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Show FMTE 500 ' THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1999 VOLUME 91 NO. 17 - n & r IT Community fundraiser receives helping hands by DONA BIERMAN Several other events are planned y event Public awareness and food booths will include crime prevention. Aging Services, family services, and education information, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tickets and food will be sold at a very low price to insure that everyone can afford to participate. Tickets are now on sale for 50 cents a person or $2 for an entire family at the Cyprus High office in the rousing STXFF WRITER Some people are hungry, and several agencies and groups in Magna are sponsoring a full day's activities to help out their neighbors. The Magna Food Pantry helps provide badly needed food for those in the Magna area who are in need, including the elderly, the Now, the needy, and the shut-inshelves are very low with food supplies. The situation has been brought to the attention of several groups and , businesses who are sponsoring a g event May 11. Anyone interested in helping sponsor the event or giving suggestions can or contact Jay Leavitt, Deputy John Thornton, All proceeds from the event at Cyprus High will be donated to the Magna Food Pantry in an effort to allev iate hunger in the Magna area. The main event will be a basketball game between the Salt Lake County Sheriffs Office West Patrol COP Unit and the Cyprus High basketball team from 6 p.m. s. 3 (8600W. 3000 So.), Salt Lake County Sheriffs substation on Main Street (9000 W. 2700 So.), and Magna Arctic Circle (8400 W. 3500 So.). Food booths will be set up in the high school foyer. For a reasonable price, there will be hot dogs, drinks, and snacks. Other sponsors are Magna Area Council, Kennecott Utah Copper, fund-raisin- 250-104- . all-da- 1, 325-826- 3. Metz Baking Co., Reams Food Stores, and Albertson's. The Magna Area Council and Salt Lake County Sheriffs office need volunteers of all ages to ensure a successful community event. 4-- Construction of the Magna Plant in 1906 is shown while workers were building foundations and erecting steel. The Magna Mill was completed in 1907 and processing Bingham's ores by 1908. Photo courtesy of Kennecott Utah Copper Magna Chamber members told: It's nothing like it used to be when looking for a job; Utah Department of Workforce Services makes it easy by GARY R. BLODGETT EDITOR If you are in the market for a new job, or a change in career, don't panic. It's not like it used to be. Oh, there's still the classified section in the local newspaper, and Utah Employment Security offices have openings available. But are you geared for the type of work being offered? If not, where do you turn'? - 'The Utah Department of Workforce Services is your best resource We offer so much more today than when we first opened our doors." to fill these needs," Sherrill Despite the many advancements, the basic goal is the same: to match Chapman, employer relations representative for the department, told the Magna Chamber of Commerce. The Department of Workforce Services is still in the "budding stage," having been in operation for only about years. 3-- "But tremendous strides have been made, and there's much more to be accomplished," she said. "Our resources have expanded greatly. the with a suitable er job-seek- employer. It's the "tools" at hand that make this goal more readily accomplished, and more successful in the ultimate matchup, Chapman noted. 'The use of computer Internet wasn't even thought of a few years ago. Now it's probably The most- -' used tool to research jobs suitable for looking for a job opening in the field of their choice, or to assist in the training and placement of a person in a completely different career field." Research and assistance are key words among Workforce Services personnel - a means of matching to potential employjob-seeke- rs Miss Magna Pageant approaches Applications are now being L. .en for Miss Magna competition. The deadline is March 30. No applications can be taken after that date. Those interested must be 9 years of age, and never been married or have any children. They must live within the boundaries of Magna. 16-1- Applications are available at Cyprus High School or the Magna Times. A recent photograph must accompany the completed form. If you have any questions, contact Sandra Allen at 0 extension 39. 250-860- 250-856- or CHS 3 1 1 Times and places of the pageant will be announced at a future date. job-seeke- rs ment. "Workforce Services can do a lot to research and match the two according to experience, education, knowledge about a particular career, etc., but it cannot guarantee the unknown - character of the employer, working conditions, mandated requirements, etc.," m Chapman explained. Research done in an attempt to match and employers to the best of their ability is a vital service offered by Department of Workforce staff. This tie-i- n can be done locally, statewide, or even nationwide via Internet. It's available to all those who need it. There are eight Department of Workforce Services offices in the Central Region (serving Magna, job-seeke- rs Salt Palace Home Show set March 11-1- 4 The 5 st annual Spring Home and Garden Show is planned March 4 at the Salt Palace Center in Salt Lake City. There will be more than 750 displays featuring the newest in home improvement products and services everything for the home owner under one roof. During the four days there will be demonstrations and lectures on all phases of gardening and homemaking. Hours of the show are: Thursday 2 p.m. until 10 p.m.; Friday noon to 10 p.m.; Saturday a.m. until 10 p.m.; and Sunday a.m. until 6 p.m. Admission to the main Exhibit Hall is $5 for adults, $3 for juniors years of age. Special tickets are also available on day March 1; and discount tickets are available at all 1 Stores. 1 1 1 -- 1 - - - - 1 1 - 1 1 2 two-for-o- 1 SLCC conducts w one-da- y orkshops Salt Lake Community College is accepting registrations for three one-da- y seminars scheduled during April at the Redwood and South City Campuses. They are as follows: Telephone Techniques April 4 from 8 a.m. until noon. Redwood Road Campus. Cost is $79. Improving Supervisory Skills - April 15 at South City Campus, 1575 S. State Street, Salt Lake City, from I p.m. until 5 p.m. Cost is - 1 $72. Maximizing Employee Potentials - April 22 from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. at the Redwood Road Campus. Cost is $1 15 and includes cost of West Valley City, and the surround- ing area) including two in All It was a sea of tension for more than two hours last Monday as Salt Lake County Sheriff deputies "sweated" the outcome of the contents of storage drums found at the rear of a Magna Main Street residence. Fortunately, after what seemed like an eternity of tense investigation and analysis, the report came in -- all is well! Ten COPY & EDITOR Bids were opened last Wednesday for the Magna Ethnic and Mining Museum renovation project - and the low bid was well below the architect's estimate. Low bid was $206,432, submitConstruction of Utah ted by 3 sri i JAt .iL M-1- County. This was about $4,500 below the estimate of $210,908, according to John Joseph, Beneco Enterprises, project consultants. Kimberley Construction was the second lowest bidder, $211,700; and United Construction came in w ith an offer for $224,000, third lowest bidder among the nine bidding participants. "This was considered a very competitive bid opening, and nine bidders is considered well representation for a project of this size," said Joseph. Construction is expected to begin soon, and the contractor has 20 days to complete the project. Bids must first be verified and then approved by the Salt Lake County Commission. Work w ill be done in two phases (by the same contractor). Phase One will consist of electrical services and installation of the mechanical system - heating, air conditioning, etc. Walls of the old building - the old, vacated J.C. Penney Building on Magna's Historic Main Street -will be reinforced with steel framing to provide seismic upgrading to 1 meet earthquake resistant stan- the interior work, except the r IT sb $ Artists rendering of how the Magna Ethnic & .V Mining Museum might appear when completed. Rooms, interior framework, exhibit cases, etc., will be included in Phase Tw o. The museum will contain gallery space, a small theatreseminar room, museum workshop, offices, and a collection area for storage of artifacts, exhibits, and displays that are being prepared for the museum. The exhibition area will be divided into three "nested spaces." The perimeter walls will be fitted into the ceiling with a seismic steel frame that will also be an exhibit framework for artifacts that have been used to work the mountain from the days of the Shoshone Indians to the Utah Kennecott Copper Company. The next layer inward will contain the history of the many early settlements that have occurred at the foot of the Oquirrhs - from the Native American encampments to the shanties (some canvas shelters) of old Ractown. is well after hazardous material Register now for July 4th camping at State Parks L i The interior of the museum w ill be dominated by. and organized around, the large exhibit framework dubbed "The Vessel." The vessel will emanate a glowing light that will beckon visitors into a gallery of stepped walls - a gallery that is meant to depict the form of the nearby Bingham Open Pit Mine. Inside the vessel will be artifacts, histories, and human interest stories of the mining area. "It has taken a long time, and dedication of many people, to get the museum to this stage." said J. Howard Stahle. museum committee chairman. "It's thrilling to see something is happening to get the museum project completed." He said it would be nice to have the project to the point of allow mg a preview of what's to come by staging an open house at one of Magna's major celebrations -- either Copper Davs in June or July 4th. Unidentified containers were 'clean f:ditor 322-377- by GARY R. BLODGETT restrooms, which were included in Phase One. The museum's main floor w ill accommodate most of the exhibits, artifacts, and displays. most accessible to the public." Chapman concluded. bWTe a done what's needed to provide by GARY R. BLODGETT 1 below architect's estimate; Contractor has 120 days to complete renovation dards. it was explained. The building's floor will have to be replaced, but the roof is new. Phase Two will include most of these services, we will open offices SOOn Low bid of $206,432 is Taylorsv ille and one in Tooele. "Some of the offices will be consolidated or closed, but others w ill be opened in areas where the services are needed. Just like we have lunch. It may be March, but now is the time to register for a camping spot at one of Utah's favorite state parks. You can begin calling Thursday, March 8, weekdays from 7 a.m. until 6 p.m. to reserve an individual camp site. Call To make reservations in Person, visit the Department of Natural Resources, 1594 W. North Temple in Salt Lake City. Last year reservation agents received more than 32,000 camping reservations for the state's 28 state parks that allow camping. Magna Museum bids in, work to begin black drums were found in storage at the rear of the home which was being considered for condemnation. All but one of the drums were unmarked. A lone container was labeled "copper sulfate." Not knowing what was inside. Salt Lake City-CounHealth Department personnel notified the Sait Lake County Sheriff's Department - and the department's Hazardous Material (HazMat) Unit was alerted. Shortly after 10 a.m. Monday, ty highly trained hazardous waste scare experts - donned in full protective gear - retrieved the 10 containers. Owners of the home could not be reached. Using every precaution, the containers - all sealed tightly with no leakage - were brought to an isolated area where a team of Hazmat experts carefully and thoroughly analyzed samples drawn from the containers. "Shortly after noon, the results were in," said Lowell Mikolash, battalion chief of the Salt Lake County Fire Department. He in Magna declared the containers free of contamination of any kind. "Everything was analyzed and thoroughly studied to make certain there was no contamination - and there was none," he said. No one was evacuated from the "danger area" across the street from Magna's new Post Office Building, but unauthorized personnel were kept at a distance and at least a half dozen emergency vehicles "stood by" in case of an emergency. see HazMat on page 2 |