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Show "r WEEKLY REFLEX-DAV- IS w" NEWS JOURNAL, MARCH 4, 117$ unseen. Spring faintly cries; Bidding her earliest child arise, Far-of- f, March! -- Bayard Taylor month, when winter begins to March is a turning-poin- t give way to warmer weather and the first signs of spring appear. IN EARLY colonial days, the year began in March. The name of the month comes from Mars, which in ancient Italian meaning was the name of the God of War. Spring officially begins on the 20th of March, this year St. Patricks Day comes on the 17th and the month is a notable one for New York, Texas, Maryland and MARYLAND Day falls on March 25. Albany became the capital of New York on March 10, 1797, and the United States Military Academy was established at W est Point on March 16, 1802. In Massachusetts Evacuation Day in Boston is commemorated on March 17, which took place in 1776. The Boston Massacre took place in March of 1770. I FOR TEXAS, March is an historical month because on 2, 1836, even while Santa Anna was besieging the Alamo, Texas was declared to be independent of Mexico. March 6 is also Alamo Day in Texas, the anniversary of the fall of the Alamo, which came about on March 6, 1836. March SEVERAL major birthday anniversaries occur in March. March 3 is the birthday anniversary of Alexander Graham Bell; March 7 that of Luther Burbank; March 8 that of Simon Cameron, who founded a political dynasty in Pennsylvania which lasted for decades; March 16 that of President James Madison; March 17 that of Robert B. Taney, fifteenth justice of the United States Supreme Court. March 18 that of Grover Cleveland, the only American President to serve terms as President; March 19th that of William Jennings Bryan, and March 29th that of President John Tyler, the tenth President of the United States. I- ALSO IN MARCH come Girls Scout Day, on March 12, and Seward Day on March 30, in Alaska, the anniversary of the day, in 1868, when Russia ceded Alaska to the United States for $7,200,000. dont want a lot of hocuspocus about romance and illusions-just want Women we Practicing at the new pistol range is a marksman from the Layton Police TAKE Aim Department. The marksmen of the Lay-to- n Police Department now have facilities to sharpen their shooting skills within their own buildingrWheir the building itself was in the Ceiling baffling was installed range was eliminated because of the projected cost, $23,000. approximately However, the space was provided for future development. LATER, $10,000 in federal funds was available but the city could not provide the matching monies. Since then, a $2500 federal grant, $900 matching city funds and a city council appropriation of $4200 provided the money to complete the range. effort, most of the work was done on off duty time. The policemen organized a Saturday work party to install the planning stages, the pistol $10,300, the major expense was the bullet trap which is constructed of Of one-four- th the total, tempered steel. The target retrival system is a combination of automatic and manual, powered by reversible drill motors. If totally automated and installed by a contractor, that portion alone would have cost $9000. to deflect the bullets down- ward and an exhaust system was required by the state to remove the lead gasses. THROUGH A cooperative carpeting and the trustees from Davis County Jail in- stalled the acoustic ceiling and did the painting. It was estimated that the range is worth $25,000, so a considerable savings was realized. Dale May, Range Captain, is in charge of safety and scheduling. The facility has been designated specifically for police use but will be utilized by other police departments, dc GOOD SUBSTITUTE If you couldnt have wealth what would you choose? Credit. Drive Your Car For Charity? Tax Deduction Taxpayers using their for charitable, medical, or moving expense are allowed seven cents per mile under tax guidelines. Parking and toll fees may be claimed in addition to the mileage rate. TAXPAYERS have the choice of either keeping actual records of operating and fixed expenses and depreciation or using the optional mileage allowance which takes them into account. These business and other expenses can only be deducted on the tax return if the taxpayer was not reimbursed for the expenses by his or her employer. ALSO, if the employers reimbursement exceeds the employees actual expenses, the amount of excess must be our skin to look better, says Deborah Chase, author of The Medically Based Beauty Book. STRAIGHT talk is what she delivers in a book thats crammed with practical ideas, specific treatments and scientific facts about skin and hair. shown in gross income. For more details concern- ing business expenses, IRS Publication 463, Travel, En- tertainment and Gift penses, tions Ex- as well as publica- outlining moving, charitable, medical and travel deductions, are available free of charge from IRS offices. Taxpayers who drive their automobiles for business, moving, charitable, and medical purposes may use optional mileage allowances when completing their tax returns, the Internal Revenue Service said. ROLAND V. Wise, district director of the IRS for Utah, explained that the standard mileage rate for automobiles used in business is 15 cents per mile for the first 15,000 miles and 10 cents per mile for each additional mile of business use. MODEL CARS She names brand names she thinks do the job they promise, and offers recipes for inexpensive preparations women can make at home. In a recent interview, she responded to these questions about our problem: mature skin care. Q: WHATS the most important thing to do for your skin? ean A: Under your out of the skin. Over tay sun! The damage done to the skin by the sun is far worse than anything natural aging can do. If you must tan, limit yourself to no more than 20 full days of exposure a year. 30-cl- 30-s- USE A good commercial sunscreen containing acid (PABA for short). And wear sunglasses summer and winter to help prevent those fine lines that come from squinting. Q! Aside from avoiding sunlight, what else can you do to ward off fine lines and wrinkles? muscles-smili- talking, eating, frowning. After 40 years, the skin is stretched and sags. You cant keep a poker face. But you can decrease wear and tear by rethinking mannerisms such as wrinkling your brow or pouting. Also, try sleeping on your AND AVOID the individual both for the effect his conduct has upon other people and the kind of day he makes for himself. As with days, so with communities. A neighborhood is neither inherently good or bad; it is what the people who live there make it. Governments can do important things to affect the physical conditions of the area, but the emotional climate; the neighborliness and community pride has to come from the people who live there or it never comes at all. STUDY AFTER study has shown that a large part of the difference between a good neighborhood and a poor one is the feeling residents have about the other people who live near them. Do they know the family next door? How about the families three or four houses away on either side? Do neighbors visit, or do they merely nod in passing? DO YOU paint your home because you want it painted, or do you give some thought to the effect the appearance of your property has Upon the community? Do you take pride in maintaining the outside of your home with grass cared for, shrubs trimmed and flowers planted? A neighborhood is a composite. One house does not a neighborhood make, nor one family a town. Any neighn edifice and one borhood can support one two or three per block, are there when but family, problem that neighborhood is on the skids. run-dow- THERE IS no reason for a neighborhood to deteriorate. If the people who live there care, if they retain the value of their property by the way they live and the way they raise their families, and maintain their homes and yards, then theirs will remain a desirable place to live. As with neiehborliness, so with community spirit. r Governments can sponsor neighborhood programs, provide community facilities and excellent schools, but if the people who live in the community are not interested, the actions of government become exercises in futility. BEING A good neighbor and making a good community is a daily thing. It is a life style, an attitude, a habit. Taking a loaf of hot bread to a friend, cutting the grass when the family grass cutter is ailing, attending meetings where issues of importance are discussed, being willing to accept volunteer assignments to assist with community improvement projects all add up to a good place to live and raise children. A bad neighbor can range from the actually destructive to the indifferent. There is a small percentage in any community which is destructive either intentionally or accidentally through slovenliness. IHE GREAT majority of poor neighbors are simply indifferent. They consume but never contribute. They do not intentionally add to the problem, but they never help with solutions. What usually happens in communities is a few hard working, willing, dedicated souls carry the burden of the great majority who, though they do not realize it, are adding to the problem just by living in a community to which they do not contribute. dramatically illustrated after the earthquake Guatamala when a notice was posted to the effect, if you want to help us, go home. You are eating food and drinking water and using housing facilities we need. Just go home. The indifferent neighbor uses the facilities of the neighborhood, adds to the problems of the community and does nothing to help keep things moving. THIS WAS in facial THERE IS a crying and current need for people willing donate a small portion of their lives to improving the place they live. What better way is there to invest time than in building a good community and making a good day for yourself and your neighbor? to get involved and to Q: HOW do facial masks help the skin? A: they pull off the top layer of dead cells, stimulate the circulation and even out your color. Gel masks are best for dry skin, and the clay masks for oily skin. WHILE THEY are on your face, they provide a protective coating that allows the skin to build up a nice supply of water underneath. Thats the thing mature skin needs-wat- er, not oil. Q: Is that why you advocate facial saunas? A. YES. In my weekly home I advise boiling up a big pot of water and standing it on a steady table. Drape a towel over your tent-likand steam your face for five minutes. Then wash with a water-soluabl- e cleanser and scrubbing grains. head e, Clearfield winners of a model car contest include front to r, David Bullough, Brett Little, back, Mike Espinosa, Ray Gelhard. 1 The latest on vampire bats, dear readers, is that theyve met their master. IN THE junior division, first place winner was David Bullough, with Brett Little taking honors as second place A NEW discovery, the anticoagulant diphenauione, has done the legendary, dreaded vampire bat in. Vampire bats are prevalent in much of Central and South America, where they feed lar- Scien- derivatives could gely on cattle and other animals. smooth skin. . , .. WE SHOULD know within the next five years whether the effort will pan out. If it does, these products will be NOW HERD owners are in-- . jecting their animals with the new anticoagulant and the bats are dying within three days after sucking blood from the animals. tists are working on chemical stimulate the growth of fibers that are the key to firm, : available by prescription only. Q: Meanwhile... A: STAY out of the sun, use a sunblock and wear sunglasses year round... And let the fashion designers bring back the big hat and parasol! Winners from the Clearfield in the model car contest were, first place in the Stopping Vampires experimental stage. that V" area Its probably the most spectacular success of the in century protecting animals, says Nelson Koerno of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 7-- senior division, Mike Espinoza. Second place in the senior division was Ray Gelhard. winner. In order to compete they had to assemble a model car. Those entered were judged on the best work, detail and most imagination. THEY WERE also eligible to compete for the state championship held Saturday at the Duane Brown Gheyrolet showroom in Salt Lake City, mnm were taking a $250 million annual toll among cattle owners in Latin America. The use of wooden stakes, garlic and mirrors wasnt winning the battle. But diphenadione nd is solid protection against is-a- UNTIL now vampire bats Dracula! ADVERTISEMENT SPEAKING OF HONEY YOUR TAX REPORTS -- MADE MUCH EASIER By Ezra T. Clark mas- A: CLEANSING creams and lotions that wash off with water are the best for every skin type. The kind you tissue off never gets your face really clean. Lined skin is often dull, rough and unattractive because theres a layer of dead cells stuck on top. Once a week use an abrasive with white your cleanser-pla- in commeal is fine. Then rinse. Youll be amazed at the difference. facial program, ' ng, sages and facial isometrics or exercises. All youre doing is loosening the muscles more. By cleansing properly and using certain cosmetics, you can have skin that appears less lined. Q: Whats the best way to clean your face? WE WOULD like to change the greeting to Make it a good day with the responsibility where it belongs upon see any important beauty breakthroughs in the near future? A: I do, although right now they are strictly in the Q. DO YOU back, face up. Editorial There is a currently popular greeting: Have a good but the emphasis is day. The sentiment is excellent, come under headings wrong. The intimation is that days Good, Bad and Indifferent. Actually, days just come; we have the kind of day we make. Rinse and apply a mask for 20 minutes. Rinse again and follow with a rich moisturizer or night cream. Your skin will feel smoother and softer. A: ONE reason we wrinkle is because we constantly use our face 'XA ummm are Mg9 Mon By ALISON GODDARD - - President of Davis County Bank High on the list of most detested chores for aU of us is the filing of the annual income tax return. If you are currently snapping at the family or kicking the dog because of your over frustration inthe gathering formation you need for your 75 returns, make sure it doesnt happen again next year. Make it easier, on yourself, starting EZRA T. CLARK right now. It was bad enough when there was just the federal return to complete. Today, its more and more complex. Dont forget the state and local tax returns. And for some there is also the personal property tax return. "There must be an easier way to do this, you complain as you search through your checkbook to refresh your memory on those contributions you made and those other deductible items you want to claim now. Its true. There is an easier way. It is completely simple, too. All it takes is a bit of organization and a few minutes' time each month. The point is to take those few minutes. The savings could be big in dollars next time. Just as important will be the savings in time and frustration, because you will have all' the required information immediately at hand. The only "tools you will need for this system is one large 9xl2" envelope. Across the face of the envelope mark "In1976. come Tax Information. Keep your system uncomplicated. g Put the envelope in a desk drawei. dresser drawer or some other convenient place. But do remember, once a month, to put everything you'll need in that envelope for your 76 tax reports. At the end of each month when you are balancing your checkbook, slip into this envelope every check that will verify an income tax deduction. It could be the payment of a doctors or dentist's bill, payment to a drug store for a prescription, or a contribution to a favorite charity or your regular church contribution. Better yet, clip or staple the check to your doctor's statement, the drug store prescription statement, or the charitable organization's statement. Each month keep adding to your all other vouchers or canceled inchecks to support deductible items-f- or terest payments and such, including any contributions to your IRA (Individual Retirement Account). So much for deductions. Now do the same with items of income. Did you receive a statement, or do you have a check stub for some income you earned outside your regular job? File that away, too. If you receive dividend checks, put the extra statement on your dividends in the envelope. If you sell some stock, slip the receipts into that envelope. Toward the end of the year you will get statements from your financial institution on the interest earned on your savings accounts. Into the envelope with them! Same with the W-- statements from your employers on your earnings. To youi great relief, when you work on your tax return a year from now, you will nave assembled in one package, a total record of all your income and all your deductions for the year. You will never skip doing it again.' If you want to get organized on your taxes, the time to begin is right now. Just get yourself a large envelope! 2 . |