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Show fc ; '; j ' r9n ai fJi ; ' i - ivrihf A i i' f tl'v. i ' MV- - t iv fw 11 , I , , . 'c - i - 'f. V' :Nortlt i with u j .,J leather Thursday, October Bids Will Be Opened For New North Sevier School Wednesday gW North Sevier High October Next week is Homecoming Week at North Sevier High School. I Activities begin Monday, Oct. 6, with a Homecoming Queen assembly, at which a queen and attendants will be chosen. They will reign over the Weeks activities. ' Monday and Tuesday will be used wJtor decorating floats and class walls. JRiesday night will be the traditional Twenty Cents 2, 1980 t t 6-- 10 snake dance and bonfire. Wednesday, the culminating day, will include the alumni assembly, a pep assembly, the parade, powder puff football game, the football game against Green River, and the homecoming dance. Thursday and Friday will be school holidays, as the Utah Education Assn, convention will be held. t.2: iApul. Zt. v Bids for the hew North Sevier High School building will be opened next Wednesday,1 Oct. 8, in Richfield at a special meeting of the Sevier School District Board of Education. School district officials said they hoped the bids can be evaluated and awarded at the meeting, scheduled for 7 p.m. Bids will be opened at 4 p.m. Items bid' include the school and vocational agriculture building, auditorium seating, telescoping gym seats, food service equipment, and prefinished cabinets. The new school, to be located at 350 West 400 North in Salina, is brick veneer and unit brick construction encompassing approximately 81,000 square feet. The agriculture building, of the same type construction, is about 6,900 square feet and is adjacent to the high school. Silver-Allso- p Salt & Associates, Lake City, is the architect for the project. At the Sept. 25 meeting of the board at South Sevier High School, bids were opened and awarded for two new school buses. The board accepted the bid from Bryson Sales and Service for two Blue Bird pusher buses equip- ped with Caterpillar engines at a price of 3208 diesel $46,904 each. FOB factory. HASCO submitted bids for a Thomas pusher bus. Their price was $45,454 for a unit equipped with the same engine, FOB factory. The board was taken on a tour of the SSHS school and campus by Nyle principal. Dr. Kenneth Glover reported on the Delegate Assembly he attended Sept. 20 ted with some changes. Final approval will be considered at the next board meeting, scheduled for 8 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 23, at Richfield Junior High School. Three classification proposals of the Utah dealing with High School Athletic Assn, were presented to the board by Supt. Bell. is being considered because of great distances now being traveled by students in the activity programs. A decision probably will be made during this school year. as the local school boards representative. Supt. Richard Bell presented a proposed policy concerning substitute teaching, which was tentatively adop Satina Volunteer Firemen PTSA Plans IFlan October 7 th, 8th Membership Ppon House For Public Campaign -- Selina Volunteer ; Firemen will host an open house Tuesday and Wed-- ; ngdfy, Oct. 7 - 8, in observance of National Fire Prevention Week. "The fire station will be the scene of the Open house, scheduled from 1 until on the two days. Light refresh-- ! 6 minis will be served, and fire ex-- ; tinguishers will be available for pur-- : chase by reaidents. Thi deportments equipment will be display, and firemen will be on hand to explain the functions of the various items. Currently, the has two thousand-gallo- n one a 1879 model, the other a .196$. model. Smaller units include a r, and a forest model and fire control unit. In addition, the department has thousands of feet of fire hose, air packs for firemen, nozzles, exhaust fans, axes, and rescue saws and other rescue and first aid equipment, as well as a resuscitator. 1977 p.. depar-'Jflie- pum-'per- Fire fighting aids also include ' "water, ' foam, and ' both "light and wet water for extinguishing blazes and smothering spills of toxic chemicals and fuels. nt e, More Housing In Sanpete Sanpete County has more housing units, but fewer people than Sevier County, according to preliminary figures from the 1980 U.S. Census. Sanpete County has 14,614 people and 9,593 dwelling units, while Sevier County has 14,742 people and 5,429 dwelling units. Figures for 1970 showed Sanpete with a population of 10,976 and 3,911 dwelling units, while Sevier had 10,103 people and 3,600 housing units. Ephraim had the highest population in 1960: 2,807. Mantis population is 2,068, and Mt. Pleasants is 2,048. Gunliison shows a population of 1,252, and Moroni has 1,085. Other communities and population figures are: Centerfield, 650; Mayfield, 391; Sterling, 199; Fayette, 166; Fairview, 912; Fountain Green, 578; Spring City, 676, and Wales, 153. Juab Countys 1980 population is listed at 5,516, compared to 4,574 ten yens; earlier. Nephi has 3,271 personal 'While Levan has 454, Eureka, 668imd Mona, 536. t'Garbon Countys population is 22,101, compared to 15,647 in 1970. Prices population is listed at 9,047. mini-pumpe- . Presently there are 22 volunteers in the department, headed by Fire Chief Steve Roberts. Ron Allred is assistant chief, and Robin Mickelson is secretary. The four captains are Bry Rasmussen, first captain; Jim Burr, second captain; Rae Noyes, Jr., third captain, and Royce Mason, fourth captain. Firemen are King Anderson, Rusty Albrecht, Dick Sorensen, Arden Horne, Eddie Mickelsen, Kim Robinson, Bob Robins, John Albrecht, Redge Hansen, Arnold Horne, Boyd Christensen, Steve Kiesel, Chad Johnson, Craig Chartier, and Gordon Kiesel. Council Meets On Monday Salina City Council will meet at 7 : 30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 6, in the City Hall. Blaine Carlton, a representative of Fox, Edwards & Gardner, legal firm, will be present to handle the bond resolution necessary for the loan from the Utah Water Resources Board for the new pressurized irrigation system. Originally scheduled for Sept. 23, the meeting was postponed to Sept. 29 and then to Monday. Details of the irrigation system, infees and payment cluding hook-up schedules, also will be discussed the meeting. at North Sevier High Schools Parent-- ? Assn, is beginning t its membership drive at Back to School Night, scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 15. This year we are inviting the students to join and have an active and part in PTSA, as well as parentschair-man Ruth Ervine, grandparents, of the membership committee, said, We want everyone to become involved, she noted. Parents will meet with their childrens advisor, and attend an abbreviated schedule of classes, meeting teachers who have their children. Teacher-Studen- . v Drownproofing A Life Saver! d son of Ryan Knapp, of Carol and Heber, Knapp Ralph spent the night in the Gunnison Valley Hospital after a near drowning Sunday at the home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Simkins, in Center-fielthree-year-ol- The youngster was playing with his older brother and a cousin when he tumbled into a ditch and was swept under a culvert that runs nearly 200 feet past the Simkins home. The boy had been in the culvert for three or four minutes when his parents were alerted. His father kept calling to him to keep his head up out of the water, and after being in the culvert for eight to ten minutes, he was pulled out the other end by his father. Russell Stephenson, a passerby, mouth-to-mout- h him resuscitation, and he was taken to the Gunnison Valley Hospital where he was kept overnight for observation. The parents said their son had been enrolled in swimming and drownproofing lessons, which probably helped save his life. gave I S'. ei ""WILD; TURKEYS wild turkeys were released rethOy ea the Old Woman Plateau in SaBaa Canyon by Utah Division of iV at - Wildlife Resources game managers. The two gobblers and eleven hens were raised from eggs by Warren Harward, a member of Utahs Wildlife Board, at his ranch in transplant of wild turkeys was into the area in the made, but the birds died out. A mid-196- selor. New executive officers are: Kent V. Freeman, Ward Clerk, far right; Clark W. Brunson, Finance Clerk, left; Mike Shaw, Assistant Finance Clerk, (not pictured); James Ray Thornton, Assistant Ward Clerk, center. Released with a vote of thanks for their many years of service were Bishop Versel J. Mason, Carl W. Gull, 1st Counselor, and Bob O. Hales, 2nd Counselor. Also released after 15 years service as ward clerk was Glen L. Gurr. Get Involved In Highway Plans Almost everyone in this country does some traveling each day. Transportation serves a vital function in our freedom of movement. In the West, even with high gasoline prices and continuing conservation efforts,, the automobile, the highway and the traveler are nearly inseparable. There is little doubt that we all take for granted that our roads will be in place for travel; yet, how many of us take an active interest in where those roads are placed and who is responsible for them? The Utah Department of Transprocess, portation, in an conducts annual public meetings seeking citizen involvement on proposed road construction and imon-goi- RELEASED-Rfati- bn; A-- NEW BISHOPRIC SUSTAINED Aurora First Ward sustained a new bishopric Sunday, Sept. 28. Salina Utah Stake President Jerold Johnson presided at the meeting. Sustained as bishop was Ward R. Forsyth, with Keith L. Sorensen as 1st Counselor and Ronald F. Nuzman as 2nd Coun provements. On Friday, Oct. 10, UDOT will sponsor a planning meeting at Kanab in the Bureau of Land Management conference room, 320 North 1st East, beginning at 10 a.m. This meeting affords the citizens of Kane, Garfield, Wayne, Piute, Sevier, and Sanpete counties an opportunity to become involved in the transportation planning process for their transportation facilities in their area. Periodically, the Utah Department of Transportation undertakes a study of each of its six districts to determine future needs and growth patterns. The studies include population growth, industrial development, the current transportation system and anticipated future needs. The completed study is then used to develop a master plan for the succeeding decade. In August, 1980, UDOT completed a Transportation System Analysis for District Three, Kane, Garfield, Wayne, Piute, Sevier and Sanpete counties. There are 8,000 miles of roads in V f these six counties. Only 900 miles are on the State Highway System; but those 900 miles carry of the daily travel generated in the district. The Transportation System Analysis for District Three notes that it would cost nearly $200 million during the next eight years to bring all state highways in the district up to optimum condition. Even under ideal revenue circumstances it would be impossible for the UDOT to finance such an ambitious program. With the present funding crisis resulting from two-thir- decreased revenue and increased construction and maintenance costs, it has become even more necessary to prioritize needs to optimize the use of the limited funds available. The highest priority of the department is to complete the Interstate System as funds become available. extends for 88 miles in District Three. Currently, 38 miles are completed, leaving 50 miles between Salina and the Summit in Gear Creek Canyon to be completed. e Other highway needs have been identified and will be considered as funds become available and new projects are added to the program. The department has a program for low cost highway improvements which are designed to improve safety and other operating conditions. Some of those low cost improvements under consideration in the district are: Junction to Circleville, SR89 Climbinb lanes in the Kanab, Long Valley, Sterling and Hatch areas, SR89 I-- long-rang- Gimbinb lanes in the Bryce Canyon area, SR12 Bridge rehabilitation over the Sevier Canal, SR22; Sulfur Creek, Sevier River east of Richfield, SR118; Sevier River east of Joseph. SR24; The State Rehabilitation Program was made possible by passage of the two-cegasoline tax increase by the State Legislature in 1978. However, since August, 1979, that program has been frozen due to lack of funds. The decreasing gasoline tax revenues and the increasing costs of materials for construction and maintenance have negated the entire 1978 increase, and then some. If sufficient new revenues become available to the Department of Transportation, the rehabilitation program will be immediately restarted. Currently, three projects have been approved by the Transportation Commission in District Threes rehabilitation program. They are: SR 120 in Richfield, SR 89, Hatch to Bryce Junction, and SR 135, from Richfield to Sigurd. Other rehabilitation projects that have been identified in District Three are: SR 89, Mt. Pleasant to Hilltop, Orton Junction to Circleville Canyon, Fayette to Kitchen Canyon, Junction to Marysvale, Sanpitch River to North Manti, Three-Mil- e Orton Junction, SR 24, from SR 119 Creek to to Koosharem Junction, SR 118, Joseph to Monroe and from North Monroe to SR 258, and SR 12, Termeco Tanks to Escalante. |