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Show 1 VariWl 6ftfM Wedndoy, August 2 1,1 985 U.S. budget like aspirin for a tumor DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS &OIMG- TO COST TO CrET THESE KIDS BACK IN SCHOOL ? ByJackWallis ; 1 1 v i object, just fet nnn It's back Uintah County's largest employer will crank-up its first day of regular business Monday after a three month vacation. Public schools are big business. They involve over one-fourth of the population of the county, roughly 6,000 students and about 400 employees. Public education also takes over half of the property tax collections in the county, besides state and federal funds. Education is not cheap. Higher education is becoming more expensive as the costs of operating universities and paying salaries increase. Today more emphasis is being given to private experience and learning centers for children before they are of age to attend kindergarten. These preschool pre-school centers are increasing in numbers to the extent that six are advertised in this week's Express. Is this sign that today's parents are ' more education minded and want their children to achieve and excell faster? Are today's students more advanced scholastically than, say they were 10 or 20 years ago? Most would agree that an education is more important to one's success today than it has ever been. But still how to we measure up? According to the American Institute for Foreign Study which noted at its International Youth Year Day last week, "The international competence 'gap' is widening and U.S. students are falling far behind their foreign counterparts." According to Hency C. Kahn, president presi-dent of the American Institute for Foreign Study, "American young people peo-ple are not prepared to enter the international inter-national arena. They are lacking in foreign language skills and in their knowledge of world geography and history. Their lack of international competence is appalling." Kahn says that the U.S. is the only country in the world where a student PUBLIC FORUM LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Wht it your opinion? Th Eipresi welcome letter i from it! readers concerning any subject pertinent to the Uintih Bavin. While there re no restrict ionj as to contents or reasonable length, letters must be tumttted exclusively to the Express and bear the writer's full name, signature, phone number and address. Names must be printed on political letters but may be withheld (or good reasons If requested on other. All letters art subject to condensation. Extreme restraint To the Editor: "We should use extreme restraint, because it ti Immoral and foolist to destroy what we cannot replace." Hugh Niblcy In Brigham Young on the Environment "Land is an organism. When we see land as a community com-munity to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect. There Is no other way for the land to survive the impact of mechanized man." Aldo Leopold An LDS scholar and a professional forwter are both talking about the same thing: treating land as an organism, with each community of Vernal Express iiiZr ' SI! 03 f ft w a ih If M Vrl I if r-oj C-t", Si n Ve v, Alt'tls.0 It 15J3,ViijJ,lM 111 , , . . f yl Sw , . . . t h---1 I w:-i ., t' V4i . , ., y -4 tej . . . - 8 w? i . S"" J (sS ; . . 4.f cv-"-"! y t- 4riw .r.j iJ 4 -$ tr M Its s.- w4, tr to school can graduate from college without having had one year of foreign language. "How can we hope to accomplish ac-complish the goals of International Youth Year world peace and understanding if our young people cannot communicate with their fellow world citizens." "World peace is only a dream as long as the fact remains that almost 10 million Soviets study English and only 28,000 American students study Russian," Kahn pointed out. With this kind of pressure, what do we given the priorities for learning? In the U.S., obtaining an education is a basic right and everyone should have the opportunity to develop his or her intellect to the point that he may become useful in a pursuit that will support him throughout his life. School days should be one of the most challenging times of one's life. It should also be one of the most enjoyable. en-joyable. It is one of the most important. Schooling is the determining factor of one's life. Good schools, good teachers and good administrators are invaluable. No one can put a price tag on the fountain of success that our school systems represent. For this reason we congratulate our school students as they start their official studies Monday and challenge them to do their best and make good use of their time and talents while going through the learning period of their lives. Also to the teachers and associates we know they realize that they are being be-ing trusted with the most valuable asset our community possesses. We hope that seeing student progress through the years is incentive enough to keep good people in the education field in spite of the small salary. They are important. This next week as school starts again, we salute the teachers and administrators in our area schools. plants and animals being unique in all the world. Brown's Park is such a place an amazing biotic community communi-ty which, until now, has been largely managed for its unique habitat and solitude for human visitors. Now a paved all-weather road is proposed pro-posed through the Brown's Park cor-' ridor, and we are asked to believe that there will be no adverse Impact, only benefit and advantage "progress" as it were. Well it seems to me that the advantage, advan-tage, if any, will be for motorked man, and that sportsmen and wildlife will get the short end of the slick. A few points in this regard should be made. 1) Brown's Park has perhaps the mol valuable habitat for wintrrinfi big game and xm game animals in the Immediate Hi slate area, Some (tame animals come as far as eighty mites to winter here. The climate ts mild and overwintering comparatively easy. 2 Brown's Park has Wen mtw4 as wildlife habitat, and a pavrd road md4 conflict in many ays Hh this us. Mh rmtney has been --t in an tiUyft to prrs4rnT that habitat, to build up the late animal hTd, and to make the Gtrrn llivrr brio Ue tlamicfi Trtfte Dm lb? on!)- blue rib-bnfl rib-bnfl Irwt habitat in the state, Jl It U ufxlrar ho, as the county f ommissiofiffS would havt US tcHrve, ftrff3tjpJ vi?i!a!in to thf jtrtmfl'i parti mrri'if wjJ4 infftn U qiWjri har.Un and fhir-I in ih ftf a .tht WCr,!r ar jr U any k&e. al Is UmspumX 14 8 thihl 4) (WVw:tn t4 i p4r4 tmi a!4 i?;mta!e tf ftnirnKi f fentr,tn-f hcntwi t laM, ta-.rtmit8 hwti:j;4 M t .Vf!e?r r.ain!a"4w4 a4 mi lhal -rm-1 tSti i'-h fr.aMCemr4 (4 this at-M as ti r-i?e $n4 i'h tfii ertct 4 tit, ; tt-4tnl tr P--t Ne r - n IK r 1A ra'c1 tf (,V4, ''---K tft : rs -. r!?itV'T.-5 f ij-tj't't - f a rt-r' s1 ,! f -- -i ' -: r- '4 ' , e fj" t 1 - IK .4, j-stc-f 5i t '"- t ; ? ff 5 By Cesar V. Conda U.S. Chamber of Commerce Economic Analyst A sigh of relief could be heard from people across this nation when the House and Senate finally agreed on a budget plan for fiscal year 1986. Some politician have scurried home to their districts declaring to their constituents that the budget plan has "solved the deficit problem and put the American economy back on the road to sustained sustain-ed economic growth." But upon close inspection, the budget really doesn't do much of either. While we should be thankful that Congress avoided balancing the budget on the backs of the American people with tax increases, we should not celebrate the fact that we will be saddled with deficits of historic proportions pro-portions for the foreseeable future. The budget plan just won't achieve its goal of cutting the Federal deficit by $56 billion next year and $277 billion over the next three years. Why? First of all, the plan exempts almost one-third of the budget from any spending restraint. It contains no changes in cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) for Social Security and other entitlement programs, and automatic COLAs have been one of the driving forces behind the explosion of government govern-ment spending in recent years. The government would have saved about $30 billion dollars over three years from a one-year COLA freeze which would not have caused any great pain. Senate Republicans put forth a cor-ageous cor-ageous budget proposal that incorporated incor-porated a one-year COLA freeze, several program terminations and substantive domestic reductions that would have saved $295 billion over three years, bringing deficits under $100 billion by 1988. However, with the leadership of both parties in the House and the White House united in opposition opposi-tion to a Social Security COLA freeze, the senators were forced to back down. The compromise budget plan also rejects most of the deep program cuts and terminations proposed in the original Senate budget plan and substitutes mild freezes and reductions. reduc-tions. Jn fact, many of the domestic reductions are illusory cutbacks and speculative managerial changes rather than "hard" programmatic cuts in government spending. For example, ex-ample, the budget resolution: continued on page 4 tion of bighorn sheep into their historical range in Brown's Park. A paved road with the anticipated increased in-creased visitation will probably preclude the option. 7) Public Law 90-540 establishing the Flaming Gorge National Recreational Area specified the need to protect Brown's Pork to compensate for the loss of habitat caused by the flooding. Now it is proposed to further displace wildlife by increasing human pressure on that habitat? Reminds me of when my brother ued to hog all of the covers on the bed I Ic'd tale a Utile bit at i time until 1 had none. 8) Nunc of the altenuthe routes provide pro-vide a shorter route la flaming Gorge from any major highway In Wyoming or Colorado. U that i tht cae. then we can only conclude that !he main pur-pie pur-pie that a road wtQ mt.c I to devrli-.p the corridor. That is prrriaely hat we do rt need, U cannot be justified t build uih a road r t'e few rentdmls that row inhabit Brovn's Park.. The pftijiwJ road -hrmh Brawn's Park may Mt jwt t ttotbrr road, but mrrmrage eonrenvd citi?iu to con SiW the lof-4 trf m :rr-p lirations. The tlntah Omty pn'.iti-al etatl(thmrtil anrmUy th to tntire that i t yjaM rmjte ihrm.h lb-u County iU t'7ta t'intah Cmty busirwM-s, p.oat'.s, t. are symptom of &tr mod-rn diea-the atottely tnincSIrt tornpuiaion to ffl Ame-hrf1,ftyhrte. f Ai'T. A Its tfiv thf ;ch I'rni Par k !l -itw many that thrt It Kurifthing As tii'm fi'-i r ' ;? that dert.sinftt ate iay tieg ftva'ts af4 laf4 hkh i!l ti j.fc rrf f ctjr-taUrdi. tl f hiMrfl rTit t tal fr'STi wrf rarrt., trt? 3 trim (Wifnl wes!44 f afr'.jj Jyr f,l :. tani 8ff p-t. t rM'tne-'f. gn.-J ( riif ija! j t r-tf -e-rtv-i f .! : ;f-.e in V?nr yp ?W . it 'r.a I d : : e J i. b f ev gfij-csr irMtiei If frW-S "ir"h i?'P""a'l t-?-p f'ft jr'" ts Sr4 :i ' n tv? 1 " Jsf -Vf ir t.al iVei Ksre fcir-.t.''1 g ye s-. fa i- j- T W jr 'srai. THE VOICE OF BUSINESS C-Haoir-faDsning tales of the DBS: The sequeD By Richard L. Lesher President Chamber of Commerce of the United States Hollywood loves a sequel. Topping today's movie listings are followup films like "First Blood II," the third "Mad Max" adventure and the umpteenth ump-teenth James Bond. Also popular are horror sequels expect no rest until there is a "Friday the 13th the 13th." Given that Washington provides stranger-than-fiction story lines that would put Hollywood to shame, it was only a matter of time before the funhouse on the Potomac got into sequels se-quels as well. And who better to make us squirm again than those acknowledged masters of the "horror story" genre, the folks at the Internal Revenue Service. I told you earlier about the scare the IRS boys put into law-abiding business people who suddenly discovered they had to scribble down business mileage every time they pulled up to a stop sign. Then came "Jaws of the IRS II," in which the "revenooers" fell months behind on refunds, shredded letters and hid tax returns. Just as Hultywood is finding it must escalate Die blood, gore and special effects ef-fects with each go-round, the IRS crew has to have been scratching their heads trying to come up with something to top those spine-chillers. But don't worry they didn't let us down. Actually, the latest shocker was hatching hat-ching for some time. Back In VJft, Con-grrs Con-grrs relaxed some restrictions on "Keonh" plans esent (ally personal penlon plans for self employed individual-to put them on a "writy', footing with group plans, Thai's good. What Isn't so gfod is that Conerr alw) required many Keogh plan participants par-ticipants to file the same kind of Speedway reply tvar tvhinr: In rrn to the Inters written 10 the r5i!nf Aug t i f Handy Setsinnl andCatpirrkh. Au. H. e flt l' that pafenu M only on-ly (thoultl, but fr.usl take th rrpnv t.tai.iy Of b-arhif.g Iheif chiJ'Um to May cwrf of Ihe fta.J at writ 1 wrT Whs ibrif admUfg, "W nhnA jipJ inn, Sh fn4 i m. trf ai il intvM to I, i U ? for thiJ4r n to flay. ttfT-eTef,Vt U-r are s mpr.Vf pf ihiMrpti atnrg dry c';irn i!rft pf frtfj IVt? t f hi tf "1 hqs U hcihrf il be j fvU tirfcV. rfa hp f r.ar) cj ff hfrx fvtre.fa', h fhr4 N. ft f:-l'f N l S "k Wj lh ei V p4 it. (rf f h n1 I he 1 1 IctIt ha f-. t t:l.f yc Ifjrif fi! fr : W- a r1 6V !M fr.rrf,tis?.. Vie t' "o Jif i'-o i tih fX if.iutfisk'.e ''when rfnefT- f i-s1 .-m cevif i ; c-"t Js 4 i 9 -t taf fa tini-n We fv '' f ' MT f ( r-' 4 t. ' i1-"" f Uttl fit e - tl" . If -r? - . " v" 'r 5 t 5 nej W f -- -r "r - Sx-pf c i " f -f -- lengthy reports required of group plans. That's a burden most individuals in-dividuals can't carry off, especially since the information required to fill out the forms is generally not in their possession and the form contains three errors! But that isn't even the worst of it. What's really bad is that in three years, the IRS hasn't anything to tell individual in-dividual plan participants about the new filing requirement. Yes, the IRS ' did a press release on the new form some time back and it printed a notice in the IRS bulletin, a publication read mostly by tax lawyers, which was reprinted in the Federal Register. But tell me do you sit down and read the Federal Register before you sit down and do your taxes? Neither do I and neither, I would wager, do a pretty fair share of the 663,000 Keogh plan participants par-ticipants who probably do their own taxes. For many of these taxpayers, the first news they have of this filing requirement re-quirement was to have been a "Greetings" from the IRS-with a bill enclosed for 25 for each day after August 1 they hadn't filed. Given the IRS's track record this year, they would have received those notices sometime in "Engrained in our concept of due process." wrote late Supreme Court Justice William Douglas, "is the requirement re-quirement of notice." That was especially the case when "circumstances "cir-cumstances which might move one to Inquire as to the necessity of (compliance) (com-pliance) are completely lacking." It may be entertaining when the great white hark springs out of the blue in the movie, but it Un'l so much fun when the IRS puts the bite on innocent tapayrrs without so much s a word of warning, The IRS knew, for the most part, who the Ke parttcipantl A far a callir-g the Whrf party i--olvrd "gui:ty"-thjil U im-Iy n" 11 Cat Nnf w ihe Jeitrf ir.teniVd U in timUJate that iihewa Mr Krltfh. in jtmjf twrrrn. hy dd yo ti mer'.jnn the herwc meas.jrie rfj frtrfv H Tin-.n n la ?:r brt cr, arxj im mJwtriy attrnej to Mintly in a vrty JfT4jfnl rhaftfief pr? htn;? MrtW rttfrtTi freiM M m N t.f!rr.mcrM fr brf at ' tfmi f.rr, he tl'c-, (jj lh f !,,!;? g in-, in-, nn rJ. J-t Kfl i. t-'-o t- V t-- i-c t el en n(in ;-r t. if4ati!-g pel I I vs!r.!j e wtjJ4 M hMi!!4 Im f '!t tvaiT, r4 t ;afc-!'t ri- f.el r;g that iv:!t a cTi -"l tf a U (!:-, I he tf- I Whefl f ! c-4 f4 .J.:.ti as vri ,;'p--.1 ft ha Jhe r- (''f S"-'? W i, h 4 t-i I "t if !v.t f - 1 i ty Iwr. fr.ii j.s-i'i t. . .Tit ii. ! r- ft n k1 sf - r i .jjTiitJ -' r-r r-'-i- c-it-t. ic1 ?. t f'J't f-ar 4 hri if !v cj-i I 1 ,4 r' i'it. Tn f.s h r't if I'M r I -u-K f -.' J ' (t1 - Sit 'i r.-f I1 f-j were, and greater efforts should hvae been made to let them know about the filing requirement. Every good cliff-hanger ends with the good guys escaping harm at the last minute and sure enough, the IRS backed down and extended the time for Keogh participants to file. The date of the announcement: why, August 1, of course. The IRS also claimed that invididual taxpayers, without partners, part-ners, don't have to answer all the questions. But once again, the shear-'em or scare-'em crew on Pennsylvania Avenue missed the larger point. They have a tremendous power to disrupt people's lives ( the threat of a J25-a-day fine would disrupt mine) and that power should be used judiciously, not aggressively. When it is not as it was not In the Keogh case until the last minute a grisly finale Is in order: the sight of heads rolling at the IRS. Dispatch... Continued from pogt I Aug. 21. The problems stem from compatibility of radio equipment. Monday L'intah County installed an Emergency Medical Service (EMSi repeater on Blue Mountain, The repeater will dispatch all emergency services, ambulance and bfital. on a separate frequency, said l'intah County Sheriff Arden Sir art, Ihiwever, the new fmjuewy for the MS cannot be ued on cvMing equipment, Stewart Mid Nr equipment equip-ment haS Urn acquired to rrtolve the problem, "If there are m ether prx-ycm. all failles Swul4 I rn IN iem b-iffirrw," Sir aft Mi Tes4sy , "We've .-4 &r f-esks at-4 3:!rV Mid lM-rt T ivnard, Vernal City IVu e bwl we have had rt pf -cA km than I efx !H 0t4 t4 th a"eji WA last e-k Whefl thspatf h t'el'.ief cj.rr lef Jetty imfni( k te ?x rat t4 frf p t frasx) fl late Mftet, Vrfr.al Ci'y P-Iif . has t" fdjne4 l'.o ((', tt the a' h IJ'sler-l jr.?; it tr.W-.r- li'.y t( ,M rfc4erbeT.fati' t4 thf U'vtt fef h f rtnaoJialcJ fJlejiVh i while, J.!e- aft eaitj. ?3 f e f jr-:( y t",c;'. r t ." 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