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Show UTAH 467 FnS ASi (JCIATICT' EAST 300 SOUTH. SALT LAKE CUT UT ouinem Volume 52, No. 3 Thursday, Sept. 2, 1982 ft 11 vu Kanab, Utah 84741 ewd.SP , Something for Everyone Single Copy 25c Hospital Board Meets Kane Voters Face 14 Sept. Primary Samaritan Officials g The Hospital Board held a hospital is considering in Kanab Wednesday ing the business office open August 25. It was their first from about 8 or 9 a.m. until 8 meeting with Luther Goeh-rin- or 9 p.m. This will allow the keep-meetin- Medicaid assistance will be reduced by a daily cost of $6.43 for skilled nursing care, and $5.86 for intermediate nursing care. This cost w ill be absorbed by the privately paid patients. Mr. Aland reported that on July 1, 1981, they received a considerable decrease in nursing home aid. Mr. Aland will have more to report on this problem in the next few weeks. of Opera- public more access to the tions of the Samaritan Health business office. The office someServices from Phoenix, Ari- staff will be zona. what. The same staff memJoe Cross, maintainence bers will be working, but on a from Samaritan more efficient organization. engineer Health Services examined One of them will become a heating and boiler room Patient Service Representaconditions and reported to the tive. The representative will hospital board that there is a be trained in all aspects of severe problem with the admitting, billing, insurance, back-uboiler. It needs and collection. The public will only need to see one person repairing. Mr. Goehring reported that for all their billing concerns, the SHS is trying to recruit instead of being shuffled through their services another around to several different physician for Kanab. people. This program will Mr. Kent Aland, hospital reduce office confusion. The hospital is going to be administrator, is planning a Welcome to our Annual trip to Phoenix to learn more handling the collection of all about the SHS system. accounts on the books for the Moccasin Watermelon Day! At this time the hospital county. They will be working Come and have a day of fun board will not attempt to raise closely with the county attorSept. 4, starting with bake, the costs of health care at the ney and the county commisproduce and arts and crafts sioners. They will have 90 sales. hospital. There will be a delicious Many of the patients of the days to clear all accounts. The board members discusdinner with lots of watermelon hospital have complained that their bills are not itemized sed the possibility of making to eat. Then an auction, enough. That is, the services contracts with the Doctors on program, a fish pond for little are lumped together and the billing of the Doctors ones, activities and rodeo for presented in one sum on the emergency room services. young and old. If you want to Then the emergency room participate in the rodeo, bill. Under the SHS system, the hospital will now have an services would be totally listed please sign up before Saturitemized, automated billing on the patients hospital bill, day. Call or see McKay program. The new bill will instead of on both a hospital Heaton Times listed are all Arizona have each service listed and and clinic bill. A new ambulance has been times. the cost for each separate Sales starting at 10 a.m. item. The billing service will placed in Alton for more Dinner 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. use the SHS computer in services in the northern areas of Kane County. The EMT $5.50 per plate 3 years and up, Phoenix. Mr. Goehring would like the Association will be working or $17.50 per family. Auction 1 - 2 p.m. continued use of a hospital with the ambulance services in board to work with the that area. Program 3 p.m. Administrator Aland reportActivities 3 - 6 p.m. community and take input ed recent regulations from the Rodeo 6 p.m. $2.50 per person from citizens of the county. There will be a new Federal Register will have or $10 per family. Under six impact on the nursing home years old free. Combination approach in the business dinner, rodeo vket $25. office. The times have not Medicaid Title 19 but the set been yet, definitely p Watermelon Day Is Finally Here 643-551- 2-- Energy Fuels To Conduct Info Meet in Flagstaff As an active participant in local and regional affairs, Energy Fuels Nuclear, Inc. (Energy Fuels) would like to extend to anyone interested an invitation to attend a public information meeting which they are holding in Flagstaff, Arizona on September 9. Energy Fuels is a privately owned uranium exploration, mining, and milling company based in Denver, Colorado. They have been conducting exploration and mining activities in northern Arizona for the past three years out of at their regional offices Fredonia and Flagstaff. As residents of Coconino County Arizona and Kane County Utah, and members of the business community, they feel that it is extremely important to keep the public informed of their present activities and to address any questions or concerns which might exist. The meeting will be a general informational forum and is not part of any permitting or regulatory Several company representatives, including executive and technical level personnel, will be on hand to explain and discuss their present and future exploration and mining programs. A question and answer session will follow a brief presentation by company representatives. The meeting will be held on September 9 beginning at 7 p.m. at Little America 2515 East Butler Avenue, Flagstaff, Arizona. Kane County Primary Elections are scheduled for Sept. 14. If you are not registered to vote you may register September 7, 8 and 9, in your voting district. For the Glen Canyon District the registration agent is in Koch Glen Margaret Canyon City; No. 1 Kanab District agent is Harriet Perkins in Kanab; No. 2 Kanab District agent is Dickie Robinson in Kanab; No. 3 Kanab District agent is Ehtel Kitchen in Kanab; No. 4 Kanab District agent is Edith Archer in Kanab; Mt. Carmel District agent is Esther Tait in Mt. Carmel; Orderville District agent is Jackie Glover in Orderville; Glendale District agent is Ruth Anderson in Glendale; Alton District agent is Lorena Roundy in Alton; and BullFrog District agent is Steve Olsen in Hanksville. If you plan on voting on an absentee ballot you must contact the county clerk for an application right away. Ballots must be returned by or d by election day. If you are not sure which district you live in, you may contact the Kane county clerks office for more post-marke- Candidates Invited To List Qualifications In anticipation of the Kane County Primary Elections to be held September 14, Southern Utah News invites all Kane County candidates to write in your views and opinions on issues facing Kane County. You can inform residents of the county of your qualifications for the office you are seeking and why you would like to be elected. articles must be Your submitted to the Southern Utah News office by Monday, September 6, 10 a.m. tion, quartet competition, farm bureau talent and cook-ou- t contests, fine arts, home arts, flowers, and a variety of food concessions. Exhibits will include over 350 commercial, agriculture and county, wild life resourcand FFA, and es, Educational. Governor Scott Matheson will be at the opening ceremonies at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 9, followed by the Miss Utah State Fair Queen contest at 8:15 p.m. Daily features will include Jack DJohns, special delivery e sky diving, Russ and Master Ventriliquist, and Stagg McMann-Emcemusician, log rolling, 4-- Lewis-Emce- e horse 363-768- 1 Car Stolen From Court House Lot janitor-maintenanc- shows and horse pulling, and the Deeburger Clown. Other Celebrities performing at the fair will be Pat known. Boone, Sylvia, Mugleston's. The City Polite have enterTammy Wynette, Russ Lewis, John Schneider. Doug Ker- ed the identification of the stolen vehicle into the Nationshaw, Duttie West, Colonel al Crime Information Compuand Seabright, Janie Fricke, ter. There are no suspects yet. The owners of the stolen vehicle names have been held by request. Membership Drive Going Johnson are among many new PTA members who are joining this year. PTA officers will be commencing an extensive membership drive in the next few weeks. Our PTA Membership drive went into full swing the first day of school with Bob Johnson, new Kanab Elementary school principal, buying the first membership card of the year. Mr. Johnson was also on hand as Mayor Paul Jenkins bought a membership card from Cherrie Owens, PTA's membership commissioner. Mr. Johnson and Mayor Jenkins are anxious to support the PTA and are looking forward to an increase in PTA membership this year. When you choose to support the PTA, you are helping your public school system and your community. According to Cherne Owens. you will be able to purchase your membership cards at $2 per person at Kanab Elementarys "Back to School Night", to be held Sept. 23. Please come and take an active part in your childs We care, wont education. . . Commission Agenda 6 PTA Gets PTA membership cards Cherry Owen right present to Kanab Mayor Paul Jenkins center and new Jenkins and Elementary Principal Bob Johnson. Bids , Vacancies, Application. Nane County Commissioners held a meeting Tuesday, Aug. 24 in the Kane County The commissioncourthouse. 9-10 ers discussed the two positions vacant on the board of Louis Mandrell & R.C. Ban-no- adjustments. Fred Allen and terms Wilbur Covingtons Admission: Adults $3.50, have expired. The purpose of $1.50, 5 and under the board of adjustments is to ages free. Senior citizens. 62 and grant an appeal on building over free on Sept. 15. For codes and variances. The ticket information and show-time- s commissioners voted to Fred Allen and Wilbur write: CovLggton to fill the positions. Lucille Martin Mr. Covingtons new term w ill Salt Palace expire in 1986 and Mr. Allens 100 S. West Temple will expire in 1987. S. L. C., Utah 84101 Also on the agenda was the or phone (801) Church Wells Service District. Marvin Holloway resigned his position. The Commissioners are deciding if they need to make a new appointment tor the service district. Applications were looked at for building inspector and A 1969 Chevrolet Camaro e position. was stolen Tuesday evening, are They preparing an interAugust 24, from the new court view when all applications house parking lot in Kanab. have been submitted. According to Kanab City Judge Mosdell reported to Police, another stolen vehicle the commissioners a new was found abandoned near the process in dealing w ith unpaid court house, nearly out of gas traffic violations. In Utah, a Police are assuming the drivers license can not be suspect ran out of gas and took the nearest available vehicle with the keys left in the ignition and gas in the tank. No other information is Utah State Fair Set for Sept. The 1982 Utah State Fair will be held in Salt Lake City Sept. 9 - 19. Excitement is what this years fair is all, about. Special events will include: over 500 Animal Friends, outstanding horse shows, Junior livestock auc- Kanab Police Chief Bill Hamblin wants to remind local residents of the new signs placed In various locations of Kanab carrying speed Information. Several new signs have been placed along 1Q0 East to remind drivers of the 25 miles per hour speed limit In town. Also new signs have been erected to bring to remembrance the 20 miles per hour limit In the school zones of the city. There arc other solt spots in the roof. The commissioners are looking into the guarantee in Utah, they can appear in of the work done of the roof. court by mail. That is, they They discussed the possibility can just mail in the payment of of scanning the roof to see it their ticket. Most people do the work is defective. A not comply with this because it Certificate of Completion of is not reflected on their the new court house will not licences in their home state. be signed by the CommissionJudge Mosdell is now sending ers until the roof is repaired, unpaid violations to the ithe jail door replaced and the license bureaus of out of state driveway finished. The Cottonwood Road was offenders, so they now have to pay their fines to renew their brought up for discussion by licences. the Commissioners. This road The commissioners discussis on some maps as a county ed when to advertise for bids road, and on some maps as a to complete the new court Bureau of Land Management house parking lot. They also road. The road is used mainly considered the use of asphalt by ranchers in the Cannonville or concrete for this project. area, and by people who travel Bids will be taken in the near to work at the Navajo Power future. Plant. The road is occasionally maintained by the County. The door to the women's The commissioners discussed section of the new jail has not the posibility of closing the been relaced. Currently there road in the winter. It could is an open view into the .instead be made into a womens cell. They want a drive only road. I he commissioners have door that gives some isolation plans for the women section. to talk to the BIM about the The new court house roof maintenance of this road. Next meeting of the Kam already had a couple of eaky spots in the center part of the County Commissioners will be held on September V building, by the until all tickets have However, when receive a ticket been paid. four-whe- sky-ligh- 1 Utahs Taxing Ability Below US. Average Utah's tax capacity is only national average of $949 per of the national about 86 capita. These differences in the average. In other words, the estimated yield from uniform same tax rates will produce 14 less revenue per capita in tax rates are accounted for by Utah than they would in the disparities in the economic nation as a whole. These facts bases of the several states A decision to stress or to ignore were reported by Utah founone type of tax will not affect dation, the private tax research organization, in a study the measurement of its tax based on a recent report of the base and potential tax wealth relative to other states. Advisory Commission on InFoundation analysts point Relations. tergovernmental out that the federal governAccording to the foundation, the relatively low taxing ment has provided financial capacity of Utah places the assistance to state and local units through federal revenue state at a considerable disadand a series of in to sharing vantage attempting finance governmental services categorical or block grants. In for its citizenry. Compounding fiscal 1980 these intergovernthe problem is the fact that mental transfers totaled $90 billion or about $395 per Utah has a higher p- irtion d in of its population en capita. While these transfers added to total state and local the public schools ti any funds, they did little to on. other state in the Education is the co .nest equalize the tax w ealth disparpublic service in most states of ities existing among the the nation. Thus, the demand states. Unlike the United States, for governmental services m Utah is high, while its taxing fiscal equalization has been a traditional function of the capacity is low. The report shows that the national government in other federal a revenue produced from a countries with uniform representative tax structure. If the U.S. adopted system would vary all the way an equalization plan similar to that now used in Canada, the from S2.463 per capita in fiscal capacity of the weakest Alaska to $658 per capitJ in Mississippi. Such a svstem state would be brought within of the national average. would produce $816 per capita 5 The cost of such a program in I tah. compared wnh a would be $12.2 billion, or less than 14 of the amount currently spent for federal aid to state and local governments. According to the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (AC 1R). equalization grants would be provided to 28 states whose fiscal capacity is below the U.S. norm under such a program. The calculations show that Utah would receive or about $133 $194,843,000 per capita with such a program. The other 22 states and the District of Columbia, however, would receive nothing under the plan The AC IR indicates that the S12 2 billion that wou'd be spent if such a program were adopted in the U S. would buv 3. 5 times more fiscal equalization than that achicvtd currently by the entire S0 billion federal aid program. In other words, the prog' am vould achieve nearly tnur times the equalization at levs the cost I he than ACIR stresses, however, ihat it is not advocating such a program at this time, but rather is seeking to illus'-- a . some of the underiving issues and concerns about tin dispariics growing fiscal among the 50 states. |