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Show SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 8, 1989 Community Campaign finance workshopsfor political candidates to be held this week in Flagstaff The Arizona Secretary of from States office will be conducting workshops to explain in campaign finance forms and law, and to review campaign finance software. workshops will be held in on Thursday, Decern- ber 9, 1999, from p.m., on Friday, December 10, 1999, 30 IRoad a.m. and again 0 from p.m. All work- shops will be held at the Coconino County Board of Su- pervisors Chambers, 219 E. Cherry Ave., in Flagstaff. Ad- ditional workshops will be held in Phoenix and Tucson. The Coconino County Elec- tions office recommends that 30 1:30-4:0- individuals planning to run for public office, as well as individu-fre- e als involved with political mittees and political parties, attend these workshops. Fur-nee ther information about paign finance workshops is able by contacting the Coconino County Elections office at 520- 6589 or corn-chang- one-wa- es w your Best friends cam-Thes- avail-Flagstaf- construction in Zion Construction has begun on six new shuttle stop and restroom shuttle bus stops along the Zion facilities at Zion Lodge were comCanyon Scenic Drive in Zion pleted last summer. National Park. This work is in Beginning Tuesday, Decemfor CanZion the ber 7, people wishing to visit the preparation yon Shuttle System, which be- Temple of Sinawava will be gins operation on May 26, 2000. asked to park at the Big Bend Shuttle bus stops will be built pullout. Big Bend is five miles at Canyon Junction, Court of into the Zion Canyon Scenic Patriarchs, The Grotto, Weep- Drive. Visitors will be able to ing Rock, BigBend, and Temple walk or bicycle the last mile to of Sinawava. Short sections of the end of the road to access the y traffic with minor de- Riverside Walk. Vehicle traffic lays will be common through- will be prohibited past BigBend out the winter. This' work is because of construction at the underway during the least busy Temple of Sinawava. Constructime of year in the park. The tion is estimated to last through UUe're f, the end of February. All park Santa Dot Com By Carolyn Mitchell Where will Santa locate pre- seats for his global giving spree this year? If St. Nick keeps up with the times, he may avoid the hurly- burly of the North Pole work- shop altogether and simply click facilities and the Zion Lodge will remain open all winter. The grand opening for the new shuttle system will be Memorial Day weekend in 2000. Shuttles will run throughout Springdale and Zion Canyon. It will be possible to park in millions of folks will make holi- town and ride the shuttle to the purchases this season from new Zion Canyon Visitor Cen- day electronic retailers ter or park right at the visitor as these center. Shuttles will operate are known, companies continuously throughout the shopping surveys in- day. The east side of the park dicate that online holiday spend- will remain accessible by priin started earnest the 10 days ing vate vehicle. before Thanksgiving. Forecasts call for more than 20 million holi- day shoppers to click up $6 bil- lion or more in purchases, or triple last years holiday total. Virtual shopping eliminates the hassles of traditional com- merce - traffic, crowded stores, ingrumpy salesclerks. In remote regions like Kane County, Internet businesses are more than a convenience. They offer instant accessibility to a world of retailers, far from home miles but just a mouseclick in away on the computer. Its al- - The Kane County Commission is proposing to crease its property tax revenue. As a result of the proposed increase, the tax on an $80,000 residence will be $98.14, and the tax on a business having the same value as the average-valuof a residence the taxing entity will be $1 78.45. Without the proposed increase the tax on an $80,000 residence would be $60.75, and the tax on a business having the same value as the average value of a residence in the taxing entity would be $110.48. This would be an increase of 61 , which is $37.38 per year ($3.11 per month) on an $80,000 residence or $67.97 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, Kane County will increase its property tax revenue from $487,644 collected last year to $787,644 COLLECTED THIS YEAR, WHICH IS A REVENUE INCREASE OF 61. host of other products for pets. Wainwright visited Best Friends last month to discuss ways of making the sanctuary a beneficiary of pets.com through the companys sponsorship of adoption days, through direct donations to Best Friends and on elves.com. by giving as much publicity as d With nearly of possible to the sanctuarys No American households online, More Homeless Pets program., one-thir- NOTICE OF PROPOSED TAX INCREASE e 6 as if Gumps, Marshall Field s,Macys and thousands of stores had opened branches on Center Street. While most downtown depart- stores and suburban mall anchors have hung out their online, many nesses exist only in the virtual world of the Internet. Julie Wainwright is the chief executive officer of one of those cyber companies Pets.com. The line includes food, toy's, carriers, beds, vitamins and a si- -- We fully endorse Best Friends mission of bringing an end to the killing of shelter ani-o- r mals and of helping animal own-Intem- et ers through low-co- st t spayneu-Inteme- ter clinics, informative articles in the Best Friends magazine and a network that assists people trying to rescue animals. Wainwright, who lives in San Francisco with two Yorkies, took charge ofthe company a year ago. Since that time, shes added 400 employeesandincreasedpets.com merchandise from 3,000 to 13,000 products topositionpets.com more firmly in the $23 billion a year pet products industry. Featured nowadays on the pets.com website are holiday gifts that range from a wicker basket ofcat delights for $8.99 to a rhine-i- n d red nylon dog collar for $4.29, from an $8.49 goyle statue for the Gothic fish tank to a $3.99 washable ham-othmock for the ferret at leisure, Besidestheproducts.pets.com visitors will find a lot of informa-men- t tion on the website. Loweringpet stress during the holidays, ing guinea pigs happy and trimming bunnies teeth are among the advice column topics. Essays on the pleasures ofown- ing animals include an article on Dalmatians enjoyment of nukkah and a persuasive piece on the virtues of rats as pets. stone-studde- gar-mo- st er keep-shingl- es Ha-pets.co- I m T ( 1 t f concerned citizens are invited to a public hearing on the tax increase to be held on December 1 3, at 6 p.m. at 76 North Main, Kanab, Utah. All ! 4 J j p Published in the Southern Utah News on December 4 1 and December 8, 1999 I |