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Show UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION 467 EAST 3RD SOOTH SALT LAKE CITY, UT Officials Examining Idea Charter WEST VALLEY. A proposal that this city adopt a charter was taken under advisement here Tuesday by the City Commission. Adoption of a charter would allow West Valley City residents to decide what form of government we would like, what type of taxes we would pay, said charter proponent Terry Wirth, 3276 So. 4610 West. Wirth told Mayor Henry (Hank) Price and Commissioner Renee Mackay that an elected commission would draft a charter which would serve essentially as a constitution for the city. The charter would establish a legal framework for the municipality, outline the functions and duties of city officials and create a tax structure, Wirth said. This returns power back to the people rather than giving it to the legislature, he added. Ogden and Tooele are the only asked West Valley City Commission to consider charter delineating powers, functions of the new city. CHARTER Terry Wirth . . . Granite School District In Will Proposed For City Is cities in Utah with charters Both have consented to send West Valles copies of their charters so the new city can investigate the matter closer, said Ron Day, administrative assistant to Mrs Mackay. A charter was considered in Salt Lake City when it changed its form of government, but the concept was abandoned as too cumbersome, Police Chief David Campbell noted Monday. Campbell was a member of the Salt Lake City Commission before the changeover there. Charters are more prevalent in other states where the legislature does not have such extensive control over taxing pow'ers, added Randy Baker, city treasurer. Mayor Price and Commissioner Mackay said they wanted to examine the charter question closer before making a decision. Price noted that he has advocated an election next April to determine - the city's form of government agree we need to bring govern- ment closer to the people If a charter does it. I'm for it. the mayor said The commission also heard a recommendation from James Moore that West Valley form its own health department West Valley currently is contrac-tinhealth services from the City- County Health Department, as do all cities in the county An health department would be locally controlled, would provide services closer to the area and w ould be less with ad- ministrators and supervisors, Moore contended The Health Depart- ment provides costly services, such as methadone treatment for drug addiction withdrawals, family planning and noise control, which might not be needed in the West Valley area, he added For expensives services, the city could be assisted by the State Health Department, he said Moore also charged the department with having too many Too many specialists specialists. need too many supervisors and that creates too much bureaucracy, he claimed In response to a question from Mayor Price, he acknowledged that he could not estimate how much an health department would cost the citv. Further study of the proposal is needed, the commission said In other matters, the commission agreed to a car wash contract with Packard Motor Valet, 3190 W. 3500 South Also approved were expen- ditures of $1,700 for membership this 1 in the Utah League of Cities and for membership in the Utah Municipal Treasurers Assn Annual dues for the Utah League of Cities would normally be $l6,uoo, but the League waived that amount for West Valley because of budget limitations, Baker said, year $15 g , top-heav- 1 GRANITE PARK. Opening of two schools and welcoming of nearly 60,000 students is expected to highlight the beginning of a new decade of education in Granite School District. Teachers, nearly 2,900 of them, will report to work today (Thursday) w'ith the secondary institute scheduled at Skyline and elementary sessions at Cottonwood high. On Monday 33,828 elementary youngsters, ' 12,657 junior I f $'( I City-Count- WEST VALLEY. Ordinances dealing with health requirements and locksmithing are among items tentatively scheduled on the West Valley Commission agenda today (Thursday). The commission will meet at 5 p.m. in City Hall, 2470 So. Redwood Road. The agenda includes: on a business license contract with the county; - A resolution to pay Todd Construction for cabinets in the police department; - Lease agreement for PBX telephone system from Mountain Bell; - Ordinances covering of- locksmithing and ficers; - Approval of transcribing and ment for planning mission. - Presentation special police expenditure for dictating equipand zoning comby City-Count- y Board of Health on health ordinances. - A resolution establishing criteria for persons to obtain an industrial revenue bond. - Citizen input on parks and -- -- recreation. 8:30. There will be no school lunch served Monday, but the lunch program will get under way Tuesday, with prices having been increased. High school students will pay 75 cents for their meals, junior high youths 65 cents and elementary children 60 cents. Adult lunches are $1.20. On the high school level, the first week of school will be capped off with the years initial football game. Monday, Sept. 1 will be a holiday for students and teachers as the nation observes Labor Day. A district spokesman urged those students who might be considering remaining out of school for an additional couple of weeks because of jobs or for other reasons to reconsider that decision. With school starting on Monday, no time will be wasted in getting right into the academic flow, he emphasized. THE VOICE Earlier this summer, on a afternoon, we pulled our boat 50 miles to put it in toasty-war- the water. Wed scarcely backed it off the trailer when the motor quit. Moments later, we found the start- gone dead. When youre miles from a mechanic on a Sabbath afternoon, you just put the boat back on the trailer and go home. As we did so, in a lousy frame of mind, we considered why this would happen and realized it was Murphys basic Law. To wit: If anything can go Residents Required OF Tr Daw d y Cw a I Udyt? WEST VALLEY CITY UTAH (Met) I I . . t The . Green : Sheet USPS 656-38- 0 OvI Published weekly at 155 E at Salt lake Thursday, Aug. 21, r, j Thursday0" Price said the last bill citv residents will pay to the countv for garbage collection will be the one received in late December or earlv After Jan. 1, he said, West January. Valiev ;will handle its own sanitation Volume 1980 26, Number Volley View Nf All 33 Annual Event Continues Through Saturday departments - vs ILvu In tontimnnq the South, Sail Lake City UT 81107 Second class poslaqp paid City UT 81119 Subscription ratp '1? SO per year 4905 s 262 6682 making the announcement, p p Love. Miss Maxfield, a 1980 Alta high graduate with brown hair and hazel eyes, performed a disco dance to Star Love as her talent number. She hopes to enter the Bryman School of Nursing in the fall. The Sweetheart contest was one of several County Fair activities that attracted throngs of entertainment-seeker- s during the first three days of y event. the Another was Mondays grand opening parade, in which ribbons were awarded in a variety of categories. First place ribbons were aw arded to the County Fair entry in the civic float division; Kentucky Fried Chicken in the commercial float category; Eastern Onion Singing Telegram Service, top novelty miscellaneous entry and the Ute Rangers, first in the posse division. Other entries accorded first place honors included the Broncos club, youth horse groups; Bill McHenry, silver mounts; Glade Peterson, miscellaneous horse entries and W'heeler Farm in the animal-draw- n vehicle category. Entries of the Utah State Fair and South Cottonwood 15th ward claimed second and third place honors, respectively, in the civic float division. Exhibits will continue and various other Fair activities are planned for the final three days of the celebration, which concludes Saturday night. a clown stage show, Bananas, will be held at 7 tonight (Thursday) through Saturday, while a County y Jfl j ,JI I aggK 1 ft w jrs a1 fcllnJ 1 ft 1 M 1L f I r f fT k ft j j 1 I M . . . James Moore recommended that West Valley form its own health depart- ment. Buyers Argued AbOUt It! Will a classified ad in the Green Sheet sell a boat You bet! Ask Mrs Grant Buma,' 703 W Vine, what happened when she starCRAFT ob, 115 Evmrude. condtion, great ski boat, advertised a boat I actually had people arrive at the same time and argue over it because ,, ,.. e ,, vou they both wanted it. she " w sold as "U rlPht a" av Tbe Murray woman s experience S ls"t un,que hThe 50 W mid-va- l editions ey over 210,000 potential residents; readers. The ads are surrounded bv news and pictures about vou and your neighbors - and that s why they deliver results! to place your ad. Save t,Dal before 11 runs Ask us T 262-6M- 2 Price said he had received numerous phone calls from residents question- ing the need to pay the bill from the countv. ow' - Anderson , Kimball, Max fie Id Are Chosen MURRAY. A, blonde, blue-eye- d Olympus high graduate was singled out here Tuesday night to reign over the 44th annual Salt Lake County Fair. Selected from a field of eight contestants as County Fair Sweetheart was Cori Anderson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Max E. Anderson, 2412 E. Arnett Dr. The 1979 Oly grad contributed a vocal solo titled The Maids of Cadix as her talent number in the Sweetheart competition. Miss Anderson has been attending the University of Utah with a major in music and emphasis in vocal performance. In the fall she plans to begin pursuing the same field of study at Brigham Young University. Selected attendants to the new Sweetheart wrere first runner-uVontella Kay Kimball, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Stanley Kimball, 1397 So. Blair St., and second runner-uTracy Maxfield, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Maxfield, 884 E. Spartan Dr. in Sandy. Tuesday nights competition marked the second straight year that Miss Kimball was chosen first attendant in the Sweetheart contest. In 1979 she also reigned as Miss West Valley. The blonde, blue-eye- d Miss Kimball is majoring in music and drama at the UofU, where she expects to graduate next year. Her talent contribution in Tuesday evenings event was a vocal solo titled The Man I f Jji e g - W A V. j j O n A econom'cal- WEST VALLEY. Bills from the countv for garbage collection should be paid by residents of West a ley . I 31 113 J 16' Bills From County - LffRf ''"'l Excellent 1 ,11 here's a point er had bus schedules are Eastwood, David Gourley, Oakwood, Oquirrh Hills, South Kearns, Vista, Whittier and Hartvigsen, which start at 9:20; Holladay, Bennion and Webster, where classes get under way and - Ordinance Topics On Agenda -- of high students and 11,928 high school youths, a total of 59,681, are expected to be in attendance. Actually those figures are projections for the Oct. 1 state report date. Traditionally many students are not on hand for the first day of school. The anticipated enrollment could drop or be hiked by numbers of kindergarten children who turn up at the districts 57 elementary schools. One of those, Hunter elementary, will open its doors for the first time Monday. About 700 students are expected at the new Bennion junior high, where eventually 1,100 students can be housed. The projected enrollments represent a slight increase over last years 59,614 who were present in regular programs on Oct. 1. The day will begin early at the districts seven high schools where bells will ring at 7:40 a. m. Junior high students will be counted as tardy after 8:20, while most elementary schools begin the day at9a.m. West Valley Exceptions because 1 I city-count- y 59,681 Students Are Expected Monday Ih v 1 Corps demonstration is scheduled tonight at 7:30. Tonights Fair agenda also in- eludes the first of three rodeo perfor- - Sheriffs K-- 9 To Reign mances at 8: barbershop quartet competition at 8:30 and firew'orks at 10:30. Tomorrows activities include a six-da- 4- - horse show at 8:30 a.m.; dairy judging at 10; market auction at 7 p m.; rodeo at 8: entertainment by guitarist Alvino Rey and the Free Fuel Band at 9 and fireworks at 10:30. On Saturday there will be more activities at 9:30 am.; Cookout King contest judging at 6 pm; rodeo and Farm Bureau talent find at 8; release of exhibits at 10 and fireworks at 10:30. Cost of admission to the rodeo is $2.50 for adults and $1 for children with those under 6 to be admitted free. The rodeo will feature saddle broncs, calf ropers, bull doggers, Roman riding, professional rodeo clowns, bull riding, trick roping and bareback riders. H b g Burglary Is Investigated By Police $80,000 WEST VALLEY. Loss burglary two weeks ago at Wing Shoe factory, 2109 West, has been reevaluated to $80,000. from a the Red So. 3270 upward Insurance officials said further investigation of the amount of shoes stolen showed the initial police estimate of $15,000 was low Thieves broke into the factorys and yard and stole a semi-tructrailer loaded with shoes and boots The loss could have been over $200,000 if the truck and what contents it had were not recovered, an insurance official said. k ROYAl TRIO . . . Cori Anderson, singled out as Salt Lake County Fair Sweetheart Tuesday night, is flanked by attendants Vontella Kay Kimball (left) and Tracy Maxfield. by Jim Cornwell wrong, it will. Its the same law that applies when youve just stepped into the shower and the phone rings. Or youve just driven out of a car wash and a slobber of rain goes past, followed by wind whipping up dust devils. Or youre examining one of those girlie magazines in the drugstore when your minister stops to pay his respects. Murphys Law came into being from goodness knows where, but gained widespread acceptance because it explained so many things. Subsequently, more and more laws were added to the list, each either describing the why of unfortunate happenings or an existing edict by the unidentified Mr. Murphy. For example: If there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that will cause the most damage will be the one to go wrong. Or, if you perceive there are four possible ways in which a procedure can go wrong and circumvent those, a fifth way will develop. As other lawmakers have come out of the woodwork, theyve devised edicts which are equally applicable to those of Murphy, the mad Irishman. One proclaims that there is always an easier way to do it. But when looking directly at the easier way, especially for long periods, you will not see it. Another offers a sequence of three: When things are going well, something will go wrong. When things just cant get any worse, they will. When things appear to be going better, you've overlooked some Hanrahans Law also appears in three sections. The first says, In any collection of data, the figure most obxiously correct, beyond all need of checking, is the mistake. It follows with the observation no one who is asked for help will see the mistake. But everyone who stops by with unsolicited advice will see it immediately. Leading to the Munchhausen Theorem: If it looks easy, it's tough. If it looks tough, it's damn well impossible. that Or the screws, it will be discovered that the gasket has been left off. Then theres the Theorem of Marian, the Librarian: No books are lost by lending except those you particularly wanted to keep. And the parallel Third Law of Newton: If you miss one issue of any magazine, it will be the issue which contained the article, story or installment you were most anxious to read. by 16 thing. Zilch Theory of Mechanics: After the last of 16 mounting screws have been removed from the machine, it will be discovered that the wrong portion has been taken off. However, after that portion has been secured again hold-dow- n Its corollary is that all of your friends either missed it, lost it or threw it out. Hubert's Law of Large Problems advises: Inside every large problem is a small problem struggling to get out. Dockheimer's Dilemma describes the plight of the worker, to wit: No matter how much you do. you'll never do enough. And what you don't do will always be more important than what you do do. The Fourth Law of Political Expediency advises: If a problem causes many meetings, the meetings eventually become more important than the problem. Which has the corollary: When in doubt, mumble. When in trouble, delegate. When in charge, ponder. The Swiss Law of Dilemma tells us: A man with one watch knows what time it is. A man with two watches is never sure. Becky Sues Law of Random Probability says, If, in the course of several months only three worthwhile social events take place, they will all fall on the same evening. And Little Tommys Law of Recognition says: You can fool all of the people some of the time; some of the people all the time, but you cant fool Mom. |