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Show Celebrating more than 92 years of service to the citizens of Eureka . Volume Ninety-Fiv- Fish talk! Provo River (above Olnistead Diversion Dam) - Artificial tlies and lures only! A few bugs seen flying above the surface with warm weather. Still getting good pressure on weekends... especially with sunny weather. Traditional nymphs and glo bugs work well. Small flies (size 18 and smaller) are your best bet. Use nymphs such as gold ribbed liares ear, pheasant tail. etc. Only 2 brown trout under IS inches may he kept. All rainbows and cutthroats must be immediately released. Provo River (below Olnistead) -Fair fishing reported by the few anglers through town using both bait and nymphs. Remember that there are Ho size restrictions on this part of the river. Deer Creek Reservoir - Spotty success reported for both trout and perch. Boat docks have been pulled. Utah Lake - Lake has some open water. Call Utah Lake State Park for ice conditions before fishing ). With the exception of an occasional walleye near Lincoln Beach, tliere lias not been much success reported this week. Yuba Reservoir - Angler Marty Peterson reports fishing near the dam with very' slow success using bottom bouncers, jigs, milling, etc. He did catch one perch and says he was the only boat on the reservoir. Hobble Creek & Diamond Fork Rivers - Angler Nathan Duersch reports poor to fair success on Diamond Fork for trout. He (801-375-0- 1 73 caught 3 fish all day using stonefly larvae and cased caddis patterns. The water was very low with the fish concentrated in the deeper holes. Health note An important warning for people taking ginko biloba: This popular herbal supplement is gaining increasing favor among the elderly, who believe it will help improve memory. While the jury is still out on that, it is known that ginko biloba has anti-clotti- ng effects. This can be dangerous for people already taking prescription blood-thinner- s, and has been found to cause bleeding from the gums in people who take aspirin daily. Remember, herbs that act like drugs have side effects just like drugs. Check with your doctor if you're taking any herbal supplements. He or she can determine whether they are safe to take along with your other prescription medications. Number 7 Price $.40 EUREKA, UTAH - February 18, 2000 e Utah state government growth increase in ditures. relative to personal ininfrastructure come. is occurring during signifitransportation state government cant enrollment growth. In the expenditures by few over the last years has forced 1990s, enrollments in the states the legislature to shift funding public colleges have increased by within the state. This shifting of an annual average of 4.5 percent. funds has impacted most areas of By comparison, the states state especially population has grown by 2.3 government, public and higher education." percent per year during this same stated Dr. Michael Christensen, time period. Christensen stated that, "even executive director of Utah Foundation. a private public policy the Department of Health, which research agency in issuing its has been the most significant latest report "A Look at State contributor to the overall growth of state expenditures from 1981 Government Growth. The reports looks at the to 1997, has shown a decline in growth of state expenditures from expenditures relative to personal fiscal year 1981 through fiscal income in the last few years. Health Department expenditures year 1999. "The report measures state have declined since 1995 from expenditures m relation to Utahs $20.47 per $1,000 of personal total personal income, stated income to $20.30. This decline is significant Christensen, "because total perbecause over the entire study sonal income (TPI) is the best measurement of the size period of the report, Health of the Utah economy. Utah state Department expenditures have government expenditures . are grown more than any other entity taking more or less of Utahs in state government. The main reason for this economic pie. By measuring state expenditures against personal growth is the Medicaid program. income, that question can be Medicaid is the federalstate health care program for the poor answered. The report shows that trans- and medically needy. It is adminportation expenditures increased istered by the Department of from a period low of $12.64 per Health. Medicaid is mainly fund$1,000 of TPI in 1995 to $15.93 ed by the federal government but per $1,000 of TPI in 1999. "That the state must participate finanis a 26 percent increase in just a cially and follow the federal three-yeperiod," stated Christ- mandates in order to receive the ensen. This increase in spending federal grants. Not wanting to lose the subhas come from the gas tax increase, a significant increase in stantial federal funds, states bonding, increases in Federal accept the mandates. These manfunds and by shifting dollars dates, along with medical inflafrom the general fund into the tion were the causes of the newly created centennial highway growth in the Medicaid program. Is the increased spending on fund. This shifting of general fund transportation the reason for the dollars has kept state government decline in Medicaid expenditures expenditures from growing faster as well? "Probably not," states than they would have if the in- Christensen, "Unlike other state Health expenditures creased spending for transporta- agencies. tion had come from another gas have fallen not because of intax increase or from increased creased transportation expendibonding. But it has had a signifi- tures but because of a move to cant side effect as well. Other managed services for Medicaid state programs have seen their recipients which has saved on spending decline when measured costs." "There is one area of state against Utahs total personal income. expenditures that has not felt the The two hardest hit areas of pinch from the increases in transDestate government have been portation expenditures-t- he public and higher education. partment of Corrections," stated Christensen. Not only have corPublic education expenditures rections expenditures grown have declined from $47.02 per during the shift to transportation $1,000 of personal income to expenditures in the last few $44.98 between 1995 and 1999, a years, they have grown every decline of 4.6 percent. Higher year of the study. In 1981, coreducation has declined from rections expenditures amounted to $16.09 to $14.98 during the same $1.68 per $1,000 of personal period, a decline of 6.9 percent. income By 1999, corrections Fortunately for public education expenditures had grown by more enrollments have leveled off than 300 percent to $5.14 per during this period. $1,000 of personal income. for Unfortunately higher This increase is the result of a education, this decline in expen Utah and nationwide concern of "The substantial up-to-d- ar 5-c- ate crime and personal safety. The governor and legislature have responded to this concern by passing tougher sentencing guidelines and dramatically increasing the number of people behind bars. The average daily incarcerated population in Utahs prisons has increased from 1,470 in 1982 to 5.025 in 1998. "This is an annual average increase in the incarcerated population of 8 percent, more than four times as fast as' the average annual growth in the states population!" the report states. In summarizing state expenditures for the 1990s. the study states. "While the cost of overall state expenditures per $1,000 of TPI has grown by $4.99 since 1990, most of that growth has come from increased spending on Medicaid, corrections and transportation infrastructure. Other areas of government have received reduced funding relative to TPI. Public and higher education, which are key to Utahs future, are actually receiving the lowest level of funding, relative to TPI of any time during the period of the study. While re 19-ye- ar duced public education enrollment growth explains some of the decline, higher education enrollments are actually increasing. These changes in state expenditure priorities illustrate exactly how difficult it is for policymakers to balance the need for service and the available revenue each year while attempting to limit the growth of government programs and costs." The report also .looked at government growth by comparing state employment And wages with Utahs total nonagricultural employment and wages. The study shows that state government employment (including higher education) has fluctuated very narrowly between 2.5 percent and 2.7 percent of Utahs total nonagricultural employment. "In the last few years state employment has fallen at 2.5 percent, it is at its lowest level of the period." the report states. Likewise, state government wages have also moved within a narrow range of 2.9 percent to 3.1 percent of nonagricultural wages. 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