Show 'Right condusbno am monlMy to be gathered out of a multitude of tonguee than through any kind of authoritative aetocOon' MknHM(inMMI) ” ' ' ' r ' - Recycling: Cache says i'v to do it s wew pleasantly tuprind to learn that the vast ity of Cache County residents supports recycling Now what are we going to do about it? Lori Hunter a Utah State University sociology professor conducted a survey of 400 randomly chosen households in die county Her results indicate that nearly 90 per- cent of the respondents are interested in collection of recyclable hems What’s more people are willing to pay for it: 7S percent of respondents say they’dfwk over $1 or more per month with nearly a third willing to part with up to $3 and another 20 percent 19 to $5 The estimated cost of implementing a material recovery facility where recyclables are sorted from trash ranges from $131 to $287 per household (ThatVof course if everyone participates The cost would escalate dramatically if participation is made voluntary ana the majority chose not to participate) Although the survey indicated most people support recycling because it saves landfill space we’re unfortunately too late to save our landfill Even if we reduced our waste by 25 percent it would extend the life of the landfill by only five years But nearly half of the respondents said they support recycling because city-sponso- Iw’ti'-- itnmso ilH IwM tin’1 TwJC$nriiifn?l lni! fin evert SUSU iTbtheedhnr J I’m deeply honored by Jan Bakker’s HJ letter suggesting that I be named ath- letic director to succeed Ml Chuck Bell Swho is going elsewhere to rescue other 'programs Curiously enough I would be pleased to accept die position under two conditions: that my tenure as AD would be fin just a year and that during that year certain salary adjustments would be jmade fin the small number a! important individuals I would be joining In that Mr Bell is among those cam- IP us luminaries realizing more than $ 100000 a year for their services I’m assuming I’d now be among that fiscal elite The salary adjustment would involve a pledge from all us men to accept for one year my current full professors salary — a very generous I salary by local standards This would net about $23 million dollars We would donate that to paying all die debts that IMc Bell incurred while here We would donate anything over that to paying off UpkUktou tank 0 31 m toruiuy and then lb die editor sarfetyj 86 tensions had been growing steadily through the 1960s as Macks and whites recognized and sought to correct the discrepancies between the Bill of Rights and die reality of Ameriright-thinki- ng can society There was the Watts riot in 1963 which UPI reported this way: “The enor- mity of Negro rioting that erupted in South Los Angeles Aug 11 caught by surprise a city that had been proud of its In a holocaust that race relations sessions (evenings or more than a week for tense ' V onn r 3 11 : ad y completed in tine Saturdays " It coven simple maintenance correct About two and a half yean ago during some public discussion about bicycle facilities nt the importance of tricycle i D“8"a iHuuwwvmmiui “ His column appears on Via Opinion papa every ottwr 8unday University gaps are widening Much of the Eisra-- 4 4-- Mallard Flllmoro - See YOUR VIEW on Page 26 ' v country is useful President Lyndon B Johnson formed die Kemer Commission mmed for its chairman Illinois Gov Otto Kemer in 1967 to investigate the root causes of violence that rocked horrific race-base-d some 27 cities from Florida to Massachusetts to Illinois tint summer Racial - MggSgfig&Sj rounds into th the question of race relations in this -- for children on bikes It provides the information to help you give your children better guidance than just to “wear your helmet and watch out for cars” Tb schedule this presentation for your or contact poup call me at BobBayn9usuedu on die Internet I have made arrangements with the Logan Recreation Crater and the USU Outdoor Recreation program to offer the “Road I” course this spring Watch for their spring schedule brochures The course is classroom and top ge tial commissian report that helped define u Will Pitkin Hyde Park in bicycle Eisenhower The Washington-base- d Foundation is observing this year’s Black Histonr Month in a more meaningful way by reviewing the progress we’ve made as a nation in the 30 yean since the Kemer Commission assessed Ac state of race relations in America For those who were distracted from full appreciation of Black History Month (and for those who weren’t) a review of die events of 1967-6- 8 and die presiden- 1 on bicycle safety education in 732-83- it's March which is Women’s History Month By April 1 the check marks can go against that whole segment of the population — 34 percent of us — is well ) ' jtaUe Instructor certified America (And now er or can talk about Latino influences in Instructor No 683” and am preparing to offer two modules of die LAB instruction to help local residents who do or want to use their bikes to get where they are going I welcome opportunities to present die "Kids F video module to parent groups such as PlAs relief societies and Scout to recreation planners leaders as well town councils editorial boards and others It is a brief video tape that explains to adults what the real safety issues are here except for the lawsuiti against him By the end of die year not only would die Stan Laub Practice Facility and the stadium bonds be paid off but we would have enough for Mr Bmert’s $27000 ronvemenl- NMUn -- 10 Keniiig dmdebefweeh bouae T ( White Americiftrid tfafe Mnority seen a flash of light that even though the population population turned out to be a cigarette lighter held Bill Hood who was projections show that whites will be in by niece' the minority within 30 or 60 years killed along with his Even though memben of racial minorTen Mocks awqr Helen Hall a white businesswoman pulled back ity groups now make up about 26 percent of the total population our biggest hotel room the drapes in her fourth-flosaid to a friend “Look at die tanks!” and and best newspapers hardly notice “those people” At best only about 5 to 7 perwas gunned down by the passing Nationcent of die news content of US newspa-- ’ al Guard unit White Americawas stunned— “What pen consists of stories about minorities Amerihappened?" asked LBJ in his charge set- - In news accounts when African all mentioned tends are cans it at to be Commission Kemer die “Why ting up as criminals or in stories that “frame” did it happen? What can be done to prediem negatively and their lives and vent it from happening again?" solu“The only genuine long-ranprospects as at risk “The offering pattern has African tion for what has happened lies in an attack — mounted at every level — upon Americans disproportionately included conditions that breed despair and vio-- in negative coverage — as prostitutes knee” the president said “We should drag dealers welfare recipients second-stor- y attack these conditions — not because men unwed mothers” observed we are frightened by conflict but Les Payne assistant managing editor for because we are fired by conscience We Newsday die country’s largest afternoon should attack them because there is simdaily “It is a strange place this Mack ply no other way to achieve a decent and world die media project by commission ait fflniiiiiwii orderly society m America” ' The nine-moninvestigation by the “Within the feature pages of many Kemer Commission remains the most newspapers snowstorms and floods this country sweeping rarely disturb black residents” Payne has ever undertaken on issues of race said "Gypsy moths don’t attack their The famous bottom line when the lawns or eat die leaves of their trees report was issued in 1968: “Our Their cMldren don’t run away from nation is moving toward two societies home or go on vacation Or get married one black me white — separate and Or shop at suburban malls Or ice skate Or take in a play” years later we can point to - As this year’s annual observance of many changes and improvements in die Black History Month comes to a dose evolution of race relations in this counlet’s resolve to try to extend our contry “Negro ghetto” is not a term you see sciousness of people who don’t look like very often thank God although such oursdves into March as well mid perneighborhoods still exist But in the haps even throughout 1998 Because as decades since Martin Luther King Jt’s as it is to look back into history famous speech we all have cone dose sobering at the events reported by the Kerner to achieving Ms dream of a fairer and Commission 30 years ago it is even more people America Haven't we? The Eisenhower Foundation’s update more sobering to realize that the diviof the Kemer report says no “The sions they documented then still haven’t prophecy has come to pass” says the goneaway new report which is due out this week Tad Paaas (lpaMinocuauedu) la head of Via indeed more than just separate and Department ot Communication at Utah 8tata -Lj where he’d some newsrooms and classrooms you can almost hear the little mental check marks entered by teachers and editors: “There! Done that!” And that’s it for attention to race until the next minority observance — Cinco de Mayo when we Arizona I am now “Effective Cyclist all the debts Mr Bell incurred while : iiaiaa-ffliB- Herald Journal ' Mtix&tirfOft RaeanU ON-tttene- jcr etfsopeoE I ia 180-degre- andeqn- - Cache VUley So I began the task of learning the details and studying the program I completed my own training last fall in Mesa ' tiiHiju HU the national jobless rate less than 3 percent some 30 percent of young black men in our biggest cities are unemployed Nationwide we’re spending more on prisons than on higher education the e report points out which is a switch from just 10 years ago- - And those prisons now house one of every three blade men in America Another indicator of a divided nation is income distribution: The tidiest 1 percent of Americans have as much total wealth as the Inttom” 90 percent of us And the poorest of die poor tend to be Made and Hispanic a bit ambivalent on the whole notion of Black History Month because for some in die press and in other segments of society it pro- - American Bicyclists (LAB) As a result of that letter I got a few calls from PEA officers asking fin more details I did a little checking and found no LAB bicycle safety instructors in our vicinity Eventually I did learn of one in Ogden but she can’t easily have a big six-figu- re ll bower evidence is Economic: In these boomtimei of high employment with Generally I'm -- jmact lvk with all the racy doings in Washington die prospect of another Persian Gulf war El Nifio and the rest many Americans may not have paid mum notice to the pairing of Black Malay Month which ended yesterday oped and offered by the League of - 11 Wi helmets I wrote a letter to die editor promoting bicycle sa fcty education At that time I mentioned the existence of a very thorough bicycle safety program devel- - bajandes accounts jiri I Bv Tad Pea— Your view Pitkin - Consider racial equality all year exist itiimii? 14- atalie Young of Cedar Ridge Middle School in Hyde Park The Herald Journal welcomes guest cartoon submissions from area youngsters and others valley and a few local firms use reclaimed items in their manufacturing processes Any study of government-sponsore- d recycling should look at the impact on local entrepreneurs and make sure government can do it better and cheaper before we put anybody out of business Tb the 70 percent of survey respondents who say they already recycle in spite of having to pay for pickup or haul stuff themselves bravo! We’re proud to live in a community where most people do something a bit costly and tune- - ?nadr si snu car- toon was created by money on a more expensive alternative simply because It’s the right thing to dtM We do it all die time Partially thanks to taxpayers we have a beautiful downtown performing arts theater We have reclaimed the old Logan train depot as a restaurant We have wonderful recreational facilities and great libraries All of these things enhance the quality of life in our valley in ways mat are intangible yet unarguable Recycling may not make our local air any cleaner or save any trees in our vicinity But if taxpayers want to spend local dollars to improve the global quality of life what’s wrong with that? That said there is one thing the city and county councils should consider before die first can is salvaged This is a gap that private ' enterprise has already started to filL ay ladta'l tow Today's editorial 1 The Opinion page la Mended to aoqurint wwi m wiwcy or idAiiaMfekia iMOBii uJek vwwpora on MellaM imwi of pubSo Importance and provide members of tor VwVviswa Vw community wVhstorum Personal odumns cartoons and Mors Vom Isadora isNaol the opinions ol Vielr writers and creators EdNorisis under Vwheadtogttor sSaa Im iMad Ik jouniw itpmm vw vwwv vw Mboard Members ol the edNorial board: nvn BRUCE auHTHfcuMshor CHARLES MoOOlLUMftiianafllnfl odttor MIKEWENNERQRENfetyodfar CMOYYURTHrtoahsssodHor g The Herald Journal weloomM letters to Vie editor PolenSafly Ibeious or otienslas Mtors uui Ik ja Im IkN pUDMnOQf llwMW HIQ VM Ht MlOP a Ajttft tt Sa i worn woomorm worm rvMnwvvwngni to Vw Isngtti and style requbemsnls ol Vie letters should be: ' '" to Typewritten and No mors Van 460 words In lengVi —J vmWji j JAaaaad ww Bvyvrw pnofw Mminiq number tor puposM of varittoaHon auVior to Signed by Vie IndMduals are RmNed to one puMahad let- tor wtthln any today period AddrsM&maa tvttiwto hptttvrEtyrwwi ooih Omioom nwMariM tlio wiioofni nnd vun d owerwon vw loion AamIUa doubie-apaos- — m in I r eeni --" i- j: — |