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Show comp. Utah State Press PO BOX Salt VohniM Cfheai City, 69, Numbor 15 Utah Cw02, Thursday Morning, April 8, 1976 Names committees QciapCca Colls ofcwCaCs Board launches study of i Qddd . gQUGtfGDEODDO library needs An study of the library needs of the area and of library policy has been initiated by the Brigham City Public Library board. th A special citizens' advisory committee has been appointed by the board to under- take a study of local library needs and present recommendations to the board. The will committee review the library requirements of Brigham City, identify the resources and alternatives available for improved library facilities, and recommend library goals and the best way of achieving those goals, a board spokesman explained. Explaining the need for the advisory, .pmmittee, the spokesman said: We need greater public input on the library needs of the area. For a long time the library has been a neglected part of our community. The result is that the people of Brigham City are served by a tiny library housed in'a building more than 60 years old, built and staffed to serve a community several thousand people smaller than the present population. . er f Some 22 PAGES - I eight-memb- 1327 Lake City, Utah 84110 Limited Progress ttgnirtoiqgjjoen given to the inadequacies of the library in the past few years, and some limited progress has been made. But the progress has been spotty, and the board feels that definite, long-rangoals need to be established. We need to know more about the library needs of the area and the best way of meeting those needs. Members of the committee - are A1 Cazier, Joan Peterson, Michael W. Barnes, Sydna Keating, Don Penrod, Jay Hansen, Marilyn Hash, and Gary B roman. The committee selected Barnes to serve ' as chairman of the group. ge ,0 0edOft?OCDSOOC3 Policy Committee A second committee is being formed by the board to study and present recommendations regarding library policy. J Using library policy guidelines of the Utah State Library commission as a standard, the committee will review actual policy statements of several Utah public libraries and formulate a model for Brigham City Library policy. The policy committee will hold its organizational meoting later. this month, after which the names of members and the c)i4irto(ui will be announced. . LOOKING OVER historical items that will ha displayed in special program Saturday are, from left, Chloe N. Petqr$yyaord Fife and Moroni R. Bott. P MkwU,, v. ... S b .4 State government spending in Utah has increased less than any other state in the union in recent years. This observation was made Tuesday morning by Gov. Calvin L. Hampton as he addressed a short course in citizenship audience at Bear River High school. The governor said this distinction was accomplished by implementing recomLittle Hoover mendations of the commission. He called it his' greatest contribution to Utah. The commission's report recommended a reorganization of tht' state government bureaucracy in an attempt to make It more efficient and less costly. 1 The result was that while at one time there were 157 individual departments reporting directly to the governor, these were merged to a manageable nuhbe aad there are now about It reporting to the governor. Mast Important Cancans . Hampton also told the students and other listeners that the states most important concern now is to balance environmental P . He said he vetothetheHtanostaxbtii passed by the 1971 state legislature net because he was opposed to it but because he was uncertain of its impact on Mete ; rtvenfc. - & .' d the KaTparowits powerataat projeet In southern Utah. He endorsed the two-parsystem, encouraging citizens to stick to their own party. But he said citizens should not go to the polls and cast a blind vote. You might as well stay home, he added. The governor urged the to take,advantage of their right to vote. Rampton said he was definitely in favor of erecting additional facilities at the state prison and endorsed the concept of a halfway house for people to become adjusted before returning to society. ' He said he would definitely not recom- mend increasing the present 55 speed limit since it had produced such a marked reduction in the number of ' accidents. prq-pose- School district, music department spring concert tonight BE officials named in civil action A suit brought by Elden J. Fuller and Doris Fuller, RFD Garland, against Box Elder School district, Supt. J. C. Haws and members of the Box Elder Board of Education will be heard Tuesday beginning at 10 a.m, in the First District court, Brigham City. The plaintiffs allege that the defendants on May 28, 1975, denied their request to drop a 110 tuition for a son of the plaintiffs to attend school. They claim this violates a state law which provides for persons from five to 18 to attend public school free. . They - allege that another son was charged $50 tuition in August 1974 to attend Bear River High school. And that the plaintiffs allowed lockers to get out of proper maintenance and the son's books were stolen and he was required to buy new books or have his grades cut by 10 percent. They seek Judgment against the defendants, damages and costs of bringing the action as a result. Decision early The annual spring concert of Box Elder High schools instrumental music department will be presented this evening (Thursday) beginning at 8 p.m. Featured will be the freshman band, chamber orchestra and concert band under the direction of Earl B. Swenson. The freshman band will Everett Song of Jupiter W. B. Green. La Maxwell, quina, A special medley Out in the Country, Love Song. Ro- - Sounds of Three Dog Night will include of Old Man and An Fashioned Family The chamber orchestra will present two movements from Eine Kleine Nachtmusik by W. A. Mozart. Academic Numbers by the concert band will include Procession, Clifton Williams; Manhatten Beach, John Philip Sousa, and Cinderella by Rogers and Hammerstein. It will also do Impossible, In My Own little Comer, and Ten Minutes Ago. The public is invited to attend. mil rjcoli? Program will focus on , early BC lore ty At library Saturday ? Ive seen the time when that creek was a flood of water. This is one recollection of Moroni R. Bott. Hes a Brigham City native who will Chloe N. Petersen join with two others and Veara Fife to recount stories from Brigham Citys past. Ike occasion will be the weekly childrens story hour at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Brigham City Carnegie library (downstairs). Not only children but older residents of the community are invited to attend. The trio will show photographs of early residents and landmarks of Brigham City in addition to maps and other memorabilia. Mrs. Fife has an account book kept by her father Chester Southworth who operated the Little Green Grocery store where Lt. mile-per-ho- ur the county jail now stands. She also has a rolling pin used by her mother and herself. Mother used to tell me when rolling out dough for pie, dont press down so hard, youll make it like leather, Mrs. Fife recalled with a smile. Moroni Botts father was John H. Bott who established the monument works here and Mrs. Petersen recalled how my grandfather worked the co-o- p farm here. The plan to tell about excursions to Dock Flat near Mantua and picnics at Reeders Grove near the site of the present National Guard armory. n A lot of stories that our parents told to us," Mrs. Fife noted. The program is being planned especially for National Library Week which, in Utah, has as its theme local history. . hand-me-dow- Climaxed Morning The governors remarks climaxed a morning of orientation in which students from Bear River and. other area high schools were exposed to lessons on various aspects of government. Theme of the short course was Move Over World Im Eighteen. There were four sessions during the morning which students could attend. The offerings included the following: Federal legislation with former congressman Sherman P. Lloyd; state legislation, Utah Senate President Ernest' Dean, Sen. Miles Cap Ferry and Rep. Charles Bullen; police and courts. First (Continued on Page 8) Jay M. Herbert 4 S00DDC57 QOeOaDs paodoi? EemOcag 00 GGoddsf ZHoni Box Elder county commissioners will attempt early next week to reach a decision on zoning for the Harper Ward area. Commissioner Ted Burt indicated this Tuesday. The area under consideration extends north from Brigham City's north limit to Honeyville and east of the Union Pacific railroad tracks. Commissioner Burt said its a virtual certainty that the unincorporated area will be zoned. The exact nature of the zoning is in doubt, however.- A hearing on the matter was held March 30. Interested persons filled the commission chambers and left some observing from an outer room. While virtually everyone favored zoning, there was a diversity of opinion expressed about letting five acres as a minimum size building lot in the area. Some would like to see this figure less than five acres. A committee of property owners earlier this year recommended the five-acrequirement. It would apply on all property east of the tracks to Utah Power and Light companys high power transmission line on the foothills. re Home building east of the transmission line would be restricted to parcels. The intent of this is to discourage development and a resulting threat of sewage pollution to water supplies below. Commissioner Burt noted that residents in Harper Ward depend on wells and springs for their culinary water. 160-ac- re Sehsol talks aro started Negotiations have begun between spokesmen for the Box Elder Board of Education and Box Elder Education association for the 1976-7- 7 contract year. The Initial session was conducted Tuesday In the county courthouse hi Brigham City. Talks continued for about seven hours. Another session is scheduled Friday morning at the same location. Rotary honors officer of year Brigham City Police Lt. Jay M. law enforcement Herbert, a veteran, was honored Tuesday as I There is some difference of opinion about where the upper boundary should be. Nobody wants to raise the boundary line but a few would like to lower it, Burt noted. However, he sees the minimum building lot size as the critical question. Those who want five acres as a minimum and others who prefer smaller parcels both presented valid arguments. And this is what will make the final decision tough to reach, the commissioner explained. The property owner committee had recommended the five-acr- e provision and boundary line to the county planning commission which, in turn, recommended it to the county commissioners. The public hearing, a legal requirement before zoning can be adopted or amended, was then held to give property owners an opportunity to comment. A desire to preserve the rural atmosphere of Harper Ward and to guard against pollution of water supplies have been mentioned as reasons for wanting the area zoned. The final decision now is up to the commissioners. the Brigham City Police Officer of the Year. The award was presented at the annual police recognition banquet sponsored by the Brigham City Rotary club. Club president Carroll Nichols made the presentation of an engraved plaque. Guest speaker at the banquet, which honored all officers on the force as well as the officer of the year, was Utah Attorney General Vernon Romney. Romney several times com- mended the Brigham City police in his remarks for their progressive and professional department RECEIVING A plaque as Brigham City Police Officer of the Year is Lt. Jay M. Herbert during a Rotary club sponsored banauet Tuesday at the com- munity center. Assisting club president Carroll Nichols left, with the presentation is Utah Attorney General Vernon B. Romney. Singling out the local department as a leader among Utah police agencies, Romney said that law and the enforcement of law are vital to the life and liberty of American. Herbert was selected for the honor by secret vote of all officers on the department. He joined the Brigham City force in 1960, after serving for several years on the Ogden Police department. In 1965 he was promoted to shift commander and early last year (Continued on Page 8) |