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Show SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS - Thursday, May 2, 1985 - Page Two Southern Utah -- The Southern Utah Newt is published every Thursday at 40 East Center Street in Kanab, Utah 84741. The News proudly serves Kane County. Utah, and the Arizona Strip. Address all communications to P.O. Box 90, Kanab, Utah 84741, or telephone . (801)644-2339Advertising rates available upon request. Second class postage paid at Kanab, Utah 84741. Newsstand price 25 cents per copy Yearly subscriptions available. Rates to Kane H County addresses and Fredoma and Moccasin, Arizona, $10 00, others $15 00. The News reserves the right to edit or reject any advertisement or submitted items. Deadline for display ads and news copy is NOON MONDAY, Classifieds ads, 10 a m TUESDAY. Marlin Brown, publisher Member Utah Press Association and National Newspaper Association ISSN No. 0049-165- 9 Rolling Through Italy, Yugoslavia by Donald M. Fyfe was bound to use this title for the account of a trip that my wife and I took to Europe in the spring of 1985. It was suggested by one of our fellow travelers, Shirley Spacapan of Arlington Heights, Illinois. Since we always had the continental breakfast of hard rolls and coffee, she insisted it was all too I appropriate title. a Shirley and her husband, Ed, and our good friends, Dick and Glen Deane Calisch, joined Marion and me on our pilgrimage to see the art treasures of Italy and Eds relatives in Yugoslavia. As it turned out, it was much too short a time to see all that we wanted to see, but it was an eventful two weeks of sightseeing, oohing and ahing, and just plain enjoyment of the company of great traveling companions. After getting to New York, we left an hour late for Rome on a very crowded TWA 747 on March 28. It was a festive group that enjoyed the f seven and hour flight to the Eternal City. Since we were somewhat hyper, we got little sleep and arrived in Rome at 9:30 a.m. We were on our own that first afternoon, so firmly esconced in a fine hotel hear the U.S. embassy, we set out, at my request, for the English cemetery near the Coliseum. I was on a pilgrimage to the graves of John Keats and Percy Shelley, poets of the Romantic Era I had attempted to teach so often. I was not disappointed. It was a lovely, quiet spot and I sighed appropriately at the grave of the young English poet whose name was writ in water. The next day we did touristy deeds like throwing coins into the Trevi Fountain, looking over the Coliseum and its cats, visiting St. Peters, wondering at the Sistine Chapel ceiling, and checking on the Spanish Steps, filled with teen-ager- s on holiday from schools all over Europe. When Palm Sunday dawned in Rome, we thought it best to get out of town and the crowds by taking a side excursion to Naples, Sorrento, and Pompeii. There was not time to go to the Isle of Capri (next time?), but Marion and I had great archeological fun comparing Pompeii to the ruins of Ephesus which we had seen on our trip to Greece in 1983. We could have stayed days at the Pompeii ruins but settled for a few hours. By Monday, April 1, we were on our way to Florence, the cultural capital of Italy and birthplace of the Renaissance. Dick Calisch, who has been to his beloved Florence eight times, endured the ride and a stop at Assisi, but he could hardly wait to show us Italys treasure. However, it was difficult not to appreciate Assisi and its lovely Franciscan Church filled with art work by Cimabue and Giotto. We were guided by an American Franciscan, the delightful Brother Claude, who knew we were Americans because we were on time and were so clean! Arriving in Florence by 4:30 p.m., we stopped first at the Piazza della Michelangelo, which overlooks the city, Dick was first off the bus to race to the balustrade of the overlook and take in the scene. I got to him as soon as possible as I really felt he wanted to present me with the keys to the city! Florence lay one-hal- below us in majestic splendor, but we had to get to the hotel before we could make two walking tours along the Arno to the Ponte Vecchio and the Piazza della Signoria where the Uffizi Gallery and the Palazzo Vecchio hold sway, along with a loggia housing a brilliant bronze statue of Perseus by Cellini and a marble work by Giambologna of The Rape of the Sabine Women. Again half of Europes teenagers seemed to be in Florence. Our next day was spent in Florence with a local guide for the morning and Dick for the rest of the day. We took in Giotto's lovely bell tower at the Church of the Madonna of the Flowers and its wondrous dome built by Brunelleschi. We gazed fixedly at the Ghiberti doors in the quaint baptistry. At the Church of Santa Croce we viewed tombs of Michelangelo, Galileo, Machiavelli, and Rossini and then visited the leather school run by the church. No, Marion could not resist buying a new purse, but one could not argue about the bargain. Finally, we were escorted to the Academy of Fine Arts to see David. All the time our guide showed us other works by Michelangelo (I touched a piece of marble the genius must have touched), we yearned to approach David, exhibited in a rotunda just a few yards away. Finally, we were before this piece of marble that has been wrought into the most arresting sculpture I have ever seen. One is transfixed in its presence. Seeing the work is better than any picture. The rest of Florence may have been a little anticlimactic but no less interesting. We even crossed the Arno to view the Pitti Palace, home of the powerful Medici family who encouraged the arts to flourish in the Italian Renaissance. That evening the six of us sat contentedly in an outdoor cafe at the Piazza d 11a Signoria, trying to catch our second wind. We knew we were due in Venice the next day by way of Padus. Remember Petruchio in Shakespeares Taming of the Shrew? He wished to wive it wealthily in We saw St. Anthonys Padua. Church instead, and the town was lovely, quiet, and clean. As for Venice, you just know that we took the obligatory gondola ride. After negotiating a side canal where the gondolier pointed out a house where Mozart had lived, we arrived at the grand canal where six gondolas were serenaded by a superannuated tenor, who gave it all he had. We were enchanted. Of course, we had to see St. Marks Cathedral and watch more young people feed the pigeons. The churches continued in the baroque style, too full of gingerbread, but St. Marks was distinguished by gold leaf on the inside of its domes. The Doges Palace was just around the corner as was the Bridge of Sighs, so we had to see it all. That evening we walked to the Rialto, a bridge across the Grand Canal, then took a water bus back to the hotel. You will recall Shakespears line from Merchant of Venice, Whats the news from the Rialto?" Now I know. The bus to Milan the next morning found us a bit subdued but our spirits perked with a side trip to Verona. Dick insisted upon quoting lines from Romeo and Juliet and we did see Juliets purported balcony. We all delighted in Verona with its lovely square, smart shops (they take VISA), sidewalk cafes, and outdoor market. We did get to busy, industrial Milan by 2:30 p.m. in time to view Leonardo Da Vincis The Last Supper, which is not faring too well with time because Leonardo had painted it on a wall using oil paints. We had time to visit the shops at the Galleria and to view the Gothic splendor of the Milan Cathedral. At last, a Alcohol & Drug School Scheduled At U of U In June One hundred and fifty experts will bring the latest information on alcohol and other drug abuse to the University of Utah School on Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependencies, June 16 to 21. The internationally recognized school, now in its 34th year, offers 15 specialized courses for both lay and professional people. The Kane County Commission has provided scholarship money for some people in Kane County to attend the school. For more information contact the commission office, 644-245- Some of the schools 15 sections are designed for professionals such as teachers, physicians, nurses, pharmacists, school counselors, mental health workers, employers and criminal justice personnel. Another course is more general, designed for anyone who wants information on dependency problems, their prevention and treatment. Another section helps citizens design prevention programs in their communities. Other courses focus on the special abuse problems of women and American Indians. For more information contact the U of U School on Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependencies, P.O. Box 2604, Salt Lake City, Utah, or call 533-579- President Ronald Reagan cited the school as one of the foremost American institutions dealing with alcohol and drug dependencies. About 1,000 people from throughout the United States and Canada will attend the school on the U of U campus. Three hours of college credit, either graduate or undergraduate, are available for the five-da- y school. The schools general session will cover: The Role of Religion in Preventing and Dealing with Alcoholism and Other Drugs; Women and Substance Abuse; and Alcoholism in Industry. The school is a effort to curb the growth of alcohol and other drug problems, the leading public health concerns in the United States today. Sponsors are the U of U, the Utah State Division of Alcoholism and Drugs and the Utah Alcoholism Foundation. non-prof- Community Calendar Senior I'mwn for transportation call 5250 or 2195, Meal on Wheel. Monday, Wednesday and 1 riday and lunrh at the Senior Center, $1.50, under 60 - 13 50, Exercise every weekday ( morning at the enter, 9am May 2 Kanab Fire Dept Ladies Handcraft 7pm Suite Primary Mtg KCR Firehouae 7 30 p m. 1 304 p m. May 8 KHS Region Trark Meet Cedar KHS Baseball, Kanab at Pine View May 4 Meet KHS BYU Invitational Tra T rap Club 1pm May 5 Missionary Preparation May 6 Chorus 4pm Seminar "Handling the Media", S p m. Paula Randolph, Diat Courtroom Variety Arts "The Emperor New Clothe", 7.30 Kanab Middle School KHS band and Cboru Program 7 pm. Senior f tizen County Commission 9am Mg Mav 7 KHC baseball. Cedar at Kanab Saddle i lub. Asa b Houne 7pm Senior CiUzena Oil Painting 1pm YMYW fmni Mtg 8 pm. 7 30 m Snout p Dietrrt Mig May 8 Senior Citizen Art and Craft 1pm. strauoo in gym 86pm. Kindergarten R KHS Rep tjn 12 Band and Chorus Large group Festival, North Sevier High School Kiwama. Dude Room Trap Club 7pm Lion Ijtfpon Hut Kanab fire Dpt 12 7 30 Norm p m May 9 7pm May 10 Kanab Middle School Solo & Ensemble Snow College KHS Baseball, Dixie at Kanab YS1 Dance LDS Spring Camp - by Wards KHS State Track, BYU Mav Trap Club - 1 p ra. LDS Spring Camp Festival, Gothic structure! For opera fans, yes, we did visit La Scala. Friday, April 5, found us seeing Dick and Glenn Deane off at Malpensa as they had to return home to go to work. The retirees, the Spacapans and Fyfes, picked up a rental Fiat and headed for Yugoslavia to visit Eds relatives. We soon learned by driving on the Autostrada that gasoline in Italy is $2.70 per gallon and that most Europeans drive their cars well beyond the 75 mph limit on the superhighways. We crossed the border into Yugoslavia at Gorizia around 4 p.m. with little or no wait and headed for Llubljana to find See ROLLLNG THROUGH, pg. 6 Legislative News by Rep. Janies F. Yardley The American Legion, through its comprehensive network of service oitieers assists veterans and their dependents in receiving federal and state benefits. In this and coming years concerned citizens must prepare for a long hard fight to preserve VA budget gains achieved over the past few years - gains that have directly benefited the states economy. The FY 85 VA budget of $22.8 billion is the largest appropriation ever for veterans' programs. Yet it represents less than three percent of all lederal expenditures for the fiscal year. Veterans programs do not service-connecte- alone, would force overworked state and local geriatric care facilities into accepting a total unexpected veteran population. Can Utah afford such a budget shock? Lost in the rush for change, however, is an understanding of the multiple nature of the VA health care systems mission: to provide care tailored to the needs of veterans; to back up the military hospital system in a national emergency; to conduct research and to train professionals; and to blaze a trail for all other medical entities in the nation in the area of geriatric care. The elimination of VA health care would affect all of society. Representative Yardley is concerned and feels citizens of Utah should be concerned too. If the VA health system is drastically altered, Utahs legislature would face hard decisions that could call for increasing the tax burden on its constituency. In addition, money not spent on VA health care would represent millions of payroll dollars lost to thousands of citizens who now work for the VA in Utah. Millions of dollars in retail sales, jobs, and the tax revenue that depends on VA payrolls also will be lost. Health care for the elderly, whether veteran or not, is not a luxury; it is a necessity. Any drastic alteration of the VA health care system will not ease budget pressures, rather it further complicates matters for Utah. The loss of VA health care facilities in Utah would have a significant economic, political, and social impact. Utah and its economy needs the VA as much as Utahs veterans do. Not only should Utah be concerned about the health and welfare of our nation's past defenders, but the states leaders must also consider impact further VA budget reductions and elimination of services will have on all her citizens. This commitment of service to men and women who served so faithfully in defense of this nation is of great concern to Representative Yardley. It is a cornerstone set by the American Legion's founders in 1919 and promised for the veterans of d THE EDITOR Just Finished Working for Government Two days ago, April 30, is a day to mark on your calendar. It's the day in 1985 when you quit working just to pay the tax collector and start spending your dollars on other things. It assumes that every dollar earned prior to April 30 went to pay federal, state and local taxes. Its called Tax Freedom Day, reports the Utah Taxpayers Association. UTA says that Tax Freedom Day is computed annually by the Tax Foundation of Washington, D.C. The average U.S. taxpayer now works 120 days each year to get the is the tax collector off his back-th- is same number of days as he had to work in 1984 to meet his tax obligation. As recently as 1981, the U.S. worker put in 126 days - until May 6 - just to pay his tax bills. The trend for this date to move earlier in the calendar started in 1982 when federal tax cuts began to hard-earne- d take hold. The continued ot phase-ithose cuts, coupled with improved economic perfortnance, has continued the trend. In 1929, Tax Freedom Day was February 9. The day first fell in March in 1933 (March 5), and in April in 1943 (April 6). In 1964 and 1965, tax day and Tax Freedom Day coincided on April 15. Not until 1969 did Tax Freedom Day fall in May COMMODITIES FOR YOUNG, FAMILIES I still have commodities left. All you who did not get your share please come and get it. I am moving them to my apartment. Call 5648 or come to Apartment F-- l in the Lazy Days Complex. Go to 200 North and turn West, go all the way on 200 N. I am in the first apartment from 200 N. I need a permanent location so I think I shall go back to the library basement if I can still get it. The next shipment will be in July, as far as I know now, but anything can happen before then so don't depend on it. If I can't get it in the paper and you hear about it, call before you try to find it. n (May 1). Stated another way, the average worker is 1985 will spend 2 hours minutes on the job and thirty-eigh- t each day just to meet his tax obligations. More of the average American's work day is spent earning money for the tax collector than for any other item in the family budget. Shelter takes the next largest slice of the work day at one hour and 34 minutes. Food takes fifty-nin- e minutes; transportation, 42 minutes; medical care, 35 minutes; clothing, 21 minutes; recreation, 20 minutes; and all other items combined take 51 minutes of each work day. UTA LOW-INCOM- E (Ed. Note: Maybe if we continue to support the cutting of federal and other government spending, well start taking care of some of these services we should be taking care of anyway, not some impersonal government agency. And have more of our cash, besides. hard-earne- disability care service-connecte- d LETTERS TO tomorrow d . 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Through budgetary action, Congress could impose dramatic and unacceptable changes in VA and in services it provides; changes such as veterans away "main streaming from veterans' facilities into the private sector, cuts in medical facility construction and upgrading, and simply barring veterans with non disabilities from eligibility for VA care. This would not only seriously impair the VAs abaility to provide comprehensive health care to all segments of the veteran population, but would impose severe consequences on state and local health care systems DIB 15 Kiwama, Dude Room 12 noon Trap Club 7pm Senior Citizens Art and Craft Stake Scout Comm. Mtg 1pm May 16 Kanab Fire Dept. 7pm Women", Red Hills BFW Fashion Show Today Convention Center 7 pm. Mav 17 Lwni Race Meet Kf R Homeowners, KCR Firehouse 7 30 p m KHS Baaehxl), Kanab at Hurricane T he calendar of event is sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce and Southern Utah News Laurait Noteman. Coordinator, 644 2164 643-7- 1 23 Elwilda J. 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