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Show www m w w r r p v rirr THE PARK RECORD A-15: SATURDAY, MAY 27, 2000 ST EDITORIAL Glenwood opens gates to past It is literally, a diamond in the rough. The Glenwood Cemetery is nestled in a tinv meadow at the base of Park City Mountain Resort, between a pair of modern condominium condomini-um projects. Ten years ago it was nearly overrun over-run with weeds and the gravestones, most of which had toppled over, were nearly invisible. invisi-ble. Now. thanks to the efforts of the Gienwood Cemetery Association and many community volunteers, it is a charming treasure trea-sure trove of monuments to Park City's pioneers. pio-neers. Last Saturday and today, members of the association have been laboring to groom Glenwood's modest plots and clear the wild-flower-lined paths for Memorial Day visitors. On Monday, the once-forgotten weed patch, now adorned with handsome wrought-iron gates, will be sparkling with rain-washed foliage, classic American flags and bouquets from relatives. The weekend promises to be a reunion for dependents of Park City's earliest residents and a reminder that, in our quest to become a world class resort, the past should not be forgotten. for-gotten. Everyone, including recent transplants to LETTERS TO THE EDITOR the area, should take some time to commune with the spirits that now inhabit the city's oldest old-est cemetery. For here, among the fraternal order markers and the tiny children's headstones, head-stones, is an important key to Park City's character. ' The inscriptions on the gravestones paint a portrait of the city's hard-scrabble beginnings and its close family ties. In fact, the stories are repeated in many of Summit County's small community cemeteries children struck down by diseases that have since been nearly , eradicated, families ravaged by epidemics, fathers killed in mining or logging accidents. Glenwood serves both as a reminder of how far we have come and how much we stand to lose. Local workers no longer toil underground 363 days a year and, yet, the economy is thriving. But the town has become so homogeneous, it risks losing the unique flavor that drew us here. Our thanks are due to all of those who have worked over the years to preserve this nugget of history. Perhaps the best way to thank them is to continue to preserve Glenwood and to remember the price that was paid to become as successful as we are todav. THE LAVA LAMP LIGHTS AND WAVY GRAVY SIREN ARE NICE, BUT THE "HERBAL HEALING LOVE BUS" REALLY ISN'T REALLY AN AMBULANCE.' A family's gratitude Dear Friends; To all friends, past and present, from Park City and elsewhere. It is often said that we get out of life what we put into life. Linda Singer Berrett put a lot into her hie and those she touched responded in kind, not only during the last months of her life, but throughout what was a short but very rich and full life. Linda lived most of her adult life in Park City. Park City is truly a community of caring car-ing people. HTiik we will try to thank each and every one of you individually, if we miss someone, here is one big Thank You. Of course, in this case, words are not enough. Our goal will be to respond in kind, guided by the example that Linda set. We tU trv to give to others as Linda gave to us all. Lindsay Singer Dean S. Berrett Another look at the UUHN situation Editor: ". ' - I would like to follow- up my last letter on the University Park City PhysiciaaUUHN debate. After the publication of that letter, it was brought to my attention details of the PC. physicians' concerns. It became painfully obvious to me that this conflict is much more complex than it appears on its face. From my perspective, it is going to take more than public debate and demonstrations demon-strations to resolve this issue. I want to apologize if my comments were interpreted as a criticism of the integrity of the University Park City Physician Group. That was not my intent It is my hope this issue is resolved quickly for the benefit of our community and all those involved. Dr. Vanessa Brown Lauretta Dealing with sudden death Editor I commend Rev. Tom O'Connor and The Park Record lot encouraging the public to educate themselves on what their choices are, should the unfortunate sudden death, or tragic accident, occur in their lives. None of us ever likes to acknowledge that we will be in this tough spot, but it b so important to understand what your options are in these types of difficult situations. I faced such a situation when my father died unexpectedly in rural Connecticut many years ago. Dialing 911 didn't get me anywhere, any-where, but luckily for me, the rural location meant that the caring woman who answered my distress call probably broke every bureaucratic rule to get me help. To this day, I will never forget ner compassion. None of us plans these situations, and we need to understand that often there are lim-ited lim-ited resources to help us in such dire times of need, when we are rarely level-headed. My personal experience gave me a deep appreciation for a bunch of folks in Litchfield. Conn., w ho broke a lot of w Tit-ten Tit-ten roles to help me deal with a very tough situation. I know I was very lucky, and without bias, had this happened in California, where litigation is a hobby, I wouldn't have been so fortunate. Bottom line. Dad was dead, but these folks acknowledged that I was a human with emotions that I didn't even know how-to how-to express, and they took unbelievable care of me. It made the w hole situation a lot easier eas-ier to accept. 1 encourage all readers to make the time to listen to Rev. O'Connor's presentation on May 31 at the Park City Library and Education Center. How comforting to know that there are folks right in your backyard who are making mak-ing it their priority to prepare us for these unplanned tragedies be thankful! We Pai kites are blessed with a community that never stops embracing the wonderful folks that are at the heart of this very, very special spe-cial place. Nancy Seraphln Unfortunately, we can't afford this machine. We politely ask you buy this machine for the Olympics. The city w ill use it because of all of the pollution. If we don't recycle, the world will become a trash dump. Please help us. Sincerelv. Tom Chapman Racial hypocrisy Editor I applaud Jay Hamburger's May 24 article arti-cle concerning Father Bussen and the Latino community. Park City is quite fortunate fortu-nate to have at least one community leader stand up to the racial hypocrisy that surrounds sur-rounds our town. We try to paint ourselves as an open resort tow n ready to welcome the nations of the world to the Obmpics, but the reality is that we are an exclusive bunch of uppity Anglos afraid of a different culture and language. It is a sad commentary commen-tary on Park City that only a small segment of our community understands and appreciates appreci-ates the Hispanic culture. With regard to the Gty Park situation (if it is a situation), most Parkites could learn something by w atching Latinos. Most of the Latinos actually know each other, they bring their families with them, and I've seen nothing but smiles on their faces. Maybe it's just that Park City is becoming a Mecca of w ealthy cow ards and covert racists. You teB me. I do know that not much has changed since the 199? mayoral election when His panics became an issue after the mayor himself insulted them over the airwaves of KPCW (the infamous "drunken Mexican" comment) and the Board of Realtors issued a memo to candidates asking them what steps they would take "to solve the immigration immi-gration situation" in order to keep up our "quality of life." I don't remember an apology apol-ogy ever being issued in either instance. But hold your horses, kids. I'm not blaming blam-ing everything on our fair locals. The local GUEST EDITORIAL Student recycling May they not have died in vain ' .... to r Dear Honorable Mayor and City Council. I am a fifth grader at Jeremy Ranch Elementary School Our school recently demo'd a No. 6 foam and plastic machine. This machine uses a chemical substance that breaks down the foam and plastic into a gel. First the machine shreds the plastic, then it sprays the plastic with chemicals and the plastic is broken down into a gel Our school couldn't buy it and so we must return it to the company. As a community, com-munity, we ask that you please buy the machine for the city. I know that many of my neighbors dont recycle plasties because the closest place is Hogle Zoo. There are too many people who dont recycle and my friends and I are frustrated and worried. With the Olympics coming as a city we need to set an example. People from all over the world will be coming to Park City and if we dont start taking some action with the environment around us, Utah will be ashamed. This foam machine is one step closer to reaching t goal of more recycling in our community. Please, your city is counting on you. Buy the machine. Thank you for your support. Sincerelv. UKanDubW City should buy foam machine Dear Honorable Mayor and Gty Council, I am 11 years old I am a 5th-grade student stu-dent at Jeremy Ranch EJementary SchooL Our class had a science class about recycling. recy-cling. We think that Utah should start recycling. recy-cling. We have a machine in our cafeteria. It melts down and compacts foam. We then take it to the recycling center. by BISHOP DAVID R. BROWN More than one million men and women have lost their lives fighting for freedom in the U.S. armed forces. We can never reimburse reim-burse the price they paid. We can summon no words to allay the pain of their loved ones. We can. and we should, honor America's w ar dead on Memorial Day. We, as beneficiaries of America's departed depart-ed heroes, should make three pledges on Memorial Day to ensure that the Supreme Sacrifice of our nation's w ar dead will never be in vain. The first pledge we should make is to By the U.S. Flag and to participate in our community's com-munity's commemorative events. America's patriots shed their blood in defense of our nation's core values of freedom, justice and equality as well as the U.S. Flag that symbolizes sym-bolizes our values. Memorial Day should unify all Americans in solemn tribute to those who did not come marching home, and to consecrate the principles for which they fought. the second pledge we should make is to teach our children and grandchildren that the freedoms they may take for granted were purchased by incredible sacrifice. When we lead by example, by bringing our children and grandchildren with us to Memorial Day public observances, we teach the leaders of tomorrow that freedom is not free. The third pledge is to participate in our democracy in order to give present-day patriots the best opportunity to triumph against evil. Today's troops form the light of hope that pierces the darkness of tyranny, but that light is growing dun due to inadequate inade-quate military spending and a foolhardy defense policy. Safeguarding the bounty of one million war e'ead is a miutcry that a smarting far a 300 percent increase in deployments and a one-third decrease in active-duty strength since 1987. This is a military mil-itary receiving fewer tax dollars, as a per centage of gross domestic product, than the military that suffered the Japanese attack on Peart Harbor. Dec 7, 1941. We must act as if Memorial Dav 20LD is Dec 6, 1941; as if "We the People" have an opportunity to deter aggression, save lives, and give our men and women in uniform a fighting chance. We must demand that our congressional representativ es aad our president presi-dent reverse the declining readiness of the armed forces. Our telephone calls, e-mails, faxes and letters to congress and to the White House can reverse the neglect that erodes our military, threatens national security secu-rity and endangers the values for which Americans gave their lives. These contemporary pledges flow from the earliest traditions of Memorial Day. Southern women in the spring of 1865 planted plant-ed Qowers on the graves of Confederate w ar dead. Gen. John Logan, commander m chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, an organization of Union veterans, ordered his group to decorate the graves of Union troops on a uniform date in 18t& The? and other commemorations would give nse to the first national Memorial Day observance on May 30. 18. at Arlington National Cemetery. Gen. James Garfield, keynote speaker for the observance, said those who lost their lives fighting for freedom engaged in the ultimate expression of humanity's "highest virtues." The general was right! More than one million men and women, preponderantly of modest means and infinite infi-nite courage, sacrificed all of their tomorrows tomor-rows while fighting for America's unifying "virtues." Surely we can honor their sacrifice, sacri-fice, transmit the values for wnich they fought, and preserve' the "common defense' that is liberty's backbone. By our vigilance, the sacrifices of America's departed heroes shall never be m vain. Bishop Dan! ft Brtmn is national chaplain chap-lain of die ZUhniihon mem.' yr American Legion, tike nanon's largest veterans organh zaaon. ih TOCOrd Asked on Main Streat Th3 city council nssds to trim its budget What do you fesl should be cut? ji JaacSchaSMr Park City "No more monet tor bdbouts or" McPohn Farm." Geergt ABstia Pork Oy "Advertiriof," t ,. r Jehal Pork City "Eliminate parking enforce nvt budget i i -A? BmnNartM Park Cay "Concentrate on road sattaag." Latinos must take steps to learn English. This will greatly improve both theu social and economic well being in the community. Now. I'm not one of those whacked-out "English-Only" fanatics but. by God. if I was moving to Spam, this first thing I'd do was to learn Spanish. So then. I apologize for my overuse of politically-correci terms in this letter, i.e. Launo. Hispanic, Anglo, etc To me the word Mexican is something to be proud of, just as the word American should be Ever the rabble rouser. J.B. 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