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Show fuge Two me spring vine neraiu July 13, 1988 EDITORIAL, olunteer yow home iiid your Eiospifolity Once again the City of Springville will be host to hundreds hun-dreds of visitors from foreign countries during the week of August 14 through August 21 when we participate in producing pro-ducing the third World Folkfest. For the past two years citizens in Springville and Mapleton and surrounding cities have opened their hearts and their homes and provided food and lodging and other kindnesses to the many people who came to dance, play music and entertain us with their culture exchange. Once again homes are needed to place the visitors that will come to Springville this year. Many beds, many meals, hospitality and friendship are needed to make our visitors comfortable and feel welcome in our city. Volunteers are needed now so that housing can be accomplished ac-complished before the visitors arrive. Hosts of the past two folkfests have given many testimonials of the marvelous experiences that they and their families have had through this close association with people from another land. Some have had bad experiences it is true, but the good far outweigh the bad. Some unpleasant unplea-sant things can be expected whenever anything like this occurs. Many of those who had guests in their homes grew so close to them that they have continued that friendship and have even visited and stayed in the homes of their foreign friends. What better way to build on the gap between America and other countries and to realize peace in the world. It is a wonderful opportunity for a family to learn about others and their ways. It is a way that we can give of ourselves without leaving our homes and make impressions impres-sions that will reach into the future. Homes are needed, many of them. Will you open your home and your heart to someone that you have never met.. .someone with different ways.. .someone who might have a different skin color... someone who does not speak the same language? If you do, you will find that those strangers are people just like you. They have families and jobs and homes and ideals and hopes and dreams. They want all of the things that you want. They just do things a little differently than you do. And that difference is what is so interesting and what makes the exchange so exciting. Don't just think about it, plan now to host some of our visitors. They will be here only one week starting about noon on Sunday, August 14, through the morning of Sunday, Sun-day, August 21. Call now and volunteer to be a host. It is asked that you take two people, but you can take more if you want. Call Larry Kosmuch at 489-7996 or 489-5686, or Pat Con-over Con-over at 489-6958 or 489-5651. Nationwide transportation 2020 findings released The ability to meet increasing transportation demands, on both a local and national level, is fast approaching crisis proportions. That is one of the findings of the summary of the nationwide Transportation Tran-sportation 2020 program released in Washington, D.C. The report, titled "Beyond Gridlock," summarizes the testimony given in 65 public forums held in Utah and across the nation as part of the Transportation 2020 program. Transportation 2020 is an unprecedented un-precedented effort to develop a new national surface transportation program to meet the nation's needs into the 21st Century. More than 33 people appeared at the Utah 2020 forum held on March 17, to express their concerns about current and future transportation needs. Remarks made at the Utah meeting echo the findings of the national report. In testimony before the Utah panel, Governor Norman H. Bangerter commented on the need to protect the transportation system from further deterioration. The final report identified many concerns which have impacts on Utah transportation systems, including in-cluding the need for access to (UPS 513 Published Weekly by Art City Publishing Co., Inc. 161 South Main Street Springville, Utah 84663 Phone 489-5651 Publisher Martin W. Conovr Editor Patricia Conovar Managing Editor Betty Lou Ballty POSTMASTER: Plat tend chang of oddrett to Th Springville Hrald. U1 South Main St., Springville, UT UU3. Second class pottage paid at Springville, OT 14443. Subscriptions in Advance per year $15.00 Out of County Subscriptions per year $18.00 Per copy 50'. Delivered by carrier, per morth 1 .50 Member Utah Press Association national parks, forests and Indian reservations and the impact of highways high-ways to the economic development of tourism and recreation. Other concerns identified in the final report include: Heavy congestion on urban transportation facilities which adversely affect af-fect commerce and contribute to suburban spread. In many areas new or expanded facilities are needed to accommodate ac-commodate new growth, stimulate economic development or revitalize distressed areas. Decisions about transportation spending should be made at the state and local level. Users fees should be fairly applied to all transportation users. States should receive back most of the users fees collected in that state. The Transportation 2020 forums were sponsored by a lOO-member Advisory Committee on Highway Policy in cooperation with the states' departments of highways and transportation. The results of the hearings will be used, along with other information being gathered, as the basis for a new post-Interstate surface transportation program, which will be presented to federal, state and local legislatures in 1990. - 060) Mountain Bell changes name The next telephone bill most people in Utah receive will be from U S WEST Communications-Mountain Communications-Mountain Bell's new name. The new bill will look different, and will probably be the first real reminder for most telephone customers that Mountain Bell has a new name. As of July 1, U S WEST Communications was formed by combining the resources of Mountain Bell, Northwestern Bell and Pacific Northwest Bell. W. Mack Lawrence, Utah vice president and chief executive officer of U S WEST Communications, said, "Our name has changed, but our commitment to service and value is still our highest priority. Your telephone communications will still be provided by the same caring and responsive people you've dealt with historically." Telephone bills issued by U S WEST Communications will look similar in all 14 states served by the company, including Utah. The same detailed information included on previous bills will still be there, but the design will feature the U S WEST Communications logo and colors. To help avoid confusion, the first bills telephone customers receive from U S WEST Communications will also carry the phrase "Formerly "For-merly Mountain Bell." In addition, there will be an indicator on the envelope to let customers know a telephone bill is inside. Telephone payments can be mailed in as they have been in the past. Payments can continue to be mailed as they have been in the past. Video helps 4 It's not too late for taxpayers to consider changing their federal income tax withholding to avoid a big tax bill April 15, 1989, or a large refund, the Internal Revenue Service Ser-vice says. To make it easier for taxpayers to figure the correct withholding for the 1988 tax year, the IRS has a new IRS-produced videotape titled "Is My withholding Correct?" This new instructional videotape shows taxpayers how to correctly fill out Form W-4, line-by-line, so their federal income tax withholding will be as accurate as possible. Employers Em-ployers can get a copy of this 23 minute videotape by calling the local IRS Office, and are encouraged en-couraged to make a reference copy for themselves, to show their employees em-ployees as a service. There are no copyright restrictions on the videotape. Call 524-6095 in Salt Lake City (1-800-424-1040 elsewhere in Utah) if you are interested in the video. For taxpayers with satellite dishes, Tax Line '88 is available on Westar 5, transponder 12X (also known as channel 24) and on Satcom III, transponder 2, in addition to cable systems affiliated with the Learning Channel and the Open Public Events Network. Utah area residents should look in their local television listings for the exact time and cable channel. Tax line '88 airs the first Thursday of every month from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m., EDT, and features federal tax information. Police report Springville Police arrested 15 and 16 year old males this past week for trespassing, carrying a concealed weapon and possession of beer. They also investigated a case of lewdness where a man was reported to be running around without any clothes on, and a case of child sexual abuse on a 12-year-old female. Eli S. Miller, 110 East 200 South, Springville, was arrested for theft. Lynn R. Allman, 360 West 400 North No. 2, Springville, was arrested on a warrant. Two assaults were reported during the week. And police responded to 22 animal calls including in-cluding one where a cat had been shot with an arrow and one where a dog had been shot with a pellet gun. Thefts included cassette tapes and other items from a car that were later found in a garden, fishing poles, reels, two skateboards, tools and a tackle box, cassette tapes and other times worth over $200, a microwave oven and barbeque, an auto stereo, a boat propeller worth $112, jewelry and several other items. There were several reports of vandalism and runaway youths. English Classes offered at BYU Brigham Young University will conduct free classes in English as a second language Mondays through Thursdays beginning Wednesday (July 13). Cheryl Brown, coordinator of the program, said the classes will take place from 4 to 4:50 p.m. in Amanda Knight Hall, 800 N. University Avenue through Aug. 4. Classes are open to all adults and older teenagers who are not native speakers of English. Registration and placement testing will take place at 4 p.m. Wednesday (July 13), and class work will begin Thursday. Information is available from Brown at 378-2385 or from the Linguistics Department at 378-2937. Citizens of Springville: Are we really who we say we are? Are we really going the extra mile? Are we really doing all we can? Many of us can answer yes to all of these questions. But is there a limit? Can we define where one should stop and say , "I've done enough?" We all know the answer to that-NO! We all know the man that went all the way for all of us. Did He stop or quit midstream? Did He feel He had done His share? NO! He was the example all of us need to follow and remember each day. That is why we are here. The Springville World Folkfest needs all of us behind it 100 percent, working together as a community to build a better tomorrow, uniting our efforts as a whole for the sake of world peace. Is the Folkfest a unique program? You bet! It is centered around sharing, giving, exchanging, uniting, and most of all, caring. The Federal spending in county increased by $3,182,000 Federal expenditures in Utah County increased by $3,182,000, or 1.0 percent last year. This was pointed out in a study of federal spending in Utah Counties prepared by Utah Foundation, the private tax research organization. The report indicates that total federal outlays made in Utah County during fiscal 1987 amounted to $331,306,000, compared with $328,124,000 in 1986. Of the 1987 Utah County total, $38,028,000 was expenditures ex-penditures by the Defense Department, Depart-ment, $50,132,000 was grant awards to state and local governments, individuals, and other institutions, $169,196,000 was federal disbursements disbur-sements for Social Security and employee retirement and disability programs, $3,851 was outlays for nondefense procurement contracts, and $70,099 was for nondefense salaries and other federal expenditures ex-penditures made in the county. According to the report, federal outlays made in Utah County during 1987 were equal to $1,377 per capita, or 16.2 percent of the total personal income of the county. This compares with a statewide average of $3,421 per capita, or 31.1 percent of the state total personal income. Foundation analysts point out that differences in defense spending is the major factor accounting for the wide variance in the impact of federal outlays among Utah's 29 counties. Last year, defense department expenditures totaled $2,080,850,000 throughout Utah. More than 96 percent of these defense outlays were concentrated in five counties: Davis County - $682 million, Salt Lake County - $590 million, Box elder County - $417 million, Tooele County - $180 million, and Weber County - $136 million. For the state as a whole, federal outlays rose by $218 million, or 4 percent last year. Much of this gain Tax commission offices moving All Tax Commission offices in the Provo area will be moving on Friday, July 15, to the new Utah County Regional Center. The address ad-dress of the new regional center is 150 East Center Street, Provo. The offices include: Motor Vehicle Division, currently located at 180 North 200 West, Provo and Administration Ad-ministration Division, Auditing Division, Collection Division, and Motor Vehicle Business Administration Ad-ministration (MVBA) Division, currently located at 1669 West 820 North, Provo. The new telephone numbers are: Motor Vehicle, 1-800-451-6496 and all other divisions, 374-7055. These offices will be closed for public business on July 15. The move will be completed on that day. Citizens can contact the Tax Commission offices in Salt Lake for assistance on July 15. Those telephone numbers on July 15 are: Motor Vehicle, MVBA Divisions, 1-800-451-6496 r Direct deposit , The direct deposit of Social Security Checks into a checking or savings account at a financial in-, stitution is easier today than ever before. For persons filing to receive benefits for the first time, Direct Deposit may be arranged at the initial interview without any need to contact the bank or other financial 'institution. The claimant's personal 'check, pass book or account statement has sufficient enrollment data including the Depositor Account Ac-count Number (DAN) to permit entering information directly into a computer. This permits the first check to go by Direct Deposit. For those already receiving benefits, direct deposit actions can be taken based on a phone call. . These simple steps to arrange iDirect Deposit is an important way of promoting this safe and convenient con-venient method of handling your Social Security check. Stye jjrtnguiUE Ueralii COMMENT PAGE cultural exchange alone far surpasses sur-passes anything we could think of . doing ourselves. Sure-it takes time, money, patience, understanding. But aren't these the qualities that make all of us better people? We all need to look down the road a few years. Look at the Manti Pageant. Look at the Shakespearean Festival. Look at the Freedom Festival. And what about our own Art City Days? The list goes on and on. They all started somewhere. They started with a dream, a vision of hope, with a purpose, and they all bring people closer together as a group and as families. We encourage you to say YES to the Folkfest. Support it with your time and talents. It can become a great annual event, but not without the support of everyone. We need you! The past two years have been growing years for the festival. We are known worldwide now and was accounted for by an increase in social payments to individuals for retirement, disability, and other purposes. Although there was a substantial increase in defense department outlays, this was largely offset by a decline in non-defense non-defense contract awards. Total federal contract awards in Utah (defense and nondefense) actually changed very little between 1986 and 1987. Federal outlays rose in 18 counties and declined in 11 counties last year. Nearly half of the increased federal spending in Utah is accounted for by added federal spending in Salt Lake County. Percentagewise, the largest gains were recorded in Emery County (76.8 percent) Beaver County (59.4 percent), Sevier County (56.8 percent), and Summit County (55.6 percent). The foundation report indicates that while federal spending may be very important to local economies, it can create some problems for local governments. When an employer em-ployer (such as the federal government) govern-ment) pays no taxes, its employee actually can become a net financial liability to the community. Studies have shown that, on the average, about one-half of the cost of governmental services provided to the general public is paid by direct taxes charged to families and individuals, in-dividuals, with the remaining portion of the tax borne by business and industry. Federal programs and activities that do not stimulate growth in the private sector, therefore, are likely to result in reduced iocal services or higher taxes to support the required services. Federal agencies and installations generally are not subject to state and local taxation as are most private businesses and installations. Tax watchdog applauds tax refund plan "The Utah legislature took a colossal step at Tuesday's special session to bolster Utah's sagging economy and restore the peoples' confidence in the state's political and legislative process," said Jack Olson, Executive Vice President of the Utah Taxpayers Association. "Of all the various surplus disposal alternatives debated, we feel the Legislature adopted the fairest and most beneficial to Utah's taxpayers. The Utah Taxpayers Association Board of Directors applauds the legislature for returning the bulk of this year's $110 million surplus to taxpayers for one third of the Federal income tax deductibility and cutting income tax rates," Mr. Olson said. "It was nip and tuck in the late hours of the session whether a larger slice of the surplus money would go to expanding government spending programs or be returned to taxpayers. tax-payers. Every government lobbyist in the state was on the hill twisting arms, but in the final hours, the lawmakers voted to honor their promise made last year to give back any tax collection overages," said Olson. "The lawmakers were very open in admitting that they goofed last year when they jumped taxes. They claimed they were given bad revenue projection information and this resulted in a tax increase of a whopping $272 million rather than the $162 million intended. Several times during floor debate, legislators said, 'we are here today to admit to taxpayers that we erred and we are here to repair the damage.'" Olson said, "The $80 million returned to taxpayers will provide a shot in the arm to Utah's sagging economy. People will spend more and this will benefit business, assist the job market and, hopefully, stop or slow the population out-migration." 0r countries are calling us to come and be a part of this wonderful event. This year we have five countries coming from the Eastern block! What a privilege for the people of Springville. What an honor. What a growing experience. Let us keep the Folkfest here. Let us make it a part of our future, a part of our artistic heritage. Let us all pitch in and say, "What can I do to help?" Many hands make less work. We can do it Springville. This year seeds of hope and peace will be planted. Friendships will be made. Needs will be met. And examples will be shown. Make your contact today with someone from the festival committee. com-mittee. Ask them how you can help and what they would like you to do. Together we will build a better tomorrow and a brighter future for us and for those who follow. Board of Directors, Springville World Folkfest John Green replies to Sturman's insurance column John Green replies: Regardless of what the industry prints regarding rates, the acid test is to compare rates over a 20 year period of time. Level term insurance almost always beats Annual Renewable Term insurance over the long haul and certainly shows up cash value insurance for the expensive ex-pensive investment that it is. Term insurance is referred to as 'Temporary' 'Tem-porary' by the industry and Cash Value, or Whole Life is referred to as 'Permanent.' Inasmuch as life itself is only temporary, it seems only natural that temporary income should be protected by temporary insurance. Savings programs, we believe, should be more controllable by the individual and not by some big company. Incidentally, A.L. Williams (who was never mentioned in the original article in question) and MILICO are together the largest provider of individual life insurance in America (Over 80 billion dollars of face value in 1987, much of which was sold to replace existing cash value life insurance). The insurance industry has really been feeling the impact of 'Buy Term & Invest The Difference' over the past 4 or 5 years. 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