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Show 4 Sun Advocate, Price, Utah Wednesday, August 22, 1979 Win emphasis creates harm Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing," is an often used quote attributed to the late Vince Lombardi. Although Lombardi, a great coach with the Green Bay Packers football team, didn't originate the quote, it is a fact he certainly embodied the spirit of the remark. The important thing is winning. On the football field, the home and in business, in politics, life You must win! in in Right? Wrong. Similarly it is the idea that you don't win once in a while, that you don't do things right once in a while but that you do them right all of the time that has caused frustrations and anxiety for people for years. This shouldn't be the case at Carbon High School with girls participating under the direction of Barbara Lynn Biggs, newly hired girls athletic director. She brings a refreshing dimension directed toward the girls learning how to enjoy the game and working toward the fulfillment of their potential rather than winning at all costs. MONEY TALKS... i4NP OURS IS SAVINS Mr. Lombardi's remarks on the importance of winning however, were directed to adults in professional football but they have, during the past decade and a half, carried to all levels of society. Youngsters just starting out in sports be it football, baseball, basketball or track have had it drilled into them that they must win. The concept of winning has carried over to many of the parents and coaches of these young players to the point where on any given game day in youth leagues, high school leagues and even at the college here the most rabid of fans can be seen and, even more importantly, heard. The harangue unleashed by thoughtless coaches and parents that is directed to an individual or individuals serves no positive result that we can see. It could only cause to embarrass, belittle, bother and demoralize the person or people its pointed at. We've seen in many instances where a person, when faced with a direct barrage of insults and destructive criticisms, has simply withdrawn and quit entering into competitive situations. Competitiveness is a quality we must all possess to survive in our society. But when that competitive nature takes on a 'win at all costs' attitude it ceases to be healthful; rather, it becomes a harmful ingredient in society. Witness the bugging of the Democratic Headquarters in the Watergate Hotel years ago by an incumbent president, the expulsion of Air Force Academy cadets for cheating on exams and the use of drugs by some Olympic athletes in the past so they could perform better than they normally . would. After all, who wants to lose? Losing has become equated with failure and failure is condoned by no one. Witness the rampant drug abuse in all segments of society, the high rate of alcoholism and the tremendous suicide rate. not all of the above would be eliminated by de - emphasizing the importance of winning but we're willing to bet a sharp reduction would be seen in each problem area. Certainly The important thing to remember, we believe, is to do the best you can do at all times. If you happen to fall short of your goal despite doing your best, learn by the experience and objectively evaluate your shortcomings If there if there are any. is room for improvement, so be it. In- dividual and personal growth can only come from within. Growth often comes with winning, often with losing, but always when you try to learn from an experience and deal positively with whatever happens. ,6OOD0E7 Copley News Service Scott Report by paul scott WASHINGTON, D.C. - President Carter has embarked upon one of the most dangerous foreign policy projects since he took office. With his full approval, the State Department is assuming a major role in the financing of the Marxist controlled junta in Nicaragua despite the evidence that the new pro - Cuban regime is holding more than 10,000 Nicaraguans as political prisoners without benefit of trials. As a starter, the State Department notified Congress last week that upward to $8 million of foreign aid funds earmarked for other purposes are to be transferred to the new Nicaraguan government with no strings at- tached. While the Carter Administration has furnished an estimated $3.5 million in emergency food and medical aid to the new Marxist controlled junta since it shot its way into power last month, the transfer of funds will be the first direct U.S. aid grants. Notification of the transfer of funds, as required by law, was made to the House In- ternational Affairs and Senate Foreign Relation Committee by Robert H. Nooter, deputy director of the agency for International Development, the foreign aid arm of the State Department. If Congress doesnt step in and stop the transfer when the lawmakers return in September, the Carter Administration is expected to seek additional transfers of tens of millions of dollars in other foreign aid funds to the new revolutionary junta. The aid package now being put together in the State Department is expected to top $100 million. As part of its advance program to sell the massive new aid package to Congress, the State Department organized a whirl - wind trip to Nicaragua last week for Senator Edward Zorinsky (D. Neb.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committees Western Hemisphere Affairs Subcommittee. After his three day visit with members of the ruling junta, Zorinsky was flown in a special airforce plan straight from Managua, Nicaragua to Omaha, Nebraska, to avoid any embarassing questioning by reporters here. The naive but highly likeable Midwest Senator was so impressed with members of the new Marxist controlled government that he agreed to support massive economic aid and even urge President Carter to seriously consider providing U.S. military aid. When quizzed about what was going to happen to the 10,000 persons thrown in prison since the new regime took over, Zorinsky reported that Interior Minister Tomas Borge, Fidel Castros close friend, had indicated that the new regime would begin releasing 100 prisoners a day at some future, still unnamed date. As for the hundreds already reported killed by the new regime, Zorinsky had no information. The Strange Position The strange position of Zorinsky on U.S. aid and the one being put forward by the State Department follows this line : If the U.S. fails to help the new government, then we will help fulfill a prophecy by pushing them toward a Marxist government. All we ask is that the Nicaraguan people are told that the American people are their friends and are extending a helping hand, states Zorinsky. What neither Zorinsky or the State Department reveals is that this policy fits the strategy that Castro has urged the new revolutionary junta to follow during its first year. The advice of the Cuban Communist is to have the U.S. and as many other Latin American governments as possible finance the consolidation ot its Marxist control in Nicaragua. leaders Nicaragua, according to U.S. intelligence experts, is to build that country into a major base to support other Communist guerrilla movements throughout Central and Latin in One of the key objectives of the new America. The State Departments answer to this threat, as echoed by Zorinsky, is as naive as it is simple: The best thing we can do is steer clear of trying to put a particular ideological stamp or imprint on this government, says Zorinsky. The Hard Facts For U.S. intelligence experts and those seeking the truth, this is very hard to do. Intelligence files show that Tomas Borge, the most powerful man in the new government, is a dedicated Marxist who publicaly boasts of his close ties with Fidel Castrol. In addition to the important Interior Department post held by Tomas Borge, all other posts of real power in the new government are controlled by known Marxist or Socialists. Thus, it isnt a question of pushing the new government toward Marxist control. The only question left is whether U.S. taxpayers are going to finance the creation of another Cuban - style government in the Hemisphere. Note: Tomas Borge, the Marxist strongman, has been very candid of where he stands. In leaflets that appeared in Honduras immediately after the Sandinista victory in Nicaragua, Borge promised to join forces with the revolutionary organizations of other Latin and Central America countries. On the leaflets cover, there Havana with Castro. is a photo of Borge in |