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Show LETTERS TO THE EDITOR have bought a house where a canal might some day leak. Keep that in mind for when the hundred year old canals on the hills above Heber City pull a Riverdale. CUP isn’t — going to help you fix their mess. Item: The Library Board, appointed by the County Commissioners, put an illegal Internet library’s computers. Item: The waste $1,000 Library by decides filter on Board not decides to the. to joining the © as | can tell, all these events - transpired within a about a one week period in the of life of Heber Valley. Folks around here say the last election was a shakeup because Lynn Adams, an “outsider” who has only lived here for a decade or so, was elected Mayor. Well, folks, that’s not a shakeup. A shakeup is when all you moralizing self-righteous Republican hypocrites demand the same of your local government that you demand of President Clinton— that they stop screwing around behind closed one of the larger employers in this valley owns and opersemi-trucks. This company con- and high costs that many local crafters and families can’t afford to sell there. We devote our time free to help run Swiss Days. My family heads up booths and work everyday (no pay) during Swiss Days as many others also do. Days. I was told if I tried to do a yard sale I would be arrested. We pay taxes and can have yard sales every weekend except Labor Day weekend, which is the I © think it’s a greedy policy to keep locals who can’t afford the BIG FEES or licenses out of the Loop. EVEN HEBER CAN BENEFIT age not us locals in - If you have any comments contact your Midway officials. Editor: After the letter to the 3 Daughters of Utah Pioneers in— County.” Florine Whiting , DUP Museum Chair | 3 Cold beer not here Editor: This letter is directed to all citizens and is in reply to Mr. Jarvis letter of August. 10, who has the courage to express his opinion in writing. I know that ‘Mr. DUP needs space > ence involving a drunk driver and we sympathize for him. -However, lets not “smoke screen” the real issue of discrimination with personal experiences. Discrimination in this instance means, Jarvis has expressed: The ‘He opens with the statement that peo- article in last Seales Courier enti- We do have a small home for our pioneer exhibits — but it is not in a very accessible location. When the Seminary building was torn down along with the old Heber High School to make room for the City Park, the Daughters were forced to make a very hurried and unorganized move to Citizen Center who tem- porarily made room for their relics. They had been housed in the upstairs of the Seminary Building for a very few years. editor But on the other hand I would like to ask Mr. Nisonger if he understands why a truck driver uses such a noisy devise. My guess is the only thing he realizes is that those truck drivers just get a kick out of disturbing the quiet public as they try to relax and enjoy life in this great valley. I have additional information for Mr. Nisonger, “No”, the use of an engine brake is to relieve some of the duties of the conventional brake lining in contact ¥ t 4 ‘ . % x ; % But we would also like to address some of the issues, and philosophies, that Mr. Editor: Senior = That. is what has been done. to us in regards to our “denied tights” to sell packaged beer products at the Round Valley Market. Clear and simple.. Don Ford, Wasatch County resident the _ Jarvis has had a very traumatic experi- After negotiating with the Senior ple have “integrity” who accept all deci- sions made by the Town Council with the implication whether or not that decision be good, bad, fair, unfair, honest, dishonest, constructive, deconstructive, etc. Or in other words‘ Just roll over and play dead.” His second paragraph comes close to ee truth except that it is near impossible to “smear the Church”. It is just a few of the individual particular “smear” people Church its as members of a Religion that or reputation by assuming a superior, or God-like stance, over their fellow citizens and who want everyone These “religious Extremists” are akin to the Alcohol Abuser, drug abuser, sex abuser, firearm abuser, food abuser, etc., etc. to follow their ways. small museum for the Daughter’s. It is a great little museum and those who have about the noisy trucks on US-40 I really felt like I should apologize for all of the inconsiderate truck drivers. Wish “to single out for unfavorable treatment.” eee Citizens Organization, it was agreed that the balcony over the north side of the social hall would be enclosed to create a 7 reading OE Respectfully, — Arts Center Organization. do, and also hold craft fairs during Swiss Midway- RE tled For Art’s Sake interested me very _ much in -as- much as the Daughter’s of Utah Pioneers in Heber City have much the same problem as the Heber Valley ‘Heber residents can have yard sales of biggest yard sale weekend of the year. | A Mr. Jarvis next mentions his and others crusade against drunk drivers and which seen it are very pleasantly surprised; we highly commend him for it. It is one however, it is small and unable to of many different types of crusades in accommodate other contributions of any: which the world is currently involved size. That is very unfortunate because with, in trying to make our lives better. the pioneer relics that would be availHis presentation may be a bit weak and able are fast disappearing and lost to the ~ with his statement that safety is the big DUP forever. reason, he contradicts himself by saying in effect “lets get the drinking drivers off the The DUP organization has been looking for many years for a more appropriate roads except the Citizens of the Wallsburg home in which to exhibit some very ~ valuable holdings, but the rapidly rising costs have made building or buying pro- Valley; instead lets force them to drive the highways to Heber or Orem to buy their beer.” (Duh!) Mr. Jarvis also seems hibitive for our organization. Although we are not open on a regular basis, we have taken many groups through our museum. Cub Scouts, who are always very receptive, Young men and women, te Rieti that Make api be aware to ATG I talked to some munity activity for residents, and their families. It was also a free market for farmers to sell produce and local craftsman to display and sell homemade items. Swiss Days has such strict rules — Noise apology near Also ‘ience. radio entertainer doesn’t like President As interrupted beyond measure. -it-originally was called) started-as acom- Anne Loertscher Item:. A member of the- Library Board declares that the Library does not subscribe to Playboy because it’s their job to protect the people from smut like that. noise your everyday needs such as eating, clothing. yourself and making your car go up and down the road would be of the old-time Midway. residents and they said Swiss Days or (Harvest Days as American Library Association because a Clinton and Columbia University. drive a semi-truck for a living and | know that without us making a little writing INN own pocket to clean up their basement that if they didn’t want their basement flooded by his canal, they shouldn’t Would you rather not have us slow down as we enter the valley? You see | If I were Foundation, I would plead-someone please come forward with a home for the SE PUTED the home and spent $1,000 out of their - Please realize that two out of the three routes into this valley are down hill. We appreciate the won- A Hicken told the young couple who own responsibility these drivers have. . You will gain a newfound appreciation for what the “inconsiderate” truck drivers. on US-40 have to deal with. expense to us. derful support the City has provided us. pat flooding the basement of a house two blocks from the canal. CUP’s Claude Maybe you need to go for a ride in a semi-truck or even try driving one to gain a real appreciation for what, for the tremendous ~ cronies Item: One of CUP’s canals running through Heber City springs a_ leak, out in front of them. glass cases along with the beautiful barn Ait crook because all the other good ‘ol boys knew what he was doing. quilt located in the City Offices. We have often told Mark that we are trying to create a DUP museum there without ba declares he is not a weigh empty (at least 40,480 lbs.) and I guarantee that you won’t want to walk We also have some lovely pictures and 0 Item: Mr. Hicken Then you say that those trucks that are using the engine brakes are empty. Well, please start adding up what they tributes significantly to the tax roles of your community making life even better. for you. Sorry for a little inconven- cil made this decision. of their ancestors pictures are hanging on our walls. ates and found out a few people on the coun- many KM ~. checked on how these rules came about Item: Local good ‘ol boy Claude Hicken stars in the State Auditor's report on graft, corruption, and fiscal mismanagement at CUP. Mr. Hicken was appointed to CUP by the County Commission _ as the Wasatch Co. representative. Many visitors are aston- ished by how shes Item: The County Commission’s selfexculpation for the firehouse is arguing to the head of Swiss Days. Who, in turn, that it’s not really county money took almost a week to connect with. because the developers around. _ This process by then had taken weeks Jordanelle are supposed to repay the and put me close to the start of Swiss county for the firehouse. Days. He wasn’t helpful and after arguYeah, sure. If you were one of those ~ ing for a while said to go talk to the Mayor. I called the Mayor and tried to’ developers, would you hand over $3,000,000 to these guys or take them to © explain my problem and he said he was too busy and hung up on me rudely! I court? those visiting. Neate ; All| } So rather than just go always turns out to be a gratifying expe- rience because of the joy expressed by to assume that all beer drinkers are drunk drivers. Wrong! The vast drinkers are fine, upright, people who obey the laws drink in the privacy of their majority of solid honest and enjoy a home. » The County Commission spends million dollars. tl. children to sell some quilts and .sale .during this event: that the Midway Town | frowned on that and it ~ might be illegal. almost $3,000,000 on a non-competitive | Last - ahead, as many people do, (including ‘parking businesses in back yard lots), | tried to get clearance through proper channels. I was given the Royal Runaround. First I called the City Offices, who sent me on to the Midway Boosters President, who passed me over contract to build the replica of the fire_ house that cost Park City less than one eit Days, my You see Mr. school classes, especially 4th graders, civic leaders, and out of town groups to name a few. Showing our museum Z to the brake less ne -and I wanted have a yard Someone said ~ Government _ “design” a fire station that is an exact copy of one already built in Park City. — and make effective, or work poorly. year prior to Swiss half a million dollars on a non-competarchitect to overheat _ Nisonger, the reason those truck drivers are using the so-called “Jake brake” is to make you, your family and other safer upon the highway. I can’t keep it inside any longer. Item: The County Commission spends a Ld ~ with the brake drum method so as not Editor: violates every zoning law on the books while the Zoning Commission ignores | the neighbors complaints. a Heber Swiss Days unfair Item: A old trucking business in Daniels Item: move Keith Baker | place since time immemorial. a local law; and Sincerely, There is something rotten in Heber Valley, and that is the good old boys network that seems to have run the contract to the gee Editor: itive obey — doors, Valley politics into the 19th eos Seqiticlh County govt. stinks J 0 | WASATCH COUNTY COURIER August 17, 1999 |