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Show Wednesday LIGHTER SIDE A humorous look at serious topics. We Love Our Readers CYCLOPS Guest Writer Since Cyclops first emerged on this page Feb. 13, comment com-ment has been heavy. When Noel Stahle, the publisher's grandson, said that Cyclops was the most-read feature in the newspaper, we immediately did what every red-blooded red-blooded American would naturally do-we asked for a raise. But we do appreciate the comments from so many of you. In fact, we have received comment from almost everybody except a Jewish rabbi--and if this column were in Hebrew, he would have responded, too! ' But the most impressive display of support has been the great number of readers suggesting Cyclops write about a particular issue or their particular pet peeve. And so we're devoting this column-our 10th to those fine readers. A Bountiful man asked that we comment on Utah's ranking 14th among the states in the number of chuck-holes. chuck-holes. While working for a Provo radio station, this man remembers a two-week search for a missing Orem driver whose car was finally found in a large chuckhole on 9th East. At a press conference, the driver explained he thought he had driven into an underground parking structure. struc-ture. (We couldn't add much to this reader's description. Road systems can be designed after many models. Some state design their roads after those in California; we design our roads to duplicate those in Beirut.) A Kaysville woman asked that we comment on an LDS Church family party in which notorious three-wheel vehicles vehi-cles were to be driven. Three-wheelers, she said, drove her crazy and were highly dangerous. (Since the Surgeon General has not asked that warning labels be placed on the sides of carburators, we know nothing of the hazards. We dok now, however, that three-wheelers are dangerous to I the sanity of normal folks who wish to walk on the sidewalk side-walk without fear of a five-year old placing a tire tread across their chest. We don't understand why parents will let their unsupervised children drive them-except that it's less hassle than reading to them and bringing them up properly. It gives parents more time to watch uninterrupted uninter-rupted reruns of Dynasty and Three's Company.) A Centerville reader asked that we comment on Jake Gam's travel to space. (We felt this was best left up to the Science Editor-but since we don't have one, we might simply point out that space exploration began with a monkey and has so far ended up with Jake. That's evolution evolu-tion at its finest! Frankly, we see nothing wrong with Jake's space mission-it's better he be off in space than in Washington D.C. spending money.) A Layton man asked that we do a story on Democrats in Davis County. (Unfortunately, we haven't been able to find one. We did find one man who spoke highly of Walter Mondale-but after an investigation, we found he was a Republican who only thought highly of what Mondale did for the Davis County election results. We're not giving up-watch for a future column.) And these are just a few.. .Readers have urged we write columns on fast-food drive-ins, the Layton City manager, government workers, guns, Lagoon, dogs, junior drill teams and pregnancy. The most popular suggestion has been a Cyclops view of the school district's career ladder system. Keep reading-and we'll try to get to all of them. To the Stake High Council member who says he reads us every week.. .To the Kaysville housewife who says we "make her week". ..To the Bountiful lady who told us we were the worst thing to happen to the United States since Pearl Harbor.. .to all of you, thanks for reading. That's the difference between a newspaper and junk mail: It's hard to write a Letter to the Editor concerning a cheap advertisement for window chimes. |