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Show PAGE Issued each Thursday at 9124 W. 2700 S Magna, Utah 84044 Second Class postage paid at Magna, Utah. Mad subscription Payable in advance $4 per year in Utah $5 out of state All advertising must he in our office by noon Monday for Thursday publication, and preferably by 5 p m. Friday. Area businesses wishing information about our rates may contact our oil ice at J Howard Stahle Publisher 250-565- MANAGING EDITOR EDITOR PHOTOGRAPHER REPORTERS Youth Center Work NWSPAPERWc KEARNS COMMUNITV J. Howard Stahle Jennie L. Hansen Duane Humphrey, 968 1765 Barbara Bird, Janice Hubbard, Bob Meldrum, offers over government Salt Lake County Youth Employment and Training .Center is accepting applications for the Summer Program for Economically and Students between the ages of 14 and 21 who live in Salt Lake or Tooele County are eligible to apply. The Summer Program non-prof- it prehensive Employment and Training Act) funds provide an hourly wage of $2.65 for 32 hours of work per week. The Youth Employment and Training Center furnishes services supportive ty e remedial education. The Pre- - University Program is jointly administered by the Salt Lake County and Nuclear Power Plant Readied 969-484- 5 355-927- 968-129- 5 The Montek Division of ftl Inc., BY JENNIE L. HANSEN Sometimes we wonder about people and their priorities. The daily papers have run extensive polls to see what their readers consider the big stories to be. Companies, educational groups, and politicians are always authorizing polls in an effort to find out what is important to people. The PTA, churches, and civic concern groups are continuously devising schemes to get people concerned and to attend meetings. We think weve discovered the secret. What people really care about is Bingo. Paul Van Dam has been county attorney for four years and hes done and said some pretty controversial things. He has generally managed to keep a few people indignant and angry most of the time, but nothing he has done before has stirred the ire of the people like his threatened crackdown on gambling, namely Bingo. Now we always considered Bingo as just one of those rainy day time wasters, something to keep the kids occupied and out of the mud. Of course We were aware some churches, the senior citizens, and even the American Legion have their Bingo nights. The Legion uses the game as an excuse to pass out gifts to disabled veterans and senior citizens at some of their parties. We were surprised to learn just how seriously some of these groups take the game. Theyd rather fight than switch. To be perfectly honest there really isnt anything terribly exciting about the game of Bingo. A player takes a little card and puts a bean in the middle, then he sits around and waits 2 or some such number. for somebody to call out the same as the one number a has the Everytime player called out he gets to put another bean on his card. The first one to get a whole row of beans yells Bingo and hes the winner. In Bingo winning is everything and that seems to be the problem. The game itself just isnt much. Theres no exercise or physical dexterity involved. Talking isn't a good idea because you might miss hearing the numbers. It takes no skill to place beans on a piece of paper and you dont have to be smart because theres no strategy involved. Whenever an activity involves attaining money through an exercise solely dependent on luck thats gambling. Therefore Bingo is gambling and by Utah law illegal. All the loyal Bingo fans are up in arms over the County Attorneys reference toward inforcement of the law. They infer civic clubs, churches and charitable institutions are doomed to financial disaster if this law is enforced. The irony of raising money for worthy causes by breaking the law seems to escape most Bingo' enthusiasts. Letters to the editors were practically N-1- concerning the recent Granger-Hunte- r incorporation campaign. But both dailies are printing an o letters now. Hardly anyone brings up human rights, the coal strike, ERA or Russian-Cuba- n involvement in South Africa at these and days. The burning question is parties gatherings laws should be enforced whether or not Utahs a has Utah against Bingo. reputation for being long on law and order and Van Dam has been accused of being a bleeding heart when it comes to prosecuting law breakers, it seems a little strange to see him in the dog house for wanting to prosecute someone. It seems that this time he did more than put his foot in his mouth; hes managed to step all over a lot of people's sacred cow. ample supply of pro-Bing- g Write a letter to the editor or guest editorial and electrically flow recently received a contract for more than $300, 000 from Cincinnati Gas and Electric Company for hydraulic shock suppressor equipment. The Montek shock suppressors protect nuclear power plant piping against shocks caused or by earthquakes disturbances, operational according to Montek Vice and General Manager, G.J. Thiergartner. The Montek equipment President will be used in the William H. Zimmer Power Moscow, Ohio. Station in The Sale Lake based firm has become a leader in shock suphuydraulic pressors for the nuclear by industry applying technology developed for use in the aerospace industry. This is the first direct sale by Montek to a power utility company. Earlier sales have been made to the reactor supplier. Montek Division, is an international leader in the development and manufacture of ground-basenavigation systems, aircraft automatic controls, d Peewees Have Own Field bv Ann controls, shock Employment and Training Administration, the Division of as well 86 PROOF 1978 ANCIENT USE FRANKFORT. Frank Porter, King, raised $203.00 and had his choice of two bikes. Harry Frank selected the chopper bike. Second place Mike Masse received the other bike, a He raised $201.00 Scott Pollock placed third with $124.00 Scotts prize was a $50 baseball glove. Leaguers raised $1600 with this contest. A plaque with the names of all the participants will go on the new Peewee field. These boys and girls own the field. The scoreboard and fence have already been put up. The sprinkler system will go in thie week and on April 8 the sod will go down. League President Jim Duckworth mentioned that 11,000 square feet of grass will be rolled out by the Board of Directors. May 6, the seasons opening day, Glen Jensen, tournament director of the WBBA program in Utah, Idaho, and California, will cut the ribbon. ten-spee- KY benefiting the program assists government and nonprofit agencies with their services. Applications may be obtained at Job Service area Junior and Senior High Schools, Neighborhood Community Centers and the Salt Lake County Youth Employment and Training Center. program for youth ages 8 19 operated through the Utah State University Cooperative Extension Service. is often associated with beef, horse, foods, and clothing projects, but were not all cows and cooking, say Lynn Hunsaker and Jean two home economists program. There working with the are now 52 different projects offered in Utah - anything from model rocketry to Teens Explore Parent Education. is a program where youngsters aclearn skills with hands on tivities. A volunteer leader (often a parent of one of the club members) directs the club. A club usually meets six to ten times to complete a project. Often families will form a club consisting of family members. These family clubs take a variety of different projects and phases in order to meet the needs of each family member. All members have opportunities to participate in county & state-wid- e activities such as camps, county and Evans Runs For organized in Kearns this year. Mrs. Evelyn Kalaher has clubs in foods, food preservation, outdoor cooking, and clothing. Her husband, Thomas Kalaher, is leading a forestry club. -- Douglas Jr. Galbraith, and Wayne West are leading 23 boys in model rocketry. Mrs. Kayleen Beebe, the Kearns Community Supervisor, is leading eight girls in clothing. Mr. Wallace Adams has his family organized into a family club. His youngsters are involved in rabgits, vegetable gardens, and a project in worms. Magna has two clubs organized. Mrs. Myra Gilmore is leading 14 in rabbits, poultry, calif, and 4-- 4-- 4-- Mrs. sheep projeccts. Marlene Norcross is leading her daughter in the third year of food preservation. People in the Kearns and Magna areas who would like more information on organizing clubs are invited to call the office at People in the Kearns area can also contact their local community supervisor, Mrs. Kayleen Beebe, at 4-- 4-- 4-- 969-295- Solution Close State On Tailings Parks Problems Open stm boating enthusiasts. The following State parks are traditionally open for public use now: Snow Canyon, St. George; Coral Pink Sand Dunes, Kanab; Goblin Valley, Hanksville; Yuba Lake, Nephi; Utah Lake, Provo; Willard Bay, North Ogden; Saltair Beach and Antelope Island, Great Salt Escalante Lake; Petrified Forest, Escalante; Kodachrome Basin, Can-nonvill- e; Newspaper Rock, Moab; Green River State Park, Green River; Huntington Lake, Huntington; Palisade Lake, Manti. 86 proof With County W. Sterling Evans, Salt Lake County Clerk, today announced his candidacy for I hope to continue to build on and improve the services to the public which I innovated when I first became Salt Mr. Lake County Clerk,; Evans said. Despite the substantial the controversial site that has been a health hazard entirely too long, he said. Marriotts bill, H.R. 11698, the Uranium Mill Site Restoration Act of 1978, would not only resolve the Vitro site, but 20 other similar sites in eight Western states as well. It calls for 100 percent federal funding, but complete state control of the solution and its implementation. In addition, it calls for a pilot study of the effects of Vitro radiation in the Salt L Lake area. Weve talked about it for a long time, and now we have the support to do something about it," said the Utah The House Interior Committee and the Republican. Department of Energy are both behind the idea and we should have hearings in Washington soon, he added. He said the Interior Committee has tentatively set aside time in May for discussion of the subject, and the Energy Department is drafting its own bill to deal with the 21 sites, three of which are in Utah (Salt Lake, Mexican Hat, and Green River). Marriotts bill provides for a 100 percent grant program for Utah, Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Wyoming to carry out a site restoration plan in their state. The solution, to be devised by the states, would return the radiation levels to the levels in existence before the milling operations began. In Utah, that was 1951, when the Vitro Chemical Company began producing uranium under government contract. The company dismantled its operation in 1970, leaving the 2.3 million tons of tailings on 128 acres at the Salt Lake site. The cost ceiling in Marriotts bill is $140 million, the largest portion of which (approximately $35 million) would go to Utah. "The Energy Department has indicated they want the states to pay 25 percent of the cost, related Marriott, but that is totally unreasonable. We have the biggest and most hazardous of the 22 sites in Salt Lake. It would cost the state million dollars under the DOE plan to take care of it. Thats simply not right, expecially when the federal government is responsible for the hazard being there in the first place. Marriotts bill calls for 100 percent federal funding. To expedite the projects, Marriott included a provision stipulating that all applications for funding be made within three years of enactment of the bill, and that the Secretary of Energy must act on those applications within four months of the application date. "We dont want to drag this on for another ten or twenty years, he said, "We want to get the law on the books and get started. The pilot study called for in Marriott's bill would long-terexamine what effect, if any, the radiation has on structures and people within a ten mile radius of the Vitro site. "Utah would become the source for the rest of the country of this kind of helpful information, said Marriott. Marriott said he would discuss the bill in detail at his informal public hearing in the South Salt Lake Citv Auditorium, Wednesday, March 29 from noon to 4 p.m. I want to get the input of those people most directly involved so I can make any changes in the bill before the Washington hearings begin, he said. I think we can see the light at the end of the tunnel on the Vitro issue, concluded Marriott, "We are just a short time away from really seeing some action, he said. low-leve- l, increase in volume of services which passes through our office every day, we have endeavored to maintain the courteous, efficient services which my office has become noted for. of One the major responsibilities of the Clerks office, Mr. Evans pointed out, is supervising and operating the complicated machinery of county, state and federal elections in Salt Lake County involving 665 voting districts and more than 300,000 registered voters. Mr. Evans office serves as Clerk of the Third District Court which includes calling jury panels and setting trial dates for the eleven District Court Judges. The issuance of marriage licenses, pe- rforming marriage wills. ceremonies, probating maintaining partnership records and handling child adoptions are also part of the Clerks responsibilties he said. The naturalization of more than 300 aliens last year and the issuance of passport applications were also among Mr. Evans functions. Mr. Evans has long been affiliated with civic and public life in the Salt Lake area having served three consecutive terms in the Utah State House of Representatives and oneterm as President of the Utah County Clerks Association. He also served on the Utah Safety Council and is a member of the Salt Lake Kiwanis Club and the Public Administrators Association. He has also been honored as Boss of the Year by both the of Olympus Chapter American Business Women and the PBS Telephone Operators. He is an active member of the LDS Church. Before entering n public service, Mr. Evans served as Controller of the Sale Lake Division of Safeway Stores and is a graduate of Brigham Young University. Child Labor (R-Uta- Most of Utahs State parks and recreation areas are now open for early campers, and Re-electi- on Were now on the road to a solution Washington, D.C. to the Vitro tailings problem, announced Congressman Dan I have introduced a comMarriott today. prehensive bill in the House that would remove or stabilize Early picnickers W. STERLING EVANS Salt Lake County Clerk announces candidacy state fairs, and exchange programs with other states. Several clubs have already been 4-- find a better bourbon, buy it. OISIU N. l0 Nick Coppin, Yough The Salt Lake County Program is anxious to start more clubs in is the Magna and Kearns. mean it! WHISKEY Mr. Division Director, stated Besides students, Clubs Forming 4-- H . B0UR60N as for that the purpose of the Summer Work Experience Program is threefold; to help students pay for school expenses, introduce students to the responsibilities and expectations of the world of work, and provide training which could lead students to a future career. Pritchett In the American WBBA Little League, the Peewee division players now own their own baseball field. Last season, the Ladies Auxilary of the American League sponsored a King Contest, to raise money. Peewees collected money in hopes of becoming King of the prospective field. Harry Jlncientjlje University of Utah. nuclear power plants. 4 situ Ethnic Minority Student Health Science Center, operated suppressors Hess proof that is. Did vouknow that several leading bourbons have reduced their proof from 86 proof to 80? And you're probably paying the same money you did when they were 86 proof. Ancient Age is still 86 proof. We're a great tasting whiskey. At a great value. When you buy Ancient Age, you get what you pay for. .86 proof Kentuc ky Bourbon at its finest. That's why when Ancient Age says they give you more they If you can Continuing Education, University of Utah, and the Never settle tfoirIe: MNTUCKY administers and monitors the program. This years program features such components as a Program for seniors in high school, Skills Training, Career Exploration, and the opportunity for released-tim- positions in agencies to area youth. CETA Federal (Com- Youth. Disadvantaged 1,500 968-810- Ann Pritchett, 1978 Accepting applications Vieur Necos SIRAIGHT THURSDAY. MARCH 30, THE VALLEY VIEW NEWS 2 Laws Reported The combination of outmoded child labor laws and the minimum wage is preventing our nations youth from working. Every jump in the minimum wage reduces the percentage of employers who can afford to hire young people on a part-tim- e basis and creates greater youth unemployment with all the depressing consequences. "Child labor is a phrase that conjures up visions of children slaving 12 hours a day in a factory. Certainly, this sort of abuse did exist and prompted legislation that today protects children. It is certainly inaccurate, however, to say that child labor laws prevent youth from strenuous work and hardships. We are all aware that farms and ranches cannot be run without all family members, regardless of age, pitching in and working long, hard days. And child athletes, who are competing at younger ages every year, spend as much as nine hours a day training as swimmers or gymnasts. Yet, this form of hard work is fully acceptable, as long as the young people are not getting paid for it. But the grocer who wishes to hire a high school junior to bag groceries meets a host of financial and legal problems. Suddenly, the influence of big labor is felt. Any suggestion of children working arouses animosity from labor unions who have always seen youth as potential threats to adult workers, capable of robbing them of jobs and deteriorating the payscales by their willingness to work part time for less money. Most employers choose to do without and nobody wins. We have created a mythical situation with no shades of gray. Either children are walled off completely from work or they allegedly become helpless victims of exploiters. The millions of American employers who would hire youths if there were some sort of labor and wage reform could quickly dispel this myth. Schooling and part-tim- e work compliment each other and prepare our youth for their adult years. With work or schooling as flexible as it is today, part-tim- e seasonal jobs could be a tremendous advantage. It might even motivate students to perform better in school and focus on a career as a result of their apprenticeship. But the minimum wage and antiquated child labor laws are forcing small businessmen to do without the help and leaving more youths on the streets with nothing to do with their spare time." The consequence is that a staggering number of teenagers are involved in illicit occupations such as drug trafficking and stealing. Others, who want or need to work, will do so for less than the minimum wage, off the books. I strongly support reform that would open the doors for increased youth employment. I have joined in sponsoring legislation that would reduce youth unemployment by providing incentives to private enterprises to employ unskilled teenagers. We cannot continue on our present path of eliminating our youth from the job market. For if present trends continue, we will need more and more workers at both ends of the age spectrum ever-risin- g ld ii I 5 |