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Show Volume Fighty-Si- Tooele, Utah, Thursday, Noxemlwr x 13, I9S0 Cost; Twenty Ihe Cent Number Twenty Four School Board Defers Action On 2,5 Budget Trim Request The Tooele school Iroard tallied ad ion tl'tO.OOO in budget cult as requested by the governor of Utah. Hie Uiard deferred any ad ion to trim the budget until more iufonuation can lie received at the state school Uiard convention, scheduled in early Decenilier. GOV. SCOTT M. Malhevin has ordered all state agencies and the higher education system to trim their budgets by 23 percent for the current bmlgd year. (Jov. M.ithevm has also asked for voluntary compliance from the school districts throughout the state to cut their budgets by 2.5 percent in order to balance the state hodgd. Under I'tah law school districts do not have to comply with executive orders. COV. MATHESON is meeting with party leaders of the Utah State legislature to detemiine whether a special session should lie called. "Right now they are shooting for a one or two day session in said Maggie Wilde, press secretary for the governor. It is possible that the state legislature could pass a statutory law in the special session requiring the school districts to comply with the 2.5 budget cut request. Clarke N. Johnscn, superintendent of Tooele County Schools, says the 2.5 percent would mean nearly $195,000 in the budget cuts for the local district. HE SAID THAT he hoped the state legislature would not approve of a bill requiring the school boards to trim their budget. "But if they do, we should be prepared to make those cuts, Johnsen told to approve Imard memliers. However, Ixiard mcmlier Janet Cook said she would refuse to look at budget cuts I localise it would in a sense lie "givinto the governor. g-in" "Requests from the governor may more frequent if we accet his request tocu! 2.5 percent at thistime, Mrs. Cook reasoned. She also said it was her understanding that the governor did not consult wit h any of the local school boards making the budget cut recommendalie-co- lie-fo- tions. SUPERINTENDENT Johnsen said that 25 of the 40 I'tah school dist rids have agreed to comply w ith the governors 2.5 percent budget cut. "However, some of those school (wards have complied with the stipulation that they would cut only if all other districts comply with the governor's request. After going through a list of 17 areas that could possibly lie trimmed. Superintendent Johnsen said that the school district would have to adjust the district's philosophy of education. The current philosophy Is.-- We that every student is a person of value, and we are committed to help each individual reach his potential. We will continually seek the means to more fully meet this commitment. JOHNSEN SAID in a Thursday interview that for the past several years the district's efforts have been toward total development of each student in the intellectual, emotional, social and physical Ire-lie- areas. At a minimum, the superintendent said, the st udents should be prepared to lie good citi.ens of the community in which they live. I Iowever, because the voted leeway to increase the mill levy failed, and liecause General Visits TAD Tooele Army Depot is playing host this week to the commanding general of depots parent command, the US Army Depot System Command (DESCOM). Maj. Gen. James S. Welch, here through Friday, will interview high- - ranking civilians and officers during his Tooele visit. Personal interview's by the rater are an innovation under the Armys new system for evaluating performance. THE TWO-STAgeneral will also hear briefings on important depot initiatives during his stay. Value engineering, morale welfare and Army community service operations, productivity work improvement circles, modernization and other topics of interest will be updated for the general. Welch took part Wednesday in awarding honors to local employees. Civilian workers recognized include Marvin J. Thompson and Craig Cull, North and South area guards of the month; George C. Elton, Shop Supply Division, Emest A. Hansen, Ammunition Division and Robert D. Cummings, Security Division who were awarded sick leave honors; civilian personnel division employee Sally Dewsnup and vehicle and power generator shops division workers Steve A. Davis, Robert Hamatake and Raymond A. Odorizzi who received suggestion awards. ALVIN J. WOOD,Dennis B. McBeth and Guy T. Wrathall of the Software and Unique Systems Division received a Joint Special ActService Award from the of loss of some federal and state monies programs will have to lie cut, he said. "THESE WILL hurt some students in our district, Superintendent Johnsen said. "Yet, we are I icing forced to cut lck. He said Thursday programs such as the Gifted and Talented, advanced placement classes, adult education, alternative school, and handicap would most likely have to lie trimmed or eliminated. In other action, the school Imard decided to let a junior high school baskctlwll coach establish rules regarding hair length of players. THE RULE had lieen challenged by Roger Gregrich whose son did not make the school team liecause his hair was not trimmed aliove his ears. Coach Ieigli Pratt explained that he t for the team. initially had 70 Imys At tliat time and withearh "cut ".the I ms's were told that their hair would have to lie trimmed aUive the ears and off the collar if they matle the team, Pratt said. "If lam guiiigtocoach.then I'm going to set my own min and regulations. I will not let the school Imard tell me what to do. I feel that strongly almut it, Pratt said. ALTHOUGH NO formal vote was cast, joe Busico, and Kitsy K retch felt that the Uiy's hair was well groomed and an exertion should lie made to the coach's rule. Prnident Galvin Hutchins, Dan Hill and Mrs. Conk agreed that the hair was well groomed, but felt the Uiard should not interfere w ith a coach's right to establish team policy. try-ou- OphirZone Revision Needed For Computer Testing Site allowing an electronic in site Ophir Canyon is at least a testing month and a half away, according to the county planning commission. The commission determined a zoning revision would lie required liefore the test site could be approved. At its Wednesday session, the planners told Sperry Univac representatives the delay would be 40 to A decision on 45 days. SPERRY UNIVAC wants two acres near Ophir City to test computer equipment. In the month and a half, the zoning ordinance would Ire revised, publicized and then discussed by the public. The Transcript received seven telephone calls Wednesday and Thursday from Ophir residents who said they were not split in their opposition to the testing site, as was reported in Tuesday's edition of the newspaper. OPHIR MAYOR Georgia Russell backed this by saying all but one adult re sident in Ophir had signed a petition to block the move. The two persons vs ho spoke in favor of the plan at a Monday night hearing are not representative, Russell Itclieves. One of those only owns land in ( )phir and is not a resident. The other is employed by Sperry Univac, Russell said. Sperry Univac's Brent Anderson, however, said he thinks the residents really are split. HE EXPLAINED that several people who signed the petition came to him Mon- day night after he explained the proposal Sperry Univac has. Anderson said the people aid they wished they had not signed tje document and that they would like to see the test site approved. If the planning commission approves the site after changing the zoning for the area to allow Sperry Univac in and hearing public comments, the company still has one olrstacle. Said Anderson, The Bureau of Land Management holds the last peg. In She Blows More than a third of the months average precipitation has arrived in the last two days, according to statistics kept by Burdett Bevan, Tooele weather observer. Almost a half inch fell Tuesday night and Wednesday. And another .21 inches had failed by Thursday morning. The November average for precipitation is 1.58 inches and .69 was already recorded by Bevan when contacted Thursday. Yesterdays low of 30 degrees was the coldest so far in the month, and yesterdays high of 60 came during the night. The showers are expected to decrease across the state through Thursday. to build a winning football pro-aat Tooele by holding clinics, organi-l- g a youth football program, holding mmer weight- - lifting classes, etc. However, Sudbury felt that things had at the end and it was t balanced-ou- t ne for Tooele to receive a new head )tball coach. Sudbury requested that he stay at loele High as a physical education icher and also a head baseball coach. In 79, Tooeles baseball team finished send at state and last year just missed m Linda Reed stands in the cold rain to coax customers from shoppping at Safeway. Clerks and meatcutters are on strike. Safeway Workers Strike Tooele clerks, cashiers and meatcutters at Safeway joined some 400 union memliers across the state in picketing for seniority privileges and increased wages. Union memliers began a vigil Wednes- day morning outside the store, trying to sway shoppers to go elsewhere. By law, they cannot refuse to let customers in. They can only ask them to not shop at Safeway. IN RESPONSE, a large open sign was posted in the store window to encourage people. Management and non- - union people are ninning the store on slightly shorter hours. Store manager Ted Whitehouse said new persons and courtesy clerks were being used to take up the slack. Kevin Allen, of the Tooele strikers, said the Utah union is about $2.50 an hour behind nearby states in wages. We are not asking for a lot, he said, just to keep up with surrounding areas. THE UNION has also complained that seniority is being threatened and made worthless by Safeway. The store is cutting back hours for senior memliers of the higher wages they earn. Whitehouse said the decision on the union contract is out of his hands and would be decided by higher-ups- . He stressed that he would not get in the middle of the disagreement, saying, "These are workers of mine, and I care about them." A swift end to the strike is unlikely because Ixith union and management leaders have said they will wait out the other side. Whitehouse said the strike has definitely affected the stores business. And Allen, who stood outside the store during the first strike shift, estimated 100 cars had turned away in the first hour. Local Ranchers Lose Battle For Grazing Land In the military awards ceremony, Sp5 Albertobeda Soriano of the Maintenance Directorate was awarded the Army Com- mendation Medal; Sp4 Quentin L. Com- well, Directorate for Supply, was reenlisted, and MSgt. Albert A. Clarke became depot sergeant major. The battle for grazing land that always has fed Tooele County cattle and sheep has been lost. Pleas were written by the Grantsville Grazing Association and Utah Legislature Rep. John E. Smith, but the Armys real estate office awarded the land lease to a higher bidder from outside Tooele County. lease on the Tooele THE FIVE-YEAArmy Depot land was submitted by Jay Marchant of Peoa, Utah. He was the only one who bid higher than the local grazing organization. Awarding the lease is done almost exclusively on the basis of high bid, said Real Son Sudbury Resigns As THS Football Coach; Selection Committee Named A three- - member committee has been imed to select a new Tooele High School otball coach. Coach Sonny Sudbury, who has been e head football mentor for the past four ars, sent a letter of resignation to Princi-i- l Paul Skyles following the close of joeles season two weeks ago. Tooele iled to win a football game in 10 outings iring the past season. IN HIS LETTER, Sudbury said he i Stringham was also discussed. Stringham, who resigned as Tooele coach in 1965, is currently the basketball coach at Wend-ove- r qualifying for the state tournament. THE SCHOOL board unanimously approved a motion made by member Joe Busico, Wednesday, for the district to advertise throughout the state for a head football coach to get this program turned, High School. around. The three- - member committee that will interview candidates and make a recommendation to the school board include: school board member Dan Hill, Principal Paul Skyles and James Gowans, the district administrator responsible for hiring personnel. As a prelude to his motion, Busico said he recognized that advertising for a coach from outside the district would place the school board and the superintendent in a very difficult position. THERE WAS some discussion among Resigns As Tooele Football Mentor school board members that the new coach be hired from within the district. It is ex- ford, will apply for the open position. Although he was not specifically pected that Sudburys two assistant coaches, Mike Kemodle and Ron Kings- - named, the possibility of hiring Dean Saturday, Nov. IS 1 0 a.m.-- 4 p.m. Corner of 1 st North and 1st East I dont know whether this person would be interested in the job, but I do know he is the last coach to run a successful football program at Tooele High School, Busico said without mentioning Stringhams name. GARNETT SORENSON, who attended the Wednesday meeting, said she would lead a group against the hiring of Stringham if the school board went in that direction. Skyles said it would be important that the hiring of the new coach take place as soon as possible, to complete the preseason schedule. Tooele High School is involved with the new realignment of 3A and 4A schools. The region that Tooele presently belongs to consists of: Jordan, Judge, Cyprus, Uintah and Murray. UNDER THE new alignment, Cyprus will move into the 4A classification, and Uintah will be moved into the region consisting of mostly Utah County schools. The new region will consist of West, South, Jordan, Judge and Murray. Estate Officer Morgan Wheeler. His office, located in Sacramento, Calif., received the letter from grazing association president Howard Clegg, but Wheeler said the arguments in the communication were not enough to change the lease. e In the letter, Clegg said the Grantsville Grazing Association had received guarantees that local people would have priority for the land which was condemned for the Armys use. WHEELER SAID he could find no five-pag- documents that contained the promises, and he therefore had to revert to the Armys policy of competitive bidding. The Grantsville letter also argued that the local men deserved the land because of improvements they have made on the land. Wheeler replied that they had received reductions in the lease cost to do so. Wheeler said he had been contacted by every member of the Utah Congressional delegation and a few others on the grazing Issue. SOME OF THOSE calls were from Mel Lewis of Congressman Dan Mar- riotts office. Lewis said he spent four days making phone calls and trying to help the Tooele County land stay with the historic users. A similar incident occurred in California in which the local people w ent to the Secretary of Defense to present their case. That group lost. THE NEXT CHANCE the Grantsville Grazing Association will have comes up in 1985, Wheeler said. I can sympathize with them, but I am pow erless to do he said. . anything, On Wednesday, the Grazing Associations plans were to divide up the small amount of land they still own among their members. Association president Clegg said this Would cause a 70 percent reduction per memlrer. Clegg predicted the cattle and sheep herds would dwindle by the same proportion. WHILE SOME of the people depend on the livestock grazing for a living, Clegg said most of them have other jobs. Looking back, Clegg said he thinks the association should have fought the bidding the leases when it came out around 15 years ago. This was the first time someone else has bid for the land and the association had never felt threatened before, Clegg said late last month. Part of the explanation for the newfound competition came from Wheeler. Grazing land is becoming more scarce, he said. His office gets many competitive bids in areas where they used to get none. Charges May Face Tooele Woman Criminal charges may be filed against a Tooele mother w'ho might be responsible for the death of her newborn child, according to Tooele City Police. The woman went to Tooele Valley Hospital on November 4 where she was questioned about having a child she denied giving birth to. The hospital relayed information to police that the woman had given birth but that the baby was missing. After get woman s ting a search warrant for the home, a deceased baby w'as found in the residence. Charges and further proceedings are awaiting the results from a State Medical Examiners autopsy, police said Wednesday. Tooele County Attorney Ron Elton said if the child was stillborn, charges would not be filed. |