Volume One Hundred Six With a renewed commitment to enhanced education funding, Governor Mike Leavitt unveiled his FY 2002 budget. Overall, Governor Leavitt recommends an increase in state spending from $6.9 billion authorized FY 2001 to a recommended $7.2 billion in FY 2002. The state budget in FY 2000 was $6.43 billion. The proposed increase in state spending is fueled by $655.8 million in available new state -revenue for the General and school funds, nearly half of which are one-time funds. These revenues include $369.4 million in new revenue growth, including an estimated $196 million in individual income taxes, $107 million in state sales taxes and $13 million in transportation-related transportation-related taxes. Other available revenues include: base budget adjustments Former Jazz superstar Thurl Bailey will be entertaining the area youth at the Fifth Annual Springville Area Chamber of Commerce Commitment to Youth conference on Saturday, February 24. Although Thurl is noted, for his athletic prowess, the youth will be amazed and entertained by his music abilities as well. He .A Wean mmw t , "V m ....... I" J i -. Young people attending the Fifth annual Springville Area Chamber of Commerce Commitment to Youth conference on Sat., Feb. 24, at Springville High School, will be entertained by former JAZZ superstar Thurl Bailey. Joining him will be other notable speakers and entertainers. A fee of $5 includes a T-shirt, Inch, coupons, conference materials and a chance to win lots of great door prizes. . " Y0Wf x -. t i mm mm of $7.6 million, a FY 2000 budget bud-get surplus of $1 13.4 million, FY 2000 reserves of $0.7 million and FY 2001 reestimate of $179.9 million. Governor Leavitt' s plan to spend $655.8 million in new money strongly favors public education allocating $324 million, for public education with ' an additional $140.5 million for higher education. Overall, nearly 71 of the new funds are recommended recom-mended for education. Other priorities include: "Safe communities"-law enforcement-related enforcement-related expenditures:$55. 1 mil- lion;: pqblic health and human services $62.7 million; transportation, transpor-tation, $35 million; economic development, $12.5 million; and, other departments, $26 million. Overall, Governor Leavitt recommends an increase of $1729 million over the FY 2001 base is an accomplished singer and composer. This is a conference not to be missed. All junior and senior high school youth are invited to attend. Joining Thurl at this year's extravaganza will be Miss Teen America Katy Ballenger, well-known well-known international speaker and magician Kathy Loveless; Dr. Scout Anderson, noted youth v (' - 4 FT SPRINGVILLE, UTAH operating budget for public education, edu-cation, bringing the total public education budget to nearly $2.4 billion. This proposed increase in public education funding includes a 6 increase in the weighted pupil unit (WPU). Other funding enhancements for public education include: $50 million for class size reduction; $4.0 million for enhanced accountability; ac-countability; $30.6 million for textbooks; $10 million for library materials; $20.9 million for technology enhancements; $5 million for classroom supplies;" $4 million to hire reading specialists; special-ists; $9.7 million for increased state support of the board and voted leeway programs; and $10 million for capital outlay foundation founda-tion programs. Governor Leavitt has also recommended $19 million for retention incentives for secondary speaker and astronaut and three-term three-term senator, Jake Garn. Just to keep things lively, Level 6, an up and coming all-boy all-boy pop group will be performing. perform-ing. Truth About Tobacco youth will have an awesome presentation presenta-tion as well. Pre-registration is encouraged! Seating is limited. Pre-registration starts February 5 and goes through the 9th at SHS, Springville Spring-ville Junior High, the Chamber of Commerce Office at the City Center and The Read Leaf. Young people with get a free gift with pre-registrationonly while supplies last! Remember the $5 . fee includes a T-shirt, lunch, coupons, conference materials mate-rials and a chance to win Fabulous Fabu-lous Door Prizes! As in previous years, this conference will partner with area businesses, health promotion groups, technicaleducational institutions to provide outstanding information for our youth. We feel very fortunate to live in a community that continues to support this event. We would like to thank some of our many contributors: con-tributors: Art City Publishing, Copies PluS, Cream O'Weber, Nestle Foods, Pepsi, Daylight Donuts, Granny B Cookies, Mills-USA, MACA Supply, Taylor's Bike Shop (Mike Taylor), Tay-lor), C&A Construction, The Read Leaf, Physical & Sports Therapy, Liberty Safe, Oldham Associates, Central Bank, Breathe Easy, Inc., Pier 49 Pizza, Piz-za, Charlies, Pioneer Bakery, Subway, Far West Bank, Rossig-nol, Rossig-nol, Nebo School District, Heritage Heri-tage Woodworks, Cracker Barrel, Circuit City, Downhill Cyclery, A Travel Towne and others. Ill 1 rV f I o Several members of the Springville business community were sworn in Saturday evening by Springville Mayor Fritz Boyer to serve on the Springville Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors for 2001. They are, from left; Mayor Fritz Boyer; Margy La j ton, The Read Leaf; Greg Ogden, CPA; Craig Conover, Art City Publishing; Publish-ing; Marcia Harris, AV Productions; Walter Jex, J & S Design; David Anthony, Department De-partment of Workforce Services; Duane Roberts, Cracker Barrel; Debbie Lamb, Central Bank; Chad Wright, Steiners Flowers; and Ann Tolley, Royal West Martial Arts. Teddy Anderson is the Chamber Executive Director. Mayor Boyer ta'.ked to those attending the Installation Banquet about the state of the city. Presentations were also made to S.O.S. Drug for Business of the Year and to Max and Grace Alleman, Citizens of the Year. 84663 - January 3 1 , 200 1 math, science and information technology teachers. "My goal is to double the number of engineering engi-neering and computer science graduates over the next five years, to help make Utah a place where high-tech companies can establish themselves and grow," Governor Leavitt said. In addition, the Governor has recommended providing $9.16 million to construct five higher education engineering buildings. The budget also proposes an addition $5 million as incentives for higher education to hire and &aiTi - engineering, - -computer -science and technology faculty. Governor Leavitt's budget also includes nearly $16 million for investment in economic development devel-opment including: $7.5 million for the Industrial Assistance Fund; $3 million for Custom Fit Training; $2.5 million for rural More financial and product support is always needed. Please make generous contributions to the Springville Area Chamber of Commerce Commitment . To Youth. We are also in need of adult assistance on the day of the event. If you would love to help, please call Keri Gordon at 489-' 3455. Police crack arson case Springville Police were successful suc-cessful in arresting the person responsible for setting the recent fire that destroyed the Crandall barn at 1 100 S. Highway High-way 51 on Dec. 12. Arrested was David Gary Ricks, age 18, 1498 S. 430 West, Orem, formerly of Idaho. Ricks admitted to setting another fire in a dumpster the same night as the barn fire, and to setting a fire in a dumpster dump-ster and to cardboard boxes at Reams in July. He also admitted admit-ted to setting about 15 other fires along the Wasatch Front, and he is suspected in other arson cases in Utah and Idaho. Ricks has supposedly been attending school at UVSC and working as a security guard. He was at the Crandall barn fire talking to the Crandalls. He told them he called in the fire. He is being charged with four counts of arson. The Crandalls lost $300,-000 $300,-000 worth of equipment, including in-cluding the barn and 100 tons of hay in the fire. mm ft f I W fiii mss - 317 U 1 S -. ; r ft r I' XL Price 500 airport improvements; $2 million for tourism; and $1.4 million to attract high-tech companies to the UtahSilicon Valley Alliance. A modest tax cut of only $5.4 million is proposed by Governor Leavitt, despite over $300 million in new, on-going revenues. Of the proposed tax cut, $3.9 million will be used to index Utah's income tax bracket for inflation. The Taxpayers Association has strongly supported this adjust Winter dance concert The Springville High School Dance Company will host a Winter Dance Spectacular on Thur., Feb. 1, in the main gym at Springville High School. The event will begin at 7 p.m., and the cost for admission is $1 with children five and under free. Performing from Springville High School will be the SHS Dance Company, the D'Velles Drill Team, the SHS Cheerleaders, Cheerlead-ers, the Ballroom Dance Team and SHS Color Corps. Various Dance Studios in the area will also be performing. These include in-clude Ali's Dynamic Dance SHS Choir dinner and silent auction The Springville High School Choir Dinner Show scheduled for February 9 and 10 in the SHS gymnasium, will include more than good food and entertaining musical numbers. A silent auction will be held in conjunction with the event, with a wide variety of offerings available. Local artists Gary Price and Judy Law have donated works of art for the auction. Other local businesses including Duke's Jewelry, The Bookmark, Stein-er's Stein-er's House of -Flowers, Springville Spring-ville Meat and Cold Storage and Vaud Hanks and Son are also donating auction items or gift certificates. The proceeds of the auction will all go towards paying choir expenses, and the music department at SHS wishes to thank merchants and individuals involved for their donations. The Dinner Show is the annual annu-al fund-raiser for the SHS choirs and has always been a very successful suc-cessful event, thanks to the efforts ef-forts of many community members. mem-bers. Seating for the dinner and the pre-show will begin at 6:30 p.m. The choir students themselves them-selves will serve the dinner and then present the program, "Around the World in 80 Days." The trip begins in Springville with "Hallelujah, Utah," a parody paro-dy of Handei's "Hallejuah Chorus." Cho-rus." The choirs will present music from many countries of the world including 'New York, New York" by the Singers choir, "Kenya Melodies" by the SSA choir and a finale in sign language lan-guage of "He's Got the Whole ' ; 'a Number Five ment. Unfortunately, the Governor's proposal does not provide for annual on-going adjustments. Instead, Governor Leavitt recommends recom-mends that "indexing the state income tax brackets be a year-to-year decision, and not an automatic auto-matic adjustment each year." The remaining $1.5 million will provide pro-vide tax relief to Utahns below the federal poverty line. Company, Eiite Dance Company, Charisma Studio, Academy of Dance, Turning Point Dance Studio and Heart and Soul. This Winter Dance Concert will give you a chance to see some of the performing groups at Springville High School and show you what Springville City has to offer in the dance area. There will be performances in all dance forms including modern, jazz, ballet, precision dance and hip hop. Come enjoy an evening of dance at Springville High School Thursday. World in His Hands." Soloists and small groups will also perform a variety of songs and two dance numbers, a rhum-ba rhum-ba and a Viennese waltz, will be presented. The menu for this year's dinner includes prime rib (chicken (chick-en substituted upon request), salad, baked potato, rolls and a brownie dessert. Food is being donated or provided at cost by Reams, Pioneer Farms Bakery, Gandolfo's, Albertson's in Spanish Span-ish Fork, Cracker Barrel, Meadow Mead-ow Gold and Walker Produce. Food committee chairperson Angie Charles wishes to thank all the above merchants for their generous donations. The auction will run throughout through-out the evening on a silent, written writ-ten bid basis. Guests can write their bid next to the item of their choice and then check back later in the evening to see if they have been outbid. Most of the Friday night auctions will close on Friday Fri-day and the winners will be allowed to pay for their items and claim them at that time. A few, larger item auctions will remain open until the close of Saturday night. Tickets for the Dinner Show are $15 a piece and are available in advance from any choir student stu-dent or by calling Tammy Coleman Cole-man at 489-7845. The SHS choirs are under the direction of Leanna Crockett. Debbie Puckett is serving as group choreographer. choreogra-pher. Debbie Augustus is the accompanist and Jenny Lowe has been working with the soloists. COPY