Tooele Transcript-Bulletin from Tooele, Utah • 6

TUESDAY September 9, 2003 TRANSCRIPT-BULLETIN A6 TM Renovations finalized for Sept. 20 air show I IPADKI Youve seen it on TV, now its available at your local pharmacy. Formulated exclusively for Frankie Avalon, this all natural product has provided pain relief for thousands. Use it for arthritis, backache, sprains, muscle joint pain, sinus head discomfort No stain, no odor and no heating sensation. Just soothing relief from head to toe! Available at: MACEYS 972 N.

Main St. 843-8722 Air National Guard, the U.S. Navy, the Army National Guard and several other organizations. Wendover Airfield's fire support equipment will also be on display. Guided tours of the atomic bomb pit and other areas of the base will be available and the airfields museum will also be open.

Petersen said approximately 50 volunteers would be assisting to assure the event's success. Organizers are expecting attendance figures somewhere in the ballpark of 5, (XX) people. twww.hcdsales.co our mandate is to have it finished prior to the show. Well have upwards of 150 aircraft flying in for it, Petersen said. It will make things much nicer.

Though guests who attend the air-show may not immediately notice the upgrades, Petersen said the men and women who fly the aircraft certainly will. The Historic Wendover Airfield Association has also recently completed the installation of a series of 15 new signs at various locations around the airport, which will serve as a self-guided tour for visitors. They detail how the different buildings were used and their histories as well as information on the pilot training, Petersen said. A separate driving tour booklet includes period photographs and information on the functions of the air base. The addition of the self-guided tour was sponsored by the Utah Division of History and Tooele tourism funding.

Wendover Airfield Air Show This years airshow is Saturday, Sept. 20. Gates will be open from 8 am. to 5 p.m. Admission fees are $5 for adults, $3 for youth ages 10 to 17, and children under age 10 are free.

The show itself begins at 12:45 p.m. and will feature two Soviet jet fighter aircraft, a MiG-15 and a MiG-17, as well as a North American P-5 1 Mustang, Edge 540 and Extra 300 aircraft. Free airplane rides for youth ages 7 to 17 will be sponsored by the Experimental Aircraft Associations (EAA) Young Eagles from 9 a.m. to 1 1 :30 a.m. Young Eagles will provide the insurance, but parents will have to be present to sign a release form.

Dozens of aircraft will be on display including the C-123 cargo plan featured in the movie Con-Air. Other displays will include a variety of jeeps, trucks and armored vehicles with the Utah Military Vehicle Club as well as representatives with the by Michad Rigert STAFF WRITER Historic Wendover Airfield is one of Tooele County's best-kept historic secrets, and thanks in part to a $1.2 million grant, the World War II training facility for bombers crews preparing to drop the atomic bomb is now getting a much-needed makeover. Funded primarily through a grant awarded last September by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and other monies from the state of Utah and Tixiele County, the airfields runways are being resurfaced, repainted and improved. Jim Petersen, the airports general manager and president of the Historic Wendover Airfield restoration organization, said the enhancements will satisfy the FAAs safety requirements for taxiing larger military aircraft landings. The two main mnways rain grooves have also been resurfaced and taxi ways and staging areas are also being expanded.

Our airshow will be Sept. 20 and Introducing Rachel Adams. Letters Rachel Adams graduated from Nevada City California High in 1937, was a member of the Ambulance Corp. in Sacramento until the end of the war, married Ralston Adams in 1943, raised four children, Milton (shorty), Karen Johnson and twins Ronald and Donald, also cared for teenage foster children, lived on cattle and sheep ranches, Rachel and husband developed the Sunset Heights subdivision in Salmon, Idaho, and now resides at Cottage Glen. there are not a handful of foreclosures mentioned in its back pages.

The value ofTooele is being squaidered through inattention to our schcxils. If you are a homeowner, or a prospective homeowner you wait the class sizes in the Tixiele district reduced. You wait them reduced to less than the national average if possible. It is possible to, right now, reduce the target from 26 to 24. It is possible to reduce the target for next year to even less than tha.

It is reasonable to demand tha our elected sclxxil board provide a roadmap for reducing the class sizes in this district to at least the national average. Why not try for very low class sizes like those found in our neighboring state Wyoming? The fact is tha to greatly enhance the home values in Tixiele we only need to bea the Salt Lake area We can bea the Salt Lake areas schixil systems class sizes. We can do it now. We should start right away. Steve Parker Tooele ered adequate.

To put this into perspective 33 students allows a teacher to spend less than 1 1 minutes of time with each student each day. Is this reasonable? No of course it is not reasonable, but this is the situation in East ele-mentaiy. Each of the three 2nd grade classes at East elementary are stuffed with 33 kids. There is barely enough nxim to move around. What would this say to you if you were a prospective homebuyer? Nothing good I an sure.

Is this an unanticipated situation? Unfortunately it is not Last year the four 1st grade classes were a about 24 students each. Put these four classes into three, add a couple more for good measure, and you get the enormous classes we now have. This is not a situation that should each a competent school system by surprise. If you look in the back of this paper you will most likely find a handful of home foreclosures. Look again in the next edition of the paper aid you will see another handful.

Hardly an issue of the Tooele Transcript goes by where continued from page A5 If you are new to an area what can tell you if the schools will treat your child well? One of the greatest indicators used by prospective residents is class size (closely followed by test scores). The fact is that Tooeles class sizes are terrible. The school system attempts to staff teachers to keep classes at a ratio of 26 students per teacher. This is more than half again the national average (a little over 16) and 25 percent greater than the Utah average (a little over 2 1 the highest in the nation). To further complicate this seemingly simple metric the school system only allows these staffing levels to be calculated in aggregate so that significiuitly larger class sizes are possible.

What is a significantly huger class size? How does 33 students per class strike you. What prospective parent will get a warm a fuzzy feeling knowing that the schixil system is allowing classes of 33 2nd graders to be consid "When my husband died, my chrldren became concerned about my living alone. I really enjoy the convenience of living at Cottage Glen. I like to walk in the beautifully landscaped common areas. I enjoy the many activities that are offered and trips on the transportation bus.

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Tooele 435-882-7990 September 9, 20031 Tuesday Evening Ameiiidn Pioliie Huiuelown Content Seivice 4 ri The Tooele City Volunteer Fire Department would like to thank the citizens of Tooele City, for making the 2003 "Fill the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) fundraiser a big success. The city fire department collected donations totaling $8,500 Utah firefighters collected approximately $350,000 throughout the state of Utah. 4 The department would also like to thank the following merchants for their support to this fundraiser Tooele federal 'treditUnion (TFCU), Albertson's, Macey's, -Ji Smitfo, papa John's and WALMART. Firefighters would like to express their sincere appreciation to you the citizens of Tooele, who gave so generously. Gratefully, Chief John Curwen American Profile Hometown Content Service Thursday Evening September 11, 20031 American Profile Hometown Content Service Re-Elect Steve Bevan (gerertp QDOOOQ mh Keep Your Voice In City Government I will strive to work with the city administration to ensure enforcement of city ordinances to clean-up the unsightly appearance of the city.

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