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Show I .V, Volume 70, Number e Brigham City, Utah, Thursday Morning, September 38 V PVufiS AfiSFli . 22, 1977 24 pages TWENTY CENTS Will include elevator Tremonton man killed in crash of truck, train INSTALLER Steve Johnson connects service line to TV cable behind the Kent D. Clark residence, 148 South Fifth East. cable TV picture delivered to BC home First Cable television has delivered the first picture to a home TV set in Brigham City. It came Monday morning at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Kent D. Clark, 148 South Fifth East, as an installer for Brigham City Cable Management company strung in a line from the new system. to It took about an get the job done. R. Johnson, west Regional manager for'BFM Cable Communi-cation- s corporation which is installing the system here, said there was a waiting list of more than 140 persons as the first hookup was made. Two installers were expected to be on the job this week and Johnson said they could handle about 15 connections a day. Not all areas of the city can receive service right now however. Johnson said the area west of Main street has not received cable yet. And some areas on the east side of town either dont have cable or are not yet connected to a trunk line. hour-and-a-ha- lf floor. Commissioner Chase said the elevator and ramps are intended primarily to accomodate handicapped persons. Its currently difficult to enter the building for persons confined to wheelchairs since it requires either going up or down stairs. A fresh coat of paint on the outside also has been mentioned. Ogden architect L. Don Frandsen has been named to plan the project. It was he who handled the previous courthouse addition project. Architectural-engineerin- g fees are set at $6,860. The $120,000 grant to finance the work will come from the Economic Develop- US Public Employment Act of 1977. , HTthe same source that has brought funds to Brigham City for additons to the city library and fire station and to the Box ment administration under the "(V Commissioner Chase said some $5,000 of the amount will go to help meet the expense of building a new home for the family of Mr. and Mrs. Jay Lish whose house burned down early this past summer. In still other recent business, it was disclosed that the Green Thumb program is coming to Box Elder county. The county commission has agreed to sponsor the endeavor here. Green Thumb, Inc., is a public service employed and training program sponsored by National Farmers union under contract and grant with the Department of Labor, Employment and Training administration. Its intended to employ older, persons to carry out community projects. Commission Chairman Don Chase said the county has been allotted three slots or openings. But no decisions had been made about the type of jobs will be performed. Pay in the program is minimum wage partment. A public hearing on these $2.35 per hour. And the work week is expenditures is scheduled Tuesday, Sept. limited to 20 hours. The eligible age is 55 27, at 11 a.m. in the commission chambers. and up. Another public hearing is scheduled the Persons interested in filling the openings same day at 11: 15 a.m. on a proposal to , should contact the county commission. ' increase the general fund budget by Meeting with the County board on the new money allocated by the state program Tuesday was Mrs. V. Lucile $14,413 for low income housing rehabilitation. Hutchings, technical counselor of Education for a new athletic field at Box Elder High. Chase said a requirement is to be in construction with the project within 90 days. He said preliminary plans call for the elevator to be constructed in a location that would bring it from the basement floor up through the main hallway to the next to the existing stairthird floor way. However, Commissioner Ted Burt said consideration will be given to installation of an exterior elevator before a final decision is made. Not a part of the grant but planned on the third floor of the courthouse is a $10,000 project to create a juvenile courtroom. It will be located in space formerly occupied by Box Elder School district. Funds to finance the work will come from federal revenue sharing monies. Another $7,000 in revenue sharing funds has been tagged for purchase of a vehicle for the sheriffs de- Elder Board to mime ftickefe Baron says he JOHNSON pulls line tight after bringing it to the house. AND THERE it is, the first cable TV picture received in a local home. Watching are Mrs. Clark and son, Jimmie, 2. Republican and Democratic party leaders in Brigham City this week announced that party nominating conventions will be held Tuesday, Oct. 4. Chairman Alberta W. Blue said Democrats will gather in the community center. GOP Chairman Richard VanDyke said Republicans will meet at Central Elementary school. Starting time for both will be 7 p.m. with all interested citizens invited to attend. To be nominated are candidates for two city council seats and the office of mayor. Any registered voter may take part in the nominating process. However, state law says citizen may participate in only one political convention. There is another alternative for finding a place on the Nov. 8 ballot as well. Persons may be nominated by petition bearing the none of signatures of the least 25 voters whom can have taken part in a party convention. The filing deadline is Oct. 11. Only two persons have announced intentions to seek a party nomination for city office. Incumbent City Councilman Peter C. Knudson has said hell campaign for the GOP nomination for mayor. Dr. Knudson is currently nearing the mid-poiof the four-yea- r council term. Mrs. Joseph P. (Beth) Gurrister is the other hopeful. She hopes of landing a Republican nomination for the council. nt wont run In another new development this week, City Councilman Dale Baron who had been rumored as a possible mayoral candidate, announced that he will not seek election to any office. The Republican incumbent is ending a four-yeterm on the council and has served since September 1973. He was first appointed to succeed Wayne A. Jensen who was named mayor when Olof Zundel resigned. Later that year Baron won his own term. I would like to express appreciation to those who gave me the opportunity to spend the past four years on the city council, especially to my family and my two brothers for being patient and allowing me the time to take care of my city responsibilities. I made the decision not to seek reelection because Id like to get back to 'my family and my business. Ive taken my turn, so to speak, at serving the public in this capacity, Baron explained. However, I dont intend to completely withdraw myself from public service. Ive always been involved in service clubs and other community activities and my past experience on the council will be put to use, if needed and requested, he added. I would like to encourage all of those with administrative experience and a desire to serve to step forward and seek a position on the council. I really feel the next four years will (Continued on page 10) low-inco- Ambulance plan: 2 new units eomiveiniiHiom weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Clark have lived in their new home for only about three weeks. He is an LDS seminary teacher in Brigham City and during the summer has worked for the US Is Elder county has gotten the official a grant to finance a $120,000 courthouse improvement project has reived federal approval. County Commission Chairman Don Chase made the announcement Tuesday. To be included in the undertaking are installation of an elevator, renovation of restrooms, ceilings, steps and window frames and ramps leading to the basement Box word Demos, GOP pim Of the latter, he said hopefully theyll be done within the next few Forest service. The family lived at a ranger station in Blacksmith Fork canyon (Continued on Page 3) A old Tremonton man was apparently killed instantly when his pickup truck collided with a Union Pacific engine in Tremonton just after noon Tuesday. Utah Highway Patrol Trooper Larry Fish identified the victim as Buddie Lee Grover. Fish said the victim, whose wife Susan is expecting their first child at any time, train as apparently did not see the five-un- it it traveled south. The truck and train collided at the Rocket road intersection with the tracks, Fish said. The train was traveling about 40 miles an at time of impact, said the trooper, and the westbound Grover vehicle was estimated by witnesses to be going about 15 miles an hour. There was no indication he tried to stop," said Trooper Fish. He said the victim appeared to slow only as he would normally to cross the tracks. The engineer was blowing the whistle and lights were on the engine but the victim apparently neither saw nor heard them, he added. Impact tossed the truck some 100 feet down the track, he said. There were several witnesses who saw the accident. They said it appeared he was going to stop then tried to go on through, said Trooper Fish. He was born Jan. 18, 1953, in Tremonton, the son of Wayne E. and Marlene Patterson Grover. On Nov. 26, 1976, he married Susan Batis in the Ogden LDS temple. He was a graduate of Bear River High school and was employed as a farmer. At the time of his death, Grover was an elder in the Tremonton Second LDS ward, serving as a Sunday school teacher and,' '' (Continued on page 10) It appears there may be two new ambulances in Brigham Citys future. This was made known this past week in a report from City Councilman Dale Baron who said some new monies have unexpectedly popped up to make it possible. The city allocated $22,000 in the current budget for a new ambulance. However, he said another $10,000 in federal funds has been approved for Brigham City. These are funds turned down by another Utah community. And, Baron said he had talked to Box. Elder County Commission Chairman Don Chase anent renewal of an ambulance service contract with the county which expires in December. The county paid $5,000 for service over the past ten years. The proposed new contract figure is $10,000. In action Tuesday, the full county commission approved renewal of the contract at the high amount. This approval, Baron said, gives Brigham City a total of $42,000 and places the city in a prime position to buy two new ambulances which we sorely need. city-suppli- . Dale Baron . . won't run again Junior high bids parents tonight Parents of students at Box Elder Junior High school are invited to a night tonight (Thursday) beginning at 7 p.m. in the school cafeteria. Principal J. C. Haws will introduce the schools teaching staff, and will discuss school policies and the new student citizenship program. He will also answer questions posed by the parents attending. This will be the kick off event in a PTA membership drive, according to PTA President Carol Anderson. The councilman disclosed also that the opened bids last week for new ambulances with the low bid at $19,060. Brigham City can order its ambulances when the state places its order. But it must be done within a week, Baron explained. He described the citys existing frontline ambulances as not being reliable. About $3,000 has been spent this year to keep a 1968 model operating and the other, in use for only about two years, the city official called a lemon. In other business, Acme Fence on page 10) state under state average Total property tax levy down slightly in Brigham The total property tax rate imposed for city, county, school, and other purposes in Brigham City declined by 0.83 mills this year, according to an analysis prepared by Utah foundation, the private tax research organization. Brigham Citys overall property tax levy in 1977 is 67.63 mills ($67.63 per $1,000 assessed valuation). This compares with a total levy of 68.46 mills last year, and is well under the state average of 78.48 for larger Utah Although both the city and Box Elder district have approved increases in their respective levies this year, Box Elder county has more than offset the raise by a mill decrease. The municipal levy went from 12.89 to 13.68 and the school rate from 42.52 to 43.50 mills. Thanks to a new source of federal income payments in lieu of taxes on federal lands within the county the county commission has dropped Box Elder's levy from 11.50 to 8.90 mills. School The mosquito abatement district remains the same at 1.55 mills. All of these levies combine to make up the total paid by residents of Brigham City. Approximately 64.3 percent of the total property taxes charged in Brigham City will go for school purposes. The foundation reports that 20.2 percent of property taxes collected here will go for municipal purposes, 13.1 percent for county use and 2.3 percent for special district purposes. The foundation notes that in 1950 the Brigham City levy was 44.35 mills and by 1960 it had grown to 68.75 mills. It reached a high point of 77.95 mills in 1970 and in 1975 was 66.38 mills. The foundation examination of 1977 mill rates imposed in the 69 largest cities of the state reveals that the overall property tax rate increased in 49 cities, declined slightly in 17 cities, and remained unchanged in 3 cities. The total average levy in these 69 cities climbed from 75.46 mills ($75.46 per $1,000 assessed valuation) in 1976 to 78.48 mills in 1977, a rise of 3.02 mills or 4 percent. Most of the increase in the property tax levy this year occurred in the levy imposed for school purposes. Foundation analysts emphasize that a substantial part of this increase in school of levies resulted from the phasing-i- n levies that were temporarily lowered when these districts were reappraised under the continuing assessment program. Under Utah law, operating levies for school purposes are reduced when reap praised valuations are first placed on the tax rolls. These reductions are phased back in over a three-yea- r period. According to the foundation study, no new counties were reappraised in 1977. As a result, there were no further reductions in school levies this year resulting from the revaluation program. As indicated, however, a number of school districts which were reappraised in recent years had their operating levies raised under the automatic phasing-in- " provisions of Utah law. |