Show Standard-Examine- r Thursday April 18 1991 13A Opinion LETTERS TO THE EDITOR read in Monday’s '“Evening Standard” about a guerrilla band bombing an LDS chapel in Chile and about how Buddhism is helping to make life tolerable for Richard Gere What I did not read about was that over 10000 Catholics from surrounding areas gathered last Sunday afternoon at the Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City to celebrate the centennial of the Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake I City Utah’s Catholic population has grown from 800 in 1873 to 66000 in 1991 and now represents 4 percent of the state’s total population The Church’s traditional ministries in the areas of education health care and social services contribute considerably to the quality of life in Utah and a gathering such as Sunday’s is news and in my opinion was more deserving of being reported than many of the items in Monday’s edition For example one man entered a church in Dallas Texas brandishing a knife and was finally shot in the head by a member of the congregation with a shotgun This incident got large headlines and considerable space on page 3A On the other hand 10000 Catholics gathered together for a church service in our own capital to commemorate a centennial and did not even get a mention Was that because they were not LDS or because no one got shot? What about a little fair play from from now the Standard-Examinon or is that asking for too much? I sincerely hope not er John A Sherman North Ogden Groups aim to enslave Americans American Christianity is in bad shape today Groups with American sounding names such as the American Civil Liberties Union the National Organization of Women and Planned Parenthood are preaching totally false ideas and many of us are falling for them Some of these ideas include sex education in schools where they advocate passing out “how to” sex manuals complete with pictures pills and condoms to stop the teen pregnancy problem That problem is still with us while AIDS and venereal disease have become epidemics! Next they say let’s give these pregnant teens abortions We allow them to muddy the water of when life begins through arguments of privacy discrimination coat hangers etc We forget that an innocent life is taken with each abortion Some even try to put an arbitrary time to the beginning of life when the only clear start of life is conception Life is too precious to be taken arbitrarily Many who do believe that life begins at conception are further compromised by those who say that abstinence and abortion are religious issues and we should not impose them on others They fight against prayer at school graduation ceremonies because they find it offensive and yet call music that is clearly offensive to people with children “freedom of speech" They also advocate homosexuality and other forms of “alternate lifestyles” They give us excuses for our actions rather than turn us toward God Wake up Christianity! The goal of these people is not to make us more free but to enslave us They wish to tear down the moral fab- ric of society and the family structure and to make women sex objects They are succeeding with the help of our liberal press They never use the Bible religion or God to support what they say There can be no truth in them We must listen to them no longer! Gerald L Hunt Ogden A recent adoption case in Weber County left me asking “What was the judge judging?” Was it to decide who has and would love and care for the 4- d or was it to decide what is best for the child? The answer is none of the above The biological father has not been in the picture since conception The man called “daddy” has been around for pregnancy birth scraped knees toilet training hugs and kisses four years being ear-ol- Canal company disturbed over planting “adult” park tenants continue to turn the soil adjacent to our canal and plant to their heart’s content Why should we the shareholders be held hostage by a few shortsighted tenants? They are out of their jurisdiction on Ogden City property Their bridges over our canal should be removed at once their destructive watering cease and the trees removed to stop damage from their roots The fencing should be a solid barrier to stop this “trespassing” Any other unauthorized person would be promptly arrested by airport security The existing “No Trespassing” signs are ignored as these Roy tenants freely invade Ogden City property We shareholders do not have the funds to continue repairing the damage inflicted by a few inconsiderate “adult” tenants of the Monte Vista Park Our money is in short supply and repairs are costly We respectfully appeal to you attorneys to come up with a solution to this problem Eva Devlin secretary Bennett Irrigation Company Shareholders Commissioners laud county volunteers As part of National Volunteer 7 the county Week April commissioners would like to extend our appreciation to the marvelous volunteers of our county We applaud the countless hours you give unselfishly to enhance the quality of living in Weber County Please call the Volunteer Cen- 21-2- 7 ter to arrange for tickets to attend an afternoon of movies Wednesday April 24 to help us say thank you for a job well done 625-377- Weber County Commissioners Lowell S Peterson Joan D Hellstrom Randall J Williford “daddy” The biological father calls prison home He has not willingly made an effort to protect or ensure necessities for the child To me he has already given up his rights as a father It is too bad the child’s welfare was not considered The adoption was denied This verdict leaves me wondering “What was the judge judging?” I 'alone Stewart Clearfield Rising medical costs blamed on profession The attempt by John E Keiter MD to attribute all of the spiraling costs of medical care to the government is nonsense In the late 1930s when the first medical insurance policy was offered by an insurer the response from the medical profession was overwhelming They said now we can take care of the sick people and get paid It didn’t take long for those in the medical profession to realize that when the insurance company paid the bills the patient didn't complain about the cost because it didn’t directly impact his wallet With this good news in hand costs started to escalate until finally people were faced with the choice of giving up their life savings losing their homes or both because not everyone had the medical insurance to pay the bills and couldn’t qualify for free medical treatment in the hospital because of their assets or going without treatment It was in answer to this situation that the government under LBJ stepped in and made medical care available for those people they were mostly older people Had medical costs stayed in line with the economy very probably the government would never have become involved in the medical field George Bunch Open letter to Joe Ritchie: Thank you Joe Ritchie for the many years of serv ice and dedication with honesty as police chief I regret what has happened to you meaning that reading between the lines you have been railroaded out I have known you for more than 30 years and the picture on the front page of the local paper is not the Joe Ritchie I know Something tells me there is something wrong and it wasn't Joe's fault You held a very responsible position and knowing you the way I do I know you wouldn’t do anything to hinder that trust 1 guess what I am try ing to tell you Joe don’t worry’ what goes around comes around With your experience and knowledge to get along with people there will be no long waiting period for another job Who knows maybe you will end up as our next mayor I know that if your trys to run for office he will not receive my vote I don’t know the man it’s what I read in the paper that I don’t like George Gonzales ex-bo- ss Ogden Ogden Let buffalo have Antelope Island Davis officials BarlowThur-goo- d want $48 million to repair causeway Human services took a beating in the January session of the Utah Legislature The poor the handicapped thousands of hungry children the needy of all kinds have priority far above and beyond any causeway repair Not one word has been mentioned even in your editorial of Feb 14 about the millions of dollars squandered on that causeway: $89 million to build washed out (the Utah Highway Engineers forgot to install culverts) and repaired for $37 million! Total was $126 million! If the statehad been properly governed even since 1950 we would have a surplus of billions of dollars! The federal government has been here since 1935 pouring ' We the shareholders of the Bennett Irrigation Company are in a “no win” situation! Our canal is being methodically destroyed Tenants of the Roy Monte Vista Trailer Court are “beautifying” Ogden City property ie Hinckley Airport by planting lawn gardens and fruit trees on both the east and west banks of our irrigation canal bordering the mobile park Their myopic view shared by Hinckley Airport Manager Mr Wolfe is that weeds are being kept down Does Ogden City really need Roy City residents planting crops on that tax free ground? Does Roy City really have Roy Conservancy District water to expend on the Ogden City Airport? Who then is responsible to pay for the undermining of the Bennett Irrigation Canal? Roy City Ogden City the recalcitrant tenants or the farmers who owm the water in the Bennett Irrigation Canal? This water ran through here long before Monte Vista existed supplying Weber County farmers water for their crops We are now repairing the damaged concrete before our water can be delivered These same few Joe Ritchie services appreciated Judge failed to consider child’s welfare Lack of Catholic coverage displeases millions into the state yet we continue to endure very high state taxes and the rip-oof fedff eral retirees It has been spend spend plenty more coming in even enough to loan (give away no pay back) $10 million to McDonell-Doug-la- s And who knows how many million dollars being wasted on the Olympic dream! Why wasn’t the causeway built 40 years ago? Would it have anything to do with a little sign I saw in the first restaurant I patronized when I came to Utah in 1963? Read it “You are now in Utah set your clock back 40 years!” Let the salt water destroy what is left of the causeway leave the island to the buffalos and take care of the people! William F Harrison Layton Utah driving habits ‘not funny’ In response to Eileene Glines’ letter of April 14: 1 feel some clarification on my letter regarding yielding to emergency vehicles is in order First: Yes Eileene I agree with your statement that there is no north side to Harrison Boulevard However you apparently failed to notice that my letter stated “traveling” north on Harrison Second: The incident which prompted me to write my letter occurred approximately two weeks ago on Harrison Boulevard An ambulance was traveling south on Harrison with its path unobstructed by traffic or parked cars Nevertheless some of the drivers traveling north on Harrison proceeded to pull over to the right hand side of the road of this incident the front bumper of my vehicle was nearly removed by a woman driving a black Ford who insisted on forcing her car back into the flow of northbound traffic In conclusion: I believe my As a result “Hot cakes book!” Kelley’s TODAY IN HISTORY December Today is Thursday April 18 the 108th day of 1991 There are 257 days left in the year Today’s Highlight in History: On April 18 1775 Paul Revere began his famous ride from Charlestown to Lexington Mass warning the American colonists that the British were coming On this date: some (but not all) Utah drivers tend to ignore the rules of the road In fact certain local drivers I have spoken with think that the poor driving habits of many Utahns are “funny” But I have a hard time laughing when another driver cuts in front of my car and nearly removes my vehicle’s front end in the process David K Wilson Or en In 1983 17 After reading about nearly 300 social fabric of this country” demonstrators who gathered in Nothing is further from the truth and I suggest she takes a history course Abortion on demand has become another method of birth control It is really murder and unacceptable to many of us We need more legislators like Grant Protzman who courageously vote for what they believe to be right regardless of the consequences and the threats He is becoming less a politician and more a statesman We are grateful to have men such as you Grant representing us Keep up the good work! “ four months after Pearl Harbor an air squadron led by James H Doolittle bombed Tokyo and other Japanese cities In 1942 the US Armed Forces published the first issue of “The Stars and Stripes” In 1945 war correspondent Ernie Pyle was killed by Japanese gunfire on the Pacific island of le Shima off Okinawa In 1946 the League of Nations went out of business In 1949 the Irish republic was proclaimed In 1955 physicist Albert Einstein died in Princeton NJ In 1956 married actress Grace Kelly Prince Rainier of Monaco in a civil ceremony (A church wedding took place the next day) In 1978 the US Senate voted 2 to turn the Panama Canal Marie Marshall Clearfield over to Panamanian control on 68-3- Embassy in Beirut Lebanon in an explosion set off by a suicide bomber In 1934 the first laundromat (called a “washateria”) opened in In 1942 62 people including Americans were killed at the US 4-- 1 Fort Worth Texas 1999 Zimbabwe Rhodesia became the independent nation of Zimbabwe as the British flag was lowered at a ceremony in Salisbury people died In 1923 the first game was played in Yankee Stadium The Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox 31 In 1980 In 1906 a devastating earthstatements about the drivers of struck San Francisco folquake Utah are justified We all have lowed by raging fires About 700 heard discussions about how Abortion protests are blackmail Salt Lake City on Saturday and after watching their antics on TV I decided to comment Concerning Pam Ashworth’s remarks “We want to make sure Norm remembers there are women in this state who pay attention to what he does” I say “Amen and full steam ahead Norm!” Molly Yard calls Utah a “back alley” state and has declared “war on Utah” by trying to prevent the Olympics from coming to Utah Even though there arc many of us who don’t want the Olympics coming this is simply blackmail She believes this law damages women's rights and “gnaws away at the nation’s founding principles" and that it “tears apart the are selling like Kitty Ten years ago: Zimbabwe ushered in its second year of independence with tribal dancing singing and a parade of the national army’s first black officers In Moscow a Kremlin spokesman charged in a televised speech that counterrevolutionary forces were trying to “further destabilize” Poland Five years ago: A Titan rocket carrying a secret military d exploded seconds after liftoff from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California pay-loa- One year ago: The Soviet Union shut off a pipeline that supplied the rebellious republic of Lithuania with crude oil a day later the Soviets severely reduced the flow of natural gas The US Supreme Court ruled states may make it a crime to possess or look at child pornogra-ph- y even in one's home Today’s Birthdays: Movie composer Miklos Rozsa is 84 Actor Clive Revill is 61 Actress Hayley Mills is 45 Actor James Woods is 44 Thought for Today: “We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don’t care for” — Baroness Marie Ebncr von Eschenbach Austrian writer (1830-191- 6) lssociatcd Press Remember When 20 YEARS AGO April 18 1971 An estimated 33 million tax returns flooded into the IRS Western Service Center following the 1970 income tax filing deadline Some 4000 local employes had the task of wading through a regular ocean of paperwork from the crates of mailbags stacked in neat rows at the center IRS officials noted that the center had already received some 86 million returns prior to the April 15 deadline An additional gift of 3000 shares of stock valued at approximately $21000 was given to Weber State College by Layton P Ott for use in the planetarium Mr Ott in whose name the planetarium was dedicated had earlier given a gift of $35000 in stock of Vista International Corp of which he was president The latest gift was made during dedicatory ceremonies of the planetarium William E (Bill) Ecdes of Ogden was elected vice president of the Weber Club for 1971-7- 2 lie was vice president and general manager of Gibbons V Reed Company Thomas G Barker of Ogden as president of the club Other new officers were W C (Bill) Hartmann D Keith Hunt and Jack Roche Holdover officers included Lyle L Gaskill past president and Robert W Bauter Lee A Brown and Raymond C Cardon directors 50 YEARS AGO w The Weber State College production of “Twelfth Night" was scheduled for May 4 through 8 in the Fine Arts Little Theater John M Elzey was directing and he and two other members of the WSC Theater staff — Dr T Leonard Rowley and Ivan A Crosland — had roles in the comedy Several veteran student performers had been selected for the cast including Bill Allred Tim Duncanson Larry Fulton Brent Harris Allan Ly kins and Tom Wertz Bonneville High School student Tony Ruffin of Mrs Doris rort was among 30 high school students in Utah who were attending the 1971 national Leadership Conference of the Distributive Education Clubs of America (DlCA) in San Antonio Texas He was state sice president of the son In Washington the Public Building Adminstra-tio- n announced a $442000 contract had been awarded to George A Whitmcycr & Sons Co Ogden Utah for construction of 150 defense housing units at Ogden The project to be finished in 135 days was to furnish quarters for civilian industrial employes at ordnance depots In addition to the contract the firm's fee would be $21000 Vcrl Iserson was elected presiHe dent of the Future f armer Club for 1941-4- 2 was a junior at Bear Riser High School with a good record in carlot feeder lambs production Lee resident of Elwood was named sice president and George Nishigushi was secretary Other new officers were Ben Tanaka treasurer Bill Capener reporter: and Lyle Croier In Trcmonton Hun-sak- sergeant-at-arm- cr s Barbara Johnson a senior at Bear River High and daughter of Mr and Mrs Louis Johnson of Garland shared honors fur first place in a School bookkeeping contest held at the Brigham Young University Intermountain business school schools from Utah Idaho and Wyoming five were represented in the contest Golda Stenquist and Belle Buchanan of Trcmonton also represented the local school in the bookkeeping competition Davis County school teachers were united in a move to seek increased salaries during the coming year A committee was chosen during a special meeting at Davis High School to meet with Supt H C Burton to ask for higher salaries Members of the committee were R O Layton Emil Whitesides Elbern Dickson G II Holt E G King William Holbrook and Charles Gardiner LaMar Parkin was president of the Davis County Teachers’ Association The annual Junior Prom at Ogden High School was to be held April 25 Mario Zampedri was chairman of the committee with Erma Robinson and Shirley Morris as assistants Committee members included Florence Adams Bob Peterson Evelyn Van leuewen Gerry Toone Bob Gudmundson Paul Krumperman and Kciner Probst Fifty-- April 18 1941 |