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Show Universal llPierpoint S!?? A .-" 2ict-3fiii- a, Co- Ave. Lake 04t?F SSSJA' ' Council Okays Agreement Garbage Service for Intermountain School City Fire, The unlikely combination of fire and garbage have caused Brigham City and the Bureau of Indian Affairs to embrace once more in acooperative benefit to Intermountain school. This was disclosed Thursday night as the city council authorized Mayor Olof Zundel to sign an agreement under which Brigham City will assume fire protection and garbage collection responsibilities at the sprawling Indian boarding school. Mayor Zundel said the action is a partial climax to negotiations extending back over most of two years. Only the signature of the BIA area officer at Gallup, N.M.. is needed to iji I , seal the bargain. This is considered a formality since the agreement is largely of BIA making. Under its terms, the federal agency will give Brigham City $40,000 to purchase a new fire truck. The government also will pay for fire service on the existing rate, that is, $100 for the first hour and $75 for each ensuing hour. The $40,000 represents an advance of payments for this service. Brigham City also will receive $14,000 to purchase a new garbage truck to take on the added load plus $10,500 annually for the collection service. Mayor Zundel was delighted with the n Councilman Byron Armstrong questioned whether $40,000 would be sufficent to buy equipment adequate to protect the school. He doesn't want a cost over-ruat the citys expense. Mayor Zundel said BIA representatives were satisfied with the amount, content it would do the job. Specifications for the truck will be n prepared by the city fire department which was represented at Thursdays meeting by Chief LaMar Davis, Lloyd Robinette and Duke Baron. They indicated satisfaction with the $40,000 figure. City Attorney Omer Call endorsed the agreement from a legal standpoint. At present the school has its own fire force which consists of two 1942 model trucks and three men. Mayor Zundel said Intermountain 104 fire calls a year. Public Works Director O. Neil Smith said when city, garbage collection starts at the school (which currently has from 55 to its own) it will take about 19 percent of the sanitation crews time. Two trial runs have shown that the campus can be covered in three hours. The city will collect daily at the kitchen and industrial buildings and residences. weekly at does Brigham City is nearing the need for a new truck and now well get one together. The additional equipment will give us a cushion adequate to handle about 4,000 more population, the mayor explained. Currently the city operates one truck and a back-uunit, employing an men six average of p three-and-a-ha- lf days a week. It may become necessary to put on another man, Zundel said. He noted that it presently costs In- termountain between $14,000 and yearly for waste pickup. The garbage-fir- e agreemei. is not a first for Brigham City and the school. About 10 years ago, the two reached terms for sewage disposal and IS has been using the city system, paying an annual fee of $8,000 for the service. Mayor Zundel expressed doubt that either the fire truck or garbage packer could be delivered before four or five months at the earliest. City service to the school will not begin until the equipment is received. $15,000 i." ' ' t -.- v'5 ?'$&' ' t'- -r , , ' O' : ( f, MsK J ' ; I J '?' vI 'V ; O ' L i'. f arrangement. He said its a case where local and federal governments cooperate at a savings to each. They want to blend in and be part of the community, he stated. However, council approval didnt come without some reservation. ' ' v' of T i , Volume 74, Number Brigham City, Utah, 84302, Sunday Morning, March 14, 1971 1 1 leave 8 Livestock F Bniid Issyie Alone I 'fa tf , Nr r H, V &$. t ' ' i .f S ' ", ' f , i. OPENS THURSDAY Box Elder High schools production of Oklahoma open Thursday and performances are set Friday and Saturday with curtain time at 8 p.m. Here Mike Checkettes portrays Will Packer and Ado Annie is played by Marilyn Adams. will Cattle and sheep on Box Elder county grazing lands should not be disturbed because many animals are now carrying f young. This statement was made by County Sheriff Warren W. Hyde after several cases of killed and scattered livestock were reported recently in the western part of the county. A pair of ewes, owned by County Commissioner Mack Young, were killed by firearms about a week ago east of Hogup mountain, according to deputies. Both ewes were carrying young. One was shot between the eyes with a rifle and the other had to be killed after being wounded by a shotgun blast. The loss was about $35 each, deputies said. Persons deliberately spooking livestock were warned by the sheriff. There is a shortage of water in the remote western part of the county and livestock shouldnt be scattered. Once this happens, the animals are either lost or die from exhaustion, according to the law officer. Response in Tvo Weeks? U The Box Elder Board of Education has approved construction of a new elementary school in Tremonton but in the same action Wednesday night, put a lid on all other major projects over the next several years. Approved was bond refunding which is expected to yield $830,000 to construct a new building for students now attending the antiquated McKinley Elementary j.'.r boo) However, in choosing this financial route, the board precluded additional refunding or a new bond issue in the foreseeable future, perhaps until the existing bond debt is retired in 1977-7Only board member Ralph Carter was not sold on the action. He wanted to put off a decision for two weeks. But Board President Deloris Stokes and fellow official Wayne Loveland were fixed in their opinions. And with Varsel Chlarson seconding Lovelands motion to refund, it Carter dissenting. passed Dr. Arnold Gilbert was absent from the board meeting, held in the library at Bear River Junior High school. Had Alternatives had alternatives of doing nothing or calling for a bond issue. The latter, if given voter approval, would have made up to $2.9 million available. "I personally feel we should build only what we need. McKinley should be done and I feel we should refund, said Stokes. Interest rates would be good and well get our money fast through bond refunding. I really dont believe we could pass a bond, opined Loveland. Chlarson agreed on the latter point. "The way our taxpayers feel in the county I dont think they would go for a bond issue, he said. Inter-Agenc- y by Washincton immediately. Two of four past'superintendentsjhave been Indian but none was Navajo, Billison holds a BS degree from East Central State college, Ada, Okla.; an MA degree from Oklahoma university, Norman, Okla., and is presently completing in his dissertation for a doctorate at the educational administration University of Arizona at Tucson. He reportedly is one of five applicants for the position which has been vacant since last July. It was the long period of waiting for a permanent appointment that prompted the board's move. "Numerous requests have been made by the Navajo people as well as the Navajo area office to fill this vacancy but the commissioner of Indian Affairs has taken no action. "Such indecision has impaired the smooth operation of the school and caused student and employe unrest," the boards statement read. "This action is being taken through the power and authority delegated to the board by the Navajo area director, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and in keeping with President Nixons promise to the Indian people the power and authority to make their own dicision. Indian people are demanding as without terminiation promised by President Nixon in his July 8, 1970 message to Congress and the Indian world, the statement concluded. Billison said in his opinion the change of Interior department secretaries and failure to name a BIA dirtetor of education for a tributing factors termountain. Will Visit School Hawkins revealed plans to visit Intermountain soon, perhaps about March 30, for a briefing. If we have the name of a superintendent, I would like to have him come at the same time, the director stated. Asked about chances for getting federal approval, Billison replied, If President Nixon isnt lying to the Indians (about then this greater should become effective." "This will be a good test to the validity of the Navajo School board. Well know whether we exist or not, he added. The board has been operative only this school year and was Initiated as a move to bring more involvement of Indians in their own affairs. Urged Navajo Selection InA release handed out to newsmen dicated that prior to the boards action, Frank Lew, IS studentbody president, in urged strongly assembly an that a Navajo superintendent be selected to were chief the delay at conIn- Satisfied With Program He said the board is satisfied with the program at this largest BIA boarding school, "judging from the attitude of students and staff. The chairman conceded that outside sources are causing some unrest among about two percent of the students "but these things do not originate from the campus. "There is no reason for unrest from within, he added. On another matter, the board authorized a letter over Billisons signature which, sent to Mayor Olof Zundel, urges local cooperation in meeting an alcohol problem among some students. APPOINTED Samuel Billison has been appointed superintendent of Intermountain school by the Navajo Inter-Agenc- y J.C. Haws, the board named Edwards and Daniels, Salt Lake City firm, as architect for the school. A member of the firm, Ralph Edwards, said having plans ready by next Jan. 1 is not a tough time at all. Building Needs Dr. Haws pointed out in the discussion on financial alternatives that up to $4 million on new building in could be spent wise! the district. He mentioned specifically new swimming pools at Bear River and Box Elder High schools, patio covers at Lake View and North Park Elementary schools and vocational facilities at Bear River High. The district refunded bonds two years ago to finance new construction at Lincoln and Garland schools and Dr. Haws said the board was being advised by Burrows and Smith, financial firm, not to refund again after the McKinley project. The reason that additional major projects are apparently out of reach for is that at least the next several years the districts levy for capital outlay purposes (the legal maximum) wont support any additional refunding or bond issues. The district's total bond debt as of July 1 this year will be $4,515,000, said Clerk David Morrell. . With principle Tind interest, including the new refunding, annual payments will grow to near $875, 000 and with $150,0000 needed yearly just to keep up with current levy will handle no needs, the additional load. A letter advocating refunding as a means of moving right away on McKinley school was received from Tremonton Mayor Wayne Sandall and Russell Webb, businessman and civic leader. Its Remodeling for Snowville School The board Should Indicate Needs Intermountain school has a new superintendent, at least in the opinion of School board the Navajo which Thursday appointed its chairman, Samuel Billison, to the job. The action came as six members of the board met at the Brigham City school. Their decision was announced in an afternoon press conference conducted in the IS administration building. Billison conceded that confirmation of the boards move would have to come from the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Washington. James E. Hawkins, on the job as BIA director of education only since Monday told the Box Elder News Friday afternoon that he had not been informed of the boards action. However, Im deeply concerned about in getting a permanent superintendent I can. we as possibly there as quickly would have to give very serious consideration to the recommendation from the school board and would hope to have a response within two weeks. 10 PAGES School board. Is Problem "One of the main problems with students is their ability to procure alcholic beverages from local merchants. We are asking you and your city council and (Continued on Page Three) XT Carter argued that the board should indicate district building needs and plans But to meet them and then let the public decide, "I agree on the need for McKinley but I'm also an advocate of vocational education and this shouldnt be delayed too long, he stated in obvious reference to inadequate shop facilities at Bear River High school. "I hate to tie my hands up, Carter added. In acting on McKinley school, the district panel set in motion a series of developments planned to result in bidding the project next Jan. 1 with hopes of having the new school ready for occupancy in early 1973. Following a recommendation of Supt. Pool Proposal Tossed Back Into City Hands Brigham Citys swimming pool proposal right back where it started and the town of Snowville will not get a new school building, the old one will undergo some remodeling. These developments came Wednesday night in the wake of a decision of the Box Elder Board of Education not to call for a bond election. The proposal to construct an indoor swimming pool and perhaps related physical activity facilities, was made to the board a number of weeks ago by Mayor is Olof Zundel. The city official at that time suggested that either the city or board could bond and then negotiate a use agreement with the other. The project has now been tossed back to the city. The board doesnt have money to build a pool but gave assurance that it would help provide a site and cooperate in payment for use. Notified of the decision Thursday morning, Mayor Zundel said he would set to work immediately in an effort to lay the financial groundwork. Were used to carrying the ball and were not afraid of this one, he stated. Board President Deloris Stokes emphasized that the same offer of cooperation to get a new pool constructed use at Bear for joint community-schoo- l River High was extended to Tremonton and Garland. Haws was J.C. Superintendent authorized to budget $15,000 for improvements at Snowville school. Included will be removal of some exterior hazards in the building design plus installation of an electrict heating system, carpeting, insulation, painting and new tack and chalk boards. Architect Ralph Edwards who said the building is not structurally sound, advised against any major expenditure. But he also said the recommended (Continued on Page Three) Downward Trend Seen In School Enrollment Student enrollment in Box Elder county schools is pointed downward over the next five years. This was the gist of a report to the board of education Wednesday by Morgan Hawkes, administrator of curriculum. Based on the number of students currently in school and those counted in census, enrollment is destined to follow a declining pattern all over the pre-scho- district. By 1975-7- 6 the pupil number is expected to drop to 8,243 from the current level of 9,130 according to Hawkes. His statistical picture showed that the "big lump is now moving into secondary schools with future decreases to come in the lower elementary grades. Hawkes noted that Mountain View school was the lone exception to the trend and should gain in the next few years. And Willard school will experience little change. There was consensus agreement that Brigham City and the Tremonton-Garlanareas will continue to grow, thus bringing in new families with children to bolster the sagging rolls. I think we can agree that we wont stand still," Hawkes stated. However, there was no such optimism expressed for outlying communities like Park Valley and Grouse Creek. In response to a question from board member Ralph Carter, Hawkes said he hadnt kept an accuracy check on past enrollment projections which have been made since 1959. d Superintendent J.C. Haws said, such a determination will be made extending back five years. Dr. Haws explained that enrollment is figured ahead, based on existing population ("We dont try to forecast people moving in) as a means of staffing for the coming year and also to plan on a longer-rang- e basis. Its a tenuous business at best and he pointed out that existing enrollment is more than 100 under the figure anticipated last year. These add up to a loss of distribution units that could cost the district between $50,000 and $60,000. He noted also that based on federal moves in this direction, the Inclusion of (Continued on Page Three) |