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Show News SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 11,2000 BLM distributes $134 million in PILT checks The BLM on September 21 The annual PILT payments federal sent payments for 2000 totaling are made for $134 million to approximately lands administered by the BLM, 1,977 local .government units the National Park Service, the across the United States in ac- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, cordance with the Payments in the U.S. Forest Service and for Lieu ofTaxes (PILT) Act. Secre- federal water projects and some tary of the Interior Bruce Bab- military installations. bitt announced that this years The BLM allocates according payment is nearly $9 million to a formula in the PILT Act that more than last years total. includes population and the The BLM distributes the PILT amount of federal land within payments to eligible units of lo- an affected county. These paycal governments each year. The ments are in addition to other payments are intended to offset federal revenues (such as, livethe loss of tax revenue to states stock, grazing, and timber harand localities caused by the pres- vesting) that the federal governfederal land ment transfers to the counties. ence of The BLM has distributed more within their jurisdictions. According to BLM Director than $2 billion in PILT payments Tom Fry, PILT payments carry to local governments since these out an especially important role payments began in 1977. for the BLM. Through PILT Kane County: FY1998- payments, local governments $265,293; carry out such vital services such and as firefighting and police protecGarfield County: tion, and construction of public schools and roads, Fry said. and tax-exem- pt tax-exem- pt FY1999-$274,86- FY2000-$292,00- 0; 0. FY1998-$203,55- FY1999-$209,70- FY2000-$224,87- 3. 2; 6; Japanese visitors from Gifu Another contingent of Japanese, mostly students ages 13 & 14, visited Kanab last week. Mayor Karen ASvey (c) welcomed our friends from Gifu, along with Angela Roper, Carol Sullivan, Sara Pace and Steven Howells. The group of 45 homestayed at night from Wednesday until Saturday with families from Kanab while they visited sights in the area during the day OUR CUSTOMERS ARENT zojw out op to tow. OUR SOLUTIONS ARENT EITHER. banks are strong, but, well, out of state. Those big And they may not grasp what your life in Kanab is all about. Try using their cookie-cutt- er products and services and it may become glaringly obvious. out-of-st- ate In contrast, each Zions branch has authority to make decisions on a local level. So. every branch manager can customize Zions' services to fit your financial needs. If that means using catde providing additi6nal credit to service a bumper crop or financing the renovation of your downtown office, Zions employees will work hard to find a solution to your specific situation. And although Zions is a locally owned bank, you wont have to sacrifice convenience, strength or breadth of financial resources to get the personalized service you deserve. (Frankly, these are things you may forfeit when working with a smaller bank or credit union.) Local decision making from Zions Bank. Proof again that we havent forgotten who keeps us in business.5" ZIONS BANK WE HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN WHO KEEPS US IN BUSINESS. Member FDIC J |