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Show 'THE'SAtf WaNRECORD Thursday 2 :Febmry'241983 1 in holdings on a reservation which has voted to go dry, will be prohibited from selling beer on the 4 reservation. V'V, & ''.' Legislative Report State Rep. C. Hardy Redd HB 48, my bill for local option ; j beer sales in unincorporated areas, went to the floor of the Senate in amended form, I believe the amendment, which provides for a small buffer zone around an Indian reservation that has voted to go dry, improves the chance for passage in the Senate. If HB 48 passes on the floor of the Senate, it will be returned to the House for concurrence, HB 48, which received stiff opposition in the Senate Business was amended in Committee, language drafted by beer wholesalers and retailers and agreed to by them. It states that any The principle for the amendment comes from the fact that we now have laws which prohibit taverns within certain distances of schools and churches. Project BOLD and the biU implementing it is now on the floor of the House. Although I think the concept of coUecting school lands into more manageable blocks is a good idea, there are many details of this biU that I will need to be resolved. vote I but no, expect probably this biU, which designates single use for state lands, to pass. I do not favor Senate BiUs 163 and 164, whichprovide $50 million bonding provision for water projects, including waste and culinary water. In my opinion, passage ofthese biUs means that all future water projects wiU be state controUed. Additionally, I have reservations about bonding and think it might be preferable to raise taxes instead. However, I believe Senate BiUs 163 and 164 wiU both pass, m Letters to the editor The Record welcomes letters from Its readers on any subject of pubUc interest. Letters must be no more than 300 words in length. The publisher at aU times reserves the right to edit, condense or reject any contributions, in the interest of suitabiUty and or good taste. Letters must be signed. Dear Editor: . letter was foUowing written to the Blanding Mayor and Citv Council. The Dear Sirs: are presently confronted with a decision with regard to You the approval of industrial revenue bonds for a Safeway store to be estabUshed in Blanding. This issue has generated amajor controversy in the community with some believing it will enhance business and jobs and others beUeving it wiU destroy already It estabUshed local business. appears that a majority of the business community is opposed and a majority of the nonbusiness community is supportive. Another controversial issue that has long existed in landing is the question of aUowingbeer to be sold. The majority of the local business community is in while it appears the favor, majority of the community is opposed. Apparently the Council has decided to place this issue on the baUotthis non-busin- ess year. The reasons most often cited for prohibiting local sale of beer in Blanding are the social, If issues such as the above should be decided by popular vote, then perhaps they all ought to be put on the ballot. Resoectfullv submitted, sPhil Acton Black Cal Dear Editor: There are only four weeks left in this session of the Utah State Legislature. We urge you, along with the National Rifle Association, to contact our legislators and urge them to pass Senate Joint Resolution 2 (an amendment to the Utah Constitution to guarantee an individuals right to keep and bear arms); House Bill 138 (reforms Utahs concealed weapons statutes); and House Bill 235 (prevents local towns and counties from, passing, conflicting law. regulating fire- arms.) The telephone number for the and for the Senate is 533-57533-59Please House is follow your call with a letter restating , your support of all 01 01. three bills. Letters should.be sent to State Capitol, Salt Lake City, Utah 84104. sR and L. Jarvis ; Dear Editor; reUgious, and health questions It seems funny to me how our associated with alcohol use and neighbors and friends, the local or abuse. These same issues become have are also relevant to the use of businessmen, almost overnight, our enemies tobacco products, coffee, tea and and the type of people who dont other caffeinaled beverages such compete fairly in the business as soft drinks, chocolate and world. cocoa products. Homemade root lf beer has up to percent and should also be alcohol suspect, not to mention virtuaUy aU kinds of mouth wash, hair remedies, spr ay, glue, cough and ' vaniUa cougjh medicines, Sagebrush, Lady is a word. The dictionary says the origin is unknown but they should have asked someone who is very talented in the art of diddling. The dictionary does conceed that, to diddle is to waste time and there are a lot of us who know about that. If you are of the ordinary run of humans, likely you have seen or experienced something like this: After ahousefuU of company finally departed, the place was a mess. Toys, games, food and dirty dishes were everywhere -especially in front of the TV where the children had not been careful about ice. cream drips., The weary hostess surveyed the scene and with dropping shoulders and unhappy eyes as she sat on the stairs by the living room. PH do the kitchen first, she told the stairs, and went there forthwith, only to stagger back at - the PH enormity of the task. front the she up room, pick confided to the dirty dishes. It was a big room, ashes were spilling over the hearth, newspapers, books, even gum papers and nutshells gracedthe floor and ' furniture. She fled to the family room where more ashes soiled the hearth, a heavy repeat of the living room. With one look she ran to her bedroom, believing Diddle! It really . that a little rest was the only way she could get the courage to begin her task. Believe it if you can, some adorable little guest had slept on her bed and left it very wet. Enough is sometimes too much and she sank into an easy chair for a good cry, which quickly turned to a shriek as she sat on Think of aU the times people have been allowed to pick up some emergency item after the times we ask hours; closing our businessmen to keep our . checks until payday; the days we dont quite have enough topayfor the items, so we get to take our purchases home until we can get back with the balance; or the times our local businessmen act as banks to cash checks when the banks are closed. These times seem to be forgotten. It is true, as we have heard, that turkeys sell for 47 cents a' pound .'in large stores in the area. Blanding metropolitan owners must be real store criminals because they cant afford to take a 20 cent per pound loss, and so sell turkeys for an outrageous 1 or 2 cents abound profit. To top off this terrible incident, one store even had the nerve to actually give (Please turn to page 12) . . one-ha- other extracts. The Council should make their decisions on these issues based' on factual data and logical conclusions based thereon with due consideration for the legal rights of all people regardless of race, religion, or national origin. . San Juan Theater landing a glass of punch thoughtlessly left there. She was, after aU, not very old and certainly not stupid. The funny side of the. whole thing dawned on her as she changed her wet clothes. The wonderful release of laughter revived her, gave her courage and ability to begin her task and, once began, it ran smoothly to a happy finish. But sometimes diddling is more difficult to overcome. A dear lady I know loves her indebut has a sad time pendence the program in order. keeping She wrote a letter and carried it to the mail box. Once there she thought she had come for the mail and opened her letter, then, red faced, hurried back to get it . safely in another envelope. When she took off her clothes to go to bed, she thought she was getting ready for a party and caUed her daughter to see why she was late in coming to pick her up. In ready she sprayed her hair with room freshner andput ointment on her toothbrush. This lady, can, and does, carry on an getting , excellent conversation and relates some of the dumb things she does and has a good laugh at them. Thats pretty good. I dont feel Hke laughing when I cant remember what the heck I went to get and have to go back without it. AH of these actions are forms of diddUng - wastingtime. Sometimes they can be avoided or overcome if. we go to the bother of thinking about what we are doing. Some of our kids get stuck in front of the TV and become unconscious about absolutely own and responsibilneeds their ities, Ive seen some of them-i- danger of wetting their pants lest they miss a single, world crushing word. As we diddle around wondering what to do, we become like the poor spy who was sent to Russia on a secret mission. So secret in fact, that they never told him what it was. WeU thats tuff, but not so tuff as when we cant solve the secret of what we want and can only stand and diddle. - ( . |