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Show ; Papon THE CHRONICLE (Elrrmuck 35 West Utah Avenue Payson. Utah 84651 Editorials .Robin's Roost . ORUM . Letters To The Editor Wednesday, January 28, 1981, page 2 Phone 465 9221 Publishers Kent and Robin Fuellenbach ftobtn'n Managing Editor Kent Fuellenbach Office Manager Robin Fuellenbach Advertising Paula Taylor Graphics Mike Chatwin Eobtn JbttUtnbadf Lay-o- at Reporter Michael Olson Anita Horn Typesetting Colette Ewell Maintenance Ingrid Chatwin According to a news release from the National Wildlife Federation animals make as good news as people do. Not necessarily the Those Amazing Animals type news, but well... let me tell you about them. Donkeys and elephants in the election year had a tendency to dominate the nations news, but they got a lot of competition from some wacky wildlife and domestic animals. A dandy lion that charmed its captors in a parking lot New York City, a squadron of seagulls that in Maryland, and an English bull whose romantic antics fathered a $352,000 lawsuit were among the birds and beast3 that vied with the political critters for public attention. The years top story, appropriately, involved the king of beasts. It began when Albert Sima and two friends returning from a pigeon race lion outside a graveyard in Queens, a borough encountered a meat distributor, gingerly of New York City. When Sima, a it him the cat, by big greeted approached rubbing its body against his truck, the lion legs. Then, when Sima opened a door of his pick-u- p hopped in. Predictably, the police refused to believe Sima after he drove home and called to report his find. When, after several calls, the police finally came, the lion climbed onto the front seat of their patrol car for a ride to the Bronx Zoo. But there was no den at the zoo for Henry, as he was now known to a growing circle of friends. The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals had to step in and find a place for him in a private zoo at Scotch Plains, N.J., where he now entertains visitors and plays an occasional charity benefit. ASPCA Director John The police never located Henry's owner. Kullberg called him Just about the friendliest wild animal Ive ever met. Considerably less friendly were the seagulls at Cambridge, Md., who, apparently in protest against a parking lot in the midst of their habitat, bombarded the lot with oyster shells. Several car roofs were dented. We in Utah know the other antics of seagulls that earned them their wonder if these Maryland birds are the state bird status. black sheep of the family? In another apparent protest, 4,000 dolphins massed around the Japanese island of Iki and forced fishing boats back into port. Observers speculated that the dolphins were angered by the fact the Iki fishermen had just netted and killed 200 of their number. Several bull stories made news. In one of them an English Holsteir named Arab was placed on a regimen of total abstinence after overexerting himself while servicing 29 heifers from Wales. But the plan went awry. When several cows from a neighboring farm wandered into his pasture and Arab again turned romantic, he destroyed his usefulness as a stud, his owner charged in a $352,000 lawsuit against the neighboring farmer. A judge ruled that the damage was done during Arab's first orgy and awarded his owner only $346.24. In Buena Vista, Cal., a burro named Billy Carter won $1,200 and the second Annual Triple Crown Burro Race by covering 25 rugged miles in three hours and 20 minutes. In Huron, S.D., a slithery creature named Billy Carter won a book worm race at the local library. His triumph proved short lived when a judge accidentally stepped on him. Wild animals tangled with the U.S. Postal Service in two areas. A peeved 'possum was found in a Front Royal, Va., mailbox, where someone had dropped him, apparently as a joke. Not amused, the 'possum chewed or otherwise defaced about 40 letters. Another joker put a tiny warbler in a mailbag headed south from New York. It only made it as far as Philadelphia, but a Kennebunk, Maine, woman talked Delta Air Lines into flying a shivering robin all the way to Florida. Do you think they would take another shivering Robin from Salt Lake airport to dive-bomb- ed Editorial Annexation Jusf to-H- eS workingoui'Yhis aeiiR's guDGgr: Santaquin style dP.doodbS too quick by Sorry McWilliams In an attempt to get the cart before the horse the Santaquin City voted 2 last week to annex 98 acres of land into the citv for an indus trial park. Santaquin needs an industrial area, and the site west of town is a logical place for it. It has both highway and rail access and other favorable features. It would make a fine industrial park. However, in their rush to get the annexation approved proponents left many important questions unanswered and evidently failed to check on the legal requirements for annexation. No petition with the signatures of a majority of the property owners was filed with the city office or presented to the council. There was a lot of talk at the meeting about verbal agreements but at this writing only three signatures are filed with the city office requesting the annexation. In fact there is evidence that some of the property owners were completely unaware that there land was being annexed. There are nine property owners in the proposed annexation area. The law requires a petition signed by at least five of them before the council can even consider Fitness Tips 3-- annexing the property. Proponents of the measure pressured the council noting that the city needed the industrial area, that some industries had already decided not to locate in Santaquin because there was no industrial zone, that there had already been a great deal of time spent on the annexation agreement and that verbal agreements had already been made. If so much work had been done, why were the basic requirements of the law unmet? No petition was presented to the council and no formal annexation resolution was ever voted on. The council merely voted to annex the area without any stipulations. It should also be noted that a single councilman cannot commit the city to any action by himself. It takes a council vote to obligate the city to anything. Luckily two councilmen, Sherman Jones and Walter Callaway refused to be . rushed. Both agreed Santaquin needs an industrial area and the proposed site would be a good one. But there are just too many unanswered questions. How will basic services such as water and roads be provided in the annexed area? Who will pay for developing them? The Santaquin taxpayer or the property owners? What impact will the residential and industrial growth have on Santaquin s already strained utilities and services such as water distribution and police protection? How will residential and industrial growth in the area be controlled? Especially since Santaquin has no industrial zone ordinance. Exactly what has the city agreed to do for property owners in the annexed area? The annexation will increase the value of the property by making development possible. What have the property owners agreed to in order to be annexed? These and many other questions should be answered BEFORE the land is annexed, while the city still has something to bargain with. And these questions and agreements should be answered and written down. Verbal agreements may be fine among friends, but there is no place for them in real estate or city government. Santaquin residents should be grateful they had two councilmen in last Wednesdays meeting who were concerned about the citizenry and were thinking about the ramifications of the council actions. Jones and Callaway voted against the annexation. When the proponents of the annexation realize they have not had the annexation legally passed by the council they will have to think of another approach. Hopefully they will start working on answering the questions and getting the agreements in writing so the annexation can be taken care of properly. Santaquin needs an industrial site. But all the questions should be answered first. The action should be carefully considered and spelled outt so everyone concerned knows what is going on. Annexation should never be undertaken in the slipshod fashion attempted in Santaquin last week. Nebo Games Arama finals February 28 28 February Games Nebo Arama finals will be held at Springville High School starting On the at 1:00 p.m. Events include: 1. Ping pong. 2. Chess & checkers. 3. Free throws & spot shooting (12 ft 4th & 5th grades; all others at 15 ft. 8 ft. 4th & 5th grades; 11 ft. 15 ft. 20 17 ft 10th & up. shots each). throw 4. Football 54 tire (through from the floor). 12 ft. used for 9th and under. 5. Power push-up- s, pull-up- s one minute time each. There is a $1.00 fee for one or all events sit-up- s, 3. Saturday, February 7 - physical fitness activity small gym at 1:00p.m. 4. Saturday, Februtotal. ary 14 - Chess & check- Now to qualify for ers room the Games Arama 1:00p.m. finals NOTE: Weight preliminary will be ing competition competition held here at Payson take place within High School on the boys P.E. classes. If you want more following dates: 1. Saturday, January details see Mr. Ander24 - table tennis, son ext. 26, room at 1:00 p.m. Room at others grades, 2. Saturday January 20 ft. Jr. footballs B-- 2 465-256- B-- 2 C-l- I MJWlajWiMi 8 l. Dale Nelson 200 calories worth of sugar lowered total serum cholesterol levels by an average of 10 to 11 milligrams. d calories worth of whole grains (corn, oats and wheat) substituted for 400 calories worth of sugar also lowered cholesterol levels by 10 to 11 milligrams. Three-hundrecalories worth of root vegetables (beets, parFour-hundre- d snips, rutabagas, sweet potatoes and turnips), even though less caused cholesterol effective, levels to drop an average of 5 milligrams per deciliter. As the little girl on TV says, Now thats a good deal. Fats and Blood Pressure Another interesting nutrition report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) may be helpful to those with high blood In three separate pressure. studies scientists checked the effect of eating equal amounts of saturated and polyunsaturated fast on lowering blood pressure in 70 men and women between 40 and 60 years of age. All were healthy except for moderate hypertension. The subjects did not gain or lose weight and their salt intake was the average Americans 8 to 10 grams per day. They found that the elevated blood pressure went down into the normal range when the fat intake was neatly balanced. Since the average American eats twice as much saturated as polyunsaturated fat, mostly from meat and animal products, it is easy to see how more fruits and vegetables (higher in the polyunsaturated) and much less meat can get you nearer the balance. You may not run like a rabbit but you should eat like one. Special Services Department offers aid to handicapped Federal "Education For the compliance 94-14- 2, with School Nebo District Special Services Department would like to remind all school district patrons of the opportunities provided under this law. If you have or know of any handicapped or apparently handicapped child, please refer them to the Special Services Department. We are set up to serve all handiages five capped students, , to evaluand twenty-onethrough ate and diagnose all handicapped children from birth through age four. In looking for handicapped children, there are some indicators to consider. These are: 1. Learning disabled - Children who seem to learn then forget quickly or who have motor and visual perception problems that interfere with learning basic skills. 2. Behavior-all- y Handicapped, 31 - th now that the SeptemberOctober issue of the Journal of Food Science reported that carrots recently have been found to contain a substance that inhibits the production of aflatoxin, a natural food contaminant that can be a in humans. 'potent cancer-cause- r Thats not to mention the fact that they are high in fiber, low in calories, a super source of Vitamin A, and they sound terrific when you eat them raw. Cholesterol Levels Are Changes If you are worried about the amount of LDL cholesterol (bad kind) in your blood, here are some healthy substitutions you can make. The October issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition reported that researchers at the University of Minnesota recently substituted 500 calories worth of vegetables for 500 calories worth of sugar in the diets of healthy adults and found that their cholesterol levels dropped by 22 milligrams per deciliter of blood. Since this proved interesting, they pursued it further with leafy vegetables, root vegetables and whole grains separately to give credit where credit was due. The experiment ran for 12 weeks. The Results Two hundred calories worth of leafy vegetables (brussels sprouts, cauliflower, cabbage, celery, onions, and spinach) in place of Law lifting (bench dead lift, military). 6. Physical fitness event Fitness Tips Fresh Fruits and vegetables, along with whole grains, should form the bulk of our nutritional lifestyles. We continue to find supportive data for this position even though it is well established at the present time. Heres the latest. The many raw carrots I eat taste even better In free throw & spot shooting plus footweight ball throw small gym press, at 1:00 p.m. grades By Dr. Handicapped - Children who have difficulty in peer relationships and become a challenge behaviorally to both parents and teachers. 3. Educable Mentally Retarded - Children who try but have difficulties grasping normally and easily learned behaviors Communication 4. concepts. Disorders - Children with delayed speech development as well as articulation problems. There are six other categories in which services are available. They are: Trainable Mentally Multiply Severely Retarded, Handicapped, Deaf, Hard of Handicapped Hearing, Motor and Visually Impaired. and instructional Diagnosis services are available to any child suspected of having any one of the above mentioned handicaps. To receive further information, feel free to call Nebo School District, Special Services Departor contact your ment at local school principal. 798-865- 200-pou- I Florida? Its orthitry. Legislative Session The Utah State Legislature the second week of wound up the session Friday night. Besides grappling with an enormous workload of bills (many of them long and difficult), the lawmakers began the task of working over the budget. For some who may not know, the entire state budget for the fiscal year (in this case) of 2 is submitted to the legislature by the Governor and the Legislative anylist body. Both have large staffs which put the budget together and have it ready before the legislative body meets on January 12. Then the nine appropriation subcommittees, of which every lawmaker is a member of one, spends much of the session going over the entire document, line item at a time. They have the right, as the 1981-198- people's elected representatives to cut out or add to the budget as they see fit. At or near the end of the session, the worked over budget is assembled and given one final going over by the jiont subcommittee appropriations which consists mainly of the leadThis ership of both houses. works but of lot a is work, system pretty good and is a good check on the state bureaucratics, which at times tend to get out of hand. The transportation and public safety jiont subcommittee, of which Robert Phelps is a member and which funds the Department of Transportation and Highway Law enforcement, visited the new shops and office building under construction in the county south and west of Salt Lake City. We feel that the design is practical and that the facilities are needed to replace the existing ones; but am a bit skeptical about how much office help will be needed. It should be possible to cut this considerably. Legislation is really rolling out of committees and onto the floors of the house and senate. It is important that each one of us watches this with all diligence so has to keep our lawmaking on the highest plain possible. We are getting a lot of input on this impending legislation both from our own constituents and from other parts of the state, which is a healthy sign that people are interested. 1 Rate of Gain Contest The Annual Utah State Junior Livestock Show announces their Annual Contest Rate-of-Ga- Kick-of- in f. or FFA member Any interested in taking a steer to the Junior Livestock Show in May is eligible to enter the Contest for special prizes and for the The weigh-iawards. contest will be January 24, at 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, at the Junior Livestock Show Grounds, South Main Street, Spanish Fork. 4-- Rate-of-Gai- n Kick-of- f Those participants should contact their local county All place. agent for weigh-i- n exhibitors are encouraged to participate Contest. in the Rate-of-Gai- n n Wednesday: Mid 40s Low 20s Partly cloudy Slight chance rain or snow . Thursday: Increasing cloud with a better chance rain or snow. Friday & Saturday: Snow with Exhibitors may enter as many little rain. animals as they desire, but only Sunday: Decrease cloudiness with the one selected for exhibit at light rain. the show will be eligible to win. in mountains Heavy snows for skiers. |