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Show Page THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, 6 Wednesday, February 10, 1988 The Herald, its readers, syndicated columnists and cartoonists discuss the; issues. -- ttiiftf fHpfy Uiil The Herald comments Local colleges fill key education need nationwide are out: A four-yeeducation at the nacollege tion's best schools will soon approach six figures. And efforts to reduce the budget deficit threaten to hit education funding hard. It means it's getting harder to educate our children. ; Thank goodness for community colleges. They are the answer to providing advanced education to the many who want it. The role of community colleges has expanded in the last 50 years to keep up with the nation's changing needs. Since 1973, the number of community colleges in the U.S. has grown from 553 to more than 1,200 The warnings ar in 1987. Statistics provided by Utah Valley Community College in Provo-Oreshow that for every Utah County freshman that enters privately owned Brigham Young University, four enter UVCC. Student enrollment has doubled at the county t mmunity college in the past five years. , Community colleges are a good 'choice for students who feel more comfortable starting their m post-seconda- ry education at a smaller school. At community colleges, the classes are smaller and students are more likely to feel a personalized touch in their studies. In addition, such colleges are a good place for a wide variety of from recent high school students This month, to help the public become more aware of the benefits of community colleges, UVCC and more than 1,200 other community, technical and junior colleges across the United States are celebrating National Month. College Community Feb. 18, UVCC will celebrate Utah Valley Day with various activities to let people know more about the school. UVCC strives to appeal to a wide variety of people, offering associate degrees in arts and sciences, or the first two years of a bachelor's degree, and career education and personal enrichment classes. Clearly one of Utah County's most valuable resources is Utah Valley Community College. Take the time to learn of its resources. By Jack Anderson and Dale Van Atta WASHINGTON The National Seon its staff a Council has curity Pakistani-bor- n analyst who was once declared a security risk by the Central Intelligence Agency. The woman, is a close friend Shirin Tahir-Khel- i, of Donald Gregg, the national security adviser to Vice President George Bush. According to our sources, Tahir-Khe- li - has maintained personal ties Tahir-Kheli- with Tahir-Khel- i. One of those staf- fers was her former secretary, Fawn Hall. the daughter of a unipresident and member of an Tahir-Khel- i, versity elite family, refused to speak to us, and an NSC spokesman would offer little information except her name and present assignment. She came to the NSC from a political appointment at the State Department, toward the end of Reagan's first term. For months after that, she read "codeword" or "compartmentalized" documents ones classified higher than "top secret." But she didn't have the security clearance to read them. "In that was no real place (the NSC) there staffer said. NSC former a security," me crazy how "It used to drive were." sloppy they invesThe CIA's security-clearanc- e on for Tahir-Kheli dragged tigation of HAND... to industrial employees interested in upgrading their job skills to retired adults and persons preparing for a second career. More than four million students took credit classes at America's community colleges in 1987, representing more than 41 percent of all undergraduate students and 55 percent of all first-tim- e freshmen in the United States. Of those students, 7,000 were ena school that has rolled at UVCC really grown up in the past few years. security clearance for National Security Council staffer from Pakistan about its nuclear programs, its relations with the Chinese and even the names of CIA agents in Pakistan. Gregg is already embroiled in the IranContra affair as the man who knew about the Contra resupply operation and may or may not have told his boss about it. He has offered twice to resign, but Bush has refused to accept his resignation, despite calls from both political parties to dump Gregg. While working on national security issues at the White House, Gregg and Tahir-Khe- li have developed a close relationship. Gregg once arranged for her to travel to Pakistan with Bush and to meet Pakistani leaders in a home once owned by her family. 's status in the Directorate for Near Eastern and South Asian affairs bothers NSC staffers who know that she was refused classification clearances by the CIA, according to our sources. Dale Van Atta spoke with 11 past and present NSC staffers familiar THE SITUATION IS WELL IN graduates to women returning to school after raising their families; No with the leadership of Pakistan while doing NSC work that gives her access to sensitive secrets regarding that country including what we know RELAX, FOLKS 1 Jack Anderson United Feature Syndicate, Inc. months because one of her fellow staffers suggested to the CIA's director of security that he "take a hard look at her." Before the process was Director William finished, then-CIhis and deputy John McMahon Casey involved. The CIA got personally developed "derogatory" information A which involved about Tahir-Khel- i, her continuing contacts with both Pakistani and Indian government officials, according to our sources. For this reason, the CIA regarded her as a security risk and refused to give her clearance. Her patron at the NSC at the time, the late Donald Fortier, fought the CIA ruling and pressured the Justice the Department to give Tahir-Kheclearances over CIA objections. She passed an FBI polygraph and got to read what she had Eermission li all along. But the controversy did not die. NSC staffers became incensed when Gregg became patron after Fortier's death. Those staffers say the problem is not her place of birth. Several noted a clear distinction between her and foreign-bor- n national security advisers like Henry Kissinger and Zbigniew Brzezinski. "They came to the United States estranged from their countries of origin," one source said, "whereas she maintains intimate contacts with the leadership of Pakistan. Her family is close to the Zia family (Pakistan President Mohammad Zia (She) has a personal connection to senior Pakistani officials." Tahir-Kheli- 's ul-Ha- One former NSC staffer who is a called her "a friend of very able public servant." He said that "people will thrive on whispering campaigns. And when they can Tahir-Kheli- 's raise somebody's national origin, then nobody hesitates to do so." v Feedback John Singer was wanted, had a gun Geneva means a lot to many families Editor, Herald: Editor, Herald: This letter is in response to Mr. I'm writing in regard to Mr. Mark Mildenhall's letter that appeared in Greer's letter. He said in his letter the Jan. 29 issue of The Daily Her- that people should wake up and ald. remember how nice the air was when Not only did John Singer refuse Geneva was closed. I think that Mr. court orders to return his children to Greer should wake up! school, he was also being sought on I don't think he saw how my dad kidnapping charges for the unlawful and our family suffered during that abduction of Shirley Black's kids, year. We had to make a lot of which were by law under Shirley sacrifices during the shutdown. I Black's husband's court appointed think him and many other people custody. should at least give Geneva (the Next you would have us believe "new" Geneva) a chance! that even though any person who is They've only been open for four wanted on felony charges and con- months, why not give them a chance stantly carries a gun, (whether it be to clean up? Just think how many a .38 or a .45 is immaterial) is not people are happy to be back to work. going to use it. Wake up and smell I know our family was relieved! I the coffee burning. can notice a big difference in our Try and put yourself in the police officers shoes. They potentially risk their live's daily for you and I. If I saw John Singer raise his gun at a fellow officer of mine, you can bet I wouldn't wait and see if he was going to pull the trigger or not. If he wasn't planning on using a gun then why did he carry one? And finally, I believe with all my heart that if it wasn't for people like you and Addam Swapp that constantly cry about the amount of force that police officers use, we would still have the valued service of Fred House, and his familiy would still have a husband and father. Steve Hamilton Highland Gas prices will fall if no one drives Editor, Herald: Why do gasoline prices stay so high in Utah County? We have read many printed articles about the gas prices in Utah County, most have indicated the prices are unfair and unjustified. We are being ripped off whenever we put the gas nozzle in our tank. Are we supposed to believe we are paying too much for our gasoline? Yes, we are. Perhaps there is a solution to this problem. This idea is as old as time, but it most always works. It's called boycott. I call it consumer control, but whatever it's called it does produce results and is being used all the time. There are many ways this can be used, but in this particular case I would suggest the following pro- gram: lives. I hope, Mr. Greer, that you will stop and listen to what you'resaying. Amie Jacobson Age 12 Payson Pollution in air is bread on the table Editor, Herald: There has been another moaner and groaner surface this time Hog Day. I can't say if he's seen his shadow or not but is trying to create problems with Geneva Steel and her pollution. The pollution we have lived with for 45 years at Geneva and before Geneva Steel we lived with Ironton for about 20 years. I don't recall of any major medical problems caused by our steel industry in the past 65 years in Utah Valley. There may have been some minor ones, but what's the big deal? All you moaners and groaners out there don't realize we people in Utah Valley are among the lowest income in the nation and without Geneva Steel we probably would be the lownd est. So don't you think we should be saving the jobs we have and creat-tin- g new ones? Let's not destroy and do away with the ones we have. To me Geneva Steel stands tall and proud. She is one of Utah Valley's greatest landmarks. W.A. Watkins Retired Geneva Worker Orem Child is a poor substitute for belt 1. Stop filling your auto and truck tanks full. Buy only what is needed Editor, Herald: on a daily basis. This will force the A letter to a doctor: station owners to run a higher invenToday, I was lucky to see your new tory and leave more money in your safety device you have for your car. pocket. It was that beautiful little child that 2. Avoid any excessive driving, you had between you and your steersuch as shopping spreees, pleasure ing wheel. rides, etc. I feel that as a doctor (your license 3. Allow your vehicle a one or two identified you) you must be plate day rest each week. When you do more educated and knowledgeable have to drive for business, work, than I, and so you would know that school, etc., and it takes you out of by having that child between you and the county, buy the cheapest gas you your steering wheel, you would have can find, and fill up! some padding to protect you from I am sure we can all make some that device if you were involved in effort in this area, as we save money an accident. we can watch the prices come down. Of course, I just finished a course Thanks. of higher education, by becoming an Willis Mattinson emergency medical dispatcher. DurSpanish Fork ing my class, I was informed that during an accident of just 10 miles per hour, your child of 15 pounds will become 150 pounds. Also, your weight would increase also. That means, if you weigh 160 and you are traveling a mere 10 mph, you become 1,600 pounds. I do hope that if by some act of fate, you are involved in an accident while using your child as a chest protector, that you have other doctor friends who will be able to put that child back together again. Also, I pray that I am not the dispatcher on duty to dispatch paramedics to the scene. Linda Hargadon Provo P.D. Dispatcher 10-fo- ld Hey! What about all the rest of us? Editor, Herald: In a recent editorial, "Utah's Judiciary Needs Pay Boost," you seem in full support of an ad hoc committee's recommendation that Utah's judges be given salary increases. No wonder most of the private sector believe "all" state employees are overpaid. First you show what college presidents make, not counting the perks, and then you support a $10,961 increase for those already making 0 a year, not counting perks. Utah may need to reassess its judicial salary schedule, but how about the public servants working in the "trenches?" Many of them are making less than $11,000 a year about equal to what you recommend as an increase! These are employees who have worked several years for the state; good hard working dependable employees who are dedicated to those they serve. Some are at work by 4 a.m. each day, work weekends and most holidays. These are the same employees who haven't received a merit or cost of living increase for $58,-00- yearly three years. Why is one more deserving than the other of staying up with tax increases, rises in the cost of living, higher education costs, gas tax increases, etc.? We understand when you say the judges caseloads have increased, but we are all doing more at our work areas with less. Doing more at home with less is getting critical for some. The difference between $58,000 and $11,000 in annual salary is a whole lot less! There may be many areas deserving of your attention and the attention of an ad hoc committee, but let's not enhance a few at the expense of many. 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