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Show 7Tr? c 1 uixUl jt n J VJj EAST 3RD S 0UTH 40j SALT LAKE CITY TJT ... In Traditional Rites Friday president, welcomed the audience and joined two classmates in exploring the theme. GRANITE PARK. More than from Granite district schools bid farewell to the school year Friday. For about 2,900 from six Green Sheet area high schools, the goodbye was permanent as they donned traditional caps and gowns for generally somber commencement rites that marked the end of 13 years in the public school system. s more than However, have indicated tney plan to be back in the classroom this fall, taking some form of training. About 25 percent will be aided by scholarship awards they earned through their mental or physical skills developed through their school years. . students Each of the ceremonies had of tears and laughter, perhaps summed up by the words of one of the student speakers, "This is one of the happiest day s ol my life Yet, curiously, am sad " moments Two Sections - 1 30 Pages WeatUa&eu three-fourth- post-gradua- THB VOICE OF WEST VALLEY CITY UTAH Fridays weather proved cooperative for those ceremonies USPS held out of doors, while in most cases it was not uncomfortable in auditoriums and gymnasiums. CJfg75IFgIXIffI Thursday, June as theme of exercises in the Granger high gymnasium. Clad in two shades of blue were 514 who heard four fellow students expound on that theme. Superintendent John Reed Call handled district duties. The transition to alumni was directed by senior president Government Form Vote Set July 28th ' first, editors of the WEST VALLEY. Over the objections of Redwood area residents, the City Planning Commission here Thursday voted to approve a zone change that would accommodate a research-businespark at 2200 So. Redwood Road. Receiving the okay of commission members was a request from F. C. Stangl Construction to get zoning on 69 acres changed from But it . residential ( status to an District 2, 17,379; District 3, 17,873; District 4, 18,332. includes the area of District Redwood and east Granger, Districts 2 and 3 include areas of central Granger and District 4 encompasses virtually all of Hunter. The mayor, one council member at large and two council members from districts shall be elected to terms. The other council member at large and the two other council members from districts r shall initially be elected to terms, according to the 1 four-yea- r two-yea- resolution. If passed, the council-manage- r form of government will replace the City Commission that currently governs the city. form of The council-managgovernment is presently being used in Orem. - residential land uses in the area. Redwood residents opposed to the plan, disagree, however, claiming that if and when the research-busines- s park does go in, no one would want to build or live in homes near the development. Fears that the project will yield unmanageable vehicle access and traffic volume problems in the area were also expressed by residents. The proposal, which calls for development on the east side of Redwood Road south of the 2100 R-l-- and 8 R-- Heated Split Vote Wash- reporter, Janet Cooke, had concocted a fictional treatise about nine-year-o- ld drug addict only fanned the flames. Cartoonists had a field day. Columnists hashed and rehashed the episode in which Miss Cooke won a Pulitzer prize, then had it withdrawn. And the Post, which more than any other single publication wrote an end to the career of WEST VALLEY. Ignoring vehement protests by Mayor Henry (Hank) The planning board's approval Thursday was accompanied by several stipulations - that zone ordinance restrictions aimed at assuring quality and compatible development will be followed, that the project be integrated with plans for development of the Jordan-ProvRiver Parkway and that the traffic issue be adequately addressed. The planning staff recommended approval because of the greater zone restrictions under the and because it compared to was felt that the traffic issue would need attention regardless of what type of development occurred on the site. The staff further pointed out that the research-busines- s park plannP o l, material .gathered by its reporters may have lacked in authenticity. Not that we think it did. Mr. Nixon slit his own wrists with a set of tapes. In reviewing the plight of the Post, however, we came to the conclusion that this paragon of journalism should not alone stand indicted. Other newspapers have been guilty of printing misinformation. Not for the purpose of winning a Pulitzer, perhaps, but for reasons that may seem just as sinister. One that came to mind was a small weekly publication in the belt of northeast corn-and-catt- le Nebraska. Its young E&P (editor and publisher) was constantly on the lookout for unusual yarns and one day, during a coffee break at a local restaurant, one fell right in his lap. A district court reporter who shall hereinafter be known only as Ken, had just returned from a Civil Air Patrol training camp in Oklahoma. It was coed for the first time, he pointed out to the coffee slurpers - and he then recounted, with male ego, the -- and that had taken place in off hours. Like Ken, most of the and were married folks. hanky-pank- y footsy-playin- g It mustve taken 30 seconds or so for the newspapers E&P to decide what he was going to do. Once the regular press run of the paper was put to bed - the one unfair and political, discriminatory." Paralleling the action with recently attempted terminations of civic employes from Salt Lake City, the treasurer said he would, in a similar manner, appeal the decision before the courts and said he believed he would be of tion. The City Commission met in an emergency meeting Friday at 3:30 p.m. to vote on making City Personnel Director Jack McIntosh the acting city treasurer. The board voted unanimously in favor ol the Randy Baker appointment Baker made a brief statement before the vote on his termination was taken, saying "such action is Thursday. Mayor Price interrupted Commissioner Mackay when she interjected an unexpected resolution to fire the treasurer at the end ol Thursdays commission meeting Price contended that since the termination procedure was not listed on the agenda for the meeting, tak- made "effective immediately." ed by the Stangl firm will not eliminate the possibility of future Richard Nixon, found itself struggling against people who doubted there was a Deep Throat and hinted some of the Watergate Commissioners ing action on it would be a violation the Sunshine Law and would be invalid. The mayors protest was overruled by the votes of the two com missioners and the resolution was R-B- P M-- Price, Renee Mackay and Jerry Wagstaif voted to terminate Randy Baker from his position as city treasurer area. -- - City Treasurer Is Terminated ) designation. The Stangl firm had previously sought a change to M-- l (manufacturing) for the site, but that request was denied because the commission felt such a change would permit uses too intense for the . South expressway, will undergo a hearing before the City Commission on June 25 at 5 p.m. The board denied a proposal by Gablestreet, Inc. to get zoning at 4500 So. 5400 West changed from to Single family homes on lots had been proposed for 10.64 acres. R-l-- In R-B- P wasnt. Confessing their a election in November, 1981 from four districts and at large s ington Post thought if they made a clean breast of the whole thing, it'd be forgotten. - j 262 6682 the special election are affirmative, seven council members will be elected at the municipal The four districts, which were studied and decided upon by the task force, include the following District 1, 18,781; populations: i Three speakers dealt with the theme The future lies ahead with endless goals in sight at Cyprus where the 325 light blue and dark blue clad seniors served notice that future classes will likely outgrow the stage setting. Student president Sterling Barker and class president Jerry Tietjen were among three speakers. Graduates also handled the music with an instrumental trio, a vocal duet and a solo among the evenings highlights. Board member Richard Andrus represented the district on the stand. At Granite high the football stadium served as the setting for 334 who donned school colors of red and blue and were accepted by school board president Miriam Farnsworth. One Step Closer served as the theme. Sharon McMillan, class At departments WEST VALLEY. The Citv Coin- mission here Thursday unanimously adopted a resolution to hold a special election to consider changing the form of government to council manager and set an election date After listening to recommendations of a citizens blue ribbon task force which had been appointed to study alternative forms of government, the commission adopted the group's resolution and agreed on July 28 as a date for the special election. According to the resolution, the special election ballot shall be in substantially the following form: Shall West Valley City, Utah, adopt form of the Council-Manage- r municipal government? Yes-No- . If the majority of votes cast at Redwood Research - Business Park Zoning Is Okayed Times. , All Volume 27, Number 22 4, 1981 Of City Planning Commission Dave Foote. Emotions ran high when the madrigals sang the haunting Remember. At Kearns high the auditorium served as the setting for honoring 455. Senior president Kenny Meldrum and student leader Gordon Tattersall were among five who shared their thoughts on the theme The Times Of Your Life.. Board member Joyce Higashi accepted the new alumni. The concert choir helped sum up the feelings of the departing seniors, wearing school colors of green and gold, with several selections, including These Are the Best 656-38- Published weekly at 1S5 E 4905 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84107. Second class postage paid at Salt Lake City, UT 84119 Subscrip tion rate 12 50 per year POSTMASTER: Send address changes to West Valley View, Box 7167, Salt Lake City, UT 84107 There is no one road to success -There are as many as there are men willing to build them served film - Council-Manage- r 2, 900 Grads Ex it High School 60,000 vN FIRST GIRL . . . Monique Aguilar was first girl in Granger high graduating class to receive diploma from Supt. John Reed Call. EMOTION . . . Cyprus lass fights to hold bock tears as commencement exercises ore conducted Friday in school auditorium. WE'VE DONE IT! Kearns high youths exchonge congratulatory handshake as processional forms up for commencement exercises. , consigned for decent household consumption - the E&P wrote a tells-it-afeature worthy of Penthouse and substituted it for one of the front page yarns It vividly and explicitly quoted the aforesaid Ken about his at CAP camp. By carefully delivery of the "special editions only 10 in number - the E&P made certain that version would be the first seen by Ken. Witnesses later told him the unsuspecting victim bellied up to the counter at the coffee house, picked up the press hometown paper - and turned white. Migod! My wilell divorce me. Ill lose my job, he w as heard to mutter. Then white turned to pink, starling at the collar line and climbing swiftly to the -- ll reinstated The mayor echoed Bakers sentiments, saying as far as he was concerned, there was no resignaRefering to the reasons for Baker's termination. Commissioner Mackay said, We havent had from his office what we needed. Weve been disappointed with what he has produced. She indicated that Baker knew the specific reasons why he was fired, but said the city attorney has advised that she not make them -- fresh-nff-th- e balding forehead. Pink then became scarlet and like a tea ket ! Can you sell a used parrot with a Green Sheet classified ad? A used parrot? You bet! Ask John Hemmingway, 3610 So. 4200 CHERRY hod parrot cage. Vary gonllo. $125. with brand now what happened when he tried. "I sold it on the very first call the morning the ad came out, West, hell tell you. The most Green quick West Valley man found, as users of classifieds in the Sheet do, that results are and costs low in Utah's most widely circulated weekly newspapers. Folks use em to buy, sell, rent, look for help, find trade, lost items or convey personal messages. Their message reaches over homes - and it 50,000 gets results! to place your ad Dial Save $1 by paying before it runs job-hun- mid-valle- t, y 262-668- 2 Ask us how. Youll get results! public. tle which has reached a boil, Ken erupted from the stool, nearly removed the door as he passed through and hit the sidewalk on a dead run, shouting, Ill murder the stupid ( censored). sex-capad- g Sold On First Call back at the Meanwhile, plant, the E&P had placed a few specials atop the pile of counter-salpapers, seeing to e it they didnt get sold. I He was fairly certain hed soon have a visitor. In fake nonchalance he pecked out timeless prose on his typewriter: The quick brown fox jumped . . . He was unprepared for the violence of Kens entry, however. The door flew open with a shudthe Don Juan of der. Wild-eyethe CAP grabbed at the stack of papers, shouting "You idiotic (censored - whatinhell made you write a story like that? Even as he spoke and pawed at the papers, he was limbering up to vault over the counter into the E&Ps cubicle. What caused him to look before he leaped no one will ever know -but being rather well endowed in the smarts department, he realized in a flash that the edition he was scouring didn't have the story of the CAP orgies. He concluded, of course, hed been the victim of a hoax. But he was nevertheless damned mad. The E&P, not eager to engage a comraging bull in bat, now discarded his game plan of locking himself in the toilet. Instead, he wondered if he could sell the story to Capt. Billys Whiz Bang - Hustler not having been invented yet. Some time later the E&P moved to Utah - and you can bet your weight in Pulitzer prizes we never did that again! hand-to-han- d -- V. v i |