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Show CLEARFIELD COURIER. July 3, 1979, Page 2 I remember was on the first Hans before One of the things a sudden he stopped talking of All ror rirsuTO f fresh f 3 :. i Ml"" of cures ,ha. Ink, h, him ngp, to hisUfc. And! rememte, You see. h.s younger his family. to back send to "Lot who were bom during the Second World War. had or Cher fnnt. never seen oranges or bananas some choices. I was so proud of You arc already making of weeks ago when you scored your firs, you just a couple soccer league That w as your choice to goal in the Alexandria instead ot Little League baseball. play soccer this season I was in a refugee camp i remember some children when t have choices like that didn who Vietnam a few years ago killed by the communists. The because their parents had been had were the simple children Vietnamese only toys these ot tin cans and other out themselves things they could make in here Virginia. things we throw away everyday means we can make big choices make to able Being w here we are decided and going Mommy choices too. Daddy where E.J.. don't of lot a you are places. to work. There work. Someone in the to arc where going decide you decides that for you. In Mime countries you don't someone else decides that decide where you are going to live; for you. You know we just had an election here in Virginia and I w worked pretty hard for some of the people w ho ere running. because 7', of the was only that unhappy know You also vote. Voting is important because it is one to bothered people more way that we can make a choice. We can choose whether we want people in government who will let us make more choices or who will take them it. But that's what it away. That is never the way they say comes dow n to. Because, you see. the more money they take choices they are making for away from us in taxes, the more for ourselves. And believe them us instead of letting us make I think Mommy and I know what is good for our family me, better than someone in the government docs. When you get older, you'll know more about some of the I was in Germany big choices that people have had to make. in 1961 when they put up the Berlin Wall. The reason they did that was to stop people from making the choice that they wanted to live in freedom instead of under oppression. Just four years ago. Mommy and I spent Independence Day talking to our Vietnamese friends who just left their home and were in a Hong Kong refugee camp. We were telling them about life in the United States and how we might help them to start a new life here in Virginia. They had to leave their parents, their cats and dogs and all their property behind, but they knew it was worth it w hen they made that big choice. There are a lot of people who think making choices is they think its just a case of buying a baseball game or easy a falling pole. But it isnt that easy. So on Independence Day. we should pray and thank the Lord for all the people who died to help make the United States the great place that it is to live in. And let us also remember that independence means that we have to make choices. Sometimes they are hard choices. But then again we all learn that anything that is worthwhile SL Gasoline storage dangerous A Provo family lfad a small gasoline can stored in the basement when a child removed the lid and spilled the gasoline. The child's mother took her upstairs to clean her off. When the mother returned to mop up the gasoline, the basement erupted in flames. The woman escaped serious injury though she lost her hair, eyelashes, and eyebrows. Soon after Provo City Firemen had put out a fire in a storage shed, gasoline running out of a plastic container which had melted in the blaze coals in the shed. Firemen had to fight the fire all over again because the homeowner had stored gasoline improperly and illegally. Luckily, no one was hurt. Gasoline in a residential area is just too risky even in small quantities, said Bob Bryson, Fire Inspector of the Provo City Fire Department. Gasoline is as dangerous a substance as you can find. There are just too many unknowns. You never can tell when it will ignite or what will set it off. Gasoline should never be stored inside the home or garage. If you must store it, place it outdoors in a shed or a place at least 50 feet from sources of ignition, of which there are many in the home water heaters, stoves, furnaces, even refrigerators and vacuum cleaners. It is against most city ordinances, including those of Salt Lake City and Provo, to store gasoline in plastic or glass containers. A permit is required if in excess of 10 gallons is stored outside a building or if more than six gallons is stored outside a place of residence. Farmers may receive benefits WASHINGTON, D.C. Sen. Orrin Hatch said Utah sugar beet farmers could receive some very important benefits from a bill recently passed in the Senate, especially if one of the additional energy pilot programs were in the state of Utah. The Senate has acted to increase funding for additional energy projects to test the feasibility of using agricultural commodities to make alcohol as fuel. The action was part of a Rural Development Authorization bill which passed the Senate by a voice vote. The bill was sent to the House of Representatives. The bill, S. 892, provides additional loan guarantees for pilot energy projects to study the production of industrial hydrocarbons and alcohols from agricultural commodities and forest products. The Commodity Credit Corporation is currently restricted to just four projects, but under the new bill they are allowed an unrestricted number of projects with total loan guarantees of $500 million, Hatch said. pilot "We have everything we need in Utah to make a significant contribution to the field of alternative fuel sources. We have many inter&ted, intelligent, hard working people who have the potential to make important new discoveries in this area, if given the chance, the Utahn said. "Sugar beets would be a good source of raw material from which to make alcohol for fuel," Hatch explained. It is my understanding that of all the possible raw materials to be used in making alcohol through the fermentation process, sugar beets are by far the most efficient from an energy input-outpstandpoint. "Several people have already approached me about the possibility of turning the Garland sugar refinery into a gasohol plant. To this point, the only roadblock seems to be the funding. This bill could provide the loan guarantees necessary, he said. It seems to me that this idea could have a very important dual nature. First, we would be putting some idle cropland into production and building the economy of the state. Second, we would be assisting in the solution of our energy problems, Hatch said. The law now requires that loan guarantees go only to projects in which the total energy content of the products and byproducts exceeds the total energy input from fossil fuels used during manufacture, and that the project must be economically viable to qualify for a loan. 1 In order to have a large gasoline storage tank in most cities, the tank must be inspected and a permit issued. However, permits are very rarely issued for tanks in residential areas. Homes are just not designed and built like gas stations to cope with gasoline problems, Inspector Bryson said. City codes require that furnaces and water heaters in gas stations be placed off the floor. This is necessary because gasoline fumes are heavier than air and sink to the position of ordinary home appliance pilot lights. Even if a private resident could get a permit for a tank, it is against most city ordinances for gasoline tankers or delivery trucks to drive through residential districts. Delivery routes are laid out by city ordinance and do not cross through residential areas. Avoid storing gas, said M. F. Henry, a Flammable Liquids Spacialist for the National Fire Protection Association in Boston, Mass. If storage is essential then J store it in a safety can. . Safety cans vent themselves during other containers do not. Containers sealable for water may not be sealable for gasoline since gas is much less dense than water, so be sure to use a safety can. Fill cans only about 75 per cent full Leave about 25 per cent empty to allow room for expansion of liquid and vapor during a temperature change, Mr. Henry cautioned. Tanks of 25 gallons and more also should have safety vents and be capable of allowing for the expansion of gasoline and vapor. The tank and fill stem should be securely mounted to the outside of the vehicle. The tanks should be fully accredited to meet Federal Impact Safety Regulations. Storing gasoline in your car is like playing Russian roulette with flammable liquids having the odds against you, said Investigator G.R. Mclff of the Salt LakeCity Fire , Department. If the car is sitting in the sun, it may reach a temperature high enough for toxic and volatile vapors to release into the interior of the car. One gallon of fully evaporated gasoline is nearly as powerful as a case of dynamite, Inspector Mclff said. A CB radio with a transmitter would be enwgh to ignite vapors. If you see someone storing gasoline improperly and hazardously, report it to the Fire Department. You usually will not have to file a complaint. The Fire Department will investigate and take appropriate measures while keeping the source of the complaint confidential. Should you have a gasoline fire on your property, do not put water on the flames. Small fires can be smothered out with fire extinguishers. Iarge fires should be reported to the Fire Department immediately, as should fires in large containers which could explode. The best thing to do is get out of the area and call the Fire Department. n; Dr. George R. Hill, Envirotech Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Utah, suggests that con- tainers storing gasoline should be placed inside other tainers in case a leak develops. con- By Edwin Feulner '' Note: This letter to Feulner s son ' 'E.J. was written for the July 4 issue of The Alexandria Gazette, Feulner s home town newspaper in Virginia. The Gazette is Americas oldest daily newspaper. "Dear E.J.: Independence is a big word, especially for someone in the third grade. I know in school you are already learning about the history of the United States and why we celebrate our independence. Independence does not just mean being free from foreigners telling us what to do. That is one of the things it means. But it means a lot more than that. One of the key things independence means is being able to choose. Choices are never easy to make . It was not easy for you to choose between an electronic buseball game and a new fish- ing pole. But it isnt just choices like these that make the United States a very special place. Its being able to make choices in bigger things. In our country, we can choose which school you and your little sister are going to go to, instead of someone else telling us which one you will attend. Choices make the United States special. And these choices are available not just in politics but in the everyday part of our lives. It is exciting that we can choose from a hundred different kinds of colors and makes of cars to buy. When I was in Russia a few years ago, just after you were bom, anyone who wanted a car had to pay for it first, and then wait for a long time to get it. Even then, there was only one kind he could get and they all looked the same. Remember last week when we had that special dessert and we had both strawberries and blueberries on our shortcake because Mommy could not choose which one we would like better? I remember when I was growing up we had a student from Austria living with us. I have told you about Courier Clarfield Courier Is published weekly at South 5386 1900 West. Mailing address Roy, Utah, Is P. O. Box 207 , Roy, Utah, 64067. Telephone 6 or Salt Lake Th 625-166- 359-261- 2. nows and photographs for tho Courier If gasoline could be stored safely, it cannot be stored any must bo in tho news office before 6 AM. Monday. longer than three months without a build-u- p of gums which Pictures may be included without charge either coat the tank and plug carburetor orifices, stopping the taken in our office or submitted by our readers. All engine, Dr. Hill said. Because of this build-u- p of gums, gasoline should not be left sitting in lawn mowers over the winter. merchants have reported an enormous run on Surplus Store in gasoline cans and tanks. The Army-Nav- y n downtown Salt Lake City sold 350 one and cans in n 10 days. The buyer has been unable to get cans because his supplier sends them all to California where they sell for twice the Utah price. Local two-gallo- five-gallo- Operation CARE underway for holiday weekend The Utah Highway Patrol would like to remind you of the upcoming Fourth of July holiday and Operation CARE (Combined Accident Reduction Effort). This program was very successful in the reduction of traffic fatalities in Utah over this past Memorial Day holiday. 1 isnt easy. (Feulner is President of The Heritage Foundation, Washington-basepublic policy research institution.) Census dated Questions on spending for the improvement and upkeep of residential properties will be asked of a sample of households in this area by U.S. Bureau of the Census interviewers between July 1979, Richard C. Burt, Director of the Bureaus Regional Office in Denver, announced today. The home improvement survey, conducted four times a year, yields; vafyabjf information pf broad interest to the public and private sectors. The households in this area are among approximately 5,000 throughout the United States included in the survey. Expenditures for the upkeep and improvement of residential properties in the United States for the fourth quarter of 1978 totaled $9.3 billion, or $40 billion at a seasonally adjusted annual rate. During 1978, the seasonally adjusted annual rate ranged from $32.8 to $40 billion. The law requires that personal information reported to the Bureau of the Census must be held in strictest confidence. Published reports show statistical totals only, and no information identifying individuals or households is released. 3, J. Howard Stable Owner-Publish- er M. Glen Adams Mis. Bonnie Stable Assistant Publisher Ad Mbnager 7 Editor Staff Keith Duncan IxiVora Wayment 825-619- Peggy Jo Adams Trade Adams Staff Staff 4 Denise Hammon SlinfOt News and Church corrospondont 825-947- GfceAT AonO-- OM RAlSfMG There is as much iron in the average man's body as in a three-inc- nail. h a d C Fish; noted, 'We always think that advice best that Vauvenargues situation.7' is least suited to our Wild excuses common me. (3CdgCs mi? - after auto accidents HO H0W7 PRICES GOOD THRU JULY 11, 1979 - 200-L-- k ASSORTED MEAT '34-fc- t. Asst. Stacks 14-f- t. At. iNtti jtNk aQ9 1 Sifts. Sneer 8wAr SOJbt. WMsCet Fryers S NUs Center Perk Steaks life, lanb Chaps t. lifts. Beef Ms s. cuscau Pure Perk Saeiet KNULDC Secea FIUI Great for Hamburgers , BEEF GROUND WITH BEEF HEARTS SUPER BURGER lifts. iG ASSORTED MEAT 100-L- B. es Asst. Steeki. lifts. Asst, leasts' IRJkft MWvv lyMAl wrg$r B WbehCvt Fryers Mbs. Caetar Cut tfte. lank Chaps .tftf. leef Mi Pm Sttaks - W ' ) UBS. OR MORE ALL ORDERS ARE WRAPPED FOR FREEZING I 90 DAYS - SAME AS CASH ON ORDERS OVER $100.00 ' WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO LIMIT ANY ITEM BASED ON SUPPLY. OPEN 9-- 7 P.M. CLOSED SUNDAYS CC01B m310544 OP QUALITY PERSONALIZED SERVICE ezsemsG iTjHfnasnt? WILD ACCIDENT EXCUSES Confused accident victims give some unusual and oftei humorous reasons for accidents when trying to summari exactly what happened in only a few words on accident oi insurance forms. Following is a list of zany excuses compiled from variou sources by the Automotive Information Council . An invisible car came out of nowhere, struck my car am vanished, said one confused motorist. Coming home, I drove into the wrong house and collide with a tree I dont have. I had been driving my car for 40 years when I fell asleei at the wheel and had an accident. I collided with a stationary truck coming the other way.1 I had been shopping for plants all day and was on my wa; home. As I reached an intersection a hedge sprang up, ob scuring my vision. I did not see the other car. I pulled away from the side of the road, glanced at m; mother-in-laand headed over the embankment. The telephone pole was approaching fast. I attempted t swerve out of its path when it struck my front end. I was thrown from my car as it left the road. I was late found in a ditch by some stray cows. The other car attempted to cut in front of me, so I, wit my right bumper, removed his left rear tail light. In an attempt to kill a fly, I drove into a telephone pole. I was on my way to the doctors with rearend trouble whe my universal joint gave way, causing me to have an a cident. The other car collided with mine without warning me ( its Intentions. A stop sign suddenly appeared where no atop sign ha ever appeared before. The indirect cause of this accident was a little guy In mall car with a big mouth. The pedestrian had no idea which direction to go, so I ra over him. I was driving through the field and hit a fire hydrant. An excuse wouldnt be neceesary, says the Automotiv Information Council, if all drivers would stay alert and driv with care and cautton. w XV 76 .', ' vt ' ' ,t jT Vi O J $ ' I V. V |