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Show A2-Th- e Times-Independe- Thursday, March 10,1988 nt, 0 Readers write to share views. Dear Sam, I do more than my fair share of shopping here in Moab, but if I do want to shop out of town it shouldn't, offend anyone and I shouldnt have to the Moab Valley feeling guilty or waiting until after dark to come home because of what I have done. When the children of Moab ask me to donate for their activities I do so because it is for the children and I do not hold back because of where their parents spend their money. I am sure that at one time or another each and every one of us here in Moab have been faced with the problem of not being able to find something here in town that we want or need. Jhen we are forced to shop out of the area whether it be in another town, over the phone, or mail order. It is not any particular merchants or stores fault when this problem occurs, it is just a fact we have all learned to live with because we have chosen to live in a small i The recently concluded session of the Utah Legislature has been labeled "boring by Salt Lake City news media, and for the most part it was. Stymied by a lack of revenue, and under the gun not to increase any taxes, legislators for the most part spent their 45 days dealing with budgetary matters and allowed little frivolous legislation to occupy the e time of the lawmakers. i Speaking of the charges of a "boring" session, Gov. Norm Bangerter said, in a speech to the Salt Lake Kiwanis Club, "I'd like to suggest that's exactly what made one of the best sessions in recent history. It was boring because there wasn't a lot of time wasted debating issues. Revenue projections help upfor the first time in a couple of years and enabled us to reduce the state's bonded indebtedness by one year." r; I would have to agree with Norm. Senseless debate over such issues as cable TV decency measures, and other such matters, usually makes a legislative session tough to watch. One wise man once said, "There are two things you should never watch being made: sausage re-ent- er part-tim- ve . and law." From some standpoints, however, the session was a great success. It produced some real victories for rural Utah. Three pieces of legislation which will become law in the very near future will mean a lot to the economic base of rural Utah. Most important, in my estimation, coming from a county which has produced some $12 million in the state's share of mineral lease revenue, counties will now begin getting, on a direct payment basis, a percentage of mineral lease revenue, based on a formula lied to the amount of that revenue it produces. That bill can mean a lot of money to Grand and San Juan Counties over the coming years. (A second measure will also mean more state bucks for rural counties. Legislators agreed to begin making payments in lieu of taxes to d counties for lands owned in those counties, just as the federal government now does. Since all Utah counties have scattered sections of state lands within their boundaries, they will also benefit from that new law. And, it is another big argument against a piece of national legislation being pushed by Rep. Wayne Owens, who wants to consolidate those scattered sections "for better management." That sounds good, but don't want any of Grand County's scattered sections consolidated into a bigger bunch in some other county, as long as we are receiving tax money each year from the state for those P town. I really do feel that after a person puts in a total of 2080 hours a year to work they should have the right to spend their hard earned money anywhere they want to without it upsetting others. Cheryl Pratt state-owne- Dear Sam, In his column last week. Com- missioner Knutson mentioned a deadline of November 1988. He hoped that the retirement community could be shown as growing by then. Unfortunately, it seems that the few people who expressed a desire to relocate in Moab are waiting until November to finalize their plans. They are awaiting the outcome of I in-li- eu sections. The third important piece of legislation for rural Utah is that which will allow for the creation of "enterprize zones" throughout Utah. That means that counties that have rotten economies and high unemployment can become enterprize zones where specific tax incentives will be allowed for new industries. There are those who argue that incentives don't mean a lot to locating industries, but there is a whole lot of evidence to the contrary. One other important thing the legislature did was find enough funding to appropriate $1 6.9 million for the first of a job of constructing a new regional prison in Sanpete County which will ultimately house some 700 inmates. I don't know about the rest of you, but I read each week the actions of the Utah Board of Pardons. And while that board can be really tough on the guys, they turn a whole lot out on the streets who have served only small fraction of their d sentences, and I'm sure a lot of the reason is overcrowded conditions at Point of the Mountain. We need the new Sanpete facility two-phas- the referendum. ed court-ordere- badly. . v Sjt Next week is Agriculture Week in Utah. And while a lot of. folks feel that agriculture isn't very important in Utah, it is interesting to note that the production, processing and distribution of agricultural products is one of the largest employers in Utah, with 20,000 people employed directly in agriculture, and another 56,000 employed in such agriculturally related industries as tractor and equipment sales and service, food processing and distribution. I still have high hopes for an agriculture future for the Moab area, to what basic economy we already have. The local fruit growsupplement ers cooperative has fallen on unfortunate times, as many pioneering industries do at first. But there are a lot of grapevines in the ground, and most are being well tended. I'm confident that industry will still mean a lot locally, when it matures. - (UPS 6309-200- 0) Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office at Moab, Utah I under the act of March 3, 1897. Second Class Postage Paid at Moab, Utah 84532 i I Send Change of Address to: The on the subject of smiling lets not forget to thank the people who crane through our doors and smile at us, they weren't even told to do it that is just the way they are. Thanks with a smile, Jean Posey and Your Child: You Success in School by JIM CAMPBELL Utah Education Association President If you've ever said there ought to be a law requiring schools to teach solid values to students, you should know there is on. It's officially known as section (3), and it goes this way: "Honesty, temperance, morality, courtesy, obedience to law, respect for the Constitution of the United States and the State of Utah, respect for parents and home, and the dignity and necessity of honest labor. and other skills, habits, and qualities of character which will promote an upright and desirable citizenry and better prepare students for a richer, happier life shall be taught in connection with regular school work." The legislature enacted that law before World War II, and it contains some good advice for parents as well as educators-a- nd raises some good questions. 53-14- -4 Did we teach our children the value of honest labor with mere words, or did we do it by building a shed with them? . Did we break or strengthen their habit of procrastination by continually putting things off till later? Children don't always acquire these characteristics automatically. They can be learned and should be taught. It's the law. " ' t' fVi lr Times-Independe- This week is Girl Scout Week, honoring one of the finest organizations for girls in the world, certainly the largest. Danny Bergin, who is one of the most dedicated Girl Scouts I have known, asked about putting a page together, as we have had occasionally in the past, and we told her to go after it. The result is what you see on page 1 . Danny said that since am a member of the Board of Directors of the Utah Girl Scout Council, it would be nice if I would write a story about what do as a board member, etc. This was fine with me, but knowing the sheer volume of material Danny produces when she heads into a project, I decided it was best to use my regular weekly space for Girl Scout involvement this week. was a Girl Scout. I still have my old handbook and pin around somewhere. Over time, I figure have gathered up about 15 years involvement, first as a scout, then as a leader of Brownies, then Junior then Senior Scouts now as a member of the state board. During those earlier years, found a particularly wholesome quality of people involved, and still do, which is a good reason to continue this work. The members of the Board of Directors of the Utah Girl Scout Council (UGSC) are dedicated, knowledgeable, and diverse people, all of which is an understatement. Regular meetings are held at 3:30 p.m. on the third Thursday of the month at the Council offices in Salt Lake. Some months we don't meet at all, others we have training sessions combined with or following board meeting. For refreshments, there are always Girl Scout cookies! Primary responsibility of the board is to provide direction for programs in the council, and to oversee the finances. Grassroots program direction comes through the Association meetings, which are being held around the state this month. Read details about ours on the Girl Scout page. The board studies the ideas and concerns coming from the Associations, and takes action for change when this seems to be in the best interest of the organization. As to finances, we have come to a point in time when cookies alone cannot be depended upon to finance Girl Scout activities. So we are currently involved in Annual Giving Campaign-- and each board member is expected to raise at least $500 for the council. I did it last year, and I'll do it again this year, just as soon as I can find time to write the required letters. We had a humorous presentation at board meeting in January about this fund raising: "Ask 500 friends to donate $1 ; or ask five friends to donate $100... you take it from there. The board has also been heavily involved in revamping the and in goal setting. You will read on the Girl Scout page about the reestablishment of the Council Trust Fund, to keep our camps up to snuff. We even had the opportunity last summer to go camp hopping, d to get a look. I had only seen one of the camps, and that was when was a Girl Scout. And I had another obligation Sena years ago that weekend (sniff). Maybe we'll do it again this summer. think currently hold the distinction of being the most distant board member from Salt Lake, and this makes it difficult to attend midweek task force meetings, and that sort of thing, so my involvement has been mainly just during the course of regular meetings. have very much enjoyed that association with the board, which will extend through Annual Meeting 1989. said at the beginning of this column that I was once a.Giri Scout. That's really not true, because for many of us it is once a Girl Scout, always a Girl Scout. So why didn't any of you girls out there come around to sell me cookies this year? (You knew I still had some from last, did you?) I I Samuel J. and Adrien F. Taylor Publishers and Editors I I ESeocIl AM Atbocift your hometown in the The Times-Independe- nt Only S12J0 in Area and $18 out of Area for 52 news filled issuos in your mail once a week local news , TV guide special features lots of advertising r i i i i i i i i i. L.. Sukccribo Nov! Mail to: The Times-Independe- nt P.O; Box 129 Moab, UT 84532 by-la- "1 first-han- Name. Address. I I I Phone enclose $12.50 or $18 for one year or $24 and $35 for two years cash check in Review 'Yankees" invited down ..will rise agwn this Pans of the South (of Utah, anyway) in activates Secession of two of with the beginning days week for two days invitaan issued has secessionist, an ardent Karl Brooks, St George. Mayor tion to everyone to secede from worry, winter weather, work, or whatever, and March 11 and 12. Proceeds join Utahs Dixie in two days of celebration on the period will benefit the Washfrom a wide range of activities over Dixie College, St. George City, and the ington County School District, Commerce. of Chamber The Washington County News St. George two-da- y The public's upset ... The Park City Board of Educations refusal to discuss their ram-- , decision not to renew Superintendent Ron Mclntire's contract has led to file suit to citizens local of may pant speculation around town, and a group Mclntire is trying disclosure. Superintendent force the board to make a public to stay above the fray for the time being, saying, "The fastest way to escalate a war is to start filing lawsuits too early. This isn't the sort of thing you just roll over and die for, but my management team, made up of the administrators in the district, and I agree and pledge that our energies need to be on concenof is a struggle to trating on running the district." The war Mclntire speaks his contract. in not renewing its reveal education reasoning board of make the At the Feb. 23 meeting, the board presented Mclntire with a letter stating their Park City intent not to renew his contract, without listing any reasons. , TheParkRecord ... Traffic problems we would recommend three - r to the Sub--' things Taylorsville "There are House S. of U. the Representatives committee," Lowell Durham members of here last week concerning Utah's traffic problems. "First, we need additional funds to maintain the existing system; we need to build a light rail system and commuter access; and we need to expand Intrastate 15 and improve the Durham, president and chief executive officer of interchanges. improve ZCMI department stores, represented the chambers of commerce in the valley before the House Government Activities and Transportation Subcommittee field hearing at Salt Lake Community College recently. Jordan Valley Sentinel east-we- st . , ; ; I 1 ... Upset with enforcement of more than 80 area residents voiced concerns 1 Cortez, Colo. A. group the at a County Annex Building last week about law enforceduring meeting ment officers conduct and actions. Although there had been some indication the meeting of Concerned Citizens would touch on topics dealing with nomic matters and community government, the discussion was directed toward, "harassment" from local police and the sheriffs department officers, and what steps could be taken to change the situation. Emphasis was placed on keeping remarks general in nature and not to identify particular officers or air personal, gripes. "We want to find out if we have sufficient reasons to go to the city council, the county commission or the sheriff and chief of police,d" one at-- 5 : , ; : tendee said. Montezuma Valley Journal Prison construction to begin ... j Manti The State Legislature, in late action, earmarked funding for the first phase of the regional prison to be constructed in Gunnison. Lawmakers allocated $16.9 million to begin construction, which is expected to begin this spring. A small group of protestors from Gunnison submitted a written protest to the legislators during the final days of the session, but it was disrc- garded. The money came fromsurplus funds. Consideration was given to bonding to cover thttfedst, but legislators rejected that idea in favci fusing the surplus finds. The amount appropriated will only begin the project Addi- tional funds will have to be provided next year before Phase I can be com-- ! pleted. The facility will house 700 inmates when completed. The Mand Messenger ; Last week's test of a joint at Morton Thiokol first produced fire, then smoke and then smiles. Royce Mitchell, solid rocket motor manager for NASA, was among the first to examine the joint seal after the environment simulator firing Feb. 24. His verdict: "AO indica-dons are that it was a good test We've got another couple of weeks to go and motor test will be in April and this is a then, of course, our next r our some future of to testing." precursor Brigham City I P.O. Box 129, Moab, Utah 84532 'Wgek , j , i j i Test a success .. . I Published Each Thursday at 35 East Center Street, Moab, Grand County, Utah 84532 I I POSTMASTER; ; needed let us not only smile and be courteous to the tourists but also to whomever comes through our doors. I am sure the 'Smile at a tourist' campaign was done with the best of intentions, I simply want to add "let's include the home town people too, a lot of them really need a friendly smile right now" also while B-- Official City and County Newspaper t - Last December the commissioners resisted a poll or referendum of the voters. A survey could have been completed by now. Instead many decisions in Grand County will now be delayed for eight months. George Ottinger Dear Whomever, It seems very sad to me that we in the public eye need to be reminded to smile, sadder yet however is this reminder be needed, that the people who come through our doors day in and day out, year in and year out are not mentioned.' 'IF this reminder be I . . AreaJide 1 nozzle-to-ca- (full-scal- se ; ; ; ' e) . Box Elder Sheriff to be audited . . ' News-Journ- al . Price Doug Bordrero, deputy commissioner, Utah Department of Public said a performance audit of the Carbon County sheriffs office will go Safety, ahead even though communications between the sheriff and the county commissioners have deteriorated. He said last week the situation had deteriorated to the point where he doubted the audit would accomplish anything. "We have to try and do something even though we don't know how effective it will be," he said. The audit was proposed as a way of solving a controversy between Sheriff Barry Bryner and the Carbon County commissioners. The sheriff and commissioners agreed to the audit during a meeting with public safety representatives in December. The Sun-Advoc- Vanadium prices up . . . Mining Record Shieldalloy Metallurgical Corp of New York announced recently that effective immediately, they would be increasing prices for their range of vanadium products. Both principal grades of ferro vanadium produced by the corporation will be increased by 35 cents per pound to a price of $6.95 per pound contained vanadium. Ferro vanadium containing 80 percent vanadium will be increased by a comparable amount to $7.10 per pound contained vanadium. In addition, the corporation is also increase price for sodium ammonium vanadate by 30 cents to $5.30 per pound contained vanadium. The Mining Record Massive drug arrests ... A undercover St. George g investigation came to a close last when 26 Washington County and other area residents Wednesday morning were arrested on felony charges of being in possession of illegal drugs. St George Police Chief Jon Pollei reprated that undercover police officers have been working in a joint investigation with agents from the State Narcotics and Liquor Law Enforcement Agency fra the past 12 months, and their efforts resulted in the arrests of the 26 individuals. The people arrested were involved in the distribution of marijuana, cocaine, amphetamines and other related drugs, according to PolleL He said that other drug related arrests could be made in the next few days as officers dare able to locate other people under investigation. Washington County News year-lon- Workers on strike . . . - Vernal Hourly paid workers at the Deserado Coal mine north of Rangely, Qolo. did not go to work last Tuesday after union negotiations broke down with Western Fuels. Representatives of the 125 workers did not show up to work after the union contract expired at 12 midnight Monday. The workers said they are asking for any big raises, but just to be equal in pay with other parts of the country. The Deserado Mine operated by Western Fuel Utah, is the sole producer of coal to the Bonanza Power Plant in Southeastern Uintah County. The plant is Deserado's only customer. Operators of the power plant, have at least a stockpile of coal, and there is still limited production of . coal at the mine, an official said. 90-da- y The Vernal Express j : |