Show I This week begins the period of lime time required for the publication of a notice of ot Intention intention in In- to establish the Uintah Hospital Special Service District In Uintah County At a public hearing to be held August 29 at 8 pm p.m. In the Vernal Junior High School auditorium all protests against the establishment of a hospital district to allow funding up to 52 million by taxation of property will be heard If 50 percent of the qualified voters in Uintah County sign a written request 15 days after the hearing the project will be abandoned otherwise th the County Commissioners will proceed to conduct a bond election in iJ which a majority of the voters must approve before the hospital special service District can tax for the specified money needed to build a new hospital This hearing is an important time for the planning of our new hospital facility It is a time when all the rumors and misunderstandings should be cleared up and the cards placed on the table There is no doubt about the fact that a new modern modem medical facility costs money They cost money to build and they also cost great sums to maintain and operate But so does any other business ven ven- ture To replace our rural substandard substandard substandard sub sub- standard care acute-care bed 31 general practice hospital which presently operates on a temporary license with a modern bed 48 complex medical medical- specialty-intensive specialty care facility could be one of the best business investments we could have if we are areto areto areto to grow in population as forecast due to the oil shale and tar sands developments At some time lime or other almost everyone is going to need th the facilities of a good hospital The time is now right and property taxation is is' isa a fair way to raise the money needed to provide such a facility Those with large financial holdings pay more property taxes than those With just small small investments Over half of the taxation will be paid by large companies operating within the county Now is the time to get behind the hospital project to keep it going The issue will soon be decided and the sooner the project can get to the construction construction construction con con- stage the less expensive ex ex- expensive pensive it will be We hope every concerned county resident will become informed on the issues and lend their support to this ambitious saving life-saving facility We have had a few responses to our appeal for a new approach approach approach ap ap- ap- ap to get the spirit of cleaning up private property in our community One suggestion stated not to ask for volunteers to organize a cleanup drive we should do it ourselves Another suggestion was to employ all bodied able-bodied welfare recipients to go around and clean up the area in return for what they receive from the government A return to the old and organized work projects popular during and after the great depression was suggested Another suggestion was to enforce laws requiring cleanup of unsightly property or run sort of a police state One of the biggest problems in a community cleanup project Is to determine what is unsightly unsightly unsightly un un- un- un sightly and what is not Admittedly Admittedly Ad Ad- some are obvious but butto butto butto to some what may appear as a junk yard is an organized business to another What and whose criteria do we use to determine what is unsightly and what is not When it comes right down to it can we force property owners to maintain attractive premises We must inspire e ethem them with enough individual and community pride that they will want to do their share in helping to make our community more attractive Nothing works as well as community pride When people want to have neat attractive yards and homes they will do doall doall doall all they can to see that it Is 15 done The desire must somehow be kindled to get the action going The fhe same applies to good schools roads police pollee protection protection tion lion recreation and medical facilities Nothing worthwhile in this world comes without some kind of sacrifice hard work money time planning and cooperation It is how we put these attributes t together that taunts counts |