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Show association 467 EaST THIRD SOUTH 6AIT LAKE CITY, UT 94U1 V , STS. W-- vv' f z2 ' ' dk . N?s . , UV.A ,. 0 ,5SW Serving East Juab County - tVMtowwS ?.- Nice Place to Live! December 9, 1982 - n,- A ;-- 1 'v' K" - Land transfer would cost county little tax money The Nephi Sixth and Third LDS Wards had 12 new members Saturday. They lined up along the main walkway to the chapel Saturday, but didnt stay much beyond Sunday, thanks to the appearance of the e. sun-shin- The Bureau of Land Management is seeking to exchange land it owns in the rest of the state for 1,588 acres of land in Juab County. The property is on both sides of County should back sales tax initiative, Nephi city manager says percent, the small cities in the county would greatly benefit, McKnight told the commission. Just 50 percent of the percent sales tax would boost quadruple Monas sales tax receipts and more than Randy McKnight, Nephi City administrator, met with the Juab County Commission at a recent meeting to seek support for proposed sales tax legislation that is to be acted on at the next session of the state legislature. ' : , one-fourt- one-quart- er double McKnight said the Utah League of Cities and Towns is peeking the adoption of the proposal. He presented a report to ;the commission prepared by that organization, and asked commission members to back the proposal because, in his opinion, it will be of benefit to both the city and the county. h Levan's, he said. McKnight said that Eureka has much more money leakage to Utah County, and the community would benefit up to three times as ; i much under the new plan. benefit much as Nephi doesnt as the other cities because the city has only about a 20 percent leakage, said McKnight. If the sales tax laws stay the same, Nephi is projected to collect $171,176 in sales taxes in 1983.; Under the proposal to come before the legislature, the city would collect $214,729 in 1983 Please turn to page 3 ... coming year in light of an in- cted-decrease - expe- county revenue. inA six percent crease recommended by the Six County Economic Development District has also been built into the 1983 budget announced com- cost-of-livin- g ! Services held Wednesday for Dee Cowan, 64 one-quart- er one-quart- er j z:'Uk: J Temple. Survivors are her husband, of Nephi; two daughters, Mrs. Wayne (Sandra) Hansen, Ogden and Mrs. Gordon (Connie Rae) Kelson, Nephi; a son, Michael C. Scipio. Funeral services were held Dec. at the Nephi Seventh LDS Ward Church. Interment was at 8 Dee Ivie Cowan Vine Bluff Cemetery in Nephi. Joseph Arthur Paystrup, 89, died in Nephi Dec. 5. '.Paystrup was bom July 29, 1893 in Levan, one of the nine children of Jens Christian Chris- tensen and Karen Kirstine Rasmussen Paystrup. He attended Levan schools and Brigham Young University. He was a member of the LDS Chinch. r Funeral services will be held today, Dec. 9, at noon at the Levan LDS Ward ChapeL Friends may call at the chapel two hours prior to the services. Interment will be at the Levan City Cemetery. I University has Jacobsen, USU program administrator. A meeting to discuss the program will be held in Nephi Mon- - missioners. During the process of developing the budget, the commissioners were asked by county attorney Don Eyre, Jr., for a salary increase from $18,000 per year to $25,000 per year. Im the lowest paid elected county attorney in the state, reported Eyre. Eyre says Juab County handles 1,000 cases per month, and he spends three days in court per week on county business, he says. A budget increase of $33,858 for the county jail and the county sheriffs department was also proan 11 percent increase posed over the budget for last year. The commissioners also increased their budget by $23,000 for the coming year. The commissioners explained that they had been taking some money from the clerks budget for their expenses. The fairground budget was also increased. New horse stalls will be constructed, the commissioners -- st 5th; 7th wards to hold Christmas parties 7 Services to be held in Levan today for Mr. Paystrup ; 89 State County Clerk Loree Memmott says the auditors have recommended putting capital projects into the general fund. If there was a specific capital improvement project which needs to be undertaken, the county would then take the necessary money from the general fund and budget under the project title specifically. sister, Darlene Memmott of Joseph Arthur Paystrup Utah made plans to start a masters degree program in social science in Nephi, according to Mel say. Cowan, Nephi; 13 grandchildren; two brothers, Delial Ivie, Flowell, and Ferron Ivie, St. George; and a Christmas parties are planned next week for some of the area's LDS Wards. The Nephi Seventh Wards Frosty Frolic dinner dance will be held Friday, Dec. 10, at the Nephi Nebo Posse will hold election meeting Monday The Nephi Nebo Posse will hold its annual election meeting Mon- day, Dec. 13. The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. at the Nephi City HalL Officers and directors for 1983 will be elected. All club members and people interested in joining the club are invited to attend, organizers say. c1 Seventh Ward church. A social hour will begin at 6:30 p.m., and dinner will be served from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Dancing, featuring a live orchestra, will i if 4 Nephi Fifth Ward chamber. Costs, the starting dates, admittance requirements, and a list of specific classes to be offered will be discussed at the meeting. happy with their proposal, however. Johnson says that at present, he has found only 1,200 acres of and the BLM is willing to exchange, and that the land is located all over the state in bits and pieces. Some of the land Johnson has proposed exchang- ing has been comparable desert land, but could not be exchanged because it contained Indian relics or was listed under designations that made exchange impossible. 0 When commissioners first learned of the proposed exchange, i 623-179- i ' j i Snow College Nephi classes will start Jan. 11 The winter quarter of Snow College classes in Nephi will begin Jan. 11. Nutrition (FMLF 122) will be offered from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Tuesdays from Jan. 11 to March 15. The course is required for nursing students, and would benefit those wishing to improve their family nutrition, says Nancy McDonald, Snow Colleges Juab County coordinator. A course on classic myths and folk tales will meet Thursdays from 6:30 to 9:30, Jan. 13 to March 17. It will cover Greek, Roman, and Norse myths and legends. This literature course will partially fulfill general educa- - tion requirements at most colleges and may be applicable for some elementary education minors. Students may register and purchase textbooks on Thursdays, Dec. 9 and 16, and Jan. 6 at Room of the Juab County Center, 160 North Main. B-0- 5 Those having questions regarding the courses may call Nancy McDonald on the above dates at 623-179- 1. Hermansen graduates from Officer Candidate School graduated from Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning, Ga., and was commissioned an Army second lieutenant. During the course, Hermansen was trained in leadership, small unit tactics, and infantry weapons. He also received instruction in map and aerial photograph reading and communications. He graduated from Central Missouri State University at Warrensburg in 1982. His wife, Linda, is the daughter of Royce and Janice Alsup of Decatur, Ala. 14-we- ! w.. SmJ Elder Russell Hall recently returned from LDS missionary service in the Rapid Gty, S.D. area. He will report his mission experiences to the Levan LDS Ward Sunday, Dec. 12 at 10:50 ajn. Elder Hall is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Jerold Hall of Juab. ; If you cant come to the meeting but would still like more they were not happy, because the information, please call the USU Juab County land, if exchanged, 1 and would be removed from the counExtension office at leave your name and phone ty tax rolls. Johnson called the number. You will then be concommission, however, and said tacted, says Mel Jacobsen, prothat taxes on the property were administrator. and would not have a great small gram Classes will be held on Friday effect on the county. . and nights Saturday mornings Juab County Assessor Tom usually every third weekend. It Fowkes said that taxes on the will take approximately two years to Complete the 48 credits 6f property were $116.1? last year." I The property is designated as coursework that are required. Greenbelt property it is ap- Jacobsen says the social science praised for its value as farm or degree is designed for people who grazing land, not on its value for work in government agencies, commercial property. social service agencies, and city and county offices, or for any who If the land were to be excluded are simply interested in furtherfrom the Greenbelt system, ing their educations. It is also a $4,000 in rollback taxes would desireable degree for teachers or come to the county. educators who wish to get a If the Bureau of Land Managemasters degree, says Jacobsen. ment were to obtain the land, ' Classes are offered not. only in then no taxes could be collected public administration, but also in he economoics and sociology, by the county, including a rollback tax, Fowkes said. mansen of Nephi, recently The Nephi First Ward will hold its party Tuesday, Dec. 14 at 8 p.m. in the ward church. Ward members are invited to attend. Refreshments will be served. The day, Dec. 13 at 6 p.m. in the Juab County Centers commissioners did not ask the BLM to exchange the land, but that the BLM approached him about the exchange two years ago. He says that he is Vem L. Hermansen, son of Lavar L. and Lucille V. Her- begin at 8:30 p.m. All ward members 18 years old and over are invited to attend. Christmas party will be held Wednesday, Dec. 15, beginning at 7 p.m. Following a Christmas program, refreshments will be served. There will be a hay ride and Christmas caroling following the proogram. All ward members are invited to attend. the roadway leading into the Little Sahara Recreation Area in western Juab County. It is owned by Met Johnson of Cedar City. Johnson recently informed the Juab County Commission that he USU will discuss master's degree program Dec. 13 County Commission) prepares budget for bearing Historically, you find you have the have cities and the have not cities, he said. He explained that sales taxes went to At their Dec. 6 meeting, the the larger centers where the maCounty Commission began jority of people, buy goods, and, Juab to prepare the county budget for the smaller communities that did the public hearing to be held Monnot have large shopping facilities suffered because they could not day. Dec. 13. The commissioners discussed local collect sales tax to help finances. For example, McKnight proposed increases in most like in small areas stores departments budgets for the said, Mona collect hardly any sales tax. Under the proposal, the sales tax rate would be increased by one fourth of 1 percent. Fifty percent of the percent increase would find its way to the smaller communities, as the tax returned to the communities Eudee (Dee) Ivie Cowan, 64, would be figured on the basis of Dec. 5 in Nephi. died of 50 population. Another percent was born Oct. 29, 1918 in She the percent increase Scipio to James A. and Caroline would remain at the point of sale. Hansen Ivie. She married ClarIf the present 43A percent sales ence C. Cowan July 1, 1937 in tax were increased by just that Nephi. The marriage was later ac solemnized in the Manti LDS - ; Elder Ed Allen, eon of Shirlene Allen of Levan, returned home recently from LDS missionary service headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaii. He will speak to members of the Levan LDS Ward Sunday, Dec. 12, beginning at 10:50 am. ' |