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Show Jaek-Stratfs. By Jack Wallis ftiis week is "Save a place for 'Mile" week. The problem of turning inland into parking lots and sub-'isions sub-'isions is talked about in the wry Utah Wildlife News by D.L. rt. He says he used to hunt asants where the Safeway store now - ms no less than 20 years ago. : tore you used to hunt farm wildlife, : j5", pheasants, rabbits), or go on fl trips, or just "get out for a walk in country" ; we now go to buy a pizza , Unlive there. Je wildlife report says that first the " taken out of food production, forever destroyed. With no habitat n no wildlife. meof the best soil and coplands are "8 destroyed and there seems to be answer. You can't blame the Z If farmer for selling his land at ?endous Profit or the businessman ying the land. You can't blame u o t s the reason it is a serious le"i. there is no solution. ifP'e explain that the Mailt I in America depends on iilahif, land' Pen spaces, food D"'ty, clean air, and clean water. iclt moved out of the cities '"to " . Z 17 and suburbs to get closer to ,r sPaces. This lasts only a little 'C Pnetty soon the city is ibacki,u around them and they ( Mn the city again, where the air forever6 W0rS6 a"d e wildlife is ' ' Can ... Idler,,. save a Place for the need same land so I iyolocr there aPPears to be e Puaces and no shortage ' (!)!em , , ' but we 0311 still see the llottv g wildlife lands- We HnwJ place for wildlife, but Hthe ltallasthey once had. ' outST6"1 Problem of inflation I 'ybeJus Price of motor fuel, ) 'suburb, " a priced out of livinS in 'e land?, C0Untry and usin the id'aveT for w homes. Maybe ""wecan mT back t0 the cities ltStow?kmdnot,in hmiT evenmS nish on our S?X ? back and ildl?fe W6re taken away Every four years we get all psyched up to renew our Utah driver's license. We ask ourselves, "Should I study for the test questions?" We wonder how many have been changed, and can we remember the right answers? Usually we take the test cold, feeling we know all the right answers. But four years ago we missed a couple questions that could be argued either way. So this year we tracked down the official driver's handbook and skimmed through it to brush up on some of that technical stuff. After the officer zipped over the test circling the wrong answers, we discovered it didn't pay to read the manual. It doesn't matter what the manual says, all that matters is that you give the right answer to the test. The manual says the urban district speed limit is 30 miles per hour, but according to the test it is 25 mph. We still don't know which is right, but if you're taking the test better put down 25, because the applicant is always wrong if he tries to argue the point. Anyway, I guess we live in the country or rural area and don't quite understand the ways of an urbanite. But in the country we have farther to go so they ought to let us travel at the 30 mph speed. We also have to plead illiteracy when it comes to railroad crossings and driving on Interstate highways. For over 120 miles in all directions we have no railroads or Interstates. Where else in the country can a population our size make this same claim? So when it comes to the question on your driver's test concerning railroad crossings and traveling on the Interstates, In-terstates, you had better stick to the manual. But when it comes to urban speed limits, watch out. Maybe this is the place the Utah Wildlife Outdoor Recreation Federation is referring to when they say "Save a place for Wildlife", a place where you drive 25 mph and don't have any railroads or Interstates. Many of us have been living the best quality of life and perhaps haven't even been aware of it. Better enjoy it while it lasts, because one day all this is going to change. |