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Show -Thursday, February 17, 1983 Legislation Would Moderate Orem-Geneva Times- --- .::. - JANAE DURFEE Mountain View Names DAR Good Citizen Janae Durfee, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Lyman Durfee of Orem, was named Mountain View High School's Daughters of American Revolution Good Citizen this week. High School representatives are chosen by students and faculty on the qualities of Leadership, Service, Dependability, Depen-dability, and Patriotism. Each High School winner receives a certificate and a Good Citizen pin and automatically enters the state contest, receiving an educational award of $100.00 if chosen state winner. State nominees enter the National competition vying for a $1,000 scholarship to the college of their choice and an engraved sterling silver Paul Revere Bowl. Janae is a well-rounded student and an outstanding leader. She is secretary of the Bruinett Drill Team, President of the National Honor Society, President of the A Cappella Choir, Vice Chairman of Orem City Advisory Council, and member of Chamber Choir. Other activities include Senjinary Class Officer, accompanist for school musical and choirs, and a teacher of piano for the past four years. Her listing in Who's Who among American High School Students is well deserved. Scholastically, she has a 3.99 GPA achieved while participating in accelerated courses. cour-ses. Ar outstanding student in every way, Mountain View is proud to have Janae represent them for this Good Citizen award. UTC Plans Seminar Utah Technical College at Provo-Orem, in conjunction with VISTA, will sponsor a seminar for Asian refugees, February 26 and March 5, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the Orem Campus. The purpose of the seminar is to give information regarding living in American society with special emphasis in employment, education, citizenship, health, legal and emergency services and community resources such as various social service programs. For more information concerning con-cerning the seminar, please contact the Continuing Education Department Depart-ment at Utah Technical College's Provo campus or by calling 226-5000. Chsrry Hill Exhibits Art of Indo-China The art of Indo-Chinese Refugees will be on display at Cherry Hill School, 250 East 1650 South in Orem, from February 22 to February 29. This exhibition, curated by the Utah arts Council Folk Arts Program, presents the handicraft of the Hmong, a people of Chinese origin who live in small, isolated villages. They are particularly par-ticularly well known for their textile work, applique, reverse applique, embroidery techniques. Intricate baskets in this show are made by the Koui tribe of the upper highland of Laos. The Cherry Hill School has 22 Ino-Chinese students. This is an effective way of sharing cultures. The Travel Exhibition Program is a statewide outreach service of the Utah Arts Council. The Program provides schools, museums, and galleries throughout the state with over twenty choices of exhibitions which may be booked free of charge for a period of one month. For further information on the Traveling Exhibition Program, contact the Visual Arts Program at 533-5757 Salt Lake City, Utah. This program is supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, D.C., and by programming funds from the Utah Arts Council. County Fair Announces Poster Contest We would like to encourage all boys and girls of Junior High and Senior High School ages to participate par-ticipate in our 1983 Utah County Poster Contest. The contest provides students with an excellent opportunity to display artistic talent, and to play a significant role in the Utah County Fair. (August 17-20, 1983) There will be two contest divisions, namely Junior and Senior. Three winners will be selected in each division. Prizes: First Place each division - $100; Second Place each division - $50; and Third Place each division - $25. The First Place winners in each division will be used for the front and back cover of the 1983 Utah County Fairbook. The other winners may also be used elsewhere in the fair-book fair-book and all winners will be displayed at the Fair. Deadline for submitting entries is 5 :00 p.m., Tuesday, March 1, 1983. Send all entries to Utah County Fair Office, Utah County Building, Provo, Utah 84601. If you have any questions, contact Judy Smith, 373-5510 373-5510 Ext. 308 or Jeri Wood, 373-5510 Ext. 300. Steve Hunter Reports To Camp Pendleton Marine Sgt. Steven R. Hunter, son of Keith and Cozette Jeppson of 884 S. 750 ,E., Orem, Utah, has reported for duty with 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, Calif. SANDRA LOTT Sandra Lott Named National Finalist Sandra Kaye Lott, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alex D. Lott, has been selected as the only National Merit Scholar Finalist for 1983 from Mountain View High School. To advance to Finalist status, each Semifinalist had to meet additional requirements that include being fully endorsed and recommended for scholarships by the principal, as well as documenting high academic standing on the basis of test scores. Scholarship winners will be announced an-nounced later this spring. Sandra exemplifies the qualities needed to compete for this most prestigious scholarship as evidenced by the fact that she has been chosen Mountain View's English Sterling Scholar, is a member of the National Honor Scoiety and has maintained a 3.95 GPA throughout high School Other activities include participation par-ticipation in the Utah Valley Youth Symphony and the All-Senior Band. She has been listed in Who's Who in Music for the past two years and Who's Who in American High School Students. Sandra plans to enroll at BYU in September. Sharon School Parents Visiting Day Feb. 17, 18 Thursday and Friday, February 17 and 18, have been scheduled for Parent-Teacher Conferences at the Sharon Elementary School, 525 North. 400 East, Orem. Conferences will begin on Thursday at 12:20 p.m. for Kindergarten students and at 3:30 p.m. for grades 1 through 6, and they will conclude at 6:30 p.m. On Friday parents will visit from 8:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon. Students will be excused at 3:00 p.m. Thursday and will not attend school Friday. Afternoon Kindergarten will not be held Thursday. All visits will be scheduled and parents should have received appointment slips. Visits will only be ten minutes each, so it is important that schedules be followed carefully. If an unforseen situation arises and a parent cannot keep the appointed time, the parent should contact the teacher concerned con-cerned and set up another time. All parents are urged to attend and be sure of each child's present status in school at a time when teachers are best prepared to present important information. " THE ANNUAL MEETING OF lMmm Creels IllM will be held W$m$Mj, February 23, 1983 MAIN DALL ROOM WILKINSON CENTER BYU CAMPUS Tickets for the Dinner are $2.00 each and may be purchased at the through Friday, February 18, 1983 Legislation now being considered con-sidered by the 1983 Utah Legislature would moderate the state unemployment unem-ployment tax increase scheduled for this year. This was reported by Utah Foundation, the private tax research organization, in a study of a proposed new unemployment insurance program for Utah. According to the analysis, the state unemployment tax for employers em-ployers with the best employment experience is scheduled to jump from $156 per employee in 1982 to $444 in 1983 and an estimated $471 per employee in 1984 unless some changes are made in the present law. The proposed legislation (SB'iOfi) would reduce the scheduled tax increase somewhat for employers em-ployers with good employment experience, but would raise the tax for employers with poor experience. For class 1 employers (those with the best employment experience), ex-perience), the maximum tax for each employee in 1983 would be scaled down from the scheduled $444 to $270, a decrease of $174 or 39 percent. On the other hand, the tax for class x employers ( those with the worst employment experience) would rise from $444 per employee to $340, an increase of $96 or 22 percent. In effect, the proposed law would switch part of the tax burden from employers with good employment experience to employers with poor experience. In addition to changes in the unemployment tax and benefit structure for 1983 and 1984, the proposed law would phase in charge-back experience rating system beginning in 1985. Under a charge-back system, an employer's tax rate is determined largely by the unemployment benefits paid to former employees. Over the years, Utah has operated under a payroll-variation payroll-variation system, which assigns tax rates on the basis of changes in quarterly and annual payroll totals. According to Foundation analysts, the proposal now before the Legislature calls for the following actions. 1. It would "freeze" unemployment unem-ployment benefit payments at $166 per week until July, 1984, and then compute them at 60 percent of the insured average weekly wage. This would allow the weekly benefit to climb to $192 in July, 1984. Other wise, present law would raise the weekly benefit amount to $195 in July, 1983, and to an estimated $208 in July, 1984. 2. It would "freeze" the tax base on which unemployment taxes are calculated at $12,000 for 1983 and then allow it to rise to $13,300 in 1984. The present law sets the tax base at $14,800 in 1983 and an estimated $15,700 in 1984. 3. It would continue a modified experience-rating system for 1983 and 1984, with employment tax rates ranging from $2.25 percent for employers with the best employment em-ployment experience to 5 percent for employers that were not rated. The present law requires that all employers em-ployers (except new employers) pay a uniform tax of 3 percent in 1983. 4. It would modify the present experience-rating system in 1983 and 1984 by making it more difficult for employers to qualify for one of the better ratings. 5. Beginning in 1985, it would change Utah's experience-rating system from a payroll-variation plan to a charge-back plan. This could result in some significant changes in employment taxes for individual employers. In general, the switch would result in lower taxes for business firms that have a low employee turnover and higher taxes for firms that have a high turnover. 6. It would require that employers em-ployers must begin providing detailed information about the wages paid to each employee. At the present time, employers are only required to furnish overall payroll information for the firm. Wage data for individual employees now are furnished only when a claim for unemployment benefits is filed. 7. It would make changes in the method of calculating the benefit entitlement for an individual claimant. In additon, the maximum weekly benefit amount would be reduced from 65 percent to 60 percent per-cent of the average weekly wage. UNITED WATERBED CO. 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