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Sunday MarctlK) 2002 A4 The Herald Journal Our view Utah saturated with official state symbols H say about a state that voluntarily an odoriferous veg- chooses in Utah we love our etable to represent itself? symbols In fact we love them That certainly can’t be any so much we are actually thinkworse than having an official ing of a symbol to represent the state folk dance' though By group of symbols we currently a state folk dance that at having have least leaves die door open for Well maybe we’re not going the official state ballroom dance that far Yet official state tap dance and offiWith last week’s addition of cial state liturgical interpretive ' the Spanish sweet onion and the dance sugar beet it pushes our official Not to be too hard on ol’ Utah state symbol total to 24 It is probably more remarkable ' How many states can brag that that we have official dancing in they have an official state cookUtah anyway ing pot or an official centennial However symbols are unique tartan? For that matter how and should be used only when many other states would want a something is both universal and state cooking pot or even know exemplary They should be what a tartan is? things that make residents swell We can only imagine the odd with pride debates that other states might Nothing makes your heart have as they tried to decide on a swell like Jell-huh? cooking pot If we have too many symbol “No! I say the crackpot is the then all will essentially become most versatile cooking device meaningless and would represent our burInstead of figuring out how geoning earthenware industry many other symbols there are best’’ one representative might that might just maybe fit Utah we should be more respectful of say “Heck' no the standard cast-iro- n the time our lawmakers have skillet hearkens back to our and talk about legislation that pioneer days” another legislator will truly make in impact — might argue especially in these tumultuous ' Still it begs the question': How financial situations What’s next die official state many symbols does Utah need? More importantly what does it religion? Muvmu Backing up school bus trips O By Arrin Brunson revolve around die ingestion of large amounts of sugar The amount of candy that passed through the hands Jthou igh it is a popularly held of my students following their late A series of school bus notion a group of Edith Bowen elecrusade drove night rides were instrumental diem back and forth for days from a mentary school students recently refuted the sentiment that the journey in teaching me that a frenzy to a coma-lik- e is more important than the destinastupor college education tion By the time the classroom Christson was lucky mas party was scheduled I was My although an increasingsmart enough to know when to feign enough to attend die Paralympic ly important element of an illness and call a substitute If openmg ceremonies in Salt Lake a career successful advenand the left on this City group they put their minds to it 32 children ture Thursday after a full day of under the influence of cookies hot path is only the beginschool When the fireworks were finchocolate and candy canes can pipy ished the teacher chaperones agreed ning of one's educationsome tembte tricks on substitute r tbe children were well behaved teachers in the unstructured setting al experience and the show was spectacular of a school party I decided though that the inevitable damage to the Unfortunately the evening didn’t end as scheduled When they boardalmost immediately I was ecstatic I classroom that occurred in my ed the bus at absence was a small price to pay for confidendy gathered a few classroom materials and headed off to nearly 10 pm my sanity and their safety to head home school to enlighten the minds and Avoiding the field trip is a little the battery was touch die hearts of every young permore difficult though dead They son I met My principal was tough as rail waited patientWhat I didn’t know at thattime and she wouldn’t have (derated my was how little I knew ly on that absence on those days nor did she ' school bus for condone the use of sedatives by facMy real education commenced a few hours immediately It took me four hoursto ulty or giving them to children until another discover a student who didn’t actualSince die whole wing trabus could be there I when Onfy ly bdong separatditionally took dies trips as one ed him from his friend did he confess large group there was no way to dispatched After a short distance the group changed busses again to that he was supposed to be in my avoid these affairs meet one that had been sent from nfew colleague’s class She no doubt I must say the activities on there Cache County was immediately impressed with my occasions were usually interesting' By the time they were Settled in mi classroom management skills and fun they could never be their third bus die snowstorm had I quickly learned that there's more described as dulL The problem for set in making it impossible for them to being an educator than teaching me centers on the commute to and to travel They pulled off and from die destination young minds about metaphors and waited patiently for several more similes long division and place valIf you’ve ever driven behind a : hours The group finally arrived back ues to the 100 billionth I kept up school bus and peered into the bade in Logan just in time for die teachers with die eager 10-- and 1 windows you’ve likely noticed to prepare for another day of school unusual antics by the riders in the academically And even though I When they poured off fee bus at our wasn’t thrilled to learn about many rear I would never criticize the bus meeting dace I was relieved to see of the responsibilities they don’t driver whore daunting task it is to them safely returned and I was filled mention m die college classroom I safely transport as many as lOO ram- with pity for the evening’s experistill managed to pull my share of bus bunctious lads at a time ences I was proud of the teachers’ duty and sit on various committees the token I’m not same d By fortitude having survived what thatkeep teachers busier than they in ever a boarding big yellow consider a modon-da- y want or need to be calamity bus again My own children know I recalled my own experiences oh The education continued in die I’U be happy to ride along behind die standard yellow school bui and days surrounding Halloween that V ' their bus watching andwaving at first year The defining characteristic them in the back seaLTm not plan- down the rode with the slide wjr that illustrates die difference between ning on joining diem an that ride stuck in whistling position A series a good teacher and someone who though — unless or until all of the V of school bus rides were instrumental might peed to find another line of are equipped with harness- busses in teaching me that a college educa-tionwork is clearly evident on these spelike seat belts mid muzzles far every- -: though an increasingly imporcial days that young students five for one under the influence of tant elenxnt of asuccessful career An immense amount of patience is 'J immaturity is required on the designated occasioos experience whm class parties and field trips are Arrin Brunson is a Herald Journal eduBy die time I graduated magna scheduled cation reporter Her column appears on cum laude with a bachelor's in eduan effective I quickly developed ' the Opinion page ivary other 8unday cation I was feeimg pretty smart : She can be reached by mal at coping method for surviving those ' When I was hired to teach fifth grade school j holidays which invariably abruhsonOhjnewsxom trick-or-treati- ng sugar-induc- — Your view Don’t shut down Logan forestry lab ' keep our aspen from disappearing? And what can be done about the massive bark beedeinfestadons sweeping across the state? The scientists and research technir dans at the Logan lab have been working directly to find answers to these questions If fee Forest Service no kmger studies these problems ‘ and the health of our aspen and conifer forests continues to deteriorate there can be negative to Utah's tourism and forest products economies that go far beyond the immediate loss of jobs in Cache Valley By closing laboratories such as the one in Logan — and ending die research those labs have pursued for years — the Forest Service hopes to divot funds to new projects including a major expansion of its Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) monitoring effort We in die Utah Chapter of SAF strongly support this needed expansion However we do not believe it should come at the expense of important research that direedy affects the people and forests of Utah — in fact we find it ironic that the Forest Service would improve its ability to recognize and monitor die extent of forest health problems bqt debilitate its ability to find new ways to address those problems Supply we must find a way to do both conse-quenc- To the editor: Oh behalf of Utah’s professional m foresters I am writing to express deep concern about a proposal by the Forest Service that could have highly detrimental consequences for our state’s forests and affect Cache Valley directly In response to the President’s proposed 2003 budget the Rocky Mountain Research Station has proposed closing the station’s Forestry Sciences Laboratory in Logan and to terminate the laboratory’s work on forest insects diseases and mine land reclamation We in the Utah Chapter of the Society of American Foresters (SAF) believe this decision is shortsighted Not only will it divert $879000 that currently helps to maintain and stimulate the Mate’s economy but even more importantly it will curtail important research into two of die " most serious issues affecting the health of Utah forests: bark beetle infestations and aspen decline This is an issue that affects private and state as well as federal forests In fact the Utah Forest Landowner Education Program at Utah State ' University reports that the two most asked Utah commonly questions by forest landowners are: How can we t es - fifth-gra- de 1--13 Mark Wi Brunson' Chair Utah Chapter Society of American Foresters Millville This Is my Jesus Christ inter-este- : - Tb die editor al Whois Jesus Christ? 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