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Show Standard Rate US Postage P.O. Box 224 Miiford, UT 84751 Paid Utah Press Association 307 West 300 South, Suite 5005 Salt Lake City UT 84101-121- 2 Miiford. UT 84751 Perm No 15 r Y V v J P. O. Box 224 MAY 8, 1997 Clean-u- p Miiford, Utah 84751 VOL. VII NO. 19 projects are a sure sign of spring... Corrections: Big Business County Prison - Beaver County Commissioners have announced of intention to issue bonds toward construction of a "public notice safety" building Total cost for the jail, sheriffs office, and court complex will not be determined for a few more weeks The counl proposes to issue GO bonds for $5 1 million at 7.5 per annum $ I 4 million at 2.5 for 25 years, as approved by voters last November GO Bonds are secured by valuation of the county. The county w ill also reportedly receive a C.I B. Grant up to $ I I million. Additionally, the county proposes to issue Revenue Bonds in the amount of $3 million Commissioners say Lease Revenue Bonds are secured by a contract with the Department of Corrections. Life expectancy of the building has been set at 25 years. (See pages 4 & 5 for legal notice) . Related Statistics Beaver County GO Bonding capability is approximately $7.5 million 2. The total FY 1997 Utah budget for corrections is $189,366,000 Average growth rate since 1995 is 9.28 per y ear, making this one of the fastest growing segments of the state budget. County contracts are appropriated through this segment of the state budget. 3. The corrections sy stems employ ees make up of all stale staff. The FY 1997 budget includes a special $1 million for correctional officers salary adjustments. 4. Corrections Industries projected $10,274,000 in Dedicated Credits from the 600 inmates currently employed. 5. "Rale of Division of Institutional Operations reports that: incarceration for the state is 207 per 1 00,000. It has grown from 89 per 100,000 in 1980. while crime per 100,000 has remained almost constant. 6. Total FY 1997 Utah budget for the courts is $71,012,450. This since 1995. 1997 Salary for figure has grown at approximately 1 1 .44 a District Court Judge w as raised to $89,550 per year. 7. FY 1997 budget for the State Department of Public Safety is The 1997 Legislature appropriated an additional $1 $59,857,400. million in General Funds revenue for Department of Public Safety salary 1. one-seven- th 3c v ... tfcA..' W .1 t, , ,, mi n j fct row - left to right: Damon Carter, Grace McFall, Brenda Powell, Nancy Carter, Connie Smith, Dim Rohbins. Middle Row: Jeremiah McFall, Daniel Pierce, Josh Smith, Nils Holm, Shine Yardley, Dusty Jimenez, Blake Williams, Jason Bailey, Oiiinn Bratt, Dylan Carter. Front: Aaron Cole, Sierra Powell, ('had Robins, Sawyer Pirn ell, Arleigh Campeau, Chris Albright, David Pierce and Devin Carter. Troop 325 did some spring cleaning at the Miiford Little League park last week. Although primarily a work project for the Cubs, the entire troop... Bears, Wolves, and leaders pitched in and picked up bags and bags of trash and debris which had accumulated during the winter months. The reward was in the satisfaction of a job well done Afterward, the troop celebrated with adjustments. 8. Salt Lake City recently reviewed a recommendation from an outside consultant. The consultant, who is not tied to local architects and builders, recommended alternatives to incarceration instead of offenders. construction and staffing expense to manage 9. Utah County jail remains vacant. Tax increase of $40 per $ 00,000 property valuation was added earlier this year for staffing and training This levy is separate from funds required to retire construction bonds. 10. Source for claim voiced in the May 5 Beaver County Commission meeting of the state "planning where they will put the 1,000 per y ear prisoner increase" is unverified. Statistics indicate inmate increase remains at approximately half that number. Jails in Box Elder County, Duchesne County, and Washington County are all scheduled to be up and running before Beaver County. The 1997 Legislature appropriated funds for 100 additional contract beds at $36.00 per day. non-viole- nt 1 "Porky Pig is .in the list?" Beaver County Commissioners reviewed a letter from Doug and Stacey Garrett concerning a petition which they had circulated in support of Circle Four Farms. Paul Barton, Beaver County Clerk, said he will not verify the 653 signatures reportedly on the petition to determine which are among the 2,700 registered voters in the not necessary county. because the petition does not make a specific request. The Garrett's letter, however, requested that commissioners appoint representatives to serve on county boards who represent the will of the voters as suggested by the petition. The list of signatures was forwarded to the Miiford Councilman City Council. Enoch Swain, who reviewed the list, reported finding "Porky Pig" among the signatures. It is Mrs. Bunker's 6(h Grade Debate Team h fr yiim 1 Gloria McDermott. Connie Barnes, Karen Thomas, Carlo Fowles, Sandy Walker, Kaihy Acklin. Avis Rice. Carol Wiseman. Kristen Mayer (not pictured, Pam Durrani). ESA Sorority held the first of their 3 annual highway cleanups Saturday. They had 10 members present to help. The group picked up litter on a 5 mile strip of highway 2 westw ard out of Miiford in about an hour and a half. They appreciate the effort motorists have made to reduce litter on the side of the road. There is a lot less litter now than a few years back especially since the closure of the city dump. ESA members have had several community projects lately they have been contributing to. When selecting a philanthropic project, it was suggested they make a donation to the Sesquicentennial Committee to help in the publication of a historical book. It was unanimously agreed to donate $ 00.00 towards the cost of the book. The donation was made to Gladys Whitaker who was very appreciative. Another suggestion that was acted upon was a donation of $200.00 to the Miiford Memorial Handbell Choir towards a new octave of bells the group is planning on purchasing. The Sorority has plans for future fundraising by participating in the upcoming Miiford Daze celebrations and the sale of their hope chest raffle tickets. The hope chest and its contents arc on display in the window of Miiford Drug downtown. Tickets are $ .00 each or 6 for $5.00 and can be purchased from any ESA member, inside the Drug Store, or at the time of the drawing. The winner will be drawn during the Miiford Daze festivities. 1 1 The Minersv ille 6th Grade Debate Team, below, won four gold medals and two silver medals at the region debate tournament in St. George on April 25th. They advanced to state competition and did a great job of representing Minersv ille at Cottonwood High School last Thursday. Their resolution: "Be it resolved that the United States Government should establish a comprehensive program for the environmental preservation of national parks, monuments, forests and recreation areas." This is the first year for Minersville in debate. "It's a bright class, and they needed a challenge," Mrs. Bunker said. Although debate is not part of the school curriculum, volunteers stepped in to help. The students stay ed after school for an hour to an hour and a half daily to look up evidence and write their cases. In preparation for competition, they presented the cases in front of 7th & 8th grades classes. All of the team members w ant to continue next year. Thanks from the team: "In addition to Mrs. Bunker, we would like to express a heart-fe- lt thanks to Susan Craw ... we wouldn 't have been so successful without her... .and to Mr. Albrecht and Minersvdle Elementary for their confidence and support. Thank you, one and all!!" In the April 15 Miiford y 5 Council City meeting unapproved minutes, Swain was quoted as "expressing concern that the company would be forced to build additional farms in Iron and Millard Counties." He said that statement is Norman Baxter: On a destroyer, operating around Guadal Canal, we discovered how very important fresh . incorrect, and that he would not By water can be! Each ship has a converter that produces fresh w ater from salt w ater. In those high temperatures express concern about Circle limits. Four's development in those and humidity , ours was operating at its The steam turbines that powered the ship have first priority. Everything else was secondary . At first -- 1t counties until the subject is we were allowed free access to the showers, but then that was curtailed. Wc were allowed to get wet. jump out addressed by planning and to soap down, then rinse off. A Boatsw ains Mate stood near by to see that no one lingered Then the fresh w ater zoning boards in those counties. was turned off and we were allowed to use only salt water. There was plenty of that! But. the problem with that He asked for the correction to be was the salt water soap; it didn't completely dissolve and left a greasy film on our skin. At least, we were clean entered into the minutes. With 150 men living in such close quarters, cleanliness was a must. Members of the Beaver Even the drinking fountains were only producing warm to hot water. County Planning & Zoning One evening was sleeping prior to going on the midnight watch at the radio shack. 1 was awakened . Board have been asked to view 1 had ever heard. me. woke was had below decks, most that the horrible Een screams they though by proposals for odor control in a Thinking that we had been strafed and there were wounded. I ran for the radio shack On the way I discovered special meeting on May 16. the source of the terrible screams. Some pf the crew had a man spread-eagle- d on the deck. He was tied down Various members of that board and couldn't move They were scrubbing him with salt water, salt water soap, sand and using a long handled, received calls last Saturday st .ff bristled deck brushes. The were not being a bit gentle evening from Miiford flat A sailor informed me that the man had been told many times to shower, but had ignored the warnings, Back row left to right: Myla Dotson. Chelsea Eyre. Travis Hollingshead. residents who were disturbed by so the men were taking care of the problem. There was not an officer in sight They hadn't heard a sound, Meresa Wood. Front: Janna Barton and Megan McMullin. excessive odor. knowing that it was something for the men to tend to 1 Ai ( Historical Tidbits J r ZM,d I- v WW 1 1 11 in I : |