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Show Tuesday, January 1, 1991 Sun Advocate, Price, Utah 9 A (Guest column Happy new you! By JOSEPH WALKER Guest columnist I hate New Years Eve. I really do. And not just because its sort of a scary holiday, with the primary tradition for many revelers focusing on the heartily spiked punch bowl. (You think Halloween is frightening? Try driving along e a lonely highway New Years early morning wondering whether or not the person operating the truck hurtling toward you was the designated driver.) two-lan- No, the thing that really bugs me about New Years Eve is me. Or at least, the things that Ive done during the past year. I cant help it. Every New Years Eve, my conscience thinks it has to do one of those Year in Review numbers on me, flashing back to the highlights and lowlights ofthe previous 12 months. And for some reason, it always seems to play like a sports blooper reel. Lets go to the video tape: Heres Joe resolving to give more of himself to his children in 1990 and then, just hours later, getting after them for interrupting his enjoyment of the Rose Bowl." Here he is on the bus, pretending to be so absorbed in that magazine article that he doesnt notice the tired young mother who could really use some help wrestling three active children and a grocery bag. Here he is ignoring the lonely boy from up the street as the child silently stands on the sidewalk watching him An ear and women and their families. And here he is making excuse for not donating an up blood. Or buying light bulbs from the handicapped. Or taking his turn serving in the soup kitchen. Or giving a couple of quarters to the man on the street asking for spare change. You get the picture? New Years Eve is to me what Christmas Eve was to Scrooge long and humbling, filled with memories of broken promises, shattered dreams and unfulfilled potential. Ebe-neez- er Ecology agement and other groups having interests in the public lands. There is a trend toward clean it up. There is little chance of success for all the thousands of North Americans now protesting or advocating some project to save or improve mans environin': nt while under the dictates of this price system. If we dont have the money to keep teachers from striking and to repair the potholes in the nations streets and highways, how are we to come by the trillions necessary to bribe I Hope. There are a number of things Ill be hoping for this New Years Day: a peaceful 1991 for one thing, and maybe a more equitable distribution of prosperity worldwide. But lets be honest there isnt a lot that one individual acting independently can actually do about such things. I can hope but unless I from Saddam a little help get and Bush Hussein, George about a million other world leaders and opinion shapers, its just not going to happen. But here are somethings that I can do something about in 1991. 1 can do less lecturing and more listening with my children. I can perform an anonymous act of service each week. I can consume a little less of the earths natural resources each day and do a better job of recycling what I do use. I can write encouraging letters to effective public servants and to film and television producers who create worthwhile entertainment. I and can be less more understanding, less demanding and more tolerant, less judgmental and more compassionate. for world peace, self-absorb- None ofwhich is going to set this planet on its ear this year. But thats OK because the fact is, Im not going to change the entire world all by myself. No matter how kind and gentle I am, harshness and cruelty will, unfortunately, continue to exist somewhere. Still, I can make my little piece of the planet a better place on which to live. Thats about all any of us can do. But if enough of us arc out there trying to do the best we can do and if were looking out for each other and for our children and for our childrens children the world becomes less intimidating because we know were not alone. Weve got friends. Weve got family. And maybe weve even got some New Years Eve memories to savor not regret. Courtesy LDS Features call for alternative management making life miserable for ranchers dependent on public lands for grazing. Letters To The Editor Editor: We know we must clean up the environment to live, but the impact a clean-u- p of the environment will have on the economy is not the point The point we should understand is what impact the present type of economy has had on fouling up the environment in the first place and its inability to Which is probably why I Years Day so much. Each year, it seems to me that Jan. 1 dawns brighter than any other day of the year. Maybe its because Dec. 31 is such a downer. Or maybe its just because Jan. 1 is what it is: a clean slate, a fresh piece of paper, a blank canvas, an empty room pick your favorite metaphor. New Years Day is a new beginning, a chance to make a fresh start. If Dec. 31 is Regret, Jan. 1 is love New to the door A A serious battle is brewing between the ranching industry, the Bureau of Land Man play catch with his son. Here he is worrying more about the impact of the Middle East crisis on the price hell pay for gasoline than the very real price being paid by thousands of military men the greedy to stop fouling up the earths ecological processes? Technocracy has repeatedly pointed out for some years that only a complete redesign of the social and economic operations of this continent can solve the many ecological and social problems which have been developing for the past 200 years. A. A recent proposal in Congress to increase grazing fees was narrowly defeated. The four-fol- d increase has been introduced annually for the last several years and appears to be drawing increased support each year. A last minute effort by the ranching lobby narrowly defeated this years proposal. Actions taken by the BLM seem to indicate increased aggressiveness in its dealings with local ranchers. Decisions are being made which seem to be capricious and arbitrary. 1 n a recent hearing before an administrative law judge, one BLM official admitted that a decision requiring car tagging was the agencys only alternative no other alternatives were explored. He also admitted he didnt realize how dangerous and difficult the procedure can be. There arc many problems involved in managing our public lands. In some cases, politics are giving grazing management a bad name. That has surely been the case locally. On the other hand, pristine, untouched areas on public lands are becoming harder to find. 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