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Show News r. SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS School board decides to go for it N A r By Dixie Brunner ? tions, to provide voters with more information and ownerresentative John Bronson ship. A referendum notice will talked dollars with the Kane be published in the Southern County School Board at its Utah News . September 2 meeting. Board The Kanab Middle School apPresident Avnish Pandya ex- praisal, performed by Dan plained that Zions Bank had Johnson of St. George, was prebeen hired to be the boards sented to the board. Board membond advisors for the Novem- ber and Kanab City mayor Karen ber 2 referendum. Bronson Alvey abstained from most of presented the board the ver- the discussion. While I feel I batim referendum language, have the very best interests of as well as giving them a both entities at heart, I feel that rundown. it would be a conflict of interest It will be a $7, 500,000 gen- to participate . Kane Superintendent Bob eral obligation school building rebond for building new, or Johnson said the estimated build land value had only come in at exist modeling jngschpo , BjroJir!kdd-ing;ihgsj explained $195,000. He explained "tbt Hoe .There wfll juj laxr in- previous value feuelses Had with this been higher, since they increase' associated ' bond issue. cluded the buildings. (The Board member Alvey asked Grand StaircaseEscalante that referendum language in- National Monument site seclude construction site loca lection committee is only in Zions Bank investment rep- rt vA num-bersco- Inmate gets GED ; . a . : ;: State, inmate Henry Mayfield, 31, became the first resident of the Kane County Jail to earn his GED, equivalent to a high school diploma. The Kane County Sheriffs Department, in cooperation with the Kane County the program. Floyd Norskog (I) was Mayfield's , School District, teacher for the past eight to nine months. Chanin White is the district coordinator for the program, while jailer Boone Robertson is also pictured. Congratulations Henry I . . or I 5 c i .!,, . . i . ,s --V ? 3 r Sl1 i ai st terested in the Middle School land, as well as the annex for temporary headquarters until the new facility is built.) This puts the school board in a bit of a quandry, since they had hoped to get more for the middle school site. Soon-to-b- e, voting but-not-y- et member Loral Linton commented that he realized the city doesnt want to pay any more than it has to, but the school board must consider the students first. I think the city should make a substantial offer, added Linton. The board decided that they would await the next move from the Monument Headquarter siteselectioir "committee to see what, and how much their offer is. The balls in the citys court right now, commented Superintendent Johnson to Mayor Alvey. X f . rx 5 WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 9, 1998 ,,, , . . f tlWi. -- hr "'Tfv'pT'' . i.ltl ljqoK 1 1 cl'j it Ij in J -- U u-- I i Iw I ru i- A - 1 mi .... :v- -. h X olid ft' , S' v RN ' Save on To ', our lowest loan rates of the season. celebrate this landmark occasion, Zions Bank is offering ' of its most popular loans. From home equity loans and super-lo- rates on many w credit lines to personal loans and credit cards. Not to mention a special deal on conventional home mortgage loans. Just these rates are good only through October 31, 1998. be sure to apply soon t ZIONS BANK Member FDIC . i ,'jij kijinil housing .'i r i- -i ' u - v v . 1 sfi.Afv! r .V: ruler U , r t t |