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V Smithfield coming to the rescue literally T wituowe the crew Touihht SY MT QCTY of X OISCOOUT eewmt "a- - OKM k coot ' too get TM£ COST eon want to take a lesson from he road to Smithfield Smithfield’s example As Logan from Logan is long and often city and Cache County get into about control and 'congested Sometimes it can squabbles Smithfield has excused seem like it takes an eternity to money the circuitous itself from get there For some people it conversations and has be an eternity might a solution on its out Cache County is a huge coun- figured own ty — over 747000 acres of And there is evidence to show land People who are injured or that both the people served by having a medical emergency can the ambulance service and ' gp-nowh- ere as-we- be a long way away from medical help through no fault of medical personnel Even though Logan emergency facilities are a centrally located they are still a long way from places like Avon Cornish or Lewiston For years residents living bn both the north and the south end of the valley have wanted an ambulance substation but costs and licensing hurdles have often nixed any budding plans Smithfield itself could come put winners well-train- ed ' Take the Franklin County ambulance service which runs oh a budget of $149000 per year It has four ambulances and makes a healthy profit The fact is- that Smithfield could provide Pioneer Days near arid far - " faster cheaper service while helping build its own facilities By Bruce Smith Herald Journal Publisher and infrastructure Just proof positive that if you want something done right better do it yourself Just last week Smithfield c decided to go ahead with the application process to acquire it This column and own ambulancb service for other personal cotumnsin the Hatald Journal may Smithfield and the north end This service would complement the planned construction of a new fire station We applaud Smithfield’s decision A service like this would not only help clear up some of the problems that are epdemic to the Logan-ru- n system but also : express opin- ions that do not’ align exactly with your own If you please respond with a letter to the editor or contact editor Charles McCollum about a possible guest com1 Ext 3020 mentary (Phone: cmccoilumOhinewscom) See information box at bottom of page for more details dte-agr- ee theLDS Church who 752-212- would serve those who need ’ live outside of Utah from cek ebrating the arrival of the pioneers in the Salt Lake Valley As a youngster growing up in Pocatello Pioneer Day was always a big deal July 24th was a community holiday the banks and most of tiie stores were closed there was a huge parade down Main Street with a float LDS from almost all of the wards in town: My home ward ' al ways entered a float We worked on it for weeks before the celebra-- : tion Sometimes our 10th ward float even won a prize I played the trumpet in die school band and in the summertime Mom made me join die city band which always marched in the 24th of July Parade There weren’t many things 1 hated more than marching m parades but I didn’t have a choice My mom made me do it lt was always extremely hot I along yrith the rest of the band members thought We would never get to die end When we finally armed at Alameda Park there was a huge cel- - il: medical service better Other communities might Your view awesome creative gifts and endowments freely shared We’re surrounded by mediocrity and trivia — on television on video in movies — and we fill the movie theaters on a regular basis even if the offerings are worthless or crude or tasteless: As a community we pride ourselves in defending family values whole-som-e entertainment uplifting extracurricular activities So why can’t we recognize support ami patronize excellence personified? Why don’t we take advantage of the ultimate in ' cultural opportunities by flocking to the Ellen Eccles Theater during the summer repertory? Why is it we have to rely on outsiders to convince us that by missing this month-lon- g event we're missing a marvelous chance for enhanced living cultural refinement increased appreciation for fine arts and expanded under- standing of great artists? If I were the publisher of a daily newspaper! eager to build community allegiance support homegrown talent promote uplifting recreation foster nigh quality living and ahigh-e- r standard of performance I would do all in my power to inform notify publicize and invite my readers to be part ofthis first-rainspiring summer program By influencing individuals one by one to a higher plane we are lifting families communities and even nations to a higher level as welLThank you ' i WudaL Alien ' NorthLogan Paper should do more for opera To the editor If you are not aware of the “marvel in our midst” it’s not too late!! Utah Festival Opera Company is in its 2002 season repertoire with four exquisite productions: The Magic Flute Die Fledermaus The Desert Song and The Sound of Music Recently a patron from Arizona told me that she's been to the greatest opera houses in the world include ing Switzerland London San Francisco and New York and has not found any of them to outdo what is happeninghere in Cache Valley Very matter-of-fact- ly she assured me that she no longer has to travel further ' than Logan Utah to enjoy 'jbutstaiuh ing musical fare What amazes me is to learn that 80 percent of the patronage of Utah Fes- rival Opera Company comes from ' outside Cache Valley That tells me two things: First culturally speaking people from around the country have discovered excellence and have ' come en masse to enjoy talent at its best Second although we may have a tremendous gold mine right in our backyard many of us have not yet i gotten our heads out of die sand long enough to realize what we have! Far- ticipaiing actors are musicians come fromaround the world to share their V ' extraordinary talents with us apd we I "i t : i' Havre There were a few more LDS church members and the celebration was a bit more sophisticated but it was basically the same I used to joke with die people I worked with at the new spaper by telling them that I was entitled to take the 24tb of July off because it was a Mormon holiday They could never figure out what I was talking about and I could never convince ttan to give me the day off Often in Missoula the Pio- neer Day celebration was moved to die Saturday nearest the 24th so they could really make it a big deaL Pioneer Day celebrations in Boze-ma- n where I lived for about 20 years weren’t much different than die rmes in Missoula or Havre There were few people who were aware ' that the arrival of die Mormon pio1 neers in the Salt Lake Valley was a significant event to members of die LDS Church but they couldn’t figure out why anyone in Montana would : want to cetebratethe event When Karen and I moved to North because I like to do die Pioneer Day 10K run It’s wellotganized mostly downhill and one of the few runs that I still participate in each year I am usually able to finish the 10K early enough to secure a spectator spot near the finish line so I can watch the marathoners finish Watching diem finish brings back memories of many years ago when I was able to run the 262-mimarathon distance fr’s just too hot to stick around for the rarade By the time it gets to Liberty Park we are on our ' way hone: Wednesday is the 24th of Juty IDS Ouirch members in Utah and worldwide Will celebrate Pioneer Day die day the pioneers entered die Salt Lake Vdley old-tim- me j le Bruca Smith is The Herald Joumafs nfoMier Hia column appears on the Opinion paga ovary other 8unday Ha can bo reached by al at v bamithOhjneyrexxxru The Observer-Dispatc- h " and have charged two ofthem with murder We Imowfiom past cases diat there are had cops yriio abuse their audiority resulting in heinous crimes sudi as the sodomizing of Abner Louima in New York Qty '' several years In die meantime we mustranem-- 1 ber too the Kevin Thrsias out there' who are just doing a job that becomes all too erften deadly unarmed black suiqiect 27 times with : tactical batons While all this was going on veteran of Kevin Thrsia a the Broome County Sheriff’s Depart- ment Was killed on theFourth of July at a Kirkwood town' park when ' he surprised tinee men who were transferring stofen handguns and rifles from astolen pitiolp truck to their car He was shot 13 times and -run over Police arrested three men (Utica NY) Last week in Inglewood Calif M a white police offica was videotaped slamming a black teenager onto a car and punching him with a dosed fist during an arrest Mduwhile the Inglewood inti- dent prompted die Oklahoma City police chief to ask the FBI to look Into the actions of two officers there ' Who were videotaped striking an 13-ye- first-degr- ee ar ago: ‘ : : 'r V1 ' Mallard Fillmoro - L- 't ‘h- - 'i ' v‘- ' - I 7 - I'--- : S I - f I I 1' : 'T Herald Journal i I IBISB r v ' I ThaOoinionDaaalalnlandadtoaoaualnt fMctoiv inth virwy o( vtowpoinli on of pubic Importm and prom AumbM t HwHuaid Journal urtoomsslunrs to Ida I' ': fotwlangtoandatyfonquramintsafSiaa " ot"' ParaonaloolurnnacaitoonB and tattara from madamralactliaopiiiionaottlialrwritomand cmrtorn EdNdlfoliundarSiahaadMOur "" nipiaanMha vfow olfia HyddAximal adltoiWboaidMainbaraofSiaadNorialtxard: - VA ' aSta Fotsnlaty Moa woffinrtu Main art IKS ba publihsd houwsr and Sm sdNor raaaimtw right to adtaltodaci to conform rSTfS?? Zi toaconwniawltoafonmtortwjririawa ' i " j r ' v Don’t top-qual- ity : Logan about nine years ago we had forgotten what real 24th of July celebrations were like We had only been in our house for a day or two when we woke up one morning to some noisy activity in die church parking lot behind our house We looked out the window and saw kids with decorated bikes horses wagons old cars and a bunch of women and little girls e dressed up in dresses and sunbonnets Men and boys were dressed in old-tisuits complete with cowboy hats We couldn’t figure it'out then it finally dawned on us that it was the 24th of July they were paradei to begin in die church parking t right behind our house Since we moved to Utah Karen Ofhorvious -- are denying ourselves a tremendous blessing if we don’t accept those t 40-pl- us ’ te the 24th of July when you live someplace other than Utah or Southern Idaho is an interesting experience Almost everyone in Utah knows what the Pioneer Day is all about Banks city and county offices are closed It’s a legal holiday with parades picnics and fireworks The rest of the world doesn’t know anything about the 24th of July but that doesn’t stop members of ebration with food games and a citywide softball tournament The celebration canduded with a fireworks display after it got dark After I graduated from college my first real job was at die newspaper in Havre Mont There weren’t many members of the LDS Church living in that part of the world but that didn’t stop those who were LDS from celebrating the 24di of July If it fell on a weekday the celebration began after work in the city park or at some campground up the canyon It consisted ofa picnic a few games and pioneer stories around the campfire until well after dark If the 24th of July happened to be on a Saturday it was a bigger event and lasted most of the day The Pioneer Day experience in - iVpaurinmandwasaapacad Nomoratian450wonkhlsngSk-- r i WMdiaassdandMudadsyllmaphana j numbaftorjumoaaaolvariBcaSon W I ’SSlSSSiSt:3 - !r!"nLamrtooafr - v ' ' - Xjy BTl COnCtmitOnf ’ '’ ' ' wnunimmg tfj wngmU UfOl Ww Hyy W pcgUUiOn Otu SJ m auuAjiaii ' ' “ HWFiyl lay fplm OJ BUlwlWBI y : QirniSrauBjS tCUCOOn v" t 'y :martariasaiialaowaloqpiaandaiunal - y ' |