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Show UTAH p::s STATC ASuVClAYlUIl 467 FAST 300 SO. : -- LT LAKE CITY 10, UTAH CUU U Davis s--73 route Piesoti u Cumt BULK RATI S Postoge PAID Permit no 6 Layton jtafi WQdl ( NUMBER FIFTY TWO coy VOLUME EIGHTY Hk Well KMumeA Oven? Wednesday 10 April 1985 LIGHTER SIDE humorous look at serious topics A Wrapping Ravioli in junk mail ads His job, to water the desert rose NEW WEBER WATER MANAGER TOM BUSSELBERG staff reporter - LAYTON Somehow, it s not hard to imagine the incoming manager of Weber Basin Water Conservancy District w ith du t betw een his fingernails and mud on tus boots. ITS NOT that West Kavsville native Ivan W Hint isnt appropn-ate- l dressed for his new i ole He di ess shut tie has the and sports coat hanging nearby And he carries years of experience s as a manager over multi-stal- e CYCLOPS Guest Writer This column is about the mail. It's also about newspapers. As a result, its also about freedom. Unlike many people, I don't complain about my mail for 22 service. Sure, the cost of a letter has increased--bu- t cents it is still a bargain to have a letter cross a few thousand miles of open country and end up in the correct mailbox. (The Utah Jazz often have a difficult time dropping a basketball into a solitary hoop only 10 feet away. Compared to that performance, the mail carrier works miracles!) No, the only gripe I have with the mail is the mail itself. If youre like me, you never receive a letter from the President... or your grandmother. ..or even an old friend. Instead, you receive advertising circulars about pickles and rocking chairs and "going out of business sales. (If a store had a decent price in the first place, I figure they wouldnt be going out of business. So why should I patronize them now?) And its getting worse. At least the grocery store circulars are and they came in handy to place over my head in a rainstorm or shoo an offending dog. But now several companies are clogging my mailbox with small, slips of paper somewhat larger than a postI age stamp. suppose its a cheap way to advertise the product--bu- t its also a great way to cheapen the products image. These advertisements werent so offensive when they appeared in newspapers. The prestige firms still advertise there. (When was the last time a bank or a Cadillac dealer offered you a dollar off on a piece of paper one grade up from bathroom tissue?) Newspaper advertising had its advantages. If I didnt like an offensive ad, I would simply turn the page; now, when I receive an offensive ad in the mail, I have to walk 20 feet and physically deposit It in my trash can. full-siz- pio-ject- involving dozens of ever-precio- e, THE FACT that Newspapers have advantage But newspaper advertising also had another advantage--i- t supported that newspaper. If I enjoyed reading the newspaper-- or even if I enjoyed hating that newspaper- -I always remembered that the newspaper would not be there without those advertisers. Without the newspaper I wouldnt know what Dear Abby says about babies who smoke. ..or that my city councilman said something that some paunchy drunk bowled a 660 series. However, I also wouldnt know about government and taxes and safety. I might know a little less about citizenship and dignity and fair play. Without the newspaper "watchdog, I might have a little less freedom. And that means less freedom for all of us. If this sounds preachy, it is. But its also important. More and more newspapers are now folding. The problem is not that people cannot read-t- he culprit is the pickle I like ads crammed into my mailbox. 1 like pickles--bu- t more. even newspapers I fight in my own way. I dont shop grocery stores which clutter my mailbox. ..Ditto with all the restaurants and furniture stores and tire dealers and tanning salons and chiropractors who dont support the newspaper. You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours; you support my right to know and I'll support your store. But in the meantime, I don't care if your ravioli is cheaper. I like to shop at a class place. And it's hard to read your advertisement when its at the bottom of my trash can covered with orange rinds and bacon grease. And if you think Im alone in my thinking, stop by my neighborhood. Look in my neighbors trash can, loo! stupi-d...- - , i i . . -- ' t , ; "It Bum Plant Gains Steam TOM BUSSELBERG staff reporter FARMINGTON - By the time 10 AO had rolled was pretty tired. THE COUNTY planning commission's public hearing to determine whether a conditional use permit should be allowed for construction of a refuse recovery or "burn plant lasted more than five hours. It started with a county commission chambers, of perhaps 100, and many of those people stuck it out to the bitter end. The bitter end, at least possibly in the view of those opposing the plant, or most in the room, came at about 10:40 p.m. as the planning commission voted 0 supporting the conditional use permit. Member Tom Jacobs abstained from discussion and voting because the firm he works for could be doing work for the plant. around, Thursday night, everyone better-than-packe- ; SK . $ni u JP7 -- 6: uc t ft r , 1 ,s Hanson, health board chairman. Ninety items were entered as exhibits in the hearing conducted by Dr. Dean Penrod, planning commission chairman, with County Attorney Loren Martin carefully entering each new piece of evidence as another exhibit in the mound of material alleging to support or discredit the project. DESPITE the conditional use permit approval and claims by Mayor Robert Palmquist, chairman of the county solid waste board that construction could start in May, a lawsuit brought by nearby landowners of the unincorporated area adjoining northeast Layton could hold things up. news editor BOUNTIFUL The city council delayed until tonight (Wednesday) a vote to suspend the Class A beer license from two Bountiful stores and to withdraw the license issued in error to a third convenience store. ALL OF the proposed actions ... things, he admitted to w oi king w ith "hundreds of conductors" woik-mwith millions of dollars of matenals" and emphasized it was g see MANAGER next pg near-court-ty- see BURN PLANT pg 4 Takes Action Against Beer , - 5 rs v , GARY R. BLODGETT mane d DIVIDED into two sections, the first IVi hours went for explanations behind reasons for the plant as well as endorsements coming from the "big boys such as Dr. Harold Miller, president, and a grist of consultants to Harold Katy-Seghe- tracts. That entailed everything s from moving hundreds of of potatoes during the Vietnam War to some of the most sophisticated weapons systems. Although Mr. Hint appealed almost reluctant to talk of such big train-load- Opposition sure to come performance. to totter In a par- - he that Davis County has water, not too much, not too little. or LETTERS Vtewmont Hfeh School has become the first high award academic tetters"to ichool m Flint sees Weber Basin Water manager Ivan 5-- ACA92MIC t4 Hints Mi totally responsible for six reservoirs, from the popular recreational spot at Pinevcw to the U illard lo Great Salt Lake-teste- d East Canyon, doesn t seem lo weigh on him Mavbe it's tiom more than 20 years training in lobs that saw him managing contiacK over a four-stat- e aiea that even included overseeing construction of a hospital for relocation in South Vietnam He brings to this job not only previous time at Weber Basin, but 15 years as a civilian Air Foice employee, most of that w ith the Western Contract Management Region in Salt Lake City. That meant ovei seeing management of contracts not only in Utah but Wyoming. Montana and Idaho ANOTHER six vears saw him managing the Ogden and Salt Lake offices of Defense Contract Administration Service Region, admi nistering several hunched Aimy. Navy, Air Foice and NASA consoon-to-b- e d hastily-printe- em- ployees and many millions of dollars m pioiects. But faiming--th- e land, and that water that mus! tui n patched earth to roses-- is quickly evident in talking wuh this tail, wiry man who officiallv takes the helm of a water district that serves 300,000 from Ogden to North Salt Lake come July concern Triangle Oil Stations located in Bountiful. The license issued in error by the city was for a pioposed convenience store owned by Triangle Oil planned at 390 North 500 West. Police Chief Larry Higgins re- commended denial of the new license issued in error because of past performances of the two other stores. HE TOI.I) the council that police decoys weic used to purchase beer at the other two stores on nine occasions in recent months. "At one store a decoy was used five times and in each case beer was sold to the minor." said Chief see LICENSE next pg. WEBER WATER TURNON APRIL 15 Weber servancy filling Basin Water ConDistrict will begin and charging Its main lines next Monday (April 15) In preparation for the coming Irrigation season. Ivan W. Flint, district assistant manager, said the April 15 turnon date for the district be the date water w"i be put Into the lines. will Homeowners, however, will not receive water until later In the week. "As a precaution against minor flooding, homeowners are urged to the main line to their properly or shut off all valves and taps to Individual sprinkling systems," said Mr. turn oft Flint, v , |