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Show The Salt Lake Tribune WORLD Tuesday, July 29,2003 f Fi Europe wilting in heat wave than a yard below the minimum. needed for barge traffic. At the southern port of Zimnicea, while about 40 percentofthe del- spots for navigation, goods aren't makingit upstream to markets dredgers scooped up sludge from the river bed Monday, attempting to deepen navigation channels for the 251 ships waiting to move upstream to key markets in central and northern Europe. ships traveling from Austria to By ALEXANDRU ALEXE TheAssocaated Press BUCHAREST, Romania— A heat wave and a drought are gouging a multibillion-doilar hole into Europe's economy, crippling shipping, shriveling crops and driving up the cost of electricity. In Romania, dredgers dug into the Danube on Monday to deepen. the river bed for hun- dreds of stalled barges, while in i kof dead fish pol- luted a Levels on the Danube were under two yards near Bazias in southwestern Romania, more Weeks of heat and dryness also choked other parts of the Balkansandthe rest of Europe. Croatia’s major rivers — the Sava, Drava, Kupa and Danube were reported at their lowest levels ever, threatening water and electricity shortages, while Serbia’s ecology minister, Adjelka. Mihajlov said his republic’s major rivers were at their lowestin 100 years. Gi were not carrying full loads because oflow water levels. The droughtalso affected barge traffic on other rivers the Elbe was impassable despite some weekendrain, and the Rhine was only deep enough to support lightly loaded boats. With the worst drought in years, brought on by a prolonged heat wave that has kept temper- atures well above 86 degrees for weeks, agriculture ministers from the European Union were demanding compensation from EU headquarters for affected Heralding potential ecological disaster, Grigore Baboianu, farmers. Farm lobby groups in the Eu- the director of the Danube Delta Reservation, said 10 percent of the delta’s unique wetlands, home to rare waterfowl and ropean Union say the drought has cost more than $5.7 billion in losses. Hardest hit within the EU have beenItaly, France, Germa- other animals, had dried up, ny, Portugal and Austria. DIGITAL ry NOTICE OF PROPOSED TAX INCREASE The Salt Lake City School District is proposing to increase its property tax revenue by imposing a judgementlevy. The total tax refund amountfor the schooldistrict is $593,988. The tax impact on a.$183,007 residence (average market value of a Wiidenee tthecity) will be $5.03 per year, and the tax on a business having the samevalue as the averagevalue ofa residence in the taxing entitywill be $9.15 per year. All concerned citizens are invited to a public hearing on the decision to impose a judgementlevy to be held on August 5, 2003 at 7:00 p.m. in the Board Roomatthe Salt Lake City School District, 440 East 100 South, Salt Lake City, Utah. NOTICE OF PROPOSED TAX NOTICE The Granger - Hunter Improvement District is proposing f to increase its property tax revenue. As a result of the proposed increase, the tax on a $100,000.00 residence will be $44.00 and the tax on a business having the same value as the average value of a residence in the taxing entity will be $80.00. Without the proposed increase the tax on a $100,000.00 residence would be $29.15 and the tax on a business having the same value as the average value of a residence in the taxing entity would be $53.00 The 2003 proposed tax rate is .000800. Without the proposed increase the rate would be .000530. This would be an increase of 51%, which is $14.85 per year($1.24per month) on a $100,000.00 residence or $27.00 per year on a business having the same value as the average value of a residence in the taxing entity. With NEW GROWTH, this property tax increase and other factors, Granger -Hunter Improvement District will increase its property tax revenue from $1,895,090.08 collected last year to $2,919,659.42 COLLECTED THIS YEAR WHICH IS A REVENUE INCREASE OF 54%. All concemed citizens are invited to a public hearing on the tax increase to be held August 8, 2003 at 7:00p.m. at the Granger - Hunter Improvement District offices, ‘located at 2888 South 3600 West, West Valley City, Utah R COPY) = rosa my RAIRES2,ARENR pots Barges stalled: With the Danube’s level too low in Call 485-5534 To Reserve Your Appointment Take advantage of these sensationai offers: |
