Show v v k i ‘V ' $ ' ' ' fc' f1 : “Right conclusions ' ere more Hcely to be gathered out of a multitude of tongues than through any kind of itTiruitatiun irnlnnfinn flUlff(ralfluW vChOuUmIi Judpt LMmsdfHiMl Amarican Jurist (1I71-1M- The Herald Journal Logan Utah Wednesday view April ’ 5 2000 Page 14 ' names The Deseret News s - ometimes the best course of action is to take no action — at least v for a while : The Jordan School District is wise-l- y placing a moratorium on naming buildings fields and stadiums Dis- -' trict officials are reexamining their on naming various facilities ' policy and expect to have a new plan iri v place by the end of the year This is one instance where haste could lead to problems Not only can the naming of facilities be an cmo-- y tional issue in the Jordan School t District it’s a financial one as well Under current district policy a name is expected to be accompanied by ' donations ranging from $25000 to $1 million depending on the facility get- tingthe name Supporters of Alta softball coach yjr ' - " board meeting very few educators retire or die wealthy yet die influence they have on their students can be immeasurable Because they or their supporters may not have a lot of "money should that alone disqualify d structure them from a : V being named riftq them? V 'y And should a person be deceased' to be hooored? That’s a requirement in the Granite School District While requiring donations as a condition for recognition may sound mercenary or even crass it reflects v v school-relate- : (‘ the financial reality schools face today That's why some school dis- tricts make arrangements with soft drink companies —they offer only a certain brand name at their schools and the company reimburses them for -that exclusivity v It seems unreasonable that a gifted ' educator could not be memorialized " at either his school or in his district Vaughn lAlvey didn’t' have' the": because of a financial requirement It $230000 required to name the Sandy also' seems reasonable that in some' school’s new softball field for him’ instances a donation in conjunction But they correctly argued that Alvey with the naming of a facility is appro:: is a softball institution iri Utah ihav- - priate The president of East High g organization: ing been named to the Utah Softball School’s Hall of Fame: The school board in for example is exploring the possithis case decided to waive the feer-tbility of naming hallways and class- -'' after donors rooms be involved Should there any fees The Jordan School District should at all? None of the other Wasatch Front districts require a donation: A® carefully Jook at those options and ' ' noted during this week’s school more as it conducts its study-- ' : " ”Si fund-raisin- t - : ! KYourvlow ' r - - t ail : the article in the Salt Lake iIn hune “Not Your Average Sex Case" Tri- Recent news reports about Jay Toombs call fin support m his bhalf h prevail Lot Jay'sahappy positive person who loves and trusts people He is kind and good with his kids enjoySplay ing with and teaching them and car- -' ting"1- - for) them It has been an inspiration over the years to obsierve his nurturing tender care pf his chil- dren' His concern has always been for their welfareNo Jay isn’t too good to be true -- but Just a true' Christian ay just recently moved to Benson ’He belongs to a wonderful family! The Toombs people are dependable: and live lives 'honest of service My brother Sanford - hard-worki- - Logan city employee had been send-- ! of a sexual nature to her ing husband's computer at work The A ca)l for support oijayioomps To the editor ‘Tv ng Campbell who has known the Toombs family for decades has ! worked extensively on various pro Ejects with the Toombs men and boys (je dcfcnse attorney who received with favorable ruling by the judge waSiven a copyof the hard drive memoryfile of the police officer’s wife's computer In the memory bank r file they found“fictitious-bu- t n identity “Kami” provocative who sent other including at least one to her police officer ' ! !!iMy question now is Why was this ‘ pre-tee- hus-ban- d” officer not disciplined for sexual harassment when Logan city has a: zero tolerance for sexual harassment If someone other that her husband' would have seen this they would have been offended This alone causes a sexually hostile environment at Work! backed by law (Robinson V Jacksonville shipyards 760 F Supp 1 468 57 FEP Cases 97 1 including Jay He said “The Toombs ' (MDFla) i: family art some of the finest people I : He also said “Instead of being involved in a breach of contract of have ever known or worked with City Policy — but be congratLogan They should be of good spirit and ulated for her efforts” Since when is continue to move forward in faith that it Logan city policy allows a knowing God loves them" Then with 1 y employee the use of Logan tears in his eyes added “In this valley account Does Logan are thousands pf people who love and city's and choose what policies support them And we wonder what city pick I wonder : enforce? will they j we can do to help them” also stated “Sound Off The mayor V We have known loved and is It is mathe community dividing Toombs admired the family for a king difficult situations worse” He t long time and will continue to do so also goes on to say “A casual observer Haze! Stcttler reading Sound Off would think we a community filled with have North Logan non-cit- ail Mayor do your job Sound Off gets nod theeditor Friday March 31 2000 I was ready to write a response in favor of To ' the Sound Off article on Thursday March 30 2000 To gain my own opinion 1 went to the library and looked at this article to which they refer to up on the Internet! advise everyone to do so I think we all need to give Mr applause for Thompson a his lack of knowledge of the facts of the article in question I wonder if he even read the article In his own words “The wife of a one-hand- ed I bigots' myself applaud the idea of the Sound Off column It gives the con cerned citizen the right to voice there opinion without the fear of retaliation from the city If Mayor Thompson truly wishes to stop the outpouring of the controverof sial iissues maybe a government procedures needs to take place It is my educated guess that the controversial issue of Sound Off is coming from prominent citizens and Logan city employees In plain language Mr Mayor Do what the citizens of Logan voted you in to da Do your job provided by places like our cold deserts our ! culture deteriorates Desert health depends on trow we live our urban were in desert scrub away from Main Street traffic construction on and decisions made in closed- door caucuses In the distance were neighborhoods trying to kill abuse shelters Sound Off columns hazing arid other I-- 15 - absurdities of Logan life! I t understood ‘ he 'a livies ‘Art fshelteorfee110 f desert tor We do not need it for survival of our ¥ bodies But we need it for our spirit! The humandesert dependency why prophets of pld retreated to the remains as real as it ever was it is desert to cleanse their mind Interspersed in the gray hills and just more attenuated and less visible scrubby vegetation were marshy val- ! Deserts today need our respect and our culture needs the diversity and leys and small lakes Ducks geese and shorebirds built their nests Small peace of deserts: Unless we have the furry creatures swam toward mound beauty solitude and biological Huge carp wallowed iri the sity provided by places like our cold deserts our culture deteriorates: shallows Jayne our ecologist looked for mussels and Desert health depends on how we live our urban lives We change a unique mollusks We grown-up- s desert every time we start our car scanned the ponds with binoculars We became voyeurs peeking into prior take a hot shower vate lives of birds and muskrats V We change physical landscapes: Maria and Anna our little grandwith our' excesses We condemn dam- daughters were content to throw age caused by plows and cows but pebbles in the water and laugh we tolerate other more drastic distur- Deserts are a metaphor fpr life bances We accept parking lots1 golf itself At first glance a desert looks : courses air conditioned malls and like a sterile landscape with small virtual nature walks Our spiritual shrubs and bare ground It appears as landscapes lie fallow but they con boring as the perceived barrens of tain seeds of hope and dreams for renewal of'natural richness daily lives of ordinary people Yet when you look within those fives you Native desert landscapes are find a richness spiced by love hope by acts of ignorance rearranged and dreams that only the human spirit or passion Our good life is greed can provide These dreams lift us supported by humanized landscapes: above tragedies death of loved ones nature haniessed wildness tamed and incurable illnesses and creeping old energy focused for our comfort Our age! hope for ecological and cultural sta- For thousarids of years people bility depends on caring enough to have lived in and witn deserts the use latent power of our spirit to interdependence of people and land implement lifestyles that keep our was necessary for the survival of deserts healthy ' : both When we first moved to Every time we hear an internal Logan 41 years ago ranchers still combustion engine we hear a desert trailed sheep from the Cache Forest sigh Few people now doubt the to the West Desert winter range effects of greenhouse gases on global Every spring and fall flocks bleated When we heat or cod too wanning through our town reminding us of much living space when we use the connectedness of mountains mow our lawn or when to gasoline towns and deserts We knew about we drive where we should have J fanners land and food walked we surrender to a void in our Now technology has severed the soul Thinking folks would not take mutual dependence of desert land and an ATV and speed across a desert the people of this valley We eat But when we drive unneclandscape sheep from Australia shrimp from essarily on a city street we join the Indonesia peaches from Chile and in desert destruction It apples from New Zealand We is just a matter of degree Loganites do not depend on our Logan is like 'most American cities diver-hom- es daugh-ter-in-la- w ' by? ! ! : i four-wheele- rs Curtis Meats Hynim Mallard Fillmoro jgtiU ahaip Hr Unless we have the beauty solitude and biological diversity J: few weeks ago our son Paul and his family joined Jenny and me for an outing north of the Great Salt Lake' In less than an hour we Herald Journal Ti: Editorlalpolib Ths OpWon pegs Is MamM to acquaint raaders with variety ol vtowpdrts on mattws ot pubNc knportanN and provW immban ol Vw community Of vw JteVia 1 3or Woo i in A Herts It makes driving arid parking individual cars too easy Its houses are too' big It swallows deserts! wetlands and farmlands It wastes water It hauls and buries rubbish that should be recycled Saving deserts starts in city councils and in planning commissions across our land It continues in how each of us lives our lives We can help deserts through ipS knowledge! We are all teachers! We start with out children and grandchil-dren—tpeople in our home By throwirig pebbles iri the marsh' our little granddaughters were learning about biological diversity by expert w4ure Tmt hand We extend neighbors knowledge others Vre encounter every day We educate in our schools and civic orga- nizations:JU :'V fir ' 'V We can everi teach elected officials : 'V by how: we vote and how we share our opinion This is an election year We can let candidates know our con- cem for ecological services of deserts : and wetlands We can deny our vote : to anyone who would destroy our grandchildren's future by funding : projects that encroach on open space It is easy to help a desert' Just write a check to your favorite conser- vation group Or vote for leaders who ! understand the need for open space But the real salvation of deserts may be in what we buy how we use what we have and how we dispose of unwanted items-- do not minimize good research done by folk! like those at USUbut they cannot save with research what we destroy with ! wasteful lives! r Our lives are filled with spiritual wastelands: the boredom of a routine job the loss of faith the death of a loved one chronic illness growing old Depression causes hopelessness when we concentrate on the bare soil and eroded landscapes of what life has dealt us When we adapt to life's changes we find hope and construct dreams Dreams outline the possible Hope drives us to action ! Maria and Anna’s father learned to identify shorebirds and waterfowl in the desert marsh where they threw rocks in the water I hope one day their children's children will run and : laugh and play and watch a desert sunset over nesting ducks an hour from wherever they live Mi a fcnim tor thoir vim Pstsonrtcolurnns cartoons and Wtw trow raadsfi rsflacl Sia opinions olthaimirttsis and oastots Editorials undsftoshsadtog "Our rspiessnt tos vlsws of Sis Hsnud Journal feri board Msmbsrs of Sia adMorial board: NICOLE FARRELUdty odKor CINDY YURTHrtsaturss odKor BRUCE SMmVpubSshar CHARLES MoCOUUMAnanaging ' sdllor toco-worke- rs '' r ! ! - : ! 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