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Show ' ' , " H - I . r. . . v : ' ? . : ;. , . . :' ' -t ,. ' Sanmmmmfitt it Sonmmimiintt Jackson school board considers action after teacher cuffs class chatterbox Teacher swats noisy student JacKSonHole A Jackson Hole High School freshman was struck on the head by a new math economics teacher when the girl would not remain quiet during a test. Both the school officials of-ficials and the mother of the student agreed she had been asked several ' times to be quiet. Principal Jay Cason said, "It was apparently more of a swat in the head than any type of hard blow," but added the school cannot condone physical force. The girl's mother said the teacher called immediately to apologize. She said she did not excuse her daughter, but would like the school :. board to take some action about the incident. Poll nixes Texaco drilling About two-thirds of the respondents in a poll of the Jackson .Hole Area Chamber of Commerce oppose oil and gas drilling in the newly-designated Little Granite Creek wilderness area. The ban, : supported by 101 of 148 respondents, was hailed by a spokesman from the Jackson Hole Alliance for Responsible Responsi-ble Planning, which wants to keep - the Texaco company from drilling in the area, southeast of Jackson. , A Texaco spokesman optimistically optimistical-ly noted the Chamber voted in favor of exploration three years ago and with it. But the Vail Town Council clearly said it would not negotiate with an incorporated West Vail. Vail faces budget crunch The Vail Town Council is considering con-sidering cuts in its 1986 budget. The loss of revenue is due to several factors, fac-tors, including increased insurance rates, a drop of building-related revenue and the de-annexation of West Vail. The town's budget measures so far include: eliminating capital improvement im-provement projects, including $300,000 to enlarge the Vail Village Parking Structure; an increase in the business license fee, depending on a business' number of employees; a $10-a-week tax on timeshares; and eliminating free ski passes to employees. Instead of the free passes, the city will contribute $250 for each employee to the $525 cost of pass. THE ASPEN TIMES; Women want entry in cop ski race Aspen Two female Aspen law-enforcement law-enforcement officers are appealing to the National Peace Officers Ski Race committee to allow women to. compete in the international police races. Molly Ireland and C.J. Howard placed first and second in the women's competition of the Saab ' Peace Officers Race last year. But her upon discovering she was taping the conversation, and attempted to take the tape recorder away from her. Housing plan riles residents The Aspen City Council tabled action on a controversial proposal to let a developer buy three buildings in the Hunter Creek condominiums to satisfy their employee housing requirement. re-quirement. The developers of Aspen Mountain Lodge want to buy the buildings, which total 58 units. But most of the Hunter Creek homeowners fear that if the buildings are turned into short-term rentals, the area will revert to "its former inglorious status as Aspen's only slum," said the Times. The council is considering allow- ; ing the Lodge builders to pay a sum of money $2 million was discussedto discuss-edto the city. Aspen would use the funds to build new employee units or would subsidize employees to buy higher-priced housing. Mammoth schools bite the bullet Mammoth Lakes The Mammoth Unified School District Board of Trustees approved a resolution to expand the No Shooting boundary around the school area and town, after the accidental ac-cidental shooting of a teacher. In early October, a hunter's stray bullet ricocheted into a classroom and struck teacher Patricia Holland-Suppa. Holland-Suppa. The resolution, to be sent to the Mammoth Town Council and Mono County Board of Supervisors, also will ask that dirt roads that cut across the area be posted with No ' Hunting signs. TAHOE WORLD Wilderness isn't for racing, say feds LakeTahoe Two endurance races previously held in the Granite Chief forest area may be banned because the area was declared wilderness last yeah ' The region has been the site of the Western States Trail Ride horse race for 30 years and the Western States Endurance Run foot race for 11 years. But usage in Granite Chief now will be more restrictive. Senator Pete Wilson has asked the U.S. Forest Service to change its policy and evaluate endurance runs on a case-by-case basis. The runs, he argued, are appropriate use for wilderness. However, Forest Service official Gary Plisco said, "Congress . designated only known by his foot tracks. It's not to be used as a regular circus." One exception, he said, would open the door to others. The service has been working with race organizers to find alternative routes. So far, a solution hasn't been found that will satisfy all parties. said a third of this year's respondents 47 still are in favor. In other poll results, a strong majority ma-jority supported the local bus system and 90 percent said the local rodeo was very or moderately important im-portant to the economy. Bacteria found in town's water KetchumSun Valley Residents in the town of Bellevue were told to boil their water after tests found abnormally high levels of coliform bacteria in drinking water from the town's spring. Environmental officer Gary Burkett said he asked the town to switch to a local well, but a sample from the well showed even higher levels of bacteria. Once the well is chlorinated and checked, it will be less subject to contamination than the spring, Burkett said. THEkt TRAIL West Vail a city? Voters say no Vail West Vail residents have voted to be re-annexed to the town of Vail, rather than incorporate as a separate city. The vote, 260-52 against incorporation, came after a court decision last September that - Vail's 1981 annexation of West Vail was invalid. .' That annexation improperly included in-cluded a Bureau of Land Management Manage-ment parcel. After the decision, incorporation was proposed by a faction led by, Frank Caroselli, who had long fought the original annexation of West Vail. Proponents said that as an official town, West Vail could negotiate with Vail to consolidate the National Peace Officer team only takes the fastest overall finishers, meaning women must rank with the fastest male skiers. Race committee chairman Billy Perea said his group must stick to that policy this year, since national races already have been held for the international race in Trento, Italy, .reb-.28-March 6.But. the .national ' races" to" be held In Snowmass April 2-6 could include women in the qualifiers. Ireland said, "If we were allowed to compete even on an exhibition level, that would even help. What we don't want is a pat on the head and be told to go away because nothing can be done." Thumbs down on taxes Area voters in Aspen and Snowmass have rejected three proposed pro-posed taxes. Voters rejected a Nordic Nor-dic District that would have levied .8 mills in the Aspen School District to fund a nordic track system between Aspen and Snowmass. Snowmass voters also rejected a bond for a new maintenance facility. The town's present shop is on land the Snowmass Co., a local firm, is to develop into a tourist resort called Base Village. ' Citizens also nixed a recreation users tax that would have gone to finance transportation, road maintenance and parking improvements. im-provements. Teacher battles school district Aspen School District officials have denied they violated the rights of a 17-year-veteran teacher. Junee Kirk has filed suit, claiming her reassignment last May to "full-time substitute" was made because she tried to fight reductions in the school district's foreign-language pro- gram. She has sued in both U.S. District Court and Aspen District Court. , , Aspen School Superintendent Jim' Burks also has denied another Kirk allegation that during a meeting on the reassignment, he assaulted , . . 1 |
