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Show Page Two - The Springville EDITORIAL I have a sign in my office. It says, "If you don't want it printed, don't let it happen! " I look at that sign every time someone calls and wants their name omitted from the police report. We all do dumb things daily-most of which do not get published in the newspaper. Thank goodness. Maybe some of those dumb things should be published. Maybe we would think twice about our actions if we knew the community would be party to the mistakes we make. When 1 talk to those persons who request their name not be published in the police report, especially the young ones, I usually tell them that I don't want them on the road if they are drinking or taking drugs. I give them a stern talking to. Most times they are speechless. The answer is always the same. "I'm not going to do it again." Do they? I don't keep track, but I do recognize some of the same names coming up time after time on the arrest screens. The police would like us to print all the names whenever they appear as arrested. They feel that it is a way of curbing crime. What is it that inspires most p -ople to do what is right, to obey the laws of the land and our commur:ty? Why is it that a minority of citizens have nc regard for the laws, their own bodies or othei people's property? We have crime and law-breaking in our city, but not any more than any other community around us of equal size. We have people breaking into vehicles and sometimes homes and businesses. We have people shoplifting, forging prescriptions and not paying their warrants. And we have youth smoking and drinking when they aren't old enough and people of all ages doing drugs. And sometimes we have crimes of a more serious nature. What we wish we could have is more people-young and old--who understand the concept of: if you don't want your name in the paper, then don't do those things that will earn you that recognition! Springville Police report The computers were being worked on last week, so this week's police report includes information from the past two weeks. For that two-week period, police had 345 calls with 61 . for animals. Brook Charles Andersen, 1465 S. 280 East, Springville Herald 161 South Main Springville, UT 84663 An edition of The Daily Herald, a Pulitzer, Inc. Newspaper Subscriptions&Delivcry Service.. .375- 5103 News & Advertising 4S9-5651 Fax 489-7021 E-mail artcityavpro.com USPS 5 13-060. Published Thursdays by Pulitzer Newspapers, Inc., 161 South Main Street, Springville, Utah S4663. Periodicals postage paid at Springville, Utah 84663. Postmaster: Send address changes to 161 South Main Street, Springville, UT 84663. 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Brandon Wavne Black-well, Black-well, 545 N. 880 East, Springville, Spri-ngville, and two male juveniles juve-niles are being referred to Peer Court for disorderly conduct. A male juvenile was cited for possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of tobacco and possession of alcohol by a minor, Dee Scott Clark, 2097 Nevada Ave., Provo, was cited for possession of alcohol alco-hol by a minor.. Nathan L. Crandall, 1305 N. Canyon 30, Provo, was cited for shoplifting at Wal-Mart. Harmonv Deveraux, 175 E. 200 East'24, Springville, was cited for possession of drug paraphernalia. A female juvenile was referred to Juvenile Court for possession of marijuana, drug paraphernalia parapher-nalia and tobacco by a minor. mi-nor. Stephanie J. Eden, 139 S. 300 East, Spanish Fork, was arrested for a warrant. Sandra San-dra K. Ellis 213 Hobble Creek Canyon, Springville, was referred to court for issuing bad checks. Manuel Espinoza. Salem, was arrested for a warrant. Jose Antonio Estrada, Springville, Sprin-gville, was cited for possession posses-sion of alcohol by a minor and no license. Jeromv R. Frandsen. 163 S. 880 East, Springville. was arrested for a warrant. A female juvenile was referred to Juvenile Court for possession of alcohol by a minor. Jamie Anne Goforth, 295 W. Center, Springville, was cited for possession of marijuana; mari-juana; Joseph F. Johnson, 295 W. Center, Springville, was referred to Juvenile Court for possession of drug paraphernalia; and David Chad Keim, 2175 S. 800 West, Springville, was cited for possession of drug paraphernalia para-phernalia and possession of marijuana. Dallas Gonzales, S31 E. 1125 North, Springville, was arrested for a warrant. Ar-turo Ar-turo Cervantes Gonzales, was arrested for DUI, open container con-tainer of alcohol, no insurance insur-ance and vehicle violation. A male juvenile was cited for possession of tobacco by a minor. Jeffrey Tyler Harding, Har-ding, 389 S. 350 East, Orem, Or-em, was arrested for a warrant. war-rant. Justin Charles Henderson, Hender-son, 355 E. 200 South 7, Springville, was arrested for two warrants. Arline D. Hereenrider, 388 N. Main 3, Springville, was cited for possession of drua paraphernalia. Mark Jenkins, 49 E. 500 South 3, Springville, was referred to court for disorderly conduct after a report of a fight. Christopher Kimo Fran Johnson. 232 N. 1100 East, Springville. was arrested for Mto's budget si tirain-weck by Howard Stephenson Governor Olene Walker has unveiled her first (and probably last) proposed budget which, for me, is my 12th as a state senator. During Dur-ing my tenure in the legislature, legisla-ture, I've seen tight budgets, loose budgets, difficult budgets bud-gets and easy budgets, but I've never seen a bad budget--until now. Walker's budget is viewed so uniformly unacceptable unac-ceptable that even Walker's own party caucuses in each house have practically rejected reject-ed it outright. The State Republicans decided to start with the current year's budget as a base rather than beginning the debate with the governor's gover-nor's budget. Many legislators believe Governor Walker's budget proposal is irresponsible because it steals funding from critical areas such as roads and water which ultimately ulti-mately must be funded, and spends the money on public and higher education. This inevitably sets up the next governor and even local governments for huge tax increases over the next 18 months. The governor claims that her budget restores "structural "structur-al balance" to state finances which she says is necessary to please the bond rating firms, but her proposal accomplishes ac-complishes exactly the opposite. oppo-site. Olene Walker's budget unabashedly creates even greater structural imbalances by putting off until next year the tough decisions about how to pay for transportation projects and existing bonds. domestic violence and a protective order violation. Eric Charles Johnson, 825 E. 400 South, Provo, was arrested ar-rested for DUI, possession of marijuana, possession of alcohol by a minor and possession pos-session of drug paraphernalia. parapherna-lia. Jefferey David Lombardi, 1439 E. 400 South, Springville-, was arrested for intoxication; intoxi-cation; ' Kenneth ' Wayne Matelski, 61 S. 860 East, Springville, was arrested for two warrants. Darlene Carter, Cart-er, 865 E. 100 North, Pay-son, Pay-son, was referred to court for a protective order violation. Adam Moore, 320 S. 50 West, Orem, was cited for possession of tobacco by a minor. Michael Jay Mower, 556 S. 470 East 4, Springville, Spring-ville, was arrested for a warrant and possession of drug paraphernalia. Kirk John Myers, 1995 E. Canyon, Can-yon, Springville, was cited for possession of drug paraphernalia. para-phernalia. Jennifer B. Peterson, 695 S. 200 East, Springville, was arrested for a warrant. Arlin J. Pritchard, 288 N. 400 West, Provo, was arrested for a warrant. Ashley Parra Remkes, 1117 S. 1000 East 3, Provo, was arretted for a warrant. Monice Gaby I'anders, 2702 E. Stony hillway, Spanish Fork, was ai rested for DUI, open container and no insurance. Dan Taylor, 1025 N. 300 West 55, Springville, Spri-ngville, was arrested for intoxication. Robert William Torrens, 602 N. 400 East, Springville, was arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia parapher-nalia and a warrant. Seth Andrew Walker, 625 S. 680 East, Payson, was arrested for a warrant. James Eugene Wetsch, 981 E. Mt. Loafer Cir. Spanish Fork, was arrested for DUI, no license and no insurance. Todd Powers, 235 N. 1070 East, Springville, was arrested arrest-ed for a warrant. Jessie Frazier, 1528 W. Vicki Circle, West Jordan, was cited for attempted auto burglary, possession of stolen property, possession of burglary bur-glary tools and possession of paraphernalia. Melissa Nut-tai, Nut-tai, 5990 S. Ginger St., Salt Lake, was cited for attempted auto burglary, possession of stolen property and possession posses-sion of burglary tools. Jason Provostgaard, 197 W. Plum-tree, Plum-tree, Midvale, was arrested for attempted auto burglary, possession of stolen property and possession of burglary tools. Vehicle burglaries resulted result-ed in the loss of medication; face cover from a stereo; change, 20 CDs that were recovered in West Jordan; . To prevent this from happening, the legislature will have to play Scrooge while Walker gets to play Santa Claus to the spending lobby. Walker has proposed shifting $98 million in sales tax revenues from transportation transporta-tion and water projects to public and higher education. This includes taking $65 million in cash from the already-strapped Centennial Highway Fund (CHF). Walker Walk-er was recently asked whether wheth-er this rating of the CHF will put the fund in an upside down position, making it unable to retire current bonded bond-ed indebtedness. She said it would put the fund upside down, but pointed out that even if the $65 million were kept in the fund it would not solve the fund's fiscal crisis. This is somewhat like a family which has only $1 ,000 to pay next month's $1,500 mortgage, so they decide to spend the $1,000 on Christmas Christ-mas presents. In recent years, Utah has consistently been recognized as the best fiscally-managed state in the nation and is one of only a few states with a Triple-A bond rating. These recognitions have resulted from commitment to maintaining main-taining reserves ensuring revenue streams to pay our debts, and keepin2 spending within budget limits. As a result of this approach, ap-proach, Utah was one of the few states which made it through the recent economic downturn without general tax increases and without decimating deci-mating essential services. COMMENT PAGE Thank you to Mike Roberts Open Letter to the Citizens of Mapleton: The Mapleton Public Safety Departments wish to express our sincere gratitude to Chief Mike Roberts for serving as Chief of Police for the past three years. We were shocked to learn of his dismissal, which took place at the conclusion of city council meeting on January Centra America Free Editor: In a May 2, 1959 speech, Comrade Fidel Castro, the Communist dictator of Cuba, gave a speech advocating the creation of a common market for the Western hemisphere. In his speech, given to an inter-American economic conference in Buenos Aires, Castro urged the United States to join in the creation of a so-called Latin American common market. He proposed pro-posed that the U.S. provide $30 billion in credit over 10 years for the economic development devel-opment of Latin America. President Kennedy soon proposed his "Alliance for shotgun, two knives and fanny pack; and shoes and Nintendo game. A jewelry case, table, bench and lawnmower were taken from a garage. Other thefts included a DVD player and 10 DVDs from a trailer; two sets of keys from a home; cell phone, gasoline skip; money from a home; $4,500 in change from a home; license plate; mail; coin purse containing $85 and money orders; tools, flashlights and hand tools; and a male switched a $6 ring for a $1800 one at Wal-Mart; Wal-Mart; the suspect was not found. A vehicle was taken from a home and found in Orem. A Cherokee was taken from a garage and recovered Pleasant Plea-sant Grove; and keys were taken from a purse and the vehicle later stolen. Windows were broken in a vehicle; tires were slashed; and gang graffiti was found on the north wall at the armory, at the high school and at Reams. Unfortunately, Governor Walker's budget proposal would push Utah exactly in the opposite direction and would begin a California-type approach to budgeting. The governor has justified the raiding of transportation and water projects because of the impending public school enrollment boom. Fortunately, Fortunate-ly, legislators correctly understand un-derstand that increased enrollment en-rollment should be funded as the students arrive, not before. be-fore. Capital expenditures should anticipate needs and be paid for over time as the school buildings are occupied. occu-pied. On-going operational spending should be funded on an as-needed basis. If operational expenditures expendi-tures are increased in advance ad-vance of the 145,000 student enrollment increase, the spending lobby will surely insist on even more funds as these students actually enter the education system. Funding water and transportation trans-portation projects with user fees makes sense, but fees are still a form of taxation. Increased reliance on user fees should be accompanied by decreasing the general taxes that are being supplanted supplant-ed by increased user fees. Otherwise, this is a net tax increase, contrary to Walker's claims that her budget contains no tax increases. in-creases. Similarly, shifting fund:ng responsibilities to local governments gov-ernments must also be accompanied ac-companied by a reduction in general state taxes since local governments will simply raise their taxes and fees. 7th .with -the-neuly. elected-officials. elected-officials. We strongly disagree with and are sadden by this action. Thank you Chief Roberts for reading weekly with the children at school, shoveling walks foi citizen safety, always being available tc the public, for always being professional in your conduct, for your willingness to serve Progress" plan, pledging $10 billion for the first ten years. The Alliance for Progress plan was similar to the Marshall Mar-shall plan that subsidized Europe's build up after World War II. The Marshall plan worked towards melding all of Europe's nations into a common market. Europe's Common Market was formed becoming the European Community, which eventually eventual-ly grasped economic and political power merging 25 nations into the European nation. Now we're being asked to accept Castro's old idea of Cannon praises policy Congressman Chris Cannon Can-non of Mapleton (R-UT) issued the following statement state-ment after being personally invited by President Bush to the East Room of the White House where the President outlined his proposed changes chang-es to America's immigration policy: "I am pleased that President Presi-dent Bush is addressing the immigration crisis in America. Ameri-ca. His comprehensive approach ap-proach to reform America's broken immigration system offers concrete solutions to the perpetual problem of human traffickers and criminals crimi-nals that hid in the shadows. The President's proposal will give yet another boost to our economy by matching willinq workers with willing"employ"-ers. willing"employ"-ers. President Bush is working work-ing to restore human dignity to America's immigration policy, and I fully support his efforts." "Not only does the Presi- The people paying local taxes are the same people paying the state taxes. Utah's state and local saies tax ouraen is aireaay 9th highest in the nation and is 38 higher than the na- ' tional average. Utah's state and local tax burden as a percent of personal income has increased from 17th highest in 1993 to 9th highest today. This increased tax burden is negatively impacting impact-ing Utah's long-term economic eco-nomic growth. If the governor's proposal is accepted, you can count on the 2005 legislature being left nowhere to turn but to increase in-crease taxes significantly. Local governments will also be forced to hike taxes as Walker takes their traditional revenue streams for her own spending priorities. The next governor will be the bad guy in proposing tax hikes while Olene Walker 'will enjoy a legacy of being the biggest friend public education ever hac When I described this scenario to her in a recent private meeting. Governor Walker said, "Next governor? gover-nor? What makes you think I won't be the next governor?" She's smart not to disclose dis-close until after the legislative legisla-tive session that she's not running. Otherwise, she'd be Seated like a lame-duck. But my money is on her not rrnning. Nobody would set the stage for this kind of budgetary train-wreck if she were planning on being around to clean up the mess. and for the countless . hours : of 'service Yehdtfecf 'to our city.. ' : ' "'" ' We appreciate your professionalism pro-fessionalism and support for Mapleton's public safety. Your dedication and devotion to the community will be greatly missed. Thank you. Mapleton Police, Fire and Ambulance Trade Plan merger of the Americas in the new Central America Free Trade Area plan. CAFTA is an outcropping of NAFTA, which certainly wasn't about "free trade." NAFTA 's 900 pages of rules and regulations, established trade authority outside of our Congress and above our nation. Worse, NAFTA and CAFTA will be later expanded expand-ed into the Free Trade Areas of the Americas. NAFTA, CAFTA, FTAA-steps to overcome the independence of our nation. Bliss Tew Orem, Utah dent's proposal strengthen America's national security, it also addresses economic concerns. I have been working work-ing closely with my colleagues col-leagues on the crisis that exists in the agricultural employment sector with my bipartisans AgJOBS bill-legislation bill-legislation that will help solve the labor shortage problem plaguing the U.S. agricultural sector and secure America's food supply. I look forward to working closely with the Administration Administra-tion and my colleagues in Congress to secure our nation's nati-on's borders. I commend President Bush for his leadership." leader-ship." An old man in a house is a good sign. Benjamin Franklin To become manire is to recover that sense of seriousness serious-ness which one had as a child at play. 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