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Show IHH Strong laws save lives Appreciation given for a job well done Dear Editor I would like to tell Coach Mark Wootton how very much good he has done in this community over the past 13 years. It is hard to see him, and his family, leave this area. We have been very blessed by his being here. In the 23 years we have lived here, we have seen the football program go from being fair and mediocre to being excellent. Each human being is given gifts in this life. Some people were born to help others learn to play beautiful music, to dance, work complicated math problems, write books, sing, understand science, speak foreign languages, to decorate, fashion clothing, heal and care for the sick and hundreds of other things. Few people are good at doing all things. It's wonderful that there are so many diversities in humanity and I applaud our differences, whatever they are. Some people were born to coach one sport or another. It has been a great thing to have Coach Wootton be one of those coaches. I will admit that football is not important to everyone. In fact, it's probably not important to the majority of people. But for those hundreds of boys to whom it is important, Coach Wootton is a giant of a man. It has not been the most important thing to him to have a winning team, but to develop character in young men. Not every coach can take such a small group of kids, put them Dear Editor: 1 against schools times as big, and win games. He was able to do that because he loved the kids, and they would always give everything they could to do their best and more. 1 have talked to several people from many schools around the state who have been surprised to learn that the smoking, drinking and immorality so prevalent in their schools happens so rarely in ours. Credit goes to "goodly parents" of course, but also to good teach- ers, and in this case, a loving coach. A person is not a good coach by not being tough at times. A good coach or teacher expects the most out of his or her students. When this is done with genuine concern and care, miracles can happen in a young person's life. Coach Wootton has worked miracles in the lives of hundreds of young men in this community. He will be greatly missed here. He deserves the best in his new position at Mountain Crest, and they need to know that they are very lucky to have two-to-fo- . him. I know he will always care about the young people he has coached and taught here, but sometimes people have to get out of their "comfort zones" and take a chance on something new. May God bless you and keep you always, Coach Wootton, Melissa and kids. Elaine Lee, Fairview Resident feels treatment unfair Dear Editor: Saturday, March 6, was supposed to be a happy birthday for a birthday girl. Family members had called two weeks in advance to reserve four lanes and hold a birthday party at Sno Cap Lanes, Ephraim. Permission had been given to bring in cake and ice cream for the party, which would start at 1 p.m. People were there on time and were selecting bowling balls and renting shoes when the manager yelled, "If you aren't going to get going, you will have to leave." ..He also told them they could only use two lanes instead of the agreed upon four, even though it was written on the board, so 40 people bowled on two lanes. The manager could be heard yelling in the kitchen area, "All they are doing out there is cost- four-year-o- ld mg me money. Numerous people in the party had ordered food to eat while they were bowling and drinks were purchased throughout the one-hagame, which took two-an- d hours to bowl one game. One of the ladies in the party went and tried to talk to the manager but he avoided contact with her. He yelled out of the kitchen, "get your cake and ice cream and get out of here." After the manager had left the premises, one of the cooks came out and apologized to the lf party. My question is, "How were we costing them money, when we were paying to bowl plus ordering food and drinks?' We're told to support Sanpete businesses, but should we settle for mistreatment in order to do so? Dixie Petersen, Mt. Pleasant Reader clarities FV sewer project Dear Editor: I do not want to in any way detract from the accomplish- - The Pyramid 49 West Main Mt. Pleasant, UT 84647 ments of former Fairview City Mayor Gerald Hansen. However, I feel it needs to be pointed out that the sewer project going forth in Fairview at this time was started under the administration of former Mayor Ronald Giles. He also did a great job as mayor and city councilman. Blake Madsen, Fairview on edition of The Daily Herald a Pulitzer, Inc Newspaper recognize that there are those who have a philosophical argument against government mandates such as primary safety belt laws. But we have a need for traffic laws to protect people on the roadways and we cannot condone sacrificing the lives of our citizens at the altar of political philosophy. Health and safety laws epitomize our values about human life and the need to safeguard it. The legitimacy of other traffic laws is accepted because it is obvious that failure to obey such laws results in serious harm to ourselves and to others. Safety belt laws must not be the exception to this ideology. On the contrary: enacting primary safety belt laws proves that safety comes first, that life is valued. Health and safety professionals work doggedly to prevent roadway deaths within the Delivery Service News and Advertising Fax Dear Editor: In the past few years, the federal government has gone after, and rightly so, the top officials of some big company for, to put it bluntly, "raping and pillaging" the retirement funds of their employees. These are deplorable acts and the government was right to bring these people to task. Umm, now let me see, where was I? Oh yeah, is this not the same federal government that has done the same exact thing to the Social Security fund since the 1950s? USPS No. 365-58- 0 Published Thursdays by Pulitzer Newspapers, Inc., 49 West Main Street, Mt. Pleasant, UT 84647. Periodical postage paid Pleasant Mt. 84647. UT POSTMASTER: Send address changes to 49 West Main, Mt. Pleasant, UT 84647. Member: Audit Bureau of Circulations NEWSTAND PRICES 50( 'rices for the Salina Producers ivestock Auction March 2 are as ollows: Receipts: 1,336; last week: 1,603; ast yean 1,756. Feeder steers and eeder heifers: mixed wts under 450 lbs 8.00-10.higher; 450-55- 0 lbs 2.00-3.0- 0 lbs and 700-75- 0 0 lower. tighen other wts 1 Holstein steers: mixed but mostly steady; slaughter cows: firm to 1 .00 higher; slaughter bulls: steady on similar kinds, eeder steers: medium and large lbs scarce; 250-30- 0 frame 1:200-25- 0 lbs lbs scarce; 300-35- 0 350-40- 0 122.00-134.0lbs 114.50-127.0400-45- 0 lbs .00-2.0- EPHRAIM After four years of animal rescue work by herself and another four years of work with a group of volunteers, Randa Black, as president, and the Sanpete Animal Shelter, have decided to close their doors. This decision comes shortly after a heated County Planning and Zoning meeting last month, where Sanpete Animal Shelter was requesting a conditional use permit for their land west of town, which had been donated to them for their use. The meeting became heated when Ray Terry Larsen vehemently protested the shelter being there and the animal shelter realized they were starting to fight another "uphill battle". During the last four years, the shelter has played a big role in the No More Homeless Pets in Utah program and has won numerous awards for their achievements in animal welfare and rescue work. These volunteers have placed more than 1,500 dogs and cats into loving adopting families during that time. Most of these animals have come from Sanpete County and would otherwise have been put to death. 56.50-71.7- 67.50-67.7- 900-110- 5; lbs 0 5. 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Safety belt use is a proven way to save lives and prevent serious injuries and making this a mandatory practice proves that citizens and lawmakers are doing everything they can to protect people's lives in their make state. Louis R. DeCarolis, Ph.D., Lakewood, CO So can you say "double standard?' And should not the perpetrators be brought to task? In either case, it is the "little guy who ends up being the loser. I encourage you to write to your congressman and senators to leave Social Security alone. There are other expensive "give away" programs that our tax money is being squandered on that can be done away with to help slow the runaway deficit. Mayo Young, Spring City Sanpete County animal shelter permanently closes facility lbs pyramidavpro.com prevented. Government has double standard Market News 375-51- scope of existing law, but legislators can take it one step further and make it easier to do their jobs. In fact, lawmakers can do what these safety professionals cannot. Legislators can enact laws that save hundreds of thousands of lives each year. Every time a doctor or police officer is forced to make the long walk down the hallway or up the front porch steps to tell a family that their loved ones will never come home they wholeheartedly wish that motor vehicle tragedy could have been RUNAWAYREPORT 32.00-42.5- Slaughter butte yield grade 1: 1000-150- 0 1500-223- 0 lbs 53.25-57.0lbs 65.50-70.0yield grade lbs 48.50-51.02: 1000-1501500-223- 5 fos 53.50-61.50-. 0 Feeder bulls: lbs scarce, 0; 0; 0 0; 825-150- The euthanization rate in Sanpete County went down to less than seven percent, causing Sanpete to be considered a "nokill" county. The animal shelter volunteers have also succeeded in promoting the spaying, neutering and vaccinating of Sanpete's pets and ferral cats. In addition, each animal that was adopted out was also spayed or neutered and vaccinated before its adoption. Sadly, all of these accomplishments were not enough to continue the rescue work without the support of the county and city officials Randa and her volunteers believe that often they were doing the work that should have been done by the individual cities. Now that the animal shelter is closing its doors, the dogs and cats of Sanpete County will be the ones who will suffer, as many of them will be euthanized and more and more animals will be roaming the streets. Randa says that she is tired of fighting and that now the cities sill have to take back their responsibility and possibly build their own animal control facili- ty- "The cities will realize what we've been doing for them, when we are no longer there to do it." Randa states that she has no hard feelings for anyone in particular; she feels bad for the animals who will not be taken care of. Randa has asked no one call her anymore with animal questions or concerns. 1 1, 2004 Saturday morning at 10 a.m. could be found on a bicycle riding down the trail along the Virgin River. Jim didn't get in on this activity. He likes to stay up late and get up late. My kind of guy. Now approaching his 81st birthday, golfing is Jim's activity of choice. He pounds a Pinnacle brand golf ball down the middle of the fairways a couple of times a week. He is irritated when one of his "very religious" golf buddies fudges on his scorekeeping. I tell him that the poor guy needs some vices in his life. Once back from my bike ride, we hit IHOP for then decided "what the hey" - nobody's keeping track of us, let's go to the movies again. This time we hit a matinee showing of "The Best Two Years." This movie is also showing in Sanpete now. This is the latest offering in the "Mormon genre" of films. In my opinion this is the best one yet. (And I've seen most all of them since "God's Army broke the ice. In fact, my sister-in-lahas acted in a couple of them. Remember the Relief Society teacher in 'The R.M.?') Without leaving factual based missionary humor behind, "The Best Two Years" gets beyond worn out Mormon caricatures and green jell-- o jokes. It has a mostly realistic script and is acted and filmed well. The movie was based on Scott S. Anderson's stage play. The story follows four LDS missionaries who share an apartment in the city of Haarlem in Holland. The "work" is tough, faith is challenged, relationships are tested. I recommend this movie too. After the show, we did a little shopping. Then it was time for me to point myself north and head back to Sanpete. I hadn't been gone for 24 hours yet, but it was time to get home and make sure my kid survived a day of snowboarding. (This timing thing reminds me of something. When my wife came back home Monday night after having been gone to Japan on business, she arrived home in Sanpete BEFORE she left Tokyo. She departed Tokyo at 7:35 p.m., Monday evening, and arrived in Salt Lake at 3:38 p.m., Monday afternoon. Time zones can do wonders for saving time.) Anyway, it's nice to run away occasionally. Next time you're abandoned, tie your bike to the top of your car, put a little movie money in your pocket and take off...Merrill I I was abandoned over the weekend. My wife had left me again. She was out of the country on business. (Being alone isn't all bad. John Lithgow's character in the TV show "Third Rock" once said something like, "We're doing what all healthy couples do, spending quality time together apart from each other.") My only "still in the nest kid" also abandoned me. He took off with a bunch of Varsity Scouts for a weekend winter camp. I don't know whether you can call spending the night in a modem cabin a "camp" though. They went up on the mountain for the night and hit the slopes with their snowboards in Fairview Canyon on Saturday. So, being alone, I considered my options. Staying home alone was not a bad choice. I could have stunk up the house with liver and onions and no one would care. I could have on the stereo and put the turned up the volume and no one but the dog would com-- plain. Subscriptions and t Thursday, March PYRAMID THE 2 However, I knew there were dangerous risks if 1 stayed home, I would be susceptible to noticing all the jobs that need to be done around my place. Believe me there's plenty. I was just not in the mood to clean the garage, mop the kitchen floor, or haul a load to the land fill. No Sir Ree, Bob. The time was ripe - for running away. I ended up putting home and Sanpete in my rearview mirror. I made a run to visit Jim, my r-in-law, who lives in St. George. It only made sense that "birds of a feather should flock together." He's been alone for a while. He was "abandoned" by the passing of Iris wife and my mother-in-laa little more than a year ago. Friday night we went to the movies. "Hildalgo" is an entertaining show. It's currently showing in Sanpete and I recommend it. The story is based on events in the life of American cowboy Frank Hopkins. How much is hard fact and how much is "Hollywood," I don't know, but it is an engaging, epic movie experience. Hopkins had a reputation of winning endurance horse races on an "impure breed" mustang horse. Most of the movie takes place in the Arabian Desert as Hopkins and his horse Hildalgo challenge the best horses and riders in a centuries old endurance race. fathe- break-fastlunc- h, w Booking Report MANTI Activities on the Sanpete county Booking Report are as follows: March 1 Allen Paul Stevens, Fairview, was arrested in Manti by the Sanpete County Sheriff's Department on a Sanpete County Justice Court Warrant. Bail was set at $180. March 2 Jeffery Earl Goble, Gunnison, was arrested in Gunnison by the Gunnison Police Department on a Gunnison City Justice Court Warrant. Bail was set at $576.76. March 4 Shane Fred Walters, Mt. Pleasant, was arrested in Mt. Pleasant by the Mt. Pleasant Police Department on the charges of driving under the influence (DUI), driving on revocation and terroristic threats. Bail was set at $6,110. March 7 John William Gammon, Richfield, was arrested on State Road 89 by the Utah I lighway Patrol (UHP), on a Sanpete County Justice Court Warrant. Bail was set at $257. Antonio Aguilera Torres, Moroni, was arrested in Chester by the Sanpete County Sheriff's Department on the charges of forgery, unlawful sale or supply of alcohol to a minor, open container, no valid driver's license and no license plate. Bail was set at $6,180. Taylor Allen Dillman, Fairview, was arrested in Fairview by the Sanpete County Sheriff's Department on the charges of DUI, possession or consumption of alcohol by a minor and criminal mischief. Bail was set at $3,610. Jorge Murillo Torrez, Moroni, was arrested in Chester by the Sanpete County Sheriff's Department on the charges of open container of alcohol in vehicle, false report to law enforcement and possession of alcohol by underage person. Bail was set at $930. Baltazar Soto, Mt. Pleasant, was arrested on State Road 89 by the Sanpete County Sheriff's Department on the charges of DUI, failure to stop for police and speed violation. Bail was set at $6,800. |