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Show PiiKc Two - The Spring i lie Herald - .limitary Tt. 1!K8 EDITO anal . wnere is rue reporrr The budget, money and the lack of money have been big topics around Springville City Hall the last couple of years. Tied to these topics have been interim city recorders, audits, special audits; did we go in the "red"; are we in the black; can the city employees have a raise; can the police department buy a new car and other types of problems. Well, this reporter has asked in more than one city council meeting where the city was at the end of last year, June of 1987. The mayor said, "wait until the end of December when the audited report will be finished." So, at the end of December we asked, where was the city ci-ty as of the end of June, 1987, and the response? "The report is not finished," the mayor said, "but will be soon." Well, upon checking at city hall the report is not yet finished, "but soon". We feel that with all the talk that goes on in the city about money, it is important that the final financial report for fiscal year 1987 be available now. The end of January 1988 is a little late. In other words, mayor, as the chief financial officer of the city, try and get last year's financial report availble for us citizens to see. We'd like to know what happened last year. Purse theft warning Police Chief Leland Bowers has issued a warning to the public concerning con-cerning the large number of women's purses that have disappeared disap-peared recently. Nearly all the purses have been taken from unlocked, unlock-ed, parked cars. A significant number of victims left their cars for only a few minutes and found that their purse had been taken. Police believe that some of the victims have been followed to their destination, then their car gone through almost immediately after they leave it. These thefts seem to all be related What to do ombulonce The Springville Ambulance Association is sponsoring a community com-munity wide education class in "What to do Until the Ambulance Arrives." This is a course outlined by the "Utah Emergency Medical Training Council" that covers first aid skills from cuts and broken bones to C.P.R. It has been taught in high schools throughout the state and has been responsible for saving many lives. The course will run February 2, 4, 5, 9, 11, from 7 to 10 p.m. The schedule will be: February 2, Registration (7-7:30) Patient Evaluation, Airway Management. February 4 and 5, Cardiac Arrest. Momiey charged will appear in court soon Charles Pat Monney has been charged with misuse of public money, a third degree felony and violation of section 76-8-402 of the Utah code, according to the Utah County Attorney's office. The alleged misuse of public money occurred on or between January 27, 1984 and November 18, 1987 according to the charges. He has been charged in Spanish Fork Circuit Court and will appear there for a preliminary hearing in about ten days. Monney was suspended without pay as head of the Springville City Electric Department, last month. The charges generally state that Monney was responsible for safekeeping public money and that he dispersed that money without authority of law. (UPS 513-060) Published Weekly by Art City Publishing Co., Inc. 161 South Main Street Springville, Utah 84663 Phone 489-5651 Publisher Martin W. Conovr Editor Patricia Conovr Managing Editor Botty Lou BalUy POSTMASTER: PImm tend change of addri to Th SprlngvllU Harold, 141 South Main St., Sprlngvlllo, UT 1443. Second clot postage paid at Sprlngvllla, UT UU3. Subscriptions in Advance per year $15.00 Out of County Subscriptions per year $18.00 Per copy 50. Delivered by carrier, per month 1 .50 Member Utah Press Association RIAL in that they involve women's purses left in unlocked cars parked primarily in residential areas. Few of the purses or contents have been recovered to this point. This rash of thefts is similar to those of last year where purses were taken from churches chur-ches and receptions. A woman and her son were eventually charged for those crimes. Chief Bowers points out that these purse thefts have all been crimes of opportunity and can be easily avoided. avoid-ed. He suggests the best rule is to simply take your purse with you and always lock the vehicle doors. unfil the arrives February 9, Bleeding and Shock, Burns, The Skin, Fractures and Dislocations. February 11, Head Injuries, Poisons, Environmental Emergencies. This course is open for anyone who wants to attend any or all classes. Cost is $3. for materials if all classes are attended or $1.50 if one or more classes are attended other than C.P.R. which is $1.50. Please plan to attend and bring a friend along. For more information contact Troy at 489-7237 after 5 p.m. Police report Springville Police are warning women not to leave their purses in their cars after a rash of purse thefts. There were reports of two more such thefts last week. Rodney B. Mace, Royal Coachman RFD 59, Heber, was arrested ar-rested on a warrant and for driving without a valid Utah driver's license. Police responded to 21 animal related calls including one where dogs had gotten into sheep pens and attacked two sheep resulting in the sheep having to be destroyed. A 15 year old male was arrested for public intoxication and a 14 year old male was arrested after shoplifting shoplif-ting at Allen's Market. A 14 year old female was reported as a runaway. A burglary at a home was found by a couple out on the March of Dimes Drive. Items taken were statues, a compact disk player, silverware, microwave, VCR and computer. Vandalism was reported when a vehicle was spray painted resulting in over $200 damage. Another citizen reported vandalism to their property proper-ty supposedly from persons installing install-ing cable TV wires. Legislative report by Glenn V. Bird One of the more volatile issues that surfaced last week during the Revenue and Taxation Standing Committee meeting was federal vs. state employee retirement benefits. As you probably know, all state employees (including firemen, policemen, teachers and many others) are exempt from paying taxes on their retirement income. Federal employees do not enjoy this benefit. The exemption for some state and municipal employees was first given around the turn of the twentieth century. It was continued later on as a substitute for wage increases. State and local employees assert that because this exemption has been in place for so many years it would be unfair to remove it at this time. Federal employees claim that fairness alone dictates that all government employees, state or federal, should be treated alike. All should be expected to pay taxes on retirement income. One other factor of interest is that the average state employee who has retired earns $520.00 per month. The average federal retiree earns about $1,100.00 per month. What are your views on this issue? Thus far the only citizens to respond have been in favor of both removing the exemption for state employees and retaining the exemption for state employees. In other words, I need your help! Please call me at 538-1228 or 489-5314. 489-5314. 1 will also be glad to hear from you by mail (P.O. Box 63). This is one of many difficult problems facing your elected leaders during this legislative session. It I am to represent you properly I need your help. Mark My Words Common Sghsg by MarkConroy We are a deluded society. Illogically, we have come thus far believing that there is actually a nebulous something out there called Common Sense. It is the adult version of the Easter Bunny and Santa Claus, something we use to inspire hope and inject light into a terminal drudge of stupidity. In vain, we cling to this ridiculous belief. All of us have watched someone do something incredibly stupid. Invariably In-variably there is the philosopher among us who will hitch his pants, sniff, and then say: "That feller ain't got no common sense." His superior tone of voice implies that he has a good chunk of common sense market stored in his head. If you listen closely however, you will detect the same note of wistful desperation evident in the voices of children when discussing Mr. Claus. (If you believe hard enough, just maybe it will be true.) If there was actually something out there like common sense, fewer of us would be doing really stupid things. The woman who locks her keys in the family car two days running, is accused roundly of having no common sense, when actually she is merely preoccupied. Lack of common sense is evident in more common problems. Most of us are attached to our faces. I'm talking about more than just what binds them to our empty skulls. With an occasional exception, we prefer to have our eyes above our noses and, given our druthers, we seem fond of having convex noses-as noses-as opposed to concave ones. A point for the prosecution here. If there really was something called common com-mon sense, more of us woulqbe wearing our seatbelts when we blitz to work. Common sense would dictate that people take care of themselves. It would subtly hint that being wider than you are tall is not good for your heart or the furniture. In Utah, common sense would tell us that it was time to diet long before our garish belt buckles were eaten by our navels. Hostess stock would plummet and we would be using our Mr. G's Bottomless Troughs to haul water for livestock. I don't even want to talk about cigarettes. The world would be a much better place if there was even a smidgen of common sense around. People would stop giving their money to Jim and Tammy, lawyers, and Republicans. More of us would do what our doctors tell us, be faithful to our spouses, and turn our televisions into planters and aquariums. Common sense would drive a lot of us out of business. Sturman and I would be sitting at home if people stopped investing their money. Lawyers would be arguing cases in the bathroom mirror, in front of the only person still impressed with what they know. Mothers-in-law would become extinct. Life, I suppose, would eventually become pretty dull and that, quite frankly, is just un-American. Most countries recognize that there is no such thing as common sense and they have taken to regulating more and more of what their populations do. Only in America are people allowed to be just as ridiculous as they wish and it's a cinch that morons will never be an endangered species here. Wake up, America, the only verifiable thing about common sense is the common lack of sense. Home businesses and Folkfest topics tit Springville Council by Craig Conover The Springville City Council meeting last Tuesday night was dominated by people requesting home occupation licenses and the World Folkfest board making their request for the council's support of this year's festival. Chad Smith came before the council to request a home occupation oc-cupation license for a carpet cleaning business to be operated from his home. The council denied his appeal on that grounds that he had not yet appeared before the home occupation board. Lewis and Christine Benevento appeared before the council to request a licence to operate a tanning tan-ning and nail service from their home. On the recommendation of the board they were given a license. Wanting to operate a electrical contracting business from his home, Matt Hancock came before the council for his home occupation request. The council voiced their concerns over the fact that some contractors keep a lot of equipment and supplies in their driveways, and requested that Mr. Hancock not do this. Upon this condition a license was granted. The Council also reviewed the home occupation license of Blaine Hatch in his vacuum and sewing repair business. It had been requested from the previous year that he appear in a year to make sure there were no problems with his operating this business. Finding The Springville Herald COMMENT PAGE Pistor spooks out on contra li Dear Editor, We had the opportunity to hear Congressman Howard Nielson speak on our area (Springville) as he was able to spend some time in areas during his January break from Congress. We appreciated him spending time listening to the people he represents in Washington. In one major response by the Congressman I was deeply disappointed. disap-pointed. We asked him, "The next Citizen tired of city troublemakers Dear Editor: I have lived in this beautiful south county area going on twenty years, and it seems to me there are a few Springville residents with their heads in the sand. When K-Mart and a few other stores wanted to build in Springville the citizens rebelled and we lost a great tax base. We were the losers. And now there is another rebellion over Deon Dove's new store. Springville is dying. We need this kind of store. If you would like to know what the new store will be like, visit Heber City Singer problems Letter to the Editor, The Marion Mess started some years ago when some persons decided decid-ed that John Singer's way of life did not conform to standards believed to be proper by a society made up of us. He was blown away by persons, as yet not known, who were acting out a fantasy or just wanted something real to shoot at. The Singers, lifestyle is different from ours. I wonder if that is what made us angry and aggressive. I wonder if we had access to all court records concerning family members of our agents involved in that elimination, and those of the Singers, we would have proof that we are right and he wrong. If I were in John's place and my spine was blown out through my belly bel-ly button because I didn't send my childred to school I would be a little upset and probably return in fewer than nine years to seek justice. Now Addam Swapp may or may not have let the church down with explosives. Assuming he did, he was wrong and should be gathered up for punishment. However, we don't know that all of the children and adults caged in the home helped him carry in the charge that damaged the building. Laying seige to the farm may be the only opportunity for some to get national exposure carrying a riot Nebo employees The next meeting of the Nebo Retired School Employees Association will be held Wednesday, February 3, in the board room of the district office at 2 p.m. Program Chairman Raymond Peterson and former president Garth Olson will present a summary of the new tax laws and how they apply to retired persons. Legislative representative Harold Bartlett will alsodiscuss legislation items that are important to retired persons. Every year, foreign visitors spend about $14 billion in the U.S. none the council granted him a licence to operate for another year. An electrical problem was brought before the council by Raymond and Janet Neal of 924 Brookside Drive. It was pointed out by them that in a recent wind storm the lines behind their house had blown together sending an electrical serge through their home and knocking out their TV and VCR. They said that the head of the electrical department had told them the wires were too close together to begin with, and that adding to the fact that they were quite old had caused the problem. They appeared wanting to know what the city could do to rectify the problem, pointing out that if one of them had been using a hand held appliance they could have been seriously hurt. Mayor Creer pointed out that the remodification of the power lines had been in this year's capital improvement im-provement budget, but the city had run out of money to do the project. He said that he and the three city councilmen over the electrical department would look into it as soon a possible. The council voted to place Delora Bertelsen as head of the Arts Commission for the coming year. In other action the council looked into the present contract they have with DSK Computer hardware and software company, that includes the upkeep of the city computer system and the writing of new software for the city. The council wondered if the city was getting a fair deal with the vote on Contra aid is coming up February 3rd. In light of the Central American Peace process being discussed and the revelations of what the contras are really doing to civilians in Nicaragua, have you made a decision on how you will vote on Contra aid?" Congressman Nielson shared he had already decided to vote for continued funding of the Contras. and see Dove's new store there. I for one am tired of going clear to Provo, Orem or Spanish Fork to get things that this new store will offer. Not only do a few citizens push these types of situations around, but I have seen the same thing done at the high school by some of the same citizens. Other people live here too who would like to see progress and business in Springville. Why are there always trouble makers?? Sign me a concerned Citizen, tired of being pushed around! Name withheld gun but there must be a better way. Instead of air dropping notes why don't we drop a nuclear explosive. That would show that we are smarter than Addam Swapp because only conventional explosives ex-plosives were used on the church. If we don't back off and wait for our revenge something awesome is going to happen. A mass suicide would not be a great surprise. Let's not end or ruin all those lives in our zeal to uphold the law. The carnage at Carthage Jail is not current national news but I am sure the outcome of this encounter will be known to several people. It's hard for me to see a whole lot of difference. dif-ference. If we exercise patience I am sure Addam will be available to us so we can have our way with him when we are not influenced by attention and anger. LeeR. Hansen TEACHERS & SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES DR. KEVIN J. COLVER, General Adult Internal Medicine is pleased to announce he is now a participating provider with Educators Mutual Insurance (EMIA) Office Hours M-Th 8a.m. - 4:3()p.m. By Appointment 50 South Medical Drive Pavson, Utah 44826 company. It was decided to watch the matter closely for the next six months. Taking up the remainder of the meeting was the board of directors of the World Folkfest presenting their financial report. Karl Allred presented a history of how the Folkfest had come to Springville from his experience with Folkfests in Europe. Brent Haymond, financial director of the Folkfest presented the report of last year's festival that showed the festival to be in the red some $27,000. Most of the over expenditures ex-penditures came from misjudgments on the part of the committee on advertising and purchasing of concessions to sell. It was pointed out that the festival does have $11,000 in inventory to sell at upcoming festivals. Mr. Haymond then presented a proposed 1988 budget for the Folkfest. Folk-fest. This budget included a repayment of the $27,000 that the festival was in the hole from 1987. The festival committee then made the petition of the city council for the $35,000 for the upcoming festival. The Mayor said with the proposed budget he could not see the city giving money to the festival unless they included as a line item in their budget the repayment of $35,000 to the city. It was agreed by the city and the festival committee that this would be worked out with the council's help before the next council meeting. Why am I so disappointed in this decision? First, Five Central American presidents want to work out their own solution to their own Central America problems. They need time to work on this peace process! A decision to vote more contra aid has' been made before the Central American peace process has had a chance to attempt to solve a political problem. In marriage counseling you attempt to have the two differing dif-fering parties talk about their differences dif-ferences before you advocate one of the spouses attempt to kill the other one. Central America needs time to talk about their differences without more military power being shown. Second, the decision to continue finding a military solution is possibly made out of ignorance as to what the Contra forces are really doing in Nicaragua. The Contras are not "freedom fighters". Unless you think that by having a definite strategy of killing and kidnapping civilians you are working toward freedom. An independent source, Witness for Peace, "Civilian Victims Vic-tims of the U.S. Contra War -February to July 1987" has verified that the Contras are using terrorism against the civilians in Nicaragua. The United States is against terrorism throughout the world! However, we are funding the Contras Con-tras to do our terrorism for us in Nicaragua! According to the definition of the U.S. State department, depart-ment, "terrorism is premeditated, politically motivated violence perpetuated against noncombat tar gets... usually intended to influence in-fluence an audience". The behavior of the Contra forces closely adheres to this definition. The Contra victims are at times selected civilians. The "audience" to be influenced is, first, the poor rural residents targeted for intimidations, in-timidations, and secondly, the U.S. public which is asked on an annual basis to pay the bill for the Contra efforts. Congressman Nielson, do you really want to support terrorism against civilians in Nicaragua? This is what your support of Contra aid will accomplish! Isn't it time we citizens pressure Washington to end this treatment toward Nicaragua? George H. Lower Pastor Springville Community Presbyterian Church |