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Show PRESS ASSOCIATION UTAH EAST 467 I SOUTH SALT LAKE CITY UTAH 84111 TOP TEAMS: TOGETHER: Competition for the title has attracted contestants from Green Sheet area cage teams are among the in early league play, Murray sharing Region Six leadership with pace-sette- 300 rs of Mrs. Utah inAin out the state, including the sisters Rich, Tanna and Jewel, graduates of Green Sheet area high schools. South, while Cyprus, Cottonwood, Olympus and Skyline lead in Region Three. See Green Sheet Sports lllVlUS: ur An effort toward doing something about spiraling taxes is pursued via the referendum route. Jack Olson of the UTA spoke in the Green Sheet area last week on tax limitation. See Page 4 through- See Page 3B West Volley View Edition Volume 32, Number For Service 39 Relocatables Ordered - Magna Honors Woman by Ralph H. Goff Green Sheet Staff Writer Laura J. McDermaid was singled out Friday to receive the 13th annual Magna Council Community Service Award, which is given for long meritorious service to the people of this community. In making the presentation, LaRee Pehrson, council president, said Mrs. McDermaid has been a member of the group for the past 11 years, served for three years as treasurer, five years on the Community Development steering committee allocating money for projects to improve Magna; worked on the Salt Lake County rehab committee the past eight years in charge of appropriating money for low interest loans to low income people in Magna and other parts of the county; and shared the responsibility of going to early morning meetings of the County Planning Commission to speak out for Magna. In addition, she was closely affiliated with the Magna incorporation attempt, is chairman of the Redevelopment Agency advisory committee as an advocate of Magna Main Street revitalization; was instrumental in reversing the State Liquor Commissions decision to relocate the Magna liquor store from the old part of town; coordinated project safety designs for the council with the Utah Department of Transportation for safety improvement and widening of the Continued on page 4 GRANITE PARK. Shifting student populations that create housing problems on both the east and west sides of the district taxed the minds of the Granite Board of Education Tuesday, with both relocatable classrooms and school consolidations eyed as temporary solutions. Growing student populations on the districts west side have increased housing pressures there, while declining enrollments on the east side of the district have left many classrooms empty. To deal with west side pressures, the board received bids from a dozen : contractors for 39 additional relocatable classrooms, awarding the contract to Prowswood Ltd. The project called for 35 single classrooms and two double units. The 12 bids ranged from a high of $1,047,975 to Prowswoods $639,500 -a figure which was far less than the WEST VALLEY. Unprecedented interest in filling a vacancy on the City Council here has increased to 13 the number of citizens seeking appointment to the seat vacated by Mayor Mike Embley. Consideration of filling that vacan. cy, an post which Embley stepped down from when he was swrvn in as mayor on Jan. 6, is scheduled for consideration during a meeting of the council here tonight (Thursday). The 6 p.m. session will be held in council chambers at City Hall, 2470 So. Redwood Road. During the past week, three more persons added their names to the growing list for consideration by the council - Carroll Elford, Constance Tovey and Jerry Powers. Elford is a member of the City Planning Commission, while the other two both have run for elective office here previously. Mrs. Tovey challenged incumbent Brent Anderseat on the counson for an cil last fall, having previously been in a large field eliminated during the ; primary for a District 1 spat on the council when the city was changing from commission to council-managform of government. Powers, in that same election, emerged from the primaries as the front-runnin the District 2 council race, only to be defeated by Jay Jackson in the general election. Of the 13 being considered for the post, eight of them have been involved in campaigns for city elective during the past four years. Two of them, Claude Jones and Larry Bunkall, have served on the council. Others being considered for appointment to the vacant post are Frank Domichel, Willard Reed Palmer, Jack Nielson, Judy Larson, William Earl, Nancy Earl and Randall Armstrong. . at-lar- at-lar- er of-fi- Har-brec- by LaRee Pehrson Green Sheet Staff Writer MAGNA. More than 400 people turned out for a public hearing on the future of library services here last week, with indications showing that opposition to further expansion CITED . . . Laura Jo at Arbor Park was about 2.3 to 1. mold is of Magna's At the onset of the meeting, LaRee annual community sarvica Pehrson, Magna Community Counaward. cil president, outlined the councils recommendation for financing construction of a new free standing building. It was followed by a more graphic illustration of Magnas position at the countys table, presented by Stan Jarvis, a local teacher; and Linda Linder, Lake Ridge elementary PTA president. We recommend that approximately six percent of the total library budget of $500,000 be set While the council is not bound by aside each year for the next three law to fill the vacancy during years to be used for the construction of Magna's free standing library, tonights meeting, should it delay Mrs. Pehrson said. Financing for the decision, a special session of the that construction should be done in be would governing body necessary the same manner as the West Jorin order to comply with state statutes. The post, must be filled dan Library was, she added. The graphic analogy emphasized within 30 days after it is vacated, acthat Magna is eating at the cording to City Recorder Kathy samealthough table with the rest of the counKaumans. That period ends on Feb. arent being allowed to 5, the day before the next regular ty, they the same menu. Blind order from meeting of the council (after folded an industrially-congested- , by tonights meeting). In other matters, the council will hazardous location that is made Heralso hold four public hearings and even more hazardous by the is further cules Magna expansion, consider several ordinances. handicapped by accessibility Continued on page 4 challenges and . forced to eat crackers and cheese with chopsticks while the others at the table have a full meal, the large audience was McDar-racipia- Year's Tasks Assigned In Area Chamber TAYLORSVILLE. Appointment of board members to handle key functions of the West Valley Area Chamber of Commerce during the coming year were announced during the organizations monthly meeting here last week. Assignments, made by Brent Goodfellow, Chamber president, include: Bill Acord, economic development; Dean Trump, promotions; George Floor, West Valley Days; Russ Sanderson, business awards; Don Johnson, Christmas parade; Anna Holmes, social activities; Clyde Marshall, community im- provement, including beautification program; yard Damon Coombs, workshops and seminars. Handling publications and membership will be Goodfellow and his two vice presidents, Richard Flack and Jean Taylor. Of Kearns Town Council KEARNS. A group of residents here Tuesday night complained to the Kearns Town Council about a house in their neighborhood. Council members, in response, said they are very interested in promoting community improvement and drafted a warning notice and letter to those whose property becomes an eyesore or hazard. Council member Arlo James said the next step would be recommendation by the council for action by county and state agencies. In another matter, Calvin Gregory, representing SOCIO, was invited by council member Marilyn million estimated by district officials. We didnt construct any new relocatables last year, but we moved about 30 to different sites where they were needed, noted Ross Wentworth, director of school facilities. West area director Darrell Johnson said three of the 39 rooms would be placed at secondary schools, with the remainder spread out among 18 elementaries - two of which opened only this fall. A special education relocatable will be located at Granite Park $1 -- junior high, one additional classroom at Bennion junior high and a relocatable placed at Taylorsville high to make room for a computer addition inside the main building. Of the remainder, from one to three additional classrooms will be added to Academy Park, Jim Bridger, Copper Hills, Farnsworth, Fox Hills, Fremont, David Gourley, Hillsdale, Hillside, Hunter, Monroe, Pleasant Green, Plymouth, in addition to what we already have out there. In the past some schools have been running on double session, but the opening of four new elementaries this year took some of the pressure off the district. These new relocatables will do the same thing - take some of the pressure off and eliminate, at least temporarily, the need for double sessions. The new classrooms have a capacity of about 30 students. Theyre very much like a standard Wentworth explained. classroom, Theyre about 900 square feet, which is very standard for a primary grade classroom. While more room is needed on the west, the opposite problem faces district officials on the east. Declining enrollments in three east side junior high schools - Wasatch, Churchill and Olympus junior highs -have promted the board to consider Continued on page 4 Red- wood, Rolling Meadows, Truman, West Kearns and Whittier elemen- taries, Dr. Johnson noted. While Pleasant Green and Jim Bridger are new schools this year, both are slated to receive additional classrooms during 1986-8- are just tentative, Johnson noted. "Its placements, Those -- the best estimate we have at this time, but things could change when we get closer to the opening of school. Wentworth noted that while no new buildings were constructed as relocatables last year, a new satellite school was constructed at Hunter elementary, which eventually may place nine classrooms into the districts relocatable pool. That project was built as a total concept, not as ah addition to the relocatable pool, he explained. This year we couldnt meet needs by just relocating available rooms, he said. Relocatables were needed Rules Of Conduct countys presentation by Guy Schuurman, library director, offered statistics compiled from a three day straw poll taken at the Magna Library that indicated that 83 percent of the 243 people questioned were in favor of the expansion. While only 17 percent wanted to put the additional $30,000 a year in lease payments into escrow and hold out for a free standing building. We want to be fair and square, Schuurman said. Were not going to try to shove anything down your throat. If you dont want the addition, we wont do it. Schuurman also said that he didnt remember making any promises 13 years ago that Magna would have a new library in eight years, I only said goals, he added. In addition, he said that the county has budget problems that it didnt have when the other libraries were built and he didnt know where the money was going to come from. My estimate is that its going to - Madsen to discuss the possibility of USDA commodities, cheese and butter, becoming eligible to Kearns residents. SOCIO is a federal agency. It was explained that to begin the program in the Kearns area, council members will be required to compile a list of shut-inpersons homebound for medical reasons, to present to the agency. Any citizen who is aware of such persons is being asked to contact or Harley Brundage, Janice Snider, Council members extended congratulations to member David Howick on being elected vice presi- s, 968-142- 969-198- Proposal Before Council Tonight take a few years to put a package years ago, Larry Fackrell of Hunter said, And at that time you together for Magna using matching could have built us a new library for grants and land donation. Schuurman went on to say that he $200,000. Now you are taking your encouraged people to speak out life in your hands when you go where about how they feel. it is right now, and you cant in all Some people have said we dont good conscience leave it there. dare say what we think, he said, Ive been around to some of the But I am not afraid of anybody at other libraries and have seen what anytime. You must speak up about they have, Gus Colovos of Lake what you really want. Ridge said, yet we are being told And speak up they did, with comthat there is not enough money. How ments that ran the gamut from can we be foolish enough to believe criticism of the library policies to that when they can spend money for what was termed Schuurmans sculpture, framed art and educaimperious attitude. tional toys to loan. I came to the library meeting 13 Continued on page 4 TAYLORSVILLE. A proposal that create guidelines for community representatives to follow is on the agenda of the Taylorsville-Bennio- n Community Council which meets here tonight (Thursday). The monthly session of the council will be conducted at Eisenhower junior high, getting under way at 7 p.m., with Bob Taylor presiding. The council here, along with others throughout the county, is considering establishing rules of ethical conduct for members to follow, according to Coralee Mansfield, second vice president of the council. would X.v ? 'r W . tj'-j- K- -, told. The 'Junk Yard' House Is Target yard - Library Demands Are Voiced Scramble For Vacant Council Seat Draws 13 junk Green Sheet Publication Board Tackles FluuctuialtioinL MAGNA. . A 23, 1986 Thursday, January 1 dent of the United Assn, of Community Councils, an organization designed to coordinate activities of unincorporated communities in Salt Lake County. Howick, along with Town Council chairman Candy Probert, is the Kearns representative to UACC. The Town Council appointed Don Birch to replace former member Troy Huffaker. Mr. Birch and his wife Carolyn have been residents of Kearns 33 years. He currently serves as secretary of the Lions club here. The next council session will be held at 7 p.m. on Feb. 4 at the Kearns Library. 1 :r. fit' , ' MEMORIES . . . Brick dust rises FOR MANY from pile of rubble that once was a classroom Wall Constructed In 1905 1 4 on east side of old Plymouth school at corner of Redwood Road and 4800 South in Taylorsville. - Plymouth School Yields To Times, Dismantling Process by Olga Milius Green Sheet Staff Writer TAYLORSVILLE. One of the s best known landmarks will soon be only a memory. Granite School District workers are rapidly demolishing the old Plymouth elementary, located at the northeast corner of 4800 South and Redwood Road. Constructed in 1905, at a cost of about $21,944, the big red brick building has served faithfully in a number of capacities. The school opened on the first Monday of 1906, when students and teachers held a short program in their old rock school building, then marched to the new facility. Serving as principal at that time was LOuis O. Clark, who also taught the sixth, seventh and eighth grades. Emma J. Webster taught third, fourth and fifth grades, while Georgians Webster taught the west-side- kindergarten and first grade. A major addition in 1919, known as the North building, housed a gymnasium, classrooms, library and shop facilities. It was used as a junior high until Valley junior high opened in 1950, when it became part of the elementary school. Other alterations and additions occurred in 1924, 1926, 1931, 1945, 1952; a kitchen was added in 1958, and the last addition in 1970. Principals, in order of office, have included Mr. Clark, W. R. Wilson, W. F. Bailey, 1920-2G. W. F. Bailey, A. Weggland, 1921-31939-42- ; Claud C. Lemmon, 1942-4Mark A. James S. Smith, 1949-5Ray B. Rigley, Jackman, 1950-51953-61- ; Calvin L. Wardrop, 1961-6H. Wendall A. Leon Tobler, 1966-7Sullivan, 1973-7Especially remembered is Elwood Jepson, who taught at the school during the Depression and until his death in 1959, leaving his entire 1907-192- estate of about $75,000 to the school, to be used for a special music program. The schools outstanding piano program is the result of that legacy. Ground for the new Plymouth school, located at 5249 So. Canal Street, was broken in April 1974. The new school opened Sept. 2, 1975. The old building then served as a community school, offering a wide variety of classes to members of the community jfor several years, then was used as the districts alternative school, for students who had difficulty in fitting into a regular high school environment. There are a lot of memories in the old brick building and former students, as well as residents of the area and others who frequent Redwood Road, will miss seeing the big red square with the beveled windows, home, in its time, to hundreds of students of all ages. |