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Show W 2A The Summit "wr WWW rv wm mi County Bee CoaMOe, UT 84017 Friday, December 19, 1986 EDITORIAL PAGE As I See It Letters to the Editor Top of the News "The Summit County let (UPSP 66820) it puMbhcd weekly for $10.00 per year in Summit County and $154)0 per year e by Wave Pubfching Inc, $75 Wet! 100 South, Heber City, UT 04032. roSTMASTEl: Send addieit change tot The Summit County Bee, CoaivMe, Utah Readers Mews 04017. Dedicated to Serving Summit County RICHARD M. AND SUSAN F. BUYS Letters Publishers Shirley B. Phelps, EditorCoalville Office Manager 3365501, Monday-Tuesda- y 9-- 4 Top of The Neivs Sharia Banz, North Summit Area Reporter, 3362013 Bessie Russell, Kamas Office Manager 7834387, Monday-Tuesda- y BLOOD PRESSURE 9-- 4 Randy dejong. South Summit Reporter, Afton J. Russell, South Summit Reporter, 783-226- 783-240- nonxfartwncm Irtten. 4 eflm insert 0 POSTAL IDENTIFICATION NO. 525640 PrrierwK Ml be to comfcnHtion. Mai to: EDffOR, Boa 7, CoaMfc, UTAH 04017. Dear Editor, As I have thought about what I could write for this, our Christmas issue of The Summit County Bee. a magazine. Utah Cattlemen, came in the mail. I always look through it and enjoy the articles and little saying that appear on its pages. This month was no different and an anonymous poem says it all about Christmas, not just for the cowboy but for everyone. A I ain't good at prayin', and You may I Cowboy's Christmas Prayer not know me. Lord ain't much seen in churches where they preach Thy Holy Word. But You may have observed me out here on the lonely plains, after cattle, feelin thankful when it rains. Admirin' Thy great handiwork, the miracle oif grass. Aware of Thy kind spirit in the way it conies to pass That hired men on horseback and the livestock that we tend Can look up at the stars at night and know we've got a Friend. So heres ol Christmas comin on. remindin' us again Of Him whose coming brought good will into the hearts of men. A cowboy aint no preacher, Lord, but if' Youll hear my prayer. I'll ask as good as we have got for' all men everywhere. Dont no hearts be bitter. Lord: Vi let no child be cold. Mak :sy beds for them thats sick, ,id them that's weak and I ! old. Let kindness bless the trail we ride, no matter what were after. And sorter keep us on Your side, in tears as well as laughter. I've seen old cows and it ain't no happy sight; Please don't leave no one hungry. Lord, on Thy good Christmas night. No man, no child, no woman, and no critter on four feet, I'll aim to do my best to help You fin 'em chuck to eat. Im just a sinful cowpoke, Lord aint got no business prayin But still I hope youll ketch a word or two of what Im sayin We speak of Merry Christmas, I reckon You'll Lord agree There ain't no Merry Christmas for nobody that aint free. So one thing more Ill ask You, Lord; just help us what You can To save some seeds of freedom for the future sons of Man! . leadership of Georgia Clegg. 1986 Festival of Trees was a huge success because of the joint efforts of thousands from all over the state. Thank you everyone! Sincerely, Mrs. Nora (Glade Y.) Creer n Chairwoman Woman's Endowment Committee 8S West, 400 South, Springville, Utah 84663 Multi-Regio- Just Thoughts From Bessie's Collection There is no end to the good that we can do if we dont care who gets the credit. The Blood Pressure Clinic for the South Summit District will be held on MONDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1986 from 10:00 11:30 a.m. at the South Summit Senior Citizen's Center. Appointments are not required. For additional information please call the Summit CityCounty Health Department at 280 East Center Street, Kamas, Utah. -- 783-437- On behalf of the- - Women's Endowment Committee and the Primary Childrens Medical Center. I would like to thank all of the residents of Coalville who have helped to make this years Festival of Trees so successful. We would like to thank all who have given cash donations to purchase tickets for the handicapped children and adults to be able to attend and receive a treat from Santa Claus. Many, many beautiful handmade gifts were donated, as were items for the Gift Shoppe, Sweet Shoppe, and Small Frye Sweet Shoppe. Thanks to each of you for your contribution in any of these ways. To those who decorated andor donated trees, we appreciate you so much! Thanks to the committee who served so well under the capable 4, CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING CLINIC We the people of North Summit and the Senior Citizens feel let down by Utah Power and Light taking the office out of Coalville. We have all been pleased with the service JoAnn Sargent and Glen Shaw have given to us and we feel they have served us well. If they move to Park City, a call from the Henefer area would add several hours on to their service and could mean a real hardship for people, especially during the winter months when electricity is so vital for heating many of our homes. We have appreciated the convenience of having Glen so close at hand with his repair truck and equipment and his willingness to answer our calls at any time. We feel a long wait could be life threatening to some of our older citizens. We would miss being able to go into the Utah Power and Light office to pay our bills each month after all these years they have had an office in this district. Coalville at this time, needs more business and help instead of less. If one business goes to another location, it wont be long before another will follow. Please consider remaining in Coalville. We need these businesses more than ever. North Summit Senior Citizens SOUTH SUMMIT DISTRICT The Cancer Screening Clinic will be held Wednesday, January 7, 1987 at the Kamas Public Health Department, 280 East Center Street. The exam will include the following: Breast Examination, Pap Smear, with Pelvic Examination, Blood Pressure Reading, Health Counseling, and Medical Referral if necessary. Also kits are available to check stool for blood. Please plan for approximately one hour for the examination. For more information and appointments call the Summit County Health Department at Becky Richards, Public Health NurseLouDean McNeil, Clinical Assistant." 783-437- 4; HOLIDAY GARBAGE PICK UP The following schedule will be used for the holiday garbage pick up for both December 25 and January 1: County area Thursday pick up will be on Friday, Friday pick up will be on Saturday Park City area up will be Friday Thursday pick up will be on Friday, Friday pick Utah Taxpayer Says $150 Million Too Much for School Houses 3 Year-roun- d schools are the wave of the future, especially in Star of Christmas Hazel T. Marrott There are lights that you see on street, house, and tree, At Christmas, wherever you- roam; But most lovely, by far, are those on the car, that is taking the grandchildren home. unsupervised teens to wander the streets for three months. Utah, according to Charles Long summers are not the best Ballinger, executive secretary of option for most adolescents," he the National Council on Year:. -- said. Round Education. d "Doubters say He said concerns about literschool disrupts family life. Yet 25 acy, foreign competition and taxyears experience shows that payer resistance to building more families aren't damaged and may schools 'far outweigh outdated be enhanced. Families to all. Many thanks. have the farming considerations for tra- option, unavailable before, of ditional school schedules. The vacations going on traditional summer vacation used more times the year than during to be necessary to enable young- at one time during the summer." sters to help with the farm chores The Utah Taxpayers Assocduring the summer months. iation has been at the forefront of Because that need is gone, pushing for d schooling restructuring our education sys- in Utah. In fact, the state's first tem is long overdue. Ballinger d program was a result known of the groups existence. said. of UTAs defeat of two voted Now there has been a Because of funding problems leeway ballot issues in Provo growth rate in the area and a high birth rate, Utah may School District. UTA agreed to through an influx from members become a model state in implenot oppose a third election if the of this group. More than 150 menting d schools, he district would lower property families have moved in that have said. Only fears of change and taxes for school construction by displaced or at least taken the administrative resistance are d schools. going to place of the more levelheaded d schoolholding back Other school districts have folcitizens. The problem is ing. lowed in implementing similar The argument that high school balling. programs but UTA feels too Now, what Im going to say students need h vacmuch is still to may not be a proven fact, but it ations for jobs is a myth, said construct new being spent buildings which could be true. As history has Ballinger. High unemployment are used only nine months per rates for teens show that too played out its hand, people conyear. tinually comment about the many adolescents are being Approximately $150 million is of the severity problems facing dumped on the labor market, spent in Utah each year to pay for the world. Comparisons are often only to be disappointed because the construction of new school made that indicate that the world of too few summer jobs. buildings. Millions more are is getting worse and worse. "In Los Angeles, teens atspent on interest costs to pay the Maybe, just maybe, the reportd school have long-tertending debt on the ing of all the bad things has formed pools. They have an borrowed to build the funds school improved so that the public is arrangement with employers that houses. Meanwhile, schools just better informed than in any when one is going to school, a complain that they don't have other time period in the history of buddy will work in his enough money to provide a good the world. Could it be that many Others like to have place. their educational program. Much of of the ills in the world today vacations coincide with sports this unnecessary expense would existed previously but just .schedules. .And we must ask be eliminated if our present weren't common knowledge? ourselves if its wise to allow were buildings fully utilized. Thinking about this I can bring it closer to home on a scaled down level. I have quite good kids for the most part. Sometimes I notice that the trouble in year-roun- - A happy, holy holiday off-seas- Mot Quite the Mem The news broadcast has just ended and now my kids are pestering me about how soon before the world will be in a nuclear war. The radio commentator just finishes his opinions about something or other and the kids start the customary barage of questions. Sometimes I know the answers to their queries, but at times they have to hope for the best from what they can glean from the original information. I hope the reporting was responsibly done. There was a time that I wondered if the reporting of a certain story didnt create more trouble with the problem than originally existed? There was a group up north with some rather far out ideas that has grown by year-roun- leaps and bounds because of the news coverage. If the media had ignored their antisocial behavior I figure that the groups growth rate would have been nonexistent. But the fellows following the stories plastered the airwaves and the newspapers with information about the group's activities. Without such coverage no one would have even year-roun- phe-nomin- year-roun- year-roun- year-roun- three-mont- year-roun- m PUT HELP RIGHT AT which they find themselves comes only after good ol' dad tells them not to do one thing or another. It has turned out that they were unacquainted with the idea before it was mentioned by me. I guess that the surest way to be sure a child is going to do something wrong is to tell him not to do that thing. Could this be true of life in general and the effect that the media has on people? Oh well! If all else fails, we can turn off the tube and the radio. ' We can refuse to read a newspaper. We can also find ourselves back in the Dark Ages. Who knows which would be better? iy Am herbL FINGERTIPS , |