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Show 3 Mi WW66 rfiTnirtfirTyiiyTyr,rit,ff,tirriift' i'n f" r, s Mayor's Comer Salina Mayor, Nyals Andreason The Salina City maintenance crew is completing a new sprinkling system for the Pioneer Cemetery. To efficiently water the grass in the cemetery it was necessary to have electric power delivered to the north side of the cemetery and a booster pump installed to increase the water pressure to do the job. The project has cost the city about $25,000. On an interior cemetery road there were six pine trees that had to be removed so that they would not interfere with the sprinkling system. The removal was authorized at the April 1 1991 city council meeting. A number of inquiries were launched about this action. Many conflicting stories were told about who planted the trees and who owned them. A review of the responsibility of the city council in regard to our cemeteries might clear up some of the concerns. As citizens the only thing we ow n is the plot we have purchased for the interment of a loved one. A mayor and city council are elected to administer the care of the cemeteries under the guidelines of city ordinances and in accordance with the Perpetual Care Fund created for the maintenance of the cemeteries. The finances for this fund arc handled in a separate account. The fund is maintained at about $140,000. There is currently more money in the fund than this amount Ordinance reads, No grave shall be hereafter opened in either of the cemeteries of the city until perpetual care upon the lot where said grave is to be opened shall have been contracted for with this city, or perpetual care thereon paid for... Ordinance person owning a lot in the Salina City Cemeteries, or any person or firm selling markers to persons owning lots in the Salina City Cemeteries, shall plant, or do any work in said cemeteries except by written authority had and obtained from the city. The Salina City Council shall by resolution designate the type of markers, grade of ground, plantings and other improvements which may be permitted in the Salina Cemeteries. The citizens of Salina can be assured that the city council will try to maintain the cemeteries in good order and with a pleasing surrounding. From time to time the council will continue to make improvements on our cemeteries. We acknowledge that a city is partially judged by the respect it shows for its deceased. Study shows that activity is beneficial to students The following article is taken in part from the National Federation NEWS, November 1990 by Mark Hones. The American education reform movement continues to focus on all aspects of the public school program, including activities. Various task forces, panels and individuals have viewed participation in activity, particularly the athletic programs as contributing to a decline in academics. Recommendations for changes in the activity programs have ranged from curtailment of many high school activities to varying degrees of reduction in student time devoted to these events. Research has shown that activity, especially interscholastic activity event involvement, is positively associated with academic achievement. Hundreds of studies have found this relationship to be true. Other benefits come from participating in such activity. Secondary school students involved in activities not only obtained better academic achievement, but also were better behaved that youngsters who were not involved in the activities. The American College Testing Service, (ACT) service found that the yardstick that could be used to predict later success in life was achievement in high school activities. Activities are also an essential factor in socialization and future success of the students. Many the studies indicate an association begin with high school activities and later adult achievement. Many studies have concluded that interscholastic activity involve- self-conce- Lment UTAH 1991 Average Team Grade Point for Winter Activities ol the water testing laboratory April 19, through April 30. Water samples will be accepted for testing on May SOME PAY 1, 1991. Also, the phone system for the department will be changed over to the new office location during the same time, and it is possible, that for a short time the department will not be able to be reached by telephone. The mailing address of the department will remain the same: P.O. Box 938, Richfield, UT 84701. HIGHER PRICES THAN OTHERS Cost shifting not fair; but it is economical Anyone who spends even a few days in a hospital these days, faces alarming charges when the visit is over. In order for Utahs hospitals and hospitals nationwide - to survive - more and more are practicing cost shifting - and the public in general doesnt like it. At first glimpse, cost shifting appears highly unethical, forcing a certain group of people to pay substantially more for the same service than is charged to others. One critic complained that A grocery store wouldnt charge one person more for a loaf of bread than it would charge the next customer. But, in effect, the grocery store practices cost shifting too. An estimated 5 add-o- n is computed into the price of groceries in order to make up the loss from shoplifting. The customer thus subsidizes the thief so that the grocer can meet his bottom line, in the same manner that insurance companies increase premiums for good drivers or healthy policy holders in order to offset claims from others. Theres nothing mysterious or underhanded about cost shifting. For example - If a hospital must receive $100 per person to stay financially afloat, and one patient can only pay $80, the hospital must make up the shortfall by receiving $120 from someone else. We can argue with the equity of the arrangement, but not its economics. Hospitals are hardly to blame for attempting to achieve financial viability. In 1983 the average Utah patient paid an additional $ 120 per day to cover the costs of patients who did not fully pay. That figure has now climbed to $487.54 per day, a staggering cost borne by most Utahns through higher health insurance premiums or reduced coverages. The reason for the additional cost is that government programs do not reimburse hospitals for a full share of expenses. In 1982 the State of Utah paid 92 of hospital charges for Medicaid claimants. But in 1990 the reimbursement has Medicare reimdropped to bursements have also decreased, resulting this year in $332 million of unpaid bills in Utah alone. As the government is not wiling to increase taxes or claimant to meet the hospital deficit, the medical facilities are forced to increase the costs to other patients - who can pay - in an attempt to reclaim some of that $332 million. The furor over cost shifting increased last week as the Utah Hospital Association held a news conference on the issue. The eventual answer, according to UHA is to increase Medicaid and Medicare funding through expanded government payments or tighter eligibility restrictions. In the meantime cost shifting will be a necessary illness tax generated for the total public good but engineered by short sighted government funding. And those who have the capacity to pay more - will continue to pay more for their hospital serivees. -- 63. - On January 3 1 , 199 1 a survey of homeless persons in public shelters in Utah was undertaken. Thirty four agencies participated by reporting the number of persons in their shelters. Following are the results. There were 1,090 homeless persons in shelters. Of these, 265 persons are in 86 families. Of the 86 families, 36 are single parent families, with 31 single female heads of family, and 5 male heads of family. One hundred forty of the homeless are children. East Main - Salina, Utah 84654 529-783- - Phone: 9 The Salina Sun, SECD is published each Wednesday for $15.00 per year in Utah and $18.00 in Utah and $21.00 per year out of the state of Utah by the Salina Sun, 63 East Main, Salina Utah 84654. Second class postage is paid at Salina, Utah 84654. POSTMASTER: Please send address changes to the Salina Sun, P.O. Box C, Salina, Utah 84654. Single Copy $.50 4780-800- Publisher: Kevin Ashby - Editor: Correspondents: Carol Jensen Aurora Barbara Scott - Redmond: Tammy JohnsonSalina: Evelyn Kiesel SV-- stu- dent attitudes toward self and school. Beicher (1974) reported that secondary school students involved in activities not only obtained hanced en- aca- demic achievement, but also District Health Depart, will move Apr. 26,28,29 The Central Utah District Health Department has been advised that their, lease at the present site, 201 East 500 North, Richfield, will not be renewed by the Utah Department of Social Services. The Central Utah District Health Departments new address will be The 160 North Main, Richfield. will on be April moving department 26, 28, and 29. The move will require closure results in . approved. Anna Beth Jones was appointed to the Library Board. Councilperson Kairen Glover reported that the city library has Precip. report The Sevier River Basin is averaging 87 of its annual precipitation, according to the Soil Conservation Services SNOTEL report. The snow-watequivalents are as follows: Farnsworth Lake, 17.6 currently; 19.4 average; Year to date of precipitation is 19.3, for 83 norm. Pickle Keg, 16.4 currently; 19.1 average, or 86 of norm. Precipitation to date is 18.5, 98 of norm. Kimberly Mine, 15.8 currently; 19 average, for 83; precipitation year to date, 20.1 for Gooseberry Ranger Station, 8. currently; avenge 13.4, for a 60 average. However, precipitation year to date is 16.6, 109 of received a $3,800 excellence grant Councilman Kim Robinson said he would like to see cracks in the streets filled this year as well as oiling roads. Councilman Roger Nielsen said that he would like to see three strips of oil laid instead of two when they do oil the roads. Four building permits were approved. After discussion, the contract with Kim Gates to run the city landfill was renewed for another month. Phone News Items 529-783- 9 er 91. 91. ton, Alicia Allred, Heather Hardy, Lacy Anderson, S teve Christensen, Fred Rosquist, Stacy Barney, Courtney Christensen, Michelle Roberts, Amy Jensen, Gary Jensen, Matt Long, PTA Ladies, Sue Barney, Shauna Nielson, Kathy Hampton, Elaine Brown and Sandra Nielson. More than 15 schools attended. Without the help of our community, events like couldn't take place. Thanks to all: Steve Camp, Kathy Slack, Juan Henderson, and Jill Porter. Anderson. Randy & Bonnie Andreason, Jim & Effie Reynolds, Tom and Jan Hales, George & Linda Chappell, Jolyn Camp, Sherrie Greer, Adam Hales, Brady Edwards, Chad Shaheen, Lacy Wilson, Hailey Baker, Joy Mickelsen, Tara Waters, P.E. Students, Babysitters in the Nursery, Millard Coaches, South Sevier Coaches, Kimberlie Hamp Craig Sorensen selected for District Intern Program Salina native, Craig Sorensen, a reading and art teacher at North Sevier Middle School, is the 1991-9- 2 administrative intern for Sevier School District. A graduate of Westminster College with nine years of teaching experience, Sorensen will attend classes at BYU each Wednesday, and spend the other four days of the week working with principals in district schools. During the year he will have elementary, secondary, and district office experience. Sorensen has served on the district career ladder committee and represented the district at the state career ladder convention. He has been a team leader in curriculum development for the Outcomes Dust (ODDM) since its introduction here. At North Sevier Middle School, where he has taught for seven years, Sorensen has been in charge of the annual school-wid- e speech contest, and the student art show. Sorensen, who has applied twice before for the internship, is excited about working toward his masters degree, preparing to be an administrator, and learning about the latest fresh ideas in education. Samples Driven 1 UMWA President Richard Trumka said that The health of too many coal miners is at risk. The societal and human costs are too high to allow an industry with the safety and health record of the U.S. Mining industry to police itself. Coal miners will continue to slowly strangle to death so long as coal companies are trusted to monitor their own compliance with a law they bitterly opposed at every turn, Trumka added. 1 Roy Cooke, Scott Holt and Ronald Crane will be attending the road school in St. George on May 1, 2, and 3. Sixteen business licenses were The North Sevier High School Track Teams would like to thank all of the people who made the recent Invitational Track Meet a great success: Kelvin & Pam better conduct Council Meeting City Continued Chamber Continued from Page j thanks Community Continued from Page d, Page NSHS demonstrated than the uninvolved youngsters. There is no research, curricular or financial basis for cutting back or reducing the full range of activities. With the severe problems of increasing dropout rates, drug and alcohol abuse, gang violence, pregnancy, and AIDS risk among the youth, it is inconceivable that caring and informed educational reformers could seriously think of decreasing wholesome activities. opportunities to participate in from Letters to the Editor Board of Health meeting set for April 25,.;: The Central Utah District Board of Health will meet at 7:15 p.m., April 25, at Hoovers Cafe, to conduct items of business. Topics for discussion on the agenda include communicable disease control, and a study report by the Board of Healths environmental health committee. Other items will center around finances, environmental health fees and progress toward construction of a public health center in Richfield. All meetings of the Central Utah District Board of Health are open to the public. e, Model Development Attorney seeks $280,870 seized in Feb. arrest A forfeiture hearing for $280,870 was continued by Judge Don V. Tibbs, in Sevier County Sixth District Court, April 3. The money had been seized from Francisco Arreola, 27, Los Angeles, last February when he was arrested for drug possession. A Salt Lake City grand jury is expected to hand down an indictment against Arreola in connection with the seizing of 4 kilos of cocaine, a 9mm automatic weapons, and the cash during his arrest on February 23, 1991. Arreola is being tried in federal court rather than the state district court because of the possession of the weapon. R. Don Brown, Sevier County Attorney, is seeking a forfeiture to the county of the $280,870 which was seized during the arrest. 1 mental protections that a mine is concerned with. He explained that they fly over the area and have mapped the area so they can tell what is happening to the soil on top of the mine which is a multiuse forest He stated that the future looks good for coal production in the state. Senior Citizen News Some improvements have been made at the Coiter recently. CLyde Okerlund, Leeon Christensen, Lloyd Hatch and Jack Learning of the Pool Hall Gang installed racks for pool sticks and overhead counters for officially scoring of results of games. About twelve seniors are enjoying the game of pool. Cec Sittre has been driving the van on Tuesdays and Thursdays to provide transportation for seniors who want to come to the noon congregate meals. The Senior quilters under Joy Heath, are continuing to do an outstanding job of making quilts. There seems to be some misunderstanding about the purposes of this crafts activity. These quilters make quilts to make money to support activities sponsored by the advisory council of the Center. This activity provides an excellent avenue for recreational, creative involvement by some of the best quilters in Utah. Quilting is becoming a lost art. These ladies are continuing this great pioneer art. The senior center quilters are not working to provide donated labor for city, county or six county organizations to get . quilts and make money for The quilts made are sold at a scheduled price. Occasionally, after a quilter has shown through good faith over an extended period of time of donated labor, they can have a quilt made for them at a minimum cost. This is only as it is possible on a list of quilts to be made. The list is sufficiently long at present that the quilters have work lined up. The Senior Center Quilters have the reputation through- then-groups- out the State of Utah of doing very neat and outstanding work. Menu for this week: Thursday - Roast T urkey , dressing, gravy, cranberry sauce, fruit salad, pumpkin pie, rolls butter, milk, juice. Friday - Fish fillets with lemon wedge, scalloped potatoes, peas, peaches, cookie, rolls, butter, milk, juice. Tuesday - Homemade chicken noodle soup, cheese stick, orange wedge, cinnamon rolls, bread, butter, milk, juice. Wednesday - Hot pork sandwich, mixed vegetables, cabbage and apple salad, ice cream, cookie, milk, juice. Drive a Deere Come in and drive a new John Deere 105- - to 200-h- p 55 Series Tractor during Demo Days. Compare features ... compare John Deere performance, value and reliability. One drive and youll know why more farmers are choosing John Deere power. Drive Home a Deal e John Deere Special low prices. Attractive financing. 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