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Show 2A Friday, Novombor 5, 1993 Thu Summit County Boo the News Readers Views Top of As I See It Letters to the Editor All welcomes Letters To The Editor on any subject. They must adhere to the following guidelines: Coalville Office, P.O. Box 7, Coalville, LIT 84017 or the Kamas Office, P.O. Box 225, Kamas, the be must to received They UT 84036, no later than Monday noon to be considered for that weeks Issue of the paper coming out on Friday. The letters must be hand signed with full address and telephone number of the person writing the letter. No letter will be published under an assumed name. Name may be withheld on request at the discretion of the editor or publisher of The Summit County Bee. They must not contain libelous or slandering material. Writers are limited toone letter in two weeks. Preference will be given to short, typewritten (double spaced) letters permitting the use of the writers name. All letters subject to condensation if they are too long for the space available. No endorsement letters will be published as Letters To The Editor. The views expressed in guest editorials or Letters To The Editor do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the editor or publisher or express the viewpoint of this newspaper. The Summit County f articles are to be in by 3 P.M. Monday THE Bet Shirley B. Phelps, EditorCoalville Office Manager 9-Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday 4 Sharon Pace, 336-223-2 Bessie Russell, Kamas Office Manager 9-Monday, Tuesday and Friday 4 and City News Ruth Wagner, Reporter for County Summit County Richard M. & Susan Publishers F. Buys 336-550- 1, 783-438- 7, The Summit County Bee (UPSP 525640) is published weekly for $15.00 per year in Summit County and $20.00 per year by Wave Publishings Inc., 675 West 100 South, Heber City, UT 84032. Second class postage paid at Coalville, UT 84017 post office. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: The Summit County Bee , P.O. Box 7, Coalville, UT 84017. POSTAL IDENTIFICATION NO. 525640 ty Attention: Renewals to The Summit County Bee All renewals to The Summit County Bee should reach the Coalville or Kamas Office by the third Friday of the month to keep your Bee from being cancelled by the computer. We need your renewal by this time in order to get your name on the renewal list and keep you from being cancelled. Thanks for helping us help you. Student Exchange Programs Enrich Education As I See It by Shirley The hubbub of our Summit County communities are over. The lame-ducwill have until the end of the year to serve. continue to work and fill their commitments and will Hopefully, they their abilities. of the best duties to respective Politics is a job where you can do your best and accomplish many worthwhile projects and still lose the next term because of popularity, family status in the area, familiarity with your name or your good lodes or lack thereof. Those are poor ways to choose people to act for us in positions of leadership, even in our small communities. so-call-ed ks There are some predictions and actual evidence of a population growth and the leaders we vote in today will be laying die foundation for yean to crane. Yean ago, extra meetings were seldom needed and neither were extra boards or committees. Things were fairly stable and the population was mostly local natives who perhaps better understood die needs as well as the desires of their friends and neighbors. Perhaps these rs have become lax and complacent about serving, so some candidates and some who have or are serving at the present time, are fairly new to the area. Some of the newer ones cannot underetand the lack of interest or desire to serve from the residents who have lived here perhaps a lifetime with ties going back several generations and they, in turn, cannot understand why these newcomers are in such a hurry to change the lifestyle already here that was probably a big drawing attraction to bring the newcomers here in die first place. Slow down comes from one side while hurry up and lets progress comes from die other side. If we had a crystal ball, we could easily look into the future to find what would be best and who more qualified to be our leaders. The promises and goals of some elected leaders sound good, but following through with the actual process is probably impossible. We should all know that although growth is good it will, quite frankly, cost the taxpayers mcxiey for services needed to accommodate new homes. A larger population will require additional school facilities and transportation will have to be found for more students. Our water and sewer systems will have to be enlarged and upgraded. There will be new roads and old ones to maintain with surfacing and snow removal. Pollution and environment may suffer or at least be less desirable. It may lode like there is a lot of vacant ground now, but just a few years ago Snyderville Basin was just as rural and peaceful and look at it now with all kinds and shapes of individual homes, townhouses, conapartment complexes and, worst of all, three story block-shape- d dos that seem so out of place in a rural setting. It is a frightening time fra some as more and more developers buy up the land as small fanners and ranchers are pushed or taxed off of their land. The developers are standing in line to crane before the Summit County Commission with plans of home units in the hundreds and almost demand the permits. We may end this century with homes along every mile from me end of our county to the other, the freeways a solid line of traffic and not one open acre available to grow a so-call-ed old-time- crop of food or raise an animal because of the congestion or the ordinances that will outlaw doing either. Oh well, thats progress, but Im not sure it is progress in the right direction. Maybe our elected leaders will be aware and keep our interests and desires in focus before making the decisions that will effect allour lives. Just Thoughts From Bessie's Collection International student exchange programs may not be new, but today they teach young people increasingly important lessons. Most schools begin exchanges so students have die opportunity to practice the language they are studying and to experience tire daily life of the host country. However, many of todays programs focus on democracy, environments, natural resources, cultural differences and similarities, and global computer networking. Living and studying among teenagers in another country can be rare of the most experiences in a students educational career, according to Marisa Sherard, director, Partnerships International, a project sponsored by the National Association of Secondary School ng principals. In most programs, students, visit another school in another country, live in the homes of host familes, attend classes, participate in school and community activities, learn about another way of life, and discover local points of interest. No lecture, film, or textbook can offer the equivalent. More recent, student exchange programs have evolved into partnerindividual ships built on long-traand institutional relationships. In a m partnership agreement, visits and learning are enhanced through the exchange of messages, letters, surveys, and other communication not projects. The entire school just the traveling students and benefits from language teachers the relationship through improved cultural exposure, school morale, and community interest Its been found to be more productive for schools to regard exchanges as partnerships; a whole school intiative involving faculty other than the foreign language teachers, said Sherard. In this regard, programs not only improve students understanding of the world, but also may actively support other school goals such as increased interactive teaching, multi- ple perspectives, and professional growth fra all staff members. Sherard advises that student exchange programs should include goals to: Enrich students knowledge of the language and culture of other countries through real life experience, Offer faculty members the opportunity to incorporate an authentic cross-culturexperience within their curricula, Promote international relations and cross-cultur-al understanding at the most basic level among stual dents, families, and teachers through a sharing of daily lives, and Fulfill the growing need in society to develop bridges between the people of the world and to prepare youth for leadership in the 21st Century. Adhering to these guidelines will ensure student partnerships that will improve and enhance education and provide schools with higher morale, school pride, and students interest in other cultures, concluded Sherard. For an advisory list of interna- tional educational travel and exchange programs, contact the Council on Standards' for International Educational Travel, 3 Loudoun Street S.E., Leesburg, or VA 22075, (703) NASSP Partnerships International 0 or (800) at (703) 771-204- 860-022- 0; 253-774- 6. Continued from Page 1A Probation and Parole. Raymond E. Sullivan, of Park City, date of birth, Oct 1, 1960, was convicted and sentenced to DUI, a Class A Misdemeanor, on Oct. 27. Defendant was sentenced to ten days jail, fined $1,500 and placed on probation fra a period of 18 months with the Department of Adult Probation and Parole. Neither genius, fame, nor love shows the greatness of the soul. Only kindness can do that SOLUTION TO LAST WEEKS CROSSWORD Trick or Treat Haxel T. Marrott There is a trick to Halloween, causing one to overeat Thats when the gobblings get you, when you see all that tasty treat was obtained fra the subjects cle and a large amount of marijuana was found. Appropriate charges have been filed with the Third Circuit Court Coalville Precinct. The inmate is currently being held at the Salt Lake County Jail facility where they have die means and personnel to deal with violent and mentally ill inmates, after two violent and destructive outbreaks in the Summit County Jail Threats were made to jail officers and deputies assisting. Jail Bookings and Offenses The Summit County Jail booked six people this week involving tight different offenses: one spouse is die agenda fra said session: 9 a.m. Work Session: Commission Reports, Agenda, Minutes. 10:45 a.m. Work Session: Department Business: 1. Errors and Omissions: Glen. Thompson; 2. Tax Relief Request: Glen Thompson; 3. Planning Commission Agenda Review: Leslie Bums; 4. Jim Doilney: Building Inspection; 5. Other Department Business. pjn. Bid Opening: Jail Meals: Tracy Sargent. 1:30 p.m. South Fork Weber Road: Nobletts Canyon 1 Appeal: Kay Alscrda. 2 p.m. Budget Discussion Consideration of Consent Agreement: Pinebrook. 4 ( p.m. Public Hearing: Summit Park Water Special Improvement District Water Rights. Pursuant Americans with Disabilities Act, individuals needing special accommodations during this meeting should notify Douglas Geary, Summit County Clerk, at prior to the meeting. p-- Well Child Clinic The Well Child Clinic fra the South Summit District will be held on Nov. 8 and 9. Appointments are required and available, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., at the Summit GtyCounty Health Department, 110 North Main, Kamas. For additional information and clinic charges, please call 783-432- 1. Summit County Planning Commission Meeting Notice is hereby given that the Summit County Planning Commission will hold its regular meeting on Nov. 9. Agenda: 7 p.m. Regular Meeting - District Courtroom, County Courthouse, Coalville. Regular Items: 1. Approval of Minutes - Sept. 30b Special Regular Meeting; Oct. 7, Study Session; Oct. 26, Regular Meeting; 2. Update, South Summit General Plan; 3. Vested Rights Recommendation, Section 27 of the Silver Summit Community: Tom Ellison; 4. Vested Rights Recommendation, Silver Summit Estates: Tom Ellison; 5. Discussion and Recommendation, Amendments, Snyderville Basin Development Code, Chapters 2, 3, 5; 6. Presentation and Discussion, Subdivision Standards, Snyderville Basin Development Code, Chapter 6. Chairman and Commission Items; Directors Items; Immunization Clinic The Immunization Clinic fra the North Summit District will be held on Nov. 9, from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., at the Summit CityCounty Health Department, 85 North 50 East, Coalville. Appointments are not required. Fra additional information and immunization charges, please call the Summit CityCounty Health Department at ext 350. 336-445- 1, Kamas City Council Meeting Kamas City will hold its regular council meeting on Nov. 11 at 7 p.m. at the City Hall, 30 South Main. The agenda will be posted in the Gty Hall. 15-1- Police Blotter... vehi- of Summit County will meet in regular session on Nov. 8 at its usual place of meeting in the commission chambers of the Summit County Courthouse, Coalville, at 9 am. The following Emergency Preparedness Week 9 is scheduled as emergency preparedness week at Nov. the South Summit Elementary School. Many activities are planned fra each day throughout the week, with a fair set fra Friday afternoon, from 12:30 pjn. to 3 p.m. Parents and suwVnif are encouraged to participate in the Bingo activity game that will be sent home next week with the students. More information and details on activities will be in next weeks issue. BOBQOQqOOOOCMOOPBOBBOOOOflOOOOB Continued from Page 1A Summit County Board of Commissioners Meeting Notice is hereby given that the board of county commissioners Adjourn. Court... Defendant was sentenced to two days jail, fined $450 and placed on probation fra a period of one year with the Department of Adult Summit County Special Notices Immunization Clinic The Immunization Clinic fra the South Summit District will be held on Nov. 16, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., at die Summit CityCounty Health Department, 110 North Main, Kamas. Appointments are not required. Fra additional information and immunization charges, please call the Summit CityCounty Health Department at 7834321. abuse; one revoked driver's license; one driving under the influence; one FTA criminal; one improper registration; two FTA court, and one possession of a controlled substance. The current inmate population is 24 inmates which includes 21 inmates in Coalville and one maletwo female inmates currently being housed at the Sajt Lake County Jail. PD Accidents Correction Thanksgiving Coed Volleyball Tournament The annual Central Gty Turirey Volleyball Tournament will be held on Saturday, Nov. 20. Tournament format is 6 on 6 coed. The registration fee is $80 per team. The tournament begins at 9 a.m. Awards will be given to the first and second place Entry is limited to 12 teams and Nov. 15 is the registration deadline. Call Nancy Taylor at for more information. 538-20- (not Probable Death as stated In last weeks Bee) Make It With Wool Contest The Make It With Wool Contest will be held on Nov. 27 in Ilenefer at 7 p.m. Please contact Cheryl Ovard at 2 or Wancua Fawcett at 0 fra more info nwrinn There were fow property damage traffic accidents on county roads over the past week: one in Kamas; one in Peoa, and two in Chalk 336-530- 335-255- i Reproductive Clinic The Summit GtyCounty Health Department is now offering a Greek. Subscribe To The Summit County 62 Reproductive Clinic. Services that will be provided are: Pregnmcy testing, family planning, screening for sexually transmitted diseases, HIVAIDS counseling and testing. Pap smear, cancer Bee screening, and education and referral services. Appointments are quired and available at the Summit GtyCounty 8 re- Health V |