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Show The Salt Lake Tribune UTAH B3 Tuesday, December21, 1999 West Jordan Settles With Ex-Officials BOX ELDER his dog. He hoped his hearing would get the town’s attention. He said loose cows are a significant problem regularly ignored. “Cows run the town and they The Box Elder School Board has adopted a school uniform policy for the district. Guidelines of the policy will be sent to the schools, which will be responsible for whether the fashion st iil be implement- ignore that problem,” Rogers said. —Chronicle Progress Q —The Leader Greg Walkenhorst, who resigned bring their distinct style of bas- ,652 in a severance package. His employee, former Fleet Manager Gordon Ryan, will get a city whenhe stepped down. Ryan had threatened to file whistle-blower lawsuits, but by accepting the money, he agreed to end all claims against thecity, said Dahlgren. “They [Walkenhorst and Ryan} no longer haveanyfurtherrights against the city,” said the city ketball to Richfield High School on Jan. §at7 p.m. DAVIS Farmington City Leisure Services is offering gymnastics classes in conjunction with North Davis Gymnastics. Theclasses will be for children Gil Counties Making Today's Headtines cardboard “stockings” that are then displayed at the Alco store through Wednesday. The stock- sic moves and philosophies for the ings are numbered, so the recipients andgift-givers remain anonymous. Gifts may be dropped off at Alco, 1145 S. U.S. Highway 191 in balance beam, bars, tumbling and trampoline. ‘Thecostis $25 andregistration (485) 259-7340. ages 5 and older. Classes teach ba- 650 West in Farmington. Classes will be every Saturday for five weeks from 10 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. beginning Jan.8. Qa —Lisa Church JUAB Demands onthe culinary-water system in Mona byirrigation users and new development was the impetus for City Councilman Rick Schnurr to senda letter to other DUCHESNE council members and the mayor Engineers say they have found two wells that could be used to pipe culinary water to the resivents of the Pinon Ridge area in western Duchesne County. Sev- eral hundred residents in the remote location currently must haul their water. The five-year water study backed by the Pinon Forest Spe- cial Service District started five years ago. Project engineer Brian Davis said the two wells, located within the district boundaries, could produce more than 300 gallons a minute. Other studies of the well and the feasibility of transporting water from it are in progress. A re- port on the wells is expected to be released in the spring. —Uintah Basin Standard Qa proposing a new pressurized system forirrigation users. Schnurr wrote the letter after discussing the need for the system with RogerFoisy, an engineer with the Department of Environmental Quality in Richfield. Foisy concluded that the new system, which would be owned by the city, would havea significant impact on reducing outdooruse of the town’s drinking water. It also was suggested that any new development in which a pre- cedenthas notbeenset, should be annexed by the city before hookups to the city’s system are made. —The Times:‘News a MILLARD The town of Kanoshhas issued 25 tickets to dog owners who have failed to comply with repeated no- tices aboutthe need to license their GRAND Alco Discount Warehouse and the Interact Club, a nonprofit group that provides services for adults with mental illness, are the community to help oe mentally ill this holiday season through the annual “Pick a Stocking” Christstmas gift f ‘The program provides holiday gifts for mentallyill residents in the area, wholist needed items on x-Officer Cleared by DA In Shooting Continued from B-1 and stepped in close. Scott — wholater admitted he tried to flee because of outstanding drug warrants — putthe car in and joseph grabbed the open door,put his gun hand on the roof and jumped onto the door Among those on the team are Michael “Wild Thing” Wilson whoholds the world record in the vertical slam dunk at 11 feet 11 inches. After the game, an autograph session is scheduled at courtside withthe players. Tickets range from $10 to $13. For more information, call (435) 896-9262 extension 257. Moab,oratthe Interact Club, 59 N. 200 East. For information, call will be today through Dec. 31 at the Leisure Services office, 42 N. e were sent in power bills to residents explaining the annual license had to be renewed six months in advance and whena veterinarian would be available for needed vaccines. signed to allow Walkenhorst to complete enough employed time SEVIER The Harlem Globetrotters will schoolyear. rather than a fleet manager.” The severance package is de- to accept a 30-year retirement. He had more than 29 years with the considering comments made by parents, ae and students at the conclusion that any numberof fleet-management decisions can be made by department heads feud. Former Public Works Director ed. The policy was approved after public hearings. The board ai now to give schools plenty of time to. consider the policy and make a decision in time for the next BY JOHN KEAHEY SALT LAKETRIBUNE ‘THE West Jordan's City Council has agreed to pay nearly $80,000 to two former city workers, closing the books on a messy employment Q Visitation at Dinosaur National Monument in Uintah County in November was up 3.6 percent compared with the same period last year, with 296 more visitors, So far in 1999, the park visita- tion is down 2.6 percent, according to the park’s monthly public use report. The numberof overnight stays at the park was 294 for November and 64,668 for the year. —Vernal Express Q WASHINGTON After years of complaints from golfers and businesses that provide golf-related services, the St. George City Golf Tee Time Reservation System now haslive repre- sentatives to work with callers. The automated system was taken out of service Friday in re- sponse to an avalanche of com- plaints from golfers who for several years complained the system made the simpletask of reserving a tee time a complicated and labo- rious process. Now, a representative will take reservations 14 days in advance by telephone or in person begin- ning at 8 a.m. For reservations, call Dixie Red Hills at (435) 6345852, Southgate at (435) 628-0000, St. George Golf Club at (435) 6346854 and Sunbrook at (435) —Lin Alder Dog owner Wayne Rogers did meeeaee outof protest and not court, claiming the town So selective in which laws it Garces: He pleaded guilty to the offense and said he would license $25,000 settlement.He wasfired by City Manager Dan Dahlgrenlast month. Dahigren said he hopesto hire a new public-works director by March. However,he is inno hurry to find a successorto Ryan. “Ryan's position will be held open until the new [director] is broughtin, butit is quite likely that position will not be filled,” Dahlgren said. “We have come to manager. Dahlgren said Ryan and the city agreed that the settlement “was fair to both parties. if he pursued it [threats of additional lawsuits], attorneys fees could get expensive.” The two former employees workhours. Walkenhorst, in addition to be- ing Ryan’s supervisor, was an Evans ally in several disputes with city administrators. City Attorney Craig Curtis said Dahlgren simply had “lost confi- dencein Mr. Walkenhorst’s ability to effectively run the Public Works Department. Andthe City Council backed him [Dahlgren] up.” Cook Wants Taxpayers to Know Where Money Goes UINTAH 634-5866. underfire in October,wili receive became entangled in the infighting that has gripped West Jordan City Halli during the past two years. Various battles have divided the City Council andpitted Mayor Donna Evans and government watchdog groups against city administrators. Ryan had filed grievances against former Assistant City Manager Penny Atkinson and questioned how money from the fleet fund was spent. Meanwhile, an investigation concluded that Ryan used his city-owned computer for personal use during BY JOHN HEILPRIN THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Republican Rep. Merrill Cook worriesfederal taxpayers may not know exactly how their dollars are spent in the maze of govern- menteach year. So Utah’s 2nd District congressman has proposed a taxpayers’ “right-to-know” bill that would provide each person with an Internet-generated itemized receipt explaining where his moneywent. Sen, Charles Schumer,D-N.Y., introduced a similar Senate measure. Theidea of requiring the Treasury Department to give taxpayers a receiptis slated for action in the upcoming second session of the 106th Congressthat begins in January. Cook credits Schumer with being the one who “got something started” with the idea during the last Congress. But the politically motivated push to amendthe Internal Revenue Codeof 1986 may duplicate an existing service. Underthe proposed legislation, the Internal Revenue Service would be required to send taxpayers who request it an itemized receipt. It would be available by mail, e-mail or the tax agency's Internetsite. “The real motive was people don’t know how much theypay in taxes,” said Cook, who is midway through his secondterm. “Having apiece ofpaperin their hands that tells them what the total is will make them clamor for more tax cuts and more tax-limitation legislation.” Schumerwants the tax receipts to detail how much taxpayers spent for national defense, international affairs, Medicaid, Medicare, means-tested entitlements, domestic discretionary funding, Social Security, interest paymentsand “all other” expenses. His bill also would have the IRS show “selected examples of more specific expenditure items” such as money for education, assis- tance to the poor, law enforce- ment, heath care and environmental cleanup programs. Butthe IRS already details ina pie chart included in the instruction booklet for preparing tax forms each year a breakdown of where taxpayers’ moneygoes. As a result, Robert McIntyre, director of the Washington, D.C.- “It's a little redundant. I don’t knowif it's the best use of govern- mentresources,”hesaid. “I'm not sure you want to give the IRS a political agenda.” The proposals come at a time when politicians are advocating popular tax-simplification ideas yet voting for hundredsof changes in the U.S. tax code that has increased to 1.5 million words. In thepastyear, the IRS had to develop 11 new forms and revise 177 others. The tax agency estimated it took 22 hours for a taxpayer who itemized deductions and had some investment income to finish the required incometax forms in 1999 — three hours longer thanthe previous year. Part of that is due to the tendency by the Clinton administration and Congress to give tax credits for social needs andto ad- just areas such as capital gains taxes on investments. Cook's bill, H.R. 1153, was introduced in March in the House and sent to the budget-writing House Ways and Means Commit- based Citizens for Tax Justice, tee. Schumer’s version,S. $42, was said it “doesn’t sound meaningful” to provide further tax receipts. introduced in May in the Senate and sent to the Senate Finrnce Cc SepZ aaops att ia pas It's A: oe One bullet hit Scott's left cheek; a second struck his left foot. Scott led otherofficers on a chase that reached speeds of 90 mph before he was stopped. A blood test showed his alcohollevel was three He OEaee joseph initially recalled that he freda 1shots win th a. police poke investigafreediceuveed tha was untrue, ter decided Seaha was lying. The case against Joseph gained erroneously reported that Joseph claimed he was “dragged” 150 feet by thecar. Police were also suspicious because there were no been convicted of anything, Joseph said Monday. “Not that I have ill feelings toward Westley Scott, but he violated the law and he could have killed me or seriously injured me. The message the DAs sendingis it'sopen season on Jaw enforcement.” ADMILLS AetaligetEapisoing Fr A Lang L.Dore! “Take A Small tour for Big Savings!" i 2: t {oy ‘ IN orponEo HOLIDAYS ; Hearing Alds nat Lik bivtiveate, -s, |