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Show Page Two - The Springville Herald - February 15, 1989 EDITORIAL Scouting works February is Boy Scout Month. And Scouting is deserving of the attention given it during this time. Scouting in Springville and Mapleton is big business and those involved know why. Any manor woman who once says yes to working with boys in the Scouting program has a hard time ever sayinggoodbye to that volunteer service. Watching boys grow up and get involved doing good things is very satisfying. Scouting has been an important part of growing up for millions of American boys for almost a century. Scouting is important because it changes lives. It is also important because Scouting is more critical today than ever before. Boys, eight through fourteen years old, are eager to fearn. Just give them a leader who is interested in them personally and you have a winning combination. Scouting teaches values and social skills as well as exposing boys to any number of careers needed to make our world function. It gives boys opportunities to learn to love nature and respect it and to learn to love themselves and their fellowmen. An army of Boy Scouts gathered food in our community last November to aid needy families. The project was an unbelievable success Every year scores of scouts in our area assist the community commu-nity with wonderful projects as they become Eagle Scouts. Scouting works. It wouldn't work without dedicated leaders lead-ers who give their time and talents and means to make it work. These leaders love boys. We honor the hundreds of men and women who volunteer in our community to make Scouting programs such a great success. Mapleton Continued from page I commissioner that the county should become concerned in the matter of what really contributes to the quality qual-ity of air and take action on the major polluters. Minor contributors contribu-tors to the air problem should not be held hostage in this matter. The mayor expressed concern about the open burning policy that will not permit a farmer or home owner with two and one half acres of property prop-erty and thirty fruit trees to burn the trimmings. Those with less than five acres of property will not be permitted to have open burning fires of any kind. Concern was expressed by a Mapleton council member as to the reason whv the countveommis- A disabling can break more than a limb. Your Farm Bureau agent can help you choose a disability income policy based on your current income and your family's needs, at a fair premium. UTAH FARM BUREAU INSURANCE CO. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH SOUTH UTAH 801-465-4803 Payson (UPS 513 Published Weekly by Art City Publishing Co., Inc. 161 South Main Street Springville, Utah 84663 Phone 489-5651 Publisher Martin W. Conovcr Editor Patricia Conovr Managing Editor Btty Lou Ballsy POSTMASTER: PUo nd chang of addrvti to Tho SprlngvllW Harold, 161 South Main St., SprlngvllU, UT 4463. Second clatt poitog paid at Sprlngvlllo, UT 84663. 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 ' sion has not as yet considered supporting the solid waste proposal to develop a new site west of Utah Lake. Most of the communities in the south of the county including Provo City, Springville, Spanish Fork and Mapleton are uniting together to develop this site which is expected lo lake care of the solid waste from those who participate for the next 50 years. The council member said that the county has consistently refused to become a part of helping to develop de-velop this sight and have not been willing to talk about the matter. Sandberg said that he had no answer an-swer about the matter at this time, but that he would look into the concern. injury mmm& li O. Farm Bureau FAMILY OF FINANCIAL PLANNING SERVICES Utah County Agency Agency Manager Aaron D. Kidd Orem Lee. Bamgartner Salem Thomas Boekweg American Fork JimmieD. Ferguson Orem Mikel Russell Orem Mark C. Westphal Payson Roger D. Forsey Elkridge Lonnie E. Lambson Lehi Blaine G. Thomas - 060) Legislative rer by Don Strong There are less than two weeks remaining in the 1989 Legislative session. Decisions now need to be made on the bills and appropriations appropria-tions and needs of the state and the state's ability to find those needs. I personally had a very rewarding week. I actually sang the "Penny Song" on the floor of the Legislature. Legisla-ture. Each year the session gives its support to the fund drive for the Primary Children's Medical Center. Cen-ter. 1 have a very real feeling for the goodness of the Primary Hospital. It is thesourceof wonderful talcsof service and expertise. I explained that the Penny Song was part of my past. Each birthday I, along with all Primary children, would take money to Primary on my birthday and deposit it in the little church to the strains of the "Penny Song." I wish we did the same thing today. Good lessons about serving others who needed help were learned. Sydna and I were driving in the car when the question came up, "Can you sing the Primary Penny Song?" As a mat tcr of fact we could and did. I realize being able to remember the song dates us, but what a good thing to remember. With a little explanation I then sang the song on the floor of the I louse of Representatives. We also celebrated Scouting at t he Legis la t ure. We wea r o u r Scout uniforms. I'm always impressed with the pages and staff when the mothers moth-ers wear their Eagle neckerchiefs to show their support for Scouting. Lots of the mothers have son's Eagle pinson. It is also the day I got to say the prayer, which we do every day. The issues of this session arc starling starl-ing to focus. We completed our Donations sought for Payson boy Tracy Leonard, the three-year-old Payson youth who recently had a heart transplant and has been in the news for several days, has a Springville connection. His grandfather is Ted Cox, long time resident of this city and local glass dealer. Ted has indicated that the present pres-ent operation on theyoung boy will cost in the neighborhood of S500,000 and that insurance will not pay for that type of operation. He and the family along with the Springville Chamber of Commerce are asking all local families to consider con-sider donating to a special trust fund that has been set up in Tracy's behalf at Central Bank. Any amount is being accepted and checks should be made payable to the Tracy Leonard Trust Account, Ac-count, Central Bank and Trust Co., Springville, Utah. According to news reports this morning young Tracy is doing very well at the Loma Linda Hospital and at this writing all things look good for the young lad. Chamber of Commerce President Bill Duncan isaskingall merchants in the city to do whatever they can to help the fund drive along including includ-ing placing of bottles or boxes in their places of business to collect loose change from their patrons. review of our committees part of the budget and have already plenty of new bills to work on. The real work of the Legislature takes place as the finding of the needs of the slate are balanced against the revenues reve-nues of the state. It is always the best and most frustrating time of the session. It is difficult to predict what will happen. Weare still hopefulof our expectations. Realitywillsetinand the decisions of this year's session will get made. We're traded on Wall Street but we're sold on Utah. Sure, a lot of big companies say the same thing. But you may be surprised to learn Questar is one of only a couple of companies com-panies still headquartered in Utah and traded on the New York Stock Exchange. So in a way, you invest in Utah when you invest in Questar. Our operations such as Mountain Fuel, Questar Pipeline, Celsius Energy, Questar Telecom, and Interstate Brick employ thousands of workers, serve 475,000 natural gas customers in Utah and Wyoming, and generate millions of ," CORPORAT &&X'$Xi (NVSK:STK) ....t' Will Legislature adopt Tax Limitation Flan? by Jack A, Olson By this date in January, taxpayers are" usually guarding their wallets and kicking and scratching to keep lawmakers from taxing them out of house and home. Taxpayers are wishing the Legislature would have adjourned and gone home yesterday. yester-day. But this year's session is different. differ-ent. Much different. There issome-thing issome-thing stirring through the halls of the Capitol. It is like a refreshing breeze seldom experienced and long to be remembered and cherished by this observer. It's called, "How do we reduce the tax burden on our people." Credit for this change should go to the recent tax revolt movement. Also to Governor Bangerter who set the mood with his six-point tax reform package and put aside $19 million for tax relief. It's still too early to predict which tax will be cut and by how much. It all hinges on the sie of surpluses. Present estimates are shaky. Also, the House and Senate are far from an agreement on which tax should be cut. Originally, there was support to restore all or part of federal taxes that can be deducted from state income tax returns. This is where I believe tax relief is most needed and where the majority of our membership believe it should come. But now I understand support for this in the Legislature has started to erode. Some Legislators support removing remov-ing the sales tax from food by gradually gradu-ally phasing it our or eliminating it altogether. The drawback is how to balance the budget without those tax receipts which are about S100 dollars in revenues. Some of those dollars are returned to stockholders who are interested in a company with a philosophy of conservative management, a strong balance sheet and a reliable and competitive dividend. Other dollars build Utah's tax base and are contributed to Utah's schools, arts, and community services. It's always been that way. And now that you know something about Questar, that should come as no surprise. ION million according to Tax Commission Commis-sion estimates. Some feel they can pick up the S100 million byjsunseting numerous numer-ous sales tax exemptions including those for mining and manufacturing. manufactur-ing. This would be a mistake. It would devastate Utah's economic development efforts. Jumping the sales tax rate on nonfood non-food purchase's to recoup the Si 00 million could hike our rate from 6 14 to 7 1(4. This also would stifle econornic development and drive big ticket purchasers across Utah's borders. Cutting property taxes by slashing slash-ing the state-mandated school levy is now gaining wide support. Every mill cut would reduce property taxes by about S9.5 million. But there isa hooker in this proposal also. The school tax rate was slashed four mills several years ago with the promise of tax relief. But cities and counties jumped their taxes by about the same amount and little if any tax relief filtered down to taxpayers. taxpay-ers. Taxpayers were cheated then and it could happen again if this proposal pro-posal is adopted, unless a property tax freeze is made part of the plan. Governor Bangerter has a property prop-erty tax freeze proposal which would serve to protect taxpayers in the event the Legislature decided to go with the school tax cut idea. The Legislature is headed in the right direction, but we feel that when the final selection for a tax relief package is made, it should be one which docs not shift tax burdens. It should apply to all taxpayers fairly and equitably. Finally, it should encourage economic development and the creation of jobs. |