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Show Salt i i Lake fity, Utah 6111 Council okays J appointments to 1 ' Jordan Midvale boards w 'V 1 -- - 7 V ;.... .ml) , The filling of openings on three commissions and boards dominated the agenda at the last Midvale City council meeting. All of the appointments were made by mayor Trent Jeppson and approved by vote of the city council. and David Dell Harmon Hansen were named to the Board of Adjustments, while J Dan Corak, Casey Nelson, Jay Don Poulsen, Francis Hoist, and Marcial DeLaCruz took posts on the police advisory board. Four of five openings on the were commission planning filled. Named were Blaine Bradford, Bill Carlson, Del Harmon, and Moses Samowitz. The city council also gave preliminary site plan approval to Robertson Homes for a 364 unit apartment complex planned for the area of 7200 S. and 700 W. Also approved was a final payment of $10,906 to Martin Doors for new overhead doors at the city park bowery. p"" start at 7:30 p.m. The month of July holds a great deal of excitement for Midvale City's current reigning Junior Miss. The royalty have already participated in Fourth of July parades for Riverton City, Sandy and West Jordan. The girls are now looking forward to the upcoming Draper City parade and the exciting Days of '47 Parade on July 24 in downtown Salt Lake City. Presently, the royalty is busy, making preparations to perform at the upcoming Jr. Miss . Pageant, on Thursday, Aug. 2. An eventful Groundbreaking for a new 1.2 million dollar Smith's supermarket to be located at 7800 S. State St. in Midvale has been scheduled for some time in August, according to Roger Gough of Smith Management Corporation. Competence tests available in July and August reign will come to an end that night as they crown the new 1984-8-5 royalty. The pageant will be held at Union Middle School, 8000 S. 700 E., this year. During the pageant, JoLynn Leggatt will perform a piano Linda has Mitchell solo, dance and routine a prepared Lori Stone will demonstrate her talents with a vocal solo. The Junior Miss Pageant this year will be a tremendous experience. Tickets can. be purchased at the door on Aug. 2. Show time is 7:30 p.m. 6 Students interested in retaking the Jordan competency tests in the following areas: math, skills, listening reading, American governance, problem solving and consumerism, can 1 ext. 180 to make call arrangements for the tests needed. year-lon- g The new store's 45,800 square feet of floor space. will include room for a bakery, deli, bulk foods, and a camera bar. There will also be fully stocked meat and produce departments' as well as the other food, drug, and sundry items. 566-152- The tests will be administered the following dates: July 19, math noon to 1 p.m., reading p.m. p.m., listening skills Tests will also be given on July a m., reading 23, math from a.m. and listening from skills from 11 to noon. on 1-- 2 2-- 3 . 0 10-1- -- 1 Included in the Midvale bration is the Old Town Show to be held on Aug. 3 and 4 from 3 p.m. until dark on Main St. All residents of the area are encouraged to enter their art, photos, and crafts for this show. Individuals may either display only or offer pieces for sale. There will be prizes offered in each of the three categories for the amount of $30 each, plus ribbons for first, second, and third place and honorable mention in each category. A drawing will be held for a nice piece of art, plus a 1909 of the town's charter, street an plus dance to music, plus a fun watermelon bust all on Saturday evening. old-fashi- old-fashi- : Come and enjoy a display of old Midvale There will also be a display of Old Town bottles. "The store will be built along the same lines as our new store in Evanston, Wyoming," reported Gough. "It's a new type of building we're trying." j ,. . Gough stated that, despite the closure of Smith's store at Fashion Place in Murray, the company still liked the south county area and wanted to remain a part of it. Harvest Days group looking for sign-up- s Harvest Days' 75th year cele- special photos. special privey "We felt this location in Midvale would be the best site for it," he continued. For more information on the Town Show please contact Ronn or Ruth Cowley at Old Towne Originals, 25 North Main St., or Old call 561-872- 8, Sentinel Thursday, July 12, 1984 Volume 51 Number 28 Continuing The Midvale Sentinel (USPS If everything goes according to plan, the new store should be opening its doors in February of 1985. 347-940- Sentinel Inc. Second-claspostage paid at Midvale Utah. Subscription rate $6 per year in Jordan School District. This issue two sections. s seventy-fift- h prepares for anniversary Midvale City will be turning this year and in honor of the event, the Harvest Days committee has tried to come up with something extra special for the annual city celebration. While there are still some events that need to be finalized, the bulk of the activities have been definitely scheduled. The curtain raiser for the celebration will be, as in years past, the Midvale Jr. Miss Pageant. This year it will be moved to the Union Middle School and is slated for the evening of Aug. 2. The starting time will be 7:30 p.m. The major portion of the celebration will take place on the l be highfollowing week Utah a Symphony lighted by "concert in the park" at 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 9. A Bluegrass concert has been tentatively scheduled for Aug. 8 at the same location. Both will be free to the public. This will be the second year for the Midvale Honors Banquet, scheduled Aug. 10 at the Jackson St. Stake Center. Four current or past city residents will be inducted into the Midvale Hall of Honors. It will get underway at 7:30 p.m. Throughout the week, free seventy-fiv- e and-wil- City. According to chief Maughan, the high turnover rate of officers is, perhaps, the biggest problem facing the department. Though he's only been on the job for a little over two weeks, he's already taking steps to deal with it. "It seems that success on the is a job told elsewhere," Maughan members of the Jordan Valley Kiwanis Thursday afternoon. "We have to find a way to properly motivate our officers, to make Midvale a place where an officer will want to make a Midvale department measured by finding career." Better pay is only part of the answer, stated Maughan, who has personally interviewed each member of the department and circulated profile forms or among them. questionnaires Some officers felt their supervisors were making all their decisions for them or always trying to catch them at something. should be "Supervisors leaders instead of pushers," Maughan reported. "If we can get our officers to like each other, to treat each other fairly then they'll do the same to the citizens they serve." Chief Maughan comes to Midvale with 20 years of experience in lw enforcement, beginning in April of 1964 when he joined the Salt Lake City department. In 1973 he was promoted to the rank of sergeant, supervising several different operations and squads. He became a lieutenant in 1979, serving as a field commander. Since July of 1980 he has been the assistant chief of police in West Valley City. He and chief David Campbell set up the department from ground zero, Maughan being responsible for hiring and training all new personnel. That experience, he feels, will serve Midvale well. "I feel proud of the job we did in West Valley and I feel we can do the same here," he stated. "I want Midvale to have one of the best police departments in the state." Maughan's basic philosophy about law enforcement is that it can be an interesting, satisfying, even enjoyable exciting, profession, though sometimes a dangerous one. It's a philosophy he hopes to pass on to the men ' under him. "A police officer's job is to serve the community, to make it a better place to live," he explained. "Laws should be enforced fairly and effectively, to supress crime so people can go about their daily activities without being threatened by it." Maughan stresses service to the community, that the police are servants of the people. Citizens must always be treated with dignity and respect and the same goes for the suspects kids movies will be presented at the Midvalley Bible Church located on South Main St. Things will shift into high gear on Saturday, Aug. 11, led by the Old Bingham Junction Half Marathon. The race will jump off at 7 a.m. from the Old Bingham High in Copperton and will finish in front of Midvale Elementary on Center St. The parade will follow at 10 a.m. winding up at the city park where a carnival, games, entertainment, fire department water fights, and a host of other activities will be staged. A Seventy-FiftAnniversary fireworks salute at Midvale Middle School wili bring things to a close. h South Jordan residents to get final say about master plan Wednesday South Jordan residents met Tuesday night at the South Jordan Elementary School for the final public debate on the city's proposed master plan. The South Jordan Planning Commission will make its final decision during another public meeting on Wednesday night. 561-335- 1. Gerald Maughan takes over as chief of police Gerald Maughan had no sooner taken over the job of chief at the Midvale police department than he was presented with his first crisis. Six of the department's 14 patrol officers had tendered their resignations in favor of positions on other departments, including five with Salt Lake ) Published weekly at 125 W. Center St., Salt Lake County Utah by Midvale Smith's plans to locate new store Midvale in Midvale area Midvale's reigning Jr. Miss JoLynn Leggat will surrender her crown to Jr. Miss 1984 at annual pageant scheduled for Aug. 2. She is flanked by first attendant Linda Kay Mitchell (left) and second attendant Lori Ann Stone. The pageant will be staged at Union Middle School and will Jr. Miss Pageant in Midvale slated Aug. 2 Valley them to get 80 hours of training a year instead of just the required police arrest. "Police officers should never try to punish anyone," he continued. "That's the court's 40. He wants to work more closely with other departments in the county. Criminals and crime patterns are no respectors of his and boundaries city detectives wilfbe asked to meet regularly with those of other departments. g He hopes to set up a citizens where program, job." Maughan feels that it takes about three to five years to make a good police officer. Yet, just about that time, many' Midvale officers are moving on. To be constantly breaking in rookie is officers, tough on a community. "When a new officer comes on the job he's sometimes a bit overly conscious of his badge," the chief said. "What we need to do is to help him forget about the badge and talk with the people he works for." chief has new The established a list of goals for his as department, beginning, mentioned above, with turning around the turnover problem. While making some of the aforementioned administrative changes is important to that strategy, improving the salary scale is also on the list. Maughan believes he can accomplish that without costing the city any more money. "I've always believed in quality rather than quantity," he continued "By replacing just four of the six vacating officers we could use the money saved to raise the wages of those remaining. I feel I can get more done with 18 men who are properly motivated than with 20 T who are not." ' The chief would also like his officers to get more education and training. He'd like to see all a college officers pursue education and would encourage ride-alon- can spend a shift with a Midvale officer and gain a better understanding of police work. A department sponsored Explorer's Post would provide youth, ages 15 to 20, with up to 160 hours training as an introduction to law enforcement. Maughan has targeted drunk driving as "public enemy number one." The drinking driver, he said, kills more people than all the burglars and robbers. And finally, the chief would expand and improve the current neighborhood watch program. An officer has been assigned to oversee that program, which the chief feels is an important tool in the fight against crime. Chief Maughan and his wife of years,' Janice, live in Sandy. They're parents of five children, but have lost one. 24 person-to:perso- n . f" y1 qg- j- -j cgJir - Midvale City's new police chief Gerald Maughan fields questions from members of the Jordan Valley Kiwanis Club during Thursday lunch meeting. Maughan told the Kiwanians that the biggest problem facing the police deparmtent is the loss of experienced officers to other agencies. |