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Show REVIEW 4 Lakeside Review Tuesday, April 7, 1 998 Letters to the editor $l Police officers should work together BEEhl m Lime Too WATcH'6 A sit down and work out solutions for our concerns. We were as- sured that no local offenders would be turned away in order to I recently read a letter by officer Richardson. Being a Farmington resident, I have been involved in citizen committees concerning the jail from conception to present and try to stay, current on changes occurring at the jail. As a neighbor to the jail, I also am concerned about the housing of federal prisoners if that limits needed space for local inmates. This being an election year, mud slinging seems to be inevitable. But reading this letter, I was concerned about one officer attacking another this way. As a taxpayer, my taxes support both officers. I believe that police officers should work together to solve problems in order to protect citizens. How can they have a good working relationship if they are so busy trying to find fault with each other? During the past six months, neighbors of the jail have met with Sheriff Davis and his representatives to discuss concerns connected with this facility. For the first time since the jail was completed, officials are willing to THWK THIS FAHU-- Y IAUCVA BKSK&TBaLL, house federal inmates. Sheriff Davis has held open houses in addition to citizen meetings to give the public a chance to find out more about the jail. How many of those with questions were willing to give a few minutes of their time in order to find answers? It is important to know that officials listen and try to work with citizens. It would be an important step in good rela-tions for fellow officers to discuss their concerns with each other and their department heads. Per-- . haps it would help everyone concerned if they held gripe ses- - -- D. Whitaker I Farmington Bountiful City Council Fruit Heights City Council Mayor John Cushing Home Mayor Richard L. Harvey Home 544-43L. Dale Green Home 544-86Anna Tina LePendu 9 Home Daniel J. Phelps 9 Home E. Robert Purdy 9 Home Diane Mavnes Home 544-0868 2 Harold Shafter Home 80 295-53- Barbara Holt Home 295-544- 546-378- 9 Sam Fowler Home 547-012- 295-502- 5 Alan Johnson Home 544-214- 295-63- Stewart Knowlton Home 83 231-49- Kaysville City Council Centerville City Council Mayor Brian D. Cook Mavor Frank W. Hirschi S Home PEV'E 295-918- 8 Home Home 292-427- A nation at risk is also now in denial By BOB CHASE President, Na'ional Education Assocation years ago this month, at Risk decried rising tide of mediocrity engulfing U.S. public education. That landmark report spawned thousands of education reports, commissions, conferences and summits - a mini industry that, for all its hubbub and hype, has not significantly improved America's public schools. Indeed, after 15 years of reform, we have become a nation in denial. Fifteen This denial was on vivid display six weeks ago when results of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study of were made public. TIMSS is no ordinary test, it is the largest, most comprehensive study ever undertaken to compare academic performance across 21 countries. The results: U.S. high school seniors ranked at or near the bottom in both math and science. 12th-grade- rs Guest Column shocked, shocked that gambling was going on in Ricks Cafe, pundits professed surprise at the 12th grade TIMSS results. And that surprise says everything about our national denial. After all, it is really a surprise that loose academic standards in the U.S allow half of all 12th graders to take no science courses, while one out of three take no math? It is a surprise that low salaries fail to lure enough qualified teachers, so that 28 percent of high school math teachers and 55 percent of high school physics teachers in the U.S. have neither a college major nor a minor in their subjects? Is it a surprise that U.S. do much less homework and watch more TV than their foreign peers? And what about the extraordinary fact that 28 percent of the U.S. 2th graders w ho took the TIMSS test said they worked more than 25 hours a week in af 12th-grade- rs 1 Like the police inspector in Casablanca who claimed to be jobs? Is it possible that their parents - and the rest of us - never noticed? The point in this litany of laxness is this: 15 years after A Nation at Risk, America has yet to get serious about its schools. During this anniversary month, supporters of public education - citing modestly rising . SAT scores and other upbeat indices - will argue that we have turned the comer. Equally predictably, the usual naysayers will cite the TIMSS results to trash public schools and to argue for their pet panacea, tuition vouchers. Both sides seem to believe in a secular version of w hat theologian Dietrich Bonhoefier called cheap grace - gain without pain. And both sides are knee-dee- p in denial. Goscr to the mark is IBM chairman Lou Gcrstncr, who says that achieving higher standards in U.S. public education will require a fundamental, ol bone-jarrin- 100 g, percent revolution. And, I would add, it must focus on the stuff of quality education - things like rigorous curriculum requirements, smaller class sizes, better teacher trainy end to soing, and a cial promotion. nuts-and-bol- ts 292-993- Home Arthur Johnson 4 Home Home Rick Bangerter Home Home 4 Home At the same time, urban school districts from Washington to Milwaukee to Chicago are making courageous efforts to stop the practice of social promotion. Tens of thousands of kids in those cities face a choice this spring between attending summer school or being retained in grade. Many students and parents are complaining about the crackdown on social promotion they ought to be rejoicing. 546-49- 12 451-60- Layton City Council 5 Clearfield City Council Mayor Jerry Stevenson Mayor Thomas Waggoner 1 Home Ivan D. Anderson Brent Home cold-turke- The heartening news is that entire states are embracing this tough-minde- d brand of revolution. For example, California has budgeted nearly a billion dollars to cap early elementary class sizes at 20 kids. North Carolina has invested aggressively in teacher quality and professional development, resulting in dramatic gains in math and reading scores. 48 Robert II. Rees Ron Russell 295-374- 544-84- Reed Nelson 0 298-019- . 61 William Nelson 292-262- 71 Home 544-32Stephen Whitesides Home 5443290 6 Francine Luczak Home 544-58- Joe Hill . Michael Barton JfcWaTE 825-565- Home 825-695- Home 0 Home 825-78- 773-828- 544-010- 3 546-444- Home Carr L. Roundy Home 773-97- 46 9 SINGLE COMBO Clinton City Council Mayor DeMar Mitchell Home 773-583- 1 Dennis Simonson Home 8 Steve Curtis 9 Home F. Renny Knowlton Home 546-11- Curtis Oda 773-563- 547-902- 546-353- Diane Layton Home 544-51- 72 A. Alleh Debra Lcdkins 1 Home Stuart Adams 9 Home James W. Barlow 14 lb. Charbroiled 825-841- 8 Arverd Taj lor 3 Home Joanne Hansen 9 Home Richard Lee 5 Home Merlin Mitchell HAMBURGER FRIES and a cold Medium DRINK 776-086- 773-420- 825-689- Home 773-195- 2 Farmington City Council Mayor Gregory S. Bell 9 Home 451-728- Farm safety net for the future needed By DAN GUCKMAN U S agriculture secreLoy ears ago, when I agriculture secretary. Clinton, Vice President Gore and I traveled to Ames, Iowa, for a rural summit. This was our chance to talk to farmers, ranchers and others about the challenges facing production agriculture and our rural communities on the eve of the 21st century. Agriculture's seen a lot of change since then. We have a new farm bill that is getting govy ernment out of the business of dictating what and how much fanners plant. But this positive change comes with a price - declining commodity payments. This new ostem worked well with last cars near record exports and generally strong prices. But 1948 is shaping up to be a different year. I aimers have teen Three day-to-da- I Guest Column hit below the belt by LI Nino, and strong world crop production and the economic crisis in Asia have brought prices dow n. In these more challenging circumstances, it is time we take care of the unfinished business of the 1996 farm bill and answer the question: What can L'SDA do to help ensure our farmers and ranchers Cam a decent living and expand their opportunities? The lack of an adequate farm safety net has been a concern of President Clinton's and of mine since the 1996 changes. I have raided this issue with farm organizations, and many share my concerns about issues like crop insurance, our nations transportation systems, research funding and how the tax laws affect farmers and ran Jiers. Now I am taking this debate directly to farmers. This month. Deputy Secretary Rich Romingcr and I will hold a series of town hall meetings in agricultural communities across the country. I recently visited Kansas, Georgia, North California, Kentucky, New Mexico and South Dakota, And we will end where we began three years ago - in Ames, Iowa. All along our journey, we will talk to farmers and ranchers about agricultures future, sharing our thoughts and getting fresh ideas about where farmers feel they could use government's help the most, and how we can be more creative in meeting the new challenges. Whether it's expanding exports, increasing conservation assistance, ensuring food safely, developing risk management tools or assisting small and medium sized family farms, this administration is working hard to give producers economic security and opportunity. f. I am proposing additional reforms aimed to help farmers manage todays risks: commodity loan extensions during severe market disruptions; letting farmers use guaranteed operating loans to pay the principal on their real estate; pilot programs that explore innovative ways to deliver farm credit; and full funding for the direct farm ownership and operating loan programs to help more folks get and stay on the land. I want more ideas, and I want them to come from the men and women who work on America's farms and ranches, carrying on the important work of feeding our nation and the world. That is why this tour of America's farm communities is so important. It will put us on solid ground as we move forward with President Clinton's promise to stitch a new farm safety net for the future. Pat Achter 1 Home Gary E. Elliott 3 Home David J. Dixon 8 Home David M. Connors 1 Home Larry W. Haugen 6 Home -- 451-508- OGDEN- 1249 Country Hills 451-245- Drive 399-067- 6 451-770- -- KAYSVILLE315 North Main 451-233- 444-323- 0 451-735- rrr IIWAT HEATING 375 4 ii.m HIM 3 ir HaeGa w AIR CONDITIONING jnc Specializing In Swamp Codor to Central Air Conversions Furnace & Air Conditioner Replacement Licensed & Insured 20 - Air by Fireplaces 24 hr Service on All design Makes Years Experience Air Conditioning Special Conditioning Starting At 560W. 1700 3 www Airtech com 'P'TiISM 1 ,695' So. Clearfield, Utah 775-012- 15 ' sions with each other instead of airing feelings in the news that can only create difficult working conditions and leave the public with erroneous impressions. Mud ' slinging splatters everyone in- volved, right or wrong. 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