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Show Coalville, Utah 84017 City Briefs South Summit Elementary to Reduce Class Size Coalville City Updates voted leeway election. The voted leeway allowed residents the chance to voice their opinion for or against a slight tax increase that would provide tax dollars to cover the additional expense needed to reduce class sizes at the elementary school. Public hearings were held in March and April, followed by the election held on May 4. According to Zane Woolstenhulme, the average class size in the first 3 grades is 23. The voted leeway proposal will provide the money for 4 new teachers. There will be a teacher for each of the younger classes and a reading specialist, who will be available to assist all elementary grade levels. The increased faculty will allow South Summit Elementary to increase the number of classes for from 4 to 3, and reduce class sizes to grades approximately 20 students, a reduction of 7-- The street leading into the 20. In addition to the new teachers, the district plans to rent modular classrooms for one year. The modular units will provide additional classroom space to help accommodate the increased number of classes added for the younger grades. BY JAN ROWLEY Kimai Bet Cormpondrnl jj i I a f 1 A reduction in class sizes in the first 3 grades will be possible next year as result of South Summit School District's voted leeway proposal. The pro-posal passed May 4 with 39 voting for and 41 against. Elementary School Principal, Myri Louder reports that the school plans to use the modular units for a first and second grade class and for special education and leading Mr. Louder explained that once the 6th grade moves to the Middle School it is very likely that the modular classrooms will no longer be needed. The cost for these changes was estimated to be between $ 133,000 and 171,000. Property owners walls by increasing family and adding mobile class- will pay an additional .000138 in property tax this year to provide additional funding for the changes. This averages out to be approximately $24.00 on a In the put 3 yean the school district enrollment house with a tax value of $ 130,000. hu increased from 1173 in 1994 to 1263 in 1998. According to the 17 of registered voters who This increase in enrollment, combined with the need turned out for the election, 271 voiced their opinion for the 6th grade to be temporarily housed in the elefor the tax increase and 190 were not in favor of it. mentary school have pushed the walls of the school There are 2732 registered voters in the school disto the limit. trict and a total of 461 ballots were cast. The new On March 11th the South Summit School Board teachers and classroom modules should be in effect tool; action and approved a resolution to call" for a for the 19992000 school year. at interest" Hillary Judd Captures Summit County Dairy. Princess Title Summit County Bee Hires New Kamos Area Correspondent The council was in agreement however on completing, in full, a general plan for trails, traffic, --a basis for having a development code for implementation, and an entry corridor enhancement plan. Joan Judd has been working on employee handbook amendments for several months and the council gave their approval to the new listings on Monday. When discussing the Library Lease agreement, it was determined that no decision would be made at the present time, although it needs to be completed by June. A request has been asked that the Library retain their current position for another 10 years with a clause asking for an additional 10 years and another 10 years after that. The decision came after councilpersons voiced their opinions such as "if Coalville grows and needs the room for possibly more office space in the future, the current library space would help solve the problem" " it is hard to live on a drop-dea- d type of contract" and the library has certainly been a real asset". One lighter moment of the meeting came when the Mayor mentioned he had been approached by a group wondering about putting an assisted living facility in Allen Hollow. Some comments heard from the board were "enlighting" such as that would really be nice to live in an assisted living facility and wake up every day facing the cemetery." of my life. I graduated from South Summit High School in 1986. An English teaching degree was my goal when I enrolled at Southern Utah University. 1 pursued this degree for a few quarters, changed my mind and pursued Journalism for a few more quarters before 1 transferred to Utah State University where I finally obtained a Bachelor's degree in Communications with a Business Administrations minor. Shortly after graduating from Utah State in 1993, 1 moved to the "big city" (Salt Lake) and worked at Jenry Seiner Chevrolet as Customer Relations Manager. Allow me to introduce myself; My name is Jan Rowley and I am pleased to announce that I recently joined the staff of the Summit County Bee. My primary focus will be covering the happenings around Kamas 1 look forward to meeting and As Alecia became close to school age I decided it was time am excited to be working with Pam and Sharon and Valley. This is where I met my husband, Dave Rowley. We have two children, Alecia (Hall), who is 7 going on 16 and Jace, who is 18 months and going . .. to drive his mother crazy!! working with all you wonderful people. It's good to be back in Summit County. I'd like to provide you with a little backgnxud information, so that when we have the opportunity to interact, you' know whowhatwhy etc. you are dealing with. Myrl and Vera Louder are my proud parents; Mike (Audrey), Korey (Ellen), Dane (Ginger), Jordan (Robyn), Rodney (Shelly), Julie (Kyle), and Tuld (who is wisely, still single) are my "fortunate enough to be related to me" siblings. And here is the shortened version of the past 13 or so years to "get out of Dodge" (Salt Lake). I didnt want her to get lost in the shuffle of the thousands of kids attending schools in SLC. So, just before Jace was born 1 left Jerry Seiner and we moved to Tint to Wanship and then to Kamas and well, here we are. Like I said, it's good to be back. Anyway, enough about me . . . I NEED YOUR HELP!! If you have news ideas, exciting events, etc., that you would like to abate with me, please call me at 783-633-4. 1 would like to thank you in advance for your help and support I really am looking forward to representing the Kamas Valley. It's a pretty great" place!! Francis Town Updates Summit County Dairy Princess Hilary Judd, Attendant Lad Moore, Miss Congeniality Jesse Sue Wilde and Camilla "Millie Judd attendant BY PAMELA ROBBINS Bee Editor Hillary Judd, daughter of Mark and LaRecn Judd of Hoytville wu crowned the new Min S ununit County Dairy Princess on Saturday evening May 8th, 1999. She was 1998 crowned Princess, by Desiree McQueen. Her two attendenta, who are equal in their poaitions, are Lari Moore, daughter of John and Diane Moore of Hcncfer and Camilla Millie" Judd, daughter of Rick and Lew Jean Judd of Hoylsville. Stacie (Shaw) Deardcn took over the duties of Master of Ceremonies for the evening, keeping the audience informed as to what wu happening, the contestants on their toes and helped to make the evening flow along. The stage was transformed into a "Springtime Affair" by contest director, Karen Pace, with balloon bouquets and baskets of colorful flowers, in the midst of which the contestants performed their opening number titled " Sing Sing". Bee Editor After several weeks of what Commissioner Pat Cone jokingly referred to as "trash talk". County Commissioners approved the RFP's (request for proposal ) for waste con- tractors. This will allow contractors interested in bidding for the County Waste Contract to let the Board know how they would handle "picking up the garbage" without following specific COPY guidelines set by the County. As part of the bid package, contractors could tour the County and see first hand the in's and outs and ups and After introducing themselves, the young women showed off their choice of street wear clothing, followed by the all important Evening gown competition and on stage question. Blaine Blonquist provided entertainment in the with his guitar and singing skills-fillin- g blank spots" with his talent. With the judges proclaiming choosing a winner being a hard task, due to the beauty and knowledge of each girl, they checked the scores in the areas of Interview, Evening gown presentation, physical fitness and on would be selected, they would then have training requirements, take assessments, develop goals, followed by planning and implementing to accomplish the stage question. Other winners were Jesse Sue Wilde Miu Congeniality (voted by the contestants) Misty Brooks for best poster with hers titled Make Mine Milk". Hillary Judd won for best recipe in which dairy products are used. ( Layered Lemon Dessert). The new Dairy Princess will move on to well u reprecompete in the State Contest senting Summit County in various events such the County Fair in August and presenting programs to elementary school age students. downs they would be dealing with because of the diversity throughout the region. The Commission Board voiced their approval subject to final scrotiny by Deputy County Attorney Dave Thomas. When bids come in-iboard will have the final say on who receives the contract-withohaving In present he ut it to the lowest bidder, but the company they feel would do the best job. Discussion also centered around wether or not to put into place a Waste Committee Board, and what should be done about furthering recycling efforts. Chairman Sheldon Richins said " all this worries me a little-thcr- e may be room for some improvement but we don't want to see a large increase in payment and we shouldn't get into a goals. Once the goals are accomplished the community would receive awards and recognition based on the level of achievement. Francis council members plan to review the infor- mation presented and discuss the program further before nuking a decision. According to Sherri, the program could help to get funding from the government when necessary. u u Also at the Francis meeting: Jim Peters was approved for a conditional use permit He will be using piut of his home for an onsite sales office far the Wild Willows Subdivision. Jim will also be hosting seminars in order to show potential customers the land and home situation we can't handle. There are many residents living on fixed sites. There were several conditions to the permit, including limited parking. Council Members expresses concern that the pinking situation, primarily during the "seminars", could result in an accident. Parking on the street will not he allowed, and Jim assured them that he would nut let this become a problem. A motion granting Brent and Jacklyn Jackson a business license was accepted. They will be doing home repair furniture restoration out of a building behind their home. A new water storage tank will soon be constructed in Woodland Hills. A meeting will be on May 23 at 7:00 to move forward with the water revenue bpnd in order to finalize ftinding for the project. The next Francis Town Council meeting will be held June 13th at 7:00 p.m. it will double as a public hearing for the city's budget. plan to vote the way I feel we could receive the best quality of treatment." incomes-- I Public works director LaMar Richins, who wu present also told the Board about a "structure wash out" that self-enclos- took place near Pine Cliff over the week end. Because of the beginning of the run off season, water under the large culvert crossing caused severe erosion from the shoulder into the center of the road. "We are really lucky a truck never went through." Richins Continued on page A3 , I - . Preparing for the 21st century was one of several topics discussed at the Francis Town Council and the Kamas City Council meetings which were both held separately Tuesday May 11. Sherri Christensen from the planning office traveled from the Francis meeting up to the Kamas meeting in order to introduce the 21st Century Community Assessment to both communities on Tuesday night. The program challenges rural communities to 1) prepare rural Utah for unprecedented growth. 2) create new jobs and reduce unemployment. 3) diversify rural economies and 4) protect quality of life. If the program is accepted, a Community Team Waste Contract RFPs Approved by Commission BY PAMELA ROBBINS Summit County Fairgrounds" will remain with the city, being maintained by the County. Arrangements for holding an event at the site need to be handled by contacting Kelly Robinson at the Courthouse. All that remains now is having the contract reviewed by Deputy County attorney, Dave Thomas and signing the officials papers by the County Commissioners. Don Sargent, City Planner, brought up several items for review. There is a need, according to Sargent for the Council to discuss long range planning while disneed to have tools in cussing current projects-"yo- u die future". to place protect When discussing the possibility of annexing South Beach' into the city, the board quickly made it known that they 'really didn't think that was a good idea, mostly because of lack of enforcement capabilities. Mayor Johnson said he thought the idea would cost the city more than we have-whbeach area we have now, they cut the fences to enter. Right now we have more employees than ever, an attorney, planner, etc. people we didn't use to have, but need now. We aren't really growing that much and I hate to do things that would cost taxpayer dollars." Another debated topic included having a code development of architectural guidelines in place that would compliment the existing architect. Several on the council wanted to make sure codes weren't so stringent that developers felt they were "being chased out." We need to set guidelines and ideas but put them in an attractive package" said one councilpcrson. "variety can create 1- -3 South Summit Elementary will expand ou bride Its rooms with binding bom voted leeway. u to the Talks began approximately 8 yean ago possibility rtf Summit County taking over the Coalville City Park grounds and is now becoming much closer to being a reality. After holding what wu termed a "highly spirited meeting" recently, both sides reached what they called an agreeable arrangement." I am happy its almost over with" said Cliff Blonquist. who hu been smack in the middle of the debate. Items that are on the docket include terminating the lease agreement with Coalville City, cleaning up and possibly building a small park next to the Senior Citizen's Building, and leaving the Lions Gub Building in place until such time u they find another location. i |