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Show 4 The Magna Times West Thursday, July 20, 1995 Valley News, At 4800 West 4715 South Ground is broken for new Kearns Sr. Citizens Center Ground was broken It will provide a for those residents. 60 years of age living in the Kearns area. It will be a comfortable, easily accessible facility where many arts and crafts will be provided, she said. Wednesday afternoon for the new Kearns Senior Citizens Center at 4800 South 4715 West in Kearns. Its been a long time coming, but with persistence, hard work, long meetings, revised plans and with the help of people who care, our dreams have come tnie, said Charlotte Blackburn, site manager. She said the new center is a facility, noting that the existing facility has been housed the past two years in the Trinity United Methodist Church. The ot 10,000-square-fo- building wiU feature rooms for various arts and crafts, reading, exercise, and dining. A lounge area will make it comfortable for chatting and reminiscing. long-need- ed The building was designed by architects Brixen and with design Christopher needs arranged in cooperation with the Kearns Senior - f Center DesignCommittee. CRC Construction will be general contractor, and fun- - , ding is being provided by Salt Lake County. Participating on the program were Salt Lake County Commissioners Brent Over-soMary Callaghan, and S' low-inco- needy residents per units a total of 16 needy persons. The other eight units will be rented to other qualifying Randy Horiuchi; Shauna ONeil, director of Salt Lake County Aging Services; Lloyd Steele, chairman of the groundbreaking committee; and Theda Gomez, Advisory Council chairperson. Ground was broken last apartThursday for a it ment complex for people with special needs. 16-un- low-inco- The complex at located will be These families must have incomes of less than 60 percent of the local median. All units should be ready for occupancy in January built by Housing Oppor- it tunities, Inc., a housing corporation with the Salt Lake County Housing Authority. The project will consist of four and special needs people will be given priority for eight of the 16 units. They will be handicapped accessible. non-prof- 1996. Other partners in the project include Salt Lake County Community Development; Salt Lake City; the Utah Department of Community and Economic Development; the Utah Housing Finance Agency and First Security Salt Lake Community Health thd project, will provide supportive 'services for its Bank.-'- - n Centersy-partner-i- households. low-inco- West Gregson Ave. (3060 South) and will be 19 Plans for the project were developed by students at Salt clients. They will house two Lake Community College. Kindergarten student registration continues Kindergarten registration continues at Copper Hills, Pleschools for all children before on or old who will be five years September 1, 1995. The schools offices are open 7:30 am. to 3:30 p.m. To register a new student, a parent will need to bring a birth certificate and their childs immunization records. A, B, and C tracks will begin the 1995-9- 6 school year July 25. Kindergarten students will not begin until the following Monday in order to access each child. Magna Elementary will remain on traditional scheduling. ase Green, and Lake Ridge elementary SUBSCRIBE TO THE MAGNA TIMES or WEST VALLEY NEWS for the rate of just w m Top Hat Video gives students free rentals for A grades movies or play their favorite Nintendo and Sega games. For every A (up to ten) by SHARON LINSCHOTEN STAFF WRITER There is no big sign advertising this service. Teachers Reflec- have noticed even the smallest of students are trying their very best to earn that coveted A during the last term of school. After showing Mom and Dad their grades, the next person they want to show is Valene, manager of Top Hat Video in return submissions. Please submit all poems to: EPS Publishing Company, 19116 Tillman road, It has become a tradition between Top Hat and the children that every summer, after they have worked hard and completed the school year, they can enjoy the sum- Support the local arts! Open auditions will be held July 26 and 28, from 9 p.m., and July 29 by appointment only for the West Valley Arts Council production of South Pacific to be presented in Auditions will be held at the Harman Home Senior Center, 4090 South West, West Valley City. All roles are open. Please , come prepared to sing 16 bars of a song from a Broadway musical and learn a dance 6-- mer and watch their favorite mid-Octobe- Stake Primary activity held STAFF WRITER With Pioneer Day so close at hand, it was fitting that the Central Stake Magna 1 year Youll get all the local news Schools - Business - Government and everything else of interest to you!! Our papers are MAILED directly to your home 52 issues per year, every Thursday (CUT HERE) Name . Address. State City . Phone ZIP. credit card: Card type (Visa, etc.) and number Signature Expiration Date DWest Valley News Please check one: Magna Times If payinf by SEND THIS COUPON AND PAYMENT TO: MAGNA TIMES 8980 West 2700 South For more information, call a We art Magna, UT 250-565- 6 locally earned and operated r i . r. combination. An accompanist will be provided, so please do not bring any taped music. Especially needed are Polynesian actors: a woman who is years of age, a girl and boy who are at least 18, and a boy and girl who are 40-pl- li 35 an&fctmyS3old. can really be. The sack race, a race that seems like it could have been from the pioneer days, was also a favorite. Cooking semes in a dutch oven interested the children, but the part they liked best about this event was the by STACEY T. CASE The children in Magna love Auditions scheduled for South Pacific Magna. 39660. needed to be present to receive their selection. on their report card, this arrangement and look employees would give forward to this service all students a free rental to use winter long. on all movies with the excepis located in Arbor new Hat tion of R rated or Top 8300 West 3500 South, would student releases. The Park, rent one rental a day and Magna. Primary held their stake activity and centered some of the activities around pioneer tasting portion. The kids watgames. The young children ched their scones cooking enjoyed themselves last while they churned butter. Saturday, running races, There were plenty of children mating butter, and trying wanting to churn. their hand at e pioneer The leaders would pour sports. The kids had 12 activities in cream into a baby food jar, which. to participate, some tighten the lid, and tell the more difficult than others. If kids to shake. After the proyouve tried toting water cess was complete, they mixfrom one spot to another, you ed all the butter together in a know it can be difficult, bowl, added a little salt, and especially if youre not a spread it on the semes. The taste testing would continue steady hand. These kids raced to see who could get the to the very last second before most water in a container by it was time to move m to another event filling a regular tablespoon, carry it across uneven The kids also thought the ground, all while trying not to games of stidt pull pioneer a spill drop. While many enjoyed the and ring run were fun. The callfishing pond and the great stick pull has also been Two ed people face wrestling. catch of the day each child each other down, place sitting caught, others really took to the soles of their shoes the cake walk. By not stoppthree-foing mi a numberthe children together, and grip a pole with both hands. won a cupcake. Face painthen pull the stick They left a ting, always favorite, towards themselves until one kids with some of the many off the very creative looks. Hie Jazz of them is pulled colors seemed popular and ground. clown faces were plentiful. The ring run is probably Another water game was known by another name, but tossing the water balloon unthe person over this game til it popped. Dividing into was uncertain of the correct teams of four, the kids would name. Using a stick, the toss the balloon and after children had to keep a metal each round move back a ring moving without it falling giant step. With the distance over to the ground. This probetween the contestants ved to be challenging to many growing, the balloon seemed of the young kids. to pop more often. The fish President Hardman inrelay, played with a fishing dicated that they had approxpole and magnets, attracted imately 150 children attend the activity. I think they many of the children. A noisy but fun activity was really enjoyed themselves, man she said. When it came time mountain the demonstration. The kids to go, a number of them did learned about different furs, not want to leave. With the era of the mountain man, in hand, they all wait d and experienced home to tell their parents all This production is being directed by Jim E. Smith. For further information, conor tact Smith, at at Laura Jensen 263-29- 36 963-928- 2. Good grades not necessarily connected to amount of money spent, study shows old-tim- ot for vr " Students can receive free movies for As on their report cards. Pictured are, left to right, Bobby Linschoten, Christa Vance, and Brandon Vance. Poets are invited to send one or two original poems of 24 lines or less on aqy subject The deadline has been set feu Dec. 31, 1835. Please make copies of your poetry. EPS Publishing company will not Long Beach, MS ' , f Refreshments were served. book project entitled tions of Life. 4 IlltSf n, EPS Publishing Company is accepting general poetry for its upcoming 1896 winter me , - j Poetry sought housing for book County proposes complex for needy, families y pop-sid- first-han- bow noisy amuzzleloader gun 1 v - ,T about their es challenge their students accordingly; (2) maintain local control of academic programming; and (3) obtain a by GARY R. BLODGETT EDITOR While the amount of money spent per student has increased by 30 percent since 1990, SAT tests have not increased substantially. In fact, in many cases the SAT scores in Utahs 40 high degree of parental involvement. These are things that money cannot buy, but con- cerned school districts have fallen, according to a recent study conducted by the Utah Taxpayers Association. Granite School District is an exception. SAT scores have increased 11 percent while expenditures for student instruction has increased only about 15 percent since 1991, the report shows. Some of the states larger school districts have shown a drop in the net change of student SAT scores, although the amount of money expended per student has increased one-thi- ed constant in Grade 5; declined in grade 8; and improved slightly in grade 11. Greg A. Fredde, research analyst, noted that more than 200 similar studies spanand ning two decades observing performances in Provo, Alpine, Ogden, Weber, and Tooele Districts have minus net changes in SAT scores of grades 5, 8 and 11. The study clearly demonstrates that increased three key qualities in common, (1) a belief that all children Can learn; and rd ar substantially. For example, Salt Lake, educational funding alone is not the answer to the complex challenges facing Utah schools, commented Howard Stephenson, president of Utah Taxpayers Association. suc. Instead, he noted, cessful school districts have communities (districts) can provide, said Stephenson. Hie study showed that pupil expenditures in Utah which account for about of the total school increased from budget to $1,791 $2,297 per student five-yethe period. during However, test scores during the same period remain- many educational settings provides strong and consistent evidence that expenditures are not systematically related to student achievement. He emphasized that signifiinil cant increases in structional expenditures have failed to produce similar increases in student SAT test performances in many school district in Utah. Utah is following a national trend as none of the states that rank in the top 10 in performance including Utah ranks in the top 10 states in pupil expenditures. per-pup- ; f |