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Show Page 2. THE LEADER-GARLAN- TIMES, September IS. 1977 School Talk Our Opinion In Job? Part-Tim- e f t Just The Thing r.f4U TREMONTON job? One that will let you do some of that public service work you've always felt an obligation to do. but never quite got around to? Well, here's just the thing. Warning: the timid and faint of heart need not apply. WHAT'S THE JOB? It's a job as city councilman. Thanks, but no thanks, huh? That's what we thought you'd say. City councilman is one of those available jobs which goes begging. Tremonton will have a couple of vacancies to fill this fall, along with the post of mayor. Garland and other communities will also be in the market. THE SCARCITY of applicants for the job is a simple thing to analyze. Being a city councilman is a thankless task. Being a city councilman for four years, without antagonizing at least some of the people you thought were your friends, is about as impossible as keeping a wife and mistress happy. ONE POLITICAL advisor to a Utah politician advises youthful office seekers that city councils and school boards are about the worst possible springboards to higher office. The simple fact is that elected officials in both capacities are bound to anger about half of the people half of the time on any controversial issue. HOW DOES A city councilman, for instance, tell a personal acquaintance that he can't have a city water connection because his new home is just outside the city limits? Or, how does a school board member tell a parent her child can't ride the bus 'because he lives a too close to the school, while the boy at of the end the block can? IT'S THOSE KINDS of y issues that make councilmen and school board members long for election time so they can let some other would-b- e public servant sacrifice himself on the altar of public criticism. HECK, THE POOR guys even get lambasted by us sometimes, as well. OF COURSE, POLITICIANS aren't the only ones who suffer the darts and arrows of public criticism. We get it once in a while, too. And even church softball coaches get it. One successful coach told us the other day, he knows people who won't deal in his store because his team wins. SO THERE YOU ARE. The job's available, and it probably isn't as bad as we've painted it, so why don't you give it a try? There are even some people who'll pat you on the back four years from now and say, "Good LOOKING FOR A good part-tim- e Insfant Coment What Is Your Canal Opinion Public sentiment will play an important role in determining whether the U. S. Senate will ratify the Panama Canal treaty, giving the Panamanians control over the canal in 25 years. Both Utah senators are vocally opposed to the treaty. We'd like to know how some of our readers feel about it. So, we're asking you to call "Instant-Commenand respond to: "Why I oppose or support the Panama Canal Treaty." This is not a survey, but merely a request for readers to express their opinions on the subject. Call Instant-Commeafter 5:30 p.m. weekdays. Or, if you'd like to call during working hours, just ask for Instant-Commeand we'll let you record your response. Callers are requested to leave their names and telephone numbers. t" (257-518- nt nt Locking Back Thursday, September 14, 1967 - The ring of hammer on spike will echo again across the desolate hills where the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads met in 1869 to complete the nation's first transcontinental COUNCILMAN HARRY GEPHART displays a drawing of a new billboard which will be to direct travelers into town. The billboard project was initiated by Ira Hatch, a motel owner and member of the Golden Spike Empire board, who has arranged south of Tremonton. funding by various groups. A similar sign will be erected on Thursday, September 11, 1947 -- Under the direction of the Bear River Stake presidency, the Garland ward was divided last Sunday during the monthly Fast Day services. - Thursday, September 16, 1937 With the exhibitions, both commercial and agricultural all in place and with hundreds of entries of livestock in their pens, sleek and fat, with the cowboys and rodeo stock ready to pit their skills, with hundreds of concessions and music, with the streets dressed in festive air and all the gaiety and color that goes with the great fair and rodeo, the Box Elder County fair threw open its gates this morning to what is confidently expected to be the most successful fair held in the thirteen years it has been in existence. merry-go-roun- d agree that , U8 do something nobody else will do. Get five of your friends together and nominate him for mayor of Tremonton. Heck, with five of you behind him, he might even be elected. 9&TI1I. " 1 -- x It's funny isn't it. For years we common folk have been yelling about getting folk like us in the White House. Then Jimmy Carter gives us good old common Burt Lance and we rid of him. all scream-g- et more common thought struck the other day (metaphorically speaking) . If Jimmy Carter gets away with giving the canal back to the Panamanians... Maybe there's still hope for the Indians. If I can find any Indian ancestors in my I speak Rhode Island. A Star-Gaz- gene-olog- Gee, Bert Lance manages his own finances like most of the rest of us. Except, that he has a few more finances to manage. Star-Gaz- has er been overdrawing his account for years. You might call it my private play pen. Unfortunately, I don't own the bank. Actually it's more the other way. It's good Jimmy Carter isn't a iand speculator. He could probably sell the Louisiana purchase back to the French for a sizeable profit. Senator Jake Gam, who opposes the giveaway,- says that Panama was under "no Star-Gazcan't really see duress" back in the 1900's what all the fuss is about. when the first canal .treaty was signed, we must pave Lance's bank overdrafts should be viewed as good just been too sniarjt jfi" tjiem. practical experience for the director of the Office of Speaking of politics, sar-Gazand has a suggestion about Budget. Management Uncle Sam has been over how you women can get even drawing his bank account for with that husband who is years. always volunteering you to er , . Mrs. Star-Gazhas learned from sad experience to keep those lists away from me that occasionally get passed around when you're in a group. You know the ones that say sign your name here if you can work at the ward hamburger stand on the 24th of July or something similar. I have a compulsive habit. I always write her name down. In Washington I By PARTING THOUGHT: "If you educate a man you educate a person, but if you educate a woman you eduMani-kacate a family. Church Leader. The Kurtz, recently said in a national news magazine,... I start from the basic definit-tio- n in the Internal Revenue Code, which states that income from whatever the source is taxable. It's very hard for me, as the administrator of the statute, to exempt items that are clearly income. I don't think there is any question that (such) fringes represent taxable income and that a court would so hold if a case were filed." With that explanation the director of the IRS signaled PERC. Sept. 9 92 79 56 44 Sept. 10 Sept. 11 Sept. 12 Sept. 13 Sept --Li- 83 80 78 54 50 44 Sept. 8 . Dogs Still Speak Pure Language In- Revenue Service Commissioner, Jerome WEATHER LOW U.S. Senator Orrin G. Hatch d newly-appointe- ternal uby HI -- Food Handler Tests Slated inteno his tajp any fringe benefits received by the working people of the United States. At first glance, this seems to some to be a way to tax the extra income of rich businessmen who use loopholes to avoid paying their fair share of income tax. The rich businessmen will not be hurt nearly as much as the average workers, since most workers rely heavily on the fringe benefits they receive from their employment. For example, does your boss give you a place to park? Do you get a reduced rate when you buy company products? Do you drive a company car? Does your boss pay for your education or professional training? Do your kids get educational benefits because of your job? Editor: At the county fair you bought my hog for a generous price. I would like to thank you for your generosity and work? If the answer is "yes" to these questions, and many others about fringe benefits, you should be concerned because these benefits may soon be subject to taxation by the Internal Revenue Service. According to Kurtz, provision for fringe benefit taxation is granted by definition to the IRS, and he is obligated to tax the extra benefits that come with the jobs most Americans hold. The next question, is, who decides what is a taxable fringe benefit? According to the Commissioner, "Our revenue agents in the field are bright and inventive, and they read the cases that have come up in the courts, which have held that benefits of this sort are taxable income. If an agent knows about (benefits) that an employer provides his employees, the agent assesses additional tax .) NUTS & BOLTS THE LEADER THE GARLAND TIMES ..Published every Thursday Elder Kerry Hales a Mission, Malaga Branch. Sincerely, Mcculloch CUTS IT ! MAC 110 The Most Saw for the Least Money CHAIN & LINKS H 11 I lfil I HYDROLIC HOSE & REPAIR PARTS SOVO Ofl fuel bills Famous McCulloch Chain Saw with 1.8 cu. in. engine, Chain BrakeHand Guard, and many pro features. ANDERSON LUMBER COMPANY 209 West Main William R. Sullivan Tremonton Vale. Ore. 97918, Box 250 laundromat 34 m A fWEEDER j IN ROLLER . Violence on the airways is there because the viewer; buys the sponsor's product. One way to get them off is to stop buying the product. It takes only a very small percentage of people to make sales fall off. DEAR RIVER CLEANERS Husband to wife in restaurant: "Would you prefer sirloin steak, lobster tails, or electricity the rest of the month?" I H I I One place a teenager never seems to get a hangup is in a clothes closet. folks would rather duck than get hit with a new idea. Some Don't Buy Product Editor: NANCY Doug Stokes Spain-Sevill- HOURS Do you get a cut rate in air travel because of where you support. I bought the pig as a wiener and fed it for five months until it was ready for market. I hope you enjoy many fine meals, and thank you again. "Dogmatic." TUCKER'f The Fringes liability to the employee." In other words, "bright and inventive" revenue agents in the field will decide if Utahns are receiving taxable fringe benefits; and, according to Commissioner Kurtz, the IRS in Washington will make the final decision. A group of U. S. Senators and Congressmen have decided to challenge this app-- . roach to taxation which would cost the average taxpayer $240 or more a year in additional taxes levied on fringe benefits - benefits from which they receive no " spendable cash. The legislation was introduced in the Senate by Senators Orrin G. Hatch and and in Carl Curtis the House by Congressmen and Jack Kemp Barber B. Conable Leader Publishing Company at 10 North 1st West, Tremonton, Utah. ..Subscription rate: Box Elder, Cache, and Oneida $5.50 per year, all other areas $6.00 per year. . .Second Class Postage paid at Tremonton, Utah 84337. 'Hope You Enjoy Many Fine Meals' beer-drinkin- LOCATED IRS To Tax discipline is seeing a different emphasis and so on. To make a complete return to the schools of a century ago would obviously be unfair to a generation whose problems and educational requirements will be completely different from that of their fore fathers. It has become quite obvious, however, that the schools of the past did hold some principles which are still educationally sound and their application in our modern curriculum is desirable, not only because our school patrons are requesting it, but because they are educationally sound and do contribute towards a well balanced education for our children today. Changes in education do not come as rapidly sometimes as we wish and often times changes are not quite as extensive as some would have them, but there is a great deal of evidence to show that those who plan the school curriculum are sensitive, both to the desires of the public, whom they serve, and the needs of the children whom they teach. by the Editor: I enjoyed very much reading your article about the feedback you receive (be it good or bad). Due to the fact that you like negative comments, (for, in our weaknesses we are made strong) I would like to add my comments about your visit with my father. Spanish meatballs, Albondigas, seem to have a rather peculiar beginning. When Jose Ortiz Quatecama de Los Montes Ruiz was a young lad in 1630, he visited the g country of Hamburg (Germany) to find the natives cheerfully chewing on chopped beef. He then asked for some of the meat, and the waiter immediately threw him his "hamburger" in a ball. Thus was born the meatball. Since then, Spain has developed its own industry in meatball manufacturing. However, Spaniards do not like things "picante" or spicy. They eat relatively little pepper or salt, but they use garlic for everything, including washing dishes. Therefore, an expert on the theme of cuisine, I find it erroneous to put spicy things in Spanish food. The Mexican folk have their taste buds accustomed to the jalepeno but the Spaniard finds it repugnant. More soever to my father, I find it incredible to believe that my dog barks Spanish, since it never went to the LTM LanguageTraining Mission, nor does it know how to conjugate verbs correctly. I also find that here in Spain dogs still speak the pure language. And, what language is that, you ask? Simple, my friend:; NOW content much as it is. School personnel recognize that they have an obligation to carry out the wishes of the public, whom they serve, in light of that which has proven to be educationally sound ; therefore, the challenge given curriculum planners in this "back to basic" movement is to determine what is really meant by "back to basic" and then to apply this to the curriculum without abdicating those many sound proven educational practices which have become so important to the total education of the child. In observing the trends in education today one can readily see the influence of the "back to basic" movement. Modern math has given way to a return to a more basic traditional approach to the study. Linguistic English has taken a back seat to a more traditional emphasis on the teaching of basic skills in grammar and composition, performance criteria are requiring a student to prove he can perform a skill before moving to the next grade or level of instruction. Retentions are more commonplace and even student H Your Man Food handler's in Tremonton tests will be given Sept. 20, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. in Civic Center by the Bear River District Health Department. There is a charge of $2.50, the T.B. test and a written test will be given. Food handler's permits remain valid for a two year period. They are required by' Utah State Law for all persons who handle food. Restaurant owners are urged to check with their personnel to see if they are qualified under this State law. Letters To Editor railroad. William .T. Krueger, superintendent of the Golden Spike National Historic Site, said Union Pacific Railroad has donated to the National Park Service rails and fittings for a mile of track to be used in development of the site. will schools are for learning and that what ought to be learned mainly is useful knowledge. In short, the schools ought to make their major effort in the teaching of certain useful facts and skills. To some this means a complete return to the three "R's" of nearly a century ago (Reading, Writing, Arithmetic) and a complete disregard for some of the so called "frills" of modern education. To others it con-ote- s a mere shift in emphasis in the instructional program while leaving the curriculum erected on few of you out there who'll step forward and accept the challenge, even though, in some cases, you may just be left standing out front because everybody-else- " 'took 'a' quick "Step backward. means different Educators day-to-da- are a basics" things to different people and as curriculum developers begin to build curriculum around the basics much confusion is experienced, especially as we attempt to communicate what we really mean by "basic." next exit job!" LUCKILY FOR ALL of us, there Much is being said of late, among school personnel and to some extent among patrons of schools, about getting back to the basics. This "getting back to the CITY tenth-of-a-mi- bread-and-butte- r, By C. Morgan Hawkes Administrator Curriculum and Instruction ) 257-363- 1 In the pink is how you feel when you get out of the red. Early to bed and early to rise simply means you'll be sleepy at the wrong times. There's little danger of de- veloping eyestrain these FIELD SPRAYERS & PARTS days from looking on the bright side of things. Certain old-tim- sounds e always bring back memor-ies--- music, coins jingling in a pocket. s RICHIE LIVESTOCK JAY'S CHEVRON Riverside 458-378- WATERERS 6 AsJNTERMOUNTAIN FARMERS STORE 231 South 3rd West Tremonton 257-541- 9 5ER50N SUPPLV 206 South 2nd Wtif 257-532- a foghorn, Dixieland R&R HARDWARE 171 $r Trtmooton, Wat ft Main 2 |