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Show News Ambulance Phone 529-367- Phone 1 529-3112- Vol. 57 No. 1 21 Fifteen Cents Salina Elects First Woman Mayor Conover, Cherry, Lorentzen Win Salina residents went to the polls Tuesday and voted in the first woman mayor in the history of Salina. Leah Conover, Republican, won by an over 2 to 1 vote over Kay Nielsen, Elected as four-yecouncilmen 401-18- ar were FALL CITY CLEANING--Salin- a City crews are cleaning out a sum- mers accumulation of dirt, leaves, and miscellaneous debris from the gut- ters, using the reliable shovel method, The chore, which should take about a month to complete, is especially compounded by the accumulation of leaves, according to Ralph Baker, city employee operating the shovel. Areas beyond the reach of Baker's shovel will be flushed out with water. Highest Enrollment, 42, At Elementary Current enrollment at Salina Elementary 20-3- School is 402 students in the history of the school, according to Principal M.D. Robinson. There were 396 students enrolled on Aug. 24, first day of classes. Since that time, 12 students have enrolled and six students have students at the start of Class size varies from the 1975 school year, the students, with the in any one most show. students principals figures All three communities and the least, 32, room, 19. and Aurora Salina, Redmond - have conAverage teacher tributed to the substan- classroom load is 28.7 tial student increase over students, including kinthe past three years, and 26.2 Robinson commented. dergarten, students excluding kinNew students are about dergarten. equally divided between Students enrolled in and each The school building grade are as follows: Kindergarten, facilities are being used to capacity, the principal 61; first, 61; second, 63; said, with no spare or third, 53; fourth, 56; fifth, 47; and sixth, 61. unused rooms tran- -- out-of-sta- te sferred out. In comparison, there were 382 students at the beginning of the 1976 school year, and only 340 0 e. Wes Cherry, In Glen Redmond, Mickelsen was elected as mayor on the Citizen ticket with 107 votes. David Peterson, In- dependent candidate for mayor, had 70 votes. Councilmen who will serve four-yea- terms r attorney for handling. Mayor Courtney Larsen told the council that he had presented the citys proposal for moving coal storage and load-ou- t facilities to a new area in Tipperary Flats, south of Salina, to members of the Six-Coun- ty Economic Development District. The group gave its approval to the proposal, the mayor said. Councilman Maurice Rasmussen commented that Energy Reserves a Corp., company developing coal properties up Salina Canyon, also has indicated support for the new coal load-ou- t area, and has done some preliminary work on the proposal. The area proposed would be served by a spur track of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, and by an access road off the new route. The location is favored because it is isolated from the city and could be reached by coal trucks coming down the canyon from the interstate, saving about 15 minutes travel time and a trip through the city. Zoning grievances will d be heard by the Adof Board justment, but Mayor Larsen pointed out that 1-- newly-appointe- the city had to adopt a resolution establishing a filing fee for these grievances. Rasmussen moved that Aurora residents voted Citizens ticket all the way. They elected Mai-vi- n Mason as Town President with 176 votes and Bradley Johnson, 136 votes, and Ronald Nuzman, with 128 votes, as cavating and pile-drivin- g killed last Thursday morning when a steel H exclusive franchise to pick up garthe resolution read: bage in the city. The original franchise, Whereas, it is required the council members be it let state law, by resolved that the City of were told, was granted Salina shall require a $25 by the city about 1950 to filing fee for any Alfred Jensen. It since grievances filed with the has been sold several times. Board of Adjustment. Sewalt, who proposed The resolution was apto operate as proved. told Disposal Service, was McKay Roberts council members that granted a license, on the Kent Petty had offered condition that no franhis services on the plan- chise is found when past ning commission or the city records are checked board of adjustment, but by Rick Shaw, city since both boards presen- manager. tly have a full membershaw discussed the ship, his name was listed matter of hospital bills as an alternate. incurred by prisoners of Building permits and the city, and said over applications were the last six months, it has discussed. Ray been a great expense Blackham was suggested to Salina. The bills are for the position of city run up when city building inspector, and incarcerated Roberts indicated he prisoners, Sevier the County Jail would speak with him in in Richfield, are taken to .about the ioh Sevier Valley Hospital Garbage collection, for treatment. hospital bills run up by Shaw said he and city prisoners, and development of a new Police Chief Gordon Kiesel have discussed the coal storage and load-ou- t area were discussed matter with City AttorMonday night by the ney Tex Olsen, and Salina City Council that prisoners should be Mike Sewalt ap- responsible for their own proached the Council to expenses. Indigent obtain a business license prisoners are the responto haul trash in the city. sibility of the county or Don and Kim Gates, who the state, Shaw presently operate an ' Zig-Za- g Lewis, 107, Independent Party. Betty Miller had 61 votes on the Citizen Ticket, and Ronald Allred, 72, on the Independent ticket. Wolves To Play Hat Semi-FinaFor State Title Football ls city councilmen. Brent Taylor received 49 votes on the IndepenNeale dent ticket. Christensen received 113 and Kendall votes, Sorenson, 76 votes for councilmen. The victim was taken by the SUFCO ambulance to Salina and transferred to the Salina Ambulance to be taken to Sevier Valley Hospital. re- Cardio-pulmonar- y beam suscitation was given struck him. chased an are Don Hales, 132, Citizens Party, and Carl Industrial Accident Fatal To Salt Laker Canyon coal mine was trash Mrs. 289. Conover has served as city councilman for the past two years. Criswell, 1-- North Sevier High School will take on South Summit at 2 p.m. Friday, Nov. 11, in the semifinals of the State Class football competition in a game to be played in Springville. 1-- A operation at the Southern Utah Fuel Co. Convulsion collection business, told the Council they had pur- Maurice Rasmussen had 148 votes, and Richard -- William Schwenk, Outstanding bills will be turned over to the city votes. Aurora Elects Mason, Johnson, And Nuzman a ut 452 votes, and Reed Lorentzen, Democrat, 297 Mickelsen, Hales, Lewis, Winners In Redmond The superintendent ot Council Approves New Coal Load-OArea Republican, with 57, 4301 S. 1100 E., Salt Lake City, was supervising the driving of the steel piles at the site for Raymond International, Salt Lake City. The firm was by Lamb Engineering, Salt Lake City, prime contractor for surface construction at the coal of mine. combination crane and pile driver was lifting one of the beams, A which weigh about 1,500 pounds, when apparently one end became hung up, causing the other end to swing around and strike Schw'enk, a native of Germany and construction veteran. Schwenks head and chest were crushed by the blow, according to Sevier County Sheriff Rex Huntsman, who with Deputy Cecil Sorenson investigated the acci 25-ye- ar Schwenk by William Pace, an EMT with the construction company, and by Dennis Huntsman and Wayne Bennett, EMTs from SUFCO, on the trip down the canyon. Chad Beach drove the ambulance. The victim had no vital signs, the EMTs reported. In addition to the Sheriff, the federal Mining Enforcement and Safety Administration (MESA) conducted an investigation of the incident Thursday and Friday. Work was shut down in the area in which the accident occurred, but the stop work order was lifted Monday. Co- nstruction The game will be broadcast live at 2 p.m. by KMTI Radio, 1340 on your dial. Over 150 ninth through twelfth grade N.S.H.S. students will be bussed to the game, with the busses leaving at 11:15 a.m. from the high school. City To Buy New Police Car A third police car will be purchased by the City of Salina with the proceeds from a federal highway safety program grant. Bids for the automobile will be received until Dec. 5, when the City Council will meet to open and award the bid. Specifications and in- A There will be no school Friday for either elementary or high school students, as elementary school teachers are attending a reading conference in Salt Lake City and high school teachers are chaperoning the student busses. South Summit, which tied for first place in Region 11 with North Summit, came out with second place in their region by a flip of the o coin. They defeated 42-- 0 in last week Mon-ticell- Kanab 7-- 0. NSHS also tied for first, with Kanab and Beaver, in Region 8. The local team came out in first place, also by a flip of the coin. The NSHS Wolves out beat Duchesne 21-- 6 in the quarterfinals last Friday in Pleasant Grove. The Class chamwill deterbe pionship mined in a game Friday, Nov. 18, at the University A of Utah stadium. Salina Teachers To Attend Conference Salina Elementary School teachers and two North Sevier High School teachers will attend the Fourth Rocky Mountain Regional Conference of the International this Assn, Reading weekend in Salt Lake City. Elton Taylor, special education, and Ethna formation may be tained from Rick Shaw, Larsen, reading lab specialist at NSHS, will city manager ob- the quarter finals, while North Summit defeated attend the conference, as from the will teachers elementary school. Sessions begin Friday, Nov. 11, and include speakers, workshops, and exhibits. There will be no school due to the conference and reading the semi-fina- l football game in Springville between NSHS and South Summit. Friday, Weather DATE HIGH LOW PREC. resumed Tuesday, following the funeral services held Monday for Schwenk. Schwenk, who was born Nov. 17, 1919 in Germany, is survived by cont. on page 8 Wheeler Machinery Plans Facility South Of Salina Two ot the principals in the Wheeler Machinery Co., Salt Lake City, have purchased ap proximately eight acres of land south of Salina from Randal Johnson and others. Don Wheeler and Lyle In Campbell, as W-C vestments, Ltd., agreeu to purchase the property, located between the Motel and Safari Shaheens. We 11 probably be building something there, Wheeler confirmed this week, but no decision has been made as what to build or when to build it. Tentatively, plans are to use the land in conjun etion with Wheeler Machinery, deaiers m Caterpillar equipment. Wheeler said REST ASSURED" - Sweet little Jessica (played Denette Curtis) offers to help her father, Phillip by Morlock (played by Greg Hardy) who just Ulysses can't get any sleep. Jessicas older and wiser sister, Mary, (portrayed by Kayleen Jensen), does not ol the method in the three-ac- t comedy to be piesented by Nmth Sexier High School students at 8 p m Thursday and Saturday, Nov. 17 and 19, in the s huol audilntium. Don Flora, NSHS speech and diani.t mli u ur. is directing the play. ap-pr- ne t |