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Show I t THURSDAY, MARCH THE VALLEY VIEW NEWS PAGE 2 1 7, 1 977 Vieco Necos 8l cam COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER ; To The Editor Issued each Thursday at 9124 W 27(K) S Magna, Utah 84044 Second Class postage paid at Magna, Utah Mail subscription Payable in advance $5 out of state $4 per ear in Utah All advei Using must be m our office by noon Monday for Thursday publication and preferably by 5 p m Friday Area businesses wishing information about our rates may contact our office at 250-1J Howard Stahle Publisher Editors Note: This letter was sent to the Salt Lake County Commissioners from the Division Wildlife of Resources 8 Mr Wm L Hutchinson Mr William E Dunn Mr Pete Kutulas M (Jlen Adams Assistant Publisher Dear Commissioners Editor Jennie L Hansen Afton Cameron, Ray Jorgensen, Jill Joigensen, Duane Humphries, Barbara C Bird, Ann Pritchett We wpre informed by recent newspaper articles of Salt Lake Countys plan to locate a sanitary landfill at one of several alternative sites along the lower east foothills of the Oquirrh This Mountains area provides habitat for a wide variety of game and nongame wildlife species and is particularly critical as winter habitat for big game species Use of any of the proposed alternative sites would have varying detrimental impacts on pheasant, chukar and staff A Water a commodity we hae all taken foi granted all our In es, is beginning to take on new stature Funny how true the old saving is we never miss the water until the well runs Right now it appears our valley may be looking at dry the well wh.f'h has just run di y Living in the mountain west, we have always boasted a plentiful water supply and find it hard to believe we aie now actually facing a di ought On one hand we can leel reasonably confident the water shortage is of a temporary nature Next year or the year after will bring a renewal of our usual plentiful water supply, yet on the other hand wp must remember that our population is rapidly increasing, our individual demands foi water are increasing and that even with a normal snow fall new sources of water are needed to provide the valley's needs Providing water, clean and plentiful, is a challenge facing this generation of scientists and engineers as surelv as is the demand for energy The yeais ahead may call for sophisticated methods of tapping water reserves hidden deeper inside the earth, harvesting the polai ice caps, or desaliniation of the oceans The near future challenges man s engenuity to tap high mountain watei souices and transport it in environmentally safe ways to population centeis The present calls foi carefully conserving our existing precious supply of water Much of the energy crisis could have been av Piled through advance planning and study with dedication to development of new souices The water problem will have to be solved the same way If we ignoi e the problem we may find ourselves in a very few years facing constant water rate increases, dickering over the price of a barrel of water, and conducting hearings over slip shod pipelines to the Artie Ocean For now let's practice all the water conservation methods we know of Those people with older toilet tanks should bend down the bulb stem to lower the water level, fix leaky taps, ahd for heavens sake if we have enough water to water lawns this summer lets not wastp the watPi watering the driveway and the streets' - 3 $ - A t A Hungarian i. partridge, mourning doves, cottontail and white-tailejackrabbit, deer, elk and a multitide of nongame birds and mammals r- d WE MJL A direct immediate impact would result from loss of habitat, which would be compounded by secondary impacts JataOam The pay raise for members of Congress went into effect March 1 The vast majority of the mail and phone calls being received at my Utah and Washington offices this last week, hav e dealt with the pay raise so I will take this opportunity to again make my v lews on the subject known The way the pay increase issue was handled is a disgrace It is, at best, cowardly for Congress to allow their pay raise to go into effect automatically, without a direct vote on the record There were three separate amendments in the Senate, all a ) which would have sponsored by Senator Jim Allen all three rejected the proposed increase I Unfortunately, one was tabled and the others were not considered before the Senate recessed Feb 11 The House of (D-Al- Semiafioii1 Representatives also subsequently refused to take any action to disapprove the increase The present method of determining Federal compensation has many problems Raises proposed by the President are automatic unless specifically rejected by Congress Also, iaises for members of Congress are tied to increases for Federal judges and executives, making salary adjustments for top officials, however justified, subject to the political manipulations surrounding a Congressional pay raise I favored the pay hike for Federal judges and top level Executives because there is a huge discrepancy levels between the federal government and the private sector, it is becoming increasingly difficult to attract and retain well qualified ppople because of depressed executive salary levels However, this problem will not be remedied as long as Congressional salaries are tied to those of other Federal employees To help remedy these dilemmas, I have introduced a bill, S 723, which would require Congress to consider raises for federal officials separately from their own It wrnuld also require Congressmen to approve or reject any Congressional pay raise by direct roll call vote In addition, the bill provides that each member of Congress may defer any raise until (There are presently no after having stood for means available for a Congressman to not accept a pay raise ) I am certain that this bill would eliminate most of the problems existing in our method of compensation resulting from continued disturbance by human activities around the selected site Mining and agricultural expansion are presently destroying wild lands on this predominantly privately owned mountain range at an alarming rate Any additional activities that would hasten the loss of these irreplaceable wild lands would be grossly undesirable The Division of WildLife Resources is opposed to all the alternative landfill sites proposed on the Oquirrh Mountains We aie not opposed to a landfill at or near the existing Salt Lake City Dump site or to a waste shredding-recyclinoperation located in the gravel pit area east of the Jordan River at the Point of the Mountain Neither of these sites would have g significant detrimental impacts on wildlife or upon citizen opportunities to use such resources We would like to be informed of any hearings and would provide imput for the Environmental Impact Statement required for this waste disposal program Sincerely, Donald A Smith Duector Child Abuse Act Needed, Says Marriott Child pornography is child abuse in its worst form, declared Rep Dan Marriott today The Utah Republican said it is deplorable that this country needs legislation to control it, but we do As a result, he is the Child huse Prevention Act of 1977 introduced Tuesday by Rep John Murphy (D-- Y ). The bill makes it a felony to make a child under sixteen (16) years of age to engage in sexual activity or to photograph sexual activity or simulated activity involving children It also prohibits the shipping of such pornographic pictures or films across state lines To me such activity is sick and disgusting, continued Marriott, especially when it's perpetrated on children Its people working their will against children depriving them of their most precious possessions, their virtue and their chastity Anybody who thinks this outrageous practice is a Constitutional freedom of expression is stripping society of its dignity and must be considered less than normal Marriott said he intends to back the bill wholeheartedly and push for its passage at the earliest possible date evil-minde- d TENANTS, ANYONE? Just because we charge for directory assistance doesnt mean you have to pay for it. 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Mountain Bell A tot k "Chick" 'John" Meldruin Eor a nation concerned about world wide terrorism, United States officials made a mistake in their dealings with the Hanafi Muslims who held 134 hostages at gun point during a recent seige in Washington D C World-wid- e political terrorists, such as the Hanafis, have been capturing the medias attention in an increasingly alarming rate The tyranny of the minority terrorists is once again being demonstrated as guns, knives, threats, demands and jeopardized lives command our attention In the words of Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd, It's abhorrent in our society that individuals can commit these atrocious crimes and then be out on their own recognizance In the case of the Hanafis one radio newsman was killed and six other persons hospitalized for wounds, yet the leaders of the seige were released Such action is a free license for all other groups with a vendetta or seemingly just cause to intimidate innocent bystanders and officials in an effort to assure their absurd demands be met t Eor a majority party which dominates both houses of Congress and the presidential administration, the challenge now is present to meet the platform promise of effectively" dealing with and eradicating terrorism both nationally and internationally It is remembered this was a major plank in I he Democratic platform of 1976 If we are going to put an end to terrorism we must begin now to take a hard stand with terrorists and not give into their intimidating demands In a situation such as the Hanafi one, anything should be promised to free hostages but then nail the terrorists to the wall " Only by meeting these intimidators on their own grounds will teriorism begin to be stopped |