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Show The Summit County Bee Friday, April 19, 1991 7A Recommendations For Rural Utah's Future Last week, a poitioa of Richard Eyre's new book, Utah in the Year 2000 was excerpted in this space. It recommended that government do nine things to enhance and ensure the viability of rund Utah. The nine recommendations are further elaborated in today's issue: . . t , L Multiple lint of I,anit. We need to understand that of the "possession is nine-tent- hs lia that those who on the land should have a major say on how the land is used. Rural Utahns have cared for federally owned land for well over a hundred years. There are plenty of regulations already Large scale redesignadoo of wilderness land would do deep harm to rural Utah. And tourists come to see small towns and rural lifestyles as well as to see pristine, untouched law" wilderness. 2. Tourism We must find ways to enhance tourism possibilities of various areas. Sometimes basic visible im provements by the state can "seed" or catalyze further development by private money and add whole new sec ton of recreational and tourism potential As mentioned earlier, a state marina at a lake, a better access road, simple camping facilities, people know about it. The Utah of much of rural Utah. Most of Utah's farmers are not looking for a way to get out of farming. They are looking for a way to stay in it Often their problem is not that they are particularly inefficient or have a poor yield it is that prices for "raw product" are so low. What many farmers need is either a way to process their product to the next and much more profsomewhere elsfc itable level (for example, making Of course, this "seeding or and selling salsa rather than selling "catalyzing" does little good unless bulk tomatoes or making and sell- farm-orientati- on South Summit Wildcats by Taigon Worthen The South Summit Track Team traveled to Juab Tuesday, April 2 to compete in their first competition this year. Even though the Cats have been late starting this year, they came out aq; strong as ever. There were nine foams participating, South Summit, North San- girls and boys did extremely welL he Lady Cats ran a tough meet. t Thlt Vfcad 'excellent participationrcst bfthestudehtbody to crime IxU as they competed very and participate with the team this competitively in all of their events. year. We have had lots of fun this this year In the 4x1 00m relay, they took third. We would like to congratulate every one of the girls for their fine efforts! CHOICE Assembly pete, Morgan, Park City, Grantsville, Mahti, Altamont, ; Wasatch, and of course, Juab. With all of that competition, both the year and we hope to have everyone come out and enjoy it with us. Next week, the track team travels to Morgan. See you there. mailets (in Japan hay is worth five times what it often sells for here). Mining needs lo move in similar directions. If rural Utah can take the raw products of its mines and fabricate them to a higher; more valuable product level there will be more jobs aid better jobs. Once a processing facility goes in or a profitable international market is "connected," many fanners and many miners become automatically more profitable and stay in business. Again, the role of govor ernment should play is to markets, opening up catalyze providing tax incentives, helping to s, perhaps even organize building a physical facility where it looks as though local farmers, miners, and entrepreneurs are capable of operating it arms that try in various ways to at- tract jobs and grow successful in- Council We must also persuade the federal We need to encourage agriculture-relate- d agencies to upgrade national parks industry that will preserve and monuments, increasing access rather than replace the traditional Track Team Competes 5. Many local and county governand other raw potatoes), or a way of selling ments have economic development "communication arms of the state their product direedy to higher-pric- e Travel have improved dramatically in recent years and need to continue to do a better job of exposing the well kept secret of Utah (particularly etc., followed up with some southern and central Utah) to the such rest of the world. visibility and publicity modest improvements, at costs, can be the "yeast" that brings about the 3. Agrlenltwral and Mining-Relate- d Industry "rising" of certain areas. and improving facilities. Once again, such upgrading can be the incentive for more private activity molds, restaurants, and even in some cases major destination resorts that begin to draw real attention to the national and scenic wonders of Utah and give tourists the opportunity to center their vacations in Utah rather than just "having a look" as they drive through to co-op- New Technology It is somewhat ironic that farmers and rural dwellers, who sometimes blame new technology for loss of jobs and economic decline, may become the greatest beneficiaries of technical advances. As mentioned, home offices and computer links (along with three and four-da- y workweeks) will allow people wife city jobs to live (and spend! in rural areas. More importantly, certain kinds of jobs, formerly available only in urban areas, will move to the anxious and willing work forces of somewhat depressed rural areas. Even manufacturing, long associated with major metro areas, may become viable in rural regions. Utah should become a pioneer in a whole new type of manufacturing 4- - .. operation where simple, small ru- rally located fabrication plants or machine shops produce basic "families" of standard parts for a company whose accounting, marketing, inventory, supplying, and other nonmanufacturing functions are all done centrally at an urban headquarters. Rural areas of Utah offer a high quality and relatively lower cost labor force and thus the rural manufacturing "pods" could be extremely efficient in turning out by Kathrine Hansen On Thursday, April 11, the students from South Summit High School, who participated in the CHOICE program, presented an assembly to the studentbody. Hie five students putting on the assembly were Wade Freestone, Kelly Knight, T. L. Eubanks, Kathrine parts according to the marketing and Hansen, and Clay Prince. ' " Eadh of the students were' given production decisions of the coman opportunity to express some of pany center. There are already examples of rutheir thoughts and feelings ral Utah communities that use their concerning their trip. They told about the projects which were great labor force to produce parts completed and began during the and products that are small easy to comtrip. They also talked about their ship, and very profitable. A firk impressions when they reached pany in Blanding, for example, h of the world's the mountain, and whether or not produces arsenide wafers (the backing gallium mountain. would the return to they The students also talked about some for micro circuit etchings). Another of the people they met during their Blanding company produces wiring harnesses for medical instruments. trip. miniAfter all the students had talked, Small four- - to the studentbody had the opportunity factories can be set up for less than to watch a video which was pro- $100,000 which can produce a duced on the trip. The video gave "family" of parts for which we know there are markets. With some the students an experience with the trip and the CHOICE help and advice from extension service people, or the economic develFoundation. of several of We would like to thank the opment office, CHOICE Foundation for the many these small factories can join tomanageopportunities it offers the students gether to hire a at South Summit High School. We ment, purchasing, marketing, and would also like to thank the stuquality assurance team of three or dents for giving up their time to four people and can be profitable share their experiences with us. enough to pay workers more than double what current small town n jobs pay. A little, and shifts could work three factory one-fift- Sterling Scholar For Vocational Education Sterling Scholar For Science Chosen Local Consulting ing potato chips rather than selling dustry. The problem is that local government entities seldom have the expertise necessary to know where to concentrate or how to go about the process. The state office of community and economic development has given some help to rural areas and could form small "consulting groups that could go out and meet with local leaders to help specific communities and counties to develop their own "focuses" and plans for the business they hope to build and attract. Each individual area has unique strengths. If these can be analyzed and focused, and if leaders in an area get united on what their goals are and what kind of growth they want, amazing things can happen. The economic development department might actually produce more results from this kind of grassroots assistance than from "grand plans," statistical reports, or even the recruitment of multinational corporations. Also, extension services, particularly at our land grant university (Utah State) which have traditionally centered on agriculture. should broaden and become capable of offering more engineering, tech- nical production, financial, even entrepreneurial consulting and assistance to local areas. It may be that extension services is a more natural entity than a state department to consult with local areas and help them design their economic gods and focus their priorities. 6. Water Clearly we need to finish the Bonneville Unit of the C.U.P. and ensure our possession of water that belongs to us. But Utah also needs to become a leader in water marketing in the efficient transfer and safe of water from entities that have more than they need to entities that have too little. Agricultural water-use- rs with more water than they need should be able to sell that water to entities with increasing needs. We need to let markets, allocate water, not politicians. Making water subject to the natural rules of supply and demand will make it cheaper and, more importantly, will cut away waste and redistribute our water to areas and interests that need it most and can do die most with it. 7. Incentives Major tax breaks on property tax as well as state income tax should be offered to companies in their first year of operation who meet certain criteria and will locate in a rural part of Utah. Our law does that to zone enterprise some extent, and the direction can perhaps be extended. The same breaks should be extended to companies already in and attempting to grow in rural! job-needi- K Landowners Freedoms We need to remove restrictions on innovative uses of farms and rural ranches. Farmers and large-pllook free to owners be need land to for creative ways to make their land and their water pay. Fee hunting, ot destination or hunting, stream fishing are possibilities. Another is fanning elk for commercial meat and selling their antlers to the Far East where demand is high. Still another is the selling of unneeded water rights. commercialized 9. Infrastructure air Linked by phone, next-da- y delivery services, electronic mail and computers, rural areas need not be remote anymore. It is possible to shop, to invest, to access and read library books, and to conduct all kinds of business instantly by phone link, and whatever is possible today will get even more so tomorrow. It is completely possible now to live in the country with the access and communication advantages of the city and, in many cases, to do business as if one were in a city. But, if the links of highway, air route, and particularly telecommunications are not good, are not well maintained, are not state of the art, it quickly becomes not possible and we lose our opportunities for rural development and new rural business as well as our personal options to go out and live there. - We must have adequate, roads to all parts of rural Utah, we must have a new regional and national airport near SL George, and fight for reasonable air ticket prices from national and regional airlines that service the new airport and all rural Utah locations. Most importantly, we must bring good telecommunications equipment and service to all parts of the state. Fiber optics is the telecommunications equivalent of the balloon tire. rubber Eighty years ago tires allowed all kinds of vehicles from private cars to g trucks to efficiently use the same arterial roadways. Now fiber optics lets one phone line serve thousands of phone calls, faxes, computer transmission, and electronic mail. Rural Utah must not be left out of well-maintain- ed air-fill- ed freight-movin- the loop. eight-peop- le Chosen on-ha- nd co-o- city-bas- ed seven-perso- Showers of Songs Tassie Brydson Tassie Brydson is this years Vocational Steriing Scholar. She is the daughter of Nada and Joe Brydson, of Kamas. Tassie is a member of FFA, where she is the FFA reporter. She has been involved in Urn FFA for the past three years. She has attended State Convention two years mid has been in many other contests. She is currently the FFA Sweetheart. She is qualified as the Vocational Sterling Scholar. She has been involved in public speaking and parliamentary procedure which has given her many speaking and leadership skills. Tassie is also involved in many other activities. She is in the National Honor Society and on the Mock Trial Team. She has worked hard in these areas and has received many honors because of her dedication. She is currently working towards a vocational career. She plans to attend Utah Valley Community College this fell and attend their College of Business. She is seeking an Associate Degree in the Paralegal program. Tassie would like to receive this scholarship to help her with ffdiH'Hlflnni goals. by Billie Kyle Taylor Kyle Taylor has been chosen to represent South Summit in the cat- Jo McNeil On Friday, April 12, the South Summit "Showers Tapestry of Songs". presented The Tapestry and Music Maegory of Science for the Sterling chine, along with the young girls choir. Lollipops and Lace, put toScholar competition. school, Kyle gether their annual spring choral Throughout high has been involved in many things. show. This was one of the He is currently the studentbody fundraisers that the Tapestry has done to prepare for their trip to a president and National Honor Society treasurer. During his senior national competition in California. The show started out in a serious year, Kyle was football and crowned as Homecoming King manner when the groups performed along with the coveted title of Mr. their songs from Region competition and then was enhanced by the He has participated for four years sweet and bright voices of Lolin football basketball, and track. lipops and Lace. The finale of the He has been involved with FBLA show was a combination of songs "Little Merfrom the for two years, National Honor SoScimaid". ciety for three years. Math and The show was a big success, and ence Club for one year, and has four for Roll Honor who participated in it felt those the on been the hard work and time about good that they devoted. Hie will be graduating with honThe Tapestry would like to ors on May 24 and is very pleased to have been chosen to participate thank all those who came out to in the Sterling Scholar competisupport us and those who helped out with a special thanks to Ms. tion. McNeil Also a special appreciation to all of you who supported our co-capt- ever-popul- PEOPLE SERVING PEOPLE employ 21 people. Government can encourage this type of operation through favorable tax treatment and perhaps through free "set up" consulting (see following point). Caution must be exercised here that incentives are not arbitrary or unfair and that they are temporary in nature. ENDORSEMENTS THAT ARE HARD - LmI laataa retireSrareQjreS Sana ar fundraisers. We wish the Tapestry and Mrs. Silvester good luck at the Nationals and keep up the good work. msm Anreaf Msec KtB dRMWafi? -- 35BS5SSF- - sSSS aSSitS &&& -- ai ga, tasgse-M- - . , - WR&s? aas 'iaidSHiES MS DnMr,iiWMw FOR A BOOK 2gSra That is Hard to Put Down Utah in the Year 2000, by Richard Eyre, is now available throughout the state. It's about your future. |