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Show Page Two - The Springville Herald - July 9, 1986 urEiige is Springville is a beautiful community. It is known all over the state as the "Art City" and visitors to the area expect ex-pect to view the results of that reputation. Most citizens do all they can to beautify, maintain and cleanup their property. The pride of past generations lives on and the efforts to live in an attractive town are evident everywhere. Through the efforts of the Springville Beautification Committee, the Shade Tree Commission, the twice-yearly cleanup campaign and weekly garbage collection, this community continues to improve and be a nice place to live and visit. But there are always a few who will not comply with the system. A few who don't care what their surroundings look like. And one pickle can spoil the barrel, as the saying goes. One apparent eyesore that does nothing to help our "Art City" image is the presence of garbage cans lined along the streets when it is not garbage day in that area. A few folks in town have their trash picked up and immediately im-mediately begin stacking their cans in the street for pickup the following week. Or they just don't bother to bring the containers in off the street, but go out to them to empty their refuse. This practice is unsightly and causes problems pro-blems with dogs and kids spreading the litter around even further. All garbage cans, boxes, bags and papers should be kept out of sight until the EVENING before garbage pickup. Then all cans and containers should be promptly taken in after collection. It is not hard to comply with these rules, and if everyone did our city would be so much more attractive. Springville City Code says that not only must citizens provide suitable garbage receptacles with tight fitting lids, but that they must be clean. Oil drums or barrels are not acceptable for this purpose. Citizens must also provide a place for garbage containers to be kept between pickups. That place is not in the street or in front of a dwelling. The code also states that no person owning or occupying occupy-ing any building, lot or premises in the city of Springville shall suffer, allow or permit to collect and remain upon said lot or premises any garbage for a period of more than one week, or any waste matter for a period of more than two weeks. Violations of the above can result in fines andor imprisonment. im-prisonment. City code also defines a nuisance as a crime against the order and economy of the city. Nuisances include permitting permit-ting any garbage box or similar receptacles which have become unclean and offensive to remain on premises. Another nuisance is to allow vegetable waste, garbage, gar-bage, or refuse of any nature to accumulate. Another is to throw or cast, or having thrown or cast, to allow to remain upon or in any street, road, ditch, gutter, public place, private premises or vacant lot, any house refuse, offal, garbage, dead animals, decaying vegetable matter, or organic substance of any kind. Or another, to obstruct the street andor sidewalks without the permission of the City Council. Persons creating a nuisance are subject of fines of up to $300. Some of our neighbors are creating nuisances. Some are not complying with the city laws. Don't let them spoil our barrel. Each and every street in Springville should show that we care here. We are the 'Art City'. Federal expenditures in Utah Utah received $4.97 billion in Federal Government expenditures during fiscal year 1985. Utah ranked 36th in the nation for total dollars received. Only 14 states received less federal money than Utah. On a per capita basis, however, Utah ranked 25th with $3,021 in federal money spent for each person in the state. The increase over the 1984-1985 period was not as large as the increase from 1983-1984. This is because of a drop in federal procurement procure-ment contracts. Of the $4.97 billion received in Utah, approximately one-third went to defense spending and one-third to direct payments to individuals. Direct payments to individuals includes in-cludes federal payments for Social Security, Civil Service Retirement, Medicare, unemployment compensation compen-sation and others. Another 15 percent per-cent were grants such as the Bureau of Land Management, Forest Service Ser-vice and Post Office. Another way to analyze the impact of federal expenditures in Utah is a comparison with total personal income in-come in the State. This analysis il (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 Pat Conover Managing Editor Betty Lou Bailey 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 $12.00 Out of County Subscriptions per year $13.50 Per copy 30'. Delivered by carrier, per month $1.20 Member Utah Press Association Weekly Press Association National Newspaper Association on eyesore lustrates that Utah is 19 percent more dependent on federal expenditures expen-ditures than the U.S. average as measured by expenditures per thousand thou-sand dollars of personal income. Federal spending in Utah during fiscal year 1985 was $292 per thousand thou-sand dollars of personal income compared with $246 nationally. Utah's above average dependence on the Federal Government occurs because of the large amount of federally owned land in Utah and the large amount of defense spending in the state. Utah is not nearly as dependent on grants or payments to individuals because of the younger population in the state. A younger population brings in less Social Security payments as well as other individual payments to the state. Nationally, the Federal Government Govern-ment paid out $788.5 billion in payments to states and territories.1 This represents nearly all federal spending except money paid as net interest on the national debt, international inter-national payments, foreign aid and other expenditures which cannot be distributed to states and territories. Migliuays Highway finance problems in Utah are expected to expand rapidly in the years ahead, and may replace education as the state's top fiscal concern in the next decade, according accor-ding to Utah Foundation, the private nonprofit research agency. Foundation analysts do not downgrade Utah's pressing school finance problem, but note that the year-to-year increase in public school enrollments is already leveling level-ing off and may be expected to decline further as a result of the decline in the birth rate already recorded. On the other hand, highway finance problems are expected to grow at an accelerating pace following follow-ing completion of initial construction of the Interstate highway system, which now appears to be realistically realistical-ly in sight. In Utah, and across the nation, older parts of the Interstate system, in use for up to a quarter of a century, are in urgent need of extensive rehabilitation. Some parts of the giant system, even when in good repair, are proving inadequate to handle today's expanded traffic flow. The Foundation cites serious congestion problems at peak traffic hours on Interstate-15 through Salt Lake County as an example of this situation. Utah highway planners believe it is only a question of time until similar problems develop in Davis and Weber Counties. Initial construction of the entire Interstate system is now scheduled to be under contract by 1990, and the last of the actual work should be completed within two years of being placed under contract. This is assuming that federal Interstate funding will continue without significant signifi-cant change, which is far from cer- Locked out of car, don't call police The Springville Police Department Depart-ment recently announced a new policy of no longer unlocking stranded strand-ed motorists cars. Chief Bowers explained ex-plained that the safeguards placed on newer vehicles are partially at fault for the department's new rule. The simple tools such as the "lock jock" are no longer effective and in fact may damage the locks. With the introduction of plastic lock parts and electronic components, com-ponents, it is now considered unwise to attempt to unlock cars other than with a key. The public should be aware that costs to repair these new locks can be very high, ranging from $200 to $500. Chief Bowers indicated that the best bet is to hide a spare key somewhere on each car. If a locksmith is needed the officers will do their best to locate a qualified technician. The police officers have been instructed not to attempt to open any vehicles themselves unless there is threat to life or serious property pro-perty loss. Agriculture We depend on farmers for our food and a lot more besides. We count on farmers for obvious non-food items: wool and cotton for our clothing; leather for our shoes, belts, luggage, and other "leather goods;" pulp for paper and wood for our homes, other buildings, and furniture; fur-niture; and fiber for sacks, bags, and boxes. The' American Paper Institute In-stitute reports that paper and paper-board paper-board production averaged 20 pounds per person per day in January 1986. Farmers produce our tobacco, another non-food product. The greenhouse and nursery business, which is predominantly non-food agriculture, has grown in dollar volume until it generates more cash farm income, $5 billion, than either the $2.9 billion for tobacco or the $2.8 billion for cotton. Forest products add $1 billion to farm cash income; wools adds $140 million. Agricultural mining is an $18 billion industry directly employing 'Chamber of Commerce Community & Civic Calendar City Council Meeting First & Third Tuesday 7:30 p.m. Council Chambers Springville Planning Commission Second & Fourth Tuesday 7:30 p.m. Council Chambers Council & Dept. Heads Second Tuesday 5 p.m. i Council Chambers City Court 9 a.m. Saturday Council Chambers Springville Museum of Art Open Tues.. Thurs., Fri., and Sat. 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wed. 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sun., -s p.m. Closed Monday . Riwanis Memorial Hall Thursday, 7 p.m. Rotary Wed., 7:30 p.m. r in Roctnurant 3uyt; " 1 :00 P.M. may become tain. Even though the highway trust fund is supported entirely by highway-user revenues and involves no general fund money, highway authorities are aware that the "spirit" of the Gramm-Rudman Act, aimed at reducing the general fund deficit, could carry over into other areas. Assuming that federal Interstate funding is continued without significant signifi-cant change, Utah should have no problem in meeting its share of the cost of completing initial Interstate construction, which is 95 percent federally funded in this state. The big highway finance problems in Utah are expected to develop after Interstate completion. An engineering study of the growing grow-ing problem in the "1-15 corridor" through Salt Lake County, commissioned commis-sioned by the Wasatch Font Regional Council and now under study by the Utah Department of COMMENT PAGE lay midwifery not the answer Dear Editor: I have been following with great interest Twila Van Leer's series of articles in the June Deseret News on lay midwifery class teaching, practices, prac-tices, pay, "ethics," etc. of this group in Utah as opposed to the master's degree prepared level of "Registered Nurses who have gone further into the obstetrical nursing specialty to become Certified Nurse Midwives by the Utah State Board of Nursing. Quality nursing care is not just something anyone can do. Maternal and child health care delivery pre-and pre-and post-natally requires its nursing caregivers to graduate from ac Driest June since '80 Temperatures six degrees higher than normal and the driest June in six years helped Utah Valley avoid flooding and other water-related problems during the past 30 days. Dale Stevens, weather specialist and professor of geography at Brigham Young University, said the warm, day temperatures evaporated 10.08 inches of water off Utah Lake during June. "The outlook for the next 30 days is warmer and drier than normal, while the 90-day outlook is predicted to be warmer with near normal precipitation," Stevens said. The average high for June was 89.6 degrees (83.4 is normal), while the average low was 57.7 degrees (52.5 is normal). The highest temperature recorded during June was 100 degrees on the 28th; the lowest was 51 degrees on the 11th. is more than food more than 100,000 people. Then there are commmon nonfood non-food items we might not readily think of as "agricultural." There's grass seed for lawns, bird seed for the birds, and how about pet food for dogs and cats? People spent $5 billion last year for dog and cat food, 9V2 billion pounds of it, says the Pet Food Institute. About half the time over the last 10 years, the total money people spent on pet food was about one-fifth as much as the Nation's Na-tion's famers cleared in net farm income. in-come. The more exotic agricultural products pro-ducts are something to contemplate as you relax and go fishing, maybe to bait your hook with a worm or other bait from a bait farm. That's an agricultural product, too. You'll find agricultural products in gasohol fuel, industrial alcohol, adhesives, cosmetics, lead pencils, and pesticides containing substances such as nicotine and pyrethrum. Next time your doctor gives you a Senior Citizens Daily: Lunch at noon Crafts: quilting, ceramics, art, weaving games, pool, card playing. Narcotics Anonymous Families of Narcotics 8 p.m. Tuesday Community Presbyterian Church 245 S. 200 E. Springville Parent Resource Center' 175 So. Main HOURS: Mon.-Wed. 3-5 p.m. Tues. 7-9 p.m. Phone 489-8200 Community Presbyterian Church Bible Study Classes First S Third Tuesdays 9:30-10:30 a.m. Community Presbyterian Church Lions Second & Fourth Thursday Hobble Creek Inn Hobble Creek Canyon mMuimiTV CALENDAR PLEASE i i ? t Utah's Ho. Transportation, presents nine alternatives alter-natives aimed by solving the traffic congestion problem, whose estimated initial costs range from $213 million to $535 million. Not surprisingly, sur-prisingly, financial feasibility of the several alternatives tends to bear an inverse relationship to their effectiveness. effec-tiveness. The least costly alternative is considered "achievable within existing ex-isting resources." Alternatives rated "superior from a traffic performance per-formance standpoint" are well beyond the scope of current resources. The study estimates the required additional state effort to solve the problem as the equivalent of a 4 cents-a-gallon increase in the motor fuels tax statewide, or 8 cents-a-gallon in Salt Lake County. Utah has many other highway programs pro-grams besides the Interstate, some of them federally-assisted and some entirely state financed. Recent discussions of highway finance pro- credited, approved schools of nursing nurs-ing education (many mothers have complicating diseases to be dealt with as well as the pregnancy plus mother, baby care after delivery). Adherence to policies and procedural pro-cedural skills as well as current research and guidelines plus the application ap-plication and performance of all of these important processes is vital to the life and health of the mother and her unborn child. The public has no promise of ethical and adequate quality care when lay midwifery is chosen. Cover-up of mistakes is and can be all too common as paramedics and physicians have testified from see- June, with only .3 inches of precipitation, was the driest month since last August when .07 of precipitation was measured at the BYU-Provo Weather Station. In June of 1980, no precipitation fell in Provo. Stevens said precipitation for the water year since Oct. 1 stands at 22.87 inches, which is 162 percent of the normal 14.13 inches. , "The mountain runoff has peaked in all streams within the past two weeks," Stevens said. "The Provo River has been moderately high since mid-February when warm weather hit the region, but it has been cool enough to bring the water down gradually." June had 12 clear days, 15 partly cloudy days and three cloudy days. Only three days had measurable precipitation. shot, try to take your mind off the needle by concentrating on the fact that the vaccine ma have been cultured in an egg, an agricultural product. About one-fourth of all prescription drugs contain agricultural products. Then there's the horse business, almost exclusively recreational now. Farmers take in a half billion dollars a year cash income from horses. Sounds like a lot, and it is, but people who watch horses run around a track bet more than $10 billion each year trying to guess which horse will be ahead at the end. We've come a long way from old non-food agricultural standbys such as straw mattresses, feather dusters, mustard plasters, leather chaps, and six-shooter holsters but non-food agriculture is still all around us. It's big business, not to be swept under the rug, especially if the broom is made from broom corn. Yep, that's agriculture. County meeting Utah County Commissioners announce an-nounce their monthly Public Information Infor-mation Meeting for July. It will be held in Santaquin on July 10, 1986 at 7 p.m. in the Santaquin City Hall, 68 East Main,,S$antaquin, Utah. This will b6 the fifth meeting held to allow citizens in Utah County a chance to meet with the Commissioners Commis-sioners on an informal basis. No official of-ficial action can be taken at these meetings, but Commissioners will be prepared to discuss and answer questions about any current issues involving the County. They will also be ready to hear public concerns and recommendations. Commissioner Miner stated, "I have been especially pleased with the Commission Public Information Sessions where there has been significant interest and attendance on behalf of the public." The next Commission Public Information In-formation Session will be held August 21, 1986 at 7 p.m. in the Utah County Commission Chambers, Room 311, 51 South University Avenue, Provo, Utah. 1 problem blems by Utah's governor, citing the possible need for a 3 cents-a-gjiilon gas tax increase, concerned the, state road program, unrelated to the''" Interstate or other federally-assisted federally-assisted programs. It is not now known what will be the shape or size of federal highway financial assistance after completion comple-tion of initial construction on the Interstate, In-terstate, but even if a high level of federal assistance is continued, Utah will face a major financing problem of its own. "Highway planners foresee the distinct possibility that Utah may soon have to choose between accepting accep-ting inadequate highway performance perfor-mance in critical areas and making an extraordinary fiscal effort to expand ex-pand and improve existing facilities," the Foundation points out. ing these patients. To me, lay midwifery mid-wifery is practicing obstetrical nursing nurs-ing without a license and should be banned and prosecuted legally. I realize a task force is looking into this issue very thoroughly in Utah. I hope for the sake of economics families don't hock the total future lives of some of our babies with birth injuries or diseases by letting lay midwives continue to fill up mentally mental-ly retarded handicapped centers and institutions, or at the very worst, not allow them to have a chance to live and enjoy live at all. Carol Jeppson, RN, MA Roosevelt, Utah Softball supporters thank you! Thank you citizens: A special thanks to all the citizens and sponsorers who supported our girl's softball teams in Springville. The following businesses and citizens sponsored teams: Wing Enterprises, Lonnie Hawkins (Lady Hawk Team); Brookside Service, Snelson Photography, McDonalds, Blackley Insurance, Farrell and Carrolyn Huff (Rocky Jobbers Team); Carnival Concessions, Valtek, Joes Trailer Repair, Larsen Auto and Dave Anderson Insurance. A very special thanks to Peggy Hatfield, Kaylene Peterson and Alan Curtis for all their time spent in this program. And thank you to the coaches and parents for your support and to the girls, congratulations on a great year! Annette Thomas Springville City director Girl's Softball Police report Two men were, charged with public intoxication in two separate incidents on the same day in the same apartment complex. Benjamin Victor Forsyth of 900 S. Main was arrested after he was unable to find his way to his apartment apart-ment or to walk without assistance at 8 a.m. on July 2. He was released on $54 bail. Earlier that morning in apartment number 14 of the same apartment complex Jim D. Smith, 26, was arrested ar-rested after he cut the palm of the hand of Nancy Floyd after an argument argu-ment over one of her guests. Car burglars stole stereo and cassette tape equipment from the 1969 Ford Bronco of Steven L. Tuttle in excess of $200. Tuttle said he heard juvenile voices outside his home at 2 a.m. the night the materials were taken. Also during the week two bikes were reported stolen and shoplifter was caught at Seven Eleven. FARMERS LOWER RATES... Check us out! Home & Car Insurance mi QUOTES- 489-8000 Dave Anderson Agency 139 S. Main, Springville Farmers A""A insurance m u r o u p ill |