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Show Home of the Mormon Miracle Pageant Volume 99 Number 20 30C MANTI, UTAH 84642, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1984 Changes proposed in per copy of re-alignm- ent schools for extra curricular activities by Bruce Jennings For Manti High School athletic teams, those long, long trips to places like Moab and St. George may soon be eliminated. A task force headed by Ivan Rowley, former MHS principal, who is president of the Utah High School Activities Association, has proposed sweeping changes in the alignment of schools for Winners in South Sanpete Wool Contest: Jaylene Cluff, Stephanie Foatz, Suzy Frischknecht, Melissa Olson, Wendy Norton. Dressmakers look lovely in outfits Girls entering the senior division were Jaylene Cluff and Wendy Norton. Entered in the junior division were Melissa Olson, Lisa Wintch, Stephanie Faatz and Joyce Cluff. In the sub-de- b division, entrants were Suzy Frischknecht (winner). Heather Larsen, Janet Chadwick and Christina Wintch. Jaylene, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jay Cluff of Manti was the winner of the senior division and Melissa Olson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Olson of Ephraim, won the junior division competition at a contest held Nov. 20 at the Manti High School home economics room. The senior and junior winners receive a trip to the state contest to be held at the Hotel Utah on Thursday, Nov. 29. Barbara Wintch was chairman of the event. y The realignment proposal, of course, affects most of the high wins trip 4-H- er to National i force has really tried to make it a team effort," UHSAA assistant director David Wilkey said. "We went out to the grass roots and "The task got a lot of input. And he thinks those efforts will pay off when the legislative council meets on Dec. 13. "Most of the people involved are pretty pleased perhaps as much as they have ever been," Mr. Wilkey said. expansion plan will improve Palisade Park The proposal of the task force will ' be considered at a meeting of the High School Activities Assn.' legislative council at a meeting on Dec. 13 at Murray High School. by Bruce Jennings McLoyd Erieksen, a member of Palisade State Park's managethe South Sanpete District board of education, represents Region 10 on ment plan for further development is due in 1986. the legislative council. That plan w ill become a part of the A favorable vote on the proposal means that the realignment will take Utah Division of Parks and Ree creations comprehensive place next year. for the state's parks. So far as local schools arc . plan 10 would include Palisade's concerned, Region management plan will Delta, Juab, Manti, Millard, Emery, include the acquisition of more land North Sanpete, Richfield and South and probably state owned land schools, and North additional facilities, according to Sevier, all Norm Hersman, Palisade superSevier, Gunnison, Wasatch Acaintendent. demy and Eskdalc, which are schools. The schools, however, Among the facilities being would continue to play in considered, he said, are a restroom tournaments if they qualified. on the south campground, the Cedar City, Dixie, Pine View, installation of additional tables at Hurricane and Page, Arizona would campsites, a group use pavilion, become members of a new Class ' ,mire water hydrants and campRegion 7. Except for Page, thef ground lighting. are now members of Region 10. "Well have town meetings in Hurricane, however, would continue order to get public input on what to compete in the tournaments if should be included in our planning," it qualified. Mr. Hersman said. He added State San Juan and Grand, two Parks planners will assist in schools, would operate as indedeveloping the Palisade management plan. pendents. schools in the state, The other e The comprehensive Lehi, Grantsville, Morgan, Park plan for the state parks has been City, Union and Wasatch, and two approved by the State Parks and schools, North Summit and Recreation board, Mr. Hersman South Summit, would compete in said. Class Region 9. That long-rang- e The change that would most plan has for State Parks, established School: affect Manti goals High obviously Mr. Hersman said, taking into Cedar City, Pine View and Dixie, Utah is account would population growth three of the larger schools, one of the fastest growing in .the leave the ranks, with only 1 6 nation the importance of tourism, schools remaining in the state. the need for recreation, the availThat would equalize the comability of funds. petition, but it would probably also State Park staffers and research reduce the interest in the round robin, if it continues, and in the state recruits interviewed around 2,500 people and held nine public meetings tournament. in order to discover what the public The change would also reduce wants in its parks, Mr. Hersman travel for Manti High School, since said. the Templars would find themselves schools in playing the close-b- y than to rather travelling play league St. George and Moab. 2-- A 3-- 2-- Manti schools in the state. Five-ye- ar long-rang- all-wo- ol Jaylene Cluff and Melissa Olson are headed for the state Make it With Wool Contest. Coach Braithwaite said hed be glad to sec a return to the competition between close-bschools that are natural rivals. 2-- The intention now, Mr. Hersman r said, is to concentrate on a expansion plan. State Parks staffers have categorized three different kinds of parks, determined mainly by their purposes. One category is heritage parks, like Pioneer State Park, w hich are designed to interpret, protect and enhance areas of historical, cultural or commemorative value that are intrinsic to Utah's five-yea- heritage". Another category is natural parks, like Antelope Island and Dead Horse Point. The third category is recreational parks. Among them are Utah Lake, Deer Creek, Beatlake and Palisade. The purpose of recreational parks, the master plan says, is to "provide present and future generations ample opportunity to pursue their desired recreational activities." Recreational parks, according to the plan, "should provide for extensive participation in at least seven recreational activities, five of which must be camping, fishing, boating, picnicking, sightseeing, swimming, waterskiing, golf, sailing or hiking." Of course, Mr. Hersman pointed out, while Palisade's principal purpose is to provide recreational facilities, it also makes a contribution in the preservation of the heritage. The recreational activities a recreational park should provide, he continued, will serve as guidelines in the development of Palisade. Visitations at Palisade increased this summer by 35 per cent over the previous year, according to Mr. Hersman. "As state polulation grows." he observed, so will the number of people who come to Palisade for recreation and we feel the obligation to provide for them. 2-- long-rang- 4-- H , Congress in Chicago Melanie Larsen says she discovered that does more than develop homemaking skills, it helps build citizens who can better deal with local, state and natonal issues. 4-- Melanie, a freshman at Brigham Young University and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kent Larsen of record Book Manti, is the Utah Contest winner for citizenship. As such, she represented Utah at the National Congress in Chicago Her trip was sponsored Nov. by the Coca Cola Company. 2-- council. In general, Melanie says her involvement has prepared her for her goals of better serving the world around her. She says it has provided educational, social and training experiences that she will value the rest of her life. 4-- 4-- 4-- 23-3- She says her first involvement with citizenship was painting a bridge at one of the parks in Manti. Melanie gradually progressed from that first experience to participating in an exchange with Japan, going to 2-- 2-- The task forces proposal was developed after three years of study. It comes because of the concern for the distances that had to be travelled, the time lost from school and the cost of running busses for long distances. Girls State and traveling to the Close-UConvention in Washington, D.C. p She has also served as an assistant page for a day in the Utah State Legislature in Salt Lake City. On the local level, Melanie says she donates time to the local nursing home and has tried to organize a city government teen The I.D Singers of the Ephraim LDS Institute of Religion will present proposal that will reduce travel and increase the time students spend in school, Supt. Scott Bean said. And Coach Wilbur Braithwaite agrees. We must get away from the he said. They're long distances, expensive in time lost from school and in transportation costs. The Christmas program is entitled "The Miracle of Music. The show will consist of both variety and spiritual numbers, including both choral and ensemble groups. The its a good Park Suporintondont Norm Hersman looks over proposed expansion plan. LD Singers plan Christmas program a special Christmas assembly at the Manti High School on December 3rd at 10:30 a.m. for the forum series. They will also be doing their regular Christmas concert at the LDS Institute on December 4, 5 and 6th at 7:30 p.m. The public is invited to both events. "I think Palliod PTA-stude- group is directed this year by David Naylor. The advisor to the group is David Willmore who is Associate Director of the Ephraim LDS Institute. Throughout the year, performances by the LD Singers have included programs for high schools, womens groups, service clubs. Relief Society programs, Mayfield Manor and tours through central and southern Utah. The LD Singers are organized and led by student officers who are members of the group. They select music, assign people to teach choreography, and make sure the group is running smoothly. Deanna Tucker and Mike Higbce are the program directors for this quarter and they have spent many hours in selecting music and in organizing program components for an entertaining show. The high school assembly will last approximately 45 minutes. The three evening performances of the Singers however, will last approximately hours. l'i The group has been singing now for about 18 years. Manti gains $1 7,912 under new state sales tax allocation Because of a new method for allocating local sales tax revenue that went into effect last year, Manti gained $17,912 during the 1983-8fiscal year. This was equal to 37.9 of revenue generated in the community for the year. 4 to this analysis According prepared by Utah Foundation, the private tax research organization, a total of $52,559 in local sales tax funds were generated in Manti Actual net during fiscal 1983-84- . allocation of sales tax money to Manti for the year, on the other hand, amounted to $72,471. Under the old local sales tax law which was in effect before July 1, 1933, all of the local sales tax revenue (excluding a small collection fee) was returned to the city or county where it was collected. The new law allowed local units to raise their local sales tax rate by but provided that the local unit must agree to a gradual phasing in of a population element until eventually of the tax collected will be 50 distributed according to population and 50 according to point of sale. The Foundation study shows that 231 local units (counties and cities) in Utah raised their local sales tax rates last year and accepted the new method of allocation. Of these 18, communities, 192 local units (23 counties and 169 cities and towns) realized more money from the new formula allocation than they would have received from the old e method of allocation. A total of 19 local units (5 counties and 34 cities and towns), on the other hand, received less money under the formula allocation than was generated in the community by the sales and use tax. point-of-sal- In effect, approximately $6 million in local sales tax money collected in these latter communities was by the formula in the new law to the former communities. fiscal year, the During the 1983-8local sales tax collections in Utah totaled about $99 million. Foundation analysts expect that the percentage of the tax that is redistributed will increase as a larger population 4 factor is factored distribution formula. into the Initially, the allocation was based on population and 75 on point of sale. The population factor gradually will be increased until 50 of the tax collected will be distributed to local units according to population and 50 according to point of sale. 25 The Foundation observes that this new law was a compromise that was worked out by the "bedroom communities and cities with substantial commercial interest. The "bedroom communities" argued that their residents purchased goods and services in other cities; these and other cities received all of the benefits of the local sales tax under e method of allothe old cation. Communities with lots of commercial activity must provide services for non residents who work, shop, or otherwise enjoy the amenities provided by the commercial city. point-of-sal- Largest beneficiaries of the new allocation formula, according to the Foundation report, were Salt Lake County, Provo, Sandy, Roy, Clearfield, Davis County, Weber County, North Ogden, Springville, and South Jordan. Communities that lost the most from the switch to the new formula included Salt Lake City, Murray, South Salt Lake, Ogden, Millard County, St. George, Midvale, Park City, Roosevelt and Price. While these latter communities lose funds based on the new 78 sales tax rate, they are guaranteed to get as much as they would have received from the former 34 rate e on a basis. point-of-sal- |