"Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now rtiiK.il otuwtuci, vjciiiian-uui- ii missionary anu Nobel laureate i4 (1875-1965- .4 : ; Sill 'J-- 'l I this, that ". his friends." ( f JV ? lO t w 14 fe4 Uf k:i t Jl v& . ;: : ;: M feiesdey, January 23, 193s , ' : f t fimmJAkk T : John 15:13 That verse .from the Bible describes Salt 'Keith Fivas, a fearless Lake City fireman who rappelled 420 feet 'down an abandoned mine shaft near iTpoele last Thursday night to retrieve the The Etheringtons' entire Magna-Wenephew, Jeremiah :body of his bthenngton of Magna. This after the sheriff had called off the official search as too dangerous to continue. Studying the details of the recovery, I stand in awe at the. love and courage shown by Fivas, because any tiny slip or ordeal miscalculation during the could; have sent him to his death in that dark, forbidding mine shaft. Fivas had never rappelled down a mine shaft before. But, equipped with a lighted e miner's hard hat and a phone, he did anyway. He was pelted by baseball-siz- e In Perspective rocks during his descent to the 420-folevel. There Jeremiah's body was 0 feet of finally pulled from under Valley City community had been praying, mostly wooden debris, which Fivas said relates Connie Etherington. "When people was "jumbled like pickup sticks." It had called asking what they could do to help, I taken hours and it was would just say, 'pray for him.' " midnight. Fivas was so exhausted he slept The incident teaches another lesson, a while on a horizontal shaft before con-- , whether you're 8 or 48, your that too tinuing the recovery. snuffed out in an instant life be can if Then, with ropes tied to Fivas and to make decision.4 bad men a Young you Jeremiah's body, the recovery crew of to goxfappelling in an old mine family members and friends began pulling deciding such a bad decision. was shaft, their burden up the shaft with a hoist a ' Hopefully, with public education and a foot at a time. It took until about 10 a.m. to reach the surface. Jeremiafi had fallen campaign to really seal these dangerous into the shaft on Jan. 13, as he and his old abandoned mines adventuresome friend Cory Burninghani explored the youitg'peopte Will stop trying to explore J ; I '"I POOR ' final effort. They were a very determined bunch. ' What happened at the Honone Mine is fresh evidence that there are great, courageous people in today's world. Also that there are still lots of sympathetic, helpful people in the world, such as the man who phoned from Illinois offering help. "Greater love hath no man than a man lay down his life for ' , , ). The Daily Herald ' - v hhciv-v- . ! if.-..- y st 'mrnA Ed HaroldsGn ll-ho- ur 'F l '1 ' I hard-wir- ot 20-3- E Money can Many people say that campaign money buys votes. It does not. What it does do is allow the cjijlenger to get his views before the pfrolic. The money does not $ buy the legislator's votes. One donates one's money to the candidate whose views most closely resemble one's own. I believe that a properly funded campaign can retire congressman Bill Orton. Despite Mr. Ortpn's rhetoric, he is a liberal and votes g&stly for bigger government. He, of co&rse, will deny it, but his votes are on regord. He voted against five of the 10 item! in the Republican Contract With America including the one that reins in the lawyers. In my opinion, that one vote is enough to disqualify him from office. He is a lawyer, so he should have abstained on that item. The bill passed the House without his help. He voted against giving the states back the power to deal with welfare; he thinks bureaucrats in D.C. can do a better job than Utahns. He voted against the small tax cut offered by the Republicans; apparently he thinks bureaucrats can fspend our money better than we can. He voted to allow U.S. troops to operate funder the U.N. He voted to allow.gov- ernment agencies to use taxpayer money to lobby Congress for more taxpayer money. He voted to retain the arms 1 them. mine. County sheriff's .searcher rappelled 350 feet down the mine shaft without spotting his body, but authorities feared a pile of debris overlapping one section of the shaft might collapse on searchers. So the official search was called off Jan. 15. . Family members and friends recognized the extreme danger of a recovery effort but could not sleep nights wondering if Jeremiah may have survived the fall. "We had to find out if he were possibly alive," Connie Etherington, his mother A Tooele ' r told this writer, So volunteers including Jeremiah's father. Daniel; his friend, Cory Burning ham; three uncles and several friends went to work planning their own recovery effort. Fortunately, an anonymous man in Tooele provided a map of the mine. The volunteers made one aborted attempt to go down another shaft before going back for more rappelling gear and mounting their Another example of a fatal mistake was that made by a young Pleasant Grove couple killed this past week at a rural railroad crossing near American Fork. They lost control of their pickup and it slid into the path of an oncoming Southern Pacific freight train. Tragically; the driver apparently didn't realize how slick the road was and didn't slow down in time. Not even people in the bloom of health are indesthictible. But sometimes they take driviiff risks that are unacceptable for example, driving too fast for existing conditions arid passing on curves. We wonder if they ever stop to realize that even a fender bender might leave them or others with a broken hip or other injuries that could plague them for life." Heroes like Keith Fivas fill a great need in society. But unfortunately they cannot make up for lives needlessly sacrificed by bad decisions. embargo against Bosnians. The list seems endless. The man is a liberal. He claims to be a conservative Democrat. If he is a conserv- I Honey' good for nuDD y s campaign ative Democrat, then there is no such creature, as they have all joined the Republicans. Mr. Orton sees he' old-lin- e Democrats leaving, so he feejihat his seat is secure enough that he;c$hnfin the leadership of the Democrats If Utahns Wiffpony up enough money to get the'Repiiblilfft) message out, we can retire Mr. Orton. He nas a lot of PAC mon ey, so he W try fc) drown out our mes- sace. i v i , Walter Rodman ' her shares five years later. The men who ran the Massey-Burc- h Investment Group, firm that handled the the venture-capitdeal, were friends of the Alexanders and also happened to be involved in a private company that Gov. Alexander endorsed to privatize the state's prison system. I ask Honey Alexander if she's pre- - Dy MYRIAM MARQUEZ Orlando Sentinel al Leslee "Honey" Alexander has the e charr&mixed with of sophisticatii that one would expect could only help her husband grab voters tired of extremists. Yet Lamar Alexander's quest for the Republican presidential nomination seems mo be going in circles. ' Despite his congenial air, "Regular Joe" plaid shirts and populist message as a Washington "outsider," the former Ten-- ; nessce governor and Education Departkind world-travel- . ; down-hom- er ment secretary during the Bush administra-- i tioil continues to lag way behind Republi-- ; can Sens. Bob Dole and Phil Gramm in ; national polls. And now magazine publish- er Steve Forbes, who has spent millions of his own dollars on television advertise-- l ; ', ments, is, moving ahead of Alexander, too. What's the lovins wife of a politician to ' do? T pared for the type of scrutiny that has descended on Hillary Rodham Clinton. "I'm not running against Hillary Clinton, but I wouldn't have done what she did," Honey Alexander said, referring to the first lady's leading role in. helping craft the administration's failed proposals. , "I've always been more of an ambas- -' y role in sador" she explained of her Tennessee.'I did sit on some boards, but I didn't Motjby for any legislation. I'm not each other. I was disappointed to come back from m first-lad- Why. travel wherever she's needed to interested at all in making policy decisions." drum up supportor her husband. 'V V As fikas her participation on the public "uamar has a compassion tor people broadcasting board, she's proud of her that the other candidates frankly lack," she Rea-was President by appointed told me Wednesday as she prepared to wprk.i"! I and Bush. President by reappointed for her husband in tgaij head to not involved because I cure :ihnnt children Orlando, Port St. Lucie and Boca Raton. 4 .and educational programs." I'm fascinated by Alexander, the candi; , But enough about Honey Alexander. date, because Democratic Party operatives jjlbe wants to talk about her husband and - "insist that he would be the toughest lis campaign message to give local comRepublican opponent for President Clin-- , munities and states more power. She ticks k manner and ton to beat. Yet his He wants to abolish a his off lean-d- o positions: a in attitude seem to be a liability ; host of federal agencies the Departrace with filled i sourpusses 'Republican ' ments of Housing and Urban Developthe to party's 'pandering fringe. ment, Energy. Commerce, Education. : ' '. I'm fascinated, too, by Honey Alexander, "Last I heard that was all he was abolShe served on the board of the Corpo-- ? v Public is for which .ration ishing," she quipped. Broadcasting, "Lamafi is such an optimist and a credetia conservative ; hardly Republican has such faith in people visionary. tial, for instance. I i'. And she has bcyi involved in several that they will do right, if given a chance," successful business ventures, as a consul- - she said. In the short hour we spend talking, I vant or investor. in seems sense that Honey Alexander's sophisticat;;. One investment, ; ; particular, I familiar. It turns out that Hcney Alexander ed Southern charm, if givei,a chance, ; .'!(! vested a few thousand dollars in a life- - could take her husband places, too. Myriam Milrqtter is an editorial pane vMrance company in the 1980s that columnist -sold she a when became $142,000 kitty for the Orlando Sentinel. fund-raise- rs . . .' j Provo I had planned to write individual letlers Board of Directors of the Utah Taxthe to payer's Association, but was told tfieir. nanles were secret. I've heard that they ast4 all prominent business leaders, and I rite hoping they will read this message. Utah teachers appreciate ithe parttler- ships we have formed with concerned and generous business people over the ytars. This is why we are hurt and confused over the latest attack on Utah school funding by Howard Stephenson and the staff of the Utah Taxpayers Association who suggest legislators should consider cutting the Governor's education increase nearly fa hfif and shifting those funds for a larger tax cut. We have waited so long to. see the quantum leap we find in 'the 'education budget crafted by Gov. Leavitt and House and Senate leaders. We have longeij forn economy that would finally give us the text-- . revenue to lower class sizes.-dwbooks and fund basic classrootfi supplies that teachers have routinely ipyrchased from their own pockets. We hav teteked strong support for this school budget from so many legislators and froirf the public-tha- t we are at a loss as to how to respond to the offhand way this historic opportunity was treated in The taxpayer's Association's publication as something to cut in half. , We hope that business leaders who set policy for The Taxpayer's Association will make it clear if this is an official stand of k the business community and clarify whether The Taxpayer's Association supports the Governor's outstanding budget for Utah schools. Or are they satisfied with overcrowded classrooms, outdated text books and 40 kicls sharing one computer. Lilx Eskelshi President ' Utah Education Association Road to howhere listened to Gov. Leavitt's Crpwih Summit and was in agreement with him that we do need to invest heavily in badly needed road improvements. Theri, this weekend, I read that UDOT has approved $46 million to be spent on 2 miles of a road to nowhere in the Provo Canyon. the holidays to find "Calvin and Hobbes" no longer featured in the comic section of the newspaper. I was further dismayed to hear from a neighbor that the 'author has quit, so therefore, "Calvin and HobbesJViiire gone forever. I am totally disguipd, though, at the stupid onuc strip that is now appearing in this pot. Who on Earth picked "The Middle- tons and who on fcarth thinks they are funny? Please find something else to fill up the page! If.no one at the newspaper can pick a decent strip, how about running several samples of possiblities for a couple weeks M M mW J II hul Funding sehoois I I realize my subject doesn't even come close ot the importance of government budget crises. Bosnia, shady politicians, etc., but it certainly can compare to religious zealots Hinging scripture quotes at . . nurricane Cartoon disliked Siissl Opinion health-care-refor- BieSp B lost front work JacAuse of o.r- and accidents that A crowded city thoro I na longeY acre K&overt,fc mont Vi the state of Utah ha: 2 miles of on r& spend so few millionaires and letting readers vote on their f dvonte Beth Pearson gest tney snouia return stuft surplus to voteis reVftictiorls on individui ik gStaesses aim projpcttj taxpayers. We cek Jpfy have ben a fer ways to spend our mom . Aiin Znspanh Midway . I Orkm lauded t know many Utahns share my frustration as we watch the process unfolding in WiKhingtbn, D.C, as Congress and the Prestdept negotiate to balance the federal bfldget. As this story continues to unfold and our ahger grows, it's tempting to puint ul! members of Congress with the same broad brush. ? In point of fact, however, there are nembers of .Congress who are working ardundjhe cfock to try to find a solution. Our own Utah Congressman, Bill Orton, s one .of .these people. ConcressmaruOrton ran for Congress becaus fie Ihoafht balancing the federal budgefdeficit had to be our top priority. In 'pubf speeches, he gives credit to the ' Republican'.House leadership for bringing the issued forward something he was unable to convince Democratic leaders of the House to do. Instead of just talking .. about balancing the budget, he wrote one: the Common Sense Balanced Budget Act. Congressman Orton's budget, put forward by the conservative Democratic group The Coafittprt, has the support of The ; Concord Coalition, a bipartisan budget group tiea.ded by former senators Warren Rudman, a Republican, and Paul Tsorigas, ' a Democrat. More than a dozen major dai around the country have ly, newspapers "t, too. I thirfk. that when both sides of the fdebateYget. ready to compromise, Con- gressnrat Orton s budget is going to be a framework (or them to start with, think many Utahns recognize and appreciate Congressman Orton's hard work on reducing the federal budget deficit and the leadership role he has ptayeil. It'j.somcthing we can be proud of. i i ".ts j J V. CT. Nguyen South Jordan letters Policy According to the governor's "fiscal focus," UDOT spent $186 million in construction projects for the entire year ertded June 30, 1995. As the governor asked in his Growl!? The Daify Heruld wek 'omes letters to the editor, ijease address them to: Editor, ine uatl? Herald, P.O. Box 717, Fwvo, Summit, the local citizens did speak :,VT84603 -V717, FAX (801 ) 373-548through the Orem City Council arid sever tviun: eutu wusnet.com. al homeowners associations irf the canyon Letters must be signed and include the the that ftoufd be writer's money They suggested full name, address and daytime better spent relieving traffic congestion at. tekimvne number fnr t ifir,itinn Prefer in the valley; ranips ence is uiveil to letters that me twed. dou4$i specific where commuters sit and spew thousands, brspa'ced and shorter than 4(H) words in; of pounds of gun?; into the air tnat dramat- - lentil Letters sulmtitted on computer disk ically affects the health and health Care. are Welcome. costs for every Citizen in Utah Ccfunly. Letths that are too long, unsigned, And who could forget the money wasted illegible, obscene or libelous will not be in higher insurance premiums and time published. 9. 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