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Show 987 -- Page 2 Pioneers left heritage of industry and independence To say that our state is proud of its pioneer heritage is an understatement. Indeed, the pioneer experience defined Utah's character by defining the character of the people who founded it and and who, through painstaking labor in often treacherous environments, cultivated the garden which has grown in this arid state. In fact, it was the inhospitable nature of the area which attracted the early pioneers. Those men and women were seeking a haven where early Mormon church members would be safe from persecution. The valley of the Great Salt Lake and its surroundings looked like the kind of the place that would provide security and peace because no one else would want it. Having chosen a home, the pioneers then went about the task of building a community with independence and industry as prime goals -- - as is witnessed by the state symbol of the beehive. And they worked hard at it. Those early settlers in-cluded many people of culture who put all of that behind them and suffered unimaginable hardship for the sake of religious freedom. Men and women who had owned fine homes in modern cities found themselves living in lean-to'- s with little food and inadequate shelter during the early years of set-tlement. Families would be sent to new, uncultivated areas as settlements were established throughout the state for the incoming pioneers -- - all aiming at reaching the same goals. True, those goals proved to be more difficult to achieve than originally thought. First, the settlers were threatened with military action during the Utah War. Then the gold rmh railroad brought an influx of "gentiles" who rhannd the the traditions of the state's first settlers ailengej And throughout those first 60 years of settlemP Church leaders were locked in a perpetual bam the federal government over the practice of n and the inevitable combination of church and t communities founded by families of a common h tT . But all these factors joined together to create with a personality all its own - a state of pioneers &kk It is a heritage of which this state can be while the pronri pioneer days are far in the past, those the early settlers of the state sought are still considering. Wortti Industry, of course, and independence from tvr of all sorts are worthy goals to consider as we honn pioneer predecessors this week. Ut Some animals are like people, vice versa By MARCELLA WALKER p.g. blah When we were on our trip to Arizona last month, a little chip-munk ran under our wheels as we left Jacobs Lake, Ariz. I felt so bad. It just breaks my heart to have something like that happen. I don't like to kill anything, except flies and Black Widow spiders. I don't really "like" to kill them but it is better than the alternative. Last week we found a dead Meadowlark in our back yard. Our little granddaughter was there when her grandpa found it, and although she is only two, she loves the birds and always points them out to us when they fly overhead or when she sees them in a book. She couldn't understand why it lay there so still and unmoving. I have mentioned before how, when we were children, we used to gather up the birds that the big boys shot with BB guns and give them nice funerals and bury them in a grave beneath a big rock so that cats would not find them. I have told you how my friend made me feel guilty for stepping on ants when I was very young. I try to avoid killing ants if possible. Someone once said, picture your-self the size of an ant and having someone the size of a human looming over you. I've tried that and it is very alarming. I stood next to month. We went into the nursery and saw the tiny little pigs seeking their din-ner from a patient big mama lying on her side on the floor of the pens. They were adoreable. Then we went into the birthing room (that is not what they really call it but I have forgotten it for the moment). Baby pigs were being born in every pen. They were trying very hard to find their mother's spigots. One little guy had gotten on the wrong side of his mother where there were no spigots to find. My sister-in-la- w picked him up and put him on the right side, but not before he squealed loud and long. He might have been brand new but he knew exactly how to holler. So do new human babies when they are born, thank goodness. Our daughter began feeling a little squeamish watching these laboring mothers and ran back out into the fresh air after a short time. City kids do not get to see many animals being born. It was hard for her. When I was a teenager and staying on my granddad's farm in Missouri, there was a little Hereford bull calf who had lost his mother. We raised him on the bottle. That was one of the funnest experiences with animals that I ever had. One time I went across the fields at the farm to find a quiet place to sit and read. As I came over a little rise I saw a bull and a cow fa embarrassing (for me) said, "Excuse me," andS fled. I was not a good im either. H I love to go to the zoo. I notice- of adults like to go to the zW of teens on dates do too k Portland, Ore. zoo they have elephants. It is one of the few ' that has been able to ' elephants to mate in captivity. ;, ( elephants are very cute, i- f female elephants in the hen) help take care of the baby. Tlur a it in their trunks and svriiri c trunks back and forth and tkj r sleeps peacefully. s Well, I have gone on al w Jl about animals for no good k except that one ran under on: and broke my heart. Two dojss 200 East in Lindon the otter rip 11:30 p.m. and would not mm T had to go around them. Animi I a lot like humans. Obstinate. 1 And here is a good stay related to animals, but just t The other day we got a lefc at the office addressed to Jii Pace, owner of P. G. Printtn m really laughed. Evidently 1; l"f who works at Lake Powell k: l someone to send his check to r.' , care of Jack S. Pace at ij Main in Pleasant Grove, la addressed to him at Jackass?; II South Main, Pleasant Gie B befi Greg Kite, the former BYU center, one time. That gave me a bit of a glimpse of what it might be like for a bug at the foot of a human. I went to do a story recently and the man I talked to showed me his little dog which had been shot by birdshot. The poor little dog had been shaved so that the veterinarian could remove the shot. The little dog was so sore and very leary of we strangers. I don't blame him. On our trip to Arizona we visted a sister who's family owns a pig farm. This is a large commercial operation where thousands of pigs are shipped out to market every letters to the editor J whwp ail 'miwmmmwffl., , ' ... " r , :v f rJ ' rl Elders Alan N. Howe, left, and Matthew F. Church visit the Coliseum in Rome, Italy. They are both from Pleasant Grove. A 'Two guys from Italy' write home Dear Pleasant Grove Review: Hello from Rome! We wanted to send you this picture of us here in Rome in front of the famous coliseum. Elder Matt Church was called to be the assistant to the president in April. Elder Alan Howe was called to be the secretary to the president in March. Since we are both from Pleasant Grove we thought that you might enjoy this picture of us. Elder Howe will be finishing his mission in August and Elder Church will come home in September. We both enjoy the work in the office and especially having the chance to be in Rome. Rome is a beautiful city and is full of history. It is great to actually see these ancient famous sites for ourselves. The work is going very well here in Italy, but could always be better. Many Africans and Hungarians have joined the church here in Rome. The major success has been found with Iranian refugees. It is very interesting to be here and to see so many different nationalities. The days pass quickly and we will soon be home. We would appreciate it very much if you put this picture in the "Review." Thank you very much. Matthew F. Church Alan N. Howe Once there was only one radio station ; the editor's coltimn 1 I By MARC If If HADDOCK There was only one radio station in 1964. Its signal reached our isolated Idaho valley all the way from Oklahoma City, and we could only pull in those precious radio waves after dark, when they could bounce off the ionosphere and into our homes (or something like that). We started listening to the station when my older brothers discovered Rock and Roll a few years earlier -- and a few years after the rest of the world. Things always came a little slowly to our valley. The call letters were KOMA, and it was pronounced just like the word for a state of profound un-consciousness or heavy sleep. But even though we had to listen to KOMA at night, it didn't put us to sleep, much to our parents' dismay. They urged us to listen to other stations, the ones they liked, with more acceptable. formats and less raucous music. My mother had a penchant for listening to KSL, one of the few daytime signals that reached the valley. The talk was easy and the music was mellow -- - the kind of stuff popular in the 40's and 50's among adults. She had no love of what we heard on KOMA. At times, when the wind was blowing in the right direction, we could pull in the weak signals from the station in Soda Springs, 30 miles away. But for us, there was only one station. The rest were superfluous, acceptable and adult - in other words, boring. KOMA was the first station we could listen to that played what is now called "Top Forty" music - were for businesses we would never have an opportunity to patronize - businesses of the type we didn't have in our community of 3,000 men, women and children. (Who could imagine, in those days, a store that just sold tires?) We heard the good songs first on KOMA, and from what we would hear, we decided which singles to buy to play at home. Record stores sold a lot of singles in 1904. The music was very important to us. And so was the radio station. Even when we got our own community radio station, we still listened to KOMA at nights For several reasons. The local station (KVSI) had to appeal to a broad audience and mostly those with the buying power; in other words, the adults. Rock records were picked up about six months after we had heard them from Oklahoma - and the con-troversial ones just didn't get heard. For example, we were all unhappy when the station refused to play "The Ballad of John and Oko" -- pretty tame stuff by today's stan-dards. And KVSI would shut down after 9 or 10. But KOMA kept playing through the night. More than this, we were cap-tivated by the voices of the disc jockeys out of Oklahoma City, those voices were deep and melodious -- and the good ones could talk so fast you could hardly understand a word they were saying. Besides that, they never missed a beat; if they weren't playing a record or a commerical, they were talking. There was no "dead air" on KOMA. But KVSI featured voices of people we knew too well for them to attempt to trick us by lowerfe: voices. Most of them 3,m classmates. They couldnl pro(i anywhere near as fast new professional deejays in Ott surp and they had a tendency pe talking when they ran out of" slide ' to say, which was prettyoften m As a result, we deveW show musical tastes from alandat. Eliza far away as that Spanish sK:'j Ihisj dwelt near KOMA on the rj favor B f I don't remember when V CP' trying to pull in Oklahoma to listen to n towns where I went to p-stat-ions that played roc i; I spent two years cW ;j transmitter for ;' language station we used j allowed l-ithe -- but we weren't radio. Earlier this year, driving home late at; ru basketball game in struggling to fm anything, on the ra keep me awake. SolJ KOMA, to see if they" music I grew up with- i AIR I found the Spanish station, and listened minutes. Now I language, but I had9 a taste for the music Then, fiddling aro, more, I heard the J. letters-KOM- A 50,000 big watts in...tosomel940s My mother wouldj' Why. she at night to listen to available anyy radio, with roll music playing'" beaming boisterous tunes all the way from the plains to the Rocky Mountains. My brother's radio was per-manently tuned to KOMA's frequency, close to a station that played Spanish music. (We wouldn't even turn it on until dark. ) When we slept out, we'd take along our transistors to listen to the for-bidden airways eminating from Oklahoma. Then we would be treated to a world outside our own. The station would relay in-formation about Rock and Roll groups traveling to unknown cities in states that were vague places on the map to us. And many of the commercials we would listen to Watch fires on July 24th provided; smoking, except where feasibly safe from starting afire; discharing fireworks within restricted area or within any national forest lands. The Utah County Fire Marshall has placed a separate ban on all open burning within Utah County, effective July 1. Any questions should be directed to the Uinta National Forest or the office of the County Fire Marshall. Take precautions to make sure your campfire is completely out before leaving. Above all, never leave an open fire unattended. Take care and have a happy, safe, fire-fre- e holiday. --Jnai Kahn Utah County Fire Warden Editor: The largest summer holiday for the Utah Valley is quickly ap-proaching, the 24th of July, Pioneer Day. It is generally celebrated with barbecues, picnics, fireworks and sparklers. Due to the special circumstances of this summer season, we need to take special care when celebrating. This July has been an extremely hot and dry month. Fuel moistures and humidities have been very low. Because of the extreme fire situation, fireworks and campfires can quickly get out of hand and become a conflagration on no time. It only takes a few seconds of careless thinking for things to get out of control. Therefore, we need to take a little extra time and effort to be more fire conscious throughout the holiday. Fireworks can be dangerous. They can cause injury, as well as start a fire. There are time limitations when fireworks can be used. They also must comply with restrictions as to type of fireworks allowed in Utah County. Barbecues and campfires seem to be especially fun on summer holidays. It is important to observe the laws concerning "open burning" posted in Utah County. The Utah State Forester and the Forest Supervisor in the Uinta National Forest have declared that the following acts are prohibited upon all lands within the Wasatch Front: setting open fire of any kind, except ' where facilities for such arc om Town by-- - p if IT'S &k r pleasant (&roue iSeuieui ISSN No. 8755-907- 2 U.S.P.S. No. 0 Published weekly except for Thanksgiving and Christmas by Newtah, Inc. South Main Pleasant Grove. L'lah W062 Telephone Numbers Advertising & Circulation. 9 News 3 Publisher Brett R. Bezzant Editors Marc Haddock Marcella Walker Subscription price $16" per year Second class postage paid at Pleasant Grove Post Office PtNliTi;isu-- Semi address tn I'M Unx 7. Amrrir.-i- Knrk. I'lnhtmxH |