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Show v rVV r PRESS ASSCCI4TI3N UTAH: Community Opposes Loss Of Ice Rink - laket city, jT UT 3 Board Mulls Cyprus Options Feb. GRANITE PARK. Members of the Granite Board of Education are mulling over three proposals offered by the districts administration on how to deal with serious structural damage at Cyprus high. The proposal that is favored by the administration would result in permanent conversion of the schools ice rink to a classroom industrial arts and science buildings, the auditorium and the ice rink and replacing the failing y structure with a building. Projected cost is $4.3 million. Option One, with a projected, but very uncertain, cost of $377,000 involves repairs to the existing structure, shoring up the north wall and excavation and installation of pilings to stabilize the soil. A spokesman for the district said that proposal would only solve the one-stor- wing. NO MORE in By City Planners Two Sections - WEST VALLEY. Plans to expand Valley West hospital and construct a apartment complex in Hunter were given a boost here Thursday by the City Plann- Car-ro- ing Commission. The commission endorsed zoning changes which will permit both projects to proceed. The recommended zoning changes are now subject to City Council approval. The City Council is expected to hear those rezoning requests on 20-2- 4. While planners okayed Valley West proposal without the dis- sent, disagreement surfaced over Midwest Realtys rezoning request for the apartment complex on 5.2 acres at 2900 So. 6400 West. vote, the commission enBy a dorsed the change from existing zoning (single family homes on a 7,000 square foot lots) to broad zone which allows a variety of uses, planning staffer Jared Campbell pointed out. 4-- 2 R-1- -7 R-- members stressed, zonhowever, that approval of ing at this site did not open the doors to other property owners seeking zoning for multiple unit R-- dwellings. Myself, I wont even consider any more (requests for t R-- zon- - Pay Scale To Be Considered .. WEST VALLEY. A proposed pay for leaders ' of the new government here r will be discussed tonight (Thursday ) by the City Council . According to the proposals subd mitted by two committees, the city manager would receive a salary of $36,500 council-appointe- 12 Town Council. Lets go for it seemed to be the attitude of many in attendance as Arlo James Town Council chairman, announced the intent to oppose the Lake Valley City proposal and to push ahead toward the incorporation of Kearns. Efforts are being made to obtain 1.000 signatures on a petition that will seek an election date next fall to consider incorporation. It was stressed by Harold Newman, former council chairman, that the main thing right now is to get the petition completed so that the people can decide the issue in November. Several residents expressed agreement, saying several neighboring cities, including West Jordan and West Valley, are also looking at Kearns. Other residents ask-- ( See Page 7, Col. 1) GRANGER. The remodeling project, scheduled to take place at the Granger Library in the fall, has been Library officials said the facility will close Feb. 12 and be closed through Feb. 19. Patrons may use the Kearns and Magna libraries during the period of the construction project. here's a point Luncheon conversation the ' other day focussed on the remarkable scientific achievements we see almost every day. Theyre the result of mans ever greater understanding of just about everything that surrounds him. And if these develop-ment- s con-tinu- pace theyve maintained for the past four or more s, the world of our will be all the more remarkable -even to those already accustomed to vast changes in their daily living. Wouldnt it be interesting to Vs. USPS 656-38- Published weekly al 155 E. 4905 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84107 Second class postage paid at Salt Lake City, UT 84119. Subscription rate $10 00 per year. POSTMASTER. Send address changes to West Valley View, Box 7187, Salt Lake City, UT 84107 Thursday, February 4, 1982 Volume 28, All Number4 262 6682 departments car. ad to sell a What happened? I sold it the very first day, shell tell you. The man paid cash and drove it away. Fantastic! Green Sheet results arent mysterious. The ads are surrounded by news and pictures about you and your neighbors - theyre to place your ad. Dial Save $1 by paying before it runs. well-rea- -- 262-668- 2 Plans Still Proceeding Corrections Centers Fight Is Continuing WEST VALLEY. Preparations for a second public demonstration opposing two state corrections facilities here are proceeding against a backdrop of growing sentiment that the efforts are futile. Leaders of a citizens group protesting state plans to build a youth corrections facility and a halfway house in this city have organized a second public meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday at West Lake junior high. Gov. Scott Matheson, considered by many the only person who could kill one or both of the projects, has been invited to attend, along with local legislators, West Valley City councilmen and area LDS church leaders. Chances appear almost nil that Matheson will intervene on the citizens' behalf and order either the youth or adult corrections boards to look for additional sites. The governor told me he said one of those wouldnt, legislators slated to attend Wednesdays meeting - House Speaker Norman Bangerter, citizens to air their views. Between 75 and 100 persons attended the session in which the council approved a strongly-worderesolution opposing both corrections centers, contending the state had proceeded without properly consulting city leaders, area businesses and residents. Iacona proposed a committee of state, city, business and citizen leaders be formed to work out an agreement suitable to all parties. (These facilities) should be located with the concerns of residents, just not the board of corrections and juveniles in mind, he said, stressing that his group was opposed to both facilities and would not accept one facility if the state offered to remove one. Mrs. Roberts contended, Its time, not to protect the criminal, but to protect the victim. While the crowd was largely opposed to the facilities, one city resi d dent appealed to protestors to give future halfway house residents a chance. It appalls me to hear people say they want those people locked up for good, argued Dick Wyatt, who said he spent time in prison and in the halfway house system before straightening out his life. Every man coming out of prison has the right to have the opportunity to work his way back into the community and be productive. We owe it to them to give them a chance, he said. I still do not want murderers, rapists and child molesters close to our schools, Mrs. Roberts countered. Willard Harbrecht of the Granger-Hunte- r Community Council claimed that placement of corrections facilities in communities" had failed in eastern states, a point disputed by Gallegos. The Social Services director said that, nationwide, large single corrections facilities were being broken down into smaller regional units close to existing communities. By placing the facilities in communities, corrections officials can better apply educational and work programs aimed at rehabilitating criminals, Gallegos said. Putting prisons out in the middle of nowhere doesnt make sense. Its more costly for construction and hook-up- s and it doesnt make the programs effective, he said. Gallegos said the youth and adult boards had complied with hearing requirements and were carrying out a State Legislature-mandatepolicy to reform the prison system. He said he was puzzled by West Valleys reluctance to accept any corrections facilities when, as the states second or third largest city, it contributed a sizable percentage of criminals to the system. d Officials Say corrections officials are completing site plans and architectural designs in preparation for the advertisement of bids to construct the facilities, according to Andy Gallegos, executive director of the Department of Social Services, which oversees corrections programs. Opposition forces were dealt a blow Monday when the County Commission signed an agreement to sell nearly 25 acres of property at Decker Lake park to the state for its maximum security youth corrections facility. Cost of the parcel was $593,000. In December, adult corrections officials purchased 2.1 acres at 2560 W. 2365 South for construction of a halfway house. Cost of that land was $147,150, state officials said. Still, the citizen group led by Dolores Roberts and C. J. Iacona is proceeding with plans for the meeting designed to attract media attention and build public sentiment against the drive. In a paid advertisement (on page 10B), the group is seeking names for a petition against both facilities and requesting financial and physical help to carry on the fight. The City Council meeting Thursday provided a forum for the Compromise On Zoo Is Fine, But . . . SALT LAKE. A legislative compromise providing temporary funding for Hogle Zoo is acceptable but not without flaws, according to local government officials close to the issue. While County Commissioner Mike Stewart, valley mayors and local legislators agreed the compromise was necessary to save the zoo from financial insolvency, all found fault with various aspects of the solution. The solution reached by the State Legislature after considerable lobbying efforts was to allow the county to establish a special funding district for one year. A levy of up to .6 of a mill will be levied to cover operation and maintenance costs at the zoo this year. In the meantime, an interim legislative committee will study the funding problem, focusing much of its attention on whether the state should assume responsibility for financing the facility in the future, Stewart noted. 40-be- d Wyatt spoka In favor of halfway houta, criminals a chance to work their way back Inresidents to asking give to society. NEED A CHANCE . . . Dick (See Page 4, Col. 4) by Jim Cornwell come back in a couple hundred years and see w'hat the world is like? someone ventured. another responded, Yeah, unless this silly world has succeeded in blowing itself up by then. , No one argued that possibility. In fact, it was agreed the odds were frightening that such a thing could happen. And there was further agreement that we all hoped it didnt happen in our time. e at the 67 CHEV Impala Best offer. 30. KEARNS. A phrase with a familiar ring to it for West Valley City residents was heard here Tuesday night as residents discussed city status for Kearns with the Closure All the folks who use Green Sheet classifieds arent residents of the newspapers circulation area. Take Shauna Bird, for example. to downtown Salt She lives close-iLake City. But she used a classified And Kearns Session Library Remodeling To Force Feb. 2 It' is Heard At said. Sold On First Day! ll Let's Go For room in City Hall, 2470 So. Redwood Road. Among benefits City Manager John Newman would receive is use of a city automobile, including gasoline, oil and repair costs. Mayor Jerry Maloney also would receive a car allowance of $150 per month, plus gasoline; the other six. councilmen would not receive a vehicle allowance, Mrs. Leftwich 26 Pages UTAH noted. annually, plus benefits. The mayor would be paid $12,000 a year and councilmen $6,000, Karen Leftwich, administrative assistant to the council, said yesterday (Wednesday). The council will consider the proposals at 6 tonight in the upstairs conference - THE VOICE OF WEST VALLEY CITY five-stor- y scale -- about 2,750 elementary students from throughout the district each year as part of the physical education program. Ralph Brimley spoke on behalf of the Magna Community Council, which was responsible for originally having the facility constructed, asking the board not to take the recreational facility out of a community that needs it so badly. Sharon Bowen also spoke in support of retaining the rink. Darlyne Aguilar asked the board not to consider Option One, saying that the existing facility, which was constructed in 1918 and has been added to several times, the (See Page 11, Col. 7) n R-- r council-manage- y IVentOaSCeu ing), maybe for another year, said Don Harwood, who voted for the zoning change, along with Edgar Todd, Budd Rich and Elford. Voting against the rezoning were Walter Ewell and Janice Fisher. -- Rich also put developers on notice that if the City Council rezones the property, the planning board expects to see a site plan with a density of no more than units per acre, a figure cited by Midwest officials at an earlier hearing. Planning staffers recommended the zoning change, although Campbell pointed out a multiple unit development would place more of a strain on sewer and water lines than would a subdivision of single family homes. On the other hand, the complex would generate less vehicular traffic on 6400 West and would be landscaped immediately, he added. Campbell later said staffers will watch this project closely to ensure that a quality development is built, one that could be used as an example for further construction in todays deflated economy. In arguing against the change, Ewell said West Valley was saturated with zoning and that efforts should be made to attract wealthier people willing to build on 8.000 to 12,000 square foot lots. The Valley West hospital rezoning, if ultimately approved, will pave the way for construction of a hospital to replace the existing facility. Both projects are still in the conceptual stage and would need a conditional use permit before construction could begin, staffers 116-un- it Board two-stor- R-- Hospital, Apartment Rezonings Okayed March problem for about 10 years and would not solve other problems at the school resulting from the age of the building. Option Two calls for replacing the damaged portion with a classroom block at a cost of about $4.8 million. It would disrupt classes at Cyprus significantly during 1982 and there is come concern about soil conditions. That proposal would also create disruption of programs. Several residents of Magna spoke out against loss of the ice rink. Janice Fisher, who operates the facility, said the rink is used by . . . apartment complex, but said no more ed That proposal, along with two others, were outlined in detail to the board and will be the subject of public meetings held in Magna prior to the board being asked to make a decision on the matter on Planner Don Harwood supported zoning change for zoning would be considerHunter for some time. 16. Known as Option Three, the proposal would result in the enclosure of open space between the existing I dont think itd be any more remarkable for one of us to come back in 200 years than it would be for a man from 1781 to see us now, another participant observed. Which set off a round of comment about changes in two things that would be to a man of simply h the era when pants and hats were in cen-.turi- es - mind-bogglin- g knee-lengt- four-corner- vogue. One of the most astounding would undoubtedly be transportation. On land in 1781, man travelled in p coach or on horseback. He measured a journey of a hundred miles in terms of two or three days. And he anticipated it would be a bone-jarrinunpleasant trip. At sea, he travelled at a pace dictated by wind and wave and voyages of several months g, duration werent unusual. Our ability to soar across the Atlantic in less than four hours would be unbelievable to the 1781 man. And travelling to the moon in far less time than he required to cross the Atlantic would be almost as dumbfounding as the feat itself. A man of two centuries ago would find todays communIn ication equally his day, a message travelled no faster than did a man, unless a carrier pigeon was extremely proficient in its flight. g. The drums of African natives, smoke signals of Indians and mirrors flashing from hilltop to hilltop bridges short distances more quickly, but could convey only brief thoughts. Itd be difficult to convince the 1781 man that he could hold an instrument in his hand, push a dozen or so keys and in mere seconds be talking with someone away. Or that by looking at a strange box, he could see an incident taking place on another continent. A practical, albeit not pleasant, example of communication is a death message. For yesteryears man, a letter edged in black might reach a loved one weeks or even months after the burial. Today, a survivor may not only know about it, but might be at the scene of the death hours later. half-a-wor- ld one-eye- d Yorktown In contrast, reports of fighting anywhere from Afghanistan to Guatemala are printed in todays newspaper columns within hours. So it goes for the amazing strides of 200 years: The candle of 1781s man to our flashlight; his cooking pot to our microwave; his whale-oi- l lamp to our electric lights; his quill pen to our ballpoint; his horsedrawn carriage to our automobile; his always-rutteroads to our expressways; his primitive medication to the treatment available today; his fatality rate from what we consider almost elementary surgical ailments - an appendectomy, for example. often-mudd- y, d His 1781 British had surrendered at tually confined to crude kitchens compared with the ease with which modern woman opens a can or thaws a frozen package to create a culinary delight. The single-shomusket with which 1781s man hunted wild game - comrepeat-actiopared to the rapid-firshotguns common to our day. The marvel of entertainment: That of 1781, when performances were before an audience limited in size so that all could be near enough to hear -compared with the movies, TV, recordings and personal appearances before vast audiences today, thanks to sound produced by our amplification systems. Truly, man of 1781 would be astonished if he could see, two centuries later, the world he left. Still, barring some conflagration that erases homo sapiens from the earth, man of 1981 would undoubtedly be equally goggle-eyeif he could return in 2181. -- - laboriously-produce- d available to only the wealthy - our seemingly-endles- s supply in libraries or paperback shelves; his foods, prepared after hours of effort by women vir books, -- could testify that many colonists didnt know the Man of after the til weeks battle. t, slowly-reloade- d e n d J |