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Show 2 SPRINGVILLE HERALD Thursday, January 27, 2005 Editorial Sewer plant looks good for extended period Martin Conover SPRINGVILLE HERALD During the recent Springville city budget retreat held last week, several interesting facts came to light concerning concern-ing the present capacity of the Springville sewer plant. First, the rated capacity is listed by the public works de partment ar o.o mimon gallons or water per aay, wmcn is how sewer plants are rated. Second, present usage at the plant is running at 3.1 million mil-lion gallons per day. Third, according to Brad Stapley, head of the public works department, a city of this size (about 25,000) should be using about 2.5 million gallons of water per day, mean ing that tor some reason the plant is processing about 1 million gallons of water per day more than it should. Stapley said that most likely .this excess is being caused by "infiltrated water mto the system trom springs, ground water or other reasons not explained. What does this all mean? It means that one, the cause of the excess water needs to be identified and something done to correct the situation. Two, it means that at the least the sewer plant has an excess capacity of 2 million gallons per day at least, and maybe three million gallons per. day at best. Three, the councilis presently considering joining in with the south Utah County cities to form a sewer district that wants to build a sewer plant close to where the Spanish Span-ish Fork River runs into Utah Lake which would cost the citizens of this city a "large, undetermined" amount of money. In discussing the issue with other department heads at the retreat, we discovered that there are in the neighborhood neighbor-hood of 8000 connections to the sewer system. Does this mean that we could connect another 7000 to the system before it becomes over loaded, if we half way fix the infiltration problem? Does this get us close to build-out for the entire city? We also mention the fact that our sewer plant is one of the best, if not the best in the county, and most efficient because when it was most recently upgraded it was known that Stouf fers (now Nestle) would be using the facility, fa-cility, causing greater needs and pressure on the plant. These problems were accommodated in the upgrade. For the above reasons we ask that the city council look very closely at our present sewer facilities before becoming becom-ing too eager to spend "large" amounts of money.on sewer sew-er facilities which we already seem to have. We know that there are other issues involved which include in-clude added treatment on sewer plant effluents to reduce other items, but these treatments have not yet been mandated man-dated because of the expenses involved. In these days of quantum leaps in technology, an expensive expen-sive process today can become cheap and affordable process tomorrow. We ask the council to be very cautious in their decision making before committing the city and taxpayers to long-term, long-term, expensive programs. Do careful studies. Come back to us and explain your thinking so that we can follow along in the process. And please don't just throw away a good, efficient sewer sew-er facility. Springville Police report Springville Police had 202 calls last week including 14 for animal problems. Robert J. Armstrong, 2405 Wilmar Dr., Manhattan, KS, was cited for possession of marijuana and possession of tobacco by a minor. Brett Andrew Barrett, 924 S. 400 East, Springville, was charged with assault, intoxication intoxi-cation and interferring with arrest. James Russell Boyd, 385 E. 600 South 3, Springville, was arrested for an outstanding out-standing warrant. Anthony Joseph Daugherty, 1025 N. Springville Herald 269 E. 400 South Springville, UT 84663 An edition of The Daily Herald, Pulitzer Newspapers, Inc. 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We reserve the right to edit letters for clarity, punctuation, taste and length. Letters are welcome on any topic. 300 West 102, Springville, was arrested for assaultdomestic assaultdo-mestic violence and, possession posses-sion of drug paraphernailia. David Roy Funcannon, 4450 N. 100 East, Price, ws arrested for two warrants. Daniel Alan Hartley, 254 E. 400 North, Springville, was arrested for a warrant. Jeremy Ernesto Gomez, 1505 N. 150 East, Springville, was arrested for three warrants. war-rants. Joshus Carl Parks, 490 S. State, Provo, was cited for no insurannce and possession posses-sion of marijuana. Jayson Kevin Hatfield, 148 N. 1200 East, Mapleton, was arrested for possession of heroin. Nefertiti Zoe Lang, 1170 E. 1000 South, Springville, was cited and released re-leased for intoxication and interferring with arrest. Tyler Robert Lombardi, 90 N. 800 East, Spanish Fork, was arrested for disorderly conduct and possession of drug paraphernailia. Ronda Jean Nielsen, 1355 S. 587 East, Springville, was arrested arrest-ed for three warrants. Loften Alex Perkins, 14 S. 100 West, Springville, was cited and released for shoplifting at Wal-Mart. Sandy Van Smith, was arrested ar-rested for five warrants. Jared K. Steele, 695 N. 350 West, American Fork, was arrested for a warrant. William Patrick Thompson, Thomp-son, 271 E. 300 North, Springville, was arrested for distribution of amphetamines, ampheta-mines, possession of drug paraphernailia and a warrant. war-rant. Jody Stephen Walters, 119 E. 300 North, Provo, was arrested ar-rested for two warrants and intoxication after he crashed his bike. A new stereo was taken from an unlocked vehicle, and a stereo was stolen from another vehicle. Other thefts include: tools from a shop; two ladders; medication; ipod from a locker at the jr. high; 6 by 12 utility trailer; two gas skips; tools from Bona Signs; pop from Pier 49; gas from U-naul trucks; and someone cut through the chain link fence at the Whitehead Power Pow-er Plant and took a large amount of wire. Comments Information wrong in police report Editor: Several months ago there was an editorial about why you print the Police Report weekly in your paper. You stated that our community and neighbors should know about the illegal activities of its citizens and they should be held accountable. Last week your paper printed my son's name in the Police Report. This report was not correct. You received re-ceived misinformation. I would like our 'community and neighbors' to know the name of the police officer Mission accomplished in Iraq Editor: "In the truest sense, freedom free-dom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved," President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Are we trying to bestow freedom and democracy on the nation of Iraq? A lot of American blood was spilled to achieve the freedoms and democracy we have in the U.S. today. In large part, that achievement came as a result of three wars fought here in America on our own soil and high seas: The Revolutionary What the Middle East needs is order, Democracy has to come later Steven Schlossstein "Men may have order without liberty, but they cannot can-not have liberty without order," or-der," Samuel Huntington wrote in his seminal work, Political Order in Changing Societies. "The primary problem is not liberty but the creation of a legitimate public pub-lic order. Authority has to exist before it can be limited, and it is authority that is in scarce supply ... where government gov-ernment is at the mercy of alienated intellectuals, rambunctious ram-bunctious colonels, or rioting riot-ing students." Huntington's insight is every bit as relevant today as it was when he wrote this in 1968. In the Middle East, substitute terrorist hit squads like Hamas for alienated alien-ated intellectuals, malevolent al Qaeda fanatics for rambunctious ram-bunctious colonels, and suicide sui-cide bombers for rioting students. stu-dents. It all boils down to the inability of Arab countries to create "legitimate public order." or-der." Neocons in Washington will have none of this. What's uppermost in their minds is elections, free speech and the transplantation transplanta-tion of American-style democracy. Democracy has to come first. They think that only after a democratic system sys-tem of government is in place can people create the institutions necessary to create cre-ate peace, stability and public order. Iraq is the current poster child for this theory with elections scheduled on January 30. But half a century of hard experience in East Asia turns this theory on its head and proves just the opposite. Democracy did not come to the Far East until very late -1989 is typically cited as the turning point. The only exception ex-ception was the Philippines, still the region's weakest link and poorest-performing economy, known far and wide as "the sick man of Asia." Mapleton Police report Mapleton Police had 30 calls last week with six for animals. A vehicle hit a deer, and another hit a dog. A dog house caught on fire, and a 17-year-old runaway returned re-turned home. Police took a male juvenile to the hsopital after he attempted at-tempted suicide. They also assisted in the transport of a 95-year-old man who passed away. who gave this misinformation misinforma-tion so they can be held accountable. ac-countable. Does your paper have reporters who check facts or just people who print heresy? I believe an apology needs to be given to my son, his friends, his neighbors and coaches. We all need to help and encourage the youth in our community through their teenage years. They will soon be the leaders of our community and local businesses. busi-nesses. Dee Dohner Springville War, the War of 1812 and the Civil War of the 1860's. Yes, more Americans were killed in those three wars than WWI or WWII, Korea, Viet Nam or any subsequent sub-sequent war fought to protect pro-tect those freedoms. With the exception of a relative rel-ative few Frenchmen, the lives sacrificed during those initial struggles were American. Ameri-can. One of President Bush's stated goals in Iraq was to topple the evil regime. We have done that. Now, with South Korea and Taiwan both lived under a "hard" authoritarian au-thoritarian regime for nearly 40 years. In the early stage of development, South Korea was governed for many years by martial law under the tough, virtually autocratic autocrat-ic control of Park Chung-hee. Taiwan was ruled for a generation gen-eration by the iron hand of Gen. Chiang Kai-shek, whose Nationalist troops had been defeated by Mao Zedong in China's civil war and who fled to the island of Formosa with the remnants of his Kuomintang party. Both countries played pivotal piv-otal roles in the policy of containment con-tainment that the United States used as a means of defending de-fending East Asia against the expansion of global communism commu-nism during the Cold War, whether emanating from the Politburo in Moscow or the Central Committee in Beijing. Bei-jing. Japan and Singapore each developed a democratic tradition tra-dition before 1989, of course, but it was more a version of "soft" authoritarianism unique to their respective culture, geography and history. his-tory. A single political party, the Liberal Democrats, dominated domi-nated Japanese politics until the mid-1990s, with voters choosing mostly among LDP candidates for the Lower House. Minor opposition parties, par-ties, like the Socialists and the Soka Gakkai, an anti-war group that emerged from a lay Buddhist organization, jomed the fray as political "static" without ever posing a serious threat to the LDP. Singapore was ruled from the get-go by Lee Kuan Yew, who negotiated the entrepot's entre-pot's independence from Britain in the mid-1950s, was the visionary architect of its secession from the Federation Federa-tion of Malaya, and subsequently subse-quently controlled the leader-snip leader-snip of the People's Action Party that dominates Singapore Singa-pore s politics even today. Until 1997, Hong Kong had been a British Crown Colony for nearly 150 years, ruled by a Governor appointed by London. Its only experience with elections was for its Legislative Council, 30 members mem-bers of which were elected from geographical constituencies con-stituencies and 30 from functional, func-tional, or professional, constituencies. con-stituencies. These "elections" were widely contested by many who held that the functional func-tional constituencies were undemocratic because they were too narrowly defined. Enter the Dragon. China lags behind its. East Asian cousins by a generation. Its economic takeoff started in the early 1980s under the Four Modernizations plan POLICE RETRACTION The name of Joshua S. Dohner was incorrectly listed in last week's Springville Herald Police Blotter. The Springville Police Department regrets any inconvenience or embarrassment embar-rassment caused to Mr. Dohner or his family due to this error. open elections on January 30, it seems to me that we should say, "Mission Accomplished," Accom-plished," again and ship our soldiers home... unless this is all about oil! In which case, shame on us. Let the Iraqi people achieve their own freedom and whatever form of government gov-ernment they deem necessary! neces-sary! Let them have their Civil War and hopefully, their Revolutionary War will not be against us! Gene Faux Springville conceived by Deng Xiaoping, Xiaop-ing, who led the next generation genera-tion of leadership after Mao and created the concept of "Socialist capitalism." Jiang Zemin succeeded Deng as president of China From 1993-2003 and accelerated the market-opening measures mea-sures that have made China the world's fastest-growing economy for the past twenty years, all without elections. Which brings us back to the Huntington principle. Asia's high-speed economic growth - achieved by China and all the Little Dragons before be-fore it - was accomplished under political regimes characterized char-acterized either by a military dictatorship (Taiwan, South Korea), single-party control (Japan, Singapore), a British colonial administration (Hong Kong), or Socialist capitalism (China). Demand for a more open, liberal and democratic political politi-cal process grew in direct proportion to rising national incomes that were based on rapid economic growth made possible by key public policies consistently applied under stable political conditions condi-tions that were distinctly undemocratic. un-democratic. Among the most important of these policies (there were about a dozen of them) were non-interference of religion in the affairs of state, development of a rigorous rig-orous public education system, sys-tem, and a relentless emphasis empha-sis on higher value-added manufactured goods exports. ex-ports. Which in turn brings us full-circle back to the Middle East, where attempts are being be-ing made to transplant democracy in soil that has not yet been adequately prepared. pre-pared. If democracy is to nave any chance of taking Factory Authorized Dealer & Service Center We Service Snow Blowers, Chain Saws & Small ") Engine Repair Carpenter Seed Company 1030 S. State, Provo 373-3740 about - 11 e power Editor: Gentlemen, accolades should be given to the Springville City Councilmen and trie Electrical Department Depart-ment staff for consummating consummat-ing an agreement for power on a long-term basis for the future. ine article m tne paper stated, the cost would be ap-. proximately 4.2 cents per, K.W.H. delivered to the city. The city owns part of the transmission line from Bonanza Bo-nanza to Mona, Utah plus the sub-stations; this should lower low-er the price of electricity to the consumers from 9.98 cents per K.W.H. Thank You, Springville City Council! Coun-cil! This agreement brings to question, what will happen to the Power Cost Adjustment (PCA)? Are we going to maintain the Whitehead Plant on a stand-by basis? We, the citizens of Springville, own 19 of the new Pay son Plant, but we are restricted on how and when we can generate power pow-er at that plant. Do we still have to pay the overhead cost, operational costs and the debt service requirements? require-ments? Also, nothing has been said about the approximately $57,000 we pay each months to UAMPS for nothing. These issues have to be addressed ad-dressed and resolved. With the Council that we have, the citizens can take comfort in realizing the issues and problems prob-lems are being carefully analyzed ana-lyzed and addressed. Kent Palfreyman Springville root in this region, Arab countries must f irst demonstrate demon-strate a commitment to the kind of public order that can produce social stability and encourage the creation of strong public institutions (such as rigorous schools, meritocratic government ministries, and visionary executive ex-ecutive leadership) that can , throttle out-of -control popu-. lation growth and eliminate ( irrational interference in public affairs by the imams. ; In a word, what the Middle . East needs now is benevolent authoritarianism - not the kind of malevolent, autocrat-, ic and repressive dictatorships dictator-ships that have characterized their governments for the past century. Once this transition tran-sition is made, the transition to democracy may have a chance to succeed. By, putting democracy first, Iraq faces the prospect of a devastating devas-tating civil war. Order, then liberty. Not the other way around. Empirical results in Asia have conclusively conclu-sively demonstrated this sequence se-quence over the past fifty years. Steven. Schlossstein is the author of "Endangered Species: Why Muslim Economies Fail" (forthcoming). (forthcom-ing). The Springville Herald Customer Service 375-5103 489-5651 Fax 489-7021 239E.400S. 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