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Show February 20, 1975 f n Monoxide Poisoning Is Winter Hazard 711 1A I 11 Orem-Geneva Times r m i r j 1 ILLUMINATING THE PROBLEMS. THE PEOPLE. THE ISSUES OP OLK TIME 1976 Property Tax To Be Higher In 1974 locally-assessed property in Utah County was being assessed on the average at 11.00 of selling price. This compares with an average assessment level of 14.98 in 1972 and 15.83 in 1970. Locally assessed as-sessed property in Utah County will be revalued re-valued in 1976 under the five-year continuing property reappraisal program. While the property revaluation program in Utah is accomplishing initial equalization among properties and counties, inflationand rapidly changing property value are making the results become quickly dated. This was the conclusion reached by Utah Foundation, the private tax research organization, organi-zation, in their analysis of the progress made in Utah's reappraisal program. The primary purpose of Utah's continuing revaluation program is to equalize assessments assess-ments among individual properties and among property classes by initially reappraising all locally assessed real property at about 20 of fair market value. The average assessment assess-ment level for the four counties which were assessed in 1974 (Beaver, Box Elder, San Juan, and Tooele) was 19.72. Foundation analysts note, however, that the results of revaluation and equalization soon deteriorate. For example, the average assessment of the three counties (Millard, Uintah, and Washington) which had been revalued re-valued in 1973 had declined to 16.89 by 1974. Similarly, the average ratio in the ten counties coun-ties which had been revalued in 1972 had dropped to 14.79 by 1974. To correct the desparities that occur between be-tween revaluation periods and to provice for continuied equalization among counties, the ' Utah State Tax Commission is considering making annual assessment adjustments in those years when a physical revaluation is not made. Such a program would require computerization ' of all tax records which would proceed at the rate of 20 per year, thus taking about five years before the program would become completely operational. opera-tional. Legislation enacted by the 1969 Utah Legislature Legis-lature called for reappraising all locally assessed real property every five years on a county-by-county rotation basis. The Foundation report observes that reappraisal re-appraisal s had been completed in 17 of Utah's 29 counties by 1974. Four more counties (Cache, Davis, Grand, and Weber) were completed for the 1975 tax year. The report estimates that it probably will be 1978 before all of the remaining nine counties are completed. Thus, it will take about eight years instead of five to complete the first cycle of the reappraisal program. The study points out that there were a number of factors that caused delays in the initial revaluation cycle. For the most part, these difficulties will be overcome during the initial revaluation cycle, and subsequent revaluations should be completed in the prescribed five-year period, if sufficient funds continue to be appropriated for the program. Among the other observations made in the Utah Foundation study are the following: For residential and farm properties, the property tax burden in Utah appears to be somewhat below national and regional averages. aver-ages. There are indications, however, that commercial and industrial property taxes in Utah are above average. .Although the property tax has declined somewhat in relative importance, it continued con-tinued to be the largest single state and local tax producer in Utah until last year when the sales tax surpassed it in total yield for the first time. .Most states require disclosure of sales information whenever property is sold or transferred. This is not done in Utah, however, how-ever, and Tax Commission officials claim that such disclosures are important to the administration of the revaluation program. .There is growing recognition by tax officials offi-cials across the nation that the taxpayer should receive better information as to exactly how property assessments are determined deter-mined along with instructions pertaining tc his right of appeal. Following approval of a constitutional amendment in 1968, Utah enacted legislation which provides preferential tax treatment for owners of agricultural land. Several recent studies have recommended that this law should be amended to eliminate abuses and to insure that lands qualifying under the act are true agricultural operations. .Although six states have adopted a classified class-ified property tax, where business property is assessed andor taxed at a higher rate than residential or agricultural property, most tax authorities have strongly denounced denoun-ced the move. As observed by the tax official offi-cial charged with the responsibility for administering ad-ministering the classified property tax in Minnesota: '...it cannot work eqiutably; that is it has no effective brake on it; and that it leads to changes in the property tax law which are inspired by politics rather than by economics." IRS Increases Mileage Rates For 74 Taxes Roland V. Wise, Internal Re-1 venue Service District Director in Utah, reminds taxpayers that the IRS has increased optional mileage allowances for automobiles auto-mobiles used for business, -moving, charitable and medical purposes, effective for the 1974 tax year. Mr. Wise said the standard mileage rate of automobiles used in business has been increased from 12? to 15? per mile for the first 15,000 miles, and from 9? to 10? per mile for each addi- I - - i Great Savings on Wheat Mills or Braun Mixer Storage Containers $Q75 100 LBS. off any mill & mixer combination tt br awAd "EMM s on Mills & Mixers All Braun Accessories on special o Hair - Dryers o Juicers oCoffee Grinder See Our Hookey Carpet Sveepers These are at very low cost THE PANTRY BERNARD FOODS 250 East 81)0 South Orem-Ph. 225-4533 (Behind 7-11) It. 7 rf" A. J i f t: i . . K b, tional mile fo business use. An increase from 6? to 7? per mile will be allowed for persons per-sons using automobiles for charitable, chari-table, medical, and moving expenses. Mr. Wise also announced an eight-dollar increase in the amount of reimbursementsor per diem allowances for ordinary or-dinary and necessary expenses BONNIE SORENSEN.left, and Vonda Gurney display one of the guilts to be at the Home- Homemaking Fair Set For February 21 The Orem Utah North Stake Relief Society will be holding a homemaking fair onFriday Feb. 21 from 1 to 8 p.m. at the stake Center 1000 N. Main Street in Orem. There will be many lovely ex hibits of homemaking arts and crafts and some demonstrations. Everyone is invited to attend. There is no charge. Second Graders Set Up P.O. For Valentines The Geneva ElementarySchool second graders set up their own post office for Valentine's day. E ach student was given an imaginary ima-ginary address, including a house number, street, city, state and zip code. The desks in each room were arranged in streets. The activity helped students learn to .write letters, address envelopes and mail letters. During recess, two clerks and one mailman from each class sorted and delivered the mail. Decorative Valentine folders were used as mail boxes for each desk. On Feb. 14, Valentines Day, the students opened their mail. Bible History Film Shown This Sunday A thirty minute color film entitled en-titled I Am The Bible will be shown Sunday night February 23rd at the Grace Independent Baptist Church in Orem at 7 p.m. This is a documentary on how the Bible came down to us, from the start of the gathering of the Hebrew and Greek manuscripts; their providential preservation; the first Bibles; the struggles of the early Christians to keep and circulate them; the sufferings suffer-ings of believers because they loved the Book; the persistent and determined efforts by governmental gov-ernmental and church authorities to destroy the Bible; and best of all, we are taken inside the Bible and shown the real reason why the ungodly have hated it, while the believers have loved it, and even given their lives for it. It is a film for all ages and all occasions and very vital for young people and youth to see to impress upon them the power and eternal truths of the word of God. This is a nondenomina-tional nondenomina-tional film with vital scripture verses precious to all Christians. Admission free at 395 No. State in Orem. All are welcome. making Fair for the Orem North Stake. . f - -I v ' 1 i-J ) " t-i .... ? MEMBERS OF GENEVA school's Valentine post officer are, from left to right, front, Jaimie Sorensen, Sean Peck, Michelle Mich-elle Luker, Albert King, back Clark Groesbeck, Rodger Taylor and Cami Widdop. ill . ' t-d fcj&,, t, t-w' L,- EATING IN HONOR of Chinese New Year are these children from Hillcrest School in Ore. From left they are Chris Webb, Jennifer Hunsaker, Dawn Gordan, Bobby Hurd, Tracy Christensen. Children Celebrate New Year Excitement filled Hillcrest's third grade classroom recently as they observed the Chinese New Year. This second New Year's celebration cele-bration is possible because thousands thou-sands of years ago when the Chinese Chi-nese people began to observe the beginning of the New Year, away of measuring time was not used in China that is now used in the world today.. Therefore, the Chinese New Year holiday falls three to seven weeks after our year begins. The class learned of many of the old customs connected with the Chinese New Year. One custom cus-tom is that any person whoowes money must pay it back before the holidays begins. If he does not do so, he is in disgrace with his family and friends. They also have the custom of adding an extra year to their age at the New Year. Grown-ups give children chil-dren small packets of 'lucky money" Deueving that this gift of money, which is wrapped in red paper, vUl bring good luck. To add to the atmosphere, the school room was decorated to look like a little China Town with its colorful lanterns and large Chinese umbrellas. Chinese Chi-nese attire was the dress for the day. Chop-sticks were tried in a large bowl of fried rice. Cold weather driving means additional hazards for the motoristsnow covered roads, icy bridges and frosted windshields. wind-shields. Cold weather also intensifies in-tensifies a less obvious, but jusi as deadly, hazard carbon monoxide. Carbon monoxide, according to Managing Director, Bob Inger-soll, Inger-soll, Utah Safety Council, an invisible, in-visible, tasteless, odorless gas produced by the incomplete burning burn-ing of fuel. It attacks the body by attaching itself to red blood cells, blocking the attachment of oxygen which is normally carried by the red blood cells to nourish body tissues. Ingersoll said carbon monoxide combines with red cells 200 times easier than oxygen, and the oxygen starvation starva-tion caused by carbon monoxide poisoning can cripple or kill victims vic-tims within minutes. Carbon monoxide poisoning is a greater hazard in cold weather, Ingersoll said, because cold weather usually means drivers roll their windows up, cutting off ventilation that would normally sweep fumes out of the passenger compartment. Positive ventilation a movement move-ment of fresh air through the car's passenger compartment-is compartment-is a strong defense against car-! car-! bon monoxide poisoning, Inger- soli said. "Opening fresh air ; inlets at the" front of the car and lowering side- windows slightly can give this kind of ventilation, he continued. J ust opening side vent windows, Ingersoll said won't always venti late a car. Vent windows opened to their normal position draw air out of the passenger compartment compart-ment rather than tunneling it in, he said. Ingersoll also cautioned motorists against idling the engine of a standing car to keep the heater working. "A standing car with the windows win-dows rolled up has no adequate ventilation, he said, 'and that's just asking for trouble. Stopping exhause leakage at its source is even more important im-portant than good ventilation according ac-cording to Ingersoll. "Motorists should have their exhaust systems checked this fall to find and fix blown-out gaskets, leaking pipe connections and holes in mufflers and tailpipes, he said. The Director said motorists could reduce the carbon monoxide "content of their engine exhausts by keeping their engines in tune ' and giving prompt attention to problems like sticking automatic choke assemblies. . Even in a properly maintained car, however, motorists should be aware of the possibility of carbon- monoxide poisoning, Ingersoll Inger-soll said. "If you find yourself getting sleepy at the wheel, suspect carbon car-bon monoxide immediately, he advised motorists. 'Get out and breathe some fresh air. Then drive with the windows open more than usual and have the car's exhaust system checked at the first opportunity. Other tip-offs to carbon monoxide mo-noxide poisoning, according to Ingersoll, are weakness, headache, head-ache, dizziness, nausea, loss of muscular control and increased pulse and respiration. But he said that if the concentration of carbon monoxide in the air is great enough, the victim maybe-come maybe-come unconscious without any warning signals. "A driver's best protection against carbon monoxide is good automotive' preventive maintenance, main-tenance, Ingersoll said. Sgt. D. Warren Ends Training Mountain Home, Idaho Sergeant Ser-geant Dave Warren, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Warren of 621 South 350 West, Orem, recently participated in Operation Jack Frost'75, a joint service winter training exercise conducted near Fairbanks, Alaska. 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