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Show THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1978 PLEASANT GROVE REVIEW, PLEASANT GROVE, UTAH THURSDAY, JANUARY 5. 1978 Mountain Fuel Taxes Postponed A decision by the Utah Public Service Commission which will in effect postpone until a future time the payment of federal taxes resulting from past tax benefits has lowered Moun-tain Fuel Supply Company's $28.6 millin general rate in-crease to $15.8 million. B.Z. Kastler, Mountain Fuel president, said the granting of the full amount would have resulted in lower rates in the future than will now occur. The company has asked that $8 million be collected in rates for each of the next five years. Half of that amount would have gone to pay current taxes. The rest would have been set aside to pay taxes that will come due in the future as a result of past tax benefits which benefited customers in the form of lower rates in the past. "The commission chose to wait until those taxes actually come due," Kastler said. "But this does not mean they will not have to be paid and even-tually included in the rates. It just means they will be paid at a later time." Mountain Fuel had asked that the amount for the future taxes be paid now so that those paying for the taxes would be as much as possible the same customers who received the past benefits. Kastler said the company is studying the total effects of the commission's order on the company. After the close of 1977 operations and all finan-cial data for the year are available, the company will take another look at the effec-ts of the order. He said that would probably be during the spring of 1978. Because the order contains several specific rulings against Mountain Fuel, one of the factors to be considered at that time will be if the company will be required to seek additional general rate relief during 1978, Kastler added. The PSC's ruling results in a 10 percent increase in rates. To the typical Utah residen-tial customer it means an in-crease of approximately $2.13 per month on an annual basis. An individual bill may be more or less than that, depen-ding upon actual gas usage. The full $28.6 million in-crease actually went into ef fect December 1, 1977, as required by state law, when the PSC was unable to com-plete hearings and render a decision within 240 days of the filing of the application. Mountian Fuel has agreed to refund in the form of a credit on January bills the dif-ference between the amount which became effective December 1, 1977, and the amount authorized by the commission in its final order. The amount of the credit received by each individual customer will depend upon the amount of gas used and by the number of days in December actually covered by the December bill. Because the bills are mailed at different times of the month, some December bills only included one or two days of December, while others included nearly the entire month. The commission ordered, and all parties in the case agreed, that the 10 percent increase be applied in a uniform percen-tage manner to all customer classifications pending a future public hearing after which the commission may or may not alter the uniform allocation of the increase. Society jf sf WINNERS Jonathan Oakes, Jared Oakes, Mark Johnson and Kenneth Mecham were winners in the Lindon Insignia contest held recently. Ideas will be used. Lindon Boys, Insignia Contest Winners of the Lindon in-signia contest were chosen this week. Mark Johnson, fif-th grade student will receive a cassette recorder as the fir-st olace winner. Calculators will be given to Jared Oakes, sixth grade, Kenny Mecham, sixth grade and Jonathan Oakes, second grade for their entries in the contest. Jeff Ford from the Pleasant Grove High and Willard Ger-be- r, Jr. High art teacher, also won calculators for submit-ting winning insignias in their divisions. Thirteen others will receive a certificate indicating that their entries deserved honorable mention, and were worthy of recognition. The contest was sponsored by Lindon City to gather ideas to help them in working up the insignia that will be used on their equipment and letterhead. Bill Williams and Brian Pead, representing the city, were well pleased with the number of participants in the contest and the many good ideas offered. The winning entries and those receiving honorable mention will become the property of Lindon City. MISS KAREN LITTLE AND MARK C. PERRY Karen Little and Mark Perry Will Marry Friday, January 6 Karen Little, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vern Little of Pleasant Grove will become the bride of Mark C. Perry, son of Mr. Bob G. Perry of Provo and Mrs. Vernita C. Nuttall of Provo, on Friday, January 6th, 1978. A reception will honor them that same evening at the Orem Eleventh Ward Cultural Hall 440 East 800 South, Orem from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. A rehearsal dinner will be given by Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Nuttall at their home. Karen has chosen her sister, Susal Little, to be maid of honor, with Lori Dixon, and Jan, Darla, Cathi and Cheri, sisters of the bridegroom as bridesmaids. Best men are Kerry Hutchings, and Rob Farrer. Pre nuptial showers were given by Susan Little, Jerri Mecham, Lori Dixon and Linda Lundell. Karen graduated from Orem High School and L.D.S. Seminary. She has attended Utah Technical College and is presently employed as manager of a clothing store in Orem. Mark graduated from Provo High School and is employed with a construction company in Provo. Following their honeymoon the newlyweds will make their home in Provo. School and Home J by Dr. Daryl J. McCarty Executive Secretary Utah Education Association EEf By Dr. Daryl J. McCarty Swallow hard before you read this statistic; Two million children a year are so physically abused by their parents that these youngsters statistically qualify as being "battered." Here's another: Twenty million American children live with an alcoholic parent. And another: In Maryland alone, 6,000 parents went to court to give up responsibility for a teenaged child. Here in Utah, there is a law that makes it mandatory for us to report physical abuse of children to authorities. By "physical abuse," the law presumably is not referring to a slap on the wrist by a mother who has just wit-nessed her son punch a hole in the wallboard with a baseball bat. Child abuse can be almost incredible cruelty. We are told of children coming to school with cigarette burns many of them on their bodies. We also learn of youngsters with bones broken by parents. You should know that the Utah law provides that any person making a report of child abuse shall have im-munity from civil or criminal actions in court. Here's how the law says you should make a report of child abuse: An oral report shall be made as soon as possible by telephone or otherwise, and shall be followed by a report in writing to the local city police or county sheriff or office of the division of family services. The reports will contain the name and address of the minor, if known, "and any other information the person making the report believes might be helpful in establishing the cause of the injuries and identity of the perpetrator." School nurses say these bat-tered or neglected children may be found in every economic level, social status, family, race, creed or grade in school. Getting something done about child neglect or abuse usually starts with someone making a report. Fortunately, the law is designed to protect the child and those who seek the child's protection. 1 ijlj Efficient and dependable natural gas service is more than just a job to me. . .because I pay the same for natural gas as you do. J Bob Lund, Assistant Manager of Gas Supply As Mountain Fuel's assistant manager of gas supply, control center, we supply you with all the natural gas Bob Lund's job is to "insure delivery of natural gas at service you need efficiently and safely and at rates all times and under all conditions." That commitment among the lowest in the nation. You can help too. is the daily watchword of Bob and his team at Mountain By conserving natural gas you can help keep your Fuel's computerized gas control center. fuel bill to a minimum and provide time to search for Twenty-fou- r hours a day they monitor the supply of more natural gas supplies, natural gas to homes and businesses, constantly adjusting Bob Lund is doing everything he can to insure the the flow of natural gas, from wells in Wyoming to cus- - future of natural gas at a reasonable cost. You see, Bob tomers throughout the Mountain Fuel service area. Lund pays the same for natural gas as you do. With the help of continuous weather reports, they must forecast as much as 72 hours in advance how much natural gas service will be needed by our customers opening valves, starting compressors, or directing the flow of gas, as the situation demands. i t Delivering enough natural gas to your home on a a cold winter night is a complex and involved job. aIMA Through the work of people like Bob Lund at our gas V lvlUil lAllM r UjLjL People serving People. M MAIL A y $ TO YOUR VALENTINE FROM VALENTINE Send $1.00 with eoch stamped, H addressed Valentine for carefully timed I H with beautiful personalized m H message from America's "Heartland." J Valentines, Trade Winds Lodge NP3, Valentine, Nebraska 69201 |