OCR Text |
Show a favorite family vacation the Salina Enter Sun's Photo Contest. photo? Pictures will be published in ourlipcoming 1 01 Things To Do This Summer. Grand Prize is a Do you have 1301 rio 3nTGTT 841 01-01- W -99 9P 10S C015 WESTERN MICROGRAPHIC 4555 COMMERCE DR STE 200 SALT LAKE CITY UT 84107-43- 02 00o33 2703011 New Camera! Anyone who enters will receive a 2 liter bottle of Coca Cola product! For entry form, see Page 6 in the Senior Pulse supplement in today's newspaper. Salina. Utah 84654 Volume 77 Number 19 50 cents Wednesday, May 13, 1998 mmmuim owner cannot. The group would use this as a The Mayor and Council agreed that we r. dont want neighbor against neighbor. The The question came up about city equipcouncil will review the ordinance that Barney ment being used by citizens during some of gave them and make a decision on implementthe clean up efforts. Jim Casto said some ing one for Salina. citizens are very capableof running the mower For this year while no ordinance is in place, and have more time than the city crew does. S.I.G. would like to send letters to property It was decided that citizens would be alowners asking them to clean up their yard, but lowed to use the mower if they were approved also offer to do it for them for a price if the by JoLyn Camp Staff writer A public hearing on the proposed M inimum Dwelling Size Ordinance was held before the regular Salina City Council meeting Tuesday, May 5. The ordinance regulates a minimum size home of 22 feet by 32 feet on any lot that Country superstar Chris LeDoux will per- is not zoned for mobile homes. form in concert Saturday, May 16, 8 p.m., at KaeLynn Gates asked the council if she the Blackhawk Arena in Salina. would be able to put a trailer on a lot that she Tickets are $17.50 reserved or $15 general asked the building inspector about in March and are available at Bums Saddlery in Salina, 1997. She was told that under the ordinance Cellular One in Richfield, Loa Builders in she would have to either have the property Loa, Snow Cap Bowling in Ephraim, and the rezoned or prove hardship to the Board of Pit Stop Convenience Store in Spanish Fork. Adjustments. To purchase tickets by phone with a credit Council member Kim Robinson explained, 4 or We are trying to keep things to a standard. card, call Bums Saddlery, He added that so doing protects the property values of all neighborhood homes. It was asked if building onto a mobile home to make it larger was permissible to which Robinson Chris LeDoux fund-raise- LeDoux tickets still available i It, V The SevierCounty Landfill is sponsoring an abandoned used tire cleanup drive which has been extended to May 30, 1 998. Tire disposal fees have been waived during the period of the cleanup drive. Tires should be delivered to the landfill by anyone interested in disposing of accumulated used tifes. Tires are to be delivered separate from other trash or debris. All size tires may be delivered to the landfill including large industrial size and truck tires. However, tire dealers may not dispose oftires at the landfill under this campaign; fees are not waived when tire disposal fees have been accepted by a dealer. Tire drive closes May 30, 1998 and thereafter tire disposal charges must be assessed by the Sevier County Landfill. Sevier Demos to gather in Richfield Special guests and speakers will be senatorial candidate Dr. Scot Leckman and state party chair, Meghan Holbrook. Everyone interested y in getting a system functioning in Sevier County is invited. Come meet some excellent people, hear great ideas, and have some fun. For any additional information call And read acting chair, Neal Busk, the Tribune, May 3rd, 1998, about the LDS Church and the democratic party. two-part- 896-694- 1. City Manager interviews begin Salina City Council and Mayor Evelyn Nielsen spent the afternoon on Monday, May 1 1 interviewing five applicants for the job of Salina City Manager. . They will be having a work meeting later on and going through salary negotiations and the hiring process. A City Manager may be in place as early as June 1 , 1 998, but it may be as late as July 1 which is the start of new fiscal year for the city. s '1 ?, said he thought it would be. In the regular council meeting the council voted unanimously to adopt the Minimum Dwelling Size ordinance. The Salina Improvement Group (S.I.G.) Chairman, Sylvia Barney, reported to the council on the plans that the newly adopted city committee has for the near future. Their focus is to have May and June as a time for clean-u- p in the community. S.I.G. is asking that every person give five hours of volunteer service to clean up the community. Salina is a nice place to live. People coming in might not know because maybe some care has not been given in some areas, Barney said, We need volunteers. Barney presented a protocol ordinance that gives a city recourse in the event a property owner neglects their property to the point that it becomes unsightly. Salina Citys current way to address the problem is through the Nuisance Ordinance; however, neighbors have to sign a complaint. old How old is the park equipment at Aurora City Park, anyway? As near as some folks can figure, it is around 60 to 65 years old. Thats a pretty good return on the investment that was made, but now a group of mothers headed by Becky Bastian feel it is time to replace it. We feel it is unsafe and inadequate, says Bastian as she explains her desire to raise the funds to put in a modular type playground like at Richfield City Park. After contacting several recreational equipment companies and eliminating it down to one, she worked to get sketches of a new playground equipment setup. Bastian took it to the Aurora City Council and received their support for the project. In all $22,000 will be needed to buy the new equipment, but it wont all come from the city. Bastian is writing grants to the State and Federal Governments. She is seeking funds from the American Disabilities Association since the park will be disability compliant. Some of the grants require matching funds Sierra Beach, daughter of Bryan Beach of Salina, had a picture she drew of Karl Malone published in the May 1998 Utah Jazz HomeCourt Magazine. Sierra was home from school one day with asthma staying with her grandma, Janet Beach. Janet, an avid Jazz fan, had just received her new April HomeCourt Magazine. Sierra sat right down to her favorite page-Ki- ds Stuff The Mailbox. She then drew the picture of Malone. Grandma Beach liked it so much she decided to send it right in without telling or showing Sierras dad. Sure enough, the folks at the magazine liked it, too. What do Sierra and her Grandma Beach have to say about it?... Go Jazz! ld replace playground equipment 65-year-- from the cities, but the mothers also have plans to help out the cause by raising $6,000 with scheduled from June four different to July 10. Some of the plans are still being made, but will be a one of the fund-raise- rs 1 fund-raise- rs read-a-th- for which the participants will receive pledges. They are trying to make the projects appeal to all ages and families. In order forthe kids to have ownership in the park, they are asking each of the Aurora kids to have a goal of earning $1 for each year of their age to donate to the project. The park will be dedicated to Aurora kids: The ones who will play here and those who will never have the chance, referring to the young people from Aurora who have died. It is a big undertaking, but everyone has been very supportive, remarks Bastian. There will be further information about the fundraisers as time goes on. There will also be an Aurora City Park Fund at Zions Bank for anyone who would like to contribute. fund-raisi- SIG kicks off clean-u- p drainage. S.I.G. will use the city sprayers and supplies to spray herbicides around street signs and some areas between the sidewalks and streets. I think the S.I.G. group will do usa wonderful job, said Mayor Evelyn Nielsen commenting on the groups plans. Steve Camp and Diana May presented a preliminary plan to renovate the park area by the North Sevier Middle School. The lawn will be kept intact for use in sports, the track will be l, fixed with and a pavilion will be rota-mil- able-bodi- Aurora mother seeks to Sevier County Democratic Party will hold a meeting, Monday, May 1 8 at 7:30 p.m., in the auditorium of the county courthouse. New county officers will be elected and campaign '98 kickoff and planning sessions will be held. ' a? 529-748- Tire cleanup campaign extended r as part of a group clean up. A letter releasing liability of the user and the city would need to be signed before the mower could be used on private property. Any group that is not city sponsored would have to have their own letter. Some discussion was given about street clean up and spraying weeds. The Mayor will call a UDOT representative to try to get them to clean Main and State Streets more often and evacuate the gutters of debris that blocks the on built as well as other improvements according for the work to to the plans. The time-lin- e begin is late summer or fall. Marian Dimick represented the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers (DUP) as the question arose once again of a suitable place to move the little DUP house which sets at the comer of the new middle school site and houses antiques and memorabilia from Salina pioneers. Both the DUP and NSMS want to work together to preserve the bu i Id ing yet move it to a better location. The area behind the American Legion Hall pavilion was suggested to the council. The said property was determined to be owned by the Legion and not the city, so the groups will approach the Legion for permission. John Chartier of Sunrise Engineering told the council the plans for the culinary water project are done. The plans will go to the Water Committee, and they will be working from property on getting all the owners which are required before closing on the loan. The plan has to go for review by two different engineers, Robertf orsey and Jim Buckley, who represent different water governing agencies. Chartier is planning to obtain permission from both engineers to advertise for the required three weeks through May w'hile the project is being reviewed. right-of-wa- . (See Council on Page 2) North Sevier Youth Council members sought for '98-9- 9 Salina City is trying to reorganize the Salina Youth Council forthe 998-9- 9 year.The Youth 1 Saturday kickoff this S.I.G. is having their clean-u- p is 6. encouraged Everybody Saturday, May to start beautifying our community by cleaning up their own yards and then extending their efforts to help their neighbors. Maybe there is a little patch of weeds on your street that has caught your attention for some time now or a pile of trash that has been annoying you. Take time this Saturday to clean it up. If everyone pitches in, our town will shine. Just a reminder, our goal is to have every person give five hours cleaning up some area in town. 1 able-bodi- Council will provide an opportunity for youth to participate in local government, and it will allow for young adults to let the city administration know about their interests, needs, and concerns. All North Sevier youth going in sixth grade for the school year 998-9- 9 through age 7 are invited to participate. The first big event to be planned is the Fourth of July activities. If you are interested in being involved, please conSherri Nelson tact Debbie Poulson at 5 at or contact the Salina City office. The first meeting will be Wednesday, May 20 at 64 East Main (the old Utah Power building) at 6 00 p.m. Learn how government works and have fun, too. 1 1 529-756- 5, 529-340- Injury accident affects Aurora, Axtell man An injuiy accident Monday afternoon north involved three vehicles and delayed of Axtell trafficonHighway89foroveranhour.Trooper Denis Avery responded to the accident and the Highway Patrol report states Kurtley Bertleson, age 20, of Axtell was southbound passing another vehicle. Tori Anderson, age 9, Honeyville, Utah, was northbound. Ander- son seeing the passing vehicle in her lane, pulled off the road and overcorrected. Her with James vehicle then collided head-o- n Tracy, age 22, Aurora, who was driving a Hales truck. The Hales Truck then went left of center and hit head-o- n into a Taurus driven by 1 Daniel Bailey, age 41, Lehi. Anderson and her passenger, David Jones, age 1 8, Brigham City, both required extrica- tion from their vehicle. Anderson suffered a broken femur and Jones sustained injuries to his pelvis. They were both transported to the Gunnison Valley Hospital and later Utah ley Hospital. They were both wearing seat belts. Tracy sustained a broken collarbone and was transported to the Gunnison Hospital. He was also wearing a seat belt, Extrication was also required to remove Mr. Bailey from his vehicle. He sustained a broken arm, cuts and abrasions. He was transported to Gunnison and then onto LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City. He was wearing a seat belt. There was no contact with the Bertleson vehicle and no injuries. Bertleson was issued a citation for improper passing. Val-Ut- Emergency crews from Salina and Gunnison responded to a three-ca- r accident one mile north of Axtell. 5 I |