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Show Page Two - The Pyramid - March 23, 1994 News and Views by The boys in blue too-emp- ty Speak up for agriculture, the Sanpete's Leading Newspaper THE FyRRmiD (USPS 365-58- 0) Published Weekly at Mt. Pleasant Utah, 84647 49 West Main Street Telephone: FAX: 462-213- 462-245- 4 9 Publisher Craig Conover Penny Hamilton Fairview School. Elementary lows, bandage strips, toothbrushes, ice cream, crayons, shakes and computer operations. Lets not forget those burgers and fries or the usual meats, fertilizers, dog food, carpeting, fabrics, felt, upholstery, woolen yarn, luggage, foot wear and so on. In short, most people would have an extremely hard time getting through their days without food or other great items that come from animal Most of us wouldnt enjoy the prospect of eternal tofu. There are rich (but uninformed) folks who think we might just as well import all our food and fiber, putting us at everyones mercy and losing our n independence. I really wonder what their hidden agents. hard-wo- das are. Should we put all our land in houses and leave no land for agriculture, trees, mines, or just for open spaces? Who would stand to gain if that happened? What good is land if you cant use it to produce anything? How long could America survive and be strong if our store shelves were empty and we had to depend on ourselves to raise or make what we need to live? Look at the history books to see why wars are fought and how long you can fight on an empty stom- Associate Editor Shirley Christensen Office SUBSCRIPTION Manager RATES (In Advance) Fountain Green money-makin- have-unti- industry under-appreciat- ed beef and pork, have chickens for eggs, sheep for fiber and meat, weave rugs and so on. How could city dwellers with no space survive? The American farmer has been continuously willing to risk just about everything to keep producing, including fighting urban bureaucrats, bad weather, disease, aging machinery, predators who rob them of profits,, posey sniffers, insects and even uninformed consumers who think milk jugs are filled at the back of the store, bread grows on trees and animals just graze on the grass and are no work. All the farmers I have ever known just want to be able to support their families, receiving fair prices from their products-- no one wants to work days for nothing! I cant think of any other two percent of our population which so drastically, directly and daily 16-ho- ur under-appreciate- d. CORRESPONDENTS Manti, Bruce Jennings 835-382- 4 463-876- 0 427-337- 9 Ftn. Green, Jessie Oldroyd 445-342- 2 Spring Qty, Phyllis Johnson ..... 462-385- 0 Moroni, Barbara Gordon Fairview, Lory Beadiam.. Dean O'Driscoll Reporter, Ray Truitt 445-332- 6 Photographer, Hollee Anderson 462-3- 1 31 POSTMASTER: Send change of address to The Pyramid, 49 West Main Street, Mt. Pleasant, UT 84647. Second elms postage paid at Mt. Pleasant, UT and additional mailing offices. E-NOW! Kaye Watson Spring City Crib corner WEST VALLEY CITY-Jas- on and Darcey Williams announce the birth of a daughter, Emilee, on March 10, 1994. Grandparents are Larry and LaDawn Rawlings, Freedom, and Max and Sharia Williams, Nephi. are Bernice Rawlings, Orem, and Elda Tolley, Nephi. rs FOUNTAIN GREE- N- Chad and Dena Gordon announce the birth of a son, Justus Martel, who was bom March 12 1994, at Sanpete Valley Hospital. Grandparents are Phillip and Barbara Gordon, Moroni, and Boyce and Judy Morley, Fountain Green. are: Arza and Grace Pope, LaPoint; Gene Nason, Moroni; and Toby and Helen Gienapp, Center Point, IA. son of Blackham, Leonard and Laura Blackham, Moroni, received his Eagle Scout Award, March 3. GrandLooking for a pet you can parents are: Royal and Iris count on to be around awhile. Bagley; and Gayle Blackham, all of Moroni. For his project, Consider getting a turtle. Some have lived in captivity for more he designed, built and installed inn vaqvc a "Happy Holiday" banner for ; His the Moroni mini-parhe first cat show skills are 1871 favorite scouting was held in i and knots, pioneering camping. Thomas k. Karen Barton, pictured here with Sanpete County Commissioners, has been named as chairperson for the "Take Pride in Utah" centennial observance. Among her duties will be: visiting all Sanpete cities and encouraging them to organize centennial committees, promote the observance and help with special projects as needed. SPRING CITY BACKFLOW, CROSS CONNECTION ORDINANCE Notice is hereby given that Ordinance No. 94-- 1 An ordinance providing for the control of backflow and cross connections Spring City will be actefi upon by the Spring City Council at their April 7, 1 994 meeting. A copy of the ordinance is available for public review at Spring City Hall. Published in The Pyramid March Ephraim g" ach.- Ask someone whos experienced a war. How many people have the money to buy expensive imported goods? How many fewer jobs would there be with no American agriculture? What good would food stamps be if there were no food? If we are four generations away from the farm, then we have also lost the knowledge and equipment to make candles, soap, all our clothing and shoes, raise and preserve fruit and vegetables. Our forefathers died for the rights were so freely giving away. My father spent two years in a Communist prison camp fighting for our freedom. Why are we fighting wars for others freedom when we are slowly losing ours? When are people going to stop worrying about what their neighbor is doing in his own yard and worry about what is in his own? Its not anyones business what kind of house I choose to live in. Now they even want to tell us what colors to paint our homes. What will be next? Will they tell us what kind of flowers to plant, where we can plant them and how many trees we can have? Will they dictate interior design? Our commissioners and in: spectors should realize we dont live in the fairy tale world they are trying to create. This is the ; real world with real people. Maybe they should take a ride, up to Salt Lake City and drive; around to the homeless areas, and look at the people living in cardboard houses and families living in cars, then come back and tell us thats better than living in a trailer home. Maybe they should think about it and realize that except for the grace of God, they could be living that way. These laws arent going to hurt the rich; they only hurt the poor. Maybe we should wipe the slate clean and get new inspectors and commissioners who understand the needs of all the people. All I want is to be left alone and live in peace on my own land the way I choose, in the home I choose to live in. This is what our ancestors fought and gave their lives for. I dont even live in town; I live outside of town in the middle of a field. Who is my home going to bother: the cows and sheep that live next to me? I am making a plea to the people who have had this happen to them to support me in standing up for their Constitutional rights and fight against the Communist rule that these people are enforcing on us. Robert Clark Great-grandparen- ts $18peryear-50(percop- y $21 per year outside Sanpete County College... When are the people of pete going to start standing up for their rights? How long are we going to put up with the building inspectors and commissioners MT. PLEASAN- T- Our stutelling us what kind of home we have to live in and what we can dents have now returned from and are ready for put on our own property? spring break, I make the payments on my the home stretch to Commencement and beyond. property and pay the taxes-n- ot During the break, the Wasatch them. Tigers traveled to the State 1A Ive been trying to get a Basketball Tournament in Cedar building permit for a trailer home City where they battled it out I bought and was told it was OK against Paiute. While we did not as long as I brought it up to victorious from that code, put siding on it and a emerge particular contest, it was a tenapitched roof. I agreed. I plan to cious team of young men who build on to this trailer and side earned the right to be there. the whole thing. They agreed. I was then told if I had the Congratulations to Tiger team plans drawn up by a professional, members! Coach Warren Palmer it would be fine. Ive done that. and Assistant Coach Randy GranI told them the house wont be ger also deserve special recognilived in until its completed. tion for the teams success. Our Alpine Ski Team also Every time I talk to them, its a different the in over Park story. I told the inCity competed break in the Intermountain Cup spector I was going to request a and Junior Olympics series. The meeting with the commissioners to discuss this. young team showed both determiIt costs $100 just to talk to the nation and great strides in their and planning commissionas a Three team. zoning development g ers. This is just a more competitions bring the it harder to fight scheme to make season to an end in mid April at them, and poor people cant Snowbird. I was told by our afford it. Spring sports include boys and girls soccer, as well as track county inspector that it didnt matter what they said; they and field, horseback riding and couldnt override his decision. boys tennis. The next day they trailer and told me it has to my Meantime, some students are be torn down within ten days. I finishing work on the schools only l March 27 to try yearbook and literary magazine, to do something about this and I and others will begin practice on dont think he wants me to have literary and dramatic presentathe chance to present my case. tions for the Jensen Gill Fine I was also told by this inspecArts Festival at the end of the tor that if I wanted to put my year. trailer in a trailer court, I had better do it within the next 30 days because they are going to start putting restrictions on that, impacts the life of each and every too. American and are so What are these people trying to do: create more homeless How can people, as individuals, make a farmers life easier people? Maybe none of them and better? They can think about have had to struggle for what and appreciate the producer of they have. Some of us cant afford each product they buy. They can homes. Does that mean $100,000 send occasional letters to their we should deprive our families of congressmen in support of agritheir own home? culture. , They.xan respbct "NdL.Tres-passinsigns, stop cutting fences or shooting animals in the field, and recognize that farmers arent dumb. They can find out for themselves where food comes from and teach their kids. People should consider life without these many products or how they could produce them themselves. In short, they shouldnt bite the hand that feeds them! SPEAK UP FOR AGRICULTURSan- Managing Editor Lynda Grover Snow Dear Editor: red-tagg- ed The Fountain Green First LDS Ward choir will sing Easter songs in connection with their ward conference on Sunday, March 27, at 10:50 a.m. Letters Dear Editor: Alter hearing many times that fanners are only two percent of the population with no political clout any more, I thought it was time to speak up. Its startling to realize that many urbanites have forgotten where their groceries come from and are about four generations removed from any agricultural background. However, since they arent four generations from eating or buying the products that conie from American agriculture, I feel farmers must these with them people by presenting the truth. I was amazed last year when I saw a list of everyday products that come from animal I have tried to share that list ever since. First, products for men (Yes, ladies, you use them too) include: shaving cream, tennis balls, baseballs, tires, antifreeze, dice, paints, steel ball bearings, plywood and neatsfoot oil. Products used mainly by women include: cosmetics, lotions and creams, protein shampoo, crochet hooks, film, wallpaper and paste, bone china, emery boards, dish and hand soap, rug pads, rose food, floor wax and ceramics. Things directed toward kids include: chewing gum, marshmal- - Ben Curtis, son of Mel and Kris Curtis of Fairview, received his Eagle Scout award Nov. 26. Grandparents are: Wayne and Roene Russon, Fairview; and Helen Curtis, Fountain Green. For his Eagle project, Ben planted flowers and shrubs in a planter box at the Christy Thompsen King Spring break launches home stretch NTARY Some say theyre never around when they need them. Others thank Heaven they got there in time. Some think they ought to have better things to do, while others know they cant possibly do everything expected of them in the little time they have. Some believe they ought to be everywhere at once, but their families know one place they are seldom allowed to linger. Some think theyre paid more than theyre worth. Others cannot put a price tag on the skill and dedication that compels them to lay their life on the line day after day. Some curse their restricted freedom, while the rest appreciate the rural security in which our parents stroll and our children play. Some hope their sons never join the ranks. Others proudly recount the occupations of their progeny as though there was nothing they would rather have them do, even though a little bit of worry always wanders around the empty spaces in their days. Some think anybody could do the job. Others know what it takes to strap on the badge and the gun and face a world of hurt and heartache every day, often without gratitude or acknowledgement. Some think the bad guys get away with murder. Others know what they do and that they work hard to make "justice for all" more: than the often phrase our children recite from their desks every morning. Some look forward to a better day. Others work hard to make the one were in better. Some think there arent any heroes anymore. Others recognize the real heroes. They help our children cross the street on their way to school, protect the abused and victimized, direct traffic around our parades, and watch our streets in the tired light of 2 a.m. street lamps. We see them everywhere at our stores, on our sidewalks, in our courts, at our ball games, around our neighborhoods and in our dreams of freedom and safety; As Pioneer Day again approaches with its chosen theme, "Law Enforcement Through the Years," we hope each citizen will attend to help pay tribute to the boys in blue. Some say they deserve it. We agree. Trailer owner claims county is violating property rights 9, 16 fit 23, 1994. Idea video to be aired at meeting MANT- I- Jim Trealeases video on ideas for "Reading Aloud to Children" will be presented at the parent meeting sponsored by the USU Extension Office in the Club Room at the city building, March 30 at 7 p.m. Information will also be available on topics such as: child safety, toys, party ideas, kitchen ideas and stress. The public is welcome. Other sponsors include Neighbor Care Organization and the Professional Family and Child Care POSITION ANNOUNCEMENTS North Sanpete School District ! The North Sanpete School District is accepting requests to transfer and or applications to fill positions currently open: Mt. Pleasant Elementary Teacher, elementary grades Fairview Elementary L ; Teacher, 6th grade North Sanpete Middle School AdministrativeCounselorTeacher This position is only open to current employees of the District and will' require appropriate certification either in administration or counseling. North Sanpete High School Vo. Ag. Teacher ; MathScience Teacher DramaSocial Studies Teacher These positions will be filled as soon as possible following a two week posting. Current employees requesting consideration for transfer should petition the Board of Education in writing with their request for change of assignment. Persons with applications on file with the district may tele5 to have their file activated for these positions. Applicaphone tion forms may obtained from North Sanpete School District Office at 41 West Main Street, Mt. Pleasant, Utah 84647. 462-248- North Sanpete School District is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants are considered on the basis of employment qualifications without regard to race, color, political affiliation, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, medical condition or disability. |