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Show UTAH FRESS ASSOCIATION 4 67 EAST3RU SOTTH SALT LAZE CITY, UT Clll Final Margin Is Almost 41 Turnout Heavy Solid West Side Support Carries Election GRANITE PARK. Overwhelming support from the west side of the valley offset a split east side vote and insured passage of Granite Dlstict's $59.6 million bond issue Tuesday. Even without the tally from west alders, the issue would have passed, but the margin would have been narrow. However, with extremely strong Insurance - GSD Pact Renewed Is By contrast, voting districts 143-15- 3; -- - Roosevelt, Hill View, 61-6- But at Moss Woodstock, school, which borders Hill View, the measure passed Voter turnout was sporadic by communities and it was clear to see where PTA leaders and other sup108-10- 94-5- porters had experienced the greatest success. The Lake Ridge and Western Hills totals far exceed- ed any others, but voter turnout was heaviest throughout Hunter where the bulk of the new facilities are expected to be built. In the Granger-Hunte- r area, 2,888 ballots were cast in favor of the bond issue, followed 36 Pages IVe&lUalHey GRANITE PARK. Over mild objections from the Granite Education Assn., the Granite Board of Education awarded a one-yerenewal of Its Insurance contract with James Associates here Tuesday night. firm By casting ballots at Madison totaled 77 votes and the measure failed by one vote. The measure failed to pass in nine of the 46 polling places. In addition to Madison, those were (yes votes listed first) Eastwood, Rosecrest, Oakridge, Oakwood, Driggs, Three Sections Board The James rides. At Lake Ridge elementary in Magna, 1,081 ballots were cast, all but 43 in favor of the issue. Similar results were recorded in Kearns, where at Western Hills school, 1,042 votes were cast, 1,005 In favor of bonding. support shown at Lake Ridge and Western Hills polling places, the issue was never in doubt. The final tally showed 10,838 voters favoring the issue, while only 2,810 cast dissenting votes. The turnout on the west side of the valley was sufficient to offset low turnout on the east side, showing 20 percent of the eligible voters casting ballots, a figure virtually unheard of in school bond voting. It was clear that the west siders with their vested interest were going to make certain their children would not face double sessions or long bus THE voice OF WEST VALLEY CITY (formerly Galbraith and Green) was recommended by a 1 vote of the districts Insurance committee on the basis of Its track record over the past three years when the board broke away from a long relationship with UTAH 3-- Educators Mutual USPS A Insurance self-insure- that of employes indicated survey 71 percent of those responding felt good about the overall insurance plan. However, GEA official Bob Beall told the board that during the past three years the association has handled far more insurance complaints than ever before. Granite insures 3,708 employes and paid out more than $5 million in claims last year and another benefits. $150,000 in life insurance The Volume 29, Number 5 Thursday, Feb. When Water Is Concerned status has saved the self-insur- district a great deal of money, the committee said. In other action Tuesday, the board heard complaints about school facilities from opposite sides of the valley. Patrons of Ilolladay elementary said their school is in dire need of remodeling. The school is more than 50 years old and Connie Mason said that there are some safety aspects, as well as equality issues that need to be explored. About a dozen patrons from South Kearns were on hand to point out departments 262 6682 s f" Rents Magna Home I received at least eight calls and rented the home the very first thing the morning the ad came out. Im very pleased with Green Sheet results! Mrs. Ron Eberling, 7895 W. 2820 South, relating what happened when THREE BR hom, Mogna. No pots. Som utilltlQi pold. she placed an ad for a renter m Utahs most widely circulated weekly newspapers. The Magna lady obviously experienced quick results -and at minimal cost to place your ad. Dial Save $1 by paying before it i uns. Ask us how. v ' - , ' v, 262-668- 2 '.''SVsV.'S--'- - Mix Is Cause Of Clashes Urban-Rur- al WEST VALLEY. A stream water problems flows from the banization of farmland. in West Valley, as its agricultural heritage is steadily eroded by the advance of urban subdivisions. The mixture is currently at that stage where conflicts between the urban and rural character of the city are unavoidable and approaching a peak. More numerous than in the past, they will become less frequent acas urbanization progresses, Directo Works Public City cording tor M. Glenn Weaver. Water is at the center of the conflict, a conflict with no heroes or villains. And no easy solutions. As one city official put it: This is situation where if you a want to do it right, youve got to spend a lot of money. But where you get the money, I dont know. The City Council is attempting to deal with a water problem that multipurpose room are woefully inadequate. Jerry Hintze spoke for the patrons and asked the board to consider the needs. He said the schools multipurpose center is less than half the size of those currently being con- structed. Those issues were taken under advisement. The board also passed a resolution calling upon the State Legislature to avoid dipping into the state retirement system for additional dollars. Educators and state employes have a vested interest in the program, having taken retirement one year in lieu of salary increases. The board also had rumors confirmed that there are not likely to be any new dollars for education, bringing forth a difficult budgeting and negotiating situation for school districts. Petitions Due Tuesday er these conflicts epitomizes the REDWOOD. A Tuesday deadline has been set for the submission of petitions by candidates for seats on the Redwood Community Council. Petitions containing 15 signatures must be turned in that day to Pauline Valdez in the Community Action Program office at the Rede wood Center, a council spokesman said. Council elections will be held Feb. Multi-purpos- 28. ob- -. city. throughout For years, farmers in the area bet- - CofC Program Equivalent To 'Noon Newscast TAYLORSVILLE. When members of the West Valley Area Chamber of Commerce meet here today (Thursday), theyll be treated to a more current accounting of legislative proceedings than if they were to watch a midday newscast. Addressing the Chamber will be Rod Decker of KUTV, Channel 2. Coming to the luncheon meeting directly from Thursday mornings session of the State Legislature, Decker is expected to give a report on the days action, relate the status bills and delve of business-relate- d into other bills of interest that are about to hit the floor of the Senate and the House. The noon session will take place at 4160 So. Redthe wood Road, according to Chamber president Dave Harvey. Decker, in the field of journalism for more than a decade, formerly was a reporter with the Deseret News. A graduate of East high and the University of Utah, he also studied at the University of Chicago and attended Harvard on a Neimann Scholarship. Decker and his wife Christine have two children. The Chamber is continuing with its program to recognize area business leaders with awards and suggests that nominations for the honor be made by contacting board ext. member Dean Trump, Chuck-A-Ram- For Redwood Council Further information may be tained by calling Mrs. Valdez of ur- Thats a frequent occurrence now that their media center and ween what is now Truman elementary and 4100 South near 3200 West have irrigated with water flowing from the South Jordan Canal. The water was carried to fields by ditches heading north and east, then spread through the crops by culverts. In the meantime, however, much of the farmland has become subdivisions. Therein lies the problem. Many subdivisions were built with the rear yard at the edge of the ditch. Often, subdivisions sprang up on both sides of the ditch, leaving a narrow passage which was extremely difficult for ditch owners (holders of water rights) to keep clean. Ditches often became unsightly. When filled with water, they are also a potential source of danger for the many little children living in the new subdivisions. That was the basic situation faced by residents on Bedford Road (4390 So. 2700 West). So, after much discussion with a long-tim- e farmer in the area and attorneys, they and American Express filled in their ditch which carried the irrigation water east from the South Jordan Canal. That solved one problem. But left others. Without the east outlet, all of the irrigation water was forced to flow north, posing a potential flooding problem for property owners (several with small farm plots and its done nothing weeks else, last Winds people talk- TV production, of War, started ing about World War II. Many who dont remember it -and theyre a majority of our population have become more - interested in reading and hearing about it. Those of us w h o d o remember have not only talked to one another, but have been more than willing to explain various happenings to the younger generation. The TV presentation was awfully long -- 18 hours of TV was simply more than a lot of people could stomach. Or is bottom on 3200 West or 4100 South. Moreover, Bedford Road residents found their problems had not been alleviated, just altered. Instead of water flowing down a ditch behind their back yards, at times they had large volumes of water flowing down the street. Tnat caused a problem for the ciis eroding the street ty. The run-of- f base and costing taxpayer money for repairs. A stopgap solution using to contain the water a bubble-uhas proved inadequate. City staff members have been struggling with the problem since last summer, looking at a handful of solutions which, they hope, could minimize the problem without imposing undue hardships on either the long-tim- e property owners who have used the ditch for years or the Bedford Road residents. Xhe city could sue to force Bedford Road residents to uncover the ditch. But Assistant City Attorney Paul Morris said that, realistically, litigation is out of the question. Practical problems make it impossible to run it down the old route, he said. Another solution is for property owners to give the city an easement so that it can be responsible for ditch keeping the northerly-runnin- g clean, increasing the flow in that direction and reducing the amount of water forced back down Bedford There are problems with that p recourse, too, as attested by the fact that several property owners, most notably Rulon Mackay and Lloyd Pryor, are not amenable to it. As Pryor told the council at a Thursday hearing: I dont want to run water over my property. I already have enough trouble without having an overloaded culvert . . . The culvert cant handle the amount of water youre talking about. The problem comes from the people on Bedford closing it, he added. David Smith, another long-tim- e resident, offered an alternative which the council agreed to examine. He said the problem could be mitigated by digging a culvert to carry some of the water from the main ditch in question to an alternate one on the south side of 4100 South. Thats one of a half dozen suggestions, none of which are acceptable to everyone involved. A storm drain along 3200 West, it is agreed, would be the best solution. But to build that would take money the city doesnt have. So more study and discussions are needed, city officials said. As this case illustrates, water problems are not easily resolved. While its unlikely to happen here, Weaver later noted that, it gets back to some real questions about who has water rights. I guess people have been killed discussing that. 90-fo- ot GRANITE PARK. Additional input from patrons whose children will attend a new school to be constructed in the Hunter area is being sought by the Granite Board of Education. The board approved design development plans for the new facility, which will be partly modular, but expressed reservations about four names that had been submitted by patrons of Copper Hills and Whittier schools whose children will attend the new school. The board expressed reluctance to name a school after a subdivision. The number one choice of the patrons was King Valley, on the basis of two large subdivisions northwest of the school location. Other suggestions included West Valley elementary, Beehive tary and West View elementary. Included in the expanded list was Bud Silcox elementary, after a prominent educator of the past, Hillside, King Hill, Discovery, Albert Einstein and Valley View. a. NOT ENOUGH . . . Brent Plant argued that a temporary solution "bubble-ups- " to control runoff on Bedford Road was inadequate. 250-591- 1, heres a point water rights) living along its banks More Input On School Name Is Goal Of Board 2779. If All 17, 1983 3-- Yr ar coverage. A Green Sheet Newspaper Published weekly at E. 4905 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84107. Second class postage paid at Salt Lake City, UT 84119 Subscrip tion rate $12 00 per year. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to West Valley View, Box 7187, Salt Lake City, UT 84107 , one-ye- i 155 Associates (EMIA). Four firms had bid for the right to d administer the districts fund. EMIA was the lowest in upfront costs, but the insurance committee took into consideration a savings of a half million dollars last year in what the district might have been expected to pay in claims, baswith other ed on comparisons districts and trends in cost in- -, creases. The contract was granted because officials feel there are some significant changes on the horizon in the area of health care 656-38- closely by Kearns where 2,754 voted for the measure. The vote was canvassed by the Board of Education Tuesday night following a lengthy process of reporting returns which had election officials waiting in line late into the night to turn in their materials. The trend developed early, but supporters did not really breathe a sigh of relief until the first of the west side returns was posted. The margin was 2 about midway through the counting process, but expanded to almost 1 by the time the ballots were all counted. Basically the bonding, over the next several years, will provide funds to build seven elementary schools, two junior highs and a high school, although at least one board member is on record as not being supportive of constructing additional secondary schools. All spending must be approved by the board. Bonds will be sold as current bonds are retired, thus avoiding an increase in the capital mill levy. Superintendent John Reed Call proclaimed himself delighted with the outcome of the vote. Districts have been reluctant to go to the voters during the past several years because of the economic slowdown, but Call said earlier that the district is out of time and options to deal with the explosive growth on the west side of the district. Bonding money is also to be used from some remodeling projects district-wid- e and for a swimming pool at Hartvigsen school. Silver Beaver Top Scout Award Is Given Five SALT LAKE. Five West Valley City residents w'ere awarded Silver Beaver awards last night (Wednesday) by the Great Sait Lake Council. , The five were among 41 who received the highest awards conferred by local scout councils for outstanding service to youth, the community and the scouting movement. The five include Edward J. Brady, 4068 West Lake Ave.; M. Kay Hamilton, 3167 So. 3780 West; John M. Hutchinson Jr., 6312 W. 3785 South; K. Frank Mills, 3350 W. Bluecrest Dr. Brady and Richard K. Morrill, 4057 Laredo Way. The Silver Beaver award is presented to individuals who have gone the extra mile in scouting service. The 41 who were singled out last night have an average tenure ot 14.5 years of service and were selected from among 16,000 registered scouters. They were recommended from various sources and the records of ail nominees were reviewed. A national Boy Scouts of America committee approved the honorees. Also during the evening, the W'hitney M. Young Jr. Service Award was presented to Robert L. Backman, president of the LDS Aaronic Priesthood-Younganizations. g Men or- If you fail to receive your Green Sheet on Thursday morning, please call the Circulation 262 6682, before Department, 10:30 a m. by Jim Cornwell A crews or fighter pilots whose point of vantage was quite different. Combat on land, in fact, would have to be It was one thing in North Africa and but something far difEurope ferent on the islands of the Pacific. Only a limited few were in a position to see the grand strategy for the conduct of the war. That was top echelon stuff. And in most cases, even those planners saw a divided war either the Atlantic or the Pacific. Then too, there were those who simply served; were never close enough to hear an enemy bullet or know the stark terror of seeing death face to face. It was difficult to make Amer. icans on the home front believe in the war. Those who had loved ones in combat zones, of course, knew it was real. But to many Americans it was little more than the inconvenience of cigarette the right term? It neednt have been that long some portions were stretched much further than necessary to relate the story. Still, in general, it was pretty well done. Most people weve talked to who were in uniform during WWII tend to scoff at a character like Pug Henry. - - Obviously, Herman Wouk needed someone to personally relate significant events. But it taxes credibility to believe any single individual was an eye witness to so much history in the making. - In truth, virtually everyone who was in the military saw only the small part of the war in which he or she was involved. To the sailor who experienced combat at sea it was entirely different than to the GI or Marine who went through fighting on land. Neither could really relate to the bomber i and hosiery shortages, gas and tire rationing, stamps to buy - some foods and the everpresent black market. The reason was obvious -there was no fighting on our shores so our people saw none of the horror of being in danger of wholesale slaughter. t Viewed from nearly four decades later, historians generally agree it neednt have happened. Or at least Adolf Hitler shouldnt havepeen the catalyst that plunged the world into holocaust. At the outset, his forces were numerically inferior to the combined strength of other European nations. But the man Germans labelled the evil genius simply bluffed France and Britain and once his superior weaponry and surprise tactics gained momen-- , turn, it became a long and agonizing struggle. If todays generation asks, did two relatively tiny countries like Germany and Japan stand off the rest of the world? its an understandable query. One answer is to examine those nations today. Theyre industrial powers. From the ashes of defeat - and prolonged Allied bombing did, indeed, reduce great portions of both countries to ashes they rebuilt themselves. Angry as we were at them 40 years ago, one must acknowledge it required great strength of character and optimistic vision for what could be achieved to clear the debris and literally start over. Another answer is the people themselves. Energetic, persistent, dedicated and determined citizens can overcome almost any obstacle. How - Americans have a tendency to assume it was our superior fighting j forces, tremendous production capacity and the bravery of our troops that defeated the Axis. To an extent, theres an element of truth in that statement. But the more WWII is scrutinized by unbiased observers, the more obvious it becomes that luck, too, played a part in the outcome. Axis leaders made some militarily stupid decisions. But so did the Allied leaders. There were strategic crossroads where a different choice would have brought about a different result. Hitlers refusal to commit seasoned supporting troops to the defense of Noris a prime exmandy on ample. There are others. But as the Noble Bard said, Alls well that ends well. And today we can but pray therell never again be such a conflagration. Pray, that is, and keep our military guard up just In case prayer fails. D-D- |