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Show SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 10, IBS 9 Opinion 4 Letters to the Editor What is your opinion? This newspaper welcomes 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. HOW CAN YOU SPOT A NEW MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL?... ..AN HOUR INTO THE MEETING, smoking. This went over very Kanab PTAs well. say thanks Thank you Kanab! THEY'RE STILL Your PTA's Dear Editor: The Kanab PTAs celebrated a Red Ribbon Week in the community and we would like to AWAKE People for the USA letter to the Kanab City Council thank the Kanab businesses for supporting a drug free community, and for allowing us to dress up your doors and windows in Red Ribbons & Bows. A special thanks to Stacey Grosz. She is the Kanab Middle School Health & Safety Commissioner. Stacey goes the extra mile for our students in the middle school. She gave a whole week oflunch time activities and some class activities with prizes and questions and speakers for educating our children about addiction. Stacey and the rest of the middle school PTA would like to thank Mr. Winchester (the man), and Mr. Johnson (the Dear Mayor Alvey and City Council members: As you are aware, the People for the USA have been involved in several local issues. We are a grassroots organization across all 50 states with over 25,000 members. Our local Color Country Chapter has 452 members. The People for the USA campaign supports local chapters that effect change within the system. Working together to ensure job security and strong community protection, we challenge overzeal-ou- s environmental proposals that put nature before human beings. We also fight against excessive for the their educating government regulations and for judge), students on the system and the intelligent reform oflaws that what happens to you if you impede our freedoms and choose addiction. threaten our American way of ellife. has the Wendy Vaughn Red school Our MISSION is to bring tosupport ementary Ribbon Week by letting the stu- gether people in support of dents dress up in red one day, strong communities, vigorous camouflage the next, backward economics, and healthy environshirt day and Friday they deco- ment. Our GOALS are to derated their socks with anti-dru- g velop a broad coalition of memor drug free slogans. bers and affiliates that are acschool The high student body tively committed: Red Ribbon week 1. To the multiple use of, and the supported on the fence with cups that access to, public lands for recreation and natural resource prospelled Live Drug Free. Another special thanks goes duction. to Shelly Benson from the South- 2. To the preservation of vital west Mental Health Depart- rural communities and natural ment. Shelly provided our resource industries. schools with drug free wrist 3. To balanced environmental ... -- secular history, men and ing with. There is a good possiwomen have lived and died for bility that the judge could rule theirour rights, freedom, and for a smaller area or different liberty. We enjoy today the fruits of the price that was paid by them. Our founding fathers are a great example of what the PFUSA represent. Many others before and since have given up time, prosperity, and some their very lives for what we enjoy. Think of those who have gone before us and the losses they were willing to suffer for themselves and family. Then consider the irony of the willingness of some to compromise away our God given rights in the name of prosperity and bands. Also, thank you to the protection and economic growth. economic development. It just Troopers who provided the 4. To the preservation of Con- doesnt ring true! breath intoxilyzer and goggles stitutional rights, including priLawsuits are being filed by at the middle school and high vate property rights, because Kane County, Garfield County, school assemblys. they are the foundation of Utah legislators, Mountain educaAmerican Freedom. The goggles gave an States Legal Foundation, and im5. To smaller, less intrusive the Utah Association of Countion to students on visual pairment while drinking alco- federal government and greater ties over the harm of the Monuhol. It was really interesting and reliance on state and local deci- ment designation to local resiour Judge, Gary Johnson, talked sion making. dents, counties, and the state. 6. To of the protection the sover- Kanab City signed and sent the about the end results that hapto chooses who a to eign authority of the United same protest to the monument person pen subStates in all international agree- plan that was compiled by Kane with involve themselves ments. stance of addiction. County and PFUSA. It seems 7. To to like also educational PTA would activities that we are playing both ends toThe thank Cheryl Brown and the promote a better understanding ward the middle when we say students in H.U.G.S. (Help Us of the importance of natural re- we are protesting and filing lawsource industries in our suits on one hand and holding . Give Service), for the assemblies ' in the elementary and middle economy. the other hand out for everyWe would like to share with thing we can get financially. schools. The students did a skit of Peer you our concerns about the up-- , We feel strongly that Kanab Refusal Skills and role played coming decision Kanab City will City should not be promoting with the audience. This gave the face in the rear future pertain- the monument headquarters in students a chance to use the ing to the City PlazaMonument any way. Lets wait until all skills in different settings, such Building. litigation is resolved and we ' w exactly what we are deal or alcohol and kno to Throughout religious as introduction land designation. The Monument could displace more jobs than it generates. Within the monument boundaries there are approximately 87 permitees in the livestock industry alone, not to mention the many other permit holders Southern UTAH NEWS AAA Deadlines AAA FRIDAY 1 PM See LETTERS, Page 5 , , . . The Southern Utah News (ISSN No. 0049-165is published every N. at Main 26 Utah St., Kanab, Wednesday 84741 . The SUNews serves Kane County, Utah, and the Arizona Strip. Address communications to 26 N. Main St., Kanab, Utah 84741 , or Fax telephone rates available upon request. Second Class Advertising postage paid at Kanab, Utah 84741. Newsstand price is 500 per copy. Yearly subscription rates to Kane County addresses and Fredonia and Moccasin, Arizona, $22; others $30 (out of U.S. $50). The SUNews reserves the right to edit or reject any advertisement or submitted items. 9) 435-644-290- 0, Dennis and Dixie Brunner Publishers and Editor Sharlotte Brewer Production Staff Michael Evangelista ProductionLayout Postmaster: Send change of address cards to-26- N. Main St., Kanab, UT 84741 435-644-292- Carol Sullivan Laurali Noteman Reporters Myrna Cox Valley News Lori S. Mohr Corrigan Fredonia News Barbara Pyles Feature Writer 6. J |