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Show - $"tteli& II Rainbow one else except the applicant. appli-cant. After being signed, the certificate Is sent to Washington, D.C. and guarded guard-ed just as closely. I've often thought that in order to appreciate something some-thing fully, we first have to do without it. True, most of us have never lived under any other country's laws. Therefore, we take our own way of life for granted. Hopefully we won't wait until our freedoms are eroded erod-ed away or lost completely before we realize how precious preci-ous they are. Once lost they would be nearly Impossible Im-possible to regain. The Holiday Season Is a time for counting our blessings. bless-ings. The freedom we enjoy en-joy as Individuals as well as a nation, should be at the top of our list. We take a lot of things for granted don't we? Our many freedoms are taken matter -of -factly. Some -times we forget how lucky we are to have them. We have the right to travel free in and out of state borders to freely criticize criti-cize or differ with those In positions of authority to worship if, how and what we choose. We choose where we work and what type of work we want to do. . . We attend the college of our choice and study what we like, and go into a business we choose for ourselves. Education and opportunity for growth are not just for the chosen few, but for all of us. In many countries such things would not even be dreamed of by the common com-mon person. It could never be. Monday I was present at District Court in Salt Lake when 45 Utahns became American Citizens. They came from many countries -Viet Nam, Thailand, Cambodia, Cam-bodia, Korea, Japan, Philli-pines, Philli-pines, Canada, The Friendly Islands, England, Cuba, Iraq and Iran. They had taken and passed stiff tests covering the Constitution, Con-stitution, our government and how It's run, our Declaration Dec-laration of Independence, Bill of Rights, and general background of our American History. I'd wager that you and I would flunk that test famously or passed it with great difficulty. In the oath repeated at the end of the Ceremony, each gave up any allegiance to his home country, promised prom-ised to uphold the laws, bear' arms, fight to defend Old Glory, if required by law, and keep our country free. Their signed affidavit on the application said they were of good moral character. char-acter. They must not, among other things, believe in or practice polygamy, don't use drugs, don't use alcohol to , excess, don't engage in pros -' titution. . . i Eight of the applicants were children, but the I others seemed proud, happy 1 and relieved as they receiv- ed their American flag, pro-1 pro-1 vided by a local Lion's Club. The certificate they receive i is so well guarded that it 1 is kept only in a safe and not touched or seen by any |