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Show Salina Sun Wednesday. October 21. 1998 Page 9 to make changes, seeks input DWR Requiring all general season deer hunters to obtain their hunting perm it through a draw will be among proposals hunters may provide input on at upcoming public Regional Advisory Council (RAC) meetings. Deer and elk hunters are strongly encouraged to attend the meetings, which will help determine the future of deer and elk hunting in Utah for the next several years. Hunting changes that will be proposed at the meetings by the Division of Wildlife Resources are mostly designed to increase the number of mature buck deer and bull elk in Utahs herds. Management plans that will guide the management of Utahs wild turkey and bighorn sheep populations for the next five years also will be discussed at the meetings, as will wild turkey hunting permit numbers for Utahs 1999 seasons. Among other proposed changes hunters may provide input on are: elk and moving the archery muzzleloader deerseasons up, to keep hunting pressure off the animals during their breeding seasons. The archery elk season would begin one week earlier than past years, while the muzzleloader deer season would begin at the end of September instead of the end of October, as it has in the past. Having hunters hunt and disturb deer' and elk during their breeding seasons can resu It in the an imals breed ing later in the year, Welch said. The result is deer fawns and elk calves bom later in the year, which lessens their chance of surviving the upcoming winter. Those hunting during the deer and elk breeding seasons also take more deer and elk because the animals are intent on breeding and are less wary, Welch said. allowing general season elk hunters two weekends of hunting by increasing the length of the general e Ik season from nine to 13 days. Tax Commission supports Prop. 6 Utah voters will have the opportuThe constitutional amendment ennity in November to restore the constijoyed widespread support tutional right of taxpayers to appeal in the legislature, being approved Deer and Elk Hunting Proposals decisions of the Tax Commission to unanimously by both the House and Retaining Utahs present general the courts through trial de novo. Senate. Approval of the Proposition season regional hunter cap, but requirProposition 6 amends the state con6 will make a tax court in Utah a reality ing hunters to obtain these permits stitution to authorize the legislature to and will allow tax judges to hear all through a draw, is among Division establish a tax court with the authority evidence and make a ruling based deer hunting proposals hunters will be to adjudicate, review, reconsider, or solely on the facts and law, without asked to comment on. redeterm ine any matter decided by the paying deference to the tax assessing The proposal is designed to help State Tax Commission or by a County body, explained Mr. Stephenson. ensure deer are not overharvested be- Board of Equalization relating to revCitizens, in approving Proposition cause perm its have been oversold, said enue and taxation as provided by stat- 6, will ensure that, just as efforts have Mike Welch, Division big game coor- ute, said Mr. Howard Stephenson, been made to check the strong arm of dinator. president of the Utah Taxpayers Assothe IRS, the new district tax court will Currently the Division and its li- ciation. place a check on the powers of the cense agents are not tied into a comThe constitutional amendment was State Tax Commission in assessing puter system that allows the Division necessary following a ruling by the and collecting taxes. The goal in obto track the number of permits sold. Utah Supreme Court which declared taining trial de novo and establishing Instead, the Division must rely on sur- unconstitutional 1997 legislation proa district tax court is to provide an veys of license agents and resulting viding for trial de novo and a state tax informed, unbiased tribunal to review estimates as to the number of permits court. The court stated, if any such the actions of the Tax Commission that have been sold, which often re- wholesale change in the allocation of and county boards of equalization. sults in deer permits for Division re- responsibility for administering this All taxpayers should have the opstates tax system is to be made, it tion of going before a tax expert judge gions being oversold. When the Southern Region is over- must be made by a constitutional not connected with the Tax sold by 10,000 permits, its going to amendment passed by the people, not Commissionsauditing or property tax The division who could issue an unbiased adversely affect its buckdoe rations, by an act of the Legislature. Welch said. Taxpayers Association was immediopinion. In tax matters, the Tax Com- T , it r r-r;- ;. ' , 5 Vo vV. ? .V " ." f vt: - PREVENT! llipil :opy 1)1111 J ' " I ately concerned that the Utah State Tax Commission, although not prone to be egregious in tax assessing and collecting, would not have a necessary check to ensure proper taxation. As result, the Association suggested and strongly supported legislation ah lowing taxpayers to constitutionally approve the district tax court. mission should be the equalizer, but said Mr. not the final adjudicator, Stephenson. The tax court is a check and balance for Utahs tax system, providing an impartial eye to ensure the system runs smoothly and fairly for everyone and as such Association urges Utahns to vote yes to Proposition 6. Welch said that most general season elk hunting is done on spike only un its and that allowing an extra weekend of hunting shouldnt adversely affect elk herds in those areas. After hearing Division proposals and Family Literacy Day by Clyde Hurst USU Extension Agent . together. There are of course others. November isNational Family LitActually, most of the benefits of eracy Day. Now there are two words reading aloud could accrue to any other that really go together. Family and member of the family who is read 1 gathering public input about them, RAC citizen representatives will form specific public proposals to present to the Utah Wildlife Board when it meets November 12 to approve Utahs 1999 Big Game Proclamation. Meeting dates, times and locations are as follows: Southern Region October 21 at 7 p.m. in the Cross Hollows Intermediate School, 2215 Royal Hunte Drive, Cedar City. Southeastern Region October 27 at 6:30 p.m. in the John Wesley Powell Museum, 885 East Main Street, Green River. Central Region October 29 at 6:30 p.m. in the Department of Natural Resources building, 1594 West North Temple, Salt Lake City. literacy. Some years ago there was a national commission established to determine what could be done to improve reading skills and what worked best. The commission report said that The single most important activity for building the knowledge required for eventual success is reading aloud to children. There are, of course, several things that happen when practicing reading aloud that contribute tomaking a child a good reader. One really important one is the enjoyment found in books and other reading materials. Other things include vocabulary development, the childs recognition of the parents interest in reading and neither last nor least is parent and child time , UDOT selling Price River Bridge The Utah Department of Transportation is making the historic Mounds Bridge (locally referred to as the Price River Bridge) available for relocation for alternative use. Alternative uses include bicyclepedestrian bridge, private use for access to property, and relocation to a park or golf course. Interested parties should submit a proposal to the Utah Department of Transportation by Tuesday, Novem- ber 3, 1998. The winning applicant will be eligible for a maximum of $ 8,000 towards relocation expenses. The bridge recipient will be required to maintain the historic qualities of the bridge, according to the Secretary of the Interiors Standards and Guidelines for Rehabilitating Historic Structures. This is generally achieved when the bridges historic design and materials are maintained--th- e bridge may not be cut apart, but required reloca- - Best Western Executive Inn aloud to. Which of us doesnt want to have our children do well in school and be successful afterwards? A II of us do, of course, and we can make a great contribution to that by spending 15 minutes a day reading to them. Every parent wants to spend some quality time with their children and theres little time that may beofhigherquality than that spent in reading to a child. The commission study also said that reading should begin very early and continue throughout the grades. It may be a little hard to start reading to a teenager, but given the right situation and the right book, even that can happen. If we start young and just make it a habit, the practice can continue on into the teen years. One of the really neat benefits of continuing the reading to older children is continuing the closeness of parent and child. Given the temptations that are constantly before our youth to participate in undesirable and antisocial activities it seems that anything that will strengthen and sustain a closer parentchild relationship will be a benefit to both. It is apparent that, even in our rural tion in one piece. Constructed in 1914 by James J. Burke of Salt Lake City, the Mounds bridge measures 91 feet long, with a setting, life is becoming more comdeck width of 6 feet. The bridge is an plex for all of us and as our children early example of Warren Pony truss leave home, and ikely the valley, theirs will be even more so. Reading widely construction, and has been determined is one way to help meet the challenges. for the National of eligible Register Historic Places as an important repre- - Read the local papers all the way sentativeofa type, period, and method through, not just about those things that are of immediate interest, but other of construction. For a complete information packet, items as well. We would also benefit write Susan Miller, UDOT Region from reading larger daily papers and a Four, PO Box 700, Richfield, Utah national news magazine and, of course and 1 ext. 753. books. Bill Gates, the 84701. Or call 43 5 successful software mogul should submitted be the to computer Proposals same address. put it well in a newspaper column, I Interested applicants should include make it a point to read at least one the following information intheirpro-posa- l: newsweekly from cover to cover because it broadens my interest. If I read A. Map and site plan showing the only what intrigues me, such as the science section and a subset of the proposed location. B. Proposed use, including the load business section, then I finish the magazine the same person I was before I requirements of the new use. C. Specific plans regarding removal, started. So I read it all. This is a great time of year to start transportation, and rehabilitation of the structure. reading to our families. Children will want ghost stories with Halloween D. Proposed schedule for relocation. Include storage considerations if coming and after that autumn and Thanksgiving stories. What a great required. E. Plans and availability of funds time to introduce some early Amerifor future maintenance of the bridge. can history. 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