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Show f i Wi TV A6 The Times-lndependen- i Thursday, Mar. 15, 1984 t, Grand below average in Utahs 40 school districts spent an average of $1,962 per student for maintenance and operations (general fund) purposes during the 1982-8- 3 school year, according to the Utah Taxpayers Association, the statewide tax watchdog organization. When spending for special levies and school buildings are inrloded. school districts spent an average of $2,481 per student. The UTA made the calculations from Utah State Office of Education figures, using average daily student attendance as a measure of student numbers. The school district comparisons are published in the March 1984 issue of UTA News. Grand Cqunty maintenance and operations wfe below average at $1,910, the report indicated. Generally, larger school districts spent less per student while the tiny districts with small class sizes spent more. Districts highest in per capita spending for maintenance and operations were Daggett at $4,448 for each of its 182 students, and Tintic at $3,479 for each of 249 students. expenditures per-pup- il and Murray at 24.4 each. The Taxpayers Association also reported that the average school district staff is comprised of only 58 percent teachers. The remaining 42 percent of employees include Lowest per student expenditures administrators, principals, counse- in the maintenance and operations fund were Nebo School District at lors, janitors, bus drivers, and others. Ranking highest in this category were Alpine and Provo school districts with 63 percent of their staffs being teachers. They were followed by Weber and Beaver at 62 percent. Lowest in this category was Daggett at 47 percent, Juab at 49 percent and Tintic and Duchesne at 50 percent. The study also revealed that the school districts with the highest property tax rates were Tintic at 51.38 mills, Provo at 47.25 mills, and Jordan at 46.69 mills. (A mill is one dollar of taxes for each $1,000 of assessed valuation.) Districts with 1,744, Alpine at $1,749, and Washington at $1,769. Although the fifth largest district in the state, Salt Lake City District spent a whopping ds $2,310 per of dollars more than districts of comparable size because of its voted leeway enrichment levy and its large tax base. The report also included comparisons of average class size. The r ratio was highest found in Washington School District at 26.7 students per teacher. Cache was next at 24.6, followed by Nebo student-hundre- ill student-teache- tax rates were Uintah at 31.49 mills, South Summit at 34.11 milla and Grand at 34.41 mills. Copies of the complete report are available through the Utah Taxpayers Association, 1578 West 1700 South, Suite 105, Salt Lake City, Utah 84104. Telephone low 972-881- 4. DEMOCRATIC WORKSHOP The Grand County Democratic party will sponsor a workshop for to the state input platform, Saturday, March 17, in the city council chambers of the courthouse. The workshop begins at 1 p.m. The party will host a St. Patricks Day Mexican dinner at the Pancake Haus, beginning at 6 p.m. Dinner is $4 per person or $7 per couple. Those attending should provide their own drinks. bed ... gains Hospital Moab resident Doris Ranch recently donated a powered bed to Allen Memorial Hospital, in memory of her husband, the late Gus Ranch. Accepting the donation for the hospital were Director of Nursing Jolly Stanford and R.N. Arlene Slaichert. BMX motocross racing will begin new season Cliffhanger Bicycle Motocross (BMX) track will begin its 1984 racing season on Saturday, March 17. Registration will be from 10:30-11:3- 0 and racing starts at noon. Races will be held each Saturday thro V the spring and will continue on into the fall. Cliffhanger BMX will be operating in conjunc- tion with other area tracks, including Grand Junction, Delta, Montrose and Cortez, Colorado and Farmington, New Mexico. The Salt Lake City area also will have six BMX tracks open this summer. The American Bicycle Association (ABA sanctions the Moab track which is locally sponsored by Grand County. This year the ABA has created three classes to cover all skill levels. These classes are novice, intermediate and expert. A new rider begins at the novice level and after five first-pla- ce finishes advances to the next skill level intermediate. Five more firsts advance the rider to the expert level. All classes receive points through the ABA computer system in Chandler, Arizona. These points are printed monthly in the associations national newspaper, The ABA Action. Trophies are awarded to the 1st through 3rd place finishes in each class. Four riders are needed to make a class and girls ride separately from the boys when their class is available. Age groups begin novice class and at the continue on to the 31and over class (also known as the Old Mans class). Every effort will be made to race each rider in his or her own class. The only equipment a racer will need is a bicycle, helmet, shirt and long pants, said Kon Kauhi, track director. The yearly membership fee for the ABA is $21. This fee covers insurance, membership card and number plate, subscription to The ABA Action and district and national point standings. The fee to race each Saturday is $6. This fee helps pay the local track sanction fee and covers trophy costs. Cliffhanger BMX is a it organization. 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The delay was based on a request by defense counsel Gary R. Cowan not receiving a report on his client until Thursday, March 8. ng Joseph Albert Mudgett pled guilty to a charge of assault, reduced from assault by a prisoner. A charge of possession of a controlled substance was dismissed. He was sentenced to three months in jail and fined $200. The jail sentence was suspended upon payment of the fine. Quinton B. Wimmer pled guilty to a charge of burglary (reduced from a second to a third degree felony). A report was ordered from Adult Probation and Parole, and sentencing was set for April 9. Timothy Cleve Emmons pled guilty to a second degree felony charge of distribution of a controlled substance for value. Two other second degree felony counts on the same charge were dismissed. Also dismissed were two counts of third degree felony distribution of a controlled substance for value. A report was ordered, and sentencing was set for April 9. Douglas Ray Parker appeared at a probation revocation hearing on a charge of issuing a series of bad checks, a third degree felony. The defendant admitted to the violations, but stated that he could pay this fine in cash. The Court ordered the defendant released and probation terminated if payment was made. If payment was not made, Parker was ordered to appear again on April 9. In the civil division, a hearing was set for April 9, and a trial set for May 7, for the case of CIT Corp. versus J&W Oilfield Services, et al., versus Total Power, Inc., a third party defendant. A hearing was set for April 9 for the case of Arthur R. Smith and Archland Inc. versus C. Don Holladay and Richard B. Holladay, et al. Trial will be set on April 9 proceedings. following the A default divorce was granted to Cindy Irene Johnson from Tome Earl Johnson. A stipulated divorce was granted in the case of David Andrew Neal versus Donna Marie Neal. Trial was set for May 7 for the case of Bonnie D. 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