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Show VW- fyy1 I , i 16 Son Advocate Price, Utah Tuesday November ' -- 5-.' m- 2000 21 , Questions! restaurant tax allocations: - V; , (Continued tom page : The auditor are : V. 1) ' It pertains to restaurant tax mat- - guideline have not been as clear tors.- - y , ..'.as they should bei). As with everything; there is al-Some counties do not even have . ; recommend-- . Ing several changes to ensure that the money is used In acaiirdance the boards and need to create the ways another side to the story It bothers me that the state au--': :vC local advisory panels. to didn't talk to the people who ditors TTie needs include:. Utah : Legislature changes The Utah' Tourism Council comeup with language that will - know about this moneyand how noed8tolncca Its visibility and clarify what the money cau and and why was spent on the 'V projects it was put into, cbm relationship with local tourism of--, cant be used by counties. . ' In the event tbeLogislature de-- mented Mike MUovlch, Carbon ficialsA 'Counties should come up with rides to revamp how the money County Commission chairman better planson how to market lo-- could bo used, how would the de - - during an interview on Monday I think this is an attempt by cJston Impact Carbon County? cal tourism attractions. Some of the money could be V .The proposed revision of the some in the travel industry to get used for plan development and the' stales restaurant .lax allocation:, control of that money for promo-direct marketing of the counties , guidelines could affect Carbon tlon purposes only" pointed out .'.vv,' ;Milovlch. attractions.1... County a great deal.. One of the Salt Lake City dally Counties should review the ; In 19119, the county spent res- local tourism tax advisory boards taurant tax money on a number of papers reported that Utah Travel and find ways to strengthen the projects that fall into what the. Council representative Dean staie audltors saw as Inappropri- - Reeder used the presentation of ; panels makeihe Hut the interpretation of the the report to appeal for more of the ate. should ..Counties members more aware.of the law as . law has been loose because the money to go into advertising with its original Intent. The 3 ; ,4 it - - .. 9 . , V S ; - ; j $ - . - . '': : stats auditor office qustiofis whether funding projects promotion,epociallywith the wcSastapiwMionlto w wffl ' . field. Without thatmoney, we could not have : letic director. They gave us $20,000 te worii on it and all that'. ; money went te material! AH the labor was donated fay a con?;: traefar. It was , pnqecLV i : defines writers in arion County where the money is generated hi Winter Quarters disaster! r..,. the first place. Promoting other nly twn ntHintfem that miially vv Acnnrdlng to the local restau-venuesdoesllttleornothlngftMr.the ;lated the letter of the law even !. rant committee account balance 100th anniversary commemora-- ; are some rrftion and project, $7500 local economy. though the auditors thouf at- rqmithefiosi Area weightlifting competition, 'r "1 think it isan attempt by some :most every local government had. the projectsCarbon government ? .v '. to in centralize allocated in toward $1,640. the violated least it the money people money ; ;Vi;: Bpirit the states hands rather than have some wayor another. ' CoBege of Eastern Utah Prehl Rio Theatre, $15,000 ; We havent done, anything it spent at the local level lndl-.-'. catedMikn1ch.Akrt of thatmoney wrtmg with that money" empha- The county Infornudlon center; . toric Museum equipment, $19,790: ' I- needs to Be spent on bricks and sized MUovlch. Everythin? Is ' $20,000. Butch Cassidy car show $50a : mortar Otherwise; you can pror documented and we spent it on Utah State Riding Club, $106. The high school rodeo, $500. mote a community all you want, projects that have brought people CEU baseball field, $20,000. The ABATE MC show $500, but If there fs nothing to go there - to the community which has pro- - . Local touiism video, $5,000. Hearer Arts Festival, $800 Rest stq) kiosk, $11,248. duced further, tax revenues and - V Helper baseball field, $20,000. for, why wlll people coine? MUovlch felt that there were doUars to our local economy 'r v Utah State Riding Club, $500. Castle Country Play $1,000. .munfties, like . r .1 - ; . 1 inhas I ' I intent of the law when using restaurant tax fund! The inset photo is of the field from the hill above before the grandstand ndstahd is was.bgitL Tha second was taken how that the at th ; wisliiicladtM completed : ... k J' et . . . . - , ' ma : 7 . .w.-vv- .-: , '..Ihe . : . i-- vv . - ' v-'- - " ' ; . '.V t .. ' f - - ., . in U.S. third hesdthiest ii . .r v " r r V:- - ..'V : i '- ' . - ".-r- TJtah continues to be ranked as top 10 states in five other mear ; one of the healthiest areas in the sures evaluated tor the national : United. States. health services group. h in year 2000, Utahs ranking'? The rankings report Is a corn';;' ImfHwed from 1999s Blxth place ; prehensive,yEmity analysis of the to the third healthiest state in the relative healthiness of the can population. UnltedHralth Group, a nattonal The results are based on phyri: servloe groupreleased the nar: ologlcal, mental, cultural and eh ' tlonwlde rankings at the Ameri- - vlronniental factors such as rnoiv ! can Public Health A. Assodatkms talityrates,prevalenceof smok-las- t meethig In Boston, Mass. in? high school, graduation per i. With the exception of 1999S centagesand unemployment : f'Z 5 ir- . - Amerl-natio- n. : . ' tf PmsFREf xi : -, T.rr .. i '' V .iMfcrt:..-: ;? .. ? : 7-- ' -- - Kttsmt if? 1200. ; 1151 West HwytO 722-093- - j E 5 'oM8I4:;- ' naiaaawvaow an grapingwiriwi Icrognian aaw. O doMai Buu(ai.lVlihihng ConbMApta. .RJbum TK KOMXFO nrKER Itartata : . . well-bdn- g . ji lno6iiwigxJoiuiopiimii(indMlnknjnjtiaroot1amimti jgiwiwrnl yipaUmlnnlignof t a The evaluation presents acorn--; sistenfiy. ranked In the. top five healthiest states. prehensive view of health as out-- ; . Among the 50 stateMherepart v lined by the World Health OrganPV concluded that Utah has: zatlon.' ; The lowest prevalence of: " Tim worldwide organization. Smoking In the United States, wlth defines health as a state of emU- - : . 14.0 percent of the population. plete physical, mental and social ' Thelowest risk for heart dl&t and not merely an ab--. ease at 20 percent below the nar senoe of disease or Infirmity r: ttonal average. The state ranking report helps ; The fewest limited activity Je raise pubUc awareness of crltlr : cal pubUc health issues. days, registering at 2.7 days, month. The flndfags have provided h' 'The fewest cancers, with valuable tool in assisting commit 239 J5 cases per 1 00,000 population nlty leader in assessing and tah 11 diagnosed. ; proving the states health. In addition, Utah ranks in toe ' , Utah Is typicaUy ranked in tro : top seven states. Changes frov year to year may indkxde actual Improvement in the Indicators : used to prepare the rankings. Wfe are always delighted whwi; ; - on nw tcSabanf an nw plm S3fl.99 am Mm, wd 'Ohra gnod to feriM (uSicl fe dwiga wUhoufnBtioa Fm franm fm aoM ofer vain to U Mng tydt. Nol mHoOt in al mtrtwrt. .. - p A :.Ti ' W ;&m 'r- - ir jt .. lS.s Wt 12$SHwy SS 2 . MeMa 2S2e. phone - ' rn - 'r .S. - . A ! ..urananBnMppy - tMrwnoai .:; : ? . naiuawrt. TM HMfh Gdmpaip L.Pj . ' : 't. Utah receives good, marks for' health care, but there are several ; other areas that arenot evaluated: in the this ranking report," ex Z ; . ; plained Robert Rolfs, director the state center for health data- ."Obesity suicide, diabetes, hi--: fant birth weight and dental hrehir; are Justa few of the health issues that need work and are not ai? sessed in the report, indicated-!:- : the director. Key national findings con-- ;' talned to the 2000 report indudp; , . a Z.6 percent improvement in ; Americans health as compared to the previous yean with a l7.6pef cent total increase since 1990. . According to the health rankings report, the reasons fir the increase include a (L8 percent decrease nationally in the preva-lenc- e - . i ; r : : - : :: of smoking, a 40 percent do-- . : crease In motor vehicle deaths as , wellks a low nationwide unem- - ; ; . : : . . ployment rate, Other Motors surfacing in the. the national services groups 2000 health rankings report lndudr a ; 7 percent tnCTease in obtaining : prenatal care, the near tripling of public health care support, a in heart disease cases, is . 30 percent decrease in the infant " mortality rate and fewer prem v . ; hire deaths overall. New Hampshire placed at the ' J top of the nationwide listing of the healthiest states, followed by Min-- ! ; ' ncsota, Utah, Massachusetts and : : Hawaii. ' - On the opposite side fo the spectrum, Mississippi ranked 50th 1 I ' ft : :.. n i ) -- : ' - II i M. sJCCPt t:- U. - - c;-T- T'vWpiyrtiOurM !. - .i-- r a m i " 'f pH- - y. V . $37572 or CS7 - 53i 6t H - i T:-5- fmr -- jw -- V frgtf i i, ft , f' C V- - i . . 4 .. 4...V. - Vvb v- n"" i in the nation, with the least " . I " . i healthy population. T."'"' . Imilslana ranked In 43th plmi In the report and South Carolina ranked at 4Sth. ..T ' - - vr' t ' 1 1 . ..-- r . : |