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Show THE SENTINEL Thtt4f . uet 20. 15S1 Pogw 2 O pinion Sound Ours Off! matte: Dial 255-355- 6 Just things By Jim ft something bugging you? Do yow hovo common to moko on o turrttt Tho SenWnol won to hoof from you. Co ond toll in who you think about onynVng. wookdoyi boheei Dtol hours of a.m. ond 12 noon or I ond J tun? a Landers 2M-J5- This week we have one more letter about Jordan District Administrators carrying guns. But we're not going to run it. Mostly because the adminstrator in to question no longer carries a gun to work. Actually, he was told put it away three weeks ago, but the school district chose not to tell anyone about it until this week. The Salt Lake County Commission now claims that they don't know if they have the power to let Midvale, Murray, and South Salt Lake out of the zoo special service district even though the voters in those communities voted against the proposal. In a letter to Midvale Mayor Charles Clayton dated May 14, County Commissioner BUI Dunn said, "It is my understanding that p.m. No nosd to glvt your nomo. A West Jordan resident called to suggest that if park vandals could be given a "slight Jolt" which would "knock them on their little bums" maybe they would a unanimous concurrence is necessary before such a district think twice about destroying can be established." it seems that at that time, the commissiooer knew what could be done, but when several cities decided not to go along with the proposal, the "unanimous concurrence" was forgotten about Maybe the entire election was illegal. 1 property. The woman said that perhaps the parks supervisor could find a way that dectrical wires could be placed in restrooms and at the bowery so that would-b-e vandals would be shocked if they tried anything. She encouraged other residents to call and make suggestions on how to handle the dry's vandalism ' Yours Editor: In July I paid for the rental of the pavilion at West Jordan Park. I had to dean it and have it clean to use it. In August I paid for the rental of the pavilion the second time and they had raised the price, again. I had to completely clean it out before it was useable and as for the tables they are ready to fall apart they need attention badly, the rest rooms were even worse. 5 problems. . A Midvale man phoned in to suggest that rather than a traffic light at Holden and Center Streets, better enforcement of speed laws would be more effective in preventing accidents at that intersection. "Let's get the speed down and then see if we need a light" be I dont mind paying for the rental but, to have to dean it before you use it is past a Joke especially when I leave it clean. I fed West Jordan needs to take a few lessons from Midvale City on stated. the right way to take care of a park. This park needs attention badly or people will go elsewhere for their recreation. sV. Hansen West Jordan taxpayer There's always water on the east side of the road on Olympus St "The water turns green it sits so long," said a woman caller. When the cars turn down the street off of Wasatch the mud is splashed on the sidewalk. It's just a mess. She claims she has complained to Midvale City but nothing has been I done. People should also dean off corner lots and get rid of the weeds 40 years ago... Lee Dimond, son of Mr and Mrs Albert P. Dimond, West Jordan, and a vocational agricultural graduate from Jordan High School this spring, has been selected as a winner of a $100 Sears Roebuck and Company scholarship to the Utah State Agricultural college this fall. Midvale City announces the annual water carnival to be held at the municipal swimming pod Aug. 27. According to Carlos Smith, instructor at the pod, the dry coun- cil and the merchants have generously contributed prizes and cash for the winners in the various contests, to be presented by Mayor CJ.Wdch. Groceries we would like to buy Stapley home, card games were enjoyed. Those present included Mrs Clyde Swenson, Mrs William Hughes, Mrs Alice Mitchell, Mrs Edith Martineau, Mrs William L. Hewlett, and Mrs Ray Whetman. Boy Scouts Troop 121, Sandy Second Ward, under direction of the scoutmaster, John Hemchke had a chickaree Tuesday evening at toe home of Committeeman Reg ed at the store today, at super prices! ! "Peanut Butter, 2 lb. jar, 30 years ago... cents ground beef, 2 lbs. 29 cents fancy round bone roast, lb. 21 cents (pot roast, only 15 cents a Chicken of the Sea tuna, 2 lb.) for 25 cents watermelons, fancy 1 Vz cents tall can lb. lb. stripe fruit cocktail, tall cans 10 cents Folgers coffee, lb. 29 cents." 23 The Jolly Pioneer Birthday dub enjoyed a steak fry Thursday evening with Mrs Maud Vincent, Mrs Emil Lowe, Mrs L P. Webster, and Mrs Charles Rudd as hostesses. Following the steak fry, which took place in the back yard of the The Riverton Lady Lions installation party will be held Aug. 20 at the Meadowbrook Golf Club. Mrs Blanche Densley is the general chairman. Glenn Sacos will present the program. Elmer Seal installed the following officers: Mrs Violet Hamilton president; first, second and third vice presidents, Mrs Lois Anderson, Mrs Verda Merrill, and Mrs Hazd Stephensen; secretary, Mrs Ardean Nickles; and Mrs LaRue Hamilton, treasurer. Preparations are going forward The event is scheduled for Friday in the Henry Day showroom. Mrs Mdba Brown has been named show chairman, with Mrs Eugenia V. Mellenthin Rufus Ray, member of the garden dub of Midvale, was Mid-Flo- ra guest speaker at the Draper Flower Club meeting Wednesday night in the Draper Ward chapd. 20 years ago.:. The daily question heard in "When are they starting the Center St project?" got a partial answer this week from the State Highway Commission. The commission tentatively scheduled almost $32 million in highway work, and some of the items was Center St., $375,000. Tracks will be removed and the street widened this fall. . Mid-val- e, Temple Quarry Chapter, Sons of Utah Pioneers, will unveil a marker on Saturday at Fairfield honoring Philip St. George Cooke, who lead the Mormon Battalion on its historical march to find a roadway to the Pacific Ocean. He was also with Johnson's army when it inarched to Salt Lake in 1858 and selected Camp Floyd as a campsite. St George in the spring of 1979, 1 heard 48 people relate what it was like to lose their loved ones to cancer. It was an experience I will never forget. I heard Evan Cooper describe how it is to hear your wife has the disease: "It is quite a blow," he said. "You know there is an end coming because you don't expect a cure. You will hope, but you don't really expect In it" In Washington, D.C. this summer, I chaired the Senate bearings that uncovered past instances of waste, fraud and mismanagement in the highly respected National Cancer Institute (NCI) the - federal agency charged with studying cancer treatments and potential cures. It is always disturbing to learn of federal administrators who spend tax money unwisely, but in light of my experiences in St. George, I was especially upset to find instances where even the normally effective NCI wasted resources targeted for cancer research. Any group or agency, no matter how noble their cause, needs to operate efficiently if they're operating on tax money. In fad, the more important the work ami what could be more important than a cure for cancer? the more important it is that funds go right to that work, and not be siphoned off by instances of administrative excess or poor management The hearings revealed that in the past some NCI funds were wasted because of poor supervision of grants, cozy relationships with sometimes undeserving or scientists contractors, of consurveillance inadequate of tolerance even and fraud tracts, and mismanagement For example, the NCI awarded a $910,000 research grant your to a docmoney and my money tor who was asked to resign from an Eastern hospital after allegations surfaced of him falsifying test results, faking physical conditions and charts, administering dangerous drugs without patient consent and even drawing in a bogus tumor on a patient's chart! The NCI apparently didn't want the doctor until those been tried. That's had charges did they have to but justifiable, award almost $1 million to him while they waited? If it was your money, would you give it to someone before charges like that were resolved? Probably not. We're asking for the same kind of consideration, the same kind of cautiousness, in spending taxpayer's money. That's the whole point of the NCI hearings. For too long Congress has authorized and funded new agen-dethen let tax money swirl down the drain without bothering to check if the agendes are doing to Retail outlets account for less than 50 Less than 50 percent of Utah's sales and use tax is collected on sales made through regular retail establishments. This was one of the surprising facts revealed by Utah Foundation, a private tax research organization, in their d analysis of a report prepared by the State Tax Commission. According to the study, taxable sales in Utah during 1960 totaled $8.7 billion. Approximately $4.2 billion or 48.3 percent of this total came from sales made through designated retail outlets. Food store sales accounted for about $970 million, or 11.2 percent of taxable sales. Wholesale trade recently-publishe- establishments recorded 14.3 percent of all sales subject to the tax, manufacturing. utilities-7.-9 percent percent mining-1.- 6 percent, construction-2.- 0 9 percent, hotels and other lodging places-1.-7 percent, other service establish-ments-6.-9 percent, private vehicle sales-1.- 7 percent and all other-5.- 8 percent. Foundation analysts explain that Utah law places the sales or use tax on the ultimate user of tangible personal property or ser- vices. Machinery, equipment, supplies, etc. used by mines, manufacturing concerns, and other businesses thus are subject to the tax. This accounts for the seeing up the street bv Senator Orrin Hatch - Y Sny, which obstruct drivers from V of-fke-rs White. Scout officials in attendance C. A. Crapo, and scouts, Marvin Johnson, Johnny Mazanis, Glade and Oral Birch, Kenneth and Harry Demas, Westley Sund, Roy Golf , Gerald Webb, Bob Cun-irRiKvfon Smith, Bob Hazel Whetman, Jack Borg, UdeD Webster, Donnell and LeRoy Rasmussen, Brooks Elkington, Howard Anderson, and Dick Jensen. I .till. this week for Draper Garden Club's first flower show, dub s announced today. large percentage of nonretail sales and purchases sub ject to the tax in Utah. The foundation report indicates that the new information developed by the Tax Commission should furnish economists and planners much valuable data about the Utah economy. It notes the budget makers in Utah have not been able to make very ac- curate revenue projections for the state during the past two years. This has necessitated expenditure cutbacks which have disrupted agency programs. The information generated by this new Tax Commission will analysis highlight the strengths and weaknesses in the Utah economy and permit more accurate revenue forecasts in the future. The report shows, for example, that there was a definite weakness in motor vehide sales and in building and garden sales during 1980. Home furnishings sales also were below average, especially when inflation is taken into account. Overall, sales subject to Utah's sales and use tax rose by 6.9 percent last year, but this was more than offset by a 13.5 percent increase in consumer prices. Thus, when adjustment is made for the reduced purchasing power of the dollar, the effective sales volume pre-jud- ge s, their jobs, if they really need all the money that's given them, and if they're spending it wisdy. The Labor and Human Resour- ces Committee, which sponsored the NCI hearings, has spawned many such agencies, but has never, until now, hdd oversight hearings.9 Hopefully, the NCI hearings have sent other federal agendes, many of them in worse shape than the NCI, a message: people are concerned about how they're using tax money, and waste and mismanagement will not be tolerated. I'm pleased to note that the NO, under its current and able director, Dr. Vincent DeVita, has been working to resolve its past problems, and with a streamlined operation, hopes for curing cancer have never been brighter. Senator Hatch, the new chairman of the Labor and Human Resources Committee, has planned a number of oversight hearings on programs under the committee's jurisdiction. Jordan Valley Sentinel CMtiMMf tkt MaMaM m HO, ftkUHt M in H. Cnfct mm Mi M047. PBbMkr SmM. Mtkh mn Itaata If J Strati. Man, tut US47. SarftfftoidMtahTIi Mm Mb S"H n la, HI, km, Utak MM?. Subtcrlptian ateM ywr in Slate M Utah tauter CWtan late '1" yaar In State 01 Utah UPlMiMM David C. Godfrey Jamos M. landers of sales tax actually declined by 5.8 percent during 1980. Much of this sluggish growth in Utah's sales tax revenue during the past year may be attributed to a slowdown in buying by the retail public, according to Utah Foundation analysis. Taxable retail sales rose by ody 3.2 percent in 1980, while other sales and purchases subject to Utah's sales and use tax increased by 10.6 percent It was indicated that rising motor fuel and energy costs diverted consumer spending away from many of the more traditional retail items. In addition, high interest rates discouraged spending on nonessential items. Spending on essentials (food, dothing, etc.), on the other hand, seemed to hold up reasonably well. Despite the slowdown in retail buying, business development still was strong in Utah during 1830. Purchases by mines climbed by 37.0 percent last year and manufacturing as a whole was up by 13.1 percent. The averages, however, conceal weaknesses in some of these areas. In the manufacturing sector, for exam-- , pie, lumber and wood products were off 20.4, apparel and textile products declined by 19.0 percent and stone, clay, and glass products dropped 10.3 percent |