Show ' : : MOM t1- V Monday April 21 20Q3 a A4 The Herald Journal Regional view Chance missed to capitalize on Olympics u From the Deseret News L the World’s Fair in Seattle the Winter Olympics was a ing moment for Salt Lake City — a chance to permanently remake the city’s identity But the city has to a laige extent squandered that opportunity Granted the mechanical Hober-man Arch is no Space Needle but if it had remained downtown as part of a larger park that included an amphitheater and inviting displays or memorabilia it could have been 9 lasting and impressive reminder of the largest most public and positive event ever staged in the area Now it will be erected at the University of Utah joining the caldron a museum and other Olympic displays near the site of the opening and closing ceremonies and far from the crowd Granted the mechanical Hoberman Arch i6 no Space Needle but if it had remained downtown as part of a larger park that included an amphitheater and inviting displays or memorabilia it could have been a lasting and impressive reminder of the largest most public and positive event ever The U is still within the city of course It also is conveniently located along a TRAX line offering easy access for tourists staying down-townBit isn’t downtown the visual and symbolic center of the state and it won’t be witHin walking distance of major hotels That’s a shame and an unfortunate legacy to squabbling among fleeted city leaders are by nature inefficient That’s the hallmark of a system that allows input from all sources and the of competing interests But at some point real leadership has to take over and guide the process In this case that didn’t happen Hie Salt Lake Organizing Committee didn’t have any more time for deliberations and so the city’s chances for a grand downtown legacy was lost First the city entertained the idea of an amphitheater and Olympic center in Pioneer Park But the Historic Landmarks Commission didn’t like that idea Then came the idea of redeveloping the Gallivan Center in the heart of downtown which would have provided a central community gathering point around an Olympic theme But that was hung up by the tug and pull between the City Council and die mayor who wanted to explore other options at Pioneer To be sure downtown will feature some reminders of the Games A tower rising about 100 feet or so will be erected somewhere near the Gallivan Center featuring pretty pictures Another one measuring about 60 feet will stand near the Delta Center Some other visual markers will be built at key sights These will be important reminders staged in to cnnriAx acmes kositos the area Save Earth stop drug trade give-and-ta- ke ut By Paula Dobrianaky For The Christian Science Monitor million acres of rain forest — a quarrecent decades we’ve become ter of its total deforestation Deforestation is only one conseincreasingly aware of the dire global environmental consequences of quence of coca and poppy cultivation Highly toxic insecticides and destruction of die earth’s tropical forests — shrunken habitat for aniherbicides are used indiscriminately mal species lost biodiversity more by coca and poppy growers in Colombia and Peru and can persist in soil erosion and fewer “carbon the environment and harm a variety sinks” to absorb greenhouse gases of wildlife These products are used There are a variety of ways one at rates that exceed the manufacturcan assist in arresting tropical forest ers’ recommendations by individuals destruction such as supporting with no training or personal protecforestry conservation or enhancing tion They’re often stored in or near markets for "rain forest friendly” n coffee the farmers’ homes or food supplies products such as is also exposing them and their families to Recycling helpful But if you want to do one tiling for hazardous levels of these substances Earth Day'— Tuesday April 22 — td — Once the coca and opium-popp- y conserve forests and even reverse crops are harvested coca leaves and deforestation: stay away from poppy latex are mixed with more industrial chemicals including sulfucocaine and heroin ric add acetone potassium permanHie strong link between illegal ganate and gasoline to make drug use and tropical finest destruccocaine base and heroin The Colomtion became obvious to me when I bian government estimates that in visited Colombia last year for the 2000 gasoline in amounts equiva-leColombia’s President of inauguration to three days of gas consumption Alvaro Uribe and discussed the drug in California were used for coca-letrade with several members of his cabinet processing And in the middle of the forest To cultivate coca and avoid being where the processing pits and drug detected by law enforcement farmlabs exist you will not find toxic ers need to clear fields in fragile systems those tropical forest areas most ofreq by chemicals are deadly haphazardly slashing and burning Colombia dumped on the land and into the reports that during die 1990s more than 3 million acres of rain forest — streqmsand rivers that supply drinkan area larger than Yellowstone ing water for local populations In the case of Colombia the drug National Ptork — were cut for the trade has yet another devastating cultivation of opium poppy and coca environmental estimates Peru that coca consequence: It proSimilarly cultivation has caused tire loss of 57 vides funding for die violent activi Yoor view St Peter Chapter I: verse 19 but with the precious blood of Christ as of a lamb without blemish and without spot verse 20 who verily was for ordained before the foundations of the world but was manifest in these last times for you (manifest) visibles to reveal display show: manifest means all the things above Jesus did all these things My words 2nd John chapter 2: verse 9 Whosotime Melchizedek power To the editor: Ray Brown and Mr Williams both your letters were on the subject of priesthood $0 1 will try and give both of you answers in one letter Ray you have Mormon doctrine and Jesus doctrine mixed up When you read Matthew Chapter 3: verse 1 1 There is not any evidence that shows anyone was given the holy Melchizedek Priesthood Jesus already had that priesthood He was starting his doctrine by example! ' Baptism was of the many things that he wanted his people to follow: to prove that he had the Melchizedek Priesthood read St John Chapter 11: verse 14 Then said Jesus unto them plainly Lazarus is dead Verse 17 then when Jesus came he found that he had lain in the grave four days already I am still in chapter 11: verse 24 Martha said unto him 1 know that he shall rise again in the resur-- : rcetion at the last day Verse 25 Jesus said unto her I am the resurrection and the life: he that believeth in me though he were dead Yet shall he live Now Mr Williams and Mr Brown tell me if you know of any one performed a miracle like that in our ' af waste-managem- Nibley la Paula Dobriansky is the US undersecretary of State for global affairs Lawmakers Here is a list of addresses and phone numbers for some of Cache Valley’s representatives in government Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510 (202) 224-27Idaho office: 801 E Sherman Room 7 193 Pocatello ID 83201 (208) UT 84401 ‘ UA $ENATE-UTA- US ' H Sen Robert Bennett Republican — US Senate Washington DC 4 20510 (202) Utah office: 4225 Federal Building 125 S State St Salt Lake City UT 84138 (801) 224-544- Sen Orrin Hatch Republican — Utah office: 8402 Fed(202) eral Bidding 125 S State St Salt Lake City UT 84138 (801) 524-43224-525- 1 s US SENATE-IDAH- O Larry Craig Republican — 520 625-567- 7 ington DC 20510 (202) 224-614-2 Idaho office: 801 E Sherman Pocatello ID 83201 (208) 236-677-5 US HOUSE-- ® AHO Mike Simpson Republican — Rep- resents 2nd Congressional District which includes Franldin County 1449 Longworth House Office Bufldng Washington DC 29515 (202) 225-553-1 Idaho office: 304 N 8th Room 3 325 Boise ID 83702 (208) Michael Crapo Republican —111 Russel Senate Office Building Wash- 334-195- 524-593-3 US Senate Washington DC 20510 (801) 52 236-681- 80 Lee L West Columbia-Venezue- nt 1 ever tansgresseth and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ hath not God He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ he hath both the father and )he son Verse 10 If there come any unto you and bring not this doctrine receive him not into your house neither bid him God speed: Jeremiah chapter 1: verse 5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee: and before thou earnest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations Verse 9 then TheLoid put forth his hand mid touched my mouth and the Lord said unto me behold I have put my words in thy mouth: Jeremiah was one of the great Prophets he was a servant of God not an equal He didn’t have the Melchizedek Priesthood You have to be a god Self-Defen- se shade-grow- Free and democratic governments Jesus wasn’t given —Commentary L of the Games The city will indeed retain some of the identity it gained during those three weeks in 2002 But it could have had so much more Park ties of three illegally armed groups all of which are on the US list of known terrorist organizations: the National Liberation Army die United Forces and the Armed Revolutionary Front of Colombia Illegally armed groups also regularly bomb Colombia’s oil pipelines One pipeline built in 1986 fra example has suffered 700 attacks in which a total of 25 million barrels of crude oil were spilled along the border That’s 10 times the amount of roughly crude oil dumped into Prince William Sound in die 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster Unfortunately the US remains the world’s No 1 consumer of die cocaine dial originates in die Andes And Americans consume virtually all of the heroin originating in that region A reduction in consumption of these illegal drugs in the US alone would cause a drastic decline in their production in the Andes slowing deforestation and lessening pollution of the rain forest As concerned citizens have Earth Day discussions about how to stop global warming and save the Earth’s rain forests they need to think about this linkage that may not be so obvious on the streets of the US Truly concerned citizens also need to titink about it the next time they are tempted to snort cocaine or use heroin even if it’s “just fra fun” It’s not just their own bodies they’ll be polluting HOUSE-UTA- H UTAH SENATE To call your Utah senator Rob Bishop Republican — Represents 1st Congressional District which includes Cache County Washington office: 124 Cannon House Office Buildings US House of Representatives ' Washington DC 20515 (202) 225- 0453 Utah office: 324 25th St Ogden ate: (801) 538-103- at the Sen- 5 To write your senator at the Senate: The Honorable John Doe Utah State Senator Room 319 State Capitol Salt Lake City UT 84114 Non Seqvitur Herald Journal The Opinion page is intended to acquaint' VMOBiS WOT nlWy Of J VNHVpOtfin On fflSQOn of pubic importance and provide members of the community with a forum for ttwlr views Personal columns cartoons and tetters torn lAla majAaaa 1MKJB1V aaMaj rVMCi lA alt AmLmm options 01 VIBn WTMrl 8n0 creators Edttoriato under the hearing Tlur VtoW represent the views of ttwHanid Journal 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