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Show TO THE EDITOR This newspaper it happy to accopt any Lattar to tha Editor which is not libelous, malicious or protana. It is suggested thay not exceed 250 words. All lettars must be signed; however, tha nama of tha author will ba withheld and a nom da plume used if accepted for publication. ... Pro city stance -- Dear sirs, I was pleased to read the Letter to the Editor from Senator Verl to the Green Asay Sheet on 3 March. Its good to see that a community leader of his stature agrees with me: There is no way that we can maintain this status quo. The communities of Taylorsville and Bennion are not the same as they were 10 years ago. Or five years ago. Or even last year. We are growing. And in the path of significant future growth. We cant stop it. But we can control what occurs in our own community. With only 15 percent of the voters in unincorporated Salt Lake County, we cannot control the direction our community may take. But with 100 percent of the vote we will control our own destiny. Another point: Magna is well on its way to incorporation. And other areas are considering annexing to adjoining cities. These will erode the countys tax base further. As the countys tax base is reduced, those left in the county will be forced to reduce services or raise taxes - its as simple as that. So whether we incorporate, or stay part of the unincorporated county, our property taxes will go up. Thats a fact, as surely as death -- and taxes. One other point: Kearns is waiting and watching. If we dont incorporate at this time, theyll likely file their own petition, which will include that area east of 40th West which is within the area included in our petition. Should that occur, well never again have the opportunity to include that commercial area into our tax base. As a member of the Taylorsville-Bennio- n Community Council, Ive studied the issues carefully. Ive tried to keep this letter brief and to the point - there is much more to be said but the bottom line is simple: We must incorporate now. - inform the voters of the pros and cons. Lake Valley City proponents had a funding source and would have made a tremendous Impact on Salt Lake County. In order to Inform people, we are holding public hearings which they are invited to. Those who are interested will come. Any person who wants to look at the figures in the John Short study is welcome. Every member of the council has a copy of the study. 2 - We would welcome any government or individual entity who would help fund a flyer or packet which would show the various options we have; status quo, incorporation or annexation. No one has offered to help us. I suppose if proponents of the future city, or opponents were to come out loud and clear, some entity would immediately step forth with an opposing view. If that does not happen, we will have some statistics and written information for the public, which will be offered to the news media. An informed evaluation of the situation will be possible for the voters. This solid data will be forthcoming. 3 - Personally, I am against the incorporation because: a) the current economic condition is unstable and to go into a new city under these times of unemployment, rising costs and insecurity, to me is a very dangerous thing to do; b) if our economy improves, which it has every indication of doing sometime in the future, we can again initiate a petition for incorporation if that is what the people in the Taylorsville-Bennio- n area want to do. c) By waiting a few years, our tax base will surely improve, along with the economy. Then, we could take another long look at incorporation, and perhaps become a city. 4 - Senator Verl Asay is in favor of the proposed city, and I am sure that he will be able to help answer questions for those in favor of incorporation. However, I would wait until after the session on March 10. 5 Meanwhile, is there any way your paper could help us get this information out to the public? As I said before, we have no funds for heavy advertising. - Community Council My vote's no . . . To the editor, KEARNS. Reflections contest winners have been announced at South After listening for three hours to politicians at the Feb. 24th public hearing, a person could only come away with one view: that incorporation is not needed or most assuredly not wanted. In three hours, not one reason was given to justify even considering incorporation. I brought this to the attention of the group of politicians and not one responded with a reason. Further, no one who spoke the entire evening provided information on benefits that would be gained by incorporation. My estimate would conclude that 95 percent of those in attendance were against incorporation and after listening to the presentations, are most likely to be more . against it than before-I Would like to now' address reasons not to incorporate: 1 Another layer of fat (bureaucracy) to cost $50 to $250 per household with no apparent increase in benefits or services (none was Kearns elementary. presented). Robert L. Taylor Bennion On the contrary . To the editor, I am sorry . . that in your viewpoint, little useful information for the future will be forthcoming on the elec- tion issue of the Taylorsville-Ben-nio- n area. However, let me point out several items for your readers : - The Taylorsville-Bennio1 Council has no money in order to -- n Reflections Winners Named At South Kearns - Trophy winners in kindergarten were Joey Gillies, Bradley Hintze and Telisa Danielle Thompson. Cortnee-J- o Ellis won first place in kindergarten, with Melanie Moleni, second; Danyell Alvord, third. Receiving honorable mention were James Ranson, Kristina Pickering, Frederic Dale and Joshua Streeper. First grade students winning trophies were Andrew Bracken, Ben Tullis and Vance Mortimer. Valerie Clark won first place, Jessica Pax-ma- n second, Patrick Funk third. Receiving honorable mention were first graders Travis DeAngelis, Shawn Thomas, Jamie Huntsman, Monica Hepworth, Sandra Yardley. Ben Moleni and Alan Pullis received trophies for the second grade, with Robert Weston, first place; Jonah Begay, second; Dixie Nunley, third. Christopher Baird and Nathan Streeper received honorable mention. In the third grade, trophies were awarded to Niki Moleni, Josiah Pollard and Shane Jensen, Justin Yard-le- y earned first place, Chris Deer-insecond; Richard Weston, third. Jeremy Hayward and Lori King received honorable mention. Michael Bown received the fourth grade trophy, with Reed Larson, first place; Jeremy Moon, second; Shelly Ellis, third, and Jennifer Tad-lochonorable mention, along with Doug Barron. Fifth graders receiving trophies were Clint Pickering and Rhonda Ford. First place winner was Tommy Larson; with Amber Albertson, second; Eric Haywood, third. Becky Binkerd, Shan Cump and Bea Lee received honorable mention. In the sixth grade, Jeremy Jessup received the trophy. Billy Humphreys was first place winner; Steven Elmer, second; Kelli Lazeder, third and Adam Heineken, honorable mention. P exemplary water and sewer, schools, public safety, fire protection and garbage collection. Our streets are superior to most areas of the greater Salt Lake area. (These services will not become better, only cost more under incorporation) . 3 We do not have to worry about being annexed, as we citizens of must ask Taylorsville-Bennioanother municipality to consider annexing our area. (We need not incorporate out of fear). 4 Our area is being adequately planned by the county to insure that our tax base will stay close to covering the cost of services we receive. The new shopping centers in the 4100 South, 4700 South, and 5400 South areas are providing valuation increases commensurate with our growth, not to mention American Expresss contribution. 5 Although two, perhaps three, people spoke at the meeting about (See Page 9, Col. 3) - n - For CD Priority Economist To Address CofC Meet On 17th TAYLORSVILLE. An economist with the Intermountain areas largest banking organization is scheduled to address members of the West Valley Area Chamber of Commerce here next week. He is Dr. Kelly K. Matthews, vice president and economist with First Security Corporation. will be the His presentation highlight of a monthly membership meeting of the chamber on Thursday, March 17. The noon session will 4150 be held at the So. Redwood Road, according to Dave Harvey, Chamber president. Chuck-A-Ram- a, The students then go into three methods of clay work. They use the pinch method and are making animals including dinosaurs. Using the coil method, they make more animals, including reindeer. Using the slab method, they roll out the clay and make plates, dishes, even polar bears and squirrels. The items are then underglazed and fired. The students enjoy it all, but really like the slab work, the teacher observed. They draw their pattern on paper, trace it onto the clay, making two, then press the pieces together forming almost a triangular shape to mold the animal, she explained. The students have learned that the intense heat of the firing turns the clay to glass. They know the heat is so intense, 1500 degrees, that it is, three times hotter. 'Biait mothers' oven, the teacher added. It seems like magic to them that the dull gray or brown coloring changes to pretty shades as the heat changes the glaze into a glass coating," she remarked. John Funk is directing a choir made up of students from the upper grades. The group began work in December and presented several holiday concerts. It is now practicing for a series of spring concerts, to be given at the school and for residents of Bennion Care Center. The program will include favorite numbers from famous musicals, Mr. Funk said. Lori Richards is teaching drama to third and fourth graders, with about 16 students involved. The plays, group presented three one-a- - The Bremertown Musicians, High Fashions From Mars and Mother Goose Olympics. They are super hard workers, made all their own costumes and scenery and work really hard to the perfect their productions, teacher said. year. The decision was made following a presentation by a citizen group from north of 2700 South, pointing up problems being suffered in that area ranging from flooded yards to water in the living room. Acting as spokesman, Gwendel Kenner told the council that residents had met with Terry h of County Flood Control and had drawn up a plan whereby a detention basin would be built on the Cyprus high practice field and a storm drain would be installed down 8800 West from 3100 South to 2550 South. . Kenner claimed that about of the runoff water in the town ended up on 8800 West, creating a Holz-wort- 5.3-ac- two-thir- flow of DR. RON BROWN Podiatrist Foot Specialist When theres "foot" trouble a CALL US I FREE EXAMINATION With This Coupon Only 4583 ARE EXTRA IF NEEDED Expires 967-333- 8 1370 So. Redwood All Insurances Accepted (See Page 9, Col. 1) - Patrols' To Be Used By Police WEST VALLEY. A pilot project using citizen patrols to help prevent residential burglaries will be initiated soon in this city. The City Council gave its verbal blessing to Chief David Campbells plan to start the program in which residents are assigned to patrol their neighborhoods, looking for any suspicious activities or individuals. The pilot program, which the chief said has been used on the east coast and in Arizona, is designed to stem an increasing number of residential burglaries in the city. Statistics show this kind of thing is a deterrent. Frankly, we dont have enough officers to patrol in these neighborhoods and probably never will, Campbell said. Campbell will now select roughly a 16 square block neighborhood for the initial test of the program. From that try, the chief hopes to determine whether citizen patrols are effective in reducing burglaries, how good citizen response is to it and how valuable it may be on a citywide ", r basis, he said. , Campbell feels the program could be' more e;f f e c t i v e "t tt'a n Neighborhood Watch, which he said is initially successful but gradually wanes as resident interest drops. In the citizen patrol concept, residents are assigned certain patrol times. They will be given magnetic signs to put on the side of their vehicles, identifying them as patrol members, he said. Unarmed, they will be instructed to call a home base using a CB radio. The base then relays the message to police, Campbell noted. Campbell would like to post signs at the entrances of neighborhoods which are part of the program, warning potential burglars that homes there are being watched. Stickers also would be placed on doors of homes, he added. Several council members said the chief should pursue the program aggressively. The unconscious, or reactive mind underlies and enslaves man. Its the source of your nightmares, unreasonable fears, upsets and ..& insecurity. sub-conscio- us ft yards and homes every time there is heavy rainfall. Number two on the priority list will be repair of the roof on the Magna Senior Citizen Center, which includes removal of an obsolete heater and air conditioner which is causing the roof to sag. Given third priority was further inprovement at Pleasant Green park, which will include a picnic pavilion and playground. Fourth was for $100,000 for the proposed youth center to be housed in the old Magna ward building. Fifth was for curb, gutter and sidewalk throughout the area, amounting to $217,000. 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I now have adequate if not NEW LASER THERAPY MACHINE I I 2 -- - We KEARNS. A wide variety of extracurricular classes is being offered for students in the gifted and talented program at Fox Hills elementary. Included are two drama classes, two art classes, a choir, a computer class held at Kennedy junior high and a journalism class, along with advanced reading. Leon Jones, intern assistant principal, is over the gifted program and also teaches one of the art classes. Its a terrific program for these students. They are able to move ahead in areas that interest them and they are really enthusiastic about it, he commented. Twelve fourth through sixth grade students attend the computer class at Kennedy, learning basic computer terminology and use of computers, problem solving and other activities. ' Mr: Jones teaches the intermediate grade art class, whicl he says, is geared as a general introduction to conceptual orientation. We go into color theory, linear perspective, drawing, color mixing, how to subdue tones, complimentary colors, even pen and ink drawing, he said. Sessions last 45 minutes and the students seem to enjoy every minute, he added. Dianne Koetter teaches the other art class and her students are working on clay work and sculpture. There are so many children involved we have to have several sessions for them, she explained. Her students begin by learning the vocabulary needed to work with clay and ceramics, words such as wedging, slamming and kiln. DISEASES & SURGERY OF THE FEET I I Variety Of Programs Call Gifted, Talented n -- . , Fox Hills Elementary Students Lynne Turner, chairman Taylorsville-Bennio- ... Fox Hills elementary library aide Linda Carter EARTHMOVERS (left) assists students Scott Cushing, Angela Larrabee and John Niederhauser in working with wet clay to form art pieces. . 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