Show r mcDim Thursday March 7 2002 A4 The Herald Journal Soapbox true community treasure DUP museum a Bobbie Coray I does seem that no good deed goes unpunished We have a wonderful treasure of Cache Valley history in the Daugh- ters of the Utah Pioneer's DUP Museum which is housed in the Cache Chamber of Commerce building The Chamber has recognized that and forth e last 10 years has been subsidizing the heating electrical water garbage collection fire and casualty insur- ance maintenance taxes and building repair for the DUP The ' DUP has paid the Chamber a nominal fee of $75 per month for all that They have approximately 2000 square feet of Museum space and additional storage space in the basement In the last year we have upgraded the heating and air condi- tioning to the building to make that space wonderful all year long at no cost to the DUP As utility costs have tripled in the last 10 years and insurance and maintenance costs have risen the Cache Chamber has borne the burden of those costs even though by' contract the DUP should have increased their portion When the county rightfully charged the entire building taxes we asked all the tenants to share the per-centage of the taxes that their portion of the building represented However we suggested that the officers of the DUP go to the county to see if some relief could be given to them for the $1 07962 which was their assessed tax We thought that perhaps since they were both a nonprofit and an educational entity that if there was no provision in law that the county could look at other alternatives If that tax was forgiven then we would ask for only a $32 a month increase as utility costs and maintenance posts are rising - Last year the cost to run this building was $37514 41 not counting any capital improvements By their lease the DUP should have paid the chamber 20 percent of those costs or $7502 The Chamber provided the DUP $6602 of services which we believe is well worth it Over the last three years we have met repeatedly with Madeline Bar-lo-w and the late Wade Andrews of the DUP about finding more sources of funding so that this remarkable museum could be open all year It is now only open in the summer There are grants available which could use our donation of $6602 as a match We also suggested that the DUP Museum Board approach the county for funding from the tourist tax money to help fund a person to write for grants and to do some fundraising so that this museum could be enjoyed by even more than the over 2000 people who visit in the sum- Farewell to Pocatello 'hump yard’ mer taken personally the CounCouncil members who visit our ty beautifully restored historic building into the museum to show them what an asset it would be our Logan's downtown as a tourist attraction and what a cherished history it is of our ' pioneer forefathers and mothers But every year we have had to turn away many people who have wanted to know about Cache Valley's pioneer history as they came through in the fall and winter months We have been researching- grants and resource people for the DUP and will assist them in any way they need to write the grant proposals we also said that we would be happy to go with them to the county for tourist tax money for die DUP We love the museum ami love die DUP and want everyone in the county to understand that this treasure must be saved by everyone Let me suggest that you send a donation to the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers at 160 North Main Logan Utah 84321 to help them preserve and protect and display some very remarkable historic I have Friends I have And better friends I’ll not be knowing But there isn't a train I wouldn't take No matter where it's going " Edna St appreciated To the editor: “It's a dirty job but somebody has to do it" can probably best describe the task given to the Herald Journal reporters and photographers who covered the Winter Olympic? in Salt Lake City AccCss'to all the top events seats in venues most of us only could dream about Meeting and : athletes interviewing world-clas- s from around the world Chatting with ' spectators and visitors from all over the globe What a great gig if you can get it Unfortunately only a few can get the job and hkndle the pressure that comes with Thert fore thank you to Shawn Harrison Darrell Ehrlick Mitch Mascaro and the Herald Jour- nal for a wonderful look at the Wip- ter Games of 20Q2 The daily section covering die Olympics increased our ability to enjoy die games Their coverage of everything from technical ruin and equipment of athletes and spectators emotions' of winners and losers and the commitment invested by all was exceptional ' ' ' Vincent Millay By Penelope Reedy her childhood home a small farm near Everett Wash I’m comforted by the sound uch pf the American West My father recalled bring terrified the the of Golden following driving die train when he and his family of Spike is proud of its railroad herwatched it pull into Fairfield Idaho anothloss of yet itage So the recent sometime around 1917 He would er piece of the Union Pacific here in have been about 4 years old Those Pocatello Idaho — the “hump yard” tracks that cut through Camas Prairie — is disconcerting especially since to Hill City the largest local poets station in the world at one tune write lines about the juegone pow and as president of the punas County Historical Society in trains sound970s I helped raise money to like whale' ing move the depot off the songs' (Mary to be reborn as a museum Ellen Walsh) In Washington State my parents and others told me to wave at conductors in die describe with caboose die conductors always affection the waved back I don’t know the origin background of that tradition but I still feel the and trains as in kabooms the clangs urge to wave when I see a train and (Ford Swetnam) hump yard coupled Daily life in our city is bordered by I’m disappointed when I remember trains We cross town over and under that those colorful cabooses have been junked same becoming backthe railroad yards Overpasses make yard guesthouses or small town visipossible panoramic views bf the tors' centers intriguing network of railroad yards lYrins crossing intersections are themselves the city and surrounding dangerous People we know hove hills And in the underpass drivers been killed by them some by take pleasure in honking horns and like it when others respond thoughtless accident — vans full of children — others by tempting fate When my son James visits he — drivers believing they can make finds this custom annoying which it Safety around train tracks is part prompts me to make sure I honk' of every Pocatello child’s education whenever he’s riding with me When I left home for the first time At night depending upon where in the fall of 1965 1 left by train you live you can hear trains squealdie Great Northern Railroad Riding ing grinding or slinking slowly with a “Vista Dome” I complete town their through blowing long traveled the full width of the contimournful whistles as duty approach Penelope Reedy tea contributor to nent from Everett Wash to New intersections Wrtters on the Range a service o( High York City I can still picture my My mother couldn’t abide die f Country News in Paonia Colo favorite unde Uncle Jake waving sound of a train whisde It made her (hcooig) She Ives in Pocateto M - - sheep-ship-pi-ng - rim-do- right-of-w- ay : treasures President and CEO of the Cache Chamber of Commerce Your view Olympics coverage Wrtters on the Range I’m sure getting up at 4 am to get to a venue and working until their 1 1 pm deadline made far long days The fact that they maintained this schedule for 17 days is a testament to their love of their jobs The quality of the work they produced over tins period of time is a testament to their abilities For those who could not attend any of the events they brought the spirit of the Olympics into our homes and lives on a daily basis For those of us who were able to attend die events they gave us additional insight We could compare what they witnessed to what we had semi We could compare their experience with our own We were able to both enjoy and t endure the experience with diem Their descriptions and photos even Darrell’s frustration with his donkey made the Olympic experience more real for all of us Occasionally there are lettersto the editor condemning die Herald Journal and their sports writers for neglecting one local team or another Se like someone always feels die other school is getting all die press I " I ’ 1 See YOUR VIEWonAlO -- : v p ' f Lawmakors CACHE COUNTY COUNCIL Darrel Lee Gfcbona— representing thenorth district — 840 S 1 600 West Lewiston 84320 2584238 Layne Beck —representing the northeast district— 628 E 380 South Smithftold 84335 563-322- 9 7 John A Hansen —representing the south district— 252 EMain Hyrum dtetrictNo1— 84319245-658- 4 CACHE COUNTY EXECUTIVE BRANCH 281 S 100 East Logan 84321 752-90Kathy Robison —representing 27 ' 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excitement I played cafcds in the dub car with a young girl returning home from camp with a patch on her eye and a sailor who hadn’t seen his wife in more than a year The whole car cheered when he swept his wife off her feet on the platform in Aurora Illinois Train travel gives you time to get to know your fellow travelers The Vista Dome a glass bubble on the top of the car was a great place to watch die Great Plains stretch out Just as die landscape slowly changed so too rfid the accents of people getting on and off at stations nestled in the older often parts of die nation’s towns and rides The switch from the Great Northern to another line in Chicago waits shock I felt I’d crossed over a boundary into a foreign countiy I was no longer in America People on die train looked mid sounded seedy some with stereotypical New York accents (“toidy tout and tind”) The familiar camaraderie of die West was lost to me and the air turned dirty suit I’d My the for became bought just trip streaked with soot In my imagination I had expected to travel in the sophisticated train woridofa 1940s film wid) Joan Crawford I’d have been more in jeans and My expensive suit never completely recovered from the trip Then in New York there was the crazy cab drive from Penn Station to die East End Hotel but that’s as they say another story" s aam h a v A 5 ?’! v ' ''yr’v V'-- : ' i |