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Show THE SENTINEL Thursday. Feb. 24,1 983 Page 2 Hearing set for March 8; minimum sq. ft. required Citing the need for legality and fairness, the West Jordan City Council unanimously agreed to set a public hearing for Mar. 8 to amend the Zoning Ordinance to place birth control clinics as conditional uses in professional offices and shopping center zones. Starting at 8 p.m. at the West Jordan Middle School, the hearing will provide an oppor- tunity for all residents to express their views on the proposed amendment. Earlier the council blocked Planned Parenthood's business application, however, Federal Judge David K. Winder agreed to a temporary restraining order which has been extended requiring that Planned Parenthood be issued a business license indefinately. Planned Parenthoaod has also sued the city and council members but no trial date has been set. The council has also amended the zoning ordinance so that residents asking for conditional uses of their property are required to send a notice to neighbors within 300 feet. Due to the change in the character of M. James Macfarlane State Representative, Dist. 40 The 1983 Legislative Session is getting down to decision making time. Revenue projections have been appropriations up-date- d, es have nearly completed work on budgets, and the Republican Party has reached a decision to divert from the State $31,000,000 Retirement fund to help balance the state budget. The next few days will be important ones for the decision makers. Such items as the following will need to be addressed by those in leadership positions in the majority party: 1. Tax increases, if any 2. Salary increases for state employes and employes of public education and higher education 3. Funding of state agencies 4. Funding of public education and higher education 5. Enactment of legislation to regulate cable tv 6. Legislation dealing with Neighborhood Redevelopment agencies and comments Your on legislative suggestions matters are always welcome. or Please contact me at 9 if I can be of assistance. 533-48- 98 533-485- By Tom Lewis I recall several years ago that elementary school teachers were lobbying for preparation time, and critics made loud declarations that such time would be wasted or used for personal business. The point of that argument was that students would be the ones who suffer from diminished teaching time. The program was instituted over those objections, and now let's give it a report card for its current standing. Elementary schools in Jordan District dismiss early on Thursday afternoons, while those in Granite dismiss early on Friday afternoons. My current assignment in elementary schools in Granite District causes me to travel between schools, and provides me with FBLA FBLA what's that for Future Business Leaders of America. It is an organization which allows business students to learn about the business world. Although FBLA is part of business FBLA stands Jordan Valley Sentinel Mldvale Sentinel, Inc. Continuing the Mldvale Sentinel, a weekly newspaper established In 1925, published every Thursday by Sentinel Newspapers at 125 W. Center Street, Midvale, Utah 84047. Postmaster Send address changes to The Jordan Valley Sentinel, P.O. Box 128, Midvale, Utah 84047. Subscription Rat "6" yaar In Stat of Utah SantorCiUMn Rata 3" yaar In Stata of Utah David C. GodfreyJames M. Landers the neighborhood and the fact that something different is being allowed more residents should be notified stated City Planner and Community Developer Blaine Gehring. "I want to know what is going on in my neighborhood," said council member Betty Naylor, "I am acutely aware of these problems and I feel it is necessary that people adjacent to businesses and these types of activities be notified." In more action, the council amended the zoning ordinance to require minimum floor areas for dwellings based on averaging of existing homes in a subdivision rather than using the smallest house as the minimum which the council had approved in June 1982. According to the ordinance the city is divided into seven where the minimum floor areas start at 900 sq. ft. and continue in 100 ft. intervals to 1,700 sq. ft. and more. Reductions are allowed for brick or stone exterior which covers over 50 percent of the home and attached two car garages. The ordinance also stipulates sub-zon- es DixMcMullin The Utah State Senate debated several drunk driving bills last week and passed one measure, tabled another, and held several over for further debate this week as the 45th Legislature approaches the final weeks of the 1983 session. The hub of the drunk driving legislation, HB 142, passed the Senate last Friday and will now be sent to the governor for final The measure, approval. sponsored by Representative Duane Johnson and lead through the Senate by Sen. Dix McMullin, met with little opposition along the way but was amended several times before final passage. If approved by the governor the bill will authorize police officers to confiscate the license of any driver arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs and require that person to appear at a hearing to determine whether the license should be suspended. If convicted the person would lose driving privileges for 90 days on a first offense and up to one year for subsequent offenses. The bill would also lower the maximum allowable blood alcohol content from .10 percent to .08 percent. ample opportunity to observe this program in a variety of schools. I must say that I have been thoroughly impressed with the professional use of planning time in the schools I have visited. Teachers are not "beating students out the door" as some feared, and neither are they using the time for personal business. They are truly preparing materials and lessons to enrich the learning of our children. In fact, the use of that time has been so effective that principals, in spite of obvious temptations, strongly avoid its use for faculty meetings or other house keeping chores. They simply won't interfere with an effective practice. On a recent Friday afternoon I saw this program amplified into dedication some C t 1 that required floor areas for split entry style and three level split style homes shall be determined by taking the sum of the levels at or above the finished grade or the gross horizontal 1 U area covered on the ground. In addition, four level split style homes shall be determined by taking the sum of the two levels at or above the finish grade plus one half of the first level partially below grade and y home shall be the determined to be the sum of the two stories equal to a minimum one and one third times the required floor area for that subzone. The amendment is the result of a lengthy study conducted by the city to ensure property owners would have the protection they desired but also growth would not be stymed. The House Size Minimum 1 we live. By Brighton High FBLA Many people don't realize how important free enterprise is and how much it influences their lives. Many people complain - .1 - 1 A two-stor- 'trv iiiMTti liwHrlfta $)'Vt uniform and drug i m twin " ? t rx) wwi ?Mt "fc"" ";H' ,rW,5 5 Ii -J L k- ) '4 Vr mhtuMmnt V h , K jp iWMiaMMiiMiwMMMwMiMMi 1 immi tm Jwf H- -i ; f I mmm rnii Crescent Elementary Reflections winners. Front row (left to right), Jason Clark, second grade, art; Tamra Baker, second grade, literature; Brett Johnson, second grade, music; Shane Tripp, first grade, art. Middle row, Crystal Lyons, fourth, art; Russell Johns, third, literature; Gary Larson, second, music; Honey Garrison, fifth, literature; Paul Hansen, second, art. Back row, Jane Alvey, fifth, music; Jessica Reichers, fourth, music; Jeff Davis, fifth, art; Aaron Turner, fifth, literature; Brandie Foley, fourth, literature. Not present Diane Fairbourn, fifth, music. 1 fiscal procedures in counties, a bill providing for an increase in wholesale beer tax to fund alcohol ii i Gehring. mandates n Nichols, fifth grade, art. Ordinance, the Performance Overlay and the Housing Element all act together to protect the value of existing land uses while guiding the future development of residential and other land uses, declared HB 143 which would have established a Victim Restitution Fund for victims of accidents caused by drinking drivers was tabled pending a revision of the financial base for the fund and research on adequate guidelines for distribution of the funds. The measure was tabled because of tremendous opposition to the proposed bill yet interest in treating the need for restitution to victims was high. The other four drunk driving bills of a package of six sent from the House will be debated early this week. Other Senate action this week included a measure sponsored by Sen. Brent Overson which m Peruvian Park Elementary Reflections winners. Front row (left to right), Mike Sudbury, first grade, art; Helen Serassio, first grade, literature; Becky Andersen, first grade, music; Christine Andersen, second grade, music; Hilary Osborne, third grade, literature; Jason Jacobson, third grade, art; Charly Pulber, second grade, literature; Jessica Matsumorl, kindergarten, art. Back row, Daniel Nagele, second grade, art; Melanie Serossio, fourth grade, art; Julie Riber, fifth grade, music; Brett Glassey, fourth grade literature; Jeff Seely, fourth grade, music; Bryan' V". ,.1 abuse education in schools and the community, and an act for temporary providing detention of youth parole violators and modification of hearings procedure for such 1 r a Bnaak. violators. which demonstrated again that there are those who really do care. I was visiting Whittier Elementary School and was just leaving the office of the principal, Dr. Richard Jordan, during planning time. At that moment one of the teachers turned on the intercom system and announced to the rest of the faculty that she and her team felt as though they needed more time to prepare for the next week's activities, and they had prevailed on Dr. Jordan to open the building for them the next day, Saturday. I glanced at Dr. Jordan who shrugged and said, "it's what they want." And I was just beginning to think that the Japanese had the only dedicated workers left in the world. Elementary teachers, you get an 'A'. Keep it up. about the "high" taxes that they have to pay. These people don't realize how lucky they are to live in the United States. Many people are also upset at the "high" prices they have to pay for food, clothes, and auto- ; v i m ma r ml I f i K .' Bell View Elementary Reflections winners. Front row (left to right), Elise Hullinger, Heather Gleave, Staci Wilcox. Middle row, Amy Brady, Janet Meeks, Heather Lawrence, Lauralyn Throckmorton, Emily James. Back row, Brandon Plant, Kristy Brown, Dena Hullenger, Carrl Smith, Michelle Jones, Misti Andrews. - 1. 1. .... , , IS--- -' f v s 1 r . s n ' A .i ' ..." i What's that? classes, many activities are outside the accomplished classroom. Besides the social activities associated with many school groups, FBLA also gets involved in areas of service in the community, financial management, learning about businesses and business careers, becoming familiar with free enterprise and helping to spread the word to others about the great economic system in which 4 "r, 1 ' t ,:.vr.7 ' r, 1 mobiles. If these people lived in a communistic society, they would be lucky to even find these products. So next time you hear someone complaining about prices, remind them how fortunate they are to live in America, where free enterprise is the way of life. Sentinel want ads work Reflections winners from Westvale. Front row (left to right), Tamara Bair, second grade, art; Becky Lungren, first grade, art; Brenda Kearsley, kindergarten, art. Middle row, Jennifer Smith, third, art; Ty Rekoutis, second, music; Cathy Dimond, third, music; Ryan Romano, first, art; Mike Walters, second, art. Back row, Melissa Simon, fourth, art; Katie Brocovich, third, art; Cynthia Weeden, fourth, literature; Rebecca Fitzgerald, fifth, art; David Warby, fifth, literature; Melissa Jenkins, fourth, art; Krista Simon, fifth, music. |