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Show Thursday, December 25. 1980 Uintah Basin Standard 14 Editorial Pago UINTAH BASIN STANDARD THE (USPS Ill.H PUBLISHER MARTIN EDITOR BARBARA ANN SMITH DOLLENE THOMPSON JOAN wsrvaiR! Paid In Advance KEVIN ASHBY CONNIE PiSfflBR 646-90- 0) Subscription Ratos: One year, 67.69 Two Years, ROSS ye (vttfweeo tts PRicea ttixei'4Nce tf&fH&ie Consolidation off tho Roosovolt Standard and Uintah Basin Rocord Published Weekly at Roosevelt, Utah 64666 P.O. Rax IN Second-Clas- s Postage paid at Roosovolt, Utah A L. we cfliLiUisifeeiffeiNfiflito ASSISTANT EDITOR ASSISTANT EDITOR DUCHESNE REPORTER BUSINESS MANAGER GENERAL MANAGER CIRCULATION MULLINS CROZIER CRAIG ASHBY DEANNE THOMASON NANCY REARY TYPESETTER ROBERTA GIBBS TYPESETTER CORRESPONDENTS Gladys Ross, Roosevelt Margie Beal, Myton Connie Lee, Tabiona Loma McKee, Tridell Lorraine Broadhead, Utahn Ivy Chandler, Randlett Connie Mulllins, Duchesne Zola Spencer, Neola 722-277- 6 Ida Horrocks, Arcadia Telintha Rasmussen, Ballard 646-328- 9 722-487- 5 Garda Seeley, Bluebell 454-318- 3 Tracy Roberts, Hanna 848-547- 6 Arda Mansfield, Lapoint 247-237- 5 Lola Jones, Altamont Nola Nelson, Montwel 454-336- 3 353-45- Ednal Simmons, Whiterocks Barbara Orme, Ml. Home 44 949-685- 2 848-547- 1 247-235- 0 848-552- 2 545-243- 9 738-251- 8 353-452- 8 353-483- 0 454-369- 7 Trust Your Local Newspaper People We at the STANDARD find ourselves caught up in the spirit of giving and receiving so prevalent during this Christmas season. This weelc, ,we are giving you a beautiful Christmas issue with color and with messages from local businesses. In return, we ask veryt - J i i , little; We. ask only that you trust your local newspaper people. Our type of business is most unique when ventures. compared to We are; in the' business of. communicating news arid, presenting interesting features. other-money-makin- ; Too, we feel responsible for offering opinions and investigating options. To put it.simply, we are in the business, of being objective about oil of the goings-o-n in our readership area. is This objectivity a difficult goal when a resides in a small town environnewspaper ment. We have to. live, shop, playand be social amongst the people who are also the newsmakers.! It would be very easy for a newspaper person to. alienate himself or herself from the general population) in a very , short period of time, if he or she were as objective as the big city daily reporter can and j1 should be. The problem of objectivity in a rural area is further complicated by the fqct that Itiany of the newsmakers are alsolusiness owners. It is difficult, for a rural reporter to be objective in matters concerning the owner of a business which advertises in his weekly publication. One cannot afford to write all over the hand that feeds him: Objectivity itself .is often in the mind of the beholder. In nearly every story there are two opposite opinions or views. It is our job to investigate both of these sides and to present them in as logical a light as possible. To accomplish that ideal is the most difficult part of our job. It is complicated by the fact that objectivity lies in the middle of two opposites in nearly every instance. Objectivity, to the two extremes, is often another extreme. In other words, it is hard for someone to look objectively at anything which does not match up with his or her view of reality. How can we achieve objectivity when we are so intimately involved with the newsmakers? It is easy to develop a friendship or a working relationship with two newsmakers who have very different views of reality. The first time that the reporter is put a position of producing a story in which their views conflict, that reporter will in evitably make an enemy. It is true that you can't please all of the people all of the time. We are not interested in destroying or even harming anyone. In many situations we hear adverse comments about people, organizations, governments, and businesses. We challenge the individuals or groups with those adverse comments and often leave the impression that we are "out to get them." It is good policy to approach situations with an STANDARD open mind regardless of what one has heard. .iTbi Uintah Ba What we often say is, "We are here to in- j welcome. aD fatten to tho editor. All mnat be dgaed, bnt name wll vestigate these allegations. If you can justify j: letters withheld be epee request. Opfarieu. yourself or your organization, you have in letters te the editer del expressed nothing to worry about." Just as often the sot necessarily reflect the editarial, newsmaker clams up. Then we really begin peHey el. the STANDARD. ' Ti ; to assume that there is something to hide. We Communication and public relations. Suggests ban on the that to and communicate we hope try wood stoves public relates. When we are working on a story we like people to be open with us. We Dear Editor: cannot understand the inordinate fear so The following1 quote from the "Journal of Discourses by Brigham undersus. can of have we Sensitivity many not mean much to tand. There are some things which just are Young may but it should have sane not easy to divulge. We use, as a sacred tool, meaning to Mormons. It .is found in 4, pages the term "off the record." If you tell us VoL"What gives the people colds and something, off the record, you can be assured, makes them sick? You hear many say, had not had a cold this fall 'until I JhatUit will not . be . found., in print. YIcame into our new house. Brethern : "jf 'Background"' is another tool which is not as' 3 and sisters that have come into the commonly recognized as off the record. city from living in the canyons, snd who have arrived from the Background information is given to a reporter jithoee States this season, have not been for publication but its source is not specifically 'troubled with colds until they came identified. Both of these tools are sacred to into warm houses; that gives them colds, by depriving their lungs of the us. We cannot violate their rules but we need ' benefit they are organized to receive them to be effective in finding the truth and from the atmosphere. When people in understanding sensitive situations. Don't are obliged to breathe confined sir, do not have that free full flow of be afraid to speak to us off the record or to of- they the purification and nourishment that fer us some background information. is in the fresh sir, and they begin to is All decay, and go into what we call that ask that we Enough explanation. consumption. have a all of you out there in subscriber-lan- d I have not written the above to recommend that everybody abandon little trust in your local newspaper Deoole. We hate the threats, even in jest, of "We'll their homes for the outside sir, but if have noticed you snd your family more sickness snd colds, snd pull our advertising, if . . .," or "I'll cancel my Sou or subscription, if . . ." or even "I'll just not the sir more hazyI in the last two look to three suggest you may years, patronize your advertisers, if . . ." See, we are the increasing use of wood stoves as sensitive about some matters, too. an important source of the problem. If do not think this is the ease you you Heaven knows (literally), we are never should note thst in the summer when perfect. We make mistakes by the dozen. we are outside snd we have the Seldom, however, do we make a serious windows in our homes open, the colds sickness are down; but as soon as mistake which is injurious to someone or snd cold weather hits and we stay inside some group. Many of our mistakes happen and fire up the wood stoves, colds and because so many of you are afraid to talk to sickness increase. I have friends who have wood us or fail to give us enough information for us stoves and I hope they will not think to present your side of the story. In the Fm trying to run them down because I Christmas Spirit, please don't be afraid to know they feel they are saving a lot of heating costs, as well as having an give a little. , . here 91-9- . j independent source of heat in case of hard times. But I have to wonder thst when you consider all of the extra sickness, trips to the doctor or hospital, medication, and days absent from work; are they really saving that much money? All of us, when we are arround a campfire and the smoke drifts our way, find our eyes watering and we immediately try to get away from it When those of us who are are in a store or some other public place and someone lights a cigarette, we consider the fellow somewhat of a curse and wish he would have the consideration to go outside. It amazes me that these are the feelings of many of us and yet we think nothing of .striking a match to our wood stoves snd sending the smoke up the chimney and out into the sir for us and our friends and neighbors to breathe. I have to wonder what is the Putter with us. If you don't think the stoves are that much of a problem around Roosevelt, all you have to do is wait tfi after a storm and notice how dear it is before the sun goes down at night, to the east snd south. Look in the same direction the next morning and then ask yourself where all the hue settled just outside , and smoke .that's of town could have come from.' You may ask what do I propose a solution. I would choke out the answer that ,we should , adopt ordinances, at j leut in the cities, against' the.use of wood stoves or fireplaces. I say this without much hope because I believe it will not be met with much enthusiasm. One person will tell me where I can go because he hu just purchased a new $500 stove snd spent another $700 or so getting it installed.- He is going to see the stove pay for itself even u it means choking his neighbors to do it Another person will tell me where to go because he hu a fireplace and likes to have a fire in it once in a while, and since he doesn't use it much for heating his home, he doesn't feel that what little smoke it puts out is that much of a problem. Some older fellow will say he thinks I have a good idea, but his son or daughter just bought a wood stove snd with the rising cost of fuel and inflation, he doesn't know how non-smoke- rs they would make it without their stove. You may ask what I plan to do about all this: My answer, nothing. Fm tired of talking; fighting, and squabbling with people over this, that, and the other. I plan on trying to take the coward's way out and try to find a place where there arent any wood stoves. You may now ask: Why have I gone to the trouble to write all this? My answer is: I hope there is some nag who reads this and is tired of his or her family being sick more than they should be and tries to twist the arm of the city council or try to get it before the public for a popular vote. Me, Fm too tired to fight for the present. EJVLT. course finished in Ft Duchesne u - 'The Fort Duchesne E.M.T. course finished their training Dec. course was conducted b7 the Ute Tribe EMS Department under the direction of Marilyn Gilbert, and E males Schmidt, assistant coordinator, with the assistance of from several EMT instructors throughout the area. The students spent a total of 124 hours in classroom and field training, with an additional 16 hours spent in Salt Lake as part of their requirement e EMTs on working with ambulance duty and in attaining experiences to become better EMTs. This gives them clinical experience to aid them in attaining experiences to become better EMTs. 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