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Show man Attorn pleSgeste save Pledge Attorney General Mark Shurt-leff Shurt-leff is asking a panel of federal judges to reconsider a controversial controver-sial decision that declared the Pledge of Allegiance unconstitutional. unconstitu-tional. The attorneys general of 48 states and two territories sent a letter to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to request reconsideration reconsider-ation of the ruling. "The ruling was wrong and. should be overturned," Shurtleff said. "We don't need federal judges telling kids they can't say 'one nation, under God' in public schools. The Constitution guarantees guaran-tees freedom 'of religion, not freedom from it. The judges should be trying to protect public expression instead of trying to remove any mention of God in public life." The 2-1 opinion said that reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools is unconstitutional unconstitu-tional because it amounts to a government endorsement of religion. The ruling was put on Government regmlatlen killing, tine tmk market. The steep decline in the stock market is being fueled by investors' invest-ors' realization that increasing government constraints on corporate corpo-rate America will harm business and the economy - not help them, said Yaron Brook, executive director of the Ayn Rand Institute. Insti-tute. , "Instead of launching a witch hunt against CEOs and rushing to give the government wider powers over businesses", we should get rid of the complex and contradictory regulations that Bankruptcy referm Mil - Statement by Steve Rhode, president and co-founder of My-vesta, My-vesta, on the pending passage of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2002: "Unfortunately, the bankruptcy bankrupt-cy reform legislation that is about to be passed by Congress does nothing to solve the real causes of bankruptcy. The bill is an effort ef-fort to stop people from filing for bankruptcy protection without ever considering the underlying reasons why they got into trouble in the first place - unrealistic money goals, compulsive spending, spend-ing, consumption habits, self-esteem self-esteem issues and lack of personal person-al responsibility and financial awareness. These issues, and many more, are the real reasons that people find themselves in financial trouble. "Debt problems cannot be explained away by saying that the credit card companies are marketing market-ing too much or that bankruptcy laws are too loose. Years of experience working with people in financial trouble demonstrate time and time again that money problems are never about the money. Money problems are a symptom of bigger life issues. "Here is the crux of the problem: prob-lem: bankruptcy is a legal, finan Come check our our Cool Deals! For all your floor covering needs. y Carpet Laminate Ceramic Tile Vinyl Hardwood VCTile Custom Carpets & Vinyl 397 Fast 400 South, Springville ey general hold after intense public outrage to the decision. "We offer this letter of support sup-port to memorialize our conviction convic-tion that the decision entered in this case is legally flawed," wrote the SO attorneys general in the letter. The letter notes that the United Unit-ed States Supreme Court commented com-mented on the Pledge of Allegiance's Allegia-nce's reference to God in a 1989 case, County of Allegheny v. ACLU. The Supreme Court wrote, without specifically deciding decid-ing the issue, that the pledge and motto were "consistent with the proposition that government may not communicate an endorsement of religious belief. " The attorneys general say the Allegheny ruling should provide the framework for future analysis. Shurtleff adds that other Supreme Su-preme Court rulings favor the current pledge. "I strongly agree with prior statements by the Supreme Court that school children chil-dren and others should be en encourage bad accounting and prevent shareholders from acting in their own interest," he said. "The common explanation is that 'greed' is to blame makes no sense the abuses in companies like Enron and WorldCom were not exercises in self-interest, but in self-destruction. "In an unfettered free market, the desire for profit is satisfied by honest, long-range, rational behavior: by innovating, by hiring the best employees, by selling quality products and by cial solution that people use to solve non-legal, non-financial issues. is-sues. The inability to pay the bill is the symptom of bigger life issues. "It seems that we are always more comfortable trying to identify iden-tify who is the victim and the perpetrator in cases of financial troubles. We find comfort in finding someone to blame. Credit card companies and their extensions exten-sions of credit are often erroneously errone-ously cast as the cause of our nation's consumer financial problems. pro-blems. "Bankruptcy reform should not create a system that extracts money from debtors without ever considering the underlying reasons rea-sons why they got into trouble in the first place. Unless you discover dis-cover why a debtor's expenses exceed income, bankruptcy will be a way to make temporary reductions in expenses but will do nothing to change the reasons that brought bankruptcy filers to the financial edge. "The financial industry loses more than $40 billion every year to bankruptcy. It's difficult to quantify what individual bankruptcy ban-kruptcy filers lose, but the financial finan-cial and emotional costs are big. Research shows that they pay as much as 70 percent more for just Let Our Prices Cool You Down Instead of Heat You Up! couraged to express love for our country by reciting documents like the Declaration of Independence Indepen-dence and singing patriotic anthems an-thems that make reference to faith in a Supreme Being." In addition to Utah, the attorneys attor-neys general of the following states and territories signed the letter: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Mississip-pi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nebras-ka, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North v Dakota, the Northern Mariana ' Islands, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ore- gon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, ' South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, the Virgin Islands, Virginia, Washington, Wash-ington, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming. providing accurate information to the owners of the corporation -the shareholders. As for short-range short-range managers, the markets will not tolerate them. As for the real swindlers, existing laws against force and fraud are sufficient to protect us. "If our politicians -are indeed concerned about the stock market," mar-ket," said Brook, "let them demonstrate dem-onstrate it . by eliminating, not adding, regulations and making the market truly free." auto and home loans. Bankruptcy also increases the price a person pays to lease a car, rent an apartment apar-tment and purchase insurance. The emotional cost can be even higher. People lose self-esteem and confidence, personal characteristics charac-teristics that trickle down to affect af-fect them in many ways. Some stay in low-paying jobs thinking that new employers will not hire them. Others think they are stuck "The Place to Watch a Movie!" 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This colorful cartoon video also features two zany Inspector Collectors. As the pair goes from room to room looking for safety -hazards, they train the viewers to become Junior Inspector Collectors. Collec-tors. According to the National Safety Council, the four leading fatal events in die home are solid and liquid poisonings, falls, fire and burns, and suffocation by ingested objects. Keebler and Kellogg's mission is to promote safety in the home, educate as many children as possible and bring to the attention of every parent and to the community the importance of home and outdoor safety. Check out kits Now students and children of all ages can enjoy interactive learning with anthropology teaching teach-ing kits from the BYU Museum of Peoples and Cultures. Teaching kits focus on the native cultures of the Great Basin, Ba-sin, the Southwest and Mesoam-erica. Mesoam-erica. Another kit focuses on the role of textiles in culture. Also available is their new Ouelesse-bougou Ouelesse-bougou of Mali, Africa, teaching kit. Each kit contains artifacts, ceramics, woven goods, books, videos and classroom visuals representing native cultures and tradition, and is useful for teachers, teach-ers, scouts and church groups. Kits may be checked out from the museum for only $15 a week with a refundable deposit. To reserve a teaching kit, call the museum at 422-0020. having to accept high, interest rates after bankruptcy because their credit is trashed. "Some of the largest congressional congres-sional supporters of the new bankruptcy reform legislation feel that it is needed to restore a 6:15 (9:15) 6:55 (9:25) 4:35 July 31, 2002 - The IlllLlliilM ; ,., . This picture shows the original Center Street LDS church which was built in 1909. Over the years, the building has experinced several alterations, the most recent of which has just been completed. All classrooms and offices, as well as the chapel and cultural hall, are now located on the main floor of the building. (LasDinKsss owners to form The business owners in downtown down-town Springville are organizing a Downtown Business Alliance (SDBA) and invite all business owners in the downtown area to participate. An organizational meeting will be held on Wed., Aug. 7, from 7 to 8 p.m. in the Russian Room at the Springville Museum of Art. According to Daniel Bolz, executive director of the Incredible Incredi-ble Journey Arts Foundation, numerous communities nationwide nation-wide have organized similar groups to address specific needs that are unique to Main Street businesses in smaller cities where expanded retail development has taken place outside of their im- t stigma to the bankruptcy process. They feel that people do not feel shame as a result of filing. Nothing Noth-ing could be further from the truth." Myvesta is the nation's only comprehensive financial health center. Founded in 1994, Myvesta guides people to peace of mind through its comprehensive and holistic programs. The nonprofit organization gives people practical, practi-cal, emotional and introspective guidance to improve, their finan-. cial situations and their overall lives. r T(Q)V-Ll Spanish 8 Theaters in the K Mart Plaza off the PriceManti Exit in Spanish Fork $3.50 before 6 p.m. After 6 p.m. (age 65 & up, age 11 & under) $4.00. Playing August 2-8 Austin Powers Goldmember (PG-13) (12:45) (3:00) 5:15 7:30 9:45 Signs (PG-13) (11:55) (2:20) (4:50) 7:20 9:50 Country Bears (G) (12:10) (2:25) (4:35) 6:45 8:55 K-19the Widowmaker (PG-13) (12:15) (3:20) 6:20 9:20 Stuart Little II (PG) (11:50) (1:40) (3:30) 5:20 7:10 9:00 Road to Perdition (R) (1:30) (4:10) 6:50 9:30 Men in Black II (PG-13) (12:00) (2:20) 4:40 7:00 9:25 Mr. Deeds (PG-13) (12:05) (2:30) 4:55 7:25 9:40 No 9:00 showings on Sunday No coupons or passes first 2 weeks. Please call 798-9777 for showtime and ticket information. Box office opens daily hour before showtime. Springville Herald - Page Three ' alliance mediate downtown district. "Our intent is to organize ourselves so that a unified voice can be heard by community members, city officials and the greater business sector, concerning concern-ing our views of what constitutes progressive planning to maintain an economically vibrant and visually unique downtown district. dis-trict. A downtown district that will complement, not compete, with the retail expansion on the I-15 I-15 corridor," said Bolz. "We feel that the time is right to firmly establish a clear identity for our Historic Main Street district, an identity that, once clearly identified, will grow in economic strength and uniqueness over future generations," he said. The idea is have an identity in the downtown area that will be visually recognizable to all who visit the city-something that will draw more businesses to Springville. Spring-ville. "Our desire is to feature unique destination centers that will provide pro-vide value to both tourists and returning customers from within the state," said Bolz. He indicated that the business alliance will in no way replace or compete with the Springville Chamber of Commerce but will compliment the chamber's work. JIT 489-3333 IE |