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Show Merry Christmas Price 35 Cents SUN takes holiday; will close Monday School bus issue being dealt with It doesn't happen very often, but the Salia SUN will be giving it's employees a holiday on Monday, December 26, the day following Christmas. The SUN office will be closed on Monday, but open as usual on Tuesday. Your paper will be one day late as we postpone our holiday deadlines one day. Thanks for your cooperation well-deserv- Pam Williams Sevier School District Even though school buses built prior to 1977 have been declared by safety experts to be generally unsafe, many are still on Utahs NSHS Birthday Calendars for sale Senior Citizens Christmas Potluck Senior citizens of Salina, Aurora, Redmond, don t forget the Thursday night, (December 22) Potluck Christmas Dinner at the Salina Center beginning at 6 p.m. A fine dinner will be served. Those attending are asked to bring a vegetable dish or a dessert, and their own table settings. Snow College will present an outstanding program after the dinner has been served. We hope to see you all there! will . town Dec. 24 Santa will be making one of his final visits to Salina on A ten acre plot of carrots Richfield last summer near grown did great according to officials of the Agri Development Corp., and they are now encouraging local farmers to begin moving toward growing vegetables on a major scale next summer. A study completed by Utah Power and by Data Resources Agribusiness Services, noted that growing carrots and onions as major crops in this area would result in good profits for farmers. The report notes that carrots would yield about 12 tons per acre and should result in a profit of Carrots $193 per acre in 1988-8with an 18 ton per acre yield would bring a profit of $444 per acre, according to the report Bill Egan, presidentof Agri it Development Corp., the Richfield based group which was organized to promote vegetables as a cash crop in this area, said that figures quoted are bottom line. Alfalfa is currently estimated to provide a profit of $26 per acre, and will likely drop to $8 per acre, the report says. Llght-PacifiCor- p, 9. - ' non-prof- New Years Eve Dance Salina American Legion Post 36 will host their annual New Y ear's Eve Party and Dance. The event will txThcld December 31, at Salina Legion Hall, beginning at 9 p.m. Hats, noisemakers, and s will be provided. Music will be by Show Downs. Price is $15 per couple. Everyone is invited to come to the Legion Hall and enjoy the party and welcome the new year. pre-197- ss ss Test plot of carrots be in Saturday, December 24, from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Salina American Legion Hall. All youngsters are inattend so that Santa will vited to know just what their expectations for Christmas are as he sets out that evening on his worldwide trip. Santa reports that eveseems to be going great rything Dasher and back at the Pole Dancer are ready , and Rudolph is polishing up his famous nose. Merry Christmas to All! roads, but locally, Sevier School District transportation director Sam Ware says that none of these vehicles are assigned to regular routes. To clarify, Mr. Ware said the bus, the convenonly tional type with the engine in front, built before April 1977, is considered unsafe. Transit type buses, even the ones built prior to 1977 are considered safer. The District purchases only the transit type. Furthermore, he pointed out that the buses in question were purchased in good faith and met safety standards acceptable at the time they were built We are sensitive to the safety factor in pupil transportation, the transportation director said, and reserve the three old buses still in our fleet for standby purposes It is estimated that these only. buses are used about once a week. A ten year depreciation program was set up by the state legislature to encourage districts to modernize their transportation programs, but student enrollment has out distanced the districts ability to ss There are a few BirthCalendars left, and they are day selling for $3 each. If you would like to get one, contact Karrcn Glover, Doris Bastian or Sandra Nielson. The calendars arc a fund raising project of NSHS PTA. Santa afford new buses. In Sevier, a schedule was set up to replace three of the old buses each year, but budgets have not allowed funding to keep pace with the need. In their November meeting the Board approved purchase of three new buses. Purchases were postponed last year because of the tax initiatives, and the district is now lagging behind the three year replacement schedule. Kelvin Clayton, state director of pupil transportation, indicates that about a third of the entire state fleet is not current. Locally, a little more than half of the districts 4,600 students arebused to school daily on 53 routes by 22 regular drivers. There are also 24 more trained drivers in the county who stand by to drive on activities and field trips, when needed. The district operates 20 buses on a regu7 lar basis and only three are the type, but they are the transit conventional type, not the type. Ware noted that the three buses still in the fleet will be sold at the annual district auction in June. The three new buses should be in line in June or July. At that time, another adjustment in bus assignments will be made to retire to standby those buses which are considered the least safe to operate on a regular ' basis. State funds are available for purchase of new buses, and a recent television report stated that some districts were spending the allocated money on other programs. Ware indicated that funds designated for transportation expenditures are not only restricted, but also come in the form of reimbursements following the districts initial purchase. Buyin? a new school bus isnt the same walking onto a car lot and choosing a new automobile, Mr. Ware said. A bid process is involved, and orders go to the factory in Fort Valley, Georgia. Six to seven months lead time is needed at the factory to fill orders for school buses. Dick Cropper, is transportation supervisor for the district. He oversees the Richfield area and is a standby driver. Other area supervisors are Roger Taylor and Glade Winget, who drive several regular daily routes in addition to their supervisory duties. Twelve regular teachers are trained as drivers so they can driver their own students on trips connected with their subject or activity. These include FFA advisors and some Continued on Page 1 1 does well Onions would make even a greater profit than carrots, according to the report. With a ten ton per acre yield, onions would net farmers $1,104 per acre; while a harvest of 18 tons per acre would net $2,734 per acre. The high and low figures represent the pessimistic and optimistic yield figures. Egan said that the qualify of carrots grown on the test plot this year was excellent On December 3, area residents were invited to go to the plot and gather the carrots that had been dug that morning. While the original purpose of the organization was to work toward establishing a plan that would freeze vegetables for market, Egan said that farmers should begin next season with the idea of going into fresh produce production. Before the building and operation of a frozen food plant can be carried out, it must be proven that farmers are willing to produce that vegetable crop, and that the quality and quantity can be attractive enough so that a firm that is willing to finance and perhaps operate such a plant can be found. The crop of carrots grown year did not have ideal conditions, Egan said. Even so, it produced a great crop he said. In the first place we didnt get the crop planted until early summer, and there were problems in getting the land ready which delayed planting date. Egan said a storage facility for carrots and onions is being invesIt would be postigated locally. this sible to store the vegetables with the right conditions and then place them on the market as demand comes, Egan said. The target of the corporation is the establishment of a frozen vegetable processing plant in this area that would process crops from the regions farmers, as well as produce that would be shipped in from other areas in the state or even from other states. Egan said the corporation now purchased a used carrot digger for $500, and it will be available for fanners to use with next has summers crop. set-up- "OUR STUDENTS ARE OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE": said Sevier District School Board as they addressed problems facing the District. Getting - and keeping school buses up to state requirements is a tough job, but the Board says that they will continue to address and solve it. Salina s costs in lawsuit total $81,000 The final details of a contractors claim that soil conditions differed from what tests showed and therefore he lost money while completing the sewer lagoons in Salina came into focus when an arbitration board entertained a motion to dismiss the claim as requested by the contractor. The newly constructed sewer lagoons used by Salina were constructed by K&P Plumbing, Provo, at an orig inal bid cost of $ 1 ,059,000. The project was started in the Fall of 1987. A month after the project was completed Salina City was given notice of a claim for $2.5 million and later reduced to $1,820,477 to cover costs incurred by K&P Plumbing because of claimed differing site conditions. K&P claimed tat the dewathe soil at the site was of tering different because the soil tests were not accurate in depicting the soils ability to be dried. In the contract between Salina City and K&P an arbitration board would settle any differences. The arbitration panel was selected by the National American Arbitration Association and convened in hearing testimony November 28, 1988 in Salt Lake. After a day and a half of testimony being presented by both sides K&P Plumbing requested to dismiss the claim if Salina City agreed to dismiss their counter claim for attorney fees based on bad faith in K&Ps original suit. Attorney fees along with special witness fees and other court related costs amounted to $178,800 for Salina City of which the EPA-WatPollution Board will pay 55 percent as that is their participation in the total project on approved costs. Salina City will pay their portion of about $81,000 out of original bond financing. They are able to do this because the total project still cost less than engineer estimates. Salina City will now be able to close the remaining portion of the financing package with Farmers Home and thus close out the project er Briggs Leavitt - Southern Agency Trust Co., make deal for partial buyout Winter officially Two Salina arrives today If time seems to be flying dont be alarmed, for today, December21, is the shortest day of the year. It signals the official arrival of Winter, and you can today, now be optimistic and say that we are on the downward glide on our way to Spring. Have a happy holiday! Merry Christmas to All in District NEW BISHOPRIC: The Aurora First Ward now has a new Bishopric to serve Ward members. They are, front, from left: LaMar McBride second councilor; Center, Bishop Kent Freeman; Gary Mason, First Councilor. Back. Mike Shaw, Assistant (Financial) Clerk; Versal J. Mason, Executive Secretary; and Gary Harrison, Cletk. insurance companies reached agreements for one to buy part of another that will affect a number of insured customers in the area. BriggsLeavitt Insurance 3 East Main, Salina, purchased Co., the Property and Casualty insurance accounts of Southern AgencyTrusco located at 69 East Main, Salina. According to Mell Briggs this move will add to their base business and Robin Mickelsen of Southern Agency stated that he is changing from handling both Property and Casualty and Medical and life insurance to the medical and life side of the insurance field. For those accounts that will be handled by Briggs Leavitt Insurance, Briggs stated that if they are insured by Travelers Insurance or Uniguard Insurance there will be no changes in the coverage as his business will represent these two companies. He sent letters to all of the new customers and welcomed them and asked them to feel free to call and all questions concerning the changes would be answered. Mostly nothing will change, said Briggs. We are a fully organized independent agency offering property and casualty insurance along with health, group and life. Southern Agency started in 1936 by Evan Mickelsen. Robin took over the business in 1972 and in 1985 merged with Trustco of Salt Lake for more insurance markets. Robin explained that his agency has specialized in property and casualty insurance over the years and after the merge he branched out into the fields of life and medical and group insurance needs. He will continue to write life, medical and group insurance out of his Salina office which will keep the Southern Insurance Company name. |