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Show r: ,5'Z U-- && . s, y Lakeside Review p REVIEW -- Tuesday, February 24, 1998 :,:r3 Letters to the Editor Are competitors behind bum plant fiak? Criticism in a free society is essential when based on truth and fact, when truth and facts are distorted critics become agitators. Question: Are outside competitors behind our home grown and imported burn plant agitators? Their objective seems to be to wrest control from our locally elected officials and transfer the control to outside competitors. Would pollution and costs be less? Lets examine their case. Agitators, without expertise, cremanufacture dentials to fool the public. They are attempting to gain acceptance by using megaphone tactics with the media. Knowledgable professionals, both federal and technical plant managers know what they are doing and most of us trust them over agitators. more distorted as we follow the money in the area of cost. Its true that payment of $5.5 million annually on the plants debt is costly, but it is temporary. Final payment will be made not later than 2009, and hopefully sooner. This is never mentioned by agitators, and we know why. They cite East Carbon Development Corp. as a possible cost savior. Are agitators and competitors view alike by accident? Both would have us rob Peter (Davis County) and pay Paul (them). They would have us abandon the plant, continue to pay the legally binding debt of 5.5 million annually, and in addition, pay extra for their proposal. They tell us that the cost would be less. Balderdash! Don Townley Both truth and logic are even Layton Thanks for help at accident Thank you to the citizens, po- lice, and paramedics who helped my daughter who was involved in an accident on Fort lane and Gentile Jan. 23, in Layton. Thank you to the police and paramedics (who are under paid for the stress and danger they face each day) for acting so promptly. Thank you , for the excellent care and consideration given to her. Also, thank you to the off duty paramedic first on the scene, a special thanks to the man who had the courage to step forward and apply pressure to her head to attempt to stop the bleeding. Thank you, to the man who consoled my married daughter as she came upon the scene. Many thanks to all of you who took the time and had the compassion to get involved. We wish we knew your names to thank you in person. There are a lot of good people in this world who care. Our sincere gratitude to the angels among us. Barbara Wisslcr Layton Letter policy Olympic fervor may be waning office banter around the cooler and debates at the greasy spoon are any indication, the failed Rony Seikaly trade was of greater interest in Utah than the Winter Olympics. In fact, nationwide interest in the Winter Games was down. Television ratings were well below expectations and there didnt seem to be the overall excitement that was prevalent during the 1994 Lillehammcr Games. Just our luck, we may be getting the games just as interest in them has peaked and is falling off. The reasons for the low ratings and seemingly apathetic attitude among Americans are probably many. The time difference between here and Japan took away much of the anticipation as many already knew the results before the events were televised; bad weather delayed many of the downhill events, causing CBS to use a lot of filler; and the U.S. team had a mediocre showing. But there may be other factors at work that point to a trend rather than just independent events contributing to a lack of interest If for these particular games. First of all, nationalistic fervor may not be as important as it has been in past Olympics. Many of the hockey players with NHL ties playing for different countries is one area where Americans may have strained allegiances. I low are you going to convince a young hockey fan from Buffalo, N.Y., to pull for Team USA when his favorite Sabres player is the goaltender for the Czech Republic? Also, with the international attention given to figure skating many may have favorite skaters from other countries. But the main reason interest may be going down is that the Olympics have lost their uniqueness and innocence. With professionals now in many of the events, general en- year-roun- d, mSERVICBtlSmumMIBDLETNAME thusiasm from some athletes is lacking. How can we get excited about watching the events if the participants aren't excited about being there? Just look at our Dream Team hockey players. Many treated the games as a nuisance interrupting their professional season. Most of the Winter Olympic events rely on judging instead of direct competition. With millions of dollars at stake for endorsement and professional contracts, pettiness and poor sportsmanship has become the norm. But television must share some of the blame. This trend of showing up close and personal stories about the athletes (especially figure skaters) has dnven off many true sports fans. At the Lillehammer Games, interest in figure skating was high mostly because of the Tonya Ilarding-Nanc- y Kerrigan feud. Television producers decided high drama in the skating world is what generates interest, and they constantly tried to create SAVE on ALL LionELS! But television has shown us many skating events over the last four years, so there werent too many stories about the skaters that the public didnt know already. Viewers soon became bored with the constant buildup and televised practice sessions. NBC has the contract for the Salt Lake Games in 2002. Lets hope they learned some lessons from Nagano, like more coverage of actual events. the Energy Savings All Work Guaranteed Free Estimates Ya Si BY DESIGN 4. free- Letters will also be edited, if necessary, to meet journalistic standards of good taste. Libelous material will be ESTIMATES f IPS Out ' A j5 West Designs g 5 duality Outdoor Products K 2924Permsytvarw63Ogdw.U!W401 (801)393-683- deleted. 9 rxrA UfiK, Olympics. Years ago, many professional athletes would jump at the chance to be traded from a losing team to one that is contending for the championship. Apparently winning just isnt that important anymore. I guess, maybe the Olympics arent either. 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