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Show Page A2 Thursday, December 4, 1986 Park Record Budget from A1 Assessor County Buildings Sheriff Waste Disposal County Roads 300 250 200 150 $100 Thousands 300 250 ( 200 X.- 150 X $100 Thousands LJLJLlMa $200 Thousands "t 600 550 500 V 450 4- 400 350 J- 300 S2S 250 I II M 11001 1 1 1 1 iooo -A 900 TY 800 JL-.-L- 700 L 1. 600 500 400 - - 300 f $200 ; - $1000.00 h -4 - $27.00 S I I I 1200 1100 1000 900 $800 Thousands! -2-4 BJ 84 85 86 87 83 84 85 86 87 83 84 85 86 87 The graphs above show five-year comparisons for different Summit County departments. Thousands 83 84 85 86 87 stance, the jail budget was $28,000 in 1984. It lept from this figure to over $95,000 in 1983, and jumped again in 1986 to $156,000. In 1987, sheriff Fred Eley asked for a smaller increase to $163,000, but when Flinders said "We need a bare bones budget, Fred, and we need your help to do it," Eley offered of-fered to drop a full-time jailer back to 32 hours to trim about $15,000 off his request. The funds for building inspecting and county roads also substantially increased in the tentative 1987 budget. While Rowser escaped with a less than one percent cut in his $1,088,000 requisition, the building inspector suffered a 12 percent cutback cut-back from a requested $84,000 to $74,000. The building inspector budget for 1986 was $48,000, but the county hired a new inspector this year. Several departments took it upon themselves to make cuts before the commissioners did. The auditor trimmed off almost $9,000 from a $98,000 1986 budget, and the clerk subtracted over $5,000 from last year's $65,000. The assessor, planningzoning, plann-ingzoning, communications, weed control, waste disposal, television and recreation budgets were also proposed lower than 1986 figures. Although a few, like the auditor, clerk and planning department snipped snip-ped thousands from a budget which had been consistent over the years, some merely cut back on huge increases in-creases built into their 1985 or 1986 requests. For example, waste disposal funds were increased from $27 in 1983 to $843,000 in 1985 and $1.14 million in 1986, primarily to buy dumps and set up the new county coun-ty service of collecting garbage. Landfills are now in place, and the 1987 request for $556,000 is substantially substan-tially less than 1986. This same trend is true for departments depart-ments such as communications, county buildings and the assessor's office. On the revenue side of the equa tion, figures are still a bit fuzzy. Auditor Reed Pace is anticipating a huge decrease in income from property pro-perty taxes, as both property values and assessed valuation of oil and gas facilities will be down next year. He predicts a decline of about $1.7 million in property taxes, which will be partially offset by increases in money from sales tax and redemptions. redemp-tions. Overall, the 1987 budget looks "pretty good," said Pace, primarily because major expenses like the landfill and building purchases will 83 84 85 86 87 be down next year. Commissioners have more than 20 budgets to consider before a "final tentative" set of county figures will be available. They, have yet to review over $400,000 in various health program costs, $54,000 for recreation, or a $20,000 request for libraries. They plan to complete budget review by Dec. 3, and will hold a public hearing December 10 at 7 p.m. at the courthouse in Coalville before approving the final figures. Agents crack prison drug ring World Cup from m MONDAY, NOV. 24, 1986 AGENTS CRACK PRISON DRUG RING Seventeen persons were indicted as state agents paid calls to Salt Lake County private residences, the state prison and the county jail. Among those indicted were three prison employees, three prison inmates and one inmate of the county jail. The indictments mostly allege trafficking of marijuana and heroin at the state prison. HOUSE, SENATE APPROVE THRIFT RESCUE The Utah House approved a Senate plan for a $5 million bail out of deposits and assets of five insolvent insol-vent thrift and loans. The House also OK'd a plan tacking tack-ing on a four percent education funding surcharge on individual income taxes coupled with a one percent cut of state-government operations. The two measures are predicted to raise about $32.4 million. The State Senate approved a six percent surcharge on personal and business income taxes, which is expected to raise $30.6 million in revenues. TUESDAY, NOV. 25, 1986 POINDEXTER RESIGNS, NORTH IS FIRED Vice. Adm. John Poindexter resigned his post as national security adviser after President Reagan disclosed up to $30 million in profits from arms sales to Iran was diverted to the Contras. Poindexter's deputy, Lt. Col. Oliver L. North, was reassigned when it was learned he was behind the funds diversion. Contra leaders denied any knowledge of the money. President Reagan defended his Iran policy while admitting its implementation had serious flaws and that he had not been kept fully informed by key aides. Poindexter's resignation was seen as a clear victory for Secretary of State George Shultz. LAWYERS WANT JUDGE OFF CANNON CASE Grand jury special prosecutors filed an affidavit af-fidavit stating the judge prejudiced himself and should not be allowed to try an indictment alleging County Attorney At-torney Ted Cannon criminally defamed a reporter. Cannon was indicted for allegedly telling two reporters that KTVX reporter John Harrington was involved in cocaine distribution. The affidavit claims the judge told Harrington's wife, who is an attorney, that the defamation case would be "a difficult case to prove. . ." The indictment says Cannon knew the statement was false. WEDNESDAY, NOV. 26 ASTRONOMERS DISCOVER BLACK HOLE VICTIM VIC-TIM Two astronomers reported discovering what may be the first evidence that an object, possibly part of a star, was sucked into a black hole. Bradley Peterson Peter-son and Gary J. Ferland, associate professors of astronomy at Ohio State University, said their observations obser-vations indicate an object about the size of the sun was torn apart by a huge black hole at the center of the galaxy. STEELWORKERS ARRESTED AT GENEVA Some 75 union members at USX's Geneva works were arrested as they tried to stop trucks from entering or leaving the plant. At least four protesters were injured and arrested in a clash with police at a USX plant in Lorain, Ohio, after they blockaded railroad tracks leading into the plant. Those arrested at Geneva were being charged with trespassing and failure to disperse, both misdemeanors. Kay Mitani, vice president of USW Local 2701, said union members are opposing the shipments of steel because plant officials of-ficials have "continued to break their agreements" and "have exceeded their agreement of not shipping over 10,000 tons" of steel during the work stoppage. THURSDAY, NOV. 27 PHILIPPINES, COMMUNISTS SIGN CEASEFIRE CEASE-FIRE Government and Communist rebel negotiators signed a 60-day cease-fire, and both sides said they hoped it was a first step toward lasting peace. The cease-fire, which goes into effect Dec. 10, is the first nationwide na-tionwide truce since the Communists took up arms 17 years ago. The pact caps nearly four months of negotiations that collapsed several times. It came four days before a government-imposed deadline for the rebels to accept a truce or face war. Week in Review REGAN APPROVED ARMS DETAILS? White House Chief of Staff Donald Regan approved details of the National Security Council operation to sell arms to Iran and divert the profits to Nicaraguan rebels, a White House official said. Regan was informed regularly about the operation by Vice Adm. John Poindexter, the national security adviser who resigned, resign-ed, and Lt. Col. Oliver North, the NSC official who was dismissed for organizing the scheme. FRIDAY, NOV. 28, 1986 FIRST-TIME USER IS OUT. SAYS DRUG RULES New rules for federal employees allow a worker to be fired for one instance of illegal drug use an apparent departure from President Reagan's assurance that their jobs were safe if they failed a urinalysis. The rules written by the Office of Personnel Management go into effect immediately after agency heads and Cabinet members receive them. Members of Congress serving on Civil Service committees criticized the rules as a contradiction to Reagan's promises pro-mises that government workers found to be drug users would first be offered rehabilitation. They also said the rules set a "dangerous precedent" because they did not require the OPM to prove an employee's work performance per-formance was hurt by drug use. B-52S FLIGHT GROUNDS SALT II-The Reagan administration broke through the limits on strategic nuclear weapons of the 1979 SALT II agreement and drew immediate criticism from the Soviets, congressional congres-sional Democrats and arms-control activists. With the flight of the 131st American B-52 bomber, now fully equipped to carry nuclear-tipped cruise missiles to Carswell Air Force Base, Texas, the U.S. became the first of either superpower to acknowledge it is violating a major nuclear-arms agreement. SATURDAY, NOV. 29, 1986 LAVA FLOW ADDS ACRE TO HAWAII The island of Hawaii grew out into toe ocean Saturday as an eight-mile eight-mile river of 2,000-degree lava from Kilauea volcano poured into boiling salt water, shooting up hissing clouds of steam. It was the first time lava has reached the ocean to add new acreage to the largest of the Hawaiian islands since 1972. Geologists said the flow was 650 feet wide at the shoreline and had "built out" nearly an acre of new land, which will belong to the state. U.S. ARMS DEALERS IGNORED "SYSTEM" President Reagan's arms shipments to Iran were authorized in documents prepared outside the normal National Security Council channels used for the most secret U.S. operations abroad, according to White House sources. The sources said three security council officers assigned to prepare all presidential "findings" documents authorizing secret U.S. efforts to influence events abroad were never told about Reagan's January 1986 approval of the Iran shipments. SUNDAY, NOV. 30, 1986 CALL CONGRESS BACK FOR INVESTIGATION INVESTIGA-TION Senate Republican leader Bob Dole on Sunday urged President Reagan to convene a special session of Congress to appoint a Watergate-style committee to investigate in-vestigate secret White House arms sales to Iran and money transfers to Nicaraguan rebels. Dole, R-Kan., said he wants the president to "call a special session of Congress next week and form this select committee." SCREEN STARS SALUTE CARY GRANT-Cary Grant, the suave and charming leading man of some of Hollywood's finest films, was remembered Sunday as a man of style and grace, an actor who had a romance with the camera. Grant, whose masculine elegance and darkly handsome features made him an unrivaled star of both sophisticated comedy and chilling intrigue for more than 30 years, died late Saturday of a massive stroke at the age of 82. World Cup. Listen. "The whole race ran a lot better than the past two. There was more organization coming into the event. It went like clockwork," said Eddie Bowers, Park City Ski Area communications com-munications director. "I think the whole effort truly will place Park City and Utah on the map with the U.S. Olympic Committee and World Cup group. It has greatly enhanced our chances to get other athletic events and securing an Olympic bid," said Bill Clinger, Park City Chamber-Bureau director. direc-tor. ,t KiaJ : , "I think it was one of the greatest races ever and I have been 16 years with World CupiV said Heniz Krecek, FIS coordinator for women's World Cup. More than 24,000 people were at World Cup over the weekend, according accor-ding to BoWers. About 222 registered press people covered the event, including USA Today, Sports Illustrated, ESPN and Blick magazine from Switzerland. The reasons for the success of World Cup are pretty simple: planning, plann-ing, hardwork, dedication, perserverance, enthusiasm and so on. But another element pulled these together creativity. World Cup was fun, everyone said. "You've got to make a party of it to make ski racing interesting," Turner said. The people dancing on the bleachers between the slalom runs on Sunday seemed disappointed when the second run started, Turner 'Said. ";;V';'" i1 Tamara McKinney, who now leads in overall World Cup points after this weekend, said, "It's like a rock concert con-cert when we come here." People in town over the Thanksgiving holiday stayed because of World Cup, according to Jay Bundy, director of special events at the Chamber-Bureau. Many of the people involved with World Cup are taking it a little easier this week. They have sleepy, satisfied expressions on their faces. They say, "Yeah, it was great wasn't it. Next year? We hope so." Next year? If Park City does not get a World Cup next season it won't be from doing do-ing a mediocre job this time. But the politics with World Cup skiing is almost as intense as arms control negotiations. Heinz Krecek left Park City pledging pledg-ing he will bring World Cup back to iUhe United States next year to open. . Park City has had three World Cups. i . No one knows about next year or the year after. They are hoping. "We've done our part," Turner said. "Whether or not it comes back to the U.S.A. is out of our hands. But, hey, this was the best event by far. We blew them away ! " -The Way We Were I rJZ0 1 Iff J ft ?XJ?f FrT" ' -'.; 1 n in . i n ..j I I ' 1 1IIHIIIIIHIII iMfrftKmr -in 1 ...4 The oride The Grand Opera House and AOUM (Ancient Order of United . a 1 Workmen) Hall was the pride of Park City when it opened on npt O March 31, 1898. But not for long. Less than three months later it r-- - j iiv oirvpncu ji cai r ire ui June 19, 1898. The fire destroyed about 200 buildings in the heart of Park City, but no lives were lost. the fall |