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Show | ee “WASATCH COUNTY COURIER will always be welcome in our commu- challenges and changes happening in Wasatch County. We, as your state legislators, greatlyappreciate your support and effort in informing people of the area. We are not aware of a time when we have had a stronger turnout and support from the citizens during the tours, presentations, support, concerns, and particularly the nity. Midway Beer History : to the letter tations, support, concerns, Nick Bigney —s involve- ment. Again, thank you for making this visit so successful. Legislators understand our issues better as we continue to work - toward solutions. Representative Gordon Snow - | While ] oe am a member of the ‘ ‘pre- dominate” religion and may be sympa- thetic to some of the feelings and frustrations expressed by the Bigneys, this issue and some of the comments regard- ing it reminds me of a similar time sev-eral years ago involving my now Senator Beverly Evans There are still angels, tooth fairies, and honest people | deceased father-in-law, Lee Ivers, then a Wasatch County Commissioner, and the sale of beer on Sundays in Midway, and I believe county wide, stores. Mr. Ivers at that time owned the Ivers Editor: Merc which is now Winterton’s Market About three years ago, Clinton City realized that the builder of many homes in Aspen - Sunshine: Meadows, Meadows, Sierra and_ Estates, Bridges Subdivisions. had major financial problems. The builder was well known throughout the area as “BauCorp”. The piranha cig i, ole Mie tals _ harder the city tried to enforce escrow and bonding agreements, the more difficult it became to find the builder or his agents, much less to get any relief. Legal help from the state and legal action ‘taken by the home owners produced very little satisfaction. in Midway. I remember the name calling by some and the extreme hurt, turmoil, and anguish he went through caused by the comments and letters he received from some of his so called “Christian, Mormon, friends and neighbors”, because he chose to sell beer in his store which he kept open on Sunday. I found it interesting then as I do now that for a religion that suggests the lack of judge- ee: ibe = Tapas cncmnt an naa sll these subdivisions relating to roads, city standards. Had Me Bah less the approach — that others in the projects did, it would have taken a long time and been very Heart. The word was. ‘Val Todd, Midway Utab towners” coming product, (then it was to purchase the widely thought that people from Utah County, which was “dry” at the time, came up to Wasatch County, purchased parties, beer, had caused problems, and then went ty, that it would be extremely hypocritical for we in the “majority” not to allow our “minority” friends and neighbors anything less than the same rights and freedoms we ourselves enjoy as that | ] ’ T gp speaker. His talk covered the African-American .experience in the United States from the time of slavery to the present. The highlight of - Reverand Davis’ talk was the interesting and unknown (to me) facts about the. African-American presence in Utah, beginning with the a of the area in 1847. ...FREE- DOM! By hefcvitiags a convocation is -- assembly, a congress,” a summons &¢ “an to- Bomb Threat Cont... gather together as a community. So my dissappointment was in the lack of o Editor: interest by residence of Heber valley to attend an interesting and informative I would like to address the article that ran last week about the bomb threat at Wasatch High School. I happen to know the young man that this article was referring to, and obviously the per- son who wrote the article had not bothered to call Mr. Horner to find out the circumstances surrounding this incident. The young ‘man in question was only talking to other high school students when this happened. He never threat- ened anyone in authority. He never wrote a letter to anyone about it. The police searched his locker and his backpack and found nothing. His parents offered to let the police search their home for any evidence but the police ~~ chose not to do that. trouble with the law outside of school -and he has never been in trouble at and in fact tend to be very judgmental. Some of these items had to be redone ~ _ back home to Utah County), but rather, one of the biggest problems was caused due to poor workmanship by the by our own minor kids out drinking on builders. Seldom did we have to initiate the weekends. contact with Mr. Ritchie. He made it a point to stay in touch with city manageI believe that if the youth, or anyone ment. As a final good faith gesture, Mr. else for that matter, really want a prodRitchie gave the city sufficient funds to uct like drugs, those that want them will install street lights, survey monuments, find a way, legal or not, to obtain them. lot markers and slurry seal the roads. I also believe that for a country, com_ Also, he deposited funds in escrow for munity, and religion that were founded any problems that may arise before the on the basis of religious freedom and one year warranty period expires. Not also protecting the rights of the minorionce did he try to cut costs ate shoddy . work. Brave sometimes fall very short on that subject However, out of the woodwork came ments at the time when he told an audione. individual who had originally ence assembled to debate the issue that played a part in the lot development for © ‘one of the main problems associated the builder. His name is James W. - with beer sales wasn’t caused by “the out water, sewer, street lights, surveys, curb, gutter and sidewalks were completed to — The young man has never been in any ‘of Heber, with Reverand France Davis as guest portraying William Wallace in the film ment of others that in fact we as people I also remember the county sheriffs com- | Ritchie. He came forth and through his ‘financial backing, all of the problems in’ It was most unfortunate and disappointing to find only eight people in attendance at Thursday evening’s UVSC convocation at the Senior Center in in I guess in summary,I am remembering | the final word spoken by Mel Gibson printed - in. the legislature because of the strong presenand experience that is only a temporary fix! I have been following the “Beer Sales Issue In’ Wallsburg”, and I am respond- ‘ing of ed with it, won’t work in a free society. For me, the solitude I find in hiking and backpacking in wilderness areas helps with my “isolation” desires, but I know ~ Mayor A. DeMar Mitchell, Clinton City September 14, 1999 issue of the Courier regarding that issue submitted by the public meeting. It had an impact on the years Kirtland, Nauvoo, and even in the beginning in Salt Lake City to prove | that isolation, and those things associat- | Editor: | had ae of the They ORE opportunities and growth in the county. They went home with a greater appreci- Sad Day in Heber City even if they may want to. ene honorable and honest human being. He Name witheld by request that they cannot, in effect, cut themselves off from the rest of humanity, teat tt come, learn, and experience some of the opportunity to graduate from school? a teat small undertaking. Costs were well up in the six-digit range. Our hats go off to an this were your child, would you be so quick to judge him and not give him the ne attagn the recent Utah Legislative visit. It- was a great opportunity for the legislators to of some bers who had moved into the area. They very well knew that those “other religions” had a way of life different from ' their own, but I believe they realized that no man, or group, is an island and emcees you to all the citizens in Wasatch County who participated or assisted in sure we had a viable finished product. His main desire was to walk away with a good and honorable name. This was no say that we had never said anything we didn’t mean and were sorry for later. If ttn : legal responsibility for some of the proj-— ects, yet he funded them all to make | It would certainly be nice if we could all area and build churches for their mem- ennai nett those ee = because of the evidence. evening with a fine representative of the Black experience in Utah. Reverand Davis is Pastor of the Calvary Baptist wer have the above subdivisions nearing completion with satisfactory results for Mr. Ritchie had no financial interest nor We would like to extend:a special thank ation If we go back to the founding pioneer fathers. of the State, it is interesting to note that the Mormon church leaders encouraged other faiths to come to the many years, if it occurred at all. We now the land developer, the city, who. buy the homes. political sentencing because of the things that were happening at other schools around the country and not majority. taken eS Editor:. have Congregation in Salt Lake City, teaches courses at the University of Utah, and is’ a published author of Light in the Midst of Zion. He iii Thank You, Citizens in the courts. would is also a popular speaker at schools throughout Utah. Coe the butt of It just goes people of intelligence to sift it all out Project completion school before this time.. He has never. even had a. traffic violation. Even — though he was found NOT GUILTY of this crime, he still had to wait in jail for 16 days while he underwent psychiatric evaluations. He had three of these tests _and they were all normal. He also got 40. hours of community service which he has fulfilled. This boy has already been punished plenty, and only for expressing his right to free speech. I personally agree that eae matter eed to be examined carefully to make sure the threat wasn’t valid, but where do we _ draw the line? Just because someone says things in anger does not mean they plan on carrying out that threat. How many of us in our lives have ever said that we wished the school would burn to the ground or that someone would die? Does that mean we are going to do it? | understand the concern that parents ~ would have over sending their children to school after hearing this news. I have children in the high school and I was also concerned until I found out who it was that made the threat. Many people agree that this young man received a Those who failed - attend ers, as the evening was both and rewarding to those in But I guess my surprise and are the losinformative attendance. disappoint- | ment at the apparent provincialism of this. valley is naive. | | Sybil Anderson — : rile Z Letters to the Editor Policy We invite the submission of reader opinion letters for publication in The Wasatch County Courier. We will do our best to print all letters we receive. We promise not to pick and choose which ones to publish based on our own agenda. However, a few rules are probably in order. 1. We reserve the. right not to print letters we deem to be inflammatory, factually inaccurate or 1 unsupported accusations. 2. We apologize in advance if we are unable to print your letter because of space considerations. But, please, don’t stop writing. 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Please bring a photo ID with your submitted letter. The Courier will confirm the identity of the ’ writer. We will not print your letter without conformation. | the Wallsburg beer issue. I find my position changing to agree with whichever letter ] read last. Wallsburg has been jokes in Wasatch County as long as I’ve lived here. to show that stereotypes are usually wrong. The Wallsburg should be commended for the depth and reflected in their letters to the editor. costly The Wasatch County Courier is not responsible for, nor do letters to the editor express the views of The Wasatch County Courier. The Wasatch County Courier cannot and does not vouch for the accuracy or validity of any Letters to the Editor. -- Publishers Note: I have been tremendously impressed with the quality of the letters we have received concerning both sides of j [ entiiensieee TO nae f t w~ September 28, 1999 |