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Show 1PJ.3H yzm EAST ASSOCIATIcN 3RD SOUTH 67 t SALT LAKE CITT, UT -- 4111 A Tentative Approval Expected Tonight - City Council Taps Sin Projects For CD Funds day). Projects selected at Tuesdays council study session were from among 11 nominated two weeks earlier by a citizen steering committee. Final approval will follow a public hearing scheduled for April 29. Both the public hearing and tonights session will be held at 6 p.m. in the upstairs conference room at City Hall. Several factors figured into the councils decision to pare the citizen committees recommended citizen-communi- center also would have planned for 4400 W. 3500 South. When that project was recommended, the council expressed interest in determining whether additional sources of funding might be available to help complete construction. The County Division of Aging, which is facing funding cuts, took a dim view of the proposal and would not enter into a contract to help support the center because existing senior citizen facilities at the Center Redwood and in Magna are not being utilized fully at this time, Mayor Jerry Maloney said. He noted that Division of Aging officials estimated a center would cost $1 million to construct. The projects from 11 to seven. Councilmen agreed that it would be unwise to start projects with CD money when it was uncertain whether federal funding would be available in following years in light of Reagan Administration cutbacks. I dont think we should start something and leave it unfinished, said Councilman Pete Winder. Id prefer to choose fewer (projects) that can be completed and used. The rest concurred. That premise was responsible for the elimination from further consideration of the citizen committees number two project: $100,000 for a senior center, most likely in the park WEST VALLEY. The City Council is expected to tentatively approve six projects for receipt of Community Development block grant funds here tonight (Thurs- ty So, too, was a $5,000 recommen- dation for the South Salt Housing Outreach Rental Lake-base- d program. Several council members indicated the agency, which helps find rental units for people, had been formed too recently and could be eliminated by further federal cuts. The $105,000 supplement brought the fire station allocation to low-inco- As City Fire Chief UTAH Sheet i Ne wspaper Published weekly at 155 E. 4905 South, Salt Lake City, UT 94107. Second class postage paid at Salt Lake City, UT 4119. Subscription rate. $12.50 per year. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to West Valley View, Box 7197, Salt Lake City, UT 94107. Thursday, April Volume 15, 1982 In Salt Lake Valley 28, Number 14 All departments 262 6682 Jan. t. Further into the future, officials direct threat to the health and welfare of the citizens of Salt Lake County now and thousands of years hence by the County Council of Governments here, the radon gas producing tailings may be removed to a remote location such as an unpopulated area that has been eyed in Tooele ..... . . y,. Holzworth said that the snowpack at the higher elevations in the Wasatch Mountains is about 125 to 150 percent of normal. Based on in- - formation at midweek, , he predicted the peak flow will exceed the most critical locations. Big and Little Cottonwood Creek, he said, will probably peak from May 29 to June 3. Your dont wants" are often -6) Fire Station, - Administrative Costs, $104,000. -- $260,000; will- resources; he works with what hes got. Newman also said he was impressed with Mcllraths understanding of fire department organization and several administrative changes which the new chief has in mind. Those changes will make the and department less will have only a negligible impact on the department at the fire fighting level, he added. GE frldg ond wing machine, models; good condition. 262-668- ofdr y 2 WEST VALLEY. There were a few angry people here Thursday when the scheduled City Planning Commission meeting was cancelled because the board lacked a quorum. A sizeable crowd which had showed up to attend a hearing on possibly Murray Mayor LaRell D. Muir (loft), South Salt Lako Mayor Jim Davit, Alta Mayor Bill Levitt and Wett Valley City Mayor Jerry Maloney concentrate on joint resoulutlon to combine aqueducts providing water to county. It was one of 10 such camps in which Japanese-Americanmostly from s, the .West were dur- ing World War II. In ' concise, but critical language, the words protest what took place and in general give the United States a black eye. A somewhat undeserved one, we reflected as we drove away. Its easy, in the brightness of four decades after the fact, to forget the murky days at the close of 1941. Its not difficult today to put revising the citys preschool home occupation ordinance was turned away when four of the commissions eight members were absent. Three of the absentees - Budd Rich, Gerald Larson and Don Harwood - were out of town, said Planning Director Joe Moore. The fourth, Janice Fisher, was unable to attend because of illness, he added. . . . We stopped a few days ago to read an inscription which designated the site of the Minidoka Relocation Center near Eden, Idaho. methodically gets things done. He doesnt make big Darrell Mcllrath splashes. Quarterly Financial Report i Planning Meeting Is Cancelled; No Quorum here's a point Moreover, Newman said, Mcllrath do - 'Wants7 for someone 01 .se.' Ask Mrs. Perry Preece, 3700 So. 3325 West, what happened when he ran a Green Sheet classified ad to sell older model appliances. Id sold both items by 9:30 the morning the ad came out, the West Valley City lady will tell you. I had lots of calls, she adds. mid-valle- interned - 5) County Housing Rehabilition Agency, $100,000; for more about politicking Both Sold By 9:30! Water supply shortfalls are also being predicted as early as 1985 and potential sever? shortages "may loom by the year 2010, unless officials choose to initiate expensive developments suggested in a county-wid- e water study. All three issues were discussed at a meeting of the COG in South Salt Lake City Hall last Wednesday night. The council, consisting of mayors from all cities in the county, along Classifieds in Utahs most widely weekly newspapers area. Their blanket the potential reader audience is in excess of 212,000 people. Theyre well read - and they do deliver results! to place your ad. Dial Coast, -- $45,000; Surplus In Budget Is 'Almost Guaranteed1 circulated PONDERING Granger South National baseball complex, $10,000; - 4) Elevator for City Hall, said. He is very willing to put his department into good shape with the the resources available, manager noted. He doesnt worry WEST VALLEY. County. river-banks- .. -- ingness to work within budget constraints were principal factors behind his nomination, Newman Matheson and other state and federal officials involved with making a decision on the tailings. (See Page 10, Col. 4) commissioners, unanimously approved resolutions to remove the Vitro uranium tailings and pledged cooperation with Utah County cities to solve problems with proposed aqueducts. The resolution dealing with the Vitro tailings noted that radon gas, which the tailings produce, has been established as a cause of lung cancer. COG members opted to send the resolution to Gov. Scott M. South. Viewed as a i ' with county decide whether or not to remove Vitro uranium tailings or seal them at about 500 W. 3300 well-abov- -- top-heav- y will e when the average in Wasatch Mounthe snowpack tains is expected to reach a peak runoff into the valleys creeks. County Flood Control Director Terry Holzworth said sand and burlap for 80,000 sandbags are currently stockpiled in the event that the peak runoff overflows -- $100,000; - 2) ASSIST, Emergency Home Repair, $68,000; - 3) Restroom improvements, 1, 1981. Mcllraths attitude and his Government Heads Eye Future Needs V In order of priority, the list before the council tonight will be: - 1) Irrigation Ditch Covering, from the staff which put the West Valley department together on ? SO. SALT LAKE. Quality of life in the Salt Lake Valley both during the coming months and decades into the future is being eyed here by government officials. The most immediate effect of the planning will be felt by residents here in late May and early June to $105,000. - WEST VALLEY. Unanimous confirmation is expected today (Thursday) from the City Council for the appointment of Darrell Mcllrath as City Fire Chief. Mcllrath, acting fire chief since William Lukens resigned under pressure in late December, was nominated officially at Tuesdays council study session by City Manager John Newman after meeting with the council in a closed door personnel session. Newman said yesterday that council support for the nomination was unanimous. Mcllrath was one of four candidates interviewed for the position. He is also the last of four administrative officers remaining THE VOICE OF WEST VALLEY CITY A i Green g Council To Appoint Mcllrath We&WMey USPS 656380 ditch-coverin- ad- ministration, bringing that fund irrigation projects (one on 6000 West at about 3800 South, the other on 3800 South east of 3600 West) were combined to give the city more flexibility if bids for either project deviated from estimates. Both the council and the citizen committee allocated $100,000 for the projects. Two projects sought by city departments - a video camera system for the police department and a training and education program for the fire department eliminated. The $19,000 recommended for those two pro allocation was shifted to the proposal to construct a fire station in the Decker Lake park area. 24 Pages Two Sections Two repair and maintenance. The recommended $100,000 Multi-purpos- e jects were shifted to CD $260,000. in ongoing expenses for programs, Bill Bannon Proposed City Is Topic For Chamber Today the countys unincorporated area should become a city are scheduled to speak here today (Thursday). Addressing West Valley Area Chamber of Commerce members will be Bill Stay, a Lake Valley City mayoral candidate, and Bill Bannon, who has been expounding the shortcomings of the incorporation proposal. The luncheon session will be held Chuck-A-Ram- 4150 a, city is 1981-Marc- TAYLORSVILLE. Two men with differing viewpoints on whether at the This almost guaranteed of having a budget surplus at the end of the fiscal year, a surplus which could amount to $100,000, City Financial Director Russ Sanderson said Tuesday. .Sandersons projection was made in an explanation of the third quarter financial report presented to the City Council Thursday by City Manager John Newman, who described West Valley's economic position as healthy. Figures contained in the financial report, which covers July 1, 31, 1982, show just that. The fiscal year ends on June 30. So. Redwood Road, starting at noon, according to Virginia Wasescha, Chamber president. Stay, one of three candidates for mayor of Lake Valley City, is owner of the Kearns Insurance Agency and is a past president of the Kearns Chamber of Commerce. He is vice chairman of the Cottonwood Heights Community Council and resides at 2608 Nantucket Dr. Bannon, candidate for a law degree this spring, is with the law firm of Strong and Hanni. Second vice chairman of the Taylorsville-BennioCommunity Council, he resides at 2762 W. 6066 South. He served as vice chairman of the Lake Valley City study committee. n h Groundbreaking At Valley West Set Saturday Is GRANGER. When ground is broken here Saturday for an expanded Valley West hospital, nearly 20 years will have passed since a similar ceremony marked the start of the original facility. It was in September of 1962 that officials turned the first shovels of dirt at 4160 W. 3400 South. Dr. Wallace L. Chambers, current chairman of the hospitals board of directors, was among officials taking part in the first groundbreaking ceremony. Similar activity starting at 3 p.m. Saturday will mark the start of construction that will result in a hospital in a structure. It will totally replace the current facility, according to Michael Alfred, administrator. It is being built by Hospital Corporation of America at a cost in ex139-be- five-stor- y d 97-be- d cess of $20 million. Revenue has flowed into city coffers almost precisely at projected levels 99.5 percent through nine months. .At the same time, expenditures have been held to 90.8 percent of the estimated amount, although Sanderson cautioned that that figure will rise in the final quarter because of several anticipated purchases by departments. Concurrently, revenues will dip from the third quarter yield, traditionally the largest of the year, he added. Together, the city completed the third quarter with a fund balance of $1,345,600, less the $421,520 budget deficit from last year, Sanderson said. Nearly all revenue sources are above projections. Property tax revenues, based on a levy of 9. 95 mills, are up roughly $40,000; sales tax, $155,000. After the third quarter, even the utility tax has exceeded projections, if only by - $2,000. Accounting for most of the utility tax increase is the assessment on Mountain Fuel. Revenue from the gas tax has amounted to $385,000, compared to the $233,000 projected for the first nine months. That surplus offsets the $159,000 shortfall from the tax on Utah Power and Light usage. Fines have topped projections by $10,000, while the city has accrued $209,000 on investments, $14,000 more than anticipated. Presently, West Valley has $4.3 million invested at an average interest rate of 13.9 percent. The expected yield from that investment is $59,556, the quarterly report showed. The city payroll currently includes 196 employes, five fewer than the budgeted total, the report added. by Jim Cornwell the facts In perspective. But it wasnt that simple to assess the circumstances then. If the leaders of our nation erred in judgement when they questioned the loyalty of Japanese Americans, it was understandable in 1941, even if it isnt today. Simply put, the USA was in a state of sheer turmoil. It was reeling from the shock of having had its naval stronghold devastated by carrier-base- d aircraft. And counting the, death toll of that raid, though most citizens wouldn't know for a year or more how many died. Unnerving as Pearl Harbor was, we were equally shaken by the capture of Wake and the invasion of the Philippines. From every area In which our military was engaged, reports were the same defeat. Efforts of the government to raise public morale were, In fact, fabri - V I cations. We were given a sea story about a gallant flier who destroyed a Japanese capital ship by flying his airplane into its deck. In retrospect, its humorous that Japanese Kamikaze suicide missions late in the war were branded idiocy, but Colin Kellys alleged destruction of a carrier by the same method was labelled heroism. No one knew what the Japanese planned in the Pacific. There was realistic fear troops would follow the destructive raid in Hawaii. Subsequently, Japanese leaders conceded theyd have done that if theyd had any idea how badly theyd damaged our military installations. Even the Rose Bowl football game was a casualty. It was feared the enemy might bomb the crowd of over 100,000. As a result, Oregon State and Duke played the 42 game In Durham, N. Car. Literally, all hell had broken loose. Not only were we being scuttled in the Pacific, but we were simultaneously plunged into the European struggle with Germany and Italy - and taking our licks in the Atlantic. ' Recruiting centers were jam- med with volunteers. Most were sent home to await a call because we lacked training facilities. Worse than that, we lacked weapons. It had been something of a joke prior to the Japanese attack. Troops on maneuvers carried broom handles to simulate rifles and ordinary passenger cars bore tank. It elicited a labels, chuckle from the public, but chuckles ceased once we realized our enemy was shooting real bullets and we were woefully out-mann- and American minds before Pearl Harbor. But most believed we were militarily capable of plunging into a conflict - we just didnt want to. How wrong they were. For years the Axis had been preparing for war. The Luftwaffe practiced aerial fighting in the Spanish Civil War. Japan tuned up for big- ger things by fighting in Manchuria. Italy readied its war machine against Ethiopia. But the USA disarmed, convinced our actions would Influence other countries. Its really no wonder, looking mirror of passing years, that the Japanese Americans were made virtual prisoners. into the d. If the true details of the nations military unpreparedness had been publicized, Americans would probably have panicked. Anti-wa- r groups had drilled in Europe into Envisioning the possibility that some sort of treachery was being readied and that Americas Japanese would sabotage what minimal defenses the nation offered, the government took what then looked like an obvious precaution. After all, Germanys bloodless takeover of Austria and Czechoslovakia had been accompanied by fifth column activities. What people, as a group, were logically more suspect when Japan was our enemy than people of Japanese ancestry? Two or three years into the war wed learned the Japanese Americans who joined our fighting ranks were anything but disloyal. They were as American as Yankee Doodle Dandy and in combat were gallant. Their contributions to all branches of the American military are legend. Its all very clear in 1982. But it was impossible in 1942 to know how all this would turn out. Hence, its unfair, four decades those who later, to second-gues- s did what they thought was right. Their overriding objective was only to keep the land of the free free. History should judge them accordingly. |