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Show 10 1985 25. April Our Opinion FridayNight Fun League ILGI1 Teams ?GqGD0s HoflGQGDFGlCpjedl Record Breakers Nerds Ups and Downs Alley Gators The Family fl(y IT The completed feasibility study on the pro- posed ski resort for Middle Canyon has answered several questions. And with that, the document has raised several more. But one vital question has been answered: The Butterfield PeakWhite Pine Basin area has the potential to become a major ski resort with intelligent planning and marketing. TTiat means Tooele City and county could become involved with the states $326 million a year ski industry. For the development-minded- , thats excit- ing news. For the consciousness, the chord of fear may have shifted to a drum roll. Either way, it is now decision time. Should the county commissioners and planning commission be encouraged to make the proposed ski resort a reality? Or should the $22,000 feasibility study be left unmarketed on the "lets-stay-as-we-a- re shelf? In Tuesdays Transcript-BulletiCounty Commission Reed Russell and Tooele Mayor George Diehl said they support the ski resort proposal because the study says it can be done. That proposal includes a village center near the mouth of Middle Canyon and access to ski slopes by way of a four-mil- e gondola. Both elected officials say they cannot endorse a newly constructed road up the can n, Go W-- L 7 45-1- 9 54 4154-2- 2 41-23754-265- Getters Castaways P.S 47-1- 3 4 36-2- 8 35-2- 3454-295- 9 4 yon nor a parking lot at the base of Butterfield Peak and White Pine Basin. TTie applauds this Transcript-Bulleti- n posi- tion and fully supports the county commissioners and Mayor Diehl in attracting potential developers for the project. There are a myriad of reasons for extending this support. For one, the potential dollar-valu- e of a major ski resort to the local economy is immeasurable. Another is that ski resorts are a clean industry and can be planned to minimize pact on wildlife more than, for instance, another mining operation. But like any new industry that comes to a community, the ski resort will likely create negative impacts. but mostly The countys 27,000 residents those of you who live in Tooele City will have to decide what negative impacts are tolerable versus the economic benefits the resort would produce. In addition to attracting potential develop-- , ers for the project, the county commission and Mayor Diehl now need to contact the principle land owners (Kennecott Corporation, Anaconda and others) and let them review the study. The landowners involved with the project now must know what could be asked of them. Bowling Belles "I bagged both of them right after the ski resort opened, 99 Dont Cut Revenue Sharing , Counties Tell Government on taxation and finance, added: "It is the keystone of the new federal- Faced with proposed elimination of general revenue sharing, the National Association of Counties today called on Congress and the Reagan Administration to maintain full funding for this vital ism. It has, since its inception, had a bipartisan appeal." General revenue sharing sends nearly $4.6 billion annually to counties and other local govern- program. The Association also called for a freeze in federal spending, except for programs that serve the needy, and released the results of a na- ments across the United States. Some $1.9 billion of this total goes to counties, where it is spent to meet a variety of needs, from road repairs to social services, from law enforcement to health care for the poor. It is the only federal money counties receive that can be spent as the local government chooses. tionwide survey on how county governments use revenue sharing funds. "General revenue sharing is a unique program, said Earl M. Baker, chair of the Board of County Commissioners of Chester County, Pa., at an Association press conference in Washington, D.C. Baker, who also chairs the Asso- - ciations policy-makin- g In his opening remarks, Matthew B. Coffey, executive director of the Association, told the re' committee porters that county officials around the country support efforts to trim the federal deficit. - But he added that many of the proposed cuts in domestic spending could have serious effects on county government The Association, he said, calls for a freeze in federal spending, as opposed to cuts in specific programs. However, federal funding for means-teste- d entitlement prosucha s Medicaid, food grams stamps, and other services for the poor, the disadvantaged or the elshould be exempt from a derly - funding freeze. The exemption would enable local governments to take care of increasing numbers of clients for these programs. If cuts in the federal budget are still necessary after a freeze revenue sharing is the highest priority for counties. An Association survey .of counties across the country found that revenue sharing is a vital portion of budgets and that counties would have to reduce services or raise taxes or both if the federal program were discontinued. Other top county priorities are: Medicaid, community development block grants, rural programs and mass transit. Speaking on proposed cuts in Medicaid was Jim Rout, chair of the Shelby County, Tenn., Board of Commissioners and chair of the Associations subcommittee on health care cost containment. "Counties spend over $25 billion on health care, Rout said, much of it in services to the poor. "Its the fastest growing portion of county budgets." . - . Cuts in federal health care spending would merely shift the cost of providing services to coun- ties, jeopardizing other county services or forcing local tax hikes. "The trickle-dow- n effect takes place," Rout said, "and when it gets down to us, theres no place to trickle. The buck stops with us. THE LEGACY A Finnish infidel bequeathed his farm to the devil. The will was studied by the courts and it was decided that the way to carry . out the provisions would be to order the farm to be left untouched by human hands. In a few years, it had grown up in brush, the buildings had tumbled down, and the whole farm presented a scene of desolation and ugliness. Thats the way to let property look as if Satan owns it. Its also , the way for people to go to the evil one. There is nothing to do; just let yourself slip and your destiny is sure. 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