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Show 4 Tha Magna TimuAVwt Valley News, August 29, 2002 mm Editorial Letters to the Editor An open letter to Shaq Editor, a sandwich, chips and warm soda By GREG SCHULZ money to put on a event in die Magna is not just a to offer some on" frills "add way for the event It is how die event gets funded period. Without successful fundraisers, the local community event organizers cannot put on an event Now, there are many different ways we get asked for cash, but they can be divided into two groups. Group 1: The shameless plug for cash. These are the open solicitations we see everywhere for Raising - them to survive. The crazy part is dial we really aren't talking about a lot of money here. For example, if every man, woman and child in Magna were to have donated $1 dollar to the Magna 4th of July, die amount of money generated would have covered all of die operating expenses for the event in 2001. The reason for using the 4th of July as an example is since it's one of the oldest events of its kind in the State, and the oldest in Magna, it would be the most crippling one to lose because of a lack of fund- ly httpjVeli3.tripod.com. I must tell you that Shelton had weird nutritional ideas as does the Natural Hygiene Society today. They are vegetarians and only eat their food raw. Its just a little tag added by Big Brother to discourage fasting. Of course God knows we can eat meat That's why he made laws concerning clean and self-heali- Fasting (just drinking water) will get rid of your problem. Should anyone accuse me of practicing medicine without a license I should point out that this is not medicine. Doctors do not use fasting except in a few cases for weight loss. As Herbert Armstong once wrote in his autobiography, if more people fasted, doctors would starve. The man who knew most about fasting (I even heard Radio Moscow mention him during the cold w ar) was Herbert Shelton. He's dead but his book is alive, "Fasting Can Save Your Life." I have a copy and its the only one you need to read to get back to health. 1 have many others. I just spent $35 on Guest Writer won-drous- it Fundraising, or why dollars a year in this country alone and we're sicker than ever because we go to them and their god, thus breaking the First Commandment and being cursed for it So do yourself a very big favor Shaq. Read the book on fasting for health. If you have any questions I can give you answers free. Check my page on the web for my email address. He'll tell you, and it's so true, that doctors dont heal They treat effects but not the causes. They will scrape your bone spurs, but that won't stop them from coming back and as the article said, might not even relieve the pain. Just like they can cut out cancer but that doesn't stop it from growing back. King David once said how our bodies have been made. We don't know the half of it Our bodies are in most cases. God created that But most people do not use the physical way to heal - fasting, just as they dont use the spiritual way to head, a miracle because Jesus Christ was beaten beyond recognition so we could be healed. He paid the price. He designed the human body. Doctors have not had anything to do with that but you would think they have by the sums of money they collect - a trillion read in yesterday's LA Tunes that you were scared about the operation on your foot. You have every right to be after getting three different opinions from the doctors. Arguing doctors do make one anxious. 1 suggest you get the truth not an opinion. Don't go to alternative medicine. That's still medicine. You need to get tire truth outside of medicine because they don't have 1 unclean meat Harold Reimann Lucerne Valley, Calif. Letters Welcome Readers are encouraged to share opinions by sending letters to the Editor, Magna TimesWest Valley News, 8980 W. 2700 S. Magna, or 5 at Ut 84044, letters can also be sent via fax to 250-568- magwestxmission.com Help Wanted: Professional Volunteers? be honest earlier this year President Bush first his "volunteer" initiative, FreedomCorp; I drank the Kool-Ai- d as quickly as the next I'll ing. If you feel these events are important to you and the community, here's how you can help. Donate to the event Personally, I like to give cash direedy or provide an "in kind" donation to the events 1 support. Currendy, your local groups who are putting on the Magna This way 1 know that my donations are going "dollar for dollar" to the Community special events have been using the shameless plug with - - organizations and their events. local area businesses only. Most -- 1 Participate in event fundraisers. will be considering asking for citiThough I am not a real fan of zen donations later this year when fundraising events, 1 find most peothey start planning for 2003's ple find them to be more in their comfort zone. events. Attending a dinner or buying a Group 2: Reading, Writing, and Retail or Quid pro quo". raffle ticket offers a pleasant social This form of fundraising techoudet for those in attendance. If nique has been the preferred you find fundraising events to be choice of many of Magna's more appealing, go and have a Community events, as well as its great time meeting new friends, and schools and other organizations. contributing to your favorite events. Tell your friends about the Through this form of fundraisevents you support ing, for giving the organizers of the event your money, you receive Even though we tend to believe that everyone we know has already something in return. For example, if you went to the 4th of July dinbeen informed about everything ner in the park, a portion of the cost that's going on in our community, I for your dinner went to help fund have found the opposite tends to be the fireworks show. The raffle was the truth. the 4th of July Committee's way to Many of our neighbors end to convert the be so busy tending to their personal donations from local businesses (i.e. the hotel needs, they sometimes doni get the free into word about an upcoming event, or cash stays, products, etc) to help fund the 4th of July firean opportunity to help. Be sure to works show. keep diem informed about the It's easy to see why this form of events that interest you. They may be interested in helping as well. fundraising is so appealing you in Are you feeling like you have for return get something your donation. the time to spend helping stage a What does all this mean to you? community event? Tune in next Like 1 stud before, all of our time for "Being a Volunteer and Magna Community special events being Rodney Dangerfkld tend to need to have money donated to be one in the same." money. From the donation cans sitting at the registers of your favorite grocer, to the letter you get in die mail from your favorite chanty, the bottom line here is we need money! guy- Jason Wright Guest Writer BBBBBSMHEE8S3SSaHS3SESSES5E - . heart-tuggin- plot Start with the numbers. President Bush, who I agree with 95 percent of the time, has asked for almost $600,000,000 to feed his new "volunteer" baby for the next fiscal year. Count those zeros, folks. That's six hundred million of our taxpayer dollars for a Volunteer" program. Combine that number with funds already being spent annually on PeaceCorps, SeniorCorps, and the other Bad Idea Corps and it's nearly one billion dollars. This, in our current economy, with one of the highest tax burdens in history, and during a conservative administration? File that away in the category. You're asking, "Doesn't the government have a role to play?" Perhaps, but only at state and locals levels as supporters of programs, endorsers of good will, but not as 1? leaders. They can make it easier for us to volunteer, just as an employer might, but the Constitution does not guarantee federal funding of professional volunteer programs. Let me be clear. I am all over volunteering like a fly on my sisters secret meatloaf. I believe that there is nothing in this world that . brings more fulfillment and honest satisfaction than serving your fellow man. However, real volunteerism does not require a government program. Volunteerism from the heart should not require paperwork in triplicate and then three managers to process thought Amen! The President has hit a grand slam. We should volunteer. We should give 4,000 hours in our lifetime volunteering for a good cause. 1 got goose bumps just thinking about it. I was primed to contribute to what President Bush calls his, "accumulation of many acts of kindness." But that sef ms $o long ago. Further reflection and a peek tinder the rug of patriotism has changed my mind. This idea is as bad as "Rocky V", complete with a big g budget and predictable I "in-kin- F. it Take the case ' arrived from all over the country with strong backs and willing shoulders. Need I even mention the extraordinary effort put forth by real volunteers in the hours, days and weeks after Now, I understand that tire fine men and women serving in these various professional volunteer programs are But is it really volunteering when the government pays their way to and from their assignment? Or when they pick up the tab for their rent while also kicking in a allowance? Ts U 'reallyv6hihteMhjf when the government reduces or defers their student loans then asks taxpayers to pay each a $6,000 readjustment allowance? Why doesn't President Bush trust us? Why doesn't he believe that we will respond voluntarily when war, natural disaster, or the 76 year-ol- d neighbor's long grass comes calling? 1 think we will. And my hunch is that it won't take a billion dollars to get us there. So you want to volunteer? You want to make a difference? Give blood, pay the toll on the turnpike of the car behind you, spend an afternoon at a retirement home, weed someone's garden, clean a perfect stranger's gutters when they are not home. of missing Utah teen, Elizabeth Smart Some are calling it the most organized missing persons case in history. Thousands of real volunteers, most of whom have never even met the Smart family, have contributed tens of thousands of hours to her search. Local churches have chipped in and charitable family and missing ts children have lent resources. All this prepare to Uncle Sam's overwithout gasp non-profi- - sight Americans have a knack for stepping in when needed. History has shown that over and over again. When hurricanes hit South Florida, the vast majority of help came from real volunteers. When tornadoes ripped Oklahoma to shreds it was volunteers who well-meanin- g. . Then if they offer you money for your act of kindness, look them in the eye and say, "Sorry, 1 do not work for the federal government and I don't expect to be paid for my generosity. I'm a real volunteer," Jason F. Wright is the Vice President of Frontiers of Freedom, a public policy organization dedicated to protecting constitutional rights. non-profi- t, non-partis- an Long term consequences of Utahs drought temperatures blasting into triple and no measrange urable precipitation in sight, it is hard to imaging we have an iceberg to contend with. You may not realize it is there, but it sits shimmering in all its hidden glory smack dab in the middle of this desert we call Utah. Not since the early 50's has the state endured as long lasting period of time without measurable precipitation as it is now experiencing. May changes during the past 50 years have worked together to intensify the effects of the current dry period, effects that will most likely be felt for many years With Utah Agriculture Commissioner Cary Peterson remains optimistic. "Drought is nothing new to us," Peterson said. "We will share what resources we have, rethink how we do business and like those who have worked the land before us, look to tomorrow for g crop-savin- rains. Reloading may not be enough as the long-terproblems extend beyond agrarian needs. The dry spells of the 50's, while damaging, pale in comparison to the problems being met today. Environmental infighting has prevented the thinning of forests through logging and prescribed burns. Throw in development along the urban-interfawith the drought and you have d problem for the forests. Trees already stressed by unchecked growth are now drying out due to lack of water. The trees are no longer able to maintain their natural defenses against pests and become vulnerable to infestation. The dry trees, which have been attacked by these pests, now become kindling for any kind of fire. Again, this is still the tip of the iceberg. The grasses and shrubs, which cattle, sheep and wildlife use to graze on, arc virtually nonexistent Joel Frandsen m Utah State ForesterDirector multi-facete- 1 due to the drought What forage and browse the animals can find is mostly remnants of last years growth and is nothing more than fuel for potential fires. Ranchers are selling off their livestock in an effort to head off starvation. The wild animals that roam freely in the mountains and plains will be headed into a winter for what lies ahead. Many will starve to death, others will be forced into urban areas in search of food. Those issues still just mask the underlying and longterm problems. Bear and mountain lion will d areas wander into in search of food. The bear cub population this season is almost cer human-populate- tainly going to be lost Deer and elk herds have already calved but the young will be lost either to the sparse diet of their mothers or the lack of forage for themselves. We have all heard the water woes, but these still waters also run much deeper. Already hydroelectric power generation in the state has been cut in half due to low flows. Thirsty municipalities are seeing their wells dry up and are trying to tap into conservation pools necessary few the survival cf fish. As we sailing die Titanic unknowingly into this iceberg? We hope not Land and wildlife managers arc working tirelessly in an effort to limit the damage. Special hunts have been ordered too help thin the elk and deer herds ravaged by the drought The drily limit on fish has been increased in an attempt to fend off problems. Restrictions have been placed on the use of fire and fireworks. Emergency declarations have been made to help fanners and ranchers try to salvage their crops and livestock. Energy and water conservation efforts are lead items on television and newspapers. These efforts are the best bandage we can offer at this time. But what does the future hold for toe state? Can we allow the potential fire fuels to grow unchecked, leading to larger and more devastating fires, or can we manage the vegetation to achieve a more harmonious situation? Can we allow the wildland urban interface to continue its rapid growth without suffering the costs of additional fire suppression? Can we adequately meet toe water needs for cot only human consumption but also for wildlife and livestock? Utah is mostly a desert; planning and conservation efforts must not be mounted just in times of crisis, but all toe time. A few lifestyle changes and with proper management of cur natural resources, we can weather this storm and many others that may follow, allowing smooth sailing around hidden obstacles. |