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Show Wyo., Sunday to spend a couple of days. County gets federal in lieu of taxes funds Uounty government coffers in Utah soon will be sweetened by more than $7.4 million when they receive payments in lieu of property taxes for certain federal lands within their jurisdictional boundaries. Under this program, Duchesne County will receive a total of $369,384. According to Paul L. Howard, Utah Bureau of Land Management state director, these payments, which were just authorized by the Secretary of Interior, are provided under the Payments in Lieu of Taxes Act of 1976 to for local governments compensate federal lands. The act is administered by the Bureau of Land Management. Authorized by the act are payments for certain kinds of federal lands lands. entitlement as designated non-taxab- Payments for are lands these determined by a formula that increases monies on the basis of population and reduces monies where other land laws federal payments provide already through timber, mineral federal power, grazing or other programs. Entitlement land payments can be as high as 75 cents an acre. The act also authorizes payment for lands acquired for addition to the National Park System or National Forest Wilderness Areas after Dec. 30, 1970, if these lands were subject to property taxation prior to acquisition. Congress appropriated $100 million for these payments, including $200,000 for federal The costs. administrative government has mialed 1,788 checks totaling $99,713,948 to local governments through the country. Iocal governments receiving this money can use it for any governmental purpose. The highest payment in Utah is to Box Elder County which will receive $719,453 for the public lands within its boundaries, other high payments include $600,556 to Tooele County and $497,710 to Washington County. The county receiving the smallest payment is Morgan County with $9,548. In lieu payments to other states include Arizona, $8,402,702; Colorado, $7,483,637; Idaho, $7,214,759; Montana. $8,838,854; Nevada, $4,482,697; New and Wyoming, Mexico, $10,246,388, $6,419,619. Payments ranged frofm $1,497 for Rhode Island to $10,353,646 for California. The payments currently being mailed to local government represent payments for Fiscal Year 1977. Checks for Fiscal Year 1978 should be expected next September. Pottery class to begin next week at West A beginning pottery class will be offered at West Junior high on Thursday evenings from 7 to 10 p.m. beginning Oct. 13. Joyce Bolton will be the instructor and high school students will be welcome to class. The register for the Registration fee will be $10. k ROOSEVELT THEATREi Open 7:00 p.m. I 11)1 utfr, j October ' (THROUGHOUT THE BEEHIVE STATE Jensen. Mrs. Ken Langston and Roberts, and son of Lake Mead, Calif., spent a couple of days visiting friends in hanna and Tabiona. They were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Roberts Tuesday. Mrs. Langston is remembered here by Edith White. Vida Jensen reports that her son, Lynn Curry, is recovering from knee Mr. and daughter, Kathy Mr. and Mrs. Chet Smith and family went to Ogden Saturday where they attended the wedding reception for Steve Burton and Elaine Monson. Steve is the son of Robert and Moana Burton. The Smiths returned home Sunday. Raymond Strove and Phillip Butcher of Salt Lake visited Mr. and Mrs. Jay C. Humphrey and went elk hunting. Mr. and Mrs. Leon Casper and family and Mr. and Mrs. Vern Roberts camped up Red Creek a few days elk hunting. Beth Ann Humes and Mr. and Mrs. Dailey Van Tassell went to Green River, VI adventure... Laugh-fille- d Those from Hanna and Tabiona who the circus in Salt Lake Wednesday on the Senior Citizens Bus were Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wooley, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Gee. Blanche Defa underwent surgery at the St. Marks Hospital in Salt Lake Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Max Giles and grandson, Brad of Salt Lake spent the weekend visiting Mr. and Mrs. Frank T. Defa. Mr. and Mrs. Val Oman are the parents of a baby girl born Sept. 29th in Utah Valley Hospital. Those from Hanna and Tabiona who attended funeral services for Nephi Moon Friday were Mr. and Mrs. Earl Van Tassell, Mr. and Mrs. Elvin Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. Ted Nye, Vida Jensen, Thomas Fabrizio, Mr. and Mrs. Bernell Turnbow, Mr. and Mrs. LaMonte Moon and Mr. and Mrs. A. Foster Rhoades. Thelma Nye and Crystal Hackett attended a Postmasters Convention in Salt Lake Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. John Coffer and daughter of Salt Lake spent a few days this week at their home in Hanna. Mr. and Mrs. Blaine Carter and family of Orem visited Vida Jensen Sunday. Norma Wagstaff and Vida Jensen went to Roosevelt Tuesday to visit Mick attended SparkVQ w7) Vfagicl Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Jones and family went to Salt Lake Sunday to attend the circus. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Young and family left this week for a visit with family and friends in California. Hal Giles and Don Wood left Monday for Ephraim, where they will attend Snow College this winter. Joleen Giles and Jan Rhoades went to Salt Lake Monday to visit Carolyn Stewart and shop. Jennie Jones and Venetta Sweat went to Mt. View, Wyo., Friday, where they visited Mr. and Mrs. Brent Sweat. Circus a monetary success Near capacity crowds attended the two performances of the American Circus last Tuesday evening, September 17 at the Duchesne fair grounds. The circus, sponsored by the Duchesne Lions Club, was a successful money making project enabling the Lions to sponsor a free glaucoma screening clinic October 20. To help promote interest and publicize the event a poster drawing contest was held at the Duchesne elementary school. The two winnes from each grade earned a free ride around the circus ring on the elephant. The winning young artists were Colby Stott and Jackie Chapman, Liz Ward and Jodie kindergarten, Mitchell of first grade, Ryan Abbott and Travis Floyd, second grade and Corrine Wilkens and Danen Lott of third grade. were Travis Mecham and Melissa Jepson, fourth grade, Sonya Brady and Heidi Wild of Fith grade and Leslie Peterson and Jodi Moon of the sixth grade. Lion's Club president Clint Parks thanks everyone who helped make this project a success and announces their Upperclass winners next project will be selling house numbers. Wednesday evening October 12th the club members will go house to house selling the numbers. Proceeds will go towards the purchasing of more street signs for the city. October6J977 STANDARD News Hsmi Fresi M0NTWEL home. surgery. 5-- 11 8a Mr. and Mrs. Steve Humes of Green River, Wyo. Tuesday, moved their tailer to Hanna, where they will make their Young Adults ByNelalMsea Mr. and Mrs. Max Nelson received a program of the Kiwanis Club of Clearfield in which their son Errol, was installed as vice president for the coming year. Nelsons had visited with Errol and family and son Ted and family in Ogden for two days after spending Wednesday at Mill Hollow with Erred and the Golden Porters for the shipping of their lambs, e Dale E. Larsen from Victor, Ida., visited with the Jim larsens. He and Jim motored to Yuba State Park to visit their brother Terry and family. Larry and LaRae Nelson and family came from Kimberly, Ida., to spend the weekend with the Max Nelsons. Other visitors during the week included Max and Brenda Shaw and daughter and Becky Eldridge from Sandy. Joy Munro from Salt Lake visited her parents, the Jim Larsens and took her aunt Arva Jones and boys back with her. Jim and Ila V. Larsen accompanied by Howard and Jimmy Betts, motored to Orem, taking DeAnna and Trade Madsen to visit with the James E. Larsens. Their daughter, Joy Munro, came from Salt Lake to meet them. DeAnna and Tracie then went to the Salt Lake airport where they caught a plane home to Great Falls, Mont. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Tomlinson enjoyed an overnight visit from his brother, Geoge and wife Pauline from North Platte, Neb., Saturday. All the James Powell family came home to help with the harvest One daughter, Janice of North Carolina. Loene Nelson and children and Dahl and JaNene and family from Salt Lake, Sandra and Tom Aldrich and girls from Vernal Lars and family, Boyd and family, Gardell and family and Golda Nelson helped dig potatoes. Mrs. Melba Eskund went by bus to Salt Lake Tuesday to visit with daughters Phyllis and family in Clearfield and Arvella and family in Sunset Her other daughters, Bonnie, came down from Idaho. She stayed the week while husband Ron was elk hunting. Monday Mrs. Ron Eskund had visitors for the day: her sister Beatrice Reed from Manila and daughter Freda parker and two girls from VernaL Activities set The young adults of the two Roosevelt Stakes announce their activity for this week. Thursday, October 6 is Kid's Night" Paticipation will be in games played back in the good ole school days. Everyone attending should school dress as a little kid and come to have fun. Volleyball will also be enjoyed. This will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Roosevelt Ward Cultural HalL for October 14. More information will be given later. A meeting win be held Sunday, October 9 for all ward and stake leaders. This wiU be held at 5 p.m. in Roosevelt Stake Center in the Relief Society Room. 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