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Show Page Two - The Springville Herald - June 10, 1992 EDITORIAL Fly your flag Sun. By Spencer Bedard On June 14, 1777, the U.S. Congress proclaimed the stars and stripes to be the national standard of the United States, however, Flag Day was not established until over a hundred years later. In the 1890's, public school officials began to encourage commemorative activities on June 14 and three years later the state of New York and city of Philadelphia recognized the day as one on which the U.S. flag should be hoisted on public buildings. After pressure from Bernard J. Cigrand, the Congress finally recognized the day as a national holiday in 1949. Little is known about the history of the American flag. So little importance was attached to the flag during the revolutionary period that no history was recorded. One popular story that has captured national attention is that Betsy Ross, a Philadelphia flagmaker, was commissioned by George Washington to sew the flag. Although there is nothing to back the story up besides the testimony of relatives. The flag has taken on many designs over the years. Not until recent years when the latest states of Arizona, Alaska and Hawaii were admitted to the Union was there a uniform code of design. Rich history or not, the flag symbolizes our nation and its proud history. Seeing the flag means something different to almost everyone. Some see it as a sign of homecoming when they have been abroad for a period of time and relate their experience of "seeing the flag again for the first time." Others recall wars they have fought in for the U.S. and say they have "defended the flag." A few people, in their bitterness, decide to burn the flag as a political statement. This Sunday will be the 215th. anniversary of America's adoption of the stars and stripes. If you have a flag you should display it in the spirit of what it means personally to you. When others see your flag flying, perhaps they will recall our freedoms and pride in country. Beautification Committee still needs volunteer helpers The Springville City Beautification Beautif-ication Committee met Thursday in the city offices. Although 50 letters had been sent out to citizens citi-zens and an article in the local newspaper asking for volunteers to serve on the committee, only a few people came to the meeting. The committee consists of the following officers: Mike Allen, chairman; Stacy Anderson, Secretary; Sec-retary; Shirlene Jordan, Historian: His-torian: and Colene Beck, Representative Rep-resentative of Neighbor Advisory committee. Floyd Stewart, Michael Bartholomew and Wayne Wing, employees of the city were in attendance. Other volunteers are Alan Stewart. Leon Fredrick- m iPFRrfix Electronic Repair Service 238 South Wlain-SpringvHIe 489-9521 Computers fixed We also rapalr TVs Stereos and VCR's Aft Work Guaranteed For 90 Days N& Charge Open 9a rn to 6 pm darly Saturdays by appointment pringutlle Unralfr (USPS 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 Patricia Conover Second Class Postage Paid in Springville UT, 84663 Postmaster send change of address notice to: The Springville Hearld, 161 S. Main, Springville UT, 84663 Subscriptions in Advance per year $18.00 Out of County Subscriptions per year $21 .00 Per copy $0.50. Delivered by carrier, per month $1 .80 Member Utah Press Association son, Rusty Shaw and Louise Clyde. The main project for the committee to accomplish this year is to clean out the south underpass under-pass to Springville and replant it with shrubs and plants. For this and other projects, the committee expressed the need for volunteer groups to assist with the work. Especially are Boy Scout troops and other groups of young people encouraged to help with these service projects. Any of the above named individuals can be contacted for more information. In the past Springville City and many of its citizens have won beautification awards. Buy your own flowers Editor: Monday, June 1, I went to the cemetery to water the flowers on my grandbaby's grave. While 1 was there I observed a man removing re-moving flowers and windmills off of graves. I thought all those don't belong to him, so I went and asked the workers about it. They said it was OK. I can see people taking flowers after they are all removed and put in a pile but not the way I saw it. I understand that the city has a tight budget, but people don't need to stoop that low. If you want to decorate your yard, get off your butt and earn your own flowers. Don't steal from our loved ones' grave. When you go out and admire your beautiful yard, just remember remem-ber where they came from. Kaylene Brailsford Flowers and flags taken To the grave thieves: I hope every time you see your plants and the American flag you are proud of yourself. Taking a Veteran's flag and flowers, you could at least wait for the sexton to remove the plants. He would never steal the flag or remove it. It's a shame the dead can't rest in peace. My two children and dear husband were the victims. I hope you experience this same thing some day. I have planted marigolds around the three headstones. Maybe you better come back and get them. Mrs. Ada Taylor Police Report By Spencer Bedard Springville Police responded to 197 calls last week, 35 were animal related. Mapleton had 30 calls. Eleven arrests were made including William Pike, 22, of Springville who was involved in a fight and charged with assault on Monday. Evidently he shot a pellet gun through a window and struck an individual in the arm. Justin Collings, 20, of Maple-ton, Maple-ton, and Christian Carter, 21, of Springville, were charged with stealing beer from 7-Eleven. Deanna Mebride, 26, of Springville Spring-ville was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol and possession of a controlled substance. sub-stance. Mebride was involved in a auto accident near Valtek where she was found to be drunk and in possession of marijuana and roach clips. James Jones, 19, of Springville was arrested for disorderly conduct con-duct following his refusal to leave a resident's property. Evidently Jones was attempting to get his daughter from the house where the girl's mother and grandfather were living. Witnesses called police and said they saw one man threatening to throw a rock at another. Jones was taken to jail and the child and mother taken into protective custody. Kelly Wilkinson, 18, of Springville Spr-ingville was arrested for public-intoxication public-intoxication and illegal consumption consump-tion of alcohol. Two instances of child abuse were reported last week and are under investigation. One case was referred to the division of family services when a child was found to have chemical burns on the legs. A number of residents have reported having their car windows broken or tail lights kicked in. The chicken farm was the scene of another egg theft and four wheelers continue to ravage new neighborhoods by running over sprinkler heads. A stop sign was pushed over at 900 South and 800 East and the Art City Elementary School suffered lawn damage due to a car. 1 State Farm's Homeowners insurance with inflation Coverage SEE I Dean Brian 52 W. 200 S. 489-9444 11 taHfm I 1 f (l t 1 Government finds nays to trim Rep. Bill Orton (D-UT), member mem-ber of the congressional Task Force on Government Waste, announced today the release of the Task Force's report The Challenge of Sound Management. The report documents areas of wasteful government spending, and sets an agenda to eliminate waste in a variety of federal programs. The report contains 28 recommendations estimated to save the taxpayers between $65 billion and $85 billion, if implemented. imple-mented. According to Orton, the Task Force on Waste held numerous fact-finding meetings with Federal Inspectors General, officials form the General Accounting Office (GAO), and concerned citizen groups. The Task Force also researched reports, audits, congressional con-gressional committee hearings and testimony on how government Court ruling could increase Utah taxes by 1 8 million The U.S. Supreme Court's decision saying Congress may authorize states to require mailorder mail-order companies to collect sales tax could ultimately cost Utah taxpayers as much as $18 million in higher taxes. In May, the High Court ruled in Quill Corp. v. North Dakota that states do not have the authority to require mail-order companies that do not have a physical presence in the state to collect sales tax from its customers and remit that tax to the state. However, the Court clearly affirmed that Congress may pass legislation to give the states the authority to require these companies compa-nies to collect sales taxes and remit them back to the states, and that such action would not violate the commerce clause of the U.S. Constitution. "Congress has been reluctant to exercise this authority, and the states had hoped that the U.S. Supreme Court would rule that the states may compel the mailorder mail-order companies to collect the sales tax on the states' behalf," said Janice J. Perry, spokesperson for the Tax Commission. Utah individuals and companies compa-nies always have been required by law to pay "use" taxthe equivalent of sales tax-on purchases pur-chases made through out-of-state companies. However, since there is no mechanism for requiring out-of-state companies to collect the tax, the Utah Tax Commission Commis-sion has relied on an honor system sys-tem where citizens voluntarily remit this tax on their state individual indi-vidual income tax returns. For the 1991 tax year only 2,550 income tax returns have declared and paid only $68,970 in use tax. The Tax Commission estimates that between $16 million mil-lion and $18 million in Utah use-tax use-tax annually goes uncollected on purchases Utahns make through out-of-state firms. Currently, mail-order firms that have a physical presence in Utah (such as Sears) are required to collect the tax while out-of-state companies compa-nies that sell to Utahns only by mail are not required to do so, although a number of major retailers have elected to collect the tax voluntarily. In preparation for either a JOB ANNOUNCEMENT Full-time: $8.44hour plus benefits Springville City has openings for a full-time Waste Water Plant Operators Level I. This posision after training, will work rotating shifts. Duties include monitoring plant operations, checking the operations of lift stations and operating pumps. Essential Functions of the job: -Able to accurately write readings from meters, guages and monitors. Keep accurate, legible records. -Must be capable of moving over varied terrain, frequently climbing permanent perma-nent step ladders. Frequent stopping and bending. -Perform visual inspection of plant operations. -Operate pumps. -Make decisions if a problem requires immediate resolution. Experience and Education: Requires educational background in mechanics mechan-ics and motor and pump operations. After one year of job experience must obtain Grade One Waste Water Certification. A valid Utah operators license is preferred but not required. To apply, return a completed city application to Richard Manning, 50 South Main, Springville, UT 84663 by 5:00 p.m. June 12, 1992. Springville City does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, or disability in employment or the provision of services. The city will provide reasonable accomodations for any applicant during the application and evaluation process. If any accommodations are required please contact Richard Manning at 489-2700. Please notify the city of your needs at least 24 hours in advance. manages taxpayer money. "The full report documents waste in overhead costs, unnecessary unneces-sary duplication in federal programs pro-grams and failing management," Orton said. He says that 20 cents of every dollar the government spends is overhead cost. "It is ludicrous that one fifth of our money is spent on the bureaucracy. bureaucra-cy. Excessive levels of overhead represent money that could be used to reduce our budget deficit, or spent on programs, benefits and services," said Orton. The Task Force claims that the Department of Defense routinely purchases 10 percent more material mate-rial than it needs. Another example exam-ple cited in the report are federal research programs conducted at colleges and universities. According Accord-ing to the report, one-third to one-half of the billions of dollars in federal funds that goes for U.S. Supreme Court decision or congressional action that would permit states to compel mailorder mail-order firms to collect the use tax, the Utah Legislature passed a law that would require mail-order firms to become licensed to collect col-lect use tax on behalf of the state of Utah. However, enforcement of this law has been held in abeyance abey-ance pending congressional action or a favorable U.S. Supreme Court decision. Many local retailers support the mail-order tax because they feel out-of-state companies presently pres-ently have an unfair competitive advantage in not charging the tax. Tobacco safes The City-County Health Department De-partment of Utah County is educating ed-ucating businesses in the county about the laws concerning the selling of an addictive drug to minors. While it is illegal to purchase tobacco, some youth are aware of places to buy. The Health Department Depart-ment is delivering educational packets to retailers who sell tobacco. These packets contain information about Utah's tobacco laws and a description of who is most likely to be a smoker. Among other things, the packet pack-et contains a copy of the Utah Tobacco purchase Law which prohibits anyone under the age of 19 from buying, accepting, possessing or using tobacco products. prod-ucts. According to Dr. David Alt-man Alt-man at Stanford Center for Disease Control, ninety percent of all smokers begin to smoke before the age of 19 and sixty percent start before the age of 14. The Health Department hopes that by educating businesses about the tobacco laws, they will not sell to minors. The goal is to decrease the chances of using tobacco at a young age. Tobacco is a highly advertised product and can be legally pur-, chased by adults. For these reasons some retailers appear to underestimate the addictiveness and the health risks of this product prod-uct especially when minors use it at an early age. Obviously tob research and development grants to colleges is spent for overhead rather than actual research. "Some of the wasteful spending is plainly due to sloppy management," manage-ment," said Orton. "We must now develop effective management manage-ment techniques in the federal government that will save the taxpayers billions of dollars. Although the report is a starting point to lower our national deficit, defi-cit, other measures, including a balanced budget amendment, must be implemented." In April and May, Orton held a series of town meetings on government gov-ernment spending, and mailed a survey to his constituents asking them how they would balance the budget. Orton is also leading a force in the fight for a balance budget amendment that will be voted on this coming week. Senior news Springville and Mapleton Senior Sen-ior Citizens are reminded to make reservations for the dinner on Wed., June 17. The program will be given by the musical group Buttons and Bows. The senior aerobics and ceramics cer-amics classes are through for the summer. But seniors can still join the oil painting class on Mon. after lunch and enjoy cards, pool, Bingo, quilting and rug making every day. Seniors are reminded to take advantage of the clinic which is open every Wed. from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Call 489-8738 for an appointment. Watch the news for trips that are being planned for the Senior Citizens. fo minors acco is not safe for adults to use either. The Health Department along with local police departments will conduct underage buying operations. opera-tions. These operations will use volunteer minors to attempt to purchase tobacco products from randomly chosen retailers. CPU class at Mt. View Mountain View Hospital is once again offering an American Heart Association Certified Program. Pro-gram. It is scheduled for June 24, 25 and 26 in the Hospital Cafeteria Cafe-teria Classroom. Course fee for the nine hours is $8. Participants must attend all three days from 7 to 10 p.m. Certified Instructor Paul Lemon gives instruction and requires participants to pass a practical exam on the resucianne and a written exam to receive certification. This course is a prerequisite for many of the nursing classes and also lifeguard-ing. lifeguard-ing. Foi more information or to register for the course, please call Pam White at 465-9201 extension 113. The flag of Denmark is the oldest unchanged national flag in existence, dating back to the 13th century. HI i |