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Show Viewpoint By JACK HILL 5th probably saved the fire department depart-ment several trips and citizens r great dea 1 of expense. Newman said that the rain was responsible for cutting in half the calls (he department would have had to make. Even at that, the local firemen were called out four limes over the holiday weekend and at least two of those trips were to fires directly related to fireworks. "In PG there were 8 temporary stands selling fireworks plus several established retail stores," said Chief Newman. "I tried to check most of them and did find some selling illegal items," Newman added. Now I enjoy fireworks as much as the next person but I'm not sure the spread of them is in the best interest of all of us. Next year we might not have a good rain just before the fireworks season and we may all pay the price in increased insurance premiums and needless damage. Our family went to Provo for the music-fireworks show that was part of Provo's Freedom Celebration. The show was spectacular and coordinated coor-dinated to my kind of music. (Wagner, Tschaikowsky etc.) But in the foothills above the Kiwanis Park where we went to watch, dozens of people were absolutely careless and thoughtless with bottle rockets, roman candles and a variety of aieral bombs. Without the rain Monday morning I can see no way that "Y" mountain would not have gone up in "According to Chi J rockets are the Like alcohol prohibition, cy 1920 s, most of us iEnorT'- against certain fireworks ar' V always as careful as we t ' ' Let's hope we don't get ' de doing so. j tin The Chinese probably invented Pyrotechnics more than 500 years ago but local residents seemed lo have rediscovered re-discovered fireworks this past month. I Over the 4th of July weekend I j counted 13 temporary stands between Lehi and Orem on the old highway. They were all selling a variety of "Class C" fireworks. Most fireworks are still made in the Orient with an increasingly large amount coming from California. With all those stands, either some one made a lot of money or thought they were going to make a lot of money. Pleasant Grove City ordinance allows "Class C" fireworks but according ac-cording to Fire Chief, Kay Newman, just about all fireworks being sold were labeled "Class C". Newman said that "to be legal in Pleasant Grove, fireworks are not supposed to go over six feet in height but anyone who watched in their neighborhood could see several varieties explode at more than 60 feet. Rain most of Monday morning the |