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Show Thursday, January 6, 2005 SPRINGVILLE HERALD A strological Preview for 2005 Wanda Perry COPLEY NEWS SERVICE There is a time to every purpose, and like it or not, the universe is unfolding as it should. What time is it in your life and what are some of the changes or challenges you can expect to face in the year 2005? In which areas are your energies best spent, and should you be pushing toward to-ward goal achievement or wisely holding back? These are just a few of the questions that astrology can help you to answer. ARIES (March 21 -April 19) : Many of you will be faced with domestic concerns. con-cerns. Caring for children or elderly parents are key factors. fac-tors. In several ways your emotional emo-tional foundation is affected by tension generated in familial fa-milial relationships. Rise above events or patterns established es-tablished in childhood that no longer serve you and reach toward behavioral patterns that are positive and uplifting. TAURUS (April 20 - May 20) : There is a heavy emphasis empha-sis on communication and community. Do not be surprised sur-prised to rind yourself in a situation where information is gathered, analyzed and exchanged. Neighbors are likely to play a major role in fostering decisions that will affect your immediate environment. envi-ronment. Take a serious approach ap-proach to your studies and you can excel in any subject you choose. GEMINI (May 21 - June 21) : Financial concerns will demand your attention. You are likely to feel the pain and frustration associated with monetary limits or shortages. Do not allow thoughts of lack or poverty to undermine your self-worth. self-worth. This would be a great time to pay off old Attorney general's office to defend ffiternei sex law .The Utah Attorney General's Gener-al's Office will once again defend de-fend a state law that forbids using the Internet to solicit sex with a minor. Last month the Utah Court of Appeals affirmed the convictions con-victions of two men who challenged the constitutionality constitutional-ity of the statute. Now the attorney at-torney general's office will fend oft another challenge after both men announced they will ask the Utah Supreme Court to hear the case. "This law is a vital weapon for prosecutors, parents and children. Those who prey on the Internet should plan to stay in prison," says attorney attor-ney general Mark Snurtleff . Jalal Ansari and Shawn Patrick Lagana were convicted con-victed after they arranged online to have sex with an undercover agent who was posing as a young girl. Both claimed that the law is inconsistent, vague and creates an undue burden on interstate commerce because it could regulate conduct in another state. "Both were residents of Utah, contacting persons thought to be minors in Utah to engage in sexual conduct at a Utah location. Any challenge chal-lenge they assert is not personal per-sonal to themselves but borrowed bor-rowed from the hypothetical injury to hypothetical out-of-state Internet users," wrote Court of Appeals Judge Norman Nor-man H. Jackson. Assistant attorney general Fred Voros is representing the state in this case and as I I 4"! debts, start saving and begin be-gin building your resources. Review your values in an attempt at-tempt to set your priorities and determine your future goals. CANCER (June 22 - July 22): Your ego or level of confidence con-fidence is overshadowed by feelings of doubt or uncertainty. uncer-tainty. Who are you and what do you want out of life are the questions that you must ask yourself. Keep in mind that you are here to fulfill your life purpose and master self-control. Do not be afraid to step into the spotlight and spread your wings with an exciting and pioneering new personal project. LEO (July 23 - Aug. 22): Make the best of a somewhat some-what solitary period where you are encouraged to find time to relax, review and contemplate the events of your life. You are asked to address the needs of your soul and spirit. Pay attention to your intuition and it will provide some clues as to the deeper issues affecting your life. Strive to heal old emotional emo-tional wounds and clear the decks for a forthcoming new beginning. VIRGO (Aug. 23 - Sept. 22): Clubs, groups, friends and organizations are highlighted. high-lighted. Since you are very much affected by the company com-pany you keep, strive to surround sur-round yourself with trustworthy, trust-worthy, industrious and conscientious individuals who will offer positive guidance guid-ance and support. Look forward for-ward to a financially expansive expan-sive period. Explore a variety vari-ety of long-term investments invest-ments that will ensure future fu-ture fiscal security and success. suc-cess. LIBRA (Sept. 23 -Oct. 23): This is a great time to make progress in business or career ca-reer undertakings. You have the ability to influence a large amount of people serts the men understood what they were doing was wrong. "Neither defendant was merely communicating sexual messages to minors over the Internet. Rather, both were attempting to arrange sexual trysts with minors." The Utah Attorney General's Gener-al's Office handles all of the felony appeals for the state and oversees the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force-a multi-jurisdic-tional task force that investigates investi-gates and prosecutes individuals individ-uals who use the Internet to exploit children. Factory Authorized Dealer & Service Center We Service Snow , Blowers, 4vf-V jf" Chain VJ? Saws (lilt &Sma" W" Engine . Repair Carpenter Seed Company 1030 S. 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Keep an eye on fiscal fis-cal changes, monitor your status and make a diligent effort to understand your monetary strengths and weaknesses. You should also expect some very demanding de-manding and intense overall changes in your lifestyle or outlook. Do your best to remain re-main flexible and grow willingly will-ingly into the direction your life is taking you. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 -Jan. 19): Lessons in relating are very important at this time in your life. This is an ideal time to move toward a serious commitment. Always Al-ways keep in mind the need for balance in close personal relationships and never ask your partner to do something some-thing that you are not willing will-ing to do. Your career sector sec-tor indicates opportunities for growth and expansion. See beyond personal limitations limita-tions and set your sights high. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 -Feb. 18): The primary FIKST SHOW IS ONLY $ 5 Puict: MoiM-rui $4 bcfoRE 6 p.ivi., $6 AfrER 6 p.M. 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Break free and take a bold step toward to-ward fulfilling your destiny. PISCES (Feb. 19 - March 20): Creative self-expression in social affairs will be the most demanding yet fulfilling fulfill-ing area of your life. Ex- Elore opportunities in love, obbies, entertainment and playing with children. At the same time you can expect some grand and wonderful offers or proposals to emerge out of your career or public sector. Keep an eye out for any once in a lifetime opportunities and do not allow them to pass you by. The positions and interactions interac-tions of the outer planets are sure to affect the general trends, issues and products shaping our world. Without question the role of religion is experiencing a continued transformation. Each individual will be asked to come to terms with his or her beliefs and philosophies. The planet and sign that rules oil indicates continued ups and downs and unexpected unex-pected changes in this arena. are-na. The key for expansion and peace in the world is found in partnerships. If we could learn to see beyond established es-tablished boundaries and really re-ally care about others, then we are headed in the right direction. We must strive to unite on common ground and conquer con-quer or eradicate amoral behavior. 7-15 (11:20) 1:50 4:20 7:05 9:40 (11:10) 1:40 4:10 7:00 9:35 7:30 10:00 (12:00) 2:30 5:00 (12:30) 2:45 5:00 7:15 9:45 (12:10)2:15 4:30 7:259:30 (11:15) 2:00 4:45 7:30 10:15 (11:45) 2:15 4:45 7:15 9:50 6:50 9:15 (11:00) 1:30 4:00 No CoupOflfi OH PassIs fon iNfouMAiioN anJ rickets I Newest treatment methods Treatment by board-certified orthodontist, not a tech I No headgears, clear braces ' Insurances accepted I Free financing, major credit I cards accepted The drug war Radley Balko CATO INSTITUTE In Washington, D.C., a 27-year 27-year old quadriplegic is sentenced sen-tenced to ten days in jail for marijuana possession, where he dies under suspicious circumstances. cir-cumstances. In Florida, a wheelchair-bound multiple sclerosis patient now serves a 25-year prison sentence for using us-ing an out-of-state doctor to obtain pain medicatioa And in Palestine, Texas, prosecutors arrest 72 people -all of them black - and charge them with distributing crack cocaine. The scene bears a remarkable re-markable resemblance to a similar mass, mostly-black drug bust in nearby Tulia five 1 years ago. These examples aren't exceptional. ex-ceptional. They're typical. America's drug war marches on, impervious to efficacy, justice, jus-tice, or absurdity. Drug prohibition prohi-bition was nowhere to be found in Election 2004. There was no mention of it in the debates, de-bates, the conventions, or the endless cable news campaign coverage. In some ways, that was a blessing. Campaign discussion of drug prohibition has too often of-ten focused on which candidate candi-date took what drugs when, and who was more sorry for having done so. While it's refreshing that we've moved beyond apologies, apolo-gies, it's also true that under the laws many of today's politicians support, a kid who experiments with illicit drugs the same way many of them once did may not get the chance to finish school or go to college, much less run for po-Uticaloffice. po-Uticaloffice. The number of policymakers policymak-ers who've dared to question any aspect of the drug war could comfortably fit on the back of a pocket-sized edition of the Bill of Rights. This needs to change. America should reexamine re-examine its drug policy. Today, federal and state governments spend between $40 and $60 billion per year to fight the war on drugs, about ten times the amount spent in 1980 - and billions more to keep drug felons in jail. The U.S. now has more than 318,000 people behind bars for drug-related offenses, more than the total prison populations popula-tions of the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain combined. 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The drug war has wrought the zero tolerance mindset, asset as-set forfeiture laws, mandatory minimum sentences, and countless exceptions to criminal crimi-nal defense and civil liberties protections. Some sociologists blame it for much of the plight of America's inner cities. Others Oth-ers point out that it has corrupted cor-rupted law enforcement, just as alcohol prohibition did in the 1920s. On peripheral issues like medicinal marijuana and rre-scription rre-scription painkillers, the drug war has treated chronically and terminally ill patients as junkies, and the doctors who treat them as common pushers. push-ers. Drug war accoutrements, such as ffno-knock" raids and searches, border patrols, black market turf wars and crossfire, cross-fire, and international interdiction interdic-tion efforts, have claimed untold un-told numbers of innocent lives. For all that sacrifice, are we at least winning? Even by the government's own standards for success, the answer is unquestionably "no." The illicit drug trade is estimated estimat-ed to be worth $50 billion today to-day ($400 billion worldwide), up from $1 billion 25 years ago. Annual surveys of high school seniors show heroin and mariiuana are as available today as they were in 1975. Deaths from drug overdoses have doubled in the last 20 years. According to the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the price of of a gram of heroin hero-in has dropped by about 38 percent since 1981, while the purity of that gram has increased in-creased six-fold. The price of cocaine has dropped by 50 percent, per-cent, while its purity has increased in-creased by 70 percent. Just recently, re-cently, the ONDCP waged a public relations campaign against increasingly pure forms of marijuana coming in from Canada. So despite all of the money we've spent and people we've imprisoned, despite the damage dam-age done to our cities and the integrity of our criminal justice jus-tice system, despite the restrictions re-strictions we've allowed on our civil liberties, despite the innocent lives lost and the needless suffering we've imposed im-posed on sick people and their doctors - despite all of this -the drug trade isn't just thriv-r ing, it's growing. Illicit drugs are cheaper, more abundant, and of purer concentration than ever before. Like alcohol prohibition before be-fore it, drug prohibition has failed, by every conceivable measure. Isnt it about time for America to take a hard look at its drug policy? "The place to watch a movie!" Stadium seating THX sound Exit 252 in Payson, 633 So. 950 West - Jan 13 6:55 9:25 7:10 9:35 9:35 6:50 it.si t |