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Show I UTAH l f Sworn In Tuesday iXKSS ASSOCIATION 67 3 AST 3?JD SOUTH SAIT LAK2 CITY, TJT - fJlll Budget Meetings Face Auditor WEST VALLEY. Budget matt jrs will occupy the attention immei?t'-lof West Valleys new auditor, y sworn into office here Tuesday Justice of the Peace Court Judge L Bruce Larsen administered the oath of office to Russell Reid Sanderson before the City Commission and a group of employes in the auditor's of fice. Mrs. Sanderson also was present. Sanderson will be pressed into action immediately, joining with the Ciand department ty Commission heads this week in a series of talks went into effect on Jan 1, Mayor Henry (Hank) Price said last week. Utility tax receipts are expected to begin flowing into the city coffers in City Treasurer Randy Baker has noted. City officials have said revenue receipts, particularly from business licenses, have exceeded expectations Surpluses will be added to which were underdepartments budgeted at the beginning of the year, and funds may be shifted between departments prior to a budget opening, the mayor has noted designed to estimate revenue needs for the rest of the fiscal year, which ends June 30 Earlier this week, department heads submitted financial reports to the commission which detailed expenditures and projected revenue needs for the remainder of the city's first year of operation. City officials also are assembling data on the amount of revenue generated for the city by various sources, including business license fees, court fines, sales tax collections and the utility franchise tax, which Two Sections - 30 Pages Redwood Council Bylaws Meeting On Tap Tonight W&tValWey Now West Valley City Auditor Russell Sanderson repeats oath of office Tuesday as his wife Linae listens. Sanderson succeeds M. Gerry Ashman. SWORN IN ' . . . Board Studies Plan THE VOICE OF WEST VALLEY CITY UTAH Regular Patrons Input By 656-38- 0 Published weekly at 155 E 4905 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84107 Second class postage paid at Salt Lake City, UT 84119 Subscription rate $12 $0 per year POSTMASTER. Send address changes to West Valley View, Box 7187, Salt Lake City, UT 84107. Thursday, Feb. A meeting to discuss REDWOOD bylaws for a reorganized Redwood Community Council will be held at 7:30 tonight (Thursday) at the Redwood Center. Applications for positions on a board of directors also will be distributed, with board elections set for Feb. 19, said Pauline Valdez, spokesman for the council. The council will represent the area between 2100 and 3500 South from the she added. Jordan River to Further information may be obtained by calling Mrs Valdez, Multi-Purpos- USPS Exactly what shifts take place will be determined by the talks starting this week, officials said Sanderson, a Granger resident, succeeds M Gerry Ashman as City Ashman Auditor and Recorder resigned in early December, citing personal reasons, but one source linked his leaving with concern about the citys financial status Deputy Auditor Larry Potts ha-- , been directing business while a replacement was found for Ashman. A private firm also has been hired by the city for consultation on economic and computer matters Sanderson will receive an annual salary of $22,000, city officials said 5, 1981 Volume 27, Number All 5 departments - 262 6682 e 1 Goal Is GRANITE PARK. A plan to provide opportunity for patron input on a regular basis at Granite Board of Education meetings is being studied by the board. A decision is expected Feb. 17 on a suggestion by new board member Joyce Higashi. A time would be set aside to allow patrons to air their concerns in an orderly fashion, under her proposal. There would be ground rules and a block of time would be set aside at the beginning of each meeting. Those desiring to speak would be required to sign up for a e presentation and would appear on a first come, first served basis. The board would be able to ask questions or make suggestions but no official action could be taken. Other Wasatch Front districts have similar programs, the board learned. In a related matter, the board agreed to try for a years time posting agendas in all school e buildings and will provide a summary of board actions at each school. There will be some monitoring to ascertain whether or not is being used by patrons and the practice will be reviewed after a year. The board authorized Superintendent John Reed Call to seek action from the State Board of Education that would reduce the number of days kindergarteners are in school by two to better permit teachers of those students to deal with their double load of parent conferences. A report on the districts foreign language programs indicated that there is a need for better guidance on the secondary level that would send more students into the program. Virginia Silcox, teacher leader over languages, indicated that about 18 percent of Granites students are involved in foreign languages. The national average is 15 percent. She told the board that Box Elder district draws about 26 percent of its students because of a more liberal policy concerning student travel to other nations. The report indicates that there are 4,528 junior high and high school students involved, with the lion's share, 2,844, taking Spanish. Both French and German are losing students and there are more junior high students involved than high school. Efforts are being made to upgrade the program to help attract more students. Mrs. Silcox said that gifted and talented students should be guided into academic oriented programs and that languages are an important consideration in that area. The board heard a report outlining successes of the Education marriage that has met success. In with considerable three-minut- No response to a survey that indicated child abuse as the number one concern, a comprehensive workshop on that topic has been scheduled in March. Wendall Sullivan, principal at Plymouth elementary, was named assistant principal at Taylorsville high. The other assistant post will be filled later this month. Dr. Call emphasized that the popular elementary administrator had sought the change. No Major Blazes Money Available Bridge Plan Brings Split In Subdivisions A bridge (hat WEST VALLEY. would have permitted traffic from one subdivision to flow north into another neighborhood apparently will not be built. At Thursdays City Commission meeting, Mayor Henry (Hank) Price said a lack of money prohibited the city from constructing a bridge over a canal which divides Market Street at about 3900 South. That pronouncement came as bad news to residents of a subdivision south of the canal. For residents of the neighborhood to the north, it was good news. - Fire Department Debut Slow WEST VALLEY. In the brief period of its existence, the West Valley Fire Department has not been confronted with a major blaze. The relatively inactive start-u- p has been advantageous for the fledgling one-pag- allowing city department, firefighters to' become better acquainted with the area, Fire Chief William Lukens said here Tuesday. Yet, while a major fire has not materialized, the department has responded to nearly 200 calls for assistance, the chief noted. Calls involving medical assistance d outnumbered dispatches two to one. Most medical calls were within the area covered by the City Hall station in the northeast section of the city, Lukens said. fire For the period Jan. department records show that West Valley firemen responded to 90 medical and 15 fire calls. Firefighters responded to their the-servi- ce fire-relate- 20-3- y Taylorsville-Bennio- most serious blaze at 1:14 am. Iasi The fire apparently Wednesday. broke out in the garage of a home in the Academy Park subdivision, spread into the home and to a trailer parked outside. The house next door also was damaged in the fire, said division chief Jay Miles Total loss in the blaze was estimated at upward of $20,000Lukens said he has not attempted to calculate average response times, partly because an insufficient number of calls have been answered thus far and partly because he feels those averages are not an accurate means of assessing a departments performance. Average response time, he said, is not a totally valid concept but one which looks good on paper. Calling the current period a slow fire season, Lukens said he expects activity to pick up significantly in May when the department is likely to - Jan Montgomery presented the idea to the City Commission last week, contending the bridge was necessary to aid police, fire and ambulance service and to enable traffic flow away from the busy intersection of 4100 South and 2700 West. Sometimes we feel we are prisoners in our own subdivision, Marie Hansen, 4027 Market St., reiterated at Thursdays meeting. She pointed out that developers had promised residents of the subdivision south of the canal that they would be provided with an access to the north. Residents to the north should have been aware of that promise, she add- ed. process of begin the summer-lonresponding to grass fires. Efforts are being made, the chief noted, to develop a program to prosecute individuals who start grass flies Miles and other department members have been inspecting new buildings being constructed in the city and will launch a fire prevention program that includes inspections of all existing businesses after July 1, the start of a new fiscal year, he said. After that, the 2,000 commercial and industrial buildings m the city will be inspected for possible hazards two to four times per year, M lies added. g But a spokesman for residents to the north, Mark Sands, said there was a clear mandate of opposition to the proposed bridge. West Valley should not encourage the frivolous use of automobiles by building a bridge which would create safety problems by increasing traffic on Market Street, he said. Sands acknowledged that improved fire and police coverage may be a legitimate aim, but urged officials to use the citys money in areas where it was needed more. Contending both sides had valid arguments, Price said nothing could be done because of budget constric- - tions. The mayor promised that the city would conduct a study of the need for a bridge when the budget allowed. At that time, the city would be better able to assess the impact of traffic major flowing north from 2700 West bet- developments along ween 4100 and 4700 South, he added City Public Works Director Glenn Weaver estimated the bridge would cost at least $75,000 and would be a complex project requiring adjustments of Market Street north of the canal Had Over 30 Calls! "The calls started coming in about 7:30 the morning the ad came out. I had over 30 calls! Mrs. Loretta Wilson, 4851 W. 5100 South, relating what happened when mopi dining ot. she used a Green Sheet classified ad to sell household furnishings. to place your ad. Save Dial $1 by paying before it runs. Ask us 262-668- 2 how. Youll get results! - n City Status Proposed TAYLORSVILLE. An effort to incorporate Taylorsville and Bennion has been launched by members of the community council representing those areas. A half dozen members of the n Taylorsville-BennioCommunity Council agreed at a special meeting here Tuesday to circulate petitions calling for an incorporation election in November, 1981. Included in the proposed Taylorsville-Bennio- n is the City unincorporated county area between the cities of West Valley and West Jordan from the Jordan River to 4000 West (between 4700 and 6600 South), plus to 2700 West between 4100 and 4700 South. Incorporation proponents hope to gather the required 100 signatures and to present the petition to the County Commission before existing cities proceed with any annexations. Proponents believe the Lake Valley City incorporation proposal, which seeks city status for the entire unincorporated county area, will be contested in court and declared invalid, said Bill Bannon, who drafted the Taylorsville-Bennio- n petition. West Valley Citys announcement of a draft annexation policy declaration which includes Taylorsville-Bennion- , as well as Kearns and Magna, and the citys expressed interest in the American Express office complex at 4300 So. 2700 West were the major stimuli, she said.' The incorporation proposal will be presented to the council during a meeting on Feb. 17. REACTIONS . . . Neighborhood residents express varying reactions to West Valley officials' statements that money Is not available to build bridge over canal on Market Street. NOT NEEDED . . . Mark Sands led opposition to request to construct bridge over canal. i here's a point Theres a story purported to quote an Italian housewife responding to a Papal encyclical on birth control. The Pope, shes quoted as say- - ing, he donna playa the game - howcum he maka the rules? Which is about where this writer stands on the subject starting doesnt to hes dis-cus- s. He know anything about the alleged benefits or drawbacks of marijuana, but is disposed to write on the matter. For w hat reason? Its probable our V. ' lrJlc,n limited reader audience doesnt include a single pot smoker. So this is not unlike someone berating a roomful of participants in a political rally about the poor voter turnout - hes talking to the wrong audience. On the other hand, theres the possibility the parent of a young person inclined to regard grass as a wholesome indulgence may derive from all this some facts for use if the subject is debated on the home-fron- t. And it appears it may be helpful in the treatment of glaucoma. However, the jury is still out on that. an overwhelming Meanwhile, mound of supportive data has been brought to bear on marijuanas detrimental effects. Theres the theory that this drug you can call it what you will from the wide selection of terminology tea, grass, dagga, kef, bhang, ghanja, chares, hashish - isnt But that certainly doesnt appear to be true for the chronic heavy user. Marijuana can produce both psychological and physical dependence for those people, Just as surely as alcohol can for the heavy drinker. habit-formin- A great deal of publicity notwithstanding, the hazards of this weed substantially outweigh the benefits. There is some evidence, its true, that smoking marijuana may be effective in relieving the nausea suffered by patients who are taking drugs. anti-canc- Its argued that marijuana has no effect on expectant mothers, but results of research also say that isnt true. Of course nobody has used humans as guinea pigs for such experiments, but researchers at a California college have simulated such a situation by using monkeys. The result has been a substantial number of stillborn infants and, almost without exception, some physical abnormality in those their argument by The intoxicating ingredient in the hemp plant is abbreviated to THC -and its been proven that THC accumulates in the fatty neurons of the brain and dulls the faculties. While some Americans laugh at the finding of the Surgeon General tain from the weed for months in order to rid his brain of the chemical. Which might lead to the sort of question, "So what? We can't ail carry soap boxes and be lecturers on the subject. Theres no argument about whether pot increases the heartbeat - it does. And it weakens the force of the hearts contractions. However pro-po- t forces argue that people with a strong heart neednt worry. The problem there is that the guy with a heart problem is often the last to know. Charges are flung back and forth about marijuana and male potency. But we can quietly warn young people and hope the message reaches enough of them to reduce what has become almost astronomical consumption of this weedy drug Certainly brushing the subject under the rug as though it didnt exist will serve no worthwhile purpose in reaching the true facts about the drug live-bor- n. regarding tobacco smoking, many believe the warning printed on a cigarette package has validity. The National institute on Drug Abuse goes further than that on pot. The institute says smoking a single marijuana cigarette for 15 minutes produces as high a level of carbon monoxide in the blood as smoking 10 to 20 conventional cigarettes in the course of a day. Those who insist pot isnt harmful to the brain can only substantiate hair-splittin- permanent - or at least research hasnt yet said that -but a heavy smoker has to abs- Its not In general, though, it appears the weed doesnt increase potency and if anything, lessens it Even those who favor marijuana admit that if its damaging, its riskiest for adolescents. Which leads anti-po- t forces to point out boys in those age-leve- ls are among the known users. ho-hu- |