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Show 2. ELDER BOX NEWS, Brigham Sunday, May 8, 1977 Utah City, Letters to the Editor... Editorially Speaking The editor invites and welcomes letters for publication in these columns. However, contributions must be signed and also bear the writers adress and telephone number. It is suggested that letters not exceed 250 words in length. Conserving energy really not that hard honest-to-goodne- I saw a PG movie last night and I was Positively aGhast! Now, it isnt that I am easily frightened. I have been a e reader of horror tales starting way back at the long-tim- Earl makes a milk run to Thiokol corporations Wasatch division each morning. He goes early. The return trip comes against the flow of workers driving to the plant. This sweet cartoon character also went to Washington when our town won some national awards. She made a hit there, too. She was even copied. But never duplicated. No one could be exactly like our Auntie Litter. Shes been gone for several years. Around here we like to think her absence has been to help other communities shape up. But now shes returned, hopefully to help Brigham City gain new momentum in the campaign to cleanup, fixup THE DAIRYMAN has made it a practice to count cars as they pass and to observe the passengers in them. As an average, he reported these figures : Some 130 cars have just one person while 30 vehicles carry two persons. shortage. WE WONDER how much o f this is opinion really resistence to in change disguise? The challenge as we rsee it is to face facts and respond accordi ng to th dictates of those fact s. The situation demands incen fives, motivation to establish new energy supplies, both in term s of fossil fuels and other forms, including solar heat and nuclear power. And we must modify existing practices to conserve what wo have despite the accompanying int.ru sion into our accepted and generally convenient and comfortable ways of doing things. It may range from turning down the thermostat to installing' storm doors and additional insulation to switching off lights burning in ui rooms at home to walking course, car pools make up vehicles with several passengers each. But the point is that apparently a Of much of the traffic lot of fuel is being; burned unnecessarily by those traveling one and two to a car. This is one example. How many others must ther e be? You may have noticed Auntie Litter making a return to Brigham City this past week. Shes a peach of a gal and the most fastidious person Ive ever known. Whos Auntie Litter? my asked upon seeing her in a choices: really have luntarily reduce energy consumption or be strong-arme- d into it by Uncle Sam. two We Vo- Oh, yes. We could simply do nothing and eventually exhaust the supplies sufficient to meet our needs. ed photo shaking hands with Mayor Harold B. Felt. How could I explain it? She was conceived in the mind of this scribe a few years back, inspired by Anita Burt, the former First Lady of beautification in Brig- At last , ?qua time i tr's Pets the Go lden Spike centennial was observed with fanfare, a gathering of not ables and a throng of thousands at ! Promontory Summit, the air was filled with grand words that sucli a feat construction of the trar iscontin ental could have been ac railroad fighting snowslides that killed scores of them, pushing forward through heat and dust, cold and storm, to bring the Iron Horse to the West. The Chinese deserve more credit for the work they did in helping to build the railroad. Without them it might not have been completed in twice the time it actually took. Its appropriate this year then that the focus will be on the; role played by Crockers Pets during the annual Golden Spike commemora- d. Then US Secretary o f Transportation John L. Volpe ws ixed eloquent on the occasion. In trit ute, he a .sked who else but America ns could have done it? Who, indeed. How a ,bout the Chinese who provided the ' muscle to push the Central Pacific line eastward from California? To quote from m account by Bernice G. Andersoi i : Crockers Pets they were callfor ed, Supt. Charle s Crocker of the Central solved the labor problem when the lure of gold drained the Pacific Coast of white men, by importing thousan ds of Chinese. You might se e, too, their red The at Promontory Summit. Featured speaker at Tuesdays observance will be Dr. Anad A. Yang, assistant professor in the history department at University of tion Utah. Dr. Yang will talk about The of the Forgotten Contribution Chinese. Were looking for ward to it. then the local sanitarian, had inspected your it had been eating place inspected. She also managed the city swimming pool during which time parents never worried about those nasty little When Anita, i oV bacteria finding a home there. Anyway, it was Anita and the great success Brigham City enjoyed as a leader in municipal beautification that caused Auntie Litter to be )xrn. andgreenup. Auntie had little to say upon coming back. We were all delighted to see her. And she, Im sure, was more than a little pleased to be among her original friends. Youll be seeing more of Aun-i- e Litter this summer. Shes put on a few years but her enthusiasm and ability to push a broom or wield a hammer has not diminished. Shes even gotten into the business recommending films for local well, at least one slide viewing presentation. Its the one put together by the local beautification committee. A few folks saw it during Thursdays weekly city council meeting. But it deserves a wider audience. Entitled Brigham City: Beauty and the Beasts, the slides and recorded narration indicate graphically some of the accomplishments in landscape improvement of which this city can be proud. And some others which prompt a bit of shame. The presentation is available to clubs, churches, etc. In fact, you can arrange an entire program on beautification. Just call the local extension office, or Beautification Chairman Frances Jones (who is a whizzer) at of Jeanne B. Wilson, Brigham City Porno dehumanizes mankind Editor:' Greatest test. So many defend pornography, but none tell us of its redeeming social values for America, freedom, or even sex. Baseness, corruption, and depravity are rampant-i- n this nation because of licentious principles. A nation of people) practicing its perfidy soon grow faithless to one another,; unless of course, they come to realize that with freedom goes also the individual responsibility of distinguishing right from wrong. Infamy is everywhere it is invited. Baseness of character and behavior have litle regard for anything other than itself, because its conscience is comatose, and its intellect unsettled. It is conquest over lust, not over people, that elevates a nation above the primitive and savage state. The greatest test of our own civilization will be the way we care for our own, not how well they can be exploited. Human rights are only guaranteed by our constitution. What we do with them, their perfection, personal freedom and happiness depends on the people, as true freedom must be individually achieved and sustained in order to be lasting for the common good of 723-346- 9, go-gett- in Margo Flint, one of the nice gals at Sew What? with an artistic flair, actually was the one to put Auntie on paper. She gave her a neat hair-do- , done up in a bun. And clothed her modestly, with hemline below the d knees and blouse. We would have nothing to suggest that 723-710- 2. cant promise that Auntie Litter will be there. But your group will certainly feel her spirit. Auntie, you sweet dear, were happy to have you back. We all. Nudity by itself is not obscene or by nature pornographic. But the exhibition of the genitals and their interaction is an extremely offensive form of lewdness being in blasphemous contention with the laws of nature and man, disfiguring, and later destroying whole civilizations. high-necke- Auntie Litter was anything but proper. With Margo creating each pose, our prim friend was on hand to help Boy Scouts knock down an out house, to heap shame on vandals who mutilated a tulip bed, to point out junk car eyesores and in other ways to focus on needed improvements locally. BOX ELDER NEWS Pornography unscrupulously dehumanizes mankind by inviting us to look upon our fellow human beings as if they were so many pieces of meat. This has caused even its own following to have less than human instincts. Yet, the proponents of pornography say the pandering of its obscenity is an expression of free speech, but so in the beginning are sedition and treason. Where in our constitution does it define the expression of free speech, and that we must suffer depravity in its name? Who has found freedom in such stabiishsd in Sunday by tha 55 South First West, Brigham City, Utah, 84302 Second Class postage paid at the post office, 16 South First West, Brigham City, Utah, 64302. A wstkly nswspaptr 1694, published avtry Box Eldar Subscription rate $10.00 per year payable in advance in connection with the Box Elder Journal (published in Box Elder County. Thursdays) Subscription rate $14.00 per year payable in advance in connection with the Box Elder Journal (published Thursdays) outside Box Euler bondage? Lasciviousness can become a nations ruin. Nobody can play with fire and not eventually get burnt. Pornography, and the like, are public enemies of a healthy society, and like cancer they vitiate the very fountains of life. Those that oppose this nations defense against such debauchery, I believe, are guilty of betraying the security of this nation. County.,. Ray W. Burnett Country needs, is ready for welfare reform Garn report Patrick J. Reeder Brigham City 'OF KDUCATION FI.DFR COUN FY' SCI IOOI. DISTRICT Brigli.-iCity, Utah SH02 HOARD ' by US Sen. Jake Garn The coi ontry needs and is ready for welfare r eform. Each y ear, I talk with many people who are anxi ously awaiting reform and I receive do: jens of letters from persons giving exampk $ of welfare abuses and proposed solution jj. Durir ig the summer of 1976, both political pa? rties urgently called for welfare reform t. Thei e are three reasons why welfare is regart Jed as a system desparately needing refon n. The first is the enormous cost. Total ly, the welfare system is presently costt ng over $180 billion. A' ham City. , faced, blustering Irish bosses, who drive them to do the impossible. . .burrowing through the high Sierras, In 1969 when com-plishe- time August Derlith wrote for the horror pulps. The Painfully Grim fact of the matter is that the shows appearing on the double bill had the Perturbing Gall to be rated PG, or Parental Guidance, when the truth of the matter is that (at least in this instance) the PG should have stood for Phobia Geared! Picture, if you will, a youngster coming home after seeing Its Alive and Bug. Its late, so you say; Go to bed, Johnny! Instant pandemonium! Johnny is afraid the bugs will be in HIS bed. After all, didnt he just see bugs in a bed at the movies! Didnt he see them eating a girl alive? Didnt he hear her screaming with the pain? Didnt he see the Pyromanical Graveyard of a grown man who was burned alive by these same bugs? Wasnt the whole thing Progressively Gruesome? What if Jonnys mother happens to be pregnant? Can you imagine the Psychological Gangrene that would start to fester in the childs mind after viewing such Putrescent Garbage as Its Alive!? This Particularly Ghoulish piece of Protracted Garble is nothing but Projected Grime. A mother delivers her baby, who turns out to be a monster who immediately attacts and kills all the delivery room staff. A Perversely Gory bit of entertaiment (?) for a youngster, wouldnt you say? I havent viewed many PG films. Those I have seen have all been disappointments in that PG is supposed to be something that a child could see, particularly with proper Parental Guidance. I am 51 years old. After seeing last nights Primarily Grimy offering, I feel the need for Parental Guidance myself. I dont feel I am adult enough to see any more PG shows without it, if Bug and Its Alive! are any indication of the general run of PG movies. I would recommend that any of you who want to see good entertainment stick to the G rated movies, or go to see one of the plays offered by the Heritage Theater, the Palace Playhouse, or a school play. There are also the concerts offered by the Community concert group. At least, that way you wouldnt have to worry about giving Parental Guidance for Phobia Geared movies. City. ss ioc-cupi- Editor: participated. How about an example of potential conservation of gasoline locally? This comes to us courtesy of Rex Earl at Superior dairy in Brigham eo-pl- the way PG all more and riding in the car less. None of these represent a major inconvenience or drastic alteration of lifestyle. Yet the energy savings would be substantial if everyone Before President Carter unveiled his energy program, he declared that it would bring a dramatic change in the lifestyles of most Americans. However, its become obvious since then that people of this country are not particularly willing to go that far. Conserve energy? Yefi. Change lifestyle? No. Surveys have indicated that p e concede the existence of an energy situation which begs attention. But most figure the crisis has been overstated. The cons ensus is that the dilemma is as m uch a result of manipulation by big oil companies as an study by the assistance programs tota' led $25.7 billion in 1955 and an esti-md $142.9 billion in 1975. Both amounts are in constant 1975 dollars. I f programs in the year 2000 will be SI. 220.1 billion or 33.4 percent of the gross ns .tional product. The second factor which makes reform. 1975 af necessary is the attitude of the people that the welfare program is a haven of the rip-oartis ts. Although there are numerous studies which show only a slight percentage of welfare fraud, the American people are not convinced In a 1976 survey, 94 percent of a na tionwide cross section of adults agreed that it is not right to let people who need welfare go hungry. But that same survey revealed that 89 percent feel that too many people on welfare cheat by getting money they are ff . entitled to. 'Finally, title welfare system should be reformed because there are thousands of families that desperately need help and the government is not meeting its obligation to them. It is time to limit benefits to only the most needy families, tighten eligibility requirements and improve in- not, centive payments. It is essential that we reduce paperwork and simplify the bureaucracy, so long as such efforts are consistent with necessary reporting requirements to operate a tight program. In conjunction with these three reasons for welfare reform, I would like to add three proposals for reform. First, toe welfare system should not be federalized; maximum flexibility and authority should remain with the states. It is the state legislatures and governors who are able to deal directly with state problems and be directly responsible for their solutions. State control provides 50 proving grounds in which proposed solutions can be tested and interchanged. In this manner, ideas can be cross fertilized and 50 research facilities can put their collective wisdom toward a solution. Also, when federal programs run out of control, we simply print more money. State and local governments have no such option. They must run fiscally sound programs. This alone should provide an ample argument against federalization of welfare. Secondly, any welfare system should be based on the integrity and necessity of work, the need to maintain family stability, and the avoidance of any incentive toward welfare dependency. Utah has achieved significant success in recent years. The legislature has moved to eliminate the per month work limitation which tends to break up families by driving male heads of households from their homes. The state has endorsed programs which have been vital in providing work incentives, and Utahs extension of medical benefits has served to eliminate a work disincentive. Finally, we should have a program that will contain a simple plan to help the most . ROX Board Room 230 West 2nd South Board Meeting Agenda May 11, 1977 8 00 p. m. 8:00 . Wednesday Call to Order 1. 100-ho- Approval of Minutes 8:05 8:40 3. Approval of Claims and Secondary Quarterly Financial Reports 8:20. 4. Delegation President Box 8:30 Items for Information 5. . Handicapped Program Review Impact Aid Program Review (P.L. 874) Reduction of PupilTeacher Ratio - Proposal Preliminary Budget Review A. B. C. needy families without filtering large sums of money through the bureaucracy. Bureaucracies cannot be eliminated and, in many cases, the need for an effective bureaucracy is essential. However, the welfare system has become a program to sustain various social guardians rather than the impoverished. I think we can change that. Val Thurston - Studentbody Elder High School A. D. E. 9:30 6. 9:40 7. U.S.B. A. Legislative Area Meeting Unfinished Business A. ' . Timing of State Evaluation New Business A. Proposed Calendar -- Classified Personnel B. Requested Releases and Proposed Employment 1977-7- 8 -- Executive Session (Negotiation update) |