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Show I Are ways to heal Brigham City, Utah Thursday, February 24, 1977 2 BOX ELDER JOURNAL, Editor: I recently read an article in the Friday, Editorially Speaking President Carter is encountering some stormy going in these intitial weeks of his administration. While, as the weather, some of his actions were predictable, others have caught the nation by surprise. The result has been a mixed bag of reaction. So far as the West is concerned, his decision to shelve 19 dams and other water projects pending review of their usefulness and environmental safety couldnt have been more or poorly timed. This was to be expected. Talk of budgeting trimming always is until that greeted by hurrays economy is practiced on an area vital to you. Frankly, we dont know about the worth of every project from which the President is recommending a ed withholding of funds. But we are somewhat aware of the Central Utah project whose Bonneville unit is included on the list. ee WE KNOW THAT it has been the subject of one delay after another during a period of scrutiny and evaluation. The project has been underway for 25 years and already cost $200 million in federal funds and $20 million in state money. Coming as it does during this year of drouth, the Presidents action seems all the more incongruous. There was generally a sigh of relief from this side of our broad land when former Idaho governor Cecil Andrus was picked as secretary of the interior. Afterall, he was a westerner who would understand V, and have sympathy for western problem. It was then a bit startling to hear the secretary not only endorse the administrations decision but to be an influence in making that decision. Yes, Uncle Sam should take a scrutinizing look at every area of funds expenditure including water projects. Each should justify itself on all counts. And to the end that projects of questionable merit are reassessed, we offer our support. But the review should be expeditiously done, if that is possible in the course of normal federal workings. Where the CUP is concerned, we wonder just how much more thoroughly it can be studied. new-foun- befriend. Sincerely, 868 SEE from all of this, unless Congress acts to appropriate funds despite the Presidents recommendation, is a further delay and subsequently higher cost. The implication, of course, is that Uncle Sam may not have been totally responsible in letting the projects get off the ground in the WHAT WE IF EVER THE Action of fruit farmers and others Willard-Perr- y area to seek which, hopefully, will signing on attract motorists to take SR-8- 4 through Box Elder countys fruit belt is understandable. The interstate highway has syphoned off much of the traffic which previously traveled the state route through the two communities. The result has been a negative one e for businesses on the Volume been stretch. down at has service stations and eating places since opened late last year. According to one source, some recovery has been made from the intitial decline. But fruit stand operators and other businessmen who depend heavily on summer travelers are aware that its not going to be like the old days this year. swaawMP! Editor: Thursday Feb. 17 front page, an artist despected a UTAHS FAMOUS FRUIT ZONE. possibly unbeknown to the artist, Fruit Zone, Famous Produce of U.S.A. has been the name of my place of business for the last 30 years. It is Brigham City Elberta peaches that have won fame, the world around. Of course good, excellent quality will continue to bring people from Montana, Canada, Wyoming, Idaho, Nevada and other western states as long as we have orchards (which have not been disected into subdivision) which offer the lucious fruit for sale. I welcome the new freeway. It did not cut through our valuable land, but built on the edge of the lake. As population increases, I look for my business to be better. Im overjoyed we can look forward to this summer with room to turn around. On your sign, g move. We will have more sympathy for his action if, in the months ahead, he applies the same standard to other sectors of federal spending. Leon Noble Christensen, Fruit Zone, Perry, RFD 2, A 1-- ten-mil- 1-- Vacationers and other visitors wont be stopping for peaches, corn, JOURNAL ELDER WMkly m, loi nwpapr aitablishad in vry Thursday by Hit L 55 l, Eldar South 1 First Wast, Brigham City, Utah, 84302 I the I Class at Sacond postaga palj post office, It South First Wes 84302. Utah. Brigham City, publUbad truce Tre-mont- on Arland Tingey, Newspaper Supr. Van Claybaugh, Photo-Pres- s Supr. H. e. Anderson, Commercial Printing Supr. days) in Box Elder County. rat $14.00 per year paySubscription able in advance in connection with Box Elder News (published Sunthe days) outside Box Elder County. Member Utah State Press Association, National Newspaper Association and AdvertisUnited Press International. ing Representative: Utah State Press Salt Lake City, Utah. Association, CUlaLCt Put blame on both sides Editor: Reading your article on pay methods of Congress; you make it sound like it was a deal. There are just as many Republicans back there as there are Democrats who could have stopped it if they had the guts enough to stand up and do so. I am sure in the next few months we will hear from our (four) bleeding hearts how they fought till their last dying breath to stop it. So why not put the blame on both sides one-sid- where it belongs. OK? NATIONAL wsotuTim fret Press AKty K S NEWSPAPER NNA Edgar Bigler, Brigham City SUSTAINING MEMBER -1- 972 Appreciated paper Editor: If! All men are equally titled to free exercise religion. en- of George Mason I have just returned from an enjoyable mission to Independence, Mo. I want to take this opportunity to thank you very much for sending me the paper. It really helped to keep me in touch with what was going on at home. I really appreciate your thoughtfulness. Vvjft '? Jrk.i I am studying the Daughter of the Utah Pioneer lesson on womens suffrage and think how far we have come and what an awsome responsibility we have fought to acquire. The pioneer women realized then their responsibility and had been studying political science for years to prepare, themselves for the right to vote in political matters. They and their children had always had the right to vote in religious matters. I think it was Lincoln who said he would rather be right than he president. In about 1919 in Oakley, Idaho; they piped down a hot spring from the mountains and were going to use it for a swimming pool but it was cold by the time it reached town so they used it as dunking water. When the women washed dishes, it turned their hands yellow so they took it out about .1921. I was bom in 1922 and as a child I was accused of eating too much candy because I has so many cavities and suffered with tooth aches. My older brother and sister had no cavities nor toothaches. My sister and all the children her age had yellow teeth. They were born the year the hot spring was brought down. The spring had a natural high percent of fluorine in it. My sister is now 57 years old and still has her yellow teeth with no cavities. Our older brother has beautiful white teeth with one cavity because he had to live on candy here for a long period of time during World War H. We now know the right amount of fluorine to put in water to make strong white cavity-fre- e teeth. If we knew that 60 years ago, my sister could have been spared yellow teeth and I would not have suffered with tooth aches and had to wrestle with false teeth these last 20 years. May you junior high students cast your vote. And why not make your next project clearing the air of medicated cancer causing tobacco smoke? Minnie Jenks Route 2 Box 92 Brigham City Elder Paul R. Jensen nHew. j Suffered with teeth" Subscription rate $10.00 per year payable in advance in connection with the Box Elder News (published Sun- nothing. Going Up ilbU-HnV- Letters to the Editor ... The editor invites and welcomes letters for publication in these columns. However, contributions must be signed and also bear the writers adress and telephone number, It is suggested that letters not exceed 250 words in length. T. Keyes, Managing Editor Mike Perry, Sports Editor Sarah Yates, Society Editor Shirley Richardson, Classifieds tatty Claybaugh, Circulation Editor's Quote Book ?., Brigham City Editor: "Tuff" Claybaugh General Manager Chart Publisher apples and the like with such frequency because of the nature of freeway travel. Many wont be aware of the stands and others will find it too inconvenient to turn off. The local folks arent ready, however, to dry up on the vine, to forfeit this generous slice of annual business. Theyve met as a group, agreed to finance signs intended to divert customers their way. Were not sure how effective theyll be, what percentage of motorists theyll be able to lure onto the old highway. Well hope optimistically that experience will prove it to be a substantial number. The same desire holds for signs which has proposed to increase traffic in that Box Elder county community. Whatever the benefit, its sure to be a long step ahead of doing Diane Kulkami North Medoland drive Brigham City Welcomes freeway cost-savin- to doing nothing in the TWAIN ARE TO MEET first place. And thats certainly possible. Water projects do not have the soundest reputation among those programs bearing the congressional stamp of approval. One thing more: President Carter is pulling up the reins on these 19 projects as least in part as a possible Signs, preferable T issue reactions to what we read and see, in this Roots . Mrs. months last special on ABC-Tinstance should be glad their Americans Black was reaction Bibings otherwise to America, they might ancestors were brought never have been born or still be living in Africa today where blacks are killing blacks by the hundreds. When I saw Roots I was moved even though I knew they had dramatized at points. Ive read many books on the subject, one which Id recommend is The Peaceable Kingdom by Jan DeHartog. No matter the treatment, when personal rights and freedom is denied, then life must be hard. Ive always been free. I cannot fathom the pain of being taken from my home and family. So when eight nights d respect for absorption came to an end, I had a somehow survived forefathers whose blacks American mans inhumanity to man and cruel circumstances not experienced by me. It seems throughout recent history white man likes to dominate, take over and sap riches. The British ruled over India for over 300 years leaving them much poorer and weaker than when they came. (A good book on this little known subject is Freedom at Midnight). Look at South Africa and Rhodesia. The American Indian also clashed with the white man and was reduced to reservations. When the issue of white supremacy is raised I shudder in remembrance of the Hitler era, the Ku Klux Klan, etc. The mentality is clear. So when all this is said, I cant point to tribal injustice in Africa and feel ok. I wont forget my countrys white ties to slavery. The record is there to read. So lets turn away from hate and small mindedness, murder in the heart. There are ways to heal and build up our fellow man, to strengthen and BOX .i 18, 1977 of the Ogden Hope Bisbing. We all have our Just how much more can CUP be studied? wait-and-s- Feb. Standard Examiner written by a Brighamite, sTUpy Most Important thing 4Q7o -- - Rise INI ; HEALTH y Gj ' 1 ? v Do your child a favor, i: ..4 ram by Dr. Daryl J. McCarty .T .V.'V c Executive Secretary Utah Education Association Vt Whats the single most important thing parents can do for their young child? Read aloud to that child, says Dr. Camille Blachowicz, a faculty member of the National College of Education, in an article in the newsletter, Primary ActivScott-Foresm- ities. That viewpoint isnt new. Educators have long said that reading aloud to children helps them learn how to read. But Dr. Blachowicz goes a bit further. She explains how to read aloud to youngsters. First, she points out the fact that at first, children can be bewildered by the reading process. They may not have any idea that the printed word is related in any way to speech. Dr. Blachowicz invites the parent while reading aloud, to run a finger under the printed words, so the children can see that the readers voice flows with the lines of type. That way, American Viewpoints read youngsters realize that the type is telling the reader what to say. It also shows the kids youre reading from left to right, something they might not otherwise understand. They might think the words go from right to left, or begin in the middle. Some dont understand what a word is or does. Some children have trouble learning the difference between a word and a letter. Dr. Blachowicz suggests taking your child with you to the supermarket. While there, point out signs that say such things as enter," meats, candy, and checkout, etc. When you ask the child why the signs are there and how they help the customers, youll be teaching a valuable lesson in how words affect our daily lives. Theres another big reason why reading aloud to your young child is vital. Your child has a great respect for you, and copies your behavior. If the little one sees and hears you reading, it becomes important to that child to become able to do the same thing. Whenever motivation exists, teaching is easier. The strongest bond of human sympathy, outside of the family relation, should be one uniting all working people, of all nations, and tongues, and kindreds. Abraham Lincoln |