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Show !XL BUILD YOUR FUTURE f&?M UTAH VALLEY j ; FSx) Election Returns TOTrTWy 7116 dayS that have elaPsed since tflPORI election day have given us all time to relax and contemplate with Farmers Complain! About 'Sportsmen' With the culmination of the deer season and the current duck and pheasant season upon us the complaints and apprehensions .of the farmers of Utah Valley are topics of Conversation up and down the county. "Why," said one irate farmer the other day, "Do so-called sportsmen sports-men behave like spoiled children?" He then gave vent to his spleen by recounting instances of where his fences had been broken down, his cattle permitted to stray and his crops trampled and destroyed. Vandalism and its attendant disregard dis-regard for the rights and property of others is merely the expression of an immature mind coupled with personal irresponsibility. People who behave in this way reveal that there is something woefully wrong with either their mentality or their home and school training. train-ing. The other evening we observed a trio of elementary school-age boys deliberately throwing rocks at the corner street light until it was finally broken. Since the kids were neighbors of ours we took 'advantage to inform their parents of the incident. In all three cases the delinquents were stoutly defended by their mothers, who told us in a few curt words that we were decidely "off base" in making an issue of something some-thing that was none of our business. bus-iness. As one woman said, "After all, it's the business of the cops to catch them, but of course they were out joy-riding in the police car." At a recent football game, children chil-dren under twelve were admitted for twenty-five ' cents provided they sat in a designated area at one end of the stadium. As the game progressed a number of boys began to infiltraate into the reserved re-served seat section. The policeman on duty attempted to force the invaders to return to their original seats. What happened? The crowd began to cheer the youngsters and heckle the officers. Obedience to law and the respect re-spect for public and private property pro-perty doesn't jiist happen. It is the outgi-owth of good citizenship training through example as well as precept. Children learn much more rapidly from what they see than from what they hear. Greater Utah Valley, Inc. stands for the common rights that have been the foundation of our American Am-erican Democracy. The protection of these rights is the responsibility of us all; and with this responsibility respon-sibility comes the duty to teach by the most effective way of all example. |