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Show 'pinion Pkge A2 Toll Mo About it "PROiviisES. January 28, 2000 Off The Beaten Path by Eric Hodecker Promises by Leon Slmlster One thing about Democracy is that aside from being perhaps the greatest type of authoritative leader- ship guarant- eeing individual freedoms, it also contains great promise of future optimism as well. And it shows a marked trend for democratic lead- ers (read: politicians) to think, their own mistakes. The process also leaves great areas y in which of questionable the skillful politician can practice his art of mistakes." Like - what a major think it was think and ar cover-your-re- re-thi- lee-wa- for our political shot-calle- rs to "donate" 84, (XX) acres of land back to the ones they originally stole it from in the first place; the Ute Indians. Charitable and compassionate, hey? I'll say, and all the Utcs have to do is come up with the estimated $300 million its going to take to clean it up before its worth anything to them. It's located down near Moab, Utah, and there's only about eleven million tons of radioactive uranium ore tailings deposited on it, which will have to be hauled away and buried somewhere (thereby contaminating some other area). Or, maybe, shot into space, in order to make the land worth something other than just a notch above totally worthless. (Sigh) It seems to me that whenever big brother says, "Have I got a deal for you..." run for cover. Get Civil Defense yourself an II bomb shelter and hole up until all the politicians responsible for the offer either die off or fall heir to - from 1887 to!934 - also succeeded in depriving them of an additional 86 million acres! some other malady that permanently removes them from office. Well, maybe the land is actually a magnanimous offer in disguise, because it'll always be there for future generations to use, and in a few thousand yean or so the danger posed by the radioactive waste will have diminished down to tolerable - meaning just your hair and teeth will fall out. Not to overlook the fact that this land was once owned by the Ute Indians original- Well, now this 84,000 acre (?) is going to make up wind-fa- ll for all that? Yeah, right. And I would imagine the old men of the tribes, in passing their stories handed down from generation to generation, will not forget to include the part about the white man's government who made over 400 treaties with the Indians between the years 1887 to 1934 and broke every one of them! Not only that, but the Indians were not even made citizens of the U.S.A until 1924. Remarkable, isn't it? Even though there are about 300 Indian tribes in America today, their linguistic heritage is disappearing. Most native Indian best, terribly smelly anyway. tongues have succumbed to the Since way back to the days of ages. As the older members die General George Custer, the indians off, no one is being left to speak their languages. Of the Mandan have been maligned, shot, disand chased off, placed, generally tribe, their are only six known ly. It was part of the original reservation controlled by the Uncompahgre and Uintah tribes, and was taken from them in 1916 by the government as a potential source of fuel for their naval vessels. I think most folks know that the Fed's history of land dealings with the Indians is, at mis-treat- ed -- in about every imagin- able way by or at least unopposed by - die U.S. Government. Commencing with the wanton slaughter of the buffalo from 1890 to I89S (which was the main source of sustenance to the Indians), the population of these beasts dropped from seventy million down to just eight hundred! Not coincidentally, but during approximately the same time, the number of Indians, likewise, fell from more than two million to no more than ninety thousand. Poverty, along with war, disease and the loss of their lands and livelihood did this to them, and wors- speakers left, and the Osage Indians have only five of their people who speak the tongue. When the movie. Dances With Waives, was filmed there was not one of the Lakota tribe (the lan- guage used in the movie) who could be found to act as language adviser to the film crew. Sadly, only nostalgia prevails when discussion recalls the heritage of our native Americans. Whoever said, "Promises were made to be broken," must have had politics ened as they were gathered up and crowded onto reservations. Even though the U.S. officially ended Thought for the day: "Governments exist to protect the rights of minorities. The loved and the rich need no protection they have many friends and few wars with them upon capturing enemies." -- Wendell Phillips Geronimo in 1886, the government First State Utah-Th- e in mind. Financial to Provide Information on the Internet State Auditor Auston Johnson announced today that budgets And audited financial reports submitted by local governments ip .U.ty&.t? the State Auditors Office are now available on the internet. Mr. Johnson said that Utah is apparently the first state to provide access Pam's PIace Another I really don't believe the boys week filled with lots of would have gotten out alive. interesting sons, a grandson and two friends write and also life stories to returning home from snowmobil-inA woman traveling on the road in front of them decided to stop as a snow plow was coming toward her and in order to avoid not hitting her or the plow, they opted for the ditch. They were being watched over as well and no one, including the machines, stories create Later in the day, two more to escaped injury as they were and live. This past weekend gave me another opportunity to feel extremely grateful for family and life itself. On Saturday morning the phone in our home rang with dispatch being on the other end. It was one of those heart stopping calls which thankfully turned out to be okay in the end. We were told that our son's van had caught on fire near Wanship as he was going to work, and he needed to be picked up. Moore's towing had already picked him up when we got to Wanship so back to Coalville we went. I don't really know just what I expected to see, but I was not prepared to see the van without win- dows. the paint burned off and NOTHING led inside. There was no evidence that two car seats had been inside at all. I felt so blessed to have a son that was ok and not hurt and to know that my daughterand three grandsons in-la- w hadnt been inside. As fast as the flames took over and with having only one door access to the back. g. received any damage. To say my heart is full of grati- tude is putting it very mildly. When realize I could have lost several of my family in one lets just say I try not to think about it a lot. Once again I am thankful for people who are willing to help. Ronnie from Moore's, and the person that helped get my other sons back on the road-- I extend day-we- ll. many thanks. It is strange, but when I start "thinking" about a certain subject, it seems that events take place in my life that go right along with the topic. This past month I was thinking about family and friendship and the part they play or have played in my life and how important they are to me. I have always said that I have appreciated the friends I to financial information on the internet for all local governments have and I continue to do so. They mean a lot to me. Moving right along, 1 guess one of the stories that is in focus on front page events would be the Superbowl game between the Rams and Titans and who will in its jurisdiction. State law requires that all cities, towns, counties, school districts and special districts file their annu- al budgets and audited financial Letter to the Editor ; win the Superbowl. Well, after the Jags and Vikings ' The USS Saint Paul CA 73 and Paul SSN-;70- 8 USS Miuneapolis-Sai- nt . and financial statement .. 1995 GMC - also by those former crew mem-be- n ia your area who are unaware of our present existence. For further information please . Call Joe Letters . $ 657-296- 8 (770)393-318- 5 Sincerely, ; ' GO TTTANS Thought for the week: "If we suddenly discovered that we had only five minutes left to say all Editor Policy Pickup. . pick up supplies. 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"This is a giant leap towards providing accountability to the general public." This financial information can be found on the internet at www.lgr.sao.state.ut.usindexJitm. 6-w- ay Our organization is trying to on their game supplies, you know-th- e snacks, drinks, meals-th- e grocery stores are preparing for a barrage of customers to spend their hard earned dollars so they can spend the day together cheering and yelling for their favorite team in comfort while not having to leave their homes to of the local governments where Off-Ro- ad contact former crew members. Your help will not only be appreci-- ; ated by those already located, but important for citizens to have easy access to the financial information Short-Bo- x Ext-Ca- b Jon Roiilty Column! asOflle. Loon Svnsior Sharon PaginaHenRjyeuI Juno Muir Nancy Dm Maon Towntay KananOavN Knatna Htanmar AMrtlaing Managar AdwIMnf LaAaaPodrs CamWabatar Bata. Chnaianaan DawOodhay tt o Pm. Annan. MoBoy Offtoo AnrwIlaMoMy Ang Hoidaway Laura Ann. jomnrm Production i Mmoo PraM JayPrsvoat Dan Cotta . RwxtCwMo DunsRadmaS Doan North KanHoabnga KartMcFoo m WMWr EdBttannan ChaaaHida. Mfwi a. ail "I have always felt that it ia 350, Auto Trans, Tow Package, Package. ' White wgrey interior. Power windows, locks, power seat, overhead console. AM FM CD Cassette. Bed Liner, hitch, brake controller, tool box. 2000 in Colorado August 22,-2- 6, Springs, CO. the State Auditor's Office by or in a compact disc format. Price Reduced! . will hold its 10th Reunion People are already stocking up Christopher Morley get received from local governments. These scanned files are now available in an Adobe Acrobat format (PDF files) on the State Auditor's website. The files for individual entities can also be obtained from Dear Editor, got beat out, my next choice would be the Titans. Although both teams are showing their super abilities not to mention good Titans will luck and timing-th- e come on out hopefully top. Guess it wont be long before we find out the answer to that one, huh? we wanted to say, every telephone booth would be occupied by people trying to call up other people to stammer that they loved them. statements with the State Auditors Office each year. This provides a central place where citizens may gq fp.find fumwia) information for all local governments. For the past two years, the State Auditor's Office has been scanning into an electronic format all bud- 0) Summit County. Senior Citizen Discount $15 In county: $21 Wave by Publishing tnc.. 165 South. 100 West, lleber City. UT 64032. reriodicala Postage Paid at Coalville. UT 64017. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Summit County Bee, P.O.Box 7, Coalville, ITT 84017. . The entire contents of this newspaper it CopynghtC 1999 The Sunmui County See andor Wave Publishing Inc. AH rights reserved. 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