OCR Text |
Show THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1974 PLEASANT GROVE REIVEW, PLEASANT GROVE, UTAH THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1974 Alpine School Budget Raises Both Tax, Total Alpine School District Board of Education this morning approved a 26'2 million dollar budget with an expected deficit of just over $2 million. Also approved was a 1.5 mill property tax increase in the capital outlay fund and a one-tent- h mill increase in the government immunity fund. The tax levy for the district was set at 48.85 mills. Expenditures will total $26,478,420, compared with total expenditures of $22,810,034 in the previous budget. Supt. Dan W. Peterson recommended the tax increase to members of the board of education. He said building money expected to come from state emergency building funds was allocated to other districts. He also said inflation has increased the cost of school buildings. A representative from the Utah Taxpayers Association, questioned the increase. He said board members promised there would be no tax increase during a $4 million a bond election last October. Dr. R. Phil Shumway, board member, said the board had promised no tax increase because of the sale of the bonds and cited growth in the district in addition to other problems as reasons for the increase . Action of the state legislature would have allowed the district to increase the mill levy nearly another four mills. However, board members approved the smaller increase which was about equal to the increase which would have been allowed before the action of the legislature. Teachers salaries total about $9.1 million in the budget, an eight per cent increase in salary level. The figure reflects the addition of 25 new teaahers to the district staff. Currently, the district is negotiating with teachers and. employees. Most points, other than salary, have been settled. Local tax revenues total just over $2.8 million in the maintenance and operation fund. State school monies total about $11.7 million. Money from federal sources totals $460,000. School lunch revenues are estimated at $1.3 million, and revenues in the capital outlay and debt service fund total $4.9 million. A total of $9.8 million was approved for expenditure in the capital outlay and debt service fund, including $7.9 million for buildings. Currently, three junior high schools in Orem, American Fork, and Pleasant Grove along with other buildings, are being constructed in the district. School lunch salaries total $570,000, reflecting an 11 percent increase required because of new federal minimum wage guidelines. Food for the lunch program will cost an estimated $580,000. Community services and adult education expenditures total $1,171,320. This category includes adult and vocational education programs and other specialty programs. Monies in the maintenance and operation fund total $15,312,578.50. The recreation fund totals $77,088.96. The government immunity fund, the recipient of one-tent- h of a mill tax increase, totals $18,555.52. The Bank of American Fork submitted the best bid on $2.5 million in tax anticipation notes money borrowed by the district until tax money comes in. The banks' effective interest rate for the notes will be 5.0986. Banking business for the year also was awarded to the Bank of American Fork at the same meeting. Garden Club Plans Breakfast, Field Trip on June 27 The Garden Club will meet on Thursday, June 27 at 8 a.m. at Kiwanis Park for a beark-fas- t and field trip. Speakers will be Verland and Wallace Saling. All members are urged to at-tend, and to make reservations you can call Mrs. Saling. Bryce Anderson Selected to Lead Radio Operators Bryce K. Anderson, K7SAI, Rfd, Box 243, Pleasant Grove, has been selected to lead an organization of Utah County amateur radio operators pre-pared to furnish organized em-ergency communications in the time of disasters, it was an-nounced by George Hart, com-munications manager of the American Radio Relay League, U.S. and Canadian association of radio amateurs. Mr. Anderson's assignment, which carries the title of Em-ergency Coordinator of the Amateur Radio Emergency Corps, is to band together mem-bers of the amateur radio serv-ice in his community. .HOWS YOUR, A f PWj ! 1 1 il1 f' t7 'AW T? lr )ANE WAS WORLD' ONLY SUGAR SOURCE OWd' UNTIL I8TH C. GERMAN iSrfnPvM' SCIENTIST PROVED AssMMlp IDENTICAL SUGAR e', '7jff'iA COJLD BE PRODUCEDM Rfr' iV froaa 3ETS .Sdy' CROP WAS GROWN CHIEFLY IN EUROPE . UNTIL U.S. PLANT BREEDERS DEVELOPED DISEASE RESISTANT VARIETY THAT COULD BE GROWN HERE. . . W&to'S, SUGAR mi, (yr U BEETS WERE VIDIN6 NEW CROP W'gfC? FOR FARMERS AND W r MORE SUGAR FOR V-T- AMERICA'S V3SWEET TOOTH I Pioneer Park Has Many Visitors on Strawberry Days On the first day of Straw-berry Days, June 13, after the morning parade and in the ev-ening before the activities, large crowds of interested vis-itors from several western stat-es as well as neighboring com-munities and local residents, were attracted to the open house held at Pleasant Grove Museum and Log Cabin. These two pioneer buildings are open to the public only on special days, and by appoint-ment with the museum commit-tee. Among the visitors were sev-eral families prominent in the settlement of Pleasant Grove. They enjoyed seeing the pho-tographs of their pioneer an-cestors displayed no the walls of the museum and the relics used by them in their log houses. Ushers at the open house from the Daughters of Utah Pioneers were Susie Church, Lucille Walker, Cora Bezzant, Viola Cowley, Effie Adams, and Lacy White. Generaous financial contri-butions made by the visitors were appreciated as a means of maintaining the historic buildings. During the summer months families are invited to hold re-unions and family gatherings at the Pioneer Park and to vis-I- t the cabin and museum. Ar-rangements can be made by calling Mrs. Harold Walker, chairman of the committee, at 785-313- Schedule Given for Handicapped Swimming, Crafts The following is the Summer Schedule for Swimming and Crafts for Utah County Handi-cape- There will be swimming in the Pleasant Grove City pool Tuesday and Thursday, 9:30 to 10:15. Crafts wil lfollow n the park next to the pool. Summer program will begin the week of June 17 and run through August 9th. Summer "Camp-Out- " will be held July 26-2- 7 at Camp Balsom up Hobble Creek Can-yon, Springville. Registration will start at each pool the week starting June 17th. A doctor's signature will be necesary for all appli- - This program is free to all handicapped people. HM3 Tom Dalton Transferred to Washington, D.C. HM3 Tom Dalton has recent-ly been transferred to Wash-ington D.C. where he is assign-ed to the Bureau of Health and Medicine, upon completion of Lab Technician School at Oak-land Naval Hospital at Oak-land, California. HM3 Dalton graduated from Pleasant Grove High School in 1970, and attended the Univer-sity of Utah for two years. He is the son of CMS (Ret) and Mrs. Clayton Dalton, for-merly of Pleasant Grove. The Daltons are now living in Am. Fork. Olivia Dalton Back From Treatment In California Mrs. Clayton (Olivia) Dalton has recently returned from San Diego whree she underwent medical care and treatment Mr. and Mrs. Dalton are now residing temporarily in Amer-ican Fork, while making prep-arations to move to Southern Arizona where they own prop-erty near Wintersburg, Ariz. Gary Hardinger to Leave for Army Service on June 21 Gary Hardinger, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hardinger has enlist-i-n the U.S. Army and will leave Friday, June 21 for Ft. Ord, where he will take his basic training. . '.?:.;7" v .u- - - ' :- - 7' ;Tl-- r-- .p ,:: ' ' , ;iit I v4 :. 1 , . 4 f ""'" , - Li f I I - r . - " - f ",. a - - - " HAM IT UP Fire Chief Fred Keetch, Ly-man Smith, Don Fenton and Calvin Mills ham it up a little in fire truck to show how how they go to a fire. They rode in parade. Middle age is when you are more interested in seeing how long the car will last instead of how fast it will go.-- - --'jj j Brigham Young welcomes newly-arrive- d Mormon pioneers in a scene from The Mormon Miracle Pageant. Mormon Miracle Sets July For Eighth Season Showing Mormon Miracle Pageant time - for eight summers as faithful as the seasons - has again arrived. The Pageant, now one of the West's major summertime events, will have eight perfor-mances, according to R. Morgan Dyreng, general chairman. The opening performance on Temple Hill in Manti will be July 11th. Other presentations will follow July 12, 13, 16, 17, 18. 19, and 20. The Monday, July 15, performance, ordinarily designated Family Night, has been omitted, Mr. Dyreng explained, to give the cast and production staff time to catch their breath and renew ener-gies. With the opening less than a month away, casting has been completed and rehearsals are underway. Mrs. Macksene Rux is again serving as director, with Mrs. Jane Braithwaite and Mrs. Helen Dyreng continuing as her assistants. Miss Grace Johnson, the author, is once again aiding the production in an advisory capacity. Other members of the produc-tion staff are now working with costumes, stage settings, sou-venir programs and the myriad other facets which have com-bined to make the Mormon Miracle Pageant a premiere attraction for thousands. "Although the major effort in producing the pageant comes in a period." Mr. Dyreng said, "planning is virtually continuous throughout the year. As soon as the curtain comes down on a year's final perfor-mance, some members of the production begin making pre-parations for the next summer's production." Only minor changes have been made in this year's script and scenes, according to Mr. Dyreng. "Some revisions have been made," he said, ''but basically we are now striving to do even better what has been done in the past." The principal roles for this season's production have been double cast to give more people opportunities to perform and take some of the burden off several principals. About 300 persons are in the cast and another 300 are involved in auxiliary roles. "We have managed to build up an inventory of sound and lighting equipment, costumes and stage settings valued at more than $100,000," Mr. Dyreng said. "This property certainly contributes greatly to the effectiveness of the pa-geant." In addition to all the elements associated with the actual production, arrangements are going forward to provide for the convenience and comfort of the thousands expected in the area at Pageant time. Although most pageant-goer- s will still travel by private car, major bus and tour people are providing transportation and numerous groups are again expected to attend by this means. Food service provisions in-clude booths in the vicinity of the pageant site and family style meals provided by Manti Wards at their cultural halls. People who want assistance in arranging housing in motels in Sanpete County or in private homes can write or call Mrs. Jeanette Hatch, housing co-ordinator, Manti, telephone Camping Tacilities exist in Manti and the adjacent area. Sufficient parking spaces for private cars will be available within walking distance of the Temple grounds. When the Mormon Miracle Pageant had its first t performance at the fairgrounds in Manti in 1968, about 2,000 were in the audience. Last year, an estimated 120,000 attended the nine performances. Many occupied the 10.000 folding chairs ar-ranged in a vast semi-circl- e at the base of Temple Hill. Others brought their own lawn furni-ture or sat on blankets on the grass. The top attendance for one night was. in round figures. 18,000. There is no admission charge. The production is financed largely from the sale of souvenir programs sold at the entrances to the Temple grounds. "We invite you to visit us at pageant time," Mr. Dyreng said. "We want attendance at the pageant to be for everyone a rich and rewarding exper-ience." People put forth their greatest efforts when they are carrying out ideas which they can claim as their own. One of the best ways to get them to adopt a plan with enthusiasm is to give them credit for originating it. By this strategy, whether we are deal-ing with out boss or with a subordinate, we uphold the other person's ego and elicit his cooperation and enthusiasm. SWIMMERS If they keep on this group of 12 and under swimmers will make a great team in a couple of years. They helped Pleasant Grove win the Strawberry Days relay last Saturday, and also win a meet held on Wednesday morning. it 7 x v " - , . CrM.v 4 ' V--n "? sift ( 1 . v v , i Vx- OVER 12 SWIMMERS These aquatic starts for the P.G. Swimming Team are also good. They could stand greater depth, and places on the team can still be won If anyone wants to come out Contact the coach, Dell Young, at pool. Don't stand on chairs and boxes to reach high places. It's better to get yourself a steplad-de- r than to get your children a stepparent. |