than any other of his day, severely criticized and mortally wounded, but his thoughts are still as true today as 100 years ago. With the above thoughts. Box Elder School district has attempted to do something about criticism by instigating a new grading policy, namely the Citizenship Policy Average. This policy will make it possible for every student, regardless of scholastic aptitudes to be a straight A student. Hopefully, at last, some students will be able to take home a report card that they will be proud of. At least they will be in the very important area of citizenship. Constructive criticism, yes, we all need it sometime, by someone who is interested enough to care. ringing contest. Dr. Dean Bunderson used a Sept. 17, 1952 five iron on the no. 5 hole at the Brigham City municipal golf course to score the first hole in one of his career. He was in a threesome with Dub Walker and Owen Shaw. He shot a 35 for nine holes. -- 50 Years Ago Mrs. P.E. Ault was elected Sept. 22, 1927 recording secretary and Mrs. W. G. Shaw, editor of the W.C.T.U. Bulletin, both of Tremonton, at the state convention held in Tremonton recently. A western Box Elder county Sept. 22, 1927 was arrested cowboy Monday night at Randolph W. Zundel Sheriff and brought to this John by in held is He the being county jail pending city. investigation into the theft at Connor Springs of a bayhorse, bridle, saddle and chaps. A new way to keep waterSept. 15, 1927 melons into the winter was announced. They can be waterproofed by painting on a mixture of 50 parts rosin oil, 30 parts rosin and nine parts white soap and place on the melon while warm. It is a rather thick solution. Mrs. C.H. Bryan, wife of Dr. Sept. 15, 1927 of this city, narrowly escaped serious Bryan injury Tuesday when the large sedan car of which she was the driver crashed into a telephone pole in front of the Hansen garage in Willard. With her was her son Kelly and Mrs. Louis Bowen of this city. five-year-o- ld The Garn report Child pornography by Senator Jake Garn I have received many letters from Utahns who are very distressed over the growing problem of child pornography, the most disturbing form of child abuse in this country. Our young children, boys and girls alike, are being used in sexual activites for pornographic publications and movies. Most often these children are lured or enticed by adults who use money, gifts, drugs and even threats of violence. the target of legislation This activity and the materials it pron duces have grown into a of dollar trade threatening the thousands of children. In an effort to stamp our child porthree bills nography, I have to protect children from sexual exploitation. Senate Bills 1040 and 1011, seek to prohibit the sexual exploitation of children and the transportation in interstate or foreign commerce of photographs of films depicting such exploitation. multi-milliowell-bein- g S. 1011 would amend the United States Criminal code making it a felony to cause or knowingly permit a child under age 16 to engage in pornographic activities which could be photographed or filmed. The legislation would further make it a felony for anyone to ship or to receive this material depicting a child engaging in a prohibited act. I have also S. 1585, the Protection of Children Against Sexual Exploitation Act of 1977. This legislation fills two significant voids in the US Criminal code. First, it would make it a crime for a person to use, or permit to use, any child in the production of pornographic materials. And secondly, it would amend the Mann act which prohibits the transportation across state lines of minor girls for illegal purposes, to include young boys. Child pornography is the most sorid form of pornography and should be halted immediately. I am optimistic that these BOX ELDER JOURNAL A weekly newspapor established in I90f, published every Thursday by the Elder South l, 55 First West, Ingham City, Utah, MM2 Second Class postage paid at the 14 post South office, First West Brigham City, Utah, M302. Box legislative actions will help to remedy this critical situation. The subcommittee on juvenile delinquency of the Senate Judiciary committee has held hearings on these bill sand they have been reported with amendments to the full Senate. I will fight for the Senate to take prompt action on a tough bill that will help eliminate this moral blight and trust that the House will quickly join us. Charles 'Tuff' Claybaugh Publisher General Manaqer Bruce T. Keyes, Managing Editor Mike Perry, Sports Editor Sarah Yates, Society Editor Subscription rate $10 00 per year pay able in advance in connection with the Box Elder News (published Sun days) in Box Elder County. rate $14 00 per year paySubscription able in advance in connection with the Box Elder News (published Sundays) outside Box Elder County. |