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Show Review . Wednesday. May 29, ISM Pace S Editorial Great Western points way for other trails Everybody ia talking trail. Virtually very community ia north Utah County ia considering one type of trail eyatem or another to enhance the city's park aye-tem. aye-tem. Saturday, June 1, ia National Trail Day and juat in time for the feativitiea, Gov. Mike Leavitt hat designated the part of the Great Weitorn Trail that travel! trav-el! through Utah as the Utah Centennial Trail. In fact, the Great Western Trail provides pro-vides a great example for communities to follow as they move forward with the preservation of local hiking and walking trails in the face of residential building growth. The Great Western Trail is actually a ayatem of trails along a 3100 mile corridor corri-dor that extend from Canada to Mexico. The Utah portion of this trail passes through Utah County along Mount Timpanogoa and ia within easy reach of all north Utah County residents. It ia designed to cater to all types of recreationiats hikers, mountain bikers, bik-ers, horseback riders, boaters, crosscountry cross-country skiers, and off-highway vehicle and snowmobile enthusiasts and that in itself seta the Great Western Trail apart from many other trail systems. As a result, the trail brings together organizations and individuals who more often than not find themselves at odds over the use and preservation of the outdoors. out-doors. According to Lyle Gomm, who helped conceive the idea of the Great Western Trail, this system of trails has grown quickly over the last few years because of four basic principles that can be applied to trails through our communities as well. The principles are simple ones. 1. Trails must accommodate a variety of users. Inclusive trail use creates alliances among groups rather than gen I keep missing out Darn it. I missed out on another fun fishing fish-ing excursion with my husband. In the almost 10 years we have been married, I have yet to accompany him on one of his trips. Not that I wouldn't love to go, mind you. In fact, a week or so ago, when Kerry asked me if I wanted to go fishing with him the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend,- I replied with an enthusiastic "yes." I sure did." Oh boy. I couldn't wait. Well, the truth is that I want too terribly enthused at the prospect of" using' slimy''' worms to lure little underwater creatures to their death to end up sauteed in my frying pan, but I thought a happy, affirmative reply would get me points in heaven for being a good wife. But then I remembered that Alpine's . Veteran's Memorial Monument was being dedicated that day at 10 a.m. Would we be back in time? Then our oldest daughter, Rebecca received an invitation to a birthday party. It was decided that I would stay home with Rebecca and our two-year-old Michael while Kerry took Christy (6) and Emily (5) along , with his brother and fishing buddy, Doug.- : In the years that Kerry has gone fishing, I can only recall one time that we actually had anything to eat afterwards, but he has always brought home interesting stories. There was the time they were at Silver Lake Flats Reservoir, but thought that the fishing would be better at Silver Lake. So they headed north in search of the lake. Unfortunately the lake was due east. After hours of hiking, they finally did find the lake which as it turned out was only a couple of feet deep and was chock full offish of the two inch variety. ;';.' Once, while making their way through the underbrush of Little Deer Creek, they came across a Civil War re-enactment. Kerry wondered won-dered if the cannon that was being loaded and pointed in their general direction was real, but didnt stick around to find out Two years ago, I had to retrieve them Wolf is a victim of centuries . Before Arizona was discovered by everybody, you could drive north from Phoenix on Scbttsdale Road to where it intersected the winding road toward Pinnacle Peak, and at that intersection, you'd see a primitive trading post run by one of the West's most colorful characters, charac-ters, Don Pablo. If he ever had another name, I never knew it or purposely forgot it Don Pablo was a perfect name for the grizzled old Indian trader who fed himself and his pet wolves by dealing in "pawn and buying buy-ing and selling blankets, silver jewelry and pottery . . He also fed himself onions. Convinced that raw onions would prevent any ailment, ail-ment, he munched on them aa casually as you and I munch apples. Moat of my long hours at Don Pablo's Trading Post were spent listening to the fact and fiction of his colorful past, and it waa from Don Pablo that I learned about rd grown up, as did most of us, identifying identi-fying wolves with danger. To "cry wolf was axiomatic with a false alarm. "A wolf in sheep's clothing was a diabolical disguise. dis-guise. And the "big, bad wolf" ia the Goldilocks fairy tale indelibly impressed nssratioatwithafBarof'tbewkked wohf . - v- : Dan Pablo's enormous wolves, while intimidating any vandals with their toothy growl, were quite gentle erating hard feelings. The result ia a sense of community ownership and enough use to justify public expenditures to acquire and maintain the trail system. It also helps with the second principle. 2. Trails should be built and maintained, main-tained, to a large degree, by those who use them. Joggers, hikers, bikers and others who have a vested interest in the trails are likely to be the ones who will work the hardest to maintain them. Volunteers can work wonders. Just look at Pleasant Grove's Discovery Park, or the volunteer effort that created the Adventure and Learning Park several years ago. Tax dollars are an unreliable source for park maintenance again look at the Adventure and Learning Park. But if the trail users are invested with a sense of ownership, trails can be maintained. 3. Trails should serve as links for the city and surrounding cities. Current proposals pro-posals follow this principle, tying together togeth-er several city parks and the proposed trails of other communities. If the proposals pro-posals are followed, trails in American Fork and Lehi will link up with other trails into our local canyons up to the Great Western Trail itself 4. Trails should follow existing walking walk-ing paths as much as possible. These paths, to a large degree, exist along rivers and creeks, along ridge tops and through wooded areas. They just need to be preserved. Our national and state trails are generating gen-erating tremendous interest this week. Wouldn't it be great if our community trail programs could generate that kind of interest in our city council meetings? Everybody is talking trails this week. The Great Western Trail shows us how we can do more than talk if we are willing will-ing to work together. on fishing trips out of order By KATHERINE SCHROEPPEL from Strawberry. Reservoir when our 87 Mazda died and left them stranded. ' , Doug wasnt too happy last Saturday when Kerry showed up in the same car to take them back to Strawberry Itympowr car that went out on fhem this time however, it was the boat they rented. After a couple of hours of standing on the shore without any nibbles, Christy and Emily assured their father that their whining whin-ing would stop if only he rented a boat, and this made perfect sense to him. The weather seemed calm enough when they headed out for deeper waters. Christy and Emily were thrilled. Then came the rain which quickly turned to snow and with it came wind Waves surged up all around them, flooding the engine of their little boat, rendering it useless. There they were, stuck in the lake without oars and with two wet, freezing little girls whose whining had turned into honest to goodness crying. Kerry and Doug felt like crying too. To make matters worse, the fish still weren't biting. bit-ing. .;. : Finally the waves pushed them to the shore and they made their way back to the marina. The guys who had rented them their boat and knew how to navigate in choppy waters, retrieved the offending vessel. The four muddy fisher people were back in our '87 Mazda headed for home, without anything for us to eat for dinner, but thankful to have not ended up themselves as dinner for the fish. I know I must be crazy to not want to be in on such thrilling adventures in angling, but at this point, I feel firmly resolved to leave the fishing to my husband I think if s better for our marriage that I just hear about all the fun rather than partake in it Paul "FT Harvey u5ar News 1995 Paul Harvey Products Inc. tures. Western rancbera have blamed wolves for the slaughter of ewes and calves, though the wolfs favorite food is mice. Farley Mowat, Canadian biologist and naturalist, waa hired by the Dominion Wildlife Service to investigate the impact'' of wolves on the deer population. He baaed his winter atudies at Brochet in Northern Manitoba. ' Local hunters com plained that where they used to kill 50,000 caribou each winter, win-ter, in recent winters, they've been lucky to loll a couple thousand. They blamed Mowat settled down for a low Imh vigil ia the desolate wastes of the aub-Aretic aub-Aretic beyond the Western shore of the Hudson Bai and. for manv months, he i tne won Bundles with his high- The young are One day soma of us war talking about how ws were much braver whan we wars young and didnt know what waa going on than wa art now. It is so very true. When you an young you feel Invulnerable. You think things happen to other people but not to you or your friends. There ia nothing that can make yon mors awara of all the hazards in this world than becoming a parent. This time of year everyone who owns a boat ia getting it out and heading for the Lakes and reservoirs around. The boats look so fun, but I dont want to ride in one. When I waa a teenager ws would drive from Ogden up to Pineview Dam and spend the day sunning and playing in the water and flirting with boys who had boats. I did not know anyone personally who had a boat but we would be playing around at Pineview and some guys would stop and talk to us and offer us a ride in their boat. We often would do so after we had talked to them long enough to find out they knew someone we knew so that made us almost acquaintances. . Off we would go for a few spins around and across the lake and we would let the wind blow through our hair and we were having the time of our lives. I didn't know how to swim. If anything would have happened I would have been in a bad way. But it never dawned on me ' that anything could happen. If my mother had known I waa out riding around in a boat she would have had a fit, I imagine. She thought we were just getting a sun tan on the beach. Now when I get in a pleasure boat I am extremely nervous. I worry that a big wave will tip us over. I worry that someone will run into us. I worry that we will get stalled in the middle of the lake. I worry and worry and worry. - Why do I worry now when I didn't as a Freemen would undo our free society : Just when you think the old rivalries have died a few cowards make their statement state-ment by defacing symbols, such as the G on Little Mountain. Those who painted the G red forgot one thing. This is not the first time people have come from their caves to the mighty mountain where the 'Vikings reside. Such cowards only make the Vikings more unified in pushing forward as true champions. True champions need not respond in . kind. There need be no G burned in the lawns of American Fork High School. There need be no blue paint spattered in American Fork. There need only be resolve to find the perpetrators and give them an opportunity to majke thG an even better momDWaytbiklof what fluYeomnra- 1 nity stands for. , The dass,.of,'96 can be proud of their accomplishments these past 12 years. They have done much good and most have worked hard , to prepare for an uncertain future but a future with much opportunity. ' ' These young people would do well to : ignore modern doomsayer. There ia much good in America but things can and must be made better. As they have proven time and time again, these young people have the heart and capacity to make things bet-; bet-; ter. . These young people should take a lesson from the angry men in Montana and from the Illinois rail splitter, even honest Abe. Both found imperfections in America. . Even with all of America's imperfections, " Lincoln sought first to preserve us aa one nation under God. He worked his entire life . to make America a more just and free nation. The angry men in Montana found imperfections responded with anger and hate. ' Instead of writing bad checks Lincoln walked miles to return a few unearned pen-nies. pen-nies. When Lincoln disagreed with the way things were he threw his hat in the ring and ran for public office to make things better. bet-ter. He preached obedience to the laws of the land. The angry men in Montana defy the laws of the land. The angry men in Montana disgrace the memory of Washington and Jefferson. Abraham Lincoln revered the words and of bad PR powered periacopic telescope. He discovered the wolf, the ancient symbol of treachery and wickedness, ia no such thing. On the contrary, mated wolves could be a worthy example for humans. They were loyal, affectionate, hospitable and exemplary child-rearers. They even displayed a great sense of humor and were strictly monogamous, highly responsible parents. : They never left their young alone. Had they depleted the deer herd? Any healthy deer can outrun the fastest wolf The wild wolf, instead, contributes to the health of the caribou herds by keeping them on the run, catching and consuming consum-ing only the sick, the old and the wounded. wound-ed. For 10,000 years, wolves had been culling toe weaklings from among the caribou, and the herds had suivited and thrived. So, what did the Canadian Wildlife Service do in response to Mowat'a report? In its infinite wisdom, this government agency, ia toe name of "wolf control, employed officers in sin-equipped planes to plant cyanide around wolf dans, -. Now, the wolf ia an endangered spades, and soon, the cariboo will be. Anhnal hatred like race haired is rampant mainly among uneducated people, where adults instill into their off-apring off-apring their own blind feats ef anything invincible or PC BiaK? ; By MARCELLA WALKER kid? It ia called experience and knowledge. Whan wo are young wa an too inexperienced inexperi-enced and have not acquired enough knowledge that tells you this is something you should worry about Things could happen. hap-pen. If my husband ever mentions that a boat would be fun, I panic. After all, what do we know about boats? Nothing. We haven t driven one, we haven't any idea about their upkeep and maintenance. And what about the driving rules and regulations? regula-tions? What about licensing? I hear about boats being overturned on the lake in a wind and the people all drown. Boats run into other boats, they go aground, they get a leak, they run out of gas, they get caught in a current You name it, there ia a place to panic here. People fall overboard or an thrown overboard. over-board. . No thanks. It ia juat too much to worry about. When I waa a girl I couldn't understand why my mother thought I ahould be home at midnight, earlier on wee knights. What could possibly happen? I was out with other kids, we were good kide, why waa she worried? Now I know why ahe was worried. I waa ao worried about my kids that I wanted to put them in a protective bubble and keep them away from all of the hazards of life. Why did Mom not want me to go places if certain people were going to be there or People, Politics and Policy ' By E. MARK BEZZANT life of Washington and Jefferson. Lincoln was on bended knee thanking God for liber-tyJthe liber-tyJthe angry men in Montana. have, used their liberty to defraud and hurt others? ' '"" Were these men in charge there would be no fear of a one-world government Then would be no government Anarchy would rule. The standard of living would plummet and America would come,unraveled, aa did the Soviet Union. If God were really leading these people in Montana, they would' have the most beautiful and productive farm in Montana. They would pay their debts and be helping their neighbors, as did Lincoln, instead of threatening them. Here in Utah mother nature blessed our area with refreshing rain storms during the Memorial Day weekend. Thirsty crops welcomed wel-comed the much needed moisture across the state. It wasnt a good weekend for those planning outdoor activities and for those with the first crop of hay down. The weekend rains left the cemetery . extra green and beautiful. City crews did a good job trimming and preparing the cemetery ceme-tery for this special holiday. Week in and week out dedicated cemetery crews take on the difficult task of mowing and trimming around thousands of graves. Each year new headstones appear as time marches on. Sometimes the grim reaper takes an infant, a young child, adolescent, ado-lescent, or parent still in their prime. We, the living, are left to wonder why such letters ftp fflfte editor Sister Janet deserves credit Editor: I was dismayed while reading the article arti-cle highlighting the naming of the St. Peter's Catholic Church Social Hall. This wonderful structure has met a heed tor all parishioners and others in the community and has been appreciated by all who have enjoyed the many events and weekly fel-knrahipping fel-knrahipping that routinely occurs there. . My concern lies with the omisaion of acknowledgment of the work and efforts of Sr. Janet Stankowski under whose leadership leader-ship the social hall waa constructed. It waa Policy on letters We welcome letters to the letter should be typewritten and double spaced. Letters must also be signed, and include the writer's name letters :to Editor, Newtrh GroP.aikxx7,Ai3arir3rcri, Utah, or tiroch NcwtahCarJ ccsa. think they are if certain people wen going to be driving me? I would even avoid calling her to explain that I was going to be later than I planned because I was afraid ahe would say no and I wanted to stay longer. The punishment waa worth staying and having fun. I couldn't toU you the number of timea I have been in a panic because one child or another was not home by the time I thought they should be. I asked my husband hus-band if we should call the police or the hospitals hos-pitals to aes if anything had happened. The children would just shake their heads . in disbelief and wonder how I could be ao. worried as to think something bad had happened to them. Moat young people do not believe that anything will happen to them. They are ' full of life and everyone over 30 ia old as the hilla and decrepit besides. Then the yean go by and one day you an not a kid anymore. You an a parent and then somehow, by osmosis or something, some-thing, your viewpoint changea and you go from a brave soul who will try many things, to the biggest chicken that ever lived. I used to try all rides at Lagoon when I was young. Now, I will still ride the roller . coaster but nothing worse than that We used to jump over a stream in a zooming car and land with a thud on the other aide. Now I would rather die. We used to aneak into the drive in movies. No more. I am not eager to try new things, either in the food category or the challenge category. cate-gory. All of this cornea about because we get smart. We learn what could happei and worry aeta in. Now, tell me this, which ia Dt iar, to worry yourself to death and he prudent and wise or to have fun and let it all hang out and not even suspect what ia going to be around the next corner? things happen. Once a little boy waa taken in a terrible accident. The mother could find no comfort until ahe had two dreams. In the first dream ahe saw a room filled with children. Each carried a candle. AH of the candles burned brightly, except the candle can-dle her child carried. She asked her child why his candle waa dim and the child said it was because of his mothers tears. The mother resolved to mourn no more. In the second dream ahe aaw the same room filled with children. This tune her child's candle burned brightly, like the other candles. No more did her tears dim the little lit-tle child's light. Joy filled the mother's heart and she found comfort. . ThisMemanal JDay we miss the light of Leon wpUajnliistflenJB giant has passed fivm our midgtbut left a legacy of faith and good works. Unassuming, as he was, he stood as a pillar of strength and integrity. Soon a school will open on property he once owned. There thousands will sit by the lamp of learning and develop talents. Thousands will enjoy sporting events, and tne ana. inousanae win learn tecnnicai skills to make a better world. When he stood before the congregations he shepherded, his voice was that of a good shepherd. His quiet invitations to come unto Christ thundered in the ears of sinner and saint The truths he taught softened even the hardest of hearts. One by one he counted the sheep and though ninety nine were safely in the told his concern was for the one. He carried the wounded and weak He lifted the downtrodden downtrod-den and left the comforts of home to share .. a message of love in a land far away. He bare with patience the race that was set before him and fought the good fight He now has finished the course and there must -certainly be a crown laid up for him in the mansions of the Almighty. Leon Walker's land is literally becoming a field of dreams for the community he loved and served, a community that shall be forever grateful for. the life and light of . this wonderful humble man. through her vision of what they could create, cre-ate, her diligence with suppliers tor donations, dona-tions, her creativity for fund-raisins; that the social hall was built This is not to mmi any efforts of anyone else; there were many people who gave of their talents and time, but Sr. Janet was the administrator during those years and it was by her example and personal per-sonal belief that the dream finally came true. ( SueaaT Fleming to the editor editor. AO must end News eudl ti 1 r J . 11 ,- -.. ur, |