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Show Miss North Sevier Pageant Is Saturday Two familiar faces at the Miss North Sevier scholarship pageant will be Anna Rae and Burke Johnson, who will be making their fourth appearance as masters of ceremonies at 7pm Saturday, April 12, at the North Sevier High School auditorium n The Aurora couple are the parents of three sons, and working with the girls in the pageant is not only fun and enjoyable, but quite a change of pace, they commented Twelve girls from the North Sevier area are competing for the title of Miss North Sevier and the $300 scholarship awarded to the winner The first and second attendants each receive $100 scholarships Just the Way You Are is the theme for the 1980 pageant. Contestants are Christine Hales and Cynthia Hampton, Redmond; Dalene Torgersen and Kelly Whitlock, Aurora; and Debbie Ervine, Neva Black, Micki Roberts, Stephanie Harward, Stacie Hansen, Tamra Curtis, Brenda Larsen, and Jodi Marshall, Salma. Karen McMillan is the reigning Miss North Sevier and will compete in the Miss Utah contest later this year The 1980 winner will represent the area in the 1981 Miss Utah pageant Photographs of all the contestants s are on display in the window of Studio in Salma Pageant patrons make the scholarships possible, Lillian Hales, general well-know- City And Residents Install Bridge The footbridge over Salina Creek is learly complete, with only a section jf sidewalk on the north side remaining to be poured. The bridge structure was set in place last Wednesday morning, April 2, by volunteer crews with help from Shaheen Towing. The job of welding up the construction crews. The bridge itself was painted, and the bridge structure together was donated by Jim Schade (A&J Welding). Donations now total nearly $5,000, which should be enough to pay for all the materials involved in the community project. All labor was donated, with George Rollins heading the chain link fence along the sidewalk on the south side has been installed The remaining sidewalk on the north side will link the bridge with West Main Street Most recent contributors to the built plans for completed sub- divisions must be furnished to the city. The plans must show the locations of all sewer and water lines, sewer cleanouts, water meter boxes and fire hydrants. The council also unanimously approved a motion by Redge Hansen to use the Seminary room in the old Second Ward Church as a public meeting room. The school district has offered this room to the city at no cost for this purpose. The council also voted to purchase 12 water meters every two months until all unserviceable ones are replaced. Mayor Leah Conover swore in Thad Wasden as Justice of the Peace for Salina. The council agreed to hook up the North Sevier Jeep Posses new building to the sewer and water system for no charge if the Posse will furnish the materials. The footbridge connecting Sunny-broo- k subdivision and South 1st West is nearly complete, council members were told. The project has been done Utah State Board for Vocational Education will meet at 1:30 pm today (Thursday, April 10) at Sevier Valley Tech in Richfield and the Utah State Board of Education will meet Friday, April 11, at Wayne County High School in Bicknell. The vocational board will get a presentation of programs at Sevier Valley Tech, and plan for the hearing and adoption of the state plan for vocational education before hearing reports from board members and correspondence to the board Then, meeting the Utah Board of Education, the group will travel to Bicknell for a 9 a m. meeting They will have lunch at Wayne High School, tour the facilities, and review the through donations of money, labor and materials. The District 4 Law Enforcement Council has suggested a contribution of $749 from Salina City to assist in the Criminal Justice Planning Program for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1, 1980. The council agreed to support the program if funds are available and will notify the council, which has headquarters in Nephi. Bill Gardner, Salina City auditor, reviewed the 1979 audit. Four light poles on the city streets are scheduled for replacement Wednesday, April 9, by Utah Power & Light Co. and city employees. programs. Other items on the agenda are sideration of competency-base- d Stake and has served as past president of the Utah Quarter Horse Assn, and national vice president of the Young Farmers and Ranchers. Johnson also was active in FFA, serving as state secretary. A graduate of North Sevier High School, he was voted the outstanding athlete as a senior. He lettered m baseball, basketball and track at Southern Utah State College. The couples three sons, Dave, Mark and Vince, all are active in sports Dave returned in November from the Texas Dallas Mission, and Mark is in his sixth month in the Milwaukee Wisconsin Mission Vince, 13, is a student at North Sevier High School bridge fund are Moroni Jensen, $50; Paul and Beryl Ball and John and Helen Learning, $10 each ; Chad Burns, $25, and Don Burns, $5. The bridge connects the north and south sections of the city at about 200 West and 100 South graduation requirements, education programs for Indian children, standards and guidelines for community educations, survey of drill teams and pep clubs, and agenda for the Schools for the Deaf and Blind. See Farm, Home And Garden Section B JOHNSONS-Bur- ke and Anna Rae Johnson will make their fourth appearance at the Miss North Sevier scholarship pageant at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 12, at the North Sevier High School auditorium. The Aurora couple has served as master and mistress of ceremonies for the past three pageants. HEEEERES UTAH FOUNDATION REPORT: Most Utah Towns Use Revenue Sharing To Help With Budget Since establishment of the federal revenue sharing program in 1972, all local units in Sevier County have received $1,796,866 in revenue sharing funds An additional $262,363 has been allocated to these units for 1979-8which is equal to $20.05 per capita, or a county wide property tax levy of 4 21 mills To Sponsor Free Clinic . The mistress of ceremonies has been employed by Utah Power & Light Co for the past 12 years The master of ceremonies, a rancher and partner in Johnson Livestock Co , is a High Councilman in the Salma Utah con- Lions Club Salina Lions Club is sponsoring a screening clinic from noon to 5 p m. Monday, April 14, at the Salina American Legion Hall. This clinic is to check for glaucoma, blood pressure, diabetes, and hearing. Everybody is welcome to come in and have the tests made. The clinic is frpe of charee. but peoole mav leave dt ri doirtu , to desired. for the Jaycettes, which sponsor the pageant, explained. Thirty-six businesses and individuals contributed to the 1980 pageant In addition, Paulettes Smart Shop donated $20 in gift certificates to the queen and first two attendants, while judges accommodations and meals are being provided by the Western Motel, Shaheens East Motel, Scenic Hills Motel, Moms Cafe and the Branding Iron Inn Utah Board Meets At Tech Catty Deafls Wntihi Wairaetty Off flttemms Salina City Council dealt with a mixed bag of items at its April 7 meeting. Sharon Martin asked the council about a property trade or purchase of the citys property at approximately 800 South, 1st West. The council is in favor of the development of this site and will determine the value of the property. City Recorder Don Burns was instructed to contact subdivision developers to inform them that as Nor-dfelt- chairman HANDS ALL THE WAY -Doug Hunt candidate for Lt. Governor visits Salina on horseback. Hunt said he wanted to personally meet all the peonle he could and felt doing it on hnr- ' i1 i i i ' ride began wheie he was bum m the SHAKING i town of Gunlock. Utah, and will travel to his home in weber county, meeting and talking to people all the way. He visited in Salina Thursday, April 3. Hunt has an excellent background of i ' !l etpciituu. ($4.21 per $1,000 sharing funds expended assessed valuation). These were some of the facts reported by Utah Foundation, the private research organization, in a detailed analysis of the federal revenue sharing program and its impact in Utah. Federal revenue sharing will expire on Sept. 30, 1980, unless its renewed by Congress. The program has come under increased criticism during recent months, and its eventual fate in Congress is uncertain The report shows federal revenue sharing payments to Sevier County period totaled during the 1972-7- 9 $761,385, with an added allocation of Revenue sharing $93,576 for 1979-8- 0 payments to Salina amounted to $174,579 in the 1972-7- 9 period plus an added $31,020 for 1979-8Despite early skepticism concerning the permanency of the program, most units in Utah have incorporated ' ' in Utah during fiscal 1977 went for current expenditures, 22 1 for capital outlay, and 0 4 for debt service State and local units throughout Utah have received $285 1 million in federal revenue sharing funds during the period 1972 through 1979. An additional $42.1 million has been allocated for the final entitlement period (Oct. 1, 1979 through Sept 30, 1980). These funds may be spent by s as the receiving units they please without the extensive requirements for eligibility and administration that are attached to most of the categorical federal aid programs Foundation analysts point out that the states share of federal revenue sharing funds in Utah is used to support the public school operating program. If the allocation to the state is not continued beyond Sept. 30, 1980, it would cost Utah $7 2 million during the 1980-8- 1 fiscal year and more than $14 million in subsequent years The anticipated allocation beyond September was included in the 1980-8- 1 state budget adopted by the 1980 legislature The $42 1 million in total federal revenue-sharin- g funds allocated to more-or-les- 1 i tneir regular optiating of all revenue 77 5 Approximately h1 l OJK l H , ti li iltli.S per $1,000 assessed valuation). On the average, it would take 2 68 mills to replace the revenue sharing monies received by the State, 2 47 mills to replace the county portion, and 5 26 mills to replace the city and town portion Federal revenue sharing distributions throughout the United States totaled $6 85 billion this year,' or $31 12 per capita, according to the Foundation analysis By comparison, revenue sharing allocations to Utah this year will average $30 79 per per- son, or slightly less than the U S. average Defenders of federal revenue sharing contend that the program -- allows more of the functions of government to be provided by units of government closer to the people than would be the case if the decision- - . making powers were centralized in ; Washington Opponents of the program, on the , other hand, contend that these funds have been obtained mainly through added federal indebtedness and that; this has contributed to the current high rate of inflation in the U.S.; Moreover, they claim that the' program has led to fiscal irrespon--sibil it v bv not requiring those who-- ' |