Show I “Right conclusions are more 'idy to Be gathered out of e multitude of tongues than through any kind of authoritative selection ’ — Judge Lamad Hand American urial (t I72-1M- Your view THfS HMo Take action to save Cache Valley lands e rights lave the city councils and the Cache County Council discuss these proposals and it no heller solution is found either support or reject these ideas so that the decision-makers know how to proceed Gov Ix'vitl has made it clear that these are local problems and have to he solved on a local basis That's why the suggestion of a local option sales lax is put forward 'len to 20 percent of the sales lax is paid by tourists who pass through Cache Valley County Planner Mark 'Icuscher held countywide meetings this past year and I almost without exception retaining Cadc Valley's rural atmosphere was a lop priority Again to the people of Cache Valley give the direction you ant to proceed Vi Kcp I eac K Hoard I first fell some clarification was need- To all (he people of Cache Valley hul more so the eommunilies along (he east hench from Paradise to Richmond: What does quality of life mean? I'm sure we would list eduealional opportunities low crime good transportation cultural events etc But does it also mean rural atmosphere open productive land clean air etc? A recent article in the Deseret News and The Herald Journal of Oct 13th stirred me to action David (iardner former president of UofU and then head of (he higher education system of California spoke to Utah's growth coalition and in essence said “I hope Utah's planners arc smarter than we were in Caliiornia Utah is now where California was 30 years ago in its growth pattern You don't want to follow our example It was wrong" We in Utah and especially in Cache Valley can still make a difference hul it will lake money and commitment After several years of meetings and almost countless discussions of how to vilvc our growth problems very little is happening and prime agriculture land continues to slip away to development I realize I don't have all the answers I would like to hut as a decision-make- r offer a few suggestions If we are serious about saving our rural atmosphere that we claim to value we must lake some action I propose the following: The city councils of our valley work closely with the developers in your area to see what can he done with zoning changes and building codes to facilitate building in your cities Put the question of a local option sales tax before the people in the cities previously mentioned because most of the people of the valley live in those areas and most of the sales tax is generated there The money would be used by the Cache Agriculture Protection Land growth-sensitiv- CUTraS °N C3f?e ToSave Costs iSN’T express my feelings concerning a candidate running lor Cache County School 'lit the editor: Trust to buy Page 20 Wednesday October 16 1996 The Herald Journal Logan Utah ed when I saw the sign on my lawn that said Tamara I Grange I wondered how many people who had known Tamara Lewis recognized her as Tamara Grange The close association I had with Tamara Lewis (Grange) was in her high schixil years I lined to teach at Sky View I was informed that I would be adviser to the yearbook I had no experience in this area It was then I met Tamara editor of the yearbook for the coming year Serving on the staff as a junior editor she had observed and taken notes of needed changes She had ideas for pictures and had outlined her plans for the following year Realizing that she and the adviser needed training from professionals if the yearbook was to improve she had found a seminar at BYU and enrolled the two of us All of this foresight and planning by a junior in high schixil That following school year Tamara taught her staff and the adviser and produced a very credible book of memories for the school Sky View yearbooks went on to receive national rankings f credit much of this success to the dedication of Tamara as editor of that first yearbook I was impressed by Tamara's intelliher tenacity her caring attitude gence her ability lo work with teachers and students and her desire to be fair and include everyone in the activities of the school She gave freely of her time and worked until the task was accomplished and met her high standards I have been forever grateful for Tamara's leadership and help my first year at Sky View Tamara has continued lo contribute her lime and abilities to (he school system e GoverShe has served on the nance Committee at SV for two years e Governance Polibeen a district a District member Team and Training cy Scheduling Committee member a Centennial Schools State Convention participant and received training in consensus On-Sit- On-Sit- decision-makin- g Tamara has (he training the capability and the desire lo serve She also has the courage of her convictions She will be an articulate spokeswoman not afraid to take a stand for her constituents I heartily rcc mmend Tamara as one of education’s greatest friends and supporters I encourage you to make the effort lo vote in November and let Tamara Ixwis Grange use her abilities in our behalf by serving on the Cache County School Hoard Grange has right stuff for Cache School Board lo Die editor: I have thought many timet (hat I would like to write a response on some issue in the paper but I never did Now I feel I would be very remiss if I did not News Nea -- A life bracketed by mountains By Karen Erickson X hadn't been to the Midwest since remember mile after mile of cornfields planted so close to the road that I couldn't see anything but a slice of blue sky between corn tassel spires So I think it was rather unkind of my friend Julie Robertson to make fun of me as we rode through Nebraska She and I along with several other graduate students and faculty members from USU had spent several early - October days in Lincoln the attending Western Lilerature Association's annual conference I presented my very first “academic" paper attended panel discussions applauded USU contingent the went to the awards banquet and learned lo dance the “Macarena" at the celebration I discovered that the word “academic" doesn't necessarily mean "dull" These people knew how to Smilhficld appointed when The Herald Journal will accept no letter to the editor or guest commentary submissions dealing with 1996 election issues or candidates past S pnu Thursday Oct submis31 No election-relate- d sions will run in the newspaper past Sunday Nov 3 I was 12 years old and my memories from (hat time had faded I mainly I e Nutritional Imperatives and Women Whose arc Synonymous with the Twelve Specific Appellations Given to Calendar Increments" My theory until Wes sneakily wrote a much better paper than I did was that the paper with the longest title gets the most acclaim But since the title of my paper had LOTS more syllables than Wes's I guess my theory didn't hold up On the other hand maybe I could do a ) study write a paper get a grant But between panel discussions dancI didn't have a ing and nerve-attacObsessive-Addictiv- partv (I must confess that deadline Oct 31 Vujnu Ward ftjCKtf Hrrt Hclva Hansen Election letters van L Olsen aiSfeifr I was a little dis- didn't receive the award for “The Best Graduate Student Paper" but was cheered when it went to Wes Mantooth my USU colleague Because I'm a very had loser though I went through the program afterwards and counted syllables You see academic papers all have long baffling titles Professorial types start with some catchy phrase usually written in English put a colon after it and then add lots of scholarly s funding v llahles for example “JUNh IS BUSTING OUT AIL OVER- - An Inquiry and Analysis into (he ( (((relation between whole lot of time to actually SEE Nebraska Except for a couple of short walks around Lincoln's beautiful downtown area I hadn't left my hotel So when Julie and I had the chance to take a bus tour to Red Cloud the selling for many of Willa father's novels we jumped at it “Looks overcast today” I told Julie as we settled into our scats “Too bad” "Hmmm'' she answered We sat in silence as the bus headed down the freeway “What a bummer” I continued staring out through the window “I mean it's been clear all week and now look at this haze!” “Isn't that the sun over there?'’ she asked “Oh! Well yeah” “And the sky lixiks blue” “Well yeah I guess it is” Julie looked at me “So why do you think it overcast?" I spluttered a little bit squirmed in my seat then finally said “Well just look for yourself! There's got to be SOME kind of haze in the air You can't see the mountains” Her lips twitched before she finally gave up and laughed aloud “Karen we're in Nebraska” she said between snickers “Like in The Great Plains?’ There ARE no mountains" knew that knew intellectually that Nebraska is smack dab in the middle of the Great I I Plains but the reality disoriented me Julie with no regard for my psychological well-bein- g pointed out what my guts refused to accept: No Mountains None Zero Nada Zilch There is something well WEIRD about a landscape where the edge of the horizon is defined by a grain elevator or a lone tree rather than by a jagged mountain range “No mountains" she said and suddenly I felt exposed unprotected Even within the confines of the bus I wanted to hunker down to squeeze flat against the earth so that I wouldn't he absorbed into that vast infinite blueness No mountains Eventually I was able lo sec that Nebraska Is not completely flat I gazed through the bus window at miles of d milo marching in straight rusty-colore- rows over rolling fields I walked through a prairie conservancy district where an ocean of head-hig- h red grass swayed in the stiff wind I enjoyed good ol’ Nebraska cooking (fried gizzards fried onions fried steak fried lettuce ) at the Palace Restaurant in downtown Red Cloud population 1204 But no mountains I learned something during my trip to Nebraska and I didn't learn it during the conference I need mountains Maybe lifelong residents of the plains states feel claustrophobic when mountains surround them Perhaps they feel buried overwhelmed insignificant But for me the mountains provide a sense of scale perspective and safely A valley becomes a secure cradle protected by an impreg- nable fortress of unyielding peaks Mountains make me walk tall When we flew hack into Salt Lake Julie nudged me and pointed at the Wasatch Range “There are your moun- tains" Yes Mountains Utah Organ Home Logan resident Karen Ericsson s column appears on the Opinion page every other Wednesday Some er common sense alternatives to conducting voter polls By cans aie right: Polls arc stupid things Ihcy arc tantamount lo manufactured new There aic way loo many of them And they arc not necessarily accurate Ii is for these reasons that I formed a Joseph Spear Newspaper Enterprise Association tie thing group four years ago called People Againsi Polls Mono: WHO TUI! IIILL thil Hi publican hi'Ul on is that f I' oli'iial polls arc ilili aii s of lime not to minium W rung I his do Ins probably som-tlun- vs lhai s lo fail that Bill Clinton is to uuxh Bob Dole on Nov ? but in uher hue 01 there The Republi iifj the pn-jiii- CAKES!! PAP has lour missions One is to urge people lo pay less attention to polls Two is lo encourage people not to participate in polls or better vet to lie Tltree is to campaign for the establishment of a National Commission for the Study and Regulation of Polling and for a code that would limn polls to thtee per election year and require mandatory prison sentences for anyone who conducts a call-ipoll four is lo educate people who insist on knowing in advance who's going to win an election that there ate other ways to achieve this end They can study chicken entrails Ihcy can follow Nancy Reagan s example and hire astrologers They can experiment with Ouija boards They im consult fortune cookies I cracked one in the name of Bill Clinton and it read "Steady as she goes" I opened one for Boh Dole and it read "The time is right lo make new friends" Ton can rc ad into that what you want n They can apply multifarious models Wine: A good year for Bordeaux favors Democrats a good year for California wines augurs well for Republicans Hemlines: When they go down Republicans win World Scries: An American league victory is good news for Republicans Democrats had better hope thc Roherto Alomar dispute doesn't result in a World Scries cancellation That would forebode a big Republican win fscc 1904 and 1994) And they can consult any of these indicators: The Robert Eair statistical test This Yale professor predicts presidential races Mallard Fillmore Herald Journal Editorial poli attended to acquaint with a vary of viewpoint! or matte's of public importance and provide members of the commumty wxt a forum for thee mews Pe'sona column cartoon end tetter from and reader reftec the opinion o thee amt creator Editorials under the heading ‘Ojr yew' represent the we of me Me'B'd Journal cdiona1 boaic Member of Ihe edsonai board The Option page reader based on the inflation rate in the two years preceding the election the growth rate of the economy in the second and third quarters of the election year and whether an incumbent is one oi the candidates The “N" test Eor some reason the American people seem to like candidates whose names end in “N’- Count them: Washington Jefferson Madison Jack-so- n Van Burcn Harrison The Southpaw Curse: Eony-on- e men have served as chief executive Onlv five — James Garfield were Harry Truman Gerald Ford Gorge Bush and Bill Clinton left-hand- Letters rpolicyj The Herald Journal welcome letter to the editor Potenualiy hbeious or offensive letter w4 not be published however ana the editor reserve the nghl to edit el' letter to conform to the length end ye reauimrnents of the newspaper Letters ahouto be Typewrit! er anc ooutue raced No more than 450 worg m length Addressed and induce daytime phone number tor purposes of venhca'on Signed by ihe author Individuals e hmitec to one published tetter wirwi any period Adores lette-ilhjieherig'hfiewi con Guest are a'SC welcome end are un the editor discreteri a-- ERJCE SMTM'puW-she- ' CHARLES McCOlLUM managing editor JCNNTEP HiNES'city eoto KAEANNE TNA VlsE new e34o-- 30-da- y c r POOR |