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Show V ' bulk hate U UT LAKE, Postage PAID 'j Lake UTAH PRESS ASSOC. 467 E. 300 SO. SALT S Salt Teiffll! City nrr-S2&- ill J 84111 A A Single Copy 11 "" II. IMIUpil. l JT ,1 25' ' .1 2,1 &JSTC3 No Decision Reached Utah's Teacher Of The Year Former Salad Girl Makes Good WEST VALLEY. Salad girls really can "make good and have their dreams come true. Lilia Eskelsen, now a sixth grade teacher at Orchard elementary in the Granite School District, began her quest to work directly with children as a "salad girl" at a Colorado Springs day care center. But she did a lot more than make salads then -and she's doing a lot more than that now, gaining recognition for her efforts Friday in ceremonies naming her Utahs "Teacher of the Year," selected out of a slate of candidates from across the state. Eskelsen has been teaching at Orchard since 1980, after graduating Magna Cum Laude from the University of Utah. Full of enthusiasm for whatever she is doing, she has involved her students in many different learning experiences. "Each year left its mark," she explained. "One year we wrote fan letters and got a of Benji (the dog) in the mail. Then it paw-priwas getting acquainted with the background about Timpanogos Cave prior to touring the site. We knew so much about it before we got there that the ranger let us give her the tour, she said. 'We have collected money for the starving in Ethiopia and for the starving in Salt Lake City. For the past three years we have corresponded with pen pals at the Golden Living Retirement Center. Last year we sponsored what we r blood drive at an understand was the school to assist small boy with a a elementary blood disease who needed constant transfusions. We brought in 65 parents and teachers and the students provided babysitting services," Eskelsen explained. Not a shy person by nature, she said "teachers must learn to put aside humility and put their best foot forward in a very public way. We are amazing people! We should brag about what we are accomplishing in the classrooms." The mother of two children it married to her high school sweetheart, Ruel, who she got to know while living in Brigham City. Stressing the cooperative spirit evident among the faculty in her school, she said of her first year r teachers teaching experience, "A tool is the faculty she works with. They took me gently by the hand when I needed guidance and offered their shoulders to cry on when I needed comfort." Eskelsen is never one to sit still, involving herself in community activities ranging from Cub Scout den leader to work with the Crossroads Urban Center;' to volunteering at the Utah Arts Festival as a guitar player and the Childrens wy? wmM'wsBwaB j j ??.As. ' p v, i t & v v i j h MURRAY. "If it aint broke, then for hells sake, lets dont fix former it," Murray City Commissioner Clark Cushing told those in attendance at a heated public hearing here Tuesday. The meeting, which was held in the auditorium at Hillcrest junior high in order to accommodate the larger-than-norm- observed. One of the major issues arising during the hearing was the effect the annexation might have on both the Murray and Granite school yistricts. Frank Willardsen, Assistant Superintendent of Administrative Services for Granite School District, was concerned about the erosion of Granites tax base which would be caused by the annexation. t HONORED . . . Ulia Eskelsen, who piles her trade at Granite District's Orchard elementary, was named Utah's teacher of the year Friday. Yard as a face painter. Relying heavily on comedy in her teaching, Eskelsen has told her students, "If you can only laugh once a day, you havent beui paying attention. Im much more funny than that." Citizen Urges Yes Tax Vote Green Sheet Staff Writer WEST VALLEY. The govern- ments role is to protect the rights, freedoms and liberties of the people. This doesnt include taking unlimited amounts of money from the citizens through unlimited taxation methods, explained Gene Bauman, a citizen of West Valley City. Bauman addressed the City Council Thursday night on behalf of the tax limitation initiatives. "The only way to get government back to the people is by limiting taxes," said Bauman. "The government wants an open line to our money." Bauman endorses the three tax initiatives that will be on the Nov. 8 ballot. He feels the people make up the wealth of the state; the state doesnt own wealth or the peoples money. The government would not be losing the purported $326 million from its revenue because it was not the governments money to begin with. It is the peoples money. "Would you like it if I had unlimited access to your wallet?" asked Bauman. A Initiative would limit property tax to 34 percent and all other property taxes to 1 percent of fair market value and limit state government appropriations and local government taxing authorities, he explained. Initiative B would roll back state sales, income, gasoline and cigarette taxes to 1986 levels. The third initiative would grant tax credits to parents who enroll their children in private schools. According to the Utah State Tax Commission, local and state tax revenues would cut 13 percent of their revenue, or $326 million. Relating the misused funds at the Timpanogas Mental Health Center and the money that higher education couldnt account for to the auditors, Bauman showed inefficiencies in government spending and accountability. "To me that is stealing." Bauman said he had visited the State Planning and Budget Office where he obtained a report that V ad- two controversial proposed annexations of portions of Bennion into the city. The Murray City Council, however, voted to postpone any decision on the matter until at least Nov. 22. One reason the Council felt a decision would be inappropriate at this time was Councilwoman Mary Jane Ashton was absent from the hearing. "A matter of this import ought to have all of the City Council members present and voting," Council chairman Greg Brown . by Lorelei Chernyshov crowd, al dressed the adverse effects passage of the tax limitation would initiatives have on community services. He said a government employee told him the report was written to defeat the initiatives. "This is improper use of taxpayers funds," said Bauman. "Theyre using my money to defeat something the people showed should decide on." "I feel the governments roles are our protecting rights, freedoms and liberties," he concluded. Following Bauman, the City Council awarded a contract to Construction Trucking to aid the city in removing snow if required. Looking forward to the ski season, Mayor Brent Anderson added, "I hope we have to plow the streets this winter." The order for the heavy-dutrescue truck needed by the fire department will be filled by Ross Equipment in Midvale for about Also a delay in $72,000. valley r 'J Firefighter Bob Fitzgerald, engineer Rob Knighton and firefighter Karl Steadman show off Engine 73, a pumper engine among some of the new equipment recently obtained by the department. Residents are being Invited to open houses at all three city fire stations this week In honor of National Fire Prevention Week. Tours of the stations, safety handouts and a videotaped presentation will be available today (Thursday) through Saturday from 9 a.m. until 8 p.m. u huiumi. y 1,1 jj ai f - v Clydesdale horse. The junior class was named winner of the annual Triathlon which included a 3.2 mile run, six mile bike run and swim. Class president Tom Callahan cap- tained the team. Chosen to receive the annual award for outstanding alumnus was Brian Namba, county attorney for Davis County. Other Homecoming activities included a powder puff football game, flashlight rally, parade, movie, alumni reception, carnival and dance. if' - COUGAR QUEEN ... Homecoming . " Michelle Anderson reigns as queen of the festivities at Kearns high. Just What Is Initiative A? LAKE. SALT Independent gubernatorial candidate Merrill Cook, who generally endorses all three tax initiatives on the November ballot, expressed some reservations about Initiative "A. "Its a different kettle of fish" in relation to the other two proposals, he said. The Utah Taxpayers Assn., a business lobby which sees itself performing a "watchdog" role on government, has taken just the opposite stand. Spokesman Jack Olson said his group is in full support of this initiative but does not have a position on the tax rollbacks in Initiative B" or the tuition tax credits contained in Initiative "C". Just what is Initiative "A"? "The Peoples Tax and Spending Limitation Amendment" has two distinct parts: - Limiting annual increase in total state appropriations to 85 percent of the increase in per capita income in the state, and limiting increase in total income of local government units to 90 percent of the increase in state plus a per capita income percentage increase in population of the local unit, and Limiting annual property taxes to 34 of one percent of fair market value of residential property and one percent of market value of all other property. Statistics released by the Utah Foundation a private tax research organization which has taken no official position for or against the initiatives claim tax revenues could be reduced by $329.7 million if all three initiatives are approved, but Initiative "A" alone could cut - - -- PROUD ... v attendants. The royalty paraded the field at half time during the Homecoming game against Taylorsville, riding in a white carriage drawn by a by Ralph H. Goff Green Sheet Staff Writer J f KEARNS. Michelle Anderson was crowned Homecoming queen during an alumni assembly held last Friday at Kearns high. Chosen as attendants were Miller and Melinda Tonya Clarkson. Shaun Callahan was crowned King with Steve Stay Kevin and as Stambaugh Continued on page 3 NO; y low-densi- ty Anderson Lass Is KHS Queen y STWION CITY FmE single-famil- T, Thirteenth in a series . Murray is not seeking people, people are seeking Murray. the Granite and Murray districts Simper said he felt if the on the issue. Murray regarding problems In reaction to the annexation School District could be ironed Granite Board of out, the rest of the issues posed by proposals, the annexation proposals could be Education member Lynn Davidson threatened last week to seek dealt with. resident consolidation of the two districts Margaret Murray from the state legislature as a Nelson said she felt the timing of way of insuring Granites tax the proposal made it a risky business. base. If the three tax initiatives on Bruce Cutler, vice president of the Murray Board of Education the November ballot pass, she told the council that although the said, the effects on Murrays would make the board had taken no official stance economy on the proposals, a national annexation perilous. One petition studied Tuesday survey concluded school districts Estes of about 10,000 students were the concerned the most efficient, and the number of parcel, an undeveloped piece of students in the Murray School land which could be zoned for District was still well below that commercial use. Property west of the North number. Granite, on the other hand, is Jordan canal, south of 5400 the largest district in the state South, east of Redwood Road, and north of Interstate 215 was with more than 75,000 students for annexation in that attending schools within its proposed which includes not only petition, borders. sprawling the Estes parcel but also some Bennion resident Robert A. and the the multiple family homes Patterson compared residences. to the annexation proposal The second petition lies south of consideration of the Louisiana Interstate 215, east of Redwood Purchase by Thomas Jefferson. Patterson said Murray would Road, and north of the West benefit from the annexation, but Jordan city limits and is currently zoned primarily for Bennion "can do without Murray." residential development. was Brent Gardner, who Planning Commission member Ken Simper, whose financial involved the original with contributions helped make the petitioning of the residents of the building of many of Murrays schools possible, pointed out Continued on page 3 Willardsen also said there had been little or no dialogue between by Brandon T. Burt Green Sheet Staff Writer 1$ first-eve- most-importan- On Annexation Plea 3 nt first-yea- ' , The Tussle Over Taxes: Disaster Or Salvation? county property taxes by a satewide average of 30.6 percent and reduce county operating budgets by an average of 16.6 percent. Utah to the According Foundation, a reduction of $184.9 million in local property revenues could be expected under Initiative s of "A" alone nearly the total estimated impact and about $100 million greater than the impact predicted by some initiative supporters. "I support property tax caps (mandated by Initiative "A), but there is a flaw in one part of the initiative which will take some adjusting," Cook explained of his reservations. said the initiatives He limitation on residential property taxes should remain as is, but "the legislature would need to adjust the rate for businesses" if it becomes law because the impact on state funding would be too great. Initiative "A" would definitely impact the states schools, but Utah Foundation analysts point out that the initiative could have an even greater impact on services provided by the counties The largest revenue sources for supporting county governments are property taxes, state aid and Continued on page 3 - two-third- |