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Show 67 EAST 3RD SOUTH SALT LAKE CITY, On Fire Protection UT 111 - City Gears For Talks on Aug. 5, but the appointment was nullified Thursday when Commissioner Mackay disputed a clause favored by Mayor Henry (Hank) Price in the minutes of the Aug. 5 WEST VALLEY. Negotiations on future fire protection coverage for West Valley City are expected to begin within days, now that the appointment of a fire chief has been confirmed officially. City Commissioner Renee Mackay said Tuesday that she and Chief William Lukens probably will begin a series of meetings on the fire situation with County Fire Chief David Barrett either late this week or early next. Mrs. Mackay's statement was made following the commissions approval - for the second time - of Lukens as city fire chief. Lukens originally was named chief -- 'I Sold meeting. The clause stipulated that approval of the fire chief reflected West Valleys determination to start up its own fire department on Jan. 1. While Commissioner Mackay said fire protection is a that distinct possibility, she did not want to rule out the prospect of contracting the service from the county The final decision, the commissioner has said, will rest on who can provide the best fire protection for the least amount of money. the fire chiefs apIn pointment Tuesday, Mayor Price said he believed Lukens experience and expertise would help West Valley avoid what could be costly mistakes in determining fire protection services I will approve the fire chief with the thought in mind that we have our own fire department. I will vote aye under those conditions, the mayor said. Commissioners Mackay and Jerry Wagstaff agreed to the clause Mrs. Mackay said later the clause does not bind the city to form its own fire department on Jan 1, 1981, although that possibility remains strong. While negotiations on the fire service question will receive considerable attention from West Valley officials in the next few weeks, city -- 'Em Both!' I sold em came out -results! George Dyson, 4858 So. relating his experience 3730 West, with a MALAGUITE Commuter Moped, actual miles 186. Adult tricycle, almost 3 new, speed. classified ad in Utah's most widely circulated weekly newspapers. The West Valley City man obviously found results quick - and costs inexpensive - in the Green Sheet. to place your ad. Save Dial $1 by paying before it runs. Ask us 262-668- 2 how! operations are beginning to enter a routine as construction on City Hall winds to an end. Couches, chairs and tables have been placed in the foyer of the building this past week. Offices for several city departments are starting to take shape, including some on the second floor. Municipal operations will not be moving into high gear until Oct. 1, however, when the commission must decide which services currently contracted from the county will be provided starting Jan. 1 by the city. Those operations include garbage pick-up- , street lighting, traffic highway services, building permits, planning and zoning staff services and other engineering services. To Call West Valley City: City Hall Police Dispatch Police Admin. City Court 974-550- 1 535-722- 2 974-546- 8 974-510- 3 Sitting on the floor ond leanof a large crowd at West ing Valley City Planning Commission meeting listens to OVERFLOWING 656-38- VOICE OF WEST VALLEY CITY was presented here Thursday to the City Planning Commission Westlake Investment is seeking a combination of single family residential. high density residential, light industrial and commercial zoning on 1,266 acres from 2400 to 3300 South betw een 3600 and 5600 West The rezoning bid previously was approved by the County Planning Commission, but that action was negated when West Valley City incorporated before the county completed the rezomng process Speculation has placed the value of the overall development at anywhere from S200 million to $400 million, figures which have caused West Valiev as well as county and Salt Lake City officials to covet it as a UTAH 0 Volume 14, 1980 26, Number All 32 departments - 262-668- Activities, Exhibits Planned 44th Annual Fair Begins On Monday MURRAY. A parade, selection a royalty, grand-openin- of g Sweetheart t rodeo, entertainment and a variety of traditional exhibits headline the list of attractions for the 44th annual Salt Lake County Fair, which begins here three-nigh- Monday. event will be held at The six-dathe County Fairgrounds, located adjacent to Murray park Some Fair exhibits will be received today (Thursday) through Sunday, with many entries to go on display later this week and early next week prior to the commencement of the fair. Scheduled to officially launch the fair is Mondays parade, which will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the Fairgrounds parking lot behind the National Guard Armory building, 5189 So. State. Parade participants will proceed down Fairgrounds Lane just south of the Armory, then travel north on State to Vine Street and east on that route to the Murray park entrance on Vine. The route will cover about six blocks. Expected to appear in the parade are floats, bands, posses, silver mounts, youth horse groups and various novelty entries The County Sweetheart and her two attendants will be selected Tuesday night. The contest, which will e start at 7:30, will feature talent routines by each contestant. Participating girls are being asked to be at the Fairgrounds by y three-minut- 6:30. Sydney Brown gives "Smokey" some tender lovin' show calf in 44th annual Salt core prior to entering the Lake County Fair. Livestock and assorted other exhibits will be featured at Fair, which begins Monday. THATS TLC . . . d 1,100-poun- here's a point Weve returned from visit to a resort we k a know as two-wee- Non Compos Mentis by the Lake. like a medical term, its posed to be. a sup- Its d prescription for regenerating a mind gone blank from over use, but, unfortunately, not over-productio- Day after sunny day we contemplated such important matters as the increasing suntan on our arms and the peeling sunburn on our nose. As well as the comparative size of welts raised by V L e city. - WEST VALLEY. A rezoning plan for a highly coveted development in the northern half of West Valley City Published weekly at 155 E 4905 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84107 Second class postaqe paid at Salt Lake City, UT 84119 Subscription rate. $12 50 per year Thursday, Aug. presentation by Honk Rothwell and Pat Bates on 1,266-acrrezoning request in northern portion of . . Major Development Plan Brought Back The Green '.Sheet USPS . against the walls, part Before Planning Board THE Went UMw animal control, engineering, Reigning over last years fair was Cyprus high graduate Vicki Neilson, with Melyn Crapo and Kay Kimball chosen as attendants. Entertainment planned for the fair a clown stage includes Bananas, show, Tuesday through Aug. 23 at 7 p.m.; performances by noted guitarist Alvino Rey and the Free Fuel Band Wednesday at 8:30 and on the 22nd at 9. and Corps ( police dog demonstrations Wednesday and the 21st at 7:30 An Air missile exhibit designed to iniorm the public about the proposed MX missile system will be featured Monday through Wednesday at the fair rodeo with The Walter Alsbaugh as stock contractor, will be held the 21st, 22nd and 23rd beginning at 8 p m Saddle brones, calf ropers, bulldoggers, professional rodeo clowns, bull riding, bareback riders and trick roping will be featured Cost of admission to the rodeo is $2 50 for adults and $1 for children with those under 6 free Firew orks w ill conclude each day's activities, at 10 p m on Monday and 10:30 the remaining five nights of the fair. K-- 9 i Force-sponsore- PRCA-approve- Exhibits d d including art, photography, horticulture, livestock, foods and various projects w ill be on display throughout the fair Exhibits are free and open to the public Further information regarding the week's activities may be obtained by contacting fair officials in person at the Fairgrounds office or bv phone at 262-081- 2 The annual Fine Arts Review and Tea planned in conjunction with the fair is scheduled tomorrow night from 7 to 10 p m at the Fairgrounds Arts and Flowers Building Another feature of the fair will be a Cookout King contest on Saturday the 23rd substantial producing area. Basically, Westlakes plan calls for single family residential development on the southern fringes of the property, with multiple unit dwellings likely to be built in the central portion, south of 2700 South North of 2700, which developers will extend from 3600 to 5600 West, will be a light industry park, quite similar to the Salt Lake International Center, according to developer Hank Rothwell It will be a planned park, the type that new, outside industries w ant to be in. These businesses want their buildings to look as good as we want our residences to, said his associate Patrick Bates Discussions with Granite School District and the LDS church have paved the way for the inclusion of schools and churches in the area, although specific arrangements remain to be worked out, Bates said Hunter Council Requesting Help Of Volunteers HUNTER. Volunteers are being sought to help with a survey that may help the Hunter Community Council gain federal funds for park development here Funds from the Dept of Housing and Urban Development are available for park development if families around the site are within certain income levels, according to council public relations director Judy Larson Volunteers will be going in the areas around Hunter park and the proposed Woodledge park, which will double as a flood control retention pond, to gather that information, she said. More volunteers are needed, Mrs. Larson added. Persons interested in helping with the survey are being asked to call Ken Gearld Wright door-to-do- (968-4166- ), Rasmussen Homer In (968-5257- ), Willard (966-3395- ). other matters, the council that em- continue to operate now that Hunter is part of West Valley City, coordinating its action w ith that of city officials The council has established an ad hoc committee to draft guidelines for future business development in the community. The council also formed two new committees. Bart Barker will deal with community relations, which involves the councils actions with West Valley City and other community councils. Bill Thulin will head a committee dealing with education. The next council meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Sept. 4 at the Larson residence, 3710 Bannock. phasized it will When not filled with water, retention ponds within the large parcel probably can be used as parks, he added West Valley officials also have said that de elopers have offered land on which to construct a fire sta- tion Tht; most vocal opposition to the proposal was expressed by a representative of the Granger North Little League He vehemently opposed developers' plans to build homes on land currently used by the league as playing diamonds People and kids went in there and bioke their backs putting in water and power lines Are you going to throw out 1,600 kids." he asked developers Rothwell said he had earlier met with league officials and had offered to help find alternate playing sites, but had heard no further word from the league He reiterated his offer Thursday to help w ith resettlement The league had leased the land from Kennecott on a yearly basis before the copper company sold it to the new ov ners Brent Erickson, who owns fourplexes on the east side of 3600 West, expressed concern about traffic generated by the development He also asked that planners leave a strip of land zoned for agricultural use along both 3600 West and 2700 South Rothwell had said earlier that the industrial area, which faces Ericksons property, would have feet of landscaping between the buildings and 3600 West. Bates acknowledged that traffic would be a problem, whether this specific development is built or not "With this amount of land, when it's developed, there will be a lot of traffic A traffic engineer will have to work that out. He said that developers were counting on the proposed West Valley Highway to provide a major access to the area, particularly serving the light industrial park Improvements of 5600 and 3600 West also are contemplated, along with the extension westbound of 2700 South An outlet to 2100 South at about 4800 West also is a possibility, Bates said The total package is not likely to be completed for at least 15 years, with construction of the residential area preceding work on the industrial portion of the development, Rothwell has said A decision on the matter is expected to be handed down on Aug 28 The commercially zoned property is requested on the southeast corner light 40-5- 0 of 270(1 So 3600 West The only opposition at the county hearings was provided by Erickson His demands were the same as those made Thursday before the city board by Jim Cornwell bites of the deer fly versus those of the mosquito. Now and again we checked up on the outside world by turning on TV. It only substantiated what wed suspected - the rest of you were carrying on in the usual inane manner without our help. So wed simply shut TV off and resume contemplating. We confess some semblance of intelligent cogitation now and then presented itself. -- Once, for instance, we spent a few idle moments thinking about the problems of water skiers. Being one - albeit very unskilled we related to a portion of Murphy's Laws which warns : As soon as you mention something - if its good, it goes away and if it's bad, it -- We linked that to the constant lament of water skiiers - wind vs. calm waters. The ideal is a sunny, cloudless sky and windless, calm water. Admittedly, that happens about as often as horse players pick k winners in the daily double at odds. More often, skiiers are apprehensive about the wind - and it blows. Or theyre ecstatic over the mirrorlike surface of the lake, but by the time they get out there, its gone. Veteran skiiers display a lack of concern and point out that the water is always calm at 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. We wince at the thought of getting wet when its just a few hours ahead or behind night-tim- e temperatures only 10 or so degrees above freez-- back-to-bac- -l -- ing. So they get in a lot of skiing while" we get in hours of watching the lake awaiting smooth water. a We also gave a bit of thought to friend. newspaper A man with an idea. It was prompted by Bettes suggestion that we prowl through an old cemetery examining tombstones. Sounds ghoulish, but theres a certain charm in contemplating the final resting place of people who lived a century or more ago. Anyw'ay, the thought of cemeteries brought to mind Bill Lee, who was the founder of the Vertical Insertion Burial Society Though it was all tongue-in-cheeBill could ascend his soapbox at a moments notice and expound on the future when the crowded globe could no longer afford the luxury of having each deceased person buried horizontally six feet beneath the surface. As if to substantiate his argument, weve recently read of areas where people are being buried atop Couples select the plot and agree that the one who goes first gets a shorter trip to the lower regions. Which brings up the question of misplacement of bodies. After all, the saying goes, "The good die young. However, thats astray from the subject of the Vertical Insertion Burial Society . Bill sold us stock certificates in his society because it does withstand logical examination. Its almost beyond comprehension to calculate the numbers who could be buried upright, one above the other they could extend as deep as grave-digger- s could Casket-upon-caske- t, go- Bill didn't limit his idea to or dinary methods, though He foresaw a time when the press of humanity would force cemeteries to operate with equipment, sinking shafts further and further to accommodate the growing need Of course there was no Pill then and its impact on the birthrate couldn't be calculated. As we mulled Bills idea, we were struck by the obvious link it had with activity atop a hill within our view. They're searching beyond 12.000 foot depths. If the well is a failure, they simply cap it. Leaving, it would appear, a perfect vertical insertion burial site. Lessee - how many long caskets can be placed in a hole 12,000 feet deep? Which reflects the quality of thought emanating from our two weeks at Non Compos Mentis by the Lake deep-drillin- -- g six-fo- end-to-en- d |