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Show I" "' 8 ' 'l'yr" V '' ,"Mrll iW'r I.n qVly Iyort yFt,Viy ,"i'' - "yn me taxes Add to Dip. i Utah Salt falir Sfibnnr Local Nev TV Fare . Sports PageB-- 2 t Wednesday Morning. December 5- 3, 1980 &S - Page One Section B tillIt "t A Vv' Bv Chat It". ffl ft 'F,K.J Vi - iifw Sheriff Pleads r For 22 MliSKiS More Money tvj ,' 7-- Ttioune st.uf Writer continued decline in gasoline on sumption will require all highway related agencies to cut spending bv about 7 percent the governor s budget dirt's tor. Jett hee disclosed Tuesdav His analvsis is based on a review o( Novenibeis tax collections released 1 8tate revenues tiom sales, and nidi income taxts the two mam staples of t ollection show a slight mi lease ov pievious months, but motoi tuel tax collections are down di imatit alls Mr ktv said Cot Scott M Matheson will an ceuive order Wed nesda requiring the Department of Tr msnortation the Highwav Patrol State Tax Commission and Travel Count 1! to cut sending b about 7 vidual peri cut In Addition to Karlit r Costs The cuts are in addition to 24 percent L vse & f j M. M 7; -- - X L tv r r. n . tfj Mi :M? mus-tache- s. She wanted to know Dan Valentine Jr. but why he can wear a mustache highway patrolmen arent allowed to ... Its discriminatory, she said. I agreed with Bonnie . . . and I jokingly said, I think mustaches look great especially on men. reader a male, by the way has taken me to task for this . . . What do you mean mustaches look he great especially on men? Mustaches look better on writes. women And he goes on to say. You obviously havent visited the islands off the northeastern coast of Japan (No. sir, I cant say I have. This year I saved just enough money from my salary to book passage to Panguitch.) There, this gentleman says, the Ainu wmen grow mustaches And the women who cant grow mustaches, tattoo mustaches on their upper lips (And you probably thought Japan was known only for Geisha girls. Shogun, Toyotas and baseball ) While in the Merchant Marine, I dated women all over the world and, believe me, the mustached Ainu women of Japan are some of the most beautiful women on earth. (Yes, now that I think about it, I can see how a mustached woman could tickle a man's fancy especially when kissing her ) Theres an old samg on the northeastern coast of Japan," he writes, "The fuller the mustache, the more beautiful the woman " Well, a Tribum Stiff Photo bv Frank Portchatit Temple Square Brightens he was reminded of another Christmas, when the Mormon pioneers had just arrived in the Salt Lake Valley Reading from a journal of one of the pioneers, he reminded the crowd that the winter was cold m the Salt Lake Valley that year, and when Christmas came, many children were hungry When we compare the spirit of those pioneers to this time of affluence, I wonder if it may he more difficult to keep the spirit of Christmas in times of affluence than m times of need he said By Steve Saunders Tribune Staff Writer In one brief moment a crowd jammed into Temple Square Monday night was transformed from hushed darkness into all the light and color of the Christmas season. If there was any doubt after Thanksgiving that the holiday was upon us, it was erased for those attending the annual lighting ceremony as President Spencer W. Kimball of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-daSaints performed the transformation with one flick of a switch. y Quoting from the poet Ralph Waldo Emerson, he said that rings and jewelry arent really gifts, theyre substitutes for gifts The only real gifts come from within, he said Giving the invocation Tuesday evening was Dale R Curtis, director of the Temple Square Visitors Center He reminded the group that the lighting ceremony was a community activity intended to See Page B-- Column 1 ihat switch lighted 150,000 lights decorating the trees and shrubbery of the square, and the crowd, estimated at between 5,000 and 6,000, greeted the moment with a chorus of oohs and aahs It was the 16th year for the lighting ceremony, inaugurated in 1965 by President David O. McKay In remarks before the lights were turned on, Elder Thomas S. Monson of the Council of the Twelve said Or as Dorothy Parker would have put it, Men make passes, At women with mustaches!) This reader ends his letter: Please Jr., think before you write. Mustaches do look great, but not only on men, on women, too." Which raises the question. If the governor is allowed to grow a mustache, is the First Lady allowed to grow a mustache, too? I think a special committee should be formed to look into this matter immediately . . AROUND AND ABOUT: A reader just back from Chicago says he stumbled upon a pet store that sells vultures The owner told him he sells close to 12 vultures a year as pets Does anybody in Utah own a pet vulture? Incidentally, did you know the great actor John Barrymore owned a pet vulture? Heres a Christmas tip for all ou "Nothing Serious bourbon ball makers- Dont substitute the bourbon for root beer. Thats right dont use root beer! Priscilla Lee of Bountiful substituted the bourbon in the recipe for root beer recently, and she says, Its terrible " Another tip- Don't substitute beer, either. A bourbon ball is a bourbon ball is a bourbon ball and its not meant to be a beer ball or a root beer ball') to the latest statistics, one According out of every four adults in the state no longer eats breakfast . . And while were on the subject of statistics, did you know that the average Utahn will eat 45.6 pints of ice cream this year? By the way, my column spy in Carl Hayden Jackpot, Nev. informs me that a Utahn is the first person to sign up for Jackpots 1981 Hollering Contest to be held July 3. Shes Dixie S. Kroeger of Sunset (And no, shes not a member of the Utah State Legislature!) in the future, Dan Roath of Coalville had written a letter to the governor about .i Yule Lights On Nothing Serious the fact that young Bonnie JJL r lighting ceremony. Crowds jammed the area to see lights, hear church leaders speak. Temple Square becomes a spectacle of light and color Tuesday after annual Christmas Dan Valentines In a recent column I mentioned A WAesSMlf 82 New Deputies The increase would largely be spent to hire 82 new deputies, 22 of them correctional officers for the jail. The new officers, half of them to be hired in April and half in July, would raise the sheriffs office to a an ratio of 1 5 officers per thousand population entirely reasonable level in the face of Salt Lake Citys strength of 2 33 officers per thousand and a national average of 2 8, said Deputy Paul Cunningham, budget planner. Deputy Cunningham said Salt Lake Countys coverage area is a geographic checkerboard between cities and cannot be neatly covered from a central point, as city police departments do which The school-ag- e population under 18 is going up accounts for 38 percent of all cnme every year in the county, most noticeably in the south and west valley areas, where the sheriff provides primary law enforcement services. With only 10 more sworn personnel than were on is not the force a decade ago, the department keeping up in growth with the rest of the county, he said mustache problems . . . Listen to this A ? 4, leasotiable Christmas spending sea sen " uhnh will bring in tax revenue, but th it still remains a big question ' mark collections redui turns ordered earlier The two reductions differ For m stance transportation department ac counts are mainly fed by motor fuel taxes, although some money comes from the general fund The 24 percent cut ordered a few months ago applied onl.v to the small, general fund monies Wednesday's cut will apply to money from the transportation fund Mr Kee said the legislature, in adopting the budget, figured the transportation fund would bring m about $91 8 million b fiscal jear's end, June 30, 1981 Projections, based on the first five months performance, figure the revenues to be $85 2 million Mr Kee said a 7 percent reduction will mean some "dramatic cuts," which wall be difficult, but not impossi ble for the four departments affected Transportation Department officials have already authorized reductions in snow removal efforts this winter Additional programs many now be pared as a result In an overall economic outlook, Mr Kee said a consensus has been reached among executive branch economists that the shortfall tlus year will be about $56 million Novembers tax report was a confirming factor Cumulative tax collections for the first five months of the current fiscal year are $378 7 million, which exceeds collections for the same period last year by $14 7 million, or 4 1 percent $56 Million Deficit The Legislature had counted on an increase of 11 5 percent Thus, when prorated over a full year, the deficit is likely to be $56 million The governor has called the Legislature into special session Dec 15 to determine how it will save $56 million it does not have to spend Next year's $32 million tax cut may fall prey to the poor economic conditions Mr Kee said tax figures tend to show ihat the economy is recovering but He said the state is not very slowly anticipating a strong surge until late ,ne slid teims leglslativ e tat gt $m ! Sales and 1 iie Saying nobody is more aware of tax problems than we are." Salt Lake Countv Sheriff Pete Hayward Tuesday made a fervent plea to Salt Lake County commissioners for a 1981 budget hike of 22 the largest asked by any county agency percent this year Sheriff Hayward and his budget experts headed a bst of county officials presenting budget requests that commissioners must consider and act upon by Thursday night The requests. Commission Chairman William E. Dunn warned Sheriff Hayward, total more money than the county could raise even at the legal maximum levy Must Make Cuts So you know were going to have to make cuts in your requests . . even though theres no doubt you can justify your requests with (crime) statistics, the commissioner said The sheriff warned that in the face of increasing crime, his departments ratio of just over one sworn officer per thousand residents is becoming less and less effective. You tell me where I can make the cuts in our activities with a clear conscience, and I will make them, the sheriff said. But how will I tell a mother I dont have the men available to look for her lost kid, and that I cant send officers out when people tell me they got prowlers? Sheriff Haywards budget request totals $17.4 million, up $3 1 million from a 19k) budget that at mid-yea- r had to be bolstered with another $1.2 millionn for a total of $14 3 million .pring Bv then it vu" be t,x. late to aid the sagging budget He said the state is anticipating a Tuesdav By Dave Jonsson Tribune Staff Writer By Dan Valentine Jr. WOMEN WITH MUSTACHES: So you think Gov. Scott Matheson has Vldi n pci cent but m itelv $1) tai gi tax receipts but in round million less than s ui taxes are up 4 2 i mining approxi mi'lion ticlow legislative air . Iso tv Motoi fut i tax 'ct cipts taken from a 9 cents xt gallon tax on fuels aie running 24 s pen cut behind front last vear Even with th slight increases in income and sales i ixes inflation at 12 ivreent still leaves eollei turns at a deficit in terms of leal dollars, Mr Kee said Red Tape A. Threatens Mobile Dialysis Government rules threaten a unique program that allows kidney patients to undergo dialysis treatments while vacationing in national parks and recrea- tinp John Warrior, administrator of the Cmv ersity of I'tah Div ision of Artificial Organs, soul Tuesday Medicare regula- tions may force cancellation of 1981 outings for families 210 patients and their A sjieeial Utah program has made it possible for more than 100 dialysis patients from Virginia to California to go on jeep safaris in Canyonlands National Park, to raft down the Colorado and Salmon Rivers, and to enjoy downhill and cross country skiing in the Wasatch National Forest These patients, thanks to a portable WAK (Wearable artificial kidney) have been able to dialyze on site rather than be tied to three dialysis treatments per week at the hospital or at home on an artificial kidney machines However, a 1973 Medicare (primary source of dialysis reimbursement) regulation wont pay for dialysis treatments unless they are performed of inspected and within the walls certified medical facilities or in homes, Mr Warner explained In the past, the outdoors dialysis was paid with private donations or by the See Page B-- Column t Official Asks Curbs on Coaches Win Values By Diane Cole Tribune Education Editor Leaders of Utahs public schools "can no longer put up with coaches and advisers who teach their teams to win at all costs, an activities administrator told school board members from throughout Utah Tuesday Manon Tree, director of the Utah High School Activities Association, referred specifically to an incident this fall in which a South High School football player struck an official. These unfortunate things . . con cern me, he said What kind of attitudes are we teaching kids? Mr Tree, one of several participants in the 58th Annual Convention of the Utah School Boards Association at Little America Hotel, urged school boards to exert more pressure on sports advisers to teach appropriate behavior We're kidding ourselves if we think we can teach kids (to question and hit game officials) without expecting a disrespect for authority to carry over into their lives (outside school), Mr Tree said He also encouraged board members to stay abreast of a movement to control the scheduling of extracurricular activities during school hours Other speakers at the convention, which will continue Wednesday, discussed venereal disease education and other school challenges of the 1980s The Utah State Office of Education is ready to tram health teachers to use new materials highlighting the prevention of VD, according to Robert Leake, health and physical education specialist for that office The lessons point out that there are seven new cases of VD a day in Utah two of thm among teenagers The rate has tripled in the past 10 years, and two SAM, THE SAD CYNIC, SAYS: or three students from every classroom You can tell Christmas is near all of seniors will have had the disease by the shoppers downtown are looking for the time they graduate sales. Why just the other day I saw a The state curriculum teaches teena- fellow comparison shoplift! See Page B-- Column I ( ' v ' s & r&' ' - 3, a' '' -- Salt Lake County fireman extinguishes fire in car belonging to Kay Fowier, 8861 Alpen Way. Mom- - 3 7 Tr,bun SUff Photo by Gor A Sororwn Strong canyon breezes whipped the flames into the garage and attic of the home early Tuesday. Daughters Flee Flames By George A Soronsen Tribune Suburban Editor COTTONWOOD A HEIGHTS mother and her three daughters were forced to flee out back doors to avoid flames which caused in excess of $85,000 damage to their home at 8864 Alpen Way (3530 East) early Tuesday The fire apparently started in a new car parked in front of the garage doors and soread into the garage arid attic of the home by strong canyon breezes, according to Battalion Cluef Richard Shields, Salt Lake County Fire Department Kay Fowler, owner of the home, said car was destroyed She the (Aonth-ol- d said she had driven it only an hour before the fire was reported to 911 at 6 33 a m Ms Fowler, a registered nurse who draws blood for blood alcohol tests for all police departments in the valley, said she was called by Salt Lake City Police at 4 45 a m to draw blood But before arriving at LDS Hospital, she was told via beeper, that she could return home I came home and parked the car in the driveway in front of the garage and went in and back to bed At 6 a m I wakened Lisa, 14, and told her to gpt ready for school," Ms Fowler said Fhe said Lisa later noticed the flames we,e leaping from the car, so the two of them and two other daughters, ages 11 and 12, fled through the rear of the building because the flames were blocking the front door Although the wind whipped the flames through the attic, fire fighters were able to save much of the building and contents Ms Fowler told Chief Shields her car smelled hot as she got out and went into the house "The car has to be a suspect until our arson squad finishes its investigation It is apparent that the fire quickly spread into the garage if it didnt start there, f Shields said c4' I |