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Show Page Two - The Springville Herald EDITORIAL Host families appreciate the cultural exchange The 2002 Springville World Folkfcst starts Saturday. This is the seventeenth year that our city has invited foreign dancers and musicians to come here to perform and the seventeenth time citizens have been asked to be host families. As ol Monday, the housing director still needed more homes for the visitors to this year's festival. Homes were needed for some young dancers, ages 12-15. from Turkey and for older teens and adults from Spain. Taiwan and China. II you have never opened your heart and your home to be a host family, you have missed a very dear experience. It is hectic for the week the visitors are here, but it is worth it. Rosemary Bennett wrote of her first experience at being a host family alter the 2(K)I World Folkl'esl. She said. " When I returned my danccis from Israel to the bus to say goodbye at the end of the week, we were no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens in the family of man. We mingled freely, hugged generous-; generous-; ly. jointly wept and smiled spontaneously." ; She ended her story about the week she had spent with two ; young men from Israel by saying. "Before they all boarded the bus. ; we Aniei icans I Utahns! ) gathered together, faced our dear friends, ; and sang "God He With You "til We Meet Again." Love, kindness, kind-ness, mutual respect and affection hung in the air like welcome rain clouds about to burst. "Inbal had observed the night before, "You accept us for who we are--not because we are Jews or something else, but just for who we are..." "This 'goodbye' was not the end. Our lives are changed forever because of what we have shared logethcr-two groups of people f i om opposite sides of the earth, existing almost in different worlds. Our lives came together, literally in a dance, and we are different now: we are enriched by one another. We take pieces of each other back into our 'normal' lives." "I treasure all the moments spent in the company of my new friends. Thank you for the World Folkfcst. I look forward to the adventure next year!" And it is an adventure. It is a cultural exchange that is wonderful wonder-ful for a family--for children. Everyone learns so much about each other, and you find that except for the skin color or language barrier, people arc the same. They love their families; they want peace in the world: and they arc good. Sometimes people who haven't hosted before are hesitant. Don't be. There have been some problems, but they are few. The Folkfcst has a set of rules the visitors are to follow when they are in your homes. In exchange for providing housing, most meals, transportation and friendship, the host families are given tickets to all the Folkfest performances. Many people like to go every night because the program is usually different each night. Each group brings several costume changes and several different dances. In addition to Spain, Turkey, Taiwan and China, groups are coming from New Zealand. Ecuador and Georgia. There will also be groups performing from the US. Do it. Call now to be a host family. 489-4460 or 489-2726. Mapleton Police report Mapleton Police responded to 60 calls for service last week, 18 for animals. A citizen was issued several misdemeanor citations for violations of the Mapleton City Codes dealing with animals. Officers were called to the home several times during the week on reports of barking dogs in the early morning hours, the dogs attacking a neighbor's dog, and the dogs chasing after a neighbor ; with teeth bared and aggressively I growling. I Three citations were issued, ; with a total of six violations included. Police remind pet own-; own-; ers to keep their animals con-; con-; lained. There arc dog leashes ; available at the police depart- ment. 305 N. Main, or you can I contact any of the officers to obtain a free dog leash. Police also remind citizens ! that the City Park closes at 11 (USPS 513-060) Published Weekly by Art City Publishing Co., Inc. 161 South Main Street Springville, Utah Publisher Martin W. Conover Editor Patricia Conover Periodical Postage Paid in Springville, UT 84663 Postmaster send change of address notice to: The Springville Herald, 161 S. Main, Springville, UT 84663 Subscriptions in Advance per year $20 Out of County Subscriptions per year $23 Per Copy 500 delivered by carrrier, per month $2 Member Utah Press Association - July 10, 2(X)2 p.m. and persons should leave at that time. There have been reports of juveniles ringing doorbells and running throughout the city late at night. There have also been reports of juveniles causing traffic traf-fic hazards alter dark by standing in the roadway, and juveniles creating a fire hazard by hitting golf clubs on the pavement. Rodney Bryan Miner, 520 W. 1600 North. Mapleton, was arrested for DUE Preston Child, 634 S. 1200 East, Mapleton, was arrested for an outstanding warrant. war-rant. Kraig Dayton, 878 W. 1000 North, Mapleton, was arrested for a warrant. John Kukuchka. 5213 Charlotte Ave., Kearns, was arrested for a felony warrant and for driving on a suspended license. A vinyl fence was spray painted paint-ed with graffiti while the homeowner home-owner was out of town. Ben Franklin appears on the hundred dollar bill. Proclamation on watering Pursuant to Springville City Code 4-2-22, the Springville City Council and Mayor hereby declare de-clare and proclaim that there is a scarcity of water during the summer of 2002. In accordance with the authority vested by Springville City Code 4-2-22, the Mayor and City Council hereby impose the following restrictions on the use of culinary water within the limits of Springville City, Utah: Irrigation of landscaping by the use of culinary water is prohibited pro-hibited between the hours of 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Irrigation of landscaping is limited to two days per week according to the following schedule: sched-ule: Even numbered residences, Tuesday and Friday; Odd numbered num-bered residences, Monday and Thursday; Commercial uses, churches and parks, Wednesday and Saturday. New plantings may be watered wa-tered more liberally for the first 60 days after planting. The restrictions imposed by this proclamation shall expire on September 30, 2002. Violation of these restrictions shall be subject to penalty in accordance with Springville City Code 4-2-23. (1) Any water or sewer service ser-vice user violating any of the rules, regulations or ordinances controlling the water and sewer systems, shall forfeit all payments made and the right to the use of said services, and service to the premises of such user shall be discontinued. (2) In addition to the foregoing forego-ing penalty, any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this Chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be liable to punishment punish-ment by a fine in an amount not to exceed $299, or by imprisonment imprison-ment for a term not to exceed six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand on this 2nd day of July, 2002. City of Springville, Utah Mayor E. Fritz Boyer Mayor of Mapleton says thanks Dean Allan, mayor of Mapleton, Maple-ton, has issued a statement complimenting com-plimenting and thanking the citizens of that community for their compliance to the ban on fireworks and for their conservative conserva-tive use of water. "We have so many dry areas in our city that could potentially cause damage or destroy homes if they were set on fire." said Allan. Al-lan. "The city council decided to have no fireworks and that was the best solution. We are suggesting suggest-ing that you save your fireworks for New Year's Eve when the fire danger isn't so great." So far Mapleton City has not had to issue restrictions on the use of water for watering lawns, etc. According to Allan, the city is monitoring the water wells and tanks daily to make sure there is enough water for the needs of the chy. "If there is overuse of this valuable commodity, we might have to issue restrictions." said Allan. Eagle project a success! Editor: other items for Primary Child-Thank Child-Thank you for helping me ren's Medical Center. Other with my Eagle Project! I collect- items donated were cars, bubbles, ed 235 videos, 46 CDs and many reading books, dolls, - games, ,9 J ! 1 Li Boy Scout Micah Grotegut is shown here with all of the videos, CD's and other items he collected and donated to Primary Children's Medical Center. Micah did this for his Eagle Scout project. , Ti COMMENT We all should conserve Editor: Since Springville started us on water restrictions, I have seen and heard stories of citizens of Springville getting warnings for watering their lawns, gardens, etc. I saw a new neighbor move into a home that they just bought last Sunday evening. One of the first things he did was to start watering his drought stricken lawn. Not ten minutes had passed when a city water dept. truck stopped and the homeowner was given a warning to turn off his water. The homeowner tried to explain ex-plain that he was just trying to save the dried up lawn. He did what he was told by the city employee and waited until Monday Mon-day to water. In another part of town there was a citizen preparing prepar-ing for a vacation out of town. He was checking his sprinkler system and making adjustments so that it would turn on at the proper time and day and making The hoax Editor: One of the greatest hoaxes perpetrated on the American people by the Devil and his disciples to eliminate God and moral truths from society is the fallacious or distorted term: "Separation of Church and State." This statement or metaphor meta-phor is not contained in the Constitution, Con-stitution, Bill of Rights or any official government document. In addition, it didn't come into prominence until 1947 when a liberal Supreme Court took the term out of context from an obfuscated letter written by Thomas Tho-mas Jefferson. Founding Father. Fisher Ames, who was the primary author of the religion clause of the First Amendment, made it clear that the purpose of the First Amendment was to forbid the establishment of a national or state church by Congress,' like the Church of England. His writings, like the other Founding Fathers, stressed the importance of moral or religious principals in public life and schools. These same principals that made this nation the greatest and freest nation in history and the disastrous results if these principals were ever eliminated from schools and society. The great French Historian and Statesman, Alexes de Tocqu-cville Tocqu-cville who came to America in 1840, wrote, "There is no country coun-try in the world where the Christian Chris-tian religion retains a greater Nop giving suray Editor: The evening news showed hundred-foot high flames licking the sky, plumes of smoke billowed bil-lowed skyward like a volcano's emissions from a mountain near Springville. A forest service representative claimed her fire-fighting fire-fighting assets were stretched to the limit and her budget was almost gone. Then, on a July 4th TV news broadcast. I watched interviews of Utah Marine reservists called to active duty. They discussed their hardships of leaving their a. n sure it did not water the sidewalk or street. This citizen was making sure he was complying with the watering water-ing restrictions before he left with his family on vacation. Then a city water dept. truck pulled up to him and gave him a warning. No questions asked. He tried to explain that he was just adjusting but that did not matter. Come to find out later a neighbor turned him in. So, Springville, if you are giving warnings to citizens in town, what about the watering going on up at Jolley's Ranch on Sundays in the heat of the day, watering the dirt roads cause those sprinklers are out of adjustment. adjust-ment. Perhaps this is why the showers at Jolley's Ranch are turned off! And just this past Sunday evening, while driving by the junior high, the sprinklers were on on the east lawn. I thought noone was supposed to water on of church influence over the souls of men than in America." For a 160 years after the "First Amendment" was written, the tradition of the Founding Fathers about the importance of religious principals was adhered to in America. In 1962, a liberal Supreme Court with the inspiration inspira-tion of Satan and the ACLU took the First Amendment out of context contrary to the teachings and writings of the Founding Fathers and essentially outlawed the teaching of moral or religious principals in America. After the liberal Supreme Court outlawed God and his word in America, the works of the Devil has gained the ascendancy and secularism humanism has become our state church. The dire results of eliminating moral teachings and Biblical principals in public life and schools as warned by the Founding Found-ing Fathers have taken place in America and the era of Satan's new morality or old immorality-was immorality-was ushered in by eliminating God and Biblical teachings from America. As a result, many of the children in this country are raised in complete moral poverty--cspecially in the crime-ridden inner cities that vote Democrat. Elder Boyd K. Packer of the LDS Church, said in a 1994 General Conference address: "Like a ship without a rudder, without a compass, we drift from . the family values which have anchored us in the past. Now we families and going on the low military pay. One stated some of the marines had to declare bankruptcy bank-ruptcy because of low pay. So Congress can't afford to pay for fire-fighting here at home, or salaries beyond the poverty level for our soldiers, but we can send billions to the United Unit-ed Nations for U.N. dues, for U.N. peacekeeping wars, and for U.N. -IMF programs to prop up third world dictatorships? Congressman Chris Cannon voted for H.R. 2506 to give away more "foreign aid" to foreign . coloring books, medical play kits, math kits, play doh. Legos, puzzles, alphabet and number toys, markers, nail polish, stitch-ery stitch-ery kits, sticker books, stickers,-rulers, stickers,-rulers, crayons, pencils, stuffed animals, balls, jewelry, paints, glue, activity books and a hula-hoop. hula-hoop. A special thanks to Rob, manager of Allen's Supermarket, for letting me have a drop-off point there and for donating a cart load of items, too. Many of you were over generous, gener-ous, donating numerous bags full of new toys and brand new videos! vid-eos! I delivered a van full of items to the hospital on Tuesday. All those who donated have made a child's hospital experience experi-ence more enjoyable. If you are interested in doing the same kind of service for an Eagle Project or a Young Women's Value Project or have other items to donate, please call me at 589-7967. Thank you for making my project a success! Micah Grotegut . PAG E Sundays so that the water tanks could refill. Also, when driving thru Bro-okside, Bro-okside, we were amazed to see citizens watering on Sunday also. One resident who was watering his yard with his sprinkler system stood out like a sore thumb because be-cause his lawn was unusually green compared to surrounding neighbors. He did not have any of the pretty drought colors of brown, yellow or even dead white. Why not patrol the city on Sundays looking for watering violators like at Jolley's Ranch, schools, citizens, etc. Maybe it's because of overtime or manpower. manpow-er. Here's a solution, use the money collected from the P.C.A. Fee-or the real word for fee-Tax. fee-Tax. Whatever happens, citizens and businesses of Springville, let's all save the water and do our part to conserve. Name Withheld and state are caught in a current so strong, that unless we change course, civilization as we know it will surely be wrecked to pieces. Moral values are being neglected and prayer expelled from public schools on the pretext that moral teachings belong to religion. At the same time, atheism, the secular secu-lar religion, is admitted to our class, and our youngsters are proselyted to a conduct without morality." President George Washington said, "Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principal." Founding Father Noah Webster wrote: "The moral principles and precepts contained in the Scriptures Scrip-tures ought to form the basis of all our civil constitutions and laws. All the misers and evils which men suffer from, vice crime, ambition, injustice, oppression op-pression and war, proceed from their despising or neglecting the precepts contained in the Bible." In 1787, the Continental Congress passed the Northwest Ordinance Act which, among other tilings, required the teaching teach-ing of religion and morality in its schools. Article III stated: "Religion, "Reli-gion, morality and knowledge being necessary to good government govern-ment and the happiness of mankind, man-kind, schools and the means of education shall be forever encouraged." en-couraged." Art Larson Springville money governments, even as our nation reaches the $6-TrilIion national debt mark. The giveaway of taxpayer dollars to foreign governments gov-ernments has cost us trillions, and it's unconstitutional.. H.R. 2506. passed by Congress Con-gress on December 19, 2001, will cost you taxpayers $15.4 billion, but we can't afford putting putt-ing out a fire here at home? Let's demand Congress stop giving away our money to other nations and to the United Nations now. Bliss W. Tew ' Orem, Utah Needed family volunteers Family volunteer opportunities are available in abundance in our community. Volunteering as a family is a simple way to get involved in the community, teach children about service, unite family members and have fun together. The following are a few of the many ways your family can make an impact in our community. com-munity. Make art and craft materials for children in the crisis nursery. The Family Support and Treatment Treat-ment Center provides parent education, counseling and a crisis nursery for victims of child abuse and other personal and family issues. Families can make art and craft materials for children in the nursery such as dye macaroni-noodle macaroni-noodle beads to make necklaces and bracelets, make home-made play dough, and put together other items which the children could make. Contact Ten at 229- 1181. POOR |