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Show Brigham City, Utah 84302, Thursday Morning, July 31, 1975 Volume 68, Nuhber 31 Session airs merits 24 PAGES Funds available sicfts of housing ft program Establishment of a housing authority make it possible for Box Elder county families to take advantage of a federal housing subsidy program, county officials were advised Tuesday. L.C. Romney, federal housing director for Utah, and Madelyn Isaacson, program director for the Department of Housing and Urban Development in Utah, briefly explained the program during a regular weekly county commission session. imiirs would At the same time, Brigham City businessman Nick Topik called for action to help a lot of young people and older people who cant afford housing with todays inflation. Romney said the current government is the best way to go subsidy program because it keeps housing in private control. It works with either new or existing GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONIES Tuesday morning ofd ficially opened construction on a community hospital at Tremonton. Here, members of the North Box 17-be- Elder Community Hospital board pose with shovels. Contractor Jay Wadman plans to have the facility completed next July if the weather is favorable. housing. The latter, Romney pointed out, is handled through a local housing authority. Makes Up Difference on the basis of Persons who qualify income then pay 25 percent or 15 percent of their income for rent Uncle Sam makes up the difference through a subsidy paid to the landlord. Romney said the average family income in Box Elder county is $11,927. A family of eight could have an income of $12,000 and qualify as a low income family. Uncle Sam would subsidize all over 25 percent of that income in rental payments. id Box Elder county officials Tuesday acted to increase the current jail building budget by $30,540, heading off a crisis which had seen bills stacking up in this department. The increase actually more than doubles the original $29,600 appropriated to operate the countys new public safety building this year. And it provides for employment of a fifth jailer who will be paid from federal funds under the Comprehensive Employment Training act. Commission Chairman Don Chase answered one plaguing question: where will the money come from? He said income from fines and forfeitures is running well ahead of the original budget projection. The total amount collected to date is about 70 percent of what was anticipated for the entire year. And we now expect that it will bring in an additional $26,000 this commission chairman - ex year, plained. Contains Surplus In addition, the county budget contains some unappropriated surplus which increases to $39,000 or $40,000 the amount available to' cover the increased jail budget expense, he pointed out. Chase said one of the reasons the budget ran over was a failure to provide in it for the family have an income of or less, it could qualify as a very low income with a requirement to pay just 15 percent for rent. Mrs. Isaacson said easing the financial burden for housing enables families to spend more for the proper kind of food. Should $7,900 two of four jailers hired this year. It was explained as an oversight. We just goofed, he commented. The county never hired jailers before moving into the new public safety building in February. This responsibility was handled by sheriffs deputies in the old jail. However, Sheriff Art Redding, arguing to have a fifth jailer hired, rejected the idea that deputies should be called in from the field to handle jailing duties. Commissioner Chase noted also that during construction of the new public safety building, Box Elder prisoners were housed in the Cache County jail. A $5,000 billing for feeding these prisoners last year had to be paid from this years budget, and this was not anticipated at all. Other Overruns Other cost overruns were due to underestimating of expenses with no previous figures to go on, the county official said. Another lector In the higher operational expense is the increased jailing now being done by the county. Adults and juveniles incarcerated last period numbered 380 year for a compared with 623 for the same length of time this year. Some 184 of those booked in this year have been Brigham City cases, the sheriffs office reported. Chase said Brigham City is not being charged for this service. five-mont- h District will observe commissioners made no commitment but agreed to study the situation in more detail. The same dress standards Immunization With the scheduled opening of (Aug. 27) less than a month away, disclosed this past week that Box School district will observe the clinic slated The Bear River District Health department will hold an immunization clinic on Monday, Aug. 11, at the Box Elder County courthouse in Brigham City. The hours will be 2:30 to 5 p.m. Vacines available will be polio, DPT, measles, mumps and rubella, according to Darrell Borrowman, community health education specialist. IMMEDIATELY WEST of where the hospital will be built, Box Elder county construction is underway on a This is financed home. by a county being facility nursing 30-be- d bond issue and federal grant. The hospital is a project of nine northern Box Elder communities with federal grant assistance. school it was In general the code specifies that students should avoid extremes in dress and appearance that tend to draw undue attention. Girls: Will be permitted to wear either dresses or slacks with tops which are in good taste in the community and school. Girls wearing boys shirts as blouses must wear shirt tails tucked in. No tank shirts or bare midriffs are allowed. Appropriate footwear must be worn. Hair should be worn in good taste and neatly groomed. Extreme colors or coiffures will not be permitted. Bangs are to be kept above the eyebrows and hair which falls in front of the face or otherwise needs constant attention is not acceptable. Make-ushould be worn to conform to good grooming rules for daytime wear. Boys: Trousers, whether they are Levis, better help serve the people of Box Elder cords, or slacks, must be worn at the proper height (waist), not too tight, with a county. Tremonton Mayor Max Mason pledged belt (when required). Shirts should be properly buttoned and his citys support. unless tailored for Any way we can help, any equipment tucked in at the waist, we can offer to the site well be happy to outside wear. Sleeveless shirts or cut-oarms are not permitted. do, he declared. Shoes with cleats or other hardware The county nursing home is being financed by a county bond issued in league that may be damaging to floors will not be with a HEW grant totaling $514,773. permitted. Appropriate footwear must be (Continued on Page Three) (Continued on Page Three) Elder same student dress and appearance standards as last year. Keith Johnsen, vice principal at Box Elder High school, said the policy should be used as a guide in shopping for school clothes. In the policy, the board of education supports the position that parents should oversee the appearance and safety of their Groundbreaking signals new hospital start Groundbreaking ceremonies Tuesday morning signaled the start of construction on the $1.4 million community hospital at Tremonton. Members of the North Box Elder Community Hospital board were joined by other dignitaries for the brief rites. Even as remarks were offered, construction proceded in the background on a new county nursing home for which the foundation has been poured. d The two facilities are being constructed on an site. Their close proximity will permit the hospital to depend on core services provided by the nursing 17-b- home, such as laundry and kitchen. President Jay Wadman of Wadman Construction company, Ogden, which landed both contracts, said he expects to have the two facilities completed at the same time next July, if the weather is cooperative. Work on the $1.1 million nursing home began in It was disclosed also that an additional two acres have been purchased on the east side of the site to permit future expansion of the hospital. G. Melvin Foxley, hospital board aS chairman, said the new parcel acquired from Lowell Estep for an undisclosed amount. It presently is used for pasture and has a stable and barn. mid-Jun- e. Estep has been given three months in which to move the buildings. The hospital will be financed by nine north Box Elder county communhies who have sold bonds totaling $900,000 plusa $618,000 grant approved by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. One of the speakers, County Commission Chairman Don Chase, said the new hospital rounds out our facility and will n children. p Emphasis on involvement Police undergo year of change Thereve been some mighty big changes in the Brigham City Police department the past year. Its been a little more than a year since Police Chief Stephen M. Studdert assumed his duties and the changes made have helped the department become one of the best known in the state. Housed in new facilities built with their own hands, Brigham City officers have undergone extensive training in the latest aspects of law enforcement. According to Chief Studdert, many of his officers have been sent to schools in other states which draw top officers from across the nation. Along with training is implementation of public education programs. The Awareness Program department has initiated q senior citizens awareness program where officers meet with senior citizens once a month to present programs on areas of concern, such as winter walking, residential security as self defense with heavy emphasis on fraud schemes, the chief said. The department is building a film library which has been contributed to by several local civic clubs. The department has presented a number of talks to schools and civic groups and has held a bad check seminar. We are concentrating heavily in this area. Our seminar held in conjunction with the Credit Women International and the (Chamber of Commerce, in eluded merchants and their employes. Emphasis was to help reduce losses encountered from this problem. Our detectives are also working with a program to help merchants recoup their losses," said Studdert. Adding that community in- volvement has become as important as enforcing the law, Studdert noted his officers have participated in benefits to raise money for local groups, worked heavily with merit badge counseling with local Boy Scouts and have established an annual basketball game with the Intermountain school varsity to improve relations with students. Physical Changes Studdert notes, that while officers have become better trained and more aware of their roles in the community, there have been plenty of physical changes in the department. He singled out the new facility, located in the lower floor of city Harold Howard consels with a mother and her daughter as of a concerted effort to reduce criminal involvement by juveniles. YOUTH OFFICER part ut |