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Show I j Vol. Eighly-Sevc- Tooele, Utah, Thursday, May 20, 1982 n Cranse Missile jews lotes by Conrad Walters Leavitt Takes Sabbatical Berne Leavitt, Tooele High basketball coach, has been granted a year sal Statical to further his education at the University of Utah. The leave of atisence opens up the coaching position at Tooele High which is expected to Ire filled by a person currently employed within the Tooele School District. Superintendent Walden Gurney says the vacated coaching post will Ire made by the personnel director and the principal. There will not Ire a special selection committee. Leavitt handled the head coaching responsibilities at Tooele for the past two yeras. He came to Tooele as an assistant coach in 1978. In addition to head basketball coach, Leavitt was the coach of y and track Tooele's teams. cross-countr- Conferences Set For 2 LDS Stakes Conferences will be held this weekend for Tooele South and Tooele LDS Stakes. The general session of the Tooele South Stake conference will be held Sunday at 1 p.m. This and all sessions of the conference will be held at the stake center located at 1025 Southwest Drive. The conference will open Saturday at 4 p.m. with a priesthood lea- dership meeting. Those invited to attend are: high councilmen, stake and ward executive secretaries and clerks, bishoprics, Melchizedek Priesthood quorum presidencies, group leaders and secretaries, and stake auxiliary presidencies. All adults, 18 years of age and older, are invited to attend the Saturday 7 p.m. session. A special meeting for all prospective missionaries will be held Sunday at 11:30 a.m. All priests, their parents, prospective missionaries, Priest quorum advisors and bishoprics are invited to attend. Elder Ralph G. Rodgers will preside at all sessions of the Tooele South Stake Conference. The Tooele Stake will begin its conference Saturday with a 4 p.m. priesthood leadership meeting, followed by a 7 p.m. meeting for adults of the stake. A youth meeting will be held Sunday at 8 a.m. for those between ages 12 and 20. This meeting will be held at the Tooele 12th-16t- h Ward, 1100 Skyline Drive. The general session of conference will be held Sunday at 10 a.m. in the Tooele Stake Center, 253 South 2nd East. Totals Topped With four more months to go, Tooele has already topped expected rainfall totals for the weather year. Tuesday and Wednesdays storms added a hefty .60 inches to Mays already brimming moisture picture bringing the count to 1.94. Normal rainfall for the month is 1.50. Baccalaureate Services Set services will be Baccalaureate held Sunday at three of Tooele Countys high schools. Franklin L. McKean will be the keynote speaker at the Tooele High services that will begin at 7 p.m. in the auditorium. He is an Army major general and former commander of the Army Reserve. Mr. McKean is presently at the University of Utah as executive assisfor acatant to the demic affairs. He is also the dean of student affairs and services. Joel J. Dunn, president of the Tooele South Stake and publisher of will address the Transcript-BulletiGrantsville seniors at 7 p.m. in the high school auditorium. nt n, Ralph G. Rodgers, regional representative of the LDS Church, will be the featured speaker at the Dugway High baccalaureate. Services will begin at 7:30 p.m. at the Post Chapel. The public is invited to attend the three services. A successful test of the Cround Launched Cruise Missile evoked congratulatory smiles and handshakes as the Air Force tried out the nation's most advanced weapons system at Dugway Proving Cround Wednesday. The missile, abbreviated CLCM, has leen tested before, but Wednesday's mission was the first conducted by the Air Force and the first open to the news media. Although the missile is launched from the ground, the Air Force will be in charge of the nuclear-armeweapon instead of the Army because of the massive distance the CLCM can travel. Range on the missile is 1,500 miles. The cniise missile is programmed to follow topographic maps and is highly accurate. Enron for the cniise missile are measured in feet, not miles as with other state-of-the-a- rt WEEKLY ALSO CMLK TV USTMO two-hou- tem either weakened severely or died. The telemetry device relays data long-rang- e weapons. the missile progresses on its course to an enemy target, it compares Defense Department maps stored in computer memory to the radar image it receives while flying, allowing for course As corrections. Ironically, just as radar is fundamental success as an offensive weapon, radar also enten into the picture as the missiles liest defense, too. The tiny weapon is nearly invisible to radar from either grotuid level or satellite. Air Force Capt. Miles Sawyer said. A CLCM can hug any terrain to its intended target and evade radar detection as it soars along at 450 miles an hour. Size is also a major defense for the CLCM. It is 21 feet long inches in diameter, making it a difficult target to shoot down. Air Force experts said. Wednesdays cruise missile show for to the andl the national media came at an opportune time as President Reagan banters with the Soviet Union over nuclear arms reductions and freezes. The nuclear-arme- d cruise missiles can be launched from the ground, as in the Dugway test, by plane, by ship or by submarine. Deployment of the GLCM in Europe is slated for December 1983. The CLCM is designed to be mobile. Four missiles will be carried in an elevating launcher along a predetermined route. It is planned that the launcher and an accompanying control center would go to a specific spot. But if an emergency occurred, the pair of vehicles could stop, set up and fire missiles in under 30 minutes. Wednesdays test involved a complex Soars Over Desert almrting the mission and initiating the recovery mode of the project early, but the telemetry flaw was determined minor enough to continue the test. Air Forte Col. Donald (axil ore said. explaining that most of the changes examined in Wednesday's launch had to do with the firing of the missile. If it leaves the tulie, it will lie considered a success," Col. Couture noted on alxmt the missile's performance for such technical points as fuel consumption, oil pressure and engine temperature. The telemetry machinery was in the missile purely for test purposes and would not lie in the missile once regular production Monday. liegins. After the the That testing is done at Litton Indusin Salt Lake City and includes seven to eight days of climactic varia- said. tries Rainy weather postponed the CLCM blastoff from Tuesday morning and put the missions beginning back by 90 min- utes on Wednesday. At 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, though, the missile was shot skyward by rocket from an adjustable, armoured launcher. After roughly 500 feet, the missile then began its own jet y maneuvers. engine for the cross-countr- For a brief period, spokesmen said the two chase planes probably considered flight, the Preliminary data indicated the CLCM dung tight to the 788 nautical miles of its prescribed course around Dugway Proving Cround, Col. Couture said. More precise figures were collected at Hill Air Force Base and those will lie evaluated during the next few weeks, he CIjCM. Testing on the missile's navigation system insures this. tions. Temperatures for the test vary every few hours from 55 degrees below zero to 150 degrees Fahrenheit. 113-minu- CLCM released a parachute and floated unharmed liack to the ground. Under regular deployment circumstances, that space would lie devoted to fuel and nuclear warheads. While weather delayed Wednesdays flight, in actual use the weather conditions would have no effect on No. Fifty Air Forte spokesmen brushed tiff the significance of the telemetry problem by d . Wednesdays demonstration of the accurate CLCM was a strong success, the Air Force officer stressea. wun tne exception of the telemetry flaw, the missile performed expertly, a pleased Col. Couture said. With the success of the latest CLCM test. Col. Couture noted that the missile is well on the way to operation use." Four tests have now lieen made w ith the ground laiuiched variation of the Tomahawk missile. Seven more remain. Cost for each missile in the nation's most technologically advanced weapons system is $1.3 million. A Cround Launched Cruise Missile lifts off during a test conducted by the Air Force Wednesday. The mivsion, performed at Dugway Prosing Ground, was successful, according to a military spokesmen. Water Rate Hike Necessary, Group Says The current rate structure is insufficient to meet water and sewer budget demands, a citizens group told the. Tooele City Council Wednesday. ' The committee proposed keeping the current base rates for water and sewer fees but increasing the usage fees by 20 cents. If the plan were accepted, water rates would increase from 38 cents per 100 cubic feet of usage to 58 cents. Sewer rates would increasae from 43 cents to 63 cents per 100 cubic feet. However, committee chairman Doug Christensen pointed out, This is only one suggestion. The city council will have to determine the final rates and the method." Other alternatives that the council should coasider would be increasing the base rate, or dropping the base rate completely and establishing a pay for only what you use structure, Mr. Christensen said. He said increasing the base penalizes the low water users. All committee members feel strong about keeping a fixed rate, Mr. Christeasen said. He said the main reason for the minimum charge is because fixed costs are in the budget, regardless of how much water a household uses. Mr. Christeasen told the council that the only choice the city has is to either inerea.e water and sewer rates or to bor- row from the general fund. Under the committees recommendation, Mr. Christeasen said the city would be able to maintain the water system, have $17,000 for improvements, pay $50,000 back to the general fund and pay $54,000 in bond indebtedness. Committee memlier Dave Davis ' sug- gested that the new rate structure change from charging every household a base rate. He said every meter, not household, should be billed the minimum rate. Under this plan, condominiums, trailer paiks and apartment; would be charged a single minimum rate and then lie billed for individual usage. However, Mr. Christensen pointed out that the committee and the community are divided on this Issue. You as a city council will have to make the final decision. Both sides have valid arguments. The city council will discuss the water and sewer rates at an upcoming council meeting and will make a final decision before July 1. Witkowski Wins Didericksen Award John Witkowski has never been one to stick his little finger in his mouth, hang his head in shyness and say Aw shucks, not me," when someone discusses his athletic prowess or his scholastic achievements. And there is good reason for the air of confidence that surrounds the Dugway High School senior. He is in Tooele County the outstanding student-athlet- e and first recipient of the Phil Didericksen Memorial top end-aroun- basketball. While it may be assumed that Witkowskis biggest moment in sports was his victory basket at state, hell be the first to point elsewhere. I had alot of great times in football, too, both here at Dugway and over in Germany, (Witkowski attended school overseas in ninth and tenth grades.) One of the biggest and proudest times came when I was named Deseret News Prep of the Week for the game against Grantsville, he said. school. The award is being made by the Tooele in n memory of Phil Dider- icksen who died July 30, 1981 in the Mining Ser- J Eyebrow Raiser y Witkowskis performance against the rival Cowboys is one that would raise the eyebrows of O. J. Simpson and Jim Brown. who trailed 26-- 0 early In leading the Mustangs in the battle - to an eventual 34-2- 9 victory, Witkowski scrambled for 232 yards on 18 carries. His coach, Steve Larson, brushes all modesty to the side and says, That is one of the greatest running games ever played by a Utah high school kid. And it was Witkowski who made a solo tackle inside the line with less than two minutes remaining to halt a Grantsville scoring drive. As expected, Witkowski holds his share of school records, including, longest run from scrimmage (67 kick-off yards), longest punt return (85 yards), longest return (70 yards) and longest punt (57 yards). He began his football career in Germany where he attended an American school of 900 students. As a sophomore he was handed quarterback duties and lead his team to the European champion finals and a vices International explosion which killed five Grantsville residents. Didericksen was a state champion or an cross-count- in five sports while attending Grantsville High School. Witkowski will be remembered best by his schoolmates and coaches for hitting the winning hoop at the buzzer in the state basketball finals that gave Dugway its first ever gold trophy. er Dugway was tied with defending champ Valley and had control of the ball when Coach Bruce signalled for a timeout with eight tickers left on the clock. A play was designed for Witkowski to put up the jumper at the buzzer and the stocky forward folwhich engraved lowed through to swish a Dugway s name on the gold trophy. Give It To Me I wanted the ball and I wanted the shot," Witkowski says without reservation. And I told Coach Bruce at the victory celebration that if I wouldnt have got it, I would have been madder than heck. His heroics at the state tournament, coupled with his consistent play for the Mustangs all year long honors with both Salt earned Witkowski Lake newspapers and most valuable player on the team. Transcripts Witkowski was the teams leadd The ing scorer with a 14.3 average and Coach Bruces second leading rebounder with 12.3 boards per game. He has also been selected to play in the annual Multiple Sclerosis benefit game that will match the all-sta- te broad-cheste- players in the state against each other It is his basketball fame that Witkowski will be best noted as the Remember When? days roll around, but football is the sport he excelled in and it is football that he favors. Love That Contact The reason he would rather be lugging a pigskin on d rather than popping in outside jumpan ers is simple: Contact. In football, if you get mad, you can nail somebody, John pointed out, They frown on that in Witkowski will accept a plaque Tuesday in the schools award assembly and his name will be at the top of a memorial trophy that will be placed in his Transcript-Bulleti- 1A and 2A in June. Award. ty in ms issue. . . series of turns and altitude changes that were monitored by a pair of F-- 4 Phantom jets. The only flaw in the r experiment came 16 minutes into the flight when the missiles telemetry sys- Cost: Twenty Five Cents 10-ya- second place finish. We were the underdogs all the way, Witkowski said. Our team was extremely small in size and we had one of the smallest high schools in Class A. ' Track OK, but . . . Although he was a state qualifier in both the shot put and the 100 yard dash on the Mustang track team, it wasnt a sport he took as serious as football and basketball. Its tough to compete in track because youre so physically tired after a year of football and basketball, Witkowski said. Besides that, Im not a sprinter. I can run great for 40 yards, but Im nothing in the 100. Perhaps there is nothing that displays his unique attitude about winning and athletics than his comments about throwing the shot put. Last year Witkowski finished sixth at state in the shot. This year he concentrated on lifting weights and was found pumping iron the day of state. His continual weight training was probably the chief cause for him not to be among the top finishers this year. If I would have trained solely for the shot put, about the best I could do would be third or fourth. If you cant win it all, it doesnt mean anything. So whats the big deal about third? But Im not making excuses. The chief reasons for his weight training is that he is hopeful of playing collegiate football at either the University of Utah or Arizona University. He will make that decision in the upcoming weeks. Youth Philosophy is his philoAnother Witkowski sophy about youth football. My dad never let us (John and his two brothers) point-of-intere- st play little league footall, Witkowski says. He played college ball and says there is too big of chance of getting seriously injured. I had to coax him to let me play in the seventh grade. And I dont agree with little league football either. When you are that small, it is too easy to get beat up. Besides that you would get tired of playing and lose interest, he added. Witkowski is quick to hand out praises to Dugway Coaches Steve Larson, Carl Roberts and George Bruce. And they speak highly of the well-round- Witkowski. Compliments Returned When somebody would go down because of an injury, John would be the first one there to check him out, Coach Larson said. He shows alot of compassion that most people arent aware of. I have never met a kid that shows more direct respect to his teachers than John, says Coach Roberts. And he is a leader in the classroom. While it is athletic talents that receive most of the newspaper ink and is the bulk of peer discussion, he may be even more gifted in scholastics. Hiroughout high school he carried a 3.96 grade point average which earned him the right to deliver the salutatorian address at next weeks graduation ceremonies. A 3.96 is straight As with one exception. I got a C in German the first quarter in ninth grade while I was living in Germany. I had an A after a couple of weeks then I started to screw around. He was also a member of the schools drama team last year which won the state title. He also received a ' superior rating for humorous interpretation reading of Motorcycle Game. John is the son of Anthony and Gail Witkowski. His father is civilian personnel officer at Dugway Proving Ground and his mother teaches at Dugway Elementary. |