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Show UWUPress Association Box 1327 att Lake City, UtarnttTTO- - - V pf KKUL EUflUKf VOLUME TREMOMTOH, UTAH 84337 57 KUMBER 25 MARCH C0ijil0ii0fe8D0il OTGDfiy 7 ii. If I; r7i (A j i 1 Box Elder County commissioners are "absolutely not" among the group of "fellow commissioners" referred to by a Cache County commissioner this week who suggested that regional government should be looked at as a 3 . IT'S SPRINGTIME as far as the calendar and these youngsters at North Park school are concerned. Tuesday's temperature marked the warmest day of the year and students at area grade schools were out in force. Randall Holmgren possible alternative to the county form of government. Cache County commissioner Ted Karren, in an Associated Press report, said some of his fellow commissioners have suggested forming seven regional governments to replace the present 29 county governments. Karren said consolidating several Utah counties into one regional government should be investigated as an alternative to present county governments, the AP story reported. Well, at Tuesday's Box Elder County commission meeting, Commission Chairman Don Chase was chafing at the bit for an opportunity to respond to Karren's point of view which newsmen gave him by bringing up the subject. "I recognize the fact that Commissioner Karren has his right to express his opinions," Chase said, "but I think it's too bad he didn't discuss this with us or some of the other counties..." Chase said he would be opposed to any move to replace counties with regional governments such as the Bear River Association of Governments (BRAG). Such a move would be "a step taking government farther away from the people..." Chase added he feels government "should be closer to the people." "The type of government we have in Box Elder County, we feel serves quite well," he added. "There's nothing in Cache County that we're desirous of." The state is already divided into seven regions originated by Gov. Calvin Rampton; Box Elder, Cache and Rich belong to BRAG. But, Chase points out that those regions only have the power which the commissioners of the counties involved give them. As long as each county can retain its own "identity" the counties can work together on some problems which lend themselves to a regional approach, Chase pointed out. If regional organizations ever take away authority granted to commissioners, "it would be local officials' own fault..." Chase noted. Some things work better on a regional approach Chase pointed out. One such program Chase feels is the region health department which would be too expensive for a single countv to operate. A new and expanded mental health program is another regional concept, Chase noted. But, one program which commissioners fought and won local control over was its aging programs. Commissioner Ted Burt pointed out that an attempt was made a few years ago to put the aging program under a regional concept but the Box Elder county commission bucked the effort and retained local control. "It just won't work," he said. "Land use planning has got to be split up in a cont. on page three - Tremonfon Mc; Pulls BYU Election A Tremonton resident, Randall Holmgren, has been elected student body executive vice president at Brig-haYoung University. Holmgren and his running mate, Martin Reeder, of Bountiful, took the elections by a 1,400-vot- e margin over their nearest rivals. Election results were announced Friday night. n tickAlthough the et finished second in the primary elections, Holmgren never doubted the outcome of the elections. "I could feel it, I really knew we were in," Holmgren said. Holmgren takes over the office May 2, at the beginning of the spring term at BYU. He will receive a tuition scholarship and a monthly stipend for his service. HolmAs executive gren will be responsible with Reeder for initiating programs, administering funds, representing the student body in official capacities, and rallying student input to faculty members and the school administration. Holmgren ran on a platform of promoting the ideas and traditions that make BYU a "unique" university. One of his first big jobs will be organizing an "Honor Council" that will encourage students at BYU to maintain proper standards. Holmgren also said he hopes the programs and projects he and Reeder m Reeder-Holmgre- Cost Of Living Is Big Concern In BR Area Upset carry out will serve to unify students, faculty members and members of the BYU administration. ICivanis Plan 'Radio Days' Free prizes, bargains and fun galore, are in store for area residents on Friday, April 8, according to Sharon Archibald, chairman of Kiwanis Radio Days. KBUH 800 Radio will turn over it's facilities to local Kiwanians for the entire day and club members will broadcast live from Tremonton ings and Loan on Tremonton's Main Street. Numerous prizes and contests are scheduled during the day. In order to win, local residents must be listening that day. Kiwanians will be approaching valley businesses during the next three days for advertising. All receipts are spent on civic projects in the Bear River Valley. The "cost of living" is rated as the biggest problem among residents of Box Elder, Cache and Rich counties, a recent survey shows. In the survey conducted by the Bureau of Government and Opinion Research at Utah State University, 404 people were interviewed to determine attitudes about various problems in the Bear River Association of 24, 1977 Government's area. Interestingly, when respondents were asked to classify how they felt about the cost of living, 34.2 percent labeled it a "considerable problem" and an identical percentage felt it was a "serious problem." Cost of living was rated as a considerable or serious problem by more respondents than any other factor. Crime came second, followed by availability of housing and unemployment and breakdown of the family unit. The survey revealed a mixture of attitudes. For instance, 73.3 and 71.0 percent of the respondents, respective ly, felt juvenile and adult alcoholism are a "...problem in your county." But on follow-u- p questions, 86.4 percent said they have never had any members of their family experience problems because of drinking, while 9.2 percent said yes, but that those problems had been resolved; and 4.2 percent said they are having problems at the present time. Another 76.2 percent said they feel there is a juvenile drug problem in their county. But 94.3 percent said in a follow-u- p question that no members of their family had ever had drug abuse problems. A total of 4.5 percent said they have had problems wnich are now resolved and only .7 percent said they are having problems at the present time. Respondents gave high marks to police and school systems in the three counties. Asked to rate the adequacy of a variety of public services, police protection drew an 81.4 percent approval with only 14.6 percent calling it inad equate. Police protection drew the highest rating among the services. And the school system rated a 76.2 percent approval with 16.6 percent calling it inadequate. A question asking respondents to rate the adequacy of mental health clinic may prove the need for public education on that question. A total of 29.7 percent felt clinic services are adequate, 26.7 percent said they are inadequate. But 21 percent said they didn't know if they are adequate and another 22.5 percent said they didn't know such services existed. The BRAG area is in the process of setting up an expanded comprehensive mental health program with a $600,000 budget. Similar questions about free legal assistance for persons and counseling for people with alcohol problems drew similar responses. In each case, half or slightly leSs, of the respondents said they were unable to cont. on page three low-inco- i , - , Murder Trial Begins The first of three criminal homicide trials began Tuesday morning before First District Judge Venoy Christoffer-sewith a twelve member jury and n could well be the most high priced cases ever held in Box Elder County. The trials stem from the shooting death of Rafael Mendoza Orozco, 33, Franklin, Idaho in the Bomb Shelter in Tremonton during the early hours on September 19. Taken into custody the same day were Frank Joe Renteria, 25, West Corinne; Thomas Riojas Balderas, 58, Tremonton and Clemente Sanchez, 31, of Corinne. All were subsequently charged with homicide and following preliminary hearings, they were bound over to the first district court for trial. The first trial began Tuesday when Box Elder County Attorney O. Dee Lund and Stephen McCoy, Salt Lake City defense attorney, stipulated to empaneling a 21 member jury consisting of cont. on page six At Show -And - Tell Kids Reveal Their Home Life By Curtis Starr Editor-Publish- "If you want to know all about what happens in the home, just ask the kids." That sage bit of advice didn't come from Benjamin Franklin or somebody famous, but from a veteran teacher. ll period is an institution in most grade schools and oftimes gives teachers a sometimes unwanted insight into the homelife of their students. Mrs. Vida Forsgren, who voiced the quotation at the outset of this article, recalled an incident which Show-and-te- School occurred in the Garland when she was a second grade teacher. "I told the children I wanted them to bring a happy thought to English the next day," she recalled. One little boy in the back didn't seem to pay much attention. "Did you hear what I said?" she asked again, for his benefit. He assured her he had. The next morning, as soon as roll call was over, the youngster's hand shot up in the air and a triumphant look came over his face. "All right, what's your happy thought?" Mrs. Forsgren said, pointing to the youngster. "I'm pregnant," he responded proudly. "You're what?" Mrs. Forsgren asked, hoping she hadn't heard him correctly. "I'm pregnant," he responded again. "What makes you think that's a happy thought?" she asked a bit quizzically. "Dad came home last night and showed my mother all the bills he'd paid that month and asked her to be careful not to buy anything such as shoes next month that she didn't have to." With that the boy's mother had '-- mm apparently informed her husband, "I'm pregnant." And, the father had responded within earshot of the youngster "Oh who needed a happy thought: "Now that's a happy thought." Mrs. Forsgren also recalls the time when she was teaching at Howell and a young boy brought in a "brand new pair of his dad's shorts" complete with stripes. "My mama said they were the prettiest she could find," he announced. Mrs. Doris Roche recalls the time a Tremonton youngster brought his dad's paycheck to cont. on page three X rx mm nlfliiilti'Wl SHOW AND TELL time sometimes reveals a lot about a student's homelife, oflCB inadvertantly. Here youngsters at McKlnlcy elementary observe the traditional ritual. A |