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Show t I AJvctS Son 4 Tuesday May 14, 2002 Still editorial The story of the poppy and our military By KEN LARSON Sun Advocate publisher . Many of us have been buying poppies most of our lives and I knew it was an important thing to do and that it represented the military in some fashion but I never knew the entire story until Lucie H. Cook of Price came into my office last week and explained the poppy story to me. . According to Lucie, "this poem was a plea from those who perished to the brave men who were still alive to flight on for those who lay buried beneath the fields of red poppies. The poem refitted ,ln Flanders . Fields was published in the United States and was used as a recruiting incentive to rouse America's young men to join the military branch the poem I touching wonts or mat famous poem and answered by compiling "We shall Keep Faith.1 She pledged that she would always wear a red poppy in remembrance of all who had fallen and were buried hi that field of red Sleep." men who have answered the call in the time of wqr. It seems fitting and certainly "I hope that the people in our communities will show patriotism and help these deserving souls that fought to keep this land free, added knew so well with the to the efforts sell poppies in May. In a magazine Michael read the ing f a memorial flower to commemorate the sacrifices made by young Helper and Price will be out and about with red poppies. In Flanders Fields,' never connect- crosses marking those that had perished in battle grow. Inspired by the wild red poppies that sprang up in the fields of landers, France, he compiled the poem, "We Shall Not of grew up in Canada where litera- ture was emphasized much more than it is today in our American schools. I remember as a youngster memorizing that poem and reciting Each day as Dr. McCrae struggled to save lives he saw the number of hardly create a ripple on the great sea of historical figures, and yet. from their compassion, a.Canadian. surgeon and an American school teacher from Georgia, grew the idea ' I their country. Colonel Dr. John McCrae and Moina Michael are two names which this poppy are made by veterans in hospitals, rehabs, and care centers all over this great land, and said that this Saturday, May 18, the American Legion Auxiliaries from their choice. timely to give the poppy story following Hie September 11th attack and the events which have followed when so many have responded to . , Of a proud Lucie Cook. Making the poppies also aids veterans both financially and psychologically in addition to an endeavor that gives the veterans dig- poppies. nity. On May 22, 1921, instigated by Michael at the American Legion Aux- Are contributions This national event recognizes jrf generations of iliaries organizing convention, they military men and women who played ' red a vital role in fighting to keep poppy as the mer adopted the flower. America strong and secure for fumortal ture generations. Lucie explained that "replicas of Stall t o lin o Weekend lesson we can all learn from By RICHARD came upon me passed me as soon-a- s they could, many on double yellow lines or on curves. That evening I after doing some other business in Utah County I drove back across the canyon to comp home. It was fairly late and the traf-f- ic SHAW Staff reporter . i , The difference driving in the can- -, yon on U.S. Highway 6 this past weekend was amazing I made the trip twice and I found quite a difference from other times I have trav- elled was light it -- The difference, I am sure, was . generally don't see someone killed every weekendrbut we do see injury accidents most of the time. This Most people passed in which nothing was going on me, I think becausedhey realized that the increased enforcement was was about 2:30 p.m... ' ' cruise once again on 60 m.p.h.. have to say it was probably the most hours of ,eqch other. That was because Thursday I was able to travel over the road at about 7 a.m. to cover the first meeting of the officers whq would be doing the extra enforcement for the four day , with whatever was posted. If found at 6 a.m. in the morning and driving at 60 m.p.h. almost everyone who came up on me from behind passed me. Some reluctantly, . some confidently and some at such high rate of speed it was like a blur. Absolutely every vehicle that a passed me going 90; I had no near head on collisions. I saw three high- that this increased enforcement cant continue; the highway patrol doesn't have the money nor the manpower to do so. But it has taught us a valu- way patrol cars summit and fifteen units on the other side. Obviously people were obey- Aa mg me law Decause mey reared get- able. lesson, something even those who didnt drive this highway over the weekend should consider. That lesson is that if we drive on this side of the ting caught I had some things to do in Salt Lake and Ogden over the weekend so I stayed overnight and came back 1 on Saturday evening after the crease enforcement was slowed down a bit A few more cars passed me, but most were from out of state, in- mostly from Colorado. However, almost an the Utah plates I saw were going the speed limit or under. In , ei- fact some people were driving 45-5- 0 miles per hour which is almost as irritating as those that go.80. Just before I reached Soldiers Summit it had just hailed --and snowed. A couple of cars were off to the side, but most continued on. After speaking to officials at the highway patrol Monday morning, no 'injury accidents had occurred at all in the canyon over the weekend. We is mostly between hills, but cuts . MIIOMtOWtfCM ' southern Wisconsin? Pay attention there or you may end up in a bam or one of thd many lakes along the route. This is also one place where Letters slow farmer drivers dont exist; everyones in a hurry to get to Milwaukee. I could go on and on about roads Editor -- maim you if you take your eyes off the road. But what I know about these roads, as bad as some of them are, is that if I drive according to the local conditions (that means the or ms roaoj and follow the signs, and when other I people are following the rules-too- , will always make it home okay. Maybe because of the heavier enforcement This weekend, some- -' one who would have died, didn't Maybe some people got to the mafl or their kids baseball game five minutes later too. That's a fair trade- ing public. There was a time in my fife when spent many hours on various back roads in different parts of the country. That doesn't qualify me as an I off, . In fact, for President Bush has nominated over 100 men and women of distinction and accomplishment. They are solidly within the mainstream of American legal opinion and all of the pending nominees thus far have received either a or qualified rating from the American Bar Association. well'-qualifi- ed en h's Nation's courts, Americans are being forced to wait for justice! and die burden on sitting federal . judges is growing heavier. I expect more than partisan politics from our nation's leaders. Senators Daschle and Leahy need toend their stonewalling and confirm President Bush's judicial nominees. DomjaO'Harra , .; Price this enforcement tiling starts to wear off, youcqn befall the crazy stuff we have seen in the canyon will return. Some will go back to their old ways. hope a few of us learned enough to save a few fives and prevent a few injuries. : I . . Judges help ensure that thein- nocent remain free and the ftiilty' are punished. Judges make dea-an-d sta-bestops that help safeguard the bility of the marketplace and dress the grievances of those who have been wronged. Becauseof the number of vacancies id our isnt it In the coming weeks when expert by any means, but in my opin- nn nignway o mrougn me canyon is not even near the worst road I have driven in terms of design or upkeep. T am nitely. weamerana ms design . 4 . outraged at the partisan games that Senator Tbm Daschle Senator Patrick Leahy have playing with President judicial nominees. They have created a crisis in the fed-eral courts by leaving these important positions vacant indefi. have followed from Georgia to Min- -'' nesota and from New Hampshire to El Paso that could kill you or at least at the speed limit and make good decisions when we drive, this road, always proclaimed to be'one of the most dangerous highwaysin America can be turned .from a ferocious lion into a purring cat That doesn't mean it still can use improvement; but it does mean that many of the problems on the road are created by us, the motor- editor to the Eliminate partisan politics in Washington I with courtesy and a mountain road it is reJust ally good. try some other roads and you wifi see what I mean. ' dramatically on each turn and lulls ' you to sleep until the next turfi. Or what about Route XX between Waukesha and Interstate 43 in It was busy. Now I understand pleasant drive I have ever had in the canyon. No one tailgated me; no one That meeting was to take place near Covered Bridge Road at about pile post 180. drove all but about four miles of the canyon to get there. Since I knew what was coming up, I decided to by an experiment and unscientific' one, but one nonetheless. I decided on the way over I would set my cruise control at 60 m.p.h. and try to hold it there through the canyon just to see what people around me would do. In some areas the limit is normally 55 and in others it is 65. Most is posted at about 60. Of course in the construction zone that is presently set up I stayed $et the I period from then until Sunday night ,. I Or how about stater road 3 in Maine between South China and Belfast A winding country road that! course it was Mother's Day too. So it wasn't your typical, run of the mill, Wasatch Plateau crossing weekend. - in North- Areata, for one instance. A winding, heavily traveled road that is narrow and where everyone drives 90 because they just loft Interstate 5. ther Many people travelled because of the state baseball and softball tournament the state track meet at BYU, the state Democratic and Republican conventions and of mostly being done during the day. A few that passed me were out of talking to many local residents and . state cars. None hung behind me. On Friday I went over to Spanish some of my family members who ' difFork to cover Carbon's baseball also travelled it, most saw a big ference, but I was lucky enough to team at the siate tournament That state highway 299 ern California between Redding and weekend there were none. While it is true this was not a holiday weekend like Memorial Day, Labor Day or many of the other busy holidays, it was also not a weekend due to all the publicity about the police presence in the canyon. 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