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Show , n Volume 3, Number SALT Thursday, Jan. 22, 6ANDY. A number of actions con- ' - Tuesday morning's Mayor's Breakfast. The annual event, sponsored by the Midvale Chamber of Commerce, also saw discussions of important upcoming activities in the city; award presentations to residents, businesses and city employees; and a crepe and egg breakfast served by Siegfried's Delicatessen. "I suppose that I should on a grim face, adjust my glasses and report SALT LAKE. Midvale's Maurine president of the Jordan School Board, was installed as the new president of the Utah School Jan Christensen Dick Adair Chamber Honors Christensen, Adair PARK CITY. Two Sandy men took their place in the limelight during the annual meeting of the Utah Chamber of Commerce Assn. here over the weekend. -- Jan Christensen was elected president of the Utah Chamber, and; -- City Councilman Dick Adair was accorded Sandy's Total Citizen of the Year honors. Currently president and general manager of the Sandy Chamber, Christensen has been with the organization since 1982 and has served on the board of the State Chamber the past three years. Haven of Bountiful was named Burn-ingha- m president-elec- t. e Chamber Sandy's first director, Christensen is a graduate of Weber State, a native of the Brigham City area, and is married to full-tim- Executive Session The Jordan District Board of Education will meet in an executive session to discuss personnel on Tuesday, Feb. 3, at 7 p.m. in the district office, 9361 S. 300 E., Sandy. that, due to reductions in the federal Revenue Sharing program, cuts in CD block grants and higher wage requests by city employees," the mayor opened his address, "more taxes and user fees will be needed. But, this mayor can smile," Dahl quickly added, "because the city is in excellent financial condition with a large surplus and no new taxes or fee increases needed for the coming year." Dahl thanked members of the business community for generating retail sales that, even after sharing sales taxes with "our bedroom communities." provides the city with as position on taxation and his willingness to meet with the Association in open dialogue. Boards Association during that group's annual convention held over the past week at the Little America Hotel in Salt Lake. Taking over the vacancy at first left by Mrs. Jensen's ascendancy to the presidency, will be Jim Rasmussen, president of the Kane County Board of Education. Celila Arichibald, of the Weber School Board, will be second vice-preside- Numerous awards were passed out during Friday's gala dinner session, including a media presentation to the Green Sheet Newspapers. Representing Managing Editor Donald Robinson were education reporters Ralph Goff and Robert Mickelson. Similar awards went to the Iron County Review, the Ogden Standard Examiner and the Emery County Progress. Special recognition was given to Bernarr Furse, Midvale, for his 40 years of service to education, eluding 28 years with the State Department of Education. Among the many distinquished speakers who addressed USBA members during the convention were James E. Moss, the new Superintendent of Public Instruction, and Utah Governor Norm Bangerter. USBA . members voice their support of the governor's budgetary proposals for education, The increase for grades 9 is five percent, from 12,828 to 13,510. The advancing ninth grade enrollment is 4,006 with the incoming seventh grade class estimated at 4,681. the total is For grades estimated at 11,649 or an increase of 4.3 percent. The twelth grade class of December 1986 is 3,370 and the incoming tepth grade class is 7-- the former Sharon Wilcox. They have two sons. Adair, who was instrumental in starting the Sandy Chamber in 1977, has been elected continuously to the Sandy City Council since being appointed to a seat 14 years ago. In addition to serving as council chairman, he has also been a member of the City Board of Adjustment and the Planning Commission. A resident of Sandy for 31 years, Adair has spearheaded efforts to establish youth baseball in the city, helped revive the Lions club in Sandy, later serving as the organization's deputy district governor. His efforts also led to construction of a bowery in the city park, as well as remodeling of the senior citizen center. Adair is City Council liaison to the Sandy Arts Council leading to his involvement with the summer musical and "The Nutcracker," as wli as ofihaty aHvwiofc-w-th- at :. group. A builder by trade, Adair is on the board of the Home Builders Assn. He and his wife Pat are the parents of four and have one grandchild. 10-1- Green Sheet Publication eliminating all the money the district had set aside to purchase computers for school instruction programs. $7,060 from the undistributed reserve. Further reduction of this balance will make it more difficult in future years to meet some of the annual expenses. district's "It's dificult to make a motion approving these cuts," stated board member Orr Hill stated, "but, I guess we don't have any choice." Interestingly enough, the announcement of the further budget cuts was followed, later in the meeting, by a report on enrollment school year, estimates for the 1987-8estimates that indicate the district will welcome over 2,200 new students to classes next fall for a total of 63,127. That's a 3.5 percent total of increase over the 1986-8- 7 on-goi- 8 60,911. The totals for kindergaren came in with just a .7 percent increase, 5,107 to 5,143, but is still much higher than the 1986 total of outgoing 12th graders, which was put at 3,370. Grades 6 will grow at a 3.1 percent rate, from 30,825 to 31,825. While 4,831 six graders will be pro- moted to the middle schools, first graders will be welcomed. 5,318 MIDVALE. This city is running ahead of schedule in collecting revenues for the 1986-8- 7 fiscal year budget, according to a report given to City Council members here Tuesday night. "Midvale is in excellent financial condition," siad Mayor Everett financial audit Dahl. The mid-yefor the first six months of this fiscal year showed Midvale to be slightly ahead of planned revenues from sales tax and property tax collections. According to Mayor Dahl that is an indication of general good health of the city's financial condiar - tion. Mayor Dahl explained that such a healthy situation is important to the city because a smooth running budget insures that important functions of the city will not be interrupted. In other business, the City Council approved the council meeting schedule for the coming year. City Council meetings will be held the first four Tuesdays of each month. The council agreed that any changes would be announced through a general circulation newspaper. The council also reviewed the city's organization chart. The chart is a list of city government officers and the line of authority in city adminis From Midvale, Jordan - '': , i IU . " Maurine Jensen . " i tration. "In other words, who reports to whom," said Mayor Dahl. He explained that the organization chart clears up ambiguties of administration. Council members recommended the names of office holders be included on the chart to assist those trying to contact someone in particular. Councilman JoAnn Seghini said she had been contacted by citizens concerned about the loss of the Albertson's grocery store in Midvale. "Many senior citizens walk to Albertson's," said Seghini. She explained many of these citizens do not have alternate transportation and the Albertson store is an important resource for them. Mayor Dahl said he had contacted Albertson's officials concerning the closing of the store and that the decision to close the store is final. Christmas decorations at the end of January? The council was informed the decorations would come down after Robert Redford's film company had finished shooting scenes for the movie, "Promised Land." The movie takes place at Christmas time and the film company has asked the decorations be left up until shooting is finished. - Units Respond To Crash MIDVALE. "My house totally smeared with blood and we're still picking stuff up out of my yard," Midvale Police Officer Steven Stinson said concerning Thursday's tragic mid-ai- r collision in Kearns. "I live out there on the hill near Beehive elementary - just behind Kearns high school - and there's still a lot of debris at my place," he added, "but I was at the office when I first heard about it." Ten people were killed when a SkyWest commuter plane making its final approach to Salt Lake International Airport collided in mid-ai- r with a single-engin- e aircraft practicand landings from West ing take-off- s Jordan's Salt Lake Airport No. 2. The collision showered body parts and debris over a three square-mil- e swath of the Kearns area. much revenue each quarter as the city collects in yearly property taxes. The mayor also expressed his appreciation to such groups as the Arts Council, the Beautification Committee and hundreds of others who participated in civic and governmental affairs. Dahl stressed the importance of publicizing the city's many assetts, including the fact that all city streets have lighting and 85 percent have Within a short period of time after complete curb, gutter and sidewalks ( to be extended to 100 percent over hearing of the collision Midvale had the next two years) ; two free clean- "at least four officers out there," ups every year; fire rates that are Stinson noted - part of the estimated among the lowest in the county; low 300 to 400 officers involved in the inwater rates; and one of the lower cident from almost every jurisdiction in the valley. property tax rates in the valley. "I've never seen so may officer in tax fees service and "County assessments for municiple ser- one place at one time r they just vices," he noted, "are higher than seemed to come out of the woodwork - and I've been to some training sesthis city's property tax levy." The mayor also made mention of sions where there were a heck of a the city's parks, recreational op- lot of officers," Stinson said. In addition to the Midvale conportunities, senior citizens' center, the expansion of the Family Support tingent, a team of seven West JorCenter and the location of utilities dan Public Safety officials were also like Utah Power and Mountain Bell on the scene immediately upon in the community and Midvale's rich receiving notification of the accihistory and diverse ethnic dent. Chief Kal Farr responded by backgrounds. He urged people who bringing in the city's Mobile Critical live and work in the city to become Response Unit. aware of the many positive features "We've used it before as a support present in the city and tell others crew, but this is the first major about them. disaster that we've mobilized it," he "We would like everyone to said. The Mobile Critical Respose become involved in developing a bet- Unit was designed specifically for an ' ter atmosphere for increased event of this kind, he explained. coneconomic growth," he said in The unit can be used as a comclusion. mand center or for other emergency Later, the Mayor reported that the purposes. It has a generator, phone, city is currently examing the stretchers, medical supplies and surplus, determining how it can be other emergency equipment. used and how much should retained Farr noted, the unit was to cover any possible contingency Primarily, used to supply body bags and yellow the city could be faced with. In police barrier tape to other agenFebruary, the budget will be opened cies. and fine tuned. Both the Midvale contingent and Awards, presented by chamber Chef Farr and his men reported im resiRbnn Cowley, went to president dent Agnes Rice, who freely devotes her spare time to putting together the chamber's monthly newsleter; business Utah Power and Light for WEST JORDAN. The annual banits participation in civic activities; and city employee Tricia Stevens, quet of the West Jordan Chamber of the city's planner. Commerce will be held on Jan. 30, A report was also given by KTALK starting at 7:30 p.m. The dinner will be at the Jordan radio (AM 630) personality Jim Dabakis, detailing his station's Ell Reception Center, 2295 W. 8200 plans for a "Salute to Midvale" on South. The cost will be $10 per perThe series of programs son or $18 per couple. The dinner is Feb. will include interviews with people open to the general public. Chamber chairman Harv Cahoon in the community. -- -- mediately to the command post set midst of all of that carnage. It was up by the county. Their primary really impressive." Officer Stinson said he helped with responsibilities were to secure the area, where they spent several crowd control until the immediate hours helping to control traffic, sear- needs were taken care of, "but when ching for body parts and airplane I was relieved I went to my own remnants. neighborhood to check out the area "There was quite a bit of confus-tio- n for major parts." at first," Stinson said. "It was As citizen Stinson, "I found some kind of hard to know what to do. debris and called in the County Radio communication was difficult Search and Rescue to take care of and not every agency has the same things. There was a frame to an exit capacity as everyone else. But barr- door and things of that nature all ing those factors, things went fairly over the neighborhood. Later that well." nighted I helped Search and Rescue "This was a terrible disaster - one to gather things. They used my of the most greusome scenes I've house as a place to keep warm." The search, he explained, is still ever witnessed," Farr commented. He expressed concern about the continuing throughout the area. "I found some more metal pieces Tuespossibility of such a disaster occurrand I'm getting them back to the day ing again in the future. "What with two airports and their FAA. It was a directional indicator of some kind in perfect condition -flight paths being in such proximity, but just outer rim.." such a disaster is almost inWhile the cleanup process is a bit he said. Salt Lake evitable," airport No. 2 is in West Jordan. The accident gruesome, he said he was grateful was only a mile from the city's the incident was not even more border. tragic. "This was really a small inciFarr was grateful that the plane dent," he observed, "but it's opened did not hit any of the schools in the my eyes as to what could happen if area. "What if it had involved one of we had a major earthquake here or a the major passenger airplanes?" he bigger liner. It was just fortunate no one on the ground got killed." said. Stinson said his family has been "One first things that came to my mind was the thought of a affected a great deal by the crash. "My family was quite sure that metropolitan police situation," Stinson noted. "Something like that something of quite a magnitde hapcould have been beneficial in this inpened right over the house" when stance, and probably in all tragedies they heard the two planes collide. "As far as we can tell from piecing of that magnitude to where that many agencies are pulled in. It things together, my little two year old actually saw the collision," he seems to me people would know a little more about what is taking place said. instead of that initial confusion." "Everyone pulled together ast a team get job done," Farr observed. "The Sheriff used all of the agencies well." West Jordan Police Sgt. Cecil Loving expressed surprise at the amount of spectators at the accident scene. "There were so many we had a hard time keeping them out." "The onlookers just grew and grew and grew," Stinson observed. . Published weeklby While onlookers were considered a Divtrsif itd Suburban problem, "the willingness people to Newspapers, Inc. help also impressed me," Stinson said. "There were people out there 1551. 490$ South serving coffee to the officers in the Murray, Utah 14107 Jordan Uallcu Sentinel ' USPS (ISSN 8750 4707) 654-38- 0 Chamber Banquet Slated ' estimated at 3,950. The totals were further broken down by administrative areas and then by school. Dr. Earl Stuker, Director of Student Services, noted that the district has nine or 10 elementaries over 1,000 students with the district average put at 827. In other board action, a modified Continued on page 6 Sales Taxes Run Ahead Of Schedule for computers, $150,000 Jensen Named Head Of School Board Group Jensen, A 7 Midvale's In Good Shape Says Dahl At Breakfast MIDVALE. Mayor Everett Dahl told interested residents, business owners and members of the city staff that "the state of the city is good," during his keynote address at 1987 SANDY. Forced by cuts in state funding to local school districts, the Jordan School Board "reluctantly" voted to cut an additional $357,060 from its fiscal 1986-8budget during Tuesday night's board meeting. The new cuts brought the total paired from the district's budget to $3,077,055 or a 3.38 percent cut, as mandated by the state legislature. According to district Superintendent Raymond Whittenburg, the areas that will be reduced because of the additional cut will include the following: $200,000 from the district critical building aid fund, which will impact the district's school building financial plan. cerning school administrators were taken by the Jordan School Board Members of the board approved the requests, noting that they were sorry to see so many valued leaving the district, but added that they wished them all luck in their future endeavors. ' The number of retirements will create a need for the lateral transiers oi omer principals, inose actions included moving Sharon Griener from Cottonwood Heights elementary to Sunrise, Lyle Thacker from Park Lane to Monte Vista and Denney L. Berrett from Sandy to Park Lane. The latest round of retirements and transfers, together with prior moves, will leave principal openings at ten schools. Canyon View, Westvale, Sandy, Cottonwood Heights, Alta View, Majestic, West Jordan, W61by anjf ; West Jordan Hillcrest high elementarie'plus ' ... school. ' Looking ahead to future administrative needs, the board acted to aDDoint four elementary ad- - ministrative interns. Charles Jepp-so- n and Brenda Hales will begin their new assignment on Monday, Feb. 2, while David Smith and Mary Nielsen will begin their internship at the start of the 1987-8- 8 school year. Copy School Board Reluctantly Okays More Budget Cuts Princip als end of June 1987. LAKE UT. 25' 19 Tuesday night, including the acceptance of a number of principal retirement requests, approval of principal transfers and the naming of four elementary administrative interns. The board gave its approval to retirement requests of six elementary principals. These include James W. Peterson at West Jordan elementary, Joseph A. Barfuss at Majestiac, Talmage Taylor at Alta View, Clell U. McMullin at Welby, C. Elmo Turner at Monte Vista and Don F. Lennberg at Sunrise. : All of the elementary retirements would take effect at the conclusion of the current school year, except Mr. Peterson's, who will leave employ-- . ment at the end of February for medical reasons. In addition, DelMar Schick, principal at Hillcrest high school, has forwarded a letter to district offices indicating he will also retire at the , pARlS DEPT. will give a "State of the Chamber Address," followed by keynote speaker Steve Densley of the Utah Chamber of Commerce. "Come and hear how the Chamber relates to your business and your community," said Craig Dealing, West Jordan Chamber president. Reservations may be made by before Jan. 28. calling 566-36- Second Class Postage Paid At Salt Lake City, Utah Postmaster: Send Address Changes TO GREEN SHIFT 155 East 490S South Murray, Utah 14107 Subscription Rata: $12 Par Tear |