Show IT ‘ At iy I ’ : r : v 1 Su April 4 w:- - i ' i yl : A4 : a 'VT V--' The Herald Journal m 9 i Ourviov fl & foCCtt ZbNE P£feN5C Information critical 60 &£ 5W klWESSNE in Oneida dam issue WT MXti)'- pout W MOViMfe r ANp - recreation opportunities and A lMifehabimuMilhquilB canal company propos- ing a new dam in the Oneida Narrows gained approval Friday for a $ 1 00000 stale loan to nskAiMccmapatveniay automatically discount the first two concenMenvironmenlal- - MSdlfc 'Pnp MeXSSLsedltom anything but ideological a Oneida Narrow runs fault iinc and residents beloS the expressed fear that the unstable sJimntirv rock formations in the canyon cannot safely support a dam Recent discernible earthquakes along the Utah-Idah- o border add an exclamation point to those concerns ' will be It very interesting to see what engineers conclude in j ranal company study In any event if the company Bo ultimately decides to push forDy MMOrl YUDDt Christian Science Monitor ward with its dam proposal it looks like there's going to be a a flood of another land — a flood of public opposition If proponents want to allay the current cynicism about their one foot in front of the other My motives it seems to us they will time in middle school was no picnic I’m sure yours wasn't a walk in the need to provide the public with park either If you had friends you a detailed prospectus on all the worried about losing them if you financial aspects of the project didn’t you thought you’d never have not just for construction but for them Classes were too hard or way costs and income well into the made sense and too ditions regUj no woij lwking be able to asnrtain is the true motives of the people behind the proposal They say it is to hedge against drought and make full use of available water Some dam opponents however think the motive is to get rich from the profits — profits in power gen- eration profits in water delivery profits in contracts to build the thing and yes even profits in farming where in some cases bigger annual yields are wanted than this arid region can reason' ably provide Of course there is nothing wrong with seeking financial gain But a project of this nature involving a critical nat-ural resource and one of the region’s scenic gems has broad public interest Critics have brought forward a variety of concerns from loss of NO SOM Z$ tt GbnMTN£ fSfons feeuDjwai fajckpttkmiPvdmttn Commentary Mean girl stereotype overhyped -- 66 I - : don't think this hyper- media focus on Mean Girt Syndrome is helping matters either On the contrary it’s almost mak-ing it hip to be unkjnd Your view Hoanor Innlf choice pen to kids It can happen to adults (See “Lord of the Flies” and ‘Triumph of the Will") Just think about all the nasty things that used to be considered acceptable - segregated buses book burnings the Spanish Inquisition cow tipping (OK some people still think cow tipping is all right but a growing mim- - kowimdpung a a girl has today is to be mean or meaningless We used to have books like “Reviving Ophelia” Now I’m expecting a title like “Drowning Ophelia — as told by her best friend” But it doesn’t tell the whole story hot by a kn£ shot Yes there are mean girls just as there are mean boys But this characteristic is not genetic it’s generic Happy people don’t act this way Unhappy insecure people tend to bully others And by people I mean adults as well as kids We shouldn’t tolerate bullying anywhere - not in the workplace or die school yard But we do in a way when we make a joke of it Or say weren’tallbadButthey were galvanized byamobmentalitylt can hap- £ easy Nothing future- everything was unfair Have I gotten it right so feu? p 1b make matters worse in my case I transferred midyear from a sweet little private school to a large public ' i one where all the kids (and I mean water use in Utah the state constitu-A the kids) took an instant dislike to all i tjon also prevents sale of municipal me I was teased ostracized even water rights regardless of the quantibeaten up - for dine years So when ty of supposedly excess water availI hear thin today’s girls are meaner To the editor V able than in my day all I can say is “no The May 31 column by Thad Box way” blames an increase in privatization of xtevor Hughes For me die dark night ended as international water uti i ities on World LQgj nights always do — gradually! Trade Organization influence on the made friends in die older grades UN which in 1998 changed its found out it was OK —even good “definition of water from a right to a — tq be alone And eventually in ' different a would I need” suggest high school all the kids that didn’t reason for this trend By the early like me suddenly did Go figure To editor: the 1990s the World Bank had deter' So how is my daughter’s Cache to Valley mined that corruption among city According history Are the Gen-Y- s any was settled about 1855 Now 149 state andor country owned water worse than the Boomers? How’s my utilities was so widespread in devel- years lato1 some One wants to bullavaildaughter is compared with hie? doing last that the doze remnant oping countries that the “overhead” The than expected answer is better able those show settlers what to cost for money flowing to politicians early worked for This valley is named for ' despite all the current claims that and utility managers families and girls are just plain mean But though those settlers and the Elk Horn friends was Very high and yd the ' it’s neyer been easy to be 13 1 Ranch is last the that is site place management of utilities was sq poor believe these days it’s even harder -remember them It to available by that the situation was unacceptable one For thing positive role models would not cost a lot to place a fence They therefore adopted a policy of few and far between ! don’t are ' around the spring and the parte of the no longer loaning money for water know call Britney Spears what to is Also that rock there foundation utility renovation and expansion to a ' isn’t at the top of my but role model show a to placing plaque people government unless a private compa' our American cul- -' list another For what is put of this entire valley’s ny wais placed in charge of disposinfo the ocean ture’s overboard gone history I am sure there are fencing ing the money to the contractor and shows are really all of mean that Reality fur could companies help by managing the system I have had fired You’re about cruelty you’re cost to materials at a nominal experience with both highly qualified nishing soc-- "dumped you’re tricked w some-cI have nothing c‘ a do this international private pint times youe coerced into swallow-wo- ol field because I am a engineeringmanagement firms as ing bugs What’s a feenager to do? soccer mom son Paul My well as publicly managed water utiliThe media’s serving up nasty on a soccer for I several and countries ties in developing played years believe the World Bank policy Is cor- -: Please I am begging Nibfey officials roll and we’re eating it up It’s riot easy bring mean it takes a to take the time needed to see that ! feet lot of energy - energy that could be ' all this the as is as well preserved Regarding Box’s discussion of this used to stu or help others read other historic sights that havebeen topie within the USi for the small ' book But there’s ' ' a got to be a better : water utilities in Western US With preserved throughout Utah way to ferry our kids around the which Iw is concerned Western V sh(ls of adolescence than to simply Elo Dean water law is very good at protecting Herzog ' Wcllsville shrug andsaythey ’ll getthrough it their from water them losing rights The kids that were mean to me ' 7 hadditionrogienqai water law See YOUR VIEW on A5 restrictions on type and location of ‘ Hi 6M-UPlK(e- A iiccpci at water control don’t do this Most are folly capable of mean prevails like so many other urban and suburban legends Facts are often misleading they don’t always add tip to the truth And as far as acts of meanness go who should shoulder die Marne? No 1: The girls themselves No 2: Our ed focus far too much heat on the problem while shedding very little jight on the solution Honor Njbjey settlers’ site genera-tiondiffere- r V con-cern- - dyed-in-th- e- ‘ V-- : "-- v'' j ed tanceofbeingafriend? I read an article in which an 18-was quoted as swing “I was a girl who wanted to be popular and I would step mi anybody to be ' popular” Where did she get the idea X' that bring popular was soimportant? Did anyone take the time to tell her that sonm of the best people are extremely unpopular because they care more about doing the right thing than wearing the right thingf Not being popular is hard hut I think bring popular is woixri Bring so concerned about image that ypu end up empty Or to quote Gertrude h: Steirv“there’s no there there” Mother Teresa Rosa Barks Nelson : Mandela Gandhi Buddha Jesus They were servants of mankind not slaves to fashion And not abully in $ die bunch Now that’s a crowd I’d ' like to hang widt 7 year-ol- d ’ : ed y er ' ber of us don’t and our Voices will be heard) My point is: We get what we put up with : I don’t think this hypaifnedia focus on Mean Girl Syndrome is helping matters either On die contrary it’s almort malting it hip to be Bopkn like “Qrlfignting” and “Quren Bees and Wannabes” while focus far tod much : heat on the problem while shedding very little light dn foe rotation Movies like the upcoming “Mean Girls” and TV Shows dial portray “ kids as cynical and sniping (just about any television show aimed at : teens today and don’t even get me started about MTV) perpetuale and v glamorize sudi bebavior I am tired of many things Reality diris’low-cu- t shows lpw-cajeans' mania Especially and mean-gi-rl mania I’m tired of the ' mean-gi-rl trend mat says not only are girls bad but bad is good or at least a good way to get attention As ifthe only ' ' - ‘ ! : : ' pop culture for holding up meanness as a cool way to behave' And the No 3 cuferit has got to be —the parents! know we don’t like to take the blame hut sometimes we’ve just got to Are we so about our kids having friends that we don’t teach them the impor- - £ -- : ' ’ Books jike “Girlfighting" and “Queen Bees and Wannabes" while well-intention- ’ f rb : Madora McKenzie Kibbe Is a freeance Nationalviow j 'Under God: pledge philosophicaly not religlous Letter sTpolicy Herald Journal TM Herald Journal walcomei Mara to Vie Potendely fbekxis or odeneive Mien Iedtor be pubWied however and Vie edter reeefvriVwrigMtoedtalleaeratoOonfoni) : :to theOpjnion page i intended to ecquaW andjtyfc requirementsodhe 77 rBBderi tMtti a variety of viewpoints on mattere: s of ot public importanoe and provide membate 1hecornmunyWVietotunlorlheirvieiivi’ Typewritten and dprMewpaoed Peraonal columns cartoons and letters from! 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