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Show The Salt Lake Tribune UTAH Sunday, December26, 1999 IOC Publishes Its Top 20th-Century Olympians fet Goverament Rane Kids? There are 775 days until the 2002 Winter Olympics begin in OLYMPIC NOTES Salt LakeCity. Like everybody else, the IOC sports world. Americans fared well in the athlete rankings, occupying four of the five spots. But there are some noteworthy omissions: Jesse Owens, the spokesman told The Sydney Morning Herald. He expects school holidays MIKE GORRELL ); Muhammad Ali (USA — boxing) Carl Lewis (USA — track field); Michael Jordan (USA — spmakersellt and Mark Spitz (USA — swimming). The top sports administrators were: Baron Pierre de Coubertin (France renovator of modern little impact on ridership. The Olympic train-system schedule will be finalized in June to give Sydney-area commuters three months to get used to the tempo- rary system, Other notes from Australia: pseudo-parents are asking that government“do something.” consider a government commis- Vhorpe ‘and Babe Didrikson Zaha- eration (FIFA) president, 19741998); Primo Nebiolo (Italy — in- ff Joyner and Jackie federation (IAAF)president, 19811999); and Avery Brundage (USA 10C president, 1952-1972). Jonson; and boxer Sugar Ray Q ifeem Abdul Jabbar and Magic Leonard. Foreign athletes who missed he top-five cut included gymnast Nadia Comaneci; cross-country skier Bjorn Daehli; long-distance runners Abebe Bikila, Emil Zatopek and Paavo Nurmi; and Cuban »oxerTeofilo Stevenson. } Surprisingly, two legendary fthle tes in the minds of many middle-aged and older American elevision viewers, French skier Jean-Claude Killy and Soviet gymnast Olga Korbut, were not »ven listed among vote-getters. he winning athletes were: dson Arantes de Nascimento, better known as Pelé (Brazil — Packed Trains: The Olympic Roads and Transport Authority is expecting 31 million individual passenger trips on Sydney's rail system during the 2000 Summer Games (now just 264 days away). That swamps the current ridership numbersfor a 17-day period — 12.4 million passengertrips. Consequently, government transportation officials an- SOCOGpresident Michael Knight in hopesofattracting 200,000 people to contribute money to the Gameseffort. But with insufficient rewards for donations, only 50,000 orso pitched in. Thelatest Australian Bureau of Statistics’ projection reiterated that the 2000 Olympics “is likely to generate significant economicac- tivity that otherwise would not have taken place”and will have “a promotional effect” for the Australian and Sydney tourist industries. Q Mending Fences: A Vietnam Olympic Committee delegation visited the U.S. Olympic Commit- nounced last week that rail ser- tee headquarters and training vice on outlying lines will be reduced sharply, existing timetables will be suspended and somestations will be closed to free personnel for workin the Olympic hub. athletes previously trained in the complex in Colorado Springs ear- lier this month, Four Vietnamese U. S., and USOC president Bill Hybl madea trip to Vietnam. what the movie contains, these That is where Short comes in. Instead of suggesting to these ninnies that they be more diligent in selecting what movies that kids attend, he is contemplating the creation of a Utah ratings commission. Proof positive again that Utahnsareincapable of doing for themselves what everybody else in this country is capableof: acting as responsible adults making ers who publish information about the various film’s that are being shown. Weall know that “G”is safe for all viewers. No surprises midway through the flick. “PG” and beyond is where someof these people seem to forget what is meant by these desig- whether your children should see the movie. This mighttake little DELVON L, time and effort to research the movie. What Short and the like- hittitude who enjoys swimming tind going to the zoo. His dream is to have parents with a dog and a no. He attends weekly individual and group therapy that will minded are suggesting is that we replace “PG” with “GG,” Government Guidance. In effect, they are saying that they areincapable of doing their job and wantthe governmentto be the nanny whenit ed to continueafter placement. ho year-old who enjoys swimming and biking. He is responsible and relates well with others. Somefay, he hopes to become a teacher use of abuse in the birth e, Delvon and George have cu in foster care for three years. hey get along well with their ter parents and may take time ) adjust to a new family. Both hildren perform below gradelev- she will do the same with an adoptive family. Genail attends weekly individual therapy, which will need to continue, to work on behavior, where Genail canbe the youngest or only child will be considered. She has siblings with whom she will need to remain.in contact. Genail REUPHOLSTERY INCLUDES caareinitneli Rell: , Gl fi these two boys who would like t ed in a loving and stable Past physical, emotional and environmental neglect has Jordan Financial assistance is le for medical care and delays, but he is showing signifi- {grader is mentally chal- <d which makes it difficult for vlled in a day-treatment pro- 4 which will need to continue tinitely and has beenin foster since 1998 due to abuse and » gets along well with most 5 but has difficulty with her whohasa good sense of humor,is imagination andlikes things to be organized and clean. displaying some developmental cant progress. He knows his ABC's,colors and can countto 11. Jordan is sensitive to others, but can be somewhatguarded around strangers. Jordan is susceptible to upper- WILSON, It is time spent in responsible parenting. And most of us just don’t want to spend the time. We want someoneelse to doit for us, dust like we want someone else to take the responsibility for our children’s education, their discipline and their futures, But the fact remains thatif we want our children to be tag appropriately, we must be participants in that process. If we want them to learn appropriate behayior, we must teach them appropriate behavior and respect in the home.If we want them to succeed, we must work with them personally to pursue that success. It is the rare child who learns without parental guidance, who RESPONSE Tom, bite your tongue! Your suggestions may have been tongue-in-cheek, but ideas have a habit of resulting in the birth of regulatory agencies like the Food and Drug Administration. Years ago, a guy named Fromm wrote a booktitled, Escape From behaves appropriately without parental oversight, and who suc- ceeds without parental involvement. Solet’s all get off our duffs as weenter a new century and make serious resolutions to be more active, more involved, more partici: patory in our own lives and in the lives of our children. Let's set privileged lifestyles, the less we priorities that allow usto focus on importantissues. if we aren’t willing to dothat, maybe wecan get Rep. Short to set up a commissionto regulate who should be accorded the opportunity to be parents. Freedom — making choices — requires taking the responsibility to think for ourselvesandto accept BYU. Freedom. His premise was that some people in the world would rather have someone else — like government — makedecisions for them. It seems the more comfortable we becomeinouraffluent and wantto thinkfor ourselves. Laurie J. 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Butall that requires an effort. type of entertaininent goes into Financial assistance is available. |; lack of early formal education ‘ould be the cause of their strugles in school, All families will be considered nail is an affectionate, help- Ciao. rating. But, as you so appropriately indicate, there are innumer- makethe proper decision on what City, UT 84106 or call 412-0200. Neueeee Ua snd athletic 9-year-old girl who camping, horseback riding, ig and swimming. This properly sanitized for public consumption. too, am appalled by the pane. thatis passed of under a “PG-13" This approach should be taken to greater levels. If parents can’t Jordan JORDAN J. Jordanis a personable boyof 5 NAIL L. It is time that Short and company sion to screen all the newssoit is damages when we don'tlike the result of our abdication of responsibility. I, too,dislike the inadequacy ¢ comes to movies. Delvon (left) and George loss and grief issues. All twoparent or single-mother families s of his mother. newspapers,radio andtelevision. should be exposed to. Movie ratings areless than insightful when it comes to what any particular movie might contain, but there many film review- ents, this means that you should use your own judgmentin guiding Delvon is an enthusiastic and triendly 9-year-old with a positive Oneofthe biggest problems in decisionsfor their children about what kind of entertainment they nations. “PG” means Parental Guidance. ¥or those of you who are par- ee ORGE L. orge is a polite and helpful titude is for less governmentin- this area, in somepeople's minds, is the news we are exposed to in club was launched last year by i yner-Kersee; basketball players Rep. Ray Short, R(rated) Hol- laday, says he has been contacted terference in our everydaylives. nio Samaranch, (Spain — IOC ternational track and field minds are more dange1 than the rating mightindicate. Apparently unable to use their own judgments in determining president, 1980-); Joao Havelange (Brazil —internationalsoccerfed- re workshop, but idle pepialative (SOCOG) was sued last week by theories about Aryan su- fi Idle hands may be the devil's by someconstituents whoare up- Olympicsin 1894, IOC founder and acy; all-around athletes Jim Short’s idea is more insidious thatjust silly. We supposedly live in a conservative state, but the actions of somecitizens andlegislators indicate they would prefer a totalitarian state where all decisions are made for them by government. A true conservative at- set that movies are raunchier Sydney's organizing committee African-American sprinter whose president, 1896-1925); Juan Anto- get the proper nutrition. during the Games period to have one of two mencharged with selling unauthorized memberships to a special “Olympic Club.” The victories at the 1936 Summer Games in Berlin ridiculed Adolf to inform nts what certain foods to feed their hatchlings to riods,” a Transport Authority modern Games. ona for us, and then to pay us incapable of making the proper decisions on what their children seu eat and what type of they should wear. err set up a food commission crowding on trains for longer pe- roughly the whoie tenure of the ilso the top five administrators — 1 telling reflection on the organization's hierarchical view of the TOM BARBER! trains, particularly in the city underground.... There will be has published a list of the top Olympians of the 20th Century — The IOC magazine Olympic Review polled the world’s 200 National Olympic committees (NOCs) for the names of not just the century's topfive athletes, but “At certain times, train times may takea little longer simply because of the very large numbers of people that haveto alight and join the consequences ofour actions. Thatis aneffort; it is work. Andit seems we have become so narcis. sistic and lazy that we often want someoneelse to think for us, to This Classic Bowhback Barsteo BUY ONE Features: & GET | ONE FREE! * Full Race Swivel from all of us at Garden Terrace Alzheimer’s Center ofExcellence * Solid Hardwood * Counteror Bar Heights. * Choice of Colors ¥ WITH TWO SHEETS “MINIMUM PURCHASE REC.26 To DEC. 30 Only UNIVERSITY MALL ODTTONWOOO MALL 'Y FAIR MALL oO MALL MALL 224-1161 wraaay 908-1009 571-7980 847-0922 Leisure Living 2208 So. 900 E. In Sugar House 487-3289 10 wort 1201 €. 4500 So. 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