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Show Tin1 Three Held -- -- tr c L - Mhh, jw t i ',. v Y, r3 tT . . im- T nw ... - . - ., . W''- -- 07 ,V,: i . JL V ,f !. tf ""S s - 4tM'I'',' '" Three persons are being held in the Sevier County Jail on $10,000 bond each in connection . JnTfr.H '"iwl . 'AM. ) "a r: umiji & . fe fb tv S W77- - , For &' IeTf ?S Q A ii hPSfll k $ 1 v, ll ,t "?!. V, ' & lid Rounded Up The Bureau of Land is (BLM) Management gathering 170 wild horses from ' Listed No. 10 In Jockey Standings TENTH son of Bryce STAl)l.GBrent Anderson, and LaKae Anderson, was listed tenth in the jockey stan- dings at Centennial Bace Track with 16 wins, 10 seconds and 15 thirds among his 139 mounts. He will return to his home Aug. 21 af- I ter spending the summer riding at the Denver track. Here he is tured on Duke of Dan, owned by Sun Valley Farms, Ltd., after winning a 51 furlong race last month, Is Spouse An Alcoholic? Dear Mental Health Stall problem? Anonymous Reader Dear Reader: There is no magic point hen a person crosses the line and an becomes alcoholic. However, we can give you some general guidelines to use in determining if your husband may be headed for trouble because of his use of alcohol Two major questions to ask regarding any person's alcohol consumption would be: (1) Is alcohol having a negative effect on his life. (2) How much is the person willing to give up rather than to stop drinking. The following drinking problem test may help you to evaluate these questions : Does your spouse lose from work due to drinking? 2. Is drinking making your home life unhappy? 3. Does your spouse drink because he is shy with other people? 4 Is your spouse's drinking affecting his reputation9 5 Has your spouse ever felt remorse after drinking9 6 Has your spouse gotten into financial difficulties as a result of drinking? 7 Does your spouse turn to lower companions and an in1. . feel my husband is an alcoholic, but he thinks he doesn't have a problem. How can I tell if he has a drinking I w time ferior environment when drinking? 8 Does your spouses drinking make him careless of his family's welfare? 9. Has your spouse's am- bition decreased since drinking? 10. Does your spouse crave a drink at a definite time daily? BUCKET OF CHICKEN 12 15 21 pieces pieces pieces $5" $6" $8" 11. Does your spouse want a drink the next morning? 12. Does your spouses drinking cause him to have difficulty in sleeping? 13. Has your spouses ficiency decreased ef- since drinking? 14 Is drinking jeopardizing your spouse's job or business? 15. Does your spouse drink to escape from worries or troubles? 16 Does your spouse drink alone9 17. Has your spouse ever had a complete loss of memory as a result of drinking? 18. Has a physician ever treated your spouse for drinking? 19 Does your spouse drink to build up his 20. Has your spouse ever been to a hospital or institution on account of drinking9 One "yes answer flashes a warning As few as three "yes" answers signals a definite indication of a problem. If you feel that your husband's problem is a significant one, but he refuses to accept help, seek help for yourself. Living with a problem drinker almost always creates serious problems for the family. Your request for help will be kept in confidence. Don't delay in seeking help for your own sake Charles R. Larsen, Salina, Sevier County Volunteer for U.S. Savings Bonds, reports Bonds July sales of Series E-amounted to $14,194, bringing e sales for his county to $116,194. year-to-dat- State Volunteer Chairman E. Gile and Utah 1978 Take Stock in America Chairman James B. Chaney jointly report July sales for Utah came to e $2,300,658, bringing sales for Series E-W year-to-dat- Savings Bonds to $16,889,257. Sales are $797,934 above the same period last year. Nationally, July Series E-Bond sales reached $626 e million, increasing sales to $4.9 billion, up three percent for the same period last year. Dollar amount outstanding for E, H and Notes is $79.7 billion. year-to-dat- An estimated 10 million people buy bonds through payroll deduction plans while another six million buy bonds directly from banks and other issuers each year. Gymnastics Clinic At North Sevier A gymnastics clinic will be held at North Sevier High School Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 21 - 22, from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. Fee for those not running in will be $5. the Jog-a-tho- n Ricks Drive In South State Street - Satina with a burglary at the Joseph General Store. William P. Taylor, 30, and his wife, Barbara L. Taylor, 20, both of Hamilton, Ohio, and John Jay Miller, 20, of Florida, were apprehended by Sevier County Sheriffs officers shortly after midnight Sunday, Aug. 13, outside the store. A window in the front door of the store was broken to gain entry, and neighbors who heard the glass breaking called the sheriffs office. Taken in the heist were lunch meat, knives, beer, and bread. No value has been placed on the items as yet. A. Reed Blomquist, South Sevier Justice of the Peace, set bond on the trio. Wild Horses I :;:M' 0 Break-I- N The average life span of the giant sequoia tree is about 2,500 years. the Swazey Mountains 40 miles west of Delta, according to Don Pendleton, BLM Richfield District Manager. In accordance with the Wild Horse and Burro Act, the wild horse herds on public lands are to be maintained to achieve a thriving ecological balance. Permanent water sources on the West Desert are limited. In the Swazey Mountains, only four reliable springs are available. This lack of sufficient water for the horses is the principal reason for their removal from the Swazey Mountain Area. Due to com- petition with livestock and wildlife, there is also insufficient forage to satisfy the horses needs. The horses are being gathered in corrals built around the springs. During the first week of the gathering, 111 horses were taken at the water trap sites. Fifty-nin- e horses will be left in the area. Existing malefemale ratios will be maintained to assure the preservation of a viable herd. The gathered horses will be cared for at a holding pen in Delta until acquired by individuals under the BLM e Program. Thirty of the horses have been transported to Kansas for adoption by individuals in northern Kansas and southern Oklahoma. Adopt-a-Hors- Red Hill Carnival Children from the Red Hill made $140 Nursery at a carnival held Aug. 10 at the Salina American Legion Park. Puppets, a bake sale, food and games were included in the carnival, at which the children ran the booths. A parade, with prizes for best costumes, was held. Jessie Nielson, dressed as a mother, and Kami Christensen, as Raggedy Ann, were the prizewinners. Pre-scho- rxrxr rmMrwmKsmu S3jm N.ililii Sun, August H 17. I97K, Favored Tax Treatment For Farmland Gets Critical Scrutiny Utahs farmland assessment program, which provides for the assessment of agricultural land at as little as of its market value for other is closely uses, being scrutinized in the light of the concern over nationwide property tax levels, according to Utah Foundation, the research private, non-prof- it organization, There appears to be relatively little criticism of offering tax protections to genuine farmland, but there is strong and growing resentment against abuses of the program the by land speculators, Foundation noted in a research report released this week. It is pointed out that many of the of the farmland abuses assessment program by land developers may be legal as the for later subdivision into building lots worth several thousand dollars apiece. Another reported abuse relates to a legitimate farmer who also owned city building lots. The farmer brought cows to graze on the city lots for a few days and claimed these lots were eligible for assessment as farmland because they were devoted to agricultural use in conjunction with other eligible acreage. There are currently no statewide figures to show how much land is in the farmland assessment program and how much tax revenue is being lost by local government units because of it. However, records kept in Salt Lake, Utah, and Weber Counties indicate that in 1977 property tax from land in the program was more than $3 million below what it would law is now written. been if the land were have Constitution Utahs requires that all tangible property in the assessed on the basis of market value. In 1977, Salt Lake County state shall be taxed in accordance with its value with a land had not been revalued, and it appears certain that the difuniform and equal rate of ference would be substantially but a conassessment, stitutional amendment ratified greater today. The Utah law does have a in 1968 provides that Land roll back" provision which used for agricultural purposes recovers some of the lost tax may ... be assessed according revenue when land under the to its value for agricultural use farmland assessment program without regard for the value it is turned to a use other than may have for other purposes. A Farmland Assessment Act agriculture. At that time, a roll back tax must be paid, was passed in 1969 and implemented in 1972 to carry out representing the difference the purposes of this amendr between the tax collected under It is generally recognized the program and the taxes that that legitimate farmland must would have been due under full have some protection against market value assessment, up to a limit of five years. However, rapidly-risinland values, parany differential beyond the ticularly in areas close to urban five-yelimit is permanently development, if agriculture is to remain economically g feasible, the Foundation points out, adding: On the other hand, it is an economic fact oif life that when any part of the tax base is given favored treatment, a heavier burden falls on the portion of the tax base not so favored. As the tax burden on real property is rapidly rising, particularly in Salt Lake County, owners of property are casting a critical eye at the farmland assessment program. Problems with the program appear to center largely in provisions of Utah's law which make any tract of land of five acres of more eligible for assessment at its value for agriculture rather than its market value for other purposes, if the land is producing agricultural crops worth $1,000 or more a year. The law also provides that smaller tracts of land may be included in the program if they are used in conjunction with other land in the same ownership in an in- tegrated agricultural operation. It is pointed out that a land developer could place a large tract of land - say 50 or 100 acres or more - under the program by farming one corner of the tract and raising crops worth $1,000 a year. The rest of the land would be held, and assessed on the basis of its agricultural value rather than on the basis of market value which may be 30 times as high, lost to local luxing units. Even when the roll back is paid for the full time, the land was in the program, the taxpayer gains and the government unit loses in times of inflation, as the roll back tax is paid in current dollars, worth less (because of inflation) than the same number of dollars in earlier years when the tax would normally have been paid. Also, the interest increment on the money would accrue to the landowner rather than to the taxing unit. The Governors Tax Revision Study Committee is currently farmland program and the examining assessment seeking ways to curtail abuses of the program by speculators who are not legitimate farmers. One proposal would relate the income provision for eligibility to participate in the program to both the size and the potential agricultural productivity of the e land. If a parcel of five-acr- land should produce $1,000 in e agricultural income, then a tract of comparable land should produce $20,000 a year. High quality farmland should 100-acr- more than marginal land. Many believe that a realistic income requirement would make legitimate farming produce operations easily distinguishable from hobby farming which serves as a cover for land speculation. Tax officials say such a program would not be difficult all as to administer, is in Utah land agricultural already being classified on the basis of its potential A bald eagle nest in Ohio measured weighed two tons. 12 feet deep and JOB EXPERIENCE JOB. FROM A PART-TIM- E The skill you learn serving 16 hours a month in the Army Reserve can be helpful in finding a full-tim- e job. Call your local unit to find out whats available. Its listed in the white pages of the phone book under U.S. Government! THE ARMY RESERVE PARTOF WHAT YOU EARN IS PRIDE |