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Show ( ) Jordan Mku Sentinel Volume 46 Number 33 at 125 Published weekly W. Center St., Salt Lake County, Utah by Midvale Sentinel, Inc. Second class postage paid at Midvale, Utah. Subscription rate $6 per year in Jordan School District Midvale falters 1600 Area News Digest but still alive in Babe Ruth The loss does not kill the An overjoyed Midvale Jr. Miss, JoHet Carlene White, stands flanked on the right by first ramer-u- p Jodie Iron and on the left by second runner-Bp- , Sheauyne Steadnun. Kiss Vkrte was selected as Midvale team's title hopes however, due to the tourney's double elimination format. Midvale will now take on host Yuma. at last Friday night Aug. 10's pageant held at the Midvale Middle School auditorium. The pageant was held as part of Midvale Jr. Miss Midvale's Seventieth birthday celebration. teachers proposal to look into the feasibility of the shared use of school facilities between the Granite and Jordan School Districts was presented to Jordan School Board Tuesday night by Granite District Superintendent, Dr. Reed Call. Call suggested the two districts form a joint study committee to see if the busing of students from the confines of the Jordan District to Granite schools would aid both districts in two disimilar problems, Granite's declining and Jordan's skyrocketing student populations. Such a study committee, Call advanced, would be comprised of two representatives from each board, both district superintendents, and three citizens. Further Call added the idea the Jordan. District could begin to look at designating some presently undeveloped land witmn the Jordan service area for future service by Granite schools. Students from families moving into such future developments could be bussed to Granite. Such a move, Call feels would aid Granite in making the most of its facilities, while Jordan would save money by not having to build so many new schools or lease facilities from Granite. Call reminded the board of a 1977 study that showed statewide over the following five years, $576 million . dollars would be needed for new schools, $146 million of that in Jordan. However, Call stated, a just out ten year study showed the need of $1,738 billion dollars for schools, $715 million of which would be needed in the Jordan District, while none A f (Q)m) would be required in Granite. Call also noted that should any students be transfered over to Granite, state money allotted for their education, or weighted pupil units, would also be transfered from Jordan to Granite. Granite would then assume the responsibility for the students' education. Because the heaviest decline in Granite enrollments is on the east-- , side, Call said that once Granite's new Taylorsville High is completed between 800 to 1,000 Jordan students could be housed in Granite, principally at Cottonwood High. Also up to 4,000 elementary and 2,000 middle school aged students could be handled. The joint committee, if formed, would first try to find out if shared use would work, then how to identify areas to be served by Granite, what would be the transportation costs as opposed to building new schools, and how parents would feel about busing verus double sessions. Jordan Superintendent, Raymond Whittenburg, suggested back that any joint committee have, at least, one citizen rep for each district precinct. The Jordan Board, meanwhile, voted to send the matter to its administrative staff for a more detailed look before referring back to board on any action. The district went on to pick the site for a new elementary school. The Bush property near 8800 S. 1200 W. will be home for the new school, which will be built along the lines of Majestic Elementary. Bruce will be the architect for the Continued on Page 3 Mc-Derm- your .. mroairCx . EDecttBoini trace Brighton Legionnaires gather Tired of the way city hall has been handling local government? Feel like it's time for a change? Well, just don't sit back brooding about it. If you think you can do a better job, run for office. Filing dates for candidates are fast approaching. All cities in the area have council seats open and Draper and Bluffdale will be electing a mayor. Candidates must be a registered voter within the city they are seeking election. Primary elections will be held Oct. 9 with general elections following on Nov. 6. Polls are opened on those dates from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Voters must be registered by council informs To establish better ties between elected officials and citizens, West Jordan City is organizing a neighborhood alert council. The proposal divides the city into 23 or more districts using voting boundaries. One or more persons will be designated from each area to represent their neighborhood on the council. These individuals will receive an Continued on Page 3 Sept. 28 to vote in the primary and Oct. 26 to cast their ballots in the general election. Check our lists for more information in your city. Who knows, you just may turn out to be the finest elected official your city has ever had! SANDY Becuase of the change to a council-m- form of government, there will be five council seats 4 districts and one at large opened in Sandy. Only council members Jim Median, District One, and Betty Johnson, at large, will not be running. A statement of candidacy and a $25 filing fee must be brought to city hall between Sept. 1 and Sept: 27: Shirley Bloxhon is the recorder. Sandy will be holding both a primary and general election. MIDVALE Prospective Midvale councilmen should fill out a statement of candidacy between Sept. 1 and Sept. 17 and leave it with Jack Jorgensen at city hall. Three council seats must Richard Vinbe filled this fall cent's, Moses Samowitz's and Carl Snow's. A primary election will be held if more than six people file. WEST JORDAN Three council seats will be vacated in West Jordan. According to city recorder Murial Andersen, Max Finlayson, Judd Parr and Howard Barben are up for ayor on Page 3 run burst in the bottom of the eighth lead for Brighton's American produced a team over Hillcrest, a lead baseball Legion that held up through the final inning of play and gave the Cottonwood Heights based crew the 1979 State American Legion title. Hillcrest had led 2 with two runs in both the sixth and eighth innings, after Brighton's Greg Hales delivered a two run homer in the first. Hales then in the eighth hit a long shot to left field that was dropped and scored three runs to give Brighton back the lead. Hales also scored the final run and was named the tournament's outstanding player. (Incidently, the photo on page three of the A four 6-- Teachers new to Jordan District will meet School Aug. 17, at Alta High School, 11033 S. 1000 E., Sandy. starts 1 take state Friday, Study proposed on busing Jordan students to Granite Thursday, August 16, 1979 Continuing The Midvale Sentinel 4-- Over 340 teachers are expected to be in attendance at the orientation meeting. Approximately 105 of the teachers have been hired to handle the additional students expected, and the other 233 or so will fill staff vacancies created by job changes and retirements. The new teachers will the district's bring classroom teaching staff to e over 1600. an high for the 45,000 or required more students expected. a continental After breakfast at 8:30 a.m., the teachers will assemble to School Board hear President Mark Wahlquist, Supt. Raymond W. Whittenburg, Dep. Supt. L. Ray Brown, and others. Also during the morning, Education the Jordan Association will - hold a business meeting with the new teachers. The afternoon will be to workshops devoted designed to acquaint the teachers with the district's instructional programs and teaching philosophy. Time will also be provided for the teachers to build some of the classroom materials they will need for GEMS, the district's d educational management system. The afternoon will end on a sharp note as each teacher submits to a tuberculin test one of the requirements for district employment. all-tim- goal-base- New 2 elementary Continued on Page 3 " second section is of Hales, not Mark Whall. ) r.Tidvale city fathers thank celebration participants Midvale Mayor Charles Clayton and the five members of the city council, Carl R. Snow, Donald Norton, Moses Samowitz, Richard Vincent, and Phillip Kemp added their thanks for a job well done to that of other city residents for those planners, organizers and participants in Midvale's Seventieth Birthday celebration last Friday and Saturday. The city fathers praised the gala as "fabulously successful." Riverton okays 3 mill increase The Riverton City Council has set their mill levy at 8.71 for the current fiscal year. This is a 3 mill increase of over the current 5.71 mills. W.J. names Darben Howard W. Barben, 1974 Running Springs Dr., has been named as West Jordan's new councilman. He replaces John Price who resigned on June 30 to fill a mission for the IDS church. Barben, a former councilman, is a retired manager of the American Oil Co. in Salt Lake City and chairman of West Jordan's citizen's committee. His term will expire Nov. 7. Water week events The week of Aug. to Aug. 18 has been designated "Better water for people week." To celebrate, the Metropolitan Water District of Salt Lake City will host an open house at its water treatment plant just below the mouth of Little Cottonwood Canyon on 8900 South. The event will be held on Aug. 18 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Activities will include tours, drawings, hayrides and free hot dogs, drinks and ice cream for everyone. 12 First mill levy set ;V - v s For the first time, Bluffdale has set their mill levy. The city council voted to set the levy at 5 mills. A water bond election gave the okay for the city to lease water from Riverton. ! ( 'Cookout Kins' sought The Farm Bureau will be seeking a "Cookout King." The bureau is having a contest for all males who are Utah residents, who are over 16 years of age. The county contest will be on Aug. 18 at Murray Park, with final judging at 6 p.m. Anyone wishing to enter the contest may call or Winner in the county contest is eligible to be in the state contest. 571-112- 4, r: , ' , . Jigs 5aj:.:f:-MiiSA;S.- 262-081- 2, 254-398- 3. Accident causes power outage flat bed trailer truck missed a turn and struck into a utility pole causing a power outage in the West Jordan area early SunA float, sponsored by the Primary Children's Hospital, proved to be one of many last from Saturday's Midvale Seventieth Birthday Celebration parade. Over 64 floats, bands, horse highlights and other entries took part in the parade which began in the drill parking lot, teams, groups, The Mother Gooseland y went south on State St. to Center St., and then west on Center to Locust St. I large crowd on local residents braved occasional showers to enjoy the morning's activities, which continued on at the city park that afternoon, and concluded that night with a street dance and fireworks. day afternoon. Donald C. Thompson, 44, 7460 S. 2860 W., was not hurt in the incident. The accident occured about 3:30 p.m. Power from 6500 to 8200 South between 1700 and 4800 West was out for one hour and 40 minutes. |