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Show Page Two - The Springville Herald - February 4, 1982 The Springville Herald (UPS 513-060) Published Weekly at by Art City Publishing Co., Inc. 161 South Main Street Phone 489-5651 ' Martin W. Conover Oneita Sumsion Margaret R. Fleenor Entered as second class matter at the Post Office, 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 Don Strong Legislative report The 44th Legislative session concluded just a few minutes ago. As the clock struck midnight one of the Legislators arose to inform the body that once more the Constitution had rescued the citizens of the State of Utah. ' I am always impressed that 104 elected representatives comprising com-prising a House and Senate can deliberate as a Legislature and create laws and appropriate monies through a centuries cen-turies old process which stems back to Parliment and Magna Cara. I feel it a privilege to participate in the time honored and proven methods of the Legislative system. This year the Legislature Appropriated about 1.85 Billion Dollars and passed over one hundred pieces of Legislation. I felt that the session was well organized and performed its necessary lasks without too much Conflict and with almost a spirit of cooperation. There were several reasons why the session went rather smoothly. The first reason was the new budgeting system from the Governor's office. The Governor had jwo budgets. The first was a no frills, basic no increase budget. It was easier to determine what was done in the past and what was desired by the Agency for the future. Past sessions dealt in detail trying to find out what new increases were hidden in the budgets. This year it was easy to see what was being increased. in-creased. The decisions could then be toward the need and the availability of funding. The second reason was a better spirit of cooperation between the Governor's office and the Republican leader r meeb CAPITAL to mm On,cts in NEVADA UTAH IDAHO Where money gets down to business! Helping to finance growth since 1953 212 SOUTH STATE STOREM, UTAH 225-8166 Springville, Utah 84663 I Publisher ' Editor Managing Editor, ship. Much more advance work and notice came out of the Governor's office before the session started. star-ted. With the budget approval ap-proval process being smoother, the rest of the session also went smoother. One of the major decision for the session was the 10.5 percent salary increase for public employees and education. Another major decision was to not spend the newly acquired mineral lease funds from the Federal Government but form a committee to determine how the $45 million should be spent. In the Spring the Legislature would go back into special session to see if the committee recommendations would be adopted and the money appropriated. The most mail I received was regarding the concealed weapons bill from concerned citizens who wanted a change in the law to allow concealment for hunting and target weapons. The bill passed easily. The second most intense item was the money market provisions of the Banking Law. The sponsor of the bill withdrew the proposed legislation early in the session. There were several bills on driving under the influence of alcohol. The first included a mandatory man-datory two-day jail sentence for conviciton and the second calls for a 30-day impoundment of the automobile driven by the person arrested for DUI. Liquor taxes were raised to offset a deficit in school lunch funds and the cigarette tax was raised. The severance tax on oil and gas which I j We arrange all types of loans for business and professional persons on your Commercial Property improved or unimproved un-improved paid for. or not. A. Open letter Library refutes I am replying to the letter from Wanda Clinton, January 28, 1982, since there were inaccuracies inac-curacies in the newspaper account and an implied attack upon my 'integrity and intelligence. The first inaccuracy was the headline implying that the writer was a resident of Springville while in fact she resides in Mapleton. Another inaccuracy was the claim she was given a run-around run-around while in fact she was the person in violation of the rules not the librarians. The Springville Public Library is supported by taxes paid by citizens of Springville. The purpose of the library is to provide learning materials, resources and services to the public. All items checked out of the library are still public property. Failure to return these items results ir. a public line and a legal debt. The only reason people are fined is because of their failure to adhere to the rules. If everyone returned all library materials after the allotted time of the loan there would be no fines. When a patron fails to return an item, other patrons are denied the use of public materials and replacement of unreturned items must be made from city taxes unless the public library can retrieve overdue items. To retrieve overdue items amnesty was granted for the entire month of December (Herald, December 3 1981 1 for patrons to return overdue items without charge. Still there are over 2000 overdue items that were checked out in 1981 that have not been thought would pass did not pass. At the time the bill came up for vote the budget was in balance and the money wasn't needed for the budget. Most of the money goes into future impact needs so that I was somewhat surprised it didn't pass. The coal severance tax did not come up for vote. There were several bonding bills, the regular number of "streamline the government" bills, and a full quota of bills which were non-budgetary non-budgetary in nature that will have to wait until next year. Most publicized of the non-budgetary non-budgetary bills was probably the cable t.v. bill which sought to regulate the quality of movies and programs shown on cable t.v. There will be plenty to consider in the next session. There were some Constitutional amendments amend-ments which I discuss in my next report. board chairman letter claim returned to the library. At a replacement cost average of $10, that is over $20,000 of your taxes that would be required to replace these materials. This problem is what promoted the letters to patrons of overdue items. A library fine is similar to a police fine. It results from a person's failure to obey the rules and law. Failure to pay a police fine results in the issuance of a summons commanding tne person to appear before the - judge at a given time and a warrant for arrest is issued to people not responding to the summons. sum-mons. No pleasant reminder is sent to violators. The Springville Public Library policy for overdue items is as follows: (1) Overdue policies are explained when patrons are issued library cards; (2) Three days after an item is overdue the patron is called on the phone and reminded that the book is overdue; (3) At the end of the month another phone call is made to the patron; (4 Other phone calls are made during the year to patrons with overdue books; and (5) At the end of the year a letter is sent to patrons of overdue books indicating that if the overdue items are not returned this will be given to the city attorney. at-torney. If the letter seems threatening it should because the patron receiving it has been given at least three prior notices and is in violation of the law. For some reason, however, some people do not feel the same responsibility for fines owed the public library that they do to other local government institutions. Since Mapleton has no pulic library, residents of Mapleton may purchase a courtesy library card for $4 per family. For this privilege all they must do is adhere to the same policies and procedures as Springville residents. When Mrs. Clinton came to the public library to pay for a lost book, the librarians were courteous and accepted her payment. They tried to explain library policies but she kept complaining loudly about the "threatening" letter, and keeping other patrons from receiving service. I was in the library as a patron so I investigated the embarrassing situation. I explained the problem of overdue books and the library policy to retrieve overdue books. She refused to listen to my explanation and in stead Mrs. Clinton of Mapleton told me what the Springville Library policy should be. Then I tried to subtly suggest if she could not adhere to the policies of the Springville Public Library that she not use it, but she evidently did not catch my meaning. This incident illustrates another serious problem of the public library. Most citizens are responsible, abide by the library policies and are appreciative ap-preciative of the materials and services available at the public library. A few, however, abuse their library privileges and feel no responsibility to return items they have checked out. They evidently do not realize that unreturned overdue public library book and other items become stolen public property and such people are in violation of the law and must accept the legal (and I would hope moral and ethical) consequences con-sequences of their actions. ac-tions. Recently, some delinquent patrons who have been sent a letter requesting that they return their overdue books have come to the public library and have verbally abused and threatened the librarians. Such action is despicable and repugnant! I wonder if these people threaten judges, police, or other city employees when called to account for their delinquent actions? It is ironic that some library patrons, who receive letters informing them of their delinquent debt to the city blame the librarians and those citizens who voluntarily give of their time to govern the public library, for their own delinquent and irresponsible behavior rather than accept the responsibility for what they have done and correct it in a descent and courteous manner. It seems to me that instead of those few persons who feel they can violate library policies with impunity and then attempt to transfer the responsibility for their wrong doing by being indignant and rude to our fine librarians, it should be the taxpaying and law abiding citizens who should be indignant toward these abusers and supportive of the community. com-munity. Dr. C. Gam Coombs Chairman Springville Public Library Board Rabies clinic Saturday The annual rabies clinic is being held here on Saturday from 1 to 3 p.m. Residents are reminded to bring their cats or dogs, on a leash, to the Springville Fire Department. Rabies shots will be $5 and city dog license fees will be $3. Local veterinarians and reserve police officers are donating their time to the annual clinic, sponsored spon-sored by the Utah State Veterinary Association. Rabies shots should be given every tow years, but license fees must be renewed annually, a police dispatcher said. - It BY It this vjeeh The Oakland Ballet will present a special Brigham Young University lyceum series performance perfor-mance Saturday ( Feb. 6) at 8 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Con-cert Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center. Tickets for the performance are currently available at the Music Ticket Office. 378-7444. The Center for the Study of Christian Values in Literature at Brigham Young University and The Association for Mormon Letters will sponsor "Values and Variety: The Genius of Mormon Letters," a symposium sym-posium on Mormon writing, past and present. Wednesday (Feb. 17), beginning at 9 a.m. in the Varsity Var-sity Theater. The symposium is open to the public with tickets at $3. Tickets for the luncheon are $4 and are available in 279 Jesse Knight Building Annex, BYU. Registration forms are available in 279 JKBA, BYU. Featuring artifacts from ancient and modern cultures throughout the world, the Brigham Young University Museum of Peoples and Cultures will hold a special public open house Thursday and Friday ( Feb. 4-5) in its new facility at Allen Hall. Dr. Dale Berge, curator and professor of anthropology an-thropology and archaeology, said the public is invited to attend the open house from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days. The museum is located at 710 N. 100 East in Pro-vo. Pro-vo. After this week, it will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 5 to 9 p.m. on Mondays for family groups. Special group tours may be taken at other times by appointment. Qpryya a a a n imimrmi a a a a a a mm a a a a G & L FABRIC STORE 5 DAY CLEARANCE SALE February ; FABRIC & NOTIONS fictpf Oranga Tag Specials VARIETY of TOTE BAGS .10-25 Off VESTS or.raw 10 Off VARIETY of 0 BLOUSES & SHIRTS ....25 Off INVENTORY ClOSf-OUT: GIRLS HIGH QUALITY TERRY BLOUSES - 79 INDUSTRIAL THREAD M.25-M.99 spool Discount Cord Holders: An Additional 5 Off fictpf Orwtgt Tag SpKfaii 1655 W. Maple (12 Modi tf Hr. 19 a Maofe Stmt hforstctiM) Mapleton - 489-6471 Weekdays: 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Saturdays: 9:00 a.m. 1:00 p.m. TtXS'fl'fl 5 fl 5 flT5To"fl"ttT'o II tt ft fl ft 6 5 ft HI f-"' ft J'tv$' liniaiini-iitiiiaiiimiiitiriiiifcii i i ilini """" mmmi)llK , yv m rll 1 1 I I ;V M r ; 1 - V 'A lit I -M . i A ill I NSif.- :;:KY- 111 An 1 1-year-old Japanese girl did this painting entitled. "Old School Building." It is being held by Dana (iadd, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Wendell (iadd. Japanese art on exhUlt at Sage Creefc School A Japanese Art display is being shown at Sage Creek School during the month of February. In 1975, during an impressive welcoming ceremony in the city offices in Matsumoto, Japan, the Salt Lake City Sister Cities Committee was presented with a gift of children's art. Ms. Carolyn Caine, in accepting ac-cepting the gift for the city, pledged to share them with as many people as possible. The exhibition consists 8 thru 13 1 0 Of f DISCOUNT RACK 99yd. MatfiV bitarfock Urity ASK ABOUT OUR 10 Off DISCOUNT CARD of 28 works which were selected from schools throughout the city of Matsumoto. The art work was done by children six to 14 years of age and includes painting, drawing and printmaking techniques. The pictures reflect the Japanese childrens visions of the world around them, and have given insight and understanding to those who have viewed them. The public is invited to view this exhibit any time from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays at the school. Anierii-uns tuned in Americans own more radios and televisions than any other nation in the world. There are 623 television sets and 2,048 radios for every 1,000 U.S. citizens. USU Information Richard Friel of the Springville Junior High School weather station predicts a 50 percent chance of snow on Thursday with temperatures ranging from the low 20s to the mid 30s. Friday there should be some clearing with a 10 QGSZJE PRICES EFFECTIVE m BANANA JELLY ROLLS RAISIN FILLED COOKIES MS? 0rgan recjta Sunday t0 feature taeted Lynn Marie Lynn Marie Zemp will present an organ recital on Sunday. Feb. 7 at 7 p.m. in the Springville North Stake Center at 400 N. and 400 E. Mrs. Zemp is a senior at Brigham Young University and is presently studying organ with Dr. Parley Belnap, Ann Marie Zemp FEBRUARY 3 THRU FEBRUARY 1, 19S2 POTATO DOZEN EACH ANGEL CM LARGE SIZE NUT LOAF inAvcc SMlNGVIlLE Downs yndr onie group meeting 1 I A Downs Syndrome support group has been formed for the parents, in Utah County, of Downs Syndrome children of any a age. The first meeting' will be held at 8 p.m. on Thursday, February 11, J; at the Oakridge School,? 1165 Birch Ln, Provo. In? addition to electing of-J ficers and planning future j! topics for discussion, two 5 films obtained from the ' Downs Syndrome Con-e ference will be shown. J The objectives of the J group are to share in-jj formation and feelings, increase community I awareness, be a support J to new parents, and organize political action for legislative purposes. Check gas flames ; A simple method for J checking the efficiency of natural gas burners on! ranges, ovens, water J heaters and furnaces is to look at the color of the flame. A blue flame in- dicates the best mixture of gas and air. Red and yellow flames are less; efficient. USU Information Zemp head of the organ ; department at BYU. She started the study of ! music at eight years of age with Barbara Elison. Later she studied privately with Robert Smith (a BYU music faculty member) and Chester Hill of Orem. Because of her great talent, she has received five superior ratings in the National Junior Festivals. Since coming to BYU to study organ with Dr. Belnap, she has proven herself to be an adept organist with a fine grasp of the instrument. Her program will include in-clude music by Robert Cundick, famed Tabernacle Taber-nacle Organist, Baeley, J. S. Bach, Sigfried Karg-Elert, Karg-Elert, and others. percent chance of snow. Temperatures will be from the mid 20s to the low 40s. Saturday and Sunday shows a 20 percent per-cent chance of snow showers with a temperature ranging from the low 20s to a high of 35 degrees. mm FOOD 2QQ 4 FOR e I l 99 in M . |