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Show Page Two - The Springville Herald ' May :13. 1982 She prittguf Ue Herali. OMMENT PA E Hji t&'' We bare basks aren't altogether forgotten Sitting in front of a newspaper or TV watching or reading about all the latest economic figures leads most of us to forget or overlook the basics of economics. Talk of the gross national product, consumer price index, prime interest rates etcetera numbs us to the real causes of those figures the individual workers. Those basics haven't passed out of the minds of the management of Valtek, Inc. of Springville, as evidenced by their production bonuses given out last Thursday. Thur-sday. The managers of the plant set a goal several months ago, to produce $7.5 million in orders during the last quarter of their fiscal year, and told the employees that if they reached that goal, $100,000 in bonuses would be distributed among them. Even when split among the 282 employees em-ployees at the Springville plant, the $100,000 bonus money would have translated tran-slated into over $350 per worker - a healthy bonus for a three-month period. Of course, that goal was reached and passed, and when the quarter ended the plant had sent out $8.6 million in orders and the bonus was raised to $165,030, or an average $585 for each worker. Company officials cite team spirit as the number one reason for the record production, and team spirit it was. The Valtek incentive program brought the ideas of free enterprise out of the executives' offices and into the hands of the individual workers. If everyone works faster, harder and more efficiently, more goods are produced for less money. The consumers get high quality for a low price, the company expands ex-pands its profits and the employees take ''''''1Mia'''',i,ii' A Valtek employee tries a slice of the cake at ceremonies Thursday afternoon. home more pay. Those are the most basic elements of our economic system. There are many actions that need to be taken to get the American economy back on its feet. They are too numerous to mention in one editorial. But the most basic aspect of any marketplace is its dependence on the individual worker. Valtek is to be congratulated and emulated for its employee incentive program and highly productive final quarter. LETTE 0 (UPS 513-060) Published Weekly by Art City Publishing Co., Inc. 161 South Main Street Springville, Utah 84663 Phone 489-5651 Publisher Martin W. Conover Editor Rodd G. Wagner Managing Editor .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 $11.00. Out of County Subscriptions per year $12.50. Per copy 30'. Delivered by carrier, per month $1.00. - . Member Utah Press Association Weekly Press Association National Newspaper Association For the birds Dear Editor, Thank you for the free Springville Herald. It works great in the bottom of my birdcage. Please don't send any more,1 this one will last a white. Sincerely, A concerned citizen Editor's note: Because the author of the above letter did not sign his-her name, we cannot exclude him-her from our sample circulation. cir-culation. We would, however, like to suggest the purchase pur-chase of another bird or a small puppy to balance things. Editorial missed points Editor: Your recent editorial on President Reagan's Binmv B mm dttOHeilWITEa PRICES EFFECTIVE THRU TUESDAY, MAY 1 8 DOZEN PETITE CINNAMON ROLLS ..On 20 CHOCOLATE ECLAIRS 1 6DC GRANDMA'S OLD FASHIONED BREAD 24 0Z. LOAF 659 CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES ooz.99 FOR HOMEY BRAN ROUJ Q5 1 msm m proposal for tax credits for parents of private school children missed a few crucial points. Not only Utah educators (UEA) and parents (PTA) are against this proposal. The nation's state school superintendents recently issued a statement jointly with the National Association of State Boards of Education denouncing Reagan's educational policies, especially tuition tax credits, charging that the proposal has been made "in the absence of rational and careful consideration. Tuition tax credits do not serve any part of the federal role in support of education, but assist only the 10 percent of the population enrolled in private schools. Fiirthermore, in the first year alone, the cost of tax credits could well be nearly as great as the entire current elementary elemen-tary and secondary federal education budget." The nation's governors through their national conference have voted to oppose tuition tax credits. This list could be much longer of groups to whom this proposal does not make sense. Many congressmen are opposed, op-posed, and I suggest all of these groups have two very important considerations con-siderations - economics and the Constitutional principle of separation of church and state. You too lightly dismissed both problems. Reagan's position on this is inconsistent with his bedget proposals. Does it not seem ironic that while he is cutting aid to public schools and supposed to be returning financial responsibility to states and localities, he is planning this massive new program of federal support for private education? Time recently pointed out that there is a projected federal budget deficit for 1983 of about $92 billion, and it is estimated that tax credits will cost at least $1.4 billion annually by 1986! You admitted this scheme will damage already financially strapped public schools by draining money away. Quite simply, can we afford this? Currently there are approximately 5 million students in private schools to about 40 million public. This ratio has stayed the same for 15 years. It is obvious that with tax credits, more upper and middle class students would attend private schools. Public schools would then become, as someone so aptly put it, 'the repository of those who Valtek's bonus payment have few if any educational options." Is this what we want to happen? Consider this: public schools are a public service like national defense, police and fire protection, etc. Citizens who choose to purchase private security guards, special fire protection, etc., should not expect to have them financed from public tax money. Why should educational services ser-vices be any different? (For many of us, the strongest argument against tuition tax free credits is constitutional. Religious liberty, especially separation of church and state, is more than a phrase. The simple fact is that 80 percent of all private schools are parochial, 65 percent Roman Catholic. Your argument that "tax credit would be given for the education, not $ the religious supplement" is specious and -simplistic. Do you honestly believe the two are separate in church schools? In 1963 Justice William Douglas said about the First Amendment that it The Fine Print By Rodd G. Wagner A different kind of police officer I felt remarkably comfortable sitting in the car, despite the 12-gauge shotgun next to my left knee. Officer Caron didn't seem to mind at all that I, my notebook and cameras were riding in the patrol car with him. His manner was very casual and matter-of-fact - something which caught me off guard, because I had always thought policemen were very hard-nosed hard-nosed and strictly businesslike while they were on the job. I guess my impressions came from living next door to George Lotakis when I was going to high school in Westchester County, N.Y. "Uncle George," as my brother and I called him, was a cop in New York City. He commuted down to the city every day to what I knew was a rough section of town, and then returned to our mostly peaceful neighborhood each evening. Uncle George was always very nice to my brother and me. I always looked forward to stopping at his house on the last leg of my newspaper route. He was always interested in how I was doing in school and all the unexciting details of my teenage life. But Uncle George always had a certain aura about him, like he was always ready to jump into action. He had a seriousness that seemed to come through when anything even slightly threatening happened. Jobs like felling a tree on his lot were undertaken with almost military attention. His eyes v?re everywhere; his statements quick and direct. I'm sure that part of that came from being a policeman in one of the most violent cities in the nation. You can't spend eight hours a day putting punks against the wall, then come home and turn all that alertness off. When I was riding with Officers Davis and Caron Saturday night and Sunday morning, I noticed a real difference between the type of officers they are, as compared with Uncle George. I still saw that alertness, alert-ness, and when the situation demanded it, they had the same defensiveness. But these officers weren't always on their guard; they were much more open, and at times, almost neighborly on the job. I guess that's what Officer Davis meant when he Officer Dave Davis talks with a young man who he pulled over for a faulty connection in one of his taillights. said towns the size of Springville need a different kind of police. To me, they seemed like police only when the situation demanded it. Otherwise, they were more like neighborhood watchmen, checking Hobble Creek to make sure it was flowing all right, watching cars to see that everyone got home safely or nicely asking several young men to move their truck from a business' parking lot. When I left the police station early that morning, I had a great respect for the Springville force, that I hadn't before. I saw a genuine love and concern for the community in the officers I met that night. What concerns me is that, as Springville grows larger, the people here will lose the one-to-one contact with the police, and the relationship might grow colder, as it is in larger cities. Studies have indicated that good communication between the police and the community have a marked effect on lowering the crime rate as well as improving the impression of both in each other's eyes. And it's attitudes like the one I used to have, of police as hard-nosed, military types on the job, that make that communication difficult. "forbids the state to employ its facilities or funds in a way that gives any church greater strength in our society than it would have by relying on its members alone." Court decisions of the last decade have affirmed that public tax funds must not be used to advance religion. This scheme will be challenged and over turned if it is made into law. Think of how much money will be wasted so Reagan can say he kept a campaign promise. I have faith that most Americans believe that Jefferson's great "wall of separation" between church and state must not be lifted even for "virtuous" "vir-tuous" ends. As a citizen I protest taxes supporting religion in any way. As a parent, I support strong public schools, with options op-tions for private ones. As a teacher of 20 years, I look forward to the day when public schools, which accept every child who walks through the door, will not be unfairly compared to private ones, which of course do not. Sincerely, Adrienne Morris Springville It is easier to catch flies with honey than with vinegar. English Proverb The man recover'd of the bite, the dog it was that died. Goldsmith We shall not, I believe, be obliged to alter our policy of watchful waiting. Woodrow Wilson Sine Jr.livQsltocb. Sbo Grand Champion Market Beef- Zlont rirtt National la. Ckdt V Moat, Mb In Cafa, Ml Zac'i Boottrr, t of Spanish Fark. f Mtft ay SMh Nash, Palmyra, Utah. 117 ft. liwMMM-Angvs cranbrwd It Mr. Prict Mr ft. $1.10. Total prlct $1407.60. Reserve Champion Market Beef- Ctntral Bank 4 Trust, M Cinnsy, Ml Shm lunuss 1 Sons. Ml l Spanita Fork. IikWtas ay Trairb WUtaa, lob!. Utah. 1164 b. Main Aii jMMtal-HirfH-Aafin 4-way croubraa. Prka aar b. $1.00. Tatal arico $114.00 Springville Buyers Central Bank & Trust - Springville Springville Medical Center Tom Bona Stone Cafe Paul Jensen Jesse Warren Lanny Daybell Bret Barney Todd Whiting Robert Paltreyman S Sons Palfreyman Livestock Transportation Keri Palfreyman Crandall Farms Springville Floral Gene Palfreyman Edward Boyer Fred Diamond Boyer Feed S Coal Bart's Catering Dean Brian Ins. Frank Memory Garage Kolob Lumber Grant Hone Excavating Intermountain lift Co. Jones Paint S Glass - Springville Nelson's Big A Auto Ron's Auto Repair - T-Bone Cafe Utah Service Inc. ' SPANISH FORK, UTAH BUYERS OF THE CHAMPION ANIMALS Grand Champion Market Lamb-, , Dr. Hkkarti Joanna fanirr liilmllla, Utah. IlkMtW ay Caca Carat, tanjaaoa, tttak. 118 ft. SafMk. Weo par ft. $1.00. Tatd prica $044.00 , Reserve Champion Market lamb- Zkm first Hatrand Bank - SaaniU Fork. likMtW by Matt Nana, aanjaiiiia, Utaa. Ill ft. $Hali. Prica par ft. $5.00. Total prica $590.00 Springville City Dale Peterson Body Shop Alan McClain - Spanish Fork Bona Signs Jon's Tip Top Shoe Repair Dr. Blake Gammell John T. Marshall D.D.S. Standard Saddle Tree Co. , Murdock Industries Hamilton Electric Springville Chamber of Commerce Jud, Ron, Leonard Harward John Kuhni Sons Eldon Child ,. Lewis Bleggi ' John Bleggi . Thorpe Vault M. D.Childs Lynn Bjarnson Credit Bureau Provo . . Art City Publishing Derk Palfreyman First Security Bank of Springville Jim Duncan . Jerry Smith v ' ' Larson Auto - Provo ' MapletonCity Happy Service - Springville - , Ron's Market Mapleton Roger Hutchings Ken Ashby : , Skip Curtis ' v ' Grand Champion Market Kog- PMikarf-DaMoiiia Staal Saaaiab Fork, Utah. EibiUtaa' by Kaabi Saraaiaa, Spaaftb Fark, Utah. HI ft. Darac-Spattaa'-Tarkibbi Maaipibbi tana craaabrad. Prica par ft. $4.00. ;; Total prica $961.00. Reserve Champion Market Hog- Caatral Bank aaa Trait Sprktgila, Utah and SprinaaHIa aoitara. Iibfthaa by Daaitrt layar, Serfagvilla, Utah. 139 ft. Darac. Prica par ft. $1.15. Total prica $671.00 American Savings Springville Vaud Hanks Johnson Tire Allen's Cleaners Christensen's Dept. Store - Springville Groben-Bowen, Leavitt Ins. - Springville Dale Fillmore Springville Meat John Sparks. Zion's First National Bank - Salina Norm's Cafe Nephi Harold Wing Dr. Parker Russell Stansfield Luxury Mobile Home Soles . -B4 P Meat " Raphal Palfreyman Bob's Cafe : i 1 Brookside Gas Sage Inn , LaFern Beauty Shop ;, Blackley Ins. ' , s , Scott Johnson ' Art City Pharmacy Diamond Green House Utah Valley Industrial Supply ' Dennis Karren ', . '" Suntana Raceway Don Phillips Hamblin Welding Loren Phillips Family , Alan Young ' Ben Gardner D.D.S. hoiv lY jsf of the Mississippi J : ' t 4 |