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Show ft Board Resisting Another Budget Cut - Granite District Plans Its item, the superintendent had a reading from his board that it would not simply absorb the potential cut without a fight. In a matter related to dollars, the board gave conceptual approval to a legislative package that could require considerable additional money statewide to help improve the quality of education. The package would be directly related to improving the status of teachers in terms of earnings. Among items that are presently a "bare bones concept are the following principles: Improving the beginning step on the salary schedule. ($17,500 is considered the likely beginning point, compared to the present $13,500. ) Certification of teachers with district input only after a two-yeprovisional experience. - Endorsement of a significant increase in salary and earning opportunities for all teachers. - A career ladder that rewards teachers for extra duties. time we GRANITE PARK; dug in our heels and said no." That was the opinion of Granite Board of Education member Miriam Farnsworth Tuesday night when the board was informed the governor is requesting that school districts absorb another cut of funds for a year that is already in progress. Board president Bruce Anderson called the request from Gov. Scott Matheson "ridiculous, adding, Time and time again we have to cut from a narrow range of our budget after money is allocated. Why cant the state come closer in its financial planning? The board's reaction was right along the lines that Superintendent John Reed Call was thinking. It is the third year the districts have been asked to absorb major cuts, he told the board. Granites share for the fiscal year just ended and the year in progress totals about $1 million. Call said that while in the past the districts have simply gone along with the request, the situation is a grave one and the time may have come to fight it. The governor cannot force the cut on school districts; that action must come from the legislature. The WPU (weighted pupil unit) was not raised one cent. Our employees made no improvement. They are asking us to go to the well once too often," Dr. Call told the board. Board member Gary Swensen said that attendance at night convinced him that the district is in desperate straits, especially in the area of textbooks, an area that sustained a major cut 18 months ago. We have to catch up or the quality of education will suffer drastically, he said. While the matter was not an action -- -- - A carefully about 60 days behind schedule, but effort is being made to complete the work on time to allow use at the beginning of the second semester. A bid to construct two elementary schools was awarded to Thorup Construction, which is also doing the Cyprus project. The board was told the delays at Cyprus are not the conceived system for classroom evaluation, jointly prepared by administrative and teaching concerns. - Increments based on acceptable performance in the classroom, not automatically granted for longevity. Advocation of legislative guidelines for negotiated set-- - basis. tlements on a two-yeInput will be sought from teacher leadership groups, the PTA and other education groups before the package is finalized and sent to the State Legislature. It is a costly item, Dr. Call admitted, but if the educational reforms that people are calling for are going to be a reality, it has to start with attracting and keeping good people in the classroom. Board member Joyce Higashi said she would prefer to see master teachers spending their summers working for the district instead of somebodys furniture store. In other matters, the board learned that the Cyprus high project is Two Sections most are firms fault; weather-related- . The board rejected bids to sell eight used school buses for $11,022 and will instead sell the buses on an individual basis, listing them at $3,900 each. Open House Set For New Juvenile Prison GRANGER. The new State juvenile prison facility will be the site of an open house this weekend. Officials will host the open house from noon to 8 p.m. tomorrow (Friday) and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p m. - 28 Pages Ww I OaCEeu back-to-scho- HAS CONCERNS. . . Granite School Board member Gary Swensen says the district should resist state efforts to further erode budgets. Textbook shortages were his major concern. Neels' To 'Dig in its TH voice Of wesr vALiev city UTAH USPS 6S6 380 EttaSSEEIXl Published weekly at 155 E 4905 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84107 Second class postage paid at Salt Lake City, UT 84119 Subscrip tion rate S12 00 per year POSTMAST E R Send address changes to West Valley Vtew, Bov 7187, Salt Lake City, UT 84107 Narrowing 2700 South Volume 29, Number 36 Thursday, Sept. All 22, 1983 departments J 262 6682 City Council To Address Street Pian Amendment Again WEST VALLEY. Although an amendment of the major street plan for the city has been turned down several times, the City Council will again address the matter here tonight (Thursday). During a council study session night. Tuesday Mayor Jerry Maloney asked that a proposal to on 2700 narrow the right-of-wa- y South from 150 to 80 feet be placed tonight's agenda. number conaerns were brought up, but the council mainly discussed plans to place the homes along the street in an attempt to come up with a visually appealing solution. Long range planner John Jan-sopresented the council four options, based on what he called three goals for the citys main streets. The three goals are to limit access to the streets; minimize the maintenance required along the sides of the streets, particularly to prevent city maintenance; and to present a pleasing appearance. of A on n Its almost impossible to achieve a pleasing appearance with very little maintenance, but there are possibilities, according to Janson. Maintenance could be transferred to homeowners, associations or homeowner special improvement districts. Janson recommended making the homeowners responsible for maintenance, since some members dont want to pay into associations and special improvement districts can often be cumbersome.- - Using the three criteria, the planning staff presented what it felt were four acceptable alternatives: - Place all landscaping on private property, with trees planted as the development goes in. This would require almost no maintenance by the city, only trimming tree limbs back occasionally. If the trees are planted close together, it would screen the homes from the street. However, if side yards were facing the street, the required eight feet WVC Property Taxes Maintain Same Level a $50,000 home in West Valley went up an average of $11.80 a year, but increase cannot be attributed to the city, Newman explained The citys mill levy has not increased in the last two years and it remains at 9.95 mills for 1983. Some property owners taxes even went down this year, a result of Proposition 1, according to taxes Property on Newman. The proposition attempted to make taxes more equitable, by increasing the assessed valuation on businesses and decreasing on valuations residences. Residential property went down by approximately 10 percent this year as a result of the proposition. While West Valleys mill levy remained the same, Salt Lake Countys levy increased 1.23 mills, Hogle Zoos increased .15 and Granite School Districts increased .11. These increases are the reason some property owners taxes went up, Newman pointed out. The increases were outside city control; the revenues are going other places, according to Newman. As a result of Proposition 1 and mill levy increases in other areas outside the city, West Valley businesses went up between two and 36 percent in 1983, he noted. here's a point An adage says, Theres no The honor among thieves. same could be said of newspaper columnists. Frequently, when original us, we simply steal from one-anothe- r. Rarely do we give due credit. The reason is simple: The writer from d whom we probably stole it himself. Wed its explained, so they think up situation jokes. Most of them do, r. All of which is a somewhat labored explanation of why were stealing the witticism of someones typewriter this week. He wont mind since he knows he did the very same thing himself just a week or two ago. We can be sure it isnt original, too. It came from files of an insurance company real-lif- e excuses given by auto mishap victims. - Check em off: An invisible car came out of no- humor, In particular, to its source anyway. Wed probably find the origin embarrassing. You may or may not know It, but most stories are said to emanate from penitentiaries. The inmates have little else to where, struck my vehicle and vanished. A pedestrian hit me and went under my car. The pedestrian had no idea which direction to run, so I ran over him. As I approached the Intersec non-parl- -- R-l-- 4 pearance, but increased access onto the street would hinder its smooth operation. - Build off the major street, termed knuckles." The appearance would be. pleasing, with fronlryards and side yards facing the street. This plan would cul-de-sa- -- At 7:30 Tonight showed diagrams of some of development - the council the possible Janson configurations. with These included back yards backing the street, with side yards backing the street, back yards backing the street, and a frontage road with Postponed Matter Is On Agenda TAYLORSVILLE. A postponed vote, a meeting date and means of raising operating funds are among matters to be discussed by members Comof the Taylorsville-Bennio- n munity Council here tonight (Thursday). The homes across the road facing the street. Voicing fears about narrowing 2700 South, Councilman Larry Bunkall told the council he feels the city will get into trouble if it locks the street into an width. Particularly if the proposed West Valiev Highway ends at 2700 South. Bunkall said the city needs the 150, feet for expansion purposes, even if only 80 feet will be used now. Ont suggestion was thai 10 feet could be given to the homeowner on the south side of the street, but y the city could retain the for future needs. The mayor requested that the street amendment be put on the agenda, then if it is passed, the council could work on a solution to the placement of homes along the south side. This would give the developer guidelines for subdivisions in the area south of 2700 South. 80-fo- SPRINGER Sponitf needs o good home. Spayed female. right-of-wa- papers are constantly bringing buyer and seller together. They reach homes where over 57,000 more than 216,000 potential readers reside. Theyre surrounded by news and pictures about you and your neighbors - and theyre well-reato place your ad. Dial You'll get results! mid-valle- y 262-668- 2 Hearing To Be Held On 437-unProposal council will meet at it WEST VALLEY. A zoning amendment hearing for a proposed apartment complex will be among matters before the City Planning Commission when it meets here today (Thursday) at 9 a.m. James Webster is requesting a to zoning change from l and RM to develop a apartment complex on 16 acres at 4000 So. Redwood Road. The preliminary proposal calls for 27 units per acre, considerably more than the usual 20 units in the zone. The proposed Sunburst Apartments would be studio and units, limited to two people in each. Other items to be discussed by the planners include the following requests: 437-un- n it A-- Night Planned For Meeting Candidates C-- 2 high-densit- O Green Sheet classified ads deliver results throughout the Salt Lake valley. Ask Kathy Arnold, 1641 E. 8640 South, what happened when she used one. The ad was great, shell tell you, u'e found a home for the dog right away! The Sandy ladys experience isnt unusual. Classifieds in Utahs most widely circulated- - weekly rows Planning Commission Eisenhower junior high, starting at 7:30 p.m., according to Pat Casaday, second vice chairman. Members of the council will be asked to consider again confirmation of the bylaws of the Salt Lake County Association of Community Councils. That matter, brought up but postponed during the August session, entails a question as to whether the Taylorsville-Benniogroup had ever formally joined the countywide organization. WEST VALLEY. Candidates for Councilman at Large and City Council District 1 will come together next week for a Meet the Candidates night. The event, sponsored by the Jordon River Neighborhood Council, will be held Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in the AFL-CILabor Center, . The public is invited and all citizens from District 1 are being urged to attend. Results !n Sandy! Crowned AT GHS , . . Kerri Cottrell was crowned Homecoming queen at Granger high Friday during a day which climaxed a week of activities. See related story, page 5B. y m - 3535 W. 3500 South, a conditional use application is being sought by Bill Barton for a state liquor store in the Oaken Bucket restaurant on one acre, zoned 3500 So. 5600 West, a conditional use application for a shopping center on 17.5 acres is being requested by GF1 II, Ltd., in an area zoned C-- 3793 W. 3500 South, Gus Paulos is requesting a conditional use apC-- - 2. plication for a satellite site on 2U acres for new truck and used car sales, zoned C--- 3345 So. 6400 West, final approval on a subdivision application is being sought by Teasel Downs No. 2 for 11 lots on 2Vfe acres, zoned 2. R-l-- The commission will also discuss architectural control in the zone ordinance, the deep lot provision and removing the mobile store definition from zoning ordinances. R-l-- 4 by Jim Cornwell itate to trace hes- -- -- While Others Go Up WEST VALLEY. While taxes were on the increase elsewhere, West Valley City property taxes did not go up in 1983, according to City Manager John Newman. alsc hinder street flow and the residents might feel isolated from their neighbors behind them. - Change the density in the area. Drop the zoning to and allow the developer to put in more units per acre. The increased profit to the developer would allow them to put in a berm and landscaping, or a frontage road, things the developer says is economically unfeasible under current zoning. Along with cnese alternatives, from the property line wouldnt allow room for the trees to grow. - Allow more streets to intersect the main road. With fewer side yards and back yards backing against the street, it would break up the monotonous ap- tion, a stop sign appeared in a place where no stop sign has ever appeared before. I was unable to stop in time to avoid an accident. The telephone pole was approaching fast. I was attempting to swerve out of its path when It struck my front end. I pulled away from the side of the road, glanced at my mother-in-laand headed over the embankment. Humorist Donald Carroll, who published all these in a recently-releasebook, explains excuses are what makes us unique among the higher primates. Says he, Its not our ability to make tools, as some people seem to believe. There are other species with the ability to make tools. Its our ability to make excuses that sets us apart. Any monkey can make a tool of some kind. What he fails to warn, however, is what can happen when you make excuses. He shouldve add d ed the old admonition, mouth gathers no feet. A closed We can also be certain the following material wasnt original with the columnist who printed it. He admitted it at the outset. It seems the children of a gal he knows were assigned by their mother to write a report on their activities during the summer. Her son summarized: I have had a very nice summer. The slide fell over on my head and I had to have stitches. It happened when my Mom took my Gramma shopping and the sitter couldnt find the clinic card. My Mom said the usual thing she says when something like this happens: Wouldn't you know? Wouldnt you know? The best part of the summer was going to a big park that had big, high tilty rides that went around and around and around and getting to ride the biggest one a hundred times. Its too bad my Dad got sick and threw up all over my brothers favorite shirt. His kid sister reported: I had a very nice summer. I got a Barbie doll the day my brother cut his brains and the next day our dog died. My friend Julie says dogs dont go to heaven, they just let their bones rot. Do you know if thats true? Imagine how happy Momthat the kids wrote all that for her benefit instead of reading it aloud in a classroom. my was We went to a house by a lake and a swimming pool, where they make you put your face in the water even when you hate to get It up your nose. My Dad told my Mother she shouldnt wear two- - piece bathing suits anymore and she got real mad at him. My favorite thing all summer was when my brother taught me how to burp whenever I wanted to. For a time they were Polish jokes. And in Iowa, Norwegian jokes. In Australia, they were Italian jokes. In the Lone Star state, theyre Texas Aggie jokes. Substitute the one that suits your fancy for the guy who: Looked in the lumber yard for the draft board. Smelled good only on the right side because he couldnt find out where to buy Left Guard. When his wife had twins, lay awake nights trying to figure out who the other father was. Put iodine on his paycheck because he heard he got a pay cut. Took his pregnant wife to the grocery store because they advertised free delivery. . . . and so much for todays thievery. ut |