Show (©gfott 4A OGDEN §tanlmr&-i:3eamm- IWTHI CHMWTTB NCVB James £r MONDAY APRIL 5 1982 UTAH Major changes in LDS Church WASHINGTON — Romeo and Juliet were It was an eventful weekend and Taiwan This will bring the number of temples for members of the The Latterworldwide to 41 Church of Jesus Christ of — Reducing the length of Saints time a young male missionary General Conference ses- will spend in the mission field — A new building policy for sions have been a time for LDS faithful to receive for financing ward meeting spiritual guidance from their houses Traditionally the twice-a-yea- r Church members should leaders This conference was no ex- heed the admonishment given ception but in addition to by their leaders over the counsel from general au- weekend to obey the longthorities they heard an- standing policy of not allowing nouncements that conside- the use of the church’s name rably alter some church or speaking out from the pulpolicies and reflect a concern pit on political issues The changes in the terms of of the leadership in temporal the missionaries — reducing matters to 18 service from Most significant was the that church months — and the financing of the new buildings indicate the membership had reached five million mark — a miles- church recognizes families tone not a summit Gordon are not able to stretch their Hinckley of the First Presi- incomes during these difficult economic times dency told the conference Another concern of the Other significant changes can be traced to this member- church leadership for the fiof its memship figure which reflects a 25 nancial well-bein- g percent increase since 1978 bers was reflected in the and a 150 percent rise since warning to be wary of schemes 1963 when there were two millspeculative get-ric- h investments unwise ion LDS members throughout and the world Possibly the most gratifying Other major changes re- moment for church members vealed prior to and during the occurred as their frail ailing church president conference included: — Plans to build four new Spencer W Kimball spoke of the temples — one in Boise briefly at the closing “all is conference assuring Idaho another in Denver Colo the others in Ecuador well” 87-year-- Arts festival: welcome addition The ingredients are readily available They just need to be brought together And that is the goal of the Ogden Arts Commission — to bring everyone together for an arts festival for Ogden The festival proposed by Ogden’s Art Commission would be a welcome addition to the community’s summer offings This idea quickly earned the support of the City Council but it needs the broader backing of Northern Utah artisans and performing groups as well as the general public in order for it to be a success The arts festival will be held in early September in conjunction with YWCA’s annual food fair It will be held in the vicinity of West Municipal Park at 25th and Grant Although the first year will not be on the grand scale of art festivals in surrounding communities it will be a start Olivette Trotter who is the director of the Salt Lake Arts Festival has agreed to provide some expertise for year-roun- d Ogden’s sponsoring group to get the program going There are all kinds of possibilities on the horizon Art exhibits could be juried thus attracting some of the regions fine artists — and there are many It could provide an outlet for Northern Utah craftsmen to show their artistic talents Musical groups would be afforded the opportunity to perform The possibilities are limitless for displaying all forms of ceativity Park City’s annual arts fes-tiv- al draws literally thousands It started out as a small community affair The Utah Arts Festival in Salt Lake City has grown by leaps and bounds since its inception four years ago Ogden can do it too Sweet vanilla Vanilla has a hidden value for weight-watcher- s Vanilla itself counts only six calories per teaspoon but it brings out sweetness in foods making less sugar necessary A small amount of sugar must be present for the vanilla to accent — it is not a sweetener Wasting food sinful A rides e our productivity our good old April 15 is only 10 days away has bethere you are sweating over your American “know-how- ” 1040 while millions of moonligh- come a thing of the past Not so according to the underare ters living it up on $300 billion a collect never penUncle Sam will ground activity Workers there ny on And isn’t that terrible! provide a staggering total of goods You bet it is When tax cheaters and services that don’t show up in get a free ride on unreported in- the GNP It’s a little hard to measure come it throws more of the tax load on us honest types But on the other since moonlighters tend to be reluctant to ‘fess up but there’s plenhand Well on the other hand the ty of evidence to show that the “underground economy” — illegal underground is growing at least unfair and infuriating as it is — just twice as fast as the regular might turn cut to be the best thing economy Especially among the The number of that could happen to the poor “above-ground- ” who workers moonlight in their struggling or is believe own it businesses (a major source of economy There in all that underground income) has innot some good news in— creased more than 45 percent in the unreported — and untaxed come last 10 years not we’re means Who are they? Well at least a For one thing it we third of them are in the underin such bad shape as thought All those people working — pocket- ground “underworld” — prostiing billions and billions of dollars in tutes pimps pushers and porno cash — makes a lot of economists dealers They collect (but don’t resuspect the country’s doing better port) around $125 billion a year The rest are the “respectable” than the numbers would lead us to believe people — doctors lawyers accounalis tants electricians plumbers conOfficially unemployment most 9 percent Officially there tractors painters mechanics etc are 97 million people with jobs — who don’t do anything illegal Unofficially figuring in the under- except fail to report all their inground labor factor total employ- come Money earned “off the ment in the United States today is books” adds up to $255 billion a probably closer to 102 million And year (Not included in the list of cheathe unemployment rate could be as ters are our dedicated Congresslow as 7 percent Another thing: Everybody’s in a men who avoid taxes all right but stew over the way the Gross Na- it’s perfectly legal They saw to tional Product has been slipping that when they voted themselves lately evidence they moan that those helpful loopholes last year) self-employ- Ogden letter complaining about waste in the school lunch program has prompted me to write I too worked in school lunch program I never could reconcile my feelings to accept huge trays of rolls fed down the disposal — corn dogs fruit puddings on and on — because of federal regulations I am not referring to plate waste — but untouched food The cooks are not to be faulted ? Of Do bakeries dispose of their — course not those day old bakeries probably make as much as the regular fresh sales I’d like to propose having a surplus sale for 20 minutes after lunch — people in the various school neighborhoods would undoubtedly be happy to participate The money could be fed right back into the lunch program Wasting food is a sin! L Hale day-olds- Untruths have been imagined Ogden Why are pagan holidays such as Christmas and Easter long antedating Christendom used to commemorate the birth and resurrection of Christ especially since He condemned these same incarnate beliefs and philosophies? Such adds insult to injury and is indicative of saying to Jesus — “with love forever perished if not for resurrection (Eccl 9:5610 I Cor 15:4202229) Salvation the result of the atonement is the life and force in the theme of Christ’s New Testament and all of this must rely entirely upon the resurrection If there be no resurrection Christ is not risen faith is in vain and all mankind shall perish at death Inherent immortality of the soul is unscriptural and pagan in origin Most of the untruths have been imagined in order to accommodate this pseudo concept Ancient Babylonians Egyptians Greeks and Oriental religions taught their believers the automatic survival of the “soul” This is a radical difference from resurrection which is an additional creative act by God whereby the whole man or soul which is dead is recreated in the same way Adam was created in the Garden of Eden and who would have lived forever with his flesh and blood body had he not transgressed the law of God Ray W Burnett Wants role of parent Brigham city Hey mom and dad Did you know someone is trying to replace you? They’re called Planned Parenthood and they will give your child abortion counseling without your knowledge contraceptives without your consent and sex education that tells them that almost any form of sex is OK Instead of teaching morality to or restraints prevent teen-agchastity to give teens conis answer their pregnancy traceptives without the parents knowledge s view Planned Parenthood When films read their materials hear their talks they get a dose of Planned Parenthood’s nonvalue secular humanism As a mother of four I don’t want Planned Parenthood taking over my role as a parent and offering counseling and amoral advice to my children without my consent or know- Why all the invented untruths about God comes letters from readers Letters must include the writer’s full signature address and telephone number although a name may be withheld for good reason Letters should not exceed 200 words Preference will be given to short typewritten (double spaced ) letters No more than one letter per month will be printed from an individual and His word? Paul called it the “great falling away” — apostasy! It began with “resurrection versus immortality of the soul” 20 years after Christ — I Cor 15:12 The strange paradox today finds millions of Christians commemorating Christ’s resurrection on Easter Sunday yet many do not believe life after death depends upon resurrection but rather on survival of their “immortal soul” Man does not possess a soul he is a living soul It is man the soul that dies and he would be self-contr- ol e teen-ager- ledge Carol Bingham Rules for letters The Ogden Standard-Examine- wel- r are subject to editing for space should not violate libel laws and clarity Address letters to Voice pf the People Box All letters 951 having the famous balcony conversation and Juliet asked a good question “What’s in a name?” she wanted to know The US Supreme Court is puzzling over the same inquiry The name is “censorship” What’s in it? The high court heard argument last month on a case from Long Island that appears to present for the first time oddly enough an issue that must have arisen 10000 times before: What are the limits if any upon the powers of a local school board over the removal of books from a school library? This particular case arose in September 1975 when the Board of Education of Island Trees Union Free School District yielded to the hit list of a parents’ organization and removed nine books from the high school library Five students latched onto a libertarian lawyer and raised cries of “Censorship!” and “First Amendment freedoms!” A US District Court threw out the students’ complaint on summary judgment but the 2nd Circuit reversed and sent the matter back for trial Now the case is in the high court’s lap It’s a difficult case both semantically and constitutionally “Censorship” let us face it is a dirty word Just about everyone opposes 2-- from Satan too” The Good FridayEaster Sunday fable is impugned by Jesus’ own words He said nothing about a resurrection in a day and a half He did say “ three days and three nights — Matthew 12:39-4- 0 Christ was crucified on Wednesday or Thursday John 19:31-3- 7 says it couldn’t be Thursday for John galled this the “high day” — The Pesach or Fassover Feast of the Unleavened Bread the greatest of Jewish annual Sabbaths It was late Wednesday when Jesus was crucified and 72 hours later on the Jewish weekly Sabbath (Saturday) He was resurrected Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James arrived the sepulcher at sunrise on the first day of the week (Sunday or Easter) only to learn Christ had already risen (Mark 16:1-6- ) Y0UR5TA-V0N7QN- K 1 “censorship” The noun carries all the heavy connotations of bluenosed committees sniffing about for something they find morally socially or politically objectionable “Editorial judgment” on the other hand has a nice sound “The informed judgment of a trained librarian” is an even happier combination of words One hears overtones in this semantic dispute from Orwell’s “Animal Farm” od Censorship is ba-a-a- Librarians are d goo-o- - In the case at hand to quote from dissenting Judge Walter It Mansfield in the 2nd Circuit there was undisputed evidence that the banned books contained “indecent matter vulgarities profanities explicit sexual descriptions or allusions sexual perversions or disparaging remarks about blacks Jews or Christ” Counsel for the local school board argued that the elected board members have both a right and an obligation to see that school libraries reflect local mores and do not trample upon local values How far does this supposed authority extend? Justice O’Connor wanted to know if a local board composed of Democrats could ban all books containing favorable references to Republicans No indeed said the board’s counsel Justice Stevens asked if the board could remove all books that contain disparaging remarks about blacks and Jews “Absolutely not” said the counsel Well then asked several justices what guidelines control the removal of even one book? It turned out that the local board had no guidelines When opposing counsel began to argue for the students’ right to read Justice Rehnquist leaped on the constitutional issue What First Amendment right was at stake? “The right to receive information” came the reply “The right to read a book is clearly inherent in First Amendment analysis” But is there a right for every high school student to read every book? Is there a right asked Chief Justice Burger “to a particular book in a particular place?” “Absolutely not” said counsel Well then the court wondered how do we constitutionally determine which books the students have a right to read and which books the students have no right to read? Do students have a right to read Orwell’s “Animal Farm” which the librarian presumably approves but no right to read Orwell’s “1984” which the board has ordered removed? Ogden Utah: 84402 UNIVERSAL PRESS SYNDICATE by Garry Trudeau DOONESBURY EE tax-fre- 5 the people Voice of my now this I GOTTA LEVEL WILL WITH Virginia Payette Those 5 two-yea- rs an-nouncem- ent Kilpatrick Censorship: what is it? EDITORIAL -Day L you mark YOiLL I'M A BT NERI 03 WORKING FOR HAVENT VOUS THE CLASS OF 7ENPEPEARN I IT NOW THE NIUE ANP CHIRP ARE P0UN THERE AlEO NOTHING TO YOUR MIXERS -T- ONIC WATER SOPA ANP where pg yyj KEep-n- m nnpp? 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Helen Thomas Fortner White House press aides to swap tales ed WASHINGTON — Backstairs at the White House : There will be an unusual reunion at the black tie White House Correspondents Association Dinner on April 24 Cliff Evans Association president and Vice President of RKO has invited nine former White House press secretaries to be his special guests at the dinner And press secretary James Brady will sit at the head table The secretaries invited to attend are Roger Tubby of the Truman era Pierre Salinger who was spokesman for John F Kennedy and then Lyndon B Johnson and two others who also served Johnson George Reedy and George Christian Jerry terHorst and Ronald Nessen who were Gerald R Ford’s press spokesmen and Jody Powell who was Jimmy Carter’s chief press aide To get them lined up Evans began issuing his invitations last October Nancy Reagan stole the show at Washington’s Gridiron dinner recently displaying her ex-pre- ss singing and dancing talents spoofing herself “She feels pretty good about it” said Sheila Tate the first lady’s press secretary Mrs Reagan managed to keep the secret from her husband that she was appearing in the show The secret was especially hard to keep when he spotted the yellow rubber boots for the number in her closet and wondered where they came from The first lady for sure — and maybe the president — will show up for the annual Easter Monday egg roll on the backyard of the White House Sheila Tate said that the New York troupe of “Annie” will be on hand to perform excerpts from the musical In addition social security Muffie Brandon who has an idea a minute has managd to get a large number of wooden eggs autographed by celebrities from all over — including Hollywood Capitol Hill and the sports world The children will hunt for the eggs and the biggest finds of all will be those signed “Ronald Reagan” President and Mrs Reagan will have some vacation time when they travel to the East Carribbean next week for the Easter holidays but it will be all work for the president when they go to Europe in June There will be time to swim and soak up sun in Barbados where the Reagans will have a couple of days to relax Before the trip to Bridgetown Barbados Reagan and his traveling entourage will spend the night in Kingston Jamaica In Jamaica visitors are being warned not to venture out of their hotels at night because of the high crime rate The eight- - or nine-datrip to Europe in June most the to be is going taxing presidential trip to date with stops in Paris Rome London and y Bonn Mrs Reagan will have a separate schedule in line with her own pursuits and preferences United Press International |