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Show Around Hercules Plant - Planners Eye Bids On Zoning Four rezonirg WEST VALLEY. sidered here today (Thursday) by the City Planning Commission. The applications, which call for residential zoning on 134 acres around the chemical and explosives plant, were held in limbo for more than a year while the county dealt d with the issue of whether to allow residential development around the plant. After numerous meetings, several draft reports and several studies, including an investigation by a New Jersey explosives expert, the county ruled to allow homes there provided certain safety criteria were met. West Valleys incorporation took effect before the rezoning process requests involving property around the perimeter of Hercules will be con- - Lancer Way Request On Commission Agenda hotly-debate- WEST VALLEY. proposal to designate 3650 South as Lancer Way will be discussed at the City Commission meeting here Tuesday Granger high student body officers have sought to change the name of the street between 2700 and 3600 West. Commissioners meet at 5 p.m. in the courtroom in City Hall. A Four Sections could be completed, however, forcing developers to renew their eflorts before the City Planning Commission. acres of That requirement has some developers worried, primarily R because they do not know what to expect from the new commission, one of the applicants said Hercules took city officials and members of the planning commission on a tour of the plant earlier this week, a member of the group said The requests before the planning commission today are: - American Development Co , 32 acres of (7,000 square foot lots) zoning at 4100 So. 6400 West; and 50 7 7 -- So. 6000 West In approving residential development in the buffer zone around Her- cules. planners required that homes within a blast radius of the plant be fitted with special safety glass. Planners also stipulated that neighborhoods be designed so that windows of homes do not face the Hercules plant and that developers notify prospective home purchasers, by deed, of the potential danger in the area Meeting Slated We&ll)aSku On THE VOICE OF WEST VALLEY CITY UTAH At Green Sheet Ne Pubtiihid weekly at At 15$ E 4905 USPS Salt Lake City UT 04107 Srcond class posUqr paid SaH Lake City UT 84119 Subscription taIo Si? 50 per year Thursday, Aug. South 28, 1980 Volume Within The Week 26, Number 34 All departments 656-38- 262 6682 - City Fire Decision Anticipated chboard operator, several WEST VALLEY. A decision is still expected by the end of the month on whether West Valley will form its own fire department or continue contracting the service from the county. Thats the word from Commissioner Renee Mackay as August reaches its final days. Before a decision is made, city officials will meet today (Thursday) with their counterparts from the county to discuss the question further. A special session of the West Valley advisory board, a citizens group composed lof representatives of each of the citys three communities Hunter and Redwood - also has been called by Mrs. Mackay to consider the fire protection issue. The advisory board will meet at 6 tonight in the courtroom at City Hall. Mrs. Mackay, who is responsible for fire protection, will not say whether the city will remain within the county system or break away to service. provide Indications are strong at City Hall, however, that West Valley is likely to have its own fire department on Jan. 1. Mayor Henry (Hank) Price is solidly in favor of going that direc- secretaries and three police clerks. Maughan and Officer Fred Nudd, meanwhile, participated here Tuesday in a Crime Watch program at the Jordan North ward. About 150 people attended. County Fire Chief David Barrett hesitated to predict what West Valleys decision would be, acknowledging that he was aware of Prices preferences. MURRAY. A host of prizes including a microwave oven will given away in two weeks during an evening program for homemakers, sponsored by area merchants and the Green Sheet. tr i ll ' in. ' . ? : y Students West Valley City: 974-550- 1 Police Dispatch Police Admin. City Court 535-722- 2 974-546- 8 974-510- 3 of 1,268. Dr. Gurr said whenever school starts before Labor Day as it did this year, a marked increase in student attendance over numbers turning out for the first week of classes is traditionally recorded the Tuesday following that national holiday, which will To Aid 1 rt 1 j ! ftfp 1 Many more prizes, both larger and will be announced next week in the Green Sheet, with publication of a special section devoted to food preparation tips and recipes. smaller, taste-templin- g rr 1 Announcing the microwave oven as one of the mamr prizes was J. M. (Jim Cornwell, publisher of the Green Sheet. He said five area merchants are jointly sponsoring the microwave (along with other prizes). They include Doug's TV, McDougal Western Auto, Village TV, Papanikolas Furniture and Sharons TV. The microwave and the other prizes wdll be given away to those attending the Green Sheet Cooking School to be held in the Kearns high auditorium on Sept. 11. There will be no charge for admission to the pro- O'clock! TWO antique twin Jenny Lind beds. little ad in Utahs most widely circulated weekly newspapers. She comments, "I run a lot of ads with you and always get great results! Green Sheet classifieds are the marketplace. They appear in ail four editions of the a mid-valley- 's widely-circulate- im d Chief Gerald newspaper, more than 50,000 homes every Thursday morning. Thats potential readership of more than 210,000 people -- and thats a lot! to place your ad. Save Dial $1 by paying before it runs. Ask us 262-668- 2 how. MICROWAVE . . . Cheryl Rupp will offer tips on microwave food preparation during Green Sheet Cooking School. Sometimes its a politician whos evidently run out of something to write his constituents. Other a times its bureaucrat whos getting himself on record in case a new administrative force is to handle Now and the then, rumors fanned by the petroleum industry to remind Americans that the government could step if) if there are too many complaints about gas prices. The implied d reaching Adopted WEST VALLEY. Ordinances that allow cleanup operations to begin here were approved Tuesday by the West Valley City Commission. The commission approved adoption of the solid waste management, as well as inspection and cleaning ordinances of the Board of Health. Those ordinances will become effective no sooner than 20 days after being posted in City Hall. Once in effect, the ordinances will enable the health department to begin the process of cleaning up abandoned vehicles, junk and other health hazards in the city. Mayor Henry (Hank) Price said. y Health Price and Director Dr. Harry Gibbons toured the city last week, inspecting some of its problem areas, particularly in Redwood. City officials also approved two changes in the West Valley code to beef up law enforcement practices. The changes put tighter restrictions on parking near a fire hydrant or a fire lane, provisions intended to aid police and fire coverage at Valley Fair Mall during the Christmas season and at other peak periods. They also clarify provisions covering persons accused of giving false information to a police officer, loitering and obstructing justice. will City-Count- Expenditures Youll get results! 1 268-822- 9 Cleanup City-Count- y 7 district and along the Wasatch Front in general finds con siderably more students enrolled at the elementary level, compared to figures for junior and senior highs A boom in the number of young families who are moving into Granite district is cited as a major factor behind the trend, she pointed out Dr. Gurr noted that lunch prices for the 1980-8school ear are 75 cents per student per day at senior highs, 65 cents for junior high students, 60 cents for elementarj, youngsters and $1 20 for adults Senior high community school registration will be accepted from 4 to 7 p m. on Tuesday, Wednesday and Sept. 4. Credit classes for high school graduation are scheduled to begin the week of Sept. 8 Regardless of age, those classes are open free of charge to persons who havent received their high school diplomas. A fee will be assessed for others, however Other community schools in the district will accept registration Sept 3, 4, 9 and 10 from 4 to 7 p m Further information may be obtained by calling the community school office at in Granite Health Ordinances i We sold the beds at 7 oclock the morning the ad came out in the paper We were very pleased with the results Mrs Edward Rollins of West Valley City relating her experience with Maybe its just to tantalize us. far its only an idle threat, anyway. But periodically somebody resurrects gas rationing. alternative Dr. Gurr noted that a phenomenon Sold By So attending education classes and other special programs numbered 890 on the first day, down from the projected figure To Call City Hall - GRANITE PARK. A total of 57,477 students turned out for the first of classes in Granite School District Monday. According to Dr. Patricia Gurr, community relations director for the district, the figure is 2,204 less than the number of students which officials expect will be enrolled in the district by Oct. 1. A breakdown of projections and the actual first-dastudent attendance at various levels of instruction shows 33,828 projected and 33,225 actual at elementaries; 12,657 projected and 12,054 actual at junior highs; 11,928 projected and 11,308 actual at senior highs. gram here's a point District Classes 57,477 Turn Out Homemakers Await Prizes Maughan, McIntosh, Lukens and a member of the civil service board. roll now The citys personnel stands at about 71, the bulk of that total taken up by the police force, McIntosh said. No new employes have been added in the last week, although advertisements are circulating for a swit nt In Green Sheet Cooking School four-memb- created it. Parks be observed Monday. Projections call for five fire stations within the West Valley City boundaries, said Mrs. Mackay following a meeting she and Fire Chief William Lukens held Friday with the county computer projection expert. She said a definite timetable was not in place for putting the five stations into service. The process of selecting at least 18 additional officers for the police department continued here Tuesday board conwith a ducting oral interviews with 14 candidates for positions on the force, personnel director Jack McIntosh said yesterday (Wednesday). Oral interviews of 75 applicants probably will take two to three weeks, with the next session slated on Sept. 4, he said. On that day, 14 applicants from Ohio, California and Colorado will be examined by the board, composed of Police TRAFFIC . . . Two students wait for troffic to pass before crossing 3600 West to return to Granger high on first day of school. A special WEST VALLEY. meeting on parks and recreation will be held at 7 oclock tonight (Thursday) at City Hall, 2470 So. Redwood Road The meeting will provide the final chance for public input on the citys plans to apply for a grant to purchase property for park development at 4450 W 3500 South, according to Ron Day, administrative assistant to Commissioners Renee Mackay and Jerry Wagstaff. City officials have received help from local soccer leagues, which have asked for more playing fields, he noted Walter Ewell of the Granger-Hunte- r Community Council said that organization also was drawing up a list of recommendations for parks and recreation development in the We have no input. Were just awaiting their decision, the county chief said. He said he believes continuation of the existing system wll provide better service for the area at a lesser cost. If West Valley breaks loose, it will lessen our ability to pioude fire service on the west side We ll have to decide from there where we go, Barrett said. tion. Assistant - 1 7 M Ton ight 40 Pages - at 4000 So 7000 West; P. Corporation, 36 acres of at 4100 So 6600 West; and Raddon and Rushton, 16 acres of 8 (8,ooo square foot lots) at 4450 - C. totaling $18,250 for equipment A selective traffic roughly were okayed. enforcement By WVC grant provided the city with $30,000, of which $12,000 was authorized to be spent for a breathalyzer, video equipment for police training and two traffic motorcycles. The 1978 motorcycles, which will be used primarily for traffic work on 3500 South, were purchased for $3,500 apiece from the North Ogden Police Department, said purchasing agent Katie Dastrup. City officials Thursday signed a five-yea- r lease agreement with Mountain Bell for a PBX 400 switchboard telephone system. While the system ultimately could provide the city with 400 telephones, 65 will be installed initially, according to Mountain Bell account executive Pat Painter. West Valley will pay monthly bills of $1,650 for the next five years, according to the lease. Installation of the system should begin about 10 weeks after the lease signing, Painter noted. One of the problems faced by city officials thus far has been an unsufficient number of phone lines, prompting complaints from West Valley residents, noted Commissioner Jerry Wagstaff Mayor Price announced Tuesday that Michael R. Embley, 2584 Dublin Dr., had been named to the West Valley merit board, replacing Ron Day. Day is now administrative assistant to Commissioners Jerry Wagstaff and Renee Mackay. by Jim Cornwell threat, obviously, is You know what happens when the government takes over -- chaos! Rationing things in the United States has always been a failure. Americans respond to curtailed supplies by blackmarketing or concocting clever schemes to outwit the system. Gals our age will remember nylons during WW II. Civilians were told the material was going to the war effort. Something about parachutes or aircraft parts or something. Actually, there were nylons for those who knew the right people. And somehow American servicemen seemed to have the inside track. Nylons and cigarettes became symbols of the barter system. And it takes no imagination to determine what servicemen traded them for. But gas rationing was the hoax of that day. systems smart couldnt Those alphabetized rating were made to order for civilians. And what they convince the rationing board they needed in their work, they traded with or bought from other people who had more coupons than they could use. Which is not to say rationing boards were dishonest. More like Too often the left hand didnt know what the right hand was doing. thatd only be the base. The labor force would multiply by leaps and bounds in no time. Conversely, efficiency would tumble with equal rapidity. And if the rationing division functioned as well as most governmental agencies, its safe to predict the nations gasoline needs would be in a shambles quicker than you can recite the pledge of allegiance. If that sounds bitter, its only the result of watching government during over operate from close-u30 years of newspapering. And from talking to various people who survived governmental mismanagement on the home front while our troops were abroad. p The real boondoggle of gas rationing, if it came again, would occur in DisneylandEast otherwise known as Washington, D. C. - If the Department of Energy turned its attentions to supervising the petroleum needs of the nation, itd begin by creating jobs for several thousands. And if typical government planning was followed, One, w ho w as the operating ofe ficer of a busy stretch of the Union Pacific Railroad, has a special memory. 225-mil- In addition to seeing that a train operated as efficiently as possible every three minutes on his portion of trackage, he was assigned by his headquarters to meet with the War Manpower Commission. It was a committee charged with seeing that industries essential people in didnt jump jobs without permission. One evening he listened with increasing boredom and impatience to a recitation by a laundry washwoman who wanted to be a hotel chambermaid. Since she was in an essentia! industry, it required WMC permission. Much more worried about expediting war material and troop trains working their way over his lines, our friend rose slowly to his feet and in a profound voice said: I think this matter hinges on whether shes running the second or third tub at the laundry. With that, he exited. For his flippancy, he was scorch ed by his superiors, who then chortled in glee with a Wish Id said that expression. Another friend was a footwear distributor. He remembered dealing with the Office of Price Administriation. It required him to provide all the details of manufacture on a particular shoe style so the OPA, in its wisdom, could determine the correct selling price. It took several days, a series of forms and microscopically-detaile- d personal testimony before the official edict was handed down. Would you believe it? he asked I was told I could sell in laughter, them for $1.39 more than we planned to. And it was this bureaus job to see that nobody profiteered on the home front! To us, its axiomatic that what governmental bureaucracy did 40 years ago, it could do again. And this time the confusion could be assisted by the age of computers! |