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Show June Whosinit In Our Opinion Were Accountable A group of educators from the school district were discussing Eastside the new grade school for the district. Their primary concern was building design and how many this room arrangement would hold and how many that room, and where they would hang the coats and hats. However, this discussion of a grade school in a small 'district like Preston still pointed to the big changes that are and not Just taking place in education in room shapes and location. During the discussion the Eastside Superintendent, Dr. Orson Bowler, mentioned an Educational service by Westing-hous- e which contracts to deliver the edwith the pay being ucational goods based on the amount of learning that takes place. Results or minimum wages. The carpeted floor and walls of the new grade school for Preston is Just a symbol of what is to come in teaching and learning. The big change will be in the nhilosophy The motto, "Were Acof teaching countable" is disolayed on one school officials desk in the south, and that is the change. According to an article in the Christian Science Monitor. "Over the vears. for reason no one fullv knows, there has been more teaching than learning in the nations public schools." One reason for the change is this, according to the Monitor: "Increasingly . . . there am mis that those who support the 944.4 billion network of nubile elementary and secondary schools in this nation will no longer take excuses In lieu of results. We would say another reason, and probably more imnortant in our area where the degree of learning has been good, Is the new awareness on the part of educators to new methods of educating youngsters. There appears to be a blossoming out, and yearn to try annd a desire to do something different, something new. The discussions on the new school were indicative of this. We couldnt imagine classrooms shaped like Vs and half Vs, and "take out the doors. The carpeted walls we have heard about, but didnt expect in Prestons thinking. Teachers are now looking at new methods and are feeling more accountable. We used to consider it the childs fault if he didnt get a good report card, "one school official said. "Now weve made a significant 180 degree swing. The big step in the actual learning process has come in the field of reading, the of all learning. to an extent basis Again refering to the Monitor: Results of a recent program in Texarkana, Ark., stand as proof there is room for action. Forty junior high students reading at file second grade level took part in the program funded by the local model-cit- y agency. All but four had been labeled brain damaged, according to Thomas C. McRea of that agency, yet all were taught to read. In fact, progress averaged a 1.3 grade level gain in four months. Another factor that is bringing a change in education is the field is not as open as it once was. College graduates in education are no longer assured of a position. There is now competition for the openings and school districts are able to be more selective in their hiring in many areas of the educational field. This area has a good record of translating good teachng into good learning. It will be stimulating to see the new developments of our time in the field of education mix with the stability of our systems. The results should be outstanding. reading-improveme- ior Committee, the charge would climb to $20 at the rate of $4 per person. tem was imposed by the federal government several years ago, the general atIt appears to us that some of our nations leaders have forgotten that Uncle titude of citizens using federal recreational facilities on public lands was not Sams campgrounds are owned by the people and that all taxpayers support the entirely favorable. overfunctions of the federal establishwas various criticism generally However, to ment. went great Sam come after Uncle It would also appear that the federal lengths in explaining that campground a more than haive passing government is practicing a peculiar users should and brand of discrimination because not all facilities interest in improving persons are able to pay for the Golden should be willing to help pay. Eagle Passprt Under the present arrangement, a Goldcost is increased, And if the en Eagle Passport may be purchased the financial discrimnation is only comvoluntarily for 10 which, when attached pounded. to an automobile, gives a years access From what we have read, more is Into National Parks and National Recreavolved in changing the $10 per car to $4 tion Areas. . was first instituted, When the program per person. Indications are that a whole new corps the charge was $7. of Administration enforcers would have to be assigned to Nixon the Recently, Interior Senate file fees, make arrests and police to collect the baa recommended the violators. Committee, of which our Sen. Len JorIn addition, the system itself varies dan is a member, that the method of from place to place and is pretty concharging be changed to an "individual" at some locations tne passport basis rather than a single vehicle type fusing of payment. buys only entry; at others, special use the fees are discounted to holders of the passAccording to the recommendation, system would be replaced port; and at still other areas, all uses $10 ."group are provided without extra charge to by a 4 annual Individual payment. conthose who carry the Golden Eagle emto show how this plan will wort:, blem on their car. sider a mom and pon with three youngWhat started out as a reasonable apsters who enloy spending weekends In proach to a federal campground probthe special Sawtooth campgrounds. lem is resulting in a new name for the This family of five currently pays a toGolden Vulture. tal of $10 for a season nass. hut under passport North Side News the suggestion made to the Senate Inter Eagle Passport Mau-gha- In Passing By BARNEY RICE (Looking back on his trip down to Mississippi, the boss said that it was the first time that he has had a chance to visit New Orleans and didnt want to go at least when it was time to leave for New Orleans. ... The group that was invited down by Ren. Bennett was being hosted to chip and dip and all that sorta stuff on the viranda of the camp generals quarters. While talking, someone suggested that It might be Interesting if a side trip to New Orleans could be arranged since it was only 80 miles away. Wilbert Cammack was persuaded to see what could be done. BY NEXT MORNING it was all arranged for the plane to fly them to New Orleans at 3:30 pjn., as it had to go there anyiway to refuel. This way the group would leave directly from New Orleans instead of the plane having to come back to pick them up at Ilattisburg. THIS SOUNDED great, except the group hadnt been out in the field yet to visit the troops the purpose for their coming. The field trip proved to be so fascinating, that the boss and Sen. Reed Budge had to leave Camp Shelby without cleaning up because they wouldnt come in. They both felt that it would have been a real treat to have stayed overnight with the troops and leave the next morning. The shower in New Orleans was n welcomed site, after riding around Camp Shelby in an open jeep where nil the soil disintegrates Into a fine red dust. It is no wonder that none of the others wanted to sit next to them on the plane to New Orleans, even with Reed Budges Right Guard. TIIE BOSS IS stiU waiting for his (Purple Heart to ar- nt The Golden Vulture When the Golden (Nat necessarily news) Steve Porter back from Richard Hendricks breaking distant ' lands and ' buying ground . . . The Guardsmen paint . . . Joan EspUn home talking about the ' visit to on leave and buying a wind- Bourbon street between sesshield wiper . . . Eva Merrill sions of church . . . Roger ' leaving for a vacation in Woolley washing down the "heaven . . . John Dawson sidewalks . . . Laltee Ricks Gene Anderson, S t u r t e n out working in the yard . . . Smcdley and Roger Carter The Frank Foss yard looking n manicured . ., . Dennis Woolf walking north . . . Web brick admiring the getting trampled in a game work . . . Jerry Jorgensen of basketball and Joel Palmer talking about business . . . not faring much better. 10, 1971 Schools out, the school bus dumps off a load and they walk the country highway, their thumbs out for a ride, is just a ruse, as the spring days when its spring makes it much more delightful to just walk. rive. -O-T- PanI Harvey that the state police offered a service that he didnt know about Income Tax Terrible Until... sys- By PAUL HARVEY Outgoing commissioner of the IRS is pleading for more money from Congress. He says every tax examiner finds enough "mistakes in indeed be simplified. It would hike the government's tax take and it would save most all taxpayers the time, tedium and money it costs to hire accountants to wOuLd deduccompute allowable tions. ' Nobody, however poor, would be encouraged to stay on unemployment pay (where income is tax free). Industriousness would be encouraged if each of us knew that the more he earned the more he would keep, whereas as is the reverse may be true. Yet each effort to advance such a proposal in Congress has been stillborn organized pressure group wants more of the load shifted to the shoulders of others. So where the Form 1040 once contained only 200 words of instructions, the present return requires 3,238 words of instruction. Yet for all that superfluity, the IRS last year collected $123.2 billion at a collection cost of .5 percent. The system is not good but at tiie present its the best in this world. reenough turns to save other taxpay- per-fami- ly IIE BOSS FOUND out ers six times his own sal- ary. The co m i s s i o ner says if Congress cuts his budget by $250 million, our own Treasury will lose $1.5 bil- lion. each In defense of the IRS: Our graduated income tax system is the most cumbersome, the most confusing, file least efficient only until you compare it with other systems in other countries. In France and Italy and most of Latin America, tax laws are ignored by most and laughed at by political insiders. Its when you compare ours with theirs that the U. S. system appears fair, equitable and efficient Every-O where else hi the enlightened Records are crashing; this world the U. S. tax system is is not just rain on the way, its thunder and lightning and regarded as the best. Nonetheless, the most re- tornado warning. And its the cent Louis Harris Survey in- worst drought and the most dicates that most Americans pollution and the recession is 60 percent of all those ques- a depression and dont just tioned feel they have reach- sit there worry! ed "the breaking point on the Theres no way things can taxes they pay. be as bad as they sound. President Nixon has said The late Joseph Wood that we have reached the Krutch was a personal friend, lie says but he never read these col"breaking point. when 35 percent to 37 percent umns because he did not take of our total income is recap- a daily paper. tured as taxes as is presentDr. Krutch, whose great ly the case thats enough. depth perception allowed him He says beyond that "a na- to see today from 30 years tion loses its character as a away, said he could not allow free, private enterprise eco- every hour crises nomy and becomes primarily to preoccupy him or hed a state controlled and orient- have no time to think. ed economy. So he purposely ' deafened himself to the newscasters Principal grievance against the U. S. tax system de- insistent percussion. He disrives not from unfairness but covered that after a few days from a resentment of the most potential explosives cumbersome patchwork com- proved to be duds anyway. He watched trends as they plexity of the laws that tend to make it fair. were sifted by reliable perOutgoing and outgone IRS iodicals, but he refused to ait commissioners have most constantly on the edge of his perceptive hindsight. Since chair, sweating over nothing. T. Coleman Andrews, each in The performing weatherturn has agreed that our tax man is likely to rename every laws can and should be sim- rain a "thunderstorm. In winter its not zero any plified. Yet each such effort is side- more: he has to add that the tracked by special Interests chill factor is 40 below. He demanding special consider- thinks hes protecting us; hes ation. driving us nuts. If we should levy a fiat 20 Leave early, icy streets percent tax on everybodys maybe. Broadcasters in heligross income with no deduc- copters report expressway tions for anything, the system jamups. When those snows - - j our-on-the before. He was called out to cover an accident about three or four miles north of Winder. His blue bomb ran out of gas just as he pulled up to the wreck site. After getting what he needed, Dean Gunnell of the state patrol offered him same gas from the state police car. SEEMS AS THOUGH each of the state police cars are now equipped with fuel transfer kits to aid motorists who have failed to watch the gas gauge or whose car doesnt have a gas gauge that works like the boss. melt, kok out. Its not just a dry speH in West Texas and Florida; its an ecological disaster from which mankind may never recover. Man alive, no wonder 1 in 20 Americans is in a mental hospital and 1 in 10 should be. And with increasing competition for your attention from a multiplicity of media, the agitation is steadily worsening. Readies are inviting but Look out, the pollution count is AFTER THEY transfer the You and I grew up earning gas, they give you a little enmerit badges by assisting and suggest that if you velope derly ladies across the street, would like you can send a schoolhnmebound picking up boy hitchhikers. Now every newscast warns that she may be a mugger and he may be a killer. News isnt news any more warnits a ing. Dont breathe the air is toxic I Dont eat food is contaminated! And dont drink water with chemicals in it and for heavens sake dont drink water without chemicals in it Dont have a baby; there wont be enough food; hell starve. The human nervous system cant take all this dissonance. Its driving a whole sleepless generation to booze and pills and worse. External crises piled on crises create an inevitable in- contribution to the abate to pay for such a service without obligation. Quite impressed the boss. O Cleo Swenson dipped the following from the Commissioners column in the Bannock County News and sent it over. It may be news to seme of you that the 1970 State Legislature passed a "Community Property Agreement that wiU transfer community property to the surviving spouse without a probate of the estate. This law provides that a document be executed before a notary public by both husband and wife, and then recorded in the County Clerks Office before the death of either spouse. As a service to the public, copies of the form to be filled out may be obtained at the Office of the County Clerk. The law enacted is Chapter 93, 1970 Session Laws, at page 234. The survivor will be responsible for the debts of the deceased and divorce will nullify the agreement. Upon the death of the husband or wife, a death certificate must be filed in the County Recorders Office, which wiU transfer the property to the survivor. act THATCHER BRIEFS Mrs. Marjorie Narstrum of Soda Springs was a guest last Sunday at the home of Mrs. Nellie Stephenson. Mr. and Mrs. ' Howard Young visited in Banida recently with her sister and family, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Moles, and with another aster and family, Mr. and Mrs. Art Mineer of Salt Lake City, who were visiting there. Mrs. Randdi Smith and two children of Las Vegas, Nev., have been visiting in Grace with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Smith, and other relatives mid in Logan with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Lovell Mendenhall. Hm Keller was host to a slumber party ' last Friday night at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bud Keller. Guests were the girls in the sixth grade. ' It was in honor of her birthday anniversary which was last week. Oody Kendall spent Saturday nigit and Sunday with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Tfceone Kendall. Mrs. Sheldon Kendall came far him Sunday and was a dinner guest of her husbands parents. Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Garner and family of Ogden ' were weekend visitors of his mother, Mrs. Helen Welker. TO ALL round-the-clo- ck FRANKLIN COUNTY ternal which caus- tug-of-w- es suicides to soar 160 percent in 10 years. ' ' Saving your money you to contribute depression; spend it you worsen inflation. Cities are bankrupt; do something. Campuses too quiet, we must expect riot. The flu bug next fall is sure to get us all. And I don't know what to do about it. My own professional efforts contribute to it A cartoon in a recent Wall TAXPAYERS : Street Journal ' showed a youngster handing over his report card saying, "Now remember, Dad, they just print the bad news. SOCIABLE CITIZEN We would like to remind yon that the DEADLINE for the SECOND HALF of 1970 taxes Is drawing near these taxes will be DELINQUENT. will be well to get your taxes PAID befors this After Jane It 21 date as INTEREST on the SECOND HALF will ure from JANUARY. Please avoid the last rash. Mr. and Mrs. Perry Hymas and family of Roy, Ut., Mr. and Mrs. Syimar Wiser and family, also of Roy, Mr. and Mrs. Kelly Bowles and family of Fairview and Mr. and Mrs. Conan Foster and family of Whitney spent Memorial Day with their mother, Mrs. Hattie Page. A potluck dinner was enjoyed by aU. Leila N. Smith FRANKLIN COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR fig- |