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Show Comment Free Tress - Wednesday, October 17, 1990 - Page 2 Red Ribbon Week is chance to fight in drag war interest Next week we have a chance to don a uniform and participate in a battle in this war. True, the battle may just be a skirmish - but each of us can make it into more. Our uniform will be simple - a red ribbon. It will also be part of our arsenal along with an open mind and a willingness to discuss the problem of drug use with our children openly and honestly. Next week is Red Ribbon week part of a national campaign that began in 1985 as a response to the brutal murder of DEA Agent Enrique Camarena by Mexican drug traffickers. The campaign has made the red ribbon a national symbol in the drug battle - much like the yellow ribbon became a national symbol for our hope for American hostages held in Iran some 12 years ago and still held in the Middle East. And sporting red ribbons is one way to increase our awareness of illegal drug use and one way to fight it. The use of drugs rangingfrom marijuana to crack cocaine has invaded all aspects of American life. Unfortunately, we're even subject to elected officials preaching against the evils of drug use in public while using the same drugs in private. But illegal drugs don't only affect the rich, who can afford the pernicious stuff and who consider its use "recreation." at Utah Valley Community College campus. The fair is free to the public and families are welcome. The fair will include free and activities. Tuesday, Oct. 23: Wear Red Day both at work and school. Wednesday, Oct. 24: Red Ribbon Home Decorating. Put ribbons on front doors, trees, gardens and car antennas and anywhere else feasible. Also light candles in windows to let you home. neighborhood know you have a drug-fre- e Food Red Ribbon Red 25: Day. Thursday, Oct. Red Ribbon Sports 27: 26 Oct. and Friday and Saturday, are football school encouraged to wear Weekend. High players will red wear football red. BYU patches. Moments of players observed the at silence will be games. The Utah County Department of Substance Abuse has ribbons, buttons and stickers with the "It's Hot to Not" logo, as well to help celebrate this Red Ribbon week. as If you are interested in getting involved in the week's activities contact Maren Sorensen, County Red Ribbon Coordinator at - - - - We Sunday, Oct 21: Red Ribbon Sabbath. Monday, Oct. 22: A to Z Natural High Fair. 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. It touches the poor and the young with an even greater fury, and the net result is ruined lives for the users and huge profits for the traffickers. In fact, drug profits are so immense that traffickers will go to extreme lengths to protect their product and their distributions lines as the death of Agent Camarena demonstrated. And drug users, through their purchases, are supporting and encouraging murder, extortion, assassination and an assortment of criminal activity they can barely fathom Wearing ribbons, and displaying them on vehicles, in doorways, on tree branches and anywhere else that might be appro-- " priate is little enough to do to fight the drug war - but it reaches the traffickers in a vital economic area. By making our young people aware of the evils of drug use, we can help reduce the demand for the traffickers' product. When demand is cut, profits drop. Where profits don't exist, there is no motive to produce drugs. Governments and law enforcement agencies can battle the drug traffickers at the source of supply and the lines of distribution. We can battle by talking with our children, openly and honestly, about drugs. And by showing them that drug use is unacceptable. In this end of the drug war, a red ribbon can mean a lot. Here are some of the activities planned for Red Ribbon Week in Utah County: Illegal drug use is one of the greatest threats to our society - the war against drugs is a battle in which we all have an - 370-842- 7. Red Ribbon Week 1990 is one way we can all demonstrate a environment. commitment to making Utah County a drug-fre- e Let's have a very Red week. inherit a lot more than just genes Have you ever wondered what people mean when they lean towards you and say, "You're getting to be more like your mother everyday." Of course I feel flattered. My mom was a very special person and very beautiful. So, after a moment's contemplation, I wonder if my friend was mocking me. Then I think, maybe she wasn't thinking about looks. Maybe she was thinking about my mom's character? Her personality? What about me reminds her of my mother? Heredity is a mysterious thing. The other day I was working at my computer when I suddenly saw my mother's hands. The lines, the freckles, the rather crooked, yet nails. I realized that no, these were my own hands, even though they looked more like my mother's everyday. My Grandmother Snider used to lean forward in her rocking chair, whenever she laughed. She'd laugh so hard she'd cry, all the while slapping her knees with her hands while she rocked. I catch myself doing that sometimes. And then I begin to laugh all over again, at the irony of not only the joke that caused the laughter, but the mannerisms that go along with the hearty chuckles. I remember that mom and grandma would always ask me what happened at school that day. Did I get 100 percent on my tests? you better believe it would lose herself in reading about Pearl Buck's heroines, or Jack London's heroes. She'd do it in between making bread and mend- my grandkids to get A's. And I expect them to be good students, just like my mom and grandma did with me. Then there's the matter of cook- Many are willing to debunk our heroes By TOM GRIFFITHS It seems that someone is always trying to shatter our dreams or destroy our traditions. A teacher at Utah State University says that interest in the Old West is on the downswing. If this is true, it is sad, for the taming of the west was a saga that should never be taken out of our lives. Sure, we had robbers and all kinds of bad men who left their imprint on early western life, but there were others also. Can we ever remove from our memories the .picture of covered wagons as they plodded along some with religious intent, others with a desire to settle down with a little land to call their own. Utah, Oregon or California or bust was a theme, and Indians, storms and illness, and even death-'-- ' did not deter them. The stories of cowboys and IndiIn the little ans traveled village in Wales where I lived was the Victoria Theatre. It was an old building and the music for the films was a piano played by an old maid named Emma Goodfellow. Emma was good. She could make that old piano talk. In a storm she could portray thunder and one could hear the wind howling as she rattled the keys. My father could not afford regular attendance at the theater, but when William S. Hart came to town in a movie, father would go even if there wasn't much food in the house. Once in a while he woul take of me and as we sat in the dar the theater I could feel his e. ment as he watched sober faced bdl Hart shoot down the villain and rescue the maiden from a fate worse than death. It was during a cowboy movie that Emma Goodfellow really did a job on the piano. She played "Boo" music when the villain made his appearance and when the hero rode in on his horse one could almost hear the clip clop of the horse's ing socks. Now, when my own writing doesn't flow, I grab a book and read all about the escapades of Janet Dailey's heroines. I remember one of my favorites was a book I found in Grandpa Snidera bookcase, "Wild Geese by Martha Ostenso. Grandpa used to come in from a hard day's work in the fields or Then, there's the matter of from layingbrick on a new house in watermelon. Mom always cut a American Fork. He'd lie back in his melon in half and then started to leather chair, cut a plug of chew, cut slices towards the ends of the pop it into his mouth, put on his melon. I do the same thing. Stupid, glasses, push the lever that rehuh?But, my mom couldn't have leased the footstool, put his feet up, been all wrong 'er could she? and proceeded to read his favorite My mom used to have her fruit Zane Gray western. I know, becakes for Thanksgiving and Christt cause I worked for grandpa. He mas all made, wrapped in wine-soake- d hired me to find his favorites in his cheesecloth and stored in a overflowing bookcase. Fd get a nickel make them in for every book I found that he took ' heavjMcrocte-She'- d October saying that they;, a notion to read again, vv early needed time to ripen. i 111 bet I found "Riders of the My conscience is killing me bePurple Sage" at least 100 times. I cause I don't have my fruit cakes always hoped grandpa would have made yet andj3hristmas is only plenty of time toread. Nickels were about 60 days away! mighty scarce in those days. Whenever my grandma or mom Now I keep my favorites, close would talk about a pretty girl, at hand. I don't want tohave to hire grandma would say, "Pretty is as Kellie to find them for me. Oh yes, heredity is a strange pretty does". The other day I caught myself thing. Maybe, 111 figure it out saying the same thing while someday after I decide what there is about me that reminds my friend cussingone of my granddaughters. My mom, a hopeless romantic, of my mother. ing. I like to cook, always have. So did my mom and my grandma and all my aunts. Mom always cut a ham in half and then proceeded to cut thick slices from the middle out. It doesn't make sense to do it that way, but I noticed that Donna did the same thing Sunday when she was carving a ham for dinner. un-paint- By BETTY FOWLER i I always did on" English tests, almost always didn't on my math tests. I didn't know how to answer their questions, so I usually said that school went okay that day. Excelling in school was important to my folks. Now, my poor grandkids are being asked the same questions. "How's school going?" I ask Jody. She pulls a little face and says, "Okay, Grandma." It's almost automatic. I - . world-wid- - expect Automobile deal leaves bad taste, no wheels recent column in a Provo daily newspaper lamented our current r household situation as a needs. with three-ca- r Actually, the past few weeks have been a major exercise in learning the true meaning of a Latin phrase "caveat emptor" Let the buyer beware. And nowhere is this phrase more appropriate than in the dangerous business of buying used cars. When the Subaru wagon came home, it looked so good. It drove well, the sun roof worked fine, the engine sounded good and the automatic transmission was a pleasant change from the manuals we have been driving. That was on a Friday night. Saturday we had it back to the dealer for detailing. Monday we had it back to the dealer to fix the cassette which they first said was a minor problem, but then decided was a major problem. And since this was a used car what you see is what you get - the dealer had no obligation to fix it at all. But out of the kindness of their hearts, they would. "Just bring it back on Thursday and we'll take care of that." But Wednesday the transmission went and the car hasn't been anywhere since. That was Oct. 3. We called the dealership again A She Editor's Column one-ca- well-know- n - -- By MARC HADDOCK a reputable dealer, by the way. One you would think you could trust to be And they told us that since this was a used car - what you see -' what you get - they had no obligation to fix it. But out of the kindness of their hearts, they would help. The dealership offered to sell us a service it. Only $800 contract and post-dat- e with a $50 deductible, they said. We told them we would think ' about it. . Later that day, the guy at the transmission place gave us the bad news: it would cost $850 to fix the transmission. And, by the way, he wasn't the first mechanic to visit although the flaws of the vehicle were apparent. Ironic, isn't it., Of course, there is nothing to le done. Buying a used car is simply a risky business, a gamble. On this particular run at that craps table, we just happened to role snake eyes. We'll fix the car. We'll live and learn. And we will seek revenge. (If anyone wants to know the name of the Salt Lake dealer who pulled this trick, give me a call. I'm sharing it with everyone who cares to - ' semi-honorabl- e. . , t "' '.' ;. know.) In the meantime we are cursing all car dealers. (It's a; shame that the good get lumped in with the bad.) We are learning to appreciate the comparison of Richard Nixon with used car dealers;. Poor Richard. the tranny either. But the person before him had opened it up and closed it up and done nothing - Editor: (s For the past eight years, we in Utah County and particularly in Lehi, have been represented in the Utah State Senate by an individual living outside of our county, who obviously did not have the interests of our community at heart. This year we have the opportunity to elect to the Utah State Senate a person who is living right here in Lehi - a person who has the interests of Lehi and Utah County uppermost in his mind, as witnessed by the many activities he has been involved in throughout the yeatW and is still involved in. I have had the opportunity to become well acquainted with Tracy Wilson over the past 20 years. First as a member of the Utah Air Guard, not only as a fellow guardsman, but Tracy and I worked side by side in the same office for nearly five years, and finally as a fellow teacher at Lehi High School, where I again was privileged to work in close proximity with him. In all my associations with Tracy Wilson I have found him to be a ; individual who, when he believes in something, will work untiringly to see it accomplished. He is a person who will always take time to listen to your opinions, weigh strong-minde- d them and consider them. He is completely honest in his dealings and is the kind of a person we need representing us in state government. I have found Tracy to be a person who cares more about people than things, as evidenced by the many people he has had living in his home from time to time over the past years. He is a person . I just want to say that running round and round can be work, too. There, that feels better. In the meantime, I've been spinning my wheels - literally. And gettingmadder andmadder all the time. Oh, I understand how car deals are made. My father spent the last few years of his life selling automobiles - new and old. He spent almost all of his adult live trying to make the customer happy in one, retail job or another; And you kind of come to expect that. So when someone who purports -- - plished. I have found him to be a person of strongmoral character. He is the kind of person we need in the Utah State Senate. I would encourage the people to put partisan politics aside and Smith right. A nice tale, whether it be true or not. I love these stories for they awaken in me a feeling of romance and adventure. I hope the stories of the west will never die for they are part of our history. Who would want to see Robin Hood die? He was the story of Merry Old England. His exploits in Sherwood Forest with such characters as Friar Tuck, Little John and not to forget the Sheriff of Nottingham, have been the theme of many interesting stories. Many a boy, both in England and in other lands, have dreamed of being one of Robin Hood's merry men and living a life of excitement in Sherwood Forest Sometime ago, a university professor in England made a statement that Robin Hood was a cheap thief and should not be a part of hoofs. In the finale when the heroine English history. I don't care what he was in real threw her arms around William S. Hart and kissed him, the music life for he is dead and gone, but his from the piano became soft and story awakens in me the spirit of tender and I saw father reach into adventure. Without dreams and traditions his pocket for his kerchief. As for me, I thought the whole thing was our lives could be pretty drab. . , EXTENDED COVERAGE falls on your your window liable for the set, picnic you're neighbor's damages. If you child's baseball goes through his window, you're liable. And If your pet bites someone, you're responsible for that, too. If ' Time was, pets were allowed "one free bite." That Is, the dog was not considered vicious until he bit or Injured someone, so the owner would not be expected to exercise particular control over the LAYNE A.BOWEN animal. t - , No more. In most states today the pet owner Is responsible for even the first bite, especially H he or she Is found to be negligent. 0 It's wise to take precautions. Donl keep wild animals. The pet should be restrained properly and fenced In. Keep Immunizations up to date. Arrange for obedience training, too. Check stale and local laws to determine requirements regarding fencing, posting signs, and the like. And, Just In case, make sure that your liability protection is adequate. Get the answers to your Insurance questions from the experts at exercise our.' American right and vote for one of our own Tracy Wilson. -- Mearle The stories of outlaws and gunmen have perhaps warped our thinking a little, and made heroes out of men who were mean and cruel. For example, a few years ago I was up in Wyoming. In a little store was an old lady whose mother personally knew Butch Cassidy. She told how her mother lived on a ranch that was quite remote. On day Butch and a few of his gang ' came; riding in'. Butch pulled his gun from his holster and shot the heads off a half a dozen chickens. He then ordered the woman to cook them. After the meal and before Butch rode away he gave the woman , and $20 gold piece for each of the chickens. The old lady at the store thought that Butch was a bit of all . to be a reputable businessman leaves you holding thebagand then stands back and thumbs his nose at you, it comes as a shock. When you gamble, you take your chances. But I think in the future I'll have a better picture of who the sharks are in this kind of equation. committed to a cause and who is not afraid to work to see it accom- forces of evil. -- And we are limping around with too few cars and too many people. I need to make a clarification here. In that aforementioned column, the statement was made that this juggling of bodies is difficult because two persons "work" in Provo and I "run round and round in American Fork doing newspaper stuff." Wilson would give representation for Lehi in Senate e. as soft as a penny's worth'of soap after a hard washday. I loved the rugged western mountains and the prairie, and the howl of the coyote at night, but a cowboy who could shoot 20 shots from a six shoter was abit far fetched.' fi Of course, I had more sense than to criticise William S. 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