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Show SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS Community Legislature ' particular services or program by being present on the day the H "l?!llt subcommittee studies those particular services. Continued, from Page 1 Public testimony is invaluable most entriely of legislative lead- in this particular process, beership of both parties, receives cause it gives elected represenI the Analyst suggestions on how tatives a clear picture of what to divide the budgetary pie among the public wants funded. Like .y;.Bayou eyedjav? aucctors; other legislative meetings, ap- appointment that you doappropriations subcommittees. This year in particular, there propriations subcommittees theres reportedly a wide divide must post their agendas at least keep because you were feel-IR- g between the Governor and 24 hours in advance. Excutive Appropriations ComBalancing act mittees proposed budgets. Even Unlike the Federal budget before the session started, the which runs a huge deficit, Utah EA Committee served notice to law requires that our budget be untitlhe next the Governors office that they balanced. In other words, every Believe if or not these two plan to take $100 million off the dollar spent must .be covered by situations are all too often table. This means that Legisla- a dollar of revenue. Halfway The problem of No-tors may be working with $100 through the legislative session, related. Tend million less than the Governors revenue projections are released. Shows in the Kanab Orderyille medical clinics budget framework. The Execu- Based on these, the subcommitseems to be Increasing. To tive Appropriations Committee tees are given a bottom line figsolve it wjll require the help has indicated that they have ure and told to adjust their bud- of everyone in need of mediprioritized the money to go into get accordingly. cal care.V; road and building construction, When the subcommittees fin, If for any reason you find and what is being called a criti- ish working on their budget that you cannot or do not need cal needs reserve. they take them to keep a scheduled doctors for final approval by the ExecuHammering it out appointment, you could help Together, these two initial tive Appropriations Committee. both the doctors and patients budget blueprints will provide Passing the budget who do need to see the doctor the framework for hearings, deThe budget is passed at the notifying the clinic as soon liberations and finally, the offi- end of the Legislative session in by as possible. The time that was cial state budget voted on in the the form of a set of very large reserved for you could then be last days of the session. Appropriations Acts. Although scheduled for, someone who in is Utah very unique that all all legislators ultimately vote on does need legislators are assigned to Ap- the final budget, decisions by the Providing good and much propriations Subcommittees. Executive Appropriations Comneeded medical care for evAppropriations subcommittees mittee are traditionally the final eryone would be much easien are joint committees which in- word. The acts appear as Senate if we could eliminate the clude both senators and repre- or House Bills and must be passed If you find you are sentatives. These committees through both chambers by a not going to keep your apmeet three times a week, scruti- simple majority. They are then pointment, please notify the nizing the various segments of enrolled, printed, and passed to clinic so someone else can state agency budgets. The pub- the Governor for his or her signa- use the time. If everyone will lic may testify on behalf of a ture just like any other bill. cooperate, pur doctors will be much better able to give BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY good service to those who IUckc ycxm lki i .) Best Frlesads Trucks Dogs in Pickup Waterman Welding here in A reader of this column has Kanab has one in his truck, and asked me to please address the would be happy to share the subject of dogs riding in the back information on how it vorks with By Faith Maloney ' of pickup trucks. Whenever I see a dog in a pickup truck, I immediately flash back to an incident a few years ago when I was driving ? : - No-Show- need it.v PRESENTS WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 4, 1998 s; 1 down Center Street here in Kanab behind a lady whose dog was dangling over the side of the truck, slowly being choked to death by his own rope. I began honking my horn at her and was joined by a chorus of other motorists until we got her to stop. Fortunately the dog sur- vived in this incident. More recently, another dog was not so lucky. His owners were bringing him to Best Friends, and it wasnt until they arrived that they noticed he had hung himself to death when he tried to jump out of the truck, Both sets of people felt they had done the right thing by ty- ing their dogs into the back of the truck. What they hadnt un- derstood was that by only teth- the dog on one side, they were creating a virtual noose. To secure a dog into the back ofa truck requires a central fixed point to which the dog is at- .. tached. Dave Christian of International Folk Dance Ensemble Saturday, Feb. 7, 1998 7:30 P.M. ' anyone who contacts him. So is it better to let the dog just ride loose in the back? The Humane Society of the United States estimates that more than 100,000 accidents a year can be attributed to dogs falling or jumping out of moving trucks, Many of these are fatal. Many of these accidents also result in n people being hurt or killed ing to avoid hitting the dog that has just fallen or jumped out of a truck in front of them. One of the scariest things is to watch a dog riding on a tool box in the back of the truck ahead of you. Its perfectly obvious that if the driver has to brake suddenly, the dog will go flying through the air and, even if he survives the impact with the road, he will certainly be badly hurt. Once I saw a dog standing on the top of the cab of a moving truck a clear recipe for disaster, The question is: How impor-erintant is your dog to you? If you value him or her as a member of your family, then let them ride up front with you. If there are too many people in the truck already, either secure him in the method described above or use a dog carrier secured in the back. You could always leave him home if there is no room for him in the cab. Your dog is worth the extra trouble. try-soo- - g T FRESH FOOD"! Kanab Middle School $5.00 Single $20.00 Family 1 64 mM Sponsored by E 300 S Kanab 644-880- 0 Kanab Variety Arts Council 4 Paints Materials Ribbon 50c 40 Off 30 Off Many other exciting items discounted! Tickets can be purchased at Zion Pharmacy or call Carol Lee Jacobs 644-881- 2 644 -5562 nit 406 East 300 South Kanab rkru mui nJ |