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Show ' Si. ' I ' ' ij - WE WISH YOU ALL A VERY.. Ml. ff n mlypiijMHjaMMiiMliyi j Mil mill Council looks at street V lighting options West Jordan should start at ways to'maintain street lighting in the city, the looking city's mended. attorney recom- At this week's council meeting, Nick Colessides suggested the council consider working out an agreement with the county to Jordan Valley Sentinel lights or figure out a way for the city to provide street lighting services. Volume 43, Number 52 continue maintaining the ' j lit, I 1 ' - -- . V--v J J award made h by Midvale 1 The council also paid bills and adopted the Utah traffic code. international contest next summer. 'I pro- About 70 acres at 9000 S. and 2700 W. were annexed and zoned R10 and RR.5. A housing development is expected use of the land. The developer is Cy Simon. Kiwanis Club, at last Tuesday's meeting. Presentation was made bv Dean Mansfield, Kiwanis president, Allen of Jordan High left, with Mrs Palmer looking on. One of Palmer's manual arts students, Roger United States at the the will VICA contest in carpentry and represent School, recently won the national 4.1 munity development grams. s David Palmer, center, was recipient of the monthly The council approve ocal agreements for interlcom- weekly at Published Continuina The Midvale Sentinel 125 W. Center St., Salt Lake County, Utah by Midvale Sentinel, Inc. Second-clas- s at Midvale, Utah. Subscription rate $4 per year. 3 years $10 in Jordan School District Mid vale rezones property .. Rapid growth the in Jordan School District has caused a "serious problem" and school officials are considering several options to deal with the expected overcrowding. School board members voted Tuesday night to take the options to the public during January and February, with a decision due at the regular board meeting in February. Options suggested to the school board included extended day ami double sessions. The options will be explained to the board. Option I proposes to leave the elementary schools to meet growth problems as they arise, putting the and first kindergartens ' grades on double sessions as growth dictates. Jordan High would be converted to a junior high as soon as the new high school is completed. In Option II, grades 2 would be located in the high schools and would leave only grades 7 and 8 in the junior highs. Elementary schools would be handled the same as in Option I. j 2 public through a series of public meetings, according to the Farners: Option III suggests making all high schools into grades leaving Jordan High as a high school. Junior high schools would be converted to middle schools housing grades 6, 7, and 8. Option IV is the same as Option III except that the old Jordan High School would be converted into a vocational center and alternative-typ- e program to accomodate some of the students from the other high schools. "We should emphasize tiiat we can provide ade- quate instructional programs regardless of the alternative we choose," Deputy Superin-- . tend en t Ray Brown told the board. "We just need to decide which option will be the least painful." The district is virtually out of money bonded for new construction through 1980-8and faces losing Kennecott's taxes. ,. 1 Superintendent Donald Parr explained to the board that a drop in the assessed valuation in the district has been the major reason for a shortage of funds available for construction of new schools. The district, in the past, has received a large amount of money through Kennecott 'y. Copper Company's tax levy. However, that assessment is based on net proceeds rather than property valuation. Only about 50 percent of the district's funds now come from Kennecott's taxes. In the past it has been much higher, Parr said. Kennecott's assessment is based on a three year average of proceeds. Due to expenses to meet Environmental Protection Agency requirements, a pressed world copper de- mill, KennecotFlja'aonet pro- ceeds this year, he explained. "The comptroller has promised us the same situation next year, too," Parr said. He said county officials have received word the year after that will probably not yield any relief. "That leaves the district an absolute zero," Parr said. The district is due to have property values reassessed during the third year, but even if the assessed valuation on property other than Kennecott goes up 50 percent the district will still be in trouble, he said. "There is a possibility of some aid from the state legislature through two programs," he said. For some folks Other districts are more likely to receive the funds, though, he added. When the school district held a bond election several years ago, the district bonded to its legal capacity, based on the assessed valuation of the district. At that time, the district was assessed at $334 million and had 28,000 students. The bond money was proposed to last until 1980-81- . "We knew we couldn't house all the students with the bonds when we okayed them," Superintendent Parr said. School officials expected the assessed valuation of the district would increase, thus allowing the district a higher bonding capacity. With the extra bond money, the school district would build enough schools to house the additional students. Parr told board members. The assesesd valuation will have dropped to about $285 million next year, and the district expects 39,000 students which is more than the original projections indicated, Parr said. Building costs have risen at a rate of 17Vi percent instead of the projected 10 percent Allen Litster, representi- ng the Liquor Study Committee appointed by the Midvale City Council to study the number and location of liquor outlets in The possibility of year-roun- d schools in some areas still exists, at least in some form, Brown added. convert to schools now, "To totally year-roun- d though, would not solve our problems," he said. that it consider keeping the old Draper Elementary School to use as an overflow school, should it become necessary. The board added will The board agreed to allow the Draper community to use the building until June 1977, since the district concluded it would have no need for the facility before then. Midvale and the regulation of future outlets, presented a preliminary report to the council's Tuesday night meeting. The presentation consisted of a letter giving some of the committee's findings and rational behind their recommendations. A proposed ordinance was to accompany the letter, but was not complete at that time. The letter stated that whatever regulations that were decided on by the city should be determined by the location and proximity of liquor outlets, the number per capita in the city, licensing and license fees, and adherence to local and state laws. Presently operating liquor outlets will not be affected by the ordinance in the area of number and location of outlets. However, new outlets will. Thecouncil will study the proposed ordinance as soon as it is completed. . According to Mayor Twiggs, the county owes Students at the West Jordan Jr. High School collected enough canned or four pickup loads" of canned goods. There are about 1,000 students at the goods and money to provide Christmas for two families and gifts of food for four or five more families. The annual Christmas project is directed by the school. school's speech teacher, Betty Davis. Students raised about $1,100 and collected "three Principal Earl Behrman said the money that was raised is being used to buy clothing and toys for the two families the school adopted, and will buy foods such as turkey and ham for the other families to supplement the canned goods. coming. The council then adjourned into a public hearing to discuss the rezoning of some property located on State St. near the Ernst Home Center, which was recently annexed into the city. The proposed would change the property from , the status all newly annexed land comes into the city as, to C-The change would fit in with surrounding property. After discussing the matter, the council the council meeting and voted unanimously to e " the property to The mayor also recommended that the city continue to go with the county in obtaining Community Development Funds. The mayor said that after talking to R-l- .- The eighth grade class gathered the most money and cans. They will be treated to a movie for their efforts. The project ran two weeks and students will deliver the Christmas gifts and food this week. "The students really feel good about the project," Behrman said. cities like Murray, that elected to go it alone in obtaining money, he felt it would be easier to stay with the county. The council upheld his recommendation. During council reports, the council voted unanimously to approve the hiring of an additional officer to the police department. The new officer is Frank Carl Alaniz and is 26 years old. The city is going ahead with plans to sell the old city hall and Midvale's share of the gravel pit at 8800 S. and 1000 E. Selling the old city hall presents a problem to the city, as a number of organizations have asked to rent the hall for activities. Candle lighting service adds special award A community . service award was given this year in conjunction with the annual candlelight service at Bingham High School Joel Jensen, originator of the tradition, received the award this year. The award is given based on service to the school and the community. Jensen taugnt music at Bingham before becoming principal 39 years ago when the first candlelight service was held. The candlelight service involves drama, dance, instrumental, and choral music " students. The program is under the direction of George Welch choir director. J Firemen The Police Chances are the chiefs of the police and fire departments will be home with their families, but officers of both services will man their posts around the clock. Youngsters will still have to deliver the newspaper, troubleshooters for the utilities will be on call, and those cows have just got to be fed and milked every day. Telephone operators will find it one of the busiest days of the year. Hospital personnel will be on duty and the Salvation Army will be busy providing Christmas dinner for the lonely, the confined, and the convicted. More than a few people will be working Christmas Day, and some aren't too happy about it, including a local mortician who has threatened to hang out a sign that reads,"Death Takes a Holiday." 11 " """""" are some folks that o b ! iyrn V t S S " s j fTs X5 J&& - - county court. The city has asked the county to pay the rent by Dec. 27 or vacate the building by the end of the month. The mayor felt that the money would be forth- "'" mmm 1 Repairmen"- some $1,824 for space rented in the old Midvale City Hall for the Midvale . . . Christmas Day is a holiday for most, but there will still have to work. Mil . Students buy food, gifts for families Christmas is no holiday 4 postage paid Early liquor report given School board looks at alternatives Ji Thursday, December 23, 1976 ' I A ( i: n wo ;e 4 V V I i feC ' Newspaper Carriers e |