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Show Thumb Much 9, 1995 The Daily Utah Chronicle The Utah Cnronicle Business Hours ...... Monday through Friday 8 am to 5 pm 581-704- r i they were nice enough. It's not that the depot wasn't a Flint good neighbor to the school. I Editorial Columnist Letter Policy "Lctten to the Editor" is an open forum to people of all persuasions. However, letters of a scurrilous or libelous nature, or those which demean or threaten harm to any individual or group based on race, gender, sexual orientation or religion will not be considered for publication. Letters must be typed and signed and may be edited for ' style and space. To ensure that 'letters are not submitted under false names, The Chronicles editorial staff must speak with every letter, writer before publication. Lctten from those with unlisted phone numbers must now submit their letters in person with Utah better off without depot Chronicle 1 a picture I.D. at The Chronicle office, room 240 Union. 9 remember kids climbing the fence onto the military property to take a shortcut home, and despite the no trespassing warnings on the fence, not one of the trespassing children will be a legitimate target Since it is so dose to the junior high it is likely a stray bomb will hit the school and kill hundreds of children, and it will be the US. government's fault for having a school so close to a mili- tary target I doubt that the school was put were shot near the depot in order to shield it from foreign attack. I doubt even No, the problem is that the school I heard the news that more that it was put there so that Depot Ogden was was across the street Walquist Junior High is separated foreign bombers would kill children dosing, I was happy. 1 could tell from die way the local from Defense Depot Ogden by a and look bad. newscasters reported the story that road and a small teachers parking Instead, I suspect that no one realthis was not the way that I, as a lot ly thought about how dose the miliThis didn't concern me much tary target and the civilian structure Utahn, was supposed to feci The closure was going to cost when I went to school there, but it were to one another. No one gave Utah jobs. Then again, it would became more worrisome to me dur- serious consideration to the likelihood of what war fought on our save America money. Bases and ing the Gulf War. land would be like. defense depots must dose in It is easy for us as order for us to get that peace Americans dividend that the governto ignore things closure My pleasure the like that No war has been ment has been promising us Defense Depot Ogden is even for so long. fought on our land for 100 is it fact that I the than that Maybe years, and I hope that none being greater ever are, but Uiat does not am planning to leave the the VS is xvorkingto reduce mean we should not prepare state soon that makes me so for the possibility. its runaway deficit spending. willing to support national The Defense Depot interests even when they seem not to be in Utah s Ogden should be closed. best interest. Then again, Td like to The United States frequently Indeed, preference should think I take the needs of the United blamed Iraq for the proximity of be given for closing all military installations which are dose to civilStates over that of the state any time civilians to military targets. It was ian structures such as schools, hospithe fault that national funds, especially miliwhen civilian Iraqi's clearly tals and churches. Civilian institufunds used. . are hit far were that were not being tary targets tions near military installations from military targets. Iraq was even Actually my pleasure at the" closure of DDO is even greater than accused of intentionally using its which are not going to be closed should be moved out of harms way that of being glad that the United civilian population, including chilis its States finally working to reduce dren, as human shields to protect its and regulations should be instituted deficit to prevent any obviously civilian spending. military targets. runaway You see, I went to school across It is hard to get a more legitimate structures from being too close to the street from DDO. military targets. military target than a defense depot. We must make changes so that It isn't that I hold a vendetta It is hard to find a more obviously do not use children as human we civilian the school. who than worked a structure people against I worry that someday the United shields to protect military instituthere. Actually, I don't remember any of them. I'm sure I went to States will be in a war fought on our tions like the Defense Depot of school with some of their kids and land. The Defense Depot of Ogden Ogden. When at of of glad that finaliy 0000,11 WM Up to $125month in your spare time New donors earn extra $5.00 on first visit with this ad 0J ' HiJCs ittfaiiilfltoji WE HELP RECYCLE LIFE YOUR PLASMA DONATIONS MAKE THE DIFFERENCE and using my new energy source we're going to fly to the dark side of the moon where we will live electro-m- a gnctically shielded from all this from page 7 So now it s rime for the divergence. 'We're all going to meet in California, silliness. "Which is the point of my little presentation," he said, looking at me with his piercing eyes. "Will you join us?" I woke up in a sweat, nauseous. I did indeed need to mend my ways. No more eating a quart of cookie-doug- h ice cream before bedtime. Griffin from page 7 changes changes harming all but the wealthy. 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