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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1973
Page
1
Five Eastside residents urge a dividing fence between school property and adjacent lands at a school board meeting. The board discusses fencing costs and asks for bids while finalizing a trimmed budget and 1973 74 calendar with a late May end date.
The Eastside School District election will decide two board of trustees seats and a one mill levy addition to the school plant facilities fund. Polls open Tuesday from 3 to 8 p.m. at three locations. The Quarterly conference in the Franklin Stake runs May 12–13 with a leadership meeting May 12 and general session May 13. George W. Poulsen, regional representative for the Franklin district, will visit.
Preston High's Trouble Shooting team won the state contest in Pocatello at the mini dome. Stephen Call and Alan Carter earned first place for high scores in written and workmanship exams, repairing a Plymouth car for eight malfunctions. Their trip to the national finals in Boston includes expenses for coach George Wilcox. Incumbent and challenger contest school board seats in zones four and five, with votes on mill levy for district maintenance and a kindergarten teacher wage.
Gymnastics and tumbling for girls up to 18 begins Friday May 11 at Oakwood Elementary gym 7 PM to 8 PM taught by Sharon Little of Logan. Registration is 5 per student. Other summer offerings include horseshoeing May 14 and horsemanship June 4 at the rodeo arena, adult swimming upholstery speed reading and tennis. A basketball clinic by ex Utah Stars coach LaDell Anderson targets boys 12 to 18 to teach fundamentals and polish skills.
Several weekend auto incidents caused damage and citations. Ervin James Rawlings' car left a county road during the Explorers road rally causing about 200 dollars in damage and a speeding citation. Bryan Rufus Long, 24, drifted off and rolled a car. no injuries, inattenive driving citation issued. Robert Chadwick Purser, 30, and Debra Jensen, 18, collided after exiting Preston. Purser’s car 30 dollars damage, Jensen 150 dollars. Gale J. Elwood, 19, and William Swann, 6, collided. Swann 100 dollars damage, Elwood 150 dollars. Elwood cited for inattentive driving.
West Side residents will vote at West Side high school on Tuesday May 15 from 4 to 9 p m. The mill levy seeks renewal of schol plant facilities funds and maintains operating funds at 3714 mills, three mills less than last year.
Jane Taylor of Preston High School won the Miss Franklin County title in a 11 contestant pageant. Jill Baird is first runner-up to Miss Idaho with Roxanne Fennesbeck and Cydne Hansen as alternates. Jane will graduate this year and plans Snow College majoring in speech pathology.
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