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Show Ut'ih Fre33 330c. 467 2a it 400 Couth Ut . Zzlt Uke City, j r 34U1 Lehi Cub Scouts will be marooned Let's keep CRSP power in the hands of the cities . . . see editorial on page 2 Vol. 5 No. on Mustang take second in championship . . .see page all-sta- rs treasure island . . .see page 7 31 Thursday, August 11, 50 l!)8:t 10 cents a single copy Board puts Lehi on hold mulls leeway 9 No new junior high planned for now boundary change be made to equalize the population load in Lehi and American Fork area and a new junior high be built in the Lehi area. The Board recognizes the the Alpine School Board of population as a major concern but Education, who toured the school on decided to "make no chnage at this time". Tuesday. The district administration There are no major problems with the building, said Harold Jacklin, reaffirms its intent to present a master plan in conjunction with administrator of support services. "It is in reasonably good condition," the District Public Involvement Council's report showing all anhe said. The decision was one of disap- ticipated building and remodeling pointment to a district public in- need for the district at the second under board meeting in November. volvement the direction of Kay Peterson. By waiting for the report from the After many hours of research into DPIC, the acceptance of the subthe housing problem at the junior committees recommendation will be postponed, but the delay would not high level, the recommended to the board that a slow down the process of building a By GINA CALDWELL Some of its floors are warped, walls cracked, but the 50 year old Lehi Junior High School is still very solid and functional, so determined new school, it would help the district to get a total perspective of the said new Cox. Clark Superintendent So as a result, Lehi's junior high will continue to house its students despite its inadequacies.. The boilers, housed in what used to be the Lehi High School, are living on "borrowed time," according to Jacklin. In the past few years, "the boilers have been functioning only because of the tender loving care they receive," said Jacklin. "Although they are energy and costly, they could continue to serve our needs if we keep our fingers crossed," he said. Air circulation throughout the building is a major concern. The housing problem, inef-fecie- windows in the classrooms must be opened for ventilation. On one side of the building, classrooms face a loud busy street. On the other side, tiachers compete with the noise made by the physical education ciasses who are outside. "The science and P.E. rooms are inadequate to serve their purpose, but there are still good possibilities as an educational structure," said Cecil Hansen, west area administrator. .' Work within the building must be done to meet the building code and the approval of the fire marshal, said Jacklin. The district is currently working on the priority problems. Proposal to go before voters next spring By GINA CALDWELL not," said Charles Lloyd, Residents of North Utah County will be asked to apjruve a voted leeway" to bolster the student-ric- h but money-poo- r Alpine School District this spring. The Alpine Board of Education decided in its Tuesday meeting that timing was the important factor to achieve success in the voted leeway. In order to work out the details of the leeway proposal, the board voted to delay the vote until February or March. The delay means that the money will not be available until school year 1985-8"If the people understand the educational benefits of the leeway, they can decide if they want it or ' fe i5ESs-- clerk-treasure- r. without failure, we have to organize now," said Richard Sudweeks, board member. "We have to tie the leeway with its specific porposes and use the money for those purposes," he said. Paul Mortensen, president of the teacher's association, expressed disappointment in the decision to wait until spring to vote on the leeway. Even though, the decision will delay the optional money for a year, "We will support the leeway fully," said Mortensen. "For success on this leeway, we need a total unified force," said need-suppor- Sudweeks. "We need to involve as many presented the award. .Charles P. Lloyd, Clerk- groups as willing to get involved to work in any. capacity J.o yaah this rWsurer and Clark L. Cox, sworn Ievey. We can't afford to fail the first .Superintendent, were both into office at the meeting. is emto it take time, going every Harold Jackhn, administrator of ployee, patron, parent, teacher, Service, gave an even my wife working to help pass Support of the district flood evaluation this leeway," said Clark L. Cox, damage. Superintendent. "We were quite fortunate By waiting until spring, Cox said there will be more time to prepare throughout the district, there has been no damage to the building and make a successful vote. In other action, Gary Keetch was stuctures," he said. With the advice of district athonored by the board and presented torneys the board is going to do some with an engraved school bell. Keetch, who was acting as research in the area of foundation superintendent for the past few funding. which are tax "Foundations, months, was called the "fence-mendedeductable gifts to the school, can be by Dr. Richard Heaps, a very successful way of generating president of the board, who money," said Cox. There has been some positive repsonses to the concept, but they need more research, he said. r" f ' r' By MARC HADDOCK 0 ' CREWS WORK on Lehi City roads. Damaged roads in shape, city awaits fed monies Most of Lehi's flood damaged' roads are now cleared and passable, said Jess Davis, city road crew. The city is waiting for federal funding to finish off and black top the roads to ready them for winter. A couple of week ago the city made a formal applicaiton for federal money. They have not received it yet, but "we are not disturbed or troubled," said Gary . Dr. Public to meet Gox at Orem reception Dr. Clark L. Cox, newly appointed for the Alpine Superintendent School District, will be introduced to the public at a reception at Northridge Elementary School in Orem, 1660 N. 50 East, on Tuesday, Aug. 16, at 8 p.m. All patrons of the district are invited to attend. The open house is being sponsored by the Alpine Board of Education along with various district public and professional organizations. Dr. Cox assumed leadership duties with the state's fourth largest 1, school district on August replacing acting superintendent Gary V. Keetch who had filled in since April when Dr. Max Welcker resigned the position. The new superintendent comes to the position in Alpine from Riverside, California, where he was Superintendent of the Riverside Unified School District, he has had thirty year's experience as an educator, eight years as superintendent in two school districts, five years as an assistant superintendent, fourteen years as a principal and five years as a teacher. State loan to fund well near 500 East to bolster city water, secure rights ' ' SWEARING IN-Clark Cox takes oath of office at Aug. 9 meeting of of Education. District Board Alpine Lewis, city recorder. ; Last week the city found several other additional sources of flood money aid. Hopefully, the money will be here by the end of August or the first of September, said Davis. There have been about 500 hours of many hours worked in the city during the flooding, he said. We found out that the federal emergency fund will pay 75 percent of those overtime hours, he said. There are still a couple of brideges that need to be "We get. quite a bit of financial asssistance to fix them," he said. The bridges costs about $20,000 each. The approximate total cost for th flood is in the $60,000 range, according to Davis. The Lehi City Council voted to accept a $180,000 loan to dig a well near 500 West in Lehi to bolster the city's culinary water system and secure some of Lehi's water rights. The vote was unanimous to accept the loan from the Utah State Safe Drinking Water Committee. The loan will be paid back over a 10 year period at at 7.22 percent interest rate. In presenting the proposal, city engineer Loren Powell told the council that the city would have to start paying back the loan at a rate of $26,000 a year by July, 1985. The well will be funded by an increase in water rates an increase that will probably take effect in July 1984 so Lehi can raise the funds for the 1985 payment. That rate increase will probably cost Lehi residents a little less than $1 a month in their water bills. But Powell told the council that the well would bolster the municipal water supply to homes in the western part of town, and would provide water for future expansion in the area. Lehi Water Superintendent Dale Walker told the council than at peak use a current well in the 500 West area is unable to keep up with the increased demand, placing stress on the city's water tank. "The city is pulling more water now than what we can provide in the daytime," Walker said. A decrease in nighttime usage which helps the city build up reserves is keeping the water system afloat, however. of the The growth potential western part of town was also a consideration in the decision. But Powell said one of the main reasons he felt the city needed the well was to secure the city's water rights. The existence of the well with a connection to the city's water system would secure the rights of the water that were given to the city earlier. If the city can't use the water, however, it could face a battle over keeping them. "The sooner we can get drilling, the safer I will feci about the water rights," Powell said. Lehi is the first city to get the funds from the safe drinking water committee, which was empowered to disburse funds for the first time this year by the Utah State Legislature. Powell said the committee is anxious to see its funds put to use, and wants the city to start drilling by September. The loan has already been approved by the committee. In other action, the city gave tentative approval to apply for a similar loan from the Utah Wastewater Committee for $300,000 to upgrade part of the city's sewer system especially a 10 inch line on 300 East in the south part of town that is now running full. Powell said as more sewage is run through the system in the future, some homes in the area could see some backing up of the sewer unless something is done to relieve that pressure on the pipe. By another unanimous vote, the council gave the approval to seek the loan, also at 7.22 percent, which would be paid back over a 20 year period. Several options were discussed as to how that could be paid back. However, the loan is still subject to approval by the state committee. In other action the city opted to join the Utah Public Power Council, a group that is trying to unify all the cities in the state that provide electrical power to their residents. Mayor Garry Sampson also announced that the city will advertise for a Superintendent of City |