Show Ihg Gunnison Valley News WoH Oct 17 ICflA Clarion Farmer Retires Facts supporting Tax initiatives that will appear on Nov Ballot are some facts Following Initiatives A B and C supporting that will appear on the November Ballot The story comes from the Utah Taxpayers Association Utah’s state and local taxes are 8th highest in the nation when compared to personal income This docs not include the recent record tax increases Ten years ago we ranked 19th (Information from the US Department of Commerce) Utah taxes which impact are the highstates: even (Information from the Utah State Tax Commission) Over the last ten years Utah tax revenues have increased 196 percent Utah taxes have grown faster than all but five states (US directly on households of the ten western higher than California est Department of Commerce) During the last five Security) During the lat four years more people have left the state than have moved in (State Economic Coordinating Committee) Utah’s average non agricultural annual wage is only $18012 This is just 89 percent of the national average yet we are expected to pay ' high taxes with low wages (Department of Employment Security) Utah’s 1987 per capita personal income was only 73 of the national the lowest average in 58 years (US Depercentage 31353 partment of COmmerr'! Utah state ?nd local tax revenues in the past ten years have climbed 196 while population has increased only 30 and per capita personal income has increased only 99 (US Department of Commerce) years Utah’s population has increased 96 the number of state and local government employees has increased 20 percent (US Department of Utah’s college classrooms are in use only 52 of the time rts ' Utah ranks 6th highest among the 50 states in the number of full time equivalent state and local employees per household (US Department of Commerce) In 1978 business bankrupt- cies in Utah totaled 102 Last year Personal they climbed to 1265 bankruptcies in 1978 were 1223 Last year they climbed to 5467 (US Bankruptcy Court) during the 8 am to 5 pm school day in the busy fall quarter Laboratories are in use only 37 of the time (Utah State Building Board) Teachers only comprise 57 of Utah school district personnel of An average of only 54 Utah’s school district budgets are THis includes spent for instruction salary and benefits of teachers and materiaides supplies textbooks als and other instruction related In 1978 there were only three FHA foreclosures on homes in Utah By 1987 that figure had skyrocketed to 1460 and the 1988 figure is estimated to hit 2000 (US Department of HOusing and Urban Development) Utah needs 25000 new year for our young people entering the job market In 1987 we experienced net job growth of only jobs each 6170 (Department of Employment Utah Tourism economy is up The Utah Economic Development Annual Report for fiscal year 1988 was recently released and shows the following achievements for Utah’s a large importer of many kinds of crops? Why is American becoming dependent on others for food in the same way we are no w dependent on other for oil? Any why just to survive from year to year must a farmer be an accountant a lawyer and a translator of the language of Is the answer to all bureaucracy? these questions because Big Brother has extended its “helping” hand? Ten new companies were ating $106 million in matching funds during the fiscal year Five new companies were new jobs and a combined payroll of $6484000 Utah export Sales climbed to an all time high of $37180000 during the year The Utah Film Commission’s efforts resulted in 637 proshootduction days of and teleing of films commercials vision productions The Federal procurement Utah companies to win contracts valued at $41 staff assisted 564 federal million Visitors to Utah’s National Service areas Temple Square and Council Hall increased 1139942 over the preceding year Park f'i'' ' t U 5 " IfJI is i jo ? CLARION FARMER RETIRES: Lamont Nielsen and wife Opal will sell the last of their farm in an auction They desire to get on with something else in their lives a little less Pictured are Lamont and his wife at their Clarion Farm strenuous and demanding What last fifty years has happened in the of farming? There “You see” Vanarsdall states “government is not fair it cannot be Maybe it can subsidize or help the farmer who is raising com and loses his crop during a drought The price but I’m under irrigation of com should go up that should be when I make my profit But it doesn’t work that way when government intervenes” is John Vanarsdall to discuss the issues of the He has spend scaling farm problem almost his entire life on farms living for nearly 40 years ont he same farm Vanarsdall is the owner and operator of gravity irrigated farm in the North Platte River Bailey of Nebraska both of his parents’ families have worked farms in the same area for five generations Mr Vanarsdal’s appearance is sponsored by local chapters of the For tickets and John Birch Society or call information Open invitations to Regional Artists The Gunnison Valley Arts Council is extending an open invitation to all Regional artists for the Art Exhibit being held in conjunction Dance Theatre with the Repertory December 8 Concert on Thursday at Gunnison Valley High School The fine art exhibit will open at 6:30 pm with the R DT Concert at 7:30 pm and a reception following the concert The Art Exhibit is back by popular demand Our purpose in this show is to promote our local sharartists and for the enjoyment and learning of the ing teaching visual arts for our communities Artist may enter a maximum of 4 pieces of art in the following categories: Water color Mixed Media Oils Acrylics Pastels SculpDraw ture Etching Photography a izJk ' vrK v' or only 15 of this Association) INitiative “B” would cut $145 million (Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel) or only 26 economy: assisted by the Urban Corporate Recruiting Program and will provide 1810 new jobs with an annual payroll of $36 million Twelve new Centers of Excellence Programs were created bringing the total to 225 and gener- a nr-v- (State Superintendent’s expenses Annual Report) Utah slate local and education budget totaled $55 billion in fiscal year 1986 the latest audited figures US Department of Commerce figures Initiative “A” would cut $80 million (Utah Taxpayers Varnarsdall will speak on Farmers Food & Our Future John Vanarsdall is coming to Manti to explain why consumers are paying higher and higher prices while farmers are earning less and less Varnarsdall will be speaking to the public on Wednesday October 19 at the American Legion Hall 175 South Main Manti His speech entitled “Farmers Food and Our Future” Begins at 7:30 pm Tickets are $5 at the door or 4$ 10 With its very productive farm land why has America become '- JS while Commerce) f It If your work is ing and Sketching a craft not listed in these categories show will be held in March There will be no judging except for ‘‘People’s Choice Awards” Please contact Chairman Maxilyn Frandsen with any questions or for more information at for more details by November 30 This will be an elegant evening of entertainment and a delightful way to show your work of art Please join us on December 8 in celebration of the Holiday season and Arts are still quite a few around that have experienced farming over the past fifty years but the numbers are dwindling and so are the memories of how farming used to be This week Lamont Nielsen and his wife Opal will sell the last of their farm in an auction Not because of bills owed to financial institutions that would sometimes require such an auction but because of health and a desire to get on with something else in their lives a little less strenuous and demanding They like a lot of farmers finished their working of the land just like they started just the two of them The Nielsen’s have gone from the world of horse drawn grain finders and thrashers to the huge and efficient 16 foot modern combines A span of not too many years but decades of technology They purchased the farm during the depression in 1939 An 80 acre piece in Clarion west of Cen-- ’ terficld Later another 80 was added to the homestead Cabbage com potatoes and cattle were raised during the first years of the farm with the crops shots will be Pneumonia given for all Senior Citizens at the Gunnison Senior Citizens Center on Tuesday October 18 from 1:30 am to 1:00 pm Flu shots will be given for those who did not receive them on September 28 The pneumonia shots are $500 The flu shots are $300 Snow announces season The Snow College Theatre Department has announced its schedfor the ule of performances This year’s season opened season “You Can’t Take It With You” This will run November comedy written by Moss Hart and has been deGeorge S Kaufman scribed as one of the most popular and successful plays of modem times “My Fair Lady” the classic Lemer and Lowe musical will 1989 Theplay run February includes such memorable songs as “The Rain In Spain” “I Could Have Danced All Night” and “On the Street Where You Live” “All My Sons” is set for This drama written by April Arthur Miller is concerned with the fortunes of the Keller and Deever families The love affair of Chris Keller and Ann Deever the bitterness of George Deever returned from war to find his father in prison and his father’s partner free are all set in a structure of almost unbearable power The final play ‘The Foreigner” written by Larry Shue of the season A comedy it will run prove their worth and reliability and eventually all the horses used for pulling farm equipment were retired Lamont has sold his farm to Wayne Sorensen who will continue The auction working the ground will be for the equipment and tools After a motorcycle accident that Pneumonia shot to be given to Sr Citizens Theatre Dept at 1988-8- 9 shifting to hay and grain or sellable crops later They started with six head of work horses to do what later a couple of tractors would accomplish Lamont spoke kindly of his horses that made his living for him He explained that he had six head because it made him feel very bad for his horses to work until they had sore shoulders But he explained there were times when the work had to be done and he had a very hardworking lot of horses In 1947 8 years after buying the farm Lamont purchased his first tractors A Ford V8 and a John Deere He stated that he didn’t have sufficient faith in the tractors to do some of the work on the farm and subsequently hung on to two of his horses “I wasn’t sure the tractors would be able to do the ditches” so he kept them on at least for a w hile It didn’t take long for the tractors to May 24 - 26 The action sets up a wildly funny climax in which things awry for the ‘bad go uproariously guys’ and the ‘good guys’ emerge triumphant More information about the Snow College Theatre Season can be obtained by calling extension 265 Polluck Dinner planned by Sr Citizens The Gunnison Valley SenCitizens will have their potluck 7 at 7 dinner on Monday October pm in the Gunnison Senior Citizen Center Please bring your own dishes Come and have a good time ior Phone News Items 528-311- 1 Lamont the day before his a Anniversary Wedding couple of years ago the decision to sell has become easier and easier to make “I couldn’t have done it a year ago There were just too many memories but now I can see it is what we should do” said Lamont “We are older now and we are working ourselves to death to keep up and that is just plain crazy!” Lamont stated that there have always been some benefits to farm ing over the years He explai ned that he has always had a good job and sometimes a good living He also feels that farming gave him the to teach his kids the opportunity value of work He like most farmers had to take on other forms of work during droughts and cross country trucking was his second job Opel admits that her husband would still to this day rather be out on the farm but feels they will crippled Golden get over the feelings of giving up something that has been a part of their lives for a good number of years nice “We’ll here!” she miss it It was very said Health Notes Thomas Hyatt The Salina Medical Clinic By Dr I’m basically Question: How often do need a medical healthy but just want to make sure and stay that way How often should come in for routine checks for cancer cholesterol counts and immunizations etc? Answer: This is a good question and until recently there was no was good good answer For many years it was felt that a yearly check-ubut which tests were ordered or what exams were done was entirely up to the individual doctor Sometimes this led to unnecessary and sometimes even risky tests which were very expe nsive Of just as bad serious diseases were missed because they were not looked for Recently there has been much research to study the exact benefit as well as the cost effectiveness of routine tests and doctors' exams Now we can say with a certain amount of authority how often these various tests looking for unsuspected disease - should be done The following suggestions come from the American Academy of Pediatrics the American Cancer of Society and the American Heart Association and National Institutes Health Recommended Freouencv 5 times beore school then eve7 ten years Every year after age 65 One time at age 50 or later Every 3 years until age 40 every year thereafter At 35 then every years til age 50 then Test Polio & Tetanus shots Flu Shot Pneumonia Shot Pap smear (women) Breast (women) age every year Every year after age 40 and cholesterol Every 5 years beginning at age 20 every 2 years after age 40 Doctor's interview and exam Every 5 years beginning at age 20 every 2 years after age 40 Stool test for blood Blood test for diabetes There are certain other less well known tests done for certain And the above categories of people - ask your doctor about them are for otherwise healthy people recommendations you have certain conditions you may need special considerations All of the above tests are available through the Salina Medical Clinic It is open for appointments 8:30 am to 5 p m Monday through Friday for emergencies excluding Wednesday afternoons Doctor Hyatt is available For more information appointon weekday evenings and some weekends call ments or emergencies Health Trivia What is the most dangerous part of a persons life? That is at what Answer: age is he statistically at most danger of dying all causes combined? This is why home births can be so At birth or during labor and delivery dangerous friend of Service 84132 Do you have any questions about cancer? Are you the relative or a cancer patient or a cancer patient yourself? or write to the Cancer Information tf so call University of Utah Hospital 50 North Medical Drive SLC UTAH All questions will be answered individually |