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Show Universal Uicrafila Corp. Box 2608 84101 SLC -74 THURSDAY, JANUARY HELPER. UTAH VOLUME 68 472-567- 17, 1974 1 NUMBER 3 "The Energy Center of Utah' To leave Castle Gate offers homeowners options McCtlilIIocIi CASTLE GATE Nearly all homeowners here were expected by the end of this week to sign one of four options onerea uiem ai a meeting last Saturday afternoon to move from Castle Gate which has been purchased by McCulloch Oil Corporation for expansion oi us existing u uuu r uei Mine. This was reported early this week by town president pete jabone who added that about 45 of thg ?() homeowners had signed one of the options as of Tuesday morning. About 130 of the town's 210 attended last residents Saturday's two hour meeting in the LDS Church here with McCulloch Oil representatives and the Castle Gate town board. McCulloch consultant T.E. (Tom) Griffin, executive vice president of of Trico Corporation Scottsdale, Ariz., explained with the purchase of Valley Camp's holdings in Castle Gate and Kenilwoi th areas McCulloch acquired the title to the Castle Gate townsite land. The purchase also includes the land on which 20 homes in the Willow Creek area are located, fourth The option houses and attachments. Lodging will be provided provides that McCulloch will establish a life estate for residents while they are for retired persons living on without their homes, Mr. . pension or social security Griffith said. In addition, McCulloch and their spouses or widows, permitting them to has offered a $200 bonus for live in a house in the new residents who execute one subdivision free of charge, of the options on or before the McCullouch consultant January 31. said. McCulloch will "rough out" a basement at the new lots in waiver of the $200 bonus, Mr. Griffith said. All options must be accepted on or before February 28 or they will be Mr. y SX; a, CASTLE Gate homeowners (above) listen apparent concern to representatives of McCulloch Oil explain the future of the town at a meeting ternoon. last Saturday J Photo af-wi- th H-- , hour. On weekends in these During Helper Mayor work in the winter thawing the lines. communities, the panel increased the rate to $20 for the first hour and $12 per man for each additional Effective January 15, opening and closing graves at Mountain View Cemetery will cost $60 on weekdays and $80 on weekends, the hour. In Kenilworth, $25 for the first hour and the additional hour rates will be For Castle Gate and Glen thawing Spring problems, the cost during weekdays is now $20 for the first hour of work and $6 per man for each additional panel also decided. The increase was made to keep up with working and equipment costs. In other matters, Chief of Police Karl Stavar said several city tavern owners asked him to request at the meeting, the panel allow them to remain open later because of the recent change-ove- r to Daylight charged. Councilman Frank Scavo said the men in the past have not been given sufficient pay for overtime Community Calendar Bv Kendra Tomsic Savings Time. Taverns, under the proposed change, would be permitted to remain open until 2 a.m. on weekdays and 3 a.m. on 7 January 16 Helper Kiwanis Club meeting, 7 p.m., LaSalle Club; Natural Resource Seminar, 7:30 p.m., CEU Science weekends. The Council denied ; the request adding that tavern owners must abide by the present standards, 1 a.m. on weekdays and 2 a.m. on Building (Room 123). January 17 Miss CEU Pageant, 7:30 p.m., Geary Theatre on CEU campus; Helper Lions Club meeting, 7 p.m., LaSalle Club; Carbon School Board meeting, 7:30 p.m., School District offices. Catholic Bingo, 8 p.m., St. January 18 Anthony's Church Hall; College Basketball game: CEU Golden Eagles vs. Mesa College, 7:30 p.m., National Guard Armory in Price; Dance sponsored by CEU Yearbook Staff, 9:30 to 12 p.m., CEU Girls Gym, music by "Briar weekends. Mayor College Basketball game: CEU Golden Eagles vs. SUSC Frosh, 7:30 p.m., Cedar City. CEU Homecoming Week. January 21 BPW meeting, :30 p.m., January Club. LaSalle Helper Relief Society, 10 January 22 a.m., Helper Ward Church; Helper MIA, 7:30 p.m., Helper Ward Church; Spring Glen Relief Society, 10 a.m., Spring Glen Ward Church; Spring Glen- MIA, 7:30 Spring Glen Ward Church; p.m., Kenilworth Relief Society, 11 a.m., Kenilworth Ward Church; Kenilworth MIA, 6:30 p.m., Kenilworth Ward Church; Castle Gate Relief Society, 2 p.m., Castle Gate Ward Church. January 23 Helper Kiwanis Club meeting, 7 p.m., LaSalle Club. 21-2- 1 X; . Ghirardelli suggested city recorder Yosh Amano send each tavern owner a card reminding them of these hours. The Police Chief also told the council the city's FW-fire truck was still "laying on the ground" in a Salt Lake garage waiting for D Fox." January 19 parts. City streets supervisor Loui Lupo reported Bill Voll of D Street asked him to " 5 general for Braztah manager told the Corporation Panel raises water line thawing, burial rates Chuck Ghirardelli's first council meeting of his first term, the city panel increased rates for out of town water line thawing and grave digging at Mountain View Cemetery. townsite, residents. Braztah, which owns the Carbon Fuel Mine in Martin, is a wholly owned subsidiary of McCulloch. Mr. Griffin explained the four options offered to the residents were aimed to carry out the move at no cost and with as little disturbance as possible. Options explained Option 1 provides that McCulloch will purchase for $5,500 the home of residents "as is and where is." Under the option, homeowners will have until April 15 to move their belongings. Under the provisions of Option 2, McCulloch will pay $4,000 to residents who want to move their home to a sight provided by the residents. The third option provides McCulloch will move residents' houses to a new site in a proposed 160 acre Castle Gate subdivision to be built by the corporation starting at the mouth of Spring Canyon, west of Helper. All moving costs will be paid by McCulloch who will deed the residents their lots in the subdivision at no expense, Mr. Griffin said. The corporation will also install the curb, gutter, streets and hookup the sewer, water, electricity and gas heating at no cost, Mr. Griffin said. The land or the subdivision has been surveyed and plans for annexation into city limits will be presented to Helper Council members soon, Mr. Griffin said. Mayor's vehicle damaged during first meeting While Chuck Ghirardelli was attending his first council meeting as new Mayor of Helper, his Travel-Al- l model vehicle was damaged while parked outside city hall. A D&RGW truck driven by an employe slid into Ghirardelli's Mayor vehicle. Police Chief Karl Stavar estimated damage to each of the vehicles at $250. scrape the snow from an alley that runs behind his home starting on Railroad Avenue. After much discussion, the panel decided all city , thoroughfares must be scraped first and instructed Mr. Lupo to use his discression on the matter. Councilman Vince Bonza gained the approval of council members to purchase heavy duty snow chains for the sanitaries department truck. The Street Department reported they were running (Continued on page 2) John BIG Sei... JOHN SEZ: It isn't the people who want something for nothing causing all the trouble it's the ones that have succeeded in getting it! fFv fV I 1 attorney McCullough Howard Bressler informed the residents at ine meeting of a "Notice of Quit" with which they would be served to protect the rights of McCulloch. The residents were allowed to sign the PETE TABONE The residents under this option must sign over their home to McCulloch which will take care of all major maintainence of the home at the subdivision. Any Castle Gate home not "moveable" replaced with be will one of equivalent value by McCulloch, Mr. Griffin said. Movers say houses with chimneys cannot be moved, he added. The consultant said the option only applies to meeting. Under the terms of the "Notice of Quit" the residents are to give 120 days to vacate the land in accordance have reported receiving obscene phone calls at inconvenient hours according to Helper Police. The most recent incident was reported on january 11 by a new Helper family. According to Police Chief Karl Stavar the family said the wife on January 10 had received about 10 calls and the husband seven calls on January 11 between 2 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Ochoas differ on Castle Gate move with agreements the residents of their predecessors had with McCulloch's predecessors. The McCulloch 53 as 8 The adage "like father, like CASTLE GATE son" doesn't apply to Leandro Ochoa and his married son Orlando whose opinion differs about moving from here after 22 years. While the elderly Ochoa would rather stay in Castle Gate, Orlando and his mother feel very good about moving. "For my part, I don't want to move. No, I d lute to stay," said Mr. Ochoa in broken English with a predominate Spanish accent. But we have to," Mrs. Ochoa said to her husband during an interview with the Helper Journal, "we representatives gave their assurance that the town cemetery located in the Willow Creek area will not be disturbed. McCulloch will maintain the cemetery "not any better nor worse than now," Mr. Griffin said. Mr. Griffin said he would meet next week with the (Continued on page 2) can't stay here." Obscene calls reported Several Helper residents TALKING about the effects of the options McCulloch Oil presented to Castle Gate homeowners last Saturday are Mr. and Mrs. Leandro Ochoa and H-- J son Orlando. Photo the after document facility washing, of the existing Boyd Harvey, 111 considered invalid. Tabone said. McCulloch is planning a for mining, crushing and tippling "unit train load out" as well as coal storage that will cover the majority I Bell Mountain I 1 i recently has installed tracing on several equipment phones in Helper to determine the source of the calls the Chief added. t ii :j :! to According Mountain Bell, "Malicious, inthreatening, abusive, or decent, annoyance, harassing telephone calls, including obscene language prohibited those in which or profane is used are by state and ' i :j Mr. Ochoa knows this because he and his son attended the meeting last Saturday afternoon. (See related story . ) But he says older people don't like to move from a place they've lived for a long time. "We were thinking of moving in the future anyway," Orlando said. But he admitted it is going to be difficult because "I've lived here all my life and everybody is kind of close to each ouier." Both Ochoas have already signed Option 3 which to provides that McCulloch will move their homes lots in a proposed new subdivision in west Helper. about getting a house "We were anyway thinking . . A v TCI IlAlnnn n ii near tne sauy jyiauro n.iemeiaaiy aiiu miy. Junior High because of my daughter who will be I going to school soon," Orlando said. "So, guess out work to good." are pretty going things Orlando graduated from the College of Eastern Utah's LPN (Licensed Practical Nursing) course but is presently, a security guard at the existing . federal laws. L m i (Continued on page 2) Family plans poplar tree retrieval Five enormous poplar trees on North Main Street near the Janet Street intersection since early 1900 will be removed as soon as "we can get somebody to do it." This was the word this week from John Bonacci, who along with his brother Joe own the land and three homes in front of which the trees are growing. to "We have get somebody with equipment to cut them because of their size," Joe said. The two brothers said they decided to cut the trees because they are getting too dangerous. . The trees present a blind spot to motorists coming onto North Main from Janet Street and those traveling south on North Main. Also, parts of the trees may fall onto the thoroughfare and a hazard to present passerbys, the brothers said. "In a few more years, I'm afraid they're goint to rot out. So we'd like to get somebody to cut them providing the price is in line," Joe said. The Bonacci brothers said they have asked a local tree cutting firm for an estimate but have not received an A :; answer. They have also asked a firm contracted by Utah Power & Light to notify them if they could do the job but "I've never seen them," Joe said. The brothers said they rather have the trees cut down completely rather than only topped John said their father Joe Sr., now deceased, planted' the trees about 1913 to grow HELPER residents John (left) and Joe in front of his three Main Bonacci discuss their decision to cut huge Street houses. L' life-- m m l - in front of their three on rWrth Main Street. treesjocated u.s |