| Show Omnion Right conclusions ate mors Bksiy to be gathered out of a multitude of tongues than through any kind of authoritative selection — Judge Learned Hand Oimrici Jurist (1S7S-1SS- Wednesday March 10 1999 The Herald Journal Logan Utah Ofhor viows We never knew you Joe Fans who saw him play universally recall his grace and seeming effortless- By Scripps Howard News Service J oe DiMaggio seemed a solitary and even melancholy figure If all the records fame and adulation suddenly had gone away he would have had no regrets And perhaps that reserved indifference to the demands of celebrity was why he remained an American hero 48 years after he played his last ball game His career as a Yankee was especially remarkable considering that three years of his prime were spent — DiMaggio would have never said “lost” — in the Army during World War II His hitting streak in 1941 may well be one of those records that will never be broken only twice in all of major league baseball have players even come within 12 of that improbable number Except for a lucky catch that streak might have reached 73 13-ye- ar 56-ga- ness but for much of his career he uncomplainingly played with nagging ailments — ulcers bone spun — that finally prompted him to retire He could have hung on a star even as the lime- light faded but playing the game he loved had become he said “a chore” In 1952 he married a companion American icon Marilyn Monroe The marriage lasted nine months He loved her she didn’t love him When after being forsaken by false friends Monroe committed suicide DiMaggio was there to bury her He declined to talk about her but honored her memory well into his old age In a time of confessional celebrity DiMaggio upheld standards of dignity and reticence virtues that we hope will not be lost now that as the song says “Joitin Joe has left and gone away” stahlefOfuunet Your viow Give what you can to local ice arena Have you seen my lost scriptures? To the editor: left my scriptures in the tabernacle on Jan 17 and they were gone when I went 1 hope someone picked them up with the intent of returnback the next day 1 ing them and forgot There should have been papers inside with my name It was a maroon colored Quad inside a maroon carrying case If you attended Stake Conference on that day would you look around your house just in case someone in your family picked them up by mistake 1 enter the MTC on March 31 and really need them Just leave them on our doorstep at 985 E 600 South after dark if you prefer Carina Bond River Heights Let’s work together to keep kids off drugs To the editor: In class we are learning about drugs We learn what kind of drugs there are and what happens to you when you take that certain drug We also learn about how it affects your family and the community We are also learning about alco- alcoholism and social hol abuse Time to purchase a new tractor? drinking and what the different things mean Just try it once then you can get addicted It is getting so common that if you wanted to try crack or cocaine you could probably find it somewhere in Cache Valley And so something should be done to make it so young people don’t have the chance to get involved in drugs We should start neighborhood watches for one thing Another thing parents should do is talk to their kids about drugs and find out if they have seen anyone passing stuff around at school or if they have been offered any drugs by anyone and who it was So we can keep kids off drugs To the editor: Finally it was told us that he did too want Ms Graham to sue big tobacco regardless of what the papers said The Legislature set the money aside until next year Meanwhile back in Washington the president wants to fix Social Security build some schoolhouses and do a lot of other stuff he’s been wanting to do but didn't have the money Mother likes that but she's old and sick and votes Democratic The majority in Congress says the president can’t be trusted and wants to give the money back as tax cuts Now that we have a good year they want us to spend even more My banker likes that but he is a banker and votes Republican Mother and my banker are both good folks (Moving good people can disagree Good years or bald I can't remember my family buying a tractor or any other major purchase without both Mother and Dad agreeing They usually asked us kids what we thought I remember some (Hetty big squabbles hut we didn’t buy any big item unless we could agree And I was punished if I pushed Sis around just because I was bigger Nobody in my family was in the Legislature It would be a mistake if Republicans and Democrats agreed on everything We are better off when we have two strong parties But I think we have every ripht to expect them to refrain from playing "gotcha" And we deserve bipartisan support on the big things affecting our future — like buying a pickup in a good year Dad only went through the third grade He taught himself to read the newspaper and balance his check book He winked hard and his kids made it through college He knew enough to get the farm iti shape during a good year And he knew not to buy a bull with defective genes Three days before he died I took him (o the doctor As we sat at a stoplight penned in by four lanes of traffic hie said “Thad we got to do something about all these cars If we don't this ain’t gonna be a fit place to live" D-S- cold enough The Ice Rink at Merlin Olsen Park was operating It's free It's fun For so short a time Perhaps two weeks and then melt sets in Think about this! When not if the ice sheet is built there is no Olympic-siz- e worry about outside temperatures The sheet will be available always for skating for lessons for practice for contests for just folding around and enjoying the grace of moving on ice Janet Borg director of the nonprofit organization with diligent effort and help has raised $22 million Total need is approximately $58 million We have a challenge grant of $15 million which will be lost if the entire cost is not raised by Dec 31 1999 The clock ticks Days weeks months slip off the calendar Our Cache Valley Citizens will be proud to have such an ice arena here It will he used to the max Probably it will draw skaters from afar who will come skate stay over and skate again making local merchants hotelmotel mangers and owners and restaurateurs ecstatic You may he interested to know information and pledge sheets are available on the outside wall rack at the volunteer office at Smith Food Center This project knows no differences in creed culture and ethnicity Everyone is welcome to donate whatever they feel is appropriate to their expected involvement Kids with a nickel or dime teens with whatever adults with a dollar or more It all adds up and everybody wins You all can with pride announce “I helped build this beautiful ice sheet" With your help we will see it come to fruition Time slips aWay Go to the post office and watch this happen on the countdown tick-toc- k clock Tick-toc- k Isabel Katana Justin Thompson Providence National Governor's Conference and keep open space It was strongly pushed Lake City It by Ralph Becker ByThadBox I come from a long line of starvation fanners and ranchers We grew most of our food and scrounged to get enough money to buy school clothes and go to the picture show We borrowed money for the farm tractor pickup and sometimes for seed and fuel Most years we passed with votes from both parties Evan Olsen Ward made an impassioned speech in its favor and voted for it So did Eli Anderson who represents the west side of Cache Valley They are both farmers Loraine Pace voted against it She lives in town So did Craig Buttars a Republican farmer who represents the made enough to north end Porqud? Quito sabe live on pay the Evan Olsen with bipartisan help got interest and put a his farmland bill through the house But little toward the the Senate Republican leaders two of principal Drought whom are real estate brokers refused to years we went let the Senate vote on it There was even in debt deeper bipartisan support to build some needed Occasionally state buildings and they passed a $54 we got an extra million bonding bill to do it Maybe they rain at the right were influenced by the same philosophy time or prices were good and we had a surplus That as Dad’s banker And there were some partisan squabwas the year that we bought a new pickup or built a fence We would try to pay bles The Governor wanted his Legacy a little extra on the principal to get our Highway The Democrats said that bull debt down but first we improved our is defective send him to the sausage factory The Republicans said let’s feed ability to stay on the farm I remember wondering why the banker who hounded him some more and see if he grows out us to pay up during the bad years wanted of it The feds said you know you can’t to loan us more money when we had a put bull on wetlands defective or not The Democrats wanted to take the good year One of those good years Dad thought sales tax off food They said that was a we should buy a registered Hereford bull lot better than exempting taxes on ski lift to improve the quality of our calves The equipment and steel mills The Republibull he wanted was blocky low to the cans said let’s give a little money back ground and the prettiest thing you ever on income taxes and keep taxes on food saw The county agent told us that line of another year or two I came out ahead I’ll get almost enough back to have dinHcrefords carried a dwarf gene Using that pretty bull would make our cow’s ner at the Grapevine That woman I saw and unfit for our at the grocery store with five kids and offspring short-leggdry range We didn’t buy a bull we two grocery carts may have to wait a bought a used Farmall M tractor instead couple of yean That pushy woman Democrat Jan For the first time in many years we have budget surpluses at die national and Graham wanted to use the tobacco education and to state level In addition Utah received money for over $800 million as a windfall from the treat illnesses The Republicans showed tobacco settlement Do you think it is her Largely along party lines they tried to cut her budget Then they drafted a time to buy a new pickup? Now that the legislative session is bill in secret and passed it to prevent the over let’s see how our representatives attorney general ever again filing a civil acted in a good year Some of them suit against tobacco or any other business thought about the future Keith Gam And what about the $800 million plus? introduced the Quality Growth Act that will help manage growth and The Governor bragged about it at the ed anti-smoki- Logan raaldant Thad Box's column appears on the Opinion paga every other Wednesday Ha can ba emailed at ttxMOccuaunilu Lawmakers US SENATE-UTA- 83702(208)334-156- H Sen Robert Bennett Republican — US Senate Washington DC 20510 4 Utah office: 4225 Federal (202) S State St Salt Lake City 125 Building 224-544- 3 UT 84138 (801) Sen Orrfn Hatch 524-593- Republican — US Senate Washington DC 20510 (202) 1 Utah office: 8402 Federal Building 125 S State St Salt Lake City UT 224-525- 84138(801)524-438- 0 US SENATE-IDAH- (801)538-103- 5 US HOUSE-UTA- H James V Hansen Republican — Represents 1st Congressional District which Includes Cache County Washington office: US House of Rep- resentatives Washington DC 20515 2466 Rayburn Building (202) 2254)453 Utah office: 1017 Federal Building 324 25th St Ogden UT 84401 2 or (801) 625-56393-836- US O 40 Larry Craig Republican — SD-Room 3 Washington DC 20510 (202) 2 Idaho office: 303 N 8th Street 6 Room 338 Boise ID 83703 (208) B 224-614- 334-177- HOUSE-IOAH- Michael Crapo Republican — 0 Dirksen Senate Office Building WashingG-5- ton DC 20510 (202) 224-275- 2 O Mike Simpson Republican — Represents 2nd Congressional District which includes Franklin County 437 Cannon House Office Building Washington DC Senate District 24 (Box Elder Cache counties) — Peter C Knudaon City 1209 Michelle Drive Brigham City UT 5 84302 Home phone Senate District 25 (Cache Rich Summit counties) — Lyle W HHIyard 175 E 100 North Logan UT 84321 Home 723-203- phone 753-004- business 3 752-261- 0 Boise ID 83720 To write your representative The Honorable John Doe Idaho House of Representatives Statehouse Boise ID 83720 654-376- Craig Buttars 258-501- UT 540 8 1600 84320 Home phone IDAHO SENATE Senate District 32 (Includes Franklin County) — Robert L Geddes 370 Mountain View Drive Soda Springs ID 83276 Springs 5 House District 4 (Cache Rich counties) — Lorslne Pace 435 E 900 4 North Logan UT 84321 Phone 3 Fax House District 5 (Cache) — Evan L Olsen Wsrd 2009 S 3200 West 4 Young Ward UT 84339 Home phone 753-615- 753-501- IDAHO HOUSE House District 28 (includes Franklin County) — Robert C Geddes UTAH HOUSE 7235 orable John Doe State Representative State Capitol Salt Lake City Utah 841 14 334-195- To write your senator: The Honorable John Doe Idaho Senate 8tatehouaa 752-430- UTAH SENATE 225-553- House District 1 (Cache Box Eider and Tooele counties) — Rep Eli Anderson 8790 W Highway 102 T remon0 ton UT 84337 Home phone House District 3 (Cache County) — West Lewiston To call the Utah House of Representa9 tives: (801) To writs s Utah representative: The Hon- 2 Idaho Room 149 Boise ID To write your senator at the Senate: The Honorable John Doe Utah State Senator Room 319 State Capitol Salt Lake City UT 84114 1 Idaho office: (202) 304 N 8th Room 325 Boise ID 83702 3 (208) 20515-120- office: 304 N 8th St To call your Utah senator at the Senate: 0 538-102- 'WtiAroput WHO fcasoaxr- - Hs KwerwftAotrte V cm Hfc W To call your Idaho senator at the Senate or your representative at the House: cal and ask for the person by W ceila4o& arfr OSb wy OP VO& Ute (tewfos of mv Comxttotoks-- vmc&r Nssi I MBBIMiaaBS V ’MMKfNr Of— j-- iihihb ol 1 The Opinion pap la Intendad to acquaint readeri with a vanity oi viewpoint on matter ol public Importance and provide mambara of the community with a forum for their views Peraorwl columns cartoons and letters from raadara reflact tha opiniona of ttwir wrilara and creatora Editorial under tha haadlng TJur View represent the vtewe of the Herald Journal editorial board Member of the editorial board: BRUCE SMJTHpubiieher CHARLES McCOLLUMmanaging editor MIKE WENNERORENfcNy editor CINDY YURTHleaturee editor ID 83263 847-287- Herald Journal Ofey 2600 West Preston 852-137- Mallard Fillmore " N Home and business phone 6 House District 32 (includes Franklin County) — John Tippets 65 E Center St 6 Bennington ID 83254 Home phone IDAHO naira The Herald Journal welcomee letters to the editor Potentially Kbaloue or often aiv letter wi not be published however and the editor reaervea the right to edit aS letter to conform to the length and style requlrementa of the newapaper Letters ahouid bo: Typewritten and double-space- d No more than 450 word In length Addreeeed and Include daytime phone number lor purpoaee of verification Signed by the author Indlvtduat are fended to one pubdahed letter within any 3tMay period AddroaeE-tna- l letters to hjtetterOhjnewacom Quasi commentaries are also welcome and are run at the editor's discretion |
