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Show UTAH 467 PRESS ASSOCIATION EAST 300 SOUTH SALT LAKE CITY UTAH 84111 SPORTS: GEARING UP The high school football season will get under, way next week. How are area teams stacking up as two--a day drills heat up? See Sports, Pages 3 I Medicine LIFESTYLE but those old home remeover the New principals are on the job at several west valley schools as the time nears for students and teachers to return to the classroom. See Pages 2-- o years, drastically dies are still considered the best way to go by many. . See Page IB 5, 6B v ti ti tEW oo EM Volume 31, Number 31 Thursday, August 22, 4-- 1 & WEST VALLEY. The city council 4-- 1 The city will purchase six new trucks, along with associated snow plow equipment, to maintain city streets through the winter. The council came under criticism from some members of the community recently for getting into areas they believe should be contracted out but Mayor Jerry Maloney said the quality of work the city has been getting from some contract jobs warrants the expense and that he believes that citizens deserve better service than theyve been getting. While it was State Sen. Bill Barton two weeks ago who admonished the council about taking on jobs he believes are better done by the private sector, it was State Rep. Bryson Garbett expressing his concern last week. Garbett told the council he believes that by taking on such work the city will eventually pay higher costs. My concern is that when government gets into business it usually sC M IS x CROWNED . . . Potrece McMullln of South Jordan will rolgn ovor maining Salt Loko County Fair ovonts N Fireworks ft Accident Mars Event - South Jordan Lass Js County Fair Sweetheart MURRAY. A South 'Jordan girl, was selected Tuesday to reign over .remaining events in this years County Fair. Patrece McMullin, who was runner-u- p to the current Miss ?;'Utah in June as Miss South Jordan, 'topped a tough field of 14 con-teants, several of whom had been previous pageant winners. . The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dix .McMullin, will go on to represent Salt Lake County in the Miss Utah 1 State Fair Contest and the winner of will compete for Miss Utah. y that new fair sweetheart sang a The ?j Jj light opera number for the talent S presentation. A Named first runner-u- p was former 4 Miss Sandy Barbie Burrows, who p presented a vocal solo, and the se-- , was Angela 4 cOnd runner-u- p a former Miss Riverton, Sorensen, ' j who presented a ballet number. The st -- Pair Arrested For Theft Of Tools WEST VALLEY. Police officers two male adults in connection with a burglary early Thursday morning. The two were pulled over on a traffic stop by Officer Dave Shopay at about 2:30 a.m. Subsequent investigation revealed that they had allegedly burgalrized a residential garage near 5300 W. 3500 trio will reign ovpr the remainder of this years fair and will help kick off activities next year. Other contestants and their talent numbers included Valene Anderson, piano; JoLynn Butterfield, drama;' Tammy Cedarloft, classical guitar; Lisa Colombe, singer; Michelle Foulger, singer; Tammy McCann, light opera; Lori Smith, dance; Kelly Sumsion; Beck Watkins, dance, KayLynn White, dance. Miss Borrows was named Miss Photogenic by JayLynn Studios, official pageant photographers. Fair attendance has been up, helped by excellent weather. Saturdays parade drew a South. About $800 worth of power tools stolen fromt he site were recovered. .The owner of the tools was contacted and he identified the tools. The two suspects were booked into the County Jail for burglary and felony theft. Green Sheet Publication - means higher cost and that means higher taxes, said Garbett. The council also adopted a new drunk driving ordinance which brings West Valley City laws into agreement with state law. Legal intoxication under state law is .08 alcohol in the blood. City law was more lenient allowing up to .10. In other action, the council authorized additional approvement to West Valley City Park above what was budgeted. Because the park will be a city park, the council reasoned, it would be appropriate to take some $55,000 from park fees from other parks to add grass, a play structure, a fence and to do other work at the new park at about 3500 South 4000 West. The council also approved the payment of $23,492 in dues to the League of Cities and Towns, and authorized agreements for the lease of space to Safety Hazards Mulled the Fifth Circuit Court; for janitorial services for the court, and agreeements with the city housing authority and redevelopment agency. It also accepted deed to four parcels of land given to the city by the state, read a proclamation 1 as declaring Aug. Muscular Dystrophy Week and welcomed new employees. 26-Se- - HJHS Will Open Despite Not Yet Being Finished GRANITE PARK. While some work remains to be finished, the Hunter junior high school is expected to open on schedule the Granite Board of Education was told Tuesday night. Dr. William Leiter, assistant superintendent, reported to the board on Hunter junior high and five other construction projects: Westbrook elementary, 3375 W. 6200 South; Jim Bridger elementary, 5368 W. Cyclamen Way (6300 South) ; Valley Crest elementary, 5240 W. 3100 South; Pleasant Green elementary, 8201 W. 2700 South, and the Hunter satellite relocatable- - cluster adjacent to Hunter elementary, 4351 So. 5400 West. The board was told work on Hunter junior high was proceeding diligently to meet requirements of the fire marshall and Dr. Leiter said he felt confident the facility would be ready for occupancy by the opening day of school. Classrooms and administrative offices, though, will be the only parts of the building completed by the Sept. 3 opening date. Workmen may have the common area finished then, but it has not been determined as a certainty. Dr. Frank Willardsen, principal of newly-construct- the new facility, located at 6131 W. South, said he felt he could adequately open the school and carry on a viable program under the circumstances. The board indicated a realization students there would be moving into a tough situation, but felt confident in Dr. Willardsens ability to handle the transition. The Hunter elementary schools relocatable satellite, however, will be delayed two weeks in opening, Dr. Leiter indicated. In order to handle the students in this period, plans were presented to e divide area, the stage and the media center into separate classroom areas to handle the students on a temporary basis while construction is completed. All four of the other elementary schools, he reported, will be ready to begin on time. 3780 multi-purpos- Sidewalk projects at both Westbrook and Valley Crest elementary schools were also discussed. Dr. Leiter indicated he expected the Valley Crest walkway to be finished by Sept. 3, but the possibility exitst the district may have to run a shuttle bus for Westbrook students for a short period of time until the project is completed. Both busing and the lack of adequate sidewalks were mentioned in connection with Pioneer elementary when Dr. Leiter again reported to the board concerning a transportation issue raised by the PTA. Because of the districts federally-mandate- d cluster program to house handicapped students, the starting time for Pioneer had been adjusted to accommodate a handicapped bus. All regular Pioneer students walk to school, with the exception of the handicapped students which are bussed. The PTA felt the time change made the already-hazardo- conditions there even more dangerous for the regular students. Busing all students to Pioneer was deemed impossible, however, due to a lack of buses. At Pioneer PTA vice --president Arbra Johnsons the district contacted the federal Office of Civil Rights in Denver, and a compromise solution was reached. Superintendent John Reed Call reported that through numerous and extensive phone calls to federal officials in Denver, authorization had been obtained from that office to bus handicapped students to Pioneer on a later schedule than the regular school starting time. As a result, the board voted to move the regular starting time for the school back to the 9 oclock starting schedule. Dr. Call indicated he Continued on page 4 sug-gesto- n, - Kennecott Attacks Tailings Dust Problem MAGNA. Although many people here find it difficult to believe that Kennecott is doing anything about the tailings dust, an aerial check by local officials and the news media Thursday proved that they are. Crews are working 20 hours a day, seven days a week to build a series of ponds on the 800 acres of dry area that has built up in the center of the 5,000-acr- e plot. And heavy duty wide track DC Cats are now building a series of 20 ponds that is believed to be the only solution to the fugitive dust. Approximately 80 percent of the frock equipment obtained from throughout the country ii at working LATEST EFFORT . . . WIdo crowd and a great many entries, including royalty floats from a number of Green Sheet ares communities. The fair was marred by a fireworks accident Monday that seriously injured Justin Coe, a Kearns area youth. Coe was more than 150 feet away from the display area but was hit by an exploded pipe from the fireworks display. He was airlifted to LDS Hospital and has been treated for severe leg injuries. The popular fireworks display was shelved Tuesday night, but expected to be resumed for the remainder of Continued on page 6 medium-size- d . With Money, Equipment by LaRee Pehrson Greta Sheet Staff Writer here arrested ;3j 25c City To Maintain Streets to get into the street here voted maintenance business. K Copy A 1985 Vote Decides Issue Single tailings pond is now covered by water, with the other 20 percent being responsible for the dust. The area along the dike (called the beach) must be kept dry to maintain the integrity of the pond. Other than the beach, there are two areas that are higher than the rest of the pond, because that is where the two main inlet pipes entered the pond during operation. When the concentrators were operating there was 52,000 gallons per minute of slurry, discharged on to the pond with about 30,000 gallons of the mixture being water. As the tailings entered the pond, the physical composition of the mixture caused them to spread more on diking designed to control blowing dust at the Kennecott tailings ponds. evenly. And although Kennecott anticipated the problem of the drying of the tailings when the operations were shut down, officials did not anticipate the problem of the water trenching on the pond rather than spreading over it like the slurry did. According to R. A. Malone, Kennecott environmental specialist, the consistency of the tailings is much like that of quicksand in some areas of the pond, which prevents heavy equipment from being driven there. For this reason it was necessary to acquire the wide track vehicles, which were collected from all over the country, to build the ponds. So far actions taken by Kennecott include increasing the amount of water to the tailings pond from 25,00 to 45,000 gallons per minute, establishing a peripheral pipeline to get better water distribution, experimenting with different chemical stabilizers along the beach area and building a series of small ponds on the large, dry, elevated area in the middle of the pond. To date, the compnay has spent $200,000 for chemical stabilizers, over $1 million in construction costs to construct ponds, and $60,000 per week for water and pumping costs. Officials estimate that expenditures for the project will exceed $3.5 million, and ongoing costs will amount to approximately $300,000 per month. THE CULPRIT . . . Magna has been hit hard by blowing dust from the nearby Kennecott tailings It is generally agreed by those who have studied the problem that even if Kennecott would have been in operation, there would still have been some problems because of the climatic circumstances that produced a series of cold fronts, with associated high winds and no precipitation which has resulted in not only dust episodes but also has caused even greater evaporation of the ponds. We will finish all the ponds, whether winter closes in or not, Malone said, In the winter when the permafrost forms we may cut back on the water, but well begin again in the spring and make every effort to correct the problem. ponds. The firm Is trying an expensive method of controllng the problem. |