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Show Volume 73, Number 47 Brigham City, Utah, 84302, Sunday Morning, 14 PAGES November 22, 1970 Means New BE Counselor Changes Announced In Juvenile Probation Program Brigham City has apparently broken the downtown logjam on its plan with purchase of a parcel of business district property costing $12,600. Action confirming the deal came at Thursdays weekly city council meeting. The property is a foot piece located at 20 West First South. A house, used as a rental unit for the past dozen years, is situated on the ground. Mayor Olof Zundel said the structure will be torn down to enable widening of the west Main alleyway and owner Lafe Jensen was given until Tuesday to salvage d three-bedroo- Youthful offenders who come under the probation department of First District Juvenile court in Box Elder county are going to receive more individual attention in the future. This is the promise of a reorganization announced this past week by J. Joseph Tito, probation department director. The district aide said additional and greater reliance on volunteers and other resources are key features of the per-sonn- new plan. Specifically, in Box Elder county it will mean having a department representative basis. The current here on a half-tim-e program provides services only as they are needed. Eight New Employes Eight new employes, three of them on a half-tim- e basis, will Join the payroll effective Dec. 1. The staff presently numbers 12 persons. Receipt of federal funds under the Safe Streets Act and Omnibus Crime Bill of 1968 has made the expansion of services possible. A local delegation earlier this year met e with the governor to request a counselor for Box Elder county. While here, the new man will use office space currently utilized by the juvenile full-tim- court, upstairs in the county courthouse. His schedule will be providing flexibility to hold evening sessions with juveniles and their parents. Tite pointed out that the reorganization intake and creates two major divisions supervision. And it will establish three new community centers at Bountiful, Layton ' and west Ogden. The division of intake will have responsibility to screen cases referred to the court. This screening is to determine whether the court should take action in a given case or whether the case should be referred elsewhere for services. In some cases, it may be decided that no action by the court is necessary and the parents are left free to deal with the situation as they see fit. The division also will make social investigations and prepare written reports for the court when a youth comes under Its jurisdiction. semi-regula- To Provide Services The division of supervision will provide services for youngsters who appear before the court. A child placed on probation or under protective supervision will be assigned to a community center where the staff is to decide what services are needed by the child and his family and to secure or provide these services. Here is Brigham City, services and will be resources of these personnel available. "Each center will have available the services of the district mental health program consisting of psychiatric and evaluations and conphysiological sultation, Tite explained. Also, available at the centers will be assistance from the state division of vocational rehabilitation and from volunteers. materials. Weve found it cant be moved, the mayor said. Demolition of the house will provide space for 12 additional parking stalls plus widening the alleyway entrance which currently is restricted to one-wa- y off-stre- et traffic. The man assigned to Box Elder county will spend half his time organizing and These include supervising volunteers. interested citizens who are qualified by background and who receive special training to work with juveniles. At present, several students at Weber State college are In training to perform this service, a department spokesman noted. The purpose of it all Is to provide more counseling and Individual contact with youths in the courts jurisdiction and hopefully, to rehabilitate them faster. "The primary importance of the change (Continued on Page Three) now to put down a gravel base and blacktop it when weather permits. The structure was originally constructed as a planing mill but became a house through remodeling in 1928. plans five-ye- ' Table Bids In other business, the council tabled two bids on a sewer line project in south Brigham City to wait a response from property owners who will benefit from the 5. line. new What the city fathers want is a letter of intent from each property owner stating that he will hook up and pay a $150 connection fee. This is a means of helping to pay the project cost. Five potential hookups are involved, including the Galaxie motel and Earls cafe on South Main street. Both bids, Whitaker Construction company, $3,301, and Abe Hunsaker Excavating, $3,368.28, were over the estimate of Is Breakthrough City officials agreed to pay for the property over a period. "This is the initial breakthrough in our downtown plan, said Mayor Zundel who noted that negotiations with Jensen had been in process for two weeks. He said city officials are looking at other blocks with the possibility of purchasing additional property. The ultimate goal is to open the interior of all downtown business blocks to a free flow of traffic as soon as possible. Demolition of the Jensen house is scheduled for completion by Dec. 15 with and sewage disposal. Smith is expected to present a building design and cost estimate at the next council meeting. $3,000. Action on the matter is expected at the next council meeting Dec. 3. Animal Shelter Site It was recommended by Public Works Director O. Neil Smith that a new animal control shelter be located in the southeast corner of the citys waste disposal plant site. Projected to be about the same size as existing structure, the new building be heated and have hot and cold running water. Selection of the site was influenced by the availability of water, parking space the will INVITED Mayor Olof Zundel has been invited to address National Beautification Congress. Season Mayor invited to Address Beautification Meet Natl Will Open Friday Christmas D Its official! p.m. and 2 to 6 p.m. Saturdays. He promises a candy cane for each boy and girl age 10 and under, accompanied by an Brigham City Mayor Olof E. Zundel has been invited to address the 1971 National Congress on Beautification in Washington, The 1970 Christmas season will officially come to Brigham City on Friday, Nov. 27, as Santa Claus makes his initial ap- 5:15 to 8 D.C., pearance and the downtown yule lights are turned on. The festive affair to which all youngsters and oldsters are invited to attend, will adult. by center in front of the county courthouse. chamber aide expects that Santa appear in 2,400 photos with youngsters The will who come to see him this A spokesman for Santa said the Jolly Old Elf will arrive at about 5:30 p.m., coming down Main street on one of the Brigham City fire trucks. As in the past, he promises to throw out candy kisses to his many admirers expected to gather for the occasion. The switch on downtown holiday lights will be flipped on at ( p.m. To Keep Later Hours Stores will begin staying open later on Dec. 7. Most will close at 8 p.m. with some remaining open until 9 p.m. The later closing will continue each weekday evening (regular 6 p.m. on Saturdays) until the day before Christmas. Coppln noted also that Santa will return to Brigham City Dec. 11 to have his picture taken with local youngsters at 20 South Main (the old City Finance location). And after that, he'll return dally from 21-2- 3. announcement was made Saturday Richard Hackendahl, director of the Clean-Up- , The Paint-U- p National and Fix-U- p bureau in Washington. Mayor Zundel has been asked to narrate a colored slide presentation covering all Thanksgiving Day A community church service on Thanksgiving Well over 1,000 delegates attend the convention each February to hear speakers and to exchange ideas on com- Day will be held at the Christian Reformed church, 625 South Third ning at 10 a.m., and the public is invited to attend, Balance Is Theme Theme of the presentation will be how Brigham City has conducted a balanced beautification program and what it can do to help a community, said Mayor Zundel. This will mark the mayors second appearance on the convention program. He appeared as a panel member during the 1968 event. The National Beautification Congress annually attracts entries from more than 600 cities of various sizes in the United States. Scheduled Service of Frank Coppln, executive secretary the Greater Brigham City Area Chamber of Commerce, said local merchants plan to note the holiday season with a special promotion and later hours. Prize drawings are planned Dec. 5, 12 and 19 with each participating store to furnish an item of merchandise or a gift certificate. The time for each drawing will be 3 p.m. t In front of the county courthouse. Tickets will be available at all participating businesses and winners must be present to claim their prizes. year. Feb. phases of Brigham City's 1970 community program. The presentation will focus on community improvements, property Improvements, youth activities and miscellaneous activities of the past year. East, begin- munity improvement. And awards are made to communities whose efforts are deemed most outstanding in their according to respective population categories for the preceding year. Intermountain students will be in attendance in the worship service. It has been traditional for the Christian Reformed church and the Protestant Sudent Center to invite the congregations from other local Protestant churches, including Community Winners Selected Ten trophy winners are selected in each of three population brackets by a distinguished panel of judges. Brigham City has been a trophy recipient in four of the past five years for cities under 20,000 population. Mayor Zundel' explained that the city had been invited to submit an entry for showing at a "film festival during the coming congress. Featured will be presentations focusing on local beautification efforts in several cities across the United States. Hackendahl informed the mayor Saturday that Brigham Citys entry had been accepted and he asked the city official to be on hand to personally narrate Rev. Edward Boer. of the service will be the Protestant Student Center at Intermountain school, with Eldon Coffman in charge. Walter F. Mason, pastor of Aldersgate Methodist church, has been invited to deliver the Thanksgiving Day message. Co-spons-or A large group of and will participate Presbyterian, Holy Cross Lutheran, Southern Baptist churches, to join Aldersgate Methodist and them in the Thanksgiving service. This year they are extending the invitation to include townspeople from all churches and the general public to attend. it. 'A Trial Balloon' Coundl liistts Approximately three miles of Brigham City streets have been proposed for a new curb and gutter and street paving the - With Christmas season to officially open In city workmen were busy this week putting up traditional yuletide trappings In the downtown area. DECORATIONS GO UP Brigham City on Nov. 27, Im- provements district. The city council Thursday night made public the proposed streets and announced that Informal hearings on the new district will be held In January. It's anticipated that Brigham City corporation will share in the expense but that a major portion of the cost will be borne by abutting property owners. This has been the practice In past districts, including a five-mil- e project completed Just this year, Pleased with the success of this latter undertaking, the city fathers are marching IPcpsl ahead to get another district on the drawing boards. Mayor Olof Zundel conceded that making the list of streets public was a "trial balloon intended to feel out the attitudes of affected property owners. Streets Listed Following is the list of streets proposed for inclusion in the district: 800 East from 100 North to Beecher avenue. 500 500 400 300 300 East East East East East from from from from from 400 500 600 100 500 North North North North North to to to to to 500 600 700 200 600 North. North. North. North, North. 200 100 100 100 300 700 700 700 700 700 400 View osUpneU SOpeote East from 700 North to Foothill way. East from 300 South to 400 South. East from 400 South to 500 South. East from 600 South to 700 South. West from 500 North to 600 North. from Main to 100 East. from 100 East to 200 East. from 200 East to 300 East. from 300 East to 400 East. North from 400 East to 500 East. North from 600 East to Mountain North North North North drive. North from Main to 100. East. North from 300 East to 400 East. North from 400 East to 500 East. Beecher avenue from 800 East to 900 300 300 300 East. Beecher avenue from East. 100 100 100 100 100 100 300 300 300 300 400 North North North South South South South South South South South 900 East to 1000 from Main to 100 West. from 100 West to 200 West. from 200 West to 300 West from Main to 100 West. from 100 West to 200 West. from 200 West to 300 West. from Main to 100 West. from 100 West to 200 West from 200 West to 300 West from 500 West to 600 West. from 200 East to 300 East. Board of Adjustments In other business, the council appointed (Continued on Page Three) |