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Show OREM TIMES Page 3 OVERHEARD IN OREM NEWS, STORIES AND EVENTS FROM YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD The Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China begin on Friday. Will you be tuning in? What events do you and your family follow or enjoy watching? Are you concerned that China, a country whose government has been accused of repeated human-rights violations, will be celebrated on the worldwide stage as it hosts the games? Thursday, August 7, 2008 , . t ?. 'Sis l? h Vi-n-; -JS? fi fit - flfTtiYteV (fens I r 'jk ill Uwili f) i 1 "Yes, absolutely. I absolutely love the running events, track and field, the high jump, long distance events and sprints. I follow it and love it. When you get people at their peak performance perfor-mance it is amazing what they can do. "They certainly have had a history of human rights violations). viola-tions). I am concerned about it. You hope that by hosting the Olympics and being exposed to so many cultures that it will rub off on them. From the standpoint of democracy, we can't control other governments govern-ments but with the Olympics you can have an influence. I think the Olympics is a real opportunity op-portunity to force them to look a how they treat people in a capitalistic society." I Jayson Seegmiller "Yeah, definitely. I'm actually actu-ally going to be gone but I'm going to record it so I can see it. I like running, swimming, diving and gymnastics. But I'll plan on watching whatever is on when I'm at home. "It is important. I think the Olympics are good to help them see past it and give them more culture. I don't think that they can avoid it. We can't just boycott it." I Rachel Hatch "Yes. I've followed the Olympics over the years. I'll follow it as it comes in. I generally gener-ally watch the Games. "Well, they'll be celebrated obviously because of the coverage. cov-erage. It might serve to show some of the problems. Whether or not it has an effect on the problems remains to be seen. But it will bring attention and exposure to the problems." I Ronald Glenn "Absolutely. I love the Olympics Olym-pics and watch every minute that I possibly can. I wish that I was there. We really like track. We like the Summer Olympics very much. "No. I am very interested in human rights issues but I think they'll put their best foot forward for-ward and show that they are humanitarian. Shunning the country would not further human hu-man rights at all." I Dawn Brock If we get cable TV, yeah. Not really, we just watch whatever events happen to be on. No." VERA RODRIGUEZ iili.i..r) - dtm "We watch whatever we can. Oh yeah, I mean you have a world competition. It's awesome. awe-some. "I think it's good that everyone ev-eryone is getting together. It wUl give more peace. Having everyone there might change their minds. If you focus on peace, that's what will come about. If you focus on war, that's what will happen." I Dave Pilgrim and Kari Kinder "You know probably. I'm not super into sports but the Olympics are always fun. Gymnastics. "Not really because I feel every ev-ery country has its own issues. America has made as many mistakes, but not the same mistakes." I Alyson King "Probably. I don't know if I'll watch all of it. I like the swimming, swim-ming, some of the gymnastics, some of the things my kids want to watch. "A little concerned but I'm sure they weighed all those things when they picked the country." I Jennifer Pickford "Usually I do. I usually like the Summer Games for the gymnastics and the Winter Games for the skating and a little lit-tle bit of everything else. With track and field, if someone might be breaking a record, I might tune in. I saw they have a new event, something about throwing sticks and it's not the javelin ... "Yeah, it bothers me. I understand un-derstand something of Eastern culture and that they want to protect themselves from other people. But that doesn't mean an individual can't choose he wants for himself and his family." I Diane Kimber "Definitely. We like the Olympics. We're really into sports in our house. All of them, volleyball, soccer, track and swimming. "Yes and no. My husband was just there a few weeks ago. They're doing things to prepare for the games but they're not going to show their true faces. Hopefully it will be celebration of the Olympics instead of the country." Kara Wilkey 801 785-9961 "The Best Cleaning Your Carpet Has Ever Seen, or It's FREE" Cleaning All Your Flooring Surfaces Steam Mountain Air Heating & Cooling Duct Cleaning Available For your Heating & Air Conditioning Needs, Give Us A Call 226-1180 Lindon Storage Center Proud to Support the County Fair 785-0520 98 S. State Lindon dill Im-PUase EIectr'ic We Proudly Salute Our Hardworking 4Hers Competing at the Fair American Fork (801)756-6008 Heritage Care Center Come Support the 4Hers 756-5293 350 E. 300 N. 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