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Show i u oil n n Pi TO'iMod! $42 Million giveaway? To those who still think that giving 4,000 acre feet of water to UII and Nevada Power absolutely free of charge is a good idea, the following article, clipped from the Oct. 31, 1988 issue of Newsweek Magazine should give pause. At Colorado prices, the amount of the proposed give-awa- y is worth $42 million. Who knows what the Nevada PowerUII application will be worth in southern California, Las Vegas or St. George in 10 years. Mayor Jenkins regards the amount of water in question as insignificant. What do you think? Johnson Canyon Association Vision Quest article praised Our family, Jayne and John Rook and myself (Eula) want to express our appreciation for the fine article that Kathryn Vilips wrote on Vision Quest. That was a difficult assignment, not only for her physical strain but to cover a subject that had been traumatized by 60 Minutes. The writing was very professional, suitable for a national journal in quality. The perceptions were intelligent, factual and sympathetic without forgetting that those young people had serious criminal records. S he struck a note of hope for them, in their sometimes hopeless lives and I am sure she gave a great deal to them attitude. with her I have met some of the officers of that Quest, and was much impressed with their sincerity and dedication plus a strong resolve to be a positive influence in the lives of the participants. Once in a while, one of them said, you can see a small ray of light break through in their consciousness and ihat moment is worth any amount of effort. We look forward to more contributions from Ms. Vilips. Jayne Rook and John Rook Eula Bruce All educational A heritage to be proud of I have been wanting to write to you again since the article in the A New October 12 papa1 about Face In Town. with the new face lift. for the ERA and the new Willows Art Gallery. That is a beginning which is very important Then others will see that it does help the city. When I think about changes, I wonder why you cant do something like this Dont you have a wood-sho- p in the High School? Why not have a contest where the students can make drawings for the different fronts of the stores, then present them to the City Counicil and the business owners to see what they would Uke, and have the students build them right in the woodshop at school! The cost would be minimal if done as a project. Make the front facades Frontier like Ray Lopemans Town. Imsurethemerchantsand the Real Estate organizations would donate funds for such a project; also local citizens could be mvolved. Give your people a chance to use their skills and imagination, and give them a heritage to Sways remember and be proud of. A place like yours can do more than the big cities as far as letting the young people help build the future of Kanab. HOW EXCITING! Dorothy Blasdell A Frequent Visitor "..For the people - not the bureaucrats.." Excellent Reporting The people of Kanab and Kane County are fortunate to have such a compassionate and intelligent reporter as Kathryn Vilips. She reports to the people not to the bureaucracy. I feel that the public will be defended and well informed by her professionalism. Thank you Southern Utah News. Jess Johnson 186 200 South Kanab u uvjMja "Come to the Fair" meeting LETTERS TO EDITOR Dear Editor: Its time to start preparing for the 1989 Kane County Fair. In order to have the best fair possible, we are asking for your input. A brainstorming meeting will be held in each side of the county to collect your ideas for the upcoming fair. If you think the fair was too small, or too large, or not well enough organized, or anything else, now is your chance to say so. All ideas will be considered. We hope you will come with ideas for new events to make the fair more entertaining and worthwhile, and with ideas to raise moneys in the event the tax initiatives pass. The meetings will be held on Thursday , Nov. 17, in the Commission chamber of the Kane County Courthouse, and on Friday, Nov. 1 8 in the Ag room of the Valley High School. Each meeting will begin at 7 oclock. Tell and friend and well see you there. Sincerely, Douglas Heaton Thanks To Community . LETTER TO EDITOR Dear Editor, We would like to thank our community for the heartwarming support we received in our recent poster g prowrapping paper ject The Kanab Middle School instrumental music students and their parents were so helpful and responsible, and the community so supportive and generous, that we were able to raise $1,672.00 for some greatly needed equipment Thanks to all who helped in any way. fund-raisin- Sincerely, Jeri Crosby McKay Shields disciplines important I want to thai k everyone for their vote of confidence and support in this election. Serving the School Board for the last four years has been a tremendous experience that I wouldnt trade for anything. One thing that does disturb me though, is that I have no idea at all of what the newly elected Board Members philosophy of education is, or what it is that they want to do with the schools during their term in office. Since there were no Forums or Meet the Candidate meetings this year in Frcdonia, no issues or differences were ever brought out in the open to be discussed. I believe that this is important, especially in relation to what affects our children, and that the electorate is the worse for not having such a meeting. To serve on the School Board takes time, and lots of it, and dedication to ALL educational disciplines, not just a single issue such as sports. Im proud of our accomplishments during the last four years, such as getting the new elementary school finschool week, ished, the four-da- y increased emphasis on academic elements of the childrens education, and the new additions to both the high school and elementary school. The new School Board members get my best wishes as do the continuing members, and I would strongly urge all interested citizens to attend an occasional School Board meeting to get a better understanding of what goes on in the over-a- ll operation of your schools. Bill Herr MoccaPast President-Fredoni- a sin Board of Education City Approves Change Continued from pg. 1 the Council not approve the- zone change because of the number of people that were opposed to it. Mayor Jenkins stated that one of the prime questions is if it was spot zoning or not, or if there was sufficient land to meet the RM-- 7 zone.Dan Merrell, a neighbor, asked if having a street run between the two zones still made it contiguous. He was told that it didnt matter if there was a street between the properties. Attorney Nuffer stated that the criteria that needed to be met for a zone change is: Is the piece of land to be rezoned large enough, is it consistent with other use of property in the area, and does the rezoning adhere to the Kanab City Master Plan. Also, if it was going to benefit more than one property owner. It was noted that there were more than one property owner being rezoned. Attorney Nuffer also stated that if this rezone was approved it would not act as an automatic approval of the 16 units. That would have to be determined at a later time. Clarkson said he understood that he still needed a conditional use permit. Mayor Jenkins said that the Planning Commission still needed to be involved with the review of the plans and the conditional use permit. Dr. Pandya of the Planning Commission said that the rezone had been sent to the City Council without a recommendation from the Planning Commission by a 3 to 2 vote because of the problem with density and the number of neighbors who opposed iL He said that spot zoning was not C01QHC0UHT8H0Mef is published The Southern Utah News (ISSN No. ) 84741. The Utah 40 E. at Kanab, Center, every Wednesday News serves Kane County, Utah, and the Arizona Strip. Address communications to 40 E. Center, Kanab, Utah 84741, or Advertising rates available upon retelephone Second Class quest. postage paid at Kanab, Utah 84741. Newsstand price 30 cents per copy. Yearly subscriptions rates to Kane County addresses and Fredonia and Moccasin, Arizona, $13; other $20 (out of U.S. $30). The News reserves the right to edit or reject any advertisement or submitted items. 0049-1659- 9. Deadlines; News & Pictures Display Advertising Legal Notices Classified Ads Community Calendar Friday, 10 Friday, 10 Friday, 10 Saturday, 4 Saturday, 4 a.m. a.m. a.m. p.m. p.m. Postmaster: Send Change of Addresses Cards to 40 E. Center, Kanab, UT 84741 an issue., Mayor. Jenkins asked Dr. Pandya how the Planning Commission would have felt about the zone change if Clarkson had gone before them for a zone change on this property and not even mentioned what he was going to build. Dr. Pandya said that he could not spec ulate what they would have done. Gene Graham, a neighbor, said he was living in a single family residential neighborhood, and that is the way he wanted it to stay. Jess Johnson, a neighbor, stated he was against the zone change because he felt it would be a disservice to the neighborhood. Clarkson said that there are only three homes that are not rented in that neighborhood. Mickie Kropf, a property owner in the neighborhood, presented the Council with a letter listing her concerns and the reason for her objection to the zone change. She said she was concerned with the traffic, whether there is enough area for this type of a zone and the soil conditions. She also said that this is a single family residential area. This zone change and these types of things should not be allowed. She said that she hoped the Council would consider the neighbors concerns. A motion to accept the zone change from R-- l to RM-- 7 for Blk 7 in Plat A as stated on the zone change application was made by Councilman Ripperand seconded by Councilman Gardner. Motion passed as follows: Vaughn, Ripper, Judd and Gardner voting yes, and Dan Bartlett voting no. Concerning Jim PetersAirport Hangar, the City Manager stated that a legal description and the lease amount was needed on the lease agreement had been approved by the Airport Advisory Board. Councilman Bartlett made a motion to approve the lease as soon as a correct legal description is drawn up for the amount of $125.00 a year with the building reverting back to the City at the termination of the lease. Motion was passed. Dr. Pandya addressed the Council concerning the trailer located on the east side of the hospital. He said that their conditional use permit had expired. He said thateither the trailer needs to be made legal or the trailer moved. He said the trailer has been there for eight years on a one-yeconditional use permit. There still is the problem with parking. The Council said that the County needed to go before the Planning Commission to see what could be done. The City stated that they wanted to work with the County, but the trailer did need to be made legal. Councilman Vaughn felt that the trailer was an essential building tor the hospital. County Commissioner Underwood said that the County had already started to do whatever needed to be done to make the trailer legal so that Build New Tradition in Schools The Kanab Cowboys didnt quite make itfour-in-a-roin their championship bid Saturday in the 1 A football rankings, but we are just as proud of them as if they had. It was a very good season for the Pokes and for a team that wasnt expected to do so well following great losses via graduation from last years championship team, we think they did great. They lost only two games . . . one the championship ... all season. An 2 record isnt bad in anyones book. So we offer this years Cowboy football team our congratulations on a job well done. Kanab High School has build a good football winning tradition. It has come, we feel, because of dedicated coaches, supportive administrators and faculty, and an active and enthusiastic booster crowd. Were happy for this good tradition. There were those who felt Kanab might win the championship this year, if for no other reason than their winning tradition. It has been great to see this come about and to hopefully be a small part of it . . . one thing it shows us is that it can be done. So now that we have established a winning football tradition . . . how about Kanab High School and Kane School District establishing a winning academic tradition? That can be done too! The school district is in the middle of a decision making controversy concerning whether to incorposchool week. We call upon the school rate a board and the committees they set up to study these possibilities to be very sure before making a final decision. We feel the young folks whose futures are being molded in the school are very important and their cause should be the principle criteria in the decision making process. There are good things happening in our schools in the academic field, but do we have that winning tradition that ic .vidcnt in football? .ministrator admits that B YU is a When a P burial groui.a for our students we are concerned. Yes, BYU is a large university, but that does not w 8-- a building permit could be granted. He stated that by using the trailer as offices, it hasnt increased the parking problem. Dr. Pandya said that something was going to be done years ago and nothing was done. Now there is a different set of problems. He said there seems to be two sets of standards. Commissioner Underwood said that he doesnt want to propose a hardship that the County cant handle. They want to make it legal, but are limited on the funds needed. A motion was made by Councilman Gardner to approved Ordinance adopting the 198889 Utah Traffic Code. Motion passed. A motion was made by Councilman Judd to approve the extension of the time period to complete the roads in the Kanab Creek Ranchos Special Improvement District until June 1, 1989. Motion passed. A motion was made by Councilman Ripper to advertise the amendment of die mobile home ordinance to eliminate the length requirement. Motion passed. A motion was made to approve Ordinance Chap 11-2-- 45-fo- ot mean Kane School Districts students should not be able to cope with it and compete favorably with other students who go there. We are aware of more than one local student of byhard time gone years who entered BYU and had a with Math 101D (the D they say stands for dum-bel- l) while their Canadian counterparts were whizzing through a higher math class. We have heard it said, and we wonder about how true it may come to pass . . . that Japan and Canada are going to eat our lunch. We think we know what that means. So, again, at a time when we are evaluating which direction to travel, lets be very sure before the decision is made. Should the district go to a four-da- y week we feel it would be very hard to move back to five days again , should it prove not the best thing . We have heard of teachers in districts where the four-da- y is in effect who have stated: If they go back to a five-da- y week. Ill quit week, we One of the prime pluses of a four-da- y feel, would be to have all athletic activities on a Friday, hopefully leaving at least four days for academic studies. However, what will happen at deer hunt time, and UEA time and probably others. Just in the last month two football games at KHS have been played on a Thursday and Wednesday. There was a time a year or two ago when all games, vis: boys varsity, and jr. varsity and girls varsity and jr. varsity , were played all on the same day. Since then they have changed and games (volleyball, basketball and whatever) are played anywhere from Monday to Saturday it seems. Enough said. It is a challenge we all need to meet. There will be much said and we invite citizens to use the columns of this newspaper to let their views become known. Who knows, it may be that someone who does not get contacted otherwise may have some good ideas that have not been considered. B ut, please, keep your remarks objective and with a building posture in mind. ; School Board ter 1 00 of the Kanab City Business License Ordinance by Councilman Bartlett. Motion passed. Councilman Vaughn made a motion to approve the merit pay increases for the Public Works Director, cemetery Caretaker, Police Chief and Patrolman 2. The merit pay step increases were as follows: Public Works Director from 21F to 21 G, Cemetery Caretaker from 11 B to 1 1 C, Police Chief from 21 E to 21 F, Patrolman 2 from 15 D to 15 E. Councilman Ripper informed the Council that the location of the meetings of t he Planning Commission had been changed from the basement of the library to the county commission chambers. He also presented the Council with a schedule of performances for the V ariety Arts Council and the cost of tickets and yearly passes. Mayor Jenkins updated the Council on the progress of the new well. He said that the well had been drilled to approximately 317 feet and the casing had been completed. He said we should be getting a minimum of 600 gallons a minute. 9-- the following items: 1. Fall enrollment shows Kane County with a growth of 28 students over last year. 2. A letterconceming State School sections from Doug Bates of the state Office of Education. 3. A revised opinion stating that hiring of persons on the early retirement is acceptable. 4. Bus cost chart to frequently traveled areas. Robert Ramsay is the boards representative to the Five County Association of Governments steering committee. After discussion a motion was made by James Rasmussen that Dr. Paul Fawson be appointed to act as our representative and vote for our interests. This motion was seconded by Fred Allen and passed unanimously. A motion was made by James Rasmussen that the board adjourn to executive session to discuss Item 3 on the agenda. This was seconded by Fred Allen and passed. LONG VALLEY MEDICAL CLINIC Sponosred by Garfield Memorial Clinic Cancer Screening November 21 10:30 a.m. -- For Women over 40 Breast Exam General Check-u- ar v p J Financial assistance through Cancer Community Detection Program For appointments call 4 or (Ask for Lonna) 648-222- 3 648-255- |