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Show June 1 03.qxd 12/7/2021 4:05 PM Page 2 THE OGDEN VALLEY NEWS Page 2 Volume VIII Issue IV June 1, 2003 The OGDEN VALLEY NEWS Staff: Shanna Francis Tel: 745-2688 Fax: 745-0062 Cell: 791-4387 E-Mail: shannafrancis@att.net Jeannie Wendell Tel: 745-2879 Fax: 745-2879 E-Mail: crwendell@att.net crwendell@msn.com Opinions expressed by advertisers, columnists or letters to the editor are not necessarily the opinions of the owners and staff of The OGDEN VALLEY NEWS. Guidelines for Letters to the Editor Letters should be 300 words or less. Letters must be signed and the address of the writer submitted. The OGDEN VALLEY NEWS reserves the right to edit or decline printing of any submissions. Announcements Sought As a community service, The OGDEN VALLEY NEWS will print local birth, wedding, obituary, anniversary and missionary farewell & homecoming and Eagle Scout announcements free of charge. 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Note: The contents of The OGDEN VALLEY NEWS are copyrighted. To protect this publication and its contributors from unlawful copying, written permission is required before any individual or company engages in the reproduction or distribution of its contents, by any means, without first obtaining written permission from the owners of this publication. Letters to the Editor Motorists Asked to Safely and Courteously Share the Road “Idiots! They’re all tights wear’n, scrawny, too-much time on their hands idiots. This spring has brought more and more of them bicyclists to our Valley roads. They’re a driving hazard. The road, especially around the reservoir, just isn’t big enough for them. It’s either risk a head on collision trying to pass one of them or risk clipping them with my side view mirror. I’d choose clipping them right in the head over a collision. As a matter of fact, more close flybys might persuade them cyclists to stay off our narrow and busy roads!” Does this sound familiar? The truth is, to bike around the reservoir is to put your life in someone else’s hands. It is amazing how a Ford pick-up truck pulling a horse trailer and a cyclist, or a cement truck and a cyclist can fit between that yellow and white line. Some considerate drivers will pass a cyclist by driving into the on-coming lane if no cars are approaching while other drivers will stay in their lane even if there are no cars approaching in the on-coming lane. Either the cyclists in our Valley are truly idiots or they place such a high value on being able to bike in one of the most spectacular valleys in northern Utah that they risk their lives each day they go out. People are visiting, even moving here for such opportunities. Whichever side of the white line you prefer to ride on, it will be increasingly important to safely accommodate cyclists and pedestrians on the busy roads that link our communities in the future. Ten years down the road, we may even be able to bring our families along for a ride. We are being given the opportunity to make the change. Don’t be an idiot. Get involved. Attend the next Ogden Valley Pathways meeting being held at the Ogden Valley Library at 7:00 p.m. on June 4. The Pledge of Allegiance By Senator John McCain Note: From a speech made by Captain John S. McCain, U.S., (Ret) who represents Arizona in the U.S. Senate. As you may know, I spent five and one half years as a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War. In the early years of our imprisonment, the NVA kept us in solitary confinement or two or three to a cell. In 1971 the NVA moved us from these conditions of isolation into large rooms with as many as 30 to 40 men to a room. This was, as you can imagine, a wonderful change and was a direct result of the efforts of millions of Americans on behalf of a few hundred POWs 10,000 miles from home. One of the men who moved into my room was a young man named Mike Christian. Mike came from a small town near Selma, Alabama. He didn’t wear a pair of shoes until he was 13 years old. At 17, he enlisted in the US Navy. He later earned a commission by going to Officer Training School. Then he became a Naval Flight Officer and was shot down and captured in 1967. Mike had a keen and deep appreciation of the opportunities this country and our military provide for people who want to work and want to succeed. As part of the change in treatment, the Vietnamese allowed some prisoners to receive packages from home. In some of these packages were handkerchiefs, scarves and other items of clothing. Mike got himself a bamboo needle. Over a period of a couple of months, he created an American flag and sewed on the inside of his shirt. Every afternoon, before we had a bowl of soup, we would hang Mike’s shirt on the wall of the cell and say the Pledge of Allegiance. I know the Pledge of Allegiance may not seem the most important part of our day now, but I can assure you that in that stark cell it was indeed the most important and meaningful event. One day the Vietnamese searched our cell, as they did periodically, and discovered Mike’s shirt with the flag sewn inside, and removed it. That evening they returned, opened the door of the cell, and for the benefit of all of us, beat Mike Christian severely for the next couple of hours. Then, they opened the door of the cell and threw him in. We cleaned him up as well as we could. The cell in which we lived had a concrete slab in the middle on which we slept. Four naked light bulbs hung in each corner of the room. As I said, we tried to clean up Mike as well as we could. After the excitement died down, I looked in the corner of the room, and sitting there beneath that dim light bulb with a piece of red cloth, another shirt and his bamboo needle, was my friend, Mike Christian. He was sitting there with his eyes almost shut from the beating he had received, making another American flag. He was not making the flag because it made Mike Christian feel better. He was making that flag because he knew how important it was to us to be able to pledge our allegiance to our flag and country. So the next time you say the Pledge of Allegiance, you must never forget the sacrifice and courage that thousands of Americans have made to build our nation and promote freedom around the world. You must remember our duty, our honor, and our country. “I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.” THINK OF THE FUTURE The Ogden Valley Land Trust a non-profit organization For more information, call (801) 745-2048 Les Vierra, Eden Inspirational Thought Wisdom There’s an old Native American legend about a boy who asks his grandfather the meaning of an emblem, inscribed with two wolves, that the old man always wears around his neck. “One wolf is my evil side—he is fear, anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, competition, superiority, and ego. The other wolf is my good side—he is joy, peace, love, hope, sharing, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, friendship, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith,” said the grandfather. “Which one is stronger?” asked the boy. “The one I feed the most,” replied the old man. Convenient - Quick Quality Guaranteed So yer sayin’ I’ve peaked out on my career? . . . . . You sure Doc? AAA DRYWALL REPAIR Jim Zeleznick 552 S. 8600 E. Huntsville, UT 84317N “NO JOB TOO SMALL” Licensed, Insured & Preferred Office/Fax: 801-745-3035 Deadline for material for the June 15 OVN issue is June 4. Summer Specials! $30 Manicure / Pedicure Combo Free brow or lip wax with any service New Customer Promo $10 OFF Women’s Haircut $20 OFF any Chemical Serivce Expires July 31, 2003 For more information call 745-1979. (Located in the Eats of Eden Plaza) |