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Show tElie Page A6 tEtmeg-nhepgnfte- Thursday, April 29, 2004 ttt Athletics realignment 9 plan for officials pleases GCHS Grands furthest 2005-200- region by Jeff Richards contributing writer The Utah High School Activities Associations board trustees of tentatively approved what is expected to be the final realignment plan for 2005-0last week. 9 According to the new proposal, Grand County High School will no longer be in the northern 2A Region 14, but will instead be in the central Married along with Gunnison, Manti, North Region . . . Misty L. Williams and Michael Z. Lammert, Jr., were married April 17, 2004 at Rotary Park in Moab. Michael is the son of Michael and Deana Lammert of Moab. Misty is the daughter of Kelly McDowel and Bill Williams of Ogden, Utah. They will make their home in Ogden. 12, Sevier, South Sevier, Richfield, and San Juan. Region 14, meanwhile, will consist of only five teams (Juab, North Summit, South Summit, Rowland Hall-S- t. Marks, and Waterford), with current Region 14 powerhouse Juan Diego Catholic High School moving up to 3A. The proposed changes, which passed by a 15-- 9 vote last Monday, are subject to a final vote by the UHSAA board June 10 and will take effect in the fall of 2005. GCHS principal Tom Brown and athletic director Ron Dolphin both said they were happy with the current proposal. Its definitely going to cut our travel time, cut our costs, and cut our time out of noted Dolphin. school, To be married . . . Greg Nunn and Karen Clark along with Mike and Jackie Palmer, request the honor of all friends and families presence at the marriage of their children, Heather Naomi Nunn and Jared Bruce Palmer on Saturday, May 8, 2004 at 5 p.m. at Old City Park in Moab. A potluck reception will be held immediately following at the Ramada Inn, 182 South Main in Moab. School district mulling tax levy to fund states new reading program Jeff Richards If the reading program by contributing writer The Grand County Board of Education has until June 1 to decide whether to impose a local property tax levy to help fund the states new Performance Plus K3 Reading Achievement program. The program is Gov. Olene Walkers $30 million proposal to improve reading literacy for students in kindergarten through 3rd grade. The program and its $15 million in state funding were greenlit in March with the passage of Senate Bill 230. According to the plan, local school districts are authorized to levy a property tax of 0.000121 to fund their share of the program, if they so desire. Alternatively, they may choose to pay for it with existing funds, as long as those funds do not supplant or replace the money for already existing reading programs. The levy translates to about a $12 increase in annual property taxes for a property valued at $100,000. Participating school districts will receive a base sum of $29,268, plus additional state funds roughly equivalent to the local districts own contribution. For example, Grand County School Districts projected figures show a $71,000 annual state contribution with a local contribution of around $78,000. The above-mentione- d base amount accounts for roughly 8 percent of the programs funding. The remaining 92 .percent is divided into two fairly equal parts, one focus- ing on low-inco- students and the other being a guarantee program based on the total number of students in the district. Districts may choose to participate in either or both categories (or neither), and funding for each is kept separate. does not meet its goals within three years, the so-call- reading levy will be terminated, according to the State Office of Education. The USOE will oversee the implementation and administration of the program, whose goal is for all students to be able to read at or above grade level by the time they reach 3rd grade. Grand County Schools have already pledged to have at least 90 percent of their students reach that level of proficiency. Grand County Board of Education members said they will make the proposed levy the focus of their next quarterly open forum meeting, scheduled for 6 p.m. on May 12 in the Grand County High School media center. In addition, superintendent Ron Ferguson said during last weeks school board meeting that he would write about the proposed levy in his next regular column in The (see page Times-Independe- A9). In other action at last weeks regular school board meeting: The board approved an agreement to transfer to Moab n assorted easeCity a half-doze- ments along the Millcreek Parkway. The action is designed to protect the school district from liability in case someone is injured along the trail. The board also approved a request by Ed DeFrancias high school physics class to make an overnight field trip to Physics Night at Denvers Six Flags Elitch Gardens May opponent currently is North Summit, about five and a half hours away by bus. After the however. realignment, Grands furthest opponent will be Manti, at around four hours. Its going to cut at least an hours worth of driving time each way for the average trip, Dolphin added. Plus, itll be a very competitive region. GCHS head baseball coach Mike Steele agreed, saying, Its very competitive, and its far less travel time. Plus, it puts us and San Juan back in the same region, so our games against them will mean something in the standings. Dolphin said the new region wont necessarily make it more difficult for Grands sports teams to do well. Weve fared just fine against tough programs (like Juan Diego), he noted. I think you play to the level of your competition. 2A the classification (defined as schools with 150 to 449 Also in ol students) will be a Region 13, comprising Beaver, six-scho- ol Cross Creek, Enterprise, Parowan, Kanab, and Millard. However, Cross Creek will compete in post-seaso- lAs Region 15 for tournament play. n Noted Western author, Ivan Doig, will be in Moab for book signing Noted author Ivan Doig will appear Arches Book Company on Monday, May 3 at 7:30 p.m. Residents and visitors are invited to join with shes ever heard, and takes on Wes project to propel Monty to the furthest heights he can achieve. As the lessons move forward, and the celebrated author, as he reads from his ninth book, Montys skill Prairie Nocturne. Susan Duff, the obstinate, d Montana schoolgirl from Dancing at the Rascal Fair, is now a middle-ageindependent woman, giving singing lessons to the moneyed voices of Helenas grows more apparent, silver-voice- interrupted by Wes Williamson, inheritor of the over- arching Williamson cattle empire, and a man who gave up a political career when his and Susans love affair cast the pall of scandal upon his gubernatorial campaign. Wes has not approached Susan for romantic reasons, though hes found a gilded voice in his black chauffeur, Monty, and wants Susan to teach Monty how to use it. In the midst of the Montana prairie, Susan discovers a talent unlike any lands funding or other sources. The attending stu- dents will each pay about $50 for their own motel room and food. Board member Bryon City Principals Tom Brown, and Buckingham, Melinda Snow each gave reports on their plans for allocating their schools respective shares of annual state trust land monies. and musical fame begin realm of possibility. However, the ugly smear of racism is found even on isolated .ranchland, and Monty finds a violent enemy in the Ku Klux Klan. Prairie Nocturne is another stunning work from Doig, who writes with absolute, pitch-perfe- of Moab. 'SUBSCRIBE!! O - Hu - T For all your home health needs tag El Community Nursing Services Experts in Home Care Since 1929 www.cnsvna.org Foot Check Clinic 2nd Wednesday of each month at the Senior Center from 9 a.m. to 12 Noon auth- ct attended SUU, and served an LDS mission to St. Petersburg, Russia, before returning to college this past fall. Jaicee is a 2003 graduate of Box Elder High School, active in music programs there. Both Jordan and Jaicee are students at Utah State University in Logan and met during their participation in the USU Marching Band. They will spend the summer working in Moab before returning to USU this fall. Jordan is the grandson of Ollie and Roberta Knutson and Jack and Shirley Stewart, 259-078- Washington Post). From the gorgeous open prairie to the grit and bustle of the Harlem Renaissance, these tangled lives are a ority ( reflection of all the ways, good and bad that the past can affect our future, and how Call for Details 259-046- 6 Invitation to Forest Plan Revision Process Sal National Forest is in process of revising its to participate in the plan revision process. Join us in: The Manti-L- a Offering your suggested changes to the current Evaluating potential wilderness areas Commenting on Wild and Scenic Rivers recent trip to the National Sherrie barricades sometimes morph into opportunity while were not even paying attention. Please call the store at 2 to reserve a spot for this wonderful evening of literature. New York Walston gave an update on his School Boards Associations annual conference in Orlando, Fla. Marjorie and Terry Ross of Willard, Utah and David and Merrie Knutson of Moab, are pleased to announce the forthcoming marriage of their children, Jaicee Kae Ross and Jordan Russell Knutson. The marriage will take place on Friday, May 7, 2004 at the Monticello, Utah LDS Temple, with a reception in Moab on May 8 at the Rotary Park. A reception in Willard is to follow on Saturday, May 15. Jordan, a 2000 graduate of Grand County High School, the bright lights of d, socialite children. Her comfortable solitude is Couple plans to marry May 7 in Monticello Tfemple forest plan, You are invited forest plan Meeting Schedule. 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