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Show EfLTQInrQCSlAlG Free Press - Wednesday, October Editorial The Cold War may be over, and many positive improvements may have been made in Russia, but they still have major obstacles to overcome. That triggered recollections of the hostage situation in Iran, as well as the terrorism with the Pan Am flight over Lockerbie, Scotland, or the shooting down of the KAL plane over Russia. With all of those problems concerning world peace, I saw an amazing example of how to behave, a lesson taught to me by my d violence is rocking gang's "colors" or other emblems, such our nation's larger cities devastatas jewelry , that identify them as gang members. Weapons, disruptive acts ing families, damaging property, lives and and hazing are also prohibited under claiming young tearing away the very fabric of our society. the proposal. Utah has not been spared from Certainly, a simple policy won't the ravages of this phenomenon put an end to gang activity by itself. d sweeping through our country. In Nor will stiffer penalties for recent months, gang-relate- d activities solve the problem shootings in Salt Lake City have without other action. In fact, in Pleasclaimed lives - and changed lives as ant Grove, police have found the d well in high profile incidents that greatest deterrent to e conGov. to been a caused Leavitt has community-widactivity recently vene a special session to deal with response to the problem. That means people pay attention gangs and the havoc they wreak. To its credit, the Alpine School to what is going on around them, and District is moving to take positive report suspicious activities to the d action now to reduce the effect police when they take place. This of quick response has already on kind our have might activity diffused several potentially dangerlocal schools - and none too soon. Local police officials confirm there ous situations. d Parents need to be on the lookout have been incidents of for Utah north signs of gang activity, and to activity throughout Lake-are- a Salt some as soon as it is needed. intervene imported by County But as one police officer pointed gangs and some home grown. d The incidents range from graffiti - a out, the problem with before of one and can form is really popular gang expression activity that a method of identifying the gang's solve the problem, one must under"territory" to sex crimes, to drive-b- y stand it and it's pretty hard to get shootings with a paint gun, to the a handle on that. In the absence of understanding, brandishing of knives at school. For more than a year, our local the community-base- d response is the best response - since it places the police departments have been dealing with these kinds of problems. responsibility for solving this probWith its proposed policy aimed spe- lem on all of our shoulders. The school district deserves credit cifically at "gangs, secret societies, and hate group," the Alpine School for the prompt response to the probDistrict lays down the law as to what lem, as do our local police departkind of behavior will be specifically ments. If we all join in, pay attention acd limited in our schools so they remain and report possible a place that is safe for all our chiltivity to the police in a timely fashdren. ion, we will be closer to a solution to If the policy is approved, students this pervasive probl em in north Utah will be prohibited from wearing a County. Gang-relate- d. She recently saw an estranged relative and, calling him by name, said hello to him. He, too, called her by name and returned the greeting. That incident really made me stop and think of how people should behave. Innocent of the differences that may have become obstacles for adults in the situation, she treated him as friend, even though she no longer sees him on a regular basis. News footage the other night came from Sarajevo, Bosnia; the damage shown made me think of the unfortunate changes that have taken place since the time of the Olympics in that country. Thinking of the Olympics brought an image of the terrorists at the 1972 Olympics in Munich, or the U.S. boycott of the Russian games and the Russian boycott at the Los Angeles games. In another newscast, though, KUTV showed footage of the Lehi Pioneers as they played Uintah last week. What a thrill it is to join with other citizens of the community in support of our high school students in their activities. gang-relate- gang-relate- gang-relate- gang-relate- gang-relate- f end of the entrails to an outside water tap and wash the contents out. The smell at this point was no Midnight in Paris, but it didn't bother Rhonwen. She would cut it into small pieces and it became chitterlings. She sent a supply over to my father for our contribution to the welfare of pig. After dark, father buried it in the garden. The end was not yet. The intestine was washed out and prepared for tripe. Blessed darkness fell as Gwilym dissected the pig into hams, bacon and whatever was left. The memory of old pig was around for some time. The aroma was in the air and on the trees and bushes. The kids blew the bladder up and had fun. And there would be another spring and another pig. hard-earne- d p Are you ready for the electric car? -- -- technology. The E V Infrastructure Working Council includes representatives from the Big Three plus overseas car makers, component suppliers, the Electric Power Research Institute snd groups which develop and police automotive standards. 1 m 11 speed of 100 mph. And the price will be comparable to gasoline fueled cars. You may recharge your batteries overnight in your home garage, at curbside public access rechargers, while parked in the parking lot. Or your service station by then may have equipment which day or night will give your batteries a recharge in 10 mincoin-operat- Paul Harvey Products Inc. 1993 conIt's a cumbersome, EPRI authorized has the but it glomerate, to coordinate the national effort. That should help. For one Detroit car maker to do anything innovative with one of its own models is a cumbersome procedure. For all of them to agree on the composition of anything as revolutionary as the EV would be impossible without an allocation of prerogatives. So here it comes! Nearly every car maker competing in the North American market now expects to produce EVs by hydra-heade- d 1998. What is yours likely to be like? It will likely be a van with fast charg last Friday made all of the bleachers quite wet. But the fans brought their blankets, or they devised other ways to remove the water. Either way, the weather couldn't dampen their spirits. Not even the cold seemed to bother them, especially with hot chocolate, burgers or baked potatoes from the Booster Club Snack Shack. The spirit of camaraderie made the Pioneer win even sweeter. Then there are the situations in places like Somalia and Haiti, where other countries are stepping in to try to sol ve problem s for other people. Although the cause may be noble, I often wonder whether we are really helping the people who really need the help or are we just making more trouble for the ones who remain after we've pulled out of the area. But then I read about situations closer to home, such as the benefit concert that the choral department held for two little girls in need of acute medical care. Or the pizza fundraiser and the quilting bee to raise money for a Lehi man to obtain a heart transplant. These activities take a lot of work, and the spirit of volunteerism shows up well in our community. Governor Leavitt just held a gang confer ations. Our city recreation programs are other effective tools to help the youth develop their senses of self as well as a spirit of teamwork. Volunteers in these programs put in many hours to help their groups succeed; when the teams win, the individuals win, and when the individuals win, we all win. Believe it or not, the Arts Council is in the same business. Although many people may think their purpose is just to put on plays or other cultural events, a great "people-building- " activity is taking place. The many hours in rehearsal, the fun times along the way, culminating in a successful, performance, equals the thrill of winningthe Little League championship or taking home the medals from the swim meet. well-attend- Sometimes the players are the same, sometimes they are different. But all of the different programs are designed to help the youth in their journey toward adulthood. I've seen some great things happen in our community, and I'm more convinced than ever that we all have the responsibility to help each other along the way. But with CDs and CD players, all those rules don't apply. They are small and store easily. And they sound wonderful because they reproduce the sound in a way that doesn't involve touching the disc - so it doesn't get scratched, or compressed, or anything at all. There is no hiss. Ideally there is no sound at all except the sound put there by the singers and the musicians and the studio geniuses Editor's By MARC HADDOCK - couldn't buy a record player any more. One glance at the record store showed why - no one sold records any more. Tapes galore -and that was okay since tape players are prevalent in today's society. But also compact disks CDs. Oh, sure, they look like little records, only silver. But just try putting one on the old stereo and you'll be in for a surprise. The tape thing was a marvelous marketing device and I found I collected several tapes that were copies of what I had on record. I also recorded some of my favorite records on tape, as well, but frankly records, despite their popularity, had some obvious -- problem. They scratched easily. They wore out after repeated playings - to the point where in some cases you could hear two parts of the record at one time, picking up the echo of what was to come in a sort of eerie way. And they were big and clumsy and took up a lot of room. And playing them one on top of the other, like you could on the old stereos, compressed the grooves, making the reproduction even worse. And when you recorded them on tape, all the scratches and nicks and fuzz was transferred directly onto the tape making for less than perfect hearing. Still, it must have cut down on the marketing of tapes, because people could copy their favorite records and listen to them despite the imperfect reproduction - it was cheaper than buying a new tape. who produce records nowadays reproduced in full tones and as near to being there as you can get without setting foot on the sound stage. It's enough, at some point, to induce one to entering the modern age of sound reproduction and it's wonderful. Except once the purchase is made, you are left with nothing to play on your CD except maybe some old tapes in the tape player. Here is where modern marketing steps in, as a visit to the music store (once the record store) demonstrates. Because in addition to a lot of new music I have no interest in, the music store is full of CDs of all those records I carefully guarded through the ages but can no longer play. The music industry is cashing in on old recordings which have been "digitally re--; mastered" for CDs and then marketed for $15 a pop. Not only are the old albums available in CD format, but massive collections of sing- ing artist's entire careers are available in sets that run anywhere from multiple-Ccosts $30 to $300 and up. New about the same - but you can get classical CDs for $4 and up kind of tells you who has enough money to buy music, doesn't it. -- D Rock-n-Ro- ll - Personally, for my very first CD purchase, I compromised. I bought James Taylor's new "Live" CD, which includes a lot of good old songs newly sung. And now a new musical adventure be- gins. lotttops 0 the editor Warning to dog owners Editor: For people who live in Lehi and the county area near 440 S. 300 East Loose dogs are to be tied up, according to the Country Sheriff. -- If you have dogs in this area, please be advised that they may be shot if they are on private property. -- Almon Robison Don't vote for socialized medicine batteries. ing It will accelerate 0 to 60 mph in eight seconds. It will have a range of 300 miles between rechargings. It will have a top nickel-cadmiu- 1" i programs that counteract the negative influences bombarding our youth. Dale Peery, Esteem Team coordinator at Lehi Junior High School, is working with the students to present activities for Red Ribbon Week, the campaign to avoid to such situencourage young people anti-dru- g The rain - pennies keep changing the format in which music as available. It works, too. We entered a new realm of the musical experience last week with the purchase of a compact disc player - and suddenly found ourselves in anew world that looks alot like the old world, only smaller. Of course, I'm a member of the generation that was raised on "stacks of wax," the venerable phonograph that reproduced music the way, just like Mr. Edison planned it. After all, phonographs were nothingmore than sophisticated versions of the tubular contraption Edison created to reproduce sound by mechanically reproducing the waves sound makes in the air. The tubes were transformed to discs, and the amplification equipment changed drastically over the years - allowing us to hear stereophonic sound and all. I was blessed to be a member of the generation that reached the age of musical awareness in the late 50's, just when Rock n Roll was being invented. And frankly the musical revolution ofthe 50's and 60's went with the maturing of the phonograph. The two were made for each other, so to speak. I learned the words to "Long Tall Sally" from my older brother's Elvis record, and just about got killed when I accidentally sat on his new single of "Rock Around the Clock" and broke it - the cardinal sin for a little brother. The music mattered to me. As a result, over my lifetime, I accumulated a rather large collection of LP phonograph records which have become very near and dear to me. The names Gene Pitney, The Righteous Brothers and Eric Burdon and the Animals may not mean much to my kids, but I bought their records with my money and then took them nome witn great care to listen to tnem on the cheap, fold-ustereo I had also purchased with my own money. I bought first issues of The Doors' first three albums, and a first release of Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, just to name a few. And over the years the record collection grew and grew - including every James Taylor album I could get my hands on. I was proud of my collection, until I started shopping for a stereo for one of my daughters a few years ago and found you hand-in-han- d 1 By RUSS DALY -- c1 What's holding up the availability of the electric car? A place to plug it in. That's about all. The car is yet imperfect; the first new anything usually is. But enough electric vehicles (EVs) are rolling now to demonstrate practicability. California did us all a favor by mandating air quality regulations which specify that by 1998 at least two percent of all cars sold in California must produce ZERO EMISSIONS. Those os us who have been impatiently prodding Detroit to stay ahead of the japanese on this had almost given up, but it now appears that the California deadline plus similar timetables in other states - New York and Massachusetts - will force constipated car makers to get going. They will not wait for the "perfect" battery. They will not wait to standardize recharging stations. They will not wait for the ultimate EV DSliff PlGitlSf! I think the music industry has found a way to keep collecting our hard-earne- d sure-fir- e Autumn was time to say goodbye to Burton's pig By TOM GRIFFITHS Tii -- gang-relate- j ence, and the Salt Lake City Council has tried to enact legislation that will help control the situations occurringin the larger cities. How fortunate we are tohave some great It's the same old song - but a new CD -- October and Autumn brings to my mind the Burton's pig. In the spring, Mr. Burton, our next door neighbor, brought home a small pig and eposited it in a pig pen at the bottom ofthe garden. The pen was not a thing of beauty. Mr. Burton had put it together with pieces of wood and whatever other material he could find. It had a little roof to shelter old pig when it rained, and in place of some straw, Mrs. Burton had laid an old quilt down in one corner for pig to sleep on. But let me introduce you to the Burtons. Gwilym Burton was a short, skinny man a quiet voice and a friendly personality. His wife, Rhonwen, was the opposite. She was big and buxom with a voice to match. When she hollered at her kids, she could be heard all over the neighborhood. But, back to the pig. Through the summer months it was fed on whatever food was left over and what the neighbors donated. My mother did her best for the pig. She would save her potato peelings, cabbage leaves and anything else that was left over. She would put it into a pot, add a little flour, s alt and pepper and make a stew for pig. He would get excited when he saw mother coming and gave out with a few happy squeals. Summer passed and it came time to butcher old pig. Rhonwen wielded the knife that ended the earthly existence of pig. Then came the tabloid of cleaning and dressing the carcass. Nothing was wasted. The kids took the bladder and used it for a football. Then came the entrails. This was Rhon wen's specialty. She would attach one Page 2 - Five year old has lesson for Russia Everyone needed to solve gang problem -- 20, 1993 utes (about the time it takes to refuel a conventional vehicle), and this booster charge will provide another 70 to 100 miles of driving range. Understand such public charging facilities will require that batteries be standardized, connecting plugs and receptacles must be standardized and the service stations will have to "charge enough for charging" to amortize their added equipment. So in the beginning, you may find it more convenient to recharge your own batteries with your own charger overnight in your own home garage. The electric car is ready. What Detroit most needs to know is are you? - Editor: This is a letter that I wrote to all our Congressmen and Senators in Utah. Thought you may like to publish it. Do not vote for the socialized medicine. Do not vote for more national health insurance. I never knew I had a problem with health insurance until you told me. Maybe you don't knowthathealth insuranceshould be paid for just like every other thing in this life. Some people don't have a Cadillac either. So what. If you want a Cadillac, go to work and buy one. The government has no right to make me pay for the health insurance of someone else. I have more than enough health insur ance because I pay for it. I don't believe government should do for the people that which they can do for themselves. Stop voting for more government. Read my lips. Do not vote for any more spending. Get us out from Somalia. Stop policing the world. Stop killing our soldiers. Stop wasting our money policing the world. Get us out of foreign affairs. Take care of the people who elected you. Take care of business at home. You bunch of fools start doing what you're suppose to do. Take care of America and Americans. Policy on letters to the editor We welcome letters to the editor. All letters should be typewritten and double spaced. Letters must also be signed, and must include the writer's name and telephone number. Please send letters to Editor, Newtah News Group, P.O. Box 7, American Fork, Utah, 84003. J. Barrett Orem |