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Show As we see it This special section of the Record editorial page will feature, for the next several weeks, the opinions of some students of the Cedar City High School. The letters reflect the attitudes of their writers. The letters were solicited by the Record and were also used as a composition assignment at the high school. In general, the letters are being published as written. I Editor : I Weed choked or non-existent sidewalks, I leaf-filled ditches, and cluttered rear I entrances to business . . . these are un-I un-I fortunately common sights that make I Cedar City look most unattractive. I Indeed, Greyhound passengers who stop I only for a few moments in Cedar, must I receive a pretty bad impression of the I town: dirty unpainted brick walls and a I few garbage cans. How can this possibly I happen? Those poeple will probably retain I a false opinion of Cedar which is in reality I a pleasant town. It seems as though the J - owners take great care of the front part' of I their buildinbgs, but neglect entirely the I back of them. It is rather disgusting to I have to look at this regrettable view. Did I they lose pride in Cedar? I I believe that the City Beautification I Committee should urge property owners I to take this problem into serious con- I sideration, and make Cedar look what it I could be: pleasant and clean. I I have also noticed that some sidewalks I and ditches are obstructed by weeds and I diverse trash. Even though some actions I have already been taken to clean them, I these places look as bad as before some I time later. I think that we should build I decent sidewalks, and try to keep ditches I in proper working conditions. It would not I only improve the look of the town, but I would also provide some extra jobs, and I prevent the usual overflowing of water on I the roads, due to stuffed gullies. I think I that now is the time to take some energetic I actions in order to beautify Cedar even I more. Our recent bicentennial I celebrations emphasized the motto I "American the Beautiful." I Cedar is part of America, and we should I take good care of it, and have pride in it. . I I, therefore, am in complete favor of I improving and of rearranging the rear I side of business entrances of buildings, our I sidewalks, and ditches. It will add I tremendously to the image of our town, Cedar City. I Nathalie Nguyen I Dear Editor: I The gun goes off. the victim falls, and I the hero presents a victory. The violence I that is present on TV today has a profund I effect on small children. I The minds of the small children can be I engraved easily. There is a curosity I present which keeps them intensely in- I volved with the TV shows and the volent I shows seem more exciting. There are I guns, heros, bad guys, and plenty of action I to keep the show interesting. I I have a small brother, three years old, I who immensely enjoys watching the super I heroes of today, like the Six Million Dollar I Man, Bionic Woman. Wonder Woman, and I the many detective shows. I have found I him sitting, tensely watching these TV I shows. My brother likes to pretend he's a I super hero and his friends are colleagues; I they find many things to do. pestering I dogs, cats, and other animals; chasing I bad guys, and riding the world of all I villians. I With the many shows that are on TV I today, there are only a few that basically I non-violent. Even some Saturday cartoons I are excessinvely violent, and these shows I are for children. The world today is I becoming more and more violent. The I children of today will be the leaders of I tomorrow, and tomorrow's leaders are the I ones being affected most by the violence I on TV. I There's victory for the hero, the world I has been saved. But what about the small I children? I Jane Taylor Dear Editor: The Garbage Pickup in this city is a disgrace. Half of the time the garbage isn't even out of the cans after they have been supposedly dumped into the truck. The other half of the time the garbage is sprinkled all over. When all of it is gone, the cans are so dented they are ready for the garbage. Our lids don't even fit the cans anymore. Why should we put up with this in-consideratness? in-consideratness? We pay for the pickup, " -and it should reflect in the service. Name Withheld by Request Dear Editor: I feel that the driver of a vehicle who doesn't care about other people while he's driving a vehicle, shouldn't be driving. I am referring to people who travel on the Enoch Highway. There is a fork in the road about a fourth of a mile north of the Out Post Drive-In. This road divides into Minersville Highway and the Enoch Highway. High-way. And right at the fork of the road, there is a yeild sign for all people heading south on the Enoch Road. The yeild sign might as well be taken down because people don't seem to see it. I live in the Garden Park area and that certain intersection scares me to death. It's as if people heading south on that road want to beat you to the intersection. I have heard this intersection referred to as the "Suicide intersection." That says it all. This is very dangerous for all vehicles traveling north and south on the Minersville Miner-sville Road. Think of school buses, tourists even people traveling to and from their homes. Some day, some person is not going to be able to stop for the person who doesn't pay attention to that yield sign. I think that if there aren't enough policemen to patrol that area, that the yield sign should be changed to a stop sign that the person traveling south would be more apt to stop or at least slow down. The person traveling north could feel a little more secure as he or she goes by the intersection. in-tersection. One may think that it's only one yield sign, and it only takes a couple of seconds to get by it. But it only takes a couple of seconds to get in a wreck and lose a life. Enforce the law on the careless drivers or make the law stronger by changing the sign. Jo Ellen Coop Dear Editor: I am disgusted with the way Cedar City Police are treating the teenagers. I am 17, and have received two tickets; one for going through a yellow light on a left turn. The officer who issued the citation stated, "By the time I got through the light, it was red," which is normal, since he was two cars behind me. The most unfair thing is that the car directly behind me went through the light after me and didn't receive a ticket. The other ticket was for not having my lights on, on Main Street. As most of you know, at dusk it is hard to tell if your lights are on, especially going dow n Main Street. When I appeared before the judge, he ripped the ticket up. I feel that just because we teenagers have fixed up cars and fairly loud pipes, it doesn't mean that we are are bad drivers, so why should the City Police give so many unnecessary tickets? (Name Withheld by request' |