Show Dinion f M' T - The Herald Journal Logan Utah" ardon the skepticism but we think there are a couple of pranksters out there having a good chuckle at all the commotion created by last week’s discovery of a ‘“crop circle” in Cache Valley It’s not that the editorial board of known phenomenon behind some turned up in farmers’ fields around the world Frankly we haven’t paid tihich attention But from the little we do know the crop pattern that turned up in Seth Alder’s barley fftld south of Logan had the look of an amateur job This conclusion is based on a couple of casual observations ("First the pattern was sloppy to say the least Yet hasn’t it been said that pne of the amazing and unexplainable things about crop circles elsewhere is their precise symmetry? A quick look at an aerial pho- rMALLRjRRMILY V4LUES3f AGAINST GW MAH3MGGS! UQJiL reform MEXICANS FOR COCO FUNNY HATS sophisticated alien spacecraft create such pMcm from the air as some UFO buffs contend they wouldn’t need an earthbound pivot from which to flatten down the grain Nor would such a small drill-lik- e hole be characteristic of natural phenomena No it’s much more likely that curious mark was left by our fun- loving friends when they planted a pole in Mr Alder’s field late one night then began aiding around it with a barrel tied to a rope or some other such homespun technology Alder has said he saw no signs of entry into the field when he discovered the pattern last Friday But he also said that since the grain stalks were bent and not broken he believes the damage was done some weeks earlier when his grain was still green If that is indeed the case you’d have to think any barley bent by a couple qf guys tiptoeing through the field could have easily righted itself in the interim 160 CUC&O VNGAR i of the strange shapes that have (1S72-1M- Page 33 IWL Somebody’s out there (laughing at us that is) P the Herald Journal categorically rejects the possibility of a yet — I IMIM IWH MsWl American urM Thursday August 29 1996 Our view j might conclusions ate more likely to be gathered out of a multitude of tongues than through any kind of authoritative selection PUFFS I AMERICA A oar IS SffiSaSACBKr T’J m Hillary vs Elizabeth and then some By Ellen Goodman are more likely to believe that govern- 1994 that makes the Democrats less than Theories about crop circles Trie Boston Globe sanguine about their sex — or should I ment has s role to play in our lives The Dole campaign is trying to cut say tograph of Cache Valley’s crop abound and the jury is definitely Year The the this perception with an arithmetic White Man was of into Angry circle reveals crooked lines and still out on just what is behind some also the Year In San Diego they said repeated-- ’ the Turned Woman all it Off or a of fantasy serendipity imbalance throughout of these things But we say look no calendar But the Democratic National A frill 59 of the Americans who ly that a 15 percent tax cut would allow percent And what about that small hole in farther than the Wellsvilles for the Convention Monday on just the voted in 1942 but stayed home in 1994 women to spend more time at home with the dirt found at the center of one of culprit in Cache Valley’s recent right note oropened at least the right date Aug were women That was the Gingrich their children Just this week Dole also the two circles here? Certainly if dose encounter with the unknown tried to cut into the "values” lead with 26th the 76th anniversary of women’s margin of victory Your c view the Republicans strutted their women out to the middle of the gen- the editor der gap As Ann Sftth vis How (mpqrtant is the deputy 4§y7 their faces toward the cast and they yorv vet’s find out by starting wnjofuuisUped the sun x Clinton told Constantine the emperor of Rome was 42 And bn the seventh day God ended a women’s caucus here the Jins work which he had made and he a sun spirited He make the tried to worshiper Republicans "went through a major cosjfested on the seventh day from all his Jews accept his Sunday over their Satursf ork which he had made Genesis 2:3: day Sabbath But the Jews followed metic makeover Everything but liposuction’’ They put all "the moderate 4nd God blessed the seventh day and God’s sabbath (Saturday) women they could find on stage and in konctified it (Made it a hbly law) that party all “the moderate women can Exodus 20:8: Remember the sabbath Lee L West fit on stage” Six stay to keep it holy Exodus 20:9: Nibley But here over half the delegates are jays shall thou labor and do all thy women The stars of the 1992 DemocratSfork Exodus 20:10: But the seventh ic female firmament — from Barbara facts about The Lord God the sabbath the of is thy Jay Boxer to Patty Murray are back bearing 6:17: Ye shall diligently SI Deuteronomy a new title — senator The pollsters burning grain stubble telfcp the commandments of the Lora the editor: repeatedly point out that women voters four God and his test monies and his lb are overwhelmingly Clinton voters But commanded Statuettes which he hath In regards to burning fields for weed the Democrats are not taking women for Isaiah 66:23: And it shall come to control the public needs to hear all the granted In a city so political that the major facts about burning your grain stubble bass that from one new moon to another are named Eisenhower 11 d highways after harvest Most $nd from one sabbath to another shall operations Stevenson and JFK the Democrats are do and Cache in not counties Box Oder me saith before come to worship Jflqsh the specter of 1968 the Lord produce enough straw to make a fire hot busily exorcising But the real nightmare especially for the I Leviticus 16:31: It shall be a sabbath enough to kill weed seeds An women’s vote watchers was 1994 It’s pf rest unto you And ye shall afflict your wheat field will produce in the straw 42 bouls by a statute forever Ezekiel 20:11: pounds of nitrogen 10 pounds of phosAnd I gave them my statute and shewed phorous 13S pounds of potassium 15 them by judgments which if a man do pounds of sulfur and 12 pounds of maghe shall even live in them Ezekiel 20:12: nesium J&oreover also I gave them my sabbaths Baling and taking the straw oft before jb be a sign between me and them That attempting to till the stubble in the they might know that I am the Lord that ground is a cost that pays for itself in the Sanctify them: Acts 18:4: And he rea- future We would not have the excellent soned in the synagogue every sabbath soils we farm today if previous owners By Scrippa Howard News Servlco j4cts 18:2: And persuaded the Jews and had burned all the straw after harvest the Greeks: notice that Jesus was in the Yes the American Indians burned fields In a more rough-hew- n age the probpws’ synagogue: teaching on Jewess and increased production but they lem of Prince Charles' divorce would (Saturday) have been tinned over to the Royal Exenot grain fields were grass fields J St Mark 6:2: And when the sabbath and the separation especially cutioner for Organic matter maintenance day was crane he began to teach in the today’s intensive that of Princess Diana’s head from her practices Synagogue : is where chemical fertilizers shoulders would have been truly final St Mark 2:27: And he said unto them andnecessary As befitting our own age the problem farm pesticides are used jlte sabbath was made for man and not was turned over to the royal lawyers and are burn their straw who Producers than for the sabbath St Mark 2:28: Diana left the unhappy marriage with her therefore die son of man is lord also of gambling with their childrenls potential head intact but only a part of the royal to farm in a sustainable fashion £ al i suffrage If 1992 was the Year of the Woman Candidate 1996 is being touted as the Year of the Woman Ybter In San Diego Look to the Bible for guidance on Sabbath Jjb gender-appe- dry-lan- el The gender gap fell victim to the enthusiasm gap Ellen Malcolm the head of the famed EMILY’S List described the "drop off voters” this way: "These are the wives of the angry white men who got turned off of politics and just said ‘the heck with it’” Conservatives not only took over Congress but stalled the momentum of progressive women into political office It’s no wonder that many women who raised money for woippij’s Candidate are now involved in projects to bring out women voters Especially voters who may be disconnected to "politics as usual” Hillary Clinton speaking Monday before a rally of women that she described as a "mix of a religious revival and an aerobics class” reminded them that "most women do not get up in the morning thinking about politics” They get tap she said thinking about getting to work on time thinking about whether their child care arrangements will fall apart thinking about their future for themselves and their families "We have to be on the front lines explaining why it (this election) matters” Pollsters will tell you what matters to these women They are attracted to the Democrats (or repelled by the Republi- cans) on what many loosely call "caretaking” issues When it comes to taking care of children or the elderly they simply trust the Democrats more They also accusations that the president is responsible for a rise in teen drug use The Democrats meanwhile are playing up Clinton’s Dad Appeal with ps children curfews and compassion If welfare reform is a chink in Clinton’s compassion armor the subject wasn’t even brought up at a series of women’s events The party line is that we’re better off with Clinton figuring out this' "reform” than Dole And the truth is ' that welfare is no more acceptable to women voters than to men ' It took two generations before women voted in equal numbers — and now greater numbers — than men I'm sure our foremothers would be flattered by all this attention on our power at the polls But transition from the Year of the Woman Politician to the Year of the Woman voter has its downside Exactly 76 years after suffrage women in politics have made less progress than women in law or medicine or business Women will at best hold onto their modest numbers in Congress They have actually lost ground in state legislatures and only one holds a governorship Meanwhile the hottest "race” between women "candidates” in America fea- tures Hillary vs Elizabeth The banner at one of the suffrage day events bore a simple exhortation Women Win But why just walk to the polls when you can run? Other views Tabloids the losers in royal breakup grain-farmi- ng sabbaths Sf Matthew 24:19: And woe unto them that are with child and to them that give suck in those daysl St Matthew 24:20: But pray ye that your flight be not In the winter neither on the sabbath Ezekiel 8:16: And he brought me into Karl A Kler District Conservationist USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Logan palace in Kensington She also left with a lump sum of $26 million an annual stipend of $620000 and no job although why she should want one under those circumstances eludes us common folk Diana demoted from royal highness to e will wed his lady fair the unlikely femme fatale Camilla Parker long-tim- In a more rough-hew- n the problem of Prince age Bowles a dilemma that with the divorce over with is now preoccupying the considerable attentions of Britain’s hyperac- Charles' divorce would have been turned over to the Royal Executioner just plain princess by the divorce says die would like to be “a queen in people’s hearts” a job for which there u no description let done demand Certainly however the most photographed woman in the world will continue to reign on the covers of our glossy magazines Prince Charles must now decide if he tive press As for the couple’s two children the heir William 14 and the spare Harry 11 we can rally suspect that generations of marital shenanigans by their forebears have genetically inured them to this sort of turmoil Perhaps the only people left sobbing and bereft by the perfunctory final divorce decree are tabloid TV producers mourning the revenues and ratings a would have brought Eiiblic beheading as Henry VIII might have said somebody has to take it in the neck r: ilcllcrd Tillmoro miMS Herald Journal M't 3 Tht Opinion pngt li NmM to acquaint mdm wh wirty of mpoMi onnlliii of pubic Importing ind provitfo ncfnbm of Mr vfow to community with a forum tor Pmoiwl column evtoom end Icticri from feeder reflect tfw oprtons of fidr wflM end creators EdSohali under toe Needing Our represent too views of toe HsrJd Journal 1st board Members of toe odaonsl board BRUCE SMTNfeubNshar CHARLES McCOLLUMAnanaging editor JENNIFER HINCSWty editor RAEANNE THAYNEnows editor I A -- iWKVf' The Herald Journal waloomes letters to tie editor FoisntiaayNbatous or offensive letters wff not be published however end the editor reserves Vie rt0ht to edt el letters to eontorm to toe length and style requirements of toe Letters should be: Typewritten end double spaced No more toon 450 words In length Addressed end Include daySme phone number torpwpws of uetffication Signed by toe author Individuals are Smiled to one published latter wltoln any 3Mey period Address Isttorsto IYtotter©hjnewsoorn Guest commentaries ore also welcome and are run al toe editor's discretion al |