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Show 4 Rodeo, paredo, junior fat stock salo arc highlights The 1973 Box Elder County fair got underway in Tremonton today with a host of activities continuing through Saturday night, including the traditional Golden Spike rodeo. Clifon G. M. Kerr, fair board president, has promised that this years fair will be the biggest and best yet. Exhibits opened this morning at S a.m. and the City of Fun carnival set up its rides on Wednesday at the fair grounds, located west of Tremonton, for a fair-lon- g run. Members of the county commission this week expressed a hope that all Box Elder residents will realize this is a county celebration and take time to visit and view the varied rt t Becky Rowe The rodeo is scheduled each evening at 8 p.m. and this year is produced by Cotton Rosser, Marysvale, Calif., and approved by the Rodeo Cowboys association. Performances are scheduled Thursday through Saturday. Karen Allred, Bountiful, will reign as queen with Kathy Kidman, North Ogden, and Kirstine Larson, Logan, attendants. A special act during the rodeo will be chariott races with professional' stunt men hired to drive chariotts which were used during the filming of "Ben Hur. The annual fair parade this aftermoon at 5 p.m. will follow a different route because Tremonton's Main street is torn up for resurfacing. The procession will start at North Park school, cross Main street, go to McKinley school, and then procede west to the fairgrounds. A highlight of the celebration will be the junior fat stock sale under the direction of Leroy Dell Holmgren. Some 110 head of choice beef, plus prize lambs and hogs will be sold starting at 9:30 a.m. Saturday and continuing until each animal is sold for a premium price. Heres the schedule of activities: 8 a.m. - Fair exhibits open. 1:30 p.m. - Horseshow pitching contest. 5 p.m. Fair parade through Tremonton. 8 p.m. Golden Spike rodeo. Friday a.m. - Chuckwagon breakfast a.m. Fair exhibits open. 1:30 p.m. Horse racing. 6 p.m. Youth "Fun Time Danca". 8 p.m. Golden Spike rodeo. 6 8 Saturday a.m. - Chuckwagon breakfast 9:30 a.m. - Junior fat stock sale. 1:30 p.m. : Horse racing. 8 p.m. - Golden Spike rodeo. 6 Thursday a.m. Chuckwagon breakfast sponsored by the Box Elder Sheriffs posse. 6 Dayna Favero Volume 66, Number 34 9iris join Brigham City, Utah 84302, Thursday Morning, August 23, 1 24 973 PAGES property valuation program In quest for queen crown t rv. t A I ' Teresa Nichols Four more Box Elder county girls were named this week as contestants in the 1973 Peach Queen competition. They are: Teresa Nichols, 18, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carroll C. Nichols, 1035 East First North; sponsored by Box Elder Coun,ty bank in Brigham City. Linda Larsen, 20, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Larsen, 110 South Second West, Willard; sponsored by Gene's : Texaco of Brigham City. Dayna Favero, 17, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Favero, 65 North Seventh East, Brigham City; sponsored by First Security bank of Brigham City. Becky Rowe, 20, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Billy L. Rowe, 544 South Second West, Brigham City; sponsored by Blocks of Brigham City. Sponsored by the Brigham City Jaycees and Jayceetes, the annual pageant will be staged in the Box Elder High auditorium the evening of Sept. 7. The girls will appear in swim suits and evening wear. Contestants will display their talents the preceding night, Sept. 6, in the high school hall, with the public invited to buy tickets for both events. residential, and agrcultural structures located in the County. The second phase of the reappraisal, the appraisal of land, began in June of this year and will be completed this month with over 22,000 parcels examined and valued by certified appraisers. The annual queen quest, conducted as a local Miss America pageant, is sponsored by the Jaycees and Jayceettes who said there will be 20 contestants this year. Minimum Inconvenience Partridge said the building appraisal phase of the reappraisal program is designed to be accomplished with a Chamber voices support For counify master plan The Greater Brigham City Area Chamber of Commerce this week voiced its endorsement of Box Elder countys propsed new master plan. Prt H $ 1 a In a statement prepared by President-Elec- t Boyd Newman, the chamber indicated it wholeheartedly supports the county commissioners and the new county master plan. Unplanned growth simply cannot be justified as some would want the public to believe. . The position paper continued: "To understand how important this plan 1 is, one has to draw a mental picture of the future. For example, between now and 1990 the anticipated population growth for Box Elder county is 15,000. "This needs: Needs Suggested would suggest the following 1,300 acres for residences. 250 acres for streets. 300 acres for schools, parks, other public land. acres for retail stores. acres for office, administrative and general commercial. 50 50 Grade school bus routes announced in Box Elder Aug. 27, and there has been a flurry of activity this week to Schools will open for 1973-7- 4 district next Monday, prepare for the annual opening. Most elementary school students are registering today (Thursday), teachers and other personnel for the most part have attended orientation sessions and new bus routes have been announced for three grade schools. Buses will be transporting elementary students in Brigham City who reside one or more miles from Mountain View school and. Foothill school and those in Tremonton living one or more miles from the new McKinley school beginning Monday, Aug. 27, the first day of school, Kleon Kerr, director of transportation reports. pre-scho- ol After Boundary Changed Following the elementary boundary line changes early in February of this year, to become effective during the 1973-7- 4 school year, it was determined that all elementary students who live one mile or more (Continued on Page 6) 50 200 acres for service industries. acres for general industry. Arthur L. Partridge, director of the local valuation division of the Utah State Tax commission, announced Wednesday that the third phase of the Box Elder county reappraisal program - the appraisal of all locally assessed buildings began Monday, Aug. 20. Building appraisers from the state tax commissions local valuation division, in compliance with laws passed by the 1969 legislature, began the task of examing and determining the fair market value of more than 10,000 industrial, commercial, minimum of inconvenience to citizens. It is being carried out first in Brigham City and will take about three months to complete. The state appraisers are working in close cooperation with the Box Elder and expressed a desire for continued good relations. ...... .. , If there are any questions regarding the reappraisal program, Box Elder county citizens are invited to call or write: pointed out. In order to insure the fairness and accuracy of the appraisals, it is necessary that the appraisers briefly examine both the interior and the exterior of all buildings, including residential property. The inspection of residential property is generally completed in 20 minutes or less. All appraisers carry a state identification card bearing their photograph and are required to display it at the property owners request. Arthur county Assessors office, Partridge Voices Appreciation Partridge voiced his appreciation for the cooperation extended to, the appraisers by the citizens of Box Elder county during the initial phases of the reappraisal program ....... L. Partridge, director. Local Valuation Division. 2870 Connor Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84109, Phone: 328-518- 4. Youth dance The Brigham City Youth committee will sponsor a dance at the community center on Saturday, Aug. 25, it was announced this week. The event will continue from 8:30 to 11 :30 p.m. with music by St Thomas Axis. Admission will be 81. Sorry, aide says of remark 5,000 new homes for families, 4,000 in the Box Elder County Commissioner John various municipalities and 1,000 in the Holmgren has apologized for using the unicorporated areas. It doesn't take a great deal of word garbage in reference to Brigham imagination to picture that kind of growth Citys list of proposed improvement if it were allowed to take place in a projects which will appear on Novembers municipal election ballot. haphazard manner. The county official used the term at last Box Elder county has not reallly had any subdivision codes or mobile home weeks commission meeting. And at this ordinznees in the past. This policy, weeks weekly session on Tuesday, he however, is now threatened by subdividers expressed regret for having done it. and promoters and just has to be changed.-i- f "I still dont think they have the right our county is to remain the pleasant priorities. I haven't changed my philosphy but they are not garbage, he stated. place it is. said The trend now is for the city folks to Commissioner Holmgren move to the country. If they are allowed to previously that he felt the city should give put a trailer or build a home wherever and attention to its water system before however they want, with no regard for considering the proposed projects which water purification or sewage disposal or include expansion of the city library, fire station and police station, improvements police and fire protection or consideration to and expansion of the golf course and city of our land as a natural resource, it will be catastrophic. parks and extenison of the municipal Other Counties .A few years ago, other Wasatch Front counties enjoyed satisfying agirculture an open space. Scattered, unplanned development encroached on agricultural lands and changed the open feeling, the production of the land and its general airport. People Take Look? The commissioner said hopefully, people will take a hard look at the making a living. The county would lose priotities. Still qualifying this further, he said perhaps it was not proper for him to comment on city affairs, only as they pertain to Box Elder county. The county official said he believes the city can have the proposed improvements sales tax without passage of the half-cewhich city officials requested of the county recently. In another matter involving the county through commitment of the land to scattered subdivision and residential living. "Taxes would also have to increase to take care of the additional services whereas under a planned program, the increased population could help the tax base. Malcolm Young said he would pursue renegotiation of a fire protection contract. A pact with Brigham City expired on July 1. Its terms included a 87,000 package payment for standby service and set the fire fighting rate at 8100 for the first hour and 850 for each additional hour in unincorporated areas. attractiveness. "The same could happen to Box Elder county, the last major agricultural area in the state. "Agriculture could become limited, jobs in related industires could be reduced so new people would have a harder time some of its attractiveness if the agricultural capacility is sacrificed and Brigham City, Commissioner - BOARD UP WINDOWS Workmen board up windows on one of six dormitories which will be closed this year with reduction in enrollment at Intermountain school. Seventy of a reported 80 employes had received letters of administrative transfer by late Wednesday afternoon. They have choice of transferring to Navajo reservation schools or terminating service. First students are scheduled to arrive at IS Friday morning at about 6:30 a.m. with classes beginning Monday, Aug. 27. There will be no freshmen |