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Show CACB4101 EXP. 11" Serving East Juab County - A Nice Place To Live! Wednesday, May 31, 1995 Volume 93, No. 22 16 pages Single Copy Price 500 School Board looks at longer school days for spring for secondary schools By Myrna Trauntvein Times-New- s Correspondent Superintendent Kirk Wright suggested to Juab School Board members that school days be elongated on a secondary level each spring. If we elongated the days on the secondary level Monday through Friday February through June, it would give time on Fridays and Saturdays for the many activities without jeopardizing the academic school day, said Wright. He said it would be possible to accommodate many of the sports activities if Fridays were elongated as academic days were shortened allowing a half day for activities. Such a stand has not been popular in the past, said Wright. Parents, he said, like Saturdays for family activities and to allow students to work to help with the costs of attending school and participating in events. In the spring, activities are so many that they cut into the instructional day, he said. Winter sports are mostly night activities but travel time can affect the academic day. MEMORIAL DAY Members of the American Legion fire a volley of bullets as they honor the veterans buried at the Vine Bluff Cemetery. ....... .'i v. The Friday and Saturday schedule cause some overlapping of activities which is also not popular. For example, said Wright, many students like to par ticipate in more than one activity in the Spring. An attempt was made to move baseball to the summer a while ago. It was not popular, said Wright. Nobody has been able to stand the pressure, so far. He said coaches found the proposal unappealing and informed parents of their feelings. Parents then flooded school boards and the proposal was dropped. We do have a major problem, said Leon Pexton, board president. Title IV made it mandatory to make activities equal for the sexes which increased activities so both males and females had equal opportunity. Someday a choice is going to have to be made, he said. Boards would need to determine how to maintain an academic responsibility and balance that with activities. Julie Smalley, board member, said, while she had no children in the high school, she would think a consolidation of activities would ease the hectic schedule some students and parents faced. We would need the cooperation of the region in order to make such a schedule change, said Wright. He said board members could help by contacting other extra-curricul- ar Continued on page 2 Sheriff mil me law enforcement had their hands full over the Memorial day weekend By Myrna Trauntvein and Rescue teams out in full, said at Yuba of people pick pocketing money continuing. families stayed, he said, was fairly Law enforcement isnt the only prob- clean. The north beach, however, would taken from wallets and purses. Several Carter. Three extra Utah Highway s said Carter. One of the worst prob- take workers forever to clean. My deYuba One vandalized. were vehicles at to the officers lem, were trol Correspondent county assigned for the holiday, he said. Bureau of Land had a window smashed and others had lems is the aftermath of the holiday at partment is not in charge of the cleanJuab County, on Memorial Day, comes Management officers and workers were doors kicked in. One employee had their Yuba. The north beach, he said, looks up, he said. Carter said he and BLM officers had car keys and several other items taken like a giant garbage dump. hot spot, of- on hand to assist, said Carter. as close to a from is a The beach been north trash vehicle. from the We all worked together, he said. dump working to get federal money to ten called heck, as law enforcement control ofThere broken to are end other. one the beaches at Yuba. We store was the Levan in to said the Carter trouble a was weather Even the help officers hope to ever get. all to some funds by this Methe beach. have over bottles the in sand hours We In the sliders had several ficers this hoped early morning burglarized. year. If we cant stop the partying, lawless of of morial weekend worst one abuses but we failed to get is and This out the door broken was 15 hail the a on Interstate public Dam more make Yuba and Saturday it during element at nearby of a family holiday spot, then I will close storm, he said. Officers were called to beer and cigarettes were stolen. He said land I have ever seen, said Carter. Continued on page 12 The west beach, where most of the assist. In addition, there the investigation of the case was still it down next Memorial Day, said Juab the freeway toroll-ovwere several accidents, one in County Sheriff Dave Carter. on Creek State Road 132. Salt do The people who come to drink, Canyon We in the mud stuck vehicles 40 had be to need trouble kept drugs and cause from the site and it needs to be made at Yuba on Friday. It was just a muddy more wholesome for families, he said. mess. Some of the canyons were muddy The county fills up with visitors from too and caused some problems, he said. After the weekend warmed up, said other counties and, some of the places are Carter, people flocked in droves to Yuba such as Yuba Dam Recreation Site, Pa- Times-New- well-occupi- ed er g filled with a lawless that have little respect for law enforcement and less for other people. We had more than 30,000 people at Yuba this Memorial weekend, said Sheriff Carter. It is his job, he says, to Dam and other camping sites in Juab. in place He said he kept at Yuba Friday and Saturday. There were a couple of incidents at Burraston Ponds, but most of our problems were Little Sahara Sand Dunes and the surrounding desert for the annual Cherry Creek Hare and Hound Races, he said. Salt Creek Canyon was full from Thursday night on and all of the other canyons filled up during the weekend. All campgrounds were full, he said. Carter said Mona Reservoir and Burr aston Ponds, near Mona, were both filled beyond capacity. Burraston Ponds had all the camping sites filled and there was hardly a spot around the ponds where you could park. It looked like a city, said Carter. Mona recreation sites, including Goshen Canyon, definitely had more visitors than all the inhabitants of Mona (approximately Central Valley Medical Center. The hit by the hit and-ru- n driver when he tried to stop the indi- party-seekin- crowd road-bloc- ks at Yuba. We had more than 600 arrests, he in activities law enforcement coordinate said. lid to a to and then try keep Things were just crazy. the county One pedestrian on the beach was run on the violence. More than 20,000 people were at over and was taken by ambulance to 60). There are approximately 6,800 residents of Juab County and there were more than 70,000 visitors to recreation sites in Juab County. "Thats a lot of people to try to provide with law enforcement, said Carter. Carter said his department, of course, was out in "My men put in In addition, said. he shifts, Beaver and Millard County officers assisted. I had both East and West Search full-forc- e. 18-ho- ur BLM officer was vidual, said Carter. Luckily, he said, the officer was not badly injured. old male was showing "One off and tried to show his friends he could do a somersault off a cliff and 21-ye- ar 20-fo- ot land correctly, said Carter. The man landed on his head and had to be rushed by ambulance to Nephi and was transferred by ambulance to a Salt Lake City hospital with critical head and back in- juries. "Our ambulances in East and West Juab County stayed busy the whole weekend with one problem after another, he said. "A young kid, approximately 17 years old, suffered a possible heart attack at Yuba and had to be transported. He said there were several arrests for assaults. At Yuba there were two kids into the crowd. shooting their shot-gun- s Other kids had a laser scope on a gun and were frightening people by putting the laser beam on them. We had a number of fights, as well. He said there were several complaints CLASS OF 1995 Members of Juab High Schools Class of 1995 gather for one last photo opportunity as they prepare for graduation. Commencement Exercises begin at 7 p.m. tonight. May 31, in the JHS Auditorium. Graduation tonight at Juab High School tificate of Recognition. The Address of Welcome will be given by Erica Jones, Senior Class President. Valedictorian is Jamie Goble and Salu- tatorian is Brett Wilkey. Presentation of Graduates will be by Andrew Cindrich, Principal, and Accep- tance of Graduates by Dr. Kirk Wright, emony. students are scheduled Superintendent. Presentation of Diplo- Ninety-nin- e to receive their diplomas. There are mas will be by members of the Board of also six adult graduates and one Cer- - Education, Leon Pexton and Julie Juab High School will hold gradua- tion ceremonies Wednesday (tonight). May 31, 1995 in the JHS Auditorium 7:00 p.m. Auditorium seating will be for ticket holders only. There will be over-floseating in the cafeteria area with a video for viewing the cer-w Smalley, Senior Class Officers are: Erica Jones, president; Josalyn Painter, vice-president; Tiffany Casper, secretary, Tena Sanders, activities manager, and Shannon Kenison, historian, Senior Class Advisors are: Charles Mellor, Gary Neilson, Donna Blackett, Alan Sperry, and Derrin Owens, Special graduation pages start on page 7. at |
