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Show P?:SS ASS?;. UTAH r. 467 SALT ?' ! - ?0. " v. CIV.. s SI ttflE 20e USPS FlhnfflffDdlay Opening meeting to be held of Daughters Utah Pioneers Pleasant Green Camp opening meeting at 12:30 p.m., Blanche Metcalf will be held Wednesday, September 22 residence, 2851 South 8750 West. Captain Beck invites all members and potential members to attend. Luncheon will be served. Support community council The local chapter of AA meetings are held every Thursday night at the Community center. The cheese will be at the center for a few more weeks, even though last week we ran out for a day. Please support our local Community Council, we need to keep this good program in town. Senior notes September 14, is the Governors Ball at the northwest center from 7 p.m. until 11 p.m. Admission is free. September 15 is Seniors day at the fair. Transportation can be done by the county. Call Pat at the center if you need transportation to the Fair. All seniors 50 years of age and over get in free. State fair A lot of local leaders and homemakers have entrees in the state fair. Be sure to try to attend bfore the fair ends on September 19. Over $9,000 in cash and ribbons will be awarded this year. 4-- H Local lady one in 40,000 KCPX FM99 and Dr. Pepper just finished their Hot Track contest. The grand prize was a 1983 Ford G.T. Mustang. After over 40,000 entrees were mailed, Tracy Burrell of Magna was very surprised to find out she had won herself a new car. Wild West Days Come on Podner and join the fun! Besides bringing the whole family, Saturday. September 18 is the day bring a white elephant and put it on starting from 10 a.m. and rounding up the white elephant table! Maybe at 4 p.m. somebody wants what you have, and Dunk your favorite teacher in the you can use something someone else dunking tank, or fish in the fish pond brought. Come and prepare to spend a fun or jaws pond. You can also join the fun of the many different contests, balloon day at the Wild West Day at bubble gum blowing, throwing, watermelon eating and even the jelly bean jar guess. Be sure to enter the super costume contest. Everyone who comes dressed up and registers for the contest will receive a surprise. The winners will receive some super prizes. For all yQU aspiring cooks, have your mom help you bake a cake then let your imagination run wild as you decorate it. Be ready to win terrific prizes for your efforts here too. During the day youll be entertained by Ash Magie. Dave Compton Band, Mountain Men and Savage Indian dancers. Try our talented face painting booth too. Bring your appetite for your favorite lunch foods...sloppv joes, s, nachos. drinks, popcorn and treats. Be careful not to litter though or youll have to spend some time in our Litter Bug Jail ! sno-cone- Laker idge School! Vol. 69, No. 325-58- 0 16. 1982 Opeim InloMse aft WaMey Wesft West The Hospital Valley Emergency Department is holding an Open House Friday, Setember 17, from 2 to 8 p.m. The Open House is held Emergency during being Medicine W eek in an effort to educate the public about emergency medicine and the services provided by Valley West Hospital. Highlight ing the Open House will be free blood pressure testing, child safety displays, emergency first aid demonstrations and tours of different phases of the Emergency Medical System. , Within the last decade, vast improvements have been made in In medicine. 1979, emergency emergency medicine was recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialties as the newest medical specialty. The American Board of Emergency Medicine offered its first board certifying examination in 1980. There are now ten Board Certified physicians in the state of Utah, three of those are on the Medical Staff at Valley West Hospital. In addition to the physicians, the hospital emplovs 40 emergency trained nursing and clinical personnel consisting of registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, emergency trauma technicians and emergency medical technicians. Three registered nurses have achieved Certified Emergency Nurse status, an honor presently attained by very few registered nurses in the valley. The expertise at Valley West Hospital is well utilized considering that there were a total of 33,669 emergency visits in 1981. The Open House planned for Emergency Medicine Week shall be an op portunity for our neighbors to acquaint themselves with emergency services and personnel available to them. explained Marion Shurthff, R N . Director of Nursing at the Hospital The activities during the Open House are free and open to all ages. The hospital is located at 4160 West 3400 South in West Valiev City. Medicine is Week Emergency sponsored bv the American College of Emergency Physicians and the Utah State Chapter of A CEP. Mountain Fuel asks PSC for rate increase Mountain Fuel Supply Company, citing the need to better compete in financial markets to ensure meeting present and future customer needs, today filed a $27 .9 million general rate increase request before the Utah PublicService Commission. The filing includes a request to raise the rate of return of stockholder investment in utility operations from the current authorized 16.1 percent to 18.2 percent. D.N. Rose, president of the utility, said the higher return one of our major reasons the increase is needed would allow the company to more effectively compete for capital market funds, thereby ensuring high quality of service to its present and future customers. It takes significant capital investment to keep a large and highly technical system such as Mountain Fuels, serving our cutomers, Rose said. Mountain Fuel must be able to compete with others who are after the same investor funds we are, and investors must be able to see returns on investments thev might make in Mountain Fuel that are comparable to what they could get if they were to put their money elsewhere. As Mountain Fuel has both utility and nonutihtv operations, a second reason for the rate request is the companys need to have its utility operation stand on its own financially, Rose said. In testimony prefiled before the commission, the company said the utilitys rates have been based on a theroretical capital structure that has not been representative of that for natural gas utilitv companies. The company is seeking in this case to change the structure to be more like similar gas distribution utilities nationwide. This problem relates closely to the rate of return issue. Rose said. The utilitys current capital structure for purposes also works rate-makin- g against the companys ability to acquire capital because it does not investors assure they will be for thier reimbursed adequately investment. Without that assurance, they will not invest and the company cannot acquire the capital necessary to maintain service and handle future growth. the utilitv executive said. Rose also pointed out that $13 million of the proposed rate increase would go to pav federal income taxes. The public should realize that federal taxation, along with state and local taxes, is a major factor in utility costs. In order to earn $1. the company must collect about $2 in rates because approximat ely 50 percent of what we receive goes to the tax collector. Other reasons cited for the rate request include significant cost increases incurred by the company since its last general rate case and the need to normalize tax timing differences in order to match current costs to current customers. Concerning increased costs, the companys prefiled testimony cited inflationary pressures and other economic conditions that have continued to impact the companys operations. The rate filing also includes a request for timelv interim rate relief that would be subiect to refund if the finds an commission ultimately amount different from that granted on an interim basis to be just and reasonable. Such interim relief benefits not only the stockholders who are now being more adequately compenstated for the investment because the company is receiving rate relief when needed, but also the consumer who is of greater assurance provided and company financial stability continuation of a high level of quality (Continued on page 2) Daughters' to meet Sept. 22 Daughters of Utah Pioneers Pleasant Green Camp opening meeting will be held Wednesday, September 22 at 12:30 Metcalf p.m., Blanche residence, 2851 South 8750 West. Captain Beck invites all members and potential mem bers to attend. Luncheon wil be served. Aides front row, Gloria Buckner, Harriet-t- a Arreola, Vivian Kemp, back row, Julie Sandoval, irlinda Hulse. Not pictured are Linda Hulse and Carolyn Tygesen. Webster Elementary built in 1903 and restored in 1923, 2.57 acres, 9228 west, 2700 south. This week I went back to school, to let the teaching staff at Webster Elementary write my column for me. Webster was built in 1923 at 9228 west 2700 south and is one of the three oldest schools still in service in the Granite School District. Ive taught for three years at Webster and have returned as principal. I am very excited about the students, the school, and mv staff. I have a genuine love for the people both students and parents. I appreciate the excellent support shown by all at the Pet show and back to school night. Sharlette Pack. We are close to home and Webster is a great school to work for, Larry R. Martinez, Marian Smith. "I enjoy working with children at Webster. I attend Webster also as a student, Joe Novak. My grandmother (1906), father (1932), and I (1958) all attended Webster school. Its fun to return to an old friend. Mrs. Timothy I enjoy working in the Magna area. I feel a special tie with Webster since I attended sc hod hoe as a child, I feel that many of the parents here have a deep concern for their childs education and will support us in many ways, Pat Matthews. I like the small town atmosphere, I enjoy working with different ethnic groups, Jeff Reed. Webster has the most sensitive, thoughtful and genuine kids in Granite District. Its hard not to love every one of them, Sue Johnson.. I have always been proud of Webster and felt the children were very special, Charlene Lawrence. Webster is a very unique and exciting schod. Great things are gdng to be happening this year and I feel fortisiate to be apart of it, Dan Jamicki I like Webster because it has a unique picturesque country setting to be happening this year and I feel fortunate to be apart d it, Dan of the school building, Nancy Roberts. I choose to teach at Webster because its a small enough schod for one to become more than just acquaintances with the majority of the students and faculty. I feel that community support and interest are strong, Sarah Shepard. I received many more letters and I feel very sorry that I could not put them all in the paper. This week Magna, going back to a familiar site on main street. Still going strong. I have been at Webster for four years and I cant imagine teaching anywhere else. I received my undergraduate degree at the U of U and am currently working on my masters in curriculum at the U, Barbara The teaching staff In the pictures are, in-si- 1 September BACK ROW, Custodian Larry Martinez; Joe Novak, 4th grade; Dave Martinez, counselor; Nancy Roberts, first grade; Sue Johnson, 3 and 4 grades; Jeff Reed, Kindergarten; James Mostyn, 1st grade; Lunne Vest, 4 and 5 grades; Virginia Price, second grade. Middle row, Alan Thomas, fifth and sixth grades; Julie Sandoval, clerk; Dianna Foster, secretary; Joan Schuller resource; Catherine Cummings, special education; Barbara Whltbeck, sixth grade; Sarah Shepard, special education. Front row, Marian Smith, lunch super; Charlene Lawrence, third grade; Dan Jonlckl, third grade; Charlette Pack, principal; Pat Matthews, resource; Rebecca Snow, first grade. |