Winslow Mail (Newspaper) - April 27, 1983, Winslow, Arizona 3322 East Class Postage Paid at Arizona 86047 USPS 247-160 90 Number 11 April 27, 1983 Copy 25 Trash Service Begins Sunday in Winslow fireman Kevin Notz demonstrates how to use a Geiger counter to detect radiation levels of any radioactive material during a two-day course on radiological presented by the state Emergency Services Division on Thursday and Friday at the new Holbrook fire Four local the Holbrook and Winslow fire the Twin Wells Fire Brigade and the Navajo County Sheriff's each received radiation detection kits from the state division at the end of the These kits will increase the safety of both and the public in times of accidents and disasters involving vehicles hauling radioactive local Fire Marshal Bracke by Julia Consider Items Af Monday's Julia Navajo County Board of Supervisors discussed and voted upon several items before entering into the Board of Equalization to hear county property tax protests during Monday's the recommendation of Supervisor Pete the board approved the appointment of as Precinct No. 5 Amos will be sworn in on Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. during next week's regular board appointment follows the recent resignation of Sam Director Frank Lucero and Superior Court Judge Jay Abbey received board approval to hire a This Paul Barger Editor and With Tax Apr. 15, still fresh in our I think you might be most interested in some comments from Frank J. Fahrenkoff the chairman of the Republican National he said is not and should not be a partisan but one that all regardless of should consider It affects your is what he had to say about the federal income tax the biggest rip-off in American It soaks 230 million Americans every and the is tens of billions of talking about tax bracket the way Big Government uses inflation to line its own The rip-off works like what cost you in 1967 now costs nearly three times as so you might ask While everything costs three times as you're earning three times as so everything averages Fifteen years if you earned a year you'd have been pretty and the government taxed you at a high rate because you were pretty you may be earning living like someone who made in 1967, but paying rich man's Prices and salaries rise along with but every time they go up a you go into a higher and higher tax bracket with no increase in standard of living to show for it. Welcome to bracket inflation were as bad as in some you could be living on pork and beans and paying bracket creep is a nightmare for working it's tons of fun for the big spenders in Without ever having to put their necks on the line by voting for tax they can spend and inflate and sock you with bracket and laugh all the way to the there's a way to stop the and it's called Indexing means that tax brackets with wages and No matter what happens to if you earn a moderate you pay only moderate and the only way government can raise your taxes is by passing a law that all can secretary to help the probation department keep up with increasing demands by the court for presentence Lucero and Abbey said the court's caseload has doubled over the past also said at budget time they will present a plan to reorganize the probation department to make it more also requested the presence at the May 23 Juvenile Justice scheduled to be held at the Snowflake LDS Stake Abbey is one of the organizers for this f Ranger Paul Jaster of the parks and recreation department received board approval to file an application with the state Department of Water Resource for water rights of 320 acre feet of water coming over the spillway of the Clear Creek Dam at Park between Apr. 1 and Oct. 1. Jaster said the water would be used to irrigate the grass and trees at the county also said the County Parks and Recreation Commission approved the also received board permission to execute service agreements with Waste Control of Northern Arizona for trash facilities at Park and the two county buildings in waste control firm recently contracted with Continued On Page 8 Take Time To can fool some of the people some of the that's usually good enough to make a Mike City of Winslow's contract with Waste Control of Northern for the hauling of solid waste becomes effective on May 1. change in schedule for residential Eventually there may be a change in the schedule of those customers served by roll out but they will be notified in advance by Waste are no changes planned in dumpster new set by the City of per month will be effective with the May Presently the residential rate is per council has set a tentative commercial rate at per cubic This rate could increase or decrease depending on the size of the container and the number of times a commercial account wishes Control is presently contacting the city's businesses to contract with them for the desired After all the contracts are in it can then be determined if enough revenue would be raised to maintain the rate and if any adjustment is necessary it could be made before the first officials estimate that revenue is needed to hold the rate at accounts will also have the opportunity to sell their antiquated dumpsters to Waste Control for These old containers cannot be used with New containers will be at no by Waste The contractor will be spending for new commercial city decided to into an with a private contractor because the city's sanitation department was operating at a last year totaling State law requires that sanitation departments be self City officials also felt that a private contractor would be able to provide the same services as the city but for less residents and businesses will pay Waste Control about for the first Additionally the contracted fee will be increased or decreased based upon the National All Urban Consumer Price The national index generally rises at a slower rate than the state officials wish to remind citizens that they are required to place all trash into the proper You may not leave trash in a pile next to the as it will not be picked do not put heavy items as chunks of large of dirt and tree into the These heavier items will be picked up quarterly by the you should have any trouble with your billing contact the as they will still be doing the If you have a problem with trash pickup contact Waste Control of Northern Arizona at 289-2454. year's Winslow High School student body leaders are to Paul Steve Janice vice and Effie by Stacey Simonton Heads Winslow Student students at Winslow High School have elected their new slate of officers for tiie 1983-84 school newly elected president is Steve Janice Aragon will be next year's vice The new secretary is Effie Paul Tyler was elected for the treasurer's is a member of the Key Club and in baseball and Steve will be a representative to Boy's State this Aragon was a this year and is a track has been a cheerleader the past two She also has been involved in student having been the sophomore class treasurer and She is also a Girl's State and Key Club sweetheart has been active in both football and He is currently president of the Key Club and Key Club lieutenant governor for Northern He a member of the Honor Quill and and is junior class School District Receives Refund Seeks Funds For Winslow's community development was scheduled to seek permission from the City Council at Tuesday night's to submit a grant application to the Arizona Humanities The grant would be for approximately and would be used for story boards at Winslow's visitors which is to open about June 1. story to be placed in the patio will provide 52nd annual Invitational Track Meet will be held Apr. 30, at Bulldog The Winslow Invitational is the oldest continuously run track meet in the year's in addition to will Tuba Holbrook and Many Many of Northern Arizona's finest track and field athletes will be be events will begin at 10:00 a.m. Preliminaries of the running events will start at 10:30 and the finals will get underway at 1:30. All the events are due to be finished by 5 prices will be for adults and for on the geography and cultures of the A history of Winslow would be obligation in the project would consist of an in-kind contribution of the building itself and the city would have to build the wooden frames for the story A challenge grant is also requested by the Humanities the amount would be equal to 10 percent of the These in this case nearly could be raised locally or from interested parties outside the The city would not have to have the money in hand when the grant application is they would have the opportunity to raise the funds during the grant review grant application would have to be made by Apr. 30, 1983, If approved the grant period would begin in August and work on the project would probably begin in the fall or early 20 Apr. 21 Apr. 22 Apr. 23 Apr. 24 Apr. 25 Apr. 26 64 51 66 75 78 73 69 40 33 35 40 43 Mostly sunny turning cooler and breezy Friday and Chance of showers both There was a trace of precipitation on Apr. 20 and on Apr. 21. Winslow School District No. 1 received a check from Don a State Compensation Fund for at the governing regular meeting last The money was a premium refund for having an exceptional injury The school district's yearly premium is in excess of other business at the the board adopted two new The first policy change involved The policy had read that no coach can be head coach in more than one sport and cannot coach more than two except coaches for a girls athletic The reference to girls athletic team sports has been second policy change involves personal leave The new policy does not allow the granting of personal leave days the day before or the day after a holiday or vacation or during the first or last two weeks of the school Presently the policy allows for personal days at any if there is an early retirement program for employees was This will allow the employee to retire up to five years early and receive an incentive percent of the last year's for the five or until age 65. This money may be taken in a lump in or a portion of it may go to pay for the employees group and the employee would then be allowed to remain in the insurance program for five years or age 65. high school proposed a new eligibility standard for participation in Presently students may participate in varsity athletic and extra activities such as if they passed all their subjects in the prior Their current semester's academic standing has no bearing on their Under the new student athletes would be allowed to be failing in two in a given six week Doris a teacher at Jefferson was granted permission to participate in the early retirement contract for a new automobile was awarded to Ames Ames will provide a 1983 Ford LTD at a cost of The only other bidder was Don Sanderson with Winslow City Council has scheduled an executive followed by a special public next Apr. 29, at 7 p.m. at the Police Court only item on the agenda is a legal matter pertaining to a possible violation of the open meeting item had previously been discussed at an executive session on Apr. 22 and had been placed on the agenda for last week's City Council but was tabled for discussion at the Apr. 29 executive of base salary for 12 month was A pro rated percentage was provided for nine month The employees were also granted a per month increase in the amount of insurance payments made by the school Currently the district pays up to a month for the the increase will raise that amount to resignation of three teachers were accepted effective the end of the school Terry Junior High Toni Junior High and Washington was granted permission to use school district facilities to operate the City of Winslow's summer recreation report on the summer building improvement projects was The school district is preparing to go to bid on the of Jefferson New lighting will be installed at the Junior High Old incandescent lighting will be replaced by new low energy saving fluorescent Another summer project will be the interior and of Bonnie Brennan Each year the school district repaints one of the so that they do not all require repainted at the same the evening's final a grievance hearing was at the conclusion of the regular Emil Nasser had On Page 8
