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SCHOOL MONEY PR,0,BLEM EYED-: Api:-il 6 about the offer of th�':Y-outh SPECIAL MEEHNG THUiRS. NIGffTCen�er to lea�e a 100' x 50,'i sit e

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ty for 99 Un�e!" pres_·ent stressed fin!'-ncial y ea r s at S2,00 0. paya le by1the

-condi·ti-on s the valu.a bl e service o:f taxpa.yers, there has be • 'Jot of a four weekj !lummer s:ession for a ta]�. The board of fire cc;,mai•ll_ippera secon-d sea slon must; be pasa,ed up, decided to hold a bond blection on

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Worst fire in Alpine history took famous old Tavern; fire boys did great.:Job.

SPECIAL NOTICE

A meeting will be held Tu�s day, May 29, at 8 ·i I',

p:,m,

in the Alpine School Audi torium for a discussion

of the proposed bon9 issue for either purchasing the

present fire statipn or t he const r uction �£ a new

fire s t ation. Residents·and all interested in Alpine

_are cordially invited to attend,

-Board of Fire Com mi�sioriers

. ', Alpine Fire Protection Oist rict

2 MORE A BOUT F I R E STAT I ON . Jul y 3 1 fo r voters to spend $1 8, 00 0. un 1t n e ,.• fi re s t a t ion to i.ie b ui l t "fi t h a t si t e .

l°' · Wedne sda y t he b9ard de ci ded to hol d a publ i c meetin g Tues. the 29 th a t 8 p . m . in t h e school audi to rium t o d i s cu s s the bon d i s su e fo r thi s n e w f i r e s t a t i o n o r to b u y t h e p r e s en t o n e .

I n in·t e r v i e wi ng p eo p l e t h e Sun fo u n d t h a t t he re i s p l e n t y o f a rgumen t agai n st l easin_g p rop er t y t)la t the taxpaye.rs _v.i r tual l y bou ght iali d p ai. d fo r · wheri· ·they vo ted" $10, 000. fo r t he s choo l ' s 1 0 a cr e s , wh i c h c a rr i ed a ' "p r em i u m '· from t h e l a t e Cl1 as. Crou ch- - t h e You th Center si t e o f 10 a c res . I t co st t he corrmuni ty S I 7 , 0 00 . to gr ade fo r t he s cho o l . T h e y t hi nk t he fi r e s t a t i on l o t s ho u l d n o t h a ve to b e p a i d f o r .

Som e say the p resen t s t a tion i s in creasi n g i n v a l u e , wi l l be wo r th m u ch m o re i n 1 0 y_ea rs, b y t h e time i t i s p ai d fo r. The Bra t ch e r Con ­s tru ction Co. , 01111 ers, l eased i t fo r $7 5 . a m o n th , · whi ch e xp i r e s M ar . 2 3 , 1 957 . They o f fe r to s eJ J· fo r $ 1 7 , 5 00 c a sh , o r l ea s e wi th o p tion to b uy, p aym en ts to p ro vi de mon thl y remun era tion su ffi ci en t to amo rti :i.e the S17 , 500, wi th 6% i n t e rest in 1 0 o r 1 5 years. I f the commun i ty doe s no t buy, an d wan t s to ren t, . i t wi l l co s t $ 1 5 0 . o n a mo n th - to - m o n t h b a si s . Th e bo ard wi l l B1 e e t a t 7 : 30 , Mon. June 4, at the fi re s tati o n , to take u p thi s matter.

Tuesd ay '· s pu b l i � · 111e e ti n � i s to p rovi de t h e . bo ard �i th o pin1_on s o f t h e p eo p l e so a s · t�· a c t 1 n t h e i n terests o f the co111B1un1 ty.

No sui tab] e l o t was found at a l ow enou gh p ri ce , so t h e Y. C. si t e w a s c h o s en , A comm i t t ee h e aded by Commi s si o n e r Al H i n k l e , Fi r em en Phi l H al l , Jack Bl ank en shi p an d Lee Ro p er , c hi e f\ repo rt ed t h e y coul d n o t fi n d a si t e .

On e o bj ection t o the Y � C. i s th at i t i s u p h i l I Ii al f a mi l e to t h e l::i u si n e ,; s c en t e r ; wh i l e fro m the p r e s en t s t a t i on i t i s down hi l l o n l y 2½ >; en t h s o f a m i l e . A l s o , t h e t r u d wo u l d h a ve to p u1 1 ui:: hi l l to t h e p ri v a te ro a d e a s t o f Hi n k l e ' s to get in t.o A!"nol d ,my to

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r e a c h Ta v e rn H o a d , \I i dw a y !) r i ve a n d o t h e r. a r e a s .

One man poin ted ou t t.h a t the town i s gro11oin g eas tward, t hus a l oca• ion shou l d b e h ad abo ve the bn si n e :. s a r e a .

The budget for n ext y e ar carri es $2000 . l ease , p l u s $200. fo r L . M . Fn gin eerin g Servi ce ' s survey, al ready m ad e , an d S 5 0 0 . fo r O ' M e l v en y & M ye rs ' fee s as bond attorneys, $250. to be pai d i f the bonds fai l .

Th e Bratcher l and is 100 ' on High­way 8 0,. by 404' deep. terraced , wi th t h .e. 40 i< · 6- 0 $l;a ti Q11 - ·anif .a z; c a r g a r age i n th e r e a r , bui l t so th a t a n apa rtmen t cou l d b e added. W hi l e some s ay the p ri ce i s too hi gh, the s t e e l an d al um i n u m s tru ct u r e , a t o nl y $6. a foo t, amoun ts to $14, 400. a l o n e . Fl o o r i s of 6 '1 r ei n fo rced con c r e te . Of cou rse t h e re a re ob­j e c ti on s to bo t h qu e s ti on s , whi ch wi l l be ai red Tue sday ni g h t b y t h e bo a r d : A l Hi n k } e , Fl . O e s e r a n d Paul Bl ack .

No t e - Some t i m e ago a n ewsf aper e r ro n eou sl y s t a "t e d t h a t A p i n e woul d save SIil, 060.· a ye ar b y voting ·the bonds , bu t the sum shou l d h ave !teen $1 ; 800 . (Dion th-' to mo·n.th ra��) . · Som e b el i ev e w e sho u l d .

p ay t h_at , s e a rch fo r a mo r e· s tr a t e g1 c l o t , e v e n i f n o t r i g h t o n 8.0 buy . i t , then vo te bonds and own t he p ro perty. p ] u. s t h e s t a ti on , . . wh i ch w ou l d n t b e t h e case o n l e as e . · W e h a ve en­dea-vo red to p re sen t t h e- pi c ture as i t ao p e a r s , as · a s e rv:i c- P. t o t h e �omm; n i ty . Mo r e o v e r , w e o e li e ve t ha t _ou r .vo l un te e r fi r_em en . . shoul p be · gi ven t h e best quarters and modern' eq uipmen t . A t t. h ll s ame t. i m e , w:i, th u rgen t n e ed fo r s choo l s_pa c e , �nd t a x e s u p p i n g al I t h e t i m e , d1 s -c r e t1 on shou l d b e u sed The Sun ' s po si tion h erein i s neu tra l . - CT . F I R E B UD G E T I S P O ST E D

The hoard o f Fi re Commi s si o ne rs h a s ado p ted the p re i imin a r y budget for 1 95 6 - 57 , is now a v a i l a b l e fe, inspec tion at the fire statir.n ·UJ1.ti I i t s ii n a l a dop t i on . O n J u n e 2 8 , 7 : 3 0 r, . m . , the board w i l l .mee t there tc fiY. Lhe fin a l bu dge t. A n y t a x ­p a y e r m ay a p pea r to be h e ard !'c ­ga r d i n g i n c r e a s e , d e c r e a s e e, ,­om i s s i o11 o f an y i tem .

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F O R SA L E , M I SCELLA N EO U S

5 I A M e: 5 E K I T T E N s • 1 0 • ; ·, 2" •• the OU tl oak i s di scouram ng. F A I R C H I L O S T R A I N • $ 1 0 t • o-H 1 5 - 2 3 9 4 , H I S - 2 4 1 5 . At p re s en t the di s t ri ct i s o pera-

t i n g on t he l egal maximum tax ra te J A R I MOWE R . s 1 c K L E B A R T H E . 2 W H E E L S , o f . 90 per SIOO of assessed valuation

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MORE A BOUT SCHOOL BU DGET v a l uation wi l l ra i se $26; 558 bas�d on 1 00% co l l e c t ion wh i ch i s n e ve r rea l i zed. The to ta l budge t l as t year

r e v e a l ed � y r o n J . t rus t e e µ re s i den t , r e g u l a r m e e ti n g .

C a d y , s c ho o l was $1 50 , 000. O f th;i s amount l o c a l fol l owi n g t h e t ax paye rs w ere t o p a y S 26, 00 0 , the

rest to come from th e s ta te equal i -The b o a rd wou l d l i ke to u s.e t he

school more than just for the regular t e rm ' Ca d y s a y s , ' Two y e a r s ago a s u c ce s s f u l summ e r p rogram wa s in ­a ugu ra ted wi th abou t 1 0 0 chi l d ren gi ven remedi a l h e l p ' .

H e p oi n ted o u t fu r t h e r tha t the c u r ren t b udget wh i c h was n o t ex ­pected to car ry th rou gh t he curre nt y ear wa s exami n ed c a re fu l l y . Due to the i n cre)ts e in th e di s tr i c t ' s a s sessed valuation from $2 , 535 , 13 0 i n 1 !15 5 t o $ 2 , 9 5 0 , 9 1 0 i n 1 9 5 6 , enou gh extra mon e y w a s r e c e i ved to s4 11e eze through the year by u s i n.g th e $. 6 , 000 b a l an c e on ha n d a t th e b e g"i nn i n g o f the y e a r a n d t h e un ­d i s tribu ted r e s e rv e .

. Ma n y s c h o o l n e e d s have heeu s e riQu s l y c u r t a in e d h owe ve r , A s e con d k i n de r g a r-ten te a c h e !" w a� n e eded thi s yea r b u t th rough l ack o f fun d s i t. w a s dou b l e - se ss1cned , bo th b e i n g t augh t by on e t e a cher. Th i s r educ tion i n c l as s time co s t th e di s tri ct ex�e c te d s ta te revenue o f $4 , 000 , nearJ y enou gh to hi re an an added teacher.

Ano th e r s eri o u s cur t a i l men t wa s t"h e l ack o f funds to h i r e · a b a d l y needed reffiedi al read i n g teach e r . In a s choo l o f a i:,proxima t,d y SGO ADA, ( & ve ra �e d ai_ iy a t tendan � e ) , . s l a t e m o n e v 1 s p e 1 d t o L l, e J1 s t r� c t on cv.e r 'f ch i j d , k i a cit I ra r t.c,n t h r nu gh� 8 th grade . Wi th chi l di:en c,)ld nt: Pnd {'lin g t.h e r e a re n,a_n y poo r r� a d e :!1 wh o mu s t h a ve spec1-a l a t t en t i on 1 f t h e y a r e t � e v e r _111 'J s.te r en ou 11h T!= ad1ng t,eclu1 1que t.o J,e an ! e to ca�·ry or. thei r regul a r sch o o l worl. s at1 s ­factori l y .

Tn e trustees are con fron ted wi th an e v e n m o r e s e ri ou s p ro L l em o f fin an cin g this y ear . Wi th , a t mos t , a b e gi n n i n g b a l anc e o f $ 2 , 0 0 0 , a redu ce d amoun t o f s ta te and I ndian

z a t i on p rogram and t he fede ral gov­e rnm en t . So fa r S7, 0 0 0 o f t he di s­t ri c t ' s t a x mon i es r em a i n u n c o l ­l e c te d . Cou n ty s c ho o l o f fi ci a l s es tima te however tha t between SS , 0 00 and $6 , 0 00 o f t h i s amo un t wi l l be col l e cted be for e J u l y 1 .

A t a s p e ci a l s e s s i on T hu rs d a y n i gh t t h e boa rd de c i d ed to ca l l an -el ec tion Jul y 30 o r 3l to rai se tli:, t a x r a te to o bta.in fu nds to ca rry on , a t l ea s t SI . SO w i l l be n eed ed fo r the n e x t three yearsf 6 0,t o ve r t h e l eg a l 9 0¢ al l o we d . f you a re no t regi stered, you ha ve bu t 6 days l e ft.

H A L L ET T E S CA P E S IN CRA S H I n Grossmont Hospi ta) i s Frank E.

. Hal l et t • . 28, wi th a COllcussion and 6 broken ri bs . · 'tH th h i s wi fe Pau l in·e he del i ve r s the s.D. Tribune. Goming heme a lone .Thu rsda y n i gh t h i s truck we n t o ff Ha rbi son Canyon roa d, hi t & pol e was demo l i shed . Martin Ambu.i ance rushed him to the hospi tal at 10 : 30, whe re yeste rd a y noon h i s condi tion was fai r .

TH AN K S F O LK S Dear Mr. I rvine: I have been buying

th e Su n a t th� Em pi re M a rk e t and don ' t v.an t t o miss one . Per ha ps i f ,ou k e e p at i t they w i l l wi den 8 0 , and i t l ook s all i f at last you r ple.-. fo r wa ter is to be rea l i i: e d . Thanks ilhou l d g o to you for you cu tain] y 11ave keft' the11e .; hing11 in the ruhl i c eye. A i tt l e paper can do a· l ot o f good i f the edi to r i s fearl ess . and n o t a frai d to s a y wh at h e thinks .

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