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Show Page Two - The Springville Herald - February 15, 1984 Rockwell paintings exhibit scout spirit The month of February is designated annually as "Scout Month" throughout the world and is commemorated by special dinners, displays, service projects and outings. This year the people of Utah have one of the best outings available in the exhibit of Norman Rockwell paintings now on display in the Springville Museum of Art. "This exhibit provides an excellent ex-cellent teaching opportunity for people of all ages but particularly for Boy Scouts," said Paul Sabey, director of communications for the Utah National Parks Council of the Boy Scouts of America. Sabey said the collection exemplifies exem-plifies this year's Scout Month theme, "Catch the Scouting Spirit," and provides an informative and interesting outing for Scouters during Scout Month. Museum director Vern Swanson said many troops have already taken advantage of the display of Rockwell's Boy Scout paintings, which opened on January 7 and will stay in Springville until March 3. Swanson said the ratio of visitors has been "about five children to every one adult." During the evening hours a different scout group visits the museum every 15 minutes or so, museum workers said. "In today's media-hype age Nebo School District changes hiring policy for part-time jobs Nebo District is considering a revised policy on hiring part-time classified employees. The major revision, according to Director of Operations Phil Argyle, is eliminating a direct reference to district foremen in an exclusion clause. Instead, the proposed clause would state, "No member of the immediate im-mediate family of any district level administrator" will be hired to fill the jobs listed (sweepers, helpers, seasonal workers, aides, secretaries, para-professionals, lunch workers, and technicians hired on a part-time basis). EDITORIAL Springville City planning for the future The citizens of Springville seem to have confidence in our mayor and city council in the decisions that they have made regarding the increase in power rates. This was evident in that no citizens turned out to last weeks public hearing at the council meeting to protest the raise in power rates. A voted-on increase of 5 percent in electrical rates was approved by the council. Springville has not had a power raise since January of 1981. At that time the city was paying only $3 per kilowatt hour for peak demand power from Utah Power & Light. The current rate for that same power is $21 per kilowatt hour. Up to this time the city has absorbed the difference of $450,000 in other areas of the power production system. Springville is growing and the needs are greater. The city ci-ty fathers have a large program planned for hydroelectric power construction in Spring and Bartholomew Canyons. The increase in rates now and for the next few years will help keep costs down for those planned projects. Small increases, plus the planned expansion, should help the city maintain stable power rates in the future as opposed op-posed to the rapidly rising UP&L rates. By the time the residential rates level off in three years, the city will have gone a long way towards developing alternate alter-nate sources of power. The goal is to become independent of Utah Power & Light with its skyrocketing increases. Springville is moving forward and planning for the future. No wonder the apparent confidence of the citizens in the city council. lpringutlk Mtmlb (UPS 513-060) Published Weekly by Art City Publishing Co., Inc. 161 South Main Street Springville, Utah 84663 Phone 489-5651 Publisher Martin W. Conover Editor Pat Conover Managing Editor Betty Leu Bailey Entered as second class matter at the Post Office Springville, Utah 8663 under the Act of Congress, March 3, 1897. Subscriptions in Advance per year $12.00 Out of County Subscriptions per year $13.50 Per copy 30'. Delivered by carrier, per month $1.20. Member Utah Press Association Weekly Press Association National Newspaper Association paintings seem blase and dull to children," said Swanson. "The Rockwell show, however, has offered of-fered a means for young people to enter the realm of Fine Art because his art is approachable." Museum worker Harvey Yeoman said he has seen a number of scouts view the paintings. "It seems to me the boys have all been very impressed," im-pressed," he said. The museum hours have been extended for the duration of the Rockwell exhibit. The collection can be viewed from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. from Tuesday through Saturday, 2 to 5 p.m. on Sunday and from 5 to 9 p.m. on Monday. Swanson said the busiest hours are in the evening, citing one Monday night when almost 1,200 people came to the museum. The best time to see the exhibit without large crowds is between 2 and 4 p.m. according to Swanson. Admission to the exhibit is one dollar for adults and 50 cents for children under 18 years of age. All proceeds will be used by the Utah national Parks Council to upgrade the Boy Scout Camps in the area. "We're very pleased with how the exhibit has been received," commented com-mented Sabey. "We just hope that everyone gets the chance to see this remarkable collection. It's truly a once in a lifetime opportunity." The proposed policy also contains a sentence stating, "Exceptions to this exclusion in special circumstances cir-cumstances may be made with the approval of the Board of Education." Educa-tion." The policy also spells out that when part-time job openings have been approved, the appropriate administrator ad-ministrator must advertise for applicants ap-plicants through Job Service, local newspapers, and the district bulletin. Wyoming was the first state to allow women to vote. Lobster farm, power rate increase, among items handled at city council In a general house-cleaning type meeting Springville City Council turned to several very routine business during their regular session held last Tuesday evening at City Hall. 8 Fees were set for canyon parks and are explained in a separate story in this week's Herald. Stacy Strong, representing the high school yearbook staff sold the city a page ad in the school annual. A business license was granted to Teresa Tipton to operate a hair salon in her home at 531 East 100 North. Bob Moorman was granted a license to sell used cars at 1761 South State near the T-Bone cafe. DMW Enterprises En-terprises was granted a license to operate a computer service business at 68 East 100 South. Tom King was granted a license to operate an auto repair business at 345 West 900 North, near the Mayo factory. La Due Scovill representing Utah Power and Light Company met with the council to discuss the transfer of customers in the west fields to the city where the lots have been annexed into the city. He also discussed purchasing power from the city to service their customers who have not yet been annexed into the city in order to avoid running duplicate power lines in the service areas. Council also discussed purchasing lines and equipment from Utah Power and Light in the areas the city will serve rather than running new facilities into the area. Terms and other decisions will come at a later date. Four public hearings were held during the meeting two of which concerned bringing land owned by the city into the city. No objections were voiced on these matters and the council passed the annexation Mopleton city involved in lawsuit By Franklin Nielsen Mayor Wendell Johnson announced an-nounced that a $1.5 million lawsuit has been filed listing Mapleton City and the driver of a vehicle as defendents. The suit has been filed by a man whose wife was killed in a sleigh riding accident in January 1983 on the Mapleton Dougway. The city attorney, Steve Killpack submitted a verbal resignation tp Mapleton Council effective im-, mediately. Killpack has been reappointed as the city attorney at the last council meeting. Earlier in the year Killpack submitted a written letter of resignation which was later withdrawn with-drawn because he thought that he could work things out to serve Mapleton City for another term. Killpack now sites an assignment with Utah County as the reason for submitting the second resignation within a matter of weeks. He urged the city to take immediate action to appoint another attorney. Killpack said that papers need to be filed within a matter of days on the sleigh accident lawsuit against the city. Other council action included further discussion on sewer facilities for Mapleton, a plea to grant a franchise for cable TV and an annual an-nual report by Utah Valley Industrial In-dustrial Development Association (UVIDA) officers. The city continued its discussion into the feasibility of joining with Springville City in sewer facility expansion. Mayor Johnson reported that Springville's proposal that Mapleton pay $463,000 for HOW DO THE HEW TAX LAWS AFFECT YOU? HOW DO YOU MAKE SENSE OF THOSE "SIMPLE INSTRUCTIONS?" HOW MUCH TIME WILL YOU SPEND THIS YEAR? HOW MUCH REFUND WILL YOU LOSE HOW MUCH TAX WILL YOU PAY? THE RIGHT ANSWERS MAY BE V0RTH TAX SAVINGS TO YOU! 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Springville, Utah 489-7109 ordinances, both of which are included in-cluded in this week's Herald on the Classified page. A third hearing discussed the matter of creating an agricultural zone for the city and no objections were heard on this matter. The Council passed - an ordinance creating this type of zone. A fourth public hearing addressed the raising of power rates in the city an average of five percent. No objections ob-jections were heard concerning this issue and no townspeople were present to present their opinions. The rate increased was passed and the power rate increase will be effective ef-fective starting with March billings. The council discussed at some length the problem of churches having to pay building permit fees. About half of the cities in the county charge the churches fees and the other half don't. There is some concern that the contractors obtain the fees and figure the cost of the building perm it into their bid. If they don't have to pay the fee then they pocket the money because the fee was figured into their costs in the beginning. The council took the matter under advisement and will reach a decision at their next meeting. The council granted Aquaculture Industries the authority to start proceedings on an industrial revenue bond to raise money for raising lobsters in the industrial park. The bond will be for about $4 million. Most of the committee assignments assign-ments for the city will remain the same with one exception. Jerry Smith will take over the duites of Ed Murdock on Streets and Roads and Pete Roundy will handle the duties that Jerry Smith has been handling on Parks and Recreation. sewage facility expansion would not pay for any trunk lines into the city. Trunk line installation was estimated to be approximately $25 per foot and would cost several million dollars to hook up 300-400 families in the north or west part of the city. Without some grants council felt that the financial burden would be too great for the com-Mnunity. com-Mnunity. Don Korth said that it may be a long time before the city could get another chance for disposal facilities this cheap. Mayor Johnson was authorized to check for any available grant money. An officer from a TV cable business again pleaded with the council to grant a franchise to his company to bring cable into the city. Council tabled any action on the matter. Council said the only request to install cable TV was coming from the company and not from Mapleton citizens. One council member who has been on the council for more than 2 years said that he has not had one request from any citizen to install cable TV into the city. Earl Farnworth and Richard Bradford, officers from UVIDA gave a report to the council on its promotion for businesses to locate in the valley. Bradford urged the city to put into motion any action necessary to help promote the establishment of businesses in and around the city. Master utility plans need to be in place so that the city could take quick action in encouraging industrial in-dustrial development if such an offer u Major changes in such things as school curriculum, standards test, core requirements, and credit requirements are imminent. Last week at Nebo School District Board Meeting, Director of Secondary Education, Vernon Finch, and Directory of Elementary Education, Boyd Goodrich, previewed some of those changes for the local board. Goodrich noted that a formal assessment, some kind of minimum standards test, will be developed by the District under mandate from the State Board of Education, to be administered at the completions of third and sixth grades. According to the curriculum reform implementation plan, the third grade test is to be ready by September 1936 and the sixth grade test by September 1985. The policy states that previsions for remedial work will be offered for all students who fall short of mastery. In general terms the State's policy is to make sure "that each elementary school be provided with effective leadership, meaningful standards, a balanced curriculum, sufficient means, and competent staff." The required subjects for kindergarten kin-dergarten through sixth grade will be reading, writing, speaking, listening, problem solving, mathematics, science, social studies (including introductory citizenship and principles and practices), arts, movement fitness and health), and computer literacy. Foreign language will be offered as an option. op-tion. In secondary education, the same became a reality in the Mapleton area Bradford, said. He also reported that Thomas James, Chairman of Mapleton's Commercial and Industrial In-dustrial Committee was attending all his meetings and had access to all UVIDA files. Council also approved a $60 expenditure ex-penditure to purchase a half page ad in the Springville High School year book. The purchase of an ad in the Jr. Livestock Publication was also approved. Stan Jensen reported that a new sanding truck has been received by the city. Other equipment has been repainted and overhauled for service. ser-vice. A sprayer for weed control during the summer has been readied for service. The use of herbicide for weed control along the city streets will be done under a controlled method Jensen said. Chamber of Commerce Community and Gvic Calendar City Council Meeting First & Third Tuesday 7:30 p.m. Council Chambers Springville Planning Commission Second 8 Fourth Tuesday 7:30 p.m. Council Chambers Council I Dept. Heads Second Tuesday 5 p.m. Council Chambers City Court 9 a.m. Saturday Council Chambers Springville Museum of Art 126 E. 400 S. Norman Rockwell Exhibit Jan. 10-March 10 Kiwanis Memorial Hall Thurs., 7 p.m. Lions Second & Fourth Thursday T-Bone Resturant ANYONE INTERESTED IN BEING ON THE COMMUNITY CALENDAR PLEASE CALL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OFFICE AT 489-4681 FROM 9:00 A.M. TO 1:00 P.M. Your help is needed. Be generous. I Hjl wineinc r J.1- 4 J i fp&a v7 J Primary Children's Medical Center A volunteer will c.ill or mail your donanon to 320 Twoltth Aven1(P Salt Lake City Utati 84103 O American Savings Jlsitsiicsii J5M. ?pi!rii type of reconstruction is developing. Formal assessments are to be made of student mastery of core courses after eighth, tenth, and twelfth grades. These are to be implemented im-plemented no later than the graduating class of 1988. Mr. Finch outlined some other requirements. The general core for grades seven through eight will be twelve units, including two of English, two of math, 1.5 of science, 1.5 of social studies, one of art, one half of computer literacy, 1.5 of movement (fitness and health;, one of pre-vocation exploration, and one of local district option. Twenty four units will be required of students in grades nine through twelve. Currently, 17 are required, which allows greater flexibility, especially for the many local students who now take seminary. Under the new set of requirements, there may have to be changes in class structuring as far as number of periods offered in the day, though Nebo high schools are on a seven period day that accommodates ac-commodates the change well. The new requirements will be three units of English, two of math, two of science, one half of computer studies, three of social studies, 1.5 of arts, two of healthy lifestyles and fitness, and one of vocational' education. In addition to those fifteen required units in the core classes, there will be nine units required as electives. Those include three separate options. One is to take nine units of credit in a high interest cluster of classes, featuring selected electives. Another is to take a college entry cluster including two units of foreign language, one additional ad-ditional unit of math, one additional unit of English, one additional unit of science, and four other electives of the student's choice. Finally, a student could opt for a technology-vocational-job entry cluster, including in-cluding a choice of four units in a technical core, or five in a vocational core, or five in a job entry core in addition to a half unit of computer science and 3.5 to 4.5 units ,in electives. Another change mandated by the State Board of Education to go along with curriculum and minimum standards directives is that beginning in the 1988-89 school year, .teachers will not be assigned to teach any required course until they have completed an undergraduate or graduate major or minor, have demonstrated competency, Rotary Wed., 7:30 p.m. Sage Inn Senior Citizens Daily: Lunch noon Crafts-quilting-ceramics-art-weaving games-pool-card playing. Narcotics Anonymous Families of Narcotics 8 p.m. Tuesday Springville Community Church 245 S. 200 E. Springville Parent Resource Center Community Service Center 175 So. Main HOURS: Mon.-Wed. 3-5 p.m. Tues. 7-9 p.m. Community Church Bible Study Classes First 8 Third Tuesdays 9:30-10:30 a.m. Springville Historical Society Third Wed. Feb 15th, 7 p.m. Council Chambers 0 I i n M ma |