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Show Mangelson, Bushnell get DPS distinguished service awards ilW-ili- l ; Sgt. Paul Mangelson and Safety. patrol for 23 years come April 1. Trooper Lance Bushnell, both The awards were handed out The majority of that time has serving with the Utah Highway at a banquet in Salt Lake City been spent in the Nephi area Patrol in the East Juab County Nov. 17. Bushnell has served with the area, have been given highway patrol for two years. distinguished service awards by Mangelson, a resident of He recently moved to the East the Utah Department of Public Levan, will have been with the Juab County area. Serving East Juab County -- A Nice Place to Livel November 29, 1989 Commissioners will travel to Partoun to hold zoning hearing Members of the Juab County Commission will travel to Partoun in the west end of Juab County on Sunday to conduct a public hearing on the rezoning of the area. The hearing will be held at the West Desert School at 6 p.m. The commissioners want to Sgt. Paul Mangelson, left, and Trooper Lance Bushnell display distinguished service awards received rezone the west desert in an atfrom the department of public safety. j tempt to force the U.S. Air Force to comply with county building regulations for its pro- Schools had $103,000 surplus last fiscal year After several years of cuts and belt tightening in the Juab School District, it enjoyed a fairly good year in 1988-8Lynn Hilstead of the Provo independent accounting firm of Gilbert and Stewart, reviewed the districts audit at a recent meeting of the board of and less money . . electricity. It mendations for the district also earned more money on its investments. The school lunch program also contributed to the surplus. It made a profit of $15,504 last year, even though lunch fees were not raised. The extra money came about mainly because of the summer free lunch program, funded by the federal government. Much of the surplus money e will go into Christmas bonuses for district employees at the rate of 3.25 percent of the employees annual salary. 9. tion. ,,The on .. . district did go over budget in a few departmentas, said Hillstead, but in all, it was left with a surplus of $103,000. Several factors contributed to surplus. One reason was a larger enrollment than expected, giving the district more state Even the lowest-paiemployee funds. will be guaranteed a bonus of The district also spent $280. $11,000 less on administration, When we negotiated with $10,000 less for transportation, teachers for contracts, we agreed to a minimum bonus of 2 percent if we had the money," said Leon Pexton, president of the school board. Wages for teachers in the Juab District had dropped to the bottom of is the state wage scale, he said, and the board considered it imThe Christmas message of the to find a way to increase portant First Presidency of the LDS teacher wages. Church will be brought to Nephi Another part of the district by satellite transmission Sunday, Dec. 3. surplus will be used to allow The special fireside will be teachers to travel to workshops. presented at the Nephi stake The surplus also has been used center at 6 p.m. All members of to hire additional teachers and the Nephi LDS Stake are in- to restore some previously cut vited to attend, say members of services. the stake presidency. Hillstead had several recom- , one-tim- d First Presidency Christmas message Sunday Services held T ues-da- y for Bent Bryan Bent Rolfson Bryan, 89, died Nov. 21 in Sandy. He was born May 10, 1900 in Nephi to William Andrew Cazier and Anna Helena Rolfson Bryan. He married Lela V. Newell Sept. 3, 1928. The marriage later was solemnized in the Manti LDS Temple. She died July 1, 1989. He worked as a daryland farmer and cattleman and during the 1930s and 1940s, he worked for the Civilian Conser- ? f jrt J J W M W 8 If j j V CT ,, V vation Corps. He worked several years for the Soil Conservation District. He served in the Utah House of Representatives from 1933 to 1935. He was a member of the LDS Church and held many positions. Survivors are three sons, William Newell Bryan of Salt Bent Rolfson Bryan Lake City, John Hamilton and of Brigham City, Wilkins, both of Salt Lake City; Bryan Bruce Kay Bryan of Denver, and a brother, Alif R. Bryan of Colo.; 14 grandchildren; nine Seal Beach, Calif, two F'uneral services were held sisters, Mrs. Loyle (Margaret) Tuesday in NephL Burial was at Adams and Mrs. A1 (Helga) the Nephi City Cemetery. great-grandchildre- n; ; brought to light in the audit. He also suggested each school should have a master roll,, but was informed already exist. that such rolls , posed electronic battlefield. Zoning laws would give the commission some measure of control over the air force, the commissioners say. The commission already had one hearing on the rezoning plan. It was held Nov. 21 in Nephi, but 16 west desert residents who attended the meeting asked the commis- sioners to hold a hearing in a place where more of them could Hillstead also said several attend. Nephi is 150 miles away of the west employees had access to the from the majority desert population. machine districts Some of those attending the and have multiple jobs which accused the commission might make it easy for them to hearing of doing the same thing to them embezzle money. the commissioners claim the air Because creating enough jobs force is doing to the county to make embezzlement hard would be economically feasible, conducting their business it is likely that the district will without providing a forum for continue as at present, board public comment. The commission has determinmembers say. ed that in order to have some recommenHillstead also had dations for the way purchase say in the electronic battlefield, orders are issued and approved current zoning regulations need and made mention that state to be amended. The air force would have to law requires district funds be for permits to build their apply k in investments, placed such as the state treasurers in- electronic battlefield, said Don Eyre, Jr., county attorney, and vestment pool. A copy of the audit will be the battlefields buildings would therefore be put in county sent to the state. The commission would records. He said the district should some control. then have take an inventory of the location Under the proposed l (outof fixed assets. The district no building zoning, area) lying needs a system to account for used for could be land or those items. anything other than residential, agricultural, mining, or light commercial purposes. Virtually no zoning rules currently exist on the west side of the county tax-payi-ng other than those governing check-signin- g low-ris- O-- Tomorrow is last day! health and sanitation re- quirements. the east end of Juab County property taxes the county also insist that Zoning rules in are due and payable by noon residents must have a prescribtomorrow, Thursday, Nov. 30, ed amount of land on which to says Joyce Pay, county build homes. The amount varies treasurer. on a sliding scale according to If payment is not made by the type of land it is. No such lot size requirements that date, the greater of a 2 percent or $10 penalty is added to currently exist in the west end the tax amount," says Mrs. of the county, but the county commission is thinking about Pay. She says that this year, an instituting them. Some of the residents attendunusually large number of county residents have put off paying ing the hearing were concerned their taxes until the last minute. that even with the zoning regulations, the air force would do what it wanted to do and the people would be stuck with the zoning laws. Once a law is on the books it is hard to change, said Wayne 5th Warders set December 5 7th Warn The Nephi 5th LDS Ward will DlcffiS hold its annual Christmas party . , . Tuesday, Dec. 5 at the ward tlflC church. All those living within the boundaries of the ward, lOcWo whether members of the church '-or not, are invited to attend. Members of the Nephi 7th The Relief Society will stage a LDS Ward are invited to the ansale of handmade gifts and bak- nual ward Christmas party ed goods at 6 p.m., a program Tuesday, Dec. 5. will begin at 6:30 p.m., and dinThe party will be held at the ner will start at 7 p.m. Those at- ward church. Dinner will begin tending the dinner should bring at 6:30 p.m. Those attending their own dishes. should bring their own dishes. A program will be held followFollowing dinner, the children will welcome a special visitor. ing dinner. ZP rinnof fWltV h11 TlUOUu J Robertson, a west desert resi- we want to know what you are dent. going to do, she continued. The commission said its inGlen Allred asked the comtent was to have minimal regu- missioners if they would change lation for the west desert and it their opposition to the batwould work with residents who tlefield if it would provide some who sought variances. economic benefit to the county. That was all well and good for If the zoning is passed and now, Robertson said, but What they kick you a few bucks for will happen when you guys building permit fees, will you retire? he questioned. change your minds, he said. If the air force wants the land I have been opposed from bad enoujgh, they simply will the beginning, said Commistake it, said Robertson. They sioner Richard M. Brough. I will condemn it and take the wouldnt under any circumwhole valley. Our biggest threat stances accept any bribery is the environmentalists, he money to get that monstrosity in here, he continued. said. The air force already sends The federal government alover the ready owns 82 percent of Juab airplanes area and disrupts the lives of County, and they make 82 perresidents with sonic booms, he cent of the decisions, said said. Brough. The west end of Juab County Amy Saby said she thought the commission needs to make is becoming a national focal an effort to keep the people of point, said Brough. What the the west desert better informed. commission does in dealing with Many of them do not subscribe the air force will serve as a founto newspapers and have no oth- dation for dealings other elected er way of getting county news. bodies have with the military in You feel like the air force is not the future, he said. He suggested the commission upfront with you, and we feel like you havent come to us, be allowed to act with haste so she said. We want to help but zoning could be in place before the expected December release of the environmental impact statement now being prepared by the air force. The groundwork needs to be laid in advance, he said. Allred suggested one way to handle problems would be to designate communities in the s The will publish its west desert as townships, rather annual list of addresses of mis- than as unincorporated areas. sionaries and servicemen in next Then local residents would have weeks edition, Dec. 6. jurisdiction over their own home Addresses should be brought areas. to our office before 5 p.m. MonYou would definitely have 4. Dec. day, my support for such a plan, They should be typewritten, if said Joseph Bernini, commission chairman. possible. Because of the possibility of West desert residents at the error, we will take no addresses meeting were opposed to mini- over the phone. Please turn to page 2 low-flyin-g TN will publish annual address list next week Times-New- Eligibility rules changed at JHS The Juab School District Board of Education has voted to change the scholastic eligibility requirements for those participating in extracurricular activities at Juab High School. Dr. Kirk L. Wright, superintendent of schools, said the educadistricts outcome-base- d tion program requires that all students pass classes at 80 percent or better. Previously, no student could fail any class and participate in extracur- ncular activities. Under the new standard, students may fail one subject about 10 students per quarter have problems with eligibility requirements. Normally, students who are failing classes are not those who are involved in extracurricular acitivities, said Wright. "Activities of all kinds are great motivators, he said. The regulations say students must be enrolled full time and are not eligible to participate in activities if they are failing more than one subject. They continue to be ineligible in the grading period until grade deficiencies are corrected. Students who are entering high school work for the first time and have been promoted from lower grades are exempt from class failures in previous years, in so far as ineligibilities are concerned. Ineligibilities may be made up during a subsequent grading period, summer session, night school, by tutoring, or by other methods acceptable to the school district. Trauntvein said the the old regulations had placed a burden on the school counselor, who was the cne to administer the program and give tests to those who chose to take extension |