Show wra mikt AkkMT wvv Saturday June 26 2004 The Herald Journal Commentary New2hurdlesfor-:s- Nixon arid in 99 the previous ' President Hush fomented Kurdish " uprisings' against Hussein only then to leave the Kurds to So now having built a respectable army of their own the Kurds seem ready to make their move The New York Times reports that Kurds are returning cn masse to homes from which they were evicted by Hus- scin’s forces' The Arabs who occu-- r pied them are being forced into ramshackle camps American offi-cia- ls are trying to stem the migration but show no signs of halting it: Another development that may put its mark on the region is the relation- - ' ship between the Kurds and Israeli v: reported by Seymour Hcrsh in'thc ' current New Yorker magazine j Mr Hcrsh says the relationship is’ Vc being expanded with Israel cstab- - V- j 'lishing a significantpresence on the ground in the Kurdish area Israeli By Daniel Schorr 1 I these final Jays before the scheduled June 30 handover of sovereignty in Iraqi a major occupation bf thc Bush administration may well ' be : Will oil- - - salto--- pipeline tage reach a point that revenues for the - new govern- ment will dry I d ' up And a key question n- - : - will the new era start with a scces- - — r” 'fopllsed °n - Chead end c w :“it’s ' r V ' :f ! - ' '’vKfor C - -- V V£Th v: -- fjlw'irddla ing the real story ® doind tn describcd wt: accept this as a com-pl ment and hope to be worthy of ii v: It was great to remember days ’CvV' ’gone by and our beloved Logan High - “ ' - School were shed Many of - : Most departcd at 4 pni: to arrive home befpredark: hips kneesarid various other joint replacements and several had pace- makers installed One former studcnt : ' Here is alist of addresses and phone numbers for some of Cache Valley’s representatives in government LOGAN-MAYO- ' - R Doug Thompson i 567 Lynnwood Av6 Logan LOGAN-MUNICIPA- 753-689- ' 9 COUNCIL L Laraine Swenson 1 1 50 E 50 South Logan 84321 755-818- 3 Steve Thompson 37 S 200 West Logan 84321 753-601- 9 South Tami Pyfer 52-13- Steven C Taylor 755-781- 1 90 E Center 6 Joseph ter -- 232-130- C Needham - 250 W Cen- - (cell) 0 CACHECOUNTY COUNCIL I thow warehouse stores Tliey My Life tn hug stacks piled set5vr " j' vv IIh!ahI WyllOnai " “ExactlyPThere was a shrill tone in’the voice now “Authors ' publish--?rtplyfT- : Vlofat “It’s hard to agree on a plan of hetion when we don’t know the full of the roblen Can vou rive effort cc Hi M” Dairel Lee Gibbons representing the north district— 840S 1600 West Lewiston 84320 258-523- 8 S Brian Chambers —representing the northeast district— 654 E 2160 4 North North Logan 84341 ' John A Hansen —representing the south district— 252 EMain Hyrum L - i 84319245-658- 4 Paul Cook -- Representing the south east district — 445 Glenwood Circle 4 Providence 84332 Coiy Yeates —representing Logan district No 1 — 281 S 100 East Logan 84321 752-902- 7 Kathy Robison —representing Logan district No 2— 335 N 400 9 West Logan 84321 Craig Petersen — representing Logan district No 3— 1 440 E 1 220 8 North Logan 84341 v 752-196- 753-510- 752-677- i BUT I I VI CW Wal-Ma- rt not clear cut i ? Microsoft in the 990s r has a polar- -' r retail colossus effect bn izing people They tend to ' either love it for its low low prices or loathe it for its size and business practices : In the courtroom and city council ' 7 room it’s under attack' But these lixik to be mere skirmishes in light of Tuesday's decision by a federal judge n to allow a suit over alleged pay and promotion disparity to go forward The suit the largest class action ever in a civil case could affect 16 million present and former female WaLMart employees poten- lially costing the world's largest retailer billions of dollars in damages But some aspects of the case don't fit the exploited-workvs corporate-villain view that many hold of 1 Wal-Ma- rt class-actio- : ' er Hleg : vRe unde ' y Revi setu : f ' 1 says its female employees have shown little interest in managerial jobs Sears Roebuck & Co beat a suit ih 1986 with just this argument On the other hand it’s hard to take claim that seriously absent a centralized personnel policy it’s not responsible for decisions made in individual stores Corporate Wal-Ma- rt Wal-Mart- ’s Like most class-actio- n discrimina- tion cases this one is likely to be settled out of court That could still mean a sizable settlement but also a personnel change in practices if warranted Apparently the retailer already has recognized the need to correct its course adding a director of diversity for instance and restructuring pay scales Wal-Mart- £!j 1' arefemaleV:':-discriminationThe- ll solic ' Sc In one v ' r ' ' R3 - ' : arou girl Ai 'beca is he persi expl If Rev ’s Ni (A doe: In pals cent A Editorial policy KNOW JLfeT lEjggiSBlEZ The Herald Journal welcomes letters to 1 The Opinion page is intended to acquaint readers with a variety of viewpoints on matters of public importance and provide members of the community with a forum for their views Personal columns cartoons and letters from readers reflect the opmrons of their writers and creators Editorials under the heading "Our View' represent the views of the Herald Journal editorial board Members of the editorial board: UOOKOMTW&R F NCK WWEN TUt't RtfsCW FcfR K WALLET CINDY YURTHfeatures editor BRUCE SMITHpublisher CHARLES McCOLLUMmanaging editor ro 4i “Ajght conclusions :!f ''v‘day culture also eijuntstas the judge : For instance statistics gathered oh wrote in his ruling behalf of the six women who is i iuiii ':j- Where the plaintiffs appear on the su i t sho w that 65 percent ofWaU firmest ground js their claim of pay presented a Mart’shourly employees that last year Wal showing comjjarcd withjinly 33 percent of the study ' Mart’s female employees earned 5 management This could indicate ' but other promotion discrimination percent less than male counterparts f' factors could also be at play with inferior education experience ' and job reviews Such statistical Working mothers for example may not find it’s worth trading the depend- - V analysis holds up routinely in court able schedule and pay of hourly wages bccauseit is not subject to the same" for the unpredictable and unpaid over-- 7 kind of individual evaluation that a time required of managers' Indeed promotion might be ' Wal-Ma- rt SA !High ' : ‘ IPVL6EEN&TUE tiLCWlk-MajiTo- ’”T SG Herald Journal KNOW :Lv - Non Sequitur I heard his final horrorl The horror!”’ fear-- - - 752-057- tinged wih he S The Christian Science Monitor -- x v' Suit against ' Ross F Christcnsin Logan High Class of 1944 Lawmakers 0 - crow eerie ' J arehingoul classmates and getting invitations Wht tOtheml CJass presi- - v dentWiMard Gardner welcomed the y Class and piaid a t ri butc to departed Iassm&tes: A liyclyniiisical prograni1’:was presentafter which the rtmc ' was 'sPPnl visitihg and recalling :f memories of the good old days Many hugs laughs and a few tcahi ' r ’’more ers booksellers - we’re all potential targets if out producthiirts someoneThe trial lawyers will come after us ir'hungry woWes theCImtonmemolr b?m?°Q£ - ££ ' "v-S- commanao jinns There is'a question whether the' un vyill try to seize the city of Kirkuk and oil reserves in the region NuraiSD Shl !tes‘n diej maJ?y Kurds in the South the non-Ara- b north distrustful of promises of : - - 1 ‘ nail-biti- Will violence swell ih some kind ' of crescendo that will scire away the newly minted Iraqi police and civil - : an men hiely to 6e (j&thcrtd out of a multitude of tongues Potentially libelous or offensive letters will not be published however and the editor reserves the right to edit all letters to conform to the length and style requirements of the newspaper Letters should be: Typewritten and double-space- d No more than 450 words in length Addressed and include daytime phone number for purposes of verification Signed by the author Individuals are limited to one published letter within any y period Address letters to hjletterChjriewscom Guest commentaries are also welcome and are run at the editor's discretion than through any find of authoritative selection ’ — Judge Learned tfand American jurist (1872-11- ) abai r givi T sch said bein In W said We' Tc and proj adm E adm Tl avei |