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Show (E(IDMM!M(&ffi(t J V Review - Wednesday, April 1 1, 1984 - Page 2 Local family lines spread nationwide ( p.g. hlmb friends and not your relatj They lived on a farm Highway 91. The best pgJ0;; summer for me as I to visit them for UK Then, they would come me for a week. It was To me it was more fUn , their house because thev r; many fun things to do Y ' sit on the front porch J-sha- de of the huge old c(,tC'c; and watch cars go by watch snakes float J A: irrigation ditch you H salt shaker and sit in tj, and eat fresh tomatues play house in the old brwxkV you could climb the chem you could sing to accompaniment on the old piano, you could anxiously their mother's bread to coi; the oven of the wood stove I could ride the tractor to the a ' " Ferry, and you could make out on the cement steps Ct garage. ' There never was those fcy fun things for them todowitU Ogden. But it is funny, always say they had moreflB. Ogden and I always had nW up there. like my husband's cousins; always fun to go to someone house and stay a while lu vacation. It is getting out oft same old rut and trying on sons.' else's rut for a while. It is niar gives a child a breather in the hot summer. Ohhhh, how we would loveto-y-now, long, hot summer. By MARCKLLA WALKER As you all know, my husband was bom and. raised here in Pleasant drove. His parents were lorn and raised here in Pleasant drove and his grandparents were lxrn and raised here in Pleasant drove and some of his were horn and raised here. A group of his cousins on his mother's side (fondly known as the Wright right side), have met on a semi-regula- r basis for the past several years to keep their acquaintanceship going and to do some genealogy. These meetings are always a delight. Maybe the reason they are so much fun and interesting to me is that my parents and my two brothers are the only relatives I have in the entire state of Utah. Cousin parties are something I can only enjoy in my family at the family reunions once in a while. My husband is related to about half of the town of Pleasant drove now and prior to 1970 was probably related to at least three-fourth- s of the town. He has relatives everywhere. - - His dad was a Walker, his mother a Wright, his maternal grandmother a Bezzant, his fraternal grandmother a Cobbley and so forth. Whether we hold the cousin's meetings in Bountiful, Pleasant drove, Provo, Salt Lake or wherever, everyone's roots come back to dear old P.d. How many of you remember dordon Wright? He is now a Regional Representative for the LDS Church in Texas and he has 10 stakes from Ixmisiana to San Antonio that he works with. Who do you think preceded him as Regional Representative? None other than another old Pleasant Grove son, Roy Oscarson, who lives in St. Iiouis, Mo. Gordon told us a "true" incident that happened to him after he had been to a conference in Salt City. He said he was on a plane flying to Denver when the pilot came on the loudspeaker and reported that they had had to close down one engine. He said there were three good engines and all would be well. "We could fly to Denver on one engine if we had to," the pilot noted. "In addition, we have four Regional Representa-tives of the LDS Church on board this plane," the pilot concluded. Finally, one passenger, a lady, called the stewardess and gave her a note and told her to give it to the pilot. She did and the pilot read this note, "I don't care what you say, I'd rather have four engines and only three Regional Representatives. At the cousin's party which was held Sunday, conference time is always the best time to hold these shindigs, all of the cousins were asked to tell a little about what their family was doing and then to tell of a favorite memory they had with their cousins. We heard Marilyn Richards, now Gordon's wife, report of her memories alxut Emily Wright's marriage to Austin Tyler, Lucille Wright's marriage to Calvin Walker, Genevieve Fugal's marriage to Harold Wright, and Don Wright's marriage to Margaret Poulson. That was all just a few years ago, right? Of course, Gordon's folks were Cliff Wright and Oral Wadley. The cousins who did not live in Pleasant Grove in their youth recalled the times they got to come and visit here and about some of the shenanigans they pulled. As they talked it got me to remembering some of my youthful days. Since we did not have any relatives to visit in Utah we managed to go stay a few days with some friends. My friends lived in North Willard but usually considered themselves from Perry, all of which is irrelevant since probably few of you know where either town is located but they are just south of Brigham City a little ways. In lieu of cousins I had Colleen and Eloise. They were better even than cousins because they were friends and you can choose your Tax laws alter leeway options The Alpine School District faces some tough decisions about the proposed voted leeway; in light of the decisions made by the Utah Legislature in it's recent special session. Acting to offset tremendous tax increases that might have resulted from a Utah Supreme Court decision, the legislature accomplished what the court ruling said was required -- - it equalized the tax assessments between locally-assesse- d property and state-assesse- d property. Prior to the ruling, locally-assesse- d property was "frozen" at 1978 levels while state assessed properties continued to increase. As a result, those state-assesse- d groups - utilities, mines, etc. were paying a disproportionate amount of the tax bills. Now the homeowner will have to pay for that -- - because while the legislature has limited tax increases from year to year for at least the next two years at 6 percent, homeowners will see an 8.7 percent increase. Tax in-creases for state assessed properties, on the other hand, will be kept at 3.4 percent, and the disparity between the two will even out. For the owner of a $70,000 home, the bottom line is that he or she will be paying $45 more in property taxes a year income taxes. But the homeowner is not going to be buying any more government services with those dollars. In fact, Dr. Charles Lloyd estimates that tax revenue for the Alpine District under the new legislation will be slightly lower than anticipated before the court action. But while the district will see no real increase, the conditions that prompted the school district to consider a voted leeway next month will still exist. On the other hand, with taxes going up, the climate for approval of such a leeway will certainly be less favorable than before. Also, despite the needs of the district, board officials will have to ask themselves if it is fair to ask local homeowners to add another tax onto this new property tax increase. The Alpine School District patrons have not been kind to leeway proposals in the past. None has ever been ap-proved. But if parents could agree on the need and pass the leeway tax, would that be punishing taxpayers who cannot afford any types of tax increases --- those on Social Security or other fixed incomes? If the leeway has no chance of success, is it fair to subject the district to the expense of an election? On the other hand, the Board of Education must decide if the funds from a leeway tax are essential to maintain a quality educational in the Alpine District. If that's the case, then it should be up to the voters to decide how deep their commitment to education is -- - and a leeway election would allow them to say in the voting booth whether they are willing to pay more for education despite the recent unrelated tax increase. Viewpoint - Flat tax is only solution to IRS quagmire income. It is fair, reasonable and easy to compute. For those very reasons it will never become law. An army of accountants, lawyers and others make a very good living from the complex income tax laws. That group will never allow congress to adopt a "flat tax." Where does this leave us with the filing deadline of April 15 just a few days away? 1. Keep good, accurate records of your financial dealings. 2. Purchase and study (tax - deductible)- understand books prepared for people in your job or profession. These books point out legal deductions not known by most people. 3. In most cases, the average wage earner should prepare his or her own return. 4. If you have a sor "professional" prepare your e lowest fee may not bethel bargain. (Remember the G.: Morning America experiment! 5. If you are audited by the R don't panic and don't f intimidated. Even though me ft what the IRS does is ms questionable constitutic:: legality, you have nothing to :: 2 unless you have been delets; dishonest. r-- 6. Make sure you get the IE' specify in advance exactly items they are questioning, f allow a fishing expedition hj agent. One last comment. It is : immoral or illegal, to take ev deduction you are entitled to i j under the complex code. I By JACK HILL After watching the Space Shuttle soar aloft last week, a short special on "Good Morning America" caught my eye and ear. A "Good Morning America" female employee was given a fake identification and a set of papers showing income, deductions, etc., and sent to six different income tax preparers. The charges for preparing the return ranged from $65 to $175 and the refunds ranged from $102 to $1,700. A private accountant charged ' her the most ($175) and got her the biggest ($1,700) refund. Two different H&R Block offices were asked to prepare the return. Office number one charged $122 and got our fake employee only, a $102 refund. Office number two charged her $90 but got her an $875 refund. Remember, all income and deductions figures were the same for each preparer. The fake employee answered every question honestly. Some preparers were very thorough in asking questions while others failed to ask obvious questions. An H.F.C. employee even told her to cheat by not reporting some of her income. He charged her $100 got an $800 refund after cheating! Two accounting firms charged $75 and $80 and came up with refunds of $1,600 and $1,500. So why recite these amazing findings of a TV experiment that deals with the income tax laws? Simply this, the tax code in this country has become so complex that no one, not even the Internal Revenue Service, understands all the intricacies of the 1,500 page IRS code book. For the record, I'm no tax rebel in the sense that I advocate non-payment of income taxes. The 16th Amendment and numerous Supreme Court cases convince me that the income tax must be paid. But I do believe that most honest working people in America pay more than they legally should. If you view the United States Government as a charitable organization and want to pay more than you legally have to, don't read the rest of this article. Over 18 months ago a prominent tax rebel issued a challenge to anyone in America (IRS employees included) that he would give $100,000 to the first person who could prove from the IRS tax code book that citizens were required by law to pay income taxes. Only one person, a Provo lawyer, has stepped forward to claim the money and that was just last week. It is too early to tell whether he'll get the $100,000 or not. You would think that an IRS employee would have jumped at the money long ago. Try your own experiment, like I did. Call two different IRS offices and ask a question that deals with a grey area of the tax code. You'll likely get two different opinions, like I did. And remember, if you are called to an audit, an IRS opinion will be of no value in backing your claim. The solution to this quagmire of legislation, exemptions and exceptions we call the IRS code is the "flat tax." Everyone, no exceptions, pays a fixed rate on all (letters to y Girl Scout cookies safe Dear Editor: At our request this extra safety precaution of scanning Girl Scout Cookies for foreign objects is taking place at a local Salt Lake City warehouse. These cookies have been previously scanned at Little Brownie Bakery and given a "clean bill of health." The bakery is located in Louisville, Kentucky. Ben Gibson, the director of Girl Scout sales for Little Brownie Bakery, is overseeing this humongous project of checking 55,000 cases of our cookies. The crew to supervise this scanning has been supplied by the bakery. We anticipate it will take three days of 24 hour shifts to scan all the cases. Each case is being labeled with a sticker stating that it has been scanned. No case will leave the warehouse until it has been scanned and found safe. We anticipate a few days delay in our delivery of cookies to cities and towns throughout Utah, but customers can expect Girl Scouts to deliver beginning April 6 to 19. Monitoring by adult Girl Scout volunteers will take place at each Cookie Station in the state. We are working closely with law enforcement agencies, our volun-teers and staff, for the protection of our product. We have no cookie tampering problems; anticipate no problems but are prepared. As a Girl Scout delivers cookie orders to her customers, we offer the following information. If a box of cookies is damaged and the customer is concerned, take the following steps : 1. Place the box of cookies in a plastic bag with your name, address and phone number. 2. Contact your local law en-forcement agency. 3. Call the Utah Girl Scout Council Office in Salt Lake City im-mediately - 5 - toll free, . . We will replace any damaged box of cookies or refund your $2. Thank you for your support and cooperation. Utah Girl Scout Council Blue party wants your vote Editor The last two weeks have been fun and exciting, but hectic for all the candidates that are running for next year's Student Council at Pleasant Grove High School. Now that Primaries are over and we are into the final stages of the elections, both the Blue and White Parties are beginning to get a taste of what it's like to be Student Council Members. The Blue Party, also known as the Defenders, have been hard at work learning all they can about the positions they are involved in. 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