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Show -- We are dedicated to the public interest, to fairness and accuracy, to innovation and growth, and to the restless OPINIONS pursuit of excellence." Pulitzer mission statement EDITOR: DONALD W. MEYERS 4 A9 THE DAILY HERALD gush's SATURDAY. AUGUST 21. 1999 Sonne explaining to sto gflDft Gov. George W. Bush is start, Texas ing to catch the flack normally directfor a party's ed at the front-runne- r nomination. Most nettle-som- e presidential are questions from reporters and Republican rivals concerning Bush's past personal behavior. Bush admits he once had a problem with alcohol but refuses to say ' whether he ever used illegal drugs. His reluctance is understandable; if he, answers one personal question, 10 more likely would be raised. Yet to questions concerning past drug use, Bush should respond. Voters are entitled to either a flat denial or a contrite admission which, recent history suggests, Americans surely would accept with forgiveness. The drug question will not just go away. Bush should deal with it now. The alternative is to see the issue surface deeper into the campaign, where the potential political impact will be much greater. This editorial recently appeared in Daily Oklahoman of Oklahoma EDITORIAL ROUNDUP This editorial recently appeared in the Colby (Kan.) Free Press. It's grimly ironic that even as the sounds of gunfire continue to stun communities throughout the nation, the danger to children in schools is actually diminishing. While it's important to make schools as safe as possible from potential violence, it's equally important to avoid overreacting in ways that turn schools into maximum-securitinstitutions and their students into virtual prisoners. The decline in violence at Florida's public school campuses has been dramatic. During the past four years, state education officials project a 36 y percent drop in incidents involving weapons, including knives and guns. ... The statewide decline is particularly impressive in the face of rapidly increasing student populations. Much of the change can be attributed to policies at many schools and programs that are picking up signs of dangerous behavior before violence breaks out The City. When will we learn ? zero-toleran- Columbine High School at Littleton, Colo., reopened for a new .hool year Monday. The way it jjpened, however, left a sour taste in our mouth. Long lines of parents and alumni and others cheered the more than 2.000 students and faculty as they ,made their way to the school's doorways, replete with full blown media coverage, and capped off with a pep This News-Journ- al editorial recently appeared in of Daytona Beach, Fla. "We're not going to find the answer because a few people have gone crazy." Gail Cans, director of the League's civil rights information center, on the recent attacks on a Jewish center in Los Angeles and fires at California synagogues. TJie n . Next month Congress is scheduled to consider a proposal to require the same background checks on buyers at gun shows as are required now for buyers at gun stores. That would be a modest but important step toward keeping legally purchased guns out of the hands of people with criminal records. But as usual, given Congress' craven kowtowing to the gun lobby, the measure's fate is uncertain. What would help is some offsetting political pressure on the House and Senate, and the president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors has a good idea about how to apply it. Denver's Wellington Webb is urging his fellow mayors and the nation's police chiefs to march on Washington next month to insist that Congress enact tougher gun control laws. For the National Rifle Association and its political toadies to go on pretending that effective measures to reduce this violence are beyond devising is absurd. ... They came back to reclaim Columbine High School. The student body president (ii whipped up the crowd, and the principal emphasized, in so many words, will be zero tolerance for , that there all the things that led to the tragedy at the school. To which we must ask: Why did it take such a tragedy to finally determine the zero tolerances that won't now be tolerated? ... It would have been better had Columbine High opened the new school year on a note of deference to those who won't be returning as a ' result of the traeedv. Yes. there could ' have been smiles, and hugs, on that first day, without the fanfare, and 'what appeared to be the attitude that is so much a reason for some of the discontent and unrest we see in our schools today. ... All those associated with Columbine High School should have reclaimed it with an air of dignity. Leave the pep rally to the athletic "sector. ( ( "Los Angeles is the most diverse city in the most diverse country in the history of the world. And history is watching us. A criminal came to Los Angeles with hate in his l.eart, enough hate for all of us." Brad Sherman, calling for a careful response to Buford Furrow Jr.'s attack on a Jewish center in Los U.S. Rep. ECLIPSING OX HUMANITY Angeles. wmt i This editorial recently appeared in the Los Angeles Times. County, S.F. should stop fighting As near as I have been able to ascertain, the parting of the ways between Spanish Fork and the County Fair was money. Over the years, hasn't the county spent a lot of time and money to help make the Fairgrounds Lji&A-- l facility? Did Spanish Fork get a little greedy in asking $25,000 rent, which was beyond the fair budget? You can't make a silk purse out of a sows ear. Fair Director Marilyn Toone and Francine Christensen gave it a college try at the McKay Center with its ups and downs. I'm talking about all the stairs to access everything. After testing my endurance a few times, I was told about the elevator. The campus fair had more parking and the food display was Solution for the flies in Spanish Fork let exhibitors, armed with fly swatters, do shifts to protect their goodies. i : LETTERS , TO THE EDITOR The Fairground is so compact. It has the livestock barn, arena and space for a carnival. Sure wish Spanish Fork and the County would holster their pistols, stop taking pot shots at each other and work out a solution that would return the Fair to the Fairgrounds. A city in the north end of the valley has offered to host the fair. If it keeps moving that direction it might end up in Draper some day. All things considered, I did enjoy the fair, but it didn't have that fair feeling. How could it? It fly-fre- was held on a college campus.' Carol C. Berrett Spanish Fork By Garry Trudeau Doonesbury '. 1 J , exum the colmvs on cohtrol,ahp so voters reauypont reel-- the neep to shop kk qualifications anymore. AL, LETS JUSTAPMfT WHAT THE PROBLEM IS HERB YOU'RE A VICTIM OF MY SUCCESS. 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