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Show T PRESS ASSOCIATI'CN EAST 3RD SOUTHS SALT LAKE CITY. UT &111 UFA k6l First In City's Short History Small Turnout Anticipated For Council Election i i who is elected to West Valleys first City Council. That was the speculation - based, in part, on a paltry voter turnout for the primary election - of political observers who once had felt that a change to a council-manage- r system would bring government closer to the people - WEST VALLEY. When the decision was made earlier this year to change forms of government here, the council system was ballyhooed as the catalyst to end public apathy about local affairs. of Yet, as many as three-fourth- s this citys registered voters may show next Tuesday they dont care -- -- and vice versa. The most optimistic predictions of office seekers and City Hall officials place voter turnout at no more than 30 percent of the citys registered voters. Most estimates place the figure closer to 25 percent. Even with a 30 percent showing at the polls, that would amount to, at best, roughly 10,000 voters - only -- of one-seven- th West Valleys population. Generating most of the interest the election is the race for mayor on the in seven-memb- er council. Although the mayor theoretically has no more power than any other council member, the race has consparked siderable Gerald K. Maloney Jerry Wagstaff - Two Sections in- terest because of its unique characteristics. Neither of the citys two most prominent commission members are on the ballot, Mayor Henry (Hank) Price and Commissioner 32 Pages Renee But Price, un- apparently convinced that the primary results were truly indicative of public sentiment, has mounted a write-icampa!gn for Wagstaff maintains that his experience as a commissioner through the citys difficult formation is crucial lor easing the transition to a council-manage- r form of government Maloney contends city residents are tired of the current administration and desire new blood, and that his election would signal a new beginning in a new form of government. Price claims that continuity is necessary in changing forms of government but insists that he, and not Wagstaff, is the man to facilitate the transition. Election observers seem certain that Price has virtually no chance of winning and that his into the race will hurt Wagstaffs chances for election more than Schools Are Polling Places Roiidonts should cost thlr votes in th West Valley municipal election at the following school sites: imth&ij Council District 4: DISTRICTS VOTING 1232 1222. 1202 chard; 1204. 1206. Whlttior; 1210, 1212 Sandburg: 3102 3108 KonnedyJHS. 1234. Or1213. 1226. Council District 3: w THE VOICE OF WEST VALLEY CITY 1228 1242 3110 Jockl-,ilg- : Farnsworth: 3106 1220, 1230 JHS: 3114. 3116. 3118 Acodomy DISTRICTS 1214 -- VOTING 1218 1216 3112. Konnody Park. Council District 2: UTAH USPS 656 having been Mackay defeated in the primary election. As a result, the race pits the lone incumbent, Commissioner Jerald (Jerry) Wagstaff against the outHunter resident Gerald sider, (Jerry) Maloney. 1302. 1304. 1314. 1320, DISTRICTS VOTING Hillsdale: 1316 1330. Granger high: 1332. 1338 1340 3204. Pioneer: 3200. 3202. 3203. 3206 Frost: 3207,3208,3209 Volley JHS. 380 Council District VOTING Published weekly at 155 E. 4905 South, Salt Lake City, OT 84107. Second class postage paid at Salt Lake City, UT 84119. Subscription rate $10 00 per year. POSTMASTER : Send address changes to West Valley View, Box 7187, Salt Lake City, UT 84107. Thursday, October Volume 27, Number 29, 1981 All 42 departments - DISTRICTS 1306 1308 1 : 1310 1312, wood; 1322. 1323. 1324. 1328 Stansbury: 1336 1346,1348 1352 Granger elementory; 1335,1342 1344, Rolling Meadows. 262 6682 Red- 1326. 1334, Maloney's. What is not so certain to observers is the extent of Price's support and whether it will sap enough votes from Wagstaff to give Maloney the distinction of being West Valleys second mayor. Another factor which observers point to is the possibility of a heavy showing at the polls by Hunter residents to ensure that community more representation on the council. Hunter residents turned out in large numbers tor the primary election and, observers note, an even larger push on Tuesday could help llunterite Maloneys chances against Grangerites Wagstatf and Price. Since no candidates from Redwood survived the primary, Turning In Resumes WEST VALLEY. At the present rate, the City Council elected here next Tuesday may have as many as 150 applicants to choose from in the selection of a city manager. Thats the prognosis of City Personnel Officer Barbara Pace, whose office received 10 applications in the first two working days after advertisements for the position were published in local newspapers Thursday. And, she added, the rush has just begun. The number of applicants is ex- pected to multiply during November after the advertisement campaign is extended nationwide through notices in various journals. Starting Monday, advertisements for the West Valley post will be carried in two Washington, D. C. based publications Nations Weekly and the International City Manager Assn, newsletter - plustwo California-basepublications - can see it needs improvement. Were not advocating or attacking But the existing structures downgrade the community, Rasmussen said. Morgan said enough business could be generated to justify the which would construction of a WEST VALLEY. Should this city at every corner? have a That was one ot the questions addressed by a spokesman for the company which is seeking zoning changes to develop two more convenience stores on intersection corners. While Robert Morgan, a real estate agent speaking in behalf of Southland Corp., parent company, said City Planning Department staffers seemed hesitant to allow stores on every corner, there was a notable lack of public opposition to the rezoning proposals at Thursdays City Planning Commission meeting. In fact, an application for commercial ) zoning which would on the northwest corpermit a ner of 4800 W. 3500 South, currently the site of an abandoned, dilapidated house, was endorsed by the Hunter Community Council. 7-- 1, be across the street from a rival convenience store. he said, might Competition, force the rival firm to upgrade the condition of its store, which he labeled unsightly. In his pitch supporting the zoning changes, Morgan said he had ( larger commercial around the complex developed A decision is expected on Nov. 5. If zoning changes are approved, the company will need conditional use permits for the stores. would blend into the smoothly area The Job Finder and Jobs Available , Mrs. Pace noted. In addition, job announcements have been mailed to all of the major cities and counties in the state, placement centers at Utah universities, as well as to womens groups and minority organizations, she said. Applications will be accepted an through Dec. 15, with comunspecified monthly salary mensurate with experience and qualifications, the advertisement states. West Valley is requiring that candidates have five years managerial experience in a comparable public or private organization and an acceptable combination of education and experience in either public or business administration, the ad says. Just how much the city manager will be paid will be determined by the City Council, Mrs. Pace said. The personnel officer noted that she has received numerous inquiries about the position over the telephone and that most of the callers were seeking information about the positions salary. Once the election is completed, Mrs. Pace said she would suggest the City Council establish a base pay level for a manager and include that figure in advertisements. The council also may alter other qualifications demanded of potential city manager candidates, she added. Candidates who comply with the minimum requirements will be screened and interviewed by the council. As personnel officer, Mrs. Pace said she also would participate in the interviews. The manager is appointed by a s majority vote of the full membership of the council and may be removed by a majority vote, according to state law. - top-lev- two-third- 4100 1 stores do not Morgan said create traffic but thrive off that which passes by. Stores add to the city's tax base and create new jobs during a period of economic in1 Sold Right Away! I sold all the equipment the first day the ad ran - very pleased with Green Sheet results! stability, he added. -- Southland Corp. spokesmen Gary Nelson and Jim Baker said a prevention program has reduced the number of robberies at stores by 80 percent during the past five years. Planning Commission member Janice Fisher said her major conhours at cern was the undesirable stores and the crowd attracted after the residential community goes to 7-- George Hepworth, 1868 W. 4655 South, relating what happened 7-- ONE oddlo, on blonkot, two bridlas ond two holtart. 30.06 gun cos. when he used a classified ad in Utahs most widely circulated weekly newspapers. The West Valley City man obviously found results quick - and costs inexpensive. Green Sheet classifieds are the market place. Folks use em to buy, sell, rent, trade, 1 all-nig- -- bed. In response to a question from Mrs. Fisher, Nelson said that because of the volume of traffic on 4100 South, Southland Corp. probably would not consider limiting the hours of the proposed operation. Frn Mast questioned whether zone change would lower value of her property. LAND VALUE here's a point We were recently invited -but didn't go - on a newspaper excursion designed to search abominabIe for the snowman. . . . in fact, has departed and returned. The snowman, if ex- un- disturbed. The trip was the brain-chilof a Louisiana together and striking out for some unusual destination could be fun. But it might be. Anyway, its led us to planning places we might visit if we actualand ly became a tried to entice people into taking a trip. One would almost retrace the "abominable snowman route. Itd take us high into the of the soaring inpeaks Tibet. Himalayas d newspaper publisher who, at age 76, still has- a craving for the unusual in travel. His f tours of places , surrounded him with other newsmen and women who evidently share his interest in the - far-of- ha-'.- It had never occurred to us that gathering a band of people John Paras, who owns 40 acres on the northwest corner of 4800 W. mid-valley- job-hun- s look for help, find lost t, items and messages. ASSETS . . . Robert Morgan said proposed stores would benefit West Valley City. 1 Dial Save $1 convey personal to place your ad. by paying before it runs. 262-668- 2 by Jim Cornwell tour-arrang- unique. including the proposed site), said he would like to see a 3500 South contended the corner of 2200 South was destined to become commercial and that a Similarly, no opposition was expressed against a rezoning bid for store on the northeast comer a of 4100 So. 2200 West. Fern Mast, 2150 W. 4100 South, a property owner two lots east of the proposed store, said she would like to see Southland Corp. purchase her land for a larger development on the corner but, otherwise, had no objections to the plan. Im not against it but it could make it difficult for me to sell my property, she said, adding, I wouldnt mind if 1 bought it. In supporting the proposal at 4800 W. 3500 South, Ken Kasmusssen of the Hunter Community Council said the corners current condition was a hindrance to efforts to improve the area. Anybody who knows the site far-ou- t, 1 He 1 it ists, was detected that planning staffers were reluctant to see more stores erected in the city. To that, he said, Why not? contending the stores provide needed If there wasnt a deservices. mand, they wouldnt be there, he said. Morgan claimed that neither intersection being considered Thursday was a viable location for low density housing as indicated on the county master plan adopted by the city upon incorporation. W. (C-l- indeed Stores Unopposed 1 1 Manager Applicants At Two City intersections 7-1- Hunter Races in the four council districts will pit: -- District Michael Embley versus Hay White; -- District 2: Gerald (Jerry) Pow ers versus Jay Jackson; -- District 3 Quentin (Pete) Winder versus Nancy Jordan; and - District 4 Lloyd Sedillo versus Claude Jones Nationwide Search Begins d Rezoning Applications For is assured of representation in three districts ( 1,2 and 3 Moreover, the withdrawal of Hunter resident Dale Lobato from at large race leaves the four-yea- r Grangerite Brent Anderson virtually unchallenged, while in the two-yea- r at large race, Grangerite Larry Bunkall had substantially more support in the primary than runner-uWilliam Bright of Granger The destination? Why, Shangri La, of course. Ever since writer James Hilton charmed the world with his book Lost Horizons back in the 30s weve wondered if such a valley could exist. Knowing, of course, that it couldnt. Dressing for the tortuous cold of Tibetan elevations would limit the trip to none but the sturdy. And the foolhardy. Or the stupid? Howd you like to row in dugout canoes with natives of the Brazilian jungles far up toward the headwaters of the Amazon? For what? To conduct studies of piranha - those little fish that are all teeth, travel in schools and devour large animals in less time than it takes to tell. Or perhaps youre more geared to an exploratory tour. Well descend into Mt. St. Helens and climb right down to the source in order to determine what makes volcanoes so volatile. For those who prefer the Continental atmosphere, we may try for Italian permission to make Vesuvius the object of our study. Were also rigging a trip for the -ski crowd. Itll be an excursion in Antarctica. Traveling with only the supplies we can carry in knapsacks, well prove you can reach the South Pole on the ground. Or the ice? first-han- d cross-countr- y Youre a hiker and backpacker? Have we got a journey for you! Well walk into the outback of Australia - the land of the aborigines. Our purpose will be to study first hand the boomerangs thrown by the natives and to determine what it is that makes em come back. Its almost uncharted country, so youd best plan on taking a compass. We may take two groups that direction. The other composed of g aficionados, will do some descents into the ocean waters off Indonesia to get a skin-divin- close-u- p look at sea-goin- g crocodiles which populate the Java Sea. If you get back, itd be a topic thatd make you an speaker. For boating enthusiasts, we have a salty trip projected. In a sailboat, well round Cape Horn at the southern tip of South America. Well endeavor to prove that passage wasnt nearly as difficult as the seafarers of the 1700s said it was. After all, its only a contest of man vs. wind and wave and the outcome is a foregone 25-f- t. conclusion. Weve already been in touch with a group of herpetologists who are interested in going into the Guinea jungles to study the mating habits of boa constrictors. They dont mind if a few travelers join them as long as they keep out of the way and dont annoy the boas. As if anyone would deliberately annoy a boa! We may elect to use snowmobiles on our proposed Arctic tour, which is totally different than the Antarctic Well travel to the furthest northern reaches of the globe - out -- on the ice of the Arctic Ocean - to study polar bears. Get some good, close-u- p photographs of the white monsters devouring unfortunate prey - and perhaps a tourist or two. Who knows? This junket might include two or three months living in an Eskimo igloo to see if were suited to a blubber diet. -- A journey with a practical end will be one were planning to conduct in the jungles of result southern Asia. There we plan to meet the Bengal tiger One of our guides, a professional lion tamer, will teach us how to stare down the big cats while holding them at arms length with nothing but a chair and a whip. Top performers in the course may get jobs with circuses round the country. Survivors will have a real story for the grandkids. All the tours, by the way, are conducted by our assistants. We bid participants adieu at the airport and assist in all problemsolving related to the tours. Booking passage on tramp steamers face-to-fac- and e. airlines, preparing papers on medical and hospital claims, discussing funeral arrangements with loved ones - that sort of thing. The principal problem were encountering is assistants ... the casualty rate, yknow! |
