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Show 2WV The Sail Lake Tribune. Wednesday, Januarv 22, l')W More Citizen Participation Is Goal of Murray Mayor , fie should 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 officials and area residents on Prows-wood- s Stillwater apartment project, going in near Dairy. Because 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 . activated and Mr McMillan became an officer w it h the 4 a t h Infantry Division. where lie survived the D Day invasion of Normandy and served until the end of the World War H in Europe. Iri 1946. he returned to Utah State and finished school plant, they convinced Mr McMillan 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 1321, the only son of three children of Newell Dean and Phoebe Irene r 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 Special to The Tribune MURRAY Kven though Lavar (' McMillan has had almost two months to get used to the idea, he oltni siN behind his desk in the mayor's oil tee 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-- ' tain Milk Producers, after more than 25 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. 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 operations until it was sold to Hi Land Dairy in 1960. He and was assigned to joined their plant in Murray. His father tried to dissuade his son from 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 wasnt listening to the herding cattle while attending 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 schools in the Murray School system. He graduated from Liberty Elementary and the old Murray High School before packing a suitcase and hitchhiking his way 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 d 10 percent decrease in their budgets while still maintaining the quality of services To help that along, Mayor McMillan has coined a slogan Broaden It Can Be Done," and Your Vision 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 mill it was increased last year. One difference, he pledged, "is we'll have a lot more citizen involvement than the past administration. The main issue during last fall's election was the city's building policy. Voters ousted the mayor and one councilwoman who had been in office while several controversial building projects were approved. He said he is not as worried about the city's future residents as the past administration. We need to look at what do the people want, and care for those who are already here. to look at a high-densit- y He has already taken steps to drop the city's appeal of a successful court suit challenging its controversial master plan, filed by a citizen's group We need to get the master plan back and complete all the phases of the master plan, he said. During his inauguration, the new crowd it was mayor told a spill-ove- r their city and he wanted them to become involved in it. In support of that, he said the administration will organize community councils and hopefully have better communication between citizens and city government. The mayor said he wants the city to continue to grow economically, spiritually, culturally and socially. He also urged the citizens to be involved Islands Should Join Sandy It makes no sense that islands" of unincorporated lands are left in the middle of incorporated cities. They look just like surrounding City. Because these islanders are dis- tant from the nearest Salt Lake Tribune Stott Photo by Lynn Johnson CLIP & Telephone Numbers Weekdays before 10 a.m., Sunday before Carrier & Home Delivery Information, S I Second class postage paid at Sait Lake Cifv. Utah POSTMAS TER Send address changes to j The Sait Lake Tribune 13 South Mam. Salt Lake City. Utah Mm The illnesses caused as many as 310 students to be absent at one school. All unsolicited articles, manu scripts, letters and pictures sent to The Salt Lake Tribune are sent at the owner s risk and Kearns Tribune Corporation assumes no responsibility tor their custody or return I p.m.1 . p.m.1 Hundreds of students resorted to Mom's chicken noodle soup, Kleenex and cough drops as the flu and common cold hit several schools along the Wasatch Front particularly hard last week. j I HERES WHERE TO CALL 2BOO established April IS 1871, pub hshed daily and Sunday and twice on Wednesday bv the Kearns Tribune Corporation. 143 South Mam. Salt Lake City. Utah 84)10 J Do you need information, want sports scores. liave a news story or feature you want to talk about? Is your paper missing? Do you want to discuss a classified or display advertisement? Dial 237 I New subscriptions, restarts, cancellations and office Mail subscriptions billing information Tuesday was the epitome of it all," said Becky Talbot, attendance secretary at Kearns Jr. High School, 4040 W. 5305 South. Over 300 students were sick, that's over 25 percent of the student body. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Carrier Delivery $ ?1 oer copy Daily $ sa per copy Sunday with daily $ 99 oer copy Sunday Only Sunday by Carrier, and Wednesday bv Mail (S I County) $98 per week Newsrack or Vendor $ IS per C0Pv Daily $100 oer copy Sunday t Rates mav d'Her outside h Sait Lake Metropolitan area By Mail Daily and Sunday (Utah Idaho Nevada and WvommQ) $8S0rrx Oailv Only lUtah. Idaho Nevada VS7Smo and Wyoming SundaOniy (Utah. Idaho Nevada and Wyoming) $y ?S rvw Sundav Only (An that would allow smaller lots and Wednesday Only (S L $13 00 yr County) Daily and Sundav All other Stales $16 SOnxi tighten zoning regulations were expected to be presented to the City Council on Tuesday night. 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Ip Hints Mf'Di in ,is nnift pt H il ) IS you I'ku iintl wt w HOUR while you s Mop N t K si wtuM t'r 6r m n V m in, rods Dvm m v vs tn ,mv pthtH oM 1 Valid through 28-86 J V,H.. OFF WOVEN 947 J W.m Pgiteng lor h or' - Proposals (5 rV7(inn LS O fcJiXi V SO OUT THEY GO 1985 - OREM 7 lev MIS have. Ms. Eklund did say the one mistake most people make, is they do not stay home when they are not feeling well. I hear a lot of mothers tell me that their children weren't feeling well, but they sent them to school anyway. Even if it's the junior prom, don't go out if you're feeling sick, she said. And, she added, if you're feeling under the weather, don't share your apple or Coke with your schoolmates." DIPPING CHOCOLATE MERCKENS store was among the few to offer this Sale '86 Model N MAKE YOUR OWN GUITTARD Famous Open Arm loons Machine 10 Stiti li 3 VALENTINE CHOCOLATES LIMITED SUPPLY) Our quality of development in the R-zone, said city planner Lynn Sharp. "We felt like if they were going to allow smaller lots, we wanted to make sure we would maintain the quality, he said. Among other things, the commission recommended a minimum house size, an attached garage and gabled roofs. Another clause intends to protect the rights of existing property owners by allowing individual on the effect of development to surrounding areas. SPIN-A-DIA- Open Arm '86 Model ce 198 lu, 2M ib. MOLDING CHOCOLATE 1SV GUITTARD S1V CHOC. MOLDS SUPER BOWL SNACKS TOP QUALITY BOXED NUTS TUNA ono O off Brc.mia ALL NUT BRIDGE MIX $2" Lb. 64C CAN IN CASE OF 48 69 r SINGLE CANS M0N.-FR- I. SAT. 10-- 8 10-- 7 2 Slnl.. - 479 1666 225-697- m PinUh, OGDEN i 487-566- (4800 West) and running the width of the city from 9400 to 11800 South. The zoning proposal was added to that for smaller lot size so the city could retain some control over the OUR NEW 1986 MODELS HAVE A NEW COLOR ALL BROWN TRIM MODELS P tJ? South citys west boundary GH0G0LATE-DEM0NSTRATI0- ONE TIME OFFER stiti h Super Deluxe 86 Model 7 y "Influenza is an air-bodisease, you can get it whether the sun is shining or if there is fog, Ms. Eklund added. Either way, there is not a lot you can do but treat the symptoms you FREE 86 Bq; SAIT LAKE January marks the half-wapoint flu season which began around the end of November and will continue through March, said Peggy Eklund, communicable disease program director for the Salt Lake CityCounty Health Department. "After that, you stop seeing a lot of cases. The local temperature inversion, which had covered the area for more than two weeks when the illnesses struck in large number, has not contributed significantly to the number of cases, said Ms. Eklund. of the regular CLOSEOUT WHITE WHITE WHITE ?? S ma Boyinton. There really has been a lot of absent kids, she said They just keep coming in feeling sick." Ye-vie- Sewing Machines Have a New Color trim for WOODS IV A public hearing on the issue is scheduled for Feb. 4, after which the council will vote on the amendments. The area recommended for the decrease is west of the proposed West Valley Highway (3600 West) to the WHITE fotorrKiKer OFF JORDAN BRAND NEW LCBCHEMnn 45 40 VEROSOL PLEATED SHADE u HH FREE and a fever. Pneumonia and strep throat have also forced many students to stay home, Ms. Talbot added. Some students come to school feeling fine, but check out before the day is through. "Normally, 10 or 15 kids will leave school during the day, Ms. Talbot said. But 30 to 35 kids are leaving now. I know these kids are really sick" she said, because some of them I have never seen before handing in illness excuse notes while I have been working here. Truman Elementary, 4639 S. 3200 West, had 68 students absent Jan 16, which is well over the average 15 or 20 students, explained secretary Nor The proposals would decrease minimum lot size to 10,000 square feet and provide stricter zoning controls on those smaller lots. Both were expected to be recommended by the planning commission to the council at this edition's deadline. m advance OBITUARY NOTICES Weekdays before 5 p.m. Weekdays afler 5 p.m. Sundays after noon Saturdays afler 8 a.m. in Utah 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. Jordan to Consider Smaller Lot Sizes, Tighter Zoning Rules S. other States ADVERTISING DEPARTMENTS j He encourages citizen involvement with the citys projects and hopes for better economic, social and cultural growth. County fire stations and have Sandy City fire stations in the neighborhood, the 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 county decided this year to elimi nate the payments to Sandy, forcing the city on Feb. 1 to stop responding to fires in the islanls. Rather than receiving service from a fire station near their homes, residents of these unincorporated islands will have to rely on county fire stations located several miles away. Those extra miles could mean the difference 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 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. Common Flu Takes Toll in Wasatch Front Schools 0) I4J South Mam alt Cakf Sfitmnf 6 a.m. to I ehr 'suit Calif Jribnnc SAYTi (USPS I Monday-Friday- . i e Editorial city neighborhoods and require exactly the same services as people surrounding them. But because theyre not within the boundaries of the municipality, convoluted and often expensive methods must be found to provide the basic city services required by these suburban residents. This is the situation in Sandy. There are about a dozen islands of unincorporated land in the middle of this sprawling community that pay no city taxes and, unless special arrangements are made, receive no services from Sandy Lavar McMillan, a lifelong Murray resident, sits happily behind his desk while assuming his new mayoral position. with city decisions and plans many projects with citizen involvement I have a great group of people to work with in the City Council," he said, who are knowledgeable of what the city needs and what the residents want. He expects a relationship of cooperation with the City Council. Because of his business background, Mayor McMillan is concerned about the city's employment picture. He is working on an advertising campaign for the city to encourage business into the small, pollution-frearea. He also is asking the city's Redevelopment Agency for suggestions on how to decrease the time it will take to recoup the money to restore the areas. 7 lot) South ( S,.uih Hrmnari I r.ur.t.v Mill, TER IBM W. 5400 South Plaza 5400 EXPIRES IAN. J 28. 1986 |
