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Show o Volume XIII - D'ie Number 12 St. George, Utah 84770 College r owners shift blame to clerks Store February By Jack Walsh to minors are not the fault of store management, said the owner of one St George grocery store after seeing the recent Dixie Sun article that named It is the fault of clerks who sell it. ten stores which sold beer to minors. 1, 1980 r -- Beer sales V see that my employees are properly instructed to ask got to great lengths to if age is a question, said Tom Durrant, owner of Robin Hood store. Should they make a mistake, they will lose their at the first offense. for ID job of Gibsons Discount Center explained that the manager cant be time, and that all managers can do is train checkers. Our policy is to ask for ID of anyone that even looks under 25. A sign prominently posted in an employees area of Gibsons states Any employee caught selling beer to minors will be fired automatically. The checkers, however, say that it is sometimes difficult to handle the situation correctly. Besides problems in judging a persons age, it can be embarrassing to Sometimes customers act like its an insult to have to show ID, ask for ID. said one teenage checker. Another female clerk said that she is often afraid to ask for ID if the guys big enough. Randy Judd there all the nc both agree that minors who buy beer should receive punishment. They need to do more than slap their hands, says John Im in favor, says Durrant, Of fines, Avery, owner of the Short Stop Market. penalties and severe sentences for those who actually buy beer illegally, attempt to beer beer underage and buy beer to supply a minor. Store owners and cashiers harsher i m Judge Owens, Okay, so Snow did embarrass us in Friday's game. At least we were shown what is to be our new mascot. Nicknamed "Rodney Rebel," the big, lovable lug provides new spirit for the Rebel cause, even if it does have to wear "Community Bank Rebel," on its back. But, since the bank did put up the thousand for its purchase, the ad's not so bad. Besides, it kinda matches our State Bank of St. George scoreclocks. (Photo by Brett Beyeler) Robert F. Owens agrees that stiffer penalties are in order. According to future violations will receive harsher penalties than in the past. owners and operators have made several sugesstions as to how to halt of beer to minors. Among the suggestions: stiffer penalties, an ordinance requiring everyone under 30 to show ID, requiring employees who could sell beer to attend a police seminar on alcohol, the prosecution of clerks who intentionally sell to minors, and a requirement of each Deer buyer to register every beer sale. Store the sale lat or u me sports teams take bite in budget Winning fit "K i Ralph Schriock By the Snow College While whomping on Friday night to take a lead in the ICAC conference, a few Dixie Badgers were the Rebels last officials, if only subconsciously, may have been Breathing sighs of relief. college p ) For ln the ot the although every Rebel gymnasium was upset loss, having a basket- - It was also last year that wasnt miracously wiped out Dixie administrators elimieither; it was tacked onto nated the tennis team to this years athletic budget. help meet reduced budget Moreover, the $2,000 conguidelines asked for by tingency fund of the athletic $52,231 Governor Matheson. departments This year, Matheson has budget is meant to cover travel costs for requested all Utah colleges to shave another four per all Rebel sports teams. cent off their budgets. Thus, Thus, if the basketballers Dixie chopped again, the $132,000 travel from last years budget to get deficit will again carry over the figure for this years by next year, presumably on post-seaso- Iter .TTW 'I .r. - V: 1( 1 J v . , V.. bal1 learn retain its tl ica (le collegi t can help cutbk budg Last year basketball with rehemently erence tl and leason ui ov mefl IV in Si is fy i ) v V i f rt J on equipment, classes, and personnel. The Athletic department, has however, according to director Doug Allred, basically the same budget as last year. The problem is, though, that for their travel last year, the basketballers were allotted only $2,000 in a contingency fund, not the $16,000 they spent. The remaining deficit post-seaso- games CLV )7lor ciieg spent $i( n By Scott Rhoades Remember those bother- w some last top of the remains of years deficit. Because sending the team the Kansas last year cost the college so much, it was rumored that Dixie simply couldnt afford another championship team. The truth is, the college cant a really afford it, but such all to travel would team tournaments Allred, Says anyway. Occasionally, the school post-seaso- Students give Dixie profs high marks in evaluation t i scrimping ball team provides such an occasion, so if the Rebels were to again make Kansas, they would again go. We were able to cover n some of the debt with money from booster clubs and extra gate receipts, Allred says. Such would be the case again this year if the team travels past the conference. Their biggest worry right now? How to beat their old nemesis, Snow. n f .L f iii.ii the national tournament in Kansas provided excitement for those who attended it also left the college with a hefty bill. mae 9 do n post-seaso- has to incur deficit spendingHaving a winning basket- student-facult- evalu- y ation sheets we filled out at the end of last quarter? Well, the results are in, and according to the evaluations offered by the students, Dixie College has a very good faculty. The overall course rating for the college is 5.3 5 being a very good rating. The overall rating for instructors was even higher--5.7- . The highest ratings given were 6.4s in the Seldom Misses Classes and Excellent Knowledge of Subject categories for instructors. The lowest overall instructor rating was a 5.6 in the "Gives Helpful Evaluations category. In the overall course ratings, the highest was a 5.9 Course Has Helped Me score and the lowest score was 5.2 for the response, Exams Measure Performance." In a memo to the faculty, for Instructional Services Peter Nyberg said, Considering summary scores for the entire college, it is apparent that the students feel we have an excellent faculty at Dixie College. Congratulations to Vice-preside- all who participated. Students can now look forward to filling out more of the sheets at the end of this quarter. i' |
