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Show r r L " II"'' Youth does not require T Little League Tribute to Dr Seuss , Wrestling page 5 page 4 tr if lli reasons for living, it only needs pretexts . JT Jose Ortega V, m p9 4, L'T j VOLUME 92 NO. 45 Y Gasset Thursday, March 8, 2001 ; Legislature put limits on Magna incorporation efforts moratorium on annexations in the the county in order to allow Salt Lake County to come up with a projected plan for annexations. This did not help us. It was not in the best interest of the residents of the unincorporated areas, said Magna Area Council President Ron Henline. Initially the bill asked for a moratorium against annexations. Henline has been asked to sit on a special county committee being formed to deal with the annexation plan. Also on the committee will be Mayor Nancy By DEBBI OLSON Editor A last minute vote on HB 155 by the State Legislature sent Magna officials scurrying to speed up its efforts toward incorporation. The bill, that would limit the number of incorporations and annexations allowed in the county each year, was brought out of the Senate rules committee to the Senate floor on the final day of the Legislative session and easily passed with few amendments. One amendment placed a six and a half month th New housing development approved by Area Council tax-ba- tr T H 1 i i i tr '1. X 1 I t J . Bv DEBBI OLSON )iJ i 1 . V Editor ' - ti f i : t- - 9 T V A ' f density subdivision on 8000 West despite objections by the Community Council. The Area Council gave tentative approval for the initial proposal of the project and pending approval for the final project. , Wentworth Development and Rim Rock Construction is propossubdivision ing to build a 144-un- it on 30 acres of property east of 8000 West just south of SR 201. While the subdivision would be primarily single family homes, it has an element of apartments or condominiums - ; i h ror'u: f ' W Z .Jftfrr'. j .4 t 4 K r:i t i f &r V t per- 131 Area Council woman Ellen Aguilar also objected to the proposed subdivision because of the school issue. "In order for me to be happy with it they have to build a school, Aguilar said. We can say if you can get us money for a school you can build. Henline said it is not the job the council to require a developer to build or provide a school as part of a building agreement. "All we can do is be concerned and ask that land be set aside for a school, parks and recreation and ty celebrations may come to screeching halt if support funding Before the former County left office in December, it required all county Commission ! i departments to reduce budgets by about 4 percent. out with the Granite School District, said Area Council year-roun- Traditional summer communi- to Copper Days. Magna. There is a concern about the availability of schools, but that is something that needs to be worked President Ron Henline. What we can do is inform the district that developments are going forward and that they should get on with their planning for building new schools. We need a school. Currently all of the elementary schools in Magna are at capacity d schedules. and on Editor Zoo, Arts and the Park funds. Both events receives a small amount of money from both the Area and Community Councils with Kennecott donating $2,000 r sons per household, the final buildout of the project would bring more than 900 residents to Days and July 4 remains unavailable. Both the Copper Days celebration and the Fourth of July festivities are in jeopardy of being discontinued due to the budget cutbacks of Salt Lake County. In prior years. Copper Days was funded through the Countys Community Development Block Giant program and the Fourth of July celebration came from the f U4 would increase the number of units to Lack of funding from SL County By DEBBI OLSON 1 r Celebrations in danger of extinction threatens Copper j 4 rfl ) ' i i , 4, 1 iyJ penned f-- V that 220 living spaces. Based on an average of 4.3 " 'nU - fY M-- i - S"' 1U Vi I V 51 The Magna Area Council approved a plan for a new. high . - & please turn to PETITION page 8 ' ,uf , ' porated city and provide for essential city services such as police and fire protection. The current petition is only a request for a feasibility study to be done by the county. We dont want to push anything on the people that they dont want, said Laura Jo McDermaid, president of the Community Council. If we dont have the tax base we wont promote incorporation. Officials at Kennecott Copper have said the company would take an option to exclude itself from the Workman, County Councilman Mike Jensen and representatives each city in the county. Once we get die feasibility study in hand that will protect Magnas boundaries while we go through the petition and elections for incorporation, Henline said. ince November, a joint effort between the Magna Area and Community councils have been attempting to petition landowners to agree to allow the county to conduct a feasibility study. The study would determine if Magna has the business and industry tax base needed to support an mcor- - First-grad- Jessica Pope shares a story with classmates during Copper er photo by Debbi Olson Hill Schools celebration of Dr. Seuss birthday. Schools enjoy reading with the Cat in the Hat Bv DEBBI OLSON fourth year, the NEA invited Editor every child, every teenager, every adult in every community to celebrate Read Across America. The annual literacy event coin- Elementary school students received a visit from The Cat in the Hat Friday in celebration of the birthday of Dr. Seuss. The visit was part of the National Education Association Read Across America based on the theme of Seuss book Oh, the places Youll Go The joy of reading as well as its necessity took center stage in cities and towns throughout the nation on March 1 and 2, when for the for church facilities, Henline cides with the birthday of chil- drens author Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel), whose beloved books and zany characters provide the backdrop for what NEA President Bob Chase called a day of fun with a purpose. We hope students of all ages will explore with us the fun, adventure, and magic that reading and books provide, Chase said. We want readers young and old to join us for the ride. Last year the reading extrava ganza engaged more than 30 mil- lion participants. At Copper Hills Elementary School, a morning of reading activities centered around Dr. Seuss and having older students partnering with younger students g to encourage reading life-lon- habits. "The last few days everyone has been reading Dr. Seuss said Susan Young, a books, first-grad- Hat hats to wear throughout the day. In many classrooms students brought in all of their Dr. Seuss books to create a Dr. Seuss Library for the day. Kindergarten students in Peggy Dahles class, decked out iri Cat m the Hat hats drew a large birthday cake for Dr. Seuss and centered math, art e teacher at Copper Hills Elementary. "Weve talked about Dr. Seuss and who is was. Students in Youngs class started Friday by enjoying a class- room breakfast of Green Eggs and Ham and designed Cat in the said. please turn to SEUSS page 8 For more coverage of Dr Seuss celebra- tions please turn to Page 4. That reduction went across said County board, Councilman Mike Jensen. "Instead of looking into specific department to find where cuts could be made, every department cut and no one except the department heads had a say in where the those cuts were made. The County also cut the bud- get for the Magna Historical Museum that was in the beginning organization stages on Magnas historic Main Street. Although the State Legislature gave Salt Lake County $100,000 to be used for community celebrations, it is unknown whether any of that funding will be put back into the Magna celebrations, said Area Council President Ron Henline. David Archer, president of the Fourth of July celebration, and Kip Peterson, president of Copper Days are now looking for please turn to FESTIVAL page 8 Brockbank scores high in Academic Games Bv ANDREW WEEKS tors throughout the year. The teams only loss came last week in the District Meet when it faced defending champions, ' Both posed of five members, while other members of the team are The Academic games is a a national competition held every year by Junior High Schools throughout the school district Pienezza said the academic games mimic basketball, in that, die leagues use a scoreboard and shot clock, and team members benched. The game is divided into four quarters, and team members are asked academic questions. A student can foul out by missing two questions; theyre then replaced by a member on the bench. Each quarter the questions get harder, Pienezza said. "In the first quarter questions are asked to individual team members, and students have 15 seconds to answer. During practice students are coached on English, social studies, math and science, but during said. It was a teams were great." bam-bume- . Staff Writer Brockbank Junior High went undefeated in regular season play of the Academic games by decidedly beating all of their competi- Bennion Junior High , 1 ' Brockbank always has a good team, said Debbie Pienezza, Brockbanks coordinating mentor. 7 Bennion beat Brockbank in last weeks Competition. They beat u& to the buzzer almost every time, Pienezza 94-7- r. - ' can foul out. But folils are not retroactive, Pienezza sid, Students cart corpe back into the game and play again. Academic games are played with two panels from two competing schools. Panels are com competition other academic questions can be asked. "The third quarter is a presentation quarter, Pienezza said. In the third quarter a different panel of team members (this time composed more like a jury) are asked different questions, like: What are the symptoms of test anxiety? and How can you relieve this kind of stress? The panel adjourns for 30 minutes to discuss the topic together, and then has five minutes to present their answers. Once a student becomes an academic team member, they please turn to GAMES page 8 Members of the Brockbank Junior High Academic Games team. |
