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Show I .. Guest CBluran Favors federal Paul Revere legislation Then there were the two whistleblowers-whosrevelations have brought national attention to security problems at nuclear weapons facilities. Ron Timm heads a small firm that has evaluated security at U.S. Department of Energy sites for 17 years. Timm has found that mock' terrorist assaults on DOE facilities succeed more often than the attacks fail. Matthew Zipoli, the other nuclear weapons whistleblower, is the vice president of the se- curity officers union at Lawrence Livermore Laboratories in the Bay area of northern Cal- By LOUIS CLARK Minuteman Media National hero Paul Revere has emerged as a symbol for a new day that is dawning in the United States. Revere plloped through the streets of the rebellious colonies to warn of threats on a distant horizon, declaring:The British are coming!" Reveres simple message is as familiar to most Americans as any other event from our Revolutionary War. In late February, several modern day reportedly acted in ways reminiscent of Keystone Cops. The security personnel were purportedly looking for bombs with no earthly idea what an explosive ddvice would look like or how to deal with it herding the entire security fotee into the targeted structure and keeping all em-ployees in the threatened building rather than USA Today. According to special agent Dzakovic, the FAA had ignored repeated warnings before Sept 11, 2001 that security was inadequate evacuating of the' nations airports. Even after the tragic events last September, airport mock terrorist readiness exercises resulted in fatal penetrations 90 percent of it More ominously, Zipoli reported that the mock terrorists had obtained access to the facilitys plutonium 100 percent of the time. In addition, 80 percent of the time, the mock terrorists had managed to escape the facility's secure area with a package that represented plutonium - the key ingredient for nuclear the time. The federal agency publicly left the false impression that the protective forces' cess rata was 90 percent . Zipoli has revealed how farcical security operations have become at the University of California facility. During a recent bomb threat at the University of California, the untrained security force newspaper suc- After the security officers union vice president raised the nuclear-relatconcerns, the University of California fired Zipoli. Also at the gathering in Washington, D.C., former U.S. Customs special agent Darlene Catalan blew the whistle on the vulnerability of the nation's borders. Catalan reported security lapses on the border that offered opportunities for human migration as well as the smuggling of drugs and weapons. She noted that each day from 5,000 to .10,000 uninspected tanker cars roll into the country from Mexico. Randy Robarge raised security concerns at the Seabrook nuclear power plant He identified weaknesses in the program to screen potential employees and vulnerabilities of key areas of the facility to airborne assault by commercial airliners.' Several Republicans and Democrats in the ed ifornia. whistleblowers gathered in a congressional hearing room to sound alarms, for a time of national crisis. Receiving the most attention was Bogdan Dzakovic, a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) agent for the last 14 years who has led special teams to test airport security. Dzakovic's message for Americans was the number one or two televised news stories on ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox and the Black Entertainment Network, as well as the lead stpry in the at most e weapons. U.S. Congress, including Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa and Rep. Steve Israel of New Ybrk, have responded to the whistleblowers by offering a Paul Revere bill. The proposed federal legislation would provide a remedy for government and corporate employees who are retaliated against for communicating with Congress and public agencies about their concerns. Paul Revere succeeded in sounding an alarm because the Americans who heard the message rose to the occasion and defended our hew nation. The least the U.S. government and citizens can do today is defend the courageous employees who have risked jobs and careers to warn Us of potentially catastrophic dangers. Letters to the editot1 Identifies old photos pubSsbed by Sun Advocate able to identity the men. Editor Gieit co I ii id You asked for identification on some old pictures youpub ' lished on page 1QB in the April 2 edition of the SunAdvocote. The picture on tbe top right is the Savoy Hotel, which was built in 1911. The bunding was on the southwest comer of Main Street . and 100 West in Price. This view i . Nurturing positive sports experiences have fun in a sports program, to continue participatmotivated be will they in activities. the ing Fun for a child usually comes just from kicking, throwing or running if adults dont add undue pressure to win. . Parental attitudes toward the coach, officials and other players are important The attitudes of the parents will ultimately communicate to young attetes how important learning, participating, having fun and personal improvement are, versus playing solely to win, Feelings of belonging and being part of a group are basic human needs. Friends in particular and peers in general are critical to healthy development for children and teens Team spirit and unity teach important traits of loyalty and cooperation for the good of the whole that can carry on into other areas or. If children The majority of youth in Carbon County will not pursue athletics as a career. However, participating in organized sports can be enjoyable and the things youth learn from the activities can help them become con' tributing, positive adults. Parents and adults can do several things to ensure that youth have positive sports-related experiences. parents and adults should supthe philosophy that the basis for success port in sports is having fun and trying hard. They should help children be properly equipped and get them to practices as well as In general, pmes on time. Adults and parents should practice with youth to help improve skills end give praise and encouragement for effort and improvement - not just for being the best the first or the fastest Carbon County parents and adults should consider emphasizing the following points to help children get the most out of organized sports: ways be better. to have fun. By TOM LEE USU Extension - The first goal of youth sports should be . stages of life. Parents and coaches should help youth focus on improving past personal performance. ' Comparing one child with other youth participating in a sports program can be risky and discouraging, since someone else may al - - - sports. v ; . . " Usually, the primary objector for youth is to have fun. . . However, the physical activity involved in organized sports can benefit. a' young participant's overall health.' Playing a sport is more likely to be a positive experience for youth if it is something the children want to do rather than an activity parents and adults are pushing them to do: Dont pus children into a sport because the activity was something an older sibling or par- ent . : e . interesting. " ' The okl airport where foe was not constructed sis pare themselves against themselves, then youth can always improve and identity personal goals to work toward. It is important to remember that only afew youth will be the very best at any given sport Praise a child for being the best he or she can be.. : . Physical conditioning is not usually the main reason, most children participate in ; . . , nr ir The goal should be to help children com- . . The photo with the service station looks like Helper. If you checked with the Helper museum, I am sure the staff could verify or disprove that. I would guess that picture to. the right of that image is Castle Gate. It could very well be the mine disaster in 1924. '! . The Helper museum may have a few other photos ofthe mine disaster. The . picture is ' yery image looks like the side of foe Savoy on 100 West : architect rendering of foe . building shows there was a short row of windows on the bottom. Also, the windows at the front until 1931 It was said to have been a bumpy field that sort of rose in the middle. , The hangar burned down in 1934. The county then built a O' ; rock hangar. be continued to The ' airport uscd.until foe newairport fyas . top right of photo on the comer ofthe building are not flush with foe structure, but are projected a little away from foe brick. Tha raitrmpping, imirii like a squared off bay window, is on both foe Main Street and tbe 100 West sides of the comer. there is an old building ion 100 West today that looks like the building on foe left side erf that picture. It is still there and is r. usedforstorage. I have never seen an image of the Savoy from the 100 West constructed shortly before World WhrlL Perhaps foe photo at the very bottom is of a train wreck foat took place near fjkinnyside about . 1916. 1 cannot identify it by mourn tains because I cannot see them well in the newspaper photo. I The original photo probably shows the mountains more than the newspaper does, Just a little history about . efis-tinc- side. This image is especially inter- Woe- - V , Prices commercial district esting because of foe men, the horses and the wagon, lam un- - ' . (Continued on page 1 0A) enjoyed. ; Let youth decide to participate in organized sports programs for themselves, based on their own personal interest'. . -- 4t The voice of Carbon County since: 1892 ! J ' ',4 : 4 ADMnasmnmt Puftlisker , Kca Lanoa ; 637-073- . 637-271- 6. - : Anvnnnwc : . ' i . 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