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Show TV ft TrV s-- i ri i ri y t r mm I 4" volume 45. Number 10 Published weekly at 125 s 1 left and Dave McGinnis, atives f ' Clark Bigier, right, of the Utah State Water Resource Division f -- - I 5' scout and girl scout representRiverton and South Jordan, hosted department and told the students the receive an award from boy Mar. 6, at Southland Elementary. McGinnis is a meterologrst with the procedures of cloud seeding. fctf Mxkm hem SoutHa Meldrum City delivered a to a previously an'counterpunch' nounced major annexation by South Jordan by filing an annexation of their own, it was learned by the Sentinel. The city council, Tuesday night, Feb. 28, approved the annexation petition of approximately a one mile wide strip of land along 10200 S. from about 4800 W., the border of West Jordan's industrial park, to the By Bob West Jordan Burton said. "But since we apparently could receive no guarantee from Bonneville City, we felt it in the best interests of West Jordan to head the South Jordan move mer," off, legally." There is the distinct possibility West Jordan will face a lawsuit from the dan's premature announcement annex. "The developers say they to will put in sewer and water lines in their developments and then give them to the city to take care of in the future," Burton said. "Nothing is wrong with this because it is the nature of the business, but it must be understood that this is a blessed liability to the county attorney's office because the annexation was made during the city." When asked why developers want duration of the Bonneville City petition which supposedly placed a mor- to come into a local municipality atorium on all annexations of county rather than remain in the county, Oquirrh Mountains, excluding land, with the exceptions of islands Burton said it is probably because on officials said. several previous occasions the countwithin existing cities. Burton said other cities have an- y has told the developer to rely upon City officials then filed the plat and proper survey description with the nexed land during the moratorium the local city nearest the county recorders office the next period but West Jordan had held off development. Burton said West Jordan has not morning, Mar. 1. The West Jordan because of the Bonneville City annexation was then declared ap- petition. "But we had to act to been side stepping the news media about the annexation but at the same proved and valid. protect ourselves," he said. South Jordan's annexation of The county attorney's office told time didn't want to get on a 'soapbox 15,000 acres of land on Feb. 21 is now South Jordan Mayor Ted Lee his city and announce it to the world.' valid because official filing of the would face a lawsuit when their Regardless of the outcome of VVst petition with the county recorder's proposed annexation was filed with Jordan's action, this reflects a coun-tywid- e office, as required by state law, was the county recorder's office. problem of effective planning made Tuesday, Mar. 7. Burton said if the county does file a and shows there is an immediate West Jordan Mayor Junius H. Bur- lawsuit against West Jordan, the city need for adequate decision making ton said the annexation move was will face the challenge on the merits and planning to avoid future done as a protection for West Jordan. of the Bonneville City petition. "We problems and conflicts. "Most of this land had previously have wanted to work with the county been petitioned to come into West commission, and have done so in the Jordan but we did not allow it to past, but we see no reason to let all because of the Bonneville City the past work we have done in this petition put into effect last sum- - area be lost," he said. With the South Jordan annexation, West Jordan would lose its ability to Cop-perto- Midvale Council Just Things By Jim londerv Boards of education are always lamenting the fact that they are gradually losing control of local educational affairs through the intervention of other government agencies. But when a board of education can find nothing better to discuss for the public than whether a handful of youngsters are going to be adequately trained to play high school basketball by the time they leave the middle schools then maybe they should lose some control. The Jordan Board of Education spent nearly an hour last week talking about the possibility of sports instead of having intra-murcompetitive sports in the middle schools. The whole idea seemed to be the consideration of whether the kids will be able to compete in athletics with other schools. No thought was given to the idea that maybe some of these same kids will have to some day compete in al society. Maybe some day we'll be able to attend a school board meeting where the board members will seriously question the monthly bills paid by the district, or question if some of the educational programs adopted in the past few years are really working, or some board member will wonder why the school district's dropout rate has increased even after the start of some expensive programs to lower the dropout rate. Over the last few years I have attended a lot of Jordan Board of Education meetings but never before last week have I ever seen the board waste more time on a single subject that will have less effect on the education of the children in the district. expand west to the Oquirrh Mountains. According to Burton, West Jordan has spent well over $1 million Center St, Salt Lake County, Utah by Midvale Sentinel, Inc. Second-clasSubscription rate $6 per year in Jordan School District postage paid at Midvale, Utah. s Crescerot residents ask to dDscorBBDect from Draper A disconnection petition for some residents of the City of Draper was filed in Third District Court, Thursday, Mar. 2, by attorney Ben E. Bagley. Bagley said the petition, signed by 107 property owners residing north of 11800 S., met the requirements of city disconnection as outlined by state law. The petition roughly calls for the disconnection from Draper of the area north of 11800 S. to Sandy City's southern boundary. This disconnected area would then remain in Salt Lake County, if proven valid in court. Draper Mayor Ken Hisatake said he had heard about the intended action of the residents living north of 11800 S. to disconnect, but he said the city council had not taken a definite Winter slows Midvale building to $46,500 for the month of Feb. n in The expected winter in Midvale continued during building the month of Feb., when only $46,500 worth of building received permits from city hall. Accounting for $42,000 of the total was a duplex under construction at 5 Wasatch St. on property owned by Kurt and Derald Smith. Another $2,500 went toward a home addition at 174 Gardenia Drive and the final $2,000 was listed as the slow-dow- 343-34- valuation for a double-garag- e dition at 7771 Sandra Way. ad- position on the action. "We will wait and see what the court action will bring," Hisatake said. In the petition, residents indicated that because they have not received any services as yet from the city of Draper it would be easier for them to disconnect and remain with the county than to do so later. They also indicated they have been furnished with adequate services from the county and see no need for any other type or higher level of services be provided other than from Salt Lake as the dividing line between the previously unincorporated communities of Draper and Crescent. Private culinary water has only been furnished to the residents of Draper extending north to 11800 S., Bagley said. "The unfortunate thing about the disconnection petition," Hisatake said, "is that the proponenets have never bothered to call and find out what the incorporation was all about." "We really never got to hear any of these citizens complaints and when I contacted several members of the County. 11800 S. be would disconnection committee they didn't said also Bagley even want to talk about the matter," has it because for a good boundary as a used been boundary the new mayor said. frequently Maxine Danjanovich, Marie schools. units It and for ecclesiatical has also traditionally been accepted Osborne and Marlin Fairbourne are listed in the petition as the Rezonings dot WJ agenda es, council unanimously "But the land was not brought into agreed to construct that forthcoming the city limits immediately," Burton center at the east end of the city said, "because the city wanted the park, during action taken at last vale City disconnection action. "This is a significant issue," Hisatake said. "We don't want to lose anybody from the city, but this will not cause the city to collapse." "We had hoped we could talk to people about this decision but apparently there is unhappiness between the two areas dating back many years," he said. West Jordan City Council, Tuesday night, Mar. 7, approved the zoning of Gerald Bagley's property located at 6300 W. 9900 S., to The Bagley property was annexed into the city Mar. 1. In another zoning discussion, the council voted to rezone the north 75 Bagley said he thought the percent of the Bob Allen property, at miscellaneous court action may be 7800 Redwood Road, to commercial settled out of court. general which will allow retail outlets. The south 25 percent was rezoned commercial business to allow for more profesisonal service outlets. A-2- 0. In this meeting ... land to be developed and planned Tuesday night's meeting of the coun-proper- ly to avoid problems such as cil. Turner listed the major reasons overcrowded schools that presently behind the recommendation as the exist. Organization and master land-adequa- te planning are essential to providing setting, the already present and effective facilities to scaping, the area's quietness, and residents that will inhabit the area in the fact that the city already owns the land. the future." Councilman Phil Kemp said the Burton said he was the impetus behind the decision to annex the next step is to decide what type and credited Bob size of building will be built and what planner, and Skip programs will be carried out in the But he Buchanan, city Holland, city engineer, with working center so planning, designing, and out the plats and linens for final ap- - actual construction can take place. Kemp added that he hoped that all proval. The mayor said since South Jordan the above can be undertaken in the announced their intent to annex, a next month to a month and a half. Councilman Carl Snow made the large number of landowners have to to accept the park location motion into West annex Jordan. petitioned for the to center and was seconded by intend annex other "We properSamowitz. in Councilman the the Moses city future," Burton ty into on in the meeting, the Earlier said. In late February West Jordan council encountered some citizen oppreceived a petition from Salt Lake City allowing them to annex the Salt osition to one of two requests for within the city. During a Lake City Airport No. 2 into West Jordan. The petition calls for West public hearing the council heard Jordan to provide water, sewer and several citizens attack the rezoning sanitary facilities and police and fire of the Gertrude Monson property protection to the airport. Burton said located at the southeast corner of the city is finalizing the annexation North Grant and Park St. from R-- l to R-The change had been requested procedure at present. in maintained order to allow the owner to build a Burton West Jordan's four-pleannexation was not done as a land on the property, which is grab but merely for protection. "What not permitted on R-- l land. else could we do?" he said. "We don't The opposing citizens said it would feel we are breaking the law because amount to spot zoning, increase traffwe don't even know if Bonneville ic, arid change the single dwelling x character of the neighborhood. After adjouring back to council meeting the council voted to nullify the request. However, there appeared to be no 1 opposition to changing the zoning of the George Deneris property located on the southeast corner of 8600 S. and Like all newly anState St. to nexed property, when the area came into the city last July, it was given an R-l designation in spite of any previous zoning or the nature of the area surrounding areas. But, the council felt that such a change would agree more with the existing types of buildings and businesses in the area and agreed to make the change. The council also opened and read four bids for the proposed addition to the fire station. They were listed as $38,870 from Amherst Construction, $29,894 from Clayburn Construction, $31,688 from Gerber Concrete and $33,484 from Hudson-WebbConstruction. The council 1-- for the committee designated week's Sentinel softe tfnw setronorrs5' Mid-boundari- City is legal and the county hasn't sued other city annexations, so we decided to take the chance." Burton blamed over zealous developers as a cause for South Jor- - W. CKypairk seOecttedl sis After hearing from Clayton in master planning and in providing chairman of the Midvale senior wells and water and sewer lines to the area west of the city's present citizens' center committee, the property. March Continuing The Midvale Sentinel '4' during water conservation program. Boy scout pack 720 and girl scout troops 240, 80, and 602, all from the afternoon program Monday, ey Sentnd Jo rdon 9 1. Con-strucio- n, er ff-j- t .. All those sugary , sweets and in bet- ween meal snacks showed up at w Elemen- - erjutietr 4 ? 12 tary during a screening Vtal clinic. To see how agreed to pass along the bids to the proper committee for further study. The council voted to support a resolution calling for location of a hospital in the south end of the valley, but would not go as far as specifying a location. Currently both Sandy and West Jordan are being considered. In answer to questions by Midvale Western Boys' Baseball president. Jack Stock, the council agreed to look into and get moving again on the construction of restrooms in the near the junior high WBBA ball-par- k school. Stock also said he would like k close by to locate another in order to involve more boys. Councilman Donald Norton agreed to talk with the county about the use of some of their nearby fields. den- - , I I f"J, v. W-a- i the students did turn t0 Page 6 of Section One. J3 A local music composer scored big in a national lyric contest. John Allen tells some of his song writing secrets on page 8 of Section Two. All four of Jor- - dan District School high schools qualified for this year's basketclass ball tournament at the University of Utah. To see how they fared in first round action turn 4-- ball-par- turn to Section JORDAN SCHOOL DISTRICT 1978-7- 9 SCHOOL CALENDAR How did Granite Official school year begins ends Orientation meetings for teachers new to the district All teachers at local schools Beginning of regular classwork Close of classwork Tuesday, Aug. 22, 1978 Friday, May 25, 1979 Friday and Monday Aug. 18 and 21, 1978. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday Aug. 22, 23, 24, and 25, 2978 Noon-Frida- HOLIDAYS AND OTHER DAYS ON WHICH SCHOOL Labor Day U.E.A. convention Middle school Parent-Teache- r Fall recess High school Parent-TeachElementary Parent-TeachThanksgiving recess Christmas Recess er er President's Day Middle school Elementary Parent-Teach- Parent-Teach- Spring recess er er Monday, Aug. 28, May 25, y, 1978 1979 WILL BE CLOSED Monday, Sept. 4, o One pages Elementary sec ond graders arrange a personal visit with 2 and 3. Donny and Marie Osmond at the airport? Find out on page 1 of Sec tion Two. The gigantic grand opening of the new Commercial Security Bank branch at 858 E. 9400 S. is Friday, Mar. 11. For details see 1978 Thursday and Friday, Oct. 5 and 6, 1978 conferences Friday, Oct. 13, 1978 Friday, Oct. 20, 1978 conferences Friday, Oct. 27, 1978 conferences Friday, Nov. 17, 1978 and Thursday Friday, Nov. 23 and 24, 1978 Close at end of day Friday, Dec. 22, 1978 Open Tuesday, Jan. 2, 1979 Monday, Feb. 19, 1979 conferences Friday, Mar. 2, 1979 conferences Friday, Mar. 16, 1979 and Monday April 13 and 16, 1979 Friday Three of the four major Utah colleges qualified for post season tournament action and two of those teams play on the tube' this weekend. For details and a schedule of your favorite television programs see pages 6 and 7 of Section Two. |