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Show Expires: 123199 Utah Press Association 467 E. 300 S. Salt Lake City UT 84111 Wednesday C November 30, 1 988 Volume 68, Number 56 r t i A LANDMARK Four-Wa- y Stop Installed at BUSINESS, page To Be COWBOYS WIN OPENER, page 5 89-89- A - KANAB At last! The residents of Kanab and Fredonia can start breathing a sigh of relief. First, a will be installed as soon as the signs arrive from Salt Four-Way-St- Lake City, and in the Spring; traffic lights will be installed at the comer of 300 South and 89A in front of Glaziers, The Stage Stop, and the Country Express, at the intersection going towards Page. Chief Bill Blasdell has been trying for some time to get lights installed at this dangerous intersection. In a letter to Mayor Paul Jenkins and the City Council on Julyl, 1988 he wrote: "I dont want someone killed at this intersection, but maybe that is what the State wants before they change it." In July, 120 signatures were gathered, and letters voicing complaints were sent in about the acciand die dents, the careless driving of some uncaring near-acciden- drivers. One letter stated that a white car with three teenage girls in the car, almost ran down a heavy-scouple who "ran for their lives" to try to make it across the street, while their children were trying to also make it across the street, in front of Glaziers. The teenage girls laughed, and called out to the terrified pedestri- KITCHEN DEMONS, REMEDIES TO et ans, finding it hilariously amusing that they had almost run someone down. Their "fun" is going to be cut short; let us hope by the - and not by the death of an innocent pedestrian, or another driver. Chief Blasdell wants drivers to get used to the idea that there will be a there! Slow Down! Stop! Look! and Listen! Ken Johnson said there will be warnings on the street, and 48 signs on the east, north and south sides of the street while, the sign already in place by Glaziers and the Stage Stop, will remain the same. FOOD FLOPS, Man In Custody After Assault four-way-sto- ps four-way-st- there would be a short agenda. First on the agenda was a motion to raise the pay of the councilmen, in keeping with the inflationary curve. . At the present time the pay is $20.50 per meeting, and according to the councilmen the meetings are few three or four hours. The motion is being taken under consideration. There was a request by Rancho Developers that they be allowed to tap on to the water near Three Lakes. There was concern that the 50 gallons per minute would tap a zone over the coring station and that there might be contamination if there was building above the station. Since there was also the the motion of a back-flow- ., was denied. pos-sibli- ty page 8 Are Your Doors Locked KANAB -- - On Sunday, Nov. 20, 3 a.m. a Kanab resident was assaulted by someone who entered through an unlocked door. The names of the people involved cannot be released at this time. The man is in custody, and the woman is being treated by a physician. The woman was sleeping when a man entered the house, flipped on a light to see where she was, then flipped the light off and hit her in the face with his fisL She did not recognize him. about think that our neighbors will always notice any strangers in the area, but it is not necessarily so. He said that sometimes we don't want to become involved, and that were in Her two the house; one helped her mother fight him off while the other one telephoned the police. Our Kanab police were there within three minutes, according to the vic- tim, and in less than twenty min-ulf- ts the assailant was in custody. Chief Bill Blasdell said that we are getting to be a larger town and that transients come through the area. He said that we like to think that we can still leave our keys in the car - our doors unlocked - and grand-daughte- rs when we see someone we don't recognize at a neighbors house we think that it is a relative. He said too, that some people have said they dont want to "bother" the police. He stated emphatically that that is what they are there for, that he would rather send his men out on a "false alarm" than to not be Ranchos Developers Denied Water Tap at Three Lakes KANAB Mayor Paul Jenkins opened the meeting saying that 3 called, and have someone killed. The Southern Utah News will give its readers the entire story when it is safe to do so, without jeopardizing the trial. We just want our readers to heed Chief Bill warning: Keep your doors locked! Lock your cars! Report any suspicious happenings in your Blas-dell- 's neighborhood. You might very well save a life! 1 There was also a motion to change the grade on library employees. The motion was passed to change the Library Board Grade 12 Step A, to Grade 12 Step B, for Marilyn Watson. Two Scouts, Buddy Millett and Jason Sherwood from the Hawkins Troop were at the meeting, working on their Merit Badge in Communication. They were introduced to each of the councilmen, who complimented the young men for their scouting activities. There were discussions about the new owners of Wahweap and their plans for expansion, to the question by Dorothy Ripper about the letter in July regarding the signal in front of Glaziers. (See toand day's issue on the the signals that will be installed m the Spring of 1989.) four-way-st- four-way-st- Public Invited to Forum On School Week 5-D-ay - KANE COUNTY The public is invited to learn the pros and cons of a four day school week. Sessions will be held in Kanab and Long Valley. Each session will be 45 minutes consisting of 15 minute presentations for the pro and con point of of views and 15 minute question and answer time. Long Valiev Schedule - Dec. 1 7:00 p.m. Mt. Carmel, Old Church 8:00 p.m. Orderville, Elem. School 9:00 p.m. Orderville, Elem. School 7:00 p.m. Alton, Church 8:00 p.m. Glendale, Lion's 9:00 px. Glendale, Lion's 7:00 p.m. Orderville, H.S. theater 8:00 p.m. Orderville, H.S. theater Kanab Schedule - Dec. 13 6:00 p.m. Elem. School 7:00 p.m. Elem. School 8:00 p.m. Elem. School 9:00 p.m. Elem. School 'Kanab Schedule - Dec. 15 6:00 p.m. Elem. School 7:00 p.m. Elem. School 8:00 p.m. Elem. School 9:00 p.m. Elem. School Den Den little little A LARGE CROWD OF LOCAL RESIDENTS Kane District Increases in 88 School Enrollments To Level Off SALT LAKE CITY -- Public Residents Warned Of Fraudulent Repairmen KANAB - If someone comes to your door wanting to repair your roof - or your trailer - beware. Ask for identification and a business license. Linseed oil has been used by some fraudulent workers to "seal" Public Notice Set to Hear About Clinic The Kane County Commission is holding a public meeting to discuss the County's first option to purchase the Kanab KANAB Clinic, owned by Dr. Roberts. The meeting will be held on Dec. 5 at 7 p.m., in the Commission Chambers, Kane County Courthouse. The public is invited to attend and have their questions and options heard. the roofs of some residences and some trailers. Itinerant workers travel the country from Florida to California "repairing" roofs, collecting their money, and after they are gone it is found that the "repair work" is shoddy, or They were in Kanab last week. One group called themselves the P. Stewart non-existe- Construction Company. After complaints from local residents who had paid for shoddy work, one group was arrested and fined. However: they will be back, according to the Police Department. There are honest workers, but to make sure that the worker who approaches you is honest, play it safe and call the Police Department to check on their references at 644-5807. If they are honest - they should not object to having check on them. where drawing are held and 50 to 60 gift certificates are given away to lucky winners. This drawing was held In the parking lot of Radio Shack. Next Saturday the drawing wOl be In the parking lot at Dove's Happy Service. braved the nippy weather Saturday to enjoy the first of six weeks of the Kanab Christmas Delight The Christmas giveaway is held each Saturday at different locations in Kanab you school enrollments in Utah should level off in 1992 or 1993 and then begin to decline for several years. This was the projection made by Utah Foundation, the private research organization, after analyzing the latest school enrollment figures released by the Utah State Office of Education. The prospect of a leveling off in overall school enrollments should help ease some of the financial pressure that has been placed on Utah education during recent years. Between 1977 and 1987, public school enrollments in Utah rose by 33.5 percent while they were declining by 8.2 percent in the na- tion as a whole. Even though school outlays to support education has been rising much faster in Utah than throughout the nation over the past ten years (159 percent compared with 123 percent), Utah lost ground among the states in the amount expended per school child. The study shows that school enrollments in the Kane School District increased by 28, or 2.04 percent this year. Fall 1988 enrollments totaled 1,401 pupil, compared with 1373 in 1987. According to the Foundation analysis, kindergarten enrollments in Utah have been declining since 1985 and elementary grade enroll- ments probably peaked this year. The projections indicate that (1-- 6) will middle grade enrollments (7-continue to grow until 1993 and high school grade enrollments (10-1will not decline until sometime after 1996. In other words, the enrollment load is shifting away from the elementary grades to the middle school and high school grades. 9) 2) Although total school enroll- ments in Utah still are rising, the increases are less than half of what they were six years ago. A recent report of the Utah State Office of Education shows that there were 429,551 students enrolled in the public school system on October 1, 1988. This represented an increase of 6,165 students from the previous year. By contrast, Utah enrollments climbed by 14,799 pupils six years ago in 1982. year-to-ye- ar Foundation analysts point out that private schools never have been a major factor in the Utah education system. Currently, there are only 5,855 students enrolled m Private ac schools within the state counted for about 1.3 percent ot total enrollment in Utah elementary and secondary schools and compares with 12.2 percent for the nation as a whole. Initiative C, which would have provided a tax credit to parents with children enrolled in private schools, was rejected by Utah voters at the 1988 general elections. The slow down of enrollment growth in Utah is mainly the result in Utah's birthrate since the late 1970s and an of population from the state during recent years. There were 35,285 live births in Utah during 1987, compared with 41,786 in 1980. Preliminary figures for 1988, however, indicate that the number of 5m SchooT, pg. 7 of a decline Giardiasis Found In Washington County Several cases of Giardiasis have been reported to the Southwest Utah District Health Department in the Washington City area. Infection is characterized by a variety of intestinal symptoms such as chronic diarrhea, abdominal cramps, bloating, fatigue and weight loss. The cases have occurred in adults, babies and infants. William Coffman, Health Officer for the Southwest Utah District Health Department, said, The disease can be transmitted either by contaminated water sources or by Public water system in the Washington City area are closed systems. Because these water systems are not likely to be contaminated, we must assume that the mode of transmission is from Coffman said that children worldwide are infected more frequently than adults and the disease occurs frequently in areas of poor sanitation and institutions, particularly daycare centers and nurseries. The carrier rate can be as high as 20 hand-to-mout- h. hand-to-mout- percent Giardiasis, or more commonly |