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Show 'ress Ajsoc, 1 VOLUME (gsiiL 5i 57 NUMBER 16 TREMONTON, UTAH 84337 ira mm JANUARY 20, 1977 Deputy Lt. Governor Doug Foxfey Gains m State Appointment Very CvtoiiiMiuy Sorry' Utah's new Lt. Governor, David S. Monson, has announced the appointment of Douglas S. Foxley as Deputy Lt. Governor of the State of Utah. A native of Tremonton, Utah, Doug is the son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Melvin Foxley. Foxley graduated with honors from Utah State University with a B.A. and M.S. degrees in Political Science. While attending Utah State, he was a graduate assistant in the Department of Political Science and worked for the Utah State Senate. In addition, Doug has worked in Washington, D. C. as an aide to Congressman Laurence J. Burton and Senator Wallace F. Bennett. He is currently a candidate for a Juris Doctorate degree at the University of Utah College of Law. Doug worked with Lt. Governor Monson in the State Auditor's Office as an Administrative Assistant and Deputy State Auditor. He has also served on the Attorney General's Staff as a law clerk while attending law r " school. Doug's new duties as Deputy Lt. Governor will.be to handle general administrative affairs for the Lt. Governor and supervise the corporate filing process and commercial code which are the prime functions of the Douglas Foxley ...deputy office. When Merchants Someone, somewhere, this week has eased a guilty con- science. County Assessor, Clifton Kerr, got an envelope in his mail at the courthouse Monday with the following message in it: "To Whom It May Concern: This money is to pay for road signs I helped to vandalize over two years ago. Please put it towards maintenance. Thank you very much and I'm very sorry." The handwritten note carried no signature but included $25 in cash. The money will be turned over to the County Treasurer and credited to John Doe. Tremonton City Councilman, Ben Dansie, produced an identical letter Tuesday night at that city's council meeting. Inside was $18. Whitaker Construction Co. of Brigham City also got a similar letter along with $10, a construction hat and a flasher which the repentant but anonymous writer had apparently taken from a construction site. increase in the monthly sewer reinstated Tuesday by the Tremonton City Council and will become effective February 1. The increase will raise the monthly fee from ? A $3 fee was $5 to $8. Council members also voted to increase the sewer and water connection fees to $500 each if the city does the work and $300 each when a contractor does the work, as in a new subdivision. City manager, Jay Hirschi, said previously individual homeowners had been charged $250, but that subdivides had been charged nothing. The $3 increase in the sewer fee was ; originally proposed and passed last fall by city council members. But it was never put into force for a couple of reasons. One, was that the city failed to get the ordinance amended properly. A second reason was the problems which developed between Tremonton and Garland over the improvement project at the sewer treatment plant. Councilman Harry Gephart said the fee is necessary to raise money to meet the expense the city faces in improving the treatment plant. He estimated the fee will produce about $37,000 a year to finance the improvements. The city's consulting engineering firm, Valley Engineering of Logan, made a recommendation that the sewer and water hook-u- p fees be set at the levels which were adopted. A spokesman for the firm said there is "ample justification" for the fees, citing fees charged by other cities. Gephart said the new fees would mean new home owners hooking onto existing systems would have to help pay for improving the system. Council members also announced that they will hold a joint meeting with the Garland Council Tuesday, Jan. 25, at 7 p.m. in the Tremonton City Building. The purpose of the meeting is to let Valley Engineering respond to concerns and allegations concerning the proposed sewer treatment plant improvements raised by Garland's engineer, Keith Hansen, at a similar meeting held earlier in Garland. City manager, Hirschi told council ski members that the bus to Beaver Mountain still isn't running because of lack of snow. He queried whether the city would like to have the bus run to Snow Basin in Ogden Canyon, which could be done for the same cost. But the council agreed to hold off and watch the weather when councilman, Ben Dansie, pointed out that conditions at Snow Basin are marginal, at best. On another matter, councilman Dansie said he took a sample of oil from a city tractor to the state chemist for analysis. The oil came from a John Deere tractor which is at a local dealer for repair. Dansie said the tractor's motor froze up, damaging the crankshaft and bearings. The chemist told Dansie that no "foreign" substance was in the oil, but that it had apparently broken down. Dansie said when repairmen attempted to drain the crankcase they found a "gelatine-lik- e substance." Oil in the tractor had apparently not been changed for a period. six-mon- Shop When shopkeepers shop, the merAs chants become the customers. often as five times annually, local retailers attend markets in Salt Lake, Denver, Los Angeles, or other major centers. Whether the wares be furniture, fabric, appliances or clothes, retailers inspect hundreds of brands and thousands of items to select those which might appeal to' Bear River Valley residents. As an example, the Beehive market-helin Salt Lake last weekend brought nearly 200 salesmen from all over the western US carrying some 380 different lines to the Tri Arc Trave-lodgEach salesman rents a room and sets up displays of his merchande. ise. Buyers for stores from seven different states visit various rooms to purchase good which will arrive in the stores as late as ten months later. The Beehive market primarily covers mens and boys clothing and shoes. The ladies markets scheduled for the coming weekend will fill a large portion of two hotels. ..GLEN CURTIS, owner of the Shoe Glen, looks over the fall line of shoes displayed at market by a particular company's salesman. .LYNN CAPPS,(at right) manager of Four Seasons Supply, views a line of western wear displayed by another company at market. Salesmen rent a room in a large motel to display their wares. . ..MR. AND MRS. DeWayne Falk discuss what type of socks Bear River Valley residents will want to buy as they look over the wear of a company during market. Mr. Falk is manager of Cowleys. Of Building Code Hot law suit currently embroiling the Elder County Commission will answer the question whether it must actively enforce its uniform building code to be effective. That was one of the topics of discussion in Tuesday's regular county commission session. In other business, commissioners reviewed bids for a communications package which is designed to both protect the public and sheriff's dispatchers as well as improve service. Commissioners also accepted quotations from auditing firms who want to perform the annual audit. A Box fijfcgy fffloGED Commissioners met with Deputy County Attorney, John Bunderson, and County Attorney, O. D, Lund, to review a case in which the county is attempting to enforce a uniform building code which it adopted a couple of years ago. The case revolves around an attempt by Richard Harris, 953 W. 3450 S., Perry, to put a mobile home on a piece of property near the Hot Springs interchange. Commissioners, after receiving complaints from neighbors, are seeking an injunction against Harris and permission to move the trailer. The two county attorneys met with commissioners to advise them of the status of the case, and to explain a stipulation which Harris is apparently willing to make. Harris, it seems, is now willing to build a permanent foundation for the mobile home, which is one of the county requirements. Deputy Attorney Bunderson advised commissioners that he feels there is a "75 percent chance" that the judge in the case will agree to let Harris have time to install the foundation, but will not let the county enforce the building code which would mean that other Cont'd on Page 6 Should Students Be Able To Quit At 16? A Howell woman has been named a member of a special committee charged with the responsibility of recommending to the State Board of Education whether students should be forced to stay in school until they are 18 or be allowed to leave at age 16. A Box Elder County school board member will be chairman of the committee. Mrs. Louis (Carol) Douglas will represent Box Elder County on the committee along with Winston Benson of Brigham City, who will act as chairman. The committee, established by the Utah State Board of Education, has been asked to sound out public attitudes and then prepare a recommendation for the state board on the subject. Benson said a subcommittee of the legislative education committee asked the state school board to "produce a stand or position by way of recommendation." The present compulsory attendance law went on the books in 1919, Benson said. It basically requires parents to send their children to a public or private school between the ages of 6 and 19. Students can be released from school earlier under special circumstances. Benson said the reason for the study is to see whether compulsory age should be lowered from 18 to 16. "Surprisingly, some educators are in favor of lowering it because they have such a hard time enforcing attendance," he pointed out. The committee must submit a report to the state board by July' 15, 1977, Benson said. The group met for the first time last Friday. Three more meetings are planned in January and February at the state board office in Salt Lake on Jan. 28, Feb. 11 and 25. The committee is made up of repre-- . sentatives of the public at large, school board members, some superintend-ants- , labor leaders, teachers and secondary school students. Benson said the committee intends to provide various groups or individuals to present "Factually backed positions." He urged anyone interested to contact either Mrs. Douglas or himself. LaRue Wingctt, associate superin-Cont'on Page 6 d |