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Show VOLUME 62 NUMBER 4 50 TUESDAY MARCH 9, 1993 COLOR COUNTRYS HOME TOWN NEWSPAPER Spotted Owl designation impact on North Kaibab By Dixie Brunner The impact of Secretary of Interior Bruce Babbitts Spotted Owl designation wont be as dramatic on the North Kaibab Ranger District, as it will be in other areas. The North Kaibab is considered potential suitable habitat for Spotted Owls, said Dan Garcia, of the Forest Service wildlife staff. Garcia said that 85 of the plateauhas been surveyed, and they havent found any birds. While Spotted Owls havent been found on the North Kaibab, the designation will mean that the Forest Service still must create and plan a territory for the birds. Before a timber sale can occur, the Forest Service will seek informal consultation to determine how to New Eagle Scouts with the sale. These boys were honored at the Boy Scout Banquet held recently at the Red Hills Convention Center. The foltowing young men became eagle scouts during proceed said that at this point Garcia 1992: Jeremiah Alien, Wesley Bingham, Morgan Bingham, Matt Bingham, Daniel Holland, Andrew Roundy, Thomas Avant, Jeremy Chamberlain, Joseph havent seen anything in Pepper, Jeremy Jones, Carson Baird, Sam Roundy, Joseph Wright, Lane Roundy, K. C. Stockard, Doug Cox, Kevin Wade, Todd Barney, Preston McDonald, they writing on the Spotted Owl. In Sonn Berrett, Artyn Young, Lynal Young, Michael Downward, Lloyd MillettJr. order for it (the owl) to be con it has to be printed in the Federal Registry. sid-ere- d, Sinclairs tax proposal sets record pace By Dixie Brunner If its true that government wheels are slow to turn, than Kane County Hospital Ad-ministrator Mike Sinclair has invented a new kind of grease. Sinclair's 1 County sales tax proposal has passed the Utah House of Representatives and Senate at record pace, and is taxes $140.00. The new sales tax may be just expected to be signed by nor Mike Leavitt next week. The what the doctor ordered for the hospital-earmarke- d tax increase financially-beleaguere- d hospi- is projected to generate about tal. TheKaneCountyHospitalhas $475,000, and will be put to tax- payer vote in early May. If all experienced the same problems goes as expected, the Kane many rural medical facilities County Hospital could be reap- - have had. With escalating ing the monetary benefits as healthcare costs and fixed gov- Gover- - early as July. House Bill 404 is a local option tax with a ten year sunset clause, Administrator Sinclair stressed that the proposed property tax hike the Kane County Commis- sion announced late last year to subsidize the hospital, will not be needed if the sales tax is en- acted. Thats good news for local tax- payers, said Sinclair. To get the same amount of revenues from taxes, youd have to raise an average homeowners emment insurance payments, for rural hospitals have diffi- culty finding sound financial ground. Bill Backers say that the pro- posed County sales tax hike is a relatively-painles- s way to fi- 45 of nance our hospital. the patients treated at the Kane County Hospital are tourists or northern Arizona residents," said Sinclair. According to the Tax Commission, 46 of local sales tax revenues are being gen- The bill erated by tourists." sponsored by House Represen- tative Jim Yardley, was strictly the new administrators brain-nechild. The legislation is being heralded as a terrific new ap- proach to financing rural Utah hospitals, But Mike Sinclair insists he had a littlehelp from his friends. Robert Houston was wonder- fill, said Sinclair. I told him about my idea, he said he liked it, and by the next morning, he had arranged for a meeting with Jim Yardley." Sinclair said that Yardley pushed the bill through the House of Representatives, achieving a vote of 68-- Senator Mike Dmitrich saw it through a 26-- 2 Senate vote. Sinclair added that County Commissioner Glen Martin and the Kane County Hospital Board were also w 0. help-proper- ty See SINCLAIR, Page 2 Lake Powell should rise 33 feet The beet runoff conditions since 1987 bodes well for huge Lake Powell with snowpack its sprawling watersheds eruging U5 of normal. We expect Lake Powell to peak at 3644 feet in July, 33 feet above its present level said Brad Vickers Idraulie engineerfor the Bureau of Reclamation in Salt Lake City and decline only 10 feet next winter. If precipitation continues See POWSLL, Page 2 |