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Show THE PARK RECORD www.park record.com ,WEDTHURSFRI, OCTOBER 9-11, 2002 B-7 mucation. EDUCATION EDITOR: Renee Lowry 649-9014 ext.118 education parkrecord.com iWMSfS,MliW Educators unite on environmental issue Briefs Middle school mural Treasure Mountain Middle School's PTO is in the process of designing a mural for the school's newly remodeled remod-eled front lobby. Currently, volunteers are needed to contribute time and ideas to the project. Financial contributions contribu-tions are also needed: For more information infor-mation or to volunteer, contact Joy Vik via e-mail at : Calling all talent The Park City Arts and Music Conservatory is accepting enrollment for the following classes: Elementary Voice Class (for students in kindergarten kinder-garten through fifth grade), Teen Musical Theatre (ages 13 through 18) and Acting (all ages). Tuition ranges -! from $49 to $99 per month. All classes are held in the late afternoon or evening. For more information, call The Park City Arts and Music , Conservatory at 649-6292. Last call for blood Just a reminder about the community blood drive sponsored by Park City High School and American Red Cross. The drive will take place Wednesday, Oct. 9 from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. in the high school cafeteria. Donors must be 17 years of age. Donors under 18 must have a parent permission form (available (avail-able at the high school office). All donors.must bring a photo ID. Radioactive Waste Restriction Act to benefit schools, but dissenters argue initiative will harm business By RENEE LOWRY Of the Record staff Nuclear waste and education are completely com-pletely unrelated issues ... so it would seem. But come November, Utah voters will have the opportunity to make two decisive statements state-ments with only one vote. The Radioactive Waste Restriction Act (better known as Initiative 1 ) is one of the more contentious initiatives on November's ballot. Drafted last January, the proposed legislation legis-lation would increase taxes levied on companies com-panies shipping their low-level radioactive waste to Utah. The result, in theory, would be two-fold. One - the initiative would prohibit high-level high-level radioactive waste from entering the state. Two - it would provide a new source of revenue for Utah's public schools. Among the staunch Initiative 1 supporters support-ers are Utah Senator Jake Garn and former Representative Howard Nielson. But the initiative's main proponent is the Utah Education Association (UEA). Newly elected UEA president Pat Rusk has been particularly supportive due to the fact that 80 percent of the new tax revenue will go straight to Utah's public schools. The rest of the income would benefit altruistic organizations like the Salvation Army and the Crusade for the Homeless. Non-profit organizations would also be able to apply for grants funded by Initiative 1. In addition to the educational and humanitarian aspects, there are the obvious environmental considerations. The Restriction Act is also meant to discourage companies from shipping their radioactive waste to Utah. Given the higher tax rate that would result from the act, proponents argue that companies will no longer view Utah as a convenient and inexpensive dumping ground. Mickey Gallivan is steering committee chairman for Utahns for Radioactive Waste Control, a citizens coalition backing Initiative 1. Gallivan argues that the tax would only apply to waste that has already been accepted into the state. "It's a fact of life that class "A" low-level radioactive waste is already coming here," says Gallivan. "For commercial shipping, Utah's disposal facility is the nation's dumping dump-ing ground. Other states don't hesitate to tax higher than this." Gallivan states that last year, Utah accepted 14 million cubic feet of low-level radioactive waste. "If we applied the tax to the volume of waste we received last year, we would get between $1(K) and $150 million if we receive the same volume," says Gallivan. And furthermore, "We think the tax will reduce the volume of waste," states Gallivan. Which is ultimately the plan - to eliminate elimi-nate incoming waste altogether. A clause in the initiative would make it illegal for Utah to accept higher levels of radioactive waste. According to Gallivan, the initiative would "tax a range of existing class 'A' waste and it would absolutely prohibit classes class-es B' and 'C.'" So according to Gallivan, "It's not just the money issue. The initiative says 'no ... radioactive waste is not right.'" Unless you're employed by Envirocare the waste storage facility most likely lo be affected by the proposed tax increase. "They claim it will run them out ol business," busi-ness," says Gallivan. "because no one will pay the new taxes." Yet Gallivan insists that "The Utah facility has a monopoly on certain cer-tain kinds of wastes. No other facility will accept them." Nevertheless, in response to the proposed pro-posed initiative, Envirocare has contributed Please see Initiative, B-8 Children's art makes priceless display i jc... mn m f A 1 A J L J lj&L.VA teCK2t - i - I it-"'- v.' ' ' - ," v " GRAYSON WESTWHK RFCORD Tasha Hardy's first-grade students display their handy-work at McPolin Elementary School. As part of Mountain Mentor's "Doors of Opportunity" art exhibit, the first-graders were asked to unleashed their creative energy on a series of recycled folding doors that will be auctioned off Oct. 20. Trfi-i1rritt;'''-"'""Vtv-"VrMn'J-" Ik - I- Park Record. PARK CITY, UTAH 3 . 1 Ml,'1 - V . SI I'M 1 . N r in: 1 t. 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