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Show VOLUME 59, NUMBER 23 SALINA, UTAH, THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1981 City Council Considers Crossing Guards, Approves Pay Raise Local residents Tilled the city council chambers to protest the lack of crossing guards in town during Salina City Council meeting June 1. e Also, motion passed to give city employees a $120 a month raise in e pay effective July 1. All 12 full-tim- motorists to slow to 20 miles per hour near school zones, increasing police monitoring and issuing of tickets to speeders near the school, and the use of volunteers if funding or approval could not be found for paid crossing guards. full-tim- employees will receive an $120 a month raise. Mayor Leah Conover said that the city had no authority to place school zone signs on Main or State streets The council passed a motion by Wes because they are both state highways. Cherry, council member, to have the She also said there are not enough mayor contact Jenny Wild of the Utah police on duty to cover everything, Department of High Safety about but that she felt they are doing a good funding for crossing guards. The city job. She also told residents at the recorder, Don Bums, also will write a meeting that the city could not give letter to the Utah Department of authorization for volunteer crossing Transportation asking for support to guards because of the problem of make the crosswalks safer. liability. She said the city could become vulnerable to lawsuits if I think even having the crosswalks volunteers were used. painted would be an improvement, Mrs. David Willden said. Cherry said that Salina Police had issued about 100 citations during May. Jody Bumgardner said that many He also said that the city has vehicles are not holding to the speed attempted to solve the problem of limit. crossing guards in the past, but has been unable to come up with funding. Residents at the meeting suggested He said the council would be placing flashing signs to warn supportive of acquiring the guards and city across-the-boa- Ford Van, Dodge Collide Ford van collided with a 1972 U.S. Highway 89 near on Dodge Aurora MOnday afternoon, totalling the Dodge and causing about $800 in damages to the van. The occupants of the Dodge suffered minor injuries. A 1969 said the driver of the Dodge, Keith Robert Butler of Meadow, was attempting to make a left hand turn at the time of the inddent. Butler, 21, and his wife, Theresa, and daughter, Melissa Ann, were taken to Sevier Valley Hospital in Richfield and later released. Alvin LaMont Jensen, 31, Richfield, also suffered minor injuries. 19, Utah Highway Patrol Trooper Milton Trejo, who investigated the inddent, said the driver of the van, who was traveling south, apparently fell asleep, waking just in time to avoid a head-o- n The driver of the van was issued a - collision,-b- ut not in enough time to , citation for 5, driving left of center, Trejo - avoid a collision with the Dodge. Trejo said. would attempt to contact state officials on the matter. Conover told residents at the meeting: Dont sit bade and wait -shout. The council also passed a motion to spend up to $1,000 on repairs on restrooms at the rodeo grounds if the Salina Riding Club will be responsible for maintaining them. A motion also passed to furnish building materials for an information booth to be placed on dty hall property if the Chamber of Commerce will provide the labor. Don Naser, city engineer, recommended that dty fire hydrants be updated, and that several new hydrants be added in the dty. He estimated the cost of new hydrants between $800 - $1,000. It was decided that the American Legion Auxiliary will be in charge of concessions at the July 4 rodeo. Cherry reviewed Judge Thad Was-den- s court report for May. A total of $1,903 in fines was assessed and collected. Youth Captured Following High Speed Chase Salina boy is being held in a juvenile detention center in Provo pending further investigation of a highspeed auto chase from Richfield to, ,f Scipio early Monday morning. ife. A 'v The Richfield City Police Dept, said the chase began about 1:15 a.m. when Officer Terry Shaw noticed a car pull out of a Richfield service station with its lights off. As Carter approached the vehicle to talk to its occupant, the unit sped away. Officer Carter gave chase and other law enforcement officers were called into the situation. The youth drove east from Richfield to the Glenwood Road area, then turned north into Sigurd where a road block had been set up Salina City Police Officer Tom Jensen. The youth ran the roadblock at Sigurd and continued to Salina where another road block had been set up at the junction of U. S. Highway 89 and U. S. Highway 50. The car ran the second road block and headed west on U. S. 50 with officers in pursuit. When the youth arrived at Scipio, some 28 miles away, another road block which had been set by officers there, succeeded in stopping the car. Officers said the youth was driving a vehicle belonging to his father and a large amount of money was found inside the trunk Dodge was totalled. About $800 damage was done to the van. There were no serious injuries. New Deadline Given For Sun News Items A new deadline for all news items has been set for Monday noon by the Salina Sun. All news items and photos and information concerning them must be into The Salina Sun office by that time for publication in the following Thursday edition. The previous deadline was Tuesday at noon. Photographs for the baby section, engagement and wedding announcements, missionary farewells, fiftieth wedding anniversaries, and all other news items will be due Monday noon for the following Thursday edition. photos. These must be furnished and can be in black and white or color. No Polaroid photos will be accepted, however. Editors reserve the right to reject photos depending on the quality of the print for reproduction. The earlier change was necessitated by the time required for photo processing and story editing. Because stories and photographs in this category are not in the spot news category, the earlier deadline was set ld The Salina Sun will not take baby The following girls from North Sevier High School have been chosen to attend girls state: front row, left, Shell! Edmondson, Suzette Sorenson, Shanna Anderson, Carolyn Larsen. Second row, Mary Kiesel, Valerie Johnson, Marie Davis. Back row, Inalee Robins, Ellise Hatch, Tressa Christensen. Ten NSHS Girls To Attend Girls State In Cedar City Ten North Sevier High School girls have been chosen to attend Utah Girls State June 7 - 13 at Southern Utah State College in Cedar City. committee, and has taken superior and excellent ratings in speech and drama. roll, prom committee, a member of the band, and will be president of Girls League for 1981-8- Miss Sorensen was on the drill team and will be on the drill team next year. She was the assistant newspaper editor and will be next year. She was on the honor roll and on the prom committee, a band member and a junior high school secretary. Miss Larsen was on the prom committee, a delegate to the FHA state convention, and has served in various church offices. Salina Unit No. 36 is sponsoring seven girls, and Redmond Unit No. 118 is sponsoring three girls. Miss Johnson was assistant editor and will be next year. She was on the track team, prom committee, Giris League representative, on the high honor roll, and a .member of the National Honor Society. Girls participating from Redmond are Shanna Anderson, daughter of Nathan and Betty Anderson, and Carolyn Larsen, daughter of Elwood and Stella Larsen. Miss Davies was head cheerleader for the junior varsity, received honors in gymnastics, will be the head cheerleader next year, and works as a waitress at Moms Cafe. Girls State will be divided into 14 cities and two counties with each city electing a mayor and dty officials. Also county offidals and a governor will be elected. Two girls also will be elected to go to Girls Nation as senators. Girls Nation will be held in July in Washington, D.C. Salina participants are Inalee Robins, daughter of Norma Robins and Jack Robins; Mary Kiesel, daughter of Evelyn Kiesel and Gordon Kiesel; Suzette Sorensen, daughter of Ted and Joleen Sorensen; Valerie Johnson, daughter of Robert and Clair Johnson; Ellise Hatch, daughter of Ellis and Miss Hatch was the varsity head cheerleader last year, an FHA officer, on the prom committee, drill team band that took all state honors and a member of the clarinet choir that took first place state honors, senior class president for next year, junior high president, and listed in Whos Who in American High School Students. Girls State, sponsored by the is a Auxiliary, Legion study of government and how it functions and is made up from girls from every high school in Utah. Girls must be in the top third of their class scholastically and .have, leader- ship qualities to be chosen to attend. American week-lon- g Faye Hatch; Treesa Christensen, daughter of Boyd and Pat Christensen; Shelley Edmondson, daughter of Lorraine Edmundson. Miss Robins was the assistant editor and of the NSHS yearbook for 1980-8- 1 will be the yearbook editor for next year. She also was the junior class secretary, on the prom committee and on the honor roll. Miss Kiesel was the NSHS drama school treasurer manager for 1980-8for next year, in the band, on the prom news-Apap- have contributed to send the girls to Girls State: help Robinson Transport, Barretts Food Town, Hollys Pantry, Richs Drive-In- , Utah Independent Bank, Zions First National Bank, Salina Drug, Andersons Food Center, Sorensen Electric, Bums Saddlery, Freeway Conoco, Taco Time, Butch Cassidy Campground, Salina Jaycettes, and Christensens Laundromat. The following Weather Miss Christensen was the 1980-8- 1 advertising manager, in the prom committee, FHA representative, MIA class president for three years, and NSHS secretary for 1981-8Miss Edmundson was on the drill team last year, an officer in the FHA, and will be vice president of the drill team next year. Miss Anderson was on the honor date, 6.90. Five NSHS Boys Chosen For Boys State Car Totalled This 1972 Dodge collided with a 1969 Ford Van on U.S. Highway 89 near Aurora Monday afternoon. The Girls State d The new deadline for the items will become effective Monday, June 8. above-liste- The deadline for classified and display ads, as well as legal notices, will remain the same, Tuesday noon. i Five North Sevier High School boys have been chosen to attend Utah Boys State June 7 13 at Utah State in University Logan. The boys participating from NSHS are Kevin Hampton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Hampton, Redmond; Del Honeycutt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gene Honeycutt, Redmond; Cayle J. Crane, Boys State, sponsored by the son of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Crane, American Legion, has as its purpose to Salina; Dave (Moky) Christensen, son teach the youth of today constructive of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Christensen, attitudes toward the American form of Salina; and Wade Forsyth, son of Mr. government The youth will elect and Mrs. Ward R Forsyth, Aurora. government officials in a model U.S. government situation and will be Forsyth has served as president of shown how the officials function in the National Honor Society at NSHS, their official duties. band president, drum major, all state band member and is an Eagle Scout. He has also received his Duty to God Award and has a 4.0 grade point average. He also took second place in state in FFA Parliamentary Procedure. He also has been a member of the football, wrestling, trade, and baseball teams. In the IDS Church, he is Priesthood organist and first counselor in his Priest's Quorum. Christensen is an Eagle Scout. He lettered in football and wrestling at NSHS. He also placed third in region and fourth in state in wrestling. Crane has lettered in football two years. He attended the National Future Farmers of America convention in Kansas City, MO. and will serve as sentinel in the NSHS FTA chapter next year. He is president of his LDS Priest Quorum. Honeycutt has been active in football, basketball, baseball, tennis, and track. He was Boys League and NSHS FFA president for 1980-8- 1 sentinel for 1980-8- 1. Hampton took third place in region wrestling and fourth place in state. He will be the NSHS FFA president for 1981-8- 2 and is a counselor in his IDS Priest Quorum. The NSHS boys staters are sponsored by American Legion Post No. 36. Contributing sponsors are as follows: Petrolane Inc, Southern Utah Fuel Co., Glen Barney Tracking, Utah Independent Bank, Elliot Crane, Jim Crane, Jerry Christensen, King Anderson, Harry Thorsen, Kelvin Anderson, and Mark FUellenbach. |