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Show .'Vi' S SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS WEDNESDAY AUGUST 7, 2002 Opinion Letters to the Editor What is your opinion? This newspaper weicomes opinions from its readers concerning any subject. Anything of a libelous nature or defamation of character will not be considered for publication. Please limit your letters to 300 words or less. We reserve the right to edit for clarity or length. Letters must be signed and include your full name, address and telephone number. Limited to one letter per person per month. Thank you Little League volunteers Dear Editor: I would like to say thank you to all who chipped in to help y with Little League this to Stacy and MerThanks year. lin in Valley, and Marcus B. and Shayleen in Fredonia for doing Tri-Cit- a great job. Harriett and Dilworth put in extra hours running the concession stand and the Bartons kept the sponsors banners organized. I appreciate Shirley helping with registration and Kevin organizing the equipment. My gratitude really goes to those who coached! Coaching is a hard, job that usually gets you criticized instead ofthanked. So thank you to all the coaches (and their wives), whether you did it willingly, or after getting your arm twisted! I hope all the kids had fun and learned how to be good sports, thats why the program is worth all the work. time-consumi- - ng ' Sincerely, Rinda Alldredge Shame on you, grave robber Dear Editor: This is to the person that took the harp wind chimes frcfm my daughters grave. I hope you are proud ofyourself in stealing from someone deceased. If it was a youngster, I hope the parents will ask where it came from. Yvonne Atherley JBT wanna be ; . Dear Editor: . This letter is response to the front page article of the July 24 issue of the SUN, Council-woma- n Sullivan receives questionable recognition. Gee, you think youve heard it all and then this happens. How come Carol Sullivan gets all the fun? I mean how do you get appointed to this select group of Jackbooted Thug of the Month recipients, Ill call them JBTs for short. . .not to be confused with the BLTs which appear in fast food restaurants everywhere. I figure if I got in with the JBTs, I would be in very good company... I respect Carol Sullivan - so anything she is elected to on her merits has got to be worth belonging to. Lets see, from careful reading of the article, it looks like Carol got elected because she was studious, thoughtful, generous, respectful, dedicated.. .and because she took Mr. Senecal seriously. Her thoughts were not well receivedbyMr. Senecal, but then he didnt seem to be looking for anything but a fight. On the other hand, I found Carols treatise thought provoking and informative. She has put a lot of thought into our history and the Constitution and has developed insights worth sharing. Well done Carol. Well done. I am glad that you taught in our schools and that you continue to share your insights with us now. Sincerely, Lee Anderson (a JBT wanna be) Kanab, Utah Young Women rule Dear Editor: We V heaven for the faithful soldier. If this treacherous attack does not outrage the people of this community, they should not be surprised to wake up one morning to find that Kane County and the City of Kanab have pact and signed a or have invaded Poland, worse, built a power generating plant on the Sevier River for the Long Valley Irrigation Company. A fleeting thought, did we just hear the first shot fired in the next election campaign? Is this just a loose cannon? A conspiracy? A brilliant campaign strategy? The only test available to us at this time is the non-aggressi- on Smell Test. Judging from Kanab politics of the last three years, confirmation will soon follow. Because this disgusting episode was spawned in a City Council meeting, (while the Chair must have been napping), I call upon the Council to initiate and pass a resolution condemning this abhorrent behavior and in support of Council-woma- n Carol Sullivan. Bob Thompson Kanab, Utah appreciate the photo- graphs of the recent 24th of July Parade and thank those who took Pandya rebuttal them. However, the caption on one of the pictures needs to be Dear Editor: corrected. This is in response to the two The Sean, and LaVonna correspondents who opined in Crosby family float Remembers the July 24th and the July 31st their Heritage, was actually the editions of the SUN. Kanab 2nd Ward Young Women A Mr. Payne rambles on in a float. It was built and decorated rather disrespectful manner reby the Young Women, and, fusing to address me properly granted, three of the Crosby and presenting a schizophrenic daughters were riding on that rendition full of personal hatred float, but so were eight other and explaining finances as only young women. We really need he can fathom. to give the Young Women of He seems to think I have an Kanab 2nd Ward credit where agenda. Of course I do, as I excredit is due. plained in the articles. I am a Kanab 2nd Ward Young taxpayer, too. He can no longer Women Presidency and question my motives by crying Advisors conflict of interest like he used Tad Whitaker to when I was on the board. I MarielBudd would be happy to simplify my ShaunaCox agenda for him to understand . Georgia Baca but I am at a loss as to what Harriett Perkins grade level I should write at to make any sense to him. If he me as a Cynical Senecal or insists on discussing person, it is his prerogative. Fanatical Bob? Bankrupt minds discuss personDear Editor: alities and not issues. As Bob Senecal swings slowly Mr. Atherley, lets get some in the breeze, and all of his com- facts straight. You did not have rades in arms from the organi- to foresee Kaibab Industries zations he doesnt belong to shutting down, it already was make their phone calls to all the shut down BEFORE the new appropriate people denying any hospital was opened. In fact you, connection to him, we read his as the boss at Kaibab, knew two pathetic letter of explanation in years before what was coming the SUN . since you were down one shift at It is truly heroic of Bob to take the time. full responsibility for the attack Secondly, you say that the on Councilwoman Sullivan,. growth did not occur as anticithen, say it was all misunder- pated. Simply not true. In 1994, standings and miscommunica-tion- tax revenue for the hospital was It wont wash Bob! You $ 653,827.70 and for the next six will have to be content with the years it grew steadily to sly wink and a nod from your $1,055,969.95. That is an 85 friends because it wont happen growth by any measure. in public. But hey! Maybe there Thirdly, two physicians left in 72 virgins waiting in April and one last week. You really are s. mean to say that their revenues declined so dramatically for the last six months? In fact, since an average bill is not fully recovered between 15 to 45 days from the insurance company, you should expect a further drop just about now. Incidentally, a mission statement on a wall does not assure success, one has to act on it.Yes, Mr. Atherley, I know what it says, I helped write it if you remember, or maybe you dont. The question is really not that all has been wrong or right. How did we get where we are despite huge taxpayer support, instead of where we said we would be. Keep your dander up if you want what I said but please will and say again. The board must take the leadership and as their chairman since its inception you, Sir, is where the buck stops. .And yes, Mr. Payne, despite your memory loss, we indeed implied 10 years ago that this would be a one time tax. re-re- ad the tourists to help Kanab pros- per. Its time for the City of Kanab to do away with the road blocks and red tape and help get this project going. Like Mr. Barnes said, Enough is Enough! Connie L. Sanford Rialto, CA Compliments. Dear Editor: arI enjoyed the ticle on Kortney Stirland. He is a special blessing to our community in many ways, particularly in the music of all kinds that he has contributed and influenced. I know from limited experience the planning, time and energy it takes to do what he has done and is doing for us. Thanks again, long-overd- ue Kortney! I would like to correct some- thing from that article. It was Julie Judd Roberts, not Julie Judd Johnson, that was Marian the Librarian in the Music Man production. Of course, were that Harold Hill was Dr. Avnish Pandya proud by our son, Jerry Lynch, Kanab played and that our son Rick was in the quartet. Enough is Enough! barbershop A huge thanks to all the wonderful musicians, actors, acDear Editor: I can certainly understand tresses and technicians that take Bud Barnes (Guest Editorial part in local talent shows and 7302) frustration with the pow- productions-mos- t recently ers that be in the City of Kanab. Teddy and Alice. We truly are Mr. Barnes came to the city of blessed with special talent in Kanab with a plan to build a this and surrounding communiresort where people from all over ties. the world could come and expeBetty Lynch rience the Old West. They could Kanab be taken to the National Parks, stay in a Teepee, listen to tales from the Cowboys, Indians and Forgot to thank two businesses Mountain Men, listen to the -- music and go home knowing that they had seen and experienced the American West. What a wonderful idea! Yes, it is a wonderful idea and you would think that a reasonable mayor and city council of a town that depends on the tourists, would sfee that and do everything they possibly could to get Mr. Barnes idea off the drawing board and into actuality with a minimum of delays. However, it seems that the Mayor, the City Council, I dont know who inspectors or why, but whoever they are, it seems that they have all gone out of their way to stonewall a project that would provide jobs, and a good tax base to help fund a lot of needed improvements for the city. Dear Editor: Two charitable businesses failed to be mentioned for their donations to the food concessions for the 24th of July. They are The Junction and White Mountain Trading Post. They, too, are greatly appreciated. 24th of July Committee Fire season has many heroes Dear Editor: Sometimes, the best news never makes the headlines. That was the case near Casper, Wyoming, in late June, when a fire dispatcher heard a weather warning from a local National Weather Service Office. The warning was blunt: A front was Kanab is a beautiful little town bearing down on a fire that was and I plan to live there in about part of the Daley Complex, with a year, but like all towns just to wind gusts anticipated at 50 r. stay even, it needs money. It Wildland firefighters everyneeds money to continue with its ongoing beautification where are perhaps wary ofwind project; it needs to upgrade or more than any other weather build a new swimming pool and element. Charged with a wind-drive- n burst of oxygen, a tame new parks; taxes would help fund fire can burst into an inferno in the hospital; and Ive also read a lot about the young people want- a matter of minutes. Wind and ing a skate board park. Bud Barnes dream would bring in See OPINION, Page 8 miles-per-hou- |