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Show Opinion jOcLce May 23, 2003 The Summit County Bee Page A2 Tell Me About It THE CHECK'S IN THE MAIL LON SINISTER BY I Some or you readers may not (BIG emphasis on the enjoy this particular column, desired politicians get big contracts get awarded, so these wealthy sponsors end up endowed hut, then, again, others of you will probably be ecstatic over it. Anyway, here goes: It's my opinion that (you fill in the blank the with the proper governmental he run like Shopko, or J C. Penney (among many other stores) as they do when they advertise their week-en- d Wal-Mar- t, rt, sales. mean, ponder this: These stores make money on volume 1 sales with the emphasis of 'corne- ous' through what they call 'loss-lead- er sales items, because they sacrifice profit on just a few advertised items, while socking it to you on other Ion tempting to pass up" and buys which arc attractively displayed throughconveniently out their stores. Well. . uh. just in case you haven't already figured it out. the. . . er. uh. Guv'menl is doing the same thing only they call it 'deficit spending.' You sec, as you already know, the Gumminl' (as the Prcz calls it) gets (heir income from only one source. You guessed it las money. Our tax money. And, consequently, there ain't no bargain day. If the lax money ain't there, the hills can't he paid. Oh, except. . . uh. yeah. I forgot. They have a frequently used tool that us citizens (and businesses) can't ever have. It's called deficit spending. It woiks like this: They pass laws that say they can do it, so they do it. The political wizards running the particular governmental agency that you're biting your nails over (remember you filled in the blank space, above), spend the money they need on the project they promised to deliver to the right people (read: executives, big business moguls. CT.OS. . . shudder) who donated the guz.z.illion SIS to their campaign GUEST EDITORIAL As I See It KYSIIIKI.KY Two special days are coming lip in the near future, one to honor ami pay tribute to our young people who arc graduating from high school ami (Hie to give honor and pay tribute to our ancestors, family members and friends who have graduated from this mortal existence for a far belter place. I wonder what is ahead for our high school graduates. If they have spent the last twelve years wisely, they are now ready to face the many challenges that will come to them in the years aliead. We hope the students have listened ami learned from their parents and grandparents and have gained wisdom so that they may have a hig jump on decision making and he able to solve problems that they have yet to face. But (his may not he an ideal situation. If young people just starting out already knew what challenges they were about to face, would it lake away their enthusiasm, excitement, and willingness they must have to accomplish tlie great things that are in store for them? Perhaps learning fresh and new is the best way. Iltese young people will forge on to become our leaders in lire communities. government, businesses as well as church. How well they arc prepared can mean (lie difference in not only (heir own lives, hut directly or indirectly llte lives of many. Many, no doubt will choose to go on to college or a trade school. They will strive to heccmie professionals and to he specialized in their field. However, they are no more important rv necessary to contribute to our living than tlie graduate that decided to forego a college degree and join with the family in farming, or some other job that is so vital today, but does not require a college education. The important aspect of u successful career seems to he finding out in the early teen years what your interests might be and building fmm 9 part of with (as t, anticipated) and it's all keep your eye on the bouncing m zip-zo- deficit spendball, sleight-of-handeja vu, all over again. ing Not to worry, 'cuz the White House Good ()l Boys have this deficit mechanics The formula. spending of it are simple - (hey say, ", . . cut the Gummit's income (in this case taxes) and thisll pay all the hills." My Best Partner says. "Huh?, or maybe it was "Haw!" She always - our entire married life - stressed d, 'never-did-wor- fail-pmo- f, agency word; like. Stale, Federal or Local) government should not re--' the election word). And as the k' the point that, "Goodies cost money. So, make more of it." But the While House GOB fraternity don't believe it. Iliey keep spending. and think it's O.K. Except . . . ... all (heir expenditures Ilmmm end up in the deficit spending column. never to he heard from again only as casual, fragmentary comments about their vague, foggy explanations of deficit swnding. I'm confused. Are you? Don't we ordinary citizens have to eventually pay our honestly owed bills? I simply fail to understand how the "Gumminl" (as all Presidents seem to agree) can sweep all tlie money owed into a comer and. well, sorta balance the hooks with the catchall phrase, 'deficit spending.' It reminds me of (he old silent movie of Keystone-Co- p chases, where the engine falls out of the pursuit vehicle during the chase. Two of the cops jump out of it, pick the engine up off the street, throw it Kick into the trunk of said vehicle and drive off. hot on the trail of the escaping culprit. Wouldn't we all like a son of a . . . Set it up there on the top shelf. I'll get around to it later," account in our own personal check book? You know, our own version of the 'deficit spending' fiasco? Well, (sigh) you know, it seems to me that sooner or later somebody is going to have to dust the cobwebs offa-lhat-on- e mess. I and clean up the certainly hale to think them ihi toward that goal. It isn't easy in a small community and a small school where the opportunities arc so limited for a student to experience different types of career choices. How can a budding scientist find encouragement when the school has little to offer in classes or challenges? How can (lie office potential gain a strong basic course if the school is unable to give instructions with all the latest office equipment that is continually being upgraded and changed? And how are choices to be made wlien the school does not even offer classes except the few very basics the budgets will allow? Ilicsc are some of the disadvantages each graduating class must face. They must be brave, hardy, and determined students to accept the differences tliey will find wlien entering colleges with students from larger schools and a budget that has enabled them a wider course of study. Many will probably become discouraged and after a few hmnlhs drop (Nil of college. Sonw will shift from a demanding course to sonw-tliin- g less. A few will change (heir choices many tinws before they find something to tlwir liking and abilities. Sonw will have tlw determination to hold fast to tlwir goals and convictions and graduate fmm college with tlw degree they want. iXws this nwan we have success or failures, winners and losers? I hope we don't judge anyone this way. Eveiy career can he a success. Fnnn the most nwnial to the highest profession, each can find a needed and important place in the work force with not unc being greater than anotlwr. The only failure seems to he the failure of not trying and using our potential to do a job well. I wish to give to each mw about to enter the adult world and ways, advice that I have received, not upon graduation, but during my Be willing to' see and consider all sides before making decisions. Seldom is (Iwre only one right way or wrong way. Accept the possibility (hat your way may be second best. Try to accept life's challenges just as they arc, a challenge. Put problems in perspective. Treat little lifc-tin- about leaving a creative like that for my posterity to take care of. The amount of red ink (deficit spending) is now said to he about 6 or 7 trillion dollars - give or take a few hundred billion (depending upon which party is in office when the report is released). I know, maybe our think-tan- k wizards in Washington just know, for sure, that all that gcclus, moolah, wampum, shekels, etc., owed to us by all those 'friendly' nations we've baled out every so often, with bleary eyes and will one-dapay us back in full. y, lump-in-thro- Yeah, uh-hu- h. And a, Hezbollah, PLO.ctc. - along with friends will all our Arab-natio- n it. do cm Leading the charge, help of course, will be France, Germany, Russia, China, Iran, and - of course - Iraq (as soon as the latter gets back on its feet). Oh. and, uh . . .dont forget North Korea, because they'll eventually come around, too. Well, urn. . . maybe all these possibilities have to weigh-i- n as been masthe deficit of spending' part ter plan. ' Yes!. . . it has possibilities. And. I'm thinking - on a personal basis. . . maybe if I organized a neighborhood fund for deficit spending. . . uh, I could handle the spending part. . . the neighbors could be responsible to gather appropriations; They make the deposits. I'll make the withdrawals. . . and do the bookkeeping. . . Hey, this plan has a future! All I need now is a hanker who'll go for it . . . oh yeah, and a bookkeeper who'll help nic with 'creative' explanations. Only qualifications they'd need is a real, savvy, political background. Oh, and. . . uh. don't everybody apply at once, O.K? Thought for the day:"vcsy lime a man puls a new idea across he finds ten men who thought of it before he did - hut they only thought of it." Anon. problems as little problems and before (hey grow out of hand. Don't let being disagreeable rale your life. Being able to change and winking towards getting along with others is not a sign of being mediocre, but a sign of maturity. In the opposite direction, stand up for the principles you have been taught. It is never degrading to he on the right side of the law, u uphold parents, honw or church standards. Make your life's rules now and cmnmit yourself to living tlwm. to take advantage of the g(Nxl things in life that are free. And if you can't think of anything that falls in this category, ask a senior citizen to give you a few ideas. You will be surprised how long the list will be. would like to challenge you to he honest in all your dealings with your fellow beings. Be truthful to yourself as well as your friends. The old saying "If anything you do, you could do in front of your mother," seems to he a good rale to live by. If it is embarrassing, it is probably wrong. I wish you the best in life, but also some aches, some sadness, some disappointments, so you will he humble and caring for others. But not so many disappointments you give up and forget to keep on trying. We must experience much and overcome some to grow and prosI borryscorfoonaxom Continued from page llegional Iartii ipatr? in I non-prof- it Summit County cemeteries come in all sizes from just a few graves to many. Dales may be front mid 1800 lu just yesterday. Memorial Day may bring many to decorate graves of loved ones or only a few nr maybe not any. We know as the pioneers crossed the plains, many did not nuke it and were gently and lovingly buried along the way in unmarked graves or with home made markers that did mil withstand nature for very long. As settlements were established, deaths occurred before a designated place was chosen and dedicated as a (own cemetery. Some burials were on a quiet peaceful area near the honk's or at least on family gmuml. l ew had any kind of pemunenl maikers or fences around the little plots and after a few generations aiul families moving on. Ilk graves were lost and forgotten. It isn't unusual to find unmarked graces when construction is started. After many years with no records available, we can only guess and speculate as to who they arc and the circumstances that led to these lost greaves. If there is an interest, and there almost always is, tmkleni day tests can usually tell us age, sex, height, weight, cause of death and so much more vital information, hut seldom (he name. Only the records in Heaven can give us (he name, family, love and grief that followed when tire grave was covered and left as the family trekked onward. Emotionally, this may have been the I Courtly Bee l)milo)iiun( Program Summit County has reapplied for participation in an innovative economic development program sponsored by the State Department of Community and Economic Development. The county has applied to the state for the continued partreipation of businesses in the Silver Creek Business Park in the Recycling Market Development Incentive Zone Program. This program gives local businesses state tax incentives to participate in recycling activities. There are about 20 businesses in the Silver Creek Business Park who will benefit from this designation. Summit County has a long history of innovative recycling programs with the Recycle Utah center having been in operation for fourteen years and a successful curbside recycling program in operation since January 2000, The county is now in the procevs of expanding (he curbside program to cover up to 40 percent of all county residences. The RMIDZ is a slate program focused on increasing the number of recycling based businesses in Utah especially (hose using recycling materials in their manufacturing. The designation provides businesses kicalcd in the zone with slate income tax and operating lax credits, technical assistance fmm state recycling and economic development professionals ttiid various local incentives. The RMIDZ docs not conflict with land use planning and has the potential to benefit the community by providing jobs and adding to the tax base. If you are interested in learning more about the Summit County RMIDZ please contact the recycling Coalition of Utah at Summit 7he iXeivs Notes Summit ( ounly per. I wish AI Is Your j Hometown J J J Newspaper. Call us I . with I . your story Ideas 1 1 336-550- ; Lh 1 mnmmmm m ; hJ sonw of the graves, we have to he move with little tinw for vis- (Hi tlw iting. of my roots are in the lloytsville Cemetery. Parents, Most hardest thing these gallant brave pioneers had to do, and yet they grandparcnts.grcat grandparents and found the strength to do it. Now a day has been designated (hi (lie calendar for us, the living, to honor our loved ones who have been called to their final eternal home. This is a day to nwel as families and as we place our (lowers on the graves, we enjoy this reiwwing family and friends and hearing (he latest news. But as we mingle with friends and family, nay wc remember tlw (hws who have passed (Hi to a far better place and give special thanks to the courage they had to endure until they reached our valleys. Memorial Day was, in years past, a tinw for family gatherings. It was a lime to catch up on new babies, weddings, and the truth or falsctuxkl of any family gossip (hat might he circulating. Most of all the grandparents, uiwlcs. aunts, brothers, and sisters were laid to rest in tlw honw-tow- n plot, so it was natural to meet there. oiw every In (Nir transient siwiely today, our families are scattered, and to get to uncles and cousins are there. In one great, great grandparents, aunts, line or the other, I am probably related to at least half of the people who have made this tlwir final resting place. It gives both a warm feeling and oiw of lore to walk aiming the head- stones and have nwmorics of each one I kiww. liuch oiw is very special in (heir own way and have left a part of themselves to their families. I am proud to he a pan of this posterityBecause I knew many, now they arc very dear to me. Many of the nanws I can comwct with others living and dead. My friends mrcnts are there along with other names that are familiar to nw and tlw first and the lust I stop by arc my own dear parents and next to them, my sweetheart of fifty one years. A handful of flowers are a visual aid to express our love, hut (he memories we hare and the opportunity we have to share them with others, makes Menkiriul Day more than tlw last day of a (hrcc-du- y weekend. Staff you a healthy and produc- tive life (hough it may not he a financially wealthy life. For many things, there are no monetary value or payment. GOOD LUCK GRADUATES. Memorial Day is May 26. Nothing is so beautiful or stirring as an American flag blowing in (he breeze. And nothing is so appropriate or more beautiful than tlie little flags placed on each service person's grave in our cemeteries on Memorial Day. Thanks goes to (lie American Legion for placing the flags before Memorial Day. If anyone is missed, it is inadvertently. These American flags ore placed cm all veterans of every war, to honor their service to their country. It is a small token for their contribution to keep our country free. The Summit County bee itTSP lir SIX per r Citizen yc,ir In I Whim. 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