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Show Page Two Hie Springville Herald July 1989 Woman wants volunteers Dear Editor: It seems astonishing to me that a newspaper would lambast a library when both are institutions which promote free speech, literacy and public awareness or education. I can only assume that your recent criticism of Springville Public Library Li-brary was designed to arouse public pub-lic sentiment and evoke support for our fine library. I too would like to solicit support for our library, and in particular, the formation of a "Friends of the Library" group. I would like to be involved in the organization of this group and would like to connect with other interested citizens to help make a Springville Library Friends group a reality. I have placed a sign-up sheet in the library; please leave your name and number so we can start forming form-ing a coalition of volunteers. The library needs us-and a group working work-ing together can accomplish more t ha n any of us could working a lone. Sincerely, Dcbra Wells Catalog border hopping in danger by Dennis Hinkamp Consumer Information Writer Utah Slate University Anothergreat American pastime is in danger-border hopping. Statehood was probably a pretty great idea, but it hasa I ways c n co u r-aged r-aged as many people to leave the state as visit it. The buses that run , daily from Salt Lake City to Wen-dover, Wen-dover, Nev. are not making the trip to show people the beauty of the salt flats. Shopping by mail is another way to leave the state. You can shop at New York City's Bioomingdales without ever leaving the pastoral setting of Utah. You can also buy all sortsof skimpy lingerie without ever turning pink in front of a clerk. A small added benefit has been thatyoudon'l pay sales taxon these itcms-a benefit that is usually cancelled out by shipping costs. Now Utah and many other slates are trying to enforce taxation on these simple and sometimes sinful pleasures. They want to impose state sales taxon what you buy from mail order companies located in other states. The logic of the "use tax" is that even ifyou didn't buy the product prod-uct here, you use it here and thus should pay taxes on it here. Three years ago, the Tax Commission Com-mission started including a voluntary volun-tary Utah use-tax section on the stale income tax forms. This is where you arc supposed to figure the tax you owe on those lifelike inflatable duck decoys you ordered from back East. According to Jean Lown, consumer con-sumer educator in the Utah State University College of Family Life, if they really want the money they ought to pass a law requiring tax on out-of-state catalog sales. The vol-unleersyslcm vol-unleersyslcm they have set up now encourages non-compliance. Lown says border hopping is a problem all over the country. People in the slale of Washington drive over to Oregon to buy groceries and clothes because Oregon has no sales tax. As long as you have differences differ-ences between states, there is goi ng to be border hopping. She says taxing catalog sales is going to be inconvenient. The order or-der forms are going to have io include in-clude the lax rates for every stale. For Utah you would have to multiply multi-ply the purchase price by .0625. Catalog sales have expanded not because of the loophole in the i x laws, but because consumers like the convenience of shopping al home. Also, 1 suspect, (here are still a lot of people like myself who just think gelling a package in the mail is one of life's lit tic thrilN. There is something more exciting about il than just hauling something some-thing through the checkout line and out to your car. Imposing state taxes on catalog sales is probably not going to stop many people from using this type of shipping. It is just another little nagging way to let you know the government is watching. To win a bet for $40, Thomas Garson of Chicago ate 22 hamburgers ham-burgers and two quartsof ice cream in 25 minutes back in 1938. More than 70 million decks of cards are sold each year in the U.S EDITORIAL ur paries are beautiful One of the finest features of the city this summer are the beautiful flowers and shrubs which the Parks Department have planted and maintained throughout the city. We compliment all who have worked on this project from the department head, Mike Bartholomew, the men who work with him including Reed Averett and Floyd Stewart, and the many part-time employees who have made the parks, city buildings and the cemetery, areas of peace and beauty this summer. However, it has been reported that in some areas flowers have been pulled out, trails have been made through flower beds because it is shorter to go through than to walk around and sprinkler heads have been destroyed. While some of these problems have to do with youth in our city, some of the problems are caused by adults. We ask citizens to respect the work, effort and expense put forward by the city employees and report to the city any of these problems and, if known, who is causing the prob lems. But most of all, we encourage all citizens to enjoy the beauty of our parks and city buildings this summer the result of hours of dedicated service by those who serve us. (UPS 513-060) IL 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 . Btty Lou Ballsy POSTMASTER: Pl.gs. t.nd chang. of oddr.n to Th. SpVlngvlll. Herald, 161 South Main St. , Springvlllo, UT (4663. Second clan poitog. paid at Springville UT um. 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 iy Who Oprtagvilo tlozald COMMENT PAGE wester says don't top trees! Editor: As City Forester of Springville, I am concerned about the "topping" of trees in our city. Topping, or dehorning, refers to the condition when over one-third of the top of the tree has been removed at one lime. One major concern about topping top-ping is based on scicnlificevidence. Studies show that topping encourages encour-ages dangerous decay patterns. The loss of leaf surface area results in new growth that does not firmly attach itself to the center of the tree. On May 23, 1989, during a windstorm, wind-storm, a tree that was topped 33 years ago had a major limb break off. The limb that fell down was over 1' in diameter. It had grown from a limb that was located 1' below the topping and was only 1 14" in diameter. That small branch was all of the attachment that the massive mas-sive limb had besides that one cell attachment to the trunk of the tree. When the limb fell it caused a power outage that tied up the fire, police, and electric departments for over one hour. The net value of this tree was $13380. Because over 50 of the tree was damaged by topping the tree is now worth SO. This is a typical occurrence when a tree is topped. It takes several years for the limbs to become heavy enough to be a hazard. Once a tree is topped, its value becomes SOand as it becomes more hazardous, it can develop a negative value. Many tree services advertise topping. top-ping. A good arborist will recommend recom-mend topping only under rare circumstances. Just because some thing is readily available does not mean that it is the best alternative. ' Might I suggest that when topping is desired that instead you remove the tree in question and replant a species that is compatible with the site. Also, train trees when they are young. Preventative measures are always worthwhile. In addition to the scientific evidence evi-dence and risk involved with topping top-ping trees, topped trees are not aesthetically pleasing A topped tree is often a visual nightmare. If there are any questions regarding regard-ing topping, please feel free to call my office at 489-4914. Thank you, Mike Bartholomew Superintendent Springville City Parks and Cemetery Sportsmen must he iirohed Studies done by Wildlife Biologist Biolo-gist AB. Tony Bubcnik, Ph.D. show that the bull to cow ratio of our elk herds is 10 (or even 5 bulls in some areas) per 100 cows. Our elk herds are facing some serious problems. This is why the Utah Board of Big Game Control ruling of spike only on the Manti, Boulder and Fish Lake herd units is a sensible one. This ruling will allow anyone with an open bull permit to take a spike bull during the regular season. Three or four years later, when the bull to cow ratio improves and we establish estab-lish a population of mature bulls, (he DWR will then allow a limited entry hunt for mature bulls. Bubenik's study shows that before be-fore the white man arrived, there was an estimated 10 million elk in North America. The bull to cow ratio was 50 bulls to 100 cows. The mature bulls weighed over 1000 lbs. and their antler weight was as high as 50 lbs. The rut and calving peri-, ods rarely lasted beyond i'uiec weeks. " Today our hn.ls have a low bull to cow tuho. mature bulls rarely ..li !)()() IK and their an'.ler weigh? only averages L'bout 15 pounds. The mos; sciious problems prob-lems are the nt nd calving period, wirvI: today lasts as long as three .iicnths and puts calving dangerously danger-ously late into the season not allowing al-lowing calves enough time to mature ma-ture before winter, hits. Bubenik estimates that 80 percent of the bulls servicing the cows are yearlings. year-lings. The studies show that the survival rate of calves serviced by mature bulls is about 50 percent. In cows serviced by yearling bulls, the survival drops to 30 to 40 percent. The birth weight of the calves serviced serv-iced by yearlings is also lower. This may be leading us towards a smaller sized genetic elk herd. This is why the ruling of the Utah Board of Big Game Control is a sensible one. This ruling helps get thequality of our elk herds back up into the area that they are supposed sup-posed to be, with good bull to cow ratios. Studies show that the branched antler restrictions for elk hunting in Colorado and other states trying to improve bull to cow ratios have resulted in high numbers of illegal kills (as high as 50 percent). Many peopleshoot first then count the points later, and if there is less than the minimum, they leave the elk. Also, shootingonly the mature bulls takes the elite from the ge netic pool and the social harmony of the herd. The spike only hunt, with limited entry hunting for mature bulls in the future, has been used in Montana Mon-tana with good results. Though to make it work here we as sportsmen have to help police our own hunts because the DWR does not have the man power to do it all. If we want to see the true benefits of this proposal, we need to obey the rules and help police the hunts to make others obey. We need to become informed on why these hunts are introduced. Bubenik's quote is one that I love. He states, "As a Wildlife Wild-life Biologist my duties are to defend de-fend and enhance the resource. Consequently, during all my years in the profession, I have fought biopolilics - that is bending to the lobbying pressures of a vocal minority mi-nority of trigger-happy hunters, all of my success has ridden on the shoulders of another kind of hunter, the informed and selfless individ-. ual who is willing to support biologically bio-logically sound management prin- ciples." We need to become this informed individual who understands under-stands the facts. It is sad that less than 2 percent of sportsmen in this state have ever attended a Big Game Board Meeting. This is where these proposals are made and sportsmen input is needed. We need to make sure that these proposals are made with sound biological data and not politically motivated. We need to get involved in sportsmen's groups and become organized to support the wildlife in this state. I read a survey done in the Utah County Journal which said that 92 percent of the people are dissatisfied with the wildlife opportunities and operations in this state. If this many people are dissatisfied and the statistics sta-tistics show that 89 percent of the people in Utah are involved in sportsmen activities and we bring nearly a billion dollars a year into this state, why can't we get organized organ-ized and have a voice that can rattle the walls of the State Capitol? I belong to one of the organizations organiza-tions that cares about the sportsmen's sports-men's opportunities and wildlife in this state. It is called the Utah Sportsmen's Alliance and we meet every second Thursday of the month from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Region Office of the DWR located at 1 1 15 North Main in Springville. If you are interested in where the oppor- P pRofix Professional Electronic Repair 238 South Main Springville 489-9521 Computers Fixed We also repair TV's,. Stereos and VCR 's All Work Guaranteed For 90 Dayslh Charge Open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. dsily Saturday! by eppointnsent tunities for sportsmen in the state are going, we would like to sec you there. Kevin PritchcU 489-8407 Springville needs volunteer firemen The Springville Fire Department is takingapplications for volunteer firemen to serve with the depart-vment. depart-vment. Applications can be picked up at the Fire Department in the Public Safety Building on Main Street. Fire Chief Phil Whitney cautions parents to be mindful of children who still have fireworks left over from the July 4th holiday. Utmost care and supervision should be used when setting off any kinds of fireworks. Police report Police were puzzled when a truck driver traveling westbound passed under the railroad underpass at 1600 South and sheared off 18" of the top of his camper. He drove on leaving the wreckage in the road. The underpass was not damaged and the driver and truck have not been found. Police received several complaints die past week that had to do with fireworks; there were two reports of purse thefts from vehicles and one from a home; two assault cases were handled; and four citizens reported harassing phone calls. Arrested during the week were Michael J. Mower, 946 South Artistic Ar-tistic Circle, Springville, for driving driv-ing under the influence of alcohol, having an open container of alcohol alco-hol and driving on a suspended license. li-cense. Karina Engh, 3820 South 1950 East, Salt Lake, was arrested for retail theft Michael L. Goforth, 526 East 100 North, Springville, was arrested for criminal trespass. Someone cut several locks at the Hatco Storage units. A burglary at the Art City School resulted in equipment damaged, food items strewn around and items taken. And Circle C was robbed of over S200 when a bag of money was left on top of the safe during the power outage. out-age. There were several domestic disputes dis-putes when a women fell and broke two fingers when a dog lunged at her in the area of Mountain Springs. Police handled 33 animal related calls including one dog attacking a duck. A seven-year-old girl was caught shoplifting cosmetics at Allen's Market, someone took a bag of softballs from the Bronco field, and a juvenile was reported missing along with a truck which had been stolen. The Spanish once believed bread on the window sill would avert a storm. Until 1752, the British and their American colonies celebrated New . Years on March 24th. That is, March 24, 1750 was followed by March 25, ' 1751. To convert kilometers to miles, multiply by 0.6. James Garfield was the first U.S.: president to use a telephone. ,j Q)? on 8 14 x 11 white bond 8V2 x 14, 11 x 17, color Bond Copies Available Also enlargements and reductions Available at no extra charge Art City Publishing Co. 161 South Main in downtown Springville 489 -5SS 1 |