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Show Page 2 THE LEADER GARLAND TIMES. Q. 14, 1976 An Editorial Opinion ! Will Many Deserve Thanks For Our New Hospital Star-Gaz- those chosen to represent you in the hospital effort. Then take time out to tour the facility which these men and you, the taxpayers, built together. We thin you'll be proud of your accomplishment. We're Glad To See Tax Decrease Pledge UTAH'S STATE AND COUNTY officials have gritted their teeth for a long time whenever the subject of federal ownership of lands within the state's boundaries came up.For Utah, the situation was particularly distasteful since the Bureau of Land Management, Forest Service, Rational Park System or National Wilderness areas accbtmtfor about 70 percent of th state's total land area. THE SITUATION irked local leaders because the federal government only collects taxes and spreads them around. It doesn't pay taxes. The taxing burden in Utah, therefore, fell on the owners of the private ground which amounted to only about 30 percent of the land. THE BURDEN has been eased someof what by a payment-in-lie- u taxes bill. Under the program, counties with federally owned lands will receive payments to compensate them for taxes which they might have received had the lands been privately owned. Box Elder County will get $730,000 a year.Previously, newly-passe- d ) We especially wish to assisted in any way. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Robertson and family mem thought he'd take a poll to start out my weekly mirth and complaints. The emphasis is on to yourself. You call the county assessor's office and get the same response. By now you're beginning to panic. You run out on to Main Street and are relieved to see Dewayne Falk opening up the front door to Cowley's for business as usual. You glance down the street and other merchants are doing the same thing. You drive by the Tremonton City Office building and see clerk Jay Hirschi dealing, as usual, with people who think their water bill is too high. You go to the bank to cash a check, but the doors are locked and it's dark inside. By now you're convinced the postman, the county commissioners and the bankers know something you don't. ' But you don't know what it is. Finally, as you stare at the wall in your office, you discover what it is. Aren't you ashamed of yourself now? It's Columbus Day .Well, it's not exactly Columbus Day. Yet it is. Actually, it's a day off from work if you happen to be a federal or county employee or a banker. Columbus Day is actually Oct. 12 but since that's Tuesday and nobody wants to take Tuesday off, it was moved to Monday. Don't get me wrongl think old Christopher was a real great guy, discovering America and all that. I'm sure he isn't too high up on the Indian's list of favorite people, but I frankly don't have a thing against him, even if he was Italian. What I don't understand is why only federal and county employees, plus bankers, get the day off. I think all of us who don't get the day off should petition our Congressmen for equal treatment. I propose that President Ford or Carter declare the first Monday of every November as "Get Even Day!' On that day everybody would get the day off from work with pay, except federal and county employees, the Post Office and bankers. VALLEY RESIDENTS should make a point to attend the dedication Saturday at 10 am. Make a point to shake the hands of THE NEW hospital is a monument to the willingness of the people to invest in their own future. Because of the new facility, it will be possible to attract new doctors to medical load on share the of beloved ton and brother, we wish to express heartfelt thanks. To those who, by their acts of kindness, expressed their sympathy and friendship at the time of the death of our empty. It can't still be Sunday, you ask yourself. You remember waking up from your afternoon nap, going to church, watching Kojak and going to bed. You turn the car radio on to see if the Russians have launched their missiles and everybody has been ordered to the bomb shelters. But your favorite disc jockey is talking as if it were an ordinary Monday. Confused, you head for work. You decide to call the county commission office to get some information. But the phone just keeps ringing. You check the number and dial again, but it . still keeps ringing. Maybe they're all out getting their swine flu shot, you think IHC'S WILLINGNESS to operate the facility is in itself a tribute to the people of the valley. Officials have said, time and again, that it was the tremendous concern and spirit of the people in reopening the Valley Hospital when it was forced to close, which persuaded Health Services Corp, as IHC was then known, to assume operation of that facility. It was a continuation of that public spirit and concern for providing the best in medical care, which persuaded IHC to maintain its association with the Bear River Valley. makes the medical complex all that more impressive. P) the Relief Society, our friends and all others who complaints. ' How many of you, by raise of hand, get disgusted when you show up at the U. S. Post Office on a beautiful Monday morning, only to discover that no one is there? The first thing that crosses your mind, is that you're early. But your watch says it's 9 a.m. Your mailbox, however, is non-prof- it WHEN THE new hospital begins receiving patients a few days after the dedication, it will mark the beginning of a new era in medical care for the Bear River Valley. Few communities can boast of such facilities, as those incorporated in the new hospital.The addition of the new county nursing home next to the hospital er litany THE HOSPITAL will be operated by Intermountain Health Care, a organization, which will assume all financial risk. The arrangement will also provide the added medical and economic benefits chain, of being part of a large even though the hospital itself is relatively small. AS EDITOR, I'm glad to say that I was one ol the people who urged Association Chairman Mel Foxley to get the group together for the picture. If anybody deserves to have their picture taken, they do. The photograph should hang in a conspicuous spot in the new Bear River Valley Hospital, which will be dedicated Saturday. It is small reward for the hours they have expended end the responsibility they have shouldered in getting the new facility from a dream to a reality. I 0 the three doctors already servicing the to valley. The hospital is also a monument the public's willingness to dig into their pockets, if necessary, to pay for the future. GROUP OF ordinary men, farmers, businessmen, teachers and some retired met last Monday night to have their picture taken. They hadn't planned to. In fact, they'd have been content to let it slip by. The group of men are the members of the North Box Elder Hospital Association. A thank the ward bishopric, CARD OF THANKS the county had received only about a year. FOR BOX ELDER county the bill is especially lucrative. It is doubtful the lands now unaer teaeral control in the county would yield as much revenue if they were in private hands, as thev will with passage of the new bill.The reason TsTfiat much of the federally owned land in our county is desert or salt flat, with a low commercial value.For many other counties in the U.S, though, the bill should bring about a much fairer distribution .of the taxing effort. SHOTiJiU. V - pr f 1 " " " i - 1 Department of Agriculture disease has reached epidemic proportions among Secretaries of Agriculture and presidential candidates. A PARTING has reported that S. hoof-in-mou- th The Garisnd Tknet we're delighted to see that the commission has pledged itself to a "substantial decrease" in the mill levy. LOCALLY, Published every Thursday by the Leader Publishing Co. at 10 North 1st West, Tremonton, Utah. Box Subscription rate: Oneida and Cache, Elder, $5.50 per year, all other areas $6.00 per year. Second Class Postage paid at Tremonton, Utah 84337. The temptation would be to keep the mill levy where it is and use the windfall revenue to initiate new programs. The old maxim that expenditures will increase to meet income is very true. A commission willing to ease the tax burden on their taxpayers will find a public more willing to see their taxes increase a few years down the road, if necessary. payment-in-lieu-of-tax- VOTE FOR In Sports Utters Children Deserve Equal Time Reese Mason Tremonton Councilman In Charge of Recreation With the advent of all the, "equal opportunity" agencies which now exist, it has occurred to me that perhaps one may have been overlooked. Now, we do not propose to establish a new agency, but we do propose to present to the folks in our area an idea for our children, that of "equal time". Through the assistance of Tremonton City, some ex- cellent recreational and vocational programs are sponsored under the direction of Kenneth Hull with the help of many local people. Each program carries a fee, which partially offsets that cost of the program. Tremonton City underwrites these programs. Since each participant pays an equal fee for each program, it would seem that each should also spend an equal amount of time within the activites of that program. It wouldn't matter whether it was artcraft, ten- nis, painting, tumbling, swiming, storytelling, or little league ball, each participant would receive equal play time. Kenneth Hull, who supervises our youth recreation program, helps about 450 youth tinder the age of 13 to improve their skills and pro- - vide wholesome activity for those involved. Only one as dedicated as Ken and his family would subject themselves to the criticisms and hassles of getting these programs implemented each year. We are fortunate to have such people in our Another procommunity. gram which Ken has organized and is being carried out very successfully by Alan Williams with the assistance of his father, Farrel Williams, is the Pony and Colt ball leagues. Our proposition is that in the Little League age bracket of sports and other activities we accept a policy that each child involved may take part on an equal time basis. This will surely draw some criticism in the sports area. However, the winners are not the people who need that pat on the back. It is the losers! Teams still win ball games, but, everyone on the team gets equal amount of play time, and, we eliminate the winning of the trophy by the greatest team in the league. We avoid building an all star team for league play. This plan has worked very well in other urban areas in the state and we feel it is definitely worth consideration here in Tremonton. It is hoped that parents who have children who participate in these activities would support such an idea. If To Editor: Why No Junior Varsity? Why. hasn't Bear River had a Junior Varsity this year? Is it because with such a small school the Juniors would not be able to play on Thursday, then again on Friday (as coach Jacobsen tried to make the parents believe, in a meeting before school started this fall), or is the real reason lack of. funds? Are there any Juniors playing on Friday? (One, sometimes two), the remaining Juniors are either not playing at all, or maybe one minute per game. Our sister school, in Box Elder County, Box Elder High, doesn't seem to be ' suffering from the same lack of whatever it is that prevents us from having a Junior Varisity team. Our Junior team, that are warming the bench, will be our next-yea- r main string and they have been greatly handicapped by a year of idleness. These boys gave up their summer vacations and their jobs on Aug. 1 to play football. Let's not make this mistake another year. Let's become a competitive football school. presently STEPHEN A. (AL) CAZIER Box Elder County Commissioner o Avcibbb name witheld upon request o Exparfoncod o O 2 Ycsr Term Pi I I ' 3FJ t "A ; J ' if "7 IrliV I Jk 71 ' ST0P 8overnment con- KEmi 0 Republlcci - trol of private property. Vote BRADBURY for County Commissioner. AMERICAN Knowledgccbto prow leader PARTY. PAID BY THE COMMITTEE TO ELECT AL CAZIER NORM THOMPSON CHAIRMAN BRADBURY CIVIC LEADER TRAINED KNOWLEDGEABLE CONCERNED |