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Show Volume 67 Number 12 Parent Teacher conferences set at NS Middle School Parent-Teache- Confer- r ences will be held Tuesday, April 4, at North Sevier Middle School, to according Principal Boyd Gurney. SAT test results and third quarter grade reports will be given and discussed with parents. The conferences will be held at NSMS New Gym. No appointments are necessary, come when it is convenient to you. If you are not able to attend, call the NSMS office and make arrangements to receive this important information. Eighty-seve- n percent of the parents of our students attended the last Parent-Teachnight, er Easter Egg Hunt The Salina City Easter Egg Hunt will be held Saturday, March 25, beginning at 9 a.m, according to King Anderson, chairman. The festivities will take place at the new Salina Park. "In addition to the Egg Hunt, there will be games and fun for all ages," Anderson added. The event is sponsored by the Salina Chamber of Dr. Thomas Hyatt goes into Private Practice in Salina The Salina area has taken advantage of a physician living and practicing in the Salina Medical Clinic for the past year and Dr. Hyatt announces his decision to go into private practice in April. will be April 17. There will be some changes which caused Dr. Hyatt to consider privatization. He explains he will have a better billing service through in house computers and billing procedures. Those having questions about their bill will receive answers from in house as all business aspects will be taken care of locally. Dr. Thomas A. Hyatt, DO, has been employed by IHC who owns Sevier Valley Hospital and was hired to work in the Salina Medical Clinic just over a year ago. Dr. Hyatt explains that this move to privatize and remain working in the Salina Area was anticipated by both IHC and himself and both entities are supportive of the move. This has always been a dream of mine, to be a private practicing physician and I feel very comfortable going for it now, said Hyatt. This change will also allow for the opportunity to make improvements in the practice like remodeling and changes in appointment coverage for physician time off and vacation. Im not leaving!, said Hyatt. I would like to reassure the patients this is not another doctor turnover. Tm. staying. I like the area enough and Fwant to stay. The area will see little as Hyatt will continue to change in the Salina Medical Clinic practice building which is presently being rented from Salina City. His practicing nurse Beth Clayton is retiring soon so she will be replaced but the office staff will remain the same. There will be some building upgrades and Hyatt is negotiatequipment due ing on some y for delivery in June or July. Anticipated opening date This move will make Dr. Hyatt technically independent from any hospital control that was evident in the past. He will lease the equipment presently in the Clinic building from IHC and take advantage of the OB delivery insurance that is offered to doctors all through the state by IHC but he will not be an employee of IHC and therefore be able to make the changes he feels is necessary to better his service to the patients. X-ra- APPLE A concerning the Alar. However, apples are fine AN will host Utah Summer Games trials Salina-Richfiel- d The Utah Summer Games enter its fourth year as the largest amateur organization in the state of Utah. The Games are specifically designed to showcase Utahs dedicated and worthy amateur athletes. Four Regional Qualifying Competitions will be held during 1989, in order to further achieve the Foundations objectives of encouraging wholesome athletic competition among the residents of Utah. will In 1989 the Games will provide competition opportunities in the following sports: Archery; Basketball; Horseshoes; Soccer; Softball, Swimming; Tennis; Track and Field, 10-- Run, Trap Shooting and Volleyball. Equestrian events have been added to the competition field. The Utah Summer Games K are open to Utah residents who lived in the state of Utah prior to March 1 1989, and who meet specific require- ments outlined in the sports section of the athletes handbook. Salina - Richfield will host the competition for the southern counties in Utah including Beaver, Emery, Garfield, Grand, Iron, Kane, Millard, Piute, San Juan, Sanpete, Sevier, Washington and Wayne. Some of the events will be hosted by the North Sevier area, including: Archery (which is a new event this year), with DeeWayne Jolley, in charge. The event will be held in the SalinaXAurora area; Track & Field - Dent Sorensen, at the new NSHS Track and Field Complex; Trap Shooting - at the North Sevier Trap Clubs range near Aurora, with MacRae Squires as director; Volleyball, with Jill Porter, NSHS Girls Coach at the helm. Soccer, Swimming, Basketball, Horseshoes, Softball, Tennis, and the 10K ran will take place in Richfield, or be split between the North and South Sevier areas. Directors and committee members for the Southern Region include John Roberts, of Richfield, director; Mel Briggs and Dana S haw, of Salina; Carma Thomas, Sevier Valley Inn Keepers; Russ Nielson, Monroe; Jeff Brewer, Salina Chamber of Commerce; Cliff Bush, Richfield Chamber; Kevin Brown, Rick Labrum, and Don Olsen, of Richfield. Cost to send Salina kids to school? $2,506 each during 1987-8- 8 State and local spending for all educational purposes in Utah fiscal year toduring the 1987-8- 8 taled $1,630,305,000 according to the Utah Foundation. The Foundation said that $1,188,060,000 was spent by local school districts; $103,721,000 was used to operate the state school office, state operated schools (such as the area vocational schools, the skill centers, and the deaf and blind eduschools) along with other state cation programs, and $338,524,000 went to finance higher education the nine state colleges and universities and the Board of Regents. More than three fourths, or $1.3 billion of last years educational expenditures came from state and local tax revenues. The remaining $352 million was derived from other sources such as tuition and other charges for services, federal aid, etc. Price 35 Cents Wednesday, March 22, 1989 Foundation analysts point out that mush emphasis is placed on the amount spent on current operations in the public schools. Last year, current expenditures in the public schools totaled $938 million and constituted about 79 of all local school expenditures and about 58 of total expenditures in the stale for all educational purposes. fiscal During the 1987-8- 8 year expenditures in Utah averaged $2,361 per pupil. Per pupil costs are generally higher in the rural districts than they are in the more populous areas. Last year the cost varied from a low of $2,085 in die Alpine School District to highs of $5,128 in the Dagget School District and $5,239 in the Tintic School District More than two thirds of the current expenditures of local school districts in Utah during the last fiscal year wentfor instructional purposes. 1 1.7 went for plant operation and maintenance; 7.5 administration; pupil service including transportation. 5.7; instructional staff serv- - 4.2; and all other school costs 3.1. The study indicates that ices, there is a considerable variation in the distribution of school expenditures among Utahs 40 school districts. Current expenditures in the Sevier School District during the 1987-8- 8 school year totaled' $10,926,279 or $2,506 per pupil in average daily attendance. About 66.8 percent of these expenditures went for classroom instruction; 14.1 percent for plant operation and maintenance; 8.6 for administration; 6.6 percent for pupil services, including transportation; 2.3 percent for instructional staff services, and 1.5 percent for all other activities. Screening is cancelled Due to technical diffithe Salina Cholesterol culties, Screening Clinic set for March 23 and 24 has been cancelled. has been question throughout the nation and in Utah safety of eating apples. The scare concerned the chemical or hormone Sevier School District Personnel and the University of Utah say that the and that there should be no ill effects from eating them. DAY? There Apples safe for county school kids While the EPA continues From School an administrative review, the public can continue enjoying apples without posing an unacceptable risk to their health, according to information from the International Apple Institute, which represents 90 percent of the apple industry. District Apples used in Sevier School Districts child feeding programs are free from Alar, the alleged cancer causing chemical now under scrutiny by the Environmental Protection Agency From USU (EPA). Karen Pace, Sevier Food Service Director said fresh apples used by the district are products of an orchard in Pleasant Grove. I spoke with the owner this wc ek, she said, and he assured me that Alar is not used in his orchard. Apple juice and applesauce used by the district are commodity goods from government sources, but no restrictions on the use of these products have been issued. Testing is still being done. All tests so far have shown no contamination. Information from Jane Osborn, child nutrition specialist with the Sate Office of Education, indicates that Alar is not used in the Utah apple industry at all. It is used on no more than four percent of the nations total apple crop, which is down from 35 to 40 percent three years ago. Many growers voluntarily stopped using the chemical after 1985 when concern was first voiced over possible health risks. Alar, trade name of the chemical daminozide was used by growers about 60 days prior to harvest to assure production of top quality apples that resisted bruising, early decay and cracking, thus allowing year round availability of fresh apples. According to the EPA, the allowable Alar residue level is 20 parts per million. Studies conducted in 1986 and 1987 showed 85 percent of the apples analyzed contained less than 1 part per million residue. The chemical has been used in orchards for about 20 years. Extension Agent The television program 60 Minutes, recently reported on the chemical daminozide, more commonly called Alar, which is used to reduced bruising of apples. The result is that people are unsure whether apples are safe to eat The following information is from Alvin Hamson, USU Extension Specialist in Horticulture concerning the use of Alar: Hamson says that the media has sensationalized the problem since the Environmental Protection Agency has been monitoring the concerns and reviewing the use for more tan five years. Alar is a hormone, not a chemical. Mice used in the study were fed levels of Alar 4 million times greater than the human exposure. A person would have to eat a trainload of apples each year to get the equivalent used by the mice. Mice studies quoted were flawed as the strain of mice used in the studies were prone to producing tumors without treatment No tumors have been shown in rats from exposure to Alar. Alar is not presently being used m Utah. Its use in Utah has not been extensive as the apples which are raised here are not the soft type apple. EPA has set an acceptable level of Alar at 20 parts per million. Products in Utah contained about 5 parts per million when it was in use. If you have concerns about this produce, purchase fresh apples from a Utah coldstorage facility. No Alar was used in the current crop. For more information call your local county agents office. Board will freeze tax increases , Unanimous action at the March 15 meeting of the Sevier School District Board of Education passed a resolution stating their intention to freeze local school taxes during 1989-9- 0 school year. Citing devoted school supthe by community, as well as port financial demands already being made on local families and businesses, the board agreed that local school taxes would not go up. At the same lime, the resolution also stated a determination to reallocate funds presently available with the intent of providing modest salary increases for Sevier School District employees. |