Show "Right conclusions are more likely to fa gathered out of a multitude of tongues than through any kind of authoritative selection ' —Judge learned Hand American Jurist Sunday July 4 1999 The Herald Journal Logan Utah Our view j Ki xa-- y (1I72-1M- 1) Pages t Streets with strut need names not numbers A x West or something like that Hyde Park’s Main Street which isn't the town's main street is 3700 North on the west side of US 91 and Main Street on the east side Confused? Of course you are So Hyde Park plans to add to the confusion by switching to Logan’s quickly as you can try u picture in your mind where 4(X) South in Logan is s Now just as quickly do the same with the Boulevard suspect most people could conjure up an image of the BouleThe addresses for every vard faster than they could picture system home and business in the town will 400 South Why? Because the Boulevard is represented by a change We know it’s easy to find name and 4(X) South is We represented by a number To figure out where 4(X) South is you first have to figure out which direction is south and then count from Center Street You don't have to figure out where the Boulevard is — you know That’s just one of the problems with the system most Utah cities use Hyde Park is dealing w ith another one Since Logan is Cache County’s scat and the county's economic and population center most of the county and many of the smaller towns use Logan's system But towns like Hyde Park that don't arc running into problems US Highway 91 is Main Street street-numberi- addresses with the numbering system if you know how it works But if you don’t know how it works good luck And even if you do know how it works what happens when you get up to CliiTside? Besides the numbering system is precise organized and efficient — three good reasons to dislike it The metric system is precise organized and efficient but we’d rather have miles yards and quarts Give us pavement with personality — Market Street Lincoln Avenue the Esplanade Shoreditch ng Road Champs Elysees — even those dumb developer-inspire- d names like Rock Ridge Estates street-numberi- Drive or Oak View Manor Avenue A rose might smell as sweet by any other name but it would stink if you gave it a number throueh River Heights Logan North Logan and Smithficld But in Hyde Park it’s 12(X) West or HXX) Your view A bird in the hand is By Arrin Brunson special feeding every couple hours or protection from predators just long A xXn announcement from the White House Friday renewed hope in Americans from sea to shining sea Just in time for the Fourth of July celebration President William Jefferson Clinton said the bald eagle a symbol of our nation's was greatness deemed plentiful enough to be removed from the endangered species list given The actions of its signers were The news came The Declaration of Indeas a most welpendence contains five references to come surprise to God It also proclaims that life and libermembers of my own household whose To the editor: ty arc unalienable gifts from God naturexperiences with feathered friends have The Fourth of July is the birthday of al It affirms that the purpose of been rights frequent and disastrous The tenAmerica! More than two centuries ago a government is to secure our God-give- n derhearted but feebleminded people in of and men courageous inspired group unalienable individual rights and that our family continuously try to increase laid the foundation for the most powerful derives its power from the or at least maintain the population of the government in and most prosperous nation (he world! consent of the governed winged creatures In the last week alone Unfortunately in the years since reviSecond we must learn the principles we've offered would-b- e salvation to a sionists conspirators and historical of the Constitution in the tradition of the half dozen birds dehunkers hue taken great pains to cast Fathers Jefferson said “if a This tendency to domesticate wild anidoubt upon the character and motives of Founding nation be and free to mals can be traced hack to my childhixxl ignorant expects our Founding l athers The falsification it expects what never was and never will where earliest memories include the care sad has contributed the our to of history and feeding of orphaned birds — ducks fact that in this century the meaning and be" involved in the quail and even a crow The fun occasionThird become we must intent of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United civic affairs to see that we are properly ally included playing housemate with represented We must make sure that snakes turtles and alligators commonly Stales is consistently ignored and somein times even denigrated by lawmakers and those who represent us in our local stale found Florida's wetlands Dad and are national always made it look so easy — good governments public officials who have solemnly wise honest and and send was his practice mend Constitudedicated to sworn to uphold it! Whether a wounded animal required a tional principles statesan Henson Era Taft inspired influence our Fourth make we must man constitutionalist anu American felt by our vote our letters our teachings patriot has staled four imperatives if we are to befriend our nation in her hour of and our advice The address phone num' p1' I''bers and of our government and need and secure the blessings of liberty in are First and foremost we must be rightprinted frequently representatives the newspaper eous John Adams said “our ConstituMay we who love and cherish freetion was made only for a moral and be as valiant and courageous as dom It is wholly inadequate religious people Scripps Howard News Service to the gov eminent of any other" The those patrons who pledged their lives their fortunes and their sacred honor! IXvIaration of Independence is the official and unequivocal affirmation by the American people of their belief and faith Margaret Townsend he United States is perhaps the in (iod The rights it defines are God- - Logan only country that would consult a piece of paper for guidance about appropriate policy in an obscure part of the world The paper — parchment really — is the Declaration of Independence and it UTAH SENATE orable John Doe State Representative sets out the circumstances under which a To call your Utah senator at the Senate: State Capitol Salt Lake City Utah 841 14 House District 1 (Cache Box Elder and people should become an independent (801)538-103Tooele counties) — Rep EH Anderson To write your senator at the Senate: The nation Certainly the conditions laid out 8790 W Highway 102 by the Founding Fathers of ''death desoHonorable John Doe Utah State Senator 0 Tremonton UT 84337 Home phone Room 319 State Capitol Salt Lake City lation and tyranny" prevailed in Kosovo UT 84114 The United States was drawn inlo that House District 3 (Cache County) — conflict less out of nahonal interest Senate District 24 (Box Elder Cache 540 S 1600 Craig Buttars counties) — Peter C Knudson that was at slake loo - than a City 1209 Michelle Drive Bngham City UT West Lewiston UT 84320 Home phone idealism And that is what pervasive 5 5 84302 Home phone makes the Fourth of July unique among Rich District House 4 (Cache counties) Senate District 25 (Cache Rich Sum— Loraine Pace 435 E 900 the holidays nations celebrate to signify mit counties) — Lyle W Hillyard their independent status It does not niaik 4 North Logan UT 84321 Phone 175 E 100 North Logan UT 84321 Home a battle treaty or birthday 3 Fax 0 business phone We do not celebrate the conventional — L Evan House District 5 (Cache) UTAH HOUSE We do not celebrate April I1) the first Ward 2009 S 3200 West Olsen To call the Utah House of Representabattle of the Revolution at Ixxinglon and tives (801)538-102Young Ward UT 84339 Home phone 4 To write a Utah representative: The Hon- Concord in 1775 or Oct 19 the dale of Benson outlines God-inspir- rules for freedom ' enough to them get over the shock of colliding with a car he made the tasks seemed effortless “How did he do it?" I wondered us I staggered to (he kitchen at two in the morning to prepare a half cc of huhy bird formula for the latest victim to full prey to our good intentions The huhy robin seemed healthy enough when I found it clutched in the hands of my two sons “I want to hold him” one of them said grabbing talons and beak “I haven't held him long enough yet" the older one argued while tightening his grip “Give me the bird" I demanded “Nobody except me is allowed to touch it!” n Were it not for the mousers we feed and pet this little bird could probably get hy without any interference from us I knew He died quite suddenly the next day in spite of my vigilance I suspect the children were overwhelmed with temptation to play with the bird It was the same with our chicks Unbeknownst to me the kids turned out the lamp over llteir cage one evening so the babies could get a good night's rest They didn't understand the importance of that heat source Motivated out of kindness someone let the cockalecl out of its cage for a strut around the house When the front door stood open to catch the summer breeze for a few slwrt minutes that evening the catcalling Grey flew the coop half-doze- uh-o- h In another unfortunate accident a very colorful miniature avian whose crash resonated into our picture-windo- w through the house was spared from the jaws of our playful kittens The bird seemed to be recovering well when it suddenly died “He fed it a worm” the children said pointing accusatory fingers at each other And a baby duck was rescued from the dog's watering mouth only to die the next day from what we surmise was too much attention It could’ve been the swim in the wading pool that proved fatal for Quackers No we won’t be joining the ranks of those Cache Valley residents lining up for a permit to hunt birds We seem to threaten their survival enough with our attempts to assist them The best thing we can do for birds everywhere is stay as far away from them as possible Given our track record there’s no explaining one confusing clichd to our children How is it that a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush? It has been our experience without exception that birds in our hands are as good as finished We won't give up though The next time a little bird lands in our hands we’ll try again If the guys in Washington DC can take credit for saving a species we’re betting our kids will get the hang of it soon enough ed Arrin Brunson is the Herald Journal's education reporter Her column will appear on the Opinion page every other Sunday Other views ' V s July 4th: Pomp parades and principles T Lawmakers 5 854-376- 258-501- 723-203- 753-615- 753-004- 3 753-501- 752-261- 9 752-430- In a single sentence Jeffer- son encapsulated a simple succinct and overwhelmingly powerful justification for nationhood the climactic battle of Yorklown in 1781 or Sept 1 the signing of the Peace of Paris in 17X3 the treaty that sealed the US victory and its independence Instead we celebrate the signing of a committee report The five members of the committee ranged in age from Benjamin Franklin 70 a polymath and America's most famous citizen to Roger Sherman 55 a Connecticut judge and small businessman to Robert Liv- ingston 29 a New Yak lawyer and precocious politician It is hard to imagine the diverse five meeting under any other circumstances The principal draft of the Declaration was written by a Virginia planter Thomas Jefferson It is said that Mallard Fillmore Uofc prt even if tfte on litese seta lor txtev! seo&7s tftey'w OF OOP mt CATCH OP Wttft iM-ttteV- te 06 ffesilwi -- I Att? HodeAR ffesfori Herald Journal Editorial policy The Opinion page is intended to acquaint with a variety of viewpoints on matters of public importance and provide members of the community with a forum for their views Personal columns cartoons and letters from readers reflect the opinions of their writers and creators Editorials under the heading “Our View” represent the views of the Herald Journal editorial board Members of the editorial board: readers BRUCE SMITHpubiisher CHARLES McCOLLUMmanaging editor MIKE WENNERGRENdty editor CNDY YUHTHfeatures editor the test of a great idea is whether it can be expressed on a postcard In a single sentence Jefferson encapsulated a simple succinct and overwhelmingly powerful justification fa nationhood: “We hold these truths to be that all men are created equal that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights that among these are Life Liberty and the pursuit of self-evide- nt Happiness” Great events are often unnoticed at the time but the signers knew they had done something memorable The fifth member of the committee John Adams 40 wrote that same night to his wife Abigail back in Massachusetts setting out how we should celebrate July 4th and have ever since: “ with pomp and parade with shows games sports guns bells bonfires and illuminations from one end of this continent to the other from this time forward forevermore” Happy Independence Day Letters policy The Herald Journal welcomes letters to the editor Potentially libelous or offensive letters wi not be published however and the editor reserves the right to edit an letters to conform to the length and style requirements of the newspaper Letters should be: Typewritten and double-space-d No more than 450 words In length Addressed and include daytime phone number for purposes of verification Signed by the author Individuals are limited to one published letter within any y period Address letters to hjlettarOhjnewscom Guest commentaries are also welcome and are run at the editor's discretion 30-da- nrvrtD MHw f |