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Show 1 TJTAH Really! Heating System Faulty WEST I - l6 7 EAST 3RD SOUTH S1T LAKE CITY, UT VALLEY. like West Valley. He said League officials were anxious to have West Valley the organization, likening the absence of the states second or third largest city from an association of municipalities to the United States decades-lonrefusal to acknowledge the existence of Red China and its massive population. Davis urged the city to develop a formula which would allow West Valley to phase into the organization gradually, increasing its dues Theres too much hot air in City Hall. Literally. City officials are concerned that with the major problems heating and air conditioning system in City Hall, a converted warehouse, could cost thousands, perhaps tens of thousands of dollars to repair. We have some major problems with that system, said Mayor Jerry Maloney who, along with City Manager John Newman, suggested that up to $1,000 be appropriated from the City Building Authority fund for a technical evaluation to determine just how serious the problem is. The suggestion was made to the City Council at Tuesdays study session and is on the Building Authoritys agenda tonight (Thursday). The Building Authority is made up of council members and meets following the 6 p.m. council session. Council chambers - the upstairs conference room - is a prime example of the heating and air conditioning problem, Maloney said. The amount of heat generated by the fluorescent lights alone in that long room offsets the maximum amount of cool air that can be put out by the system, he said. The system has caused some rooms to be far too hot while, simultaneously, others will be far too cool for employes to work in, the mayor said, noting that the problem has persisted since the City Commission began operating in the building in June, 1980. We have a Said Maloney: heating and air conditioning system adequate for a warehouse, but ... Added Newman: My observation is that we have a real problem. Itll get worse as the summer goes re-joi- n g over an unspecified number of years. West Valley belonged to the League during its first year of existence, but dropped out last year when the City Commission decided the city could not afford the dues. Davis and League executive director Herschel Hester provided the sales pitch, stressing the various projects undertaken done staff and the by the benefits West Valley could derive. The League has a budget of State Legislature. That prompted Councilman Brent Anderson to ask: Do you have a history of success or failure, pointing out that a League-backebill supporting changes in the state sales tax distribution law was shot down by lawmakers. Davis, who supported the bill even though it would lesson his ci- d 1981-8- 2 - Sold Right Away! I had the right call on the day the ad came out and sold it. Im quite pleased with the response! Mary Lou Chaplin, 237 Trailorama Ave., relating her experience with a Green Sheet classfied ad. The East Valley resident obviously found results quick and costs inexpensive. 40 Pages We&CIJMw VITA MIX Super 3600, used once. new. Guarantee still in effect. You can use classifieds effecand if tively, too. Just dial will be you like, a friendly happy to help you word it. You can save $1, too, by paying before it runs. Ask us how. 262-668- 2 THE VOICE OF WEST VALLEY CITY UTAH On Preschool Limit USPS 656 380 Thursday, March 25, 1982 Volume 28, Number 11 All departments 262 6682 WEST VALLEY. V. re-joi- n But council members refused to make a commitment, apparently looking at the bottom line West Valleys dues would be about $19,000 a year. League officer and South Salt Lake Mayor Jim Davis said he recognized the financial burden which that fee - based on population, assessed valuation and sales tax revenue - placed on a new city The board has selected a site at 2570 W. 2365 South for the halfway house, known in official parlance as a community corrections facility. real estate agent has been checking sites suggested by the citizens group, which has been A o - meeting weekly. Five or six sites are being considered seriously, said association member Delores Roberts. About 10 days ago, an official of the division of corrections gave the citizens group the criteria which the state uses in selecting potential sites. Willard Harbrecht, a member of the citizens committee, told the City Council at its Tuesday study session that of the sites being considered, about half comply with the criteria provided by the state. Harbrecht also said that several businesses adjacent to the proposed site on 2365 South were selling because of the state plans. Steve Neeley, an owner of Electric Motor and Supply Company, 2395 So. 2700 West, one of the companies mentioned by Harbrecht, confirmed yesterday (Wednesday) that his building is for sale or lease, ' but said 'the halfway, house proposal was only one of several fac City Prospects ,1 ,k J tors behind his decision. Neeley said his business did not need the square footage available in the present building and added as long as theyre putting that in . . . I can operate anywhere. He said other businesses in the area were for sale also, confirming another point by Harbrecht. Harbrecht pleaded with the council to take action to prevent these businesses from leaving and hurting the citys tax base. What can we do? asked Councilman Larry Bunkall. He and other council members said they had not been contacted for help by the businessmen and citizens since the early days of the controversy. Added Mayor Jerry Maloney: Our hands are tied. There are no legal remedies that we can get involved in as a city. If this comes into our city, we have to work with them (the state). He said the city has offered to provide staff help . Hall, 2470 So. Redwood Road. Two conditional use applications submitted by 1 outlets, one involving video amusement games, also will be considered. Southland Corp., ls parent company, is seeking approval to place three video games in its store at 5619 W. 3500 South. The company also is seeking new gasoline pumps 7-- 1 for its operation at Other requests before the board are for: - week. All incorporation proposals and annexations in unincorporated Salt Lake County are on hold until the Lake Valley City election is conducted on May 11. Approval of the proposed city would form about 200 square miles of mile Salt Lake County into a city of 230,000 residents. Callaghan, executive secretary of the Lake Valley City study committee, also commented on a drive to incorporate Magna. Without Kennecott, Magna would have to accept high tax increases in order to maintain its present level of services received from the county. The observations by Callaghan are based on a report which was 554-squa- re here's a point We take a lot for granted in this life, thanks to the curiosity of generations before ours. fauna which surrounds him, we dont wonder whether an apricot, tomato or cherry will be harmful to our health. Or whether the meat of an antelope or a rabbit will disagree with our digestion. Because somewhere in the distant past man domesticated cows, horses, sheep, pigs, cats and dogs, theyre common in our lives. Because people with a sense of adventure prepared foods in different ways, we know how pork V. I A l duplex, 24.50 acres, (agricultural) zone, 5872 W. 3500 South (Henry Bertoch, appli- cant); -- - building, Dental-profession- one acre, zone, C-- 2 2940 W. (commercial) 3650 South (Jack WEST VALLEY. Awards for bravery and dedication above and beyond the call of duty will be presented to officers of the City Police Department here tomorrow (Friday). The awards will be presented during the first annual department honor awards banquet at 7 p.m. at the Jordan stake center, 3700 W. nearly complete at midweek that focuses on sales and property tax revenues generated in the three communities. 4700 South. a the community of disaster Kearns were to incorporate. He said that revenue generated from sales and property tax would have to be 160 percent higher than that required in Lake Valley City, if a Kearns City chose to maintain its present level of services. Union, on the other hand, would need to generate six percent less than Lake Valley City from sales tax and revenue in order to main- Callaghan predicted if tain the same services, Callaghan said. He added that the figures do not include the cost of a city government in Union. While the figures for were not Taylorsville-Bennio- organization's position on fire district legislation. n complete Wednesday, Callaghan guessed that it would come out somewhere between Union and Kearns. The property tax base in he noted is 36 percent lower that the tax base for the Lakte Valley City area. Taylorsville-Bennio- n, Rasmussen) - ; ball court and 10 amusement games, zones, 2781 W. 3500 South (Dallas Mulford); Storage units, three acres, l (manufacturing) zone, 3550 W. 2400 South Fred Fleischer) ; - Four lots in subWhirly C-- 2 -- M-- ( -- non-regul- division, A-- l zones, 5450 W. 3760 South (David Fisher-RawliEvans); Request for a legal structure use, (single family home on square foot lot), 2515 W. n -- South, R-l-- 8 8,000 3070 (James - ClarificationPerry); of wording on C-- 2 ordinance dealing with used car sales. In zoning matters, a decision is anticipated on Melvin Madsens zone on application for a acre at 3395 W. 3500 South. Change would allow a commercial parking lot there. Robert Campbell is seeking a change from agricultural to comzone on 3.67 acres at ) mercial C-- 2 one-thir- d (C-2- 1825 W. 3500 South. A-- City Police To Honor Officers For Work n PONDERING . . . Councilman Claude Jones and other West Valley officials heard pitch Tuesday encouraging city to rejoin the Utah League of Cities and Towns. West Valley's cost would be about $19,000 annually. 4835 W. 4100 South. - GRANITE PARK. All three can incorporate, but some probably shouldnt consider it. That is the summation by William S. Callaghan regarding incorporation proposals by the communities of Kearns, Taylorsville-Bennioand Union that were dubbed possible by Callaghan last flora and staff recom- -- Tax Base Pondered By Study Official Because man has tasted just about all the A (Thursday) on a request to increase the number of children allowed in a home occupation preschool or day care center. The City Planning Commission asked staff members to investigate the advisability of altering the citys existing ordinance following a discussion two weeks ago with three proponents of a change. The commission will consider the matter - and a dozen other issues - beginning at 9 a.m. in the upstairs conference room in City Group Is Continuing Search WEST VALLEY. Using data provided by the state as the criteria for site selection, the West Valley Citizens Assn, is continuing to look for possible alternate locations in the city for a halfway house. The citizens group, along with a group of businessmen from Decker Lake Industrial Park, are scheduled to present a list of alternate sites to the State Board of Corrections on April 2. about representatives - mendation is expected today Halfway House Sites the council received a sales pitch Tuesday from representatives of the Utah League of Cities and Towns, urging the organizaWest Valley to r DISTRICT . . . Councilman Jay Jackson questioned Utah League of Cities and Towns Staff Suggestion Eyed Published weekly at 155 E. 4905 South, Salt Lake City, UT 4107 Second class postage paid at Salt Lake City, UT 14119 Subscription rate. $12 50 per year. POSTMASTER Send address changes to West Valley View, Box 7187, Salt Lake City, UT 84107. - i t Like ad-tak- tion. i , of revenue, said the setback was not a major loss, calling it instead a step in the progression toward gaining passage of an acceptable One of its major functions, they noted, was to lobby for cities at the five-memb- er Three Sections along. In other matters, 1 clll tys major source $313,925. -- t AJ3C-CICT0- 'Hot Air' Causing Problems in City Hall -- t FEEf 3 State Commissioner of Public Safety Larry Lunnen is the keynote speaker for the banquet, which is by the departments Honorary Colonels Assn. Interviews To Begin In Fire Chief Search WEST VALLEY. Leading candidates for the position of fire chief here will be interviewed in the next few days, City Manager John Newman said Tuesday. Applications for the post, vacant since Chief William Lukens resigned under pressure in late December, were accepted through Thursday. Personnel Officer Barbara Pace said about a dozen resumes had been submitted. Newman said he wasnt certain how much time would be required to select a replacement, but expects an announcement to be made in the next two weeks. Media Reports Of Big Deficit Stun Officials WEST VALLEY. City officials were taken aback this week by media reports that West Valley was one of numerous Utah cities with an illegal budget deficit. City Manager John Newman and Financial Director Russ Sanderson received telephone calls early Monday from anxious councilmen who, up to then, had thought the city was in sound financial health. They were assured that the reports - printed in a daily newspaper on Sunday and repeated erroneously by television and radio stations - while quoting accurate figures, were misleading. Reports said West Valley was operating with a current budget deficit of $422,000. In reality, Newman pointed out in a press release, that figure applied to last fiscal year when the city finished with a deficit because of a revenue shortfall. Following a meeting last June with the State Auditors office and -- a private accounting firm, Newman said, The city was asked to budget and clear the deficit in fiscal year The city has complied with that request. The city, with eight months operating data, has cleared the deficit and has a favorable fund balance of over $100,000, the release stressed. The release also quoted Tom Allen of the State Auditors office as saying, We have met with West Valley City and are aware that the problem has been corrected. 1981-8- by Jim Cornwell A and beans, ham, and eggs, veal scallopini or tuna casserole will taste. All of which may sound rather routine and dull. But if you put yourself in the position of early man, you can see it probably wasnt all that simple. Who was the venturesome guy who decided, for instance, that those animals that looked like wolves could be approached in friendship? What led him to think the early canine might lick his hand and express joy with a wag of the tail when everybody knew the wolf and the coyote were predators more likely to bite off a chunk of flesh? It couldve been accidental But rather than wed like to think there was something in the way the early dog looked at the early man that told them they could be pals. Science says man didnt domes d. ticate a wolf or tame a coyote to begin the process that resulted in the dog. On the contrary, people who study such things believe the earliest canine evolved some 15 million years ago. Theyve named him Tomarctus and say he was d with a long body like a basset. Tomarctus, they say, didnt abruptly appear on the scene. He evolved from the same basic mammal strain that produced bears, seals, raccoons and cats. Through the wizardry that is evolution, its believed each of those mammals went their own way down the pathway of development to become what we know today. There are those people, we realize, who are rather starchy about the theory of evolution. They say it defies the Biblical description of creation. But we have no' trouble putting the two schools of thought together. Life began somewhere and even a short-legge- divinely-inspire- d beginning couldve been followed by an evolutionary process. Its realistic to assume a Creator mightve breathed life into His plants and animals and given them the ability to survive in a hostile world Science observes, of course, sub-speci- e. sub-speci- schnauzers, pinschers, retrievers and bulldogs. that this has resulted from But back to Tomarctus: Its believed four basic strains of dogs evolved during millions of years of breeding. Science terms them Canis Familiaris. One of the four bears the name Metris That line produced sheepdogs, collies and shepherds. From the mastiffs, Newfoundlands and Saint Bernards, as well as e Intermedius came most types of terriers, setters, pointers, spaniels, chows, huskies and Pekingese. Another line, scientifically termed Leineri, spawned such dogs as salukis, afghans, greyhounds, wolfhounds and beagles. And a fourth, the Inostranzewi, is the forerunner of the big dogs - countless millions of breedings. And since all dogs can crossbreed, pure chance was involved in many strains. Whats significant, science believes, is that these domesticated breeds only rarely cross with wild strains. When that happened and rhan was aware of it, his efforts to tame the pups only rarely met with success. Today, breeders have singled out 115 separate types of dogs. And through nationwide organizations, theyve sought to preserve the pure breeds. But as all of us know there are far more mongrels than purebreds, even though mongrels, too, are often mans best friend. Its pleasant mental exercise to conjure up a vision of those early meetings. But since man even today is known to turn a dog into meat on the table (have you heard about the best selling man-and-do- g cookbook, 49 Ways to Wok Your Dog?) its surprising canines have any trust in the guy who says hes their buddy but sometimes gets too hungry to let friendship interfere with dinner. Is that how it all started? Man looking at the canine and envisioning a roast on a spit? And from the dogs view the thought that this man might pet and appreciate him and permit him to share the warmth of the fire and eat scraps of food that fell on the ground? Whatever happened, it was a significant contribution to our e today, for its estimated there are 36 million dogs in the United States alone. Meaning Tomarctus was a prolific ancestor. And that through the ages man and dog have become good friends. life-styl- J |