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Show 0tq0 MfWI - Tuesday, Emery County Progress. Castle Dale, Utah 3B November 19, 1996 Peacock directs Crazy For Youf f Emery School District and Emery High School are proud to announce the musical play, Crazy For You. This play is being performed to celebrate Neal Peacocks 50th play since he began teaching at Emery High School 14 years ago. The play will be presented Friday and Saturday, Nov. ,. and Monday, Nov. 25 at 7:00 p..m at the Emery High Auditorium. As part of the celebration this play will be free to the public and tickets are not required. However, students under 16 years of age will be admitted only if they are accompanied by an adult. Refreshments will also be served after the performance each night in the lunch room. Crazy For You is a Gershwin musical. The music and lyrics were written by George and Ira Gershwin and include such songs as Ive Got Your Holiday Gift Pre-Seas- Tonights the Rhythm, Night, and Someone to Watch Over Me. The play itself was written after the Gershwins were dead and the play was written around the songs. Two years ago this play finished a well In wniit EC Economic Development Director The bad news is Emery County property owners will be paying more taxes in 1997. In order to pay a refund to PacifiCorp for a 1992 tax protest, Emery County, the Castle Valley Special Service District, and Emery County School Dise trict will enact a judgement levy that will increase the taxes paid on an average home by about $21. one-tim- The good news? It could have been worse. In 1992, PacifiCorp protested $3,951,202 of its property taxes paid to entities in Emery County. In 1993 the protest amounted to in $3,301,634; $2,812,238; 1994, and in 1995, $2,846,628. In a Utah Supreme Court decision, where F.iru-vCounty challenged the D'H- protest, local government on I r:;es were ordered to refund $889,135.51 of the 1992 taxes with interest. PacifiCorp agreed not to proceed with the protests for 1993, 1994 and 1995 and will not appeal its 1996 property - taxes. The, lawsuit cost taxpayers about $98,000 but saved them at least $12,012,567. During the past 10 years centrally assessed properties have received an average percent adjustment to their taxes, just by filing an appeal, County Assessor Jim Fauver explained. Emery County had to stem the tide. Buy received run on Broadway and a touring company is now trav eling the U.S. Emery High is one of the first high schools in the country to produce this musical. There are over 30 students involved in the production and they include both students and adults Randy Johnson, Laurel Johansen, Jessica Taylor and Bryce Myerhoff are just a few of the people who have leading roles in this musical. The cast also includes 12 Follies or chorus girls who do a great amount of singing and danc- ing and who are one of the funniest parts of the play. Peacocks 50 plays have included 12 musicals, 13 contest proplays, and 25 ductions. During the last 14 years some of his favorite plays have included Joseph and the Star Spangled Girl, dominant property taxpayer in Emery County, it will be paying 75 percent of the refund. In order to pay the PacifiCorp refund, we would either have to cut services or raise a levy, pointed out Ross Huntington, county auditor. Cutting services would impact all residents far more than it would the power company. Raising a judgement levy extends the impact to PacifiCorp. However, PacifiCorp is not the only centrally assessed property that appeals its property taxes. Emery County has made comparatively small refunds to other companies, in- cluding recent payments to Coastal States Energy and Cyprus Plateau. Huntington explained that Emery County gets caught in the middle when the state tax commission appraises centrally assessed property at more than the property owner Lil PRICE All Seats $1.50 PHENOMENON (PG) John Travolta Nightly 7:00 Fri. & Sat. 7:00 A 9:15 f MS t B S aN UIMtfllJj separate board that grants adjustments when evaluations are protested. According to Fauver, past experience indicates that large companies with political clout are usually awarded an adjustment when they appeal. In the 1992 case, Emery County had an independent appraiser assess PacifiCorps Emery County properties and the value was actually a bit than higher the tax commissions assessment. Often, centrally assessed properties challenge the states assessment based on assess- ments in other states, but Fauver points out that laws are different and the compari- - 7:30 & 9:45 Friday & Saturday KING KOAL S4.50 & $2.50- - Z. Bay Cavaricci, 1st pair Door. A 12 New waist. Lawman, t receive la Lf. 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Fauver explained that the Utah Tax Commission has a division that evaluates properties, and a Get Nov in Stock) Besides doing plays, Mr. Peacock has taken second place in State Drama three times and first place in region seven times with his drama teams. He also coaches speech Technicolor and debate, teaches Advanced Amazing Dreamcoat, Into the Woods, Placement European History, A Midsummer has coached football for 14 Annie, Nights Dream, Taming ofthe years and has been the StuShrew, Dont Drink the Wa- dent Council Advisor for 12 ter, Little Shop of Horrors, years. believes is fair. The county is required to budget expenditures based on anticipated tax revenue, which includes assessments of centrally assessed properties. We budget that money and we spend it. Then they appeal it and in a few years we have to pay it back, he said. And theres more good news. 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