Show UTAH Sunday July The Salt Lake Tribune ' I ' I t BUD V k' 'hi -- i SCRUGGS ly t tk hmnimization Requirement Embroils U Schools in Religious-Right- s Battle Being the pioneer in my family I was the first to venture out of the homestead of the Santa Clara Valley into new territory relocating for a new job - PI 74 - I the drawbridge but as Utahns we will struggle long and hard before turning over our welcome mat This will pose special challenges for those of us concerned about the environment and the quality of life that we see changing before our eyes We will need to be pioneers too We will need to pioneer new Happy Pioneer Day! I love the Utah tradition of observing certain celebrations on Monday instead of the Sunday on which they sometimes fall Partly because it annoys people I like to see annoyed but mostly because it allows for a nice division of the secular and religious components that make up most of our observances That is after all the reason we use the word holiday People of all religious and irreligious persuasions ought to take a few minutes today — 24 hours away from the crowds and commotion of parades and fireworks — to be contemplative of and grateful for their pioneer heritage It matters not if your bloodline does not tap into Brigham Young or one of the other members of the original handcart company We all have a pioneer story to tell Every social institution in Utah — from the LDS Church to the Twilight Lounge — exists today because of pioneers — regardless of whether they showed up thousands of years ago 147 years ago 47 years ago or just 47 days ago Utah is fortunate for the most part to play host to a steady flow of new arrivals with different cultures beliefs and backgrounds — each a pioneer in his or her own methods of accommodating growth without destroying the attributes that make Utah an attractive place to relocate We will need to pioneer new ways of engendering respect for people with a variety of values without becoming valueless And we will need to pioneer new approaches to teach toleration — for the majority and the minority — without losing the ability to say to those who misbehave "I'm sorry we just don't do that here" One of the special characteristics I hope we retain is how well we know our neighbors Now I understand that -- some overzealous missionaries lose interest in people down the block once they see that conversion is unlikely but I've lived many years outside of Utah and there is no place on Earth — neighborhood for neighborhood — which makes more of an effort to be friendly for friendship's sake For people of good will this is still the place And while a sense of humor comes in handy in making the adjustment to the land of stake centers and ward houses our sense of community more than makes up for the occasional awkward moment No there is no "Days of '47" blood coursing through my veins But my heart still beats a little faster when I think I might be part of building a place where our future is as much worth celebrating as our past way Surely the inflow of gangs drugs and other social woes makes us wish we could check the arriving baggage a little more carefully But even with the attendant growth and diversification problems we would not want to filter much Utah is peculiar that way We may not have Ellis Island or the Perpetual Immigration Fund anymore but we do have loads of zucchini corning on the vine just waiting to be left on the porch of newcomers before they can even return the rental truck Founded as a gathering place and heralded as a crossroads welcoming strangers is not only our tradition it's our destiny Mormons see the arrival of thousands of every nationality and creed as a fulfillment of prophecy while welcome the increase for diversity's sake Surrounding states will continue to draft strategies to pull up Bud Scruggs teaches political science at Brigham Young My handcart was a 1970 Chevrolet Monte Carlo Arriving in Salt Lake as the advance party to my family on July 1 1971 I was surprised to discover the Fourth of July was not a big deal It is but a prelude to the 24th of July of which I had no knowledge I soon found out about the Days d past that nt It wasn't so long ago that the ERA movement wanted to participate in the parade and was shunned A comical flap was created when the Budweiser Clydesdales and the world famous Budweiser beer wagon was banned from the parade Utah is becoming more diverse and culturally enriched every year with various cultural celebrations like the Italian Day at Lagoon the Greek Festival Swiss Days and so on As Bud so aptly notes the genuine friendliness of the people here has a definite effect on those of us who came here not knowing what to expect Although there are those who still try to hold onto a "love it or leave it" attitude it is diminishing The simple fact that Flip Harmon and his committee are embracing the Olympic theme of "The World is Welcome Here" is a giant leap in that direction Let's hope this year's Pioneer Day celebration marks a great stride in that direction so people coming here to live whether by choice or like me by professional circumstance are made to feel that they have as much right to live love and prosper here as anyone who can lay pioneer claim to handcarts down Emigration Canall-stat- e an 0 to 111MONIMMEBINI IIIIMEINCIMEI My introduction to Utah tradition goes back 23 years THE ASSOCIATED pearance to show their support of services to prevent child abuse Child abuse has been a special interest of the Malone& "We as parents live for our children and want to see them Chilbe healthy and strong dren are helpless and innocent They don't deserve cruelty Nor do they deserve to be emotionally crippled for the rest of their lives' Alicia Malone Utah Gov Michael Leavitt and his wife Jackie along with Philadelphia 76ers basketball star Jeff Malone and his wife Alicia flipped some flapjacks for the annual Pancake Breakfast on Saturday morning in Bountiful Part of the Annual Handcart Days Celebration in Bountiful the breakfast drew hundreds of residents The couples made the ap - Tom Barberi is host of KALI- AM's "Voice of Reason" show 6 to 10 am weekdays THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Utah Air National Guard has identified a guardsman killed in a fall in Colorado as Master Sgt Clair L Syndergaard of Grantsville Syndergaard a member of the 130th Engineering Installation Squadron Salt Lake was installing a computer network at Buckley Air National Guard Base in Auroro Colo He fell from a 60- foot tower ld 9 A days Unimmunized people are excluded from school for two reasons said Craig Nichols state 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and agricultural economics at Kansas State University He worked for Producers Serving Provo to Ogden WANTED: PEOPLE WITH SERIOUS ECZEMA ON NEEDED FOR A ft THE PALMS OF BOTH HANDS NEW STUDY TESTING A NEW TOPICAL STUDY WITH MEDICATION THIS IS A VISITS EVERY WEEK YOU NEED: ! 4M:di ri R ' 1 Joseph Jacob Dies Tit °MUFTI UPHOLSTER & mim And Cattleman "Those individuals and families perhaps in greatest need of early intervention and help are the least likely to avail themselves of help when it's offered even free" he said Terragno estimates that 98 percent of the batterers who receive treatment do so because of court orders It is rare for someone to ask for help on his own It is also hard for the victim to seek help possibly because of a combination of stigma and fear of consequences Three Utah companies have agreed to sponsor the pilot program and Graham hopes that eventually all Utah employers will invite her office to make the presentation "It makes sense that work is a good place to reach people But I don't think you can pick one place and say you're covering the bases" Terragno said "It's a place to start and a 'captive' audience is good It doesn't mean the problem is necessarily rectified" 10 Ilk Industry Leader dome- t 0Z PRESS domestic-violenc- e graphic videotape will be shown at Utah workplaces beginning in August as part of a pilot program created by Atty Gen Jan Graham The film intends to drive home the message that spouse abuse and child abuse are wrong and is vicaimed at domestic-violenc- e tims and perpetrators "We ask the employer to invite us in to make a presentation That part is voluntary" Graham said "If they invite us in we require they make it mandatory that all employees attend You either show up or make it up later" The reason Graham says is those caught up in domestic violence tend to avoid confronting the problem "The first thing those in denial will do is find a reason to be gone from the office that day" Graham said Excuses normally accepted for work absences — sickness business out of the office or vacation — will not allow employees to miss the film which recreates stic-violence situations The idea of mandatory education pleases Bob Terragno director of the Community Counseling Guard Identifies Utahn Who Died in Tower Fall Leavitt &Jazzman Flip Flapjacks for Kids persona- exemption" A ty l-preference Attorney General's Graphic Video Aims to Battle Domestic Violence CIAO! BARBEE t'444°44 e City-Coun- U students who successfully make their religious case on the new forms are excused from the immunization policy but they must first sign a waiver agreeing to leave school if an outbreak occurs Matthew Hilton attorney for the Youngs said he did not challenge that waiver requirement for Julie Happy Pioneer Day to all us pioneers of the 21st century! z e personal-preferenc- y yon response from TOM personal-preferenc- n public-educatio- would belie those sentiments n public-educatio- A Salt Lake City woman who says immunizations violate her religious beliefs can remain enrolled at the University of Utah but she has agreed to leave campus if an outbreak of measles mumps or rubella occurs The U and Julie Young have settled her federal court lawsuit over the school's year-olimmunization policy which requires incoming students to prove they have received the "MMR" immunization and booster Those who cannot must obtain the immunizations at the U's Student Health Service Litigation against the Utah Department of Health remains pending however Trina Young mother of Julie Young and other minor children continues to challenge the procedure used for students seeking a religious exemption to the immunization requirement Julie Young and Trina Young argued that the U and the public schools granted religious exemptions only to members of religions — such as Christian Science — with specific tenets against immunizations and medical procedures The Youngs members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-daSaints say the shots violate their religious beliefs but those beliefs are not countenanced by their church Thus their religious claims were not automatically accepted The U in its settlement with Julie Young agreed to change the forms used for students seeking a religious exemption said U attorney Laura Scott Young did not receive monetary damages Previously students were asked simply to specify their religion Now the school asks students to explain in detail why the immunizations are contrary to their religious beliefs "We want to make sure that it is a religious belief and that it is sincerely held" she said Students also can obtain a medical exemption to the requirement The new forms clarify what had been the U's policy on religious exemptions Scott said adding "our position from the start was that Julie was entitled to ers pioneers entered the valley To have such a celebration seemed great even though I had a hard time understanding why it so overshadowed the founding of this great country With all the wonderful sentiments expressed by Bud about diversity tolerance and seemingly genuine anticipation of more cultures migrating here I am reminded of some of the actions in the Young because higher education is something of a privilege But nonimmunized students in — kindergarten through 12th grade — should not have to agree to stay out of school in the event of an outbreak he said State law has required for decades that students in kindergarten through 12th grade get immunized unless they have a religious or medical exemption The statute also allows for a more liberal "personal preference" exemption People like Trina Young who are not members of a church such as Christian Science must obtain the personal preference exemption even though their objections to immunizations are religiously based Hilton said Until this past year many parents were using the exemption not because of a deeply held religious belief but simply to get out of the inconvenient immunization requirement said Doug Bates state Office of Education attorney "It led to relatively high rates in schools of students and the health department was getting quite concerned" The Legislature last year made it more difficult to obtain the exemption Now parents and guardians must submit a form to their local health department and explain their reasons for refusing the immunizations They also must sign waivers agreeing to keep their children out of school during an outbreak Hilton argues that is religious discrimination State health officials however point to their broad statutory powers to isolate and quarantine people to protect public health During an outbreak of red measles this past spring for example the Salt Lake Health Department ordered five children with exemptions to stay home for 12 By Joan O'Brien THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE the oth- of '47 when Brigham and B3 24 1994 !119 5 0 Ti ALAr oi07- - i frAt'r ttitI41ik1 f It 't t I: 64-- AN' de il tl":ri'0 1$ 7 s : Ak 4'- 4- do —A -' § I 0 0 g Ar 0111 |