Show The Salt Lake Tribune : 4 - I - - 't 1 c i ' ft 4 I - CJ ri Having worked over 2000 Utah Highway Patrol They seem to hatch with them warm weather They flit back and forth across the highway seemingly unconscious of the 1 - i l iFk - t ! It ' -- 4- j monsters speeding all around them We are not talk- - ' ' w ' ' 'or o'''''' ' fti t e'' ' though - 1 high-powere- d w 4 - motorcyclists can be every bit as unpredictable And the guy I watched on the freeway this morning was ev ery bit the nuisance his buggy companions are He had one of those new streamlined racing bikes and he was unable to resist throttling some of that power I first noticed his headlight in my rear view mirror though not for long He quickly passed me on my right using the emergency lane to do it No matter that the space he squeezed into added up to less following distance than should have been for me alone It was not however a matter of lasting concern Before I could hit my brakes he was already on his way in front of the next car and the next one after the — ' C—"--T- h about flies ii 4 - mosqui- toes and dragon- ing 4 4 -- — dangerous steel 4 i i hours of volunteer time Mr Jones ----- 4 received a Hospital Volunteer 1 Service pin during a recent celee 4 i c ' bration honoring his service I : "I like all the 1 people I work with and that come into the Shop" Mr Jones said "I think the people who work here are handpicked — : ' cream of the crop" i 4 : After his wife died of a stroke I Mr Jones continued to eat dinner i at the hospital's cafeteria because " ' I '"was food but the t "cheap good" —1ww--- ' After a while he became a familiar face and was soon asked to join -the Pink Lady Program a volun4 ' teer agency at the hospital 014 wf'" i "The president called me in one ' ' 14 day and asked if I wanted to join" I 4 I 4 i he said And although he is the 4 4 - ' Nk f 1 1 I 'it only male volunteer in the pro4 '' 17') gram he was happy to explain ' that he isn't required to wear the 1 "'"AA ii : - I Uniform pink dress "But I do 1 I p t '‘ ' wear the jacket" he said i'l I : g' 1 ' "I like it here because I meet a i 7 lot of people" Mr Jones said "I ' A1 ' 1 '' '4 ke to be busy" ' 4 1 ft'" " 4 ' i 1 ' ' ' In addition to his volunteer ' I " 1 ) r work Mr Jones ballroom dances g 1 every Tuesday night and is a mem- i i t i ber of The Friendly Club a dance group that meets on Friday evea nings -Akk "I have been dancing all my : 1 life" he said "It's not only the exercise but it keeps me going and i : interacting with other people i younger people" I Raised on a farm in Idaho Mr 4 t 3ones was born in a log house that e had grass growing out of its dirt : t ) f roof The seventh of 11 children ' f it 4 Mr Jones left Idaho to serve in I t France during World War II Two e 1 1 ' and half years later he returned to 1 NAP46'" 1 the states married Lucy his wife 4moso ''' ''': s' ''' e f 1 4 I ' b in 1921 and settled in Salt Lake 4 City Mr Jones a father of four sons IP' I supported his family by working '''''''V I at Kennecott Copper Corp for 21 years However he developed tuberculosis an industrial disease at that time from the dust and even1 i tually had his lung removed 17 "I had tuberculosis for years but I was determined to beat it and continue doing things" Mr Jones said "I brushed it aside" His - onedlialkaik to him forced retire health Al Horenonn —Tribune Stan Photo by poor early He started doing volunteer and football to ceramic bears dolls delicate from at Pioneer the runs 95 Jones players HospiValley gift shop Ebby 'work at the Salt Lake LDS Temple He has been a volunteer at the shop for 12 years tal as a volunteer on Thurdays The merchandise ranges conducting church tours t- -- i By Sgt Gary Whitney i 1 7 SV Summer Nears Beware of Motorcyclists Gentleman 'Pink Lady' Volunteer 95 Logs 2000 Hours By Jamie Tabish Tribune Staff Writer : Every Thursday for the last 12 Ebby Jones has years been selling stuffed animals cer4mic dolls plants flowers baby booties and toys at Pioneer Valley Hospital's gift shop 11 1988 Wednesday May other This is not an indictment of all people who ride motorcycles The vast majority are conscientious drivers They're extraordinarily cautious because they're smart ennugh to know who will be the loser if anyone makes a mistake And they know that on the highway everyone makes mistakes More often the young and inexperienced cyclists play silly games with their lives The majority of fatal motorcycle accidents involve male drivers with less than a year of riding experience Half of them are under are drunk speed- age 25 One-thiring or both: and 75 percent don't wear helmets They take lots of unnecessary chances Nothing written here is going to change their driving habits If they cared enough about traffic safety to read this newspaper column they wouldn't be out risking their lives in the first place So it's left up to you drivers to tolerate them and not to run over them Joking aside even motorcyclists with good manners are hard to see Because motorcycles hibernate for ' the winter we' car drivers stop watching for them Our brains sometimes override what our eyes are seeing Just because nothing resembling a car is blipping across the retina our brains give the "all clear" signal It's like you've got to be looking for a motorcycle before you can see a motorcycle But now winter is over Time to start looking for motorcycles Even though I've taken on motorcyclists as being the crazy drivers approxiinately half of all motorcycle accidents are the fault of car drivers ered with the maximum payments The car drivers all say the same for Mountain Bell being $1900 thing "I just didn't see that motorcy$4800 for Mountain Fuel and cle until it was too late" $19000 for Utah Power and Light When the ultimate The budget would also do away cost of considering a motorcyclist it hitting with the storm sewer fee residents doesn't matter whose fault it is The are currently paying On the averbills will be paid by somebody and age residents' city service costs would be reduced by $5024 with the eventually forgotten about But the sight of a young man't body flying fee elimination across the windshield and then lying meeta at recent council Citizens is night- there so still on the ing felt increasing taxes would be mare material The asphalt trauemotional detrimental to the city and its residents but Mayor Bob Roberts said ma lasts a lifetime — no matter he is "still waiting for someone to whose fault it is So for your own good watch for: come out and tell me how to raise funds without a tax increase" motorcycles r1 A v 1 ' - d t : I I'"'' steel-monst- T1 : I L Loss of Retail Fee Forces W Jordan to Propose Tax Hike year would increase property taxes by more than $12 million Mr Olson said the increase is being considered as a way to make up losses incurred by the elimination of the city's retail license fee The monies collected would also help counter a $700000 budget shortfall If the tax hikes take effect the annual increase for the owner of a $67000 home would be$6975 89 fiscal By David Clifton Tribune Staff Writer -WEST JORDAN — City residents face nearly a 6 percent increase in property taxes under a tentative blidget passed by the City Council The tax hike however will not be decided until after a public hearing juT August according to City Manager Ron Olson The tentative budget for the 1988- - The city collected more than $507000 from the retail license fee in 1987 A charge of 05 percent is charged to consumers on products they buy in the city Mr Olson said the fee has caused city businesses to lose retail income because residents go to other areas to do their shopping With the elimination of the fee residents' costs will be reduced by $47 a year The fee will be in effect Sandy Approves Reduced Tentative Budget benefits training equipment supplies maintenance city expenses and many other odds and ends But because of the smaller budget Mayor Newton expressed concern over the city's employees "The budget does not include the funds necessary for the full performance increases most of our employees deserve" he said "I do not look forward to asking our employees to shoulder an ever increasing workload without reflecting those performance levels in the budget" The largest drop in revenues will be felt by the capital projects fund which was allocated only $678198 which is down from last year's Special to The Tribune SANDY — The City Council approved a tentative budget for the 1988-8fiscal year that will cut nearly $35 million off last year's amount "Last year's tight budget gave the City the opportunity to lean down and streamline our departments" Mayor Steve Newton said in his proposed budget statement "This budget begins to stress our organization beyond good conditioning yet no other options seem available" The budget was set at $2212 mil lion down from last year's $2547 The budget for the general fund is actually up $263406 from a year ago This year's estimated city revenue from taxes licenses fines and 9 police department fire department $1776278 street department $3585804 $1423391 parks and cemetery $626054 finance department $517553 engineering department $395022 transportation $319176 animal control $256828 public works department $209849 building services 1125400 and parks and recreation $80157 In addition the water fund was set at $2741757 the waste collection fund at $797837 and the recreation fund at $566439 The city will set up a series of public hearings in the coming weeks so the public will be able to give input on the tentative budget The budget will be finalized at a city council meeting before the end of June T"'16'6'1"119116w19261161111111111 I ::::-- AS:Cr-17::::::::::::::i :: : -- - 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Saturday Closed Sunday SOCKET SET 1 77-- 1:: 0N flo contracts Limited to stock on hand 4711 Holladay Blvd or 4093 West 3500 South locations only 10-- 6 14" et 38" 40 - NEW AND USED MACHINES AT CLEARANCE PR:CES CO!!E EARLY FOR THE BEST SELECTION 10-- 9 ( 0 1 97 -1 SPOKTS WATE2 EESISTANT At A''' - r $ Cly e ' z: 511J2-2- 1 1 rT1C -? :' :" ''' 7' Tre EYEOALL t SOCCEIZOALL GOGGLES 9 a e Lti WE t 64 SWIM rINGS ri6 t :y INFLATACLE ARM l I 7'': r r 4 ft:- 1 '::::::::::: :: '::'::::::::::"::::::::::: 71'1m 2 I follows: This means street repairs which are beginning to become a problem in Sandy will not receive much needed attention $12179573 This money will be used to pay city employee salaries Under the tentative budget a franchise tax on utilities could also be implemented with the funds used for capital improvements The tax would raise approximately $750000 in its first year Average household residents would pay $8220 a year on their utilities Large-scal- e users such as commercial and industrial businesses would face much broader payments but the budget proposes putting a cap on the tax to lessen the impact A $25700 ceiling is being consid 1 The appropriations to the different departments within the city is as $3614048 interest earnings was set at one quarter of fiscal year 1990 so the average reduction will be $3525 during the first year of change — 7 5-- i |