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Show 3-- 1301 Holiday School Closings 01-01- GIT 841 9S C015 01 9P -99 WESTERN MICROGRAPHIC 4555 COMMERCE DR STE 200 SALT LAKE CITY UT 84107-37- 75 The Salina Elementary School will dismiss for the Thanksgiving Holiday on Tuesday, November 25, 1997, at p.m. Parents please be advised of this change. The teachers will have an inservice meeting on Tuesday afternoon before the staff takes off for the Turkey Day vacation. There will be no school on Wednesday, Thursday or Friday throughout the Sevier School District in honor of the Thanksgiving holiday. North Sevier Middle and North Sevier High School will observe regular dismissal on Tuesday and all schools will resume on Mon- day morning, December . o 1 Salina, Utah 84654 Volume 76 Number 46 50 cents Wednesday, November 19, 1997 1 Salina Elementary expresses gratitude for community J , r itv. r I It 'll ('I'X .I entering kindergarten, the childs name will be put on a plaque to hang in the foyer of the school A Bronze Club and a Silver Club will recognize Guitar Winners: 1st place, Don Lindsay, Salina; 2nd place, Amber Jensen, Provo; 3rd place, Joseph Osmond, Provo. It was standing room only at the Blackhawk Arena in Salina, November 7 &. 8, when a capacity crowd of around 450 filled the room to witness e the first ever Blackhawk Fiddle Contest The debut event surprised contest planners and veteran fiddlers alike, turning into one of the largest competitions in Utah, with well over 60 contestants registering in the fiddle, ban jo, guitar and mandolin divisions. It's great! said Norm Mincer, presidente Fiddlers elect of the Utah Association, who drove from Delta to compete Mincer said the contestant turnout was neatly three times larger than the state contest. e Utah Contest judges were State Champion Denna Scotty Scott from West Valley City, and Mark Watts, also a Utah State Champion and former member of the bluegrass band "Fire on the Mountain. Division winners were as follows. Small Fry Fiddle (age 12 and under). . Ester Fox, Santaquin, 2. David Ogden, Richfield, 3. Danielle Walter, instructional assistant in the Roper, Oiem, 3. Sherry Adderly, Salt Lake City. Senior Fiddle (age 50): 1. Ward Holder, Hotchkiss, Colorado; 2. Norman Mincer. Delta, 3 Clee Barney, Annabella. Banjo Open: 1. Dave Okerlund, Richfield; 2. Doug Mumford, Provo; Nathan Walter, Alpine. Old-Tim- " I 1 1 hull 1 ; Don Lindsay, Salina; GuitarOpen. 2. Amber Jensen, Provo; 3. Joseph Osmond, Provo. Mandolin program at North Sevier Middle School. A policy on Requirements for Foreign Exchange Students received second reading approval as did the Open EnrollmentTransfer Policy. The board approved a voluntary dental insurance plan sponsored by Educators Mutual. The plan provides diagnostic, preventive, and major den- - Bevan v - 1 J 1 r W. ' I . v; A s,rnriniP'; 1; mi t f '7-- - ? N1 f I E2t If '' ' 11 9 st - V ? J Richfield; 2nd Nathan 3rd Walter, Provo, place, Banjo Winners: 1st place, Dave Okerlund, place, Doug Mumfora, Alpine (not pictured) Accompanist- 1. Mark Geslison, Provo, 2. Janice Walter, Alpine; 3. Anne Ogden, Richfield The event was planned and hosted Fiddlers by the Fishlake Old-TiAssociation with Sevier County Special F vents and other interested volun- teers. Sponsors included the Blackhawk Arena, Robinson Transport, D Land Title, Darrin Jeffrey Family Dentistry, Sevier Travel Council, the Cowboy Rodeo Commission, the Safari Motel, the Victorian Inn, Utah Sesquicenten-ma- l Council. U.S. Gypsum, Sevier Valley Hospital, Utah Independent Bank, Big Rock Candy Mountain, and Garkane Power. Alpine. 1. Kim Junior Fiddle (age Nathan 2. Walter, Francom, Provo; Alpine; 3. Andrea Walter, Alpine. JoAnne Adult Fiddle(age Hinkle, West Valley City; 2. Kelly ): (See School Board on Page 8) 1. : Ado. 1 ): Open: L , , Wulfenstein, Provo: 2 Andrea Walter, Alpine, 3. Jim Estle, Montrose, Colo-- i two-tnn- At-Ri- Walter, Alpine. 1 Old-Tim- 1 Fiddle Winners: 1st, Ward Holder, Colorado; Mincer, Delta, 3rd, Clee Barney, Anabella. 2nd, Norman Vandalism draining Fishlake National Forest budget 0 f by JoLyn Camp Staff Writer II kiJ There sure is a lot of waste in government spending on the Fish Lake National Forest, but the reason for this might surprise the citizens. It isnt because of bureaucracy or paying $500 for a screwdriver like some other reports on government agencies have revealed. The waste on the Forest that drains their meager budget is P r 'tjdr r K v ; a j &' VANDALISM. According to Ted Fitzgerald, the Fish Lake District Ranger, the Forest Service is continually in the position of trying to fix everything from directional signs to toilet facilities that have been destroyed by vandals. One such case involved a new toilet facility that was put in the Rexs Reservoir area in the Summer of 995. By the Spring of 996 the restroom had been rendered unusable through senseless destruction. The door handle had been knocked off and the metal door ripped, the toilet broken, and the windows all broken out. This 1 2 1 V t ,A ' t, , Fiddle Winners in the "Small Fry" Division: 1 st place, Ester Fox, Santaqum; 2nd place, David Ogden, Richfield, 3rd place, Danielle Fiddle Festival was standing room only c J . ll. students who have had 500 to 750 books read to them. One hundred sevenstudents participated in the ty-eight used to read to children School personnel have authored a book that's given to new parents. The 1000 Book Club Comm ittee allows pai ents to visit the school to have their child's passport stamped after every 100 books they have read to their child If they read 1000 books to their child prior to A 1 I I 1 ,i ' ! ' contacted. Students cant learn if Washburn was one of 0 Utahns named theyre not in school, said Reynolds. to the Honor Roll of Utah VolunThe PTA raised $3,343 for the teers, at a rally on the steps of the school through community donations. Utah State Capitol Building in Salt Part of the funding will be used to Lake City. Washburn reported she was construct a new safety sidewalk in the delighted to meet and visit with retired rar of the school, and the remaining US Army Gen. Colin Powell. will be used by the PTA to provide The Sevier Classified Employee assemblies for students and help with Association has requested administrathe reading program. tion evaluate classified employees. Salina Elementary personnel ask Some sample evaluations forms were area businesses to donate employee given to the board for review. time rather than money. The time is Sherrie Lucero was approved as an .. tV (, , program. Two patrons attended the board meeting to say they feel students at North Sevier High School should have a choice about whether they want to compile a portfolio. The patrons said the portfolio requirement needs modification, that its difficult for students whoare struggling in school to struggle through a senior project and completion of a portfolio, and that its unfair pus and buildings. Currently 500 students attended the to students whodont have acomputer school with a teacherstudent ratio of at home. 23 in grades kindergarten through th ird Computer rooms arent open long grade. End of level tests and SAT enough for all students to take advanresults show students excelling in tage of the opportunity, they said. math, reading and science. Over the Board members thanked patrons for past three years, reading and math their comments and promised to work scores have consistently im proved, he with Principal Mickelsen about their said. concerns. and . Attendance is at Ronna Leyba, RSVP director, parents of students who miss more praised Board President Carolyn of the school year are Washburn for her volunteer service. than 1 ; V J t' 4 ' During Sevier School Board meeting by Mavanee Lofthus Gratitude for support of the community, staff, district administration and board members was expressed by Salina Elementary School Principal Bart Reynolds. Business people, parents, and volunteers support the school, Reynolds told members of the Sevier School District Board of Education at a meeting held November 13 at the elementary school. He also praised custodians for the clean and attractive cam- t - i. v .? ' Senseless vandalism R COPY . w. viltT t .'i - - X . 4 S V'c-.- -r ... s- - u fCjv '4 77? 'tv 'V, is costly to Forest Service and, eventually, to all of us. 4 , Jt Jj 1 facility had only been functioning, essentially, during the months when the area was accessible only by ATVs or snowmobiles. This extensive damage had not been done in one careless act, but in an all out effort merely to destroy property. In order to fix the facility, the Forest Service needed to get a new metal door which costs approximately $250 Since they were unable to come up with this money, a year later in the respring of 1997 the Forest Service finally new another door off the sorted to taking facility they had in the yard that they were Oihei signs were found in the ditch at the Goosegoing to install. This, of course, made it so they intersection of the Soldier Canyon and the had used visitors the on roads as this loiest wouldnt be able to put facility berry mountain. Yet, again this fall the door on the facility at Rexs had been the target of the vandals once more. Someone had taken a rock and banged dents into it and etched lines through the paint. These toilet facilities cost $4,000 for the building and $3,000 for the installation. This is only the beginning of the damage that has been done and of what seems to be an increasing trend in the Salina Canyon area Many of the signs have been used for not just a bullet or two for target practice, as has been the case for several years. Some perpetrators are now shooting a full round with high power rifles and shotguns seem ingly trying to just be destructive. The damage to the large Fish Lake National Forest signs that are mounted on masonry cost $1500 to fix, or more if the masonry also gets damaged. Other signs marking locations or giving directions are not only being knocked down by vehicles, but are being actually hacked with chain saws. One such sign is the sign nearly marking Harves River. Someone took a chain saw and cut the sign right out of the middle of the posts. posts to which the signs were attached for firew ood ven these small wooden signs cost the orest Service over $50 to replace ormore when considering the man hours in labor. Fitzgerald observes that, although vandalism in genei al is increasing, the damage from vandalism is more dense on either side of Sal ma C anyon. he farther from Salina Canthe see the vandalism. They less we yon, would like to make the public aware of this ridiculous rum in our forest. The signs are thei e tortlie public and to help them find their way around so they can enjoy the mountains. 1 1 According to Fitzgerald, ninety-fiv- e percent of the public who go to the mountains have a high ethic and take care of the resource, but the other five pei cent are encumbering the public (See Vandals on Page 7) The Salma Sun and Gunnison Valley News office will close for Thanksgiving at 12 noon on Wednesday, November 26. 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