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Show i'niveiss.l IHctofilmirC Corp. 14 P.O. Bo:: 2608 5r.lt Lake City, Utah miQ . Finance Director Explains Salaries Orem City Finance Director D. Alan Homer stated in an interview in-terview at Orem City Center that the 2.2 million dollar budget bud-get for salarys and payroll related relat-ed expenses during Fiscal 1975 and 76 represented 38 percent of this coming years budget. He pointed out that eventhough this represents an increase of $365,000 over last year's budget, salaries have taken up the same 38 percent of budget expenditures for the las,t several years. There are presently 168 Orem City employees with an additional 47 employees paid with federal money. Mr. Homer said the 47 employees financed with federal money would be dropped as soon as the money stopped. Presently,salaries range from $4,620 to $20,640, although no one is getting the top salary at this time, he said. Mr. Homer indicated that most department heads get from $12,000 to $18,000. In addition to their regular salary, city employees also get a cost of living allowance which has been projected at ten percent, per-cent, Mr. Homer pointed out that the ten percent figure was just a projection and the employees em-ployees would only receive an allowance based on the Consumer Price Index. The first cost of living increase will only be three percent, to be given in July, he said. The cost of living is a city ordinance, and must be given by law, he said. We had to allow for a ten percent increase in the budget to protect ourselves," he said. Other benefits that employees receive are a longevity increase of two percent for each five years on the payroll for a total of eight percent after 20 years of service. ser-vice. A taxable retirement program of 9.5 percent for employees 12.75 percent for police men, 11.5 percent for judges, and 17.01 percent per-cent for firemen. Mr. Homer added that firemen do not get the 5.85 percent social security that other workers get, so their net retirement is really 12.02 percent. Other compensations include group insurance at approximately .024 percent, .0087 percent workmen's compensation and thirty dollars a month per employee em-ployee for a medical plan. Vacation time is built into the salary since each e mployee 's work must be caught up before he can go on vacation, said Mr. Homer. For instance, when I go on vacation va-cation no one will have to come in and do any of my work while I'm away, he said. Garn Introduces Leasing Bill U.S. Sen. Jake Garn has introduced in-troduced legislation to protect consumers "against inadequte and misleading leasing information. informa-tion. The bill would amend the Truth in Lending Act and is designed to 'assure meaningful disclosure of lease terms and limit ultimate liability in connection connec-tion with leasing of personalpro-perty personalpro-perty primarily for personal, family or household purposes and for other purposes. He said it is designed to protect the 'individual 'in-dividual consumer. Bicyclist Injured A 13 year-old bicyclist was injured in-jured last week when she was hit by a car. Susan Cronkite, daughter of-Mr. of-Mr. and Mrs. Harold Cronkite, 475 N. 100 E., Orem, was riding her bicycle near 300 N. andState Street when she was hit. A witness wit-ness said the girl suddenly attempted to cross the highway and entered into the path of a car driven by Patrice Griffin, 906 W, 400 N., Orem. Miss Crokite sustained a broken leg and a broken collar bone in the mishap. Chess Enthusiasts Compete In Tourney Orem residents who enjoy the same of chess will be delighted to know that Loren Pomeroy will be back for his third time as organizer of the chess tournament tour-nament which is held as part of the Orem Summer Festival. Loren Pomeroy is a young man who enjoys the "challenge of chess" and he likes to encourage others to not only become skilled in this intriguing game but have fun with it was well. Chess is described as the most popular war game ever invented. The kings and queens who lead the two chess aarmies must face all kinds of dangerous situations. They are attacked and defended by castles, bishops, knights on horseback, and common soldiers. sol-diers. Eventually one of the kings is trapped and he must surrender to the other army. Every new game of chess is a different battle, and the two players are the generals who plan the battle, Loren Pomeroy was the champion cham-pion of his class at the Superior High School. He is a native of Arizona but his family now lives in Orem. He is an instructor in classical guitar at Brigham Young University and he and his wife live in Provo. He also enhoys mathematics, science, and karate. He conducted con-ducted two previous tournaments in Orem as part of the! Summer Festival in 1974 and 1973. He enjoys all ages of participants, young and old. Mr. Pomeroy has taught classes clas-ses in chess in adult education in the Provo School District. He organized the Utah Valley Chess League in 1973. Incidentally,' the Orem team from the high school took place in competition. Mr. Pomeroy has described the tournament at the Orem Summer Festival as a "tornado" This is because it is quick and fun paced. There is a time limit of one hour and a half rather that the long hour games with hard-nosed hard-nosed competition. He has received re-ceived favorable response from previous registrants who say they like the Swiss system which will be used, Wholefamilieswill be able to play and nobody gets eliminated. The Chess Tournament for the Orem Summer Festival will begin be-gin with the 1st session at the Orem City Center on Wednesday, June 25th at 7:00 p.m. Pre-registration Pre-registration is not required. Those who desire to play may sign up at the door with a very nominal fee of 50? per player. The 2nd and 3rd Rounds of the tournament will . continue on Thursday, June 26th at the same time and the same place. Friday will see the climax with the 4th and 5th Rounds beginning at 7:00 also. Winners will emerge from the contest on Friday.' Book prizes will be awarded to the high scoreers, according to Mr. Pomeroy. The Chess Tournament, under the direction of Loren Pomeroy promises to be one of the most exciting activities of theSummer Festival this year. Office Procedures Taught This Summer A slate of classes in office procedures is scheduled to begin at Orem High School on Monday, June 23. A secretarial pratices class will begin at 8:30 a.m. and run till 11:30. HighSchooland Jr. high students are encouraged to enroll for this instruction. It is preferred that those enrolling have had some shorthand, but is is not a prerequisite. The class is specially designed de-signed for students who will be working in school offices in the future, but will be of value to anyone who desires to sharpen up their skills. This instruction will continue to July 18 and will be held in room E-9 at the high school. No pre-registrauon is necessary. neces-sary. For further information call the instructor of the class, Eris Sumner, 225-3710 or Janet Spencer, 225-5650. Shorthand will be taught in room E-7 beginning at 8:00 a.m. and ending at 9:30. Those taking K ie Newspaper Published W eekly and Read Daily STEEL PLANT rem E3 -Sft-iX R B H H Fl HL'B or ctah-s T.fturT- , eneba mm VOL. 45 NO. 21 'I Imrsday, June 19, 1975 PRICE TEN CENTS JO E BENNION, a local potter who has made quite a name for himself, is pictured displaying some of his work. Joe will be a part of the Orem Art and Hobby show next week. He will also have some of his photography on display. Budget Breakdown Given By Homer Mayor Gets ! Increase In Salary Mayor James Mangum received a salary increase, and all expense ex-pense accounts for elected officials of-ficials were abolished at City Council meeting Tuesday. The mayor will now receive $500 per month with no expense account. Councilman will no longer long-er have an expense account, but will have the old expense account combined with their salary. ' Councilman Merrill Gapp-mayer Gapp-mayer said "We can't pay the Mayor for all the time he spends, but we can at least compensate him for his time away from his own business.3 We don't want professional politicians" Gapp-nuyer Gapp-nuyer said. Mr. Jack Mervis commented from the audience that he no longer long-er wants piecemeal raises. He claimed that a fulltime Mayor is what Orem needs. s i s i This years Orem City Budget will exceed six million dollars, a jump of 1.4 million dollars from last years 4.6 million dollar dol-lar budget. , According to Director of Finance D. Alan Homer the additional addi-tional revenues are coming from seven areas, an extra $370,000 due to the percent sales tax increase and growth of the city, $85,000 due to growth in property pro-perty taxes, $50,000 extra from The Bureau of Outdoor Recreation, Re-creation, $100,000 extra in revenue re-venue sharing funds, a $114,000 federal grant, $420,00 carried over from last years budget, and $220,000 from and increase in the cost of sewer and water hookups. In Mr. Homer's personal opinion, opi-nion, the $550 increase in the cost of a water hookup and the $275 increase in the cost of each sewer hookuD will undergo "some modifications." He said there were several alternatives al-ternatives that have reasonable possibilities. One way would be to increase the monthly rates by about 75 cents per household, he said. The budget itself can be divided di-vided into four major areas. These are capital outlays which take up 38 percent of the budget or 2.2 million dollars, 38 percent for personnel and payroll (2.2 million dollars), operating . supplies and services, 19 percent (1.1 million dollars), and debt retirement, which amounts to approximately $300,000 or five percent of the budget. Suit Is Filed Against Officer A $30,000 law suit has been filed against Orem Police officer Merrill Mer-rill Finlayson for false arrest. The suit was filed recently by Daniel Charles Mitchell, 735 E. 1600 N., Orem, who charges that the officer came to his home and compelled him to go to the police station without a warrant or any other authority of law and kept him there for ten hours. Improvement District'?" Is Created The Orem City Council acted to create Special Improvement District "P" at a special council meeting held this week. The project, which will take place in the 1200 South area, will cost close to$350,000. Property Prop-erty owners in the area will be assessed $5.90 for sidewalk, curb, and cement and $4.22 for asphalt. A total of 16.2 per cent of the property area wasunderpro-test wasunderpro-test as of 5:00 Tuesday night, but at the public hearing only two people raised their hands in protest pro-test of the project. Bids for the project were also opened at Tuesday's meeting. Contracts for the job will, be awarded next week. Flag Is Up For The European Car Rally Have you ever heard of a "Car Rally? JimCampbellof Provo is an individual who has experienced an 'European Car Rally" firsthand first-hand on the continent and he thinks they are tremendous. He describes de-scribes a rally as A group of people in a number of cars driving to various places of interest in an area and meeting together in a central place after to share good food and entertainment." Max Christensen, general chairman of the Orem Summer Festival for 1975 has made preliminary pre-liminary arrangements with a group of people headed by Mr. Campbell to organize a 'European 'Euro-pean Car Rally" for Friday, June 27th as part of the festivities fes-tivities for the people of Orem. Mr. Christensenhas expressed excitement about the possibilities of a CulturalHistorical Rally which could be family-oriented with educational activities for father, mother, and children. Questions would be posed about certain cultural or historical buildings or places in the Orem area, clues would be posted and as cars of family members visited the spots,, they would reveal how alert they were in their observations by seeing how well they could score on an examination on their findings. Then they could have the fun of eating tasty food and enjoying lively entertainment in, a carnival carni-val atmosphere. Final details must be worked out for this event that Mr. Chirst-ensen Chirst-ensen forecasts could be an exciting innovation for the 1975 Festival. He urges the residents of Orem to keep the words "European Car Rally in mind and watch for further announcements. announce-ments. Tickets will be available at Orem banks and also at ZCMI in plenty of time to make your plans to participate. You'll want to reserve the afternoon and evening from 1:00 p.m. to midnight mid-night on Friday, June 27th and keep posted on plans as they are firmed up. "EUROPEAN CAR RALLY" this class must have had some background " in theory. In this class students will be reviewing '.heory, building speed, increasing increas-ing transcription ability, and preparing pre-paring for greater employment employ-ment opportunities. At 9:30 when the shorthand class is completed each day, typing instruction will begin and continue until 11. Those attending this class should have some keyboard key-board knowledge. Students will be improving speed and accuracy, polishing up rusty skills and developing de-veloping production ability. These two classes will run through July 31 and will be taught by Kay Mendenhall. For further information, he can be reached at 489-7818. The type and shorthand classes class-es are independant of each other and students can register for either one or both. The classes each carry .25 credit hours of high school credit. I Qrem's 1975 Baby Contest Age 3 months-12 months 13 months - 23 months PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED Name Age r Parents' Names Categories I Mr. Orem Tiger I Future "Miss Orem" Mall Entries to Peggy Mower P.O. Box 244 Orem, Utah 84057 DEADLINE Postmarkied June 24, 1975 ! - v - L PAULINE JOLLEY stands by one of the pictures painted by Jan Farley, a self-taught painter. She has been doine work in oils and pastels for about four years. Her works will be a part of the year's Art and Hobby show. 75 OREM SUMMER FESTIVAL Produced by Orem Boosters, Inc. Max Christensen, General Chairman SCHEDULE OF EVENTS SPONSOR ANDOR CHAIRMAN TUESDAY, June 24th OFFICIAL OPENING OF SUMMER FESTIVAL ACTIVITIES, June 24-30 SATURDAY, June 28th 1:00 a.m. 3-gun salute 7:00-ll:OOa.m. Lion's Breakfast City Center Pavilion Ernie Evans 377-4589 Reid Pulver 225-3457 8:00 p.m. Musical play "The King and 1 Opening niglitOrera Jr. ' High Auditorium Babara Hanks Is Selected As Miss Utah The new Miss Utahis23-vear old Barbara Hanks from Sandy, c The dark- haired, brown eyed g rmppn was irnwnwt in the Prnvn (? High Auditorium, Saturday, by the outgoing Miss Utah, Jill Lynn Smith. Her first and second attendants are Racquel Riddle, Miss Richfield, and Kay Burning-ham, Burning-ham, Miss Bountiful. Miss Hanks was sponsored by the LDS Business Busi-ness College. All three girls presented dance numbers as their talent. Miss Hanks chose the music of "I'm a Brass Band" from the musical "Sweet Charity" for her jazz dance. First runner-up, Miss Riddle did an original tap dance to a medley from "Thoroughly Modern Mod-ern Millie," and second runner-up, runner-up, Miss Burningham, performed a modern dance to 'China Grove." Third and fourth runners up were Christine Shepherd, Miss North Ogden, and Diane Timothy, Miss Kaysville. Although none of the Utah County girls included in the 51 contestants became finalists Ruth Smith, who is both Miss Orem and Miss Utah County Fair, was one of the four non-finalists chosen for $50 scholarship awards. Miss Hanks has been studying modeling at the LDS Business College and is interested in pursuing pur-suing the field of musical theater. thea-ter. ' Contest Plans Near Completion Plans are still in full swing for the baby contest to be held in the room below the library in the City Center. Peggy Mower, chairman of the event, has not yet selected judges for the contest, but hopes to announce a judging panel soon. WEDNESDAY, June 25th 8:45 a.ra "toith'iiorrofLiKT": " m- Cascade Fairways Munich pal Ooll Course .- ' 1:00 p.m. Orem Riding Club Family Horse Show Arena - - Jerry E lison 225-5497 Vera Nielsen 225-6770 Glen -uninennan I' 225-2143 Don Rawlings 225-5344 Kay Gardner 225-5077 9:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. , '..P9 a.m.. . 10:00 p.m. Archery - Pistol Shoot-off Pistol Range Chimes from Orem High School . M and Hobby Stttiv City Center (closed during parade) Stan Leavitt 225-1306 Glen Zimmerman 12:00 noon to City of FunCarrdval 12:00 midnight City Center 1:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 1st Round Chess Tournament Tour-nament City Center (sign up at door) 8:00 p.m. Musical play "The King and 1 Orem Jr. High Auditorium Audit-orium THURSDAY, June 26th Loren Pomeroy 375-5313 Jerry E lison Vera Nielsen , Park Activities begin at City Center Concession booths open , P;tll!un Jolle.v Connie barker Carol Otteson Gerald Nielsen Lou Melendez Signe Robertson 224- 0029 CarlWaldvogel 225- 0728 Candy drop (12 hour inter- JoElla Eckles vals) 225-6691 Antique auto show EarlWengreen Gerald Nielsen 8:45 a.m. 4:00 p.m. to midnight 7:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. Youth Golf Tourney Cascade Fairways Municipal Munici-pal Golf Course City of Fun Carnival opens City Center 2nd and 3rd Rounds, Chess Tournament City Center Musical play 'The King and Jerry E lison 1 Orem Jr. High Auditorium Vera Nielsen Glen Zimmerman John Evans Gerald Nielsen 225-5205 Loren Pomeroy FRIDAY, June 27th : 9:00 a.m. Track Meet Orem High School Stadium 1:00-9:00 p.m. Art and Hobby Show-Amateurs Show-Amateurs 4 Profes- . ; sionals City Center 1:00-11:00 p.m. European Car Rally Scera Park 2:30-4:00 p.m. Baby Contest (3 to 12 months) 4:00-6:00 p.m. Baby Contest (13 to 23 months) Place to be announced an-nounced 4:00-12:O0a.m.City of Fun Carnival City Center 6:30 p.m. Horseshoe Pitching Contest City Center 7:00 p.m. 4th and 5th Rounds, Chess Tournament City Center . Glen Zimmerman BillDelaney Paulina Jolley 225-0350 Connie Barker 225-5750 Carol otteson 225-2122 Jim Campbell 375-8272 Peggy Mower 225-1906 Gerald Nielsen Lou Melendez Max Prestwitch 225-4418 Loren Pomeroy 2:30 p.m. , 3:00 p.m. : 3:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Military displays Foot races Greased pole climb Trike races Bike races Watermelon eating contest . Tug-O-War and watertight : Baseball games (Industrial league) Double-header Parade State Street from ZCMI Mall Parking Lot 12th South to 1st North Flag Ceremony-Retiring of Colors City Center Stan Adams 225-2318 Bryce Taylor 225-3910 Connie Barker Leah Johnson 225-3074 Concert with "The Assoc- Russ Heaton iations' Orem High School 225-2080 Football Stadium After Concert Fireworks display Orem High School Football Stadium After Concert Dance with David Copper-field's Copper-field's Band .Orem High : , School Gymnasium Ernie Evans Mas Christensen 225-0733 8:00 p.m. Musical play 'The King and JerryElison .; I" Orem Jr. High Auditorium Vera Nielsen ; MONDAY, June 30th 8:00 p.m. ; Musical play "The King and 1 Final Performance . . ; ; : Orem Jr. High Auditorium Jerry Elison Vera Nielsen v Honesty Prevails Dave Underwood, 776 E. 1350 S., Orem, proved that there are still some honest people left in the world. Earlier this month, Dave found a wallet on the Squaw Peak trail belonging to Mr. Kay Roylance, 18, of Provo. Kay had lost the wallet the day before while camping in the vicinity. Despite the $143 in the wallet, Dave returned re-turned it intact to its very grateful grate-ful owner. i ll, M''i??,.v,-i. it it : J. a ". .- , - 'J..i V .1,1.. I ) L If I ... y 1 ! M1 A j : r -".; V V. , ': J rT" THE KING'S CHILDREN listen to instructions as they prepare for theSummerfest produc tion of 'The King and I." The play will be presented next week. Tickets are now on ..ale. |