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Show ni I i a t , i fMl Si mimes 4 Thursday August 16, 2001 Stall By RICHARD BHAW ' ! ' few years ago, I was on an airplane from Las Vegas,, where ( had taken one of my twice a month business trips, to Salt Lake, where A . . : the company I was working for was based. Seated next to me was a young man who spent much of his time reading a teen maga-zihe had in his possession and listening to the compact disc player he had tucked away in his backpack that was in front of him. We said little to each other on the flight from Nevada to Utah until we had almost reached Salt Lake. . What a boring place," he said, looking out the window. . ; I looked what he meant and I wondering pp, . : particularly younger people. Many in our community were upset about interview with kids on Main the Channel Street last winter. One of the things the kids said was there was nothing to do in Price. .. , . was entitled to his opinion.; I wasnt tf going to be one of those ugly Utahns who tries to defend every dumb tiling that happens in the state because cant figure out Being involved with a lot of the youth in why someone doesnt like it here, Heck, part of the timej J dont like it here;.: , town through my.sports duties at. the paper,.) I Anyway after Lleft the plane, this kid met find that many kids talk to are far from bored! , some people he obviously knew and. I never-sa- , As. one kid put it "Between, school, athlet him' again... ; ips, my job and the volunteer stuff l do, 1 dont have time to be bored.", But theydung mans legacy of boredom has ,rV When kids they say they are bored, I often remained, with me. : One of the problems t have had in my life is have to wonder what they would do if they were that I have only been bored a half dozen times in, say, Los Angeles, What, different things ;. in nearly half a century of existence. If there would there be to do on a normal day there than there are here? is nothing to do, I create, something to do.; There are a lot of The only times 1 have been bored are ih things you places that many people think of as relaxing. can do in Los Angeles, jike go to the beach or ; I Disneyland. But on a normal day, what would ; , For instance, my wife and once went with : . j . . . . : :; , .asked.',.-"I lived here for five years and moved to LA : a couple of years ago," he related to me. "There ; Is so much more to do in LA. Salt lake isb 'boring.", just smiled. Im sure he thought I was a native Salt Laker who had never lived in. the big city, but he was wrong. I had lived in his lovely Los Angeles area in California for a couple of years and found it to be not less boring, but very obnoxious. The weather was bad and the planes were , stacked up in the landing pattern so we began a conversation, As we got into the conversation, I realized the young man couldnt tell me what was bor I . - . . .. All of this brings to mind what I hear from some residents who five here in Carbon County . ,. ne . b id d ing about Salt Lake or what was more exciting about Los Angeles, but that was just the way. he felt. He had no proof, but J didnt care, he ; .Staff reporter.. col . non-nom- : a friend they do? Most kids would go to school eyery day and then have homework. They would be involved in activities at. school and with their churches. They would eat dinner at home and go to bed eyery night. Many would have part time jobs,.. who lived in Milwaukee to Door County, Wisconsin. Its a beautiful place north ofGreen . Its on a peninsula between the actual Green Bayand Lake Michigan. For a day, it was beautiful. We stayed in' a nice condo at this 'resort and then we either Bay. ' . sat, shopped or ate: It's a place where you could gain a hundred pounds and then lose that much weight in the cash you spent on the junk they had in the shops. My friend loved it. My wife Loved it But! couldnt wait to get on the road and head back home, ft was boring. . ' too. .The youth who mal things would .. 'Ydidnt do the. hang out at V mall or ed their friends, maybe even in a "lot, nor- -: .w . with like we have here in Price, although that type of activity is definitely more dangerous (n the . ; .., TURN IN A PUSHER I .'I .. Information gathered as a result of the TIPS form remains strictly confidential. Carbon Metro Drug Ihsk Force acts on . ' (Continued on page 15) ; all submittals. Guest eolaion Name (ft suspected drug dealer. Nickname: Questions RANs reliance on free speech By CHRISTA FLORESCA Frontiers of Freedom Institute v How do you define the modem actiyist? The radical environmental movement thinks that it knows. Comparing itself to the old Rosa Parks style civil rights activists, the Rainforest Action Network (RAN) claims to be engaging m educational civil disobedience. : While the group's members proudly display the names of the most recent arrestees, the rest of us are left to wonder how Rosa's fight : for facial equality and RANs political activism can he seen as remotely similar: RAN does not .. But stop at wrapping itself in the civil rights movement, it also wraps itself tightly in the First Amendment RAN aigues status to do that ft may use its. whatever ft likes, even if it does not meet the . . . . .. passing, vandalizing, or other unlawful acts. Yet, when told that education does not mean whatever RAN wants it to mean, the group cries foul and. claims the members' First Amend- -, ment rights are being violated, No one is trying to limit free speech. Shout your position from the tops of buildings.' But " don't break and enter to do it. Better . li . ! it with your own money, not contributions intended by law ; for charitable educational programs.. . campaigns.- to Should America's taxpayers be forced Have you seen the group's annual report? It .. takes eight pages of tiny text before the writpay for the activities of Should be given ers use the wdrd "education.",:.: to benefits promote their pressure campaigns . Moreover, a mere 18 perednf qf the ex- -: I Associates of Dealer . yet. do eco-radic- 1 the budget be going to performing the so- -. called educational activities? : It sounds like RAN members have made it. perfectly clear that either they dont know, what the Jaw requires or they are terrible about ' keeping their. story straight Either way, let the record show that First substantially more thaiti percent of: RANs funding goes to and sometimes, unlawful activities, and pressure I I I Method of dealing; Location of dealing I Dnig(s) being dealt: Brice: ; : ' ' I ' I Amount: I List any other suspected illegal activities: I I pt and propaganda under the guise of education? pen;es were classified as public education: In one breath, the Rainforest Action Netand membership. Where did the rest go? work maintains that protests and demonstra- -. ; Second, protesting, demonstrating, break, tions are educational. .; ing and entering, trespassing, ethieg) shop- -. But in. the next breath,; the group's memlifting and pressure campaigns are definitely 1 definition of education.' 7 of less .that their not education. . . bers state than percent . : not the same ..Education and activism-arJor people who understand the law,' I must: annual budget goes for any kind of protests.; : Is this confusing? Which way is it? , respectfully disagree. : thing Its just, that simple. The law is quite , When an organization applies to receive exclear about defining what education is for purAre RANs pressure campaigns and -: status donaand accharitable educational fessional protests empt status, accept poses of - Better tionSi the. members must engage exclusively! tivity? If so, why isn't 95 perqeirt of the group's still, the. executive director of RAN in educational activities! has been quoted as saying: "The basic argu-- -: budget going to protests?. Education is strictiy defined and intention- -. If protests and demonstrations are educa-tio- n, ment here is free speech and the right to stand V ally does hot include scaling buildings, bos- -: then shouldnt more than 1 percent of (Continued on page 15) ;. May we contact you? YES ' I I NO If yes, then how:by mail or by phone ' When' I I pt ; If we may contact you by mail, what is your address? . I I : . ... . e I Mail completed forms to: . I UPS, Carbon Metro Drug'Task Force pt 91 r I I East 100 North, Price, UT 8450L j .! . . . . Letters to the editor ishould focus on public f? t issues rather than private personalities or Jj (entities. An subnuons must be Verified prior to ptdblicatioh. The paper reserves the right to edit letters not only to satisfy space ; constraints, but potential liability concerns - imyiiMini irfri'JlW MM - !) i . The voice of Carbon County since 1892 ADMINISTRATION , . 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