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Show r BEAVER csQDUDCcnrv Published at Miiford, Utah 84751 PRICE 25? -T- HURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1984 -- VOL. 84 eaver City to bond for hospital addition Mrs. Joyce Joseph, Mr. Nick Dotson, Mr. Lee Strong and Mr. Grant Esplin representing the Beaver Valley Hospital Board, met with the City Council to discuss building a geriatric ward in conjunction with the expansion of the hospital. The Board presented a petition to the City Council with 694 signatures petitioning the Hospital Board to study adding a geriatric ward to the The Board stated they hospital. had made a resolution going on record as being in favor of the geriatric ward. The project was discussed at length by the City Council. After discussion, Councilman Miller moved Beaver City progress toward bonding and building a geriatric ward in conjunction with the hospital addition. The Hospital Board was authorized to proceed with steps for obtaining bonding for the renovation of the hospital. Sheriff Lynn Cartwright and Deputy Sheriff Raymond Goodwin met with the City Council to discuss the beer license at Kevin's Texaco. The Sheriff's office stated that a conviction had been made for selling to minors at Kevins Texaco and Kevins Texaco was on probation from previously selling beer to minors. After discussion of the beer sale to minors, Beaver City suspended Kevins Texaco beer license for a period of 180 days because of the second conviction of No lenselling beer to minors. iency will be permitted within the the 180 day span. The sale of alcoholic beverages to minors at other businesses within Beaver City was discussed and the Sheriff stated that he will be back to the City Council after the appeal period is up on the convictions. The Sheriffs Department reported the clean-u- p of Beaver City streets is complete and an informal hearing is scheduled to be held with A1 Henderson. Sheriff Cartwright discussed with the City Council being able to build an aircraft hangar at the end of Beaver Citys dirt runway at the airport. The hanger will be used for ultralight aircraft. Beaver City will allow Sheriff Cartwright to use and develop at the end of Beaver Citys runway, an area for ultralight aircraft. This permission will be in effect until revocation by Beaver City. Mr. Robert Lee and Mr. Roger Cox met with the City Council to discuss the undergi ound water table in Beaver City. Mr. Lee and Mr. Cox felt that the water not being used in the Willis Canal by the water users is causing problems and putting water in basements. Mr. Lee suggested that when the water is not being used by the water users, it should be turned After disback into the creek. cussion by the City Council, it was determined that there is no apparent solution at hand, but the City Council would keep Mr. Lees suggestion in mind. Mayor Christiansen reported that he had a discussion with the principals of the Sulphurdale develop- - L Oqkgy flown to Sol! Loho Life Flight was called to Milford Sunday morning to transport little Kerri Maxey, 7, to the Primary Childrens Medical Center. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Maxey, Kerri had been suffering from the flu and evidently had a toxic reaction to aspirin she was taking. Kerri slipped Into a coma aboard Life Flight, and was admitted to intensive care in very serious condition. However, John told the County News Monday that she had come out of the coma and was talking to her parents, and he expected that she would soon be out of intensive care. She was expected to remain in the hospital for several more days. ment and he would again be in contact with them regardmgpossible purchase of power for Beaver City. Mayor Christiansen also stated that he had been in contact with Dr. Yardley regarding building an animal clinic and that at the next Council meeting an update would be made. Mr. A1 Marshall met with the City Council to discuss the new proposed addition to be added to the National Guard Armory. The addition will be located north of the present building, approximately 75 feet. Mr. Marshall felt that this addition would break up the present ballpark and would divide the park into two small park areas. Mr. Marshall suggested a solution whereby the Guard could build which would not spoil the ballpark. After discussion, it was the consensus of the City Council that Mr. Marshall should schedule a meeting with the Church, Mayor and Superintendent of Schools to discuss the addition to the National Guard Armory. The City Recorder was instructed to research ownership of the property around the Nation Guard Armory. Councilman Smith stated that he had made an inspection of the Canyon Breeze Golf Course Club House and he feels that a small strip of carpeting in front of and behind the counter should be replaced. It was the consensus of the City Council that this should be done. A discussion was held on sweep NO. 7 The following weather information Is provided by the National Weather Service compliments of the Milford Weather Station. ing of Main Street and Center Street. It was the consensus of the City Council that City Manager Baker should request from the Department a schedule of of Transportation street sweeping within Southern Utah. (Continued on Page 2) was 3.79 inches, date 3.70 inches. This year to Musical comedy set for MHS production Two complete casts are busily rehearsing "Your a Good Man, Charlie Brown for production at Milford High School February 23 and 27, under the direction of Johann Meyer and Pat Nelson. The hilarious musical comedy, based on the comic strip "Charlie Brown is a favorite of young and old alike. "Your A Good Man, Charlie Brown is a musical comedy excerpt of a typical day in the life of Charlie Brown. There are two casts for the play in order to let more people take part. The cast of characters in order of Importance are: Charlie Brown played by Jared Gronnlng for Cast 1 and Matt Marshall for Cast 2; Linus played by Shad Beding-fiel- d for Cast 1 and Kenneth Bradshaw for cast 2; Schroeder played by John Owen Easton for both casts; Lucy played by Chesha Florence for cast 1 and Lea Gonzalez for Cast 2; Patty played by Tonya Bedingfield for cast 1 andTammi Gonzalez for cast 2; and Snoopy played by Donnette Young for cast 1 and Sue Anne Marshall for cast director is Johann Mayer, stage manager and assistant director is Lisa Florence, Asst, stage manager Missy Bridge, Lights Mike Long, Spotlight Debbie Meadows and Natalie Gallegos, Props Christy Long and Missy Bridge, Stage hand, Mike Long, Make-u- p MacheleMay-e- r and Marlina Yee, Prompter (rehearsal) Stephanie Rogers andMissy Bridge, Publicity Sean Wilson and Karen Yee and box office Raye Meyer. The play runs Thursday, February 23rd and Monday, February 27th. Adults tickets are $3.00 and students and children are $1.50. Haslem reported items He that were being considered. said that of the $150 million requested, 69.4 million was approved and there will be a reported 4 increase in the W.P.U. Nothing concrete is known at this time as no information nas been received pertaining to legislative bills that will become law. Richard Jefferson and Lee Pettey met with the board and requested support for a recreation district in Miners ville and Milford area. (Would follow same boundries as service area 2) If the district is approved by the votes this fall, they will build two new swimming pools, one in Milford and one in Minersville. Recreation District will build the facilities and asked the school district to maintain and It was moved and operate them. be supported, the idea that passed but that maintenance and operation costs be examined before a total commitment is made. Interviews were conducted at this time for the position of custodian maintenance person atMilford. Melvin Prodzinski and Ray Whiting were and interviewed Keith Erickson notified the board that he was withdrawing his application. Principal Gonzalez, Glenn Beard, and Junior Davis were also present. After further discussion and reviewing each file again, it was moved by James A. Mayer, seconded by Wayne W. Wiseman and passed that Melvin Prodzinski be hired as person at MilWill ford. start March 1, 1984. Staffing at the respective schools in the district was reviewed. More information will be available after the Letters of Intent are sent out and returned. Far West Lab Conference March 14, 15, 16, 1984, was discussed. One teacher from each school, Lr. Crook, one principal, and board member Wayne W. Wiseman will attend. New State High School Graduation Requirements were discussed. F ach board member and each principal has a copy of the requirements and will make recommendations as to the requirements to be established in the Beaver County School District next meeting. Request of Beaver High Srhool Generals opinion on in the schools was received Reverses Superin- tendent Burninghams opinion. May open graduation, athletic contests, and Christmas programs with Ely ready for chariot racers If youre looking for a fun place to visit over the upcoming three day holiday weekend, plan to attend the Bristlecone Chariot Races in Ely, Nevada. The fifth annual running on February 18 and 19 will feature seventy-fiv- e chariot racing teams and promises to be an exciting two-da- y event. Teams from Steamboat Springs, Colo., will compete with others from Wyoming, Utah andNe-vad- a. Four Ely teams are participating as well as several from Wells. Twenty -- five three team raes will be held both Saturday and Sunday, beginning at 11 a.m. each day. Team auctions will be held downtown Friday and Saturday evenings and between races at the track. Team auctions allow race fans to their favorite team or "Buy driver. The highest bidder pays a cash amount at the auction desk where it is matched up with high bids on the other teams in the race. The winning team "owner is paid following the official outcome of each race. Plaques will be awarded this year for the Best Single Run Time, Accumulative Time, Best Two-Da- y Best Dressed Team, Best Sportsman, Hard Luck, and Oldest Driver (last years winner was 72). Chariot racing is a Good winter sport in the west. sportsmanship and fun for all is the motto as the drivers and their teams race headlong down the 440 Plan to attend the yard track. races in Fly, February 18 and 19, Youll enjoy the experience of rural westNevadas good ern hospitality. -- fast-growi- ng ed prayer and such other activities that are not required. Request of Milford High School to use bus for studentbody to attend drill team competition in Beaver was approved, but recognition that logistics may be difficult to work out was discussed. Maureen Foreman reported on a new program called "To Market Your Schools program to be sponsored by Utah School Boards Association which will let the public know better whats taking place in our schools. Wrestling program at Milford Will offer High was discussed. Cullen Carter an opportunity to attend a Wrestling Clinic this summer. Appreciation for Mr. Carter's efforts and willingness to help were expressed. Drill team activities were discussed. No practice to be held on Saturdays as per previous policy on team activities. Some concern was expressed by parents that participation was too limited and uniforms are too costly and that grade requirements should be met before participants can perform. Policy on such to be observed. The board directed that in the future teachers not be used on J.V. Baketball games as officials when our own county schools are playing each other. The 1969 bus at Milford High School is in bad shape. Has 150,000 miles on it. Will look toward purchase of a new bus this fall. Board approved addition of four rooms at Belknap instead of two. May need more time for middle school option. Will bid Belknap addition around April 1st. Teday's Chuekli particularly generous man was accosted by a derelict on the street who asked, "Can I borrow a quarter for a cup of coffee? Being as generous as he was, the gentleman handed him a dollar, and said, "Here, get yourself four cups. The next day, he was acrosted by the same derelict. Say, arent you the wise guy who slipped me a dollar yesterday for four rups of coffee? Well, thanks a lot, you I couldnt s.eep a wink turkey. all night! - r?) fS2 v IT good news is that Russia will soon have a new leader and The Governor Matheson has announced that he wont run again. The bad news is that the chances are their replacements wont be better. V nearly half the bases l u.e But Congress wont let then,, of those military bases hi e manned and maintained. And two factors take up neailv 7( cent of the military budget. -0- - Iron Curtain is basically a government by the military, that is highly unlikely. And while the new Russian leader may espouse a slightly softer line, its unlikely that the line will vary from that of the last 50 years. it might Instead of a flat "nyet be a "nyet please. -0- - Of course in this country we elect our leaders every four years, and that is supposed to provide us with a constantly changing philosophy, al owing the pendulum to swing from right to left. But the fact is that only a very minor change can be effected since the bureaucracy is so entrenched that it changes very little, even when there is a sweeping change among elected officials. Because of the massive amount of to be considered by legislation elected officials, they must rel heavily on staff members to study the legislation and condense it for quick study by the elected officials. Many of these staff people come from the bureaucracy, where most legislation originates. And of course they rely on different agencies to provide data to substantiate or oppose legislation. Because bureaucrats dont like change, unless they instigate it, the data received will most likely add to an already muscle bound government, increase sending, and put additional burdens on the tax paying public. -Cl- in -0- - it Reagans de- ficit, and savs that Congress will drastically cut the Reagan budget. Fine, Mr. Sjieaker, we challenge vou to cut it in half. But, Mr. Sjieaker, dont let Congress turn around and double what you rut from the budget, for new or add on programs. -0- l t ' j -- - : The same is true Most are oe, agencies. and over paid. But vnngress dictate where the r uts must tie If the just cut the approor. most agencies will cut sP; rather than personnel. -0- i ,. i . , c , - There is no question th " r . ment must te whittled towt to Everybody agrees cv th it challenge you Tip, wi.l ,n. s A ou vut the ball rolling. many years in C ongress Km v he the fat is tetter than ar one -- , -- ; , 0 If you think thing- are t just read the fo. lowing and .. . ' why the seat of mosi small ness peoples pant ire so ;'n - , -- . SMAIL BIINTsFM U LAM I NT SO Due tc 'he fc unal ip to tie I haye een held u; , sand! ageed, vake: PY' reasons, today; I an a down, walked over, threatened, r'H e . flattened out and squeezed ci; ' , , r y Income Tax, Business Tax, sal, s Tax, C ountv Tax, Cit. Tax, Feic-- r I State Withholding, Withholding, Federal I iriploy merit 1 ix, Ft ue Fmplovment Tax, Feieril I i me ai plovment Tax, c tte 1 tiemj Tax, Soc lal Sec urn , ompensat'nn Funds, all kind- - o' usurance md v e ver c harity , org in., it urn, lip ,md m-- l -- , c ttie invent e mind m man ran dream uj to ex: a' t what I or may not haze in n v may rcr s, for the I ed possession White C ross, Pine ( ross and l iu1 ie cross, and for every srhool ai d hospital in the entire ounti v The so'iety that - C c ha- continued rn Government business until d it know who the I an msper ten, dukens runs it suspected, eximined, re examine 1, audited, roened, ordered, ini, -manded, informel and require! t,ll I I dont know who an , aj , what I am, ot v to In here at a 11 1 fact, as Reagan has found out, there are so many automatic, built in increases in spending, that even a 25 tax cut didnt save the average If Congress taxpayer a nickle. doesnt pass a single new appropriation this year, spending will still go up. Tip ONeil calls A And Me Just Between You The problem is that Russia is run by the politoburo and it would take a giant coup to drastically Since the change their ininking. Attorney and reviewed. tie-12- -0- G.A.A. to sell Valentine Cookies as a fund raising project from January 30th to February 9th was granted. prayer pound much recreation district -pools Superintendent MEDAL: 'Scott Manhard took a silver medil in class in the Class A State Wrestling Tournament :n SILVER North Sevier last Saturday. Piete Florence, Milfords other competitor got a bronze at 155 pounds. Beaver had five wrestlers phi'. ing with Shane Frickson and Scott Fails both winning championship-Pictures next week. 2. The M simper on a few of the legislative WINS - Lets fare it, state and federal governments have lie' ome so muscle found, thev cant see the forest for I very agency could the trees. stand a 30 errent ut, starting Some could and with employees. should t eliminated entirely. For instance the Pentagon has tried several times to shut down -- 1 - Im supp sed to 'ie ui A 11 I know mexh niMiMe suppl, of money tor every want, need, ieMre, and hoop of the human ra' e, and tiec ause w ill not go out to lieg, tmil'iv., nr deal money to give awa I .ut, cussej, disc ussed, liny' oMed, ' iten, tain t -- ed, talked to, talked ahiut, lied to, iiea atiout, hung u; , run u , run over, ro! led and dart near rum d. Ttie only reason Im hanging in there at all is to see just wi.tf i an Jios lbh hapjiert next A uthor I id riov'n la"Whats ttie use o' P all mented ttie rooster, le initig hi- - head against ttie barn uoor. "t ggs yesterday, hie ken- - today, feather dusters tomorrow. ( |