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Show Letters From Our Readers . . . Dear Sam: In regards to the letter of the eight complainers. about the lovely Friendship Motel sign, it's a beauty. All the other business signs will be larger before Moab stops growing. Wake up. complainers, and enjoy it. The sign lightens up the dark street on North Main. There are other things that need attention, like papers, weeds and beer cans on Main Street. Complainers with time on their hands should take a little extra time and complain where it is needed. That will benefit all. Maggie Stryker To the Editor: I cannot help but comment on the letter to the editor in last week's issue about the new Friendship Inn sign. The letter stated that the sign was in keeping with the size of the motel. I really can't believe that. The 25 story twin tower Brown Palace Hotel-Convention Center in Denver has a sign one-fifth the size of the Friendship Inn sign. The Friendship Inn sign I'm sure was designed to be seen from some interstate highway two miles away, Not the Main street of Moab. It just doesn't fit. I'm sure the Friendship Inn, when it's finished, will be one of the best motels in Moab, and I too welcome the new owners. But the sign is the worst thing in Moab and it should be corrected. Moab is going to do a lot of growing in the next few years, and the growth can be neat and well planned or it can be a mess like most cities. Let's hope the Friendship Inn sign is not a "sign" of the growth that's coming. Yours truly, Glen J. Lathrop Dear Sam: I have walked down the North side of Center Street all my life to school, church and town. I know that sidewalk was established in 1884, and how much before that I don't know." My grandfather layed out the first 25 blocks and each block had a good sidewalk around it and he came here in 1881. Now the sidewalk is fenced in on the southwest corner and is graded out and being planted on the southeast corner and also used for car parking between 3rd and 4th East and on 4th East. All the school children and everyone else are walking down the road on a very busy center street. When a fast car comes around this 4th East Corner and plows into a group of school children, maybe someone will take notice. I hope something is done before that. Worried, Faye 1 itus Dear Sam... School is in session again and Moab merchants are geared for action. "No students stu-dents allowed" signs are being dusted off and posted on doors; clerks are converted to sent.nals to stand with foloeu arms judging every student who enters the building as a potential thief. The situation is appalling and has been for years. Our town must look very impressive impress-ive to visitors. Imagine the opinion of Moab youth they take away, not to mention what the stigma does to youth itself. I am sure there is loss from shoplifting. On the other hand, the treatment our young people receive here may be a challenge to some to match wits with their accusers. Treat human beings as criminals long enough and the treatment may very well take. I agree there is complete bedlam in our small downtown area when the mass ejection of students occurs at noon. Youngsters from the middle school, particularly, rush to the nearest store or eating establishment hoping to purchase pur-chase something to eat before classes reconvene. If they are admitted at all, however, it is a few at a time and their brief lunch hour is wasted standing on the outside looking in. It seems the situation could be remedied by making a mandatory rule that students remain on the school grounds during the noon hour -- or bus to hot lunch. Surely the prospect of a brown-bag lunch is no less nourishing than a package of potato chips and a dill pickle, not an untypical description of the garbage they buy if they are admitted to a store. It's hard tp believe there ' would be too'rhuch objection td-this td-this routine; teachers might have to stagger lunch hours. Surely parents and students would prefer it to the present policy of grouping students in the noon-hour nuisance bracket. brack-et. Apparently after school hours pose less of a problem when the majority of the students report home to parents. This is no personal gripe. My family is reared, thankful ly before the popular trend to group school children and stray animals in the same unwanted bracket. Maxine Newell |