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Show Pace 2 Basin OPINION' February 23. 1992 Uintah Basin Standard A Word of Warning It isntsomcthingyouplanto let happen. It isn'tsomethingyouthinkcouldhappcnNotto 11 you. Not to your kid. They get over it It's just a phase. The mood swings. The bizarre fashion trends. The secretive behavior. lt'sjustaphase.Certainlyparents everywhere have heard this phrase; have used it themselves. Sometimes in jest, sometimes to explain the rebellious behavior of a child. Friends commiserate. Everyone can relate. I loveCT,some teenage behaior shouldn't fall into the category that parents ust ofTas a to be phase." may tempted pass Attraction to the occult, depression, drug and alcohol use is not just a phase. It's behavior that has the ability to alter the destiny of a well-meani- promising, young life. Avoiceofuaming to teens traveling down a path they shouldn't be on typically comes from parents, religious leaders and counselors; to that let's add the voice of experience. When teenagers and young adults build a barricade around themselves because they don't want to hear what mom and dad have to say, it's time to fund someone they will listen to. Furthermore, mom and dad should be listening as w ell. There isn't a parent who, if they saw a speeding train coming directly at their child, wouldn't rush in to push them out of danger. Most of the dangers ourchildren face are not as apparent. Sometimes parents feel "rushing in' would exacerbate the situation, or would embarrass them. At the same time, parents cannot stand by and watch as their children sink into a lifestyle from which they may never emerge whole or intact Parents must use their best judgement to determine the difference betw een typical teenage behavior and behavior so bizarre that it may be inescapable at some point Parents must listen to the warnings, at the same time they must encourage communication with their children and their friends. Sometimes there's nothing a parent could have done differently to change die degenerating behavior ofachild, but they need to be aware of what is going on inthehvesoftheirchildren. They need to know that sometimes, phase. souvenirs or other information EDITOR'S NOTE: The Uintah Basin Standard welcomes and encourages opinions from readers in the form of letters to the editor. Letters may bit utilized to express opinions or comments, to highlight outstanding service of an individual or organization, or any other worthwhile purpose. Letters may not be used to replace Cards of Thanks, or to list sponsors, participants or contributors to a particular event or purpose. Lb TIERS MUST CONTAIN 400 WORDS OR LESS. BE TYPED OR WRITTEN AND INCLUDE NAME. ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER OF THE AUTHOR. Letters will be published unless they contain libelous or defamatory statements. We resene the right to withhold a name by request if the nature of theletterTJ positive, and to edit tetters. Letters may be submitted to ike Standard office at" 268 S. 200 .. Roosevelt, Utah. 84066 bv the published deadline (normally Thursdays at 5 00 p m. I All letters become property of the Uintah Basin Standard. LEGIBLY. SIGNED. Information on Utah sought by Nebraska youth Dear Editor, I am in the fifth grade at Ord Elementary in Ord, Nebraska. I live about 10 miles from Ord on a farm so my address is Elyria, Nebraska. I have adopted your state as a class project. I will be doing a report and many other projects about your state. Then in March, my class is having a States Fair. I will display and report everything I have iearned about your state. I am writing in hopes of getting some postcards, maps, brochures, and any other information that will help me report about your state. It would be very helpful to me if you could print this letter in your newspaper. I am hoping some of your readers could drop me a postcard from your state. I hope to get many different postcards or any other interesting things to display during our State Fair. I also hope some will take time to write a short note on the postcard, etc. telling me something interesting or special about your great state. Any maps, brochures. its not just a would also be helpful. I have always wanted to visit your state, so I chose it for my state to study this school year. I hope your readers can help with my project. I will write the newspaper again if you would like and let you know how everything went. Thanks for your help. Sincerely, Brent Novotny RR 1 Box 22 Elyria, NE 68837 Memory loss may not be so bad afterall Dear Editor, On Jan. 29, 1 turned 70 years old. I was up in my shop 300 feet behind my house. I was straightening it up -a bit when I ran across a metal round (Chinese checker board). Now I knew I had it, because I have had it a long time. It is still in pretty good shape and usable. On the back I had written with big writing, 1, Whitney Roswell Checketts, was given this on my 8th birthday on January 29, 1937 by my father and mother. Only (me problem, I have lost all my marbles! Oh, not what you think, I hope. The playing marbles is what I mean. 1 have bought many marbles since but have also lost them. Now this was 62 years ago. When I get thinking about it; maybe I have lost some of my memory marbles. A few years back I phoned a friend of mine and started talking business about a man we both knew. His name slipped my mind but the man on the other end of the phone knew who I was talking about but he could not remember hia name either. I said, Marve, You are getting old like and cannot remember things. He said, Oh no, we are like computers, wejuat get somuch stuff up in our brain that we cannot get it sorted out Well this made me feel better. I know a lot, just cannot remember it Ha! It may be better we do not remember all That is the main reason I try to do better each dsy and repent of any wrong doings I have done or do or think. And I do have them. The Good Lord has told us, if we will repent ofour wrong doings and do them no more, that he also will forget our sins. Can you think of anything nicer? From your big old friend. Mr. Whitney R. Checketts Heavener OK Urging support for amended seat belt law Legislation on bank vs. credit union debate good for both, sort of By Loma Stnxdinger Wouldn't it be nice if politics were, in the least, derisive? You know, like the Denver Bronco football victory. According to Lisa Howell, Director ofCommunicati on ofthe Utah League of Credit Unions, We did not achieve in thia legislative session all that we had hoped for, and the banka did not achieve all they had hoped for. Utah's credit unions completed a petition drive where they collected 101,172 signatures from credit union members throughout the state in an effort to reverse a recent court ruling in favor of Utah bankers, that could limit credit union membership. There are currently over one million Utah credit union suit, says Howell. The bill will slow the growth of credit unions in Utah by limiting expansion and diversification. The bill is very complicated, the legislation limits credit union membership to residency as well as specific employment Credit unions an and are owned by their depositon as opposed to the banking industry, which is owned by outside and bank officers. Credit unions genente capital through growth and an governed by vol unteen. Banks are run by a paid board of directors and focus on generating profits for stockholden. Banks raise capital by issuing stock. None of the states credit unions will have to close a branch as a result of the recent state legislation, and current credit union mem-be- n will see no change in their financial services. Neither will the credit unions have to pay state corporate income tax. The corporate income tax waa never part of the credit union's law stock-holde- n Dear Editor, This year's session of the Utah Legislature is considering Senate Bill 6, a measure that would require those under the age of 21 to be properly restrained with a child restraint device or safety belt whenever they ride in a motor vehicle. It would also require anyone 21 or UtoikUl A UVaiMltDlMMU1 older to wear a safety belt, but that n ! J.,.lilin9iix s portion of the law would still re- -' meafin $ main a secondary enforcement o i 9, sn sure. As a career peace officer and one who cherishes personal freedom, I bv Cheryl Mecham understand people's hesitancy to have government force them to do I believe in fortune cookies. Not tones. something they feel should be left to only an they very low in fat, but Silence. What must everyone personal choice. None of us really their little atripe of advice and prethink? Instead of coming off as in wants more government intrusion diction come true! Last week 1 the know," I appeared as a know in our lives. However, the currently cracked open one and it read, Let not," as well as a crusher of human amended version of Senate Bill 6 the mind feelings! speak before the tongue. focuses on protecting our youth. When I read it aloud, everyone in If my mind had only spoken first. for our the Since our youth are hope my party agreed it waa meant for That was not the first time. Once, future, shouldn't we adopt public me. long ago, I waa in a car accident A policy that protects them? OK, I've slipped a few times and man sailed through a stop sign and AU of us should be alarmed by blurted out weird. In the crushed my mother's 1964 Mustang something the number of young driven in- past I thought it waa the torment of with me in it. volved in motor vehicle crashes, the extroverted. Now I know it simIm so sorry! Soooo sorry! I said national statistics show motorvehi-cl- e ply reveals lack of a disciplined to the man, then apologised to the crashes an the leading cause of mind. police officer for bring on a public death for young people 15 to 20 Oh, how many timea I wish I road in the first place. yean of age. Thia age group contin- could have the power to inhale those It wasn't a surprise I was handed ues to be in fatal words right back into my mouth a citation on some weird charge. crashes based cm both the number like a Hoover sucking sand from a If I would have only listened to of driven on the road and vehicle my thoughts that said, Hey buster, rug! miles traveled. Young driven made Words are just words, but its the you just mashed my mom's car and up only 6.7 percent of all driven in impressions let loose that terrify could have killed me! Me, 1995, but they accounted for 14 perme. As my friend Karen says, Open who happens to be a very cautious cent of driven involved in fatal mouth and insert foot. I will never and good driver! Instead I delivcrashes. Sixteen-year-ol- d driven forget the time I wss seated with ered words that I thought would are involved in mare crashes than bunch of ladies doing crafts at a make everything OK. Had I listened any other age group. church function. I was the new girl to my head, the outcome would sureIf our youth an on the block, having just moved into ly have been different. in fatal crashes, it only seems house in a huge Words not only fool others, we a logical that we would want to do new development. can use them to fool ourselves and everything passible to increase their Everyone waa interested in which make ourselves more than human chance of aurvival if they an inhouse I occupied. After describing or less than human in the process. volved in a crash. Child restraints the location, I went on to tell of a The challenge, then, is honesty. and safety belts give our children I like a statement made by a house just a couple doors down from and young adults the beat odds for mi ne that the contractor had shown beloved grandmother to her survival. Senator Montgomerys bill me. Some guy bought it; there's granddaughter who often is also an attempt to encourage adult raspberry parfait carpeting in the said, Don't worry, honey, nobodys driven to wear safety belts. A re- living room with pink walla. The watching. cent study by the University of Calkitchen is bright yellow and the Its true, we must concern ourifornia, Irvine, reported in the jourblue! I exbedrooms sre robin-egselves more with who we really are, nal Pediatrics states, Driver renot the image we hold up for others claimed, adding in a whisper, Maystraint use was the strongest pre- be hea gay. to see. After ell, what we think and dictor of child restraint use... a reI saw an eyebrow go up and tha feel and believe about ourselves will strained driver was three timea woman seated directly across from certainly not be important to the more likely to restrain a child. me leaned forward and replied, masses, who aren't even listening. For those that say, It my life, That'a my house and my husband We just suppose they are. my family, and my choice and that is not gay ... we dont care for earth choice doesn't affect othen, may be dead wrong. People who fail to wear a safety belt and get involved in a crash are always hurt more seriously than those who buckle up. This choice affects their family, their friends, their employer, the comthe police officmunity, and ye Credit unions and banks have based on the credit union's geographers, fin tighten, and paramedics worked with legislators for several ic locations. It does limit credit who have to extricate their broken weeks on an agreement that was unions' future ability to expand befrom the body wreckage. Please call your representative introduced in the Business, Labor, yond one county except for new mem- -' and Economic Committee this morn- bers who qualify based on an emin the legislative and encourage ing. ployer or aaaoriations relationship passage of Senate Bill 6. The futun The bill is expected to be heard to tha credit union. g ofour youth and our famon the Senate floor thia afternoon Current credit union legislation ilies is at stake. and may be voted on ae soon as became a concern in November afE. Gunrud Gary tomorrow morning. ter the banking industry won a five-yeSalt Lake City We applaud cur Senators, parlawsuit with credit unions over ' ticularly Senator Mansell for tack- credit unions' ability to serve memling such a difficult issue, said Scott bers in more than one county. Eari, president of the Utah League We are pleased current memsee of Credit Unions. They tried to pro- bers will continue to receive sere duce a balanced and fair bill. vice. said Earl And credit unions prartire ituw by Molars. The bill is somewhat complicathave been validated as (VnarriliM of AMrrs ed. It applies regulations on growth coopers lives . "1, 4 (Hoi! YZn' -- newly-construct- ed us Uintah Basin Standard Inc. 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Banka claim they are losing ground because credit unions are faking a larger share of the However, cred-- , it unions hold only 10 percent of the market share compared to the banka almost 90 percent with over 40 percent of the American population choosing credit unions. Even so, banks are claiming unfair competition. On the surface it appeared that the bankcredit union issue was about tax fairness and or geography, when indeed credit union advocates claim that it ia really about the more tangible issue of money. Credit unions were not previously able, not will they be able to provide commercial loans, poeeeea escrow powers, buy and sell stock, or make investments outside government securities. Many citizens have commented that bank service are poor to say the least Furthermore, many people are discouraged by bank's often higher fees, higher loan rates, and lower savings rates. Many people feel that credit unions seem to be providing the real services formerly performed by banka. process to change for sheriffs office and jail Hiring Hie Duchesne County Sheriffs has announced a new office and jail hiring proceaa that allows prospective employees to submit job applications at any time. Their names will be kept on file so that when n position comes open they will be elected from among e hiring pool. Those qualified for the position will be contacted ae jobe become available, explained sheriffs Lt. Travis Mitchell. "You can submit an application with the county personnel director at any time, he stated. Previously the sheriffs department had advertised for job openings as they became available. To make it easier for those wanting a job with the county in lew enforcement, their namee will be kept on file ao they will not have to reapply each time e position becomes available. Job applications and resumes should be submitted to Judy Mutton at tho county administration building. Right now there are about three openings at the jail, and in April the heriffa department will have an opening for o deputy. well-bein- ar P Sft ft fi a ft rmLwimwiin In last week's edition of the Standard tho Duchesne PTA president was incorrectly identified. The PTA cannot take a stand on isauek and doea not have a stand on the proposed prison in Duchesne. The Standard regrets the error. |