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Show "l I - - I I I 1 I 1 I I 1 I " I m IMIIIH Ill 1 Page Two - The Springville Herald - January 22, 1981 I The Springville Herald (UPS 513-060) Published Weekly at Springville, Utah 84663 by Art City Publishing Co., Inc. 161 South Main Street Phone 489-5651 Martin W. Conover Publisher Oneita Sumsion Editor Margaret R. Fleenor Managing Editor Entered as second class matter at the Post Office, Of-fice, Springville, Utah 84663 under the Act of Congress, March 3, 1897. Subscriptions in Advance per year $10.00 Out of County Subscriptions per year $11.50 Per copy 30'. Delivered by carrier, per month $1.00 Member Utah Press Association Weekly Press Association National Newspaper Association Ray Nielsen reports From the legislature V'' Editorial Elected should represent people With a new administration now in Washington, a new legislature in Salt Lake City and a new school board in Spanish Fork we feel it would be well to remind all governing bodies how we feel the system works. Simply stated, those elected to serve on the governing bodies represent us, the common citizen, to the governing body, not the governing body to us, the common citizen. There is a difference. Those representing represen-ting the governing body to the citizen are paid "professionals". They're known as under-secretaries, department heads, superintendents, bureau chiefs, city managers, and other such titles. Those representing us are few by comparison com-parison and are known as elected officials, president, congressmen, state legislatures, school board members and city councils. ! We say to you, elected officials, remember, no matter how wonderful a progrom may sound, or how much "good" it may do us, who are often times considered con-sidered stupid by those "paid professionals," profes-sionals," we have to pay for those fine "services" at the expense of how we may til want to spend our money. ; If you don't believe us, leave the key to your car in the ignition, and open the door. IT. 7 -"V 1 . jl 1 n mwr a uia you enjoy me Duzzer : we rest our case. The 44th session of the Utah Legislature convened on Monday, January 12. At the end of this first week it has become apparent that there is not enough money to go around unless taxes are raised, and that is highly unlikely. Severe cuts will have to be made in all services, particularly par-ticularly in public and higher education. This is because education uses such a large percentage of the budget. I am sure that program cuts in public education will be made that will bring protests from school boards and patrons alike. I don't agree with this trend, but I feel my thinking is not shared by a majority of the legislators. No general tax increases in-creases (that is income and sales tax, etc.) are anticipated, and even the Governor's so-called Strong reports adjustment on property taxes does not seem to have a chance of passing in a form that would bring in any substantial revenue increases. The Governor's proposed severance tax is meeting opposition due to the fact some legislators insist that the cost of the tax would be passed along to the consumer. A case in point would be that UP&L would probably immediately im-mediately as for a rate increase to make up for the additional costs caused by the severance tax on coal. Officials of U.S. Steel, Geneva Plant, insist that the severance tax would be an added production cost to their operation, which due to other government regulations is already marginal at best. Contrary Con-trary to popular belief, a severance tax on coal would have to be levied on all coal produced in the Open letter Visitors praise our city r" mm-" 1 state and not just that which is exported. Finally, the tax which I feel I can most readily support is the gasoline tax. The reason I feel I can support it is that our Springville roads are deteriorating and Jutta Much luck, success and health in the new year to all the people of wish Helmut Weifs from much faster than money Germany. is available to repair At the end of every year them. If we can keep our we choose the most roads in an acceptable beautiful village, town or state of repair the cost to place we have seen in the the taxpayer will be much Dast year. In 1980 we less in the long run. If you have any comments com-ments on what you think that I might find helpful as your representative in the Legislature, please contact me at one of these toll-free numbers: 1-800-662-3368, 1-800-662-3367. If I am not immediately available the operator will take your phone number and I will call you back as soon as I can be located. Ray Nielsen, Representative District 9 Utah House of representatives found, that your town with its nice houses, green parks and the lake in the background left the best impression in our minds. It's comparable with some places we have seen the last years in Norway and Switzerland. Go on in doing so fine and you will have many satisfied visitors in the coming years, also from overseas. It is said that if a spider crawls toward you, you are in for a-quarrel. SV " Saf nil. T!w& i&i.'Vhij. j VSimflS FAMILY 2 PARTi sumnt ROBERT f. LOGAN SUSAN DAMANTE S HEATHER RATTRAY HAM LARSEN A PACIFIC INTCRNATIONAL ENTERPRISES INC RELEASE IIUISII THEATRE PAYSON STARTS FRIDAY LIMITED ENGAGEMENT SHOW TIMES 7:20 9:00 MATINEE SAT. 2:00 p.m. FIRST OF THE WEEK SPECIALS EVERY MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY (Between the hours of 3 p.m. and 9 p.m.) YOUR CHOICE OF$-fl 29 DININfcKS DtLUW FRIED FISH DINNER BREADED VEAL PATTIES HAMBURGER TEAK Each of the above dinners includes: Choice of Mashed Potatoes and Gravy; French Fries; Baked Potato and our Special Toast (no take out orders) " BRING THE FAMILY EVERY MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY FOR BIG SAVINGS OPEN DAILY FROM 1 1 TO 9 00 Closed Sundays FRIDAY S SATURDAY 1 1 TO 9 30 I SPANISH FORK TT" .. PR0V0 jjg 985 North yHiiIi WJI!JIm 1460 North D Main Street I'i'fU! 'Iff "HI) State Slreet Phone 798-2885 j.ffljrlyj Phon37Mt2 The Legislature is now in its second week. I have been impressed by two things which are obvious about this 44th Legislature. First, this Legislature was well organized to begin its session. For the first time the Legislature passed a bill on the first day. The Committee work started quickly and the process is moving along better than I have seen it. Second, my observation is that this is a Legislature which is forced by the economic climate of the State into a very "tight-fisted" mold. I will try to review in general the economic climate by starting with the budget message of the Governor. The trouble with the budget message is that the budget presented by the Governor is un-balanced. un-balanced. The Legislature by law must pass into law an appropriation ap-propriation bill which is in balance. This is to say that the revenues estimated by the Governor must be in balance with the expenditures ex-penditures authorized by the Legislature to be spent by the State Agencies. Historically the revenues were understated un-derstated and were hopefully conservative. This usually caused a situation of not spending what we collected and the State would have a surplus sur-plus at years end. The Legislature would come back the next year and spend the surplus on buildings, critical school buildings or other onetime one-time expenditures. However, during the last few years there has teen a tendency in the mi Governor's office to state the revenues less conservatively, con-servatively, which caused a situation where the revenues being estimated at a higher level meant there was more money to spend and thus more ongoing on-going projects and programs could be funded. fun-ded. As long as the revenue estimates were close to actual revenue the system worked. However, this last year the revenues were not what they were estimated to be. In fact, there was a shortfall which required the Legislature to go into a special session to correct. We had to reduce the State budgets to fit the actual money. The adjustment was a 3-' 2 percent reduction in agencies (including schools) funded from the general fund and a 7.2 percent reduction in the transportation fund. The budgets we are looking at this year are impacted by those reductions before we start to review them. As I said, the Governor's budget is out of balance. In order to meet the spending level requested by the Governor, the Legislature would have to pass tax increases of roughly $100,000,000.00 (One Hundred Million Dollars). Thus, if the Legislature will pass tax increases, the Legislature can fund the Governor's requested budget. This causes a major problem, because I don't see this Legislature passing very many tax increases. If the Legislature doesn't pass the tax increases, in-creases, then the Legislature must reduce the budgets. We have been instructed by the appropriations committee com-mittee to prioritize programs and remove entire programs with the guideline that we remove those programs which least serve the citizens of the State. The cutting out of programs is a very painful process, but if the legislature is not going to raise taxes, it is the only other alternative. The economic reality puts a real damper on new programs and new Legislation. I hope that the cutback in programs can act like a pruning of State Government. I tx'lieve we can be more efficient and do more things with less money. The State Government's problems are mirrored by Eagle recognition banquet Jan. 29 :f ' fS frrf m -. " : " YQBmmft The Utah National Parks Council Eagle Recognition Banquet will be held January 29 at Brigham Young University. Hobble Creek District Scouts who earned the Eagle badge in 1980 will join with others in the council as guests at this banquet. Hobble Creek District produced 35 Eagle Scouts in 1980. This is a vast improvement over years past, said Richard Anderson, An-derson, the local scouter in charge of screening all of the Eagle Applicants. The record is 42, some years ago, he said. Each Eagle indicates his vocational choice and then a "sponsor" is assigned from a list of dozens, of people in various "professions. An effort :is' made to have each Eagle Scout taken to the Recognition Banquet at BYU by someone from the profession the Eagle has chosen for his life's work. This enables the boy to find out a little more about his interest and also get to know someone new in his life. Many "sponsors" ask to be included year after year because of the memorable experience this affords them, as well. the experiences of most of us. We are having to cut back and be more efficient ef-ficient and I believe the State Government can also cut back and be more efficient. There are going to be some real problems caused by the only alternatives we have, but as I said to start-the Legislature is organized well and has been addressing ad-dressing the problems early. There are a lot of rumors about the terrible things that are going to happen but let me give one word of caution. Rumors are easily started but we'll have to see what the final results are going to be. Those results won't iome until the end of the session and I would think that the end result will not be as devastating as some people are saying, native of raising taxes or cutting programs out of iHidgets. I see a no-win situation. We will probably not be able to make very many people happy with this Legislative year, but I have enough confidence in the Legislature to U'lieve that it will address ad-dress the problem in a reasonable and prudent manner. I fee! a lot of pressure, but sometimes you can't make a good situation out of a bad one. SANFORD PAINT & GLASS 400 So & 400 East Springville STORM DOORS AND STORM WINDOWS OFF FREE ESTIMATES ON ANY GLASS JOB One vear old Jessica Gore presenls gills 10 Mrs. Diane Willnsen, Maplelon. win- of the Jessica's Birthday drawing ior expecuuu ...u... ing, which was held January 17. was Grannies' Fabrics which is owned by ner drawing, Jessica's parents. Dennis and Virginia Gore Jessica gives gifts on her birthday The largest cannon in the world is at the Kremlin. The huge gun has never been fired. Words for "old or "senior" gave us the words senator, elder presbyter, guru and veteran. By Venita Roylance Birthday girl, Jessica Gore, year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Gore presented baby gifts to Diane Wittusen, Mapleton. Mrs. Wittusen was the winner in the first Jessica's birthday drawing for expectant mothers, held January 17, at Grannies Fabrics. The gifts included baby clothes, a diaper bag, baby quilt and a $20 gift certificate to Grannies. It is planned that the gift giving will become an annual affair. Mrs. Wittusen is expecting ex-pecting her fourth baby in May and hopes for a daughter to join the three sons she has. "I was really surprised and grateful," she said. "My husband, Ron, has been out of work since November, and these gifts will really help out." The average person has somewhat less than five quarts of blood. Put YOta? clectf iciY budgei on a diet. COFFEE MAKER, 250 a month 100-WATT BULB, 60 a month ICECREAM FREEZER, 30 a month TOASTER, 140 a month SUNLAMP, 450 a month X VACUUM HAND IRON, h LP l CLEANER, 150 a month Pf ELECTRIC FRY PAN, 140 a month ELECTRIC HAIR ROLLERS, 210 a month ELECTRIC CLOCK, 90 a month RADIO, 70 a month Just count kilowatts instead of calories. Estimate your energy costs with the new UP&L publication, "Your , Energy Budget Guide, " available free at any Utah Power and Light office. Find out how much it costs to use all your electrical appliances by job or by the month. 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