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Show TBffal tXfnn Wdrsday, August 7, 1985 1 Dinosaur Every year for the past seven a day has been set aside for special recognition recogni-tion to the Dinosaur Gardens state museum. During this day in August special events have been held to attract at-tract people to visit the museum and see the many exhibits on display. A special Dinosaur Gardens committee com-mittee of the Vernal Area Chamber of Commerce takes over for the planning and organization for Dinosaur Days. This year Dinosaur Day is being expanded ex-panded into two days instead of the usual one on Saturday. In fact some people coming to the Vernal area may think every day is 'dinosaur day' in this area. This year the Coachmen Caravan Western Regional Rally is coming to Vernal on the weekend of Dinosaur Day so the day has been expanded to include both Friday and Saturday to accommodate the visitors. Local retail merchants are planning sidewalk sales on these two days and are giving special discount prices and coupons. Most of the regular Dinosaur Day events will still be held Saturday including the KVELFM 93 Triathlon, fish pond scramble, matinee, farmer's market, concessions, mini-car rides, B-B gun shoot, bike races and poetry contest and art displays. Besides all this, admission to the museum will be free Saturday. The Coachmen caravan will start arriving Wednesday at the KOA Campground Cam-pground on west Highway 40. Members of the caravan will leave their recreation vehicles at the campground cam-pground and will be bused to the scenic PUBLIC FORUM LETTERS TO THE EDITOR What is your opinion? The Express welcomes letters from its readers concerning any subject pertinent to the Uintah Basin. While there are no restrictions as to contents or reasonable length, letters must be sumitted exclusively to the Express and bear the writer's full name, signature, phone number and address. Names must be printed on political letters but may be withheld for good reasons if requested on others. All letters are subject to condensation. So much more Dear Editor: I would like the First Baptist Church, Our Saviour Lutheran, World Vision Assembly and Vernal Christian Church to know I read your book you left on my doorstep last week. Interesting. In reference to Help for Finding a Good Church, which reads on page 94, one, on the practical level. Holy spirit, love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, self -control. See that there is a genuine friendliness, a concern love for one another. We would like you to know that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has all this and so much more. May Christ be with you, A Mormon Family DIANE GIFFORD Vernal Express (USPS 580-8000) ... i fbttW tty Wtd-wtdoy and fmy w $14 00 p y O'to ond $20 00 p" f owl of o'M by rt Vmol f p't PvblitHing Company. S No" Vol Av, Vol, U'ofc 84071 Sod iot povog poi & Vk- postv!st( sjd..HKo"9-nov. NAltmiJS.O.Ii1010,Vrol,UigK 14371. hA wan,, . , S,, I. Wl!. . Tioti Ml , . . . A .(Jo !' s o a 0 Wo1- , !J.w firy Ccr ..... Ao.g rw w jsii C-W lot!?, fti )) t.-.tM . u M,t,, it ;r-3 inr , . w..i(i. ? ??J!S) i-, -4 t.f r-' c. til 4i;i C- , ? TJ 0, lJ, ' Tfc ihmiq .' f StS-ZIi 5 a Anj . ....... 1 1 30 t , . . . (Wh is t I, ByjockWallis CfO&y I Days attractions they will visit. Thursday the caravan will spend the day settling down in Vernal. A program pro-gram is planned at 8 p.m. at the Sheraton Inn and ending with a dance. Friday the group will tour the Flaming Flam-ing Gorge Recreation Area and Saturday Satur-day they will take in the activities of Dinosaur Day plus a fashion show and dance. This is the first time a Coachmen Caravan Rally has come this far west. If this event proves successful, it may be the beginning of many more recreational recrea-tional vehicle group visits to the area. The Vernal area is the hub for many scenic one-day trips that can keep tourists in the area for a longer period of time. The area needs to promote more visits like the Coachmen Caravan during the Spring and Autumn months when the area needs more tourist travel. Even though the RV people are self-contained and pretty pret-ty well independent, they still like to shop around and see the attractions of a hospitable friendly area. With the arrival of the Coachmen during Dinosaur Days, it is a good time to put forth an extra effort to make our visitors feel welcome by rolling roll-ing out the red carpet. This can be a regular event if those conducting the caravan like what they see. We would like to begin by saying, welcome to Vernal, members of the Coachmen Caravan. We will try our best to make your stay here an exciting ex-citing and enjoyable stop in your trip across the country. Local hospitality Dear Editor: Do you mean to tell me that if we come to Vernal to work on a job for six months and plan to stay in our travel trailer that we cannot legally park anywhere in Vernal City? Outside workers bring a lot of business into your town. Is this the way your community com-munity extends hospitality? You should be ashamed of yourselves! Your welcome sign says Vernal is SOMEPLACE SPECIAL. Do you think having an ordinance re-written by your city attorney to keep us from parking in a mobile home park in Vernal Ver-nal is making us feci welcome? I resent the implication made by Mr. Green (quoting your article in your paper) that Mr. Green "objects to the mixture of the two types of people associated with mobile homes and travel trailers." In looking for a place to live, it becomes expensive to pay i daily rate for a period of several months compared com-pared to a monthly rate where we pay all our own utilities. If you take a close look at what Is happening, It teems to me that Mr. Green is causing all this uproar to try to fill up his own mobile home park which is out of the city and so is not affected af-fected by the ordinance. Take off your colored glasses and tee It like it really 1st NAME WITHHELD REQUEST UPON 'Maeser speedway ' brar Editor: Well, It has finally happrnrd, A lavley little girl namH Mawty Hatch was -rious!y injured eftT being hit and drug at least Mlem feel on this deadly mile of mad on 30 West, the eld Dry Fork Road to Painted HiJU and Dry Fork Canyon. Py an etwdute miracle, the little fr ill live, thin lime, twit unWj ymi, the motnriU ho ue this road, da M j)tn dm n to at kl lb 53 mph pjkHI limit, the netf lime it ill I a fatality. fjK h of )o ho rfd di! thli rtwd are a fuilty f that trwUl i h htfp the party ho hit hef. We ho live alm-a ihii rJ call il "The M"" $play, limply twiawe! h violators art in tnnr : rnitheTi ith chiMren in tan with Own. men. t. V -nfi tn ks. rn city rd rini? trwcfcs The hM tonid pa rn rd no The fiKt is pi knr M yml sre itnd frm Iww that (he rd jimit i 15 mph fl rn gl&o fm thai it tild hove tn y" ho re f-icsprtreciN? rf the life f4 a child f!or k!e, w$nh- rjicfrgard of the f pH l art I thral H fTff jof ! jn ir, t'AN it' 'f;'i,EY I" JU.tY B RO AN 1 Editor's Note: This is the last column of Business and the Stock Market supplied sup-plied by the Babson's Reports, Inc.' This weekly column has appeared in the Vernal Express for many years. Because of changing times it is now almost impossible for a nationally syndicated syn-dicated column to cover the local needs of business. Babson's Reports, Inc., had decided to suspend publication publica-tion of Business and Stock Market and concentrate their efforts on their primary endeavor of investment advice ad-vice and counsel. UPDATE ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE HARDWARESOFTWARE After about three decades of research and development, computer experts are making considerable progress pro-gress in giving computers a capability capabili-ty to reason, make judgments and the ability to learn in a way similar to that of human intelligence. Practical applications for medicine, science, and industry have now emerged. This new technology, called artificial intelligence, has its own specially developed software to operate the computer. Both natural (conversational) language and knowledge-based systems (acquired from experts in their respective fields) are used to spew out the desired information. Steadily decreasing prices for hardware hard-ware and software are fueling the demand de-mand for "dedicated" or specific applications ap-plications artificial intelligence systems. . By the end of this decade, expert systems that can respond to everyday language and flexible robots utilizing visual recognition devices are expected ex-pected to be widespread. In the judgment judg-ment of the staff of Babson's Reports, these two AI systems have considerably con-siderably larger potential than any other types now being developed. While limitations will still exist for some time, new applications using knowledge-based or expert systems are proliferating supported both by the federal government and industry as well as by the universities. The rapid payback period offered by expert systems, along with the relative ease with which they can be constructed, con-structed, should insure the rapid spread of such Al-based systems over the next several years. Dozens of start-up companies have pioneered this new growth industry. However, a select group of well-established well-established computer and electronic firms have also introduced several important im-portant commercial products. LIRE OF DYNAMIC MARKET CROWT1I The estimated U.S. market for artificial ar-tificial intelligence porducts was around (191 million in 1984. Sales are expected to accelerated dramatically dramatical-ly after 1986, reaching an estimated $3.5 to HO billion by 1990. As we have noted In our Introduction to AI, the fastest-growing segment is "expert" systems, slated to grow at an 80 percent per-cent compound rate through 1M0. With plmomenal growth forecast for the entire AI business, the field is wide open for companies gearing up to produce pro-duce software including natural language, computer aided Instruction, visual and voice recognition. Off the-shelf the-shelf packages are already available along with systems allowing programmers program-mers uaskillcd in sprculiJ'Td artificial Intelligence language to build expert systems. MILITARY Stt'ltlUNG It A I) The Defense Advanced Research IYotU Agency ha deemed artificial InlclliKmc computer hardware and software system crucial to our nation'! na-tion'! oVfcns, DARPA, as the agrftc-cy agrftc-cy U called, experts la iprnd over a M bi llion dollars for supercom- and artificial Intcllingence capable of limutalina and pTrdiclir.f the ctinwrirnm of various pfnpnwd count's (4 military action. Japan has eKa launched a matMve pmeram to catapult UkU Ma the tad tn lnformaUnfl iptrml trthnolcf y by the mid l but that country lark any extensive MUare. A a ffsull of lh bur ennrupg f ac 14 pnfrrt artifkial inWI;rTTr? )-t!rm. manufacturer of tfmmrfoal, trv vrnlirmal Cnmpulrta are romrni!!;r$ nrfRianUal furfe in the brM thai Ux-y can make U riiN? toTi!e"e trTt" prrami at far Imi cnet. The f?i rth raf,'r'CT,l of t&b-hi t&b-hi P-prt t cur rr.i!jr rwrt- IK (fittirrifwt fnrk fif IVnt irna pijcirMr Machine, fm'li tr4-H tr4-H "i the NYSE for Yi Ittt? cIV fUJj fief sn grvj ,c-Tnin i n t . Iiefiry H pri'f-''$ crrract r!afrJi I c 'c .c jrii ' tc f! tP'4 ! r a f"nVf f arfWis fa. IT IS COMMON KNOWLEDGE THAT INSECTS ARE ADAPTABLE CREATURES AND WILL FIND WAYS TO SURVIVE. SO LETS LOOK AHEAD A FEW DECADES AND SEE THAT A.P.H.I.S HAS CREATED A HAS GROWN ITS OWN GAS MASK ND CAN TOLERATE ALL KINDS OF INSECTICI0ES Cm THE VOICE OF BUSINESS What's 'worth' by Richard L. Lesher, President Chamber of Commerce of the United States The immortal Babe Ruth was once challenged about his $80,000 salary enormous for that day and age when it was pointed out that he took in more for hitting home runs than Herbert Hoover earned as President of the United States. The "Bambino's" retort: "Yeah, but I had a better year than Hoover did." Society struggled with the seemingly seeming-ly disparity between the difficulty or utility of various professions, and the Pool complaint Dear Editor: Want to take your family out for the night and have fun? Try swimming here. First of all leave your towel in a locker, you can't take it in with you. Iyou iike diving, try the two-foot diving div-ing board, it's the only one there. Want to take your S and 6 year old kids In the wading pool? Don't forget to put on your own swimming suit, so you can watch your kids wade In a pool a foot dwp. Oh, by the way, you also pay to watch your kids in the wading pool. If you have tubes for your kids, lt-ave them home, this is also a no-no. They aay they are too dangerous. Don't worry about your kids drowning, there are usually four people working and only 10 kids awimming. Remember the old pool? It wa fun to swim at A wading poo that was fun for the kids with a fountain In the middle. mid-dle. The big fxl you could lay on your towels, dive off a ten foot diving board, play with your plaslic tube if you wanted, dive of the tide of the pool. Il'l too bad the taxpayer! money has to go down the drain when the pool ahould t making money. Oh, by the way, if you really want to have fun ith your kids, wc have movie of the Id Vernal iwimmlng pool my parent UK w ith pnotahty a huwimi kids having hav-ing fun. DAN SML'IN Book placement fma chunhr hae cnfrtil-nratrd tagrihef ia prwl-re i U of entl-MititiK1 entl-MititiK1 literature. Thry p)rrd theif iiirf stuff on the Ars!rp of hnmt in lh cntimwniiy, t as truly &ap pniniM that they did iA !"p Q tiit i!h w. t tjM have eejnjpd jprsk-ir,g jprsk-ir,g fare fare i!h lhtn VThap (hy pfe a htile aNmpd f hal rff fart sw.uvrnw AT 11 Ml STUttMURMTV W9it tinm-Ac, te 4 tny nil Mt9 na r- nf Vptnt, et- j;-g.5'r!ian prTnn IV"Mll ! tth lim4!y Jf SI. h'p '.- rc"'ef l fsH (St T rr' r"i - M r t'.i U'-' yk r a p I e-1 p. t -cr. is ft :!'"-! SI ft f:i TTf I. a! 1'jth '. I MORMON CRICKET 4A ALII IT IKJ ISADAR.CVCTCM T- . WE I tLT LOVA FLYINO AIRCRAFT HAS GROWM A BIGGER MOUTH AND CAN CONSUME AO ACRES IM ONE HOUR. FLAT ta job - and sez compensation received for those jobs, long before the question was presented to the Sultan of Swat. And the debate continues today. Is Michael Jackson's music "worth" his reported earnings of $50 million a year? Are Doug Flutie's contributions to society greater than those of a teacher educating 25 exuberant youngsters? Is Lee Iacocca's job tougher than that of a sole proprietor who devotes 80 hours a week to keeping keep-ing her struggling business afloat? Are Johnny Carson's working conditions worse than those of the minimum wage key puncher, cross-eyed from sitting in front of a computer terminal all day? In recent year, the National Organization for Women (NOW) and other feminist groups have cost a new light on this age-old dispute.-NOW insists in-sists that certain categories of jobs are underpaid, not on the basis of education educa-tion of skill requirements but because they have traditionally been filled by women. The law today, under the Equal Pay Act of 1963, requires "equal pay for equal work" that Is, men or women, blacks or whites working the same jobs must receive the same pay. The women'a groups, however, demand the application of a new principle, "comparable worth": equal pay for jobs with a comparable degree of difficulty, dif-ficulty, required skills and working conditions. If a librarian, for example, needs more education and faces more mental demands than a janitor, than ihe should earn more than the janitor not always the state of affairs currently. Now Congress, ever eager to correct perceived violations of Individual "rights," la getting Into the act. It itandg ready to approve legislation calling for the clarification of federal jtji applying the kind of criteria in our librarian janitor example, Only $14 in Area and $20 out of Area for 104 news filled issues in your mail twico a week local news TV guide special features lots of advertising Subscribe Now! 1 Maillo: I Vrrnat tCiprm P.O. I Nairn Artrtrrt. I I'honi I enclose $14 or STO for cre ear J cr 125 and W for to jears J O cash O thetK 'ra cr f.'G I a Li HAS TWO STINGERS ONE. FOR LAYING EG-G-S AMD ONE FOR SHOOTING DOWN LOW PLYING AERIAL SPRAYERS ' HAS GROWN SUPER. Strong legs and can leap gree.m river with a Single bound who? The bill's proponents argue that it is only a "study." But once those job classifications are completed, at the cost of vast amounts of time and resources, do you think Congress, lawyers, the courts, and the women's groups wil let them gather dust on the shelf? Pardon me for suppressing a laugh. Before long, Congress will apply those classifications to the federal government. Courts will read them as Congressional intent to reinterpret the Equal Pay Act as requiring "comparable "com-parable worth" in the private sector if Congress itself doesn't so extend the Act. Federal courts and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Commis-sion will be converted to centralized wage-and-price authorities not just controlling wages as in past 'ex-' periments, but actively participating in setting them. In short, the absolute anthithesis of a free market. Beyond this unprecedented intrusion into the affairs of business, and the inherent in-herent difficulty of making the kind of subjective judgment called one, one additional fact undercuts the premise of comparable worth: the market is already solving the problem. Women rush into jobs where they once feared to tread. Female enrollment enroll-ment in law schools, for example, Increased In-creased from 9.1 percent in 1971 and 35.3 percent in 1981. New York City has actually set up physical training programs pro-grams to help women meet the vigorous demands of hoisting garbage cans. Finally, corporations are moving on their own to ensure that employee compensation Is free of past stereotyping. stereotyp-ing. They are already solving the problem pro-blem the same way society has always solved the problem of compensating the like of Ruth, Jackson, Flutie, lacocca and Carson: on the basis of their market value, not a government decree Read All About your hometown in the Vernal Express Hot J010 Vernal, L'lah 810T8 . . I I |