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Show Trh fas jnki asas Tremonton, Utah 84337 Volume 54 Number 2 October 10, 1974 School District Pirns County Wide He&d Comt Of All Youth Box Elder County school district officials will be busy taking a head count for the next few weeks. A school census has begun and will continue thru No- vember 1. according to dis- of CurAdministrator riculum and Instruction, C. Morgan Hawkes, said the census is used in projecting enrollment enforcing school attendance laws, estimating the school programs for the coming years and in anticipating building, classroom teacher needs. Instructional meetings have been held for members of the As- Parent-Teach- er take census infor- mation. Since, the census is taken only every three years. Hawkes, emphasized the importance of an accurate cen- sus. He further explained that trict officials. and as they sociation of eachelementary school and persons from this organization have assumed the responsibility of conducting the school census for the district Members of the PTA will be contacting each home in the county to secure an accrate and complete census on all children from birth through 17 years of age. Letters of Identification are carried by the ladies conducting the census and all patrons in the district are asked to cooperate with them the census takers are entering the Information on sheets to be tabulated then programmed for computer. Principals of each of the elementary schools are in charge of the supervision of the enumeration of census in the area of his school boundary. Enrollment in the district has been gradually dropping since reaching a peak about ten years ago when the county was experiencing a period of rapid growth in response to industry. For instance, 614 children completed kindergarten in the district lastyearwhile 564 started this year showing a decline of 50 sutdents. Hawkes said he feels the decline is due "partially, at least because of the atti- tude of citizens towards having children" mirroring a general national trend toward smaller families. If census Information is correct process plans. it simplifies the of making future "It's difficult to release a teacher once she or he's signed a contract for a year" because the enrollment turned out to be less than expected, he said. That situation exists currently in a few district classrooms. The teacher ends up with a small class "which Is great for the kids but hard on the pocket-book- ," Hawkes noted. i And for a district fighting to overcome a nagging deficit It's painful. The district normally tries to adjust the teaching staff through attrition to meet en- i I rollment drops. Consolidation, once a solution, now seems out of the "I can't see any picutre. consolidation in the near future," Hawkes said. The four small schools in the district Park Valley, Grouse Creek, Snowvilleand Howell, and too isolated to permit consolidation with a larger school. "We'll have to hope that of these days people one start moving in and fill up the schools." iitll llili X r ' V tf Mil T?H .' ' 'I X m I Sales tax checks for the second quartnine communities who hopes to use the money to build a hospital totalled $27,661.33. the State Tax Commission revealed this week. I)cal communities received tie ir second payment covering the past three month period since the optional half-ce- nt sales tax was passed by county commissioners last year. Of the nine communities who have signed an interlocal agreement to construct the hospital, only four are receiving sales tax revenue. Tremonton collected the lion's share since most retail business is done there. The community received a check for $27,094.87. Plymouth received $291.02; Portage $120.48 and Fielding $154.96. The figures represent net amounts since the" Tax Commission takes 2.5 percent off the top. The communities of Garland and Snow -ville who should be receiving sales tax er mailed to the ) ' tilffl "II J ' mWrli J1. Mrs. Kitty Summr t s of Bothwell is one of sevworkers who will be canvassing the school district an area-wisurvey to see just how many kids there are. SURVEY eral in i PTA de Cliff Kerr's revenue have not been worked into the system yet because of a lale filing of necessary paper work with the Commission. Their share of the sales tax automatically goes into the county share. Box Elder County received a check for $13,415.35 collected In the unincorporated areas and Garland and Snowville. The communities of Howell. F.I wood and Deweyville do no retail business and so collect no sales tax. Within the county as a whole Brigham of the City collects the biggest pie. That city'schecktotaled$4:i,l40.!i:i. Following the receipt of first quarter sales tax revenue county commissioners said they would study the possibility of turning Garland and Snowville's share of the sales tax back to them. That is apparently still under study. First quarter sales tax revenue for the nine communities totaled (519.4S9.97 reflecting an upswing in retail activity during the summer. e Top Assessor Box Elder County Assessor Clifton G.M. Kerr was honored recently at the Utah Chapter of the International Association of Assessing Officers annual awards ban- quet. Effective on October 12, 1974 the hours at the Post Office will be changed in regards to our City and Rural Delivery Service. Lobby hours will remain the same: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 8 a.m. to Noon on Saturday. "The city carriers and the rural carriers will leave the office an hour later. This will make all deliveries about one hour later," Postmaster Lynn said. Tre-mont- on Jremonton Post Office Hours To Change The hours of dispatch will remain the same 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. weekdays; Sundays and holidays the dispatch time is 5:30 p.m. with all out of town mail in the "out of town box" located outside on the parking lot "We would appreciate your support in this change and hope you join us in trying to conserve energy by the proper use of daylight hours. Any question or suggestions would be ap- preciated," Iverson added. Mr. Kerr was designated Utah's "Assessor of the Year" for his excellence in assessment administration. Chapter President Jerry Larrabee, noted that Mr. Kerr was "one of the most outstanding county assesors in the state of Utah." He excelled in the efficient handling of the massive amount of work connected with the reappraisal program and looking out for the interest of Box Elder County taxpayers," Larrabee added. The award, in the form of an engraved plaque, was presented to Mr. Kerr by Governor Calvin L. Rampton. Mr. Kerr has been active in the I.A.A.O. for many years and is a past member of the Executive Board of the Utah Chapter. The I.A.A.O. is an organization dedicated to the furthering of modern assessment techniques by the upgrading of assessment administrations through education and an exchange of information between international assessment jurisdictions. Bewiong SOdBI Fob ASSESSOR HONORED Cliff Kerr (right) receives an award as one of the most assessors in the country from Utah Governor Calvin Rampton. PDcanav ecacimig ipeccaSoira Truck Theft Suspect Jailed ' An alert Tremonton polth iceman cleared up a old Idaho truck theft case early Monday morning. Policeman Jim DeJarnatt stopped a "suspicious vehicle" Monday morning about 3:40 a.m. at theCross Roads. When the driver produced a California driver's license for a 1968 GMC pickup with Idaho plates, DeJarnatt made a routine check which showed the vehicle had been stolen In Idaho last May. Arrested was Fred LaMar Fegert, 35, of Elko, Nevada, ar and a old male juvenile companion. The juvenile was taken to a detention center in Logan and referred to juvenile aufour-mon- J' - ' f n V ,xx !ijrii Production is still a couple of weeks PLANT away at the F. & J sewing plant opening up :n Tremontrth. Manager Donald Skaft, shorn here, has been preparing SEWING - mo c' ic4 the build ng and installing machines for the A total of 31 machines have been installed. operators. Actual production is still at least two weeks away at Tremonton's newest business a sewing plant operated by E & J Manufacturing of West Jordan. Local manager Donald Skaff, who recently moved to Tremonton from California to set up the operation, said this week that the start of production is waiting a committment from a customer. Skaff said the committment will definitely be forthcoming and Is merely pending "sampling." The manager spent the last week pre pa ring the site of the new plant which is in the old Northern Furniture building on Tremonton's main street. A total of 31 machines have been put on the floor and were being readied for operation Monday. Skaff said the plant will be under "a lot of pressure" initially because of its late start. Sewing machine operators will be producing summer wear. The manager said a floor woman would be hired in the next ten days. The Employment Security Office in Brig-ha- m City is handling the applications of operators. "If the applicants are as experienced as they say they are," Skaff said, "we should have no problem hiring enough." Infact Skaff said, "If we can get the labor pool to fill the machines.. .we'll get more machines. "But we've got to have the quality before we can get into quantity," he cautioned. 17-ye- thorities. Fegert was arreigned before Brigham City Judge Robert Daines Monday afternoon on a charge of grand theft auto. FBI officials have also been contacted on the question of Interstate transportation of a stolen vehicle. Tremonton Man Charged In Iheft Howard Deloy Christensen 36, 692 South 150 West Trewas arreigned bemonton, fore City Judge Robert Daines Monday and charged with the theft of 300-fe- et of electrical cable valued at $1,500. Box Elder County sheriffs deputies arrested Christensen Monday for the theft which occurred at the Thatcher beet station on Sept. 23. Bail was set at $1,000. |