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Show Utah Press Association Box 1327 Salt Lake City, Ut, 84110 ml 10 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28. 1976 HELPER, UTAH-472-5- VOLUME 671 70 NUMBER 4 Helper area may benefit from coal lease act changes in U The Price-Helparea and other "energy impacted" regions of Utah may be due for federal funding for community planning and public services, according to a report released last week by Rep. er ed Allan T. Howe, h, following House passage of an amendment package to the federal coal leasing act. "We've already seen the kind of hardships an impacted community can, suffer ... ," Howe said, "but now a large pool of money that can ease the pain of & 0 'In and other officials have been increasingly concerned about how boom areas would be able to provide adequate service, such as water, sewer and police and fire protection, when, during the expansion period, their tax bases will be insufficient to cover all the additional expenses. In explaining the change the Interior Committee, which handled the in the royalty law, Howe legislation, said the changes said the states have been would be a "tremendous receiving 37Vfe per cent, the boon" to Utah, especially Bureau of Reclamation 52 Ms the areas affected by the per cent and the U.S. coal boom. Treasury 10 per cent. new Under the The congressman said he growth will be available." Specifically, Howe said, the amendments would increase Utah's share of coal lease royalties by about $18 million over the next five years. It would also encourage production of coal on federal lands. Howe, who is a member of rapid The future growth of Helper City was again in the limelight at the Jan. 22 meeting of the city council. Allen Prince of the real estate division of Snowbird the approached council, asking if 40 to 60 water connections would be available for a housing development within the city limits. No decision was f reached, but Prince was told that, should the water be available, the developer would have to stand the cost of extending water lines to the property. The location of the proposed development and the identity of the developer were not disclosed. Rodney Despain, consulting engineer, reported Utah spection fees should be at code and possibly the top of the council's Feb. plumbing ' 12 agenda, Mayor Charles arrangements for a revision a fire code. stated. of the city's planning and Ghirardelli City Attorney Stanley Litizzette reminded the A request by Darrell zoning ordinance to accommodate the city's ex- council once again that none Davis to reactivate a water of the ordinances should be connection in Martin was pected growth. He recommended inadopted until revenue denied by the council on the corporation into the or- measures to enforce them grounds that the minimum dinance of the uniform were also passed. charge had not been paid A measure to increase over the past months. building and mechanical The council later went on codes, the national elec building permit and in- to turn thumbs down on a proposal by Councilman Martin Farish that the city share in the expense of repairing a street following installation of a sewer line by some new residents of the city. The denials prompted In an effort to relieve the weather. Councilman Ralph Noel to projected losses that ranged as high as $150,000. Board chairman Al Veltri comment, "It seems like severe financial pressures that have plagued the said the possibility of every time someone wants to move in, they're Delpha added that the hospital in recent months, switching to "firm" be should the the board recent boiler gas discouraged." approved hospital's Councilman Joe Rolando revamping project has now second phase of a rate in- explored. He said the higher been paid off in full and that crease. Increases of apcharge for firm gas might and Councilwoman Mary December's bills and proximately 20 per cent be offset by the overtime Rebol quickly jumped to the payroll were met, leaving were voted for general and cleaning expenses defense of the policy by the institution with a small supplies and equipment and incurred by switching to stating that the city was not in a position to subsidize for obstetrical services. An coal. cash surplus. 8 per cent hike on drugs was In other business: new residents. also approved. The board switched its In other business: The board agreed to have regular meeting date to 8 The council approved a the medical staff review p.m. on the fourth Tuesday plan presented by County increases for lab services, of every month. Clerk Hector Chiara and Director of Nurses Mrs. Commissioner Guido physiotherapy and Janet Goudge announced Rachiele to realign Helper's respiratory therapy. of that another registered voting precincts and to r The hospital's supply natural gas has now been nurse has been lost to the add one district. The county' endorsements of Janet curtailed six to seven times hospital, making the R.N. hopes to have the new plan Prazen, wife of the former this winter, Delpha told the shortage even more acute. in effect by the November The board discussed election, they said. board, also commenting on commissioner. inthe Mrs. Rebol said 149 pet and hiring security police and expense Prazen's resignation took effect Dec. 31, so the convenience of switching lighting the outside of the owners and 190 animals coal building in an effort to were present at the recent remaining commissioners back and forth to rabies clinic in Helper. have only until the date of during periods of cold prevent vandalism. their scheduled meeting to make their choice. Should ti ey fail to settle on one of the three candidates or strike a compromise, the duty of the selection goes to Gov. Calvin Rampton, who, according to state law, must appoint a new commissioners if the local body is unable to do so. the council on the progress and financial to Mrs. Velda Jensen, Castle Dale, with dog "Tasha," that survived nine days trapped in a culvert in Helper. Hospital's financial situation may be on the road to recovery, Acting Administrator Joe Delpha and members of the hospital board indicated at their Jan. 20 meeting. Delpha 's financial report put the hospital's net loss for 1975 at $25,693.96, compared to previously Carbon County Commissioners Guido Rachiele and Jim Simone will make one final attempt Friday morning to break the deadlock over who will By Walter Borla The proverbial cat is said to have nine lives, but for a white spitz dog by the name of Tasha the ninth day of a long ordeal proved lucky in an experience that very likely began with a cat. old canine owned by Ralph and Velda The eight-yea- r Jensen of Castle Dale came up missing on Sunday afternoon, Jan. 11, at the home of their daughter, Mrs. Dean Nielsen on Second North in Helper. A thorough search by the family of the Northwest Helper area in the vicinity of the little league field turned up no trace of the dog. Mrs. Jensen, the Castle Dale postmaster, offered a $50 reward for information leading to the return of her dog with no response. Nine full days later, Tuesday afternoon Jan. 20, Mrs. Jensen's grandson, Brent Nielsen, 7, along with his friends, Troy, 5, and Stephanie Nielson, 3, next door neighbor children of Mr. and Mrs. Kerry Nielson, were playing in the Kerry Nielson front yard when they heard a whimper in the driveway culvert to the residence. The youngsters called Mr. Nielson and Mrs. Dean Nielsen to investigate. Kerry ripped a hole in the wooden pipe revealing the presence of Tasha, lodged in the eight-incculvert. As Kerry enlarged the opening Mrs. Nielsen coaxed the dog out, apparently none the worse for its long secluded stay in the pipe. In all probability, the dog had chased a cat into a larger culvert at the east edge of the Dean Nielsen driveway and concrete culvert to traveled 140 feet to the west in the Kerry Nielson driveway where the connecting pipe wooden type. At this point, the there was only an eight-incdog became lodged by its shoulders and could not continue forward or turn around to make the long trip back to where it originally entered. Needless to say Mrs. Jensen was overjoyed by the return of her pet and divided the reward money between her grandson and the Kerry Nielson family. lf e) replace former com-nission- er Gary Prazen. A Helper man, Lou Trujillo, is still considered in the running for the post, as Simone, at the last commission meeting Jan. 19, again stated his preference for either Trujillo or Floyd Marx for the job. Rachiele stuck to his past Vandals break windows If. S )IH at HJH; $300 damage After paying some $300 for replacement of windows broken at Helper Junior High in the past three weeks, principal Douglas Massman has admonished students and parents that the vandalism must stop. "We're not casting a stone or pointing out students," Massman said, but he added, "We think parents should be talking to their students." Massman noted that some Valley Camp 1st applicant These 'Jaws' chew metal, not flesh Concentration imposes a scowl on the face of Highway Patrol Sergeant Dennis Nordfelt last Friday as he demonstrates use of the "Jaws of Life" power rescue tool, fund drive headed which arrived in Price after a Valley Camp of Utah has become the first resource developer in Utah to apply to sales tax from anticipated production under provisions of the Resource Development Act of 1975 passed by the Utah legislature for the construction of a county road to service their planned Belina No. 2 mine located south of sales tax Scofield. Announcement of the company's intention to these sales taxes was made by county attorney Ron Boutwell at the Carbon County commission. The application calls for the pre payment of sales taxes on coal to be produced by the company for the construction of a 1.7 mile county road capable of handling the heavily loaded hat would be utilizing the road during the pre-pa- '"y y yields cigs, happy principal A locker surprise search at Helper Junior High last Wednesday, Jan. 21 produced only lk cigarettes and a smile on the face of principal Douglas Massman. The search stemmed from a report from the Region 8 Drug Task Force that several overdoses of "PCP", an animal tranquilizer, have been diagnosed in the area recently. Price-Help- er But Massman, who conducted the search personally, said the only contraband yielded by a check of every student locker was one whole cigarette and a portion of another. The principal said he was proud at the lack of dangerous drugs found in students' possession. defended Massman the legality of the search by noting that the county attorney's office had cited a state law justifying such searches reasonable under cir- - cumstances. MM! wiMwil prevent future such incidents. He also asked the cooperation of anyone seeing suspected vandals at the school in contacting him, the police or the building superintendent. Should the vandalism at the school continue, were also Massman warned, juvenile court action could result. suspected offenders. non-studen- ts Drug search Commenting that this is the first time such a rash of vandalism has struck the school, the principal said lights have been ordered for the back and sides of the building in order to try to pre-pa- y to the Final attempt set to break commission deadlock Canine found after getting into tight squeeze pre-pa- y trical code, Carbon Hospital recovering from financial ills, administrator says Carbon h have dispensed their hilarity to U.S. troops overseas as well as to national television audiences. Boom plans dominate council agenda first 15-in- Ventriloquist Mel Bateman and his friend "Chico" entertained students at an assembly at Helper Junior High last week. Bateman and his variety of puppets Noel claims expansion discouraged k(f. .'; arrangement, the state's share would be increased by 12' per cent, while the Bureau of Reclamation's share would be reduced by a like amount. State legislatures would be empowered to allocate the new 12 per cent for any type of public facilities or services. The Z7Vz per cent would remain restricted to use for schools and roads. The Senate has pased a similar bill, Howe said, and comnow a conference mittee must reconcile the differences. by the Helper Volunteer Fire Department. Pictured at right observing Nordfelt are Helper firemen Blacky Saccomanno (holding lines) and Kerry Nielson. initial construction phase of mine and later from coal trucks hauling on it. Their application to the State Road Commission will be the first to be made under the 1975 act which was originally intended to help cover the high costs of construction of roads and public facilities tor the giant power plants planned in southern Utah. However, other resource developers qualified under the act, which led Valley Camp to apply for the pre- payment. If approved by the state, the tax would have to be placed in a special earmarked account that could only be used for the construction of the road in ISccles Canyon. Commissioners discussed provisions of their insurance policy which will indemnify county pre-payme- I MM officers while defending themselves in a suit brought by Braulio S. Gonzales against the county sheriff, two sheriff's deputies, the Price police chief and a Price patrolman. Discussion centered on the fact that the Price policemen, who are reportedly deputies of the sheriff, are not covered by any insurance carried by the city but may qualify for coverage under the county's insurance if the insurance company will allow for coverage of "employees" under circumstances such as that of the two Price policemen. The commissioners were informed that each man involved had applied for coverage under the county's insurance and the commissioners agreed to pass each application along to their insurance carrier. v |