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Show THE SENTINEL Page Now. 10, 1983 Thursday, 4 Jim Piatt's film debut ends up on the editing room floor . : -- i . ... A J. 9 'A Y, ..--- --y , : a recreational vehicle magazine, the executive director of two national camping clubs, and more, beginning at the age of 12 or 13. "When a challenge shows up, I'll take it on if there's something new I Jim Piatt either. He feels that the youngest people he knows are those with the most experiences and the oldest are those who have quit learning. "When I reach the point I feel I have nothing more to learn that's the day I will be ready to die." can learn," he added. "Life doesn't have to be drudgery. You've got to bounce along and have fun, look forward to the next challenge." The father of three and the grandfather, Piatt, now 50, doesn't intend to let age become a barrier Taxpayer Ass'n says property taxes up 17 acting," he explained. "But, now my billed in 1982. "These taxes must be paid by baby is 18 years old so I decided to Nov. 30," said Jack Olson, jump back into it." Jim signed up with an agent and executive vice president of the she sent him over in search of a part statewide nonprofit tax watch' when Cannon Films took up dog organization. "This year's $79 million residence in the David Keith Buildtax increase is both the in Lake. Salt after he property ing Right auditioned, he was told he would largest one year dollar and one have a part in the production, but it year percentage tax jump in the was a couple of weeks before he was history of the beehive state," claimed Olson. given a specific assignment. "1983 set another property tax He was then measured by the wardrobe people and given a script. record," said Jack Olson. "For Piatt settled easily into his role as the first time, property taxes Officer Swanson in part because he have become the largest tax in Utah, had been a police officer for many money producer individual the both before years becoming injured and surpassing income tax and the sales tax. forced to retire from the department in 1972. He spent four days before the The 1983 $550 million property cameras just to get in his three tax bill compares to $348 million ' collected last year from minutes on film. The sequence called for him and individual income taxes and $482 another officer to take up positions million collected from state and ' local sales taxes." on top of the Valley Bank building, -"The record speaks for itself which is adjacent to American Towers, where the climatic scenes legislative efforts to achieve would be filmed. Piatt's three property tax relief by shifting minutes were to be spread out over tax burdens while ignoring 25 minutes of film time or three government spending, have hours of story time. But, as stated, it been a miserable failure," didn't happen that way. claims Olson. An entire new story line was "There are 488 government drawn up for the film. The "good" entities that impose property and "bad" Ninja would still duel taxes in Utah. This includes 29 atop American Towers, but the bad county governments, 40 school guy became a drug smuggler first districts, 223 cities and towns and a Ninja second. He was no and 196 special taxing districts," claims the tax watchdog organilonger after the mobster to perform an assassination, but to get even zation. when the crime boss reneged on a drug deal. In other words, martial arts would become simply a tool in a drug war, a treatment Piatt said the original script avoided. "Most martial arts films are created as a showcase for a man like Chuck Norris or Bruce Lee," he explained. "Ninja" used little known actors so martial arts would become Dr. Harald Olafsson, Optometrist, the star. It required a logical story is conducting a study of eye drops line to do that. That story line was used to relieve symptoms of hay-fevchanged. or allergies. These eye drops There were some other changes are an product Piatt liked even less. used for the relief of burning, "They went in and added enough itching, red, watery eyes and the partial nudity and bad language to sticky mucous build-u- p associated earn it an "R" rating," he stated. with allergies. This study is being "None of that was included in the conducted to test if this product original script." really does what it claims. Piatt said the experience left him "wiser for the wear," but not bitter. Anyone suffering from any of Never one to let something get him these symptoms due to allergies can 9 down, he simply moved on to contact Dr. Olafsson's office at for an appointment. His office something else. Not long after the address is 5522 S. 1300 E., Suite movie reached Salt Lake he traveled to St. George to assist in the taping in Sandy. of a show for the American Jr. Miss Persons participating will use the Pageant. eye drops for a period Piatt's entrenched 3 - for in Association years and several occupational Taxpayers announcing that this year's tax changes ago. "After I got married and started bite is a record $79 million or 17 raising a family, I got away from percent over property taxes K d : writer Riverton, was cast in the role of Officer Swanson, a member of the police department's S.W:A.T. team, trying to prevent the assassination of an organized crime boss by a Ninja warrior hired by rival mobsters or so the story went originally. "Utah taxpayers will have to He got the part, he said, because he went down and auditioned for it. dig deep this year to come up His previous acting experience had with $550 million in statewide been on the stage, but that was many property taxes," said the Utah because they turned it into just another martial arts film." "Revenge of the Ninja" is centered around a clash of good and warriors, evil, two Ninja of the ancient practitioners Japanese art of assassination, experts in all forms of martial arts. The movie was filmed almost entirely in Salt Lake City. Piatt was one of many local actors and personalities who earned parts in the film. Nor was he the only victim, as nearly half the film had t, all without his been knowledge. Piatt, who is the owneroperator of American Southwest Signs in by Robert Mickelson Sentinel Staff Jim Piatt went to the Olympus Starship Theaters on the evening of FYiday, Oct. 7, expecting to watch himself get struck in the throat by a Ninja loosed arrow, the climatic moment in months of work in his first motion picture role. But, the movie he saw was almost totally different than the one he worked on, most noticeably because he wasn't in it. His three total minutes on film had ended up on the editing room floor. "I was surprised, disappointed, and angry," he said later, "not so much because I was cut out of it, but a legislature, School on preliminary assessed valuation figures and certified Commission Tax 1983 tax mill levies, property all taxes by charged property taxing jurisdictions this year This will total $550,602,000. with $471,396,442 compares last year. The charged estimated increase is $79,205,558 and the percentage jump is 16.8 "Based districts will reap about in 1983, up 12.7 the $272,529,386 bill from percent last year. The increase amounts to $34.6 million of higher school property taxes this year. 1983 county "Estimated will taxes skyrocket to property $120,124,000. This is 24 percent over the $96,834,213 charged in 1982. The 1983 average county tax rate will be 16.27 and this is up from 14.61 levied last year," said U.T. A. spokesman. UTA estimated that cities and towns will charge $68,300,000 and property taxes this year, or more than the $12,365,457 billed last year. $55,934,543 $307,150,000 percent." "This year's estimated average total property tax rate climbed to 74.58 mills ($74.58 of property taxes for each $1,000 of assessed valuation), up 3.45 mills or 5 percent from the 1982 average of 71.13 mills." Travel WE DO IT ALL IN ONE CALL AT NO EXTRA COST AIRLINE TICKETSCRUISETOURSVACATIONSGROUPS VALENTINES CRUISE Norway. 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