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Show r t I 2 Brigham City,. Utah Thursday, December 9, 1976 BOX ELDER JOURNAL, . : ji Lowers 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. Legislature should act on lake threat The upcoming session of the Utah legislature should act decisively on the Great Salt Lake question, the immediate and most pressing challenge to keep the lakes level at an acceptable point. Up to now, the states most famous asset has been the subject of exhaustive debate and studies but no resulting action. Mother Nature, it now appears, will determine more than mans deliberation, whether future damage will be done along the lakes shore. Continuing wet seasons, the current dry spell notwithstanding, could mean real trouble over the next two years a period of time in which its questionable that state action could accomplish anything substantial enough to reverse the rising trend of recent years. ITS A GAMBLE but one taken not so much by choice as an inability to take remedial steps before now. If the water level does hold its place or even recede, the result of lower precipitation, those with lake-shoindustry, waterfowl habitat and other interests, will breath more easily. We will have passed a crisis of sorts. re Still, the issue should not be shrugged off, left to That time, hopefully, has passed. The state legislature should digest the date and alternatives made available to it and then act responsibly to chart a course of action. The Cheat Salt Lake board this week listed three priority alternatives which it will forward to the ' legislative branch: Impound water .be&$ced,Jh. th River Bird refuge. Pump water from the lake onto the west desert. Cut additional openings in Southern Pacifics causeway across tiie lake. It may be that the wisest choice will be a combination of two wait-and-se- q. Girls sports have come into their own on the Utah high school scene and thats good. Its long been our contention that competative athletics should not be reserved excul-sivel- y for boys. And they havent, not really. Brigham City has enjoyed , competative swimming for a number of years. And girls have received instruction in golf and tennis here with girlss softball, both in city and church programs, a part of the local recreation scene. But interscholastic athletic com-- r petition is of more recent vintage and has given them entrance into an arena previously reserved for their male counterparts. Girls at Box Elder High school have not enjoyed participation but age-grou- p Red tape beyond ridiculous For our money, deliberations should take into account not only providing a means of combatting a rising lake level, but in the process to serve other useful purposes, if possible. The pumping proposal seems least likely to provide benefits other than its affect on the lake, although this ought to be investigated. Editor: With interest I have read your articles concerning the Intermountain school in Brigham City. I have noticed that there have been claims of having the authorization to hire over SO new personnel to supplement the already bulbous staff. I have also read statements that indicate that it is both the Phoenix and the Albuquerque offices that prevent the influx of new employes. I wish to add to those statements my own futile attempts to obtain employment with the BIA ' in Brigham City. On approximately July 1, 1975, I attempted to obtain employment at the Indian School in Brigham City. I was instructed by the current administration to forward my application to: BIA, P.O. Box 6, Albuquerque, New Mexico. This application was promptly returned stating that the bra number no longer existed and that I should send the application to the Civil Service Commission Area Office, 421 Golden Avenue, SW, Albuquerque, New Mexico. This I did and was later informed that the register in education was closed to applicants. I was later informed by foe local administration that before you can be placed on a register, you must have a to the "rating. You get a rating by sending forms Albuquerque office: 4221 Gold Ave. S.W., Albuquerque, New Mexico. This I did, and received no reply. After collecting unemployment for what seems to be an eternity, I beard of a new job openings at the Intermountain school. On about Aug. 1, 1976, 1 again sent forms to the Civil Service commissioner in Albuquerque. On Nov. 19, 1976, 1 received foe foUowing reply: The foUowing options under the Professional Careers in Education Announcement closed to receipt of applications on May lrl976, due to a surplus number of applications: All Elementary Teacher options, Secondary History, Secondary Social Studies, and Secondary English. The closing date for all other options is July 15, 1976. We have no record of having received any prior , applications from you. Ironically, portions of the application material returned to me were dated Aug. 1, 1975. These were from my previous application. It is no wonder that the federal government is having a difficult time attracting qualified personnel Government red tape has gone beyond the ridiculous. FROM THE point of view of Box Elder county, the construction of a dike from the bird refuge to Promontory portends more than one additional benefit. While helping to stabilize the lakes level, although admittedly not to a major degree, it would conceivably mean development of new waterfowl habitat and also make possible the tourist loop long envisioned locally. Where the latter is concerned, visitors to the area could tour the refuge already a major attraction and then continue to Promontory and Golden Spike National Historic site over the new dike. They could then return via the Thiokol highway, thus establishing a loop drive. These are the kinds, of additional benefits to which we referred. Of DM-AA-- 28 ' FORCED SIESTA DM-AA-- course, lake shore mineral industries on the lakes south arm currently are waging a campaign to gain support for opening the causeway. Not only would it serve to reduce the lakes level (although a e reduction), but would supposedly cause minerals from the rich north side to circulate more freely into their portion of the lake. Sincerely, one-tim- HOWEVER, according to Box Elder, County Commissioner Ted Burt there & a1 problem of bad salt existing in lower depths of the south arm. To breach the causeway may extend the problem into all of the lake and depreciate the entire saline body of water for everyone. That prospect should be explored thoroughly in reaching a decision. It wont be an easy task for the legislature. Good to have girls in high school sports . to JT accolades. Shes deserves been a big reason for the success of girls athletics at Box Elder and we thank and commend her for it. And to the girls who have brought home the honors so far this year and in past seasons, we offer our congratulations and well done. d Thanks for support MM'.fl IS U i r. jf I i , t H ( ?P TtrJS"rf,,teL ? Is w. jMmiP The foUowing was a letter received by MnPSw Gentry, chairman of the Box Elder County Red Cross chapter and reproduced here at her request: Winning essay Dear Mrs. Gentry: We wish to take this time to express our sincere appreciation to you and the Box Elder County chapter of the American Red Cross for providing the Intermountain Red Cross Blood center with a successful mobile Mood draw on Oct 18. The blood procured by your chapter was processed and immediately made available to the 45 hospitals we serve in glad live here in American because . . . I'm I Utah, southwestern Wyoming, southeastern Idaho, and eastern Nevada. For donating to the Red Cross, your community will be provided with blood at anytime in any hospital within our region and to many hospitals served by Red Cross throughout the nation. Any member of your community needing Mood in one of our hospitals should contact you as blood program chairman, and you in turn, should call Edith Riddell ), at our Intermountain center, and she will take care of the blood credits for the patient. We invite you and your community citizens to tour our facilities, and we look forward to our ongoing relationship. (582-3431- success in their endeavors, most recently winning the Region One swimming crown for the fourth time and placing third at state in volleyball. Theyve excelled in other sports as well, including tennis, track, basketball and gymnastics, to carve quite a niche for themselves in this part of the state. It wouldnt be proper to end this piece without mentioning the efforts of Coach Emily Call who certainly all-aroun- M. Leon Huasaker, Brigham City The following wag authored by Carlotta Nez, a student at Box Elder Junior High school, and was accorded first place in an essay contest sponsored in Brigham City by Western Hills Realty and Insurance. The winning essay was written on Why I am grateful to live in America and what are my responsibilities. Im glad I live here in America, because of what everyone tries to do to preserve wildlife, the natural beauty of this great land and the memories of oar forefathers. I am a Navajo Indian and proud of my great heritage. My people are wise and many know not the ways of the white men. We were once forced to walk to Ft Sumner and from the years of 1854 to 1868 we were inprisioned there for reasons I still as of yet do not fully understand. We are at peace with our feSow Americans now. To be an American is to many people a great privilege they dont even realize. Right now, millions of others are trying to become Americans. We are free and independent people, yet some people take for granted how free we really are. If some of the people who lived in the days of the colonists were alive now, they would look around, and wonder why all the people didnt act as if they really appreciated the true beauty and meaning of the word Freedom. I believe that we should lode at this land with love, honor and respect, not with war, hatred, and the attitude that were here just to occupy the land. We have a lot of privileges we fail to see. Even as we go along in daily life, there are many things we fail to realize our forefathers didnt have and fought with their lives so we would be able to do things, they didnt have the chance to. jmMi IIKO XT MY. DO! Sincerely, Douglas G. ODonnell, Administrator, Intermountain Red Cross Blood center, Salt Lake City Lauds hospital Editor: Several letters have been published in your paper about Brigham Community hospital. They indicated the inevitable teething proMems which most facilities have in their infancy. Recently my husband needed hospital care, and because of his condition we didnt have time to make any choice. How happy I am that we didnt. From foe moment we arrived we were shown kindness, genuine concern, and excellent medical treatment. While I stayed with my husband most of the time, I was given every consideration possible. May I publicly thank the Brigham Community hospital foe doctors, nursing, dietary and housekeeping staff, foe receptionists and volunteers for work weU done. Sincerely, Doris Owens, Brigham City The chemistry set was soon forgotten by Dr. Daryl J. McCarty Executive Secretary Utah Education Association Who can forget the Christmas that Dad bought $30 chemistry set? It was forgotten before the came down from the chandelier. Jimmy was too young to understand things like ammonium chloride. ' Its three years later now, and that chemistry set is still perched on the basement shelf next to Aunt Gwen's plum jam that nobody win eat 'During the next few days when youre buying toys for cfcfl&wn, you dont have to make the same kind of blunder. ' YouD have help available. Jimmy a suta First, theres no scracity of educational toys. Just make certain the gift you buy isnt too advanced or for the child who will find it under the too elementary Christmas tree. Toymakers are helpful. Many, if not most, toy boxes will tell you the approximate age range of youngsters who would use and enjoy the toy. Toy clerks can counsel you, too. The toy store isnt just an enterprise that operates during poinsettia season these days. Many are year-roun- d operations, and the clerks know toys and kids. Some educational toys are so obviously useful, you can make a good judgment without help from anyone. What about a magnetic set of letters that your first-grad- er can use to form words by sticking them on the refrigerator? Or a dial that points to any letter in the alphabet, and, when a suing is pulled, tells by recorded voice a word that begins with that letter? Or a telescopre for the teenager who wants those things the astronomy book describes? d to see first-han- If the container label, the toy clerk or personal judgment arent enough to satisfy you, theres another expert eager to assist This would be the youngster for whom the gift is intended. Listen to him or her. Of course, the child may want something impossible. Such d like the one at Lagoon. as a real Nevertheless, children can be persuaded to expect reasonable presents that can be as upbuilding as they are entertaining. BOX ELDER JOURNAL w" nwwwvvvrMI. Plrtf Weit. Irlgham City, I Second Clan pottage pi It South Kit office, City. Utah, tool. 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