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Show THURSDAY, Novumbar 8. 1979 Mltorlel THE UINTAH DASIN STANDARD nil Uintah ACoieolldatlow of tho IbdumII jfoitaord PubHshod Wookly at Bo It, Utah SeeenCle at tahi paM lit MB) Box IN MM6-P-.O. It, Utah Boo (U Batt Ona yaar, IMI-I- BwhacrlpMon KEVIN ASHBY. In Yoon, IIIJI-N- M Wo .PUBLISHER . BARBARA ANN SMITH DOLLENE THOMPSON JOAN CROZIER , KEVIN ASHBY CRAIG ASHBY EDITOR .ASSISTANT' EDITOR .BUSINESS MANAGER . . ADVERTISING MANAGER GENERAL MANAGER QRCULATION lJARY TYPESETTER ROBERTA GIBBS TYPESETTER ' CORRESPONDENTS Gladys Ron, Roosevelt Ido Horrocka, Aroodia Telintha Rasmussen, Ballard Garda Seeley, Bluebell Tracy Roberts, Hanna Arda Mansfield, Lapoint Lola Jones, Altamont. . : No la Nelson, Montwel Margie Connie Beal, Myton Lee, Tabiona McKee, Trtdell 722-277- 6 646-513-7 722-48- 83 848-547- 6' 247-237-5 454-336- 3 358-454- 4 2 8485471 Loma Lorraine Broachead, Utahn 75 454-3- 1 949-685- 247-235- 0 8485522 Ivy Chandler, Rondlett. 545-243- 9 Donnette Moon, Duchesne Zola Spencer, Neola Ednal Simmons, White rocks 353-452- 8 7382059 3584830 Training For Officialdom Editor1! Noto: Tho following 08 sub-mltt- reimbursements to employees who take the courses, many have stated they would attend the workshops without such incentives. "It wos one of the most useful things I've od by tho Information services department at Utah State University. When the hoopla of local elections dies down next month and newly elected officials of Utah's cities and towns sit for the first time in their new offices, at least a few are probably going to experience a common postcampaign feeling: "Now I'm here, what am I ' supposed to do?" Far from being worried that the people our i votes just installed in public office have such : doubts, we should wonder if they didn't, ac--; Herschel to Hester, associate director cording ; of the Utah League of Cities and Towns. "Those people who run our local govem-- i ments today face technical demands not imagined 10 years ago," said Hester. ; even "It's hard to worry about doing an adequate job as water master, dog catcher and school crossing guard, while trying to figure out how to administer a federal law concerning water safety that may be 50 involved pages long." In order to help local officials find the path between job requirement and action, the league contracts with Utah State University and other state institutions of higher education to provide training in such areas as effective supervisory practices, public finance and urban public works ad- ever done for myself in my job," . . : course : ng cents per square foot for use the have been collectors will continue to face new problems," he said. "We constantly receive ' suggestions from personnel in a wide variety of jobs concerning courses they would like ter al see officials offered." might those future courses cover? suspect anything from federal revenue What "I how to live in the goldfish bowl of sharing to public life," by note mechani- State Univer- d STANDARD pattern to concentrate the sun's energy. Aa presently designed, each lens is 88 inches wide and as long as 8 feet Each has about 1,000 grooves that form small prisms of varying angles. Each prism bends the light to converge on a common line of focus. The new solar focusing lenses now provide temperatures hot enough for steam generation of electrkty, crop drying, air conditioning and other moderately high energy uses.- They concentrate light more than 10 times on water pipes to convert it into heat energy. In tests they have created temperatures u high as 478 degrees F. (245 degrees C.). The developing scientists say that engineering studies show that theoretically this new system could provide temperatures in excess of 500 degrees - JONES PAINT & GLASS CO. Success earntheeveiy generation farm of ? f WINDOWS 11 warns fafriily Wtoiing together to nuke things grins- h sslwl it's ill jlxiur. you've built a future for'lhoie who follcns bt pulling mon-inf- o the land than you lake away. For over 41) sears, your Production Credit Attociibon has been there, km. with wofiunf capital that helps mu plan efficient, short-ter- m with confidence. After ak, agriculture is number one with in... and so are u i afl letters to the editor. An teamawfl be withheld wpeo request Opfarieus to letters to the writer do reflect the wHteriali STANDARD. the el J peScy Dew Editor: We would like to express our thanks and appreciation to Dee and Minnie Lue Roberta and their fine employees for the fun evening we enjoyed at Mohlman's last Friday. They had a toy buffet luncheon and live entertainment to' usher in the holiday season for the residents of the Basin. These fine people are real stalwarts in our community. The Roberts are , responsible for helping obtain many of the improvements in our community, such aa ambulance service and a fire department They are very people who have made many contribution!. Their enthusiasm, interest and friendship to everyone have certainly made it a nicer place to live. Again, thank you for all the extras you do to help others. Sincerely yours, Mr. and Mrs. Steve Evans show, civic-minde- d ST0H IMNTS e CUSTOM : do solemnly swear to. give up smoking or help a friend give up smoking for the Great American Smokeout, November 15. I promise pot tq smoke for 24 hours (and maybe longer), br to help a friend quit." American Cancer Society j property tax, at a continually increasing rate. The choice for the counties, according to the Utah Association of Counties, ia not one of increasing taxes, but rather, which ones to increase. They believe that pressures should come off the property tax and that users of roads should support more of the costs. the- - . NEW 4-YE- AR . L. 4b wc CURRENT OFFERING RATE... Ron JohnsonBr. Manager Utah Farm PCA owltXHli 171 EauLcxyjon Sr. 722 2259 Phone Effective Annual Yield Substantial Interest Penalty For Early Withdrawal DESERET 6 "tyhereGtaiaj I. 60DESERET FEDERAL'S SHOWS DOORS Roosevelt THE PLEDGE QCGCLEAniHG & OULATIOU mrriMHorvia 722-201- The counties of Utah, through the Association of Counties, are pushing for a $5 increase in vehicle, registration fees, according to John F. Tanner, UAC executive director. Of the $25.6 million spent on county will come roads in 1979 about 60 from county tax revenues and only 40 will come from road user revenues. Road user revenues come from gasoline taxes- - and vehicle registration fees. The UAC believes that users should provide more of the funds necessary to build and maintain roads and that the property tax should be relied upon leas. The value of dollars coming from the gas tax and registration fees has been steadily decreasing over the yean because of inflation making greater expenditures of local tax dollars necessary .If counties had to rely on gas taxes and registration fees alone, they would be operating on about the same dollars they did in 1968. Since that time, acirding to coat index figures supplied by the Utah Department of Transportation, costa of building and maintaining roads have risen 828 percent Because the responsibility for roads doe not change, counties have had to dip into local tax revenues, primarily 4-- NMIUNTOPS e SUNN? KM (Pkkeps.tVyjk.) : Utah a day GREAT AMERICAN SM&KE-OU- T Areva Huish and Virginia ' Nielsen look on as Mayor WtoljShields sJST0 Proclamation urging all cigarette smoker in the rommunitylo get up their habit for 24 hours on Thursday, November 15. UAC asks for fee increase of running for public office to Hester said. "It could make that first enroll," the lot easier." on job (approximately 950 degreep F.). Most apace heating and industrial uses require only 200 to 800 degrees C. S3. member. said Hester. C. enotll soots day-lon- thinking They point out that solar power uie has been held back by high coat of investment and low efficiency of the equiment. Generally these drawbacks have made solar power leas favorable to burning fossil fuels. Added efficiency and reduced cost are potential advantages of the plastic lenses that can be ty a process similar to the one used in making ordinary kitchen wraps. They are imprinted with a special grooved PltjibujojAIM Can smokers give up smoking for, a day? Cigarette smokera across the nation will have a chance to find out for themselves Nov. 15. That's the day of the American Cahcer Society's third national Great American Smokeout, a g celebration aimed at helping the nations 50 million smokers to least for a day. quit-- at Jay Gates, Roosevelt City Councilia a man and food businessman, smoker. Jay has promised to stay away from cigarettes Smokeout Day. He and American Cancer Volunteers of the Duchesne County East District ask all cigarette smokers to join them and sign a pledge card. Lung cancer ia the leading cancer killer of American men. Death rates for women from this disease have doubled in the last ten years, and continue to rise at an alarming rate. In addition, those who amoke have an increased probability .of developing mouth, bladder, and esophogeal cancers, as well aa strokea, heart disease, and emphysema.' Each cigarette not smoked ia a health benefit for the amoker and all thosef around them." Help yOurhelf ota friend by clipping' the Smofcehut Pledge and signing it Let's give our support to Jay Gates and your local ACS volunteer to any citizen. "We would especially ehcourage anyone sity. developed cancel Hester added that all the courses are open watched with interest, cal engineers at Utah scientists with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. These provide one approach among many being made in solar power technology that are being te program. "Our -- in solar given technical up-to-da- given in Roosevelt, Price and Brigham City. Those who have participated in the courses have received ICMA certification as well as college or continuing education credit. "The courses are funded by the league member cities and we have had excellent participation," said Hester. "Over 90 percent of our membership, nearly 200 cities, have had people attend our courses and workshops." Although some cities have offered tuition Solar focusing lenses in1' assistance to small towns on such matters as preparation of budgets and revenue projection," said Tomsk. "This course enabled us. to better help these communities with information and ideas." continued, expansion for , Hester predicts developed by the Interna-tionCity Managers Association, have been . public finance.. in "We are involved ce ministration. The courses said Robert Downard, chief of detectives in the Vernal Police Department. "Dr. Hiibner (Calvin Hiibner, USU political scientist) taught the course on a very practical level. It related to what I would face the next morning." "In government you need to know theory and how it can be adapted to your particular circumstance," said Hampton McArthur, director of municipal finance in Price. The course I took gave me a much better idea of what my job should be." 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