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Show II J.U I l,, ' ,! ffllftW Serving East Juab County Volume 102 No 39 September www.nephitimesnews.com -- 29, A Nice Place To Live! Single Copy Price 2004 Council hears concerns about Juab School Board takes closer look at closed abandoning a dedicated street enrollment By Myrna Times-New- policy Correspondent It may be a good idea to close but it may not be and, be- schools cause the question was not clear, Juab School Board decided to get more information before making a decision. Unlike Nephi Elementary which has a closed enrollment for the year, meaning that no students may atthe tend, high school has plenty of classroom space. The high school has different problems, said Kirk Wright, su- perintendent. The reason the high school administration is making the request to close the school, said Wright, is that the studentteach-e- r ratio is so close. If there are too many students per teacher in any classroom, especially in the solid subjects, we may not meet accreditation requirements. The high school has never requested closing their doors to students who live outside the boundaries of the district who are seeking to enroll at the school. are Students from asked to pay tuition according to a policy set by the board. Background checks are conducted for those seeking to enroll if they do not live in the district, said Wright. In fact, one student was just rejected as a potential student because of such a check. It was found that the student had a violation in the district where the student had been out-of-sta- out-of-stat- e safe-scho- attending school. We already dont have to let kids in, said Dale Fowkes, board member. It isnt a matter of capacity because we built our high school for a larger capacity. In his opinion, if more teachers were needed they should be hired. It is difficult to hire teachers By Myrna Trauntvein Correspondent Joseph Nickols, the driver of the motorhome involved in an early September collision with a train in which his wife was killed, died 12 days after the crash. The right front passenger of the RV, Myrtle Nickols, wife of Joseph Nickols, was burned in the resulting explosion which occurred at the time of impact. She died at the scene. The Fatal accident occurred on September 7, 2004 at approximately 1:30 p.m. on SR 132 West of Nephi. The accident involved a train (three train engines coupled together and no train cars), a motorhome pulling a mini-vaand a separate mini-van- , said Utah Highway Patrol Sgt. Hoby Metz. He said the train was approaching the crossing heading n, northwest and a mini-vahad stopped for the train eastbound. n There were flashing red lights Correspondent new-hig- school. At that time, Juab School retained the former LDS seminary building for use as a school district office. That building was then obtained by the city as is now' used to house the Nephi City Police Department. At one time, that was a dedicated street, said Jenkins. Di.-tri- ct PETS ON PARADE Juab Middle School h id its annual pet Jay on Thursday. Lance Lynn with Bob the salamander was eager to take the feisty critter out of his jar for a photo opportunity Smaller animals included birds, rats, hamsters and a number of kittens and dogs that were small by every definition, horses too were on parage. More photos on page 7 at this time of year, said Delanie Hathaway, board member. Are we really close on class size? she asked. According to the state enrollment policy, said Wright, those from seeking to transfer one school to another, must let the school know by March of the year prior to the year the student is planning to attend school. Of course, the policy applies only to those whose parents or guardians are not moving to the district. It does deal with a student who is living in Santaquin or Fountain Green, for example, who in-stat- See Street on page 2 Deadline for Skate Park resolution due by October 15th for State funding By Myrna Times-New- s Trauntvein Correspondent Last year, the Nephi Skate for Park project was runner-uwould like to attend Juab High. a Utah State Urban ParksRec-reatioIf an student seeks Grant and this year the the student must be enrollment, funds should be availmatching living with a relative or guard- - able because some changes have been made. For example, said Phil Baker, See Schools on page 3 city parks director, the land the city is donating to the project has train-motorho- me gone up in value. Since we can use the value of the land, said Chad Brough, mayor, we should be close to a match with what is being asked of the state. at the crossing, but no crossing Brough said the project was arms for control on the crossing, one he supported. said Metz. No where else are skateAn eastbound motor-homboarders allowed to do their came around a turn and downsport, said Brough. He said wherever those who grade to the crossing. For an unknown reason, Jo- used skateboards wanted to seph Nickols, driver of the mo-- , skate in the city, they were was forbidden. Business owners, torhome pulling a mini-vaunable to stop, said Metz. churches and schools did not The motorhome turned into the like the youth skateboarding westbound lane to avoid colliding because the edges of concrete with the stopped mini-vaat the were chipped which caused the crossing. The RV was still travel- concrete to crack. In my opinion, something ing and collided with the second or center train engine. needs to happen, said Brough. An immediate explosion took We (the council) put it in the place, said Metz. It has been debudget this year. termined that the propane tanks Carter complimented the work feed line ruptured. that Bakers has done to work The driver of the stopped toward getting the grant. He mini-van- , Craig Condie of Lehi, has been the one to prepare the rendered aid to Joseph Nickols application and the documents and pulled Nickols away from the needed for the grant. He has been a support and burning motorhome. Condie tried to also pull Myrtle help to us, said Carter. He has kept the project on the Fire. The grant application is due in See Death on page 3 p n out-of-stat- e Second victim in accident dies Times-New- s Trauntvein Barres Jenkins, a former Nephi mayor, thinks it is a shame to abandon a dedicated street. The street in question runs north to south on the citycounty complex block and would align, if it were ever built, with existing streets going north and south one block east of Main Street. When we made the trade, we made sure we (the city) got the land for the street, he said. Jenkins told the council that, when he was mayor, the former Juab High School property, w Inch had belonged to the school district, was turned over to the city and county. That was done because the district built a By Myrna Trauntvein Times-New- s s e n n V asked for contributions to erase the shortfall. Our skate park will be above it before the deadline of Oct. grade and will be steel on a flat 15. pad, said Carter. The steel will The resolution needs to show be bolted to the concrete. It is proposed that the pad be the citys continued support and 100-fot slab. for a of the by project. pledge funds We laid out some wooden The state let out $800,000 last year, said Baker. jumps at the tennis courts and the kids wore them out, said Backer said the grant is Carter. They were there only for Therefore, it was decided to use the old high school a couple of weeks and they had tennis courts located on property holes in them. Matt Bowles, the city recrethe city now owns. It is hoped the city can ob- ation director, said that with he tain a grant for approximately was in East Millard County, a $62,000, which would represent skate park was constructed. The kids there enjoyed the 31 percent of the final price. The total project is expected to cost park and it kept them off the streets, said Bowles. approximately $200,000. Skate parks were being built Steve Carter and his son, in council with the met Cody, many communities, said Bakcity to discuss the project and the er. There were facilities in Provo, support they have been working Payson, Gunnison and Delta which was giving the Carters to gain. We have been in front of and Baker a good feel for what several businesses who have made a good skate park. Because so many are building committed cash and materials, said Steve Carter. We have, for skate parks, said Brough. Lets the wheel. example, a commitment for the not He said the community could cement for the pad. We have a shortfall of use the ideas of the others to build a successful park and it $35,250, said Carter. w'ith was and cash hoped the park would soon Nephi City, land, is donating $92,750 for be a reality. 46.38 percent of the project. LoCarter said one thing they cal businesses and citizens have had learned was that the steel also agreed to donate $10,000 equipment that will be bolted in materials or 5 percent of the to the concrete pad would not be entirely made of steel, which project. does have a great deal of longevsaid Carter that Although amount has now increased as he ity, but would have a surface on has been to various businesses to it that would provide a kinder skating surface and would aprequest support. The county, school district, peal to skateboarders. Mona and Levan are also being October. One more step needs to be taken, he said. The city needs to prepare a resolution and adopt 120-foo- site-specifi- H |