Show Millard County Chronicle Progress ISPS 2 - Page (ffomments Ihurs 349 - - Mar 16 u MOODY continued 1989 TO THE £ EDITOR Sue is attending the National Newspaper Association consention in Washington D C this week “Americans can eat garbage pros Uled n sprinkle it liberally with ketchup mustard chili sauce tabasco sauce cayenne pepper or any other condiment which destroys the original dish "— lemy Miller flaor of the My Opinion Preparing for the Exam by Diane Devine Wolverton (Editor's note: This article first appeared in the Bridger Valley Pioneer March 2 1989 Wolverton Ihursday is editor of the iyntan Wyoming Taken from her weekly newspaper column “Personal from the regular Fditor” it is reprinted here with her permission) wasn't even worried when noticed the return address on the letter After all we receive press releases from the IRS all the time They want me to put their message across at no charge to them while hire a typesetter pay for the ink paper printing and postage to do so always thought that took a lot of nerve from the IRS But this letter was no press release It started out “Dear Ms Devine” and went on to say how an appointment had been set for me to be “examined” by one of their olficers at my place of business Since my recollections of “examinations” ranged from the college classroom to the gynecologist's office was none too thrilled about the prospect No matter how looked at it it promised to be stressful humiliating and uncomfortable So I was faced with the grueling task of finding the evidence that yes did exist in 1987 and I did participate in a business and spent a lot of money doing so The difficulty of this was compounded by the fact that had moved my residence twice and the business once (Have you ever after a move for something been looking and thought “I know exactly where to fmd it It’s in the second drawer down from -the third cupboard over only to realize those drawers and cupboards didn’t faced that with ofmove with you9”) fice surroundings as well as at home looked through boxes and bags and files and piles and still couldn’t find evrything I was looking for Then the auditor arrived While in the friendly gentleman my office queried me several times about what would be most convenient for me He wanted to make sure he wasn’t interrupting my work “If it’s better for could come back at another you tune” he said “We don’t want to keep you from working When you are productive you bring in money that is taxable W hen your company is productive you hire employees who have taxable wages ” Where was that thought when was missing meetings avoiding clients and hours digging merciless spending through moldy files? And what about all the time I spent each day each week each month filling out meaningless mileage reports collecting annoying little papers called receipts and numbered bureaucratic completing forms? I resent the fact that when it comes to the IRS I am guilty until proven nocent When they audit me at their whim (I was a special “test” case) bare the burden of proof hey don't have to prove anything just show up and verify my work hey get to peer into my private life with omniscience due only to God There will probably be another letter arriving soon This one too from the IRS They’ll tell me they read this article and I’ve got it all wrong They are really loving and caring people who don’t think they are God That’s what happened to former Uinta County Herald (Evanston) reporter Janet Kolb when she wrote an article calling the IRS ‘unscrupulous ” Not only did they send a copy of their rebuttal to the Herald to let them know the error of their ways they sent one to me at the Pioneer and other nearby newspapers as well I guess that was so we’d learn a lesson too Or perhaps they thought we’d print it and spread their “truth” among even more readeis Not hard-IIn fact there will be no more free piess releases either The next time they have something to say the IRS can just darn well buy an ad Community Calendar Motor Vehicle Schedule I llimore & Millard Delta weekdays County Assessor’s offices a m Mondays Reflections Turning Point Otlice Voc Center Delta March “Utah Women Artists An assembled by Historical Retraspect” Utah Arts Council at I illmore ibrary 6 SaturHours p m weekdays days March 13 - 17 Older Worker Week March 16 DAV Representative at Delta Joo Service 12 30 - 30 p tn “Systematic Training for Ttfective Millard School District Parenting” Board Room 7pm Annual Mormon Cricket Meeting 7 00 p m DS hurch Oak City PT A Delta North Llementary meeting 7pm Mrs Helen Dvreng speak at will Millard County The i: Chronicle Progress USPS vtry Thyrtdy locattb W) Publisher Editor - Susan j: Dutson Editorial Ken Rand at Reporter Large Advertising Riley Wood Sale Accounts Rita Robinson Julie Fillmore Mallet Evelyn Ooertz Ward Rec Sales Design Office Manager Circulation Julie Ward Goertz Circulation Circu'ation Rita Robinson Commercial Printing Dutson Shellie In Advance Subscriptions In County 00 per year per 6 months $25 00 per year 00 per 6 months $20 00 In County Out of County Out of County Single 3 POSTMASTER P O cents Copy Send Address changes Box 249 Delta AJveftnmg tUts fast 1400 I ! Comp Production Utah 14624 IM i 'Uti lie tie' Meweeeeeeeweeeeeeeeeeeee t to Delta Stake Relief Society celebration 6 30 p m Delta Stake Center Tood Handlers Class Scipio lire Station 9 AM and 10 30 AM Also a class in Tillmore at 2 30 p m in the Senior Citizen Center March 17 Commodities distribution M E Bird Center p m 59 years old and under March 18 St John Bosco Catholic Church sporisoung a Craft Baaar M F Bird Center “1 ove your feet- The Ins and Outs ot loot Care” Delia Com Med Center 6 30 p m Dr David Jaramillo Michelle ( hecketts and Kendall Mario Topham wedding Open House 7 - 9 30 p m Delta 3rd Ward Utah £ ndurance Riders Association convention Best Western Paradise Inn Motel Fillmore 9 45 a m March 19 I lder Guy Gonder mission farewell 10 a m Garrison Branch Chapel in Garrison ast Millard I ine Ar's Club Easter program 7pm I lder Don J Peterson mission p m Fillmore 1st Ward report Blair and Lda Maxfield mission Delta 1st and 2nd Ward report C hapel Girls State Tea Rebekah Hall 364 West 100 South 3 30 p m March 20 Scipio Cholesterol Clinic 10 a m 3 p m at Senior Citizen Center March 21 Food Handlers Clasd Delta Public Health Office 3 15pm ($5) March 24 Cindy Smith and lenard Wright open house 8pm to 12 midnight M E Bird Center Delta March 26 Hall mission Matthew Wayne m Delta farewell Stake Center p March 27 Immunization Clinic Delta 4 30 9 11 30 & March 28 Caiuer Screening snd Prevention Delta lst2nd I DS Ward Program Chapel 222 West 200 North (Delta) from 8 30 a m until 3 30 p m Call for appointment Kanosh Blood Pressure Clime 10 12 noon at Town Hall a m March 29 Cancer Screening and Prevention Program Fillmore lst4th LDS Ward Chapel 340 Fast 500Fouth (Fillmore) from 8 30 a m until 3 30 p m Call 743 5723 Or 743 5591 for appointment - May 20 April Soccer Season White Sage Rec April 5 Blood Pressure Clinic Delta Public 4 30 Health 9 30 4 Apnl 12 Fillmore Area Youth Coordinating 7 p m Council meeting Fillmore ibrary “It just applies to the records of the state Department of Health” Moody said “and the local departments of health” Where does recrealion end? This letter is to ask the recreation district board where “'ecreation” ends If their authority extends from swimming to ball bowling and racquetball then why didn’t they buy Dove’s9 are my and “eating” “Shopping” favorite “recreation ” Just think We could have lower food lower food prices by having tax money subsidize shopping We all have heard how IPP taxes will pay most of the cost The county subsidizes the golf course about $50000 per year and the ball held and pool about $100000 per year How much will the proposed $600000 racquetball couit cost per year after construction9 How much can the bowling alley lose each year? Can we afford more “recreation”? Do we even want more “recreation"? am surprised that the recreation district meeting about the bowling alley hasn’t incited the same response the cond swimming pool bond election caused Remember! the bond election with only Delta having a polling place! We as taxpayers don’t need more “White Flephant” great value but can’t afford to feed come has Time for disestablishmentariamsm Roger Anderson Oak City A bill to remove language that said profits from vending machines in public schools could only be used to buy textbooks passed Students may now use the profits for extracurricular activities as they had before The bill was drafted by the Delta High School Student Council "The kids went up recently to witness the Governor signing the bill so it’s all m place now” Moody said “Nearly everybody was in favor of it” One of three bills passed this year dealing with hazardous waste in Utah Media Man! Charity begins at my house by (guilty) Ken Rand The never ending campaign to preserve and protect the American language never ends In the last issue of the hroniile Progress we printed several articles about what newspapers are doing to help continue that struggle In this issue more of the same stuff But we’ve added some other stuff about the sacredness of the First Amendment that sort of fits (Julie tn this paragraph thrown in a bunch of junk about how our readers have a right to know what their government is doing how newspapers protect their blah blah blah something freedom about the Tirst Amendment maybe a Quinquote from Thomas Jefferson cy Jones or one of them dudes The usual stulf Till up about two inches I would do it myself but I lost my tape of the interview with Gam and I have to make up some quotes Tnx MM ) Actually h’s stuff we’ve had lying around for weeks that we haven’t figured out what to do with yet Anyway it’ll take up a lot of space that otherwise we’d have to fill with another one of those American Heart Assoua tion space fillers or some such drivel Or those fillers that say things like “Ben franklin invented the hand buzzer in 1769” or “The Ch ne'e peifected the atomic bomb in 700 FC ” This should just about fill up enough space so I’ll stop here The struggle continues Without a literate public to buy newspajsers I’d have to go back into radio and sjsend my days listening to Buck Owens or Iron Maiden Or Mel Forme Rita would he Out selling AvOrt or Tuppeif ware Julie would probably go to wcw a at gas station and Shellie would likely join a motorcycle gang Pretty scaiy huh9 Consider Prof Mediocrity sends me tapes of TV commercials that prove his dandruff shampoo is bettet than mine P M says the shoes of the Muse are wing lipped What if he is right9 shudder Consider also Censorman sends me tapes of stupid car TV commercials with lyrics that he says if played backwards sound like f iberrarian par ty slogans Is the whole world whacko or is it just the lousy coffee9 Is it possible that deep down where Jt really counts I’m shallow? As you can see the struggle is serious So I’ve decided to do a little errorhead hunting I’ll need your help You know filthy lucre Please send lots of cash ot a the hearts of en- cyclopedia salesmen Cato could be cleaning her own cat box thus giving her master and sidekick more time to figure out why kids these days say “he goes” when they mean “he said” Isn’t this a consumatton devotely to be desired? I tnally isn’t it sad to know your very own superhero doesn’t have cable? So won’t you please give? Give til it Your freewill gift is greatly hurts appreciated Thank you AA MEETING SCHEDULE Monday - 8 pm Chef’s Palace 225 East Main Open Meeting Wednesdas - 8 pm Mental Health Office 51 North Centei Closed Meeting ALANON Wednesday - 8 pm Mental Health Office Call “On commercial television as one rec ent study found the businessman or woman is typically portrayed os a clown a crook or a eon artist — Eric Sesoretd that” Moody predicted Gov Bangerter will call a special session “maybe in June” to deal with a tax cut He said while everybody agreed there should be a cut during the recent session nobody could agree where the cut should be made “We’re going to get some kind of reduction” Moody said "1 don’t know what it’ll be ” Moody said his collegues favored a cut in the state sales tax while the Senate was leaning toward some kind of a property lax cut The future for Joe Moody now in his seventh year as a state legislator? "I really enjoy it” he said “It’s But I don’t know how fascinating much longer” hisself check gold or silver coins or valuable gems or a credit card to: Ken Rand 68N 300W Delta UT 84624 He’ll see that I your hero Media Man! get your heartfelt freewill gifts and messages of love and charity How will Media Man! use your generous donations to help fight the onslaught of mediocrity and censorship m this pretty great language of ours? In several ways: How about an educational kit for kids who don’t know how to tell time? Remember before the invention of digital watches when docks had hands and you could only tell what time it was by knowing where Mickey’s big hand and his little hand were pointing? WTiat if we run out ot watch batteries? How will we know when it’s time to turn on thirtysomething? Exercise is as important as good nutrition to a healthy mind That and not reading the magazines at Circle K Today I Media Man! can actually bend over and touch my knees repeatedly t do this voluntarily at least three times a month so I can stay awake through the channel 4 news Imagine how alert I would be if had to open lots of envelopes filled with money and count it The mind boggles Imagine what could accomplish jtf Cato the Wonder Kitty my companhad ion in deeds of hteraiy daring-dopposable thumbs Kitty thumbs are costly But when not striking terror into TAXES continued decade The increases have moderated since 1985 when the considerably “truth in taxation” legislation was enacted by the Utah I egtslature Tor example the average property tax on a $75000 home in 1985 was $706 or 0 94 percent of market value Because of differences in the property tax rates and dtscrepenctes in the valuations placed on projserties for tax purposes there is a wide variation in the property tax burden throughout the state Although the average property tax charged on a $75000 home in Utah was $737 last year the average tax ranged from a low ot $343 in the unincorporated area of the South Summit School District to a high of $907 in the city of Sandy bills were passThree ed by the legislature this year Moody introduced the information bill and carried in the House bills introduced in the Senate by Win Richards One was contact tracing the other made AIDS for state prison testing mandatory inmates Moody got interested in the need for AIDS legislation through his position on the House Standing Health Committee several years ago “I did some traveling to see what types of legislation is going on in other states” he said “so we got some ideas and came back with them” bill Watch for an to be introduced by Moody in the next session “If we can get that one in I think we can have a pretty good battery of AIDS law” he said “We shouldn’t have any problem getting that through ” was introduced by Moody That bill would restrict the number of hazardous waste disposal sites in Utah A related bill provided legislative oversite on hazardous waste site permitting and a third raised the fee charged for hazardous waste from $9 to $20 waste and from per ton for $6 to $9 for "We can now control our own destiny and think that was the main issue" Moody said The Public Education Appropriations Committee had earlier denied a appropriation of about $50000 for the West Central Utah Vocational Center in Della but Moody was able to reverse that In fact the Center will now get about $50000 per year built into the budget “That can be used to leverage matching federal funds in some instances” Moody said “We got some of our just dues on or Deadlines to the Chrom-lContributors Progress are reminded news leadline Is Fridays bv 5 p m to e included in the next issue deadline is vdvertising Tonday Observing these deadlines is a lot only courtesy to the staff ut h helps prevent errors Today s rentbuy decision tougher By Dennis Htnkamp Information Writer Utah State University House apartment home and housing are words that carry with them emotional as well as economic Lmouons and economics significance are a dangerous mix especially when it comes to the largest Iifeume expenditure most of us are likely to make For most people the house on a private piece of property is the most desired form of housing It is often -considered a step to adulthood school job marriage house because this is what most of our parents did According to Dr Jean Lown consumer economist in the Utah State University Coliege of Family Life we also have all these old sayings stuck in our heads 1) If you rent you’re throwing away your money 2) A house is an investment 3) You need a house for the tax deductions Similar to many old sayings Lown says these once made more sense than they do now Today there are dozens of “but lfs” These bits of wisdom were probably formulated when you could count on home value appreciating every year salaries were going up every year and the fixed rate mortgage of percent was the norm Zero out of three isn’t good None of these apply to most of 1980’s Utah She says this type of financial picture also makes other rules of thumb such as “you can afford a home valued at four times your annual income” obsolete Since over the life of most mortgages you pay for more than the price of the home in accumulated interest Consumer the interest rate is the key Variable rate mortgages throw another wrench into the equation Tor instance Lown says during 1988 the rate increased two interest prime percentage points Since variable rate mortgages are commonly tied to the prime your mortgage rate could have increased about 20 percent (assuming you started at about 10 percent) It is unlikely that your income increased 20 percent in 1988 Lown warns that this is the possible “double whammy” of variable rates Interest rates may increase at the same time the economy is slumping So at the same time you need more money you are unlikely to be getting it One of the common mistakes first time buyers make is not considering the whole budget picture Since the home hunting process usually takes several months arrange your budget so that you can actually experience how it is to live on the amount of mortgage and added housing costs you are likely to incur she says She acknowledges that there are other reasons to buy a home apart from economics but you shouldn’t forget the added costs and unpredictability that go with home ownership Home insurance repairs upkeep and increased utiltues are just few of the added costs of owning rather than renting The conclusion about whether to rent or buy is that there are no simple conclusions Lown says Each case has to be decided individually Buying simply is riot always better than renting - I You and Your Child: Success in School by JIM CAMPBELL Utah Education Association President The big test is corning soon tor a lot of high school seniors in every part of Utah It’s the American College Test or ACT as it’s usually called This is the test that most Utah students must take before entering college That’s because it’s the test that most colleges in this part ot the country quire Students headed for Harvard and other Fastern institutions usually take the SAT test All students take the ACT test on the same day and the next test date is April 15 Students usually take the test at the high school they attend and there’s a fee of $20 How does a high school student prepare for this test9 Some schools offer programs which give students a feel for the kinds of questions they’ll face on ui Tire I on 1 1 tm i April 15 Some community schools and commercial firms offer classes on taking the test Shirley Andersen a counselor at Salt Lake City’s West High School says the most effective kind of preparation for a student may be the “reduction of test anxiety" And the best way to reduce that menace ts for a student to become aware of what to expect when he or she sits down on April 15 and opens the test material according to the counselor ast year 15012 Utah students took the ACT test and about 1000 took the SAT test according to Dr David Nelson director of evaluation and assessment for the State Office of Education About 80 percent of Utah's high school students indicate they intend to enter college after graduation iiituiumr © ol Utah Srhool o! 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