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Show 467HPRJ?? Sal t i -- groups honoring the 112th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. "I hope they recognized that we were celebrating ti MA1, A vs vmjr a uul hihu iiloh itiv fir two vi cuunui v. L..i said the Green Sheet's Ethel Bradford, who served as Grand Marshall for the parade. In addition to Mondays Independence Day festivities, an invitation has also been extended to the inspection team by the Murray Symphony Orchestra to attend a concert in the Murray Park amphitheater Saturday celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Russian-borAmerican composer Irving Berlin. West Valley City officials, in the meantime, are also looking forward to furthering the cause of international relations with the Soviets. City officials are "actively pursuing a sister-citrelationship with the Russian city of Votkinsk," noted City Manager John Newman. "We very interested in finding out more about the city, about their culture and their way of life," he added. Votinsk is one of the cities in the USSR where an American inspection team is being stationed in a similar capacity to their Soviet counterparts under the provisions of the INF Treaty, noted public information assistant Janet Trueblood. The size of the city, the similarity of the job being conducted by the team and the type of monitoring being done there are almost identical to that being done here by the Soviet team, she Continued on page 3 BLLK 'J F . T lOWF0fl by Ralph H.Goff Green Sheet St ft Writer ASSOC. SO 84 iU Sa't tut-- rate outage 'J ' City, U 1030 ml Mo ViflUi spifcality- - 1 SALT LAKE. "It is interesting to visit this country any time," noted Valentin Prokorenko as he was queing up for the Air Force bus Saturday following the public fanfare. "We have been overnight already in San Francisco before we come on to Salt Lake," said Vladimir Orenkovsky while holding a bunch of red, white and blue balloons he had been handed by one of the children in the crowd. '1 feel we will get used to the time change quickly," he added. Orenkovsky, Prokorenko (who noted that his surname is Ukranian, not Russian) and a score of fellow Soviet inspectors landed here Saturday aboard an Air Force troop carrier, about a minute ahead of their scheduled 3 p.m. arrival. On hand to greet them at the Air National Guard terminal were dozens of print? journalists and electronic news people including a crew from WestGermany and an "official welcoming committee" composed primarily of school children from Pleasant Green elementary school in Magna. In addition to those Americans greeting the team Saturday, 10 of the 23 inspectors viewed Murrays traditional 4th of July "Fun Day" parade - - on Monday. While many of the parades in the Soviet Union are military, the Soviet visitors viewed horses, clowns, floats, bands, royalty and marching n y v CULTURAL EXCHANGE ... f'--- - T V lOOIMlUili UpJIHU 'U H greeted the Soviet team on their arrival In Utah. TheSoviets are in the United States to conduct Inspections at the Hercules plant under terms of the Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty which outlaws all medium-rang- e nuclear weapons. a ti ti oo 4 4 A smiling Soviet Inspector Vladimir Orenkovsky receives a bunch of red, white and blue balloons Saturday com the "official welcoming committee" of children from Magnas Pleasant Green elementary which 'I Single Copy 25 ' A . Constable Says Residents Are Shortchanged Board Vote Will Close E. Mill Creek 3-- 2 by Ralph H. Goff Green Sheet Staff Writer GRANITE PARK. In an agonizing split vote Tuesday, the Granite Board of Education chose what one board member called "the lesser of two evils" in order to bring the district into compliance with occupancy requirements. - "Its a difficult issue - which weve looked at long, find hard," board member Lynn Davidson told fellow board members prior to the vote. "I have empathy for each concern, but as the parent of a child who was hit by a car, I can only sympathize with the East Mill Creek areas feelings that children not cross 33rd South," he added. As a result of Tuesday nights Mill Creek East action, elementary will close its doors this fall, with students from that school being bused to Upland Terrace. To accommodate the influx of new pupils, about 150 Upland Terrace students who are currently being bused to that facility from an area between 5th and 7th West along 3900 South will be assigned to Canyon Rim. The board was forced to close the school to bring the district with the into compliance 3-- 2 state-mandate- d requirements of Senate Bill 128 -"70 the percent occupancy" law passed by the 1987 state legislature. While have administrators state the with wrestled concerning the interpretation of that law for several months, three of the districts east side schools -East Mill Creek, Canyon Rim and Roosevelt were still considered to be out of compliance eVen after a change in the state formula in April eliminated other compliance by Lance Gurwell Green Sheet Staff Writer - problems. Under the law, if the district is not fully in compliance by October 1989, penalties could be invoked which could cost the district up to $2 million a year. In May a committee of patrons from the 10 schools originally impacted by the law recommended the board close East Mill Creek and bus students to Canyon Rim, minor with a boundary to recommended adjustment bring Roosevelt into compliance. Patrons of East Mill Creek, however, objected to children crossing 3300 South to go to and from the new school, suggesting instead that students be bused to Upland Terrace and transferring students currently bused to the latter facility to Canyon Rim. Continued on page 3 WESTWARD HO.. . West Valley's float, unveiled in the WestFest Parade last week, made its way to several more on July 4th, including this rade in Murray where it was seen by thousands, 5-- pa- Wives Complaints Lead To Gambling Arrests WEST VALLEY. Wives complaining their husbands are losing paychecks to bars running illegal gambling operations have led to the arrest of two West Valley men on gambling charges. Salt Lake Countys special gambling investigation unit said it spent nine months investigating allegedly illegal gambling operations at Plaza Billiards, 1730 W. 3500 South, and last Hometown Days Parade Is scheduled to take place at 10 a.m. Saturday. The parade will run from Kearns high, down 5400 South to 4000 West, and on to Kearns junior high. x V KEARNS. A barbecue, carnival activities and a parade will be featured in the annual Kearns Hometown Days celebration this weekend. The big bash will start with a community barbecue sponsored by the Kearns Lions Club, to be tomorrow held (Friday) at Southridge Park. Serving will begin at 5 p.m. and continue "until we run out of people," said spokesman Helen James. All proceeds will go to the Lions Eye Bank to help provide eye care and glasses to the needy. At press time sponsors had not arrived at a price for the meal. will The Kearns Jaycees for activities carnival sponsor children during the barbecue. Parade entries will line up at Kearns high at 9 a.m. Saturday with the parade beginning at 10 and proceeding down Cougar Lane and along 5415 South to at 4000 West, disbanding Southridge Park. Ted Wilson will serve as grand marshal for the parade which will be led by the Kennedy junior high the band under marching direction of Jac Carsey. Units will include floats, royalty from Kearns and from neighboring cars, antique communities, and more, clowns horses, including the Shriner Bubble Machine, said Mrs. James. Local church and community groups will man concession stands along the parade route. The Kearns 2nd ward will host a carnival, with rides, games and food from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. W. 5415 South. week raided the bar where they arrested Miles K. Weaver, 34, part owner, and Russell G. Wilkinson, 37, an employee. Officers also raided Valley Lounge, 3600 W. 5400 South, in Kearns although no arrests were made there. Hometown Days Events Slated In Kearns ANTICIPATION ... Kearns residents of all ages look forward to the annual Hometown Days festivities. Tomorrow (Friday) features a carnival at p.m., while the annual Southridge Park from Green Sieet Publication at 4360 Weaver and Wilkinson were to have been charged with gambling, a class B misdemeanor. If convicted they could face a $1,000 fine andor one year in jail. Police confiscated three electronic poker games from Plaza Billiards and a similar machine from Valley Lounge, the sheriffs department said. Payoffs can run from $40 to $50, the sheriffs department said. WEST VALLEY. A West Valley City man says residents here are getting shortchanged because they elected him constable, yet the city council is considering awarding its constable contract to a Sandy man. , Rick Barry told the council last week he wa3 fairly elected as in 1986 and that he believes hes being stiffed because the city wants to award its constable contract to someone else. "How would you feel if you were elected to the council, then someone said the person sitting here before you has a good track record, so well keep him," Barry asked the council. The council delayed awarding of the contract to Jay Weaver, Sandy, who would subcontract it out to Sue Stowers, Holladay. Stowers told the council she had lived in West Valley for eight years, but was forced to move to Holladay to meet residency of that areas requirements constable contract. She is the estranged wife of Scott Stowers, Barry defeated in 1986. Constables serve minor warrants for courts, and in many cases employ police officers part time to deliver warrants. City attorney Paul Morris said he wants to continue the contract with Weaver and Stowers because of their "track record," and has advised the city that it need not give the contract to the person elected to the post. Barry said he had letters of support from all the courts in West Valley City. "I think to award the contract against the will of the court contrary to the wishes of the court, is a Continued on page 3 - Winners Named In July 4th Events In Magna MAGNA. Food, fun, floats and fireworks were the order of the day here Monday as Magna residents celebrated the nations birthday. A chuckwagon breakfast kicked off the days events, followed by a parade at noon through the historic part of town, and a prize drawing and fireworks at dark wound up the festivities. There were 120 entries in the parade, with the winners in the grand prize category being Magna East LDS stake, first place, $30; the United Steelworkers float carrying the queen and her attendants, second, $20; Magna Chamber Float, third place, $10. In the junior prize division, first place, $20, went to Riverton second, $15, to the Music, Sunshine Dance Group; third place, $10, Linda Erickson School of Dance. In the novelty division, first place, $30, was awarded to a clown in a wheelchair; second, $20, to an entry entitled Will Entertain; third place, $10, to a bevy of bathing beauties. Miniature float or entries under age 12, first place, 91, rocket; second $10, 49; third place, $5, another rocket entry. In the five best decorated bicycles, $2.50 each are waiting for a girl on a scooter, and numbers 7, 3, 62 and 64, Prizes can be picked up at Paras Insurance. Special recognition went to the County Sheriffs Dept., County Fire Dept., the VFW color guard, the Shriners and Cyprus Spinnakers. Judges for the event were Brent Huish, Dee Peel and Chester Wright. In the drawing at the park, Jerry Peel of Magna won the first color TV; Danny prize of a Baxter, West Valley, won a microwave oven; John Coon, Magna, won a vacuum; and Tillie McMillen, Magna, won a pair of table lamps. 19-inc- h |