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Show tv III J ' 1 I I ' h 'i Volume 69 Price 50 Cents Wednesday, June 26, 1991 Number 26 i Closed fire season now in effect statewide A burning permit is not required for burning of fence lines n cultivated lands, canals, or irrigation ditches where the burning will not pose a threat to forest range or watershed lands, provided due care is used in the control of the burning and the individual notifies the nearest fire department of the approximate time the burning will occur. Failure to comply with the above guidelines is a class B misdemeanor. Fire danger this year is expected to be high because of the prolific spring grass growth. June 1 through October 31, 1991 is closed fire season in the state of Utah. No open burning is allowed except for recreational campfires and cooking fires. With a permit, range management bums and bums to removed hazards and eyesores may be conducted. For information or a permit contact the county fire warden. Area winners in Region Utah Summer Games The Regional Summer Games were held in the Sevier Valley area recently. Events were held in Aurora, Salina, Monroe, and Richfield. Final tallies for area contestants are as follows: Archery. Bronze: Salina Justin Parker, Mark Larsen; Aurora -Karla Fillmore. Keith Bartholomew, Fayette, Silver. Scott Ellet, Loa, Gold. Horseshoes: Gold: Tola Peterson, Redmond; Team Open; Silver, Masters Doubles; Bronze, Womens Single, Masters. Peric-so- n Peterson, Redmond - Silver, Team Masters; Claude Payne, Gold, Open Team; Stanley Simpson, Salina, Gold - Team Masters. Sherry Ellet, Loa, Gold, Womens Singles. Mens Slowpitch Softball: Bryan Barker, Salina, Gold; Dave Thompson, Gold; Jeff Hallows, Gold; Kurt Taylor, Gold; Mark Colby, Gold; Roger Taylor, Gold; Troy -- Hallows, Gold, all trom Aurora. Paul Torgerson, Salina, Gold. Jim Sanders, Gunnison, Gold. Dan Taylor, Loa, Gold. Track & Field: Bartley Johnson, Redmond, Gold, 1500 M Run; Tom Hales, Redmond, Bronze, Discus; Ben Heath, Salma, Gold in 100 M Dash, 200M Dash, 400M Dash, 800M Run, 1600M Run, 5000M Run, 3000M Racewalk, and Longjump. Newell Hales, Salina, Gold in the Shot Put and Discus. t Preston Steiger, Axtell, Gold in 800M Run. Drew Taft, Bicknell, Gold 1500M Racewalk. Winning awards from Loa were: Ashley Taylor,Bronze,HighJump;Nancy Ellett, Gold - 4 x 400 Relay; Silver, Shotput, Silver 4 x 100M Relay, Bronze 1500M Run. Suzanne Ellett, Gold, 4 x 400M Relay, Silva- 400M Dash and 4 x 100M Relay; Rustin A V , !' th at NSMS had to be cancelled gc with it. The Aurora Fire Department was on the scene to keep everything under control, and all went well. - Continued on Page 2 Rodeo Queen asks your help to find horse Summer school schools get used to the arena and practicing the intricate riding patterns she would be teaching to this years contestants. When she came back the following morning to get started the - horse was gone. old Shellys horse is an e, Quarter-horsSorrel-oChestnut r dark has two She Edith. named stocking feet, and a brand on her front shoulder reading 3C. If anyone has seen the horse or knows of its whereabouts, please or contact Bill Forsyth, Bums Saddlery. Our Rodeo Queen needs her horse! ar 896-587- 5, $21,000 Boyd Gurney, principal of North Sevier Middle School, reports that Sevier District schools have received more than $21,000 in Incentives Excellence funding. The Utah State legislature approved $600,000 to be used for books, computer software, and other learning aides to be distributed among all of Utahs school districts. The stipulation was that the District must match the amount of funds being received from the Incentives monies. Sevier District schools received the following: Continued on Page 2 will in taxes effect Ripple raise property taxes see tax hike of 9.9 Homeowners will likely For 1992, taxes on a $45,000 home, which will have a taxable value this year of about $30,000, Pam Williams Sevier School District Changes in taxation laws and decreases in state and federal funding formulas over which Sevier School District has no control, have created a ripple effect in the assessment and collection of taxes for the 1991-9- 2 fiscal year, resulting in a proposed 9.9 tax rate increase. For fiscal year 199 1 , the tax rate was 0.008175, and for 1992 it will be 0.00819. In the past years, the rate has increased by 000074, or 9 10 of one percent, one of the smaller amounts of any public entity in the county. The summer school at North Sevier Middle School advertised in last weeks paper had to be canceled. There will now be no summer school at that facility. will increase by $22 to meet the $17,649,432 budget approved by the school board, a decrease of $1 ,772332. For 1990-- 9 1 , the budget was $19,421,764. Items in the budget for which the tax increase will be used include two new replacement buses, field and activity trip transportation costs, liability insurance, and to maintain community use of school facilities. State guidelines encourage replacement of buses after ten years of use, but the new budget will now allow this schedule to be met. Currently , buses are being replaced after 16 years of service. Buses, which are chiefly used to transport students to and from school, are also used for extracurricular pur- poses such as field trips relating to classroom activities in elementary and secondary schools.and for high school teams traveling to athletic , Celebrate July 4th in Salina 4 The 4th of July holiday will soon be upon us, and Safina invites everyone to come and help them celebrate. Activities are planned as follows: Wednesday, July 3 - Rodeo Dance Thursday - July 4 Games will begin at 10 a.m. at the Middle School Park under the direction of the Safina Fire Department. Following the games at the Park there will be games & races at the Salina Swimming Pool. The Parade will begin at 6 p.m. and follow the same route as last year. The Rodeo will begin at 8 p.m. Fireworks will follow the Rodeo. Anyone interested in having a concession at the Park, please contact Karren Glover, 529-777- 1. 1 ing about the memories that UP IN SMOKE: This house tfi Aurora had been vacant fora long time and the owner gave permission for it to be burned down. It's hard to watch a house burn, wonder District Shelly Forsyth, 17, was named Queen of Safinas 4th of July Rodeo last year, and it will be her duty to crown the 1991 Rodeo Queen. However, rightnow, the uppermost thing in Shellys mind is finding her missing horse so that she can carry out those duties. Shelly brought her horse to the Salina Rodeo grounds last Wednesday night, planning to spend the next few days getting the horse 't Vs I competition. Over the last six year, liability insurance has risen over 500 -one of the more difficult factors that plays havoc with budget balancing since it is beyond the districts control. In the community use program, school facilities are a significant factor in generating business that increases the assessed valuation in the county and provides economic enhancement as evidenced by the recent Summer Games. District officials said a significant impact on the tax situation this year has been the settlement of the Amax lawsuit, which motivated the Legislature to change state laws governing property taxation, and added another level of complexity when it shifted to local homeowners and businesses the responsibility of a higher percentage of the total revenue. Because of AMAX, residential property owners will see their taxable value go from 60 to 67 of the market value, and local businesses will see theirs go from 80 to 95 of the market value. State assessed property such as mining operations and public utilities will stay at 100 of assessed valuation. State and federal funding decreases were created by funding formula changes. Necessarily existent small schools were cut by $70,844, and over the past two years more than $70,000 has been lost in continuing building funds. One time money granted by the legislature over the lat two fiscal years is also missing from this years potential revenue. In the final adoption, total revenues from state sources will decrease from $10,555,166 to $10,389,035, and federal funding Continued on Page 2 Salina CCC Camp sign is erected at the site A sign commemorating the Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC) based at Salina from Camp 1 1937 to 194 was put in place June 18, at the camp site. The sign was designed and built by Tom B. McCullough veteran of the camp, and husband of the former Helen Thanks are given to veterans of the camp and all others who assisted with the placement of the F-3- CCC CAMP COMMEMORATION: Last week a sign was erected to commemorate the in place site of the CCC Camp in Salina. Working on the project and getting the sign Bill Ellis Maxwell, Shaheen, were veterans from the camp, left, front: Tom McCullough, and John Schmidt. Not Jim Maxwell, Elton Back. Jim Tayor, Torgersen, Henry Squires. pictured King Anderson, Brian Rasmussen. Rasmussen, of Salina. sign. As part of the annual CCC reun- ion, June 28, 29 and 30, the sign will be dedicated June 29, at 5 p.m. The public is invited to attend the dedication ceremonies. |