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Show t J SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS - Thursday, February 12, 1987 - Page Two Southern Utah fjeivd The Southern Utah News is published every Thursday at 40 East Center Street in Kanab, Utah 84741. The News proudly serves Kane County, Utah, and the Arizona Strip. Address all communications to P.O. Box 90, AdverKanab, Utah 84741, or telephone (801) tising rates available upon request. Second class postage paid at Kanab, Utah 84741. Newsstand price 23 cents per copy. Yearly subscriptions available. Rates to Kane 644-233- County addresses ard Fredonia and Moccasin, Arizona, $12.00; others $18.00. The News reserves the right to edit or reject any advertisement or submitted items. Deadline for display ads and news copy is NOON MONDAY; Classified ads, 10 a.m. TUESDAY. Marlin B. Brown, publisher. Member Utah Press Association and National ISSN No. 0049-- 1 639 Newspaper Association. Utahn Seeks Budget Changes Dear Editor: I sent letters to state legislators protesting any tax increase. The enclosed letter is a copy of the letter I received from senator Glade Nielsen and on the other side my response. I have sent a copy of this communication to every member of the legislature as well as the governor. I feel the constituents of these elected officials are entitled to know about this communication. I urge you to print this in your next publication. Please advise me of your action. Yours very truly, (Sgd.) DeMonte Washburn 1040 South 100 East Bountiful, Utah 84010 P.S.(I am just a concerned citizen with no political base and no political ambition. DeMont W ashburn Dear Mr. Washburn: Thank you for the correspondence concerning budget cuts and tax increase. It is my job first to ensure efficiencies are put into place. I would appreciate any specific suggestions you would have regarding efficiences Utah could use. You can write to me at the Utah State Capitol, Salt Lake City, Utah 84114. Again thank you for taking the time to let your concerns be known. $75,000,000. Sincerely, (Sgd) Glade Nielsen Dear Senator Nielsen: I appreciate your response. It shows you care and that you do want imput from your constituency. 'I shall, list... a... few., ideas for streamlining state and local govern- -' fie ments which will enable them to conform within the boundaries of the Utah taxpayers ability to pay and which will provide necessary services without a tax increase. I would like to introduce myself. I have an AB degree from BYU, a MS degree from U of U and I have done graduate studies beyond my masters at Utah State. I taught school 20 years in Utah, have run a small business for over 40 years and I grew up on a Utah farm. I was never unhappy with my teaching salary! First, cut $50,000,000 from the State Superintendent of Schools budget. This bureaucracy with their almost $100,000,000 budget is far in excess of the needs of a poor state like Utah. The contribution of this giant bureaucracy to quality education is at best negligable and accidental. Many of their activities are superfluous. Let the educational whizz kids in this bureaucracy return ' to the classrooms where perhaps they can make a contribution to quality education. Second, likewise there is excessive fat in every superintendent of school administrative staff in the state. Depending on the size of the district cut $1,000,000 to $10,000,-00- 0 from only the administrative budget of each district in the state. Also, let these educators do what they were trained to do by returning them to the classroom as teachers. This could reduce our state budget by $50,000,000 to Third, despite the cries, wails and threats of the president of the U of U there is much room for improving efficiency at that institution as well as at all our state colleges and universities. A good friend who was a professor of sociology at the U of - U for years related to me examples of inefficiency at our institutions of higher learning, Reduce the budget for higher learning by $50,000,000. Fourth, outlaw and dissolve all RDAs in the state of Utah and return all their funds back to the states general fund. RDA's have proven they waste tax dollars, that they are not cost effective, that they destroy small business which is essential for a propserous state economy and most importantly their very existence is based on an immoral concept. This would return millions to our state tax coffers. Fifth, do an audit on the state road commission. I have heard of several examples of waste and probably fraud. Sixth, roll back one to five years the salary of all elected and appointed governmental personnel who are presently receiving a salary over $30,000 a year. This would reduce the state budget by several "Be Safe on the water! Be a Winner, Know the rules." Whether you prefer sale or power Note that harm the poor, nor the elderly, nor the low to middle income wage earner, nor the farmer, nor the small business man. Also, note that there is no suggestion to cut kindergarten, or decrease the pay of teachers who really determine the quality of ou educational system, or to take ; services from the ' handicapped and needy. It does, however, impact the overpaid, inefficient elected and appointed top bureaucrats who have for years deceived and misled Utah Taxpayers with inappropriate and often misleading statistical comparisons and threat, of doom if their tax demands .were not met. These persons are not experts, they have no skill for leading Utah through difficult economic times and they are not worth their salary. Dehfofite Washburn 295-801- Boating Safety classes begin Feb. 17 Taught by instructors from Coast Guard Auxiliary - Flotilla 9 There is NO CHARGE for the class except 9-- the materials needed. Students will register first night of classes. I For further information call 8 Verne Hicks 644-546- trinryi by Holli Crosby Walpole BE Mi VALENTINE Nobody kicks, the door, drops the Valentine earth and runs to hide anymore. Its become an extinct science. I miss the door trembling thuds and the titters behind the bushes in the moonlight. Remember how wed sacrifice shins and elbows to dive for the ditch or tree limb to maintain anonymity? What could adrenalin pumpget an ing more than the ole disappearing Valentine trick,1 especially if it was a Mom or Dad stooping to snatch the traveling bait hs we yanked the string somewjiat sinisterly. With our ABC finddut me ploy, we could turn a rather jilain valentine card into a mystical adventure. Nowadays, the commercial gimmicks thwart, creativity a bit. You can purchase fruit or stinky scented ones and-- ; Valentines,' blow-ueatable theme ones. However, isn't it comforting that homeihide valentine boxes are still a mainstay tradition in elementaries everywhere. New shoes in September means shoe boxes earmarked and p' 5 . . . willows; not to be confused with THE STICKS-L- o, this tribe toiled in their fields and on their ranches in peace and lo, there plenty and OM TIME-f- or was only one clock in the community clock was of the Kanabites-Th- is located in a steeple of the only church and was called the TOWN CLOCK The Kanabites did reguor late their very lives by behold, these inhabitants did water their fields and flocks according to this clock and the children went to school and all went to church according to the mellow tones of the clock as it struck the hour-a-nd lo, everyone knew the time as this was the ONLY TIME-Th- en, unto this tribe came radio time, T.V. time, telephone time, daylight saving time, and Arizona time-a- nd no longer was the town time THE TIME and even the four faces of THE CLOCK showed different times-a- nd lo, the people in the land of Kanab were confused and discouraged and everything was unregulated-Behol- d, they grumbled and needed direction-A- nd it came to pass that, in order to straighten out the confusion and discouragement of the Kanabites, two new electronic clocks were installed on banks within a city block of each other-a- nd lo, these clocks flashed out a new and different time every few seconds now the lives of these confused people were further complicated for now they had two more WRONG TIMES to supplement the aforementioned times-No- w, I say unto you, let it be ordained that a sundial be erected by the City Fathers at the City Park and the lives of the inhabitants of Kanab be regulated by it; so that we may return to the peaceful and happy days of our fathers-Th- us have I spoke- n- . 1 tucked away for Februarys decorating. With glue, construction paper, candy hearts and a Mom, of course, we were able to create masterpieces to display along the windowsills of our school room. The more gumdrops we could stick on it the better, and a photograph made it twice as charming. Once Mom helped my sister fit a doll into the top of a tall box, draping her lace dress over the entire box for the decoration. The interesting part being happy hunting for those in search of the valentine drop slot. One Valentines Day some boxes came looking like race cars, furry animals or treasure chests, and although hollow at first, not a one went home empty as all were bursting with cookies and cards from 25 classmates. I smile to recall the teachers - valentine we gave ' year after year;V..they were Usually an owl with spectacles pointing at a chalkboard, or a picture of a red apple sporting a grinning worm. After the bell rang we proudly hoisted our brimming boxes homeward to save until the candy changed colors and our Moms gave them the proper burial. I may not use the black trick thread this year, but I can think of a few doors mine and three other feet will meet. Everyday should be a Valentines Day of giving love and hugs and echoing pleas to those special someones....to please be my Valentine. ERA UTAH PROPERTIES, INC. . .) i "Were the Results People ' ; it-f- Emestly The Coast Guard Auxiliary Has a Course for You! Jieart my suggestions will not ERNESTLY YOURS when a drive for money succeeded in getting the clock electrified-t- he new electric motors worked very well except when the power went off and then the motors wouldnt start themselves again and if not started right away would burn the motors out; so someone had to climb the ladders, night or day, to get the clock going again. Sometime in the 1970s the clock stopped and stopped until Wilfred Edwards machined out some gears and parts and got us back in business again but this lasted for a time and the clock then remained stopped until Mr. Chidester took over and a month or so again we had a town cloc- kI wrote the following Ernestly Yours in May 1979 about the clocks in Kanab. This is one of my best and drew more favorable comment than most others. Behold, many years ago in this area, lived a tribe of people called Kanabites, whose name wax derived from an Indian word meaning J4ometoivn i ' millions. i by Ernest G. Kirby I'm sure youve heard the town clock on the LDS church striking the hour again-- it wasn't an easy job, according to Ross N. Chidester, our local clock man, who had a lot of help from the Lions Club, the LDS Church and a lot of citizens who motors that worked with him-t- he were burned out were obsolete and had to be replaced with modern ones and had to have reducing transmissions to get the right number of ticks-T- he old clock has an interesting history-- it was installed about 1924 and worked with a system of 400 weights and pendulums-t- he to had be pound weights pulled up with a windlass once a week and Claud Glazier wound the clock for many years as did several others -sometime in the 1930s the weight broke loose and crashed through the ceiling and demolished one bench in the old chapel-t- he weight was pulled back up and the clock worked well until sometime in the 1950s .! Yours P.S. Anyone know the correct time i Im glad the city fathers didnt take my suggestion for a sundial -Fm sure that a small but very vocal group would have opposed it on the following ground- sis not very 1. A sundial accurate-especia- lly on cloudy days. 2. It might raise our taxes-n- ot much, I bet. 3. We should have it built in Salt comment. Lake City-- no 4. We need a special election so all the people can vote on it. a good time! Oh, well-ha- ve vf ' 5 4 if 55 i: j jj ,T J? 'Wn Dawn Griffin Bouldqr-Escalant- e Sales Agent Secretary Office Manager Sales Agent . BrokerPresident Million Dollar Qub 1986 Patsy W. Clarkson Sales Agent We are expanding selling your home, business, ranch or land. Vera Burton Sales Agent New Staff Member Secretary Receptionist New Staff Member from Idaho Elvon Spencer Sales Agent Farms, Ranch Specialist Member, National Assn. Real Estate Appraisers Sales Agent Million Dollar Qub Sales Agent Sales Agent Let us be your Real Estate Company - Call 644-26Full-Servi- ce 30 East Center Street - Kanab, Utah 84741 06 1986 |
