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Show 6A Emery County Progress, Castle Dale, Utah Tuesday, February 2. 1999 Letters to the editor More med training needed Childs growing years are mothers graying years I look at pictures of my mother, Julia Emmaline Tucker, before she was my mother, and I see the image of a very beautiful black- - haired lady. Gray hair comes naturally with age, Im told. But as I reflect back upon my life, Ive developed a more likely theory of how gray similar run-iwith tobacco. I saw a couple of men talking together and one of them threw away what was left of a twisted black cigar. I patiently waited for them to go on their way and, when they left, I did what any innocent young boy would do, that is any innocent young hair occurs. boy that hadnt yet learned his lesson. Growing up with a mother who had Little did I know that my Dad had seen been blessed with a very special sense me pick up the stogy and put it to my of humor and more than an average mouth. He quickly called my Mom and amount of patience has helped me real- kept her from saving me by saying to her, ize why she was privileged to have had Let him learn on his own. I learned! me for a son. My earliest memory of I remember even before my sixth year things that I did to start her black hair that our neighbor used to threaten to to become a lighter shade was the time tell my mother that I was in her garden I found my Grandfather Millers plug of and eating her peas. Since we are on the chewing tobacco in the seat of the car. I subject of gardens, I must admit that I had no thought of returning it to its was often given the task to weed our rightful owner, a decision I was soon to garden. I distinctly remember when I regret, a decision that helped me to learn was a young boy garden rows were unto be more honest in later life. usually long and the weeds were unusuI thought how great it would be to ally thick and stubborn. Naturally I asshare this treasure with a friend of mine. sumed that a portion of a row was all I walked to his house and when he anthat was expected of me to weed, espeswered the door I was informed that he cially since there were so many other had to finish doing the dishes before he projects that needed being done, impocould come out to play. My friends fam- rtant things such as, exploring the corily seldom used their front door which ral roof to see how many bird eggs were had a wooden porch about five-foin the nests, climbing the fruit trees in square. I decided that since it was rarely the orchard, or visiting my friends. So used, I would wait for him there, and many things youngsters find exciting while waiting, I would cover the whole Some of my most cherished memories, porch with tobacco spit. though vague, were as a preschooler n ot Well, that would still be a chore for me tpday, even if I chewed tobacco, but for a it was not only an impossible task, it was something like attempting suicide. I was doing pretty well, as I recollect, until something changed the color of my face and the workings of my stomach. When I finally got the world to stop spinning, I went home to my Mother. I weakly handed her what was left of that awful black plug I had found and was rewarded by her putting me to bed and giving me a generous dose of ld Caster Oil. I remember another time that I had a when we lived in Clawson in, what was then, Uncle Orv Barneys old store. Aunt Belle had children that were the same ages as me and my older brothers. Grandma Tuckers younger sons were around the same age also. We all lived together on about three acres in the middle of Clawson. I remember riding on horses with my uncles and cousins, of having calves suck my finger as I held my hand in a pan of milk to help teach them to drink from a bucket of milk of eating ripe tomatoes' from our garden, of looking for and taking a found chicken egg to Coxs Crime Prevention: A ARP Store and fibbing when asked by Mrs. Cox if my Aunt Belle had given me permission to trade her egg for some penny candy, of making mud pies with my girl cousins near the cow trough. I still remember the distinctive smell of the blue-clasoil which had coal stove ashes mixed in from the frequent dumping from our kitchen stove and living room heater. y I would especially like to experience again that most wonderful smell on a cool evening that came from the corral during milking time. I long for the taste of fresh baked bread smothered with fresh cream and sugar and, of Aunt Belles cinnamon rolls. They didnt have any frosting on them, but they had large black raisins in them and I would eat all she would give me. I remember kneeling at the table before the supper meal and trying to find something to do to make the blessing and evening prayer not seem so long. I vividly remember Mothers mild rebukes for my efforts to make my cousins laugh or do something to get them in trouble for interrupting those prayers. I remember the stick horses we Dear Editor: With an increasing population of 40,000 people per year and the approach of the 2002 Winter Olympic Games, the need for Emergency Management Training and services in Utah has never been greater. The Division of Comprehensive Emergency Management, under the Department of Public Safety, provides services and training for responses to all disasters including flood, earthquake, terrorism, and hazardous chemicals. Utah ranks third in the nation for potential danger from earthquake hazards after Los Angles and San Francisco. Mexico City, in a recent and similar situation to Salt Lake City, lost 14,000 geo-physic- al lives with many more injuries. The Utah Hazardous Mate- rials Institute has conducted commodity flow studies showing ten billion pounds of haz- ardous materials going through the state of Utah each year. People living in the more densely populated areas such would play on from the Lombardy Pop- as the Wasatch Front face the lars that grew along the irrigation ditch greatest danger from transbank and how they would accumulate ported hazardous materials, in the basement where I slept until but they are a concern of every Mom would have me take them out of resident in the state. It would the house. I remember drinking from be a rare month that multiple that same ditch many times and of play- spills and wrecks involving not ing with boats made from cucumbers hazardousin materials are from newspapers and milk weed pods in the town ditches. reported Uncle Orv loved to go prospecting on throughout the state. Training to respond to the the San Rafael Desert. I loved to go above emergencies is provided in his a was It granary. prospecting the Division of Comprehenlarge log structure that had a loft. The by first floor had everything imaginable in sive Emergency Management. it of interest to us young people. I re- It should be noted that each member finding a pint bottle filled with dollar placed in Comprehenrattlers from snakes he had killed. I re- sive Emergency Management ally wanted one of them, but didnt dare from the State generates at ask for one because the loft was out of least nine more dollars for serto Utah residents from (Continued on page 7A) vices Federal and other sources. Its No Laughing Matter 995. A Public Service Presentation One view would suggest that on the basis of returned dold lars to the state, CEM is a economic contributor as well as protector of lives, property and the environment. The Utah State Legislature val-.ue- is currently meeting and will review and act on the pro- posed Emergency Management budget. Past experience suggests that the CEM budget will face reduction pressures. Although Governor Leavitt has recommended full funding. However, without legislature support the Division will be short the 223,000 Federal Match monies requested. Such a reduced budget has the potential for being the greatest crisis of all. The need has never been greater and the full funding needed for CEM services occurs at a time when the State can financially provide the resources needed to meet anticipated emergencies. To help address the emer- gency concerns that we all face, the College of Eastern Utah has recently implemented an Associate of Science Degree with an Emer- gency Management emphasis to help train people in disaster responses. To successfully fulfill that role we and other institutions need a Division of Comprehensive Emergency Management funded at least at its current level. More important is the fact that the entire State of Utah needs an adequately funded emergency management program that will continue to provide the services necessary for preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery for the disasters that will come. Disasters will occur. The only questions are when, where, and how serious the disasters will be. Communities throughout Utah have come to expect that trained people and equipment will be on call to deal with any disasters that arise. Let us hope that will continue to be true. That hope is predicated on an adequately funded program to deal with all disasters. Richard G. Robinson Phyl Johnson Price Utahns love credit unions dont have to live in a fortress. Its not the amount of hardware you install that provides security. Ask your local law enforcement agency for technical advice. You Homemade Intergenerational relationships are needed by all ( mm hold some very influential positions in our communities and government. What I dont think they realize is that more than one million, credit union member Utahns, who are or will be voters, want the banks to leave the credit unions alone. Credit unions had a market share of 10 percent in 1997, that market share has only gone up a few tenths of a percent since 1985! I know that this law suit has nothing to do with taxation and fair competition and everything to do with eliminating our freedom to seek an alternative financial institution. There is a big difference between credit unions and banks. Therefore, I am a member of a credit union. My credit union belongs to me and the other members. I reap the benefits of personalized service, low rates, low fees and a say in how my money is invested. I vote on whom I want to hold a position on the unpaid board of directors. I implore you, dont let our government take that away! Rene Clarke Castle Dale VOICE OF EMERY COUNTY SINCE Paula Wellnitz, Progress Columnist The other day I met a friend for breakfast. Breakfast was good, but the conversation was better. As a part of that conversation my friend asked about the whole family cluster groups I enjoy leading. She went on to say how much she feels a need for that sort of intergenerational activity. She is aware how much support, feeding of information, relief, growth can take place in such a group. She looks for it at church but often doesnt find it. Some fulfillment comes through a few people she meets with regularly. But even there Dear Editor, I have been a member of a credit union for fifteen years. When I moved to Emery county in March of 1998, I became a member of a credit union in Price. It may seem silly to some, for a person to drive from Castle Dale to Price for their financial needs, but I know the value of a credit union and I refused to settle for less. I was aware of HR1151 and avidly watched to see how our US Government would handle the passing of this important bill. As you know, the President signed the bill and made it possible for all people to have the freedom of choice when it came to choosing a financial institution. I wrongly assumed that our great state would follow the example set by HR1151. Utah has one of the highest member per capita ratios in the nation, we love our credit unions and we want the freedom to choose when and what credit union we want to join. Utah has some individuals, who are bankers or have a huge interest in certain banks, that she finds a lack of depth in the sharing. Also, children are not a part of it. At the time it didnt seem right to say, Get a couple other families together and Ill help you get started. Maybe next time it will be. need. Even when there is a sense of that need, because it does require effort ence of what that means. Therefore, How about you and your family? we often do not recognize it as our and trust to enter into an intergenerational relationship, most In the conversation we agreed that are not willing to put out the time and there are some few families who, just energy. It could be an unconscious within their extended family relation- fear of what personal changes may be ship, have a deeply caring and shar- required to participate fully in order to make the cluster an effective expeing frequent exchange. They appreciate having it. On the whole, however, rience. In their values priority they do we Americans are so scattered and sunot recognize how it could take care of some of their other life desires. perficial we have little recent experi- 1900 Administration Editorial Kevin Ashby Publisher Linda Thayn Office Manager Darla Lee Circulation Doris Quinn Editor Cole Clarke . Assistant Editor Kattie Quinn Staff writer Betty Bailey ... Correspondent . Advertising Jenni Fasselin Dana Behling Cole Clarke Display Classified Legal OFFICE Dana Behling Receptionist Subscription Rates: 50 cents per copy; $22 per year delivered by carrier in Carbon and Emery counties; $27 in Utah; $30 out of Utah per year by mail. 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