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Show I':..'- - v-'- Opinion . Fire access road is needed Am I 'tab !.;! (nil -. u I r-1' i r (.-.in cxjx-i t n:.i- : 'I: wliy il'i bard X'i i.:. r--. ::. : hi i tin- 1 1- -n i A. : .:. f r". ( 'anyim .in- i !. ::. ' : : - ! to a li rr rn.nl t !. ll ! -i... '. I'm Tij'titif i 1 i - - j - l-'- .! - ' ' tin- h.iN ..t-.v.- a:; Tin- ro.nl i- a ri -;' t- .i .t-ii.ition .t-ii.ition ih.ii ! on..' placr in 1 1 1 . 1 1 i ' ol our I'.;:.::. lir.H uliiH' pi ojili- .!! b:;;. !.:.' ex h -J i.". i liouii-- 1:1 ana I.1.. it iiri-, anion;; othi-r ti. -i i.a'u-r;il i.a'u-r;il l'i i c Ii.i.i 1 1 1 Snii.'.ir (!. '. i-."p-incnls can In- m-i-ii in I . i r . 1 " r i . in llir Tt.ivi i'i' Mount. an a i f I.cln ami Ka,'l- Mountain Wlnli- thi-i- ari-a-i Jro hi.- a beautiful M-ttin' lor li.-auti! .1 lionii-s, tlii-V aKo ( teat'- -oiia-major fin1 rmiirniv I tali ( oun-ly's oun-ly's lull.iidi-s an- ruvcrrd uilb brii.-.b anil m tiiIi oak u hu h. under t he rigbt conditions, provide pro-vide kindling for Mime p- tacu-lar tacu-lar wildfires. This year conditions for such Wildfires will he ideal. Pleasant drove responded to a gra.-s lire which hiirned out of control just last, week and it's only March. While tin- rugged terrain lippeals to some homeowners, it presents challenges for those who must Unlit the wildfires which result when ligbtning strikes or a spark from a campfire sets ofl an uncont rolled hlae. Fighting fires in this kind of terrain can he a life-or-death proposition, and the lack of adequate ade-quate access increases the danger In the firefi'diters. . .1 iil ....u a.-.d rv-fact on l a:.d w .sU-r-hed. One that the hoir.e- i v. t:i the area are aim- to p-Vit the area w ilh-ut the aid I 'I the city 'I':..- facts -,re that pei.ple .lireadv U-e lhe-e mountains fuT recreatioi-.al hiking, and the construction con-struction of hollies higher and higher on the hillsides lias already had major impacts on the environment and the watershed. I',, sides that, the city has a legal re-ponsihihty to provide fire protection pro-tection for city residents. When the next fire strikes in Fort Canyon, the Lone Peak Public Pub-lic Safety District will he expected expect-ed to respond, and Alpine City will he held responsible if the response is deemed inadequate. As our communities grow up the hillsides, and people continue to build homes in once-remote areas, more such fire access roads will be needed if our fire departments are going to be able to provide adequate fire protection. protec-tion. Such roads are not an intrusion intru-sion into private property, but an attempt by the city to keep that property safe from a natural or man-made disaster. These roads should be welcomed with open arms, especially by those who will benefit most when the next fire strikes. Back to Thursday is a step forward In two weeks, our group of weekly newspapers will be going back to the future, in a manner of speaking. On April 11, the newspapers will resume publication on Thursday instead of Wednesday. Our readers who have been around for a long time like 20 years will remember that Thursday was the day of publication publi-cation for these newspapers for many years. When 1 started working here in 1)S'2, that was our publication publica-tion day, mainly for financial reasons. In the UXiOs and '70s. local grocery stores liked to get their ails into the hands of their customers cus-tomers on Thursday, in preparation prepara-tion for the busy weekend. Grocery Gro-cery stores were one of the staples sta-ples of the community newspaper's newspa-per's advertising mix in those days. Hut in the '80s the grocery business was changing. Chains were taking the place of the smaller hometown stores, and the large grocery chains didn't use local newspapers to advertise adver-tise their specials. Other advertisers preferred an earlier publication day. and that prompted the shift to Wednesday. Our move back to Thursday in two weeks is also driven by advertising. As a news man. I'm a little fu,'v on the details. However. I'm confident the people peo-ple making these decisions have a pretty good idea about what they are doing. Mom our perspective providers of news. 1 think c . ;ood one as the for the change will loo a several reasons. For example, ever since shift to Wednesday, we have had to wait eight days to report on the events that took place at a Tuesday evening city council meeting because the meetings took place after our press deadline. dead-line. The same w as true of elec tion results and other t community events. A Thursday puK'.c means we can report events the day after they happen. hap-pen. We're excited aivut that. The change w-,',1 a'.so make our news operation, more productive. pro-ductive. For vears. most of our news mrvrtar-.t O.ay -.ese preparation has taken place on Friday and Monday with the weekend breaking up the momentum of our work schedule. sched-ule. Frankly, it's hard to get much work done on Friday. The trend for city offices to adopt four-day work weeks, closing the offices on Friday, hasn't helped. It is very difficult to get information from a closed public office. Our main work days will now shift to Monday and Tuesday, and based on experience with a Thursday publication day in the past, that will help us use our time more productively. We plan to retain our Monday Mon-day deadlines for our basic milestone mile-stone news stories missionaries, missionar-ies, weddings, anniversaries, 80th birthdays and such. After all, people are aware these events are coming up well in advance, and having the information infor-mation into the office on Monday Mon-day will be a great help to our work flow. But the Thursday publication date will allow us to make our front pages fresher, and give us a chance to print local news while it's still new. It will also give us a chance to get those Tuesday sports events into the paper in a more timelv fashion as well. The change will eliminate the late Monday nights we find ourselves our-selves working sometimes into the wee hours of Tuesday morning. The challenge will be to avoid late Tuesday nights, working into the wee hours of W ednesday morning. We expect to take a few phone caiis during the first few weeKs o; the change. Our readers read-ers have come to expect their hometown papers on Wednesday. Wednes-day. We are confident, however. ;:ia: our readers will find it easy to n.iasie tr.e ao.;u:n".ent as well. And we think you'll be pleased with the improved product. Tims is one case where iOin backw ard wi.'. be a ster forward. German dance group visits PL Grovi r- " 1 highest award in C--' - jVihF-Wrrff i love to hear about vour.-- hT: a watch an exceptional Pleasant uroe u a Hi-h Sch - ' Carman dance group. y,.,,.iH. -.t re from Strausberg has conie to visit Pleasant Grove. Trey performed along with (.loggers' (.log-gers' West, the high school clog-r-;r.j team in the student center. The German dancers were fun to watch. The music was lively and the girls, who ranged m age from 12 to 20. were obviously very talented and enjoved performing. Tara Boucher, a high school student and a member of Cloggers West, has been instrumental in organizing the tour. She has planned the performances, organized organ-ized siht-seeing tours and basically basi-cally done everything possible to five 'the international visitors a trip thev would never forget. Tuesday the group traveled to Brvce Canyon, they went horseback horse-back riding and viewed some of the breathtaking landscape in southern Utah. Other plans for the dancers include visiting Park Citv and Salt Lake. They will go to Temple Square and hear a rehearsal of the Mormon Tabernacle Taberna-cle Choir. ... s we walked through the high school, we saw signs welcoming Tanztheatre to Pleasant Grove. Mavor Jim Danklef spoke at the beginning of the performance and al-To welcomed the girls to our city. I believe this will be a wonderful wonder-ful experience for members of Cloggers West and all the other students who get to interact with the German dancers. The Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove High School team has toured many countries over the years, and now it's their chance to host a performing group and share our culture and state with Tara should be commended for all the work she has put into the tour. I understand that all her work will go towards earning the tne community wh0 such wonderful thine ' What was also am",-, the performance MonTi was that all of my entertained as well ''-;' enjoyed themselves. 0ur'7 Katelyn recently siant;' clogging lessons.'ShediCti very much yet, so it her to watch the member gers West dance. Our two year old eve- . watching the dancers aZj everyone "the ballerinas "7. was good, too. but he f;.' enjoyed the brownies cream that was served concert. " : In case you missed concert, Terry Tucker a;"' that there would be a n" formance Friday night, a " the high school at ?'Vm H. everyone was invited to It's a great opportunity f lies to enjoy some intern".'1 as well as hometown er ment. , , 1 t 1 . nrmnnc anri qmiti' mmrw son. contrac In the United States there are probably more Muslims than Mormons Mor-mons or Jews. Estimates vary but there may be as many as 10 million mil-lion Muslims compared to 5.2 million mil-lion Mormons and about 5.7 million mil-lion Jews in a total population of about 285 million. For some very interesting reasons, rea-sons, the three ought to get together togeth-er and compare notes. It's also interesting that the total number of Mormons in the world (11.2 million) mil-lion) is fast approaching the total number of Jews (13.1 million). The population differences are: (1) Most other Mormons are concentrated con-centrated in Central and South America and most other Jews (nearly 5 million) are in Israel. (2) Muslim's, on the other hand, of which there are nearly 2 billion, are spread throughout the Middle East and then southeast to India and Indonesia. In fact, there are more Muslims in Indonesia and India than there are people in the U.S.; and in the Philippines alone, there are almost as many Muslims Mus-lims as there are Mormons in the entire world. In the 19th century, because Mormons had a new volume of scripture which Christians supposed sup-posed would supplant the Holy Bible, some assumed the Book of Mormon must be comparable to the Qur'an. Writers identified Joseph Smith as the American Muhammad. Someone else figured fig-ured out that if you put an extra "o" in Mormon, you get Moormon and since the Moors were Muslim, N s I " if! rr. . l'rst,vi;. Li U U the Mormons must be an American Ameri-can variety of the Muslim religion. reli-gion. Hence, as "American Islam," Mormons could not be counted as Christian. Ironically, another factor fac-tor that still weighs against Mormons Mor-mons being counted as Christian is their emphasis on Jewish scripture scrip-ture the Old Testament. 1 In terms of morality, ethics and religious behavior, there are many similarities between Islam and Mormonism. In terms of doctrine, there are very clear differences and, as with Judaism, they center on the divinity of Jesus Christ. The Five Pillars of Islam are: 1. The Testimony of Faith There is no true God but Allah and Muhammad is his prophet. 2. Prayer Muslims pray five times each day at dawn, noon, mid-afternoon, sunset and night. 3. Support of the needy All things belong to God, and wealth is therefore held by human beings in trust. In addition to specified percentages of certain properties, Muslims may also give as much as they please to charity. 4. Fasting during the month of Ramadan Every day dun-9th dun-9th lunar month, Muslin;, from dawn to sunset by al. ing from food, 'drink and relations. 5. The Pilgrimncrp tn M (Hajj) If they are ph. and financially able, each JL has an obligation, once in time, to join one of the annu. grimages. Makkah or ,L city in Saudi Arabia, is rcw the ' first place created on ; and the place where Abralur Ishmael built the Ka'ba, the ter of Islam. It is also tint t place of Muhammad. There are many bus. teachings in the Qur'an. In 1 the LDS First Presidency v that Muhammad and other gious leaders and philos. "received a portion of God's Moral truths were given tt : by God to enlighten nations. My friend at the Salt Lab Mosque, Tariq Kergaye, had: orized a quote by Parley P. that Islam, fulfilling hi promises made to Ishmael. divinely instigated to "sr. apostate Christianity andu idolatry. The most critical doctrir.. ference is that Islam oVf accept Jesus (or anyone t-God's t-God's Son. By contrast, believe that whenever Goc him or Allah to Muslim: revealed himself to men on his only message has been, is my beloved Son..." Volunteers sad to see Olympics end The OlvmDics are over and the out of town volunteers and staff members are going home. Utah has been waiting for several years for the Olympics to come and now it is all over. It was quite a shock for many volunteers to step into the TPC Center Cen-ter and see the temporary walls coming com-ing down and the gigantic murals removed from the walls. The Center is returning to a Warehouse with a "For Sale," sign. Volunteers have memories of long lines and crowds of people coming to the Center to receive accreditation and their uniform. uni-form. It was sad to see it all come to an end. and yet a relief to see the job completed. There are manv volunteers volun-teers and staff members who have been working a year or two, some of them have come from out of state and they are looking for new employment employ-ment and moving on. Volunteers even came from other countries to be a part of the Salt Lake Olympics. Last week was the last sale for volunteers to purchase Olympic clothing, flags and other memorabilia. memorabil-ia. Or.e young man who worked for bLOC was selling CD's uith the rr.us-.c from the opening and closing ceremomes He is an employee and has worked every day for the past i couple of months. He is majoring in Chinese and hopes to complete his education at BYU and work for the Olympics comrnittee to bring the games to China. Many Human Resources volunteers volun-teers are getting their passports and volunteering to go to Greece. The 2004 summer games may need up to 60,000 volunteers. Some volunteers have already applied and others are planning to volunteer to go to Italy in 2006. Camile Hadley was a volunteer at the Olympic Village. She noted a lot of trading going on as the athletes were leaving and wanted to trade for a Salt Lake 2002 uniform. She said she worked too hard for her coat to trade it but she did take off her fleece tunleneck and trade it for a beautiful beauti-ful Russian scarf and hat. David Bezzant was having a hard time seeing the Olympics come to an end. He worked in transportation at the village, one special memory was the closing ceremonies where he watched the namrlo r,r i,- i ... - r--"- nuiicees leave - a-e, ms team had acces to all 4-i. . -n nntrhed monies in the theater. Foils ceremonies, they went v-watch v-watch the fireworks and -return of the athletes. Lunchtime was a great . the volunteers to gtl acquainted and have a bre teers did receive lunched; snacks along the way. One -unteers who helped : tumes for ceremonies at -grounds said every aa.v ?" big party. The TPC was busy action ac-tion of the Olympics ar -lympics distributing "'e 1 PaOne of the greatest op? ; working in the Center ' to meet aU the terrific -v over the U.S. and the they came to get their u---. unteers at the Center u- -;. over Utah, from Neva Montreal. . rr Well, the Olympic many feel they will see . again. It is becoming ;;iv smaller countries to pr -. ues and facilities to . Olympics. SLOCvolu.-.' . dieting the return of . , Utah and repeating t- Lifetime Opportune- New Utah Pleasant Grove Review An edition of The Dally Herald (ISSN No. l.v:i-6S.;i (US PS. No. 4.io-7f: 59 West Main American Fork. Utah S4003 AilAU NEWSPAPER t... t,. n ie epe Nurrbe-s Periodic. P:s:a-e Paid .it American Fcrk. Utah C-SViS r sere xx-ess ts-x -0 Deadli mes We welcome letters to the editor. All letters rr; author's name (printed AND signed) and a . ber. v;e reserve the right to edit letters for don, taste and length. Letters are welcome on - Hnw to RFiCH Ms TO By Mail P.O. Box 7. 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