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Show Opposition To UTAH 67 EAST 3RD SOUTH SAL T LAKE CITY, UT Pian Is Heavy film West Valley Delays Action On City's Annexation Policy WEST VALLEY. The machinery for West Valleys potential growth will be in the shop for at least 10 more days, and once its out, it wont be able to go anywhere. Action on whether to adopt the position to consider any annexation petitions submitted to the city. West Valleys policy declaration includes Taylorsville-Bennio- n (from which the most vocal opposition was generated), Kearns and Magna. An area between 4100 and 4700 South to 2700 West was accorded from top priority status for annexation to the city. Within that area, construction has begun on a major office complex for American Express, which joined with community council representatives, Salt Lake County and the Taylorsville-Bennio- n Improvement District in opposing the annexation policy. American Express attorney Alan Enke said the company preferred to be located in the unincorporated county. That could be difficult, he agreed, considering the pending incorporation elections and West Valleys interest in the development. The potentially strong tax base offered by the American Express complex was a prime topic in the arguments Tuesday. The Taylorsville-Bennio- n Improvement District is best suited to provide water and sewer services to the complex and opposes any annexations of its territory, said district manager Floyd Nielsen. Bill Bannon of the Taylorsville-Bennio- n Community Council contended that West Valley, acting in the legitimate best interests of its citizens, would not annex residential areas, but would take commercial locations such as American Express. Clair Hardman of the County Planning Department said that department opposes West Valleys policy on three grounds, among them being the inclination of cities to use the machinery for growth - the citys annexation policy declaration - was postponed until March 12 after con- -- AGAINST . . . Attorney Alan Enke said American Express to be corporated county. preferred in unin- siderable opposition was voiced here Tuesday against the inclusion of several unincorporated area communities in the policy. But, even if the proposed declaration is adopted intact at that meeting, West Valley will not be able to finalize any annexations because of two pending incorporation elections involving territory in the citys statement. Both city officials and opponents of the policy stressed that point at Tuesdays hearing, but from different perspectives. Theres no compelling reason to in include us (Taylorsville-Benniothe policy declaration) based on our said Lynne incorporation effort, Turner, chairman of the council representing those two communities. Similar sentiments were echoed by Zelma Brundage on behalf of the Kearns Town Council. On the other hand, West Valley Mayor Henry (Hank) Price said area residents had no . unincorporated reason to be alarmed by the adoption of a policy declaration since annexations have been halted by the Lake Valley City and Taylorsville-Bennio- n incorporation petitions. But if the incorporation efforts fail, he added, West Valley must be in a declaration as a vehicle for annexation of commercial areas. The declaration might also force the citys bordering communities into a situation not in their best interests, he added, further noting that West Valley has considerable undeveloped ground within the city limits. But, city officials countered, the e impact of the American Express complex will be felt most severely in West Valley. As such, part of the tax revenue generated by the complex should go to the city, said Commissioner Renee Mackay. City officials warned opponents that the unincorporated county was changing and that rapid growth in the valley will make it impossible to maintain the status quo. City Planning Director Joe Moore, contending West Valley had no hidden annexation intentions, said it is becoming increasingly difficult for the county to provide urban services economically. He said the citys economic future looks bright and noted that, as a municipality with more than 50,000 people, West Valley has considerable clout with the Legislature and is in a stronger position than smaller cities to receive federal dollars. Mayor Price reiterated his support for attempts to incorporate Taylorsville-Bennion- , but in regard to Lake Valley City, he said, Well fight tooth and toenail against a weird creature like that. The declaration will be considered again at the City Commission meeting at 5 p.m. March 12. 1,500-employ- Two Sections - UNCONVINCED . . . arguments of Taylorsville-Bennionexation policy. West Valley Mayor Henry Price listens to council leaders against city's ann Change In Overdue Notice Policy Made By Library System 28 Pages W&lDalmi COTTONWOOD THE VOICE OF WEST VALIEV CITY UTAH USPS 656-38- reen Sheet Newspaper Published weekly at 55 E 4905 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84107. Second class postage paid at Salt Lake City, UT 84119. Subscription rate. S13.50 per year. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to West Valley View, Box 7187, Salt Lake City, UT 84107. Thursday, Mar. 5, Conflicting Proposals Volume 27, Number 1981 HTS A in- policy volving notiiication of patrons about overdue materials checked out from county libraries is effective this month, library officials announced this week. From now on, library personnel will mail a bill to a patrons home 30 days after the due date of a book or other item checked out. The policy is aimed at saving postage and staff time, library officials explained Patrons are being encouraged to return items as soon as possible because of a heavy demand for their use. Those whose records to not coincide with the library's records are being asked to call the library immediately to resolve the matter. 9 - State Senate Committee To Air Tax Plans Friday n, SALT LAKE. Two conflicting programs for use of sales tax revenue will be pitted against one another in a State Senate committee meeting here tomorrow (Friday). The Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee will consider two sales tax proposals, both of which would have significant impact on the taxing head-to-hea- .JiUen? .. d Can you sell a used van with a Green Sheet classified ad? Of course! Ask Mrs. W. J. (Louise) Westergaard, 1873 Leisure Lane, Make sales tax revenue the, primary funding source for school districts in place of the property tax. Local governments, in turn, would compensate for the loss of sales tax revenue, with an increased property tax mill levy. Both proposals were approved during the week by the House of . Representatives and were sent to the . which have also created a wide split between cities. The proposals, which would alter the current formula which returns sales tax to the entity from which it was generated, would: - Phase in a system in which, eventually, 30 percent of sales tax would be distributed to local governments according to their population, with the remaining 70 percent returned to the site of origin; and First Caller Buys! - 0 itj- either, of the packages should plemented. Both have considerable support; both have considerable opposition. Rep. Lorin Pace of Salt Lake City, 18, prime sponsor of the package which would shift sales tax revenue to the .schools, contends his proposal would equalize the responsibility for funding the states schools, as well as lower the taxes of most Utahns. 74 FORD van, custom Interior, chrome mag wheels. how. Youll get results! Council In Hunter To Meet Tonight At 6:30 HUNTER. Members of the Hunter Council will meet here tonight (Thursday) at the home of Judy Larson, 3710 So. Bannock St. (4980 West). - The session is scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. Any area resident with a - concern is to air the matter at tonights session, Mrs. Larson said. The council spokesman said preparations for election of officers for the organization will also be discussed at the meeting. welcome SPEAKER . . . Rep. Norm Bangerter, Speaker of the House, addresses session of the Legislature, which is heading into final week of current session. here's a point With Utahs basketball squad headed for another NCAA tournament, conversation frequently drifts these days to previous tourney teams. Invariably Utahs only NCAA couldnt have happened. Like most yarns with many strange twists and turns, this one must be related from the start. champ- ionship. And if some- one listening whos never heard hes the story, an immed- iate skeptic. If a Hollywood script writer had conceived such a scenario, it wouldve wound up in a wastebasket as too improbable. On second thought, Disney mightve made it field as a sequel to that goal in the football game climaxing 110-yar- d percent local opreceived by three-quart- tion sales tax currently local governments. School districts would be allowed to impose a 1.5 percent sales tax (thus raising the overall sales tax to five and percent from its current five percent level). Local three-quarte- - sales tax revenue with property taxes. The package easily passed in the House, the three bills which make up the total program breezing by with 1 margins. Pace-sponsore- d 4-- The program had more difficulty. The House approved the bill (originally submitted with a n distribupopulation to vote Friday. tion formula) by a Municipalities in the Green Sheet area - Murray, West Valley, South Salt Lake - have joined with Salt 0 Lake City in lobbying against the all would which say dig proposal, 70-3- 0 50-5- point-of-origi- 41-2- 9 70-3- Opinions differ on the impact df fhe Pace package on local government budgets. By basing school district revenues on the sales tax, the legislature will help eliminate the furor over the state reappraisal program, which placed unequal burdens on residents of different counties to support the states schools, supporters contend. Critics of the change pointed out, however, that sales tax income is not as stable as property tax revenue Moreover, school districts would require a far greater voice in the land use planning policies of local governments to ensure that thejr t,ax base is 'sound, they add. Some observers also have contended that such a drastic change in the tax structure should not be approved this late in the legislative session without more detailed study On Breakfast Issue Foes Speak Out At Session pressed Tuesday night by patrons. It was also overwhelmingly opposed in a random survey which drew uncommonly strong response. The board will digest the information it has received pro and con during the past two meetings and make a decision on March 17. At Tuesdays session the board also heard a presentation from the Granite Education Assn, urging Granite to take a leadership role in providing a salary increase in keeping with cost of living pressures faced by teachers. Led by State Sen. Bill Barton of West Valley City, opponents to the breakfast program had an opportunity to express their views. About 50 were on hand, loudly applauding each of five presentations. Marlene Norcross, a Magna resident, stressed that feeding children is a responsibility of the home, noting that breakfast is one meal that school-ag- e children can prepare themselves. She suggested that if finances are a problem, social agen cies bear the burden, not the schools. Several of the speakers noted that waste in the school lunch program is a factor in their opposition. Former board member Dawn Curtis, a member of a state task force studying what is wrong with the education system, noted that one problem the committee has pinpointed is that schools try to do too much; their purpose is to educate. Dr. Patricia Gurr presented results of the districts survey on the breakfast issue. The survey was sent to school patrons only, with every third name on the districts computer list receiv- of the ing a copy. Nearly 12,540 surveys were completed and returned, considered a very high return for a mail-i- n form. Of those responding, 2,216 were opposed to breakfast and 760 were in favor; 66 had no opinion The majority, 928, added a comment that it is the responsibility of the home. The district also surveyed its certificated staff. Of 2,390 responding, 2,036 were in opposition. GEA has taken no official position. In its presentation concerning one-fourt- h teacher contracts, GK,A spotlighted low pay as compared to other profes- sions as the most significant concern of teachers nationwide Associate director Hob Beall said that Granite is not the leader it should be in most areas of teacher compensation. He noted that while a beginning teacher in the district earns just over $11,000 a year, an accountant will make $24,000. Beall also said teachers are in the low'er 40 percent income bracket in Utah. He stressed their importance to a quality system of education and warned the board that more and more will leave the profession if limited to a six percent salary hike. The board approved a 1981-8school calendar that will see classes begin on Aug. 27 and end on May 27, with Christmas vaction starting at the close of school on Dec. 23. The time set aside for expression of patron concerns was not wasted. Sidewalks in the Whittier area, need for a new junior high in Hunter and the fact that Copper Hills school will likely not be completed in time for the start of school were among issues presented. 2 by Jim Cornwell one of the Flubber movies. If it hadnt been 1944, during WWII, it never wouldve happened. If two Arkansas players hadnt been injured in an auto mishap, it it touches upon the unlikely saga of theres the GRANITE PARK. Stout opposition 262-668- d ll to Granite School District becoming involved in serving breakfast was ex- what happened when she used an ad in Utahs most widely circulated weekly newspapers for that purpose. We had four calls and sold the van to the first person who answered the ad, shell tell you. 2 to place your ad. Save Dial $1 by paying before it runs. Ask us community-relate- The package calls for repeal of the uniform school mill levy and various military programs. By the time they were headed for tourney play, Utah had met only three college teams. But theyd played a succession of military squads and industrial teams, most of which consisted of talent. Their prewith all the tourney record was losses to squads. Utah declined an invitation to the NCAA tourney, preferring the NTT, which then offered a trip to New York City and more expense money. But the blitz kids, as theyd become known, ran into a Kentucky squad which boasted a 17-- 1 in the first record and lost round. However, Dame Fate was at work. The NCAA had struggled to fill out its w'estern field because two top teams were almost entirely military players and couldnt get off campus long enough to participate. And then came the Arkansas auto 17-- non-colle- Only three of the nine Utah traveling squad members were Their coach, upperclassmen. Vadal Peterson, had been at Utah 16 years. Only one player, Fred Sheffield, had previous collegiate experience. He was a center, but his size was assisted by his prowess as a The Army had taken over the Utah fieldhouse, so the cage squad played at Deseret Gym. Few mountain country colleges were playing basketball at all that year and most that were drew manpower from ot high-jumpe- r. 46-3- 8 mishap, which left Missouri without d a opponent. first-roun- The NCAA committee ' went after the Utes. After all, itd be on the way home for them to stop in Kansas City. Herb Wilkinsons shot at the buzzer. Arnie Ferrin, the tourneys most valuable player, scored 22. Before the game, officials had agreed to pit the NIT and NCAA champions in a Red Cross benefit. St. Johns had beaten Bowling Green Kentucky, and conqueror of the Utes, then DePaul to repeat as NTT champ. Dartmouth, a collection of military stars, announced before the NCAA finals that they couldnt play in the benefit game, so win or lose the Utes were to be the foe of Coach Joe Lapchicks Redmen. St. Johns had an 18-- 4 season record and, like Utah, had four freshmen playing key roles. Obviously, it wouldve been embarrassing had Dartmouth beaten the team which would then play the NIT champs, so Utahs win over the Big Green was a welcome one. Utah-Dartmou- 44-4- Rolled out of bed at 3 a.m. to make a decision, the young Utah team (average age less than 19) elected to do it. At one time they led Missouri by and they coasted in with a 5 e victory. Iowa State defeated 9 in the other game and the Utes then ushered the Cyclones to the sidelines Meanwhile, in the eastern playoffs, Dartmouth had thumped 8 and Ohio Catholic University State 3 to reach the finals with a 19-record. So Utah again entrained for New York. There, before a crowd of 15,000 at Madison Square Garden, they shocked Dartmouths 0 in overtime on 36-1- 6 45-3- Pep-perdin- 44-3- 40-3- 63-3- 60-5- 1 gym-dandi- 42-4- 48-4- 5 47-3- 9 So 10 days after theyd won the NCAA, the L ies look the Garden floor again before 18,125 fans for the Champion of Champions" game. St. Johns got away to an early 13-- 8 margin, but the Utes caine back to lead and it was at the half. The game stayed close 'til midway through the second half, when Utah scored nine unanswered points for a bulge. The Redmen then rallied to slice the deficit to But Utah went on a seven-poin- t spree to nail down a victory. Ferrin hit 17, Wilkinson 1 1 and coaches praised the rebounding of Bobby Lewis. So, on March 30, 1944, concluded as we WTote earlier, the unlikely route to the throne room taken by Utahs only NCAA champion. The squad, in addition to the aforementioned Sheffield, Wilkinson. Ferrin and Lewis, listed Dick Smuin, Fred Lewis, Wat Misaka, Don Nance and Ray Kingston. 15-1- 4 19-1- 35-2- 6 36-3- 45-3- 6 |