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Show 2 BOX ELDER JOURNAL, Brigham City, Utah Thursday, August 1, 1974 'BACK An Educolumn A new approach to attendance From The Files Of The Box Elder 10 is being liberalized. Liberal policies, however, are usually being tightened down because they didnt work too well either. The Femdale High school in Michigan has struck out in a bold new direction-ter- med everything from magnificent to by Ray M. Hall, Director, Northern Utah Uniserve A perennial problem facing school administrators and boards of education is that of pupil attendance or- - non at- irresponsible. Administrators there defend their revolutionary approach, however, on the simple grounds that it works. They claim to have cut absenteeism in half by putting the pressure tendance. In most school districts, at this time of year, some kind of committee is at work or modifying, or either completely rewriting attendance policies Districts are funded not only on the basis of the number of students enrolled but on the number who actually attend school. Absences are of concern, then, not only because they hamper the instructional process but because they substantially decrease the districts funding. on the kids ironically, by taking it off. STUDENTS AT Femdale are no longer required to bring excuses from home or to carry admits to class. There are no questions asked when they choose to be absent from school for any reason. There is, instead, a hard and fast rule no credit will be given any student who is absent from class more than 11 times during the year. (This would not THE SUMMER-tim- e revamping of the to this problem goes in cycles. If approach the attendance policy has been tough, it probably created so many problems that it that apply to students with long-ter- m illnesses, visiting teachers, etc.) Teachers do not ask questions nor pass judgment. They merely record absences. (Three tardies constitute one absence, again without classification as to excused or unexcused.) Teachers routinely fill out a form letter upon the students third, seventh, and 12 absence. These are mailed to parents, and in the case of a 12th absence, the letter includes notice of loss of credit. WHAT IT MEANS, says Assistant Principal Nicholas Cannici, is that now a student actually has to be in class a certain number of times in order to pass. Before a student might be absent 25 times and still get credit if he could talk the teacher into passing him. Of course some kids cut their own throats by using the alloted absence days as skip days and then they get sick. Mass transit affects all citizens Voters of Salt Lake, Weber, and Davis counties will decide the immediate future of mass transit funding in their areas at the November election, but interest in the transit vote extends across the entire state, according to Utah Foundation, the private, nonprofit, public service agency. A healthy mass transit operation is important to the welfare of every metropolitan area, it is pointed out in a Foundation research report released this week, and planners and economists in many communities elsewhere in the state believe the need for public transportation will spread to other Utah communities in the reasonably near future. OPERATION of the Utah Transit now confined to Salt Lake t authority county but scheduled to expand into Davis and Weber counties on the basis of recent is substantially ahead of voter approval national averages in terms of patronage gains, the Foundation notes, but the transit operation still has to be subsidized. Public subsidy of mass transit has become widely accepted, and many operations are more dependent on public support than is pected. New York City has an accumulated deficit of more than half a billion dollars and is running current deficits of more than $150 million a year. Chicago has required more than $80 million in subsidies in the period since 1971. The much publicized Bay Area Rapid Transit system in the San Francisco area, with the worlds most modern equipment, has a projected deficit of $13 million for fiscal 1975, rising to $28 million in 1978. LAST YEAR, the Utah Transit authority had operating expenditures of about $1.5 million and an operating deficit of less than $400,000. However, the Utah Transit authority is seeking additional funds to expand its service and operations. Salt Lake, Davis, and Weber County commissioners have legal authorization to place on the November ballot proposals to levy on property and-o- r a impose a sales tax to finance the transit operation. Commissioners are not legally required to place either or both propositions before the voters, but may do so at their discretion. ii-ce- nt Utahs. Denver, whose transit system is composed entirely of buses as is Salt Lake's, has a projected operating deficit of $2.5 million in 1974, the Foundation reports. Among larger cities, public subsidies run enormously higher, as might be ex PUBLIC SUBSIDY of mass transit has become accepted across the nation in the d War II period because the need for public transportation has been recognized as applying to the entire post-Worl- Historical farm open to visitors The Ronald V. Jensen Living Historical farm will be open for visitors during the Festival of the American West at Utah State university. Located about iix miles south the farm of Logan on U.S. has arranged for an open house daily except Sunday, July 24 to Aug. 2, from 10 a.m. to noon. On Saturdays, July 27 and Aug. 3, the farm will present demone strations of farming. Presented to USU by Los Angeles philanthropist Ronald V. Jensen, the farm is one of the top two farms in the United States which are operated as living museums of farmlife, circa The farm was dedicated Sept. 89-9- old-tim- Harris guests HOLLYWOOD - Julie Harris will (UPI) j remain in Hollywood after her series expires this fall to guest star on Jimmy Stewarts new series, Hawkins. 1910-192- 11, 1971, community. As highway congestion and air pollution have increased to alarming proportions in many places, public officials, lay citizens, and environmentalist groups got behind the movement to increase mass transit as one obvious partial solution. One bus can carry as many people as are usually transported in 20 to 40 private automobiles, while occupying only a fraction of the highway space and emitting only a fraction of the exhaust fumes generated by the fleet of private vehicles. THESE CONSIDERATIONS led to the federal governments modification of its traditional policy concerning the Highway Trust fund, to recognize the broader rather than problem of transportation that confined to highway. The trust fund, derived from excise taxes on petroleum, rubber, and other products used in automotive transportation was long strictly reserved for highway construction, but has been opened to appropriation for mass transit developments in recent years. Gasoline shortages associated with the energy crisis last winter led to significant increase in the use of mass transit. Nationally, there was a gain of nearly 6 percent in the first three months of 1974 over the comparable period in 1973. The Salt Lake operation was con ASCS siderably ahead of the national figures, and registered an 18.5 percent gain for the first five months of 1974 over the same months in 1973. WHILE THERE was some movement from mass transit back to private automobiles with the easing of the energy crisis in the spring, many transportation experts believe that the winters gasoline shortages carry a strong psychological impact. It is widely believed that if major gains in public transportation are not made under existing favorable conditions, they may be more difficult of realization later, the Foundation reports. If Salt Lake, Davis, and Weber County sales tax voters approve the quarter-cen- t increase, transit service in Salt Lake county would be approximately doubled and service in Davis and Weber counties considerable more than doubled. The proposed sales tax would return abut 2.3 times as much as a property levy. The sales tax proposal for mass transit funding was first approved by the Utah Legislature in January, and tied to a operation. requirement for a no-fa- Subsequently, the special legislative session in June remove the although leaving the way open for fare operation if it is desired. payments under the Agriculture and Consumer Protection act of 1973 should notify the Box Elder county Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation as soon as possible. What they should not do, Jensen said, is plow under or otherwise destroy evidence of until the crop damage Service office and announces I Record bonus paid to beet producers Utah-IdahSugar company today announced issuance of a o record-size- d additional payment to sugarbeet growers in Utah on their 1973 crop of sugarbeets. The total payment to growers in Utah amounted to $1,221,616 averaging $4.55 per ton of beets as compared to 75 cents per ton received in a similar payment last year. Payments also were made to in Idaho and growers Washington, bringing the amount paid by the sugar company at this time to more than $15,658,000. Together with two previous payments in October, 1973 and April, 1974, the gross amount paid by U and I Sugar to date for sugarbeets in the three-stat- e area has reached approximately $82,565,000. A final payment on the 1973 crop will be made in October. The unique "participating contract under which 1973-cro- MAYOR HAROLD at 5 p.m. Aug. 8 to let employes attend the annual merchants outing. businesses to close or rather to get rid of them. Henry Bott who acts as a guide at the LDS Brigham City tabernacle called to say that a flock of starlings, nesting in a spruce tree, were attacking visitors to the tabernacle. Thursday, July 23, 1964 Miss Shirley Walker became the bride of Robert M. Haynie in a ceremony solemnized in the Logan LDS temple on July 16. The couple is making a home in no- Brigham City. James R. Barsballe, Tuesday, July 28, 1964 been of selected the most has 17, Brigham City, in Utah by the member outstanding DeMolay of the order of Council International Supreme a DeMolay and will receive distinguished service medal. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Tuesday, July 28, 1964 Claybaugh of 155 North Tenth East, Brigham City announce the engagement of their daughter, Kathy Kay to Mr. Leslie B. Ogden, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Ogden, 2064 Jefferson Avenue, Ogden. A pleasant family Tuesday, July 28, 1964 vacation trip to Yellowstone National Park was enjoyed by Mr. and Mrs. Bill (Bev) Killian and children Bill and Kathy. Younger son Mike stayed at home with friends. 25 Years Ago Box Elder county, Wednesday, July 27, 1949 less counties in one is of the it populated though the state, has had nine deaths on its roads to be fourth in the state for traffic deaths. Wednesday, July 27, 1949 Recently returning to work at the Harold B. Felt Funeral home after a nine months leave of absence to attend school is Verl L. Peterson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred E. Peterson of Brigham City. B. Austin Haws, Wednesday, July 27, 1949 husband of Gwen Haws formerly Gwen Hun-sakof Honeyville, has been awarded a $1,140 research fellowship to continue graduate work toward a Ph.D. degree at Iowa State College. Friday, July 29, 1949 Annie E. Erickson was recently appointed chairman of the Red Cross Nursing Home in Box Elder county. The service is for mothers and prospective homemakers. The classes are taught by certified nurses. Friday, July 29, 1949 Sandra Sheffield had a er birthday party celebrating her eighth birthday at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Sheffield Thursday afternoon. advises Also on the site of the historical farm is the Man and His Bread museum, tracing the history of mans efforts to develop farm products for food. The public is invited to visit the historical farm throughout the Festival of the American Dont plow it under. West celebration which will These emphatic words of accent the achievements of the local ASCS director Mark H. early Mormon pioneers. Jensen are directed at farmers whose farm piugram crops have been destroyed or damaged by the recent hail or drought in Box Elder county. Producers who believe they may be entitled to disaster signs proclamation urging all Brigham City to requirement, Keep crop evidence for disaster payments and the equipment and are authentic, buildings collected and rebuilt from farms in the area. U B. FELT the law amended "no-far- e Years Ago A blond, Brigham Thursday, July the first entrant in became week this City beauty this years Peach Queen contest. She is Geralyn Peters, 18, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Peters, 408 East First South. Brigham City police Thursday, July 23, 1964 received a call Monday that was for the birds Students, too, are generally pleased. One Femdale senior says, It is much better than the old way. It gives responsibility to the student and thats what education is all about. Students are forced now to make their own decisions about where they are A Utah Foundation report al 23, 1964 Theyre the ones who have to learn the hard way, and they get burned. It hurts them temporarily, but it is a learning process in responsibility and they do have an opportunity to repeat. Most parents have supported the policy and many of them admit that under the old system they felt pressure to write phony excuses for absences which they felt were justifiable but which the school did not. going to be. Under the old policy there was always a way to beat the system by forging a note or something; but this new system teaches responsibility. The results are impressive. Such an approach would bear consideration. News-Journ- sugarbeets are grown provides for an initial payment soon after harvest and for subsequent payments during the year which are based on net returns from the sugar as it is sold. Thus the growers participate in market changes that occur up to almost a year after their beets are harvested. The continued strong demand for sugar both in the U.S. and abroad has made this an favorable year for who produced sugarbeets in 1973. It should be noted that no U.S. produced sugar is exported, in fact more than 45 percent of the total supply is imported from other countries. unusually growers p Utahs minority population includes 0.6 per cent black, one per cent Indian, 0.5 per cent Oriental and 3.5 per cent Mexican-America- specifically advised by the county ASCS office that they may do so. Official determinations must be made on the extent of loss. If a farmer believes that natural disaster has caused a substantial loss in yield of his program crops, he should notify the county office as soon as he can. He should not destroy the crop residue. If his loss is partial and he harvests some or all of the crop, he should be ready to furnish evidence of the yield, such as warehouse and similar receipts documents, Jensen said. Most important of all, he should keep in touch with the county ASCS office," he added. First Year This is the first year in which ASCS is to make disaster payments to eligible farmers Letters to the Editor ... Appreciate newspaper Editor: I would like to thank you so very much for sending the paper to our boy, Elder Dennis P. Rasmussen, who is in the Illinois mission. It seems like it takes a lot of writing for us to keep Dennis informed about things here on the farm and about our familys goings-o- n. The has filled him in on news and pictures of the county and this has saved me many hours of writing. Also, Dennis has saved each issue of the paper and given them to his mission president and his President and News-Journ- al wife, Sister Darrell Welling, who are former residents of Box Elder county and both graduates of Box Elder High school. They have enjoyed reading about news in Box Elder county, too. Dennis will be coming home the last of August and he will send you a thank you letter at that time. Thanks again, Mrs. Phil Rasmussen, Corinne who have substantial losses in production of program crops because of natural disaster. Program crops grown in Box Elder county include wheat, corn and barley. The local ASCS chief pointed out that disaster payments are intended only to provide $ome relief to farmers whose cropland is so affected by natural disaster that they receive little or no income from production of the crop. The payments are not intended to compensate fully for the loss. Also, coverage extends only to planted acreage up to the historical allotment on each farm, not to acreage planted in excess of allotment. The program is available without regard to race, color, creed, national origin or sex. More complete information on disaster payment provisions is available from the County ASCS office. Im sure BOX ELDER JOURNAL First West, Brigha Sacond Class po post office, 14 Brigham City, Ufa Library Echoes Charle Pub Charles Publisher Subscription rate J8.W able in advance in the Box Elder News days) $4 00 for 4 mont County. Subscription rate $10 0 able in advance in the Box Elder News $5 00 for 4 day) Box Elder Couunty. Member Auc Utah State P Newspaper Press Interna sentative: U tion, Salt La Hours at the Brigham City library are 10 a.m. to S p.m. dally except Sunday. The telephone number Is 72J-585- 0. ' |