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Show 1 Universal L'icrofiliin Corp. P. 0. Eox 953 Salt Lake City, Utah 04110 To build or not to build 5465 F 0-- 74 Schools chief cites tax levy misunderstandings A Box Elder School district official this week acted to clear up what he termed some misunderstandings on the publics part concerning the districts levy for capital outlay. Superintendent J. C. Haws said school board members have been the target for calls from citizens, many of whom are misinformed about certain aspects of the situation. For one thing, Dr. Haws explained, people seem to feel that the capital outlay levy is tied to teacher salaries. However, in fact teachers are paid ll from the maintenance and operation fund which is separate and apart from capital outlay. In the 1974-7tentative budget for Box Elder district, the capital outlay levy has not been reduced despite a substantial increase in the countvs assessed valuation (from $71.4 million to approximately $405 million). Under last years assessed valuation, the levy raised $1,189,524. With the new valuation, the same levy will bring in $1,749,000. The decision facing board members 5 ll now is whether to reduce the levy to a level sufficient only to cover anticipated expenditures or to leave it at 17 mills (or some figure in between) to create a building reserve for some d projects. Simply to meet anticipated expenditures, the levy could be reduced to 12.73 mills. This would produce $1,310,000. Setting it at some point in between would generate these amounts of reserve revenue: 13.50 mills $79,000; 14 mills 14.50 mills $131,000; 15 $182,000; $233,500; 15.50 mills mills $285,000; 16 $336,000; 16.50 mills $388,000, 17 mills $439,000. mills and The school board presently is considering establishment of a middle school (for sixth and seventh grade students). Contrary to what some believe, this is not proposed to relieve overcrowded conditions at Box Elder High by sending the ninth grade back to Box Elder Junior High, Dr. Haws said. The ninth grade doesnt belong road." there (at Box Elder High) for social reasons, he explained. Middle school facilities could be created by building a new wing to an existing elementary school (such as Mountain View) at an estimated cost of $600,000. Or an entirely new building could be constructed at an estimated cost of $1,700,000. This could be financed by the capital outlay reserve fund. The board also has long considered other projects which we previously believed were several years down the Included are swimming pools at Box Elder and Bear River High schools, $450,000 each; remodeling and enlarging the media center at Bear River Junior High, $250,000; construction of an auditorium at Box Elder Junior High, $500,000, and construction of a new district central office, $175,000. Any of these projects could be financed by the additional capital outlay funds and beginning this year, the superintendent explained, noting, (Continued on Page Three) Cost set at $158,1 17 Volume 77, Number 23 Brigham City, Utah 84302, Sunday Morning, June 9, 1974 City 10 PAGES ms ymieyo mi Brigham plans 158,117.89 this year. disliTkli is moving ahead with for an estimated special improvement district City The district will provide for paving and curb and gutter on several streets on the northeast area and one in northwest Brigham City. Abutting property owners will pay most of the bill, as in the past. Councilman A1 Cazier said Thursday the citys share is computed at $30,984. Engineering work has essentially been completed and the city council Thursday adopted a resolution formally expressing intent to create the district. A public meeting to provide property owners with opportunity to protest is scheduled July 11 as the first item of business of a regular weekly council meeting. COMES TO TOWN Vice President Gerald R. Ford made a return visit to northern Utah this weekend. He spoke at Utah State university graduation, visited with LDS church officials and spent time with some long VICE PRESIDENT Connect to BC time friends, Mr. and Mrs. James E. Brown, of Tremonton. He's pictured here exchanging greetings with some of the folks who turned out for his arrival in Tremonton Friday afternoon. Other Business a weekly meeting, Mayor Harold B. Apple Grove subthe area of Fourth North and Fifth and Sixth West and contains 13 lots. Upon recommendation of Mayor Felt, the council named Earl W. Bassett of the division of family services, Max Muir, assistant city building inspector, and Tom Shaw, local banker, to a low income housing administrative committee. In other business at the council authorized Felt to sign Plat 1 of division. It is loated in The panel is charged recommendting initially guidelines for with ad- ministration of $39,670 available from the state to rehabilitate housing for low income families. Mayor Felt predicted the guidelines could be ready by next Thursday. City drive system? to round Mantua cites problems, wants sewage priority Mantua has a sewage disposal problem and is eyeing federal financial assistance to help correct it. Bruce Jepperson, a member of the town board, made a bid this past week to have the community included on Utahs priority list of sewer projects. He did so Wednesday in a hearing conducted by the Utah Water Pollution committee and Utah State Board of Health. Septic tanks are surfacing and raw sewage is running in open ditches, the town official explained. Supporting Jeppersons statements at the hearing was Robert Wilson, Box Elder Health district sanitarian. Jepperson told the Box Elder News later that the valley communitys water table "seems to be on the increase for some reason, worsening the sewage situation. The problem is more severe in some areas of town than others. Its something a lot of people dont want to talk about . , they are a little sensitive about it. We, as a town council, have the responsibility to look down the road and view problems this community is faced with and could be faced with . . . he Streets Listed Included in the district is Sixth North between Main and Sixth East. The paving on this section will be financed with collector road funds and not be an expense to the city or benefiting property owners. However, the owners will be assessed for new curb and gutter. Other streets scheduled for street surfacing and' curb and gutter include: Fifth East between Fourth and Sixth North, Fourth East between Third and Fourth North, Third East between First and Second North and between Fifth and Sixth North, and Harmony place in Campbell subdivision which will have no expense for the city. Councilman Cazier noted that petitions had been received from property owners on these streets asking for improvements. Councilman Byron Armstrong noted that sewer and water laterals must be extended to any vacant lots on the improved streets. Should the town be given priority status at the state level, it could make application for a federal Environmental Protection agency grant representing 75 percent of the cost to construct a sewage disposal system. EPA funds are administered in Utah through the state health department. Jepperson said an evaluation of the problem by qualified persons who could then offer alternative solutions would precede any project decision. Mentioned was the possibility of connecting to neighboring Brigham Citys sewage collection and treatment system. We would be interested but this has not been discussed with Brigham City nor do we know if it could be worked out, the town board representative said. up junkers Do you own or know of a junk car or other inoperable vehicle you would like to have removed? Residential expansion has been limited in recent months by the communitys lack of sufficient culinary water to accommodate new growth. However, a driller has been contracted to sink a new well in hopes of supplementing the supply and specifications are being prepared for a distribution system improvements, including construction of another storage reservoir. Board to discuss mill levy issue Discussion of Box Elder districts is capital outlay mill levy for 1974-7scheduled for discussion when the board of education holds its next regular meeting Wednesday, June 12. The session will start at 8 p.m. in the board room, upstairs in the county courthouse. Also on the agenda is the districts policy on pregnant and married students. A reproduction of the full agenda can be found on Page 2. 5 Performed Study The Soil Conservation service last year performed a study in Mantua valley, plotting the water table and offering some suggestions on remedies for the high water problems. But this needs more looking into, Jepperson noted. He explained further that new home construction at Mantua cant help but add to the sewage problem. Brigham Citys beautification com- mittee is launching a program to clean the vehicles and needs city of such the cooperation of local residents in reporting their locations and giving permission for removal. Residents wishing to report junk vehicles may do so by sending the address of its location, description, license number (if licensed), and name of owner' (if available). Owners reporting their own vehicles will first be contacted for titles, and others will be traced and contacted. The report may be made at the city office to committee chairman K. Wayne Claybaugh, or at the News and Journal office. Citing Utah law, the committee adds that no vehicle without a 1974 license or in inoperable condition should be parked on public property and is subject to non-use- d tow-awa- However, the removal and destruction of inoperable vehicles can be accomplished much more quickly with cooperation of its owner. In addition, the Utah code states that no more than one inoperable vehicle may be kept on private property without obtaining a dealers license and the property and or vehicle owners can be legally prosecuted. Peach Days: Is it too early? Chamber leaders say No Too early to start talking about Brigham Citys Peach Days? No! chamber officers said Thursday as plans for several new celebration features plus possible revival of an old one were announced Executive Vice President Ron Frandsen said the Sept. 7 harvest festival, oldest of its kind in the state, will feature the theme, 70 Years of Nostalgia, focusing attention on the seven decades since the first Peach Day. In connection with this, a special slide presentation is planned during the traditional Peach Queen pageant. In it the audience will have an opportunity to see some queens of the past. Other new features now planned include the first annual Peach Days I ' e mini Road race, a marathon sponsored by the Golden Spike Track club, and motorcycle races at the citys cycle park. Negotiations are now in process for a rodeo at the new Flying I arena school on the Intermountain grounds. Its also proposed to revive the traditional Peach Queen Coronation ball of a few years ago. Other attractions of recent and long-tim- e vintage will include the Peach Days flower show, dog show, cooking contest, window displays and carnival. We have more diversity planned for this years celebration than in a long while, Frandsen declared. The chamber office is open for calls about the 1974 celebration, 12i2-mil- including Saturdays major at- traction, the Peach Days parade. Assures three primary contests Ail hopefuls survive COP county convention The Republican party in Box Elder county has assured voters that three GOP contests will be decided at the ballot box in Septembers primary election. This came at last Wednesdays county nominating convention at Bear River High school. A 70 percent vote of the convention would have given any of the candidates exclusive rights to the GOP nomination to the office he is seeking. But none was successful in doing it. Incumbent County Commissioner John Holmgren, II, Bear River City came the closest when he polled 210 votes to 108 for challenger Ralph Honeyville in the L. four-yea- r Coleman, Jr., commission chase. Other contests saw County Commissioner Malcolm C. Young, Harper Ward, draw 191 votes to 127 for Tolman Burke, Brigham City recorder, for two-yecommissioner. And, Brighm City police captain Jay Herbert received 194 votes to 122 for Newell Tim Francis, Perry, in the primary race for county sheriff. Heard From Auditor More than 300 delegates turned out for the biennial confab which heard from State Auditor David Monson as the keynote speaker, and candidates for the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. Monson told the GOP partisans that the Republican party is alive and well, although conceding, because of troubles at the national level, party chances this election year will be difficult. Three aspirants for the Senate who spoke to the convention were Salt Lake City Mayor Jake Garn, Dale R. Hawkins, Weber State college professor, and Byron R. Rampton, Bountiful businessman. House hopefuls included Joe Ferguson, airlines pilot from American Fork; Dorothy Clark, Provo, former state GOP vice chairman, and Ron Inkley. In other business, the convention adopted a platform which, among other things, calls for local determination in decisions affecting land and a review of election laws. Serving on the platform committee were Jeff R. Thorne, Larry R. Ficklin, Thayne Jones, Don Chase, Ruth S. Litchford, R. Douglas Parsons, and Ted Spiekerman. Fifty-ondelegates have been named from Box Elder county to attend the state Republican convention. They include the e following: Roger Baron, William O. Knudsen, Willis Hansen, Glen S. Fife, Alton D. Cook, Reed Leishman, James W. Tippetts, Jack Hadfield, Sally Schroeder, Arvol Dale Smith, Ross Bowman, Alma E. Warren, J. Ersol Berchtold, Rudolph Kaiser, Walter G. Mann, Cal Potter, Becky Nicholas, Glen Hawkes, Byron L. Parkinson, Glen Casperson, Keith Seegmiller, Ron Allen, Margaret Hutchison, Lucille Howes, and Reed G. Hansen, all Brigham City. Janice H. Holmgren, Bear River City; James S. Parkinson, Beaver Bothwell; DeLon Stokes, Dam-Collinsto- Robert Smoot and Lloyd Hubbard, Corinne; Jan Thompson, Deweyville; Lee Allen, East Garland; J. Glen Nelsen, Elwood; D. Thayne Jones, Fielding; O. Ray Knutson and Harvey Deem, Garland; Wynn Parker, Harper; Also, Thomas S. Hunsaker and Albert Binghani, Honeyville; Barry Ray Sorensen, Howell; Stewart Reeves, Mantua; Verl T. Waldon, Thatcher; Jack Johnson, Curtis Starr, Reese B. Mason, Beth S. Foxley, Glenn R. Barfuss, Sharon Archibald, and Shirle Davis, all Tremonton; Mrs. John F. Mounts and R. Douglas Parsons, Willard. |