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Show Opinion CQnimmnlaiy Page 2 Orem-Gcncva Times Wednesday, September 26, 1990 Editorial Hunt mm Hunting season is fast approaching. It's time once again to dust off your all-terrain vehicle or motorcycle, and prepare to head up into the mountains where that trophy buck is waiting. But wait! Before you head out, think about another challenge-your responsibility respon-sibility to know before you go before taking your off-highway vehicle (OHV) into the hills. Here are some things to keep in mind to assure you the safest and most trouble free experience possible: Obtain a Travel Map from the U.S. Forest Service or Bureau of Land Management, Manage-ment, and regulations from State Park of-fices.Learn of-fices.Learn the rules and follow them. Register your OHS before transporting transport-ing and riding. Make sure it is in good working condition. All OHV operators and passengers under age 18 must wear properly-fitted, safety-rated helmets. Wear clothing that covers your arms and legs, over-the-ankle boots, gloves and shatter resistant eye protection. Obey gate closures and regulatory signs. , Be prepared for emergencies before you go. Carry a small tool kit and parts, a first aid and survival kit, and a tow rope. Get permission to travel across private land. Respect landowner rights. Also remember that no one under 8 years of age may operate an OHV on public roads, trails, or lands. In order for operators 8 to 15 years of age to operate an OHV on public land, they must possess an OHV education certificate issued by the Utah Division of Parks and Recreation. Drivers 16 years of age and older must possess a valid driver's license or an OHV education certificate. The Utah Division of Parks and Recreation Recrea-tion provides the OHV Education Course Know Before You Go!, and an informative pamphlet Highlights From Utah Off-Highway Vehicles Laws and Rules. The pamphlet contains laws, procedures, safety tips, and a color-coded map showing land managing agencies and addresses and phone numbers to these agencies. To use the map, determine who manages the land where you want to ride and then contact the appropriate agency for a copy of their OHV travel plan or map. The travel plan will show which areas are open to OHV use. For information on the Know Before You Go! education program, or to obtain the Highlights pamphlet, there are different dif-ferent places to contact, depending on the county in which you reside. Residents of Utah County can receive information by calling the Northwest Region Office at 1-800-OHV-RIDE. Good luck and safe hunting! A&tjkx : - I HOPE YA CAN CROSS ) 3iMMfttm(& ( , BULL CAN.. 1 A CROSS IT A ASKFtttV$SfiteSL ' tos in . to Guest Editorial merican Party asks where are Democrats? By Lareena Smith, American Party ReDublican Partv and the American Partv and 12 can- f livi v vtwxx wiv xvXiivv. uvu ux vino j uui a ahiua j j. - 1 a J xl 1 j election? It may have surprised a few voters onSeptember didates each. The American Party candidates included 2 the polls as people get fed up with obese government and going to facilitate the education process. And eventually we re going to have a good showing m 11th in Utah County to see only Republicans and American Party candidates on their ballots. This year in the Utah County primaries, the for the state senate and 10 for state representative. The exorbitant taxes. While the Democrat Farty is on decline, Republican Party had 2 for U.S. Representative (Harmer the American Party is the party of destiny. & Snow), 2 for state senate, 4 for state representative, and PflDBrifl4Mms By Postmaster Clyde E. Weeks ( 1990 ) 4 for the commission. n Sterling Allen, Utah Courtly, says, "1 think the reason -for that is that this is a conservative area; the Democrats realize that. The government has no right to redistribute the wealth; social programs are not to be administered by the government but by voluntary organization. The American Party platform is in much closer alignment align-ment with people's views about the Constitution; and it's a matter of getting enough people to realize that. "Eventually, though we may not get in this time, by filling the ballot with American Party candidates, it's This is the first time that Utah County has seen so many American Party candidates running in the primaries; - ----- ? "h The burning question of; course is: who didhthe Democrats vote for? Letters to the Editor Objects to current government If you are able to read this column, you are a member of a fortunate -.najority in the United States who can read and write. However, there are some 27 million mil-lion people in this country who are illiterate and who experience great difficulty in properly addressing ad-dressing or reading their mail. In order to focus attention on the nation's growing concern over the large number of people who are functionally illiterate, this week has been designated as national na-tional Card and Letter Writing Week. How does one function in society in which written communications com-munications are crucial, if he can't read? Strangely enough, I had an experience recently with someone in that predicament. "MIDNIGHT COWBOY" "I'm black as the Ace of Spades and they call me the "Midnight "Mid-night Cowboy,'" the old man told me, as I was visiting my daughter in Chico, California. He was passing by Allyson's apartment, as I was locking my car, and he pulled out a photo of . a stretch limousine which he said he kept stored in Hollywood. Seventy-eight-year-old Andy Rodgers introduced himself and told me something of his life as a black musician. "I'm really a blues boy," Andy said. "I've been playing the blues all of my life!" GONG SHOW But, remarkably, Andy Rodgers, who once won second place on "The Gong Show," is finally final-ly learning to read music-and just to read, period. He feels being able to read music will help him learn new songs more quickly. By just playing by ear, he has already become an accomplished musician, known for such songs as "The Freight Train Blues." At age 10, Andy Rodgers mother gave him his first harmonica. har-monica. He played it so much she eventually Had to take it away from him. "I was buzzing her ears offwithit,"hesaid. Later, he met up with Bob Wills, while hitchhiking back to New Orleans. The man considered con-sidered to be the "Elvis of Western Swing" gave Rodgers a ridetying him to the back bumper of his Model A so he wtiilrin'f foil nflf if h wnf n sleep. Rodgers traveled with Wills' band, learning more about harmonica har-monica playing and performing odd jobs, until he became sick in Wyoming and was hospitalized while the musicians headed to their next gig. FAMILY MUSIC As a child, Rodgers grew up surrounded by family musicians. His mother's cousin was blues musician Sonny Boy Williams. His uncles also played in a big brass band. "Grandma was lead singer," he said. "They didn't have speakers in those days, but you could hear her five miles away." Working all his life in jobs that didn't require reading or writing, he performed harmonica blues on the side. HAULED HAY "I hauled hay for 55 years. People wanted me to play music and I said, "No, I ain't that good.'" Rodgers herded cattle for the Hills Brothers in Klamath Falls, Ore. One of the Hills was the first to call him "Midnight Cowboy" some 50 years ago. After performing harmonica blues off-and-on most of his life, Rodgers has decided to make that his profession. He has been staying stay-ing with Ophir, Calif, resident George Waddell, who is teaching him to read and write. And after decades of performing he now can sign autographs. V- . It just goes to show you: it is never too late to learn to read! STAMPS BY PHONE Buying stamps by mail-including the latest commemorative commemora-tive stamps-has been a widely-used widely-used service of the Orem Post Office Of-fice for several years. Local residents resi-dents appreciate the ease with which they can fill our order form and mail it to the post office. Their stamps are delivered by their carrier car-rier within two days, along with a new order form. Now, by calling 1-800-STAMP-24, customers with a major credit card can place an order for postage stamps, postal cards, or stamped envelopes any hour of the day, every day of the year through the Stamps by Phone program. The order will be delivered in three to five business days. There is a $3 charge for each ?wn Ku Phono order. Helping your child 1 Succeed in school by Lily Eskelsen, president Utah Education Association Listening is a skill that's extremely ex-tremely important to a student's Erogress-and a parent's. I aven't always been a good listener. lis-tener. My mother kept having my hearing tested. When I became a teacher, I had to become a listener. A good listener. And that was hard. But for a teacher, listening is crucial. If we don't listen correctly, it can be disastrous. Through my own children I learned that listening is no less important a tool for parents. Two weeks before Christmas, we adopted our son, Jared. He was barely four years old. We met him on Friday, he came to live with us on Saturday, and we took him to church on Sunday. After church we were chatting with friends. He pulled on my husband's sleeve and said sadly, "I have a cold body." My husband picked him up and hugged him to warm him up. He just looked more miserable. "I have a cold body!" I put on his coat. He began jumping up and down. He was almost in tears. Finally a nice lady came up and said, "He has to go potty." We'd only been half-listening. "I have a cold body" didn't sound at all like "I have to go potty!" It's important for parents and teachers to listen to our children. They almost always tell us what they need, but they don't always tell us in a way we understand. 1 A word to kids: Listening is a hard job. Be patient with us. If we don't listen the first time, give us another chance. Keep telling us what you're worried about, what you're happy about, what you're afraid of. Tell us until we listen. Road work takes too long Editor, People need to know about the rpad construction in Orem. I live on 150 North and there is road construction going oji all around me. Workers keep tearing up the same strip of road over and over. People have had a hard time getting get-ting to various destinations because be-cause the road is frequently closed. If it is not closed, then there are big ruts; many of my neighbors neigh-bors have replaced shocks and brakes because of these road conditions. con-ditions. This work must be done but the workers could move a little lit-tle faster, not take so many breaks, and not start so many projects at once; it would be a big help to those that live around these construction areas. Thank you. " Alisha Forsyth Orem Dear Editor: I believe the most important responsibility for our elected officials offi-cials is not only to take the oath of office with a promise to serve the people and to uphold the laws and regulations of The Constitution Constitu-tion of the United States but to obey and honor them as well. Our present elected officials have failed to do this by refusing a petition, peti-tion, signed by the people to change the present form of Government of a Mayor, Council membership to the Mayor, Commission Com-mission form of Government with the claim that it was written ont he wrong kind of paper and written writ-ten incorrectly. I am appalled, a petition signed by the people should be honored no matter what kind of paper it was written on, Is this not The Government of the People, For the People and By the People. Such restrictions are regulations on how signed petitions peti-tions should be handled is going against our Constitutional Rights and it gives the Mayor and Council Coun-cil Members full authority to make all decisions on all laws and regulations that prove to be for their own benefit and the wishes of the special interest groups. Therefore, putting aside the interest and benefits for the people by dismissing and overlooking over-looking and disregarding the . wishes of the people, with their judgement being the final Discretion. Discre-tion. I am against the policy to buy private land at a high price and then resale it at a low price to the benefit of a few special interest inter-est groups or private individuals such as happened for R.C. Willey and Smith's ShopKo, along with the promise of being Tax Free for Twenty (20) years, with the understanding un-derstanding that the people would make up the difference in cost by having more jobs and they in turn would make up the tax differences by paying the lost taxes. The people lose both ways.by Taxes that should of been paid by the companies and loss of revenue by having property proper-ty sold at a lower price than what it was purchased for. I am against the using of HUD Funds to give to private individuals in order for them to enlarge and improve their own private estate. Such as was the case of the Seven Peaks Resort. I am also against the use of public funds to enlarge and improve im-prove Semi Private Golf Courses, this only benefits a few individuals in-dividuals and in turn, are sold back to the special interest groups for private clubs at lower prices than what they were paid for. I would rather use the funds to help the Homeless, The Senior Citizens and Handicapped such public funds were set aside for their own use anyway. Let us not forget the Timp Scandal. ' In order for this to stop, we need to get involved in what is going on in our government and vote for a change to a Democratic Government with more than one party rule as we now have in order to guarantee checks and balances for a True, Free Democracy. , Sincerely yours, Louise Fucile Orem New ski resort would hurt economy Orem-Qenevalitnes USPS 411-700 Published each Wednesday for $10.00 per year by the Orem-Geneva Orem-Geneva Times, 546 South State Street, Orem, Utah 84058. Second Class postage paid at Orem, Utah 84057 POSTMASTER: Send address changes to the Orem Geneva Times, P.O. Box 65, Orem, Utah 84059 Editor, I am writingin response to the letter stating that the construction construc-tion of a Seven Peaks Ski Resort would be highly detrimental to the Provo economy. The writer claimed that the ski resort would cause an unnecessary un-necessary amount of pollution and bring in a wild crowd into the community. But then he supports the growth of a business industry in the city. I highly disagree! A ski resort in this community would create considerable sums of money and makes great business busi-ness sense. Bringing more money into the community makes it larger, therefore causing more business interest in the community. com-munity. In rebuttal to the statement of attracting an undesirable crowd, any community that is growing (which the writer was in favor of) is always susceptible to the establishment estab-lishment of a couple bad apples, with or without a ski resort A Seven Peaks Ski Resort would be a great business addition addi-tion to this community, and it would be a great convenience for the skiers who live here. ' J GregTedrow Orem |