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Show Pleasant Grove ReviewLindon New Utah! - Wednesday, September 12, 2001 - Page 4 Opinion i An attack on I Just before 9 a.m. yesterday yes-terday morning, our world changed forever. ; The cowardly attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, using hijacked airliners filled with passengers as weapons, alters the rules by which we will live our lives. ; Millions watched the events unfold on television, televi-sion, as billows of smoke covered Manahattan and . the riverbanks of northen Virginia. This singular episode will rank forever with some of the most notable tragedies in history-Tuesday's attack had ramifications worldwide, as air transportation was shut down in many countries coun-tries and the international money market was brought to a standstill. Even greater ramifications, ramifica-tions, however, will be in our perception that we live in a relatively safe society. The implications will reverberate throughout Utah as we continue preparations to host the world in the 2002 Winter Olympic Games, which will provide a very attractive attrac-tive target for similar acts of terrorism. When the weapons used by terrorist groups are our own aircraft, no city is safe from similar terrorist attacks. Utah Sen. Robert Ben Constancy amid changes Last week Mother Nature slam-dunked us into fall. After a summer of continuous daily highs near and above 90, a cold front blew in and the thermometer ther-mometer didn't even reach 70. It was cloudy, chilly, and blustery (but still no rain.) While on my early morning walk I got goose bumps for the first time in months. I had to close my windows because of the chilly wind. It died away by evening, so I reopened re-opened a few of them. I like the fresh air and I enjoy being lulled to sleep by the crickets' summertime serenade. Due to all the trees and brush in my yard, I think I have one of the best cricket orchestras in the county. But I heard no crickets. Not a single chirp. All was silent except for an occasional barking of a dog or passing of a car. No crickets! That's a sudden end to summer. Usually fall kind of sneaks up on us. Temperatures gradually decrease, often to our relief. First one leaf turns red, then one bush, and then the whole mountainside is ablaze in color. After that, the trees in town begin to dress in colorful autumn leaves before shedding them for winter. The calendar says it's still summer, and Timpanogos is still wearing her summer colors of green and brown. I'm still wearing wear-ing my shorts and T-shirts. She's not yet ready for fall and neither am I. I took a pre-sun-rise peek at her rocky summit on that first crisp morning, somewhat expecting the tip to be dusted with snow. I saw only Pleasant Grove Review NewUtah! TSSN" So. l.r2 1-6861) a.'.S.P.S. No. 4.'i.r)-780i 59 West Main American Fork, Utah 84003 American soil nett typified Tuesday morning as the terrorists' version of Pearl Harbor. It is an apt analogy. There is no doubt now that our country is at war, and that it will attempt to respond as it did in 1941, mounting major offensives against terrorist organizations throughout the world in response to yesterday's attack. The difference, however, is that this war will be fought on our home territory, terri-tory, as well as abroad. Advances in technology have brought it right to our doorsteps. Our sympathy goes out to the families of the tens of thousands who lost their lives in Tuesday's attack. Our determination now must be to make certain this can never happen again both by fortifying our shores and by launching launch-ing counterattacks on the groups responsible for the events of Tuesday morning, morn-ing, and destroying their ability to wage war of any kind on American soil or anywhere else. This attack can take away our sense of security, but we must not allow it to rob us of our resolve to respond as a unified nation to protect our shores and to eradicate those responsible in the most direct manner possible. possi-ble. the familiar rocky peaks, no snow yet. Gray will be covered cov-ered with white soon enough. Wisps of fog were nestled among Timpanogos' peaks another reminder that change is in the air. The action at my hummingbird humming-bird feeders is changing, too. Just a couple of weeks ago these brightly-hued birds dodged and darted nimbly amongst the feeders. That brilliant rascal, "King Rufous" was chasing every hummer in sight from "his" feeder. Much of his competition compe-tition is gone, the migration to their winter residence has begun. King Rufous doesn't come around as much these days. The few hummers who still frequent our feeders are a bit fatter, a little slower. These little guys need to pack away a lot of energy for their long migration to Mexico. Soon all of them will be gone and we'll wash and pack away the feeders for next year. Change happens. Mother Nature gives us small changes throughout the year to help us deal with the inevitable big changes that come our way. Birth, death, gains, losses, sorrow, sor-row, joy. Yet that same Mother who teaches through change, gives us constancy as well. The sun does rise again, even after the darkest of nights. The winds do calm. The seasons change and summer will return. A member of NATIONAL NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION t a ;&GjriMHM4&LriHi3 Come and celebrate PI. Grove's heritage The annual Heritage Festival is this week, beginning with a program pro-gram tonight and then the Saturday activities at the park. There are so many things planned that it would be a shame to miss out. Last year there was probably a little more excitement because it was Pleasant Grove's 150th birthday birth-day celebration. But this year the Wednesday night program will be exciting in its own way because we will be celebrating the Olympics coming to Utah. The theme is "Pleasant Grove Welcomes the World: The World is our Heritage." Part of Wednesday night's program pro-gram will include the largest flag raising ceremony in Pleasant Grove's history, and all scout groups in the city are invited to participate. The Olympic Mascots will also be there and families from each neighborhood will march in a parade dressed in ancestral costumes. The evening will conclude with fireworks. This would be a great family activity, so plan to attend. Kids will especially enjoy the mascots and fireworks, as well as the music. It's Joseph Smith and the Bible- Part 2 We have to realize that in today's world few people actually study the Bible. Jeffrey Marsh mentioned that in a multiple choice survey given to college students the top answer to the question, "Who was Noah's wife?" was "Joan of Arc." Thanks to a pernicious interpretation interpre-tation of the doctrine of separation, our public school children are prohibited pro-hibited from studying the greatest literature in the world. And by the time they reach college and actually can study it as literature, it is presented pre-sented merely as religious myth that has little basis in actual history. histo-ry. As we learn more about ancient history and cultures, we find many "mythical" similarities with the Old and New Testaments. Scholars are quick to use these similarities to discredit dis-credit the Bible. If the teachings of Jesus or Moses were original revelations, revela-tions, how come they show up in so many other ancient cultures? Since LDS doctrine teaches that the gospel has been in the world from the very beginning, discoveries of and similarities to Biblical teachings teach-ings in other cultures actually confirm con-firm rather than deny the truth and historicity of the Bible. This is why LDS scholars have shown greater interest in the Dead Sea Scrolls, for example, than perhaps others. They find confirming witnesses of Joseph Smith's translations and of Biblical and Book of Mormon history while others may fear they are only confirming con-firming the myth that the Bible is nothing more than myth. Latter-day Saints also believe the Book of Mormon is a modern day witness of the truth of the Bible (see Personal rights? Editor: The "takings clause" or "eminent domain" of the 5th Amendment to the Constitution was offered as a way of obtaining properties needed for health, safety, morals, and the general welfare of its citizens. The Utah Legislature has worked for fairness in this most difficult area even to appoint a Private Property Ombudsman, Craig Call, to offer protection against illegal takings. It doesn't matter who you are, this could happen to you. The situation of the Harvey Property in Cedar Hills is very disturbing. dis-turbing. As I have read, the Harvey's Har-vey's have been great citizens in contributions to society through legislative leg-islative and school board service along with other acts of church and civic duty. They were called to lead an LDS Mission and while they were gone Cedar Hills decided to rezone in their absence. By such an action, the Harvey's lost not only due process, but their property. The idea of holding land for yourself and your posterity is high on the minds of many. Cedar Hills selectively now uses their police powers to take the Telephone Numbers Circulation .". 375-5103 News & Advertising 756-7669 Publisher Brett Bezzant Managing Editor Marc Haddock City Editor Karh Poyfair Subscription price S26 ' per year IVriorlic;ils I'ostiic I'iiid at. American Fork, I Hah POSTMASTER: send address change to 59 West Main. American Fork. Utah 84003 Deadlines Classified Advertising . . Tuesday, nocii Display Advertising Monday. 5 p.m. News Monday. 2 p m. Missionaries Monday. 2 pm. Weddings Monday. 2 pm Letters to the Editor . . Monday. 10 am Sports Monday. 10 a m Community Calendar . .Monday. 10 a.m. Obituaries Tuesday. 1 1 am free and the pre-show will begin at 6:45 p.m. and the program will begin at 7:30 at the Pleasant Grove High School Stadium. The Heritage Festival will then be concluded on Saturday at the Pleasant Grove Downtown Park. I think this is one of the most fun city celebrations. I took my kids to the Heritage Festival last year and they had so much fun. Each neighborhood neighbor-hood sets up their own booth with activities for kids. We got to make butter, candles and many other things. We got to sample fresh apple cider and even got to turn the crank . on the apple press. The weather was perfect last year, and hopefully it will be again this year. There will also be a breakfast sponsored by the Pleasant Grove Lions Club from 7 to 11 a.m. There's also a Doll, Quilt and Craft show. A 2 Nephi 13:38-40) One of the strangest examples of these confirming witnesses comes from Qumram IV Enoch (Q4En) of the Dead Sea Scrolls. In the words of Hugh Nibley: "What always impressed me as the oddest detail of the Joseph Smith account of Enoch was the appearance out of the blue of the name of the only non-biblical individual indi-vidual named in the whole book Mahijah (Moses 6:40). Mahijah is the one who asks Enoch searching questions, and in answer is told about the place Mahujah, where Enoch began this particular phase of his mission (Moses 7:2). It was therefore with a distinct shock of recognition that, after having looked through all but the last of the Aramaic Ara-maic Enoch fragments without finding find-ing anything particularly new, and coming to those very last little fragments, frag-ments, I found the name of Mahujah leaping out of the pages again and again." He goes on to explain how through alternate translations, Mahujah and Mahijah are really the same name and then writes, "So what? A coincidence a giant or a Watcher called Mahujah or Mahi- Reader's Forum land. The complication comes in the use of the land which encourages and entices Cedar Hills to do this taking. The actual price of the land adjoining the Harvey's is much higher than the City is willing to pay and so by taking this action perhaps Cedar Hills will force a sale at a much lower price. The "use" which is a city park leaves one wondering about "health, safety, morals, and general welfare of its citizens" for Cedar Hills to use this heavy handed action. It should be understood that there is a cost in this action. Using the power of eminent domain, the city council encumbers all of the citizens cit-izens of the community since it appears doubtful that this purchase can be done without bonding. The other cost is legal fees which will never be recouped by any of the parties. par-ties. As part of this feeding frenzy and flush with money, the Alpine School District last week made their move to secure a segment of the property through condemnation for a new school, the second to be built in Cedar Hills in a very short time. The school location is questionable question-able but the opportunity to "take" By Mail P.O. Box 7, American Fork, UT 84003 In Person 59 W. Main, American Fork new event this year uHliK, drensDoll Show. anH v;j " their favorite doll, C f. also hoping there will iJTW B U11UW. lras ., lie? ir. l i walk, only instead of 7 cake, the luckv gets to a out a aoii. We tried last ZZ w M but -year to uiuni ana m, j.., get one of the rH,, jif Another activity not to b,;. ie xoutn Theatre's u j 1 "Wagon Wheels VvW tion started last week anH J'-' through Saturday. - There are many more j; planned too many for n!fl. inhere. in-here. For a complete list 0fa2. please see our articles on the page, or you can go to the dtv site at www.dIctovp site ,w f : u:; 6-iv- w acc wua(, was there ari waS a complete schedule events as well as lots of pictu iheres no excuse t.n nnt these activities. It's a great oorT nity to get together with fneS neighbors and have a fim f, .j. ii juu mere. jah. But far more than a coincide when taken in its context. Theonl5;'i,S thing the Mahijah in the Book ickss Moses is remarkable for is his J. 3 ting of bold direct questions i' Enoch, thus giving the patriarch aj " opening for calling upon theper,!,'-' to repent, referring them to the Mf' of remembrance, and telling them $3 the nlnn nf snlvntinn iJn:.P' exactly the role, and the only KJ that the Aramaic Mahujah play 4-1 nnu r i " wic Dwiy. me iiaine is IOUM in mi ot the other Lnoch texts and nei is the story: it is peculiar to the rlie sion Joseph bmith gave us andtM oldest known Enoch manuscraa ("A Strange Thing in the Land.M Return of the Book of Enoch, 13," Ensign, Aug. 1977, p. 64) Once we get over the Biblical illiteracy, other obstatli j.ot keep us from obtaining all that tl e: 93 N Lord has revealed. Without Jostf Smith, many sacred texts wi ':mt have been lost forever. And tk ; scle there is the problem of translation i Ifef Rarely can scriptural passages! '') translated into another languaj! ttlkdlUUU JLL1 1111.11 JJim"W . or another, lhe concept ot dim sedi inerrancy is impossible to defy1 '' unless we believe that God is son how watching over the process.ll ' is true of any modern translation the Bible just as it is of the Boo!; Mormon or, in this case, the Josef Smith Translation of the Bible. Jfetvi : til be side ice Although these scholarly M.ty 'mations to the accuracy ot Wt Smith's translations and tions can never be substituted the witness of the spirit, they do csH firm that Someone is indeed mjefesl ing over us. Mi this property at a much lower p IS Uie Iliuuvauuu. , nnt nassed the bond, Alpine ' li. 4-.-..irtTi Han rne lk' District would not have beenffi'J position to violate the hf these individuals. . i TV ic i'c n nt the first tirof--1 there have been needs em by diflerent governing j Most work to negotiate and j differences and pay a W V without the use of eminent : i It is just the reverse m thu-r.; I am quite appauw -living in Cedar Hills who r ed to me that they are ; servative" and are for therv the people would allow tlu These are the same indivi-booed indivi-booed the Governor and -Hatch, but when reahtie ; with this case, where are m. found? , ; Cedar Hills and :;; School District should their actions since wriar done is contrary to w r ,;, practices in their own , me ty is the key wording There may be those jfcnta don't understand wruH - The keyword Vff. Utah House ofRepres' lSentat'v' i incite- . 0; We wfilmmp Ipttprs tn thp editor. 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