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Show Page Six - The Springville Herald - May 21, 1997 Local student wins national award Competing against more than 12,000 students from throughout the United States, Jonathan Miner, Min-er, a Springville High School senior, has won a National Honor Society scholarship, sponsored by the National Association of Secondary Sec-ondary School Principals (NASSP). Lynn Patterson, principal, Springville High School, announced an-nounced the award which includes in-cludes a $1,000 college scholarship. scholar-ship. Two hundred fifty National Honor Society winners were announced by the National Association Asso-ciation of Secondary School Principals. Each high school NHS chapter chap-ter could nominate two senior students based on their leadership, leader-ship, scholastic achievement, character and service. Nominees submitted a form outlining their participation in school organizations, organiza-tions, clubs, academic accomplishments, accom-plishments, employment experience, experi-ence, and community service. "Miner has demonstrated outstanding ability in his academic academ-ic work and service to his school and community," said Dr. Timothy Timo-thy J. Dyer, executive director, NASSP. "He's a fine example of the outstanding caliber of young people in America's high schools." While at Springville High School, Miner has been president of the National Honor Society Chapter, Youth Volunteer of the Year at the Springville Museum of Art, Utah Sterling Scholar in Technology Education, and winner win-ner of the Philo T. Farnsworth Governor's Award for excellence Commission rules on centrally assessed VilTel The Utah State Tax Commission Commis-sion has ruled that certain intangible intan-gible values are not taxable under Utah property tax law. The case was brought by WilTel, a telephone tele-phone company which challenged the fact that the unitary method of assessment captured intangible property associated with real and personal property, but not intended intend-ed to be subjected to property taxes. The commission decision requires the taxpayer to prove the intangible values before they can be excluded. The decision specifically specif-ically excludes from the definition defini-tion of property "moneys, credits, cred-its, bonds, stocks, representative property, franchises, good-will, copyrights, patents, or other intangibles." Taxpayers who remember the Amax case which ruled as unconstitutional uncon-stitutional a 20 exemption given to all taxpayers except centrally assessed and personal property, will recall that the legislature reacted by instituting new taxes on utilities and other centrally assessed taxpayers. If the shift between centrally assessed as-sessed properties and locally assessed taxpayers is significant under WilTel, similar retaliatory new taxes might be expected. At this point it is not known how large the property tax shift could be, or whether the legislature legisla-ture will be called into special session to address the issue. But it is clear that any attempt to shift taxes back to centrally assessed taxpayers would be difficult because the entire 45 constitutional constitu-tional exemption for homeowners has been used and any new non-property non-property taxes on centrally assessed as-sessed companies could not be easily sent back in relief to locally local-ly assessed property owners. But the elimination of discriminatory discrim-inatory taxes on the intangible values of centrally assessed property prop-erty may actually increase property prop-erty valuations of centrally assessed as-sessed companies. Telecommunications Telecommuni-cations spokesmen have argued in the past that, because of the overtaxation over-taxation of unitary valued companies compa-nies which the WilTel decision addresses, many firms have avoided placing expensive property prop-erty such as switching equipment in Utah whenever possible. They say the correction of this inequity will, over time, actually increase Utah's property tax bases. The witch hazel plant is so called, it's believed, because its forked twigs once though to have magic power in pointing out hidden springs of water. A "No" averts seventy troubles. trou-bles. Indian Proverb Jonathan Miner in education, and was recently named a Gordon B. Hinckley Scholar at Brigham Young University. Uni-versity. Red Cross needs volunteers The Utah County chapter of the American Red Cross ; ceds volunteers able to leave on 14- or 21 -day assignments to the scenes of national disasters. Disaster Action Team volunteers must be willing to travel on as short as one day's notice in the Red Cross' Emergency Response Vehicle. Currently, volunteers FIRST JCDDecisip ,, . T ChL I ovrm. JL 9, u-5 green ray ci Offer good for new Certificates of Deposit (CDs) opened during this the maximum Miss Wickes 25 years at Bonnie Wickes is competing 25 years of service to the children chil-dren of the Grant School this year. She started her teaching career in 1992 as an intern in the second grade. She first taught on the ground floor of the old building build-ing that stood just south of the new one. Bonnie has taught second, third, fourth and fifth grades, with the fifth grade being her favorite. She has always been interested in the individual student, stu-dent, not only academically but with the whole child. Many of her school projects have centered around the boys and girls she has taught. Bonnie has enhanced the school through her musical ability at the piano. 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