Show "V rfT Ji ( t oiiirna A 1 QJ w Li u Old cars mmm more tax losido ' ” r ' i ' A $45000 car paid $541 this year 1999 tax: $150 a $2250 car paid $38 1999 tax: $80 SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Gov Mika Leavitt has signed bill that will increase taxes for owners of older can while reducing taxes for expensive vehi- - this year also will pay $150 next year Meanwhile the owner of a 1991 Justy economy car which has a value of $2350 and a tax bill of $3885 will have to pay $80 in 1999 cles The new system bases animal taxes on Leavitt said Monday the change model year rather than on the vehicle’s reflects a new thinking about the book value tax Although it used to be more Beginning in January tbe owner of a of a wealth tax thu law makes it more $43000 Leins GS300 who paid $54150 of a user foe he said v In 1998 property taxes will pay just $150 “People who drive older cars have to register the posh sedan next year The paid substantially lower fees but they owner of a Toyota Camry LE Sedan a same amount as $17500 vefakk that cost $262 in taxes those who drove pricey cars Leavitt motor-vehic- not um eggs in your Easter dpM ? Page yifhy 13 Update le ' said Tbe bill was sponsored by car4ealer Sen George Mantes and was supported by car dealers and county Property taxes on homes and businesses automatically would be raised if there were any shortull under the new system However legislative accountants esti- Commission about 60000 owners would pay the highest rate About 170000 would pay $114 annually and some 180000 would pay $80 Roughly 170000 would pay $50 and about 270000 would pay the lowest rate of $10 Utah Taxpayers Association Vice President Greg Fredde said that UTA's membership was divided on the bill because of its potential to shift a greater mated the new system will generate nearly $23 million a year more than the current vehicle tax which totals about burden of property taxes onto land $135 million Based on an analysis by the Utah Ihx See TAX on Page 12 Board gets suggestions on reducing landfill use nrtsr Warning: Too much TV may oto Sa By MichM R Wefoei siBii wmer By Gordon Stovut hwweapolle-S- t Pad Star Tribune Consultants surprised the Solid Waste Advisory Board on Mon- day when they returned with a full slate of recommendations to reduce the amount of waste going into die landfilL The additional recommendations had a higher ( Just witching televiiioo isn't likely to make you physically ilL But if you -"- Watch more than four hours of Tv s ' you an likely to be obese physically day inactive smoke and drink man than price tag than the board anticipat- avenge ed When the board met last Hut's not a redpe forgood health David Jacobs JrH a University of Minnesota cfridenriologist points out that those an risk Cactus far cardiovascular f—— — md month its members recommended scaling down die number of programs being proposed Rather than devouring s mate- piMnatinw iImHi Mote evidence of the link between TV and heart disease toned up rather strongly in a study by Jacobs and researchers non the Kaiser Pttmanente Medical Care ftogram in tid- - Oakland ralifJStiafordUaivqiityin Palo Alfcv Cali! and tbe Univsnity of California San Phuidsca' They followed 4352 adults from Min- nesota Califoniia Alabama and Illinois natil 1996 in a study of TV habits and cardiovascular disease risk factors The research subjects ranged in age from 23 to 35 in 1991 The researchers could not conclude with absolute certainty in just five years that heavy TV watching creates a high risk of heart disease But they did find that those whospent at least four hours a day watching Tv were far likelier than those who watched an hour or less a day to have some of the major risk factors for heart disease Those factors are obesity smoking lack of regular physical activity a hostile personality cigarette use and excessive alcohol use r “The most salient point from this research is that ovenul people who watched TV four or more hours a day wen twice as likely to be obese as those who watched zero to one hour Jacobs said t The heavy TV watchers however were no likelier to suffer from' blood pressure and high serum tend levels which also are cardiovascu' lar disease risk factors This type of study can’t resolve the cfaicken-and-equestion — whether TV causes obesity and hostility or whether obese and hostile people tend to spend their spare time watching TV — but the researchers die several other studies that support the theory that (he link between excessive TV watching and obesity is more than coincidental 4 There is one good thing about TV kng-suspect- ed rials recovery facility to pluck recyclable materials out of the garbage the board only suggested section the creation of 0 — in the landfill far construction and demolition debris sad v I and neighborhood collection sites in rural areas At the time consultants with HDR in Salt Lake City said die construction debris section of the MS Pniton HU) School taochor t: 1 r Democratic and Republican v: 7 1 neighbor-"hoo- d caucuses atart at 7 tonight 8ee Page ' £12 for a let of alias ! Other ovwnts ii:y ' r r Page 4 ' 'H': V" ' : By Arrin Brunson staff writer !f Hii er Trying Girdie Speed Spasm Donkey Kong and others charged up and down 7 the gym floor with no regard for the rules ‘of the game 1 v Actually the guests nine donkeys from Donkey Sports Inc of Entiat Wash were better behaved than the local riders who weren’t above dragging 'About Cache A 18 Classifieds 16 'Comics OOR " " allowed to go anywhere without their Kofoed predicted a victory against the rt rival the donkeys” and xou can't be off your Skaggs’ on- - and Stokes Ihriftway Food Store v' donkey for more thril5jMCQhds”: owner Aaron Shirley V 7Althourii Stokes’ William Sharp 16 Doumr Sports ' said the herd (of donkeys) wat made up admitted he hadn’t ridden a donkey " ' at a variety of breeds and ages Most of before he felt confident his experience basketbali doo- -' oo a church basketball team would give them are ' V '' V hip team the upper hand The young keys he said French horn player in the band said Shirley appointed himself referee duroff-cou- - homes now than Crossword 16 Opinion 15 Sports ed It is expected to be the top Oscar telecast In ratings since 1983 when “Qandhr Since there are more television 1983 the number of people watching is higher Increasing enforcement for extraordinary intere in “Titanic" all played a role in the big ratings ABC said The Oscan still don’t match the Super Bowl as a television event An estimated 133 million people watched the Denver Broncos beat the Green Bay Packers in January illegal dumping -- ing s series at games Monday night saving “Me and die donkeys are the only than last yean was mined best that use recycled products ' third-generati- on afternoon ABC estimates that the final numbers will still be 22 percent higher - Preston High School senior Trinity Kofoed 18 played for the -- NEW YORK (AP)— It was a titanic night for ABC too With an —rimatwd 87 million people in the United States timing in to ill or same of die Academy Awards Monday Oscar telenight ABC said today it was die cast of all time in the United States ‘ “That’s an astonishing number” ABC spokeswoman Susan Sewell said - The show scored a 405 rating and 60 share in Nielsen Media Research’s overnight measurement from 38 major markets Those numbers are expected to drop slightly when ratings for the full country become available late in the most-watch- and the development of waste audita of large businesses Hiring more people to coordinate waste reduction activities (The city is already advertising for a recycling programs representative) Developing a “Recycle Town” where recyclable materials would be collected and distributed to commercial businesses ones who know the rules” OP Skaggs of this and more was legal The grocery store where he works after unusual rules included “No one is school An experienced horseman score a Wednesday wM be wet but not cold Jndox r Instituting curbside recycling Increasing commercial recycling with the creation of a Recycling Market Development Zone - the animals across the court or knocking i off their mounts just to get an baAeflieli play-PRESTON — Scv School Preston cn competing at s Band fund-raisMonday night behaved like snhnels-- ' Jumping Jack Flash Gal- - ' Page 12 gamo cigni loamo powpiog in onngo regm or omkoboo action which raised money to ha(p fie high school band travel to the Heritage Festival In San Dtogo Aiiimal antics help kids raise funds ' V- mental Health Department recommended several additional programs on Monday inducting: 48nm Doug Htatov confer raochoo book ' want tram Ns mount whtie tying to stoat the basMbal from student viAHam Hul on Monday menina durinu a donkey basMbal g o tonight landfill would llKTfMf hflUtfhold costs by 28 cents Yard waste collection would cost an additional 29 to 71 cents But HDR and Logan's Environ- Mocn tMogQorafnmau journal ' :watcfaingasapublicheaUhproblemthe qeaCarchcrs said Unlike a strong genetic propensity for heart attacks TV' watch-inis a modifiable behavior A yard waste collection expandi lywaste Tint yard proposal includes curbude collection in large cities gg -- '-j mm j ' r ' See FUNDS Implementing “pay as you throw” rate scale based on the i Page 12 See WASTE on Page 12 Iraq denies anthrax plot against Britain 'I Calling the suspicions “silly and A BAGHDAD Iraq (AP) — 0 Britain on alert for germ attack— Page 6 baseless” Iraq today denied British claims that it has dotted to smuggle deadly anthrax into the United Kingdom I 1 condition of anonymity Britain’s home secretary Jack The Sub a British tabloid reported today that Saddam Hus-inn’s government had schemed Straw told die House of Com- mons today that the alert was “a prudent precautionary measure” Still he told the legislators dwt “Our information is that there is to flood Britain with the toxin and theorized it could be hidden containers of alcohol in cosmetics cigarette lighten or duty-fre- e no specific threat to the United Kingdom” He added: “There is no evi- peribme The paper said n March 18 intelligence document revealed dence to indicate that any attempt an Iraqi plot to smuggle large has actually been made to smugquantities of anthrax into “hostile gle anthrax into this country” countries” A spokeswoman for Iraq’s Information Ministry British Prime Minister Tony aid die suspicions were unfoundBlair’s office confirmed Monday ed “It is a silly and baaeless claim and evidence of the sick that the document is authentic mind at the British government As a result of (he intelligence warnings Britain’s air and sea which has continuously told lies ports have been put on alert said shout Iraq in order to satisfy their the spokeswoman speaking on American masters" it said - 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