Show irboardls See Related Story on page 10 Councils meet to solve Airport issues Gunnison-Salin- a In a much needed meeting between the Gunnison and Salina city councils a new airport manager was named as well as reasons to activate the airport board to make ongoing decisions concerning the Airport located just north of Redmond on the county line At the end of the meeting is was moved by Salina City councilman Jack Learn ing to accept the hanger fees of S 100 a month for the larger enclosed hanger S2500 a month for the hanger with no doors and $1500 per tiedown per month and to keep the ongoing responsibility for the airport alternating every other year between the two cities with a settlement at the end of th5 fiscal year with each city sharing evenly in the costs incurred except for snow removal Karen Glover then moved that Dr Richard Nay be appointed as from a representative Airport manager and along with appointment Salina the opposite community of the one represented by the airport Karen was then manager be appointed as airport board chairman appointed to this position as Mooney Crane declined the appointment Then Jack Learning moved to compensate Manager Nay $2500 a for services rendered month shared equally by the two communities Salina City had already denounced Dr Nay as “their” airport manager some time ago and had approsed hanger fees to be charged with during their year of operation with little or no communique Gunnison officials Mayor Grant Stubbs explained thtt it was their desire to make the not a burden to taxpayers Councilman Roger airport self sufficient Nielsen said there arc planes being housed out there w here the ow ners arc not even tax paying citizens of cither Gunnison or Salina and were basically using the airport for free Salina currently budgets around S7(X) a year without their half of the insurance costs for the airport w hile Gunnison has been budgeting about $1000 but this figure includes insurance expenses Dr Nay then voiced his concerns not about the fees that were being accessed as “I am not opposed to the fee” he said but he thought the airport was jointly owned and managed and that both Salina and Gunnison should have been involved with these decisions He also informed the Salina Council that by the time he had found out about the fees the big hanger was already rented out “No one informed me of this action till afterwards” he said Nay also explained that contrary to what had been reported in newspaper articles by Councilman Crane he had not been running up the power bills at the airport by using heaters and welders Councilman Crane argued this point but Nay explained that a furnace was being stored there but never had been hooked up as manager These same motions were voted on and approved by the Gunnison City council later that evening when they reconvened in Gunnison Although these motions all passed and were welcomed by most councilmcn from both communities they did not come to pass without some healed debate in the Salina Council Chambers While Salina Council was airing their penned up griesanccs the issue of snow removal came un Last winter Salina Citv scraped the runways when it was not their year for this maintenance Gunnison Councilman Richard Dyreng explained that alter the first snow storm Gunnison City could not get to the airport to remove the snow and therefore requested Salina City do it and paid $J5(X) for this service as requested by Salina This also happened after the second storm as Gunnison City showed up their road grader just after Salina City had finished Even after the third storm after Gunnison City had one of their trucks equipped w ith a blade “we came and you were out there doing it again We didn’t gripe and w e paid the bills you sent but I don t want to hear more about this issue because we were there” said Dyreng At this point Councilman Roger N iclsen stated that by goncs should be bygones and that die two councils should go forward from there has been the major problem Dy reng explained that communication all along and from here the councils discussed the activation of the airport board to meet regularly so that monthly improvements and problems can be discussed in a timely fashion 1 he airport board will be made up of the two mayors and two councilmcn over the airport Both councils agreed that it was wise to have someone manage the airport that has an interest at stake and agreed that Dr Nay would be a good choice Dr Nay accepted the appointment as airport manager for the $2500 a month Sanpete Co selected Miss is FivcSan pete County cities were represented in the royal company that is now reigning over the Sanpete County Fair Sherene Bcazer a daughter of Beazer Keith and Mrs Mr Ephraim is the new Miss Sanpete For her talent number in the Miss Sanpete Scholarship pageant Miss Beazer sang “O My Man” a hit number from the musical “Funny Girl” Sherene who graduated from manti High school in may where she was a cheerleader and participated in numerous activities is the current Miss Ephraim Jeanna Davis a daughter of Mrs Jcannie B Davis Manti was named first attendant Also a May graduate of Manti High school where she was on the drill team and had the lead role in the school play Jeanna performed a piano solo for her talent number Analyn Roberts a daughter of Mr and Mrs Dennis Roberts Wales She’s a is the second attendant graduate of North Sanpete High school where she won honors in Her talent numseveral activities ber was piano solo Chosen third attendant was Julie Shelley a daughter of Mr and Mrs Darrell Shelley Mt Pleasant another North Sanpete High School Graduate who was on the honor roll She played a violin solo Rebecca Donaldson a daughter of Mr and Mrs Blake Donaldson Gunnison is Miss Sanpete’s fourth She was yearbook ediattendant tor at Gunnison High School and involved in music activities Her talent number was a vocal solo BEAZER NAMED MISS SANPETE CO: SHERENE Sherene Beazer Ephraim center was crowned Miss Sanpete County at the annual scholarship pageant Saturday August 9 at the Gunnison High School Her attendants are from left: Julie Shelley Mt Pleasant third Early Morning Shootout in Salina An early Sunday morning shooting spree through the streets of Salina came to an end when Richard Scgar age 30 was arrested at his home The Salina City Police assisted by the Sevier Department County Sheriffs Office Richfield Utah HighCity police department way Patrol and North Sevier Jeep Posse made the arrest Segar age 30 had begun his 4 12 hour crime spree with a fight at the Water Hole Bar about 2 ant Later Segar allegedly fired a shotgun at close range from a pickup truck into Mrs Dcrb Woods' car as she turned east on Main Street Luckily MrsWoods was uninjured however her car was damaged as was the front of Maxwell’s Carpet store from the same blast and shot Segar then continued at the entrance door to the Salina Police Department with the shot gun causing damage to the inside walls and phone system plus damage to north and west outside walls of the city building from other shotgun blasts Several teenagers and others were threatened at gunpoint Later Segar allegedly shot at the vehicle of John Shields with a shotgun and then at Shields himself with a rifle - both on Main Street A citizen reported that a man brandishing a gun stopped him at a stop sign 2 miles west of Salina on US 50 and threatened to kill him The threatened man ducked down behind the wheel of his car and sped off The suspect headed north on field road Reinforcements were called out after a report of shots being fired at 1st North and 1st West prehend Segar All businesses in Salina were closed down in an attempt to remove the public from danger At 3:52 am the Department received a report that the suspect had returned to his home according to Chief Kiesel Several officers surrounded the house at a safe distance to prevent any possibility of the suspect esand a plan was put into caping effect to apprehend him with the least possible chance of injury “At about 5:30 am I made contact with the suspect’s wife by telephone and set a plan for apprehension At 6:30 am officers entered the home and arrested the suspect without Roberts Wales second attendant and Rebecca Donaldson Gunnison fourth attendant Photo courtesy of Mansion House Photography Gunnison Valley Elementary followed by more shots at about 3 am and at 3:30 am a shot was allegedly fired in front of Chief Kiesel’s residence As reinforcements arrived and a search began to aporganized who was in bed asleep attendant Jenna Davis Manti First attendant Annalyn in- cident “I feel good knowing that this incident ct me to an end without any bloodshed or death” said Chief Kiesel “I publicly want to thank every departmentand again tell the public how fortunate we are to have this calibre of people protecting them” he added “This was one of those situations where several people could have lost their lives or sustained injury” Kiesel said Segar age 30 was charged with attempted murder and booked into the Sevier County Jail Bail was set at $100000 ready and It’s school time school Elementary open it’s doors for number of students 578 and Gunnison is prepared to about the same it had last year Teacher stability is cited as one of the attributes at the elementary school as this year there are no new teachers but there will be a couple of changes in the curriculum plus that is the addition of a new this year There will be four kindergarten classes this year with three classes of first through sixth grades Although the first graders will have approximately 30 students per class the rest of the grades average 27 or 28 students per teacher In the four classes the two sessions will switch after the Christmas break The $2000 registration Deadlines will be changed for Gunnison News The Labor Day Holiday is fast approaching Monday September 4 So that ourcmployccs can enjoy the holiday too the Gunnison Valley News will be going to press early We will need your stories phoin our Olficc tos and advertising and early Friday on Thursday Anything August 3 Land Sept received after that date will have to be held until the following week’s edition Thanks for your corporation Off is and Running fee will be used to provide refreshment breaks for the students d uring the year As was mentioned there will be no changes in the teaching staff this year but there will be a change in how Chapter Federal Funds will be spent at the school this year In years past special instructors funds were hired with the Chapter to help students struggling in math and reading skills Students would be pulled out of their regular classrooms to go down the hall to meet this instructor for an hour or so each day This year teacher aids are being hired to take over these special need situations as well as to serve as helpers in the classrooms to help other students and the teachers Fourteen aids are in the process of being hired to work two hours a “We want day in the classrooms to make sure that as much help as possible is getting to the students and this way will allow us to not only meet the needs of those students with special needs but to help all of the students” said Principal Rodney Anderson The new is also ready and under the direction of Beth Christensen Three four and five year olds will be accepted into this school for the 25 hour session They will be bussed to and from their homes Because it is a federally funded program it is limited to 30 students 15 of which have to be special need students and the remainder students without limitations The course is structured to build A readiness skills for education mixture of children is required as they want the students to pattern good habits in education reached from a mixture of students “If there were ever a program to help kids this is the one” explained Anderson About the only other changes that will be seen at the school this year will be the team teaching that will be going on with each of the upper grade levels 4th 5th and 6th graders This was facilitated this year because of the three class rtxims needed for each of these grade levels The team teaching concept was part of the teachers career ladder goals from last year and Anderson can sec “lots of advantages” with the concept The teachers from each grade level will specialize in math social studies and language arts and students will be taught by each of the three teachers in their grade level There will be no cross grade teaching School lunch for the elementary school will be $100 per day for The school lunch prostudents gram by law must be a program Last year after an audit the auditor informed the school that no lunches may be charged At the elementary school students will be allowed to charge one lunch in and after that the an emergency student will be given bread and continued on page 3 Prepardness Fair is planned Come Fill your lamps Gunnison Stake is sponsoring a Preparedness Fair at the Stake Center on September 8 at 7:00 pm The Parable of the TEn Virgins will be unfolded to you through a remarkable painting in a way you will never forget Come learn about It is one Christs timeless message that could change your life Don’t miss this exciting and which inspirational presentation will be followed by displays and ont he following information Career and Education Literacy Financial and ReDevelopment Home Prosource Management and Storage duction Physical Health Social Emotional and Spiritual Strength and Emergency Preparedness School District receives grant The South Sanpete School District has received a $36000 grant from the stale to develop a model program in the district’s three elementary schools The district will employ a fullwho will be retime coordinator sponsible for getting the organized and funcprogram Manti and tioning oat Ephraim Gunnison Valley Elementary schools Facets of the program will be the identification of students at risk of failing in academic subjects as they move into the middle and high school levels because of poor skill mastery in reading math and writing: establishing big brothcrbig sister activities: organizing peer tutoring groups |