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Show G K- n-" - r.. Opinion Expanding hospital services Barbies are a girl's best friend AiniTK .ui Fork. II -; .'. i! a."-I'ood a."-I'ood itnlii .iti':i t;. .it r. r::. 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Hut it isn't all ahout hahies. The expansion means the hospital hospi-tal will he adding more sophisticated, sophisti-cated, state-of the-art imaging technology including an MKI il is also activelv A r.-w e.i-t h.u-es a tat-- f t:. c -art. t-iiht-'t-t- J adult ir.'.'-r.-;'. care ur.:'.. w hich cares f .r acute!;.' ill ir.fdicaL surpcal a.-.J coronary care patients. The old parts of the hospital w;ll he rerr...iir!.-J throughout the summer to expand regular hospital hospi-tal care facilities into the portions por-tions of the old building that were formerly reserved for dehv- try ana pust-natai care. The hospit. recruiting r.ew specialists so it can provide cardiology and pul-m'jnology pul-m'jnology care that has previously previous-ly only been available at larger hospitals. The net result w ill be better health care closer to home for the tens of thousands of residents resi-dents who live in the north Utah County area. Growth in the area has been reflected in the growth in the hospital, as well. When American Fork Hospital was moved to the new site in 1981, there were 16 physicians on staff. That number has grown to over 200 in the last 21 years. The addition was needed. The $32 million is an investment in the community that expresses confidence and optimism in north Utah County's future, and helps to insure that the health of area residents w ill remain in good hands. Reparative therapy can help Hrett Ilezant is as courageous as he is correct in discussing reparative therapy. Since the gay establishment hijacked the moral conscience and commandeered the homosexual content of the American Psychiatric Association, truth alxmt gay issues now comes at a premium, including information informa-tion alxiut the U-nefit.s of reparative repara-tive therapy. Where truth regarding the gay agenda and lifestyle is concerned, American schools and society are, to Imutow' a phrase, kept from the truth because they know not where to find it. Scluxil children are often mise-ducated mise-ducated to U'lieve that gays are just like straights, no difference, and that Ix.th groups are loving, moral, contributing, caring, skilled and such. These claims, however accurate, obscure the greater truth, and the only truth that factually fac-tually distinguishes gays from straights their sexual preferences. prefer-ences. Gays seek their own gender for sexual gratification, and the result is often damaging or deadly. dead-ly. The only factor that can rightly define U'ing gay is sexual preference, prefer-ence, take away same-sex attractions attrac-tions and gays are straights. So long as gays are attracted to their own gender, the argument that gays are just like everyone else is invalid. Reparative therapy addresses this critical difference by offering gays a chance to live normally, with respect to their repnxiuctive choices. Reparative therapy is a useful deterrent to the psychological, emotional, social and physical toll paid by many memlvrs of the homosexual community. Because gays have a higher incidence of sexual promiscuity as a group some studies suggesting that gay men typically have between 500-UHX1 500-UHX1 or more sexual partners, the majority of which are one-timers gays experience greater risk of chronic, potentially fatal liver disease. dis-ease. They also experience higher rates of infectious hepatitis, which increases the risk of liver cancer, fivquent fatal rectal cancer, multiple multi-ple bowel and other infectious diseases. dis-eases. Gays also experience a much higher rate of addiction and suicide sui-cide than the general population (as much as 3.5 percent as compared com-pared to 12 percent' and a sigr.if.-cantly sigr.if.-cantly decreased likelihood, of establishing or preservm;: a successful suc-cessful marnace he-cause of the iBvlInniIiriiai) '""tEcn-"a frequency of sexual partners. Most concerning is the fact that gay men are at risk of a 25 to 30 year decrease in life expectancy. Satinover (1996) reported that 30 percent of all 20-year-old homosexual males would be HIV positive or dead by age 30. Homosexuality Homo-sexuality is not a lifestyle; it is for too many of our male population a death sentence. Sadly, half the men who are HIV positive today had their first sexual experience (most likely with a predatory male) at age 16, while 20 percent had their first sexual experience by age 10. How can this be if children chil-dren are valued in society? There are fringe groups within the gay culture such as NAMBLA North American Man Boy Love Association that are working to change the age of consent laws in America and elsewhere, to eliminate elimi-nate laws against pedophilia and to encourage adult-child love relationships. rela-tionships. Americans must hold thoughtful thought-ful and informed discussions about how such groups might be allowed to change law and culture. cul-ture. Holland has legalized homosexual homo-sexual marriage, pornography is rampant, and incest has doubled among children, especially young boys. Holland and history attest to the truth that when a society refuses to place constraints upon its sexuality, it struggles to protect its young from early sexual predatory preda-tory involvement and abuse. Homosexuals should be treated with dignity and respect, and allowed to enjoy their legal rights and protections under the law. However, society should not have to change just because gays want their sexual lifestyles legitimized. Reparative therapy is an honorable hon-orable way to deal with a sexual choice that puts one in opposition to God's law. goes contrary to an individual's biological nature, and contributes nothing of real substance sub-stance or value to society. If gay sex were eliminated from the planet, what would remain would be equally wonderful and individual heterosexuals. That is Reader's Forum the pr "niise et reparative tr.erarv to tr.ose who sincere. v seek its . i. d-.i ' co: One cf the best parts of having kids is that vou can indulge once a-'-n in some of vour iavonte cnild'hoJd activities.' My husband is er.;ov.r.g Ugos and video games or.ce'again thanks to our son. .And I get to play Barbies. When I w as vounger. I used to spend hours p'lavmg Barbies. I had tons of dolls, furniture, clothes and even a remote control Corvette. Golden Dream Barbie was mv favorite. She had a beautiful beau-tiful gold dress and she came with a little curling wand that you could curl her hair with. I was so happy to have my daughter Katelyn five years ago because I knew I would be able to buy more Barbie stuff for her when she got older. And just as I had hoped (or as my husband says, planned) she loves to play Barbies and in just a few short years has amassed quite a large collection. Pat, my husband, is having a little trouble with the whole Barbie Bar-bie thing though. First of all, he didn't grow up with any sisters. He can't understand why we need 20 Barbies that all look the same 'llTti f0 'in hale or whv there are so many- shoes and accessories. ' Katelvn and I know that you can never have too many clothe and that each Barbie looks different differ-ent in her own unique way. It's been funnv to watch her because as soon as she gets a new-Barbie, new-Barbie, it doesn't take long before she changes their clothes and takes the hair out of w hatever stvle it was in. She got a beautiful Wizard of Oz Dorothy doll for her birthdav and already the braids are out and the ruby slippers are on some other doll. For Christmas we got a Barbie Dream House. I say "we" because I was as excited to get one as Katelvn Kate-lvn was. She plays with it every day and sometimes even gets her older brother to play with her. Some people say little girls shouldn't play with Barbies because they will give them a dis- torted version of v should look like. But f 1 movies and fashion ' I also give us a distorted t what women look 1. j think that's such a pr'.J i What I wonder abt I how can Barbie have a ? house, nice cars and cloJr clothes and vet have r'"' nusuauu anu no parent ine keeps dating K, iney reany ever going tc ried? i; And she keeps gettir..-'.. ters. There's Stacey, xy" ; now even Baby Krissy v 1 ner parents and why dc': get stuck taking care v ' kids? ' ; In the Dream House ' single bed for Barbie and Baby Krissy and that's iti. bedrooms are concerned " But I guess that's the'v-all, the'v-all, it's make-believe and Now my two and half year started playing Barbies, t;, Katelyn and I couldn't be K to have someone else join-; don't know where we are r keep all the Barbie stuff C;; Wish list should be part of general pk I have to commend the Pleasant Grove city council for attempting to prioritize our city's many needs. It was a big job and somewhat difficult dif-ficult to do since obviously with our city's phenomenal growth there are many decisions to be made on the direction our city is going. We're in a precarious position right now, currently with budget restraints, but with the rosy predictions pre-dictions that with the Gateway we'll have a new tax base. Unfortunately Unfor-tunately until that tax base is realized, it's a matter of not counting count-ing your chickens before they hatch which means that any priority list then becomes just a wish list. One way to get the priority list into concrete and real dimensions is to incorporate it into a General Plan. Pleasant Grove needs to update its General Plan which shows where our city currently is and where it's going. It's sort of like our master plan. Without this, we are driving blind sort of like driving to a destination destina-tion you've never been before without with-out directions or a map. Good solid out-A it planning demands that the General Gener-al Plan be the first step in realizing realiz-ing the needs of our city. As I sat and listened to the directors list each of their department depart-ment needs, several projects were proposed that, for me personally, would be near the top of the list like curb, gutter and sidewalk throughout the city. I also see our library working beyond its capacity with no space, no parkrng, not to mention the Americans with Disabilities Act violations. Then there's our recreation center cen-ter that looks every inch its age with the peeling floor and the crush of citizens interested in children's chil-dren's spor,ts programs and trying to accommodate them all. However, the first priority of the city council seems to be a new fire station, and I would agree with that as long as it is a new fire station. sta-tion. I don't think that our money would be well-spent refuri the current building. Es since it would cost almost much to retrofit the curren: : ing as it would to build new , I believe is the better altera -T ml. i i . "" P- ine proDiem tnen be; where to put a new fire stat library, a larger recreation ; or the proposed public i building that would house a! lie safety departments lit police and other emergenci es. , A general plan would h': city decide where the best k for these buildings will k then we can step fom: acquiring the property, or ps: beginning the process of re: ing if necessary. The city council has there sibility of making these inf:i decisions with public input. E. the end,, everything depen: the direction our city council; to take us and the wisdom o! plan. I think the city council is: right road, now we just ner. map that will get us to wk all want to go. Is Elvis alive? Editor: Is Elvis really alive? Or do we have "suspicious minds?" I was raised in good 'ol Tennessee. Ten-nessee. I am one of Elvis Presley's greatest fans, even though he (supposedly) (sup-posedly) died one year and four days before I was born. I have his CDs, and pictures of him on my nightstand. Heck, I married someone some-one who looks like him (now that was a coincidence). I rolled over in my bed wondering wonder-ing if the "King of Rock and Roll" was rolling over in his grave, when his daughter married the "King of Pop." Was Elvis at the wedding? Is that why it was a secret ceremony? Elvis's doctor keeps coming out saying that "Elvis lives"- and he just w anted to retire in peace. He also says this year (2002) is the year Elvis plans to come out of 25 years of a private retirement. If this is not true, oh what a cruel tease. Hev man "Don't Be Cruel." I would personally love it if he were alive. If the vcords "Shall I Come Back Again?" from "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" are true. I know I would be one of his raving fans, if he were still alive ijust as I am thinking he's not i. Another side of me feels betrayed by such a thought. All these years, and all these fans 1 myself included around the world mourning over the death of Elvis Presley. Though I'm sure I could find it in my heart to fordve and try to understand. To Elvis: "Its Now or Never" come out we're "Stuck on You." I've heard his grave has been cemented. Does anyone have proof he is dead? Was his funeral an open or closed casket? What do the morticians say? His wife and daughter? The government? Where do the proceeds of his music go? Someone out there must know the truth.... Marie Dennis Guard lauded Editor: We would like to take this opportunity to express our sincere thanks and appreciation and convey con-vey our respect and admiration to the National Guard members for their dedicated service to their country in assisting law enforcement enforce-ment security mission during the Salt Lake City, 2002 Winter Olympics. Guard members from throughout the state of Utah and from 25 other states assisted with the mission, all did a superb job. The Guard members performed their assigned tasks with the utmost professionalism and character. char-acter. These soldiers are your neighbors neigh-bors employees and your friends so please take a moment to thank them for the time they so unsehishly spent away from their families and for their service to this great country. Our world and country have seen a significant change since Sept. 11. 2001. Guard memWs ha . e committed their time, talents and efforts to defend the freedoms we all enjoy on an everyday ' We would like to persona. them know of our appreciate their outstanding efforts in J formance of their assist To the employers of the soldiers who served duffi military activation, Thank: allowing the Guard & many of whom are yo employees, the opportu-'-serve when called." These e: ees are proudly represer.:-and represer.:-and your support is crucia.: success. The final and most i-thanks i-thanks goes to the citizen ; and their family. We to? hand, the sacrifices you of those trials that your lifers li-fers while you are ate-; must know that your greatly appreciated a.'; efforts have not gone una-; We agree completely young child who app--Guard member and said.j; should be a soldier who-, torch, because they rep the many sacrifices that made to insure our fre; sincerely echo that com.-; each individual Guard rr. torchbearer and plays a; part in protecting our t-- the future. . , n' Col. Patrick Olympics DJ'. Commander, I Co;;. CSM Stevc:; Olympics Dr';- Command Serge'-' New Utah Pleasant Grove Review An edition of The Daily Heraid i ISSN" No. 152 1-656 1 i U.S. PS. No. 435-750 59 West Main American Fork. Utah 84003 NEWSPAPER ie e?kc-e Nj-be-s '.?iii:.ri-: ":c---::- Peric-dicals Postace Paid at American F:rk. Utah Deadlines We welcome letters to the editor. All letters must ti.T,s name (Printed AND signed) and a tele? -ber. We reserve the right to edit letters for clar; "on. taslS and length. Letters are welcome on a HOW TO REACH U P.O. By Maii Bex 7 Amcrlo "-ai i rut K, UT 84003 In Person Main- American Fork ' by F 756-527 editorine2"' |