- CfiSTLE COUNTRY First Lady visits constructed to specifically accommodate elderly persons who may be handicapped or suffering some physical burden. This is most impressive, Mrs. Matheson said. You have done a wonderful thing here. The conference continued on (continued from page I) the senior citizens in the making of policy decisions. Scott will be very interested in what you have to say, she concluded. Following Mrs. Mathesons address, six seminars were held at the center to discuss relevant topics and induce feedback. By NELSON WADSWORTH Managing Editor Some more impressions about Castle Country: I attended my first Price City Council meeting the other night and came away impressed by the number of problems a burgeoning little comboom economy . munity faces in the throes of a coaldecorum of the I was also impressed by the meeting and tne men who conducted Price s through Wednesday afternoon with reports from the seminars held earlier and concluded with a general summary report given by Leon PoVey, director of the Utah Mrs. Matheson, accompanied by board members, left the center to visit the new senior citizens housing project located at 540 West 200 South. At the housing complex, now State Division of Aging. near completion, Mrs. Matheson toured the activity center and two of the apartments. Others who participated in the conference included Doug Bon, member of the Utah State Advisory Council, Leland H. Mon-sochairman of the Governors Committee on Aging and Linda Hofeling, director of the Area Agency on Aging. To occupy one of the units which have all been spoken for, you must be over 60 and have an income of under $7,000. Each unit has been carefully n, Senior citizen complex filled before summer opening by ANTHONY ARNASON Photo by Raved Cad Norma Matheson, is a leading activist in securing state services for senior citizens throughout Utah. In her keynote address during Wednesdays Governor's Regional Conference on Aging held at the Price Senior Citizens Center, she encouraged the elderly to speak out on policy's that will personally affect them. UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY Hxftonsion Classes JUNE 1979 BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 323424 Real Estate Sales and Problems. This 6.0 credit hour class will be taught in Price beginning June and for the following 3 weekends (June and July Successful completion of this class qualifies the student to take the Utah State Board of Realty Salesman Examination. Fees for this class are $97.00 plus books. 15-1- 6 22-2- 29-3- 0 ). INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA 552 Providing Production Services 3.0 credit hours. Fees for this class are This class will be held in Castle Dale June $53.00 plus materials. To register for this class contact the Emery County or contact Mary Ann Jorgenson at Extension Office Deadline to register for this class is June 8, 1979. 1 ART 515615 (held in Moab) Summer Ceramic Workshop. credit hours. Runs June 18 tnrough 29. Primitive workshop and will be held on location In the Moab area, using local clay and primitive glazes and kiln. Students can plan to camp out with group or commute daily to workshop site. With the only equipment being a plasHc bucket and plastic sacks this assures to be fun and challenging experience. Tim Ballingham will be instructor. Deadline to register, June 13. 6.0 Register SOON at the house or by calling to be held. Deadline to 637-323- U.S.U. Extension Office in the Carbon County CourtTen students are necessary in order for the class register and pay for the class is June 8, 1979. Staff Writer Though a Price senior citizen housing complex doesnt have an official opening until late summer, the complex is already filled. The complex, at 540 West and 200 South cost more than $800,000. It is the first part of a federally financed program to provide housing for senior citizens living on limited income in Carbon County, according to Aurelia Chavez, project coordinator for the Carbon County Housing Authority., Prior to being accepted at the complex, eighty - year - old Ellen Erkkila had lived in a local basement. This place is so neat and clean. I like it very much, Mrs. Erkkila said. A Finlander, Erkkila s husband worked in the Scofield area coal mines until the 1950s. After the death of her husband Mrs. Erkkila was one of the fortunate 50 to get an apartment in the complex. This is my last apartment I will move to, she said. The project, in which 14 percent of the units are allotted for handicapped persons, is part of a federal effort to keep or take persons out of rest homes who can care for themselves, Mrs. Chavez said. To provide monitoring of the older residents, Joanie and Brent Pace manage the complex from a small office adjoining apartment. their The office contains an electronic network covering fire, burglary and medical alarms for all 50 residents. The medical alarms are placed in every apartment bathroom. The alarm switch attached to a cord enables even persons collapsed on the floor to activate it. Once an alarm is activated, Pace immediately calls an ambulance. The alarm system guarantees a medical responsiveness but permits persons to lead normal lives, Pace said. If the seniors have problems preparing food they can take a Price Senior Citizens Center bus to the center for one nutritionally balanced meal daily. Or the center can bring the meals to the seniors in the Meals - On - Wheels program. The one bedroom apartments are designed to rent for $160 nationally but would probably cost a great deal more if placed on Carbon Countys housing rental market, Mrs. Chavez said. Qualified renters pay 25 percent of their income for rent. To qualify persons must be 62 years of age or over and make less than $8,150 annually. Besides the alarm systems, the apartments include air con- ditioning, numerous hand and arm holds in the bathrooms and an exterior design which encourages socializing. The complex surrounds an open courtyard of walkways linking the apartment buildings together. Parking facilities are kept on the perimeter of the complex. We felt that people would be walking more than driving so the walkways took a higher priority than car facilities. Also the walkways tie the social center to the apartments. How the social center is used, which is nearly in the center of the complex, will be decided by the residents when the August oepning occurs, Pace said. All that remains to be done to the complex is blacktopping the parking area and putting in the landscaping, according to Brian Sellers, partner in the Loewen Shimizu The Developers. developers built and manage the complex. The housing authority has been happy with the results of the complex so far and are planning to have 74 other senior citizen -- apartment units constructed somewhere in Carbon County, but outside the Price city limits, Mrs. Chavez said. No 'Oscar' for John Wayne star Film Wayne is going to receive one of the most Wednesday. The bill its California was inawards troduced by Rep. prestigious that can be given, but Barry Goldwater Jr., a presented by Congress, a special Republican and swiftly passed both the Senate and House. Others gold medal. who have Congress received the award a bill include celebrities Bob approved the Hope and Walt Disney. authorizing MEMBER OF THE San Advocate Published Every Wednesday and Saturday by the Sun Advocate Publishers Inc. 7 West Mom St , , 4 lv y 1 ; Price. Utah v 84501 Phone (SOU 437 0733 Sected Oms FmU( PM t fries, Utah f wtotfict USPS 52 i' diet y CENTER-.- ' To schedule appointment Call 637-145- 6 Bonnie Axelgard Mfmber nd of 380 Utah Press Awornfion Njftonil htw$pptr A$ locution Subscription rate: In Cubon and Emery Counties. $12 per year, published twice weekly In year. Utah, outside area, $14 per Helper man gets post The county chamber of commerce appointed a Helper man to its board of Thursday, governors director executive Thelma Jones said. Cliff business. It seemed to me the city fathers sense the imand look upon the portance of their work with enthusiasm and ahead lie that challenges and trembling. courage rather than 4.fear Councilman Barney DeVietti asked me how Provo might take mv comment last week in this column that I found Price to be a friendly place, not stuffy like Provo. I had to wince on that one because my spouse, a nurse at Utah Valley Hospital, had already chastized me for sticking my neck out. Well, I guess I should be truthful. I do find Provo to be a little stuffy, but that doesnt mean I dont like it. I love Provo and her people, but I must also admit I find coming to Price like a breath of fresh air. I have many friends in Provo, and I hope to make more here in Price. Jeff Moscow dropped in the office fresh from a trip to Lake Powell. He and a friend rented a boat on a sandy beach and spent two days touring the azure blue waters and drinking in the Deauty of the red sandstone. boaters paradise. It was beautiful, and I shot three rolls of Kodachrome, the former editor of the Sun Advocate said. at Bullfrog, camped Weve been having some fun trying to pinpoint the vantage points of pioneer photographer George Edward Anderson in our Then and Now series. We have in hand a photograph of the town Colton, which Anderson probably shot sometime in the 1890s. On my way back from Provo the other day I stopped and looked for any evidence of the e whistle stop. Its gone. But there are some crumbling ruins on one structure still standing about five or six miles this side of Soldier Summit. Does anyone still living remember the town? one-tim- Had lunch in the cafe in Price the other day, and was delighted by the character of the In addition To the which fits glace. Edward Andersonsatmosphere, era, the character I refer lo is John Sampinos, the owner who serves up delicious french fries ana milk shakes. We asked him where he got such large potatoes for his fries, and smiling beneath a vintage mustache he replied, you like? I get them in Greece. Hi-Sp- ot Met Police Chief Arthur Poloni, and we look forward to a good press-polic- e relationship during our stay. Poloni would like us to run a story on his quarters on the west side of the City Hall. He recently moved there from cramped quarters in the county building. We promise to look into that next week. C. W. Stubby Petersen came into the office one afternoon to see Gordon Lambourne, our talented young intern from Brigham Young University who is working on a personality profile which we plan to run next week. Stubby has been a hero in Carbon County ever since his high school team bat" tled favored L.D.S.U. Academ a 0 tie back in the IS better game and was ship. The retired coachs pet peeve, he says with a smile, is the frequent misspelling of his name. News reporters usually spe his i son, ratner than the correct, Petersen. Just we wont make that mistake at the Sun Advocate, Bob Finney, our boss, hung a large sign in the newsroom: Its PETERSEN, NOT Peterson. the sign declares in inch-hig- h PLEASE letters. 1 J 0-- ! ! John striking of the medal not an Oscar. Wayne will be the 32nd person in the 20th to be century Observer V Bergera, of Helper Mercantile, was appointed as one of the chambers 12 governors. He replaces Stan Hoffman who left the board to take a position in Salt Lake City with the Utah National Bank, Jones said. vice-preside- nt 4 Phil Hansen, the former Attorney General and n criminal lawyer from Salt Lake City who represents a number of clients in Carbon County, came by the office one afternoon and expressed some deep concerns about press-lega- l reporting. In far too many cases, Hansen charges, reporters fail to get at the real truth in writing about criminal cases. He just might have a good case. It was good to visit with Phil. Ive known him for years, and do enjoy his colorful way of putting things, both inside and outside of the courtroom. well-know- Wellington Council sets pipe regulations WELLINGTON Water pipe and Little League donations got the most attention at the Wellington City Council meeting Wednesday night. Mayor Ray Davis led the council in carrying the motion and passing the authorization for laying six - inch water pipe in a new nine - house subdivision just below the park. The Council decided to waive the hookups until a type of meter to be used could be decided. Before going to the next item on the agenda, the Council outlined several requirements for laying water pipe. It was the decision of the Council that water pipe should be laid four feet underground, measured to the top of the pipe. Pipe should also sustain 200 pounds per square inch of pressure. The City has been having problems with weaker pipe freezing and breaking. The city also passed a motion to donate the WBBA Little League $100. Two representatives from the Little League asked for the donation along with a plea for the City to investigate the boundaries of the baseball park. The representatives were complaining about surveying work going on at the park which infringed on the playing field.