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Show Opinion Page 2 , Clearfield Courier EDOPIN By D. Horner nee Upon a Noble Rainbarrel Editorial comment: By Judith Degn Vanier A few months ago on the 60 Minutes TV show Responsibilities of citizenship are the between the dark clouds of human We say we Free, but proud to live in the Land of how many of us understand the basis of our freedoms? Its a fair bet that the majority of us do not really know the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, the in the form of MARVA COLLINS. She common sense more spoke on the subject of education in her 20 minute slot than 20 have so called experts spoken on the subject over the last half century. audience papers on which our country was founded. In fact, in a survey conducted years ago, some people given excerpts from the Declaration of Independence thought the ideas expressed were not knowing they were rejecting the thoughts of our revolutionary forefathers. This type of incident is embarrassing to all of us, for how can we cherish and protect our freedoms when we do not know what they are? If we are truly proud to be Americans, we must show it in MARVA from Chicagos The items to be sold are valued at approximately One Half Million Dollars. This years Auction will feature over 100 heavy duty dump trucks, stake body trucks, and crew cab trucks, also several tractors, motor graders and rollers. Also included will be 100 late model automobiles, blazers and pickup trucks. The most exciting part of the Utah State Auction is the fact that everything will be grou is rfoCe t who elected if tw. uAid j odjtthose l'y difficult or Cortff sold to the highest bidders, with no minimums and no reserves. All are welcome and urged to attend this fabulous One Day State of Utah Auction Tuesday, July 15th. Thank You, Allen Harry L. State Surplus Property Agent Room 137 6 Phone 533-461- Keep accurate records financial records can make it much easier for taxpayers to complete their income tax Roland V. Wise, Salt Lake District Director for the Internal Revenue Service. Although taxpayers are not required to use a specific system, recordkeeping receipts, cancelled checks, bills, old returns, and other are documents essential in providing expenses. Wise suggested that records be kept three years after the return was due or filed, or two years after the tax was paid, whichever is (3A8DG later. for Records involving property transactions should be kept for as long as they are helpful in determining the basis of original or JAPANESE SWORDS replacement Wise added. Also interested in other Japanese and German items: Armor, ivoryware, lacquerware, uniforms, weapons. property, More information abput recordkeeping can be found in IRS Publication 552, RequireRecordkeeping ments and a List of Tax It can be Publications. ordered by calling the IRS Collector Call Jon: commented returns, 392-592- 0 friend of hers by the name of Socrates. She quotes him as Straight thinking saying, leads to straight living. Well, Marva Collins got more than her thinking accurate Keeping written By west side ghetto wouldnt consider she herself a heroine would likely say she was just following the advice of a ... Citizens invited to auction The State of Utah is inviting the public to the States Second Annual Vehicle and Heavy Equipment Auction. The Auction will be held Tuesday July 15th at the Utah State Fairgrounds (155 North 1000 West) in Salt Lake. The sale begins at 9 a.m. A special preview will be held July 14th from 9 to 5 to provide time for interested parties to inspect the vehicles and equipment. earned because she attention dared to challenge the established school system and came out heroic winner. This courageous teacher d, No one ever said preserving our liberties would be easy. With freedom comes responsibility. Its time for all of us to shoulder those responsibilities. If we dont, we will find our country run by a handful of people and they wont be us. COLLINS the right to hold national our everyday actions. Waving a flag and swearing we will die for our country is not enough. The actions of a good citizen include keeping voting in elections, and knowing the basics of our system of government. These practices involve hard work, preseverence, and a faith that an individuals actions are of importance to the community. Such qualities created our nation and must be nurtured. degradation, magnified beyond real edification' by jaded reporters, a bright ray of the dazzeled nobility straight. She got priorities in education straight, methods straight, love and discipline straight, and 34 learning disabled students straight into the genius world of Emerson,and Dante, Aristotle. Shakespear I would like to add a booming AMEN to a letter written her concerning segment the next week on Some adroit 60 Minutes. person inquired if it would be possible to have MARVA COLLINS cloned and at least one of her sent to every school in America. refreshing to the soul to hear an educator who has actually solved the problems of the irrelevent system . . . she did the natural thing, she got back to basics. Teachers have reinforced their negative thinking on the hopelessness of todays education so well that they have made their own prophecies. We can boast that for the largest investment on education we produce perhaps the least enlightened students in the How SmithKline! I dropped out of the public schools because I could not remain a party to crime. But children, your children are being pushed out, unprepared, to make room for more failures. Ironically, Ask a teacher why our schools do such a poor job and youll hear a list of excuses a mile long . . . but you never hear the real cause. Marva Collins knows the cause and I ask our educators to sincerely ponder the words and of one lady achievements under the toughest con- ditions offered. I would like you to hear her thoughts in her own words so I simply quote Marva Collins from an article paid for and presented by SmithKline Corporation . . . Thank you common sense. friends in public schools chat and down the last cup of coffee, I have children at the blackboard. During class, children are not left alone to become workbook idiots. Each child must write something daily, read orally and develop his critical thinking. His abilities develop logically by natural progression and hard work. Anything works if the teacher does! Boredom pervades most schools. The incredible banalities of Dick and Jane running through the readers cannot occupy a mind or stimulate thought. So the child rebels and creates havoc out of emptiness. But give a child Tolstoys Fables and Fairytales or Platos dialogues, and he encounters lofty thoughts that inspire him to add to his own. Millions of our children are dying mentally. Only we can stem the epidemic. We the more funds. Buildings, machines, monies do not teach; people do! Here we do not probe childrens IQ's, inkblot their souls and measure them until there is nothing left to measure. We simply take responsibility for educating least of them I even the Children do not fail. Educators fail children. I tell each child, simply, I will not let you fail. The child believes and succeeds. I tell him that I cant is a lie., He tells me, Ill Try. Deweys philosophy of education ex- glorifies by Each morning before class, while my teacher dollars spent in a school system especially on fancy technology the teaching less children will think. At Westside Prep we retrieved books from the public schools trash, broke pencils in two and wrote entire texts for lack of self-fulfilli- world. JUDITH VANIER is. constantly astounded periment and undervalues basic verbal skills. It has underminded teaching and learning in America. I hold to the philosophy of Emerson, who wrote, Man must take the task of education from the government and see to it ourselves. We must hold educators accountable for results." Utah technical society supports MX of Utah and professional societies have expressed Members technical for support strong deployment of the MX missile in Utah, according to a survey conducted by the of American Institute Aeronautics Astronautics. and Answering the survey distributed at a joint dinner meeting last week at the Salt Lake Hilton, 53.9 percent of the members of the participating societies and their guests said they strongly favor plans for Utah deployment of the new missile system. Another 26.5 percent somewhat favored the system, compared to 18.1 percent opposed, according to R.G. Moore, public policy officer for the AIAA. Moore said that apof proximately the 400 attendees responded to the survey. Participating societies for the dinner, two-thir- featured an address by Seymour L. Zeiberg, which of deputy undersecretary Defense for strategic and space systems, included, in addition to the AIAA, the Air Force Association, American Defense Preparedness Association, National Defense Tran- sportation Association, Federal Managers Association, Institute Responding to a question they believed that opinions of Utah and Nevada residents can have an impact on whether the MX is deployed here, 35.6 benefit, followed percent somewhat less important increased tax revenues, of te their believe opinions would have an effect while 37.2 percent felt increased job training that it probably would not, 16.9 percent definitely Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and the Ogden Logistics Association. I think that the responses to the survey point up the fact that there is a considerable segment of the Utah population that is strongly supportive of; MX Moore deployment here, pointed out. This was a very knowledgeable and well informed group, who were willing to take the trouble to come out to hear factual information from someone likp Dr Zpihpro by increased employment opportunities and increased business for local producers and suppliers. After those benefits they rated as on whether will portunities, answered, and assistance 7.4 creased definitely Asked if they trusted what government agencies tell us about the effectiveness and risks of the MX missile project, only 16.8 percent while 32.1 percent said they trust a great deal and- - 48.7 percent somewhat trust what they are told. Asked to rate a number of beneficial aspects of MX deployment in the Great Basin, the respondents rated improved national security and defense as the greatest in providing in- and services, planned community growth. percent will answered not. distrust the information, op- government Expressing concerns about MX deployment, the survey showed moderate concern about federal ; ' government involvement in the state, followed by the influx of people and the possibility of a economy. Following in order were concerns about depletion of the water supply, altering of rural lifestyle, harm to the environment, and land access. However, all of the concerns were low. boom-and-bu- st Tax money spent on garnishments?. By UPA Press Service, Kent Birch Is it the fault of inflation or is it plain just mismanagement of personal funds? Some explanation is behind the fact many state employees face garnishment of their paychecks. Between- 20 and 30 individuals on the state payroll have their paychecks garnished each pay period. That compares to a maximum of 10 per pay period three years ago according to Ruth Tolich of the Utah State Auditors Office. She says it takes two full days per month plus time (tfrnrilfih7nJhfRlh t 3 YARDS ONLY READY-MI- X V $110 oo CONCRETE BAG CEMENT 94 lb. FLINT COAT 50 TABLE WITH TWO BENCH SEATS A BAG $565 A BAG lb LIME STEPPING t STONES si. nan 18 TABLES Utah-Portia- nd $419 fe.od 89$ 4 2.49 9189 12" ROUND SfeA A TABLE REG 109 SQUARE 41.19 69 telephoning !L$149 1 2.09 3.49 30x30 Sq. 8W6 7.00 1oJB5 8.95 9X5 8.00 Il4s 10.95 30x36 Sq. 36x36 Sq. 11Q0 9.00 73.9$ 11.95 PARKING BARRIER 10.00 8.50 4.24 1.75 FOOT PRINTS 24 - SAND & GRAVEL MIXES PEA GRAVEL YSROCK NOW $79 BENCH SEAT REG 89 $0900 NOW STRAIGHT OR CURVE BARK CHIPS (Covers Approx. 300 Sq. Ft.) 1V4" LAVA $1995 GROUND COVER 28 (Covers Approx. 300 Sq. Ft.) LAVA SANDBOX SAND TOPSOIL WE SUPPLY DUMP TRAILER FOR YOUR USE Yd. BOULDERS (Assorted Sizes) Reg. 20$ lb. IOC m umm(3r(msmswsm3sm the payroll departments ahead to take care of the garnishments. Thats time, Tolich says I could be spending on tax payer matters. The legal process of garnishment is rather complex according to Coral Call of the Attorney Generals Office. It is the last resort for bills that cant be collected any other way. A complaint must be filed in court. If the amount of the claim is less than $500 then the complaint must be filed in small claims court. The defendant has 20 days to answer the complaint after which the judge may grant the claim if uncontested plus court costs if he so desires, Call says. The defendant must then come to court and define his assets and if he fails to do that a bench warrant may be issued for his arrest. make Most people arrangements to pay their bad debts before a paycheck can actually be garnished, but still as many as 30 in- dividuals are having paychecks garnished. Tolich says, Many of the people who have this difficulty are repeat offenders. We have to withhold part of their For regular debts 25 percent of what remains after a minimum wage and dependants allowance have been deducted may be taken. If a person has several bad debts, his creditors must file each pay period for a judgment. The first one with the judgment is awarded the money. Only one payment per pay period can be taken Tolich adds. The rules for child support payments and IRS debts are different, however. There is no 25 percent maximum and funds can be withheld with one judgment until the account is current. adCharles Mason, justment officer for the Utah State Employees Credit Union says that, Unless a person is making more than per year, it makes little economic sense to garnish. The psychological effect is what were after. Most people will im $20,000 mediately take steps to take care of the bad debt. Affects of the court judgment can be very damaging to a person's credit rating according to Mason. Employees who have paychecks garnished were once open to dismissal, but it is no longer legal to fire someone because of a garnishment according to Assistant Attorney General Bruce Hale. Fitness tips By Dr. Dale Nelson Health, Physical Education and Recreation Utah State University It is common knowledge that Vitamin D is essential for building and maintaining healthy bones, but it is not well known that the level of Vitamin D in the elderly is determined almost entirely by exposure to the sun. At least this is what researchers reported in the 1979 British Medical Journal. Diet was found to be an almost negligible factor. According to the' British study , the more time the older persons, whose ages ranged from 72 to 86, spent in the sun, the lower the risk of bone deterioration. The thought that keeps going through my head is that they may also have been more active in being exposed to the sun, but then., you might expect that from a physical educator. At any rate, get out in the sun and be as active as you can. It will help the ol bones. Barefoot In the Sand If you like to run in sand on beaches, be aware that there can be problems. The sand should be firm enough to show only a shallow footprint. Soft sand will permit the heel of the bare foot to sink deeper than when wearing a shoe with a thick heel elevation. This could lead to Achilles' tendon problems. Soft sand and potholes may also force hypertension of the toes, which stresses the fascia or connective tissue on the plantar surface (bottom) of the foot. Running barefoot in the sand may be fun, but take it in small' doses. I speak from experience. Passive Smokers What we have suspected for a long time has finally been documented. A men and women reported in a recent New large study of 2,100 middle-age- d of both sexes who England Journal of Medicine indicated that were chronically exposed to tobacco smoke had significantly lower in a smoke-fre- e enpulmonary function test values than vironment. In addition, in a smoking environment had about the same degree of lung impairment as light smokers. The study showed that the moderate and the heavy smokers had about the same degree of pulmonary dysfunction, which was significantly and light smokers. greater than that seen in As you can plainly see, you dont have to smoke to get significant deliterious smoking effects. Just be around smokers. Professor of rs rs paycheck each month. m West r ft Tolich says also that in the past one Attorney General and several state legislators had their paychecks garnished by the Internal Revenue Service. 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