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Show expires 013B86 -,- - fS0NS BOOKBINDER INC. R gaoVRT Leeway vote set for May Voters in Alpine School District will go to the polls May 7 to approve - or reject -- - a three mill increase in their taxes, Members of the district board of education last week during their regular business meeting voted unanimously to hold a special leeway election for the three mill increase. Superintendent Dr. Clark L. Cox said if the leeway is approved funds will be used ' for textbooks, classroom ' supplies, elementary schooj .specialists, instructional aides, equipment (including com-puter-and building maintenance. When asked about voted leeways in other districts in the state, Dr. Cox said Alpine and Nebo School Districts are the only districts along the Wasatch Front who do not currently have a voted leeway. He said Salt Lake District has the highest with a nine" mill leeway assessed. --Dr. Cox said he recommended the three mills leeway after talking with Parent-Teache- r Associations and other groups. "I feel that three mills would help us do things that need to be done and still not be too burdensome on the majority of our taxpayers," he said. Dr. Charles Lloyd, district clerk-treasure- r, said each mill would increase taxes for the average homeowner by about $12 and would raise approximately $450,000 for the district. This would mean about $36 additional taxes a year on a $100,000 home. Three mills would provide the district with .an estimated $1,350,000., Dr. Lloyd said. He added the stale will provide another $456,000 in equalization money, if the leeway passes, bringing the years' totak to $1,806,000. over . what is currently available. Passage of the mill levy "won't make us well. We'll still have lots of needs and lots of wants, but it would help," Dr. Cox said. Dr. Richard Sudweeks, board president, said he believes 3 mills is a conservative figure to ask for but "it is better than none." Following further discussion, board members voted unanimously to ask voters for the three mill levy on May 7. . Turning to school district patrons in attendance at the meeting, Dr. Sudweeks said "On May 7. 1985, you will have the opportunity to cast your vote." "Our taxpayers already do a pretty good job of supporting the district," Dr. Cox told board members, noting 42.75 mills are levied now. Vol. 7, No. 12 Wednesday, March 20, 1985 50 cents a single copy Bowl wins at Welsh festival By MARCELLA WALKER Delna Evans Macfarlane, Pleasant Grove, has won first place in a Welsh Festival held in Provo with an authentic Welsh Wassail Bowl which she made. Mrs. Evans entered the Eistedd-fod which was sponsored by Brigham Young University and held at the Provo Tabernacle. Her winning ceramic piece was designed after one which is found in the National Museum of Wales. She said the whole thing began when her family decided to start having a celebration at Christmas time following the traditions of different countries. Since Mrs. Macfarlane's ancestry is ' from Wales, that is the country the family celebrated this past Christmas. To go with this celebration, she felt that she would like to make a traditional Wassail Bowl. She researched for about a month to get the accurate information about the bowl. Her friend Rowena, Tingey made the bowl itself. Then, Mrs. Mac-farlane began painting and glazing. The large bowl holds over a gallon of wassail, she said. The bowl is adorned with 12 circles which represent the twelve months of the year. There are also twelve handles, representing the same thing. Each handle has the name of the month written on it in Welsh, plus the flower of the month painted on. There are other symbols painted on the bowl which go back to Celtic times, before Christianity came to Wales. These symbols include holly, mistletoe and oak. Mrs. Macfarlane said these go back to the Druids. On the lid are lovely birds since the Welsh had a close association with birds which they believe symbolized life. - She used Celtic lettering forms to inscribe her father's, grandfathers, and names on the bowl. The clay of Wales is reddish in color, she said, so she tried to bring that color into the bowl where possible. She also tried to make a green color that is typical of Welsh green. It took Delna three months to paintv the bowl. She won $50 as her prize for taking See Welsh Festival on page 2 pi.:. ? :s - f " ' , s ';" .. J . 1 - v f t i . I i ' I ! ; ' ' ' I ' K 1 , I - iQ'-'S-r ft, ' 'i . 6VANS . i ; . i f . ' . .. i S . r '' i ' . ' , I ; t . t U - i) $', $ I I - , ? " Delna E. Macfarlane displays the large, authentic Welsh Wassail Bowl which she made and which won first place in the Welsh festival held at the Provo Tabernacle. McNally workes can apply for fed. funds workers. Trade readjustment assistance payments will be administered through the Utah Job Service with funds provided by the federal government. About 350 former workers at McNally Mountain States Steel Co. in Lindon, Utah, have been certified the U.S. Department of Labor as eligible to apply for trade adj-ustment assistance. The certification covers workers separated on or after Oct. 1, 1984 ho manufactured fabricated structural steel at the affected facility for at least six months out of 'he year prior to layoff. The Trade Act of 1974 provides that workers who believe they have been or will become totally or Partially separated from emp-loyment as a result of increased imports may petition the secretary 0 labor for certification of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance. Assistance to workers under the trade Act may include cash trade readjustment allowances, limited training opportunities, employment services (counseling, testing, and Jot) Placement services), job search grants, and relocation allowances. A Petition was filed with the "r Department in Nov. 1984 by ne company on behalf of the Bateman gets nod as new sheriff David Bateman, Alpine, was appointed to serve as Utah County Sheriff at a meeting of the Utah County Commmission Monday. The appointment came six weeks after Sheriff Mack Holley retired the end of January and will be for the remaining two years of Sheriff Holley 's term. County Commissioners said the choice was unanimous among them7 "He was the choice of the. (Republican Party) Central Com-mittee and he was the choice throughout the community," Commission Chairman Gary An-derson said. American Fork Police Chief Randy Johnson and Pleasant Grove Police Chief Michael Ferre had also been candidates for the position. The new sheriff says several changes are planned for the department. He noted the depart-jnn- i Was reorganized about three months ago with one lieutenant's position eliminated. Now, he does not plan to fill the captain position which he held under Sheriff Holley. "The organization is structured on functional lines and we have redistributed our span of control through the consolidation. This will probably be refined as we go on." "We will also be making further changes - some visual to the public and some more subtle - as time goes on," he said. Bateman said his department will become even more involved in crime prevention efforts, including their electronic sting operation where a tiny transmitter is placed in items. If the items are stolen, officers are able to locate them through the transmitter. "We will be developing a five-yea- r plan to help us keep up with the growth of the county," Bateman said. He noted they also plan to upgrade technology to enable officers to do a "much more efficient job." Bateman lias served on the Sheriff's Department for the past 12 years, serving as captain under Sheriff Holley at the time the Sheriff resigned. State roads will get face lift By MARC HADDOCK The sagging state roads through north Utah County will be getting a facelift starting this summer. Rep. Don LeBaron said the Utah Department of Highways have plans for upgrading Slate Road 74 (the Alpine Highway) and State Road 92, the road that travels through Highland from to the mouth of American Fork Canyon. The junction of SR 146 (from Pleasant Grove) and SR 92 at the mouth of American Fork Canyon will also be improved, according to LeBaron. Quoting a letter from UDOT Commissioner Wayne Winters, LeBaron said the Alpine Highway should see some patch work and get a new asphalt overlay starting in July. "It is intended that this will complete the roadwork from American Fork to Alpine, but will be subject to the bids received and funds available," the letter said. Two projects are anticipated this year on SR 92. One is the im-provements at the junction at the canyon's mouth, including cutting down the grade SR 146 at that junc-tion and eliminating the 180 degree turn from SR 146 onto SR 92. The other will involve about three miles of highway from the junction to Dry Creek. That work will involve raising the road bed about three feet, and in the process improving drainage along the road. The letter says the work should also resolve some of the snow drifting problems along that stretch of road. The letter states that it will take several months to get this project ready because a right-of-wa- y will have to be purchased at the mouth of the canyon. The remainder of SR 92 from Dry Creek to American Fork Canyon has also been scheduled for work - but not until 1987 when federal funds will become available. That project will involve recovering and widening the current road. In the meantime, UDOT has issued a restrictive weight limit of seven tons per axle on SR 92 from to the Alpine Highway junction. That restriction took effect March 11. The department issued a statement saying the restriction would remain in effect "until road conditions stabilize." i " , V ffy- ty M 'V - ; l- -f ' j j "V' '"''''I , f ... i ? .... , k H i ' , , ' 1 ' ' ' ' i J i ' ' - v " . '. : I ... Wages of war Diane Anderson (above), baby Rebecca and son George watch as father Stephen Anderson wages battle (left) in exhibition of medieval warfare. The exhibition was given at the Renaissance Fair held at American Fork High School, sponsor by gifted and talented programs from throughout the Alpine School District. The Andersons are from Pleasant Grove. Strawberry Days sekshelp j ftr.awberry Days is coming up on 2 21. and 22 and the vberry Days Association is in J7n ,a grouP. cl"b or individual to j sho" charSe of the arts and crafts calS? interes,ed serving in this wrUy shuld contact Harold ca'ne Motllgmery or Possjbl" hoonover as soon as the rW?aCklin reminds residents that alwav k berry Days celebration otj eglns on the third Thursday i |