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Show Page 5A North tdition Lakeside Review Wednesday, September 5, 1984 . : EDITORIAL Mobile Homes Not Bad All Like roller skating rinks and low. income housing, mobile home parks are a fine idea until youre faced with one in your own backyard. The word itself is filled with negative connotations for many people. Theyre the ones who have a hard time remembering to say mobile home instead of trail, er. Its the same people who have to force themselves to banish visions of rundown metal boxes crammed together on a dusty, treeless lot. For mobile home park developer, Mark Staples, who wants to build a deluxe park near Foxglen, a Roy City subdivision, the word means Monte Vista, a Cadillac of mobile home parks. It is one that is rated as a six star park, the top of the line. For Foxglen residents, the word mobile home park means fears of falling property values, crowded schools and heavier traffic. Who has the right definition? Three members of the Roy City Council sided with the homeown-- , ers and, voted down the park. But one of those councilmen, Richard Ulibarri, said he favors the concept even though he believes the timing is wrong. Ulibarri knows, something about the subject. As a child he lived in a trailer. And it was a trailer in the old fashioned sense of the. word. He knows what it means to be grat'eful for even a tin roof over your head. While most mobile home buyers earn more than adequate incomes, many have been priced out of the traditional single family home market. Their budget only allows a $35,000 mobile home, not a $50,000 conventional home. A mobile home is their avenue of escape from paying rent, a no return proposition. For senior citizens, the parks offer mobility, low maintenance and extra security not possible in traditional subdivisions. For others, it is simply the .type of home they prefer. Some economic forecasters say mobile home parks are the future for many Americans; parks like Monte Vista that preserve dignity, uphold esthetic standards and give a return on the dollar. But that is the wave of the future, what Foxglen residents are concerned with is now. They have sacrificed, often heavily, to buy a single family piece of the American dream. They are scared. Scared that their elected officials dont feel their fears. And convinced that the. developers promises to maintain high standards are only promises, not reality. Whose interests should be protected? The growing numbers of Americans who by choice or due to economic circumstances purchase mobile homes. Or residents of existing subdivisions who feel their investment is threatened, a fear that some appraisers say is warranted. Each group has valid needs whether it, is for less expensive , housing, more convenient housing or for trying to maintain their hard won property values. Like Ulibarri said, he voted with his heart, not his head. He voted to support the fervent feelings expressed by Foxglen residents despite his preference for construction of well designed mobile home parks. down the hill for Marty and friend, Brian Bangerter,,., was much easier than the ride back up. Marty is the son of Eddie and Norma Marsing and Brian is the son1 of Kent and Wendy Bangerter. They both live in Centerville downhill on 12 wheels? It could be in this case it is a snowmobile t. converted to a gravity powered Marty Marsing, snow his 11, drives machine, which was redesigned made by taking a defunct engine and bodywork off the old snowmobile to make a hot summer toy. The ride WHAT RUNS several things, but -- go-car- Letter to the Editor Officers Also Get Abused By the Public Review Editor: In response to a letter from n and Elizabeth E. Higgs; Bountiful, August 22, 1984 in the Al-de- Lakeside Review. Finally a letter for the work that animal control officers must do. Mr. and Mrs. Higgs sound like- real humanitarians as well as animal lovers. People must realize the kind of work and abuse we are put through everyday! We must get the public informed as to what our jobs consist of, such as keeping vicious animals off the streets so they dont spread diseases to other animals and humans and to keep you and your children from getting bit by that vicious animal. complaints, which makes me sick to see the way pet owners treat their pets, such as locking their pets in sizzling hot automobiles, tieing their dogs on a short rope 'thats so tight they cant breathe or walk two feet to get to their food or water. So the next time an animal control officer knocks at your door to write a citation or investigate an animal complaint, dont be abusive, lets talk about it and get the problem solved. After all, Im just doing my job! Just like you do yours. Jerry Lofgreen Animal Control Officer Thanks Given For Volunteers Review Editor: The volunteers of Weber Memorial Care Center would like to give a big thank you to everyone We are also peace officers, (not who donated to and supported bur yard and baked sale. just dog catchers). Our goal was to buy Lynn . We handle neighborhood dis' putes everyday, for which you Pitchford a special adaptive to Middleman Thanks wheelchair. The would call us, your great and many other names. support, this was accomplished. Eight out of 10 assignments Lynn will get his new chair. that we are called out on we get Caring for people is what volno respect from those eight and unteering is all about. It is gratimust take their abuse and foul fying to know that so many other we can and people also care.' ' V language the still try to settle the dispute, Again thank you so much for which usually ends up with a ci- your help. Lynn's family and evm&kes them eryone at Weber Memorial Care tation issued and ' Center appreciate your support. , even angrier. Now that the news media is inBetty Probasco and Barbara - " Tremble volved in all the bad allegations ' made against us the abuse is Roy twice as bad from the public. You never hear of the good services rendered to your county or its adjoining agencies by Davis County Animal Control. Such as the bulls, we helped Salt Lake City Animal Control and Highway Patrol round up off the freeway, August 13, 1984. Review Editor: If the public would be more reLabor Day, organize labors On their have pets sponsible and move to centerstage to them and kingpins neuered or keep Spayed take their yearly bows, accepting from running astray, so the neighfor Americas 112 million workbors wont have their garbage ing men and women the thanks scattered and ruin .their lawns. of a nation for. a job well done. abuse We have taken constant Set aside many years ago by from the citizens committee for which they want every animal Congress as a day of recognition control officer dismissed. Not all for the wage earner, whose contributions to building America and of the Officers are at fault! I have a wife and three chilkeeping it vital often go unno- course of ticed in the I no have dren to support and reason to abuse county property things, Labor Day nowadays is or to be cruel to animals. I love taken to be the day of glory of the union bosses. Theyre the only animals as much as the next person and I also investigate cruelty ones who really get to take a bow best-wa- ' Labor Day Recognition Misplaced (maybe everyone else is on vacation). But thats not how it should be, Labor Day ought to be given back to the workers, 9 million of whom for one reason or another have decided theyre better off without union bosses representing them. These workers obviously dont want organized labors taking bows for 1 as Im sure it touched everyone who loves animals. But there are those people who claim they love their animals, yet they dont have Utah Needs Responsible Pet Owners Review Editor: There is something tragic going on around us and it is prevent- them. able! As a sweetener to the worker who is generally overlooked on I am talking about the pet population explosion. The article Labor Day in favor of the union pros, something extra ought to be added: a promise that they can continue working without ever being faced with having to choose between union membership and losing their jobs. million workers Ninety-on- e have decided against union membership. Of the fewer than 20 million who have joined,' an indeterminable number about the problems at the Davis County Animal Shelter on August 1, brought reality home. That shelter, and others like it, show us that as a people, we are not responsible pet owners. That story really touched me. S m or v i i k n do us all such a great service. We need to think about our responsibilities as pet owners. We need to keep our animals from wandering loose to be ran over or exposed to sickness. We need to n l 0 S i in n I believe that there are good, kindhearted people who live here in Utah. We need to, as a people, show our kindness to our animals by being responsible pet owners. It is not fair that shelter employees have to clean up our mess or have bad dreams for weeks about putting dogs to ( sleep. ' Some unions have made tremendous contributions to the g of their mempersonal bers, and continue to do so, and would continue to merit membership. But many unions have not. Under abusive and coercive lead- ership, they have betrayed the trust of their members; they have spent union funds to support partisan causes and candidates that many members oppose; they have put the members welfare second to the building of a rich and powerful union hierarchy; they have condoned, encouraged, and even orchestrated violence by union militants and, in short, have made a mockery of so called union representation. Preservinjg Utahs Right to Work law will help put an end to this. It will let every member of Utahs work force continue to join unions if they want to, quit if they want to, or never join if thats the way they want it.. To get members, union officials will have to prove the union deserves members. And the same to keep well-bein- We need to encourage HAFB C 10-- i os i n si nu the speed of sound with Pioneer car stereo One week savings on deck-mou- stereo speakers in-da- sh 3-w- ay nt Moving experiences are guaranteed with the Pioneer cassette with AMFM stereo tuner, plus Maxxialw 6x9" speaker pair with 100W music power. The whole sound package is yours at savings through Saturday, September 15, in Personal Electronics (763); University Mall and Layton Hills only. KP-420-5 auto-revers- e TS-69- 4Q Q f moMeen DO sxrai OOO o O f'r - 1 .ft 1 them. , day-to-d- ( . So maybe the Presidents Labor Day proclaimtion ought to issue the promise of a gift: the gift of freedom for every employee to work for a living without paying tribute to union bosses he doesnt want and to 'take his own bows next Labor Day. G. Wayne Nesmith Utah Right to Work Committee S3 JJShop by phone Utah, G With your ZCMI Option outside Salt Lake Charge Account Call toll-fre- e re- - sponsible pet owners. I believe that with a few dollars and a little effort and love we could stop the suffering. Rachel Wires Ojrice-breaki- ng plus our friends and neighbors to be are members only because they have to be. , them spayed or neutered and usually they dont bother to get their animals immunized either. That is not love, or responsibility! There are so many innocent animals that are suffering needlessly. If all of us would spend the few dollars it takes to immunize and alter our pets, we wouldnt need animal shelters. There are many wonderful veterinarians in the area who charge very little to spay or neuter all of our pets and we need to keep them immunized against disease. 24 hours a day Western United States in Salt Lake City . |