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Show UTAH 467 PRESS E. 3RD SO. SALT LAKE USPS 3255-80Q- Q ASS?I UTAH CITY, 8411 THURSDAY, - MAGNA, UTAH 84044 APRIL 13, 1989 Magnas cleaners guaranteed to rid ugly town blemishes KIM FOLSOM Magna Time Assistant Editor Where once stood weedy fields next to some Main Street businesses, now cleaned and leveled lots lay as a base for future beautification. The community effort was great and so was the task. Young and old teamed up to get rid of some of the relics of our economic depression. The Senior Citizen Center had their volunteer brigade with rakes and hoes in hand. The scout troops gave up a days camping to help clean up some needy houses in Magna. For Websters students cleaning up this old town was elementary with the help of their PTA. The big boys were also here to help. Kennecott brought graders, loaders, and dump trucks. They looked like an army making war on the weeds and garbage that had taken over some areas of Magna. Kennecott equipment and volunteer workers graded fields and hauled trash from eight in the morning until after five in the evening. Salt Lake County is allowing free dumping during the month of April to help the cleanup effort. The county also supplied four dump trucks and loaders plus some in strategic areas to add to cleanup effort. man-pow- er cleanupare very-noticea- and it was a real communiThe cleanup showed a ty marked change in attitudes in Magna, because now people really want to turn the town around. This years cleanup was a real accomplishment for the Magna Merchants Beautification Committee: Chairman Bonnie Stahle, Tom Dyches, and members Warren Neusmeyer, Ruth Anderson, Kent Go- ble, Ruth Lucido, Marlene Norcross, and Howard Stahle. Appreciation should also be given to those who helped the Cleanup to make it such a success: Commissioner Tom Shimizu and Salt Lake County Public Works, the Magna Merchants Redevelopment Association, Kennecott Copper, Magna Water Company, Salt Lake County Redevelopment (especially Clayne Ricks and Clair Hardman), Magna Community Council, Magna Area Council, the Magna Chamber of Commerce, Salt Lake County Sheriffs Department, Kay McDonough and the Webster Elementary students, the Lakeridge Elementary students, the Senior Citizens Center, Union Carbide, Sprouse, Glenda Gunn and the Magna Scouts, Coca Cola, Rogers Bakery Reams, Pepsi Cola, Smiths Food King, Ernies Automotive, Paris Insurance, and all the individuals and 'businesses who participated.- -- Some might think die cleanup is over, but, in reality, we are just getting started. Keep it up, Magna! PHOTO BY The Magna Redevelopment facade and historic street lighting work was Mike Retford, officially started with a ribbon cutting ceremony. (L-- CP I Jrnm The winning entry was a wagon drawn by a small tractor, entered by Becho Inc. They won a $25 gift certificate for their effort from Reams. Tom Dyches, Bonnie Stahle, Roy Smith, Commissioner Tom Shimizu, Laura Jo McDermaid, Clair Hardman, Dan Tuttle, and Clayne Ricks Ribbon cuffing on facade work Cleanup Parade not just a show KIM FOLSOM Magna Time Assistant Editor . KIM FOLSOM Starting at 9:00 a.m. last Saturday, a ribbon cutting marked the official start of the facade work on Main Street. On hand for the ribbon cutting were: Commissioner Tom Shimizu; Salt Lake County Redevelopment officials, Clayne Ricks and Clair Hardman; members of the Magna Merchants Historical Redevelopment Association, Howard Stahle, Mike Retford, Bonnie Stahle, Kent Goble and Tom Dyches; state representative Dan Tuttle; Magna Community Council president, Laura Jo McDermaid; and Magna Area Council president, Steve Harris. The occasion pointed out the community interest in the redevelopment of Historic Main Street Magna. The interest didnt stop with the ribbon cutting because most everyone had to rush down Main to take their places in the annual Cleanup Parade. Commissioner Shimizu was the Grand Marshall of the parade and he rode in one of the county trucks that was involved in the cleanup. The Magna - Salt Lake County Fire Station truck started off the parade with sirens going. Other entries in the parade were: Salt Lake County Sheriff Ron Wall, Salt Lake Seismic Services, the Magna Boy Scouts, Dyches Pharmacy, Magna Water Department, Salt Lake County, Kennedy Junior High School band and sponsor Jack Carsey, Arthur and Magna Local 392 of Millworkers Union, Magna Senior Citizens, Atra Company, Tootsie the Clown, Becho Inc., Webster Elementary School students and PTA, El Dorado Restaurant, Catten Lawn Service, Lakeridge Elementary School students, the Grub Box, Magna Redevelopment, Goods. The drawn Becho tificate and Falvos Sporting winning entry was a wagon by a small tractor entered by Inc. They won a $25 gift cer- for their effort from Reams. The entries werent all show because as soon as the parade was over everyone set out to do their part to clean up Magna. finds a new home at last in Magna Old Zu by W. Kent Goble Magna Times Feature Writer Thanks to the combined efforts of a number of persons, Old Zu, the 1940 D8 Caterpillar tractor, is now resting comfortably in his temporary home on Magnas Main Street next to Papanikolas warehouse. Wed like to thank George Papanikolas for letting us use his property to store Old Zu. Kennecott Utah Copper and its employees have done much to help Magna over the years. Old Zu and Its transportation and placement Is another statement of Kennecotts support. Magna Civic Beautification Awards Application Blank on Page 7 On April 7, Zu began his final trip from Yosemite in Kennecotts Bingham Mine aboard a lowboy and truck driven by Gilbert Trujillo of Getter Trucking. At 12: 15 p.m. I received a call from Gary Goldberg at the mine. Greg Boyce had asked that he advise me when Old Zu was loaded and ready to roll. Within minutes, I met Gilbert Trujillo and Matt Pazell at the mine security gate. We inspected the old tractor and what a sight. Character was etched across every inch of the old timer. Fifty years and scarcely a scratch or dent. Matt Pazell recalled that Zeke Lopez drove the twenty ton work horse. When they used to shoot (blast) near the town of Bingham, remembers Pazell, theyd pull the tractor into the line of the shoot as a barrier (spring). And, true to character, Old Zu would take the brunt of the shot. Up in the cab, the words Zeke (for Zeke Lopez) and Oil Can Ollie have been scratched into the faded yellow paint. Paperwork completed, Old Zu was free to roll past the security gate ...at last bound for Magna. We convoyed down the Bingham highway, picking up Ron Wall as a police escort at 3100 South and 8400 West. The little cavalcade, with Old Zu perched in regal splendor in the midst of the tiny caravan, rolled up in front of Falvos sporting goods about 1:15 p.m. The rest is history, although it was another five hours before Old Zu was finally tucked safely away inside the fenced enclosure that will be his temporary home. One day, in the not too distant future, Old Zu, with a fresh coat of paint and completely refurbished, will stand guard at the portals of the Magna Mining Museum ... a fitting symbol of Magna (and Utahs) rich mining legacy. A special thanks to Kennecott for allowing us to preserve a part of our mining heritage. As long as Old Zu is in our midst, the memories of our proud past will never be allowed to fade into oblivion. y Howard Stahle and Kent Goble of the Magna Merchants Historical Redevelopment Association, were integral to bring old Zu to Magna. To everyone: thank you for a clean Magna! i |