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Show oU n&fr t S sue. u? c o BULK RATE U.S: POSTAGE PAID OGDEN, UTAH 84401 ; PERMIT NO. 278 r Serving North Ogdon, Pleasant View and Plain City Vol. 4 No. 5 '.dSHrntfoes te Thursday, March 1, 1979 3 sales dlostlrDlbyilDoini A bill clarifying the current state on the distribution of sales tax statute revenue has been passed by the Utah House of Representatives. ' In a late meeting Friday, Rep. Lowell Peterson, reported that House Bill 327 is a very important measure for Roy and most of Weber County. The bill provides that 'any county, city, or town may enter into an agreement to distribute sales tax revenues by means other than point of sale by entering into an agreement pursuant to the Interlocal Cooperation Act, he said. Peterson, along with Rep. Ronald y, Terrace Stephens, and Rep. Clifford LeFevre, Joined together to file the bill in an effort to clarify the language and allow Weber County's small cities to legally collect these monies on a population basis, as is now done. Ogden City officials have indicated that if the language were more clearly given in another law, they would then not change from the present method of sales tax distribution. They have been questioning the legality of collecting sales tax revenue on the basis of population, as Weber and Morgan counties are the only ones in the state that have this type of system. The other counties distribute sales tax money by point of collection. In Weber County, all of the cities except Riverdale currently par tkipate in an agreement whereby the cent local, option sales tax is distributed on a population basis rather than being kept at the point of sale. This arrangment has greatly benefited most small cities in the county, Peterson said, where the people have done a great deal of their shopping in Ogden Ctiy has passed a resolution to begin collecting their .sales tax revenue frorti the businesses ' within the city, beginning July 1 of this year. If HB 327 passes the Senate and is signed by the Governor, the question of legality will no longer be an issue, Peterson said. I feel confident that the Senate will pass the measure as all of the Weber County senators have stated their support. Also, we only had one dissenting vote form a Blaylock committee Richard Blaylock was named by the North Ogden City Council as the new chairman of the History Committee. He replaces Captain Leroy Blaylock, who died recently. This is a 2 year appointment. is currently The committee gathering information and pictures to publish in book form. They are considering making it 2 volumes, on a history, the other biographies. The committee is also hoping to establish a section in future North Ogden branch library. They would like to have a safe place to file personal histories, (rid photos and such. They would like to see the materials that they have painstakingly gathered be made available to the public, according to Richard Blaylock. They would like to see them used, but taken care of. Public hearing planned City Council meeting Thursday March 8th will be a public hearing to reopen the budget. Mayor Lower urges all interested citizens to attend. Its everyones mooey . . . dtisens should come and have input on how they want it spent" Items for consideration under budget adjustment are: 1. Purchase of police car. 2. Covering storm drains. 3. Tennis court lights. 4. Parks. 8. Backstoos. I. Road maintenance. be ap- pointing a now Board of Adjustments member. Interested dttsona should apply at the city office building. Roy City Manager, Wayne Kimber, This bill will not force Ogden or Riverdale into distributing the sales tax revenue by population, but will aid in negotiating with them, according to Roy City Manager, Wayne Kimber. If Ogden City does in fact, keep the cent local sales tax, it could have a devasting effect on most Weber County cities. Because Roy residents buy so much in Ogden, it is estimated that with the change to point of sale distribution, Roy City will lose some 8330,000 in sales tax income or about 20 per cent of the annual city budget, Peterson said. The mill levy would also be nearly double its present level, at 12 mills. Representatives Peterson, Stephens and LeFevre have expressed the hope after the bill passed on Friday that now the means will be provided to an agreement to prevent the loss of revenue to so many local communities. Master plan studied by Plain City council byKrisEwert Dr. Walquist, professor at W.S.C. and his college class will be giving Plain City the benefit of their knowledge and skill in the form of assisting the city in manufacturing a City Master Plan. In return for which Dr. Walquists students will gain on the Job experience., They have already lent their knowledge to Tremonton in helping that city draw up a master plan. Councilman Tanner spoke with the class and enlightened them on the Miss Plain City Pageant franchise has been purchased by P.C. council for 875. The revival of the Miss Plain City pageant will allow Plain City girls ranging in age from 17 to 28, whove never been married, the opportunity of participating in the P.C. pageant which will be held this year on the 27th of April. Miss Plain City will then be given the opportunity to compete in Salt Lake City the 1st week of June for the Miss Utah title which is also affiliated with the Miss U.S.A. problems facing Plain City. The sales tax issue has brought an awareness that perhaps P.C. should develop a commercial area. They discussed also the problem of Plain Citys tentacle layout. Students will be submitting within the next week to ten days a rough draft survey for the P.C. council to review. Eventually this survey, in its refined form will be taken by canvassing P.C. to obtain h comprehensive view of citizens feelings towards growth in P.C. the-stude- pageant. Dee Ladd, a dynamic lady who has long been affiliated with pageants will be the M.C. for this special The pageant will be held in the P.C. L.D.S. Church. Dee will also be holding a special clinic for all Cable TV proposal made Would Cable TV be a good thing for North Ogden? The North Ogden city council will decide March 20 whether or not to grant a franchise to the Tele Communications Company. They would like a chance to study the question and have the city attorney look over the model franchise. According to George Lee, the district manager for the company, North Ogden subscribers would benefit from the cable TV by (l) having 12 channels to choose from, (2) getting better reception, with no antenna, to the TV stations that currently can be received without the cable TV and (3) having a broader selection of types of programming available. The 12 channels would include the new available without Cable TV, a channel from Denver, Colorado, 2 from California, a Christian Broadcasting station featuring religious shows, and one from Madison Square Garden featuring sporting events. Some of the programs come via satellite. A Home Box Office would also be available to thoee who were interested at an additional monthly charge. It would feature first run movies, including thoee rated G. GP and R, but neX. contestants to instruct and enlighten the girls about the upcoming event. Patrice Killebrew, Plain Citys Pageant Chairwoman smiles wth her usual sparkle as she says, Its not a beauty pageant, its a scholarship pageant . . . girls will be judged, of course, on appearance, swim suits and evening gowns, but also on per- sonality, through individual in- terviews and talent. The Miss P.C. royalty will reign over the 4th of July festivities and will also be presented on a Plain City float in the 24th of July Parade. All girls interested in participating in the fun and friendship that a pageant can give or those interested in helping, should contact Patrice 3 for entry forms or Killebrew further information. 731-567- home that North Ogden's Wilford Shaw was born in. Today the home still stands. This Saturday the city will celebrate it's founding by having a dinner, program and dance at the Stake Center. THIS IS THE ystem will m snow waiter Joe, Oregon; Copper Jump-of- f P.C. Council obtains franchise for pageant byKrisEwert will head 7. Recreation. Also the city council will representative from south Salt Lake. The governor has also indicated that he did not want to change the present system of distribution, and wanted to see us work out something just for our county." He said that he, along with Stephens and LeFevre filed the bill feeling that this would be the only bill that will help the small cities in Roy keep at least some of the sales tax monies ' during this session. The legislature is locked into tax relief for the individual citizen and not for the cities, so this will be the only bit of legislation we can hope for during this session. Were hoping that we can persuade Ogden and Riverdale to consider this and back off, I also hope that Roy and the other cities would consider a compromise with Ogden on this issue so that something can be worked out for the benefit of all, he said. This bill will not force Ogden or Riverdale into distributing tne sales tax revenue by population, but will aid in negotiating with them, according to Bottom, Montana; Cozy Cove, Idaho; and Dry Bread Pond, Utah. Strange sounding names? Especially when h you know they are n locations which use scientific equipment to collect and hard-to-reac- ultra-moder- transmit in- formation on the mountain snowpack to computer-controlle- d master stations at Boise, Idaho, and Little Mountain, 14 miles west of Ogden, Utah. According to- - Bob Whaley,' snow . survey supervisor for Utah, the Soil electrically converted to a snow-watcontent figure. Water content is also determined by an instrument in which radio-activ- e particles emitted from one tube pass through the snow and are picked up by a sensor in another tube. Rain gauges and thermometers are also installed at the site which is fenced to prevent damage by wild or domesticated animals. er At each a small radio solar-charge- d batteries, sends information from the various instruments out into space on a radio signal which eventually strikes the trail of one of the many millions of tiny meteorites. Once it strikes the trail, the signal is reflected back to earth where it is picked up by the master stations at Boise and Ogden and relayed to the SCS computer center in Portland, Oregon. Conservation Service completed testing the master stations, installed by Western Union. The tests were successful and the system, called SNOTEL, will now provide daily information on areas which are of extreme importance in water supply forecasting. This will make it possible to provide daily forecast on snowmelt runoff, water supply and flooding. Under the present system, forecasts are made on a monthly basis. Show surveys, Whaley explained, began in Utah in 1923 when George D. Clyde, who later became governor, methods to use the developed mountain snowpack to estimate the amount of water available for the irrigation season. In 1935 the Soil Conservation Service began making snow surveys on a few strategically-locate- d snow courses. At first, the courses were checked by men on skis or snowshoes. Today the 168 locations in Utah and the 1,500 in the United States are checked, generally on a monthly basis, by men on snowmobiles or in helicopters. The new SNOTEL system makes use of a snow pillow, a 4x5 foot stainless steel rectangle filled with antifeeze and installed at ground level. The weight of the snow on the pillow exerts pressure which is location transmitter, powered by ntemil! From Portland, the information is sent at predetermined intervals to snow survey supervisors in the ten inwestern states. If minute-ol- d formation is needed, it is available on call. Most of the time the system works perfectly, but at times, for no apparent reason, there is so much interference the messages are garbled and unreadable. Western Union technicians are endeavoring to find the ghost or ghoul that hovers around Little Mountain and causes so ' much trouble, but its hard to find something that comes and goes unexpectedly. If we can control the static, Whaley said, We can provide early warning of flood dangers to roads, bridges, and buildings, and give better guidance to those managing reservoirs and controlling water supplies. Tickets go on sale for state tourney Tickets for the state basketball playoffs will go on sale at Weber High School both Thursday and Friday of this week. 4-- A Weber High will play Friday evening at 8:10 against East High. Weber will play in the second session of Friday's playoff games. Tickets purchased will enable holders to attend the game just previous to the Weber game. Hillcrest and West will battle in the 6:30 game. At the school, student tickets will cost 81.50 and at the University of Utah 82 will be the charge. The student bus will leave Weber High on Friday evening. Public invited flo cafl show in Ogdon March 3 Have a "Close Encounter of the Cat Kind is the theme of the Promontory Point Cat Club Cat Show to be held Saturday, March 3 at the Browning Armory, 53rd So. A Washington, Ogden. Hours will be 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. with the public invited. Admission 81 for adults, children 50 cents and must be accompanied by an adult. different breeds of purebred cats will be on display and Twenty-seve- n exhibition, plus household pets of every variety and description. Over 200 cate have been entered in the how. The purebred cats are vising for Championship and Grand Championship awards and some will be going on to the National CFA (Cat Fanciers Assn.) awards and . nationals. The household pete will be vying for the Morris trophy, a large, gold trophy of Morris, to be awarded to the household pet with the most points at the show. There will be four national CFA Judges coming from as for away as Wisconsin. This means a four-rin- g show. All cats will be Judged in all four rings. Ribbons, rosettes, and trophies will be awarded in all four rings. The Animal Assistance League of Northern Utah will be on hand to operate the food concession and have a booth to sell various items to make money. The profits for the league go to assist, aid, and find homes for abandoned and homeless cats and dogs, and to help injured or sick animals. The Promontory Point Cat Club has also graciously offered six cage spaces to the League to bring orphan cats to the show and try to find homes for them. Members of the league will be donating their time to help at the show. Members of the show committee are Ms. Deborah Samples, Mrs. Kim Wheelwright, Mrs. Becky Gamble, Mrs. Laraine Saunders, Mrs. Susan Blackburn, Mrs. Sue Minnoch, Ms. Ginger Frongner, and Mr. and Mrs. John Repper. For more information, call 6, or 399-468- 399-131- 782-387- left, holds her cot Tommy, white loroine Soundors, center, holds her cot Beau, ond Susan Blackburn holds Korate. These will be part of the Promontory Point Cot Club show to be held March 3 at the Browning Armory. SUE MINNOCH. |