Show 12A Standard-Examine- r October 20 1988 Thursday Opinion Standard-Examine- r Mission 2000 fills its assigned role worthy of support Mission 2000 and its principal charge to improve community through a network of volunteers is at a crossroads Its more than 300 task force members who have been energized by the concept of strategic planning to prepare adequately for the future are not ready to declare their work finished Mission 2000 was organized in the fall of 1986 at the initiation of community stalwarts as a grass-root- s organinew ideas for improving zation that would brain-storarea of Davis Morgan Weber and Box Elthe der Its successes have far exceeded the expectations of its founders It has become an effective and viable tool in analyzing and identifying local needs It has operated under n the rule of six councils each composed of a good of multitalented volunteers imbued with inquisitive minds diversified interests and expertise Their common denominator is quest for satisfying public service Mission 2000’s design was to organize people into different segments of planning Their charge was to come up with a road map for growth into the next decade Its prime purpose was to develop ideas and refer them to the appropriate action agency for implementation It was suppose to disband in two years Councils formed under the umbrella of Mission 2000 are: arts and culture economic development education heath and human services local services and physical resources council They have come up with amazing recommendations They have focused on problems that elected officials did not know existed They have zeroed in on ways to stimulate economic development They have explored new methods of promoting culture arts They support the coordination of health services designed to meet g the emotional mental and social of Northern Utahns And there are many many more ideas that have been developed and solutions offered for enhancing the quality of life along the Wasatch Front In delivering the “white paper” as a report to the community and more specifically to the board of directors the new chairman of the volunteer planning body Peter Behrens suggested the volunteers see themselves continuing in their active planning mode Therefore the decision was made to continue an ongo- ing thrust in strategically planning for Northern Utah’s future Approximately 300 volunteers in the area have agreed to keep the alliance alive by pursuing the the common goal of identifying needs developing ideas and finding solutions to local problems When Mission 2000 was organized its founders did not envision continuing beyond two years They were able to secure adequate funding for that time span through contributions from government entities — the cities and counties being served — and the private sector With remarkable success the evidence of accomplish- ments and the enthusiasm of the volunteers the vigor in which they have attacked their assignments decision for Mission 2000 to continue being a viable force in the region deserves solid support The volunteers deserve the proverbial “pat on the back” for their commitment to community service Those public entities and business enterprises that generously gave d for money for Mission 2000 startup have been investment The on their challenge becomes finding additional funds necessary to finance its operation Mission 2000’s momentum must not be slowed It is worthy of encouragement and an infusion of financial resources m four-coun- ty cross-sectio- ty well-bein- so-call- ed four-coun- ty - four-coun- ty well-pai- “But what if we hit the beer?” Female sports reporter not a voyeur The year Karen Rosen of the black curly hair and big eyes became 2 her father Mel was named track coach at Auburn University He would over the years mold running stars the caliber of Harvey Glance coach the 1984 Olympic relay team and become more than a minor legend in track and field Tagging along was Karen She lived athletics all 50 flavors growing up to become a sportswriter an intern for Sports Illustrated then the lone female reporter on the sports staff of The Atlanta Constitution a textbook on track She recently and field with her father When I met Karen we both worked for a small newspaper that published twice a week: The Auburn Bulletin They called me managing editor which meant I had to get the blamed thing out when the editor seeking to shake the restraints of chain management traipsed off looking for a newspaper to buy for himself Karen was a carrier inserting “B” section into “A” rolling ’em up and running a route She was in high school but interested in writing and better than most professionals on the staff She was a slight energetic kid with glasses and a perpetual smile and an appealing shyness She rode her bicycle everywhere pedaling like the future was around the corner I have never seen anyone as conscientious and determined or as easy to get along with “You Rheta Grimsley Johnson can tell me the truth” she would say as she brought stories for me to critique And I did They were good So when I read in the sports pages about Karen and the rhubarb at Vanderbilt I was shocked You’d have thought the issue of female reporters in the dressing room would have been settled years ago And I couldn’t imagine Karen in the of a controversy mid- dle It happened at the football game “Before the game ended I told someone on the Vandy staff who I needed to talk to after the game Two players That’s the way I usually do it I stand outside or where they tell me to and they bring the people I’ve requested to me” Georgia-Vanderbi- lt Karen wanted to see wide receiver Boo Mitchell He is from Valdosta Ga and she was in effect representing his hometown newspaper “I waited and waited and nobody ever came And every time the door to the dressing room opened I could hear and see Boo Mitchell talking to a bunch of reporters He was real animated I leaned inside to try and get someone’s attention” That’s when Vandy athletic director Roy Kramer came over and told her to shoo that she had no business there Except Karen did have business She had stories to file just like the other reporters So she stuck her foot in the door Kramer started closing it “We don’t allow girls in the locker room” he said “I thought well if I make the big scene here I’ll get thrown out and won’t be able to file my story at all” She moved her foot Karen waited until the players were on their way to the bus and tried again But they were swamped by friends and family and the time for an adequate interview had passed She did the best she could considering You never know what to expect Karen said At some colleges every reporter waits outside equal treatment At most others somebody brings her the players she needs to talk to separate but equal At a recent game she held her notebook at a strategic eye level to keep from noticing Greg Bell didn’t have a stitch on Rams-Falco- ns “Are you some kind of voyeur?” a moss-bac- k caller asked on one of the radio talk shows she’s been on since the incident “Do your eyes wander?” “I’m not a voyeur I’m a reporter” Karen replied “And the only time my eyes wander is when I look around for the next player I need to interview” The newspaper got a letter Wednesday from the chancellor at Vandy apologizing for any “inconvenience or irritation” Karen Rosen my new sports hero Scripps Howard News Service What’s valuable From a 1938 Ogden Standard-Examine- r Editorial A Chicago man who has just made a tour of the southwest is back home now waiting for blindness to come upon him Seeing the southwest was his life’s ambition and now that he has realized it he is ready he says for the fate which specialists have told him will overtake him within a year’s time He knew what he wanted to do more than anything else and when it became clear to him suddenly how little time was remaining to do it in he found a way to get it done Nancy not hemmed in by dress flap WASHINGTON — Of course the dress designer Adolfo means it when he says it was “never in my mind to profit from my associ- ation with” Nancy Reagan He may have loaned the First Lady all sorts of gowns over the last eight years but you know dress designers It's just not in their nature to say to a customer “You know my dear it just did wonders for Nancy and I'm sure it will look even more divine on you" Perish the thought Beyond doubt whatever profit has accrued the way of Bill Blass Galanos Oscar de la Renta and the others whose creations have been loaned to Mrs Reagan — and advertised upon her person — has been scrupulously whisked off to United Way Designers are like that (Actually one such designer David Hayes did tell Time magazine that “She has been a sensation for my business” But Hayes it’s well known is a raving maniac positively addicted to forthrightness) Of course the First Lady meant it in February 1982 when she said that she had told her favorite dressmakers that she was no longer going to accept their wares as loans After all there was a big flap just then about all the dresses she had taken as loans in 1981 Why shouldn’t she have meant it? And why shouldn’t she have meant it just the other week when she told her press secretary Elaine Crispcn that she indeed had that word “attacks”: In umbrage-takin- g it is critical that you paint yourself as the innocent victim whatever the circumstances bought all the clothes she has worn since ear- whatever recent false stories you have put ly 1982? And why shouldn't Crispen now out Mumsie’s never wrong mean it when she says that Mrs Reagan has None of this matters of course The soarin fact been borrowing clothes ever since that ing George Bush campaign isn’t going to be date? brought low by Mrs Reagan’s borrowed This clearly is the way things get done in gowns Barbara Bush herself is not a tenth the clothes horse Mrs Reagan is No Soviet this White House You put out one story When that fails you put out another one spy was ever going to call the First Lady and When that fails you put out still another one say “Look Nancy we know you’re wearing a hot Galanos Get the Star Wars plans for us Occasionally you even get corralled into the or we'll splash your name across every cheap truth — occasionally that is Then you have tabloid in the country” Most important we don’t want it to matyour press secretary say somethng like “She set her own little rule and she broke her own ter Having put critical judgment on hold for eight years we have no intention of exercislittle rule I’m admitting for her that she basiing it now where the Reagans are concerned own were broke her Those cally promise” are what they arc: They borrow vacaCrispen’s words: No big deal a little rule They tions they are made gifts of retirement houshere a little broken promise there See the es: they profess piety and family in public affair for another example and in private give church and children a Oh yes one other thing you always do in good leaving alone They produce the Reagan the current White House When you are fi- “economic miracle" by borrowing Sl3 trilnally corralled when truth becomes at last lion and saddling our children with a crushunavoidable you always absolutely always ing debt and we all go right on wearing our take umbrage You have the president’s press smiley faces glad that he looks so well pressecretary Marlin Fitzwatcr tell Time report- idential glad she looks just divine in that ers “You guys are on shaky grounds" You sumptious Adolfo Truth told it just plain doesn't matter have him note that the president is “very upset about the attacks on the First Lady" Note Orlando Sentinel Howard Means Iran-Cont- ra |