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Show Thursday, March 10, 2005 SPRINGVILLE HERALD 3 Make plans now to attend the annual Art Ball at the Springville Museum of Art on Saturday, Apr. 30. The theme for this year's big city party is "An Evening for the Young at Art," and the event will feature lots of entertainment and food stations throughout the museum. Shown here are the committee for this year's party, from left to right: Dan and Stacey Duncan, tickets and invitations; Debbie Balzotti, decorations; Jeff Kroneberger, donations; Pat Conover, Art Board representative; Kevin and Brooke Scholz, general chairmen and program; Stephanie Leavitt, publicity; and Sherry and Ron Furbeck, food. Water- prospects look good for summer Martin Conover SPRINGVILLE HERALD According to reports from the public works department of Springville City, the city's outlook for water should be better this year than it has been for several years regardless re-gardless of the increased water wa-ter in the mountains or what happens concerning the runoff this spring. Springville can expect an increased output from its wells of over 3000 gallons per minute from two years ago regardless of how much water we get from the Canyon Road well, the evergreen ever-green well or the 10th South well, all of which should be on line for summer production. produc-tion. Anything we get from these wells will just increase the overall water production to the city for the summer along with the better outlook for spring water production said Brad Stapley, Springville City Public Works Director. , For those knowledgeable about wells, the report came in that the 400 South well was able to pump 4400 gallons gal-lons per minute with an 11 foot draw down which shows a fantastic yield for the well. The water depart- t Mnpleton Poke report Mapleton Police had 40 calls last week including eight for animal problems, t Antonio Clinkenbeard, 305 N. 300 West, Mapleton, was arrested for passing bad checks. And a male juvenile was warned for littering. Police have a box of tools that were found in the road. They might have fallen off a truck. Call police at 491-8048 to inquire about them. J Someone put graffiti on the city building on 900 S. lant Road. Police investigated investigat-ed a traffic accident at SR89 and Maple Street. I Mapleton ambulance responded re-sponded and took an 11-y ear-old ear-old with a hurt back and a 44-year-old with a broken leg to the hospital A welder and compressor are missing, and there were two incidents of juvenile run-haways run-haways who later returned home. Factory Authorized Dealer & Service Center We Service Snow Blowers, . Jr' wain Saws & Small tnqine Repair Carpenter Seed Company 1030 S. State, Provo 373-3740 ment is very "high" about this well. Currently the Evergreen well is shut down due to mechanical me-chanical problems. A plumb-ness plumb-ness and alignment test, as well as a video log has been completed on the well and these items are being evaluated. evalu-ated. A corrosion expert is also reviewing the data from this well. The 10th South well is also shut down due to some strange vibrations in the pump. The state department of drinking water is also requiring re-quiring information from the city about the well before it can be placed back into service. ser-vice. Well data is also being looked at concerning this well. This well was closed down for several years because be-cause of bad water, but was deepened and placed back into the water system two years ago with limited production. pro-duction. Water runoff The public works department depart-ment is currently looking along the Hobble Creek for problems which might occur should we have a high runoff this spring. Brad Stapley, public works director, issued an 18 item checkoff list of potential problem areas along the creek that his department is looking at concerning overgrowth over-growth and the department will do what they feel is necessary nec-essary to correct any apparent appar-ent problems short of putting heavy equipment into the creek. Because of regulations from the federal government, govern-ment, the city cannot put heavy equipment into the creek without special permission. per-mission. The department is also preparing a plan of action should the runoff become a problem this spring. Stapley did note that present pre-sent weather conditions are perfect for this time of year with moderate warming HB3389I Home Buying Basics CLASSES WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAYS AT 851 N. 100 E. Spanish Fork 12 Noon to 1 :00 p.m. 798-1166 Evening Classes Available - Call for Schedule 1 epos ssaiiCiiii eal n--ii!MM temperatures during the day and mild freezing temperatures tempera-tures at night which is melting melt-ing the low level snows at a moderate level and bringing the water down out of the mountains in good amounts. Building permits February building permits were $2 million this year above the month of February last year according to the report re-port given by the planning and zoning department of the city. Virtually all of the increase came in the new single family fami-ly residential permits sold this year by the department which is an indication of what growth is coming to the city. Average value of the single sin-gle family detached dwellings sold was $232,268 per unit. Parks and recreation Boys and girls basketball leagues finished their plan and baseball-softball registrations regis-trations were completed by the department. Community education for the winter season will finish this month and the portable fencing project will be finished fin-ished for the arts park and baseball fields. The shower rooms have been retailed at the swimming swim-ming pool and painting of the locker rooms will be finished soon including replacement of the ceiling tiles. , , James Dasher at library James Dasher, author of the Jimmy Fincher series, se-ries, will share his writing writ-ing secrets at the South Utah County Writers Chapter meeting Tuesday, Tues-day, Mar. 15, at 7 p.m. at the Springville Library. The public is invited. Presents the following FREE Mortgage Information Seminars ffl First Time Home Buyers, 100 Financing Understanding where your taxes go Do you know where the different taxes you pay go? There are three main taxes that produce 82 of Utah's total state and local tax revenue. rev-enue. Income Tax State, personal and corporate corpo-rate income taxes are mandated man-dated by the Utah Constitution Constitu-tion to go exclusively to the state's Uniform School Fund to help pay for education. Utah is the only state in the nation where this constitutional consti-tutional mandate exists, and Utah's individual income tax burden is 14th highest in the nation per $1,000 of income. in-come. Springville City does not receive any income tax revenue. rev-enue. Property Tax Most people are familiar with property tax. You get an annual bill from the Gibby found guilty on three counts by court Martin Conover SPRINGVILLE HERALD After a 20-hour marathon trial in Mapleton City Court, Judge Dean Olsen found Dr. Wendell Gibby guilty on three counts of illegally il-legally grading, filling or excavating causing unreasonable unrea-sonable risk of erosion, doing do-ing so without a permit and doing so on slopes of 30 or greater slopes in Mapleton Maple-ton s critical environmental zone. This is the second trial concerning these problems. The first trial was conducted conduct-ed in Lindon City Court which was vacated because of a procedural technicality. technicali-ty. Mapleton City and Gibby have been at odds over this problem for several years. Mayor Dean Allan stated that even though Gibby is a respected member of the Mapleton Community, "even the most distinguished distin-guished citizens are required re-quired to abide by community commu-nity standards protecting the environment and ensuring ensur-ing safe use of their land." Ml SHOWS eeOfll SPJL M.00 MOMMY Ml SUtS ONU S4 0O Phantom o( the Operant ti2:45ii;45 7)";W The Patireriru iiuBitioiHiK sos ?jojo Because of Winn Dixie i i I21 iW! SiW 7:30 looo finding NeverLwd j Hostage) Be Cool in, in Hitch m,m Robots iru (12301(2:451 5:00 7:1545 41145112:151 4:50 7:10 930 (11:151120014:45 7 JO 10:15 (11:45) (120) 5:00 7:40 10:10 ( 1 1 flOHI AO) 05 5: 10 7:20 9:40 ( ) Denotes tfrnu on Saturday and Sunday only GCQH9 Short Term, Long Term&1 Time Close Construction Loans County Assessor which is due in November, or if you have a mortgage, it may be reserved in your monthly payment. Utah's property tax ranks 37th in the nation per $1,000 of income. Several government govern-ment entities actually levy taxes on your property in Springville. Nebo School District 71.8 Springville City 14.3 Utah County 8.3 State & Special Districts 5.6 Almost all property tax bills in Springville increased significantly this year. This was due to the school bond measure which was approved ap-proved last year. Sales Tax Sales tax began as a state revenue source for the state in 1933, when property tax collections dropped dramat- Allan also expressed the city's genuine desire to resolve re-solve the land use disputes that have been ongoing with Gibby over the last several years, thus avoiding avoid-ing further litigation costs. mill March The Pacifier pg (1:10) 4:20 Be Cool pg-13 (1:05) 4:10 Man of the (1:15) 4:05 Hitch (1:00) 4:00 (12:55) 3:55 6:45 9:20 Robots pg (1:25) 4:30 465-8500 Order and print tickets online at www.stadiumcinemas.com Early Matinee will play Fri, Sat, Sun only. No discount passes. All auditoriums are THX certified! Cinemas open all day every day except for 9:00 showings 030.20 Understanding your Credit Report, Credit Repair, . Bankruptcies ically because of the Great Depression. Local (city) sales taxes were added in the 1950's, and public transit tran-sit (UTA) sales tax and county sales tax were added latter. Utah's sales tax rate is the 9th highest in the nation. For each dollar paid in sales tax, Springville City receives re-ceives about 16 cents. At the present time, sales in Utah County are subject to a 6.25 sales tax which is allocated as follows: State of Utah 4.75 Springville City 1.00 Utah County .25 Utah Transit Authority .25 Springville receives more sales tax revenue than property prop-erty tax revenue. In the current cur-rent budget they anticipate revenues of approximately $2,913,00 in sales tax and $1,910,000 in property tax. That is why it is mutually beneficial to shop in Springville whenever you can! The city's portion of the three major taxes is small, yet they provide many essential es-sential services including police and fire protection, street maintenance and construction, con-struction, parks, recreation and library services. The goal is to provide the best possible service at the lowest possible cost to the citizens. "The place to watch a movie!" Stadium seating THX sound Exit 252 in Payson, 633 So. 950 West 11-17 7:10 9:30 6:50 9:35 House pg 6:55 9:30 pg-13 7:00 9:35 Robots pg 7:15 9:30 1ST HOME m m MORTGAGE tMM Adjustable Rate, Interest Only & 2nd Mortgages EQUAL HOUSING LENDER 7&. |