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Show Messenger-Enterpris- With the pageants final performance the costumes go into storage. But before they go into storage, theyre cleaned. Costuming (Continued from Page 1) the war bonnet, at considerable And the garments that cost, were raised by the Ladies contain wool get a professional Literary Guild. The headdress cleaning job the contribution contains hundreds of red, white of Bruce and Betty Johnson of and blue feathers, and some of Service Cleaners. them have become worn, Weeks bpfore next summer's tattered, even lost, over the years. pageant, the costumes will come New feathers have been out of storage to be inspected, not genuine eagle repaired, if necessary, pressed obtained of course and Mrs. and otherwise readied for feather, Mrs. and Nance have had appearances in The Mormon Kjar tedious of task the putting them Miracle Pageant - - in place. That has meant wrapping the stem of each feather with candle wick thread and then attaching the new feather to the headdress in its correct sequence. of Like so many other aspects the pageant, costuming is largely the anonymous gift of a group of dedicated workers," general manager R. Morgan Dyreng said. BELVEDERE Public Notice of Items For Sale by Bid has declared excess, and will accept bids on the following items: Manti City One Case 680 Backhoe One Case 1450 Crawler Loader These items may be Inspected by appointment, at the Manti City Yard, 51 &.100 E., Manti. Contact Mike Dennis at 835-401- 1. Written sealed bids must be received at the Manti City Offices before the close of business, 5 p.m., on Tuesday, July 17, 1990. Bid envelopes should be marked "Equipment Bid -- July 17, 1990". Manti City reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids. William A. Mickelson, Recorder Publish Manti Messenger July 12, 1990 Notice of Sanpete County Budget Hearing Notice is hereby given that on Monday, July 23, 1990, at 1:30 p.m. in the Sanpete County Courthouse in Manti, Utah, the Sanpete County Board of Commissioners the 1990 budget for certain adjustments as needed. All information and data relative to the 1990 budget adjustments will be on file at the office of the County Auditor at least three days prior to said hearing. will re-op- en Publish Manll Mssssngsr, Ephraim Entorprlts July 12, 1990 Notice of Sanpete County Financial Statement accordance with the provisions of Utah Code Annotated, Section 1953, as amended: I herewith give notice that the financial audit of Sanpete County, year ending December 31, 1989, has been completed. The audit is on file at the office of the County Auditor, and is open to the public for inspection. In Page 11 Food tax removal would create dilemma Removal of the sales tax on state and local tax revenue by approximately $110 million per year and produce a tax savings of about $200 per year for the average household in the state. At the same time, it would create special food would reduce for many problems Utah governmental units in providing vital public services. This is the dilemma that will be faced by Utah voters this fall, according to an analysis prepared by Utah Foundation, the private tax research organization. The Foundation noted that its report is intended to furnish background information regarding the sales tax and the food tax exemption proposal that will be decided by Utah voters on November 6, 1990. As has been its historic practice, the Opponents, on the other hand, cite the following reasons why the sales tax initiative should be defeated: 1) By forcing a reduction in many essential services, the food tax exemption might injure the very group that it is designed to help--th- e poor. 2) It would put pressure on local governments to finance such services as police protection, fire Columbia impose a general sales tax. Of these, 25 states plus the District of Columbia provide a complete exemption of food sales and the sales tax during the 1930s did not exempt food sales from the tax. States that imposed the sales tax after the depression years of the 1930s, on the other hand, generally provided a food sales exemption in order to obtain political acceptance of the tax. In- analyzing the economic effects of the initiative proposal, the Foundation estimated that the annual revenue loss to the state would be $88,500,000, cities and towns would have their revenue cut by $14,350,000, county revenue would be trimmed by $3,120,000, transit districts would lose $3,480,000, and the special fund for the Winter Olympics would be reduced by $550,000. In the case of the Winter Olympics fund, approximately $7.5 million would be cut from the $56 million originally earmarked over the next ten years for this purpose. The report outlined most of the arguments for and against exempting food from the sales tax. Included among the major reasons for exempting food were the following: 1) Elimination of food from the tax base would the sales tax less regressive. 2) It would give make everyone the equivalent of three weeks free groceries each year. 3) Food is a basic necessity of life and should not be taxed. 4) Many businesses and industries currently receive special exemptions from the sales tax. 5) More than half of the states exempt food from the sales tax. 6) The tax adds to the cost of food and therefore is inflationary. 7) Since the sales tax no longer is deductible for federal tax purposes, Utahns would benefit by substituting some other tax (such as the income tax or property tax) which still is deductible. 8) The only such way e to assist families is to eliminate the sales tax on low-incom- food purchases. Chest Pain that lasts more than 10 minutes may be a sign of heart attack. Dont chance it, Call the EMTs 911 in Manti 5-23- 45 Jay D. Alder, Auditor of Sanpete County in Ephraim protection, parks and recreation, public transportation, etc. 3) It might force an increase in one of the other major taxes. 4) Food stamp and WIC purchases already are exempt by law. Thus, way of providingtax relief to the poor. 6) The exemption would the poorest element of Utah society already has some protection from the regressivity of the sales tax. 5) A food tax exemption is a very inefficient expense of Utah residents. 8) It could affect Utahs bond rating procedures for small businesses. 7) The exemption would benefit out-of-sta- te tourists at the and increase future borrowing costs of state and local governments. challenges in training those doing physical labor work 20 minutes, then rest 40. Following such advice isnt easy when an artillery unit is trying to put steel on target" time after time. Im used to getting the gun set up quickly, but here we couldnt do that," Spec. Leo Perry, from Spanish Ford said. Imagine trying to accomplish any physical task when you must rest twice as long as you can work. medical experts recommend We have had heat casualties, noted 2nd Lt Brett Allred, the fire direction officer for B Battery, which is from Manti. That was partly due to overexertion. We overcame the heat problem by keeping as cool as possible. The heat and humidity wasnt the only thing that was new about the training. The Utah soldiers also dealt with new terrain and with a wide variety of new critters, including wood ticks, chiggers and some snakes they hadnt seen before. that Before weve trained in sagebrush and cedar trees," noted Allred. Working in tall grass like we did here is a change. And so is learning to deal with the creepy crawly things." The Utah guardsmen were in Arkansas to provide artillery support for the 39th Separate Infantry Brigade, Arkansas Army National Guard. In wartime, they would perform such a mission. Most of training time is spent simulating that mission. So, doing so in real life was another change from the norm. Allred, who lives in Richfield, called the training enjoyable. It has been beneficial to train in this climate, Allred said. We learned something new." new the Despite circumstances, the battalion fired over 1,000 rounds downrange and fulfilled its training requirements. Sanpete comments on tax increase proposal increase will be generated by new growth, which calculates to 4.85, leaving 1.75 to be generated as a proposed tax Sanpete County officials have made the following clarification concerning the advertisement below: increase. The 6.6 increase advertised is not necessarily the amount of tax increase requested by the County, because 73.56 of the This example of a $60,000.00 market value home will show you the increase in dollar amount Example: $60,000.00 market value home is taxed at of market value. This will give you a taxable value of $36,000.00 If you multiply this figure by the proposed increase in tax rate, which is .000122, you will see it will increase your tax by $4.39 per year. 60 NOTICE OF TAX INCREASE The Sanpete County Commission has proposed to increase its property tax revenue by 6.6, and to increase its total budget by 9. 1. All concerned citizens are invited to attend a public hear- ing on the tax increase to be held on July 23, 1990 at the Sanpete County Courthouse at 1:00 p.m. of the 6.6 increase in property tax revenues is the result of new growth. Note: 73.56 Publish Manti Messenger, Ephraim Enterprise July 12, 19, 1990 Publish Manti Masssnger. Ephraim Entsrprlss July 12, 1990 i 4 complicate tax collection National Guard face humidity That was the situation members of the 1st Battalion 140th Field Artillery found Foundation does not take a stand on the controversial issue, but themselves in during annual merely provides the facts so that training exercises last week at the public can make its own Fort Chaffee, Arkansas. informed decision. The 140th includes Utah National Guard units from to the Army the According study, to remove sales the Fork, Manti, Fillmore tax Spanish proposal on food is designed to lessen the and Salt lake City. The soldiers faced some regressivity of the tax because food is a major element of most, unusual challenges during their family budgets, especially visit to Arkansas. Heat is no families in the lower incomes stranger to the Utah soldiers, of brackets. Opponents, on the course. But, heat coupled with other hand, argue that the humidity that occasionally got regressivity of the sales tax is as high as 90 percent, presented offset by other taxes, and the some problems. tax system should b e judged as Early in the week, a whole rather than by one of its temperatures hovered near 100 parts. degrees. With the high humidity, At the present time, 45 of the heat index reached 117 the 50 states plus the District of degrees. Under such conditions, 17-36-4- 0, i Thursday, July 12, 1990 e, i . . . |