OCR Text |
Show r SK . mi t$i&. -- ,. s? r; . 155555555$ Summit County Residents Have Much To Be Grateful For hundred and yeari ago world launch a world crusade against mass poverty, says United Nations Development Programme Administrator Gustave Speth. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has created what it calls the poverty clock, which measures the increase in the number of people who are living on less than me dollar a day. Living on less than $1 per day may seem foreign to most Summit County residents where the avenge household income is around $60,000 and neighboring Wasatch County's average income is approaching $37,000. However, most of the world, approximately 1.3 billion people, live in absolute poverty earning no more than $370 a year. The number of people in this category is increasing by 23 million people a year according to the UNDP. Those numbers mean nearly me out of every four people in the world will live a life undernourished, uneducated, undervalued and most likely ignored by people like you and me. Americans are too busy looking for their next thrill, a longer vacation, and the never ending consumption of an easier way. Understandably, some parts of world continue to point an accusing finger at a nation that seems to take everything for granted. In Wasatch County, new resorts boasting million dollar homes, and ski access, will soon be occupied by a microscopic minority of the worlds population. Posh resorts and new ski lifts are nice, but are not very of the important when contrasted against Earths starving population. Most people worry about their next meal, like Betty Bangira, a Zimbabwean mother of four, who is slowly escaping poverty thanks to an UNDP irrigation project that helped her obtain a more productive vegetable gar-- ' den. Still others struggle to make a living, like Luis Ticona Mamani from the Aymara highlands of Bolivia. Mamanis village recently witnessed a tripling of family incomes because of a project that resulted in a more efficient way to boost the production and quality of alpaca wool for export The world has the material and natural resources, the know-hoand the people to make a poverty-fre- e world a reality, says Speth. The question that remains is, when will we make it happen? w AtalM uE -- I a 8Hi Good Deal? Only Time Will Tell he imminent threat of launched a crusade against slavery. Today we must one-quar- to Tall Mb About Loon Slmlsttr Dava flndarton One . ;;,-v'---- and so the damage will continue forever with hereditary characteristics down through all generations yet to be bom. These toxins left them with the same long term effects as nuclear radiation. And Hussein has U.N. sanctioned air dismissed his horrendous inhumane acts as attacks of Iraq by the already of his required 'duties as President of Iraq. part just United States, at least temthis current diplomatic Band-ai- d I porarily, seems to have been put on hold by the diplomatic efforts of U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan. Is it for real or, as almost everyone suspects, will it prove to be just another of Saddam Hussein's ploys for more time with which to invent mote games? No one trusts Saddam and certainly no one is going to park their gum on the bed post and go back to sleep again by ignoring this guy. A radio commentator - the other day - said, The U. N. has recognized the basic nature of Saddam Hussein as an international thug. That's one thing they scon to be in agreement on. He is not one to forgive, nor forget, past tiffs. In March, 1988, he bombed die area of Halabia for three consecutive days with chemical weapons, distributing toxic nerve gasses on the 70,000 Kurdish civilians there who had sided with Iran during die IranIraq war. Now, ten years later, an English medical team has visited this town to offer aid to these incredibly devastated people. Five thousand had been killed outright, and almost the entire population had been left crippled in some way. They were suffering from cancer from these toxic agents, flesh which was still decaying, Inin damage, ambulatory failures, respiratory infections and malfunctions, curvature of spine, and bone failures, birth defects, miscarriages, and a very high rate of infertility. These horrible chemical toxins also attack DNA, I must Mother certainly reflects diversity. Not more than a month ago I wrote about what beautiful suppose lives, both military and civilian, and the trauma of being taken prisoner, aside from die true honors of war. But the fact still remains; you can't trust this scheming devil Senator Bob Dole, under President Bush, met with Saddam in 1990 and reported back that 'We can do business with this man. Four months later, Saddam invaded Kuwait After die gulf war, in March 1991, one of die UhS. Senators made a motion before Congress to indict Hussein for war crimes as he was guilty of against humanity, and was voted down. But if Hussein had been indicted then and declared a 'war Of course the kids loved it Devin wanted to go out and play in it as soon we got home Wednesday night Now, we have oodles of snow gear at the cabin. We can outfit family and friends in all shapes and sizes from head to toe hats to boots. And both boys have snow pants, hats, mittens and boots at die day care. But I bad a hard time finding anything that resembled snow gear for than to wear at home. "But mom, its soooo deep. Please can't we go out and play. We won't get wet. Right! I bundled them up in their coats, pulled up their hoods, put socks on their hands and sent them out to play. I figured theyd come in and Id dump them inta-partub...besides, how could they possibly get wet in two feet of . y . Nature Well, is emential to cool down the dissenters at Ohio State University and also die Iraqi "neighbors' who borderline Sad IFs country along with die other Arab nations who think buddying up to this middle-eas- t thug, will save them from his raging mental quirks. And assuredly, there is no argument in the hope (amid overpowering doubt) that he will honor this new commitment by casting aside his nasty tendencies. But you just have to wooder if these past few weeks of diplomatic stand-of- f - sans inspections - have allowed him plenty of time to more securely conceal the biological and chemical weaponry that die UN. inspectors were on the verge of discovering, and also die necessary time to manufacture yet even more of this bad stuff. It would probably be cogent to say that successful diplomacy is infinitely better than the cost of human : u weather we were having. Most of the state was experiencing all but record highs. And now, once again, Mother Nature has supplied me with subject matter for my column. In my neck of the woods weve had recud breaking weather again. This past week we had more snow fall in one 24 hour period than has ever fallen before. We got dumped on! It mowed most of Tuesday night and all . day Wednesday. The snow fell and wrapped the valley in a blanket of I looked out die window and saw that white, and another blanket, and another blanket. We had blankets of snow and Devin head and shoulders above sheets of ice Salt Lake had become the snow. That was it. All I could see was his blond head trudging through the Mother Nature's line closet snow as he broke a trail across the deck. Tyler, who is almost two, was no where in sight, but I could see little puffs of snow being thrown up in die air about a foot behind Devin. The commute to work Wednesday morning was a real treat Even at a snails pace there were cars slipping off the road, bumping into bumpers, drifting into drifts, slamming into snow banks, crashing into each other. And that was for those who were able to dig their way out of their vu . i t restrictions will not become so loose that it will be much harder to detect actual breaking of the new? agreement. Surely die UN. council recalls the U S. holding Russia in Limbo for half a century and (secretly) hopes we can do die same with Saddam as he ages, reasoning there will then be a natural solution by the one great equalizer..death...that will solve the problem for alL In my opinion, I think yon could take it to the bank that this new diplomatic arrangement to resume mi UN. inspections will be disregarded by Hussein with- - J hi ' in hours of when the U.S. forces leave die Persian 'IN Gulf. At least, this nation should leave the 30,000 or ' so troops, along with the ships and airplanes already A there, on duty in that area for a few mouths more for stability purposes. Authorities estimate that die cost to do go (includ- ing, also, the current costs of deployment to date) would be between 2 to 3 billion dollars. A healthy sum, for sure, but less than one percent of America's $260 billion Armed Services annual budget It may (Hove to be a good investment It's a matter of trust, and a healthy show of power improves everyone's trust Thoug?it - Martin Buber f v Israeli theologian 3) fIhe Summit County (Bee DIckBuya 8uBuya UurioWym Jstrm PdvmR Lton Smtottr CorrNponciMitfOfAot Offiot HWQr Ofltoe Sharon Pnoa Noncy Dario IMIdIibdIp TownBy Jonnlo Fonuhu Karoiyn Fox LaRoe Pedro DevoQodhey MBfcidnQ DHotor Bruce Watch MonaOlaan AnwlleModsy a tMimMmn Kathy Langston PariMoFeo Production 8 foeaa Juno Muir lay fltWW DanCaiBo BradCaiNo Mho Burton - - BawM noM mnpon KJm Honocko Doian North ShaytsOaiBo s Mil MtohaOa Rom CasolEalon TAMoPNe TJ.QK00 aa nwn la, vmiaiij TTRIV i means, why aren't we having more fimr j . a: 1 Kf (1978-196- u Jho Summit County fee wdcomci Uttas To the Editor on any subject They must adhere to the following guide Bn m: They must be received to he CoaMBe Office, PA Box 7, Coalville, UT 84017 or the Kama Office PA Box 225, If awn, UT 84036, no later than Monday noon to be considered for Burt week's issue of the paper coming out on Friday. The letters must be hand signed with fuB address and telephone number of the person writing the letter. No tetter wifl be pubBshed under an assumed name. Name may be withheld on request at Bm discretion of the editor er pubBsher of The Summit County Bto, They must not contain Bbeiout or slandering material Wrften are BoWted te one letter in two weeks, fiefoience wBI be given to short typewritten (dots-bi- e spaced) letters permitting the use of the writer's name. AH letters subject to condensation if they are too long for Bis specs nvaBablc No endorsement fob ten wfll be pubBshed es Letters To The EdRor. The views expressed in guest edkorisis or Letters To The Editor do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the editor or puMbher or express the viewpoint of this newspaper, p r. u 'i To ThE EdlroR counter-powe- kissed his wife and then bended across tiie street He was apparently oa his way into work suit and tie, brief case in hand. Ratha than being dropped off in front of the building, where he would have to scale a four foot pile of plowed snow, he opted to climb out at die red light and hoof it across die intersection to the side walk. His wife went merrily on ha way and he wu jut about to the sidewalk when his slippery-sole- d penny loafers slipped. Laurel and Hardy couldn't have staged it better. The brief caw went up . and be went down, right smack on his he tc up'ahd asphalt. And, just off to what he could, a hush wu trying car came around the corner and splashed slush all ova him. He just he stood there and shook his head watched the red tail lights at his wifes car vanish down die block. " So, lets see, we had close to record warmth at die beginning of February. We had record breaking snow at the end of the month. Fickle Motha Nature who knows what March will hold in store. And now, wl put die final touches on this weeks column, shes surprised me again. As I look in my backyard on the benchcjs in Salt Lake City, I see a beautiful fqur point buck, belly deep in snow, grazing oa my pine tree. Cars parked on the road side ova night were mere bups of white by morning. And the vehicles that spent the night without benefit of carport or garage donned poofy white bakers hats on their roofs. Some cars had caps as high as 18 indies as they sloshed down the road. As I was slip sliding into work, sludging through the muck and slush, I saw a young lady dip sliding along on the side walk on ha crosscountryskis. She. was crossing the street Mien I got to the intersection. I tooted my bom and gave ha a thumbs up. She smiled and waved and was well on ha way by the time I slid through die red light When I dropped the kids off at the day care, I realized my boots were back in the garage, where I put them so I wouldnt forget to put than in my car. I stepped out of the car and went up to my knee in the snow. When I took a step, my high heel stayed. I had to dig for my shoe not an easy task in a skirt I ended up carrying my shoes and pi tty- across the icy patting nylen-foote- d walk. But I didn't fall. I was just about to the office (after ova an hour and a half on die road) and wu stopped at a stop light A few cars ahead of me, a guy climbed out of the passenga ride of die car, leaned in and V fl for the day: Power abdicates only under the stress of driveway. "If we ARE living beyond our v criminal it would have been easier to topple him from V power. We can always hope that under these new rules, driveways. One poor fellow shoveled his entire driveway, climbed in his car to head in to work and was backing out of his garage just as the snow plow went by. It left a four foot berm in front of his Letters f?' .The Summit County Bee (UPSr 529801 Is published weekly Ibr 118 ' per year In Summit County. Senior Cittzen Discount, Sis In county; 821 8092. Periodicals postage paid at Coalville, ITT 84017, POSTMASTER: i to The Summit 7. CoaMBe. UT Qumty Bat. PXX 8017. li |