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Show Page Two - The Springville EDITORIAL IFarert Patrols ddh quit schools? At a time when schools are crying for more money, drugs are everywhere, fashions seem to be at the bottom of the scale, bullying is seen at many schools, and lots of other problems, it might be a good idea to organize Parent Patrols. Two schools in Utah County, a high school and a jr. high school, did just that several years ago, and say that it has really helped discipline problems at their respective schools. Fights, swearing, vandalism, stealing and cutting school have decreased. Retired fathers and grandfathers patrol the halls of the schools in two-hours shifts each day, from the start of school in the morning until the end of the school day. They walk through the halls, go into the locker rooms, check outside around the school and ask students to go to class. They turn in students for dress code violations and other infractions. Students know who these Parent Patrol people are because they are wearing identifiable vests with the school logo embroidered on them. Kids know that they can go to these people with a problem. They also receive compliments from the Parent Patrol members for good things they do like tossing trash in the proper can. The Parent Patrol members carry walkie-talkies in case they need to get a hold of someone in charge. They are in the halls during lunch time and generally act as extra eyes for the principal and teachers. Schools using these Parent Patrols say that the behavior of students has improved dramatically. Teachers appreciate the extra eyes too. Do we have problems in our high school and jr. high that might be helped with the organization of Parent Patrols? It might be something to consider. There are lots of retired people who would like somewhere to volunteer and could help cut down on problems in our schools. Bill would create "Bo not call" list It could be the. end of the line for unwanted intrusions, interruptions and uninvited phone calls in Utah. A new bill would create the first statewide DO NOT CALL list and make it illegal for telephone solicitors to call anyone on the registry. Consumers would pay a small yearly fee to be registered regis-tered ori a Do Not Call data-" base and telemarketers would face substantial penalties for calling anyone on the registry. regis-try. The database would be maintained by the Division of Consumer Protection. The Attorney General's Office and the Division of Consumer Consum-er Protection have joined together to support Senate Bill 194, sponsored by Senator Sena-tor David L. Thomas, R-South R-South Weber. "This should send a strong message to unprincipled unprinci-pled telephone solicitors: We have your number and if you call anyone on the Do Not Call list we will have your money too," says Attorney General Mark Shurtleff. So far 28 states have Do Not Call laws and the registries regis-tries have received widespread wide-spread public support. "This legislation will give consumers consum-ers the right to choose, in advance, whether they want to receive telemarketing calls in their home," says Senator David L. Thomas. "I suspect that many will not." Utah's present system does not work because the law doesn't provide any protection until after the (USPS 5 1 3-060) 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 carrier, per month $2 Member Utah Press Association Herald - February 19, 2003 annoying call has been made. Consumers have to ask to be put on a Do Not Call list each time a different telemarketer telemar-keter calls. It is nearly impossible im-possible to document any abuse because the database is maintained by each telemarketing telemar-keting company and compliance compli-ance is voluntary ,, ,, "Telephone fraud through a'telemarketTng tbritinues to be a plague across the country. A plague that often inflicts some our most vulnerable citizens, the elderly, the disabled and our low income population," . says Francine Giani, Director of the Division Divi-sion of Consumer Protection." Protec-tion." Giani believes the proposed Do Not Call list will provide the maximum protection needed for consumers. con-sumers. Utah Issues, Urban Crossroads Cross-roads and AARP Utah and other consumer groups are supporting the Do Not Call list. "Well over half the number of people targeted for these calls and faxes are age 50 and over," says Rob Ence, state director of AARP Utah. "Senate Bill 194 is an excellent piece of legislation that provides much needed protection to Utah consumers from unscrupulous telemarketers." telemarke-ters." The. Do Not Call list registration fees and penalties will be determined at a later time after a review of other state plans and operating costs. Supporters of a Utah Do Not Call list are urged to contact their legislator. fir SHS Parent-Teacher Parent-Teacher Coid-Thurs., Coid-Thurs., Feb. 20 Parents of , Springville High School students are reminded to attend die, Parent-Teacher Conference on Thursday, Feb. 20., from 4 to 8 p.m. in the main gym at the high school. Meet with your student's teachers and find out how they are doing. County pruning demonstrations It's time to think about spring for those interested in pruning fruit trees and ornamental orna-mental plants. Adrian Hin-ton, Hin-ton, Utah State University Extension Horticulturist in Utah County will be giving pruning demonstrations that are open to the public. Check the schedule below for a pruning demonstration in your area. Be sure to call the number listed so you can register and they'll know how many to expect. Bring your own hand pruners, loppers, shears and saws and be prepared to work in rain or shine. If you have any questions for : the extension office, call 801 370-8460. r : Demonstrations , are; Saturday, Mar. 1, 1 to 3 p.m., Ada & Albin Dittli, 1 175 W. 2000 North, Maple- ton. Thursday, Mar, 13,2 to-' 4 p.m., Lloyd Wilkey," 7949 S. 3310 West, Spanish Fork:. Tuesday, Mar. 18, 2 'to 4, p.m., Paula Jo Allan, 1655'. W. 950 North, Provp. . X 1' Springville Police report Springville Police had .253 calls last week, 23 df them were animal related. William Christoph Chris-tensen, Chris-tensen, 147 E. 200 North, Springville, was cited for possession of alcohol by a minor and open container of alcohol. Two males, ages 16 and 17, were charged, vyith criminal mischief after breaking break-ing a mirror off a truck, i'i Jason Bret Ford, 289 EV 600 North, Spanish Forks, was arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia and two outstanding warrants. Amy Lyn King, 639 N. 500 East, Spanish Fork, was arrested for DUI and driving on a suspended license. Andrew Mark Hamilton, 2416 W. 620 North, Provo, was arrested for giving false information to police, driving on a suspended license, no registration and no insurance. Deidra Harper, 1033 S. 960 East B, Springville, was arrested for a warrant. Morgan Tayler McDaniel, 705 S. Woodland Hills Dr., Woodland Hills, was arrested for a warrant. Eduardo David Da-vid Ruiz, 639 E. Swenson 6, Springville, was arrested for a warrant. Michael Swapp, 59 E. 300 South, Springville, was arrested for assaultdomestic violence and two warrants. Jason Warner, 289 W. 500 North, Spanish Fork, was arrested for a warrant. A 13-year-old female was referred to Juvenile Court after she took CD's from a gymnastics instructor. Two unlocked vehicles were broken into, one received re-ceived damage to the ignition and speakers were taken. The other had CD's taken. Sunglasses Sun-glasses and radar detector were taken from another vehicle. Three storage units had the locks cut off but nothing was taken. A CD player was taken from a vehicle parked in a garage. Someone wrote graffiti on a vehicle with permanent marker. And a fight at a school bus stop resulted in one boy getting a broken nose. Two males tried to pawn binoculars at Tip Top Pawn. They were acting suspicious and left taking an amp. Someone Som-eone blew up a mailbox with a dry ice bomb. t A '95, white, GEO Metro was taken from in front of a house. Change was taken from the truck wash.' Another stolen vehicle was found in Provo with stolen merchandise merchan-dise in it. . ' COMMENT Editor: With most states facing drastic budget deficits, governments gov-ernments are examining expenditures and looking for efficient ways to save money within the state. One of the greatest cost savings to the state is getting people to buckle their safety belts on each and every ride. This simple, habitual action can not only saves lives, it can save significant amounts of money each year. ' According to "The Economic Eco-nomic Impact of Motor Vehicle Crashes 2000," the cost of motor vehicle crashes that occurred in 2000 totaled $230.6 billion dollars. This is equal to approximately $820 for each person living in the United States, and translates to increased taxes, health care and insurance costs borne by society rather than, by crash victims. On average, inpatient Editor: Years ago when I went to school, George Washington, .'. the "Father of our country," was fondly remembered as . '.'first in war, first in peace ;, and first in the hearts of his ". .countrymen." First and fore-X fore-X hiost among my heroes is George Washington, who left '. .lis a priceless legacy of '.' righteous government and freedom. During my younger ''years, he was every school ''.'child's hero, but he is seldom ''mentioned in our humanistic v times. The greatest American of all times has become just another dead, white male. The historian James Flex-ner Flex-ner called George Washington Washing-ton the "indispensable man" regarding the founding of . this nation for the following reasons: (1) holding the .ragtag Continental Army together for eight long years. (2) presiding over the Constitutional Consti-tutional Convention. (3) ; serving as our first President for eight tedious years setting an example for future presidents. presi-dents. (4) voluntarily giving up power both as a military commander and a political leader. (5) most importantly, providing by character and example, a model of republican republi-can citizenship. (6) of unselfish unself-ish George Washington it has been written, "In history fe.w men who possessed unassailable unassail-able power have used that power so greatly and self-effacingly self-effacingly for their best instincts told them was the welfare of their neighbors and all mankind. " The reason America did not follow the usual pattern of revolution to dictatorship after the Revolutionary War was the result of the character charac-ter of George Washington. s tout, not America's Editor: Was the "global outpouring" outpour-ing" of demonstrations conducted con-ducted across the world purely a "spontaneous" happening? hap-pening? Did millions of people in some 350 cities across the globe suddenly inexplicably decide on their own to march in Rdme, Madrid, Berlin, Paris, New York, London, etc. all in unison? Such spontaneity of millions mil-lions of humans suddenly taking to the streets is ridiculous. ridicu-lous. When millions of humans hu-mans join together at once on a particular day to march in the streets, its not spontaneous, spontane-ous, it's planned, coordinated and well-orchestrated. The questions is what global-organization global-organization can pull off such orchestration of a mob-of-millions hitting the streets in an orchestrated fashion in so many places at once? In the 1960's and 1970's when such orchestrated events occurred it was easy to trace the organizers of such "happenings" to the "Left," to the "radical movements," move-ments," to earth's "International "Interna-tional Communist" revolu dip eifii hospital care costs for unbuckled un-buckled crash victims are 50 percent higher than for those who are belted-and society bears 85 percent of those costs, not the individuals involved. Private insurers pay half of all motor vehicle crash costs, individual crash victims pay approximately 26 percent, and third parties such as uninvolved motorists delayed in traffic, charities and health care providers pay about 14 percent. Overall, those not directly involved in crashes pay for nearly three quarters of all crashes, primarily through insurance premiums, taxes and travel delay. Over the last 26 years, safety belts have prevented 135,000 fatalities and 3.8 million injuries. This saved society $585 billion in medical medi-cal care, lost productivity and other injury related economic costs. During the Washington could have easily made himself dictator and many of the officers in his army wanted him to do so. However, Washington's character would not allow it. One of his favorite scriptures was "When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn." (Proverbs 29:2) President Abraham Lincoln Lin-coln was one of Washington's Washing-ton's greatest admirers. He wrote in 1842 that Washington's Washing-ton's name was "the mightiest mighti-est name on earth-long since mightiest in the cause of civil liberty; still mightiest in moral reformation... In solemn awe pronounce the name-and in its,jiaked, ,; deathless splendor leave it shinning on." 'T" After taking the oath of office at his inauguration, George Washington added the words, "So help me God" and kissed the Bible. In his Inaugural Address, he acknowledged ac-knowledged the hand of God in the founding of the United States, he stated, "No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the Invisible Hand which conducts the affairs of men more than these of the United States. Every step by which they have advanced to the character of an independent indepen-dent nation seems to have been distinguished by some token of providential agency agen-cy " As President of the Constitutional Convention he stated to the delegates, "Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair. The event is in the hand of God." (D&C 101:80) In his masterful Farewell Address, he stressed the importance of religion and morality in the nation, Wash tionary movement with its various fronts and terrorist organizations such as the Students For a Democratic Society (SDS), the Black Panthers or the Weather Underground. Reminiscent of the Vietnam Viet-nam era anti-war protests, the voice of responsible, principled, conservative, pro-American pro-American opposition to making war on Iraq, a war on behalf of UN resolutions, is nearly drowned int he Mapleton Police report Mapleton Police has 36 calls last week, four for animals. Rachel Roylance, 900 N. Main, Springville, was arrested ar-rested for an outstanding warrant. Golf clubs were taken from a residence. Springville Police located two 19-year-old males in possession of the stolen property. Springville Spring-ville is pursuing burglary and possession charges. P AQB ni same period, nearly 315,000 additional fatalities and 5.2 million serious injuries could have been prevented by safety belts if all occupants had used them. This represents repre-sents an economic loss of $913 billion in unnecessary expenses and lost productivity-Buckling up is still the most effective and immediate way to save lives, reduce injuries and reduce economic costs from crashes on America's Ameri-ca's roadways. Because we are all personally and financially finan-cially affectt d when even one person does not buckle up, we all must be part of the solution. It's simple-make sure every passenger is buckled buck-led up on every ride. Lou R. DeCarolis, PhD Regional Administrator National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ington wrote, "Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. . . .And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. . . .reason and experience experi-ence both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious reli-gious principle. It is substantially substan-tially true, the virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. " Founding Father Noah Webster wrote of George Washington: "The greatest political leader of his time and also the greatest intellectual intellec-tual and moral forces of the Revolutionary period. ... He was also the most voluminous volumi-nous American writer of his period. His principles of government had a greater influence on the development of the American Commonwealth Common-wealth than those of any other man." George Washington gained something far greater than the power any king possessed. He became the father not just of what would become the greatest and freest nation in history, but of the greatest experience in freedom the world has ever known. He was the living embodiment of what it means to be an American. There will never be another George Washington, an American hero that deserves our greatest great-est respect and who should be foremost in our minds when we think of the freedom free-dom we enjoy in America today. Art Larson Springville clamor of the orchestrated mass demonstrations of the millions of anti-Americans; which demonstrations are covered by the news media as if only the leftists oppose "America's" war on Iraq. It's not America's wa, it's the UN's war based on Iraq's defiance to UN resolution mandates, but so far championed champi-oned by George Bush. Bliss W. Tew Orem, Utah Loose change was taken from a vehicle, and a lawn of a home was spray painted with graffiti. One-fifth of all the world's wor-ld's river water flows through the Amazon. |