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Show UTAH atye Papon 467 PRESS ASSOC. 300 E S SALT LAKE, UT 84111 irttick H Thursday April 18, 1985 Number 16 Volume 96 Payson Council grants two special building permits The Payson City Council voted Tuesday to bend the rules to allow construction to begin on the addition of the fruit packing plant and to allow occupancy of two units of a condominium project before the project is complete. Muir-Rober- MUIR-ROBERT- ts S was given a temporary permit to begin construction on a new controlled environment building :for storing apples, despite the fact that the plant is not located in an industrial zone. The Payson plant was built in 1965 and the large controlled environment building added in 1975. The company has about $500,000 invested on the site and plans to invest nearly that same amount in new construction and equipment. However, when the city adopted its new zoning ordinance in 1982 the plant site was zoned as a zone with the plant considered an existing use. According to the zoning ordinance, it is illegal to expand a Muir-Rober- ts Muir-Rober- ts residential-agricultur- al use. The has encouraged in its expansion plans by approving a low interest industrial development bond and loaning the company $100,000 in economic development money. It was not noticed until last week that the zoning ordinance would not allow the building. The council agreed that the zone should be changed to an industrial site which would allow the building. However, changing the ordinance requires a public hearing. In order to hold a hearing, a public notice must be published at least 15 days before the hearing. Edward Muir, of asked the council to allow his company to begin construction immediately. We are constructing a very technical building and will be using very specialized equipment in it. We have contractors coming from the northwest that are planning on starting Thursday, he said. Muir said it was critical that construction begin on schedule. If we delay the project we will miss the 1985 harvest. to The council voted a special permit to approve allow construction of the addition. Councilman Steve Hanson cast the dissenting vote saying that he was in favor of the project but felt the law should be strictly enforced. Muir-Robert- 4-- s, 1 city Muir-Rober- ts COMPROCONDOMINIUM MISE The council voted to allow two tenants to move into the even Dansie Condominiums though the entire project has Miss Utah Valley to be selected in Payson Saturday night A new Miss Utah Valley and her Court will be selected Saturday night, April 20. The pageant will begin at 8:00 p.m. in the Payson High School is Admission Auditorium. $3.00. There are 10 girls vying Chad Hulet, for the title, The pageant director, said. new Miss Utah Valley will represent the pageant in the Miss Utah Pageant in June . Utah The Miss Valley Pageant is one of the three open pageants in the Mi Utah program. Girls from thr lghout the state are eligible to enter one of these three pageants, Sharlene Wells Hulet said. was Miss Utah Valley 1984, on her way to becoming Miss America. Lynn Lambert, Miss Utah 1983, is the Mistress of Ceremonies for the evening. A Miss Lambert, winner of a $2,000 talent scholarship at the Miss America Pageant, will musical present a special number. A panel of five judges will select the queen, using the same criteria established for Miss Utah and Miss America Contestants are Pageants. judged on talent, personal interviews and appearance in swimsuits and evening wear. The nine Miss Utah Valley hopefuls are as follows: Shauna Bywater, Smithfield, Utah; Toni Holman, Manti, Candese Utah; Marchese, Merritt Island, Florida; Julie Nielsen, Orem, Utah; Sandy Nielsen, Lehi, Utah; JoAnna Odom, Killeen, Texas; Janene Tatton, Kamas, Utah; Diana Tanner, Murray, Utah; Jacque Tingey, Centerville, Utah; and Allison Moore, Orem, Utah. real winner This giant tire grabber la the winner In the nnn,l Payaon Chuck-hol- e Conteat. The chuckhole la located Juat eaat of Highway 91 on the road between the Payaon High School and the junior high. The pothole waa nominated by several people; however, the first entry was made by Millie Ray of Payaon on March 26. As the winner of the contest she wins a free front end alignment from Payaon Tire & Service, 318 East 100 North. In the past, the city has filled the winning chuckhole Immediately. However, this year the chuckhole la located on a street that Is evidently the responsibility of Nebo School District. -i- ni- r not been completed. City builda ing ordinances require building to be completed and pass inspection by the city building inspector before they can be occupied. Clinton Dansie, the condominium developer, said he has completed two of the five units on the project and has two buyers who want to move in immediately. He said the other three units will be completed within two weeks. Roy Rogers, one of the buyers who is anxious to move in, told the council he has sold his home and has people coming from out of town this weekend to help him move. Mayor Gary Tassainer said he understood the problem but he felt the city should stand by the ordinance and not allow occupancy until the project is completed. We have people working for us who are faced with this situation every day. They have to enforce the ordinances. But it makes it tough on them if people know all they have to do is appeal to the council and theyll get what they want. Tassainer noted he had been in a similar situation last year. We allowed two businesses to open before they had completed the curb and gutter in front of their buildings. When they didnt put it in I was the one that had to get to get it finished. 1 wont do it alone again. The first motion, made by Councilman Don Dixon, to allow temporary occupancy for two units for a period of two' weeks, was rejected. Kay Furniss said the motion would have to be specific about what would happen if the units were not completed before she could support it. Councilman Steve Hanson was opposed to occupancy before the project was complete. Dixon then changed his motion to allow temporary occupancy of two units until May 4. If the entire project is not completed by then the tenants will have to move out and the developer will forfeit a $2,000 performance bond he is required to post. The motion with Councilman passed Hanson casting the dissenting vote. hard-nose- d Council-woma- 4-- n 1 Highwater outlook 15-ye- ar school day planned Eight-perio- d for Payson High School by Michael Olson The eight-perio- d block schedule plan may be the salvation of vocational and elective classes in Nebo School District now that State guidelines are asking for more academic credits. Because Spanish Fork High School went the The first holiday is Labor Day, Monday, September 2, the only day in September regular school will not be held. October brings U.E.A. recess the 10th and 11th followed by a Monday off for the deer hunt on October 21st. Then, for the first time, there will be a teacher preparation day on October 28. The Thanksgiving Holiday comprises the only days out of regular school in November: Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, the 27th, 28th, and 29th. This Christmas years vacation runs from December 23 to January 1, inclusive, and another day is set aside in January, the 17th, for teacher expressed satisfaction Meeting. assembly eight-perio- d schedule Both Payson and Springville High Schools have registered students for next year with the intent of instituting the new d plan, which alternates a four-perio- schedule every other day, something similar to a college course schedule. The class periods are nearly twice as long as classes scheduled on a day, eighty-fiv- e minutes compared with forty-fiv- e or fifty minutes. i seven-perio- d Director of Secondary Education Vernon Finch noted, in introducing the spokesmen from Spanish Fork High, that if Payson and Springville do indeed go to the new schedule next year, only Timpview High by Michael Olson 6 have with the new schedule, most feel it answers the schools needs better than the schedule had. He pointed out that the longer class periods make it possible to adopt a special on calendar The addition of teacher preparation days as part of the career ladder program has played a part in moving the starting date of school for 1985-8to August 21 for students. Last week the Nebo Board of Education adopted the school calendar following after having had input from staff, teachers, and local PTA chapters: Teacher preparation and new teacher orientation days will begin August 13 and continue through August 20, when opening institute will be held. Then classwork begins on August 21, a Wednesday. School would be on the old six-o- r seven-perio- d day in Utah County. Principal Bill Nelson noted that although not all teachers this year, Principal Bill Nelson and several of his faculty were asked to report on the program last weeks Board during Nebo District sets 1985-8- 6 flooding of the past two years. Im very optimistic about the highwater outlook this year, said Payson City Administrator Rodney Watkins. A survey of the canyon Tuesday indicated the snow is melting fast but the water is not causing any damage. The major mudslides are fairly stable at this time. There is not much snow pack left In the upper reaches of Payson Canyon, and what snow is left is melting fast. The latest snow course survey, taken on April 12, indicates 17 Inches of water in the snow at the Payson Ranger Station. That is 96 of the average for this time of year. City officials believe that barring a mudslide or heavy warm rains, Payson could be spared the preparation, like the Octobci day, one set aside as part of the career ladder program. Presidents Day is the only vacation in February: Monday, the 17th. The next day off from school is the teacher preparation day set for Monday, March 24. (The three teacher preparation days are scheduled for quarter breaks so that teachers can use the time for making out grades for the previous term and plan ahead for the next.) Spring Vacation next year will be April 17 and 18, a Thursday and Friday. The Memorial Day Vacation falls on Monday, May 26, and class-wor- k ends on Thursday, May 29. Teacher check-ou- t day is scheduled for Friday, May 30. Graduation Day at all three Nebo high schools is set for Thursday, May 29. There will be 180 days of and as part of school in 1985-8the career ladder program new teachers will work ten additional days preparing while veteran teachers work an additional nine and a half beyond the 180 regular days. Holidays, during which no school is held, are not paid days for teachers. There are a total of nineteen days off for holidays during the school year with the Christmas Holiday comprising seven of the nineteen. seven-perio- d which schedule, makes it possible to avoid missing a class period on the day of an assembly. Along with that, it cuts down certain class chores. For management instance, roll is called only four times a day instead of seven. Its also better for substitute teachers, who like it because they need only face three or four new groups instead of six or seven when they fill in at the school . Principal Nelson emphasized that above all else, the program is valuable for its ability to provide students with wider choices of classes. He added that many students had told him they felt the longer class periods were offering them better depth in understanding some subjects even though quantity of material covered overall may be smaller. (Since the class periods alternate every other day, even though the individual periods are much longer there is some loss of overall class time during a term or semester for each separate class.) Three teachers accompanying Principal Nelson were largely in favor of the new system, though there were some reservations. Payson High Principal Lart;y Kimball noted that a study done at Davis High School showed no significant difference in stand ardized test scores between students on the schedule and those on what have been considered traditional schedules meeting each class every day. eight-perio- d Nebo to receive $28 miliion in state operating funds Education received top priority in the allocation of state funds for next year by the 1985 Utah Legislature. According to an analysis prepared by Utah Foundation, the private research organization, educational spending authorized for totals $1,260,845,000. is $122 million or 10.7 more than was authorized for 1984-8and is nearly $239 million or 23.4 greater than the total that was expended for education in 1983-8Operating funds in the Nebo District will School total in the 1985-8- 6 $28,127,599 school year, according to the report. This sum is $3,077,657 or 12.3 more than the amount 1985-8- 6 This sum available during the current (1984-85- ) school year. It is expected that 18,757 weighted pupil units will be allotted to the Nebo School District next year, and this represents an increase of 881 units from the number allocated this year. Nebo School District will be guaranteed a basic school program of $1,180 per weighted pupil unit plus amounts for retirement, Social Security, r transportation, a and distributions, variety of other special programs. With all of these special allowances, it is expected that the district will receive about $1,500 for each weighted pupil unit in career-ladde- 1985-8- 6. Lavon Rupper named Sterling Scholar finalist Lavon Rupper, Payson, was selected as state finalist in Sterling Scholar competition held April 10 at Cottonwood High School. Lavon was the Social Studies Sterling Scholar from Payson High. Students were judged in interviews at preliminary B.Y.U. and then at Woods Cross High School by experts in their various fields. Winners were also determined by examining their portfolios of their scholastic achievements. Lavon excelled in national tests and has been an exchange student to Germany. In the final ceremony, broadcast by KUED-TV- , winners in 12 and two runners-udifferent categories received full tuition and fees to any university or college in the state. Winners also received p while $250, runners-u- p re- ceived $100. Lavon is the and Pat Rupper. 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