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Show Celebrating more than 97years ofservice to the citizens ofEureka. Volume Ninety-Seve- EUREKA, UTAH - October 4, 2002 n School board handles routine business At the regular meeting of the Tintic School Board of Education on September 16th, Eureka Elementary Principal, Carol Ann Duncan, updated the board on the literacy program at Eureka Elementary and introduced two teachers and their students. Mrs. Linda Stout and five of her 1 grade students illustrated the phonemic awareness facet of the program by sounding out letters and then grouping the sounds to form a word. Mrs. Amy Sorenson, 4 grade teacher, introduced Brittany Horton, who explained the steps in the writing process to the board and then read them a story that she had written using those steps. The board thanked the students and for their participation and their parents for their support. Ron Bray complimented Blaine Burraston for the job he has done since his acceptance of the Tintic High School coaching position. Tia Sharp explained the baseball team is currently in first place in the Superintendent region. Barlow complimented Sharel Jones on the success and efforts of the volley ball team this year. Mr. Tom employees. Dennis Timm reported that he had received concerns from students regarding food being served for breakfast and lunch at West Desert. President Draper informed Dennis foods are more that cost effective and require less preparation time. Superintendent Barlow added that he program is usually not pre-packag- ed pre-pack- ed food-servi- ce self-supporti- ng and the district subsidies the program nearly every year with other district funds. Mrs. Frances Banta presented the Board with a request for graduation from Y vonne Lotschcr, a foreign exchange student attending West Desert High School. Mrs. Banta explained that Yvonne will have met all the required core credits by the end of the school year and should quality for graduation from West Desert High School. The Board voted to petition the Utah State Office of Education to allow Ms. Lotschcr to graduate at the end of the school year. Nedreberg, technology director, explained to the board that the district has received at grant for $50,000 to update technology at the schools. He explained the upgrades that have been done at all of the schools and that there is also computer training scheduled for the employees that will be provided as part of the grant. Mr. Nedreberg also illustrated the technology goals for the district over the next year. New computers for the EdNet room at Tintic HS, installation of a firewall to protect the districts network, SIS web training, and palm training are all included in the goals to be completed in the near future. The board thanked Mr. Nedreberg for his efforts towards improving the districts technology. Superintendent recommended Liberian at West Desert Schools. The board approved hiring these that the Barlow board review the personnel reports and give approval to hire Mcchcll Alder as Custodian at West Desert Schools and Sonsari Davis as EP&m The US Environmental Protection Agency announced on Wednesday that a Record of Decision (ROD) was made regarding the Eureka Mills Site The ROD is the final step in the process in order to begin a large scale cleanup at the Eureka Mills Site beginning in the spring. The ROD calls for the clean up of lead contaminated soil in yards in addition to both public health actions and institutional controls. The mine waste piles will also be cleaned up and covered with rock or natural vegetation to prevent dust blowing and surface water run off. EPA began a emergency clean up in Eureka in 2001 but has been sampling and testing in the area since July 2000 when high lead levels w ere discovered. They have spent $4 million dollars cleaning up 72 properties under the emergency' clean up. They announced in September Fire wide Gout. which made funds available for the clean up. The ROD is the final step in beginning the remedial phase of the clean up which is Child safety meeting set Sheriff and The Juab County Eureka Elementary PTO will sponsor Child Safety Night' at the Eureka Elementary next Wednesday evening, October 9 at 7 p.m. for parents and their children. The sheriff s office will provide fingerprint and DNA kits which will include medical history, pictures, DNA collection, fingerprints, personal information and instructions. The sheriff and his deputies will be there to fingerprint the children if they so desire. Children will also learn different ways to safely do things in their work and play. Everyone is invited to attend. Management Officer firebreak around our communities. In order to receive the funds the communities must participate with a matching funds of $30,000.00 worth of fire prevention. The fire prevention supplied by the communities must be documented. Any fire from October 2000 to prevention October 2003, will count towards the community' matching funds. We need everyone's support to accomplish this before October 2003. You can help by becoming on what a firebreak is and why we need one, granting permission to use your land for a firebreak, becoming educated on what counts towards knowledgeable our community fire prevention efforts, and helping document what has been done back to October 2000. Ferrcl Thomas will be chairman of the Fire Prevention Committee and would appreciate you volunteering to help the Fire Prevention scheduled to begin in the spring, approximately taking 2 to 3 years to complete. EPA will again in a technical participate workgroup with residents and The concerned parties. The group will discuss any issues concerning the design, especially of the mine waste piles. Anyone that is interested in welcome to attend. The first meeting will be on Tuesday, October 29lh from 7 to 9 pm at the Memorial Building. Design plans will be available to view at the first meeting. For more information, please contact Catherine Roberts, EPA Community Involvement Coordinator, 6025. 1 -8- 00-227-89 1 7 ext. Church news UNITED METHODIST: $30,000 for firebreak announced September 25, 2002 that Eureka, Mammoth, and Silver City have been chosen to receive $30,000.00 from the Federal Government to build a 200 foot week for demonstrating outstanding achievement in school work completion. Rachel works hard in class, is responsible in taking work home if needed, and completes her reading homework every night. Completing tasks is so important for success in real life. We are very proud of Rachel for working so hard at school and at home. Her parents arc Roger and Nina that the site was placed on the NPL (National Priority List) Tintic cities get Mr. Michael Melton, of the State of Utah Department of Natural Resources and our Area Rachel Gout has been chosen for the Principals Award this Number 40 Price $.40 Committee. Representatives arc needed from the grade and high Schools, churches, scouts, elks, senior citizens, fire department, city-counci- l, planning commission, and citizens that want to serve and become involved in a project that will make your community a safer place to live and reduce your taxes. If you arc interested please call Fcrrcl Thomas at 0 Robin Tilby presided over services in Pastor Michael Heart's absence on Sunday. Service with the and call to began prelude Awesome worship. Hymn, God, was followed by children's time conducted by Sandy Evans. The people's pray er and joy s and concerns were followed by the lords prayer and the scripture lesson which was read by Shauna Jensen. The message was given by- Robin Tilby. A hymn was followed by ofTcringoircrtoiydoxology. The benediction and hymn, He's Got The Whole World In His Hands concluded the services. Sandy Evans will be presiding next week in Pastor Michaels absence. 433-682- and leave your name and number and y ou will be contacted. A town meeting will be held later this month to give more information on the firebreak. The construction of the firebreak and its proposed location, what our community needs to document and how we can all help with the project. It should happen to you: According to one survey, there are now a record number of billionaires in America nearly 200. In basketball, the New Jersey Nets have had six different homes: three in New York and three in New Jersey. |