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Show I f Q? Volume 71 Price 50 Cents Wednesday, September 9, 1992 Number 36 IBM grant gives $9,386 in computer equipment to NSHS i Larry Shumway, principal of North Sevier High School reports that he was nflfified by N. Jay Blyden-steiIBM EduQuest Manager, that the following equipment will be given to NSHS: IBM PS2 computer 4 MB Memory Expansion IBM Mouse DOS 5.0 IBM PS2 14" color monit. IBM Education LAN & Tools (Includes Novell 2.2, ICLAS 1.4 Microsoft works, Express Pub., IBM Linkway, LANSchool, Excelsior Grade valued at 6,555 2 Excelsior Quiz Designer For a total of $9,386. Blydenstein's letter noted that his organization has been "very pleased to work with you and your faculty as network. This will proyou've planned your CD-ROvide your students with an exciting platform for research and learning and reflects your commitment to make North Sevier High School an innovative, model school." n, We Appreciate Tourists Work to a new sign located near the Bryce Canyon National Park entry that instructs tourists to Adventureland - 90 minutes to Richfield - Sain. There are pictures showing cycling and ATV rtc'.ng. The sign is sponsored by the Sevier County Travel Council which is funded in part by roerr, taxed paid by the tourists as they travel through our area. This is expand the Paiute ATV Trail continues The Paiute ATV Trail continues to gain popularity, and in a cooperative effort by the Fishlake National Forest, BLM, and Paiute ATV Trail Committee, the decision has bee made to sign and maintain a number of trails leading off the main trail loop. About 400 miles of sidetrails have been designated for family TV riding. Most have spectacular scenery, abundant Fishing opportunities, and lead into surrounding towns so that supplies, lodging and fuel can be purchased. The main Piute ATV Trail crossed three mountain ranges and goes through rugged canyons and deserts in its 200 mile length. This summer Linden Romine of Circleville, and Patrick Curtis, Greenwich were hired to work on trail sections in and around Piute County. They have finished construction of the Otter Creek side trail and have made improvement of the trial through Rocky Ford Canyon, east of Kingston. One of their main projects for the summer was installation of an ATV cattleguard at the mouth of Rocky Ford Canyon. Doug Thurman, BLM project manager says that work on the Paiute ATV Trails is progressing nicely. He added that there are still reports of signs that have been shot up or stolen. He asks that anyone with information on such incidents, please report it to a BLM, Forest Service, or State Park officer. He asks that as the trails have been designed for family ATV riding, no hotroding or speeding be allowed. Realignment plan for Utah's high schools receives final state approval The Utah High School Activmes Association has made its final decision on realignment of the states high schools and the new ruling will go into effect for the 1993-9- 4 school year. It will remain in effect for the next five years, and then will be The study has been underway for more than a year, and the decision was based on the size of schools and travel required. The state will still have four classifications - schools 1600 or more in 4 A; those with between 1000 and 1500 of students, will be in the 3A classification; those with 179 to 999 students will be in 2A; and schools with less than 175 students will be in the 1 A classification. The new realignment will affect all activities including sports, drill team, forensic and business meets. Twenty five 2 A and two 3 A schools will be competing in 2 A in four regions. However, Hurricane will move into 3A in 1993 to compete with Cedar City, Dixie, Pineview and the new S now Canyon High, all in southern Utah. There will be two 2A state tournaments. Nine schools Back to School night NSHS Tonight, September 9, is the annual Back to School night at North Sevier High. The evening will begin at 6:30 p.m. and will allow those attending to sign up for memberships before the meeting begins at 7 p.m. Activities will include a demonstration of a core class which is one of the new ideas being used at NSHS this year. An informal question and answer period will follow. Refreshments will be served. Membership fees are $3. With your membership you will receive $1 off five home athletic events. PTSA birthday calendars will also be on sale. PTSA President, JoAnn Shaw, urges everyone to attend. shop at self-estee- m Self-Estee- spon-sorsh- Decisions have not been made concerning seeding oi m each division ai slate tournaments. However, it is believed that Division mli include 8 teams while Division 2 will include 16 teai is. Realignment for Utah high schools is as follows' There will be 24 teams competing in 4A in loin number of teams compeung 1 regions. Continued on Page 2 Free firewood; Forest Service plans future of Fishlake Forest Fishlake Forest officials will fence a controversial aspen cutting area southwest of Fish Lake to protect young tree sprouts from destruction by deer. Forest personnel had been highly criticized for clear cutting the stand of aspen. Residents and visitors had said it ruined the appearance of the area along the south entrance to Fishlake National Forest Recreation area. Officials said the trees were diseased and had to be removed, but admitted the extent of damage to the young trees from the deer was underestimated. A cut aspen stand will sprout young trees up to three years, but this area is overused by deer and other grazing animals, officials said. Gary Laing, Ranger on the Loa District of Fishlake Nation Forest said that the aspen sprouts could eventually die out unless they were fenced to provide protection. The area will be fenced w ith an high enclesme and remain so for about the next four years until the p ces have grown enough to be beyond reach of the animal Free firewood is being offered to the public. H anyone wanting this free wood must obtain a pci mit at either the Loa or Richfield district office, or the Fo; est Service information desk at Fish lake. A temporary road will be made into the area for the use of those collecting the free wood. Other plans for the fishlake area include a temporary fish barrier one mile above the Forsythe Reservoir and campground and restroom facilities at Indian Springs and White Pine. Continued on Page 2 ot . Kim Robinson Redmond Saif mine to be site for filming of movie NSHS The North Sevier Educational Associates and School workCommunity Council are holding a Achievements Student entitled "Improving shop, It will be held Through Building Their Saturday, September 12, from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the NSHS Auditorium. There will be breaks and plenty of refreshments will be provided. This workshop is being provided by LaMeres Lifestyles Unlimited. The workshop will be specially beneficial for all teachers, parents, and concerned citizens so we can better help our children achieve. We appreciate the support of the NSHS PTSA and p Sevier County Sheriff s Department for sharing the of the workshop. Cost is generally $225 per person, but due to the generosity of the sponsors, the or $25 on Saturworkshop is FREE if you is to attend. day. Everyone urged -- Chamber hears from work Self-estee- m will compete in the Division 1 2A tournament, while 17 teams will compete in Division 2 of 2A. Richfield will compete with Park City, North Sanpete, Emery, Lehi, Delta, Hurricane (1993-9- 4 only), Wasatch and Union. Competing in Division 2 will be Rowland Hall, North Sevier, Grantsville, Morgan, North Summit, San Juan, Beaver, Grand, Gunnison, Juab, South Summit, South Sevier, Kanab, Manti, Millard and Parowan. Tiffany Waters enjoys what water is left at Yuba which some reports say is at 1 0 percent capacity. The ramp is still open, water temperature is at 65 degrees. The lake is stable now with reduced irrigation water demand. There was an announcement of a movie to be shot at the Redmond Clay and Salt mines and an update on the trucking industry in Salina made to those m attendance of the monthly Chamber of Commerce meeting last Thursday. Redmond Clay and Salt mines will be the location of a new Universal Studios movie segment that will be called Slaughter of the Innocent according to Ronnie Bosshardt. He described the movie as an Indiana Jones type action filled movie. They will use one of their salt mine openings to film a segment that shows an ark coming out of the mountain. Bosshardt explained that there will be a movie crew of about 50 people that will stay here for thirty days starting the middle of September. The time was then turned over to Kim Robinson of Robinson Transport of Salina. He was asked to talk about business diversification and an update on what is happening in his industry as it relates to the coal markets and trends. Presently 90 percent of their work is coal mine related with the other 10 percent coming from their heavy equipment hauling and construcuon work. Robinson explained that SUFCo will still mine between 2.5 and 2.7 million tons of coal this year as was projected. This is a little less than last y car but prog, n sive considering the marketplace for coal sales He explained that warm winters and stockpiles of c oal are the culprits of a slow coal marketplace presentlv He said that there were a lot of mines closing down a. id selling off their stockpiles for pennies on the dollar ai.a that hurts those mines sull operating. At least for a until their stockpiles are gone. He discussed two test bums m October and N oven her where power plants, in particular, will use for a period of time, only coal from a certain mine and then make a decision to buy or not to buy that coal. SUFCo w ill be involved in two big test bums during those months. Robinson said that the mine was actively marheun g their coal which was good for the area. They did st. rt a new contract in Las Vegas that consists of 8 loads a d. v with the possibility of that growing to other areas So there is some progress of sales and marketing said Kim. As far as Robinsons, they are yet to lay any employees off. They too, along with the mine, feel that w ith the pending contracts it is better to keep as many employees working rather than laying them off and trying to find new employees in a hoped for, much improved market in the near future. Robinsons presently run 45 trucks with tre . 65 employees. |