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Show I CAPRT-S0RTC0- ' I kj J ' 3- 05 Utah Press Assn. 07 W 200 S, Suite 1006 - Salt ABC In Corner page 4 Review Lai e ynr City UT 84101-12- SE vvy 12 UB va 4th Graders page 8 page 4 me jKr-- r or A m wWtlUFr CIl 'L 94 NO. 79 I Angels of giving Linda Petroff, left, Darlene Miller, and Joni Cox decorate the Angel Tree at the Magna Post Office. The tree will have the names and ages of about 200 local children that will not have a merry Christmas without the generosity of those willing to give. Each childs wish list for Santa is listed on the back of the name tag. The Angel Tree is sponsored by MagnaFact, which helps those Magna families in need. Gifts should be returned wrapped to the tree with the tag attached. Other tl donations for the Christmas season can be made directy to MagnaFact. Photos by Dobbi Olson no v X A ! V4 ! $ I - $ yaara'W H X School boundaries set for next year Bv PEER! OLSON Editor High. Despite objections from some Granite District parents, the Granite School Board gave final approval for boundary changes to 34 elementary Schools and eight junior high schools. After meeting with two parents groups since initial ' approval was granted two weeks ago, district administrators could not find a way to meet parents concerns to keep 1 1 1 students at Hillside Elementary or altering the boundaries for Hunter Junior thing that said it was 1.5 miles so that we coud provide bussing to meet state statutes," said Jerry Pulsipher, director of Planning and Boundries. "But nothing we did equaled that distance." Currently, students that live in an area between the canal and 4100 South and 6400 West and 5600 West are able walk less than one-hamile to Hillside Elementary. The change would require the students to "We tried to find some- lf We found no other way to house those kids and house the kids from die south," Pulsipher said. Parents said that they will now seek open enrollment permits to send their students to either Hillside or Orchard Elementary, which is closer to the students homes than Whittier. "We were caught off guard this time around, but it wont happen again," said Stephen Ryther, spokesman for the residents that live in the area. "If we see the walk from 1.2 to 1.47 miles to Whittier Elementary. In addition, they would have to cross the canal, which is not fenced, causing safety concerns for the parents. "We are continuing to work to see if we can get fencing around the canal," Pulsipher said. A hazardous route study of the new walking route will be conducted to see what types of hazards are posed to students who will also have to walk past two parks and two churches along the route. Please turn to BOARD page 8 Cyprus high joins Oiy pin craze Cyprus High School is getting in on the Olympic pin craze sweeping the valley. Celebrating the Olympic spirit and joining in the pin trading events, Cyprus had a pin made up that features an arid skier in the middle of a stunt with Cyprus High School written on one side and the Salt Lake Olympic logo and rings in the middle. The school had 200 pins made up, which, due to its limited numbers, may become a rare pin for avid pin traders. The Cyprus Olympic pin can be purchased at the high Kennecott permanently shuts Magna operations Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation wiil begin to take several steps to cut costs, including reducing jobs, and improve productivity to help secure its future. "These are tough but necessary actions for our operations in response to the difficult economic climate," said Bruce Farmer, Kennecott President and CEO. "We must reduce overall costs by 20 percent and improve productivity significantly." KUC will permanently close the Magna North Concentrator and make consequential changes to its mining operations as well as outsource smelter maintenance. The company announced in June that it was temporarily ceasing its operations at the North Concentrator. That shut down will now become permanent since the concentrator is older and less that the main concentrator in Copperton. On an annual basis, the North Concentrator processed approximately 12 million tons of ore and produced about 60,000 tons of copper in concentrate. Because of the closure, concentrate sales, which had averaged about 100,000 tons per year in recent years, will cease. "Copper prices remain at record lows and 50 percent of American copper production is idled," Farmer said. As a result of this closure, associated rail ore delivery systems at the mine will be shut down and the equipment effe-cie- it LCOPY p Tsvember 29, 2001 school bookstore for $5. When students heard the announcement of the pin being made, 1 00 pins were ordered by students and faculty members. The pins should be available to the public by Dec. 6. To order a pin, community members should call Cyprus 0 and High School at ask for Marilyn Hardman. Money collected from the pin sale will go toward the Cyprus scholarship fund. Daring the Olympics, Magna will be the official hosts of the Olympic teams from the country of Cyrpus. P A P a r.i I i z V if A VSALTLAvt?; 250-860- ft r - i X nt Bruce Farmer "We must reduce overaU costs by 20 percent and improve productivity significantly. " fleet matched to the new mine plan. Two electric shovels and rotary drills together with part of the haul truck fleet will be idled These changes will affect about 30 jobs. KUC anticipates that copper production for 2002, based on a lower ore grade at the mine, will be about 320,000 tons. KUC will outsource the maintenance function at its smelter, affecting approximately 150 positions. In addition to the North Concentraitor shut down, Kennecott moved its corporate offices from Magna to Copperton during the summer Please turn to KUC page 8 Magna readies for Santas visit The snow came to Magna just in time for the city to welcome Santa complete in a winter wonderland setting at the annual Christmas Parade. The annual Christmas Parade will begin at noon on Saturday Dec. on Historic Main Street. The parade, sponsored by the Magna Chamber of Commerce, has been a part of the community's Christmas celebration for the past 26 years. The parade will begin at 2700 South and 8400 West and travel west down 2700 South down Magna Main Street to Webster Elementary School. Following the parade, Santa Claus will greet local children to inquire if they have been naughty or nice. Parade staging will begin at 1 1 a.m. behind the Chevron Service Station for all participating entries. hie Chamber is still accepting applications for 1 anyone interested in participating in the annual parade. Interested participants should contact Chamber members 2 Lora Kinsman at or Lorena Schnebly at 246-509- 246-623- 0. Other Christmas season events in Magna include the annual Christmas movie and bagful of goodies for each student in Magna Elementary Schools on Dec. 14 and the Tree Lighting event on Dec. 8 at the Veterans Memorial. The Cyprus Learning Network will have its winter festival on Dec. 6 at 7 p.m. at the Cyprus High School auditorium. The festival includes musical groups from each school in Magna and Orchard Elementary School in West Valley, which is also a part of the Cyprus Learning Network since its student will eventually attend Matheson Junior High and Cyprus High school. |