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Show Wednesday, September 20, 1978 Page 9 H?V hSW& ft Judge JereCalmes (letu watches as Steve Dering totals the score on drink number 56. Spectator at right is waiting for leftovers. Long Liquor List But Judges Lick 'Er There wasn't a dry mouth in the house Friday as a panel of seven judges waded through 65 drink recipes to select five semi-final winners win-ners in the Park City Drink contect being sponsored by Mt. Ventures and The Newspaper. Of the top five, three were the work of Jamie "Steakhouse" Grinsel. Steakhouse tickled the judges' tonsils with his Payday Patrol, Way Too .Easy and Hot and Glassy. The top point-scorer of the afternoon, however, was Dennis Miller's Gotcha, a vodka drink with liine and coconut. Rounding out the top five was Snow Blind, submitted by Dorothy Payne and Petie Peterson. The five semi-finalists will go on to the final judging, which will take place on Friday, October 13 at Le Pavillion. Another semi-final judging will be held Friday, October 6 and entries will be accepted accep-ted until 3 p.m. that day. The purpose of the Park City Drink contest is to in-vent in-vent ah ';atcohblic drink' native to Park City. The drink will be registered with the U.S. Bureau of Patents. The new drink should be appealing ap-pealing to local drinkers and should attempt to reflect the character of Park City. Top prize in the contest is a midweek mid-week ski pass. UiUlP?-' n "fill I AfA& Ihffihv lis. (mWMmm:i r: X.. ff 4 "Vtti wmw4 ft ' JS i . I I ' ' "If, Unofficial judge Jeremiah samples one of the many drinks entered in the Park City Drink Contest. Drink recipes were judged on taste and ease of preparation, with a maximum of five points awarded for each. Many of the drinks imbibed Friday scored high in taste only to be eliminated because they were too time consuming to mix. It wasn't all giggles and another round for the judges. They suffered through some of the worst tasting things since defeat. The judging began a little after 3 p.m. and continued right up to the Ali-Spinks match. As the light outside grew dim so did the eyes of the judges. But they were unswerving in their duty if slurring in their speech. Among those which did mm-4 mm-4 , not make the top five (or the top 50 in some cases) were the Ray J. (a shot of scotch chased with Malox), Darth Vader, Triple Chair, the Tramo, Sit on It, Green Death and Yellow Snow. All got a fair shake but were found wanting while some of the judges were found wret-ching. wret-ching. Entries for the October 6 judging can be submitted to The Newspaper office ' (419 Main Street, Box 738), or to Le Pavillion restaurant (Box 339). Drink recipes, along with suggested names for the original drink, should be typed or printed on 3X5 index in-dex cards. Frank D. McKellar. carman, Salt Lake City, Utah; Jarl D. Ottesen, crew dispatcher, Provo, Utah; L. M. Ford, engine house foreman, Salt Lake City, Utah; Eugene E. Bauer, carman, Ogden, Utah; Daniel E. Young, pipefitter Salt Lake City, Utah , ttaft Foundation Regulation Costly Cost of government regulation in the United States much of it unnecessary un-necessary over-regulation in the minds of many thoughtful thought-ful economists will be more than $100 billion in 1979, it is reported by Utah Foundation, Foun-dation, the private, nonprofit non-profit public service agency. This is the equivalent of $460 for every man, woman, and child in the nation, or $1840 for a family of four, and is seen as a significant factor in the upward spiral of taxes, government expenditures, expen-ditures, and national unemployment. unem-ployment. $100 billion is more than the total Federal budget for any year prior to 1962. Citing a report by Murray L. Weidenbaum, director of the Center for the Study of American Business recently published in Tax Review, the Foundation noted a growing demand that regulatory programs be required to submit economic impact statements comparable to the environmental impact statments that are required in connection with other types of projects. "However, merely to require a cost-benefit analysis to be made would not be enough," it is noted. "What is needed is congressional action to limit regulatory programs to those whose over-all benefits to society clearly and substantially sub-stantially exceed their cost." The check on over-regulation over-regulation should begin with the budget-making process, it is suggested. Regulatory programs would be given not only a budget of "X" dollars for the expenditures of the regulatory agency, but also a ceiling of "Y" dollars to limit the cost that regulation could impose on the economy. According to the Weidenbaum Weiden-baum study, it appears that 95 percent of the cost of government regulation is that of compliance and is ,r paid by the private segment '' of the economy, with only 5 percent chargeable to direct operation of government agencies. The cost of government govern-ment regulation is rising faster than other areas of government spending and much more rapidly than the gross national product. Bet ween 1974 and 1977, the cost of operating Federal regulatory agencies increased in-creased 55 percent while the total Federal budget was growing by 49 percent and the gross national product by 34 percent. "This comparison, along with the $100 billion cost of regulation, clearly shows the inflationary pressure generated by the regulatory complex," the Foundation noted. The cost of compliance hits virtually every sector of the economy, the report notes, as shown by the following examples: Businessmen particularly particular-ly small businessmen are hit by the requirement of handling government forms, which numbered more than 4,400 last year and cost U.S. business more than $25 billion to process, according to the government's own Federal Paperwork Commission. Com-mission. The government agency comments that "much of this paperwork is unnecessary." A case has been cited where a small business firm deliberately filled out the government forms it received with nonsense non-sense and returned them as directed. The farce was not detected, although repeated for several years, indicating that the filled-out forms had never been read by the agency that sent them out. Homebuyers are paying from $1,500 to $2,500 more for a new home because of government regulations (both federal and state). Across the nation this added cost comes to $4 billion a year. The American motorist is paying an average of $666 more for a new car this year Bridge Repair Bids Opened The Utah Department of Transportation has opened bids on a contract to repair the Toll Canyon Bridge over' 1-80, 'ltfCated "about 'half; way ' between Wanship and Silver Creek Junction. Ralph L. Wadsworth Construction, Con-struction, Inc., of Salt Lake City submitted the apparent low bid of $133,253 for the 100 working day contract. Because Be-cause the bid is more than ten percent over the en We can handle it. the Union Pacific railroad people because of Federal requirements (total cost across the nation: $7 billion) while the added weight of Federally-required mechanisms mecha-nisms on automobiles is increasing in-creasing gasoline consumption consump-tion by an aggregate of $3 billion a year. It is recognized that some government regulation is in the public interest, but countless count-less examples have been brought to light of unnecessary un-necessary and even harmful practices that have been imposed im-posed by government bureaucrats. "It is not a question of being for or against Federal regulation, but the need is to identify sensible changes that can be made in the regulatory program so as to achieve the desirable goals with minimum adverse impact im-pact on other important goals such as providing , more jobs and checking inflation," in-flation," the Foundation says. Approaches to sensible control of government regulation, in addition to the concept of economic impact analyses, include the selection selec-tion of the more desirable of goals when two or more are in conflict, and subjecting all regulatory agencies to the "sunset" process, i.e. reexamining them periodically to see if they continue to serve a vital purpose pur-pose or have outlived their usefulness. "In the light of today's inflation, in-flation, common sense would appear to dictate that any part of a $100-billion-a-year cost of a government program that can reasonably be eliminated should be stopped as soon as possible," the Foundation-concludes. gineer's estimate of $95,673, UDOT will review the project pro-ject and decide whether to award the contract or to readvertise.'"-'-' ,;,t-' " If the contract is awarded, the contractor will replace the damaged span bridging the westbound lanes of 1-80. The bridge was damaged by an overheight vehicle whose owners must pay for the repairs. mini A test light can help determine source of electrical problems. If a light is out, but the fuse and bulb are good, remove bulb and use fine sandpaper to remove corrosion around socket. If light still does not go on, remove bulb and, with circuit still on, fasten alligator qround-clip lead of test light to clean metal part of the socket. Insert pointed probe of test light into socket. 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