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Show iescs association 'EAST 3RD south SALT LAKE CITY, UT 6i Alternative Locations For Halfway House - "4111 Sksfe Board To Hear Site Proposals Tomorrow WEST VALLEY. Citizen group leaders, local businessmen and City Council members' will meet with Board of Corrections officials tomorrow (Friday) to discuss alternate sites for a proposed halfway house. The special meeting, arranged after the' Board of Corrections agreed Thursday to consider sites other than the already approved location at 2560 W. 2365 South, will be held at 7 p.m. at the Ramada Inn. While the meeting will be open to the public, it will not be a public hearing, said Steve Love, deputy businessmen to present a list of alternative sites to the board. There will be no speeches or anything like that. The time for speeches is over, Mrs. Roberts said, adding that she feels her group has a good chance to persuade the board to pick another site if it makes a quiet, dignified presentation. Weve got a good shot and weve got to make it, she said. Love said he could not predict how the Board of Corrections would react to the citizen and council suggestions. He also said the possibility exists that not enough board members will be present to represent a quorum. Four of the seven members are needed for a quorum, but as Love noted, that could possibly be a problem. One city councilman pointed out Tuesday that the meeting begins for just 30 minutes before Corrections. The board, he noted, extended an invitation to the citizens and-o- r City Council to make presentations and to participate in the selection process, but not to hear comments from the general public. Many of us were surprised they were willing to do even that, Love said. Delores Roberts, a leader of the West Valley Citizens Assn., a group opposing both the halfway house and a youth corrections facility slated for construction at Decker Lake, said yesterday (Wednesday) she expects three speakers tip-o- ff the Utah-BYbasketball game. If a quorum is present, the board could reject alternate site proposals and proceed with existing plans. Or, it could accept another site, but that probably would require a public hearing and the advertising that precedes it, Love said. It is also uncertain when the board will decide what route to take. There are a lot of unknowns. Well just have to play it ear, he added. Citizen group by leaders and businessmen met the past two days with city planning staffers in an effort to develop a list of alternate sites for the halfway house. Potential sites are being assessed, planning staffer Ron Sawdey stated at Tuesdays session, according to five criteria -distance from residential areas, distance from schools, availability of basic services, proximity of bus Two Sections -- lines and presence of other correctional facilities. None of the 27 sites originally considered by the Board of Corrections met all these criteria, largely because none was more than a mile from residential areas. Only areas on the extreme fringes of the county would meet all the criteria, Sawdey remarked. But, he reiterated, state corrections officials have stressed their commitment to the concept of placing halfway houses in communities with relatively easy access to transportation so inmates can find employment. At Thursdays council meeting, Love said placing the halfway house further west than 7000 West would cause transportation problems. And, long range planner John Janson pointed out later, much of the West Valley City area between 5600 and 7200 West does not have water and sewer services 26 Pages - UUe&lOcMm likely to be deemed necessary by state officials. Although citizen and business leaders will meet again tonight to finalize their list of recommendations, several locations were discussed at length at Tuesdays session. support was Considerable expressed in the possibility of purchasing from (or working out a land trade with) the Utah Transit Authority a parcel at 3600 So. 700 West. Other sites mentioned at the meeting were in the vicinities of 2100 W. 600 South, 2100 So. 7500 West and 2400 So. 6000 West. Citizen group leaders saw the decision of the board to consider sites a alternative even though breakthrough, there is no guarantee that corrections officials will do anything more than just listen to the presentations tomorrow. As one said, They wouldnt even Most listen to us before. attributed the boards change of heart to the adverse publicity generated by public meetings, the most recent of which was held last Wednesday at West Lake junior high, which attracted a large crowd and considerable media attention. On Study Group THE VOICE OF WEST VALLEY CITY Action By County Eyed UTAH USPS 656-38- 0 SALT LAKE. The Lake Valley City Study Committee is expected to get an extension of its life by the Salt Lake County Commission here this week. Sheet Newspaper A i Green . Published weekly at 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 Planners Deny WEST VALLEY. By a 3 vote, the City Planning Commission Thursday rejected a request for a 4-- Sold First Day! Bid For slim majority vote The Staffers had recommended the matter be continued, citing primarily a lack of information on the plants impact on air quality supported board member Gerald Larsons motion to deny the application by Western Asphalt firm, on Paving, a Murray-basegrounds that the proposed use was not desirable. Added Janice Fisher: (the asphalt plant) is. completely incompatible with uses already planned tor this area. Larson and Mrs. Fisher were joined by Edgar Todd and Don Harwood in voting against the request. Budd Rich, Walter Ewell and Carroll Elford voted for the proposal. The matter probably is not dead, however. Western Aspahlt may appeal the decision to the City Council, a course which planning staffer Jared Campbell said appears quite car the very day the ad came out - and to the first caller! Alta Bonner, 991 E. 5750 South, reporting her experience with a -- 1967 CHEV Caprice. $450. Green Sheet classified ad. Obviously, the East Valley lady found the little ads work quickly -and at minimal cost, too! Classified in Utahs most widely circulated weekly newspapers are the market place. to place your ad. Dial Save $1 by paying before it runs. mid-valle- 262-668- 2 Campbell, Nudd standards. Campbell ' Nudd, Hunter, 6346 W. 3670 concern existed about the width of the proposed road to the plant, the locations of restrooms and the extension of water and sewer Lm to service the parcel. Moreover, he said, staffers were apprehensive that an asphalt plant would have a negative impact on West Valley Citys window," meaning that portion of the city visible from 2100 South. He pointed out that Johnson Matthey Investments, Inc. had developed plans for an attractive gold and silver refinery directly north of the proposed asphalt plant (see story inside) and feared approval of the plant could have a unsightly heavy industrial uses being built near Johnson Matthey. Stangl said he had talked with Johnson Matthey officials and that they were not opposed to the asphalt plant. He previously owned the land on which their refinery will be built. Campbell said, however, that a telephone conversation he had with a Johnson Matthey official in Canada indicated the refining company had some apprehensions about the asphalt plant. As of Tuesday, planning staffers had received no written evidence of Johnson Mattheys feelings about the proposal, Campbell said. Although he did not vote against the plant proposal, board member Elford noted during the hearing that what were used to seeing in asphalt plants isnt very nice. Mrs. Fisher also argued that the plant would emit an odor that South, in was instrumental establishing the first Explorer Scout academy in Utah and has served in many district and council positions. West Valley City Police Department, will be receiving the coveted awards. Campbell, 3362 Bluecrest, Granger, has served in numerous roles in the scouting movement over the years, holding the office of vice president over program in the Great Salt Lake Council since 1978. would be carried into neighborhoods here's a point Number All 6 departments winds. Bill Gabbard of Western Asphalt the odor problem rejected and said argument asphalt plants were not as offensive to the eye as they once were. While that may have been the case 20 years ago, its not the case Were not new today, he said. kids on the block. We feel we know what were doing. Gabbard said his company has a plant in West Jordan which has not aroused opposition from adjacent residents or businesses. The big problem facing his company, Gabbard said, was the time delay in receiving air quality approval from the Environmental Protection Agency. Earlier, Western Asphalt spokesman Dave Mineer asked the commission for to the south by 262 6682 4--3 approval, pending verification that air quality standards would be met. Both men said they anticipated little difficulty receiving EPA approval, just that the process took a lot of time, time which could be used to complete other before bureaucratic requirements construction began. At Tuesday Meeting of Education decided here Tuesday night to deal with the ox in the mire rather than looking further down the road. At least that was how board president Miriam Farnsworth described two options considered The board by the board. considered either shoring up a damaged building at Cyprus high built in 1918 or replacing the damaged portion with a multistory structure. The board voted unanimously to go with the replacement option at an estimated cost of $5 million and awarded the contract to Richardson Associates, the architects of Taylorsville high. Brent Hilton, director of new facilities for the district, said the new structure will be built on pilings dropped 35 feet to bypass a mysteriously-fluctuatin- PLANT PLAN . . . Bill Planning Commission. miles. SEE CITY , - Page 5 Col. 4 - Cyprus Project Is Okayed By Board SALT LAKE. The Granite Board Gabbard's request for asphalt plant here was denied by City decision expected yesterday (Wednesday), on the matter, was postponed until later this week when County Commissioner M. Tom Shimizu requested more time to study a request by the committee. Should the commission agree with the request, office hours, public hearings and additional research will continue to be performed by the group. Salt Lake County engineer Frank Johnson said the total area of all municipalities in the county is about 210 acres. The county, he added has a total area of 764 square A g water table. The boards decision, according to Superintendent John Reed Call, will set back a district plan to build two elementary schools. Call, however, recommended the replacement option after noting that the shoring up option would be short-teranswer to the immediate problem, effective for about 10 years. He said it would have cost the district about only a m $400,000. Cyprus students will be housed for the remainder of the school year in the present facility, with the exception of the damaged A portion, according to Call. detailed housing plan will be presented to the board for the following year when tentative architectural plans are presented. Also suggested during the meeting by several Magna residents and board vice president Richard C. Andrus was the construction of a new high school on a different site. Andrus noted that it didnt seem right to build a school to fit 1,500 students when space for 2,000 students will be needed in a few I am suggesting that we years. look at the option (of a new school) right now, he said. Hilton estimated that a new school would cost million. He noted that construction of SEE CYPRUS - Page 5 Col. 1 $19-2- 0 by Jim Cornwell member of their ranks conducted his business. These were newspapermen and their affiliation was designated the Utah State Press Association. Only within the past decade Was that title altered slightly to delete the word state because that somehow bore the connotation of being an outgrowth of state government. If any group is decidedly not an offshoot of government, its newspaper people. So Utah Press Association is undoubtedly more appropriate. The journalists elected an imrpigrant Utahn their first president. Its not surprising, . 28, residual affect on adjacent property, leading to more Scouters Are Cited SALT LAKE. Residents of Granger and Hunter are among 46 persons being singled out here tonight (Thursday) as recipients of the Silver Beaver award by the Great Salt Lake Boy Scout Council. The presentations will be made during a 7:30 program at the State Capitol rotunda. Due to limited seating, complimentary tickets are necessary for admission. They may be obtained at the Boy Scout Service Center, 525 Foothill Dr. Police Chief David C. Campbell and Sgt. Fred G. Nudd, both of the also noted that 10-ac- re - Volume Asphalt Plant By Vote Of plant. d I sold the 18, 1982 likely, based on his conversations with F. C. Stangl, owner of the property being considered for the permit to construct an asphalt manufacturing plant at 4605 W. 2300 South. - come to think of it, that he would be an immigrant to what was then a territory. No one more than 47 years of age at that time was a native since the pioneers had reached the valley only that many years before. That first president was Edwin A. Littlefield, publisher of the Ogden Standard, which eventually would become todays Standard-Examine- r. His monicker was Major. But to this day, no one knows where he acquired that title. When he was symbolically placed in the Newspaper Hall of Fame four years ago, extensive research failed to answer the question. The host publisher from Lehi was Walter Webb. And while he was a driving force in the association, he never did become its elected leader. Through five wars, a major depression and several economic recessions, Utah Press Association has survived, maintaining almost unanimous membership among papers of the territory which in 1896 became the 45th state. From 1912 until 1917, association records reflect, a rift developed. It was rooted in the balance of power between newspapers of Salt Lake City and those out-stat- e. And while members themselves were unable to mend the tear, a who dealt with all of them in the sale of printing supplies them. managed to re-uni- te His name, John E. Jones, as a is somewhat revered today. Because Utah is a state in which more than one generation followed journalism, the membership rolls are dotted with names. So is the list of past presidents. One family, in fact, appears in three generations. Its the link of James E. Wallis, Vernal; his son, William and his grandson, Jack. Paralleling other Utah organizations which have propelled their members into national offices, the press association has sent two of its presidents on to the highest elective office in National Newspaper Association. A third, result father-and-so- n association board of directors includes two newspaper people -assuming thats, an appropriate designation for those of the distaff side. Its a safe bet the group will elect its first female president in the future. We look back on our 26 years In the association with only one concern. Its the realization that 'weve become an elder statesman among the past presidents. Few still in publishing ranks predate us and thats a rather sobering thought. Particularly when we note several sons of d publishers who were contemporaries of ours. But when we look about us at convention-tim- e and survey the bright young people who have elected to pursue careers in print Journalism, we realize its quite probable some newsman of the future will reminisce as we have when Utah Press Association - now-retire- passes its centennial and proceeds Into a new century. -- V tH - A J |