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Show m AS: 4r wrwwwnun m rppO Th Summit County Boo tw Friday, Docombor 10, 1993 Top of the News As I See It Readers Views Letters to the Editor All articles Letters To The Editor The Summit County Bee welcomes Letters To The Editor on any subject They must adhere to the following guidelines: They must be received to the Coalville Office, P.O. Box 7, Coalville, UT 84017 or the Kamas Office, P.O. Box 225, Kamas, UT 84036, no later than Monday noon to be considered for that weeks Issue of the paper coming out on Friday. The letters must be hand signed with full address and telephone number of the person writing the letter. No letter will be published under an assumed name. Name may be withheld on request at the discretion of the editor or publisher of The Summit County Bee. They must not contain libelous or slandering material. Writers are limited to one letter in two weeks. Preference will be given to short, typewritten (double spaced) letters permitting the use of the writers name. All letters subject to condensation if they nre too long for the space available. No endorsement letters will be published ns Letters To The Editor. The views expressed In guest editorials or Letters To The Editor do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the editor or publisher or express the viewpoint of this newspaper. are to be in by 3 THE P.M. Monday ? Shirley B. Phelps, EditorCoalville Office Manager Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday 9-- 4 Sharon Pace, 336-223-2 Bessie Russ; 11, Kama;. Office Manager- 783 --4387, Monday, Tuesday and Friday 9-- 4 Ruth Wagner, Reporter tar County and City News 336-550- Summit County Richard M. & Susan F. Buys 1, n Publishers The Summit County Bee (UPSP S2S640) is published weekly for $15.00 per year in Summit County and $20.00 per year by Wave Publishing, Inc., 675 West 100 South, Heber City, UT 84032. Second class postage paid at Coalville, UT 84017 post office. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: The Summit County Bee, P.O. Box 7, Coalville, UT 84017. ty Attention: Renewals to The Summit County Bee .All renewals to The Summit County Bee should reach the Coalville or Kamas Office by the third Friday of the month to keep your Bee from being cancelled by the computer. We need your renewal by this time in order to get your name on the renewal list and keep you from being cancelled. Thanks for helping us help you. Dear Editor: We would like to express our sincere appreciation to the Kamas Police and Fire Departments for their very prompt response to a fire which occurred in our pasture at 4:30 a.m. on Nov. 30. No more than five minutes after we spotted Guest Editorial Turn Trash Into Treasure For Christmas Despite our determination that "this Christmas is going to be different, many of us give in year after year. Were rushed for time, we have several friends and family members to buy for, and the spirit of the shopping mall beckons. Who really is to blame for the commercialization of Christmas? When decorations and Sale signs start going up at the local retail store before Halloween, we cry foul. But marketing experts know that as Dec. 25 draws closer, etched in our minds are those stores that appeared to have the most merchandise and the biggest bargains over the past few months. Its never too late to make your Christmas less commercialized and more meaningful for some of the people on your list. This is not a call for an all-oboycott of the neighborhood mall, but it is a chance to use your time and talents in this season of giving. Hidden away in the basements, attics, and rummage shops in America are broken down, worn out items that could become valuable again with a little work and imagination. Take an afternoon to search, and chances are the memories youll find will be just as priceless as the gifts you turn them into. Maybe youll run across an old chair that mother rocked her children to sleep in, a small school desk with grandmas name etched into it, an antique trunk and quilt knitted at an quilting bee. You may even find a gift of Christmas past that, with a little effort, could find its way into the hands of a new generation. Childrens wish lists are typically a rundown of the most high-tec- h toys on the market, and the pieces usually wind up scattered around the house within a few weeks. Give your kids a refurbished toy that you once played with, and they will likely be captivated by its history and uniqueness for years to come. J j ut Just Thoughts From Bessie's Collection Dont worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older, it starts avoiding you. POSTAL IDENTIFICATION NO. 525640 sion, we were unable to see who our rescuers were. However, the one person we did recognize was the first one out of the truck one of Kamas finest, Officer Norm Swarts. Had the blaze been for real, we have no doubt the damage would the blaze, our civil servants were on the scene. Unfortunately, they were so quick that we did not have time to call in the false alarm. In addition, a Summit County Sheriffs Deputy was not far have been minimal due to the speedy arrival of our emergency response teams. Thank you very behind. In the predawn haste and confu Paula Dean Trater Phil Dean Summit County Special Notices much. Sub-For-San- Building Continuing in Summit County Dwellings of 426. Keep these figures for comparison in the next few years to come. Eric Everett, building inspector general, told the county that there were 426 new dwellings in the county for the year to date and the greatest call on the department. According to his records to date, there were 640 permits pulled arid values to $53,471,546 with December yet to be calculated. The Snyderville Basin hit 323 YTD; South Summit, 54, and, North Summit, 49, for a total for New In conjunction with this increase, there has been a connecting increase in the values of homes in the Snyderville Basin indicating a rise in real property taxes or income to the county. This increase helps in maintaining the balance of the budget. ' Subscribe To The Summit County Bee ta The Park City Ecumenical Council of Churches is sponsoring the program again this year. This program provides needed clothing, toys or other items and food for Summit County children 18 years and younger. Anyone needing help may show need and pick up applications at the Department of Human Services (Social Services) or the County Health Departments. Anyone wishing to provide clothing or toys for a child, may call Sub-For-Sa- Evelyn Richards, 649-74- or Jane Kimball, 65 649-907- 2. Services Available For Disabled Summit County is offering an information and referral service to people with disabilities. Ibe number to call locally is Outside of this calling area, the number is toll-fre- e, 1. S.S. Elementary Scholastic Book Fair South Summit Elementary School is hosting a Scholastic Book from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. everyday. This reading Fair, Dec. 0, event features the newest titles from over 70 publishers and presents students, parents, and teachers a golden opportunity to see the latest works by popular authors and illustrators of books for young readers. Admission is free. Messiah" Presentation, Dec. 12 The Coalville Utah Stake will present The Messiah on Sunday,. Dec. 12, at 7 p.m., at the Stake Center. This presents- -. .tion includes many local members arid k Wide variety of talent.' ' ' Ruths Views by Ruth Wagner Last summer, my daughter and1 decided to paint the house. It was not merely a thing to do to keep us busy, we are very busy. No, the house was five years old and had not been touched with a brush since the builder left and it was time. There was caulking to be done, scraping the pealing paint, and general cleaning before brush could touch the boards. My house is almost as tall as three stories in places. During the first day of scraping, my daughter decided that any ladder over the height of three fleet was dangerous to life and limb and was determined to do the house only as high as her arms could reach. The rest of the house could fly off as for as she was concerned. That left the balance of the house to momma. Early in the morning, I could climb five feet high on the ladder, an aluminum affair that any six year old could carry about and raise. Yes, it is one of the extension kind that reaches twenty feet up but you can only climb sixteen feet. Those last few feet never saw die bottom of my sneakers. After an hour, I could add another foot and climb six feet up the ladder and progressively more as the day progressed. By three in the afternoon, I could get all the way up there and view the neighborhood with impunity. It was great, as long as I didnt look down. Looking down made me grab onto die ladder with a steel grip preventing going up any further and certainly stopping me from going down. At least until I took ten good deep breaths and talked myself out of absolute terror. These past few days or rather nights, I have been watching the ESPN channel and the astronauts jauntily taking walks 360 miles off the ground on which I tread. They are joking, working, literally walking on air, while I fight the urge to throw up. I know some of those people who venture where no one dares to go. Yes, they are a very special crew of people. They are dedicated, meticulous, have the ability to ponder a problem and solve it, have families, drive cars, get side and laugh. The ones that I have been fortunate to know have all been through college, usually to an advanced degree andor have served lengthy times in the service of their country. They have a wonderful sense of humor and have the ability to cry when their classmates die. The few that are in space today, walking where once only the gods performed, are not the exception of that ilk. Rather they arc the examples of all of those who are selected to serve in that capacity. What they are doing today is not merely fixing a telescope to thrust our sightasites into space; they are also paving the way for innumerable explorations into Ourselves, both physically and emotionally. Where the human animal has evolved in a very short period of time compared to other life on the planet, and certainly to the planet itself, the philosophical progress has problems not even gone on the Richter scale. We still maim, murder, war, lie, cheat as an animal. Oh, yes, there are the exceptions like Schweitzer and his ilk but how often do you see Albert walking about in your neighborhood? In the animal kingdom, there are grass eaters and meat eaters. The meat eaters have long death dealing teeth and the grass eaters merely grind away. The human animal has both. The meat eater in the wild who kills without the need to eat is termed KfrufTInsane. Yet, in the midst of the madness of todays woiH there are those who will fly above the rest and I salute them. I watch in awe, admiration, and full of prayers to whatever fines are watching over those dedicated people, liiey go into, a cockpit with the understanding that everyone who has had anything to do with the shuttle has done their job with excellence because if they haven4, there is no return. And the ground folk, who have worked on the flying carpet, have done their work with excellence. Can we all say the same thing? I am certain there are those out there who do, who have risen above the test and contributed to human kind, right there in your own neighborhoods and I salute them; I salute the worker, whether a driller or builder or truck driver, who does his job with excellence. I salute the neighbor who is a neighbor in the true tense of the word. After all, we are all we have. Write into the paper and restore feith in fellow beings. Tell the story of someone you know who la that person who does the job with excellence. They also fly with the astronauts. " Everyone is invited to attend. 1 Shopping Suggestion Hazel T. Marrott Buy a book, for a relative or friend, and if you dont have time to read to the end, at least you can know you are on the right track. Give it for Christmas, then borrow it back. My Corner by Howard Stephenson Governor Mike Leavitt has announced he wont be seeking any tax increases in the upcoming legislative session. Even gasoline taxes, which UDOT Executive Director Craig Zwick says need to be increased from the present 19 cents per gallon to 34 cents, will have to wait until after the 1994 legislative elections. Leavitt realizes that although some type of increase may be justified, Democrats and Republicans in the House of Representatives would likely play political games in an election year. A property tax hike for completion of the Central Utah Project is also unlikely as the CUP Funding Task Force (on which I serve) is expected to call for conversion of water loans to cash, bonding, and use of trust funds to pay for the immediate study costs. The task force has discussed the idea that even when construction money is needed in three or four years, property taxes should not be used. Instead, a surcharge on water consumption is being examined as an alternative to property taxes. The State Board of Education School Fee Task Force has called for consideration of a myriad of new taxes to eliminate the charging of fees in Utahs secondary public schools. The first phase would be to totally eliminate textbook fees next year and eliminate other participation fees in the following years. million To replace the $15-$3- 0 now received by schools from parents of school-age- d children, the task forces shopping list includes a new property tax of .0001 to .0002, repealing the current municipal exemption on public power plants, imposing new severance taxes on coil and minerals extracted from the Great Salt Lake, increasing the existing severance tax on metals, and a new tax on the brine shrimp industry. The task force has .also recommended video rental tax, a surtax on tickets to sporting events, a new soda pop tax, higher beer taxes, and an increase in corporate tax rates. The Governors Affordable Housing Task Force, chaired by Lt. Governor Olene Walker, has recommended a real estate transfer tax fee to proand document-recordin- g vide revenues for housing projects. The $50 transfer tax would be split between the buyer and seller. The Governor is supposedly supporting the document tax as a local option. Still other tax hikes are rumored including cigarette taxes and taxes on ammunition. By the beginning of the session on Jan. 17, the list is sure to be much longer. state-subsidiz- ed Corporate tax changes, repeal of sales tax exemptions for school building equalization, and proposed property tax changes to address outcries from homeowners hit by property reappraisals are for sure to be debated. It is likely, too, that the Constitutional Revision Commissions proposed changes to the Tax Article of the Utah Constitution will raise some eyebrows. The current proposal is to provide for the creation of a separate tax appeal board which would operate parallel to the Tax Commission. Chairman Val Oveson, Commissioner Alice Shearer, and outgoing Executive Director Clyde Nichols are pushing for separation of the adjudicative and administra- tive functions of the Tax Commission. Commissioner Roger Tew and several former tax commissioners are opposed. If the constitutional provision for the Tax Commission to administer and supervise" the tax laws of the state is some have suggested, I removed, fear (hat counties would want to do their own thing in administering property and sales taxes. Nobody can be sure how the legislature will react to these tax proposals, but one thing is certain: the coming legislative session will not be a simple one for taxpayers despite the Governor's commitments. u so-call-ed t Well Child Clinic The Well Child Ginic for the South Summit District will be held on Dec. 13. Appointments are required and available, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., at the Summit CityCounty Health Department, 110 North Main, Kamas. For additional information and clinic charges, please call the Summit GtyCounty Health Department at 783-432- 1. Immunization Clinic The Immunization Ginic for the North Summit District will be held on Dec. 14, from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., at the Summit CityCounty Health Department, 85 North 50 East, Coalville. Appointments are not required. For additional information and immunization charges, please call the Summit GtyCounty 9 Health Department at 336451 , ext. 350. Summit County Planning Commission Meeting Notice is hereby given that the Summit County Planning Commission will hold its regular meeting on Dec.14. Agenda: 7 p.m. Regular Meeting - District Courtroom, County Courthouse, Coalville. Consent Items: 1. Crandall Ford Auto Dealership Freestanding Sign Height Approval, Rasmussen Road. Regular Items: 1. Approval of Minutes - Nov. 3, Study Session; Nov. 23, Regular Meeting; 2. Presentation and Discussion, Proposed Chapter 6, Subdivision and Site Plan Standards, Snyderville Basin Development Code; 3. Vested Rights Recommendation, Jeremy Ranch Sections 6 and 7: Tom Ellison; 4. Vested Rights Recommendation, Quinns Junction Partnership Property, Quinns Junction: Greg Erikson; 5. Vested Rights Recommendation, Willow Creek Ranches, Old Ranch Road: (forth and Lawrence Read. Chairman and Commission Items; Directors Items; Adjourn. Hoytsvllle Cemetery Budget Hearing A budget hearing for 1994 for the Hoytsvllle Cemetery District will be held on Dec. 15 at 8 p.m. at the Hoytaville Church. The public is welcome and encouraged to attend. Dixie Volleyball Tryouts Second tryouts for the Dixie College Womens Volleyball Team will be held on Saturday, Dec. 18, in the old college gym, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. For more information, contact Jill ' ext. 383. or Swaney at 634-03- 673-481- 04 1, Immunization Clinic The Immunization Ginic for the South Summit District will be held on Dec. 21, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., at the Summit CityCounty Health Department, 110 North Main, Kamas. Appointments are not required. For additional information and immunization charges, please call the Summit GtyCounty Health Department at 783-432-1. Summit County Crime Hotline Gtizena of Summit County, this is our home, get involved! Call Sheriffs Crime Hotline, ? RtWjUcli PftTlTnffl(jfaTITffi fifao ffffifoa tWfp 0BdEEES)Qfl$8blSS3HnBl3l Slflaf '3 5 fo r. c ulVc a r s71 1 TN j |