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Show '' To Brigham City April O 24-2- 8 livrml 1 1 i. i I '.lit. - 1 1 1 !I iai t; V3. Ci , J Jtah Co.?p. O Volume 66, Number 16 Yip5 Brigham City, Utah 84302, Thursday Morning, - ARTRAINS COMING And advertising that fact by wearing his Artrain was to Brigham City Councilman Al Cazier. The., cap meeting Thursday traveling art exhibit will be here April 24-28. Box Elder district students will go to school on Saturday this spring. At least they will on two Saturdays, April 28 and May 19. This was the decision reached after the Utah State Board of Education vetoed a longer day alternative. . It stems from two days missed by most students when a heavy snow storm knocked out power and closed schools March The district was faced with making up the time or losing state financial support for the two days. It was decided to make them up. And with apparent state approval, principals agreed to make up the time by starting school IS minutes earlier and holding it 15 minutes longer each day. This would continue from April 9 for 22 days. Superintendent J.C. Haws said Dr. To begin comprehensive study teCi tee Bureau of Indian Affairs task force will arrive in Brigham City today (Thursday) to begin a comprehensive study of the fate of Intermountain school, according to Sen. Wallace F. Bennett A The task force will be headed by Dr. Tom Hopkins, chief of evaluation in the BIAs office of education. Stanley Speaks, acting superintendent of the school, said he was told Tuesday by Abraham Tucker, acting director of education for the BIA, Navajo area, that Paul Striss, research division, Albuquerque, also would be a member of the task force. I was told they would be here through the week and possibly into next week, Speaks explained. There was no comment in reference to ssCaedWed toiskiy what they'll do but we anticipate an study of the school's needs, services that it could mean to Indian people and potential of the facility," he stated. Speaks was acting in behalf of Supt. Jerry Jaeger who was in Arizona earlier this week but who planned to be on campus when the task force arrives. task force at a luncheon. Friday from 9 until 10 a.m. the task force will set aside this time to listen to a presentation by Superintendent Jaeger Superintendent Jaeger announced that there will be at least three men on the task force. Senator Bennett said the task force will be available to meet with local government representatives and other interested parties beginning Friday. Arrangements should be made through the superintendents office at the school. the press and public. The task force is being sent to Utah at the request of Senator Bennett to review a decision by a BIA regional office to phase out the facility as a Navajo secondary school. Senator Bennett said the task force will weigh all relevant information on the operation of the school and make a report to the special assistant to the secretary of Interior for Indian Affairs. th Thursday at noon the Brigham City Industrial commission will entertain the Elder Hunter will speakf BE stake to reorganize Elder Howard W. Hunter, a member of the Council of Twelve of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints, will speak at the Box Elder Stake conference Saturday and Sunday, April 21 and 22. The general conference session will be held Sunday at 10 a.m. in the Box Elder tabernacle, according to President O. Dee Lund, and visitors are welcome. The stake presidency will be reorganized at this session. There will be meetings Saturday afternoon and evening at the stake tabernacle. A 4:30 p.m. meeting is scheduled with the following requested to be in attendance: stake presidency, high council, Melchizedek priesthood presidencies, group leaders and secretaries, bishoprics, and branch presidency. Saturday evening meeting at 7 p.m. is for all husbands and wife and heads of households in the stake. A Prominent Lawyer Elder Hunter was a prominent Southern California corporation lawyer and businessman before his appointment to the Council of Twelve in 1959. He is an adviser to the genealogical society and is active in scouting. The visiting general authority will carry to the conference a special visual message from Harold B. Lee, world president of the church. President Lees message will especially emphasize the strengthening of the home, answering many questions which face families in these challenging times, referring also to influences found around the world which strike at the home and the relationship of husband and wife, of parents and their children. President Lee discusses especially those factors in the church program that build for family solidarity. Hunter conference speaker Elder Howard W. , , . The visiting general authority is expected to enlarge on this message during the conference sessions. PAGES Hsn?DSir pflsitii Walter D. Talbot, state superintendent of public instruction, recommended approval to the state board of education Friday. 22-2- 3. jj 24 April 19, 1973 and Mayor Ole Zundel, representing the community. The meeting will be held in the Intermountain school library and is open to 1 Thumbs Down the board turned However, thumbs down, said the district had three alternatives: Make up the time by holding classes on holidays. Go on Saturdays. Extend the school year by two days. The choice of going on Saturday was reached in a meeting of the Box Elder Board of Education Monday and district principals Tuesday. They could have chosen to forego the Easter vacation days, April 20 and 23, but declined to "because of previous plans already made for the weekend by parents, students and faculty members," Dr. Haws explained. I talked to the state superintendent today and we have approval to go ahead and do it on these two Saturdays," he added. These particular Saturdays were selected because they would conflict less with other activities, the district official noted. The Saturday sessions "wont interfere with previously planned activities such as the Artrain, he said. In other important developments on the schools scene, Dr. Haws said negotiations with the Box Elder Education association are con- tinuing on a daily basis. Everybodys hoping we can conclude all negotiations before school is out this spring. . Weve had ttyp sessions. The . Hey, kids! The annual Easter egg hunt is on again this year in Brigham City. It will be held Saturday, April 21, at Rees Pioneer park and also across the street (south) at Watkins park. Sponsored by the Jayceettes, the hunt will start sharply at 10 a.m. (No fudging, please). Some 224 pounds of candy eggs have been wrapped in foil and placed in the parks for lucky youngsters to search out and collect. Theyll be in the grass, under bushes, around trees, and just about every place. To keep the competition fair, Watkins park is reserved for youngsters up to five years old. Older kids up to age 11 will do their hunting in Rees park. Assisting with the project again this year is the Leaders club, an organization of Intermountain school students sponsored by the ' Jayceettes. County official bemoans j usf ice costs On a related subject payment of it was hospital bills for indigent persons brought out that bills to date this year total about $8,700 with only $5,000 having been budgeted. Notice The 1973 city irrigation water tickets may be obtained at 605 So. 3rd East from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday. They become delinquent May 15 after which a delinquent tax will be added to the cost of the ticket. Box Elder Water Users Apr. . Hearing set. for man Easter egg hunt beckons children "The county is subsidizing crime. added. This comment was made at Mondays The chairman pointed out that the weekly Box Elder County commission ' county has paid $2,800 to date for defense counsel in felony cases. meeting in Brigham City. It prompted a chuckle from those present. And weve got more here, Chase said, But Commission Chairman Don Chase pointing to a stack of bills, among which wasnt smiling much over the growing was one totaling $1,285.90 from a local firm for defending a man charged with second high cost of pursuing criminal justice in the county. degree murder. That case went only to Some $15,000 was budgeted this year to preliminary hearing where the charge was hire a public defender. An invitation went dismissed. out to attorneys who might be interested in Largest item in the bill was $20 an hour taking the assignment. 45 hours in consultation and for inNobody will take it; theyre not which totaled $900. Another preparation terested. Chase stated. , $240 was billed at $30 an hour for time Instead, lawyers assigned by the court to in court. spent who declare defend accused persons themselves impecunious (without funds) e bill the county on a basis. "Its really running away from us ... going crazy, the chairman declared. board concluded work on its offer Monday night and the association will receive the offer Wednesday afternoon, the superintendent said Tuesday. In an earlier meeting we received their request and had it explained tous.Were optimistic that we can get this settled soon, he stated. Dr. Haws noted also that although Public Law 874 funds (for federally impacted areas) have been freed by the Nixon administration, its not yet been determined how much Box Elder district will receive. .Last nights version was that Utah would receive 50 percent of entitlement for both A and B students. Last year we received approximately $400,000 with 90 percent A and 73 percent B, Dr, . .. Haws said. .. , 19 in knifing i Preliminary hearing for a Salt Lake City man, charged in connection with the stabbing of an Intermountain school student, has been set for April 25 at 10 a.m. in Brigham City court. The hearing was set for William Leo Jolsey, 18, 119 K street. Salt Lake City, during an arraignment Monday. Lindy Lamone, 19, an Intermountain school student, "was stabbed with a four-inc- h knife following an altercation, police said. The incident took place in the rear of the former chapel on the school's campus. Joisey has been charged with assault with a deadly weapon. Lamone remained in satisfactory condition Wednesday afternoon in McKay hospital in Ogden. Deputies probe attempted rape at Bear River A Bear River High school girl was threatened with rape at gunpoint Tuesday night when she left the high school after a meeting. According to Box Elder County Sheriff Warren W. Hyde, the girl was approached by a man with an automatic pistol, and forced to go to the north end of the LDS seminary building. She (the victim) withheld all threats and didn't givq in, said the sheriff. "She was not bothered and the man left, he explained. Sheriffs deputies investigated the attempted assault Wednesday. They also went to Cache county to confer with officials on similiar incidents of this nature in that area. Pictures and other information were compared, the sheriff said. per-cas- Initiated Discussion Initiating the discussion was County Attorney O. Dee Lund who said a court reporter will be needed at preliminary hearings in serious felony cases. "This is a growing expense and were going to have more of it. Well need more for investigators, too, Lund explained. "We pay the sheriff to pick them up, the county attorney to prosecute, the court to try them, an attorney to defend them and, if convicted, the cost to jail them, Commissioner Chase said in exasperation. "And now you must have a reporter and an investigator," County Clerk K.B. Olsen This (blub) is (ouch!) fun??? Boy Scouts from Post 37, Golden Spike district planned an overnight campout and fishing trip Friday and Saturday. The boys and their leader traveled in trucks to the Wayne Sandell ranch at Promotory. After a poor night's sleep, they took their canoes and launched them on the ranch pond. The Scout leader in his canoe snagged his line and upon reaching over the side to unhook it, upset the boat. The next thing the Scouts knew their leader was calling for help. The boys rescued him from the 40 water, built a fire and began to dry out his clothes. Unfortunately the fire was too hot or the clothestoo close; but the poor man came home with a burnt boot, scorched pants, and one sleeve missing on his shirt After a little more instructions for the Scouts and the leader, they plan to try It again! foot-dee-p |