Show A Lesson From the fhe Past Past Past- The Times Times Independent Independent presents with both pride and humility this special edition honoring Moab's pioneers We are proud of the opportunity to retell the story of those thos hardy people of faith and vision who braved the raw frontier to transform this desert valley Into an oasis We are humble as w We consider the magnitude of the hardships they had to overcome In comparison with the civic problems that beset us today The pioneers did their job well And they bequeathed to the present generation a priceless legacy of both spiritual courage and material We have bave need of that legacy today I Moab has mushroomed In n the last three years into a city that I fulfills the vision of even the most optimistic of its founders The Th Moab of today In includes ludes thousands of newcomers but it also Includes includes in In- eludes many descendants of the pioneer families Circumstance has saddled these older residents with the bulk of the civic burden Imposed by the uranium boom But Dut through their heritage the they are arc finding the answer and they deserve a n tribute today along with their pioneer f forefathers Newcomers to the community might bear in mind however that they also must share the civic burden A young man who came into Moab shortly after Charley Steens Steen's Mi Vida strike who survived hunger and debt and other hardships and who can count himself among the commented a few days ago If it hadn't been for the kindliness the help the openheartedness open heart edness of the good people of Moab I never could have lasted jt it out out Hospitality a willingness to share with those in need and the habit of working together those all are heritages from pioneer times operation Co-operation In building a school or church in erecting a cabin for a a new family in helping a neighbor in time of stress stress- was the very very breath of f life in pioneer communities operation Co-operation among all elements old and new is no less essential in our more complex community u life tod today y The descendants of the pioneers are doing their part We WeI I newcomers might do well to study the lesson of co operation co-operation as we consider we-consider the story of Moab's past |