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Show UTAH CTATE TVZZZtCZ .0. Box 1327 Salr Like City Utah .V cnoui Eicfuna S , ' 9- - HCtUtlCE H ttpmmhit 3 N i V -- . i II VOLUME TREMONTON, UTAH 84337 57 NUMBER 51 SEPTEMBER 22. 1977 For County Courthouse ; hr 'A T7"iS A ... ' V pTW0(o A TREMONTON MANwas killed Tuesday when the truck he was driving collided with a freight train at a crossing on Rocket Road. Box Elder County's stately but aging and courthouse will get a face-livisitors to the facility will get an uplift, thanks to a $120,000 grant. ft Yti-m- M, Yirmiek Qroslhi ' A Tremonton railroad crossing claimed another victim Tuesday when a truck struck a train, killing a ing from the north, struck the right front of the Chevy vethrowing the 51,000 gross-weighicle about 100 feet south along the east side of the track. Engineer Ned Jarvis, Taylorsville, told investigating officers the train was traveling about 40 miles per hour at the time. The engineer managed to stop the train about 300 yards south of man. Buddie Lee Grover, 24, Rt. 1, Tremonton, was dead on arrival at Bear River Valley Hospital following the crash which occurred about 12:30 p.m. Utah Highway Patrolman, Larry Fish, said Grover was westbound on Rocket Road, approaching the crossing near Century Drive. Workers working on the .roof of a leMa'dijvt!:: ;vvneaHy to slow down as if he intended to stop' Do " v. V IFo-ffo- County Commissioners Tuesday Grover was driving a farm truck owned by Dean Potter of Garland. Grover is survived by his wife, Mrs. Susan Batis Grover. Mrs. Grover is expecting the couple's first child some time this month. " Workers said the- train crew had blown the whistle and that the train's lights were flashing. The crossing is marked but has no lighted signals. -- - for theTTOssingybut kept coming. The Union Pacific train, pulling three cars and a caboose, approach D The crossing has been the scene of a number of mishaps involving trains, including a fatality several years ago TwhnntppCjty recently paid for thfi installation of a street light to illumin ate the crossing after receiving complaints from area residents that the intersection is dangerous. announced that their application for a $120,000 grant from the Economic Development Administration (EDA) for renovation of the courthouse was okayed Monday. Commissioner Don Chase said approval of the grant means work on an extensive renovation project will have to begin within the next 90 days, under terms of the grant. The two main items included in the renovation project will be installation levator to lift, paeons from .first-floo- r to the second and third floors. Commissioners noted that new federal government regulations regard-- , ing the handicapped are one reason for the elevator and ramp. Commissioners also plan to paint the outside of the courthouse in the spring but noted that the EDA grant money cannot be used for that purpose. "Just as a round figure, I'm estimat- ing we'll probably put another $30,000 with it," Chase said, "from county funds to fund the painting." The new elevator will leave stairways in the building intact. It will probably be located near the front of the building, running adjacent to the west end of the stairway. Commission- - UwUl Another major item will be the installation of metal frame windows to completely replace the existing windows in the courthouse. Also planned is construction of a ramp leading to the bottom floor to provide easier access for handicapped persons confined to wheel chairs. m the' locating the elevator-ooutside of the building. Once '"'the necessary architectural work has been completed, the remodeling project will be put up for bid. Breakdown of the $120,000 grant is like this: architectural and engineering costs $6,860; inspection fees $2,740; demolition and removal $10,000; construction $65,400; equipment and contingencies $35,000. n Couirafly SelhiooD Nolan Kerr ih j :AWJ '"r'i . Kerr Is O Richfield J Hospital' New Chief Nolan P. Kerr has been selected I or I I Has. HdthtoD iytf!3fk '' , i Fogjuires students by the end of school next May for similar reasons. The biggest gain in students was recorded by Bear River High School which jumped from 654 students last year to 697 this year. Bear River Junior High showed a loss from 641 students to 616. Fielding school has 203 students this fall compared to 187 last spring, a situation which is causing an acknowledged overcrowding. Supt. Leonard Dalton acknowledges that the school is "actually one room School " OWNERS OF THE NEW 'Yard Of The Month in Tremonton are Mr. and Mrs. Russell Webb. Over plants adorn the Webb prize winning yard located in the new Fridal Heights housing development. 200 varieties of pared to 8,320 last May when schools closed their doors for the summer. The closing figure is 98 less than the 8,418 students recorded in a similar count taken one year ago at the start of the school year. The difference is accounted for by dropouts and transfers out of the district. The 8,302 students enrolled this year will be expected to drop 0 short." 50-6- administrator of the Sevier Valley Hospital by Intermountain Health Care, Inc., and the local hospital governing board. This announcement was made today by Eugene C. Beck, Regional Administrator for I.H.C. in Southern Utah. "Mr. Kerr will bring to the hospital a management philosophy that is consistent with the goals of the Governing Board and those of I.H.C," Beck said. Kerr has been Assistant Administrator at the Logan Hospital, Logan, Utah, which is also a member of the Intermountain Health Care System. He replaces Mr. Richard McDermott who has accepted a financial directorship with a Provo, Utah research firm. Prior to his Logan assignment, Mr. Kerr was an instructor in the Business Department at Utah State University, and had been employed as a systems-analyat the Thiokol Chemical Corp. Mr. Kerr served in the U. S. Army and attained the rank of from 1970-72- , first lieutenant. Mr. Kerr was educated at Utah State University, receiving a Bachelor's and a Master of Degree in Business Administration in 1970. His wife is the former Sandra Hansen of Preston, Idaho. They are the parents or three children, Brandon, age 6; Brady, age 4 and llobyn, age l1. Mr, Kerr will assume his new iihMgnmenl the latter part of st . Yard Of The Month Plant Varieties Accent Yard Two hundred different varieties of plants blend together to make the Webb residence in Fridal Heights a Tremonton showplace and most recent recipient of the Yard of the Month Award. Russ and Yvonne Webb moved into their sprawling home at 554 Wendy Way a year ago. The young, but lawn, was planted this spring with plants, flowers and shrubbery to accessorize. A garden wedding was held in the yard this summer for Karen, the Webb's only daughter. "This was one reason we put in a lot of hours right at first," Mrs. Webb said. Another reason for the hurry in d establishing the yards was "the pressure from the nice area," Webb said. "Plus, we, the residents of Fridal Heights, were all anxious to get the new area green," Mrs. Webb said. Yard work in the Fridal Heights housing area is a regular party, with everyone joining in on their own corner, the Webbs agreed. Webb has taken up gardening as a hobby. "The new yard was a challenge," Webb said. "It was something to do in my spare time," he said. The Webbs have become basic gard-ner- s of late. A landscape architect laid out the planting plan and planted the lawn and the Webbs took over from there, planting flowers, shrubs, mowing the and pulling weeds. "I do just the flowers," Mrs. Webb said. !in fact, I don't even know how to mow a lawn," she added, "because of lawn five sons." Webb said he enjoys planting things to watch them grow. "I lost a couple of trees this spring, however," he said. Webb also said that he enjoyed starting from scratch with this yard. "It is an easier job to start from scratch than from a yard," he said. He also professes to enjoy his new small back yard. Being the recipient s of the Yard of the Month award, the Webbs said they will have to try harder to maintain the yard. "People in Tremonton take more pride in their yards than other cities of comparable size seem to," Webb said, "and it shows." Webb is employed as executive vice president of the Bear River State Bank. He is also serving as a Tremonton City councilman and holds membership in the Lions Club. He lists golfing as a hobby, among others. Mrs. Webb says she enjoys gardening and loves to can from their small garden. She plays the piano for enjoyment. The Webbs are active members of the Tremonton Second Ward. They are the parents of six children, Curt, Kent, Craig, Karen, Chris and Kelly. Pop Show Enrollment in Box Elder County Pistrict came up shorter than last year's figures collected during the second week of the school year show. Enrollment this year is 8,302 com- j(Lr : DinraoirD'E? 5 i The district received permission from the state to study a team teaching approach and is looking at development of an additional classroom. Aides have been added to the school to help out. But board member, Wes Scott, who is from Fielding, said residents "feel like they ought to have more aides." Dalton said a federal Manpower program will pay for teachers' aides and custodial help at district schools if qualified persons who fit the income guidelines can be found. The declining enrollment has caused opposite problems elsewhere. Dalton said an adjustment will have to be made eventually in the teaching staff at Box Elder High "because we are down the equivalent of two teach- ers..." Two of the district's smallest grade schools also showed increases. Park Valley jumped from 33 last year to 46 this fall. And Grouse Creek went from 26 to 36 students. Here are the attendance figures by school with last year's year-en- d figures shown in parentheses: Box Elder High School 1775 (1788), Box Elder Junior High School 864 (877), Bear High School 097 (654), Bear River Junior High School 616 (641), Bear River City 105 (110), continued on page three .nr 0 |