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Show Y i & The Saline Sun Wednesday. March 23. 1988 C5C555 tax in Total property Salina down is Total property tax rates in Salina decreased byO 02 during 1987, according to the Utah Foundation. According the report, the total lax rate in Salina was 1.3519 in 1987, compared to 1.3748 in 1986. This includes the rates charged by all local entities Using the tax. In most communities the largest share of property tax goes to support of local schools. Following is a breakdown of the property taxes charged in Salma this year: The Citys tax rate was .Oil The percent, or 20 percent of the total. School was 60 9 percent of total. the County share was 16 percent, with of 3 District percent receiving Special the total. Property taxes varied widely 1 throughout the slate. In the 7 cities tax total the included in the survey, in 1.13 a of low from percent ranged 1.96 of percent Brigham City to a high in South Jordan. Things looking down in Sevier 1987-8- 8 a successful the North Sevier BASKETBALL TEAM: Pictured after season of basketball are the members of Basketball team. Front row: Cameron Jensen, Brandon Keisel, Shane Harrison, Jason Nielsen, Stephen Christensen, Jason Okerlund and Steve Hatch. Back row: Coach John Edwards, John Hatch, Paul Braithwaite, Bruce Ivie, Travis Mickelson, Justin Okerlund, Corbin Partridge, Coach Craig Gladwell and Coach Glen Partridge. Not Pictured was Ryan Anderson. Foreign Language discussed During the last legislative session a proposal asking parents to insist on a legislative directive to govern foreign language instruction in Utah was presented. They claimed that Its time for the last priority to move up the line. This request came from parents who have seen how the study of another language fosters intellectual and social development and they want this instruction for their children as a regular part of theirhigh school curriculum. Most of the children in the public schools of Utah are linguistically dis- VISITORS AT THE SUN: The Girl Scouts from Troop 1012 visited the Salina Sun during Girl Scout Week, and were treated to a tour of the new build'ng, and learned a little about how a newspaper is made. They are, from left to right: Heather Wilden, Sara Frame, Carrie Crane, Tiffany Baker, Monica Lee and Hailey Baker. Not pictured are Wendy Frame and Jessica Heaps. Leader of the Troop is Nancy Frame. 2ND PLACE WINNER: The little Girls Mini Team received a 2nd place trophy in the Novice category. They are, from left to right: Misty Stewart, Lacey May, Kim Freitas, Tresa Rasmussen, and Jodi Williams. advantaged, because they do not have the opportunity to study a foreign language, they claimed. With the implementation of the Core Curriculum, foreign language enrollments began to fall off from the 35.7 percent of all secondary students enrolled in foreign language classes in 1985-8The cutbacks in funding have made it necessary for school districts to reduce the number of subjects taught during the day and has effected these particular classes. There are limited. funds, pro-- . vided to the instruction of foreign languages as well as limited resources and training for the teachers. This leads the public to believe that there is no direction of philosophy or rationale which governs foreign instruction in Utah. Already two universities in Utah and many more in the United States have returned to a foreign language requirement for entrance andor graduation. For these reasons the request for foreign language requirements to be taught in Utah schools was made before the legislature. This issue did not pass nor was it funded but many claimed the merits to such a program of foreign language requirements for first graders through 12th. it also had an avenue for funding included with incentives to schools who had more than 25 percent of their students involved in foreign language. More will be heard in the future on this proposal as parents who believe foreign language study will not only help their students perform in their public educational endeavors but will help them throughout their lives. 6. County During the fourth quarter of 1987, total nonagricultural jobs in the Central District were down 2 percent from this time 1st year. The main reason for the slower rate of decline was thought to be the slow down in lost construction jobs. Once again, this is due to comparisons of IPPs year ago construction jobs, and the fact that these jobs are slowly being filtered out of the system. New home construction was down in the 4th quarter. Sevier county reported two new homes started during this time. They were in the unincorporated county. For the year 18 homes were started. The county had two new professional buildings permitted for $115,000 The other major project was $100,000 in store construction. Sanpete county had four new homes built. There was only $83,000 worth of activity in the new nonresi-denticorstruction category. The major project during this quarter was a new service station. The remaining activity was in garage and carport construction. Sevier County gained 49 new jobs. Job growth in die county was led by the Service Industry. Like Sanpete county, the majority of jobs was conservices. centrated in hotel-motOther industrial gains came in mining (15). The majority of the 27 jobs lost in the county over last years figures, came in the trade sector. Sanpete county ended the 4th quarter of 1987 at virtually the same level of nonfarm jobs as4tK quarter 1986. Construction averaged 31 fewer jobs. The services industry on the other hand, expanded by 24 positions. Economic events for Sanpete county included: an approximate 1.8 mile road rehabilitation of Ephraims main street, going to Cox Rock Product? for $279,239; A minor 'construe- tion project was awarded tcVSYCofl-- ' a $91,300 struction of Richfield,-fo- r bridge replacement in Sanpete county. Sevier County saw: Richfield ENterpriscs, an apparel sewing plant beginning business. As many as 80 people are expected to be hired by April ; In November the 8.2 mile section of from Sigurd to Salina was to traffic; $18.8 million was opened allocated to surface 1 1.2 miles of between Sigurd and South Richfield; Utah Power & Light will fund a $100,000 study for the location of a food processing plant in Central Utah; S.Y. Construction has begun work on a new 3.65 million gallon city water tank; Word was received that was awarded the Regional Utah Summer Games for Southern Utah. 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