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Show "T" THE GREEN SHEET 8 You 1987 Thursday, December!!), Council Upholds Alpha Decision and Your Child: in School Success by JIM CAMPBELL Utah Education Association President Utah high school students are taking a lot more tougher courses than they did back in 1984. A study of 1987 graduating seniors shows: The number of students who Had two of foreign years 'anguages more than tripled since - 1984. - About 78 percent of last years graduates took two years of math Uip front 65.7 percent in 1984) and 35 percent took three years of math (up from 27.7 percent in 1984). The number of graduates who had tmee years of science courses increased by about Only 27.7 percent of the 1984 graduates took three years of history and social studies, but the total jumped to 34.8 percent of the graduates in 1987. Theres a good reason for the rising student interest in these rigorous classes. The State Board of Education and local districts - one-thir- UTA Rakes set higher graduation requirefor ments Those students. requirements called for students to take more "core" classes. Among the core classes are math, science, language arts, computer technology and social studies (which includes such subjects as government, history, geography, sociology, psychology and economics), computer the arts, literary, healthy lifestyles and vocational educa- tion. For years Utah schools led the nation in the percentage of students who take advanced placement or honors courses. Now theyre doing better. Student enrollment in honors or advanced placement history, and biology English, math, chemistry increased markedly since 1984. The moral to this story is clear: Expect more of young people and they usually produce. County's Budget SALT LAKE. The Salt Lake Commissioners claim County that the 1988 budget will not increase the property tax rate is false, according to the Utah Taxypayers Assn. Salt Lake County property tax rates will go up next year according to the auditors figures which are contained in their 1988 tentative budget document," said Jack executive vice Olson, president of the association. The commissioners claim they balanced the 1988 budget by by reducing employee salaries and arbitrarily adjusting the 1988 assessed valuation, Olson said. "According to the auditors own total proposed figures, the all for tax is funds rate property increasing from .7456 percent to .750 percent of taxable value, he said. "Even though the tax increase is small, county officials should own up to the hike and not resort to erroneous statements." Contrary to what commissioners said, there was also a property tax increase in 1986, Olson said. PH0TfcfPRSS STUDIO OPEN FILM FINISHING 7 DAYS A WEEK ? hjT SPECIAL! COMPLETE PORTRAIT PACKAGE $24" 1- -8x10 3-- 5-3- 5x7 12x5 10 -- Wallet Includes Sitting Fee You Keep The Negatives You Select The Pose Proofs In One Day Finished Prints In 3 Days CHILDREN'S SPECIAL 8x10 $1295 3-- property. Councilwoman Janice Fisher, who led the opposition to continued storage of the tires, admitted that she was "totally surprised" at the unanimous vote. "There was nothing in our Tuesday study session that gave me the feeling that the vote was going to go that way." Fisher suggested that between-meetinstudy by individual council members might have caused the shift in sentiment. The decision an supports analysis of the Alpha Tire appeal g Homebound To Be Served By Project MatM ONE HOUR WEST VALLEY. A month of debate concerning storage of used car tires at 2315 So. 7200 West ended last week when the city council voted unanimously to the uphold City Planning Commission. The Planning Commission in October had revoked a conditional use permit allowing storage of tires there by Alpha Tire Warehouse. Alpha has leased the property from Nupetco Associates. The city council decision directs that the tires be removed. Had the council overturned the Planning Commission, tires could have been stored at the site indefinitely as long as the original conditions of the conditional use permit were met. In a previous session, the council on two separate deadlocked, votes after hearing a request by Nupetco attorney Ralph Petty, wherein Petty urged the council not to deny "the innocent landlord" the opportunity to evict its tenant and to clean up the 2-- 10-W- 5x7 allet SALT LAKE. Inspired by Chris Ritzakis who for 15 years has served thousands of free dinners on Thanksgiving day as a token of of his appreciation, groups volunteers are organizing the Christmas Homebound Project to provide 2,000 Christmas meals and to visit fellow homebound Utahns who might otherwise be foigcUen. Families ca.. v jn this holiday project by meals, or by "sponsoring" a meal for $3, meals will be delivered with a greeting card on Christmas Volunteers are Day. busy the of names gathering homebound people. Persons who know someone who would be alone or who needs a visit and a meal can call the numbers listed below. There are thousands of Utahns who are homebound or alone due to age, illness, lack of money or who have no family. If the community responds as expected, the project will be supported by sponsors and volunteers all over the state who will donate a couple of hours to visit homebound people and bring them Christmas aeu;ng dinner. Turkey dinners will be prepared by Ritzakis at Nectors Restaurant in Salt Lake and shipped wherever there are homebound and volunteers. Any size contribution will be welcome and can be sent directly to Pioneer Bank at 285 W. North Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah 84103 in care of the "Christmas Homebound Pioneer Project". Bank is a project sponsor and can be reached at Any leftover funds will be used to feed the needy during the winter. prepared by Joe Moore, the city community development director, and city attorney Paul Morris. That analysis asserts, in effect, that the landlord, far from being innocent, "has at all times been an active participant in the application." It further states that the landlord did not pursue legal remedies against the tenant "until after the revocation hearing was scheduled." Moore and Morris observe that the fact that the landlord had been unable to compel the tenant from compliance "is not a legal excuse for voted council also The to the Market create unanimously Street Commercial redevelopment area, an issue which has been under consideration for many months. The redevelopment area is bounded by 2700 West and Market Street, and extends from about 3600 South north to 3500 South. It includes small areas Traffic To Be Tied Up concrete. During that time traffic on 3500 South will be restricted to one lane in each direction. However, on the day that work is being switched from one side of the road to the other, 3500 South will be totally closed to through traffic at that intersection for several hours. Traffic on 3600 West, however, will still be able to get through the intersection. Motorists wishing to avoid the area, however, should use 4100 South or 3100 South as a detour. The work is being done as part a of project to improve intersections on 3500 South from 2820 West to 5600 West to more SALT LAKE. The Utah Dept, of Transportation advises motorists traffic considerable to expect interference and lane restrictions on 3500 South at the 3600 West intersection for the next two weeks. On Monday construction began channeling traffic on 3500 South down to one lane in each direction on done so work can be West 3600 the at improvements intersection. An existing concrete culvert which crosses 3500 South on the east side of the intersection must be replaced. That will require excavating half the roadway at a time. Major utility work involving high pressure gas lines and culinary water lines must also be take to Its expected two weeks to approximately complete installation of the new pipe culvert, to relocate the utilities, construct a new cleanout box for the water lines and allow adequate curing time for the DOOR CRASHER SPECIAL Decorator Full Size Reg. Duo Escapes Injury In House Fire wheelchair-boun- d residents 59-$7- Only 799 "sALE CALIFORNIA STYLE SECTIONALS of Tr $999 FLAT BRASS & GLASS SALE 159 $249 SALE K WAS WAS $229 399 ftoNTEMPOARAY k ELEGANCE LOVE SEAT' SOFA PILLOW BACK SOFA SALE WAS 89 899 49 Sale J TRADITIONAL AV UHI BEDS y ITALIAN DINETTE ETAGERES Valley escaped their burning house without injury Sunday afternoon. Fire Marshal John Blundell reported that the Ben Salazars, 2506 So. Winton were evacuated from their blazing home by their son Sam, and by passerby Les West . ! WAS BRASS & GLASS Two $29 00 Lamp 9 STARTING AT Braith waite. The fire resulted from an overloaded electrical circuit in the front garage. Fanned by winds, the blaze quickly spread to another garage, then to the house. Two cars were burned. Blundell said damages were estimated at $20,000. The fire marshal noted that the protective effect of the circuit breakers in the home had been overridden by a penny being inserted behind a glass fuse. When the overload occurred, electrical wiring began burning from the inside out to start the g ftirnrfEiffifrfa' idi Y VALLEY. the traffic demands. Widening, safety improvements and installation of new signal systems is being done at the major intersections at 3200, 3600 4000, 4800 and 5600 West! Geneva Rock Pro ucts is the contractor on the $1.3 million project. done. immediately north of 3500 South both east and west of 2700 West. With the new city hall to be built south of the redevelopment area, and with Valley Fair Mall to the east, city planners believe the area will one day be viewed as West Valleys city center. WEST handle adequately .3 f WAS yi'M 5 399 Come See Our New Shipment of Oil Paintings INVENTORY SALE ENDS DEC. 16, 1987 7 7. to )orol La prtcai on auauiy tumJIxirw m y'JfPflKCflNE.f.WHVTWE tS L 4 Corn Downtown Wj4 South 300 Wait Wwi 711 l-- i Ml MOT M Sal TEDUS West Valloy 4160 S. Redwood Road 355-800- 0 908-780- fire. 0 WAKE Bakery Thrift shop Holliday Headqiuvdm fsM, 531-040- CALL FOR APPOINTMENT Riverview Plaza 268-466- 625 West 5300 South 0 13 FRIIENDLV ISLAND LANDSCAPING 561-165- GENERAL WONDER HOSTESS 8 CLEAN-U- CltmlMM Coolim Colter 0Bkuwi & Sewe 'Roo 0SftJiug Mix Eid&i Today Ta Win A FREE P, TREE TOY TRUCK ora Trucks to be given away Dec. 12th and Dec. lth TRIMMING AND HAULING AROUND YOUR YARD BASKET WEEDING, EDGING, RAKING, HAULING, PRUNING, MOWING FREE of BAKED GOODS To Be Given Away Dec. 23rd and 30th TREE SERViCE i STUMP REMOVAL, TRIMMING, PRUNING, TOPPING, HAULING 20 6 nbu YEARS EXPERIENCE mCLAi COME IN FOR DETAILS THRIFT SHOP LOCATIONS 734 East 400 South, Salt Lake City 5923 South 350 West, Murray 708 W. North Temple, Salt Lake City 1810 W. 3500 So., West Valley City 9767 South 700 East, Sandy 1180 West Center, Provo |