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Show SALINA, UTAH, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1981 VOLUME 59, NUMBER 40 PRICE 25c Parade Today Ellis e Hatch Y oted Queen Of Homecoming Week Ellise Hatch, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Hatch, Salina, will reign over this weeks North Sevier High School homecoming activities. Miss Hatch was selected by fellow students and three judges Monday at the fust homecoming assembly of the week. First attendant to the queen is Cindy Jensen, daughter of Mrs. Carolyn Jensen, Redmond, and the late Dale Jensen. Second attendant, Jayne Spainhower, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Spainhower, Aurora. Shelley Edmondson, Salina, was voted Miss Congeniality by her fellow contestants. sen, daughter ot Mr. and Mrs. Ted Sorensen, Salina; Marie Davies, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wilford Davies, Salina; and Hilary Thompson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Thompson, Aurora. After modeling her evening gown, each contestant was asked to respond to a specific question. The junior varsity football team meets the Parowan Rams Friday at 4 p.m. But the biggest event of the homecoming week is the varsity game against Parowan that evening at 8 p.m. Principal Tim Smith is asking the entire North Sevier area to turn out for the big game. While judges were considering their choices, the senior football players were called on stage and told to pull up their pant legs. W ith the curtains in the auditorium closed, each player then walked to a small opening in the curtain. Girls in the audience bid for slave her own using only the who she was to tell legs players bidding for. i Other contestants were: Valerie Johnson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Johnson, Salina; Loraine Huntsman, daughter of Mrs. Leona Huntsman, Aurora, and the late Evan Huntsman; Mary Kiesel, daughter of Mr. Gordon Kiesel and Mrs. Evelyn Kiesel, Salina; Paula Harward, daughter of Mrs. Margaret Kiesel and Mr. Doug Harward, Salina; Shanna Anderson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Anderson, Redmond; Suzette Soren The slave auction lasted for nearly an hour and bought several slaves, including football coach Glen Partridge for a lucky high school girt. Each slave was required to do his owners bidding Monday afternoon and Tuesday. Activities for Thursday (today) include the homecoming parade, which starts at 1 :15 p.m. and should hit Main Street by 1 :30. Sewer Bids Expected In October REDMOND Homecoming Royalty Invitations to bid on construction of Redmonds sewer system should be going out early this month, according to Redmond Town councilman Don Hales. Construction could be started as early as Nov. 1. The sewer and drainage system, recently approved by the town council, is expected to encourage home building. The council said homeowners have not been able to build homes because of a high water table. 1981 NSHS Homecoming Queen and her court are: from left Miss Congeniality Shelly Edmundson, 2nd attendant Jayne Spainhower, Queen Elise Hatch and tion-feW- KOOSHAREM Participation in Sevier School Districts school lunch of program dropped from the school enrollment last May to only in September, but school officials claim there are more students coming back to the program every day. This year, there is less in subsidies, and the price had to go up if the quality and quantity of the meal was to stay the same. Presently, there is consideration on a federal level, to reduce the quantity of food required to be acmeal, the kind ceptable as a Type-served in the district, which provides d of all daily food requirements for an average person. 70.5-perce- nt A one-thir- If this should go into effect, the district could possibly lower the meal price or have less funding taken from ,its maintenance and operation which subsidizes the program. Warn,. -of Board members were told that food and labor each amount to about of the total cost to produce a lunch. g. Weather PREC. .05 Slave Auction What am I bid for these legs? One North Sevier High School girl paid more than $5 for these legs belong ing to football player Glen Bills. The auction was part of NSHS Homecoming activities.. Current precipitation to date is 8.18. Last year to date, 12.73. Average to date is 9.75. Atten- Fewer Eating School Lunches But School Board Not Worried Supt. Richard L. Bell pointed out that even with a reduction in food services staff, there has been little savings noted to the district because of Utah law which requires the payment of unemployment wages to employees who have left their jobs. Bell said the possible. district is paying up to $2,000 per month Meeting in Koosharem Thursday, in The community obtained a $400,000 ; unemployment compensation as board members were told that an grant from the Utah State Community by statute. required average of 1,777 students participated Impact Board. The balance of costs will , in the lunch program daily during Actually, with the drop in federal be met through assessments. September, compared with 2,774 last there was little else we assistance, Estimated costof the system is could do but raise prices if we were to "May. will assessed be Residents $844,000. Bell said It, was.. each connec .Officials agree that the price hike is keePJe m the meeting that it cost to addition lineal a $6 in the major factor in the drop in parper property $1.43 per to produce each meal last foot of frontage. ticipation, but are conviced that with $1.33 in subsidies. to pay more of year, The sewer system is expected to be requiring participants the actual cost, will eventually help the fully operational by next spring. program to be more Engineers, according to Hales, built an open trench to see how much water would drain so the engineers could design the proper sized pipe. Sand and water problems, however, dictated that the engineers put a pipe in as soon as First dant Cindy Jensen. Even with the increase in lunch prices, the district allocates nearly $60,000 per year in subsidies, including utlities and salaries, above that which comes from federal sources. Karen Pace, district school foods services director reportedly said that there are more students coming back into the program each day. Board members agree with her prediction that when the weather turns colder, more students will get into the lunch program simply because of its convenience. Sun Moving Up 9 Sevier School Districts present lunch prices are $1 for elementary students; $1.10 for secondary students and $1.35 for adults. While the Sevier prices are not the highest in the state, they do rank among the top. Because of overcrowded conditions in our present office, The Salina Sun is moving across the street to 73 S. Main. Please feel free to come upstairs and visit us in our new offices. Hopefully our new and bigger surroundings will help us serve you faster and more efficiently. However, it was explained that other districts which have much lower prices, such as Wayne which charges for for elementary, for adults, are secondary and 50-ce- ts ts (Continued on Page 4) Centerfield Men Charged in Theft of Drill Bit Three Centerfield men were arrestallegedly stealing a $4,125 tungsten drill bit from a salesmans pickup truck outside of Stigs Western Randier in Salina. ed last week for Jay Snow, 45; Mike Worthen, 28, and Owen Turner, 21, were arrested and charged with second degree felony in the theft. All three were released from Sevier County Jail in Richfield on $20,000 property bond each. According to Salina Police Chief Gordon Kiesel, Jeff Magee, a salesman from Vernal for Reed, Drill 22 Win at Bingo Last weeks n Bingo game must have inspired Salina and Gunnison residents because 22 people turned in winning cards this week to divide the $192 pot. no-wi- Salina winners were: Janet Mickelson, Thelma B. Peterson, Ann Robins, Carol Steele and Cloma Haskins, who won on two cards. winners were: Joanne Wilson, Vera Anderson, Terri Lyn Williams and Janice Pierce. Redmond Winners from Aurora were: Dona Mason, Lisa Deaton and Steve Tatum. Next weeks winning cards are due at the new Salina Sun office at 73 E. Main by Monday noon. Bit reported he stopped at Stigs at about 8:45 p.m. Sept. 22. Magee said when he came out of the bar a half-holater, the drill bit was gone. Magee told Salina police he noticed the three suspects at the bar and described the suspects car. Sanpete Police and Utah Highway Patrol Troopers recognized the car at a Centerfield bar later that night. When Snow, who was alone, came out of the bar and started to drive away, he was arrested for driving while intoxicated. Officers found the missing drill bit in the trunk of the car Snow was driving. Subsequent investigation led to the arrest of Worthen and Turner. Turner and Worthen, in an unrelated incident, pleaded guilty in Sanpete County to misdemeanor charges regarding a theft of a conduit tube connector. The copper wiring, valued at $500, was stolen in Centerfield from behind Whiting Brothers and belonged to Marwood Hales. The men were arrested at the end of May by Gunnison Officer Jerry Jorgensen. After a jury trial last Tuesday in Manti, the men were bound over from circuit court to district court. Plea bargaining reduced the felony plea to a misdemeanor to which the men pleaded guilty. The men will be sentenced in two weeks. All three suspects in the drill bit theft are employed by Salvage, according to investigating officers, a salvage yard owned by Worthen s father, Eariin. A-- C Stealing drill bits is big business in Utah, Chief Kiesel commented. In Juab County, 27 used bits were stolen in one case, and 39 in another. passing through Salina that she heard a gunshot as she was driving over on 500 West Main Kiesel said there is no evidence that railroad trades before her left back either of the Juab cases is related to immediately window shattered. She described to the Salina incident. police a pickup which was passing her at the time, but subsequent investigaBesides the case of the missing drill tion of a pickup matching her descripbit, Salina Police had a busy week. tion revealed no firearms, Kiesel said. A woman reported to police Vandals caused more than $300 to Furniture last Thursday, the Rocks and police chief reported. bottles were thrown through a southside window, breaking the window and damaging merchandise. Police have no suspects, but said the vandalism occurred sometime between 9 p.m. Sept. 23 and 6 a.m. on the 24th. Two Ohio men were charged with trying to run off with items owned by a Salina woman they were staying with. R&R Terria Lee Mecham, 327 Maple Drive, called police when she returned from Richfield Monday night to find the men carrying suitcases with her stereo equipment in them. Miss Mecham also reported the men were (Continued on Page 2) PTSA President Decries Parent Lack of Support Where have all the parents gone? asks North Sevier Parents, Teachers and Students Association president Kathryn Edwards. Speaking of the parents who did not come, Mrs. Edwards continued, Do they think their kids suddenly become on their own when they reach the seventh grade? Mrs. Edwards said only about 35 percent of thet parents with children at North Sevier High School bothered to come to Back to School Night last She said of the nearly 125 people who came to the open house, only 12 joined the PTSA. More than 800 parents flocked to the elementarys Back to School open house the week before. It was like they dont care, she said. Parents who dont get involved are usually the first to complain when things go wrong. We believe some parents had legitimate reasons for not coming, she said. But others just did not care enough to at least send one representative. When asked why the low turnout last week and the fact that only 12 new members signed up for the PTSA, Smith replied, It tells me there is a lot of apathy. She said parents who were there were very satisfied with the evening. North Sevier principal, Tim Smith, said the teachers prepared well to show parents their grading systems, what they expect from students, what parents should expect from teachers, Perhaps parents view the PTSA as nothing more than a club that asks a It donation of $2, he continued. might indicate that parents feel that when their kids leave the elementary school, they can take care of week. eta (Continued on Page 2) A Great Salina Police Chief Gordon Kiesel spects a $4,125 tungsten drill bit stolen from a salesman's pickup in- Big Bit truck last week. Three Centerfield men have been charged with the theft. |