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Show v Universal Microfilming Corp. Notices go out l41Pierpoint Salt 4iio Ave. Lake City, Utah cop. COMInltty MW pini3p Wall l!!lflii El Box Elder countys assessed valuation has taken another upward jump, officials announced this week. County Assessor Clifton G. M. Kerr said were certainly talking about $2.5 million and it could be as much as $3 million increase. It represents the second hike in as many OKI Volume fiofldl In a related announcement this week, Treasurer Glen M. Bennion said valuation notices are being sent out to county property owners. They should be in the hands of taxpayers by the first of the week - 22,000 of them, the treasurer said. Most properties are valued the same as they were for the previous year. If people will please check these over and then call us if they have questions - or come in - wed be pleased, Bennion stated. - campers, trailers, snowmobiles, more automobiles and pickup trucks, the assessor explained. The assessed valuation last year was $67.5 million (up $2.5 million from the preceding year) and the new figure is expected to top $70 million. The exact figure wont be known until July when the Utah Tax commission reports utilities assessments. Utilities ought to hold their own and probably will give us a healthy increase, Kerr predicted. Wed like taxpayers to pay special attention to meetings of the county board of equalization which will be in session May 31, June 1, June 14, and 15, from 10 to 12 noon and from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the assessor's office, county courthouse in Brigham. City. Anyone with any complaint about their valuation should appear at that time, to seek any adjustment they feel is equitable, it was noted. Brigham City, Utah 84302, Sunday Morning 21 odd proposes deadlock wish Salary talks between the Box Elder Board of Education and Box Elder Education association apparently are headed for mediation. In a brief meeting between negotiating teams for the two sides Thursday, board spokesman C. Morgan Hawkes, adwe ministrator of curriculum, said proposed that we submit our differences to mediation as outlined in the master agreement." A potpourri The BEEA spokesman reportedly said WeTl mail you our answer." A teacher representative after said the decision to enter mediation cant be made by the BEEA team ; it must come from the organizations officers. He predicted it would be made within the next few days." 'j 05 t,: Mrs. Ken Somerville . . . City. The session will start at 8 p.m. in the board room, upstairs in the county courthouse. Other items on the agenda include review of plans and specifications for a new vocational education center at Bear River High and remodeling at Grouse Creek and Park Valley schools, administrative appointments and a proposed property purchase. A reproduction of the full agenda can be found on Page 2. 973 10 PAGES fteeadheir withdrawing all offers previously made and so were starting from scratch. Although not releasing specific figures, negotiators have indicated their difference hinges on the percentage of salary increase for teachers in 1973-7This will mark the first time that mediation has been used since adoption of the master plan in 1969-7As for the time involved, Supt. J. C. Haws opined that once in gear, the mediation team could complete its study further to pull the two sides together. Here again, however, his findings would not be binding. Of mediation, Hawkes said the board has (which met Wednesday night) decided this is about the only route we can Talks have ben broken go at this time. down since May 16. would try Withdrawing Offers The negotiations chief said the BEEA team was advised Thursday that we were wins district honor Brigham City woman, Mrs. Ken (Thelma) Somerville, has been named woman of the year in Credit Woman International district competition. She received the honor in the recent District Nine annual convention at Albuquergue, N. M. The district is comprised of Utah, New Mexico, Colorado and A Wyoming. Brigham Citys free swim campaign will begin Friday, June 1, with registration at 9 a.m. in the Rees Pioneer park bowery. The announcement was made by Glen In addition, the Rocket City chapter received the CW-- I Presidents trophy as the district's outstanding club. Other honors included second place in bulletin competition, perfect attendance, mileage and education. Rocket club members attending the conference included Evelyn Anderson, Hamilton Drug; Marge Anderson, Brigham Furniture; Rose Byington, Thiokol Employees Credit union; Dian Drewes, Drewes Floral; Margo Flint, Hamilton Drug; Winnefred Loveland, Fife Rock Products; Janet Petersen, Smiths Food King; Janice Petersen, Lee, Wiggins, Taylor and Baugh; Cleora Rawlins, Brigham City corporation, and Mrs. Somerville. Casperson, Brigham City Recreation department director. Most other summer recreation activities later. Several Classes in beginning, polywog, advanced beginners, and mom and tots classes are urged to signup interested Friday. Signup for handicapped children will also be conducted, according to Casperson. Persons from the Tremonton area, Honeyville Corinne, Perry, and Willard and other surrounding areas are also invited to take the classes. Presented Annually The outstanding woman award received by Mrs. Somerville is presented annually to a CW-- I member who excels in eight ! stolen Deverl Anderson, 138 West Fourth North, reported to the police station that a and gray case had been skill stolen from his back porch sometime Thursday. which Anderson said The belonged to the Rust Engineering Co., was valued at $200. roto-hamm- r, activities - attendance, education, membership, extension, editorial submissions, cooperation and assistance to local officers, community credit activities and any other activities promoted by the organization. A further honor came to the Brigham City woman when she was named district newsletter editor for the coming year. The newsletter is sent to 24 clubs during the year. The award recipient has served in A property tax increase is in prospect for Box Elder School district, the result of under-fundin- g from Uncle Sam through Public Law dn)D tail 874. Superintendent J. C. Haws said this week the district will receive only 54 percent of its entitlement under the federal law (which aids areas with high federal em- ployment). This means the figure will be about $306,000. It seems to be a firm figure. We have it in writing now from the state department of public instruction," tacCsef There is nothing binding in the mediation process. Should this fail, the master agreement who calls for appointment of a and recommendations in three or four days "if theyd spend their full time at it. Teachers in a recent mass meeting voted to suspend negotiations for the summer if a settlement is not reached by June 1. It appears unlikely the issue will be resolved by that date. the BEEA spokesman However, Thursday said the deadline would not apply to mediation. He added that we have no plans for a meeting with the teachers at this time. Dr. Haws stated. Anticipated in the current budget was $410,000. I presume it will require the board to levy some mills next year as authorized by the state legislature. We can go up to four mills to fill the void (federal cutback) for three consecutive years, The superintendent stated. This detail will be given at next Wednesdays board meeting (May 30), he added. The present district levy for maintenance and operation is 28 mills. The state levy is 4.6 mills "and may drop to 1.6 mills." fact-find- Monday at BC cemetery Brigham City woman wins top CW-- I district award Free swim class er If accepted, as anticipated, the mediation procedure calls for each side to appoint one person to serve on a mediation panel. Those two, in turn, will name a third party who will preside as chairman. a study, a recommendation for settlement. Then it will be up to the board and BEEA to see if they can accept it. A hearing on the tentative budget for 1973-7- 4 is scheduled as part of Wednesdays (May 30) regular meeting of the Box Elder Board of Education in Brigham Roto-hamm- Appoint Members The three will then conduct reach conclusions and make School budget Persons 1 only, News Scope will begin June 11. Further details will be announced May 27, medootfi County years. Every district is up as the result of new construction. Personal property represents one of the biggest single jumps 76, Number numerous capacities with CW-as local president and in other officer positions. She also has headed a number of comfor Utahs mittees, and was fifth annual Credit Women International I, seminar. She is a member of the Happy In- vestment club, Brigham City Soroptimist club and Brigham City Golf and Country Club. She also was craft depot chairman during Brigham Citys recent Artrain Week festivities. Mrs. Somerville has been employed as office manager at the Johnson Agency in Brigham City for 13 years and only recently completed requirements and is now a licensed insurance agent for the state of Utah. She has the distinction of being the first recipient in Utah of Safecos Girl Friday award, given for outstanding efficiency in agency procession of continuous policies. LDS Memorial Day service will honor war dead Leanna DeRyke. Duvall is slated to deliver the Memorial Day talk. Representatives of the VFW and American Legion auxiliaries will place a memorial wreathe at the monument in tribute to the communitys war dead. Appropriate marking of veteran's graves in the cemetery has been handled this week by American Legion Post 10 with assistance from local Boy Scouts and members of DeMolay. The latter organization has repainted the familiar white crosses and Troops 224 and 101 have agreed to put up and take down individual American flags at each Traditional Memorial Day services are scheduled in Brigham City cemetery by the Monday, May 28, sponsored Veterans of Foreign Wars. The program will begin at 10 a.m. near the veterans monument in the cemeterys southeast section. The public is invited to attend. of Arland Duvall, commander VFW George Gidney Post 1695, said the invocation will e offered by former Brigham City postmaster C. Henry t Nielsen. A vocal number, highlighting patriotic music for the occasion, will be performed by Juanita Steffen, Marilyn Wendell and grave Monday. Also this week, Howard Kelly, cemetery superintendent, asked that visitors observe regulations at the cemetery, including traffic signing. In addition, Kelly said refuse recepticles will be placed at various locations to accomodate visitors and he urged their use to help in keeping the cemetery clean. Personnel will be stationed on the grounds to aid those needing assistance, he explained. The superintendent said also that flower pickup will begin next Thursday and anyone wishing to retrieve containers or artificial flowers should do it by then. tabernacle mission to open The Box Elder Tabernacle mission of the LDS church will open Friday, June 1, and will continue through the summer months, according to Mission President Edgar L. Wagner. Some 96 persons will serve as volunteer missionaries during the summer months when the Brigham City tabernacle Is popular with visitors and tourists. Hours will be 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily. Guided tours and occasional organ music are offered those visiting the historical ediface. Councilmen question priorities 1 Zundel soys citizens back bonding plan tor projects Mayor Ole Zundel, spurred on by a special meeting vote of support, urged Thursday that cost figures be obtained on several municipal improvement projects and that a bond election be called to finance them. However, the chief executive ran into some differences of opinion at the city council table. Councilman A1 Cazier, in particular, called for a sweeping review of all city needs, suggesting there are more pressing ones than presented by Mayor Zundel. It looks to me like weve got a lot of things we can do that are housekeeping projects and let others wait for a while, he stated. Suggested by Mayor Zundel were parks and golf course enlargement and improvements (for which the Bureau of Outdoor has Recreation already authorized matching funds), police station expansion, improvement of the city library, a new utility building for ths electrical departmznt, facilities improvement at the city shop, limited remodeling of the existing city hall, fire station addition and new billing equipment for the city office. Already Approved Most have already been approved or discussed by the city fathers. In a Tuesday meeting attended by the library board, recreation commission, fire department and Greater Brigham City Area Chamber representatives and other interested persons, the mayor said the projects were explained. These people voted unanimously to move out on them with a bond issue and said they are there to give you their support, he told the council. The mayor placed the total cost at $600,000 to $700,000. He explained further that those at- tending the meeting agreed over- whelmingly to seek adoption of the optional half-cesales tax as a means of financing. The items would be presented separately on the bond election ballot, to be accepted or rejected individually. (Continued on Page Three) WILL PERFORM City Troops SERVICE 224 and - Boy ScoutsandfromtakeBrigham 101 will raise i down flags at veteran graves on Memorial Day. Pictured here, standing from left, are Scoutmaster Delmar Davis, Gary Allen, Gary Davis, Spencer Davis,' Kirk Hoth, Scoutmaster Wayne Gingerich, Richard Starley, Ronald Davies, and Brian Allred. Kneeling are Dan Hammon, left, and Blaine Packer. |