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Show &A-- 3 So! Ciy, 25cents Thursday March 1 5, 1 984 Number The story evidently originated from the city council meeting on March 7. During that meeting, the council discussed the and under coimol. After some discussion, Councilman Dixon moved to allow the city recreation department to sponsor Council dances at the Bon-To- Bon-To- n, Bon-To- n n. City (V10' Shin Volume 95 voted to continue the roller skating program at the center until the end of the school year. After that motion passed, Councilman Don Dixon asked about the possibility of allowing the citys recreation department to sponsor dances at the Bon-ToIn the discussion that followed, and Bob Councilman Sonju Councilwoman Kay Furniss expressed concerns about crowd It was control at the Bon-Tonoted that the last had caused dance at the Bon-To- n and several many problems juveniles had been arrested on alcohol charges. Councilwoman Furniss, who has been working with the Payson Youth City Council, noted that when the Youth City Council sponsored dances at the Payson City Center they were able to control the crowd. We have a few problems with some of the youth, but at the city-own- er 1 T.V. and radio reports to the contrary, people are still dancing in Payson. The Payson City Council has NOT banned dancing or anywhere else. at the Last Thursday, two Salt Lake television stations and several local radio stations were reporting the city council of Payson, "the community where the movie Footloose was filmed, had banned dancing at the a recreation center. Some stations were reporting that dancing was banned entirely in Payson. The Payson City Office was deluged with phone calls from people who wanted to know why the council had taken such drastic action. Council members were interviewed and received calls The demanding explanations. CHRONICLE received several calls asking why the city had banned all dancing, including high school dances. Bon-To- n Kevin Bacon star aa the teen-agfrom Chicago who haa moved to a rural community where todays manic and danrhig are rasped in Paramount Pictures Footloose. The movie was filmed last year In Payson. (Picture courtesy of Paramount Pictures Corporation) 1 Msh tVirrr man Russ Williams seconded the motion. Councilmembers Furniss, Sonju and Steve Hansen voted against the proposal. There was no discussion or motion about banning dancing in Payson or at the Thursday morning, at 6 oclock, city officials phones started ringing. The councils action was evidently misunderstood as a ban on dancing and the story was reported on the UPI wire service. Bon-To- n. A city council of a small community banning dancing would not be much of a story even if it were true, except in this case the Paramount Pictures movie "Footloose was filmed in Payson last year. "Footloose is the story of a teen-age- big-cit- y r transplanted to a rural community where modern music and public dancing are banned. By Thursday afternoon Channel 2 and Channel 5 had sent reporters to Payson to cover the story. They ii vved i.'.j officials and citizens. On the evening news it was reported that Payson, the community where "Footloose was filmed, has banned dancing at The story was the Bon-To- n. Santaquin council considers bonding for water update complete movie. Payson, dancing with clips from the Meanwhile, back in city officials were still to the tune of ringing On Saturday, after the excitement died down, there was a sponsored dance at the Clubs of by the District Riding the turnsay Organizers Payson. than expected. was out lighter They blame the negative publicity about the dance ban. Bon-To- On Monday, Councilwoman Furniss said, Anyone who has been to one of the Youth City Council dances knows we support dancing in Payson. Only a very small percentage of the kids give us any trouble at all. If we can hold dances where we can keep that small percentage under control, we can have dances for the that dont cause problems. 85-9- 0 The next Payson City Youth Council dance will be held April 13 at the Payson City Center and the Payson High School will continue to hold its dances as scheduled. Race fans will beableto buy by Michael Olson t d Santaquin loses about of its culinary 'water between the headhouse at the mouth of Santaquin Canyon and the individual connections on the northern borders of the town. Mayor Sandra Peterson sees the present opportunity for Santaquin to obtain a block grant and a $150,000 loan as too $150,000 interest-fre- e good to pass up because it would enable the city to take care of a large share of the water leakage. But in order for Santaquins citizens to take advantage of the loan, grant and the interest-fre- e a general obligation bond election must be held. Thats one of the many strings attached to the interest-fre- e loan made available State the Board of Water through Resources. And that $150,000 loan is necessary to provide matching funds for the $150,000 block grant, which, of course, is an amount that will not have to be paid back. City Recorder Sam Sellers estiloan mates that the interest-fre- e payback (some $10,500 per year) will amount to about a increase in taxes or rates. The city is currently working on several proposals to raise the necessary income to pay back the bond. The general obligation bond election is being considered for and in the meantime and city council Peterson Mayor one-thir- mid-Apri- l, members will be doing everything possible to get the facts out to the voters. I feel we cant afford to lose this opportunity, says Mayor Peterson. "At first I was hesitant to make changes that cost the taxpayer money, but with this loan we can grant and interest-fre- e raise enough money to take care of a full quarter of our water leakage problems. The $300,000 will be enough to upgrade the northeast quarter of town, the quarter most in need of repair. Mayor Peterson points out that competition among smaller towns for the block grant money and the special State Board of Water Resources loan has been keen. "These grants and loans may not always be available, she notes, adding that although citizens may not like debt, the water problems will not disappear. Our small budget wont allow many little projects over the years. So, if its put off, people will end up paying large interest rates to patch things a block at a time. We have to do things as funds come available. Thats the position were in right now. At a regular city council meeting held January 17, some thirty citizens heard facts about the need to upgrade the water system and indicated in a straw poll an overwhelming support for obtaining the grant and loan and going ahead with the project. But a poll Hearing set for two murder suspects Hearings are scheduled for two suspects in two separate murder cases that occurred recently in southern Utah County. SPRING LAKE SLAYING Judge John Backlund will hear the case on a murder charge ' Spring Lake against a man charged with a slaying that occurred at the Spring Lake Apartments February 25. Chester Boone, Jr. is charged e murder in the with Nina beating death of His Arizona. of Jean Yazzie, for scheduled originally hearing, March 9, was rescheduled for March 15 because Boone was second-degre- ld undergoing psychological examination ordered by the Eighth Circuit Court. GENOLA MURDERS A hearing will be held April 9 in Salt Lake City to determine whether a suspect will be certified to stand trial as an adult for the murders of Kent and Suzanne Burke of Genola February 28. The suspect, who was the Burkes foster son, is being held at the Utah County Youth Home in Provo. On March 8, the Utah County Sheriffs Office received an order from Judge Leslie Brown authorizing photographing and fingerprinting of the suspect. conducted by a form sent out with water bills indicated two things: apathy and a negative opinion toward the water project. It is the results of that poll that has caused the city to have to go to a general obligation bond election to get the interest-fre- e loan. "I feel it was our fault that we didnt get out and sell the idea, says Mayor Peterson, but that apathy and the 70 against it has cost us $800 to $900, which is the cost of holding a bond election. If the poll had been positive, we could have obtained the loan without it. Mayor Peterson continues, "We will be setting up a special meeting for all citizens in late March or early April, and we hope to be able to meet with the Senior Citizens during one of their regular meetings. And I or any of the council will be glad to answer any questions for citizens who will contact us. Taxpayers association releases school spending report districts Utahs 40 school spent an average of $1,962 per student for maintenance and operations (general fund) purposes during school year, according the 1982-8to the Utah Taxpayers Associae tax watchdog tion, the When organization. spending for special levies and school buildings are included, school districts spent an average of $2,481 per student. The UTA made the calculations from Utah State Office of Education figures, using average daily student attendance as a measure of student numbers. The school district comparisons are published in the March 1984 issue of UTA 3 state-wid- NEWS. Generally, larger school districts spent less per student while the tiny districts with small class sizes spent more. Districts highest in per capita spending for maintenance and operations were Daggett at $4,448 for each of its 182 students, and Tintic at $3,479 for each of 249 students. Lowest per student expenditures in the maintenance and Cont.on Page 2 beer at Payson race Members of the Psyson Community Theatre show off some of the awards they won at the second annual Utah Valley Arts Guild Award Night. PCTs productions of Annie and Harvey netted the lions share of awards. Community Theatre sweep UTVG annual awards presentations At the Second Annual Awards Presentation of the Utah Valley Theatre Guild, Thursday, March 8, 1984, Payson Community Theatre was the winner of twelve categories. Sixteen trophies were presented for individuals as outstanding performances during the 1983 year, the productions and Harvey. being "Annie Mr. Willis Pulver, president of the PCT Board of Trustees, accepted the trophy for the Outstanding Community Play; Mr. Charles Lynn Frost was presented the Outstanding Director award. Other trophies awarded were Outstanding Multi-Se- t Design to Steven Case, David C. Dahlquist, and Cindy Madson Jones for Annie; Outstanding Choreography to Cathy Black for "Annie; Outstanding Makeup and Hair to Cindy Rae Jones, Cherie DeGraw and Pam Wilson, Child Annie; Outstanding Performer - Girl to Mindy Whiting as Annie; Outstanding Supporting Actor to Steven Case for Harvey; Outstanding Supporting Actress to Lorna Taylor for "Harvey; Outstanding Supporting Actress to Polly Dunn for Annie; Outstanding Lead Actress to Elaine Guest for Harvey; Outstanding Lead Actor (play) Stephen K. and Out Taylor for "Harvey; standing Lead Actor (Community) to Roger Sasnett for Annie. In addition to the winners, those who were nominated from the production of "Annie were: Music, Robert Dunn; Technical, Richard Lorna Lindsey; Costuming, Taylor; Youth Performer - Boy, Joey Lowe; Supporting Actor, Larry Beaudin; Character Actor, Richard Hill; Lead Actress, Angie Murray; Scene (Hooverville), in nominees the play "Harvey were: Character Actress, Beth Dixon and Doris Gasser; Character Actor, David Herbert. For his perBoat Without a formance in at the Brigham Fisherman Young University, David Herbert won the Outstanding Character Actor. Payson Community Theatre has come a long way since the summer of 1968, according to PCT spokesThe exwoman Helen Scott. cellence that has been achieved has come about through the devoted efforts of many people, but the bottom line of any success comes from the vast number of people who make it all a reality, those people are our audiences. Without the audience no production is a success. The support that PCT has from our community has motivated many other communities to achieve in the theatrical arts, Mrs. Scott said. Those who enjoy a cold beer while watching the horse races will no longer have to pack their own to race meets in Payson. Last w eek the Payson City Council voted to allow the local riding clubs and the Onion Days Board to sell beer at the race meets and the rodeo. Stan Christensen, who represented the riding clubs making the beer sales request, said the clubs would use the money from the beer sales for the club activities which include improvements to the race track. He also noted beer companies have indicated they will sponsor races if beer is sold. This would mean bigger purses and better races, according to Christensen. Christensen also noted that there was a lot of beer at races now, with people bringing their ow n coolers. He also claimed there was illegal beer sales at the races now because individuals sell beer from their coolers to other spectators. He encouraged passage of the temporary concessionaire permit to make it easier to control the beer at the races. The council vote was split on the issue with Councilmen Russ Williams and Steve Hansen voting for beer sales and Don Dixon and Kay Furniss opposed. Because Councilman Bob Sonju was not at the meeting when die vote was taken, it was left to Mayor Gary Tassainer to break the tie vote. In voting for the measure he told Christensen he hoped the beer sales would work out. He said the city would watch the situation carefully and revoke the license if things got out of hand. Certain stipulations were placed on the temporary beer sales license including: Those selling the beer must be 21 years old or older and may not drink beer while serving or, working at the concession stand; beer must be sold in either cans or paper cups - no botded beer; an auxiliary policeman must be on duty where beer is sold; no individuals may bring beer in from outside the equestrian park in coolers, etc., for private I |