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Show Tsr Twaun jxnJH JWtt vt zr. A' 7, Wl M oanrss. juj.x.'ri JHtV" 467 State press East 3rd So asn. 30C7XX Palt Lake City, Utah Saiijbi ?4ir, NEW AMBULANCE PHONE NUMBER i. Vol.58 No. 25 Thursday, December Wolves Get All-Spor- Trophy Dec. 6 12:05 p.m. 6) North Over $3,000 stolen Thursday night from Nelsons Sunbeam Coal office has been recovered and a boy has been charged with grand larceny and burglary in connection with the incident. Sevier High School will be presented the Deseret News traveling trophy for outstanding performance in 1978-7The school won the trophy, the first giyen by the Salt Lake newspaper, on the basis of their placing in state competition in boys and girls sports. The newspaper gave 8 points for a fir-s- t place, finish, 7 points for second, and so on down to 1 point for eighth place. North Sevier accumulated a total of 35.5 points to take top honors in over second-plac- e Monticello, with 34.5 points. North Summit was a close third with 34 points. Other top eight teams were Dugway, 26 points; Gunnison, 25; Kanab, 23.5; South Summit, 23, and 9. The juvenile, from Wisconsin, had been working for the Utah Turkey Growers Plant near the coal yard. i Parowan, 22. Wolf-wome- chants will eipain open until 8 p.m. every, (Monday until Christmas to enable stoppers to complete preparations for the holiday. DECK THE City employees Bob McEwon and John Cox used a front-en- d loader Tuesday to put up Christmas decorations on the citys main streets. Salina mer HIGHWAYS-Sali- na opened at a special Board of Education on district office in Richaloud. Larry Denham, representing Burrow & Smith, the districts financial consultant, assisted. Other business at the meeting included approval to invest school district funds in the new First Security Bank branch in Richfield and hiring of four new employees at Richfield, South Sevier and the district office. The board also approved advertising for bids on two new school buses to be delivered next summer. They will be purchased from the 1980-8- 1 budget. Next regular meeting of the board will be held at 8 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 13, at North Sevier High School. A special committee to act on the pressurized irrigation system to be installed in Salina was appointed Monday night by the city council. John Garr Gets Riding Club Appointment Of Elects Officers Public Affairs guidance counseling. He is serving his fourth term in the Utah House of Representatives and currently is the assistant house minority whip. Garr is a member of --the Re venue and Taxation and Energy and Natural Resources Committees, and serves on the Joint Legislative Energy Task Force. Additionally, he serves on the Governors Coal Leasing Task Force representing the Utah coal industry, and is a member of the Permanent Regulation Task Force. Prior to his appointment, he was employed by American Coal Co. and r the Carbon County School District as r a guidance counselor. He is married to the former Helen Barnett of -- I - - ) lw oULlnftw Alan Gurney was elected president of the Salina Riding Club at the dinner meeting Saturday at the Branding Iron Inn. He will take over from Ralph Baker, who served as president for vice-presiden- t; r; Christensen, one-ye- ar directors. two-yea- is being held in the juvenile detention Salina Sets Tax Levy Salina Citys tai levy for 1979, delayed because of the State of Utahs revaluation program, was set Tuesday morning by the Sevier County Commissioners. The mill levy for property in the city was set at 8 mills, down from the 20 mills levied last year. Later, according to Chief Kiesel, the juvenile stole the key, returned to the coal yard office, and took the rest of the money. He locked the door and broke out the window in the door from the, outside, . . . to make us believe it was a forced entry, the police chief said. Yule Concert Is Dec. 19 North Sevier junior and senior high Wednesday, Dec. Music 19. director Lynn Swindlehurst said the concert, to be held in the new gymnasium, will include traditional Christmas favorites and should be entertaining for all persons attending. citys mayor. New tires and some minor repairs to the citys front end loader were approved by the councilmen, who agreed the equipment should be in good repair. Carvel Magelby, Richfield, met with the council to discuss the Following the revaluation of property, state law sets a maximum of 8.1 mills which may be levied by the municipality, Mayor Leah Conover explained. Salina City property was valued at in 1979, after the $7,347,519 revaluation was completed. This total compares to the previous years assessed valuation of only $2,500,000. The city will collect only slightly more - $700 from property taxes this year, the mayor explained. The 1978 tax collection was $58,000, and the 1979 collection will be $58,700. The county officials, after receiving the necessary tax information from the state, worked all day Tuesday with the countys cities and towns, as well as the school district, in setting mill levies so the individual property tax bills could be processed and sent out. County officials hope to get the tax bills delivered before Christmas, the mayor said, with a month allowed for payment. - school bands and chorus will perform in a Christmas concert at 7:30 p.m. consulting engineers, met with the council concerning their proposal to update the sewage treatment plant. After checking the plant area, they will submit a proposal to the council for consideration. Several firms have been asked to present proposals, and one company will be selected to make further studies. The study will be funded by a grant from the Division of Environmental Health. Gale Larsen, president of Valley Engineering, from Logan, and Don Naser, the firms representative in Richfield, met with the council concerning the sewer plant expansion. They will prepare a proposal and submit it to the council soon. The council voted to write a letter supporting Orem City in the current Environmental Protection Agency-U.Steel Geneva plant controversy, as requested in a letter from that schools campaign, Day, designed having students give and contribute the equivalent they would have spent to the special Cambodian relief fund. Sen. Hatch has agreed to . . . make every effort to see that your work reaches the Cambodian people in a form and timeliness that will be of optimum benefit to these starving people. In his letter to the high school principals, the senator said he believes (hat . . this effort is a terrific example of the very best in ourselves and our youth and joins with the North Sevier students in . . challenging you to join in the effort, along with your students. Here is a chance not only to aid others, but just as importantly, a chance during this season to show our .thanks for the bounteous blessings that we have, the senator wrote. North Sevier students and faculty members collected $385, which was Protection Agency hearing. Principal Ross Marshall and instructor Curtis Ricker will accompany the students making the presentation: David Gurney, Debbie Hales, Clint Johnson, Lisa Shaheen, and Tammy Jensen. The students, along with and parents representatives Jan Whipple, Barbara Adams and Genevieve Crowther, spearheaded the project. The project was not purely altruistic, the principal explained. A secondary purpose, which included a total ban on junk food on the school grounds, was to make students aware of the litter and trach which were piling up because of student apathy. The students are to be complimented, Marshall said. They had an idea, saw it through to completion, and gave leadership to all schools in the state. Following the awareness days, it was decided to permit junk food back to 1 Party Legion American Salinas theft and all the money was recovered. He has been charged and While in the office, the youth discovered a cigar box containing the money, and removed two $100 bills. He finished the weighing, locked the office, and returned the key to the plant. percent of their goal, $1 for each of the 338 students and 29 faculty members. The Senior Class contributed the 124 and of their goal most camfor the provided leadership paign. The money will be presented to Sen. Hatch at 12:45 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7, in Orem, where the senator is par- for starving Cambodian refugees is being taken up. Utah Republican Sen.. Orrin Hatch has sent letters to all high school principals in the state, describing the local ar Legion Auxiliary, founded Nov. 15, 1929, will celebrate its anniversary with a special party and luncheon tonight (Thursday, Dec. 6) at 7:30 oclock in the Legion Hall. Three charter members of the group, Leona Jensen, Afton Robins, and Annie Anderson, will be honored guests at the luncheon, which is free to members. The group presently has 99 senior and one junior member. One of the charter members of the group listed last week by LaRae Horne, auxiliary president, as Mrs. Claud Anderson is Mrs. Claud Allred. Robert Jensen, outgoing councilman, will serve as chairman of the committee, which also includes Ted Shepherd, new councilman; Bryan Rasmussen, Rae E. Noyes, Jr. and Kay Nielsen. The committee was approved unanimously on the suggestion of Mayor Leah Conover. Earl Steiger met with the council to request permission to hold a private party for Western States Coal at his business, Stigs Western Rancher Club, on Dec. 16. On that date, the club will be closed to the public and no sales will be made. Sufficient policing will be provided. The request, under the conditions stated, was approved. . Representatives of Nielsen, Maxwell and Wangsgard, Salt Lake City A challenge from North Sevier High School students to other Utah high schools to raise money to provide food ar Baker, as past president, will be a director, and Allen Durfey is r director. a holdover was elected captain Hansen Redge of special events for the club, which also held a dance following the dinner meeting, at the Salina American Legion Hall. The dance, which was open to the public, featured music by The Bootleggers from Parowan. Thirty members attended the dinner meeting. one-ye- The youth had been working at the plant for several months and was due to leave town Saturday, the police chief said. The turkey plant closed Friday for the season. Com- and Employment Training Act (CETA) program and its fringe benefits. Jana Wahlquist, police secretary, is the only CETA prehensive employee in the city organization. Councilman Wesley Cherry moved to allow Jana full employee benefits, excluding paid vacation and retirement. The benefits would include sick leave and paid holidays, retroactive to Oct. 1. CETA will reimburse the city for expenses involved in the training program. Councilmen-elec- t Ted Shepherd, Hansen atand Redge Reynolds Lynn tended the meeting. Remember City Laws On Snow And Winter Salina residents are reminded by Police Chief Gordon Kiesel that winter brings certain ordinances, as well as cold and snow. The city requires that vehicles which are not operable, such as inoperative cars and trucks, trailers of all varieties, and the like, must be removed from the streets in order to permit snow removal. Vehicles used for transportation, such as cars and trucks which are moved frequently, need not be parked off the street. Motorists also may not drive with obscured vision, the police chief explained. Fog, snow and frost must be removed from the windows of the vehicle before driving, or the operators will face a citation. Impaired vision leads to accidents, he said. City ordinances also require that sidewalks be shoveled clean of snow, within a reasonable hail, or sleet time. It specifically requires that the sidewalks be cleaned before 9 a.m. following storms the previous night. ... Local Students Challenge Utah Schools the past year. ' Other officers elected are Lee Ruth Torgerson, Baker, secretary-treasureJudy Zumwalt, historian; Jim Black, director; Angus Robins and Dirk two-ye- In a second interview with the police, the juvenile admitted to the City Council Appoints Special Committee On Irrigation System Bids . were meeting of the Nov. 27 in the field and read John M. Garr has been named manager of Government and Public Affairs for the Utah operations of Coastal States Energy Co., a Houston-bake- d energy development firm. - He will be headquartered in Price, according to Vernal J. Mortensen, vice president of Utah operations for Coastal States. The firms Utah operations will develop three coal mines, with capacity to produce about five million tons of coal a year, in the Scofield area about 25 miles from Price over the next 10 years. Garr is a native of East Carbon and a graduate of Carbon County High School. He graduated from the College ol Eastern Utah and holds both BS and MS degrees from Utah State University in psychology and center in Provo awaiting further disposition of the case. rum- 43. Portland.' ( weighed, said the youth was maging around in the office. In investigating the theft on Friday, Chief Kiesel said he first interviewed the youth, who denied having any connection with the theft. The truck driver, who had broken down, was contacted, and his wife, who was in the truck at the time it was being Oregon Bank Low Bidder On Bond Sale Verified low bidder for Sevier School District bonds is the United States National Bank of Oregon in JOHN M. GARR T, Police chief Gordon Kiesel said the youth was given a key to the coal yard office and sent with a truck driver to weigh the truck. A The Wolves accumulated 8 points finish in track; 7 for their first-plac- e points for a second place in baseball; 6 points for a third in basketball; 4 points for a fifth place in wrestling, and 2.5 points for reaching the quarter-finals in football. n The added 6 points for a third in volleyball and 2 points for a seventh place in track. Fifteen Cents Juvenile Robs Sunbeam Coal Of $3,000 Is Caught ts In a special assembly at today (Thursday, Dec. 6, 1979 50-ye-ar ' Awareness raise funds by up .junk food into the school, but not in classrooms. 105 - Students were asked to cooperate by disposing of wrappers and the like in - trash cans. A student court, consisting of five students and two faculty members, was established to deal with persons who continue to litter the campus, as well as other undesirable behavior, including . . . running, shouting and shoving in the halls, causing a distraction in assemblies, mischief or damage anywhere, fighting and any other act that is not in the best interest ticipating in an Environmental of our school. We sincerely hope P-T- A " that this court will never have to meet, the student organizers commented, explaining that the first offense carries a $1 fine plus damages. A second offense is $2 plus damages and probation, and a third offense is a $5 fine, plus forfeiture of studentbody privileges, including suspension from extracurricular activities. The committee appealed to students . . . to help and faculty members make North Sevier a little bit better. The idea isnt to penalize the offenders, but to improve the school, the emphasized principal in system. describing the He said it is working well, and has the support of the students. . As a result of North Seviers effor self-polici- ts, many good things are being done, Marshall said. I have talked with principals of other schools who are enthusiastic about the campaign." A special trust account will be established by Patrick Sherrill, a member of Sen. Hatchs Salt Lake City staff, to deposit all the funds collected for Cambodian relief. He also will answer questions from other schools who accept the challenge to participate in the program. Sen. Hatch expressed his personal thanks to the whole North Sevier studentbody for their important leadership in the campaign. School Costs Soaring If present trends continue, public school operating expenditures in Utah will exceed $1 billion annually by the 1985-8school year and will top $2 billion by 1990-9Currently, Utah is expending about $438 million a year for school operating purposes. This was the forecast made by Utah Foundation, the private research organization, in their latest analysis of rising school enrollment and expenditure trends in Utah. Continued on page 6 6 1. J |