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Show WEDNESDAY. May 13, 1987 Vernal, Utah 84078 95th Year No. 18 28 Pages Single Copy 40' INSIDE: Water supply outlook 4 "Poppy" day Saturday 12 Successful orchestra tour 13 Police golf tourney results 22 -4J- ESfF" j ? i v , - , ' for". - .N A I ;-t 1 f Hi, - - - . - r :' 1 . " ; T ' i 1 1 , 1 .it-"'. '. J f GOVERNOR BANGERTER raises his hands as tion designating he his held at gunpoint by Sheriff Roy Freestone Arts in June and who persuades the governor to sign a proclama- Governor warns of tough decisions ahead "You've got to make tough decisions," deci-sions," Gov. Norman Bangerter told an over- flowing crowd at Monday's Republican Party Organizational meeting. Some lough decisions are facing members of school boards, county and city officials. But the tounh decision will make us more committed and better off in the long run, the governor said. Some of the touuh decisions the governor has faced include whether to increase taxes for education, i don'l think you will ever put enough money into education that couldn't I used (or good r-rocrams. but there will b no more increases," R.'ifiKTter promised in a tiew conference con-ference prior to the meeting- The governor uti hi Increase merely brought tduratmn up to what Hwa List year, Expl osive The 5fl fjmihr eartiatrd Satyr day felons tl a k-k a r-.j t.; Ni-du, rie :: 1 to rt f wm in ihrjf hr.r ;.;.. r,::ht, M trsfty h".J r?e S'lrJ 14 r0at jiev.fl (sJ'.'-f the lor! txa!i'e Tfj V r jm! to fufal rll li..im Ni i fi:j-tt"l wwfaf UA 9 iH p tn 'At 5a 2. S3 m a l fn.' I t..,s i4 '-' tl !! r' r, :'. pr.l f.i'.r. m I if" h r.i: .;t j! i i q f'. f.:r-e .r-r.'.: ?! l.r! r .-- 't ri? ' ; t i- ii i 4i t ; r r - .e ; i - t ' , c t : ' - - ;! ''' ; "' J -V - i - ' " : ' ' : i : - ' -ti-'-c , : T ;" ' ' : ' ' : "; r- rr' :t. ;,, 'i-'V -r- v t. ; t r i : ' "i nittinj Utah is still in the running as a potential location for the billion-dollar billion-dollar super collider project. A short list will be developed in August or September and the governor was hopeful that Utah would be on that list. He said it was nut a mistake to implement im-plement the pumping of the Great Salt Lake, even though this year is one of the driest. Bangerter said he hoped the pumping project would stabilize the lake and lower it some four feet. The project was necessary because Union Pacific Railroad stayed in Utah, and lake shore industries were preserved. The governor said state w ide 30.i0 more t'tahn ore employed this year than in rj", The average unemployment unemploy-ment rate state wide is less than any rther year in the Tim, he said. Coinvd on poj 2 fc i" i , e M -V t 1 4 is' ' i I r ' ' t e y2S ' I1 Outlaw Trail Festival of the July, Lapoint teacher receives district-wide recognition After an evening of tension among the candidates for Uintah School District nominees for Teacher of the Year, it was an nounccd that Margaret Ahlborn from Lapoint Elementary School had received the honor. Ahlborn, who has 18 years of experience teaches a 5th grade class at Lapoint. Some of her experience ex-perience was gained at Granite district where she was respoasible for starting two media centers and helping write K 6 curriculum for library, media and rrsranh skills. She had a hand in getting computers into Granite district by helping chtx m the computers leak keeps .i , J , 1 - -u.j I i. ,"; t. - tit-) Uintah County's bid for a regional prison southeast of Vernal found majority ma-jority support at a public hearing Wednesday. The county is one of about ten others seriously eyeing the construction construc-tion of a regional prison as a means to boost the county's economy. The first phase of the prison would have an operating budget of $10 million, 500-750 beds and a staff of 350. Phase I of the project would be completed by 1990. A later expansion is planned to increase inmates to 2,000, staff positions to 800 and to a $25 million operating budget. Vernal Chamber of Commerce executive ex-ecutive director, Ray Kier, reported he had contacted four officials in cities with regional prisons and three had favorable responses to his questions. ques-tions. The one city official who had a negative comment said the increased court cost incurred by the prison counter balanced any economic surge. as well as starting some computer com-puter instruction. She has done s'me curriculum writing on a national level for Indian materials. She has been involved in ITA, serving as vice president. She has been a scout leader and is active in community and church affairs. The Teacher of the Year is chosen from nominees voted on by faculty representatives at each school. The winner is deter-mined deter-mined by a majority vole The results are announced at an annual an-nual dinner. This year event took pl.tee Wednesday. May 6 at 7 U Cafe. John SaMer ma le residents away ; - s- , . '.- , -it; X'- f S ' v i i - - Other areas reported increase economic consequences and one city logged thousands of hours of volunteer services, provided by prisoners. A major concern of having a prison located in the Vernal area was voiced at the hearing by Ralph Siddoway. "Many who are 70 to 80 years old are fearful to walk the streets at night," Siddoway said. "In Vernal they walk the streets day or night and feel perfectly safe. Bring a prison in here and someone is going to get hurt." Because the prison will be medium to maximum security, the likelihood of prisoners escaping is low and when they do escape they want to get out of the county as fast as possible, said Sheriff Drew Christiansen, Uintah County. Lt. Mel Curtis, Vernal City Police, said that local residents might lose a vehicle if a prisoner escapes, but cases involving personel injury ace few in areas where prisons are located. presentations to each of the candidates can-didates and presented a plaque to Ahlborn. Other cin4;ti.iu-i am! the schools they represented were: Marsha Forcsgrcn, Uintah High; Lame Cal Anderson. Vernal Middle Mid-dle School. Nancy Murphy, Vernal Ver-nal Junior High; Loyal K, Summers, Sum-mers, West Junior High; Maxme Nelson, Naples Elementary; Dorothy Fisher. T14 Elementary; Elemen-tary; Jackie Wilkin. Ashley Elementary; Nina Jane (V,!Uell. Cer.Jral Elementary; tJUie lt;ii!ry. Davis Elementary; Elemen-tary; Pat ISurdirk, Discovery Elementary ; and liiJ-rla Prro (4 Marker Elrtr.rnury , . 1 . . -Jiff Those opposed to the prison proposal pro-posal wondered if the county was only on-ly seeking a prison because of the distressed economy. Robert Foley said the prison would have a positive impact and in areas that he has been, escaped prisoners do not seem to be a problem. The service companies the prison would require are an additional benefit, said John Beaslin, attorney. It costs $21,000 a year to keep a prisoner at the state prison, he said. Former commissioner Merrill Mecham said a prison would level out some of the ups and downs in the county's economy. A poll of those attending the meeting revealed 17 in favor, 6 opposed oppos-ed and one undecided. Public opinion at the hearing was the same as a poll conducted by Ashley Valley Polling Service Monday last week. 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