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Show r ,?j?erc?r - i- ' S NEWS & ADS 278-28- r- -i - :1 , 3 firpcnt, La- :- ' i Av era. a 01 Utsth If you fail to receive your copy of the Review by Thursday night, please call and a paper will be taken to your home by 10 66 Circulation AM 278-28- 60 2265 East 4800 South Vol. IX No. 12 Southeast Salt Lake's Community W eekl March 25. Newspaper Friday morning 13 lOt R Jordan Digs In, PTA Wants Grass blades of grass are than none at all," was the attitude of apparently Mount View Elementary School PTA members after A few better Mouthful of Needles A the March 23, Tuesday, Jordan School Board meeting. -- For eight rocky years, one group of parents or another has been quietly simmering because the schools playground has never been properly developed. Finally, a Sad But Wiser Pair Hoiladay mother and her playful son learned a sharp, pointed lesson last SatSrd. and her frisky year old pup, Ramon - German Shepherds owned by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Prudence, 3000 Casto Lane felt the cool, crisp night air called for a romp in the woods A ZaZa Off they went, performing curiosity checks along the route. While mother gingerly lagged behind, rambling Ramon sniffed out a pal. But the youngster's small hairy frieod turned out to be a rude foe. With a yelp, he called for mother. ZaZa stomped to the rescue, only to find herself another helpless victim. Porcupines just don't cotton to German Sheoherds. Mrs. Pr idence estimates the dogs had over 700 quills lodged in their faces. job took 12 hours. Some days, it's a dogs life. The removal Boulevard A wily burglar, according to Delbert E Lambert, jimmyed a door of the school Saturday or Sunday, March 13 or 14, and forseveral rooms Teachers aged through checked Monday tyorning but could only report missing one cup of ice cream It must be tough, however, to be a sneak thief with a conscience Tuesday morning the principal opened for business and for the second time in as many days was thankful he'd taken the cash box home The tricky scoundrel had struck again He used the same method to enter but this time there was a difference He left a note saying, Sorry, I returned all things taken " .. and there was a little pile of loot: a large shell, two stamp pads, five magnets, two date stamps and a magic marker. The principal, in his report to the Granite Board, suspects that the burglar has yet to use a safety razor School Did this crude but sincere expression The art of one -- line debates-mansh- lp be tersely pointed You have to insert it quickly Into the stream of debate, and withdraw, leaving behind a punctured ballon. EXPRESSES REMORSE He hit m the dead of night and then he hit again, according to the principal of East-woo- d 3305 Wasatch Elementary School, Delicately requires delicate timing. Your remark has to BURGLAR BABY-FAC- E Inserting The Needle of remorse soften that principal's heart? His report continues: I have called theShenff s Department and informed them of both break-in- s Come to think of it, what happened to the ice cream? Republican Congressman Laurence Burton proved he has mastered the art during a House debate a few days ago. The balloon? Well, it went this way: The House was Involved in a somewhat tedious debate over $3,000 prospective raises for Justices of the Supreme Court. Veteran Republican CongH. R. Gross, of ressman Iowa, sturdily carrying on against the proposed raises, brought up the issue of long vacations for the Justices His argument was that the vacations are too long; longer, for instance, than vacations for members of Congress. At Just this point, Mr. Burton rose to speak: ' Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?' Mr. Gross: "I yield to the gentleman from Utah. Burton: ' Whatever the length of their vacation, it is not long enough Amidst the laughter, one could hear the popping of a balloon PTA playground committee proved the power of positive action by facing the school board with a recital of complaints. What wanted was a they fix -- up of complete clean-u- p, the 200 by 500 foot school yard with weeds eliminated, rocks and trash removed, top soil added and grass seed applied. What they got was the pro- mise of Improvement on about 80 feet of property to the west of the school and the hope that eeeds in the remaining area could be eradicated. School officials, it seems, have high hopes for a new weed control chemical theyll begin applying soon. Spokesman for the 25 Mount View PTA members attending was Ben C. Zaccardl who firmly reminded board members of their responsibility as elected officials to maintain property. He graphically described the shoddy conAnother dition of the yard challPTAer emphatically enged the wisdom of performHe maining half a Job tained it would be most economical to improve the prop-ert- y all at one time - the s tier the better. Before promising to dig in and produce some improvements, the school board pleaded poverty. Depreciating property values, it said, have reduced school revenue at a time when huge outlay is required for new buildings and school sites. bond But it was money which triggered money Tuesday night's action. Some parents have privately called the board "fickle. They say the school district wooed and won them with promises to make necessary improvements before Jordan's recent bond election Then, they claim the board spurneo their desires when the issue was approved Eight years is a long time to wait for a few blades at grass Maybe theyll plant a creeping variety of the short green and nature will solve the remainder of the problem HALL OF JUSTICE 10 Days To Fix Or Ansiver Salt Lake'sMetropolitanHall Justice held the spotlight for another few hours, Monday March 22, afternoon when all factions in a continuing hassle over construction procedures were called to air grievances and rectify misunderstandings of I face-to-fa- ce The unique procedure, besides a flurry of countercharges. produced an agreecontrac--to- r ment from one-su- b to repair or formally report on wiring which electrical Inspectors claim does not meet standards The people involved in erect $9 5 milliong tng the facility gave no ground, to the complaints however, of officials They charged that inspectors were spvuur city-coun- ty and lacked qualifications for their jobs, reports have not been relayed through a proper chain of command; and they said the rules have been switched in the interpretation of building codes Last week, county commissioner John P Creer and city officer George B Catmull halted payments to contractors afer touring the Commissioner Catmull he said minded the contractor that a previous inspector had been removed from the Job because of a' similar complaint from re-so- attorney for the contractor then took the floor to promise, "We'll meet plans and specifications even if we have to exceed the plans An ed building At Monday's hearing, city electrical inspector Fred W Benfcne described a long list of allege violations A representative of the questioned Mr Ben-tin- e s qualifications as an in "The code is not specter in'ended as an instruction manual for untrained per- - Mr Creer asked, "when The attorney promised to either rectify or answer in writing each item of complaint on the city inspector's list within 10 days The general contractor on the buildng denied that concrete in one section of the building was "crumbling, as had been reported The layer, be said. was damaged by heavy equipment and could be easily reConcrete slabs in paired another area, be said, would meet strength tests. Replying to reports that concrete was poured without heat in freezing weather, the contractor said, "If we didn't pour winter and summer, we'd never meet the schedule There is no crumbling concrete in that building and we' re inviting any agency to inspect Architect Harold Beecher deplored the lack of coordination between inspectors, cltyr county officials and contrac- tors "The contractor can only he said City personnel has changed since follow plans,' I've never heard of some of these complaints unU today. We've been continually hamstrung because of inA plan should not spectors be interpreted one way a year ago and a different way today " City engineer Harold S Carter defined his role as that of a referee My job," he said,' is to see that the public gets the Job We have competent inspection staff and on any hot spot try to get all involved gether to talk I ? we to- help them learn to succeed rather than to fall The government makes available an average of $170 per child for a proposed eight week program Federal funds pick-u- p 90 percent of the cost while the local 10 percent participation takes the form of providing the use of physical facilities such as buildings, lights and maintenance. Dr. William L. Hutchinson, assistant superintendent for instruction who will head the program, said the project will provide valuable servl e in some pockets of poverty within the district. It will have the added advantage, he said, of providing summer employment for a number of teachers. Citing the need for such apian. Dr. Hutchinson said that statistics will prove that tlx in direct proportion to the ratio of drop-ou- ts economic situation of the student. "I dont think we realize our problem, said Mrs Howard B Summerhays about the children in the incident of Granite School District. Her words, as much as any others, helped resolve a lengthy discussion over participation in a federal aid preproject to benefit school children. under-privileg- ed under-privileg- ed On two other occasions. Granite School Board tabled the topic but Tuesday night, March 23, members managed to overcome deep suspicious of federal aid projects to okay district participation in a plan called "Project Head Start1 f The Granite District will work with the Office of Economic Opportunity to reach victims of poverty and neglect with health services and other resources to pre-scho- ol 100 Rooms Each Year The Granite School Board is plotting its campaip to win voter approval in the $12 5 million district bond election set for April 27 A major Item on the Tuesday, March 23, school board agenda was approval of a brochure outlining school needs It will be distributed to Granite District voters via mail, public and elementary meetings school parents will find their tots carrying one home before -- ' a highly Granite Seeks Head Start On Drop-Out- s too long The four page printed piece emphasizes that bonds can only be used to construct new plans were okayed, he complained, new engineers are interpreting building codes differently and design features are being questioned test poss.tle LEARN TO SUCCEED school buildings, remodel or construct additions to existing structures, purchase furniture and equipment or buy school sites It then outlines the anticipated needs of the largest and fastest growing school There are in l'th over 55 000 children at'end. ng Granite schools and by 1370 the brochure predicted the f.gure will be over district now 70 000 Enrollment increases require more than 10G additional classrooms per year needs are still growing for more elementary classrooms, the school population is also maturing so that additional h.gh school buildings are needed to hmise the mushrooming load of p'lp.ls working tpe.r way up through the sys'emi Of particular sigcu.cance. school board members sav that the district must be bonded to 95 percent of capacity in order to be eligible tor the more than $2 million in state aid for school building available during the next biennium issue fails , Elmer J. Hartvtgsen said none of this money would be available to the district and, since school construction would cease, double sessions in almost every school would be a certainty for years to If the bond Tuo-For-On- e Deal Nixed A pawnbroker in come Ogden has one of their and the typewriters Granite School Board wants it back The only trouble is the hock shop that LN OTHER ACTION, the board voted to send letters recognizing accomplishment to winners of the Sterling Scholarship Awards program They also noted that two out of three top selected to partic-pat- e in the National Science Fair from the Salt Lake metropolitan area were Granite District Students John Hawkins, Skyline High School, will be one of only 300 from the participants United States and 14 foreip countries to take part in the National Science Fair International at 5t Louis, Missouri, May 5 through 8 operator allegedly wants payment for the machine or he hints he might not be able to remember where he sold a second type- writer also belonging to the Granite Dsitrict While the law says whoever purchases stolen property does so at his own risk, the broker's Supe-intend- ent two-for-o- ne deal proved mighty tempting Ethics won out over praci.cal, tv, however After a brief verbal of the exploration problem, theboard voer ted to take the Olympus High School type-wri'- in hand and hope that their good example alone would refresh the pawnbroker s memory regarding the second stolen machine A studnt Marvin Pool son woo an paid navy cruise in the competition CANYON RIM PTA is shooting for tennis courts at the school as their annual project It is proposing a three-wa- y project with the Salt Lake County Recreation Board and the PTA providing money to erect the courts on Granite School District property. 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