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Show Utah Stata Prsaa Ass.i. P.,0. Sox OUt Salt Ukd City, Ut6 MUO Volume 69, Number By Brigham City, Utah 84902, Thursday Morning, March 11, 1976 1 1 coast city County, school board i , 28 PAGES Highest voter - : - - turnout? t .V -f i: ,. t , -- volve achieving the highest pein rcentage voter increase Brigham City will accept a Bicentennial challenge from the city at Alameda, Calif., to be the nation's votingest city by Nov. 5, 1976, with the League of Women Voters to coordinate the get out the vote activities. The challenge was referred to the League of Women Voters by the Brigham City Bicentennial committee, and was accepted by the groups board of directors at a meeting held last week. i registrations by election day 1976 as compared to election day in 1974, highest percentage increase in ' registered voter turnout, along with highest number of voters (on percentage basis) to turn out on Nov. 5, . of what's taking place is mirrored in the faces of the young man receiving a shot and those who face the same fate. Administering the immunization is Dr. John Bailey, director of the Bear River District Health "This contest reflects the very heart of the American experience freedom of choice at the polls, stated LWV President Sarah Yates announcing the acceptance of the challenge, it The League .will call on all .community groups to participate in Eastern presidential primaries and -- getting every , - eligible Creek, Bothweli, Penrose, Thatcher, jockying of candidates for governor and U.S. Senate are catching state and national headlines these days. But what- about the politics of a more local nature? Right here in Box Elder county? A check with County Clerk K. B. Olsen indicates that dates important to the Thompson was elected from Precinct No. 3 which is made up of. Brigham City Districts No. 4. 17. 14, 8, 12, 20. 7, and 18. . Porritt resides in Precinct No. 2 which includes Deweyville, Portage, Plymouth, Riverside, East Garland, Beaver Dam,' Corinne, Garland No. 1 and 2, Fielding, Harper, Honey ville, and Bear River City. School board candidates yho are nonpartisan, also file with the county clerk beginning on a yet unspecified date with June 30 as the deadline. The filing period will begin no later than June 1$. . Box Elder voters also will have a hand in ; electing a member of the' state board of education. John Owen, Wellsville, currently is serying from District No. 4 (Box Elder, Logan, Cache, Rich, Ogden, Weber and v, Morgan School districts), ; - citizen registered and out to the polls this year. This aim, coupled with being informed on the issues, is also a vital part of the League of Women Voters purpose. election process are just around, the corner. And there are a substantial number of posts to be filled in balloting next ' . fall. Heres a rundown: . The county commission offices now held City) by Chairman Don Chase and Ted Burt Brigham City) are up for grabs this year. One will be a four-yeterm and the other two years' in t duration. ; Commissioner Reed Nielsen still has two years to run on his . sBSSSSR. ILfl '7(k ,1976. Over 5,000 cities throughout the nation have been challenged to win the title by Alameda city, with acceptances coming in from widespread areas. Alameda has made this a community-wid- e project including everyone from Boy Scouts to senior citizens. Essentially, the contest will in THE STORY ODD (D-We- st ar Studonts in majority four-ye- tr ar No fjry term. 0theq&uty j&tes are at stake this Willis Hansen Some 202 persons registered for the Red Cross blood drawing conducted at Box Elder High school Monday. Of this number, 175 were selected as donors, a Red Cross spokesman said. Of the total number turning out, 123 were high school students and 79 were adults. It shows that youths, when motivated from within, in a cause in which they believe, can produce astounding results. A great deal of the credit must be given to the studentbody organizations, the Junior Red Cross, Principal Carroll C. Nichols and his staff, the spokesman said. It marked the first time that the high school has sponsored a blood drawing. A number of volunteers helped in the drawing. They included: Emily Severens, Sandra Kranz, Charlene Goodliffe, Helen Felt, Pauline ODell, Roxanna Burke, Dixie Hoesel, Barbara Kowall, Sue Gentry.'and June Smith. Junior Red Cross members were Glenda Dick, Leslie Johnston, Lloyd Poelman, . The result was a flood of persons attending Mondays regular monthly immunization clinic at the health department office, located upstairs in the Box Elder county courthouse. There were so many that some had to come back Tuesday. And Mrs. LaVern Lindsay, health nurse supervisor, said special clinics are being held until we get caught up. Persons interested in taking advantage of the special clinics should contact the health department office. Those receiving shots this week ranged from infants to adults. Included was im- munization for diphtheria, pertusses (whooping cough) and tetanus (DPT), polio and measles, mumps and rubela ' (MMR). Mrs. Lindsay noted that there has been no outbreak of measles (also known as measles or red measles) in rubeola, y neighboring Cache or Rich counties. In fact the upsurge has been reported in south Box Elder county only. City) and W. E. also expire this Kerr at local Monday and Tuesday proved to be busy days for the Bear River District Health department office in Brigham City. Some 607 immunizations were administered to 414 persons there during the period. The reason? A recent outbreak of measles in the local area, including 14 cases occuring among Box Elder High school students. The health department last week sounded a warning about the value of immunization. It pointed out that some of the measles victims had never been immunized and others are inadequately protect-ed- . And on fn.'V year. Hansen represents District 61 (Brigham City and Mantua) while Kerr is serving from District 62 (the remainder of Box Elder county). k . Lori Rehm, Ellen Bolieu, Diane Thompson, Ramona Young. Nurses who assisted were Marilyn Scanlon, Anne Hickox, Chris Kallmeyer, Linda Haak, and Kayla Nelson. Dr. Morris S. Fleischman was the assisting physician. Members of DeMoly also lent a hand. They were Stephen Dodd, Ken Anderson, Eric Saderholm, Doug Balmer, Mike Stucki, David Thurston, Ed Pendleton, and Ed Manson. Refreshment cookies were principally supplied by the food services classes at Box Elder with an assist from Charlene Goodliffe. Those who registered for the blood drawing were: Denise Allen, Curtis L. Anderson, Gail M. Anderson, Jeannette S. Anderson, Orval K. Anderson, Carla Archibald, Donna L. Archibald, Donna D. Barbieri, Winston L. Benson, A. John Beverly, Tim Bidlack, Bernice Bingham, Doug M. (Continued on Page Three) The filing period for county and state candidates is April 15 to May 10. , Three members of the Box Elder Board of Education will see their terms expire this year. They are Kenneth Porritt, Arnold Thompson and Deloris Stokes, Stokes is from School Representative Precinct No. 1 (All Tremonton voting districts, Grouse Creek, Snowville, Promontory, Park Valley, Howell, Yost, Clear , a state-wid- e basis, all elective including governor, secretary of state, attorney general, auditor and treasurer. ' Utahns also will elect a U.S. senator and two U.S. representatives with Box Elder citizens more directly involved in the District One contest to see who will fill the seat now held by Rep. Gunn McKay Other dates important to citizens include 'district mass meetings on May 17 and county primary conventions which must be held during the month of June. State conventions are to be conducted in June or July. This year's primary election is iched-ule- d Sept. 14 and will be preceded by registration days on Aug. 3, 14 and 24. The final election is Nov. 2, preceded by registration on Oct. 9, 12 and 26. Citizen party to select officers So it won't hurt, huh? That's what you say. Pick up wreaths Anyone desiring to pick up their. Christmas wreaths from the Brigham City cemetery are asked to do so before March 15, it was announced this week by a city spokesman. Organizers for the newly-forme- d Concerned Citizens party will hold a convention at 7 p.m. March 25 in the Brigham City library to elect county officers and select delegates for the partys state convention. Don Reay, county organizer, said a county chairman, vice chairman, secretary and treasurer will be elected. Delegates will attend the partys state convention to be held April 10 in the Salt Lake building. City-Count- y The party's objective, Reay is to place conservative candidates in the legislature who will lower our taxes and keep them said, there." Reay said the party grew out of the Concerned Citizens group which in the past has fought land use planning and supported a state recall law. For Continental Telephone Hearing planned on rate hike bid A hearing on Continental Telephone Company of the Wests application for a rate increase in Utah is scheduled Monday, March 29, in Tremonton. The session is set for 10 a.m. at the Tremonton Civic center, 102 South Tre-mo- nt street. The Utah Public Service commission, has given notice also that two other hearings on the pro post J rate increase are scheduled March 30 at 10 a.m. in the Grand County courthouse, Moab, and March 31 at 10 a.m. in the Millard School District Board room, Delta, Utah. Continental which provides service in San Juan, Millard and north Box Elder, counties, is requesting a total increase of 9551,588 or an average 40 percent hike in local service revenues, including recurrcharges. ing and The company, previously known as Continental Telephone company of Utah, includes the following among its total request: To increase monthly service charges for business telephone service in the area of 33 to 115 percent. To increase single party residential service charges from 16 to 45 percent. Increase multi-part- y service from 6 to 231 percent. Boost the service connection charges from 167 to 300 percent. In addition,' the applicant proposes to charge $2.25 for business extensions and $1.25 for residence extensions. At the present time, these charges are ' $1.85 and $1 (except in Moab district where the residence fee is $1.25). There are numerous other charges encompassed within the request. Detailed information is available in copies of the application which are on file at the PSC office, 330 East Fourth South, Salt Lake City. Copies are available also at all business offices of the applicant. The company alleges that its rates are not adequate to enable it to earn a fair rate of return and to maintain its financial integrity. The company has not had rate relief for five years, compared to sellers of unregulated goods and services and the energy dependent utilities, Grant T. Callister, Utah state service manager, explained. Notwithstanding, the company dislikes the idea of raising charges but after strenuous effort by the company to reduce expenses and increase productivity and efficiency, cost factors beyond our control make the rate application necessary to maintain our quality of service," Callister stated further. He said there is such a variety of services and areas that it is almost impossible to generalize the cost increase to a customer in terms of monthly bill. However, generally speaking, the further customers live from switching facilities, the greater an increase can be expected. Callister said meetings are being sche- duled with service clubs and other groups, including public officials, beginning next week to explore more specifically the proposed increases. All groups are invited to arrange for such a session by calling the Tremonton district office. Individual customers also are invited to contact the Tremonton office for information about their particular situations. The rate application was filed in October, 1975. It was timed with a company news. release detailing recent improvements in service and equipment in the Tremonton district. . far behind when a camera tens catches this kind of scene? have been inching upward in the Brigham City area in recent Temperatures days. CAN SPRING BE , |