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Show tHe In This Issue . . . . SUMMIT COUNTY !7W . 5A JA 8A MissiONARy AddRESs dEdiCATEd TO SERVINQ SUMMIT COUNTy 50 Coal villa, UT 84017 Friday, Docombor 8, 1995 Volumo 60 Number A Forty-seve- n B SECTION SECTION 10 4 pAQES PAQES Commission Notes KJZZ Station Not Available This Year; Road Vacation and Proposed Summit County Civic ServiceLibrary Center Discussed KJZZ Station Not Available. . Oakley Christmas Li See Page 3A South Summit Education Summit Termed "Miracle touchdowns in the fourth quarter. by Dave Goates One wonders if even the great John An education summit meeting between parents, students, school Elway and the Broncos could have board members, and teachers, held closed that gap any better! Sorensen conducted the Nov. 30 Nov. 30 at the South Summit Middle School, was pronounced "a education summit After brief premiracle" by Lisa Sorensen at the pared remarks, she introduced Dr. conclusion. Anyone present at the Ronald Bingham from BYU, who .Nov. 9 school board .meeting who , . agreed to. facilitate the meeting. He witnessed those proceedings, would suggested each of the eleven conbe to disagree with cerns could be addressed by the Sorensen's assessment. group of some 100 parents, stuThe summit meeting, contrasted dents, teachers, board members, and with last month's board meeting, school administrators, then prowas like the difference between a posed an orderly format little boy sitting in the comer of Bus Overcrowding the classroom with a "dunce hat" Zane Woolstenhulme, district business administrator and school perched on his head, and a Harvard Medical School graduate. board clerk, opened the meeting Pursuant to last month's board with his proposal to solve the overmeeting Superintendent Mark S. crowding on the school buses. He Littleford hosted three meetings suggested a staggered starting time with representatives from the parent for the high school and middle group and the board of education. school, leaving the elementary school with an hour later starting Together the group produced a position paper answering the eleven time. The school board will vote on its decision at the next school specific concerns raised by the parent group last month. The paper board meeting on Dec. 14. He inwas distributed to parents by stuvited public input son I would hate to see a total selfcontainment, because I'm not sure one teacher can give our children all they can get from the other teachers. I would hate to see my child not be able to have Kerry Lambert for science, because Kerry lias a love for science. We need to support these specialists, because they will instill in our children a love of hard-press- ed dents. Dubbed "the steering committee" in the document, Lisa Sorensen, Sherri Smoot, DcLoy Bisel, and Laura Preece comprised parent representation. Rod Max field, Woodland board member, represented the school board, and Superintendent Littleford drafted the document Progress made by the committee between the two meetings was "dramatic," according to Sorensen, reminiscent of a victory after being down by five come-ffom-behi- nd Self-Containm- The need for nurturing in a selfcontainment of the 7th grade in the middle school was questioned by Middle School PTA President Dana Vernon and other parents. "I feel my children get to know their teachers up here. They see them at the show, at church, at civic activities. I feel they get to know their teachers on a more personal basis that way than in Salt Lake," she stated. Vernon continued, "For this rea-- Summit County Sheriffs Blotter 4: The Summit County Dispatch Center assigned 133 incidents during the week, including 17 animal problems and 14 emergency medical responses. Summit County deputies responded to 37 calls including four vandalism complaints and seven suspicious Nov. 27-De- c. circumstances. On Monday, Nov. 27, dispatchers received a report of an explosion at Parleys Park Elementary School in Silver Springs. Park City Fire Department and Sheriffs Officers responded to the incident When officers arrived, they found there had been an arson in one of the boys restrooms. The restroom sustained several hundred dollars worth of damage. The arson is under investigation. There were four injury accidents reported including one that occurred at the intersection of Hwy. 224 and White Pine Canyon Road. There were four car vs. deer accidents reported, and 11 property damage accidents. Sheriffs Deputies were called to a at a storage building in Webe; Canyon. Officers report that someone rammed the roll-u- p doors - break-i- n at the storage sheds and gained cess to three of the ac- units. Snowmobiles were taken from one of the units and other snowmobiles were damaged when the thieves Died to pull them out. Tire tracks were observed at the scene and the case is under investigation. Summit County Jail Report: Summit County Jail officers booked 14 individuals on 27 different charges. Some of the charges include, three drug arrests, four failure to appear violations and four alcohol related bookings. Officers arrested seven individuals for driving under the influence. Sheriff's Tip With the holiday season comes an increase of aiito burglaries. When shopping for holiday gifts, please do not leave your purchases in your vehicle in plain sight. Many thefts can be avoided by placing your purchases in the trunk of your tar, or if necessary, by carrying the items with you from store to store. Many criminals stay in the parking lots and watch for people to place items in their car. and go into other stores. ii . County Building Report The county commission received word on Monday, Dec. 4, that for those planning to view the KJZZ station, who have not been able to receive it before, the chances of doing so this year are gone. This .news was presented to the commission by Ron Titcomb. who only recently received word from the FCC that stated there will be no windows opening this year. The news came as quite a shock to the commission who has been putting a lot of time and effort into this matter. They have attended meetings in Salt Lake, wrote letters.' and talked with a number of officials to try to bring about the establishment of the station. Chairman Richins voiced extreme disappointment upon hearing the news, questioning once again the reason why a booster for the station is placed at Lewis Peak, and local citizens can't even watch the pro- Erie Averett met with the commissioners to give his monthly building update report. During the month of November, permits sold per area were: 33 for the Snydervillc Basin; seven for South Summit, and seven for North Summit, making the year to date total reach 672. gramming. Ron was asked if anything more could be done at this time, to which the reply was "No, the windows are closed." The commission still plans to pursue the matter. motor vehicle department, Public Hearing When there are public hearings 1 placed on the agenda notice, many learning." times no one shows up to give "I appreciate that response," said their input, and. then there are days Littleford. "You said very well when the room is filled with standwhat we're trying to do. If you've ing room only. The latter was the had the impression we're talking case when a public hearing was held about one teacher for all subjects all to discuss a road vacation, portion day, that's not what we're talking of Village Rim Road, Park West about. We're talking about a gradVillage, Plat A. ual transition from elementary Richard Pack, owner of the propschool to high school. It would be erty surrounding and including foolish not to take advantage of the Snowed Inn. wants to continue to who skills and talents of teachers be able to access the east end of his specialize in the core subjects," he property by using a road on the observed. "You're right. That's back side of the property now built what we're after." upon by the protesting homeown"Maybe we're coddling our chilers. Mr. Pack wants to house four dren too much," offered parent Mark vans belonging to Deer Valley in a King. "We're trying to make things shed located in this area. easier and softer for them, but they Homeowners were present to aren't going to be coddled in college protest, wishing to make known or the work force. They need to actheir request that Mr. Pack find r cept the fact that life isn't fair." access, his possibly using "Do we really have a problem own property to make another road here?" questioned Todd Tapp, a paron which he could reach his buildent who recently moved to ing. The homeowners have apparWoodland from. Salt Lake. "I don't ently spent a lot of time with landsee one, neither does my wife. scaping, burming, and maintaining Who are we focusing on? If it's the site and would not like to have just a few children who need the it disturbed in any way. nurturing, I think we need to imThe commissioners did not make prove the academics first, not the a decision on the issue wanting to nurturing." wait until they can look into the Board member Diane Evans rematter a little more. sponded. "One role I see for myself is that ! don't want to wait for a crisis before I respond. I see my role as having a vision that's looking way down the road. We see a few key points that persuade us we The doors of the county library must pursue excellence in education in the city building at located now!" Coalville have been closed for a "We see gangs coming into our number weeks as employees and of schools, and we see an increase in volunteers have been as busy as a drug abuse," she offered in response hive as they prepare for a bees of "We've looked at to warning signs. date in January. reopening a lot of studies and data that suggest In case you are wondering what is pursuing a true middle school phigoing on, well as the world changes losophy helps discourage these negso do die processes by which many ative trends. So. bottom line, the parents jobs are handled. For a number of wanted to know, is years, die library filing was handled of the 7th grade a "done deal?" by using individual book cards from both the library as well as the Maxfield, stated emphatically. Bookmobile which services "This is not a done deal. Whoever thought this was a done deal got Summit and Rich Counties. This number could often reach well over some miscommunication. We said 1,000 cards per day, which eventuwe were moving toward it.' In our ally brought about the need for estimation we didn't do a very good computerizing the system. we job of communicating what meant to you. We want to make On the day in which I dared to sure we're looking at the value of venture into the library, books were the education issue first, and we piled high and tables holding state want input from the teachers." owned computers were being used On die subject of threatening the in earnest to bring about the modernization of the libiary book jobs of teachers with implementation of Maxfield records. said, "We're not in the business of According to Paul Hortin, librarian, library goers will soon have a Continued on Tag 10A 1 ' Home values totaled $4,036,794.33 with fees being $44,609.68. "Building is comparable right now with what was happening at this time last year." stated Averett. Kimball's Junction Map Shown A map was shown to the commissioners by Gary Accord to show the proposed Summit County Civic ServiceLibrary Center. The floor plan calls for 27,441 sq. ft. If the planned facility is built in the Kimballs area, it would include a public hearing room, library facility. health department rooms, ambulance station for four vehicles, re- strooms, and handicapped accessible areas. The library area takes up most of the space allotted, with areas for children, youth and adults to find their needed supplies. County Budget - County Auditor, Blake Frazier, met with the commissioners to bring them up to par as to where things are prior to the budget hearing for the public which was planned for Wednesday, Dec. 6. in the District Courtroom. Meeting with Blake and the commissioners prior to the meeting was County Attorney Robert Adkins. After having had several discussion sessions with the commissioners recently as to what io do in their department as far as needed assistance goes, Mr. Adkins felt it would be belter to hire one fulltime attorney in the place of Franklin Anderson who will be retiring soon, and ore part-tim- e position. The attorney said he has had 43 applications come in. with a few being from out-of-stat- e. Interviewing should begin soon he tccls. adding that someone with experience would be a great benefit to the office. Brian Bellamy, personnel director, met with the board to discuss merit and cola (cost of living adjustments) for employees. "We need to be on top of this issue, so that we don't end up playing a catch up game later," said Bellamy. "It would definitely be better to begin by taking little bite-siz- e pieces than to go for the whole pie later." Frazier commented that the county has come a long way, realistically, in the last few years as to wages for employees. Commissioner Richins said. "We got behind once before and it would not be a good thing to have to deal with a major hit again." Merit pay often brings up the potential of employees. Motion was made and passed to give a 3 percent cost of living payment, 2 percent merit payment based on department head recommendations. and 3 percent payment for elected officials. Board of Adjustments With his term expiring, but expressing a desire to stay on. Johnathan Dcgray was reappointed by the commission to remain on the board of adjustments committee. Ron Perry, one of the two alternates was appointed to the other position by the flip of a coin, over Continued on Page 7A Earthquake Shakes Kimballs Junction Area An earthquake registering 3.3 on the Richter scale hit the Kimballs Junction area on Tuesday evening, Dec. 3. It was located at the Kimballs nine miles below Kimballs, underground. epi-cent- er According to LaMar Richins. Summit County Emergency Management Director, and also the new county public works director, "It is good to release the pressure which is in the area occasionally." Richins also stated that "There is generally an earthquake of this type which hits Utah once a month. "It is predicted that there could possibly be a large earthquake hit the Salt Lake vicinity in the future and Summit County would become a resource to the problem area," airi Richins. He added that Summit County has been preparing for sometime for a disaster to hit and is well prepared. -- Several calls were made to the dispatch office from citizens concerned about the shaking. Updating Library System card with their names on them. As books are signed out. the person at the desk will oe able to simply run a small hand held device over the individuals card and book and the computer will automatically record the needed information. This process could save hours of valuable time for the employees as well as process. speeding up the check-out "Right now, our main objective books is to get the 16,000-plu- s logged into the county library system," said clerk Doris Smith. "It has really helped us to have the great volunteer help which has turned out to aid us with this project, as it would have taken us a much longer time. With their help, we are already halfway through the process." Patrons to the library will find the usual books offered in most li- braries.' These range from little children's picture books to juvenile "how to" and "poetry reading". Adults can indulge themselves with nonfiction and fiction books, historical novels, mysteries as well as church books. When the new system is in place, youth will be able to locate research material easier to help them with school work. There will be an inter-libraloan in which people will be ry number to able to call a Salt Lake and have a book mailed to them, and mail back when they toll-fr- ee are finished. Paul and Doris both are pleased with the work which has transpired and look forward to having the library services open to the public in the near future. Paul also expressed his thanks to the county commis- sioners for the interest they have expressed in the library systems in the county. If anyone has any outstanding books belonging to the libruy, it would be greatly appreciated if they could be returned while this updating process is underway. When the doors open once again, the hours of operation will be 1 p.m.-- 4 p.m. on Monday through Friday, 3 p.m.-- 7 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday evenings and, on Saturday, from 10 a.m.-1- 2 noon. |