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Show I t r 8 t f The Times-lndependen- Circuit court Defective index is a factor (. in social security problems Many of the current problems in the federal Social Security system could have been avoided if the problem had not been tied to a consumer price index that federal now acknowledge has exaggerated the true rate of inflation in the U.S. over the past decade. So says Utah Foundation, the private research organization in an analysis of the consumer price officials Valentine theme highlighted Club meeting Literary ' t i The Arts Department of the Moab Womens Literary Club met Satur- day, Feb. 19 at the First Baptist Church. The theme was Valentines Pay, with a heart pincushion made and donated by Club President Terry Chaney. the business meeting, . During dates were announced for upcoming conventions. The GFWC Western States Convention will be held Sept. 8 in Portland, Oregon. The GFWC Convention is set for Orlando, Florida, beginning May 28. The State Convention wifi be 'held in Kanab May 4 and the j District Convention on April 23 in 'Helper. 1 Reports were presented by Mrs. 'Chaney and District President Palma Jacobs. Agenda items included the clubs CIP money, Save the Children, international fashions :,for the state convention and coupon "collection. Guests from the Green River Womens Club included President Jo Baxter, Grace Peterson, Mae Silliman, Lucille Halloway, Pat Faast, Ruth Trouch and 16-1- 12-1- jNoreen Wilson. I Luncheon was served by Arts ! Committee members Gwyn Meador, Bemia Ratcliff, Donna Nelson and Sharon Balling. Entertainment was provided by Sounds Grand, a vocal group from Grand County High School, who performed Blue Down to My Fame, Shoes and Memories. Soloist Scott Cook sang Evergreen and Let Me Be There, accompanied on piano by Carolyn Leech. The three first prize winners of the clubs Heritage Days writing contest read their essays and poems. The winners included Jerry Croasmun, Alice Foy and Deborah Holyoak. According to UFW Eastern District Arts Chairman Ann Pool, the contest complied with GFWC Arts Division rules, which have three categories: performing, crea--. tive and Visual arts. Madge Warde was selected as Clubwoman of the Year by the Moab club. She will compete for the district title at the upcoming convention. The clubs next meeting will be an 85th birthday party, with past presidents acting as hostesses. Madge Warde is chairman of the event. Nuclear Office news : I by Michaelene Pendleton The Moab Nuclear Waste Information Office is located in Room 203 f City Hall, 150 East Center. Hours are from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Tuesday through Friday; the phone number is If you have a question you would like to see answered, please submit it to the office. If you cant get in during office hours; call and I will arrange to meet you. 259-872-7. Question No. 1 - What is Nuclear Waste? Nuclear wastes may be divided into five major categories differentiated by their level of radiation intensity. Spent Fuel is made up of fuel assemblies that have been burned burned in a nuclear reactor and are not longer efficient in a nuclear, chain reaction. Spent fuel is physically hot and extremely radioactive. Waste is created by fuel to separate spent reprocessing the highly radioactive elements for in military or commercial applications. This type of waste Contains almost all of the atomic fragments created by nuclear fission. In the fission process, a . High-Lev- el re-u- se . . . City Market officials announced Friday the plans for construction of he seventh City Market food store In the Grand Junction area. The Construction of the 51,000 square loot Mesa Village Super Store at 24 Road and F Road is slated for Sometime in the early fall of 1983 According to Leo T. Prinster, of Construction and Development for City Market. C The site, adjacent and north of (Mesa Mall, will be developed by --City Market with additional retail Space planned for future develop-- ! ment. Plans to proceed with development underscores the opti-- t mism City Market sees in the future growth of Grand Junction. "We think the economy has bottomed out 'hnd one of the few gaps left in the spectrum of retail stores in Mesa Mall is a full line grocery store," Said Prinster. Vice-Preside- nt w 7 1968-198- 15-ye- ar heavy atom such as uranium is split to release large amounts of energy. HLWs are very hazardous and must be handled with remote equipment. Transuranic Waste is created from the reprocessing of spent fuel and the fabrication of plutonium for nuclear weapons. TRUs have atomic numbers greater than uranium and though they are not as hot as HLWs, they take far longer to decay, in some cases, as much as 24,000 years. Waste comes from almost all activities involving radioactive materials. Test tubes, protective clothing, cleanup materials, and filters are all LLWs. Only small amounts of radioactivity are present and the potential hazard is relatively low. of Tailings are the uranium mining and milling. The g radiation present is and poses very little hazard. Each type of waste requires different degrees of security in use and storage. The repository prop-- ( posed for Gibson Dome will be designed to handle the most toxic wastes and to isolate them from the environment for several thousand years. Low-Lev- el naturally-occurrin- Grand Junction Seventh y City Market store planned V index and its effect on government programs. According to the. Foundation, the balance in the Social Security trust fund would have been about (33 billion greater at the end of 1982, if benefit payments had been calculated according to a new index which is scheduled to be used beginning with this year, instead of the old Social consumer price index. Security benefits along with many other government programs, as well as some private pay plans are tied directly or indirectly to changes in the index. Under the old system, mortgage rates and construction costs were factored into the housing and shelter component of the index. Thus, the rapid rise in interest rates and construction costs during the 1970s and early 1980s caused the overall index to rise very rapidly, even through these increases affected only a relatively small segment of the total population. The new index will be based on a rental method, equivalency which Bureau pf Labor Statistics officials claim will provide a more nearly accurate reflection of housing costs. It will measure the consumable cost of housing and remove what has been regarded as investment element from the index. If this new index using the rental equivalency method had been used in effect during the past decade, the inflation rate would have been much lower than the rate actually reported. This would have had a dramatic effect in reducing government costs, since many federal, state, and local programs are automatically adjusted according to changes in the index. Over the there was period only one year (1982) in which the new index would have produced a greater increase than the old consumer price index. On the other hand, the reported inflation rate in 1980 was 2.3 percentage points higher (or 21 percent more) than would be the case if the new index had been used. Ironically, the new index is going into effect at a time when interest rates are declining. Since interest and mortgage rates no longer will be a factor in the new index, the reported inflation rate using the new index probably will be higher than would be the case if the old index continued to be used. It is expected, r however, that the new index will be less volatile in the future, since rental costs tend to be more stable than housing prices and mortgage rates. While Foundation analysts generally praise the changes that are being made in the index, they point out that the index still has some faults as an inflation barometer. For one thing, the index still does not accurately measure consumer substitution of alternative goods and services and changing patterns of consumption brought about by economic conditions, new products, or changes in taste. In addition, it tends to exaggerate the changes brought about by a sudden supply of one item that has an shock important weighting in the index. The new method of estimating housing costs still affect the consumer price index for all urban consumers, often referred to as CPI-beginning with this year (1983). The new index for January, 1983, will be reported later this week. Adjustments in the consumer price index for urban wage earners will and clerical workers ) not take place until 1985. We foresee dramatic improvement in the development of arterial roads in this area of town, said Prinster, and with the completion of the Redlands Parkway City Market will be providing an much more accessible store to customers on the Redlands. Besides stocking the largest selection of grocery items of any store in Grand Junction, the new Mesa Village City Market will include a full service pharmacy, a service delicatessen specializing in a variety of ethnic foods, a baked from scratch bakery, an expanded floral shoppe, a fresh fish shoppe, and an extensive selection of cosmetics and health and beauty aids. The store is expected to provide jobs for between 80 to 100 people. For further information, contact Shelby Kesterson - 2, U (CPI-W- Musical program 4 - . . . Members of the Moab Rotary Club were entertained at their weekly luncheon meeting by the guitar duo of Don Davis, laboratory and technician at Allen Memorial Hospital, and Annette Kearl, legal secretary and realtor. They presented a program of classical and contemporary guitar instrumentals. x-r- Change in long distance calls announced by Contel Contel and Mountain Bell operators will begin advising customers that beginning March 1, long distance calls made from public phones billed to a third number will not be completed unless someone at the other number accepts the call. The change in policy is being made to protect customers from being billed for calls they dont make and to reduce long distance telephone fraud. Between now and March 1, if no one answers or the line is busy at the third number, the call will still go But on March 1, through. acceptance from someone at the third number for calls made from public phones will be required before such a call can be completed. Operators will tell customers, Ill check that number and connect you. If the third number is busy or doesnt answer, the operator will say, Your billing number is busy or doesnt answer. Billing on this call is However, acceptable. starting March 1, I will need verbal from acceptance your billing number or alternate .billing such as a The verification Calling Card. attempt takes approximately 30 seconds. This is only a logical extension of our collect call practice, said Grant Manager-Telephon- e T. Callister, Services for Continental Telephone Co. of the West. The revision is designed to protect customers from being charged for calls they dont make. Misbilled calls from public telephones are growing at an alarming rate. Customer dissatisfaction with the present practice is growing as a result. In the long run, telephone rates customers pay are affected by fraudulent use of the companys facilities, he said. Third number service will still and be offered to customers, users of public infrequent phones wont notice much change. But a customer who has to make several calls from a public phone and bill them to a third number may want to consider an alternate method of billing, said Callister. Operators are also advising customers that if no one accepts the charges at the third number, alternative methods of paying for such calls are available. They include calling collect, paying for the call with coins or using a calling card. Calling card calls can be placed faster and easier than calls and are less expensive. With Call Card Service, customers s can dial on long distance calls in areas where this service is available. The customer dials in the calling card number and billing is handled automatically. From public phones, customers hear a tone followed by a brief announcement of dialing instruczero-plu- tions. Customers can obtain calling cards by calling their local Contel business office and avoid any inconvenience created by this policy change. NURSING HONOR ROLL Students named to the first quarter honor roll of the Licensed Practical Nurse program being conducted in Moab by the College of Eastern Utah were released recently. C3 Thursday, Feb. 24, 19B3 t, Students named to the high honor roll included Laurie Merrell, who maintained a 4.0 grade point . . . In 12th Circuit Court on Feb. 15, Denise Gayle Phillips pled guilty to a charge of driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor (DUI). Charges of open container of alcohol in a vehicle, improper backing and no safety inspection were dismissed. Judge Donald Crist fined her $305, - or in default, sentenced her to 40 days in jail. On Feb. 16, bail of $305 paid by Ricky Charles Dittenbir was ordered forfeited, on a charge of DUI. Louisa Martinez was fined $106, or in default, sentenced to 15 days in jail, on a charge of providing false or inconsistent statements to a public servant. James A. Bates waived a preliminary hearing on 27 counts of burglary and theft. He was bound over to District Court for arraignment on March 7. Mark D. Simmons appeared for sentencing on a charge of battery. He was fined $150, ordered to make restitution of $205, sentenced to 10 days in jail and placed on probation for one year. A bench warrant with bail of $250 was issued for Lee F. Trujillo, on a probation violation. Merrill Lynn Brady was ordered to present a valid drivers license, or serve 15 days in jail, on a charge of driving during suspension. A jury trial was set for March 15 for Pablita M. Herrera, oh a charge of DUI. A bench warrant with bail of $106 was issued for William M. Beck, on a charge of unlawful possession of big game taken on the wrong unit. Steven M. Montsinger appeared for sentencing on a charge of DUI. He was sentenced to 90 days in jail and placed on probation for one .year. The jail sentence was suspended upon the defendant attending 60 days at the Alcohol Treatment Center. On Feb. 17, Harold Wesley Key pled guilty to a charge of DUI. A presentencing report was ordered from Adult Probation and Parole, and sentencing was set for March 9. A plea of guilty to a charge of DUI by Anita L. Christianson was changed to innocent, and trial was set for March 25. Merle J. Short was sentenced to two days in Jail, on a charge of public intoxication. Paula Bundy, Missy Hayes, Julie Ing, Barb Nystrom, Joyce Rodman and Melody Sakri-soOther honor roll students included Sunny Comas, Janet Gay, Anita Griswold and T.J. Thurman. The program will run through ; August. average, n. This year with over 1 00 changes in the tax laws and forms, you have more chances of making a mistake. And that could mean an IRS audit. If H&R Block prepares your taxes and you're audited, we go with you at no added cost. Not as your legal representative, but to explain how your taxes were prepared. If we make a mistake and you owe additional tax, you pay only the tax. We pay the penalty and interest. The new tax laws. 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