| Show rTw h rtiv- '" 1lrir'V'tltlrV'i ' j 'i'i 1 '‘vyyi niTMridd ’“ rT:r j &&—" r Changing times ochs of special lM Journal edition ®r The upcomin g special edition of The Herald Journal will be “a community effort not lust a project of the newspaper according to Herald Journal Publisher Wayne Paul Pul said Saturday that the annual winter progress edition scheduled for publication next Sunday would be entitled “Our Changing Vaney" and would focus on the many changes jaUng place here both in the land and the people who populate it ‘‘Cache Valley residents of all ages have become actively involved in the preparations for this medal edition” the publisher noted ‘‘This edition will reflect their hopes their fears and their other feelings about the changing times they live in" In addition to feature articles and photos by Herald Journal staff members the edition will feature guest columns from dozens of the winners of a “Guest Columnist Contest" for adults and students and excerpts from the many entries received on the contest topic 1 “changing times in Cache Valley Section covers will feature reproductions of winning entries in an art competition on the same topic cosponsored tv the newspaper and the Alliance for the Varied Arts “This may well be the best special ‘progress’ edition that we’ve ever y 'if Sf5 published ” Paul said "We are up a mirror to our community and focusing jm the changes taking place here There's both hope and apprehension reflected" The special edition will be included in the regular Sunday March 6 edition of The Herald Journal The deadline has already passed for ordering ad- $ $K frV" rf S ditional copies although a limited number is expected to be available after publication according to Paul The Herald Journal's 1975 and 1978 progress editions received special experts in fields ranging from agriculture to athletics it will include comments from “man-on-the-stree-t” y7 "A- full-col- or i scores recognition of valley residents walks of life it will feature from all the results of a specially commissioned Herald Journal poll involving hundreds of residents it will include columns by Vi from the American Bicentennial Revolution from the Publishers and Administration American Newspaper Association silently of the changing times in Cache Valley UNDER A WINTER SKY a crumbling farm shedspeaks (Herald Journal photo by ft Paul Carter) 4 T-- i' a ‘ f rmf y’- r - v y t ?'V V r ? V’1- v If Covering Bridgerland - Northern Utah And Southern Idaho VOL 68 NO 49 FEBRUARY 27 1977 ' - Os- LOGAN UTAH SUNDAY TWENTY FIVE CENTS en meetings bill awaits a last stand ’ V' By Malin Footer city editor - SALT LAKE CITY The Utah Senate this amendments to House Bill 84 the open WH and the semantic struggle is I I to continue Monday with theffiina pasfail situation on the third reading calendar v Ths crux of the Senate’s eoneeca was whether or not public officials should be bound bylai to “officially convene” ameeting every tune they wishtodiscussl the public’s business AD five of Cache County’s legislators told the Herald Journal that they felt most such discussion should be conducted in public but that there were instances when officials should be able to have “off the cuff chats" about in their Jurisdictions without fear of goings-on legal reprisaL In other ac Legislature the Senate passed unanimously a bfflpavingtb way for extensive remodeling of the George Nelson Fieldhouse at Utah State University and the House passed one which would create an energy conservation and vv development council for Utah The ddef sponsor of the open meetings bOL Lake City told Rep Genevieve Atwood The Herald Journal she felt her measure was being victimized by partisan moves in the R-S- M alt Democratically controlled Senate and that intensive lobbying efforts on the itofthe Utah League of Cities and Towns was iat least in part responsible for die maze of amend- mods which has grown around her bUL HB84 as passed by the House would have left the doors open to the public on all meetings unless personnel matters land purchases labor negotiations criminal investigations or ocurttyprocadurM wora Mm discussed House amended out of the nil a criminal penalty clause making violations misdemeanor The Senate Government Affairs Committee about two weeks ago restored the penalty clause and amended me MU to permit public agencies to discuss all matters in dosed sessions but stipulated thst all voting on actual decisions must be done in public e Friday morning Sen Omar Bunnell criminal penalty clause amended Price got out again IBs argument was that it would not be fair to hug a criminal charge on public officials if they happen to have a chance D-th- The biU has implications in Cache County since the recommendations of the 1978 Cache County Grand Jury strongly suggested that' some municipal business here was b conducted out of the public eye S' On Capitol the bill centers around what constitutes an “officially convened" meeting Sen Richard C Howe has been spearheading the move to let agencies iUwm— (heir business in private then ratify their decisions by voting in “I don't want official meetings dosed" Howe told The Herald Journal “I simply want the law to state that there is a time and (dace when these officials cu kick filings around without having to go into a official session I don’t believe official should be criminally charged if he discusses official business with a colleague on a chance meeting in the mu’s u v i'M-V- ’ - v-- public room" '''T in connection with small towns" he said “I know that some of these chance meetings are‘ not intended to keep things from the public but we’ve had instances where get into trouble by doing it I still say discussions onissues shouM be open to the public even though there are instances where discussion is not votes are taken Bullen had strong words for his colleagues on 4 very productive’’ j Rep Norman Wahlstrom said “I’ve gone on the Senate floor during debate on the matter might juat as well not have the bill at all record before We’re public servants and we if we allow ia lot of this discussion to be done in should do our business In public The closed sessions” he said “All we’d be doing by discussions should be open to the public” 1 Atwood in summing up action on W bill fids directing this would be to let the public in on the decision making process and I feel that the far said she felt me concerns about the poMdbmty of criminal action in cases where the public must be involved" Ferry said he was somewhat concerned that law might be broken unknowingly wen the bill might tie public officials too tightly legitimate but that die is convinced her bill deals adequately with the problem unless it ran be specifically written to define “R states plainly what purposes offidai what is and what is not an “officially convened" meeting meetings are convened for" she said "Well “I don’t want to fie things down so tightly that Just have to try to get it worded so that other are more comfortable with that None of us Uke we can’t go to lunch together without someone slapping some kind of criminal charge on us” to make decisions with the beat on as is he said “But I’ve said repeatedly that I very sometimes necessary in a public meeting Sometimes that’s not totally efficient urn strongly favor keeping our decision making and our official actions before the public" expeditious but I’m not so sure that as public Keith Jorgensen said he officials we’re bring paid to be expeditious V The Cache delegation in the House also understand the fears that Howe had voiced in file Senate but he added a word of agreed that passage of the higlHriorityena-gcouncil measure was a positive step The UUtion i: A v ' "I ran appreciate these concerns especially (Continued on page 4) ' j discussion of issues by public agencies should be done in public” Both Sen Charles “CMdc" BuDen said and Sen Miles “Cap” Ferry discussed to see issues would prefer they - Rep Todd Weston Heights said he had frit comfortable with the bill when it left the house and that It was his understanding that it would not make public officials criminally liable in cases of such “chance meetings” “I don’t call a conversation between two city councilman who are discussing something on fin street circumventing the law" Weston Said “I stiD believe however that most of the 1 I i y jy massive i ' 4 Wr By Peter GOUas - Leaders of the SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) Utah Public Employes Association to take 9900 Mate workers on strike next summer unless file legislature agrees to give them larger pur raises But him DmhMJmji mA Democratic : lawmakers say mirage and salary package ad u fair and equitable they have raises to lower paid because it state employes who need them the most The UPEA Executive Committee told Gov Scott Matheson Friday a 7 per cent salary package developed by legislative leaders was “not acceptable to our members” because it would give only 13 per cent cost of living increases to about 80 per cent of the state’s is: have-threaten- ed workers UPEA President E Woodrow Walton asked the governor to appoint a fact finder to review the pay ptoproposedby the lawmakers and of the legislature in tocalli ' ' v June to resolve differences “We are further directed to inform you tt failure to begin such proceedings wiD force us to begin the process to poll our membership to consider the option of withholding iaU state service on or after July 1 1977' wrote Walton y UPEA executive director Richard told a Capitol HiU news conference the organization’s constitution forbids strikes “until all reasonable alternatives have been Kin-nersle- exhausted" “This is the only reasonable alternative left to the association due to the legislature’s current plan to pay 8000 state employes a 13 per cent cost of living increase and in addition reduce that amount by deducting retirement and health insurance premium payments" said Kinnersley Matheson said would consider fix UPEA’s suggestion but warned that a strike would produce “o unhappy governor' Glade Sowards House said the UPEA’s action amounted to "blackmail” and said the Republican majority in the House wouldn’t bend “We are implementing a pay plan that would bring lowered paid employes up to par with those working in private industry’! he said “There is only so much money” said Sen James MacFarlane Senate Chairman of the Joint Appropriations Committee “When it’s all gone we can’t go ' any higher And I haven’t heard anybody for higher taxes’ railing “Let ’em quit” added Senate Republican “I don’t leader Miles ’Cap’ Ferry care” “We have tried hard to give lower income state workers a good raise" said Rep assistant minority Beverly White wMp “I resent their making threats” The UPEA is objecting to a compromise pay package hammered out by leaders of the Democratically controlled Senate and : Republican dominated House — a plan ferent from the one proposed by Matheson In his budget the governor provided 54 per cent cost of living raises for all state worker plus 34 per cent merit hikes for which most government employes qualify each year — a total package of 8 per cent The lawmakers voted to give “ratdHip" raises to about 10 per centtofriat employes who make less than people doing file — Jobs in private industry - Many workers in that category would receive raises of 17 per cent and a few would get up to 25 per cent more ( The committee also voted to adopt a new state merit plan with a sliding scale that would give lower paid workers a 44 per cent step-uraise each year while those in the top Job grades would get only 24 per cent On top of that nearly all state employe' would receive a 24 per cost of living increase: Nearly aB state employes would redevs: t 8 to 7 per cent- Al3 f M - fl ll 1 p - Inside today tV r Logan is getting a downtown shopping man along the lines of Salt Lake dtps Trolley ' K i ' V- ' - Square v- 1 - - r f m ' 7 ¥ f A-- 1 " a- - t I J ' T v 1 ILLINOIS FAKHER Ibmkd HlUer iMd up Ms M88 gaDou track with water from a eria 1 terminal at Chatham BL to haul to Ms During the last several months he’s ter 14 hours a day seven it i- - Telephoto) SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) - Gov Scott including asking the Utah legislature to set aside $500000 for emergency use for municipalities to upgrade water delivery Matheson left for Washington DC Saturday to discuss Utahns drought ' situation with President Jimmy Carter and 'systems hold to asked also the Legislature “I have Interior Secretary Cedi Andrus bad more than $5 million from the In a televised news conference Friday budgetary surplus so we might be able to night Matheson said the state faces its meetunforseen problems which may result "worst drought situation in history” and if from the drought" immediate conservation measures are not MrtbMon said the $51 million would be taken “the welfare of our people is enused for conservation storage and transdangered" portation of water to meet focal drought "if they do develop” conditions to make “I will have the opportunity “But let me make this point-ih- e drought President Carter aware of the gravity of is real It is upon us And conservation is the Western water shortage" Matheson said "and the need for the funding of water the first order of business We are faced with about half our normal water supply" resource projects which will assure few Two weeks ago Carter asked Congress to water our citizens for supplies adequate to cut and $32 million from the 1978 fiscal year years come" years MnllMion said he has done several things appropriations for the Central Utah to bdp the state prepare for a dry summer Projects’ Bonneville Unit Matheson said I: I he would ask Carter and Andrus to replace the tending The governor said he met with Andrus last week and the Interior Secretary "has already indicated he has had a change of heart Andrus said file Bonneville Unit funding will be reevaluated promptly and he will make his decision known by April av15" "In our request for replacement of the funds for the Bonneville Unit our cause is Just" Matheson said He said the Bonneville Unit and the entire CUP are part of wster needs to alleviate Utah’s long-terpossible future droughts Meanwhile in Washington Rep Gunn said the project could be McKay saved because of the Ute Indian Tribe’s state and federal water commitments McKay said he is optimistic abogj!& Bonneville' Unit's future - 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