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J.inu.m of Street Kids Dont Want to Go Home, Teacher Says 11 A Lot Editorial Unincorporated Islands Shonld Join Sandy City It nidkrs no sense that ' id, mils ot unini orporuled lands are left in the middle of dle of this fiat pav no nate the payments to Sandy, forcto stop ing the city on Feb to fires in the islands Bather than receiving service from a fire station near their homes, residents of these unincorporated islands w ill have to rely on county fire stations located several miles away Those extra miles could mean the different e between an inconsequential fire and a disaster Although it places the islanders at risk, county commissioners made the right choice by ending the payments to Sandy It forces community taxes and unless special arrangements are made receive rio services from Sandy c i incorporated cities They look just like surrounding ( ity neighborhoods and require ex aetly the same services as people surrounding them But because they re not within the houndaiies it v City Because these islanders are from the nearest Salt Lake County fire stations and have Sandy City fire stations in the neighborhood, tl e county has paid Sandy City $250,000 a year for the past three years to provide emergency fire service for those county residents Faced with a tight budget, the countv decided this year to elimi dis-tai- the municipality, convoluted and often expensive methods must bo found to piovide the basic city services required by these suburban residents ol This is the situation in Sandy There aie about a doen islands of unincorporated land in the nod Lavar McMillan, a lifelong Murray resident, sits happily behind his desk while assuming his new mayoral position. the residents of the unincorporated area to take a realistic look at their position If they want prompt fire protection and other high quality municipal services, they should annex into Sandy City If they want to continue avoiding city taxes, they can stay in the county and accept a lower level of service The overlapping layers of government services in Salt Lake County are already confusing and inefficient enough Annexing these islands into Sandy City would be a small, but definite step toward ending the disorder 1 i He encourages citizen involvement with the Continued From Special to The Tribune Kven though Lavar C. McMillan has hud almost two months to get used to the idea, he often sits behind his desk in the mayor's office and wonders if it is true. One year ago, the lifelong Murray resident was contemplating what he was going to do when he retired as director of research for Intermoun- - - r tain Milk Producers, after more than years Today, he is working on increasing the efficiency of the city's work force to keep up with 30,000 residents' expectations without raising taxes. The idea of running for mayor of this city in the heart of the Salt Lake Valley didn't come about until after he attended a meeting with city offt- 25 Hospital Adolescent Psychiatry Department, attempts to educate students who, like Tammy, have left the regular school system "A street kid is someone who is not health sergetting basic services and health mental services, vices, educational services, said Mr. Parks. "They don't get these things because they're not connected with the usual institutions, like school and their families " Unlike runaways, the majority of street kids float between living on the street and at home. "Technically they have a home they can go to, said Mr. Parks, yet many of them prefer to stay on the street. In Tammys ease it was an abusive mother and bad relationship with her stepmother that drove her from both her mother and father's homes. Her mother slept during the day and worked nights, leaving Tammy alone most of the time. She was eventually given to her father, who lived in Utah. citys projects and hopes for better economic, social and cultural grow th. 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Sundays aftt-- noon Saturdays after 8 a tu I in I tah We-kd.- i r CLIP & SAVE-- j HI I Press Memtier Audit Bureau ol lotions Si looking for o change Dm Brynum Srhtxd today .nut ml out .itH'ut Hu uppiwHjM tu th tollowiMj; WORD PROCESSING MEDICAL ASSISTANT DENTAL ASSISTANT TRAVEL I I I SALT LAKE ti 966-662- 7 A in 85? t I ,, luilps irt u UiH I I I C d d great-grandfath- herding cattle while attending schools in the Murray School system. Ho graduated from Liberty Elementary and the old Murray High School before packing a suitcase and hitchhiking his wav to Logan to attend Utah State College in 1939 While at Utah State, he met and began dating Ruby Richards, a West Jordan native. They were married Feb. 11. 1943. The couple has five children Carol Pack; Dr Glen McMillan; Ronald, Bryce; and Dale; and 14 grandchildren In April, 1939, his ROTC unit was activated and Mr. McMillan became an officer with the 45th Infantry Diviin sion, where he survived the See y BRAND NEW CAREERS I I I I I I I Pm, he Asscx vasion ot Normandy and served until the end of the World War II in Europe. In 1946, he returned to Utah State and finished school. Once out of school, he began working for Ernest Ekins, who owned a small dairy in Ogden. He eventually bought into the business and continued to oversee its opeiations until it was sold to Dairy in 1960. He and was assigned to joined their plant in Murray. His father tried to dissuade his son fiom running for public office, because he'd make "too many enemies." but Mr. McMillan "couldn't see four more years of the current administration, which wasn't listening to the citizens " Mayor McMillan is planning on implementing his plans and ideas during the next four years. He feels city government is not unlike business. "We will work to restructure some of the city's departments and increase the efficiency of the departments and accomplish the goals we have set for ourselves." Faced with the possibility of losing several hundred thousands of dollars in in federal revenue grants, the mayor is urging some department heads to look at a 10 percent decrease in their budgets while still maintaining the quality of services. To help that along. Mayor McMillan has coined a slogan "Broaden Your Vision It Can Be Done, and asked city employees to have faith in the system He has asked the department heads to put a hold on any firings and hirings while he reviews the city's operations for the first 90 days of his administration. Admitting not everyone is as optimistic as he. the mayor said "Those that don't want to cooperate, we will have to take a look at." He said he is "really going to try not to increase the property tax." and would like to decrease it by the one 's S-- Column 1 "Mom couldn't decide whether she wanted me or not," she said with an unaffected look. "When she wanted me back, she would kidnap me front school, and take me back to Oregon. This went on from the time I was 5 until I was nine. When her mother finally decided she didnt want her, Tammy then faced the rejection of her stepmother and decided to leave home permanently. There she found a society of many problems drug abuse, poor health, poor nutrition and psychological problems. Mr. Parks estimates roughly 70 percent of street kids have attempted suicide. "Suicide, running away, and being isnt something they enjoy, and those kids who act like they like it are just covering up, said Cathy, a a hellion with carefully curled blonde hair framing a made-uface and blue eyes. She also allowed a Tribune interview on the condition her true name not be printed. A H MEDICAL SECRETARY i in K) works Of loss tt il.ty si hoilulos iv.nlnhlo jrtr on The Bryman School 521-283- 0 445 South 3rd East ' I it Min I t oi ( i.l liit A u J Av SO OUT THEY GO V ) . . . Street kids are all over Utah but concentrate in the downtown areas where it's easier to get lost in the shuffle. The busier it is. the easier to hide from the police or anyone else that may be looking. Cathy said. When night approaches, finding a place to sleep depends on knowing other street kids. "Once you have connections, you're fine. If someone's parents are gone you can stay there or sneak in while their parents are asleep and leave early. The attic and garage are usually best, because parents rarely go there, she said. "It's harder for people who haven't been through it to understand what it s really like. They understand, but in a way they dont, she said, struggling to explain. "They understand it in the sense that they're being sympathetic, but they don't because they haven't been through it." While her peers spend their time attending football games and school dances and dreaming of their first car. life on the street requires a preoccupation with basic survival where to sleep and what to eat Most of Cathy's female friends from the street practice prostitution, though she maintains she "never would let anyone use me that way." Foster homes, shelters, and other public programs are also available for these youths, but many of them have been through the system and refuse to cooperate with officials or recognize the options they offer. But despite the grim reality that confronts these children on a daily basis, they still hold dreams about a better life. Cathy express her desire to finish high school and eventually get a job "Once I'm living somewhere stable, she said, then I'll get an apartment." "I'm just looking to make it through this time where people aren't I messing with me, Tammy said. want to finish school, and continue working with animals." Next week: What's being done to take street kids off the street. Workshop Will Focus on Ways Homeowners Can Save Energy Homeowners and trades workers 3 to learn more about home energy improvements during a free workshop sponsored by the Utah Energy Office and Western Area Power Administration. will get a chance Jan. 22-2- The workshop, "RemodelingRe-trofittin- g To Save Energy, will be held each night from 7 to 9 30 p.m. at Eisenhower Junior High School, 4351 S. Redwood Road. Evaluating costs and benefits of energy improvements, identifying major areas of energy loss and main are a few of taining the topics planned, David Hofeling of the Energy Office said. Because a wide variety of measures exist for improving energy-wastin- g houses, it's important to know what works best, how to apply or install it, and how to select the right product," he said. "If a homeowner plans to remodel, it's important to consider improvements that can be accomplished at the same time," he indoor-air.qualit- y energy-efficienc- y said OHOGOIiATE DEMONSTRATION BROWN TRIM MODELS Sewing Machines Have a New Color trim for 86 ONE TIME OFFER LIMITED SUPPLYi Our WOODS x d FREE CLOSEOUT OUR NEW 1 986 MODELS HAVE A NEW COLOR ALL fast-foo- white it OFF WOVEN ot, V7I"2 D D (3 fcJfXiV L3o MuitrsN EmcHismH 40 r 1985 The streets offer little entertainment to children who are without transportation and without much money Spending their days in malls, vacant buildings, garages, arcades, restaurants, or just walking around the streets can get boring Sometimes they gather in "party houses" any home unsupervised enough to allow a place to gather with friends, play video games, smoke and pass the time The houses both Tammy and Cathy frequent are always open, regardless of the time On a typical day, "I would go to a Store to get a cup of Sev coffee, and steal something to eat. then go to the mall or a friend's house, then just walk around," said Tammy "I used to go jogging after dark and then back to the garage," she said. "The days get to be boring because there's nothing to do. Cathy's average day is similarly dull and long "We usually walk around looking for some friends to hang out with, go to a dollar movie or sneak in if we dont have the money; shoplift or hot wire a car and go carhopping, going from car to car to see what can be stolen spikes, crosses, keys, handcuffs, etc p 1 DRAINS I I UNBLOCKED I I Monday thru Saturday I I . 217 2990 217 - 2990 Toll-fre- I r ibone is a member o' the iated Press T tie Asvk taUsJ is ntiiid ec lusively to the use ot reproduction ot all local news printivl in this newspaper as well as all A P news dispatches 7 J 217 2911 cials and area residents on Prows-woodStillwater apartment project, Dairy Because going in near the company had already put $2.5 million into an expansion of the plant, the company was opposed to a residential project with such a high density. After attending the meeting, in which he presented the company's opposition, I felt my speech fell on deaf ears," he said "They didn't listen to the people." Discussing that with workers at the plant, they convinced Mr. McMillan he should challenge incumbent Mayor LaRell D. Muir. With the support of his family, neighbors and friends, he put off retirement and won the job. Mr. McMillan was born in Murray in 1921, the only son of three children of Newell Dean and Phoebe Irene Cook McMillan. His arrived in the Great Salt Lake Valley three days before Brigham Young and the main body of the Mormon pioneers and had already plowed and planted a wheat crop before they arrived. The Cottonwood Hospital and McMillan Elementary now sit on portions of the family farm. He grew up on the farm, thinning beets, hauling hay, milking cows and ' Most of the love (my friends received was being beat up on or molested." she said By prostitution ' they can get some money for it instead of jerks getting it for free." However, "the money doesn't mean that much to them." she said - I ily of their tune on the streets in Utah, said Richard Parks, educational coordinator of the Spafford School The school, an extension of the LDS Murray Mayor Seeks Citizen Participation Ml'RKAY S store was among the few to offer this Sale WHITE WHITE WHITE Bq; PP stiti h Super Vliixi Model '( .minus OptMi Ami le.ms M.k time ID Stiti h I '8b Model SPIN A D1AI Open Arm G Stitch '8t Model Price Price Price 629.95 529 95 449 95 10-- 8 M0N.-FR- I. SAT. 1890 W. r. 10-- 7 00 South Plaza 5400 EXPIRES IAN 28. 1986 i I I i ( |
