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Show 7N Sy i f yxah State Press Assn. r FO Box 1327 Balt Brigham City, Utah, Sunday Morning, November 14, 1976 Volume 79, Number 46 Craft down, ' '' J four safe Theres a saying among fliers: If ' . , v - W7?, , 'i H C : I "V- - - V 1 , ' , , f - : ; v- V f - v, . . - . ' V Lake City, Utah 84110 TWENTY CENTS 12 Pages New franchise sought 4 4:' 4 T you Dim can walk away, then it's a good landing. Four men flying in a Cessna 210 here Friday are subscribing to that philosophy now. The four were making an approach to the Brigham City airport from the south when the engine in their aircraft suddenly stopped. Their pilot, 0. Niel Smith of 294 Paxton ' place, Brigham City, brought the craft down and landed in an alfalfa field west of. Brigham City and but for minor injuries sustained by one passenger, they walked away from it. Receiving whiplash injuries was William D. Packer of 422 East First South, Brigham City. With them were Jeffrey Packer of 620 Cottonwood circle and Randy Deem, a construction foreman working for Packer Construction company. William Packer was taken to Brigham City Community hospital for observation and released. Smith said the four were taking a short flight to view a new subdivision being built (Continued on Page 8) Brigham by sprimig sheriff's deputy enters the upside down remains of a Cessna 210 that carried four men to a safe but powerless landing in an alfalfa field Friday af A BOX ELDER W0F Cost to rear a child to a lot of pizza, new shoes ' 18? Most parents have no idea of the overall amount. They dont think of children in terms of dollars and cents. Beyond recalling that at certain stages along the line the costs were very heavy, they have never thought about their total expenditures. A new analysis of such costs providps some answers. It is based upon studies made by the Department of Agriculture, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and others. The finding is that the amount spent by parents in rearing a child varies from family to family. In general, however it is closely to income. In some families, the outlay in the years is equivalent to as much as 3.6 years of earnings, after taxes. In 18 County will The expenses incurred in the first year can be unusually large. . Other than that, the greatest demand comes in the period tween 13 and 18, when youngster earn more, require more expensive (Continued on Page 9) be- te Davis county, and Morgan, $80. Fixed operating costs of the organizations are set at $34,000 which the director said will leave $58,980 available for tourist promotion this next year. $6,000, Mrs. hilds said she expects to hear the results by Dec. 30. . Brigham City already has qualified for a the- , r8Q The LWV will now forward these figures to Alameda, Calif., for comparison with those turned in by other communities in the Americas Votingest City competition. Some 228 cities across the country accepted Alamedas challenge this year and will be judged in their respective population catagories. - percent mark. The figures rounded up by Mrs. Childs included a breakdown by voting district in Brigham City. Leading the way with 94.08 percent of its . registered voters casting ballots was District No. 7 in the citys northwest area. Second-hig- h honors were captured by neighboring District No. 18 with 91.41 percent. Two other districts were in the 90 District No. 10 with percent bracket 90.81 percent and District No. 20 with 90.03 percent. The lowest figure was reported from District No. 6 which saw just 68.35 of its registered voters turn out on election day. Here are other figures for each district: No. 1 (77.09 percent), No. 2 (86.52 percent), No. 3 (86.30 percent), No. 4 (80.75 percent), No. 5 (83.00 percent), No. 8 (85.50 percent), No. 9 (76.12 percent), No. 11 (77.44 percent), No. 12 (77.62 percent), No. 13 (80.49 percent), No. 14 (81.10 percent), No. 15 (83.94 percent), No. 16 (82.58 percent), No. 17 (76.99 percent), No. (78.22 percent). 19 Nov. 16. As a result, quotations were sought on the difference or $170,000 with the new debt period to extend until the end of the fiscal year. Box Elder County bank was low at 3.97 percent interest rate, a figure which the city-owne- it. AAini-PT- A confab Wednesday at Box Elder High A mini-PTconference at Box Elder High school beckons parents of students in clubs and organizations on Wednesday at a.m. Principal Carroll C. Nichols will give parents a guided tour of the school during the conference and parents are invited to stay and have lunch in the cafeteria. The meal will cost 65 cents, according to a PTA spokesman. 10 City, school district eye federal aid for projects four-count- four-count- Brigham City recorded an 81.83 percent turnout of registered voters in the Nov. 2 general election. This was disrltfseiTWednesday br the League of Women Voters who, during the recent political campaign, pushed for a high voter turnout here. LWV President Marjorie Childs, after checking over figures with Box Elder County Clerk K.B. Olsen, said local voters made gains in both registration and percentage of registered voters going to the polls. There was an estimated voting age population of 9,072 with 8,064 persons registering for 88.89 percent. This represents an increase of 4.68 percent from two years ago. Of the 8,064 who registered, some 6,599 cast ballots for 81.83 percent. This is 3.24 percent higher than recorded in the election of two years ago. council accepted. Rate of the existing note was 4.09 percent, officials pointed out. 4.25 percent The only other quotation - was received from First Security bank. The council again failed to reach a decision on a proposed trade of property with Gary Bywater of Brigham City. The situation developed when Bywater sold a building lot in Mantua for $4,500 only to discover that a city water line easement had been established across the property. Reportedly, the easement had never been recorded. As a result the sale fell through and Bywater suggested the city had liability in the matter. He then proposed to trade this land for d ground in northwest Brigham City which could be developed as five building lots. However, it was suggested during Thursdays meeting, that a trade might be subject to criticism. Mayor Felt said the city mighi sell its property and then negotiate a cash settlement with Bywater. But Councilman Poug Wight questioned that city liability In the matter has been t established. The mayor replied that we can either determine ourselves if we have liability or ' ' let the courts determine It was finally decided to have City Attorney Omer Call pfbpose a solution. In still other business: Approval was giver! for use of the city courtroom for classes in Utahs Alcohol Safety Action program (ASAP). Request (Continued on Page Nine) Race to meet deadline Box Elder county will soon be represented by three members of the Golden Spike Empire, Inc., board of directors. Currently, the county has two board y members on the region board Commission Chairman Don County Chase and Brigham City Councilman Peter Knudson. Joining them effective Jan. 1, will be Ira C, Hatch, Tremonton motel owner. He was appointed by Chase this past Tuesday after the Empire board authorized an additional member from both Box Elder and Davis counties.' Davis County Commissioner Glen Flint said a fourth person from Davis county will be named in December. The board after Jan. 1 will have 14 members with Weber represented by five persons and Morgan county by two representatives. Golden Spike Empire is organized to y region promote tourism in the and depends upon a transient room tax as its major source of funds. Executive Director S.K. Ferguson noted that this tax now is 3 percent and has been since July 1 of this year when it was doubled from the previous 1.5 percent. The director estimated the tax, collected by motel and hotel operators, will amount to $82,080 in 1977. An additional $10,900 is expected from the Utah Travel council on a matching basis for advertising. Breakdown of the estimated tax income goes like this: Weber county, $60,000; Box Ac- cording to the Health Insurance Institute, the average cost in that year for medical and hospital bills, furniture, clothing, medicines and the like runs to $2,194 nationally. Insurance covers some of this in most cases. have 3 on board $16,000; IJOS ta others, as tmie as 2.9 years of earnings are The average is slightly more than 3 years. The studies show that where net income is in the $12,000 to $13,000 range, as it has been recently for the average family in Box Elder county, the outlay per child is approximately $40,000. m sex Eider eetitity, tiftaet pfe- sent conditions, how much does it cost to raise a child from birth to age Elder county, OOTEMlO adds up It all related ternoon west of Brigham City. One man was treated for whiplash but was released the same day. Brigham City could have cable television by early next spring. An official of Utah Cable Television indicated this Thursday as the firm, now a subsidiary of BFM Constructors, Inc., moved closer to gaining a new franchise agreement here. Dale Garner and Arden Coombs, representing the cable TV interests, and city councilmen agreed that attorneys for both sides should prepare a franchise contract for review by the council. This decision was reched after a citizens CATV committee in Brigham City recommended the council should consider reinstating the franchise. Utah Cable Television originally was issued a franchise on Jan. 23, 1975. 'It was terminated in August of this year when the firm failed to perform as agreed. The stumbling block was lack of financial backing. Now, however, Garnder told the council, financing has been obtained and BFM Construtors, an eastern firm, is anxious to get moving. Coombs disclosed that BFM which will manage the local system, has purchased all assets of Utah Cpble Television. Our plans are as soon as we cat get details straightened out, were ready to go to work. Wed like to start Jan. 1. We could complete the system in three months and deliver the first service before then,.. Garner explained. details to Among the which he referred are negotiations with Mountain Bell for use of their poles in the cable TV system. The company has agreed to post a $10,000 bond guaranteeing performance. In other business Thursday, the council authorized borrowing on tax anticipation of $170,000 from Box Elder County bank. And it decided to seek guidance from the city attorney on a claim brought against the city by a local real estate dealer. The borrowing was approved after Mayor Harold B. Felt explained that the city has a $250,000 note outstanding with Box Elder County bank and could afford at this time to retire only $80,000 of the note was said due principal. The y east side (adjoining the seniors crafts area). d He said it would consume from to one-haof an existing parking lot. It would provide room for woodworking which is now being done in the old city jects. The school disctrict wants to develop an jail building and also additional recreation athletic field near Box Elder High school, space, Dunn explained. The city library board has authorized an estimated $97,308 undertaking. And Edwards and Daniels, Salt Lake City Brigham City is seeking grants for additions to its library, community center and. architecture firm, to prepare a preliminp foot fire station. ary design for about a addition. Funds for total construction costs are The enlargement would be located on the being offered under the Comprehensive Public Works Employment Act of 1976, a existing librarys east side (now a parking ' lot) and on the north (presently a grass measure intended to create more jobs. area). However, optimism does not run high In total, with the existing structure, it locally for getting a share of the funds pie. would Drovide about 12,000 square feet of A chief criteria is the unemployment rate. library space. The cost is set at $670,975. And Brigham City with about 5.8 percent An addition to the fire station has been isnt that bad off. The local applications are supposed to be sought for some time. Plans call for the new portion to be built on the ready by Monday, Nov. 15, and will be considered by the Bear River Association present stations west side. The grant application will be for about of Governments clearing house Wednesday. Mayor Harold B. Felt noted Thursday BE that about $60 million in applications are chasing a reported $10 million allocated to on the At least three applications from Brigham City and one from Box Elder School district this week will be fed into the federal processing mechanism which will crank out millions for community pro- one-thir- lf , 7,000-squar- $200,000. The addition would have four bays and d additional space, provide now and for the future, according to Chief Charles Tuff Claybaugh. Right now we couldnt house one more piece of equipment in the existing building, he noted. The total proposal also includes remodeling of the present station and demolition oJf the old jail building to the rear to help make up for lost parking space. The school district proposal envisions e soccer field plus development of a a baseball diamond and softball field. The location would be on ground immediately north of the Box Elder High school driving range and future swimming pool site. It is bounded on the east by Sixth West and on the north by Brigham Citys Watkins park. Less Dunn who was charged with preparing the funds application, said the (Continued on Page Nine) much-neede- , full-siz- School board to meet Wednesday U.tah. It was at Thursdays weekly city council meeting that formal approval was stamped on a proposed application to expand the community center. Les Dunn, a member of the seniof citizens board, approached the council, addition outlining plans to build a two-lev- The Box Elder Board of Education will hold its next regular meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 17, in Brigham City. The session is scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. in the board room which is located upstairs in the county courthouse. It is a session open to the public and will consider, among other matters, band uniforms at Box Elder High school and proposed changes it transportation policies. A copy of the full agenda can be found on Page 8. LOOKING OVER the design of a proposed addition to the Brigham City library are architect Jesse McDowell and Librarian Karen Howard. . |