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Show BOX ELDER Improvements pegged at $27,000 NEWS, Brigham City, Utah Sunday, June 1, 1975 City bares plan for park project Brigham City officials want to spend improvements to John Adams park and will ask Uncle Sam to share the paving was substituted. The authorization to sell $400,000 in general obligation bonds represents the first increment of funding the citys electrical system project. No bid date was set. Local voters recently okayed a total bond issue and Councilman $1,400,000 Byron Armstrong said the bonds will be $27;000 on cost. This was decided Thursday night during a weekly city council meeting. The session also saw councilmen authorize a $400,000 bond sale, detail revenue sharing spending for the coming year, and approve an airport planning study committee. It was announced previously that $10,000 will be included in the next fiscal year budget for improvements at Adams park. Thursday night, Councilman Doug Wight said another $2,500 will come from a federal program to fund local jobs and the Ladies Community club has offered to donate $1,000 toward park improvements. The Bureau of Outdoor Recreation will be asked to match this $13 500 total, creating a combined $27,000 project. Proposed are lights, $8,200, and surfacing, $1,200, for four new tennis courts, plus a' jogging and bike path, $7,430; two drinking fountains, $500, and fill and sprinklers for an unimproved area, $1,300. Red Cross classes registration set in Brigham City p k Slop. .itch. .scratch April showers bring more . . Elder Mosquito and Fly Abatement district, headquartered at 53 South Sixth West in Brigham City. The lyrics are especially appropriate for this spring when Mother Nature has been more than generous to the local area in rain and snowfall. While the moisture has a positive effect on grass and gardens, it also contributes to the countys, production, of mosquitoes J. Larry Nielsen, district manager, said the nuisance created by these winged creatures could become severe within the next few weeks. District crews have lost many days in the field because of bad weather and at the present time, are about two weeks behind in field inspections, he explained. The district has a control area of 3,000 square miles, largest in Utah. Nielsen said most all field areas are mapped and under surveillance. Know of Stagnant Sources? But if the public knows of any stagnant water sources within cities or towns of the county, please let the district know so that these areas can be checked and treated, if necessary, he asked. fish are also available Mosquito-eatinfree of charge for planting in fish ponds or other similar impoundments in the county., Representatives of the district will speak to schools, church groups or any organization which might be interested in learning more about mosquito control and the1 manager related public health, stated. Noting that local mosquito control is complex because they breed extensively near populated areas, Nielsen said public support and cooperation is vital. g Most criticism or lack of support comes from people who are unaware of the benefits in health and comfort that come from this type of program. Those who do not care to cooperate or offer support should realize that they are not only doing a disservice to themselves but also to people for miles around. Some Council hires for jobs in recreation Also, a new garbage dump trucks, $16,068, $1,133, for the streets pickup truck for the truck, $26,000, two and a snow plow, department, and a sewer department, $3,816. Councilman Wight said a total of $126,994 revenue sharing will be available with existing commitments taking $28,752 Spending $77,071 for equipment will leave $21,171 uncommitted in the coming year. Dr. James Simper, chairman of the city planning commission; Denton Beecher, a planning commission member and county surveyor; City Engineer Keith Hansen, and former city public works director O. Neil Smith were named as an airport planning study committee. Dr. Simper will chair the panel whose task it will be to gather and evaluate previous studies at the airport and on surrounding property, including drainage surveys. This is a first step in working toward an updated airport master plan and area zoning. in mosquitoes do and can move up to 26 miles from their breeding areas, he stated. Three years ago the district began upgrading its equipment and will continue to do so as funds become available. All sprays used by the district are fully approved and registered by the Department of Agriculture and the Environmental Protection agency. All field operators are licensed by the state and have received many hours of training, the manager explained. There are currently 17 persons T ployed in the district and the staff .will u increase to 28 during the peak of the summer, including workers assigned to fly control. Most of them are students but about eight older men return each season. Nielsen is the districts only employe. We will never eradicate all the mosquitoes but with education and cooperation of land owners, source reduction, fish planting and, of course, spraying of breeding and nuisance areas, people of Box Elder county will benefit greatly in the years to come, with fewer mosquito nuisance days and no mosquito-relatediseases, the manager stated. full-tim- e d Approval was given to increase insurance coverage on city property 25 percent and for $50,000 coverage instead of $15,000 for contents at the museum-galler- Talent Not Required No special talent is required although each contestant will be asked to give a commercial on dairy foods lasting one or two minutes Approval was given to hire DelRay H Woodland as a radio dispatcher with the police department. He will be paid for one year by a federal program to hire the physically handicapped. F.ntry forms aie available at the Peach City and the Box Elder News and Journal office in Bi igham City This is not a bathing suit pageant Girls are judged on the basis of their wholesome Michael d two schools. One suggested plan would be to have all e . acceptance to serve Mrs Walket however, was asked if she would be one of the committee members and she accepted The panel is charged w ith determining if there will be educational advantages to change, how bus transportation could be handled and how to structure the new arrangement if its recommended Final decisions, of course, will be up to the school boai d. The committee's first meeting was scheduled for June 12 at 7 30 pm in Willard school and a deadline of Aug 6 was set for making ecommendations to the board Mrs Walker indicated a desire to see a change made so that mixed grades can be avoided in Peiry school this coming year average-size- d Utah Grown 723-377- 5 Merl Thurgood Batteries and Service for All Makes of Hearing Aids ... Come in for Scientific Test of your Hearing. the Hearing Aid Needs of Northern Utah. Serving Main Office . . . BELTONE OF OGDEN 330 24th Street Ogden, Utah Hearing Aid Batteries Available at Mack's Pharmacy 97 South Main, Brigham City, Utah Steel grill taken A steel grill, 4 feet and owned by Brigham City corporation, was reported stolen from Rees Pioneer park. City employes noticed the item missing from the parks bowery, police records show by-2- 2 SEED CANTALOUPE POTAOTES 3 m I00 10,89' Hanging Basket TAM BLUE FERNS JUNIPERS SPRUCE MUSHROOMS iC 39 Introducing lb. QQC Res 1.49 BOB CORNIA Beltone Hearing Aid Specialist. the- 100 New Crop Sugar Sweet FRESH 1 unable to come in please call up to homes fO gallon size 1 1 89c TREES BUSHES gal. 5.98 size 1 rose LARGE SELECTION QUALITY 049 Climbers ea. PLANTS Flowers-Vegetable- s New Crop Tomato Plants & Bush ea. One Gallon Size PINE BEDDING 98' 98' Over 500 to choose from Number size gallon size Fast growing Shade EUROPEAN 5ga Wednesday If Orbfters will be" missions The first manned orbital flight is scheduled for early 1979 The complete vehicle is to be operational in 1980 The space shuttle will provide an effective and economical means for the United States to utilize and advance its capabilities in space. It will reduce substantially the cost of space operations for civilian and defense needs in the decade of the 1980s and beyond, it was pointed out. believes' 'NASA reused for mid-1980- RHUBARB PLANTS P.M. . LIMBER During World Wni II the t S armed forces consumed enough lumber to build 9 5 million City 5 7 e Brigham 2 P.M. to The 1974 Box Elder Dairy Princess, Denise Potter of Tremonton, will join other county princesses in the state contest on June in Salt Lake City. The Saturday evening final judging will be televised, beginning at 7 p m V " (Continued From Page-Onmankind, he said Our assignment as SRM contractor makes us an important contributor to the task " As the space shuttle becomes operational, it will carry into space virtually all of the nations civilian and military payloads, as well as many international civilian and government payloads. These will include scientific and applications payloads for private industry, universities and research organizations Up to 60 shuttle missions each year may be required to handle the volume of space s payloads anticipated in the The normal space shuttle mission is envisioned to be about seven days Upon completion of the mission, the crew will and land pilot the arbiter through it like an airplane with dead engines. The names of those chosen weie not disclosed, pending their notification and , SYCAMORE June 4 pageant Thiokol gets NASA contract Pharmacy 97 South Main council. en- City Brigham e i students from the two cities attend one school and those in grades go to the other. However, a final recommendation, if one is made to consolidate, could structure the arrangement differently. To accomplish the study, the board approved eight citizens from each community to serve on a task committee, making their selections to reflect a broad cross section in each city. Carver, who has served as master of ceremonies for a number of pageants, including the state Dairy Princess contest, will be the local emcee Entries should be submitted no later than June 17 to the News and Journal office, 55 South First West. A wallet-siz- Y Perry-Willar- Tremonton Area Girls in the Tremonton area are invited to pick up forms at the extension office in Tremonton and to return them there when completed, Mrs Norman said The annual contest is sponsored in Box Elder county by the American Dairy association and the local winner is given the opportunity to compete in the state enter tertainer the entry form. f Mrs. products and the dairy industry, Norman said. Bear River, City option? h (Continued From Page One) which he received from the state insurance fund. Moser injured his knee on the job and was sidelined for 43 days. During this time he received his regular salary and also payments totaling between $800 and $900 from the state. District policy rules that an employe cant receive double compensation in such cases. Expressing regret that Moser was the victim of a misunderstanding for which he was not responsible, board members nevertheless said they had no choice but to require that he pay back the money received from the state. Hell be given 24 months in which to do it. picture should accompany The ages are 17 to 25 and contestants must he single and have graduated from high school, Chairman Elaine Norman pointed out The pageant will be staged in the Box Elder High School auditorium beginning at about 8 4") d m d Situation . situation was The Perry-Willarbroached by Mrs. Marilyn Walker, PTA president at Perry, who said parents in the two communities want a study made on the feasibility of consolidation between the Carver who quest beckons local girls Dairy Princess appearance, natural beauty, poise, their intelligence and knowledge of dairy (Continued From Page One) And this was pictured as creating a nightmare in bus transportation However, Board President Ken Porritt said when Bear River City had a choice before, the other two communities were content to continue attending Box Elder. is Michael will Box The annual Box Eider Dairy Princess contest is scheduled June 21 in Bngham City and an invitation went out this week for all inteiested girls in the county to kindergarten-through-third-grad- Teacher Providing them with entry forms emcee the annual pageant this years Dairy Princess contest in Elder county are from left Alice Harper, Sally Smoot and Sue Ann Norman all from West Corinne. SIGNING UP FOR Mocks number of persons have been hired for summer recreation jobs in Brigham City, approval coming at Thursdays meeting of the city TAPS Taps. the famous bugle call, s composed by Union general incl Butterfield in 1862 $15,000. DELT0I1E HEARING AIDS SERVICE CENTER A Included were the following water safety instructors who will work at the city swimming pool: Heidi Hansen, Susan Merrill, Lisa Pohmajevich, Vikki Kilminster, Carol Schank, Vicki Oliver, and Kerri Harlow. Each will receive $2 per hour. Hired at the pool as guards for $1 85 per hour were Suzanne Yeates and Leslie Hutchison. To serve as guards for $1.75 per hour are Debbie Gale, Ann Major and Jeff Furlong. Diane Mathis was employed as a secretary in the city hall for $2 per hour; Kaylee Richardson, Mike Jones and Rosalie Payne were named recreation supervisors at $2 per hour. s Revenue Sharing City officials expect to spend $77,071 in revenue sharing money for new vehicles and other equipment in the coming fiscal year. Included are a reproduction machine, $2,200, and administration car, $6,700; two police patrol cars, $9,487; a new pumper and rescue salvage truck for the fire Other Business In other business: Mayor Harold B. Felt was authorized to write the president and board of regents at Stanford university, and the Stanford Art museum director expressing thanks for their letting the original Golden Spike he brought back to Utah annually. And to ask that this courtesy be continued. The hearing for Brigham Citys new fiscal year budget was scheduled June 19 with final adoption set June 26. than flowers I Though April showers may come your way, they bring the mosquitoes that come m May . . and June . . . and July . . This might be the theme song for the Box In companion action, the council set June 12 at 7 p.m. for accepting bids on a proposed tap station transformer in east Brigham City. Its not expected the unit can be delivered until next year. department, Registriation for Red Cross water safety classes in Brigham City is scheduled on June 5 for the first session of the summer, it was announced this week. The sign-utime will be 10 a.m. at the Rees Pioneer park bowery. All checks for registration should be make payable to Brigham City corporation with classes to be taught in the city pool. All classes will be in three-weesessions. Dates for other sessions will be announced later, a spokesman said. Adult classes will be available. As recommended by the National Swimming foundation, mom and tot classes will be limited to children who are at least three years old, it was explained. Parking Lot Remaining funds will be used for playground equipment and to surface a parking area ($2,500) on Fifth East where it enters the park. Initially, it was proposed to locate a basketball court in the park. However, this met with resistence on the part of three council members and the parking lot sold as funds are needed. TREES Scotch Austrian Japanese Black Pine 198 J&i ea. Real Estate Sales Representative "One of our growing family' (21) $ckch. STATE INSURANCE 86 So. Mam Brigham City REAL C 1 Will'oms 723 630 Jell Pocker 723 8630 Boo Corn, o 723 7916 PAPER 5 723-526- 9 MEXICAN POTTERY BIRCH TREES gal. size Hanging Baskets Redwood Tubs Strawberry Pots 5 98 ea. DISCOUNT PRICES We accept Master Charge and Food Stamps to purchase Food can use Customers: your stamps you Stamp all fruit bearing plants and vegetables seeds |