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Show I i ? Art ah PO Box 1327 alt Volume 70, Number 26 State Pres s Assn. Lake Cltyj Utah 84110 Brigham City, Utah, Thursday Morning, June 30, 1977 28 Pages TWENTY CENTS Fairground improvements listed Commissioners earmark $71,800 in revenue funds Revenue sharing funds of $71,800 were allotted to county projects Tuesday as the Box Elder County Commission declared 'an open hearing as part of the regular weekly commission meeting. ? Over half of the funds will go for improvements at the Box Elder county 'fairgrounds, where $37,800 will be expended on three projects. The largest portion 'will go towards replacement of the bleachers on the east side of the rodeo arena. Also included in the improvements at the fairgrounds will be an extension and some remodeling of the hog barns, and a set of new scales for official use. Next highest in funding allotments was the road fund with a total of $16,000. This represented $14,500 for the completion of a weed and pest control building located adjacent to the county roadsheds near Elwood. The remaining $1,500 will be used for a hoist at the sheds. A new disc attachment for the county data processing system will be purchased with $12,000 of the revenue sharing dividends. Additional equipment for the Pioneer Memorial Nursing home will require use of $1,500 of the allotment. Use of the budgeted $4,500 for use in courthouse renovation was approved, but it will not be expended until the county commission receives notice on a pending application for renovation from the Economic Development Agency that would provide $100,000 for a more extensive project. This represents the larger share of a PaMoOOs ovonOs cn top Oof DFOgfcam (SOfiy's - and court crowned Saturday night include (center) Shara Dawn Summers, 1977 Dairy Prin NEW DAIRY PRINCESS .will be observed In Jp dependence-Da' Brigham City with flying flags, ringing bells, patriotic music and prayer as citizens and officials gather at 10 a.m. in the city hall plaza Monday. The flag which will fly over the festivities of the day is one presented to the city on Flag Day in memory of the patriotism of the late Chief John Bassett by Commander Richard Partridge and Rev. Richard cess, and Peggy Smoot, Laurie Leak, Sherri Warren and Lawson. Pauline Christiansen, attendants. NJROTC cadets from Box Elder High Crowned Saturday BE dairy princess is Tremonfon miss Shara Dawn Summers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. Cleon Summers of Tremonton, was crowned as 1977 Box Elder County Dairy Princess during the annual pageant held Saturday at Box Elder High school. Composing the princess court are Pauline Christiansen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Christiansen of Corinne, first attendant; Sherri Warren, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard K. Warren, Route 2, Brigham City, second attendant; Lori Leak, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Gerald Leak of Thatcher, third attendant; and Peggy Smoot, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Smoot of West Corinne, fourth attendant. Selected by her fellow contestants as Miss Congeniality during the pageant was Cindy Misrasi, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pete Misrasi of Garland. Miss Summers was crowned by 1976 Dairy Princess for Box Elder county Tammy Smoot, who was recently selected as an attendant for the state dairy princess. Emcee for the pageant was Michael Carver, local entertainer, who presented vocal numbers as part of the program. Each of the contestants presented a skit or talk on the benefits and variety of dairy products as part of her judging, and each smiling young miss made an entrance in a formal gown. The girls were judged on healthy appearance, natural attractiveness, maturity, public speaking ability, personality and poise. Duties of the 1977 Dairy Princess will include visitations to school within the country in presentation of programs for children, assisting with the dairy booth at the Box Elder county fair, and the right to compete for the Utah State Dairy Princess crown toward the end of her years reign within the county. Her court assists with the school and county fair activities. y Make city hall come alive with live plants Looking for a special gift or memorial to give? The Brigham City Beautification committee is sponsoring a project to get living plants into all the planters in the city hall, and they are seeking the support of groups and individuals. These must be large indoor plants, states Chairman Frances Jones, For the planters are of a size that a small plant just wouldnt look right. Two beautiful living plants were donated by residents about a year ago and are growing well in the facility, and the committee would accept either indoor plants which have outgrown their place in a home or plants specially purchase as a group project. Some areas of the building have little natural light, so persons wishing to purchase a gift plant will be asked to check with Phyllis 2 Henderson at on the varieties that do well in limited light. The original plan for the city hall included living plants, but plastic ones were purchased in the rush of completion of the building and theyve not been popular with many residents. Nows the time to make city hall really come alive, adds the chairman, please think of this project when planning club expenditures for the coming year. 723-549- Harold G. Lindsay USU Extension Agent Box Elder county Don't waste that work! Thin apples and peaches for better fruit crop . . . Cindy Misrasi Miss Congeniality Have you thinned your apples and peaches this year? If you want size on these fruits, thin them to a minimum of four inches between fruit. Thinning will also help the apple trees to set more fruit buds for next year. Next years fruit buds are forming right now. Too many apples on a tree will cause a tree to produce no fruit buds for next years crop. Some folks are concerned about the dark spots or small specks on apricots. This problem is caused by a fungus called coryneum blight. It is worse during prolonged rainy periods as we experienced in May this year. To control this condition it is necessary to spray a dormant spray of Captan at the pink bud stage and a second spray two weeks later. Home owners who have elm trees second phase EDA allotment of $155,000 for Box Elder county, which means the funds are available for public works projects but that each individual project adding up to that limit must be approved separately. in other business, the commission took under advisement appointment of one commission member to serve on a committee being formed to study and plan the projected Social Services Unified Plan after confering with Earl Bassett, Title XX are a coordinator. The commissioners agreed that the integrated plan should be studied, but reserved the right to turn it down if it did not seem to be the most acceptable plan for delivering social services to the residents of the county. Approval was given to the sheriffs department to hire Alan E. Beard of Willard as jailer, replacing Pat Travis. Beard has been a member of the Willard police force and has attended the police academy, it was noted. A public hearing concerning Cedar Springs planned development in the Harper area was slated for Tuesday, July 12, at 11 a.m. after a report from the planning commision recommended granting of a (Continued on page 5) SQjtoplUl conduct, the military flag raising ceremony, preceded by a parade of state flags carried by 25 Boys Scouts and 25 Girl Scouts. Prayers will be offered by President Ken Godfrey of the Box Elder LDS stake and by Father John Ferguson of St. Henrys Catholic church. Patriotic music will be included in the flag raising ceremony, which will be concluded with ringing of the courthouse bell. The citys observance will continue in the evening as the fire department launches a fireworks display beginning at dusk. Ground displays and aerial fireworks will be set off in the ballpark at Rees Pioneer park and are expected to light up the sky above Brigham City in a closing salute to the nations birthday. Fire Chief Rod Romer issued a reminder that no individual fireworks will be tolerated in the ballpark since they pose a safety hazard for the large crowd which traditionally attends the show. 50 Kiwanis Yard contest is July 6 Those shined up, spiffied up Brigham are all eligible for the local Kiwanis club Yard of the Month contest. Deadline for Junes entries is Wednesday, July 6. Entries must be at the Box Elder News and Journal offices, 55 South First East, by July 6. Judging will take place July 7. The monthly competition is held each summer and is open to all home owners. Only previous winners are not eligible to City yards win. Box Eldar will publish crly for July 4th The Fourth of July weekend is almost upon us and since the holiday falls on Monday, the Box Elder News will be published early. That means that deadlines will be moved up with advertising due by 5 p.m. Thursday (today) and news articles by 10 a.m. Friday. The Box Elder News will reach subscribers homes on Saturday this week. And the News and Journal offices will be closed Saturday and Monday in observance of the celebration. are finding small larvae (the elm leaf beetle) working side of the leaves. larvae will cause the brown if they are not on the under- These small leaves to turn controlled. Sevin is a good spray to use for this pest. Be sure to wet the underside of the leaves where the pests are working. We will have at least two more generations of this pest this summer. Remember I had an article in the paper earlier this spring warning about lawns burning in June. Well, it happened real fast right after our last rain. In some areas water has been very short and the burned spots could not be. prevented. During 90 degree weather the lawns will use almost a third of an inch of water a day. July 10 will soon by here. Remember to treat your peach trees for peach borer by spraying with borer spray containing Lindane or another approved insecticide. Repeat this treatment again in August. Judges make their rounds of all nominated yards and select a winning yard and if it is hand out honorable mention warranted. Criteria for judging include color, care and condition of lawns, shrubs, trim edges, and absence of weeds. In addition, appearance of the home and other buildings on the property are taken into consideration. Older homes as well as new ones have equal opportunity to win in the contest. The June winner will receive an engraved plaque and be designated with a Yard of the Month sign. An entry form can be found on Page 3 in todays Journal. Forms may be mailed or dropped off personally. The annual competition has drawn numerous entries over the past several years and judges have been impressed in the past with the quality of yards they are called upon to judge. It is time for the Mexican bean beetles to start working on the beans. Sevin is a good spray. Here again you need to get the insecticide on the underside of the leaves. If you have a problem with grasshoppers, they can be controlled by spraying with Malathion or Sevin. These pests hatch out in vacant lots and move into the gardens and yards. Dont forget to keep up with your spray program on your apples for codling moth. If the mites start to build up you should include a miti-cide. Hot, dry weather is ideal for mites to build up in evergreens. Watch for light spots which turn gray and then brown. Wash the shrubs off with a hose or spray with Diazinon to prevent severe damage. Dont let the insects eat your gardens and fruit after putting as much work and expense into them as you have done. |