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Show Vernal Express, Wednesday, April 13, 2005 C3 Tax deadline closes in Once again, the April 15 due date is facing us. For the average aver-age taxpayer, that means it's finally time to take the shoe box and head to the tax preparer. pre-parer. It's hard to imagine why he or she has waited so long. After all, the vast majority of filers receive a refund from Uncle Sam. For the rest of the taxpayers who owe, it's also the time to take the shoe box to the tax preparer and hope that there's enough in the checking or savings account to cover the amount due. For those of you who are tax preparers, there's plenty of time for sleep after April 15. First things first. You probably prob-ably already know that Friday, April 15 is the last day to mail in your tax return. You may even know that you have until April 15 to make a contribution to your IRA.. But did you know that you can file for an automatic auto-matic extension of time to file your tax return? Did you also know that just because you get longer to file your return, you still have to pay all of the tax you owe by April 15. An anonymous anony-mous source once said, "Taxes:. Of life's two certainties, the only one for which you can get an automatic extension." Remember, that's an automatic extension to file, not pay. The following are a few thoughts of other Americans who love tax season too. "The income tax has made more liars out of the American people than golf has. Even when you make a tax form out on the level, you don't know when it's through if you are a crook or a martyr." - Will Rogers "This (preparing my tax return) is too difficult for a mathematician. It takes a philosopher." phi-losopher." Albert Einstein "The Taxpayer. That's someone some-one who works for the federal government, but doesn't have to take a civil service examination." exami-nation." Ronald Reagan, U.S. President "The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government." Barry Goldwater, U.S. Senator "The Dime: a dollar with all the taxes taken out." Anonymous "Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt." Herbert Hoover, U.S. President "It is the duty of a good shepherd shep-herd to shear his sheep, not to skin them." Tiberius Caesar "Death and taxes may be certain, cer-tain, but we don't have to die every year." Anonymous "Only the little people pay taxes." Leona Helmsley, hotel owner "I am proud of paying taxes. The only thing is, I could be just as proud for half the money." Arthur Godfrey "The ancient Egyptians built elaborate fortresses and tunnels tun-nels and even posted guards at tombs to stop grave robbers. In today's America, we call that estate planning." Bill Archer "People who complain about taxes can be divided into two classes: men and women." "A tax loophole is 'something that benefits the other guy.' If it benefits you, it is tax reform." Russell B. Long, U.S. Senator "Compare this (40 percent to 75 percent total local, State and Federal tax rate) to the plight of medieval serfs. They only had to give the lord of the manor a third of their output and they were considered slaves. So what does that make us?" Daniel J. Mitchell, economist. r -i KwftWMtf ' fajWtf The Amur of t iqht Chew receives DEKALB award Austin Jorgensen Jorgensen receives Arrow of Light Austin Rae Jorgensen, son of Jason and Sheri Jorgensen, received his Arrow of Light Award, along with all 20 activity badges at Troop 233 pack meeting meet-ing on March 23. Austin is a member of Vernal 1st Ward and has been very active in the troop. Marilyn Thacker was Austin's Den Leader. Austin stated he would like to thank her for all her help and dedication to him and to the troop. Marlynn Chew of Jensen was recently presented the school's highest agricultural honor, the DEKALB Agricultural Accomplishment Award, sponsored spon-sored by Monsanto Company. Marlynn, daughter of Scott and Tami Chew, received the award for excellence in academics, aca-demics, leadership and agricultural agri-cultural work experience. Marlynn's significant experiences experi-ences and accomplishments have included holding the title of President of the Uintah FFA Parliamentary Procedure Team for two years, acting as the 2003-2004 Parliamentarian of her FFA Chapter, completing her SAE projects which included includ-ed raising sheep and goats. Marlynn acted as 2004-2005 President of her FFA Chapter and has received her State FFA Degree. David Wilson is Marlynn's agricultural education instructor instruc-tor at Uintah High School. Over the past 58 years, more than 152,000 high' school seniors from across the country coun-try have received the DEKALB Agricultural Accomplishment Award which has become a symbol for excellence and the school's highest agricultural honor. In 2004, over 2,100 students stu-dents from 49 of the 50 states were recognized with this award. As the winner of the 2005 award, Marlynn Chew's name will be recorded on a permanent plaque displayed at Uintah High School. Monsanto, a long time supporter sup-porter of agricultural educa- V ..' f' . V.,1. . . . t' . . Marlynn Chew welcomes visitors to tion, FFA, 4-H and other farm youth organizations and initiatives, ini-tiatives, has spnsored the DEKALB Agricultural Accomplishment Award, named for its brand of seed, since 1998. the FFA year-end banquet. Monsanto is a leading global provider of technology-based solutions and agricultural products that improve farm productivity and food quality. For more information about Monsanto, visit their website atwww.monsanto.com. is? ,s WE CAN HELP! 91 N. 100 w. 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