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Show v . V . , Jr , i'-- SaJtaft 4A Tuesday December 3, 2002 Slaff coinmn Spreading cheer to another generation By KEN LARSON ers not so fortunate. Sun Advocate publisher Though there are many children throughout the world without parents and families, there are even more elderly citizens who have been dis- cameo oy tneir society ana ten to rena lfl tor tnem-selv- Although some stores have been decked out with Christinas decorations since before Halloween, I am still one of those old fashioned spirits and feel that Christmas begins after Ihanksghr-ingA- s I woke up Friday morning it was then, not before, that I started organizing the tasks that I win need to complete over the next four weeks. One of my thoughts over the holiday led me to charity and all the needs various people have this time of the year. As an active member of Kiwanis, I know we concentrate on our needy children and work hard to make sure there are a few more smiling faces Christmas morning. Christmas time is that period of the year when people put aside their image and by to let thoughtfu- lness and goodwill flow on through. Even though they are caught up in the rush of shopping, cards, baking and visiting, many feel a pull to share their warm feelings and good intentions with oth es outside the mainstream. The senior citizens of today are the ones who have put together so many past Christmas celebrations, some in bad times, but many just in peace filled times that afl of us wish to remember. They are the people who have been chalked off the list as living beyond their times, not fitting into todays scheme, yet they are the same generation who fitted us with homemade garments, hand-sew- n toys and brought has-bee- home Christmas trees felled with brute strength. It's true they no longer look good in designer jeans or flowing hair commercials, but they impart an image of tradition to a grandchild that outclasses and outlasts any television ad that Madison Avenue can produce. Instead of the young generation worrying about their elders sagging skin or slowing steps, they should welcome their experience and survival through their life span. Rather than tune out from olden times, the reigning generations should by and glean some survival techniques from a group of people who accelerated from a tractor to a tank to a rocket and finally, often now, to a walker. Christmas time is a natural for the elderly since jolly old St Nick is no spring chicken him-seThough some feel resentment for times gone ff. ty when they were the basement Santas, putting toys before the stroke of midnight many others can now offer short cuts and helping hands to their grown sons and daughters. That way everyone gets to bed on together those easy-assem- time, even grandfather Santa. Maybe the kids dont waft six miles to school in the middle of a blizzard anymore, but they have schedules, jobs, and commitments that are as demanding and tiring as their fathers' and the (Continued on page 8A) . Giesleolonn When holiday shopping turns deadly the turkey dinner is consumed, people start running through the ads in the paper looking to see what they want to buy and how early they will have to be there to buy it They dip coupons, plan out their strategy by seeing what store is open at or enjoying the quiet serenity of our home, I ventured out scraped the hard cold frost off the windows of the car and headed in the general direc-tiof West Jordan. We got there about 4:45 a.m. and the parking lot was almost full of cars. More were pulling in behind us as I finally found a space way out by Redwood Road. As we got out I noticed numerous black shapes running toward the store as the sound of car doors slammed all around me. As we approached the entrance to the store, on the Friday after Thanksgiving relaxed and happy from a wonderful day before, got ready in a leisurely fashion to take the drive to the mall or store and hoped that they'd be open by 10 a.m. so at seven and which, you know the later opening ones, at eight They make sure the car is gassed up and the trunk is empty. I used to wonder how many people actually showed up at those stores on that morning, that early, thinking it must be just a few diehard shoppers. But I was wrong. I discovered my error with tacit clarity a few years ago when my wife talked me into going to a 5 a.m. opening of a craft store because they had ' you could begin to do your holiday shopping. But since the advent of almost everyone having early bird sales on what is considered to be the first major day of Christmas shopping, thats no longer true. In tact much of what has to be done actually starts the day before. Right after some type of thing so cheap she couldn't believe it I dont remember what it was she was after, but her enthusiasm for the item, how much she needed it and how much money it would save by going the sale must have impressed me. On a morning on which I was usually either still in bed By RICHARD SHAW J 1 Man reporter For the week before Thanksgiving, the televi- sion was full of ads from big stores that were having their "after Thanksgiving" sales. Most of those sales, as they have for years, began at the day such as at 5:45 a.m. or 12:01 a.m. or something like that This type of marketing has been going on for nearly 20 years now. It used to be that you got up ungodly times of five, which at six, which ---- TGS j ------I ?! TURN IN A PUSHER jJ n 3 Information gathered as a result of the TIPS form remain strictlyconfidentiaL Carbon Metro Drug IhskFbiceactson on i all submittals. Name of suspected drug dealer U Nickname: Description: HL . Hair Sex Age WL. Eyes SS j a i i Address:. it looked as if an invasion was forming. People were pressed against the doors and windows, some bulked up with heavy coats, while others were just in shirt sleeves despite the cold morning air. Someone to the left of the crowd wa$ selling hot chocolate and coffee; the steam ris- Home: i Business Motor Vfehide: Make HI Associates of Dealer I Method of dealing: (Continued on page 8A) 1 1 Location of dealing . J'I Drug(s) being dealt. Giiit edlterial Are Gen Mod foods dangerous? By JOHN PECK Minute Man Media For years corporations praised the cornuco- pia of innovative products consumers can expect with the latest agricultural revolution -namely genetically modified organisms (GMOs) making the arrival from farm fields to our dinner plates. Unfortunately, the hype has proven to be both misleading and dangerous. Consumers would do better to avoid buying GMOs altogether and join with formers to reclaim control over the health and integrity of our nation's food system. When first introduced in 1996 the biotechnology industry touted GMOs as the economic salvation for grain growers. Thanks to multi-milli- on dollar advertising campaigns, corporations persuaded many people to believe that "wonder Ready crops like "Golden Rice" and "Round-U- p Soybeans" will not only feed the hungry masses, but also improve environmental problems. If only such tati tales were hue. According to a recent USDA report, the reality is that 98 percent of all biotechnology tinkering in agriculture today is done to make food production and processing easier and more profitable, not to improve nutrition or quality for ers."(We) should not have to vouch for the safety of biotech food, said Monsantos Director of Corporate Communications Phil AngeK in a 1998 New York Times article. "Our interest is in selling as much of it as possible." Consumers should be concerned with our nation's food supply and its vulnerability to GMOs serious contamination threats and questionable health standards. Earlier this month, the Associated Press reootted exoeri mental GMOs have a knack for finding their way into our food supply turning hapless consumers into guinea pigs, in Iowa, the Foqd and Drug Administration (FDA) ordered the destruction of 500,000 contaminated bushels of soybeans found to be tainted with a previous biotech com crop, grown to produce vaccines and industrial enzymes. The incident Is reminiscent of an earlier toaster in 2000 involving Startink (a biotech com variety never ap Amount Price: a I List any other suspected illegal activities: 3 NO May we contact you? YES. I Ifyes, then how: by mail or by phone :i When proved for human consumption) which got into Home Original taco shells Kraft Foods laco-Be- ll as wefl as 300 other food items nationwide. An even lesser known example is the covert api Ifwe may contact you by mail, what is your address? Mail completed forms to: TIPS, Carbon Metro Drug Thsk Force, 91 East 100 North, Price, UT 84501. f S9M of experimental milk to students, start, tac-ultand patients at the University of Wisconsin-Madis- I 1 License fear ing from the cups made it look like we were all X AMaI standing amongst a small ouncn or notspnngs at Yellowstone. A Color y, on throughout the 1980s, long before the FDA's questionable approval of synthetic bovine growth hormone (rBGH) in 1992. ' Letters ..to 'the editor should focus, pn public $ issues rather than private" personklities or entities.AU submissions must be verified ' publication. The paperreserves the 3 'edit letters hot onlyto satisfyspace rJ to right constraints," but jpotendal liability concerns!, 3 As the first genetically modified organism brought to market, rBGH has yet to pass safety muster in any other industrialized country outside the U.S. Its use has many adverse side affects-bot- h on the animals and the milk they produce. 50 Udder infections or mastitis increase by up with rBGH injections, leading to higher-of-t- en to id of antibiotics that then contamiboth milk nate and beef. Milk induced by rBGH also contains elevated levels of msidm Bke growth factor 1 OGF-- a known carcinogen. Fatal allergic reactions are another valid con-illegal-us- . e 8di Advocaie 1) The voice of Carbon County since 1892 Continued on page 8A ) Address: 845 Be Mein, Frio Telephone: (435) ADMINISTEATIQN Publisher Ken Larson Fk APVCTT1SING Shirley Stubbs Lynnette : (435) . " Lour . CtoiataXuriiaM ' Jean! Fuaclin Patti O'Neil . danffW. 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