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Show SPRINGVILLE HERALD Thursday, December 30, 2004 Commentary EDITORIAL Do a little Mer in 2005 Friday at midnight we will new year - 2005! How can 2005? Didn't we just hail the As the years fly by and our thoughts usually go to coming year. What can we do Detter.-' What will the new year bring in our lives? Will it be a good year? New year's resolutions usually do not last long, but it seems a time to start over and make changes. Most of us decide to lose weight and probably need to after the holidays.. holi-days.. Or we might resolve to start an exercise program, to get a better job or paint the kitchen. Whatever our goals are, we are thinking about them now. Next week is a good time to start - a new beginning. President Gordon B. Hinckley of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints encouraged the missionaries of that church to "raise the bar," to do better. Knowing that if those young men and women improved their way of living, they would also have more success in what they were doing. I wonder at what would happen in Springville and Mapleton if everyone of us "raised the bar?' What if we all resolved to be a little kinder this coming year, said "thankyou" more often, listen a little more, smile at those we meet, give more hugs, be a little more helpful, watch out for our neighbor a little more, make a visit to someone who needs it when we really don't have time, control our anger a little more, express our love to our family members and friends, Help others when we see a need, be a little less critical, pick up after ourselves, be a better citizen, fasten our seatbelts every time, compliment others more often, get more things done every day, forgive others more, communicate com-municate better? And personally, what would happen if we all resolved to get more exercise, eat healthier and get more rest, take more quiet time for contemplation, set goals, make more friends, read more books, get up earlier and go to bed earlier, take time to watch the sunrise or sunset- and be grateful for our beautiful world? If we did the latter for ourselves, the other things would be easier to do. In order to make things better, to "raise the bar," we must also think that each day of 2005 is as important as the first day because each day is a new beginning. We need to welcome each day with a new resolve to improve a little. Happy New Year, and may we all resolve to do a little better in 2005! Springville Springville Police had 200 calls last week with 21 of those for problems with animals. ani-mals. Kevin Craig Bjarnson, 450 E. 900 South, Springville, was arrested for an outstanding out-standing warrant. Necia Cook Carpenter, 339 W. 100 North 1, Springville, was cited for possession of drug paraphernailia. David F. Coleman, 1570 N. 50 East, Springville, was arrested ar-rested for a warrant. Nathan Frobush, 360 N. 100 West, Springville, was arrested for a no-bail warrant out of New Mexico. Kenneth Kade Deaton, 1025 N. 300 West 70, Springville, was cited for possession of alcohol by a minor. mi-nor. Paul Matthew Jensen, 1025 N. 300 West 70, Springville, was also cited for possession of alcohol by a minor. Tana D. Groneman, 1335 E. Hobble Creek Drive, Springville Herald 269 E. 400 South Springville, UT 84663 An edition of The Daily Herald, Pulitzer Newspapers, Inc. 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We reserve the right to edit letters for clarity, punctuation, taste and length. Letters are welcome on any topic. all celebrate the coming of a it be that we are already to coming of a new century - we ponder a new one again, how we can improve in the Police report Springville, was cited for driving dri-ving on a suspended license and for throwing a lighted cigarette out the window. Avear G. Leavitt, 145 W. 200 South, Springville, was arrested ar-rested for a warrant. Don Larry Ovard, 480 N. 150 East, Springville, was arrested ar-rested for possession of a controlled substance without a prescription after police were called to a family problem. prob-lem. A female juvemle was cited for possession of tobacco tobac-co by a minor. Rose M. Steele, 308 N. Main, Springville, was arrested for assaultdomestic violence. Three subjects wearing hoodies were seen going through a vehicle. They were chased but got away with 36 CD s in a black case. Other vehicle burglaries resulted in the loss of a stereo; CD player, play-er, subwoofer, passport and amp; six CD's; $20; and golf clubs and CD player. A door was left unlocked in a home and 30 DVD's were taken. In another residence resi-dence over $1,000 worth of items were taken including a DVD player and 40 DVD's. And a refrigerated trailer was broken into at Nestle and many Stouffers food items taken. A vehicle was scratched. Gang graffiti was put on a fence on Hillcrest Drive and on the bathroom in the Memorial Park. Mailboxes were knocked over and firecrackers fire-crackers were put in a mailbox mail-box and lit. Police are investigating a case of rape, a sex offense and a suicide attempt. There were three gasoline skips and the theft of a garbage can and a cell phone. Mapleton Police report Mapleton Police had 23 calls last week including three for animals. They cited a male adult for reckless driving, dri-ving, and took a 12-year-old male to Wasatch Mental Health after the youth threatened to commit suicide. sui-cide. Christmas lights were taken, tak-en, and police went to a family fami-ly fight where no arrests were made. Thoughts lead on to purposes; pur-poses; purposes go forth in action; actions form habits; habits decide character; and character fixes our destiny. - Tryon Edwards Hints for winning at BYU Editor: Now that BYU has hung up their sock hoping that good Old St. Nick will stuff it f ull of skilled personnel who have the determination to put the Cougars in the win column once again, I have e-mailed e-mailed Santa with a few hints prior to his stop at the "Y" and guaranteed to bring the Cougs trophies a-plenty: First, fling . the current sports uniforms in the trash can and order uniforms that are normal blue and white. No bibs, no off-color tan stripes, just normal BYU blue and! white. Next, recruit locally for the most part, some great play Satan ACLU and pornography Editor: The Apostle Paul wrote: "For such are false apostles, deceitful workers transforming transform-ing themselves into the apostles apos-tles of Christ. And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed trans-formed into an angel of light. Therefore, it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works (IlCor 11:14-16) Satan is the great master of deceit and subterfuge. Calling good evil and evil good is a ploy utilized by Satan. Sa-tan. Satan offers a mixture of just enough good to disguise dis-guise his works of evil. In order to accomplish his evil designs here on earth of destroying families, Satan uses organizations which he gives good sounding and patriotic pa-triotic names like the American Ameri-can Vicil Liberties Union. Satan would like people to falsely think that the ACLU is a organization for good, but its covert and nefarious record testifies otherwise. Next to Hollywood and the entertainment industry, no affiliate of the DemocratSocialistLiberalHedonist DemocratSo-cialistLiberalHedonist Political Polit-ical Party or Satan's left-wing left-wing "Axis of Evil" has done more to undermine our moral foundations. Pornography in our culture cul-ture is one of the great threats of Satan to our families fami-lies and freedom. By its actions, ac-tions, the ACLU has been one of the foremost purveyors and defenders of pornography pornogra-phy in our society . The outstanding moral Christian writer George Grant, writing about the ACLU, commented, "Even taking into consideration the organization's cozy and lucrative lu-crative relationship with the Playboy Foundation, its advocacy ad-vocacy of such concupiscent causes is difficult to fathom. Who but the ACLU could actually ac-tually defend child pornography? pornogra-phy? Or brutal and demeaning demean-ing violent pornography? Or the relaxation of health precautions in the midst of the AIDS plague? Or further exacerbation of the teen pregnancy epidemic? Or the complete legalization and deregulation of prostitution? Even the most libertine and leftist politicos recognize that such nefarious depravity depravi-ty is detrimental to the nation's na-tion's vitality. The legal commitment of the ACLU to the fanatically twisted fringe of American Say NO to free trade agreements Editor: 2005 brings pressure for merger of our nation with other nations of this hemisphere through so-called free-trade agreements. Tucson, Arizona just hosted the USAndean Free Trade Agreement negotiations featuring meetings between US government officials and delegations delega-tions from Columbia, Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia The USAndean Free Trade Agreement Agree-ment is just a stepping stone to larger entanglements. Eleven years ago, the North American Free Trade Agreement Agree-ment was passed, creating 32 new supranational commissions and hundreds of pages of rules concerning trade - not free trade at all The Central American Trade Agreement and the Free Trade Area of the Americas are ers of all sports are available here in the West who understand under-stand what the Honor Code requires. Then, invite Mr. Skousen to take 12 units of "Personnel Hiring and Firing 101". Having Hav-ing a tiny bit of delicacy and feeling might be learned with a tad of effort. And, drop in a bit of common com-mon sense concerning what may or may not be carried into sporting events. Bringing Bring-ing in hot chocolate, sandwiches sand-wiches and a bag of pop corn won't bankrupt BYU. Win and thrive in '05. Go Cougars! Leo J Lee Springville culture-pornographers, gay activists, abortionists, and other sexpert liberationists-is liberationists-is a pathetically self-defeating crusade that has confused con-fused liberty with license." Former California Lieu-, Lieu-, tenant Governor John Harmer in his revealing book on pornography titled "A War We Must Win," writes: "Even more duplici-tous duplici-tous and deceitful has been the continued assertion by the allies of the pornograph-er-the Motion Picture Association Asso-ciation of America, the ACLU, and the slick magazine maga-zine publishers-that pornography pornog-raphy is neither harmful nor is there any evidence that pornography has any casual relationship to antisocial behavior. be-havior. "The parents of those thousands thou-sands of boys and girls who have been raped tortured, and in many cases murdered by individuals addicted to and crazed by porn are not to be considered as "reliable" witnesses concerning what tragedy inevitably follows the pornography addict's path into degeneracy." In the name of civil liberties liber-ties (a facade or cover for its true agenda), the ACLU has pressed forward a radical agenda of moral corruption and ethical degeneration. The ACLU advocates a particular par-ticular world view. It is the world view of secular humanism-Satan's opposite of Christianity. The ACLU is also the main legal branch of Satan's left-wing "Axis of Evil." With Satan and his left-wing left-wing "Axis of Evil" working overtime to destroy our families fam-ilies and morals, is it any wonder that President Gordon Gor-don B. Hinckley of the LDS Church at the October 2001 General Conference said, "We live in a season of wickedness, pornography, immorality. All the sins of Sodom and Gomorrah haunt our society. Our young people peo-ple have never faced a greater challenge. We have never seen more clearly the lecherous face of evil." As part of their war against America and our Christian culture, the anti-Christian anti-Christian ACLU and its allies of Satan's "Axis of Evil" are working to completely eliminate elimi-nate our national borders and sovereignty. They would turn our nation into a third world despotism-completely void of our Christian culture. Art Larsen Springville on the Internationalists' agenda for 2005. September 6, 2004, Dr. Steve Bonito wrote, "International organizations or-ganizations designed to destroy the independence of all nations, including the US - like the United Nations and the World Trade Organization - have been chipping chip-ping away at our liberties and our independence for many years. Right now, however, the most urgent danger to the long-term long-term survival of the United States is the Free Trade Area of the Americas, a planned organization organi-zation billed as a free trade agreement but designed to curtail cur-tail American independence..." Hatch, Bennett and Cannon all favor the Free Trade Area of the Americas. Bliss W. Tew OrenUtah Save a stranger's dim utxed&cu uigau uuiiauuu Editor: It's January, and if you're like most people, you are making your New Year's resolutions. Do you want to lose weight? Take that trip you've always wanted? Change your hair style? Save a life? This year, make it one of your resolutions to say Yes! to organ donation. It's so easy and doesn't cost a thing. You can go online to www.yesutah.org, you can call toll free 1-866-937-8824 (1-866-Yes-Utah), or when you are renewing your driver dri-ver license, you can say yes on the form. If you're thinking "I'd like to save lives AND lose weight," our Good Samaritan Living Kidney Donor program pro-gram may be for you. Over 130 Utahns are on dialysis, typically three times a week, three hours a day, waiting for a kidney donation. If you are in good health and between be-tween the ages of 21 and 65, you could become a Good Samaritan Kidney Donor and help start off someone's New Year in a wonderful way! If you are a state employee and donate a kidney, you could also get 30 days paid leave by helping another person. per-son. Good Samaritan Donor Kerri Adams was the first state employee to use this new policy to donate a kidney kid-ney to a stranger and receive 30 days paid leave. As a 38-year-old Human Resource Manager with the State of Utah, she donated a kidney to 29-year-old Allison Draper. Drap-er. She heard about Allison's health problems through a coworker and decided she wanted to help. Now, Allison is pursuing her career as an elementary school teacher and taking care of her family- Since the Good Samaritan Program started two years ago, 18 people like Kerrie have come forward to help Union operates illegal Ballot Fund-AG Fund-AG must investigate, prosecute Education Excellence Utah today filed a complaint with Attorney General Mark Shurtleff alleging the NEA's Ballot Fund is an unregistered unregis-tered PIC, and that it continues contin-ues to violate the Voluntary Contributions Act. "Utahns should not be surprised," sur-prised," said M. Royce Van Tassell, executive director of Education Excellence Utah. "The IRS is investigating the union's political activities. Union bosses across the country are being convicted of corruption. This is just the latest example of the union's arrogant disregard for election elec-tion laws." State election law requires any entity promoting a statewide ballot proposition to register as a "political issues is-sues committee" (PIQ, and to report their expenditures. In 2002, the Ballot Fund spent over $300,000 promoting promot-ing the Radioactive Waste Restrictions Act. However, the Ballot Fund has never registered as a PIC, and has never reported its expenditures. expendi-tures. "Instead of the full and honest disclosures Utah citizens citi-zens expect," continued Van Tassell, "the Ballot Fund offers of-fers backroom deals and slush funds. These illegal tactics tac-tics undermine Utahns confidence confi-dence in free and fair elections." elec-tions." The complaint further alleges al-leges that the NEA's Ballot Fund continues to violate Utah's Voluntary Contributions Contribu-tions Act (VCA). The VCA is supposed to protect teachers from being forced to make contributions to political groups like the Ballot Fund. It also prohibits unions from collecting political donations through payroll deduction. Created in 2000 by the NEA, the Ballot Fund "assists state affiliates in dealing with ballot measures." The Ballot Fund currently collects col-lects approximately nearly $100,000 per year from Utah teachers, and more than $10,000,000 per year from the NEA's 2 million plus members. Like other membership mem-bership dues, the NEA collects col-lects Ballot Fund dues thro save lives. Just think, if 130 . people came forward this, Sear to donate a kidney, tali would be the first state in the nation to eliminate the kidney waiting list. Why is organ donation so -important? There are over ' 250 Utahns waiting for all' types of transplants right now. Of those, one-third is under the age or 34. So it's ' not just tired old baby boomers like myself, but a whole generation with a lot of years ahead of them.' What many people don't realize re-alize is that one organ donor-can donor-can save the lives of nine' people! What a legacy to leave behind. If you were an organ, eye and tissue donor, you could restore sight to two people and affect the; lives of over 50 people through your gift. If you are thinking, "I'm' over 50 years old, who'd; want my tired old organs?" No need to worry. Organs can be recovered recov-ered from people well into their 80's! Remember that a ' functioning 78-year-old liver sure beats having none! Ed- ward Berrett, a 75-year-old kidney recipient, received; his transplant from a 62-; year-old donor and is f unc- tioning just fine. Cornea's for transplant can be recovered ' up to the age of 70. Two peo- pie could regain the gift of sight from one cornea donor. ' So if you are still wondering wonder-ing what your resolution(s) should be at this point, maybe three words can' help. Save a life. It will make you feel great about the coming com-ing year. Go on line, call, or when youi're renewing your driver license, say YES! to organ, eye, and tissue donation. This is one resolution that is free, easy, and immediate! The best kind! Alex McDonald Director of Public EducationRelations Educa-tionRelations Intermountain Donor Services through payroll deduction. "The union has repeatedly flouted Utah's election laws. ; They are still flouting Utah's ' election laws," concluded Van Tassell. "The Attorney General must put a stop to this illegal electioneering." Keep a firm hand on the throttle of your train of' thought. - Arnold Glasow . 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