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Show _ TheSalt Lake Tribune UTAH/WORLD Tuesday, December1, 1998 Census Effort president and Congress for the purpose of reapportionment,” McInnissaid. Is Beginning; Utah census workers will num- ber about 250 at peak, with offices in Ogden and Provoto handle the northern and southern parts of the state, Gomezsaid. “We need [to hire] bilingual people,” he said. “They are good jobs for people who want to pick up spare money who don’t want to commit to long-term, to get in and Workers Needed M@ Continued from A-1 federal minimum wageof $5.15 per hour. Every third address, the can- out. Wereally likeseniorcitizens. vassers will do a spot-check for “And we are trying to get out Sandy spokesman Rick Davis said the city hopedto pick up ex- tra Community Development block grant funds. But those funds, administered by Salt Lake County, did notincrease by much Still, Davis said, the challenge was important for the sake of ac- curacy. Plus, there was what he “unseen” addresses, such as base- the word thatwe cannotsharethis calls “the urban manhoodstrug- ment or garage apartments. A census geographysectionwill add the addresses to a ma The addresseswill go on labels and into registers that are supposed to be ready by early 2000. information with any other agency,” including the Internal Revenue Service and the Immigration and Naturalization Service gle.” “All the information on those forms is confidential,” said Gomez. “We do not request Social By mid-March, people will re- ceive postcards alerting them to the imminent arrival oftheir census forms. Security numbers on those Those who have regular mail service will receive the cards and forms by mail; others will be hand-delivered. All households will receive the short form; one in six households will receive the long form. There is no specific deadline for returning the forms, other than “as soon as possible,” McInnis said. Tabulation begins as soon asthe forms start coming in. We're happyto be No. 4.” 8.4 million people, was consid- populations” can mean a big boost in the census, McInnis said. “Draperwill want to count those the sur- harder to count. The Census Bu- reau has special programs to count such groups as migrant farm workers, homeless people, studentsin coliege dorms,elderly people in nursing homesand personnel on military bases Togetto these groups,the Cen- ed; the results would affect con- sus Bureau has hired “partner- ernmental funding andevencivil- to work with government agencies. Census officials in Denver Opponents, however, argue that the Constitution requires “actual enumeration.” They also argue sampling would benefit are working with Utah communi- publicans. And taxpayers from Connecticut, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin claim sampling would lower their population over the residents’ responses to count. ship specialists” such as McInnis Clinton Paves Wayfor Visit To GazaStrip @ Continued from A-1 Eitan Bentsur, director general put together a database of contacts. “This is a newstrategy, getting these various groups and individ- a State Department auditorium that Israel was “appalled” by uals involved,” MelInnis said. Arafat’s comments. The Clinton administration has “They are the experts.” @ For information about census jobs, call (801) 524-5200, or (888) Palestinian statehood be taken up fairs, told the donors gathered in can “The count bystate is given to the A Great Gift Idea! Onder Ballet Wests popular holiday ticket package Each packageincludes a ticketto TheNuderackerand to our February presentation of Cinderella. For information | onthis exclusiveeopace gift call usat 323-6966. 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ALL REPAIRS FULLY GUARANTEEDBY UTAH'S OLDEST, MOST-EXPERIENCED HEARING INSTRUMENT CENTER. SINCE 1946 tions — Clinton announced that he would work with Cong! to contribute $400 million towa and the Palestinians. WANTED Littlep ield’s the de. Development — including repre In a four-day will address the peace process for sentatives of more than 40 coun tries and international organiza presidentto visit Palestinian-con- Bes !| Whole House Package| Se eV(cmp etl u rity Council AIR DUCT CLEANING censuses, Gomezsaid. In Utah, that moneypartly mo- Palestinian charter Support Middle East Peace and The back-and-forth under scored the difficulty Clinton will face later this month, whenheis scheduled to become the first U.S. trolled territory. of Israel's Ministryof Foreign Af- 325-7733. Anyunilateral declarations on either side aren't helpful to the process,” said David Leavy, a spokesmanfor the National Secu- A lower count can mean major financiallosses. C The Census Bureau must have MIDVALE Adel Hana’The Associated Press A Palestinian dodges the smokefrom burning tires Monday during a protestin the GazaStrip. ty and media representatives to expect about $125 per person in various governmental program dollars over the 10 years between its count ready by Dec. 31, 2000 HEARING AIDS “special state moneyis attached,” she said Other special populations are Democrats to the detrimentof Re- ensure their accuracy. Though Census Dayis April 1, 2000, the countis not predicated on that day. “The question is, where do you live most of the year?” said McInnis. “It's a snapshot ofoursociety, but not of one day.” city’s people in the prison. Federal and rights compliance. Enumerators, who will work singly and carry Census Bureau identification, also will visit a certain number of addresses to go a failure. The Census Bureau and Clinton administration told Supreme Court that sampli mathematical adjustment of 2000 count, would involve a gressional representation, gov- the actual count,” Gomez said. Sometimes, lion, and no one wants another been undercounted or overcount- tain time. “After that, we will start sending out the worker bees, the enumerators, to go door to door for census] after we did,” Davis said. “Wecan’t catch them. We're not about to chalienge any more. forms. The 1990 census, which missed vey of 750,000 people across the country. The results would be usedto decide where people have Those whe don't respond will receive a second form,this time asking themtoreturnit by a cer- “For a couple of months we got to claim we werethethird-largest city in Utah, until Provo leapfrogged us and challenged [the ered an expensive failure. The 2000 census will cost about $4 bil- the the AS tivated the city of Sandy's 1996 challenge to the 1990 census, when the official count was 85,000. The federal government ruled in Sandy's favor and raised the official count to 94,000. ne S a ad MIDVALE HOLLADAY o |