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Show Brigham City, Utah 84302, Thursday Morning, Volume 67, Number 42 City dads meet tonight Brigham City officials are still wrestling with the question of conversion to computer system in the city office. They were expected to resolve the issue at a special meeting Monday night. However, after more than two hours, they were still without a decision. The next episode in this continuing administrative drama is scheduled this evening (Thursday) when the city council holds its regular weekly session. Computer question I still a decision, The council called its Monday evening meeting for the purpose of charting a course of action with Councilman Douglas Wight having recommended the purchase of a $28,500 used computer from National Cash Register corporation. However, it was announced Monday that the company had sold the unit (to Thiokols Logan plant). In reaction to this. Councilman Wight recommended that Brigham pending i anticipate definitely, one way or another," Mayor Harold B. Felt declared Wednesday. Tonights meeting is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. and will include such other items on the agenda as cable television, city swimming team and animal control. Retains planner Tremonton okays new police car i ? Tremonton city officials have decided to buy a new police car, acting at a regular meeting Tuesday. Councilman Harry Gephart proposed to buy the unit from Archibald Ford after he and Police Chief Ron Ogborn had studied bids. Fellow council members agreed. The cost will be $185 a month with a purchase option open to the city to buy the unit outright at the end of the first year for an additional $3,500. Otherwise, it will mean making $185 monthly payments for two years. In other business, Kenneth Millard, Salt Lake City planner, was retained to help update planning and zoning in the city. He will receive $50 for a period for this service. A reminder was issued that a meeting will be held Wednesday, Oct. 23, at 7 p.m. between Tremonton and Garland city officials on sewage disposal in the area. Expected to be on hand is William Johnson, auditor, who recently told Tremonton councilmen that the citys sewage system operation was running the red. in to fill all chuck holes on city streets before we get more moisture. Carl Borup, representing the city planning commission, said the planning body needs representation from the council, someone who can be depended upon to attend meetings. It was brought out that Governor Rampton has selected three judges to inspect community improvements in a state-wid- e competition. Theyll be in Tremonton at 9:30 a m. on Oct. 21 for a one-holook at beautification improvements. Will Use Bus Th senior citizens bus will be made available to the judges to use during their brief stay. There was further discussion as to the merits of turning garbage collection in the city over to a private handler but the council reached no decision. It was disclosed that the city plans to purchase two new ambulances with a $20,000 state grant to meet most of the expense. Two existing ambulances will be sold with the proceeds to apply toward purchase of the new units. October 17, 1974 26 PAGES buy a new computer from Burroughs corporation at a cost of City $56,750 But, while Councilmen Wight and Byron Armstrong are strong supporters of city conversion to its own computer system, others at the table are less convinced It was suggested that any action be delayed to the next budget period (no allocation is made in the current budget for purchase of a computer). There is some sentiment also for relying on a computer service bureau rather than for the city to buy its own equipment. Fred B. Baugh of Wiggins, Taylor and Baugh, local accounting firm which annually audits the city's financial operation, asked several days ago to meet with the council before it reached a decision. Mayor Felt said Baugh wanted to discuss whether the proposal to buy a computer will coincide with city requirements. The city fathers and Baugh were slated to huddle in a special meeting last night (Wednesday). A study of conversion to a computer system to handle city utilities billings and possibly cost accounting has been underway for the past six months with Councilmen Wight and Armstrong handling that Cadetfe Girl Scouts Cathy Mower, Kim Keenan and Mary Pat Hooper look over the field of local candidates as they invite everyone to come to the Candidates Open House slated for Thursday, Oct. 17, from 7:30 to 9.30 p.m. at Box Elder High school. MEET THE CANDIDATES Quick action Public invited to meet them BIA Candidates 'on parade' tonight promised The Bureau of Indian Affairs has promised to act quickly on requests to provide campus security at Intermountain school, Congressman Gunn McKay announced this past week. McKay said that he had received assurances from the director of the office of Indian education that renewed efforts would be made immediately to provide needed internal security at the Brigham City school. The recommendation for campus security was given top priority by a recent meeting of representatives of 35 tribes at Intermountain school. The meeting was held to find solutions for the unrest the school has been experiencing recently. Other recommendations of tribal representatives included hiring more Indian counselors and to upgrade the academic curriculum. I think that campus security is essential to remove the burden from Brigham City and to stop trouble before it spreads, Representative McKay said. I am encouraged that things seem to have quieted down and I think the school can be successful in helping Indian students, he added. Do the names on the ballot not have faces or positions on vital issues? Actually, all of those names represent live candidates and an opportunity to become acquainted with them is being offered by the League of Women Voters at an open house slated for tonight, Thursday, from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. in the home economics room at Box Elder High school. atmosphere. The candidates will be free to distribute campaign literature during the evening. Acting as hostesses for the open house will be members of Girl Scout Cadette Troop 146 who are working under the guidance of the League of Women Voters in earning their Challenge of Active Citizenship. W. Locklin, voter service for the LWV, states that acceptances have been received from 95 They have prepared radio announcements for the meeting and will also appear on KBUH to urge voter registration and participation. Mrs. H chairman of the candidates for both state and local offices and that official representatives will be on hand for U. S. congressional candidates. percent The public will have the chance to mingle freely with the candidates, asking the questions that most interest them and meeting the candidates personally rather than listening to speeches in a formal Another way to learn about the candidates will be though questionaires appearing in county newspapers as each candidate answers certain questions, and through a handout sheet that will be prepared through cooperation betweefl the League of Women Voters and Box Elder News and Journal and distributed locally by the Girl Scouts. Planter Boxes planter boxes with flowers Main street are being along removed and will be placed at the community center where its hoped theyll receive better care. The boxes were left to deteriorate while on Main street, it was pointed out. Councilwoman Yolanda Allen reported that the road leading to the cemetery has been completely and is in real Twenty-eigh- v BLAST OFF! A model rocket shoots skyward as another waits on the launcher at Bunderson school Tuesday morning. t re-oil- good shape. Councilman Charles Taylor reported that the city street department is working These Bunderson Elementary SHOW school students lined up along the activity field Tuesday an estimated 65 model rockets morning to watch as TRADITIONAL They get high were fired. The rockets were made by fifth graders from kits and ranged from simple models to more sophisticated t Say, this learning can be fun craft which carried insects. at 'Cape Bunderson' There was a fun time enjoyed by all at Cape Bunderson Tuesday. Not just one but about 65 rockets were launched on a sunny and windless morning. And although national television did not focus on the site, an entire studentbody was enthusiastically vocal about the happening. The event was an annual project that has become a tradition at Bunderson Elementary school in northeast Brigham City. Lamar Earl, a fifth grade teacher, seven years ago thought some interest could be stirred in science by launching a model rocket on the school grounds. That simple start has multiplied many times over in number of young rocketeers, becoming one of the favorite activities on the school's fall calendar. sophisticated (like those which carried insects aloft). They were purchased at a discount rate by Earl and ranged in cost from $2.95 for the basic model to $5 or $6 for the more expensive ones. Some leaped off the launching pad for 200 yards; others shot nearly out of sight. Some drifted lazily to earth under parachutes that functioned perfectly; others spun crazily back to terra firma while now and then a chute would fail and the missile would plunge sharply to the sodded ground. It all made for an exciting time. Students Gathered Students gathered at the playground to Ooohh and Ahhh, count down , and cheer and utter various other verbal exclamations associated with a grand rocket launching. Utilizing three launchers (they used two launchers in past years), it took well over an hour to get the various rockets airborn. Earl said virtually every fifth grade student fabricated a rocket, working with a kit which included all necessary solid propellent motors, elements igniter, rocket, parachute, etc. Some were basic, others more Land use act debate Get. 24 Earl Science Kits said the rocket project is associated with a science unit called Space and Solar A night and a debate on the state land use act will be held the same night at Bear River High school on Oct. 24 at 7:30 p m. The meeting is sponsored by Women for Constitutional Government, Box Elder county Concerned Citizens, Republican and Democratic parties, Brigham City Rotary Club, Tremonton Kiwanis club and National Farmers Organization. Heading the debate will be John Preston System. The kids learn many things in the course inand launching to willow a outside tree cluding watching determine when there is no wind. Earl said it they attempted to launch in even a slight breeze, Wed have rockets landing on roofs all over Brigham City. of rocketbuilding They learn everything in our study from the chemistry of flight to outer space, the teacher, a science major who graduated from Utah State university, stated. Admitting that science is one of his favorite subject areas, Earl said the basic intent of the rocket project is to create interest in science. This, he obviously has done. Creer and H. Austin Belnap. Creer is chairman of a group named to get information to Utah citizens about the land use act, which faces a referendum vote this November. Belnap is chairman of the Concerned Citizens for Protection of Property Rights. He headed the petition for the referendum to put it on the ballot. The meeting is open to all citizens. |