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Show 1 BOX ELDER JOURNAL, Brigham City, Utah Thursday, December 11, 1975 Tremonton to seek engineering grant Tremonton is making application for a federal grant that would finance engineering on improvements of the communitys culinary water system. The city council endorsed making application at Tuesdays regular session They did so after Terry Pearce, civil engineer for Valley Engineering, Logan, advised the city officials of the grant availability. It would come from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, if approved. Pearce said two public hearings must be held before Jan. 13, to comply with requirements of the application. No dates were set but the council indicated plans to hold the hearings. Hold night Councilmen expressed hope that from 85 part in the bus program. to 100 youths will take Need More Parking Don Schaff, representing Sportwear, located in the downtown area, said more parking is needed for employes at the Tremonton plant. Schaff said they started with five employes when the business began there a year ago and the work force has grown to 45 persons. He suggested using former lumbar yard property nearby for parking and Councilman Russ Webb said he would talk to the owner about making it available. Other Business In other business, the council heard a request from Verl Wood to locate a trailer home near the city airport. However, the city officials, involved in a lengthy discussion, indicated their reluctance to have development so near the airport. They reasoned that granting this request would encourage others. It was finally decided to turn the matter over to the planning and adjustment board for suggestions. In still other business, the council agreed to sponsor a weekly ski bus for local youngsters. This has been sponsored by a local business in the past but the firm decided not to do it this year. The bus will leave each Saturday for Beaver Mountain, running two buses if there is sufficient demand. It will continue Councilman Webb said the community hopsital now under construction in northwest Tremonton is coming along rapidly. A discussion then centered on a proposal to build a clinic for physicians on the east side of the hospital site. But there was no decision. LeRene Napoli, senior citizens director, told the council that more insurance is She said needed on the seniors mini-buradius and current coverage is for she asked that it be increased to radius. The council gave its Councilman Harry that Police Chief Ron had been a 71 percent from thefts during the approval. Gephart reported Ogborn said there recovery of goods year. . Or?? yr &' '"fx THIS &. ; '' ZmSki w 5 - v ft v'sf' A COMMON sight around Brigham City now with a new stop sign project currently underway. City workmen are putting in new posts for larger stop signs, a project that will affect virtually every intersection in the city. IS for eight weeks. The cost of a season bus ticket was set at approximately $25. They are available at the civic center. 1 1 FLUTING mi meetings, county asked (Continued from Page One) to county meetings. Weve never turned anyone away who wanted to be heard, he stated, adding that the Democratic suggestion would be taken under advisement. However, the chairman said changing to night meetings is not a new consideration. It has been discussed before. Its just been felt that daytime meetings are more accessible to the public more of the time, he stated. Meets Each Tuesday The commission currently meets each Tuesday in its chambers, downstairs in the county courthouse. The first and third Tuesday of every month is an session with commissioners meeting from 9:30 a.m. until 12 noon and from 1:30 to p.m. Alternate Tuesdays follow a schedule of 9 a.m. to 12 noon. But they are generally there much longer. Chase said some days there is relatively little business while on others, we can hardly get it all done. Trying to follow such a schedule in the, evening would be virtually impossible. Sale Lake county tried it and got less attendance than in the daytime, the chairman explained. But were open to whatever serves the public best, he said. Commissioner Reed Nielsen noted, too, that other county offices are open and accessible in the daytime. The Democratic leaders said they were all-da- y concerned about stimulating interest among citizens in local government and the political system. Call suggested that perhaps the meeting of every other Tuesday could be held in the Added school boosts earning From a dollars and cenfs adoed does education pay off for Box Elder county residents? standpoint, Can local people who com- plete their high school and college education expect to make more money during their lifetime than those who do not? held The commonly assumption that more schooling produces big economic advantages has been challenged in a research study just completed at Harvard university. It finds that the job market for college graduates has gone from a major boom to a major bust in recent years. Also it contends, because of the failure of the economy to expand sufficiently to provide jobs for the growing number of university graduates, the return on the college investment has fallen significantly. The authors are Dr. Richard Freeman and Dr. J. Herbert high-payin- Give Your Lazy Boy g A NEW BISHOPRIC WAS SUSTAINED IN THE Brigham City Twentieth LDS ward Sunday. Seated, from left, are Don Rasmussen, first counselor: Perry E. Shumway, bishop, and Norman Thompson, second counselor. Standing are Hollomon. Oterh Studies Differ Other studies, however, while not denying that the job problems exist, maintain that a good education continues to be very worthwhile financially. On the basis of national finthe by dings, compiles Department of Commerce, it appears that the average Box Elder county man with four years of college can look forward to making about 58 percent more during his working career than a high school grad. By the same token, local men who have graduated from high school have lifetime earning prospects that are 39 percent greater than those of elementary school graduates. are the figures Since averages they do not reflect the fact that some people with limited education make more than some college graduates do. Wallace Robson, assistant clerk; Calvin Potter, clerk; Grant L. Freeman, executive secretary, and Frank Rawlins, assistant clerk. Outgoing members of the bishopric included Thomas E. Purdue bishop; John W. Gale and Cyril Welch, counselors. the Beal LA-- ZMany styles to choose from Y Contemporary Reclina Rocker Box Elder Figure In Box Elder county, the latest figures show, the median years of education being acquired is 12 5. Of the local population over NOW $17995 percent are high graduates and another 12.2 percent, college graduates. Denying that a college education has declined in economic value, Allan W. Ostar of the American Association of State Colleges refers to a Carnegie Commission study which found that college graduates earn more, have steadier employment, better fringe benefits and are more likely to be satisfied with the work they are doing. age 25, 68.0 school $175 Sam T. Evans Auto 7 3262 Wall Ave. Ogden 392-188- 4 |