Show 2 - Millard Page I SPS Count) fflammonts - Another election will soon have come and gone and even though many offices went unchallenged I encourage vote to everyone have been a little slow getting enthused about the Propositions but am now very enthused to vote NO to Proposition always kind of bugged me but then when finally learned that a CHARITABLE" hospital can already qualify for a statis got real suspicious And am really nauseated with the HUGE EXPENSIVE ad campaigned which has been waged using scare tactics and blackmail strategy They insult my intelligence Anyway read the voter information It explains the propositions pamplet and has the pro and con arguments Thurs Wet 30 11 t jS'tu 1986 Hasn’t the weather been beautiful? I have really enjoyed working in the yard If it doesn't get too rainy this weekend I may be able to finish up for a change and not have to wait for the snow to cover all the projects J basis for the "Dear John IPARUW 1$ the neme of e Long Parliament session of the English parliament break from that lasted without 1640 to 1653 by Betty Condle Utah Education Association As your child progresses through school particular strengths and weaknesses will become apparent to both of you Dealing with the strengths is a pleasure but what about the failures and disappointments? Jason failed his math exam after stuthe hard dying night before He had turned in all his homework on time and earned B’s on most of it But his test scores were all poor Maybe Jason didn’t really understand the mathematical concepts behind the exam problems He might have been able to do his homework adequately through a laborious process of "finger counting" but when it came to a timed am he didn't understand the concepts well enough to work quickly Under those circumstances a conference with Jason’s teacher might get to the heart of the problem Maybe Jason needs some remedial work in math On the other hand Jason may understand the concepts The problem could be that he “freezes" under the pressure of an examination Maybe he has been pushed to succeed at math because "being good in math runs in the family" In that case the best his parents can do is stop pressuring him Jason must be allowed to progress at his own rate and develop his own unique potential Mary breezed through elementary school with straight A’s In junior high she worked hard to compete for an academic award Even though she had an "A" average she didn't win the award Mary’s disappointment at not being given the recognition she believed she had earned could affect her academic performance by causing her to adopt an attitude of "why bother?” Here a sensitive approach is required because it’s extremely difficult to explain to a child that life is sometimes unfair and that there is probably nothing she could have done to change that result Mary’s parents can impress on her the fact that one works hard in school for oneself as well as for teachers and awards Community Calendar October Utah Watercolor & pm Nov 6 Opening social and Art Festival for Fine Arts Club members guests and 4 pm Club prospective members Room M E Bird Center East Millard Fine Arts meeting art discussion and of paintings to exhibit be hung in new library Nov Church History and Art on display at Millard Fillmore Library Nov 18 "Foods for Special Occasions” Ruby Vodak RD Diabetic Education 7 Delta Medical Program pm Center Nov 19 for “Foods Special Occasions" Ruby Vodak RD Diabetic Educa7 Fillmore tion Program pm Medical Center Nov 20 Great American Smokeout Nov 30 East Millard Fine Arts Guild proMillard Fillmore gram 3:30 pm pm Oct 30 Delta South Chapter meeting 2 Elementary pm Oct 31 Fillmore Middle School Halloween costume party 12:30-pm Delta South Elementary Halloween Carnival pm Sponsored by PTA Utah State Retirement Systems rep at Delta City offices am - 3 pm Nov Jeri Johnson and Douglas Kinsman wedding reception pm Sutherland Ward Program 9 pm Pheasant hunter breakfast Delta Ci2 9 Park am ty pm Nov 4 clinic & am School Gym Exhibition Fillmore Elementary £choyl jehoo) hours Oct 8 - Nov II Follr Art exhibit Contemporary Delta City l ibrary pm Sat am pm Nov 5 Free Blood Pressure Clinic Delta Public Health office 252 W Main :30 am & pm clinic Millard High Library Dec 3 Festival of Trees r1 Millard County Chronicle Progress The USPS Publisher j1 Editor Susan Dutson Editorial Mark Amott Advertising Riley Wood Sales 8 Legal Billing Dawn Carder Sales Design t Fillmore Evelyn Mallet Deb Greathouse Office Accounts Manager Receivable ALAN0N: Circulation Julie Ward Rita BuHcreek Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings: Mon & Wed 8 pm at Delta City Bldg Chamber of Commerce office 76 N 200 W Delta Tuesdays: 8 pm at IPP at Large Reporter John Waterbury Is Director of Dayspring Chemical Dependency Services for Intermountain Health Care and questions or requests for information may be sent to him at IHC 36 South Slate 21 sl floor Salt Lake City Utah 84 These letters form the Helping your child succeed President editor’s note! Street COMVWMl' Teacher to Parent Y JOHN WATERBURY Dear John Letters NEW PHONE NUMBERS J Fillmore Fillmore I City City Library For info call CirculationComp CirculationProductior Printing Dutson Shetlie PROBLEMS? Call Geno: TEENAGE Commercial AsitllltMMISHIHtMIM The Dept American the US of Agriculture reports con95 pounds of refined average sumes some sugar a year In Advance Subscriptions County $15 00 per year In County I 00 per 6 months Out of County 00 per year Out of County $1000 per 6 months In cents Single Copy Send Address changes POSTMASTER PO Box 349 Delta Utah 84624 Adwtiang Postage 2400 Delta Mm ore i mwmr Letters" Dear John: With all the efforts to reduce the flow of cocaine why Is there still a ready supply for anyone who wants it? And why are the numbers of users Increasing? An Unequivocally Frustrated Odium Dear UFO: Two or three factors seem to be coming together to cause significant rise in the supply and usage of cocaine (I) It often takes a couple of years of periodic use for the drug to create significant life problems that cannot be With this in mind ignored large numbers of the baby boom generation who have been using are experiencing increased loss of control Many have had the jobs money and opportunity that enables the development of the problem (2) It takes three years from planting to harvesting coca leaves and we’re now reaching the point in time where individuals are harvesting vast coca bush plantations that were planted in 1983 and 1984 As it is converted to cocaine the price will go down as the quality and availability go up To state that we are in the midst of a major drug epidemic that is sweeping the country is no exaggeration Cocaine Propaganda Dear John: For years I’ve heard there Is no danger In using cocaine Now all of a sudden everyone Is talking about how terrible It Is and how dangerous It is I frankly don’t believe the current The authorities have propaganda always used scare tactics to discourage the use of certain drugs like marijuana PCP ecstasy etc This latest campaign seems to be just another example of such tactics Not Intimidated Dear NI: In their attempts to discourage drug authorities and parents usage many have used or misused inaccurate or But that does complete information not negate the real dangers of cocaine and the real dangers are significant It’s illegal A growing percentage of users pushers and distributors end up in jail RCotaine use causes siveral physical gtobletps Death by drug overdose is one Cardiac arrest and ventricular fibrillation hyperpyrexia seizures and angina are only a few ’Behavior becomes erraticMood swings ending in depression are very common ’Judgement becomes impaired because of reality distortion Paranoia is prevalent and suicidal thoughts are not uncommon A modern day philosopher wrote “There are only three or four human stories but we go on repeating them as if they had never happened” In essence we pride ourselves on our ability to manage our lives but we fail to learn from the experience of the past When this occurs we are doomed to repeat the same mistakes in the future IT doesn’t take a very intelligent person to recognize the perils of cocaine use But unfortunately the dangers that are evident seem to act as a beacon for those who like to live close to the edge There will always be those who want to live dangerously to show they can get away with it to prove they can outsmart the system There will always be a ready supply of individuals who become statistics to be used in future presentations as examples of what drug use can cause In this light they’re not total failures Fortunately or unfortunately they can always serve as bad examples "V- to The road to Oak City Papa bought a Ford car in 1917 It Better than hooking was wonderful Bird to the family buggy We could go to Oak City and come back home the same day It was black It had a top like our buggy top that was down in the back with glass windows that we could see through open on both sides It had to be cranked There was the crank hanging down in little front and under the radiator Somebody had to be in the front seat when it was cranked to pull down the little levers fastened to the steering wheel to “retard the spark" or “give it the gas" If there was too much spark the crank might “kick” and break the arm of the cranker The long trip to Oak City in the summer to see the uncles aunts and cousins was a great event Everyone in the family went It took us all to push through the sandy part of the road all but Mama who had to sit in the driver’s seat and drive Papa pushed close to where Mama was sitting so if she didn't know what to do he could jump in When we reached the “Highline canal” the little cap was carefully taken off the hot radiator hot from the hard trip through the sand and cold water was poured in Once or twice during the trip Papa would get out and raise up the hood and do something to the “magnito” don’t think we ever made the complete trip without a flat tire Papa would get his patching kit and tire pump out from under the back seat He jacked up the car took the tire off and inner tube out He found the leak by pouring water over the tube from the water bag or spitting on it if the first He put the patch in was unavailable place and then “vulcanized" it by burning the little piece of past board on the back of the patch The inner tube was put back in the tire the tire pumped up with the handpump and we were on our way again The trips to Oak City were an important part of our lives taking turns sitting on the outside seat so we could see everything and the wind blew over us It was wonderful Next time you drive to Oak City or any place else be grateful for good cars without plowing and good roads through the sand without having to “retard the spark” or pull down the gas lever Mary Henrie Fast food labeling by Dennis Hinkamp Information revealing the exact contents of “special sauce" “secret blends herbs and spices” and the true anatomical origin of Chicken may soon be readily available at fast food outlets Does anyone McCare? This all started because of an attempt to classify fast foods as “packaged foods” The original labeling laws itiated in the 1930s required all prepackaged foods to carry ingredients labels This was in Mac days More recently the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) decided that fast food chains were subject to labeling laws because they served food in containers or wrappers with the names of the products printed on them However soon after the FDA and USDA took this stand the two agencies passed the buck for the responsibility of upholding this law to dividual state legislatures Until this year no state legislature had felt compelled to force fast food chains to comply with labeling requirements Enter New York state New York Attorney General Robert Abrams convinced McDonald’s to agree to provide ingredient information for foods sold in New York state outlets Now there are bills in the US Congress that would require any fast food chain with more than 10 outlets to provide customers with a list of ingredients of all products they sell I agree that labels are essential for consumers to make informed choices but this may be carrying a good thing too far The question remains how many people will use this labeling? Except for diabetic persons and others with food allergies do we really want to know what is in fast food? Besides it appears that most of the fast food chains will list their ingredients in brochures So you will have to go out of your way to ask for this information My greatest fear is that the creative geniuses that came up with the "broiling versus frying” campaign will use gredient labeling to fuel more burger wars The origins of the universe and special sauce are mysteries probably better left to the imagination of Vote No Proposition If you want your property tax go UP the vote for Proposition November 4! to on Tax exemption for Utah's homes will hospitals and nursing almost certainly raise other property taxes by an estimated $8 million each year! And since property taxes are the principal method for support for the state’s school system and to pay for police and fire protection and all other municipal services any reduction in taxes paid by one set of taxpayers will mean increases for all the rest of us Consequently a vote for Proposition One Is about the same as a vote FOR a property tax increase on your own home hospitals Truly charitable 1 that A (he same tjme experience shows during recent years profits generated and nursing hospitals by soared into the have homes time they stratosphere And at the same certainly have not rendered significant nor reduced charity care to the poor their prices to the public amounts to They had added gross their bash reserves which are not available for public use and which they can use for publicity campaigns to get their own property taxes abolished! afTheir iecrecy about their financial fairs does not recommend them for in their future public public confidence beneficial use of any tax exemption Hold down property taxes! Vote AGAINST Proposition Big labor pours it on Much has been said recently about the influence of Political Action Committees (PAC’s) on our political process Never before in the history of Utah politics have the big eastern labor bosses poured so much money into a race at the last Utah Congressional minute in an attempt to buy a Congressional seat as is currently being tempted in the McKay campaign the McKay camSince October paign has received $86040 a staggering total in such a short period for a Utah Congressional campaign which Most alarheld no major fundraiser ming however is the fact that not one single declared contributor was from the First Congressional District and 97 percent of all declared contributions came from out of state with the great majority from big eastern labor A political candidate has the right to raise funds from any source he chooses in speaking with However on Mr the Ogden Standard Examiner Marlin McKay’s campaign manager Jensen said ‘McKay’s campaign is shying away from labor money He wants to go back as unattached and as free as possible” What is troubling is not that the big labor bosses are paying for McKay’s current TV ads but that Mr McKay would try to deceive us by having his campaign manager make misleading statements and withholding those contributions until the last minute in hopes that he would not be discovered What the voters of the First Congressional District must now ask themselves is do they want to send their one vote in Congress to sea with the Seafarers' Union? Perhaps the lake is rising faster than any of us realized! Frank Maughan PS Voters wanting to know the truth should check the FEC disclosures that are available for public viewing in the Lt Governor’s office Farm Bureau backs Prop The Millard County Farm Bureau is asking voters to support a measure on which it the November 4 ballot believes will be a factor in preserving a viable agriculture industry in this county and the state Proposition 2 asks Utah voters to apamendment prove a contitutional removing property taxes from farm machinery by voting "YES" on this ballot item This proposal first passed durin the state legislature as ing last winter’s legislative session and was sponsored by Representative Evan R Olsen According to Kenneth Fowles Delta president of the Millard County Farm Bureau farmers and ranchers have for years been paying a disproportionate share of their income in property taxes He said figures supplied by the Utah Office of Legislative Research show that while the average citizen pays about 3 percent of his income in property taxes farmers and ranchers in alone paid nearly 50 percent of their incomes in taxes Fowles said several factors occuring in the last few years have aggravated what was already a very onerous situation He said while land values fell nearly 50 percent in the last decade farm income declined 60 percent and taxes jumped 63 percent “Today’s agriculture typically reproduction quires the purchase of expensive farm 2 machinery and equipment and in some cases the taxes on this equipment have negated any productivity gains made by farmers during the preceding year" Fowles said He noted that more than of the state legislators recognized the critical need to keep farmers producing food and fiber and supported this measure when it was brought before sixteen states them Additionally already have measures like Proposition 2 on their books with an additional ten exempting farm buildings as well “We’re not asking that farmers be exempt from paying property taxes” Fowles said “What we are seeking is a more equitable distribution of the tax and load to all the state’s taxpayers feel that Proposition 2 will achieve that goal” 2 He estimated that Proposition would result in a shift of less than $175 million dollars in taxes from farmers only to all taxpayers “That’s about $1 per Utahn” Fowles stated “Utah farmers really need this relief if we are to remain a viable industry" he said “Therefore the Millard Counall ty Farm Bureau is encouraging voters to help save Utah’s farms and ranches by voting “YES” on Proposition 2 when they go to the polls November 4th” Fowles concluded Millard County Farm Bureau How much more!? How much more tax burden can we shoulder? The Governor says we must raise taxes to fix the roads The utility companies continually raise their rates and on all sides we hear and read of the plight of underpaid school teachers unemployed oil workers Geneva Steel workers Kennecott Copper wotkers the elderly and the poor Now Intermountain Health Care of which Utah Valley Hospitals Regional Medical Center is one as well as several other large hospitals in the state are trying to convince the public that we should take on their tax burden Putting Proposition on the ballot was totally unnecessary because hospitals are already covered by the Constitution as providing they do a certain percentage of charity care Two IHC hospitals that weren’t doing enough to and the case came qualify as before the Supreme Court After the case the carefully analyzing Court ruled that these two Supreme were indeed hospitals hospitals and should be paying taxes wonder how often all hospitals are being checked on this point? Many hospitals in the state acknowledge that and pay their taxes they are without griping In order to settle this thing once and for all and forever take all hospitals and nursing homes off the tax rolls Warren Pugh and Fred Finlinsen both boards and members of hospital legislators were asked to bring up a bill in the legislature that would put this proposition to a vote by the people Had some of our legislators understood it could have been the Constitution halted right then The hospitals are spending a fortune to get Proposition passed because they have much to gait) Once passed they can do as tle or as much charity work as they desire because the law will be on the books and unfortunately charity will no longer have to be given With charity being no longer mandatory to be considered tax exempt which way do you think most of the hospitals and nursing homes will go with IHC chasing those who can’t pay their bills until the poor people have lost their homes And know some who have bought nursing homes because they are so profitable No Mr Robert McDougall ManagProvo Daily Herald ing Editor hospitals are no longer like Mom and apple pie as you would have us believe in your editorial page article They are big big business They can even afford to blackmail the public into voting for this Proposition by saying they will raise their room rates if we don’t vote for it Why don’t you present both sides of this proposition Mr McDougall and let your reading public know the real truth IHC has done a snow job on the public and you who should have been helping the public to disseminate the truth has aided and abetted them You would encourage the underpaid school teachers the numerous unemployed the elderly and poor among us to gladly pay the taxes that belong to big corporations who can afford it The Supreme Court and the Constitution is not wrong! 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