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Show 100 aAC ke association City, Utah 64m Midvale police break up large f iv The 11 Midvale city unveiled its new $47,000 street sweeper Monday. They purchased the equipment from Tymco Corp. of Waco, Texas. Streets department foreman Dean Webb and operator Richard Flores recently returned from Texas after taking a course in operating the equipment. The new sweeper, which is actually a giant vacuum mounted on a truck, will be put to good use by the city. Plans are to sweep each street in town once a month. Draper disconnection problems could be nearing solution Crescent citizens who filed suit from Draper may have reached a settlement with Draper City officials. Following a meeting for the citizens last Thursday, Reece Goodrich, spokesperson for the Crescent residents, said "We have agreed to accept their (Draper's) proposal with some revisions and clarifications." The residents are currently planning exactly what those revisions and clarifications will include. The revised settlement must then be approved by the Draper City council, and then by the Crescent citizens. This final approval is expected in a few weeks. The proposed settlement, as outlined by Draper mayor Glen Cannon would allow the city a trial period in which to follow their on through of If the end at the promises. trial period Crescent citizens are still dissatisfied, they will be allowed to disconnect without going to court Cannon said he is confident of h the city's ability to on the plan. Financial research has been completed which gives "positive proof that Draper can uphold their end of the bargain." The proposal has covered the of the two main concerns residents according to Cannon. First, Draper guaranteed the citizens lower water rates than those they would have received in Sandy. Financial research shows that while Sandy would be charging $6.90 monthly, Draper would be charging $6.85 monthly for identical services. Draper officials will be working with Draper Irrigation Company to provide these services. In order to follow through with this plan, Draper must still obtain rights to the water lines. Previously, Sandy had agreed to fund the citizens' suit to protect this asset which had threatened to Draper condemn. Sandy would not sell because Draper was offering $10,000 for the lines Sandy claimed had a replacement value of over $100,000. Now, it appears Sandy and Draper may to annex into Sandy : follow-throug- Sandy-owne- invite a d disinterested, to appraiser estimate an appropriate selling cost. "Once the people say yes to the proposal, if Sandy does not agree to the plan, it will show they really aren't interested in what the people want," said experienced Cannon. ,; Jordan drug operation v. Sandy officials still stand by their - previous statement ' that they only want what the people want. Sandy council chairman Bruce Steadman said, "If this is their (the citizens') position, then that's their decision and we will support it." The second part of the plan includes a Neighborhood Improvement Program which will be instituted throughout the city regardless of the Crescent citizens' acceptance of the entire proposal. This program was designed to divide the city into 10 neighborhoods with a chairman to head each. The neighborhoods a regular basis to discuss concerns and issues in the city. The chairman will act as liaison between the neighborhoods and the city council. will meet on Draper officials hope this will satisfy Crescent's need for more However, Goodrich said the citizens are representation. still opting for more direct representation which would be achieved through a change in the form of government. Goodrich said he feels this has only a fair chance of passing, though, e because a vote would be required. city-wid- Some have speculated that the citizens were more willing to negotiate with Draper following the Isomedix (radiation sterilization) Plant controversy in Sandy. Cannon said "The citizens have been able to see some of the controversies in Sandy and may be a little more skeptical now than when they first-- ' began."" Goodrich, however, said that the topic was never discussed with the citizens and was not considered in their negotiations. Steadman said he had not heard of any of the speculations, but he did add, "I wouldn't be surprised if it may have had some bearing." "If the Crescent citizens do not agree to this proposal, they will have to go through the court," said Cannon. "It would take longer to get through the court than to try the trial period." Midvale City police department completed a two month long drug investigation with the arrests of three male and two female suspects at a 205 S. Allen St. apartment late Wednesday night. Four of the suspects are from Midvale, the fifth from West Valley City. They were charged with possession and distribution for value of a controlled substance. The arrests resulted in the confiscation of six pounds of marijuana with an estimated street value of $4,500, making it the largest distribution for value drug bust in the city's history. The police used an undercover informant to arrange three or four buys over the past couple of months at two area taverns. According to police chief Louis Fetherolf , the department had to divert some manpower from its patrol division in order to complete the investigation. Making the arrests were Lt. Dan Pearson, Detective Sgt. Sherm Lloyd, detectives Jeff Jensen and Craig Proulx, and Chief Fetherolf. Valley Sentinel Volume Number 51 11 Thursday, March 15, 1984 Continuing The Midvale Sentinel (USPS 347-940- ) Published weekly at 125 W. Center St., Salt Lake County Utah by Midvale Sentinel Inc. Second-clas- s postage paid at Midvale Utah. Subscription rate $6 per year in Jordan School District. This issue two sections. West Jordan delays annexation on Bagley property A formal decision on an annexation request to the West Jordan City council for 131 acres of land owned by Bagley and Co. was tabled until after the required waiting period following a public hearing has expired. The property is located near 6000 W. and 9000 S. The council amended a subdivision plat for Brown's Meadow 5, allowing lot 531 to be split. In other action the council gave final plat approval for Phase I of the Country Willows Subdivision located at 6900 S. and 3300 W. Bingham alumni tourney slated March i jJffX: 26-3- 1 Twelve teams have been entered so far in the first Bingham High Alumni Basketball tournament scheduled to get underway Monday, Mar. 26, and run through Saturday, Mar. 31. The tournament will be kicked off by a Mar. 24 banquet honoring all four of Bingham's previous and current head basketball coaches. The banquet will start at 7 p.m. 111 Tz & 0 W South Jordan mayor T. Kay Edmunds presents Ryan Drew with plaque containing the "key to the city" in ceremonies conducted Monday afternoon at city hall. Ryan was also proclaimed "Honorary Mayor for the Day" as the city paid tribute to his struggle to overcome injuries sustained in a tragic skiing accident back in January. Former Midvale delivery boybrings Olympics home Folks around the city of Midvale might remember Dale Rhodes as a friendly, likeable kid who used to deliver flowers for Dorothea's Floral. In a way, Dale is still in the delivery business, though his territory has grown a bit larger. Just last month, Dale helped deliver, not flowers, but the Winter Olympics into millions of homes across the country. To do it, he spent a month in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, perform1 ing a function as vital as that of any of the announcers you may have watched on the screen. Without Dale, there might not have been anything on the screen to watch. Dale is an expert in video tape electronics. He helped set up and maintain the equipment that recorded every last minute of competition in Sarajevo, then permitted technicians to edit and package the program we watched each night during the game's 12 day run. It would have been impossible to cover the games without video taping equipment. With a seven hour time difference between Utah and Yugoslavia, people here would have had to crawl out of their beds in the wee hours of the morning to watch it live. And there was no way ABC could have pulled out the highlights for transmission back to the U.S. Dale works for Ahipex Corporation, the company that built the equipment ABC used. As one of Ampex's top trouble shooters, he got the nod when they were for the volunteers taking Olympics. "The company just put the word out and we submitted out requests," Dale explained. "The company manager in Redwood City, California then brought us in for an interview. Only nine Ampex people got to go. " Dale has been working behind the scenes in the entertainment business since his days as a sound and lighting man for stage productions at Hillcrest High. After graduating in 1969, he a scholarship in accepted electronics technology at Trade Tech. His first professional job was at the University of Utah Medical Center, where he video taped operations and lectures for use by medical students. He later went to work for some and suppliers equipment dabbled in public television and TV advertising production. "Dale was always the kind of guy that could just look at something and tell you what was wrong with it," his father Don stated. "Other people can work for two weeks and not be able to fix a tire." Dale lived in Midvale until about six years ago when he moved to Sandy with his wife Sharon and their four children. Being away from his family for long periods of time is nothing new to him. His job jets him about the entire Western U.S. as one of only three national servicemen for Ampex. He installs new equipment, trains people in its use, and is on call when trouble comes up. His father exclaimed that "he travels on the airlines like I take the bus." Not only was ABC lucky to have Dale in its corner at Sarajevo, but so were two Swedish and one Yugoslavian crew. They were using the new Ampex equipment too and were forced to call on him when they ran into trouble. According to Dale, such problems were few in number and minor in nature. For the most part, the equipment performed as designed. That kept ABC happy and when ABC was happy, Dale was happy. Still, he was on call 24 hours a day. Even so, he didn't spend all his time in the massive broadcast center, where ABC's station dominated four entire floors. He events several witnessed including the U.S. hockey team's win over Finland, some of the ice skating, and the exciting finale of the ice dancing. He also got a chance to mingle with the Yugoslavian people, who had made great sacrifices to stage the games, on top of an already rough lifestyle. "To keep all our electronic equipment going and to hold the events, some of the towns around Sarajevo had their power cutoff for up to several hours at a tune,'' .Dale explained. "They just don't have enough electrical generating capacity." During the entire length of the games, private cars were banned from Sarajevo streets. But, the government made up for it by not charging for rides on buses, trams or trains. This probably didn't bother the people too badly since they're allowed only 10 liters of gas a month anyway. Housing is also in short supply. The provides government housing with no rent, but young families sometimes have to wait five years for an opening. The free housing is, no doubt, appreciated by the people, who work long hours for low wages. Dale stated that cleaning ladies at hotels work 12 hour days for $50 a month. "Yugoslavia has an enormous international debt and everything goes to paying it off," said Dale. "So the people do without some things." That debt is also responsible for the relative worthlessness of Yugoslavian currency outside of that country. Foreign visitors learned not to change large amounts of their money into Yugoslavian "dinars" at any one time because they probably wouldn't be able to change it back. But, perhaps the most lasting impression Dale got from the games was the extremely tight security thrown up around it. Machine gun toting guards were were workers everywhere, required to wear different colors of clothing denoting their jobs, and several forms of I.D. and passes were required to be able to move about. Dale noted that, once you got to know the Yugoslavian people, they were very friendly. Still Americans were often, the subject of long stares by city residents. "You never knew what they were thinking about you, what they had been told about you," Dale added. Some other visitors at the game were equally interesting. Dale was waiting in line for a hamburger at the broadcast center cafeteria, when he noticed a crowd gathering suddenly. He turned around and immediately saw why. Right behind him in line was actor with the ABC crew, Dale received a complete set of official ABC clothing, including parkas, sweaters, hats, jackets, and etc. Dale said ABC outfitted 1,000 people at $1,000 a head. Kirk Douglas. "I also met some of the the covering personalities games like John Denver and Kathryn Sullivan," he stated. Dale brought more than just memories home with him, however. Trading Olympic pins was as much a part of the games as the events. ABC television pins were the most popular, but ones featuring Vucko the wolf, the official mascot, were also in high demand. "I'm proud to have had a little chunk of it, just to be there," Dale concluded. "It's really great to look back on it and realize you were one of only a few Americans who were there. Now I guess we move everything to Los Angeles and do it again this summer." As with all others affiliated "H M ....JP r :.r..:; , fm ffmm Vjf I j 1 "V I g, "lit Ml Dale Rhodes models Olympic parka provided him by ABC. Dale estimated that ABC outfitted 1,000 people with complete sets of clothing- including parkas, jackets, sweaters, hats, and etc. The bill came to around $1,000 a - person. |
