Show Delta Utah $15 00 county $18 00 out of county 6 months $8 00 and $9 00 (In Advance) USI'S Copy 25c 0 Vol 75 No 52 Jul 4 1985 Fillmore Chamber backs prison The Fillmore Area Chamber of Commerce completed their studies last week of the project definition issued by the Utah State Department for a proposed of Corrections Regional Criminal Justice Resource The in Millard Center County facility would be sited immediately Millard to the present adjacent County Jail in Fillmore IPP toal handling services statewide is estimated to generate 1200 jobs Pictured above is the nucleus of the Coal begins rolling into IPP Over 300 people ere on hand Tuesday for the first scheduled delivery of It is estimated coal coal to IPP deliveries will continue on schedule for the projected life of the next the plant The first coal delivery comes just one year before completion of the first 750 megawatt unit of the 1500 megawatt generating station Unit and the common facilities necessary for operation are 87 percent complete The overall project is 75 percent complete W hen IPP will need completed 4400000 tons of coal every year or about 12000 tons daily It will be supplied from mines in Carbon Emery and Sevier Counties The coal suppliers are US Fuel Co Getty Minerals Co Tower Resources Inc and Coastal States Energy Company 10 percent About of the coal 440000 tons yearly will be shipped by truck from the SLTCo Mine in Salina Canyon That mine is owned Coastal States Energy Company The truck forces route from Salina Canyon drivers to go in and out of the Delta limits and State City county road officials are looking into the possibility IPP workforce and population hit highs this summer According to the recently released IPP Impact Monitoring Report No 14 for the 1st Quarter of the following are Millard ty's vital statistics 1985 of a new road which would allow the trucks to bypass Delta IPP owns the railcars used in haulThe railcars will be serviced ing coal at the Sprmgv llle Railcar Service Center where trains will be made up and crew changes will occur IPP officials claim the coal supply network will generate jobs for 1200 people in the mining industry Together with the 550 permanent jobs at the Project and Springville sites and the direct employment generated by the project there will be an annual payroll to Utah workers of approximately $132 coal handling facility milhon by 1990 related to IPP that will Taxes direct be paid to state and local government million annuallv according total $M to Reece D Nielsen IP A Hoard Chairman "lo the state that means more and sesocial programs schools rvices” he said “To the surrounding means more tax revenue and counties lower property taxes Railroad' servicing IPP coal ate Utah Railwav Denver and Rio Grande Western and I moil Pacific Fillmore’s Fort Yackety-Yac- k gets lots of visitors Workforce Children of IPP workers number 1358 The average age of those workforce numbers children is 8 The average IPP about 3580 and is expected to family has three to fourchildren slay at (his level until the end of 1985 when the numbers of workers will begin a steady I hr following are the eslimalrd decline By the end of 1987 it is populations of Millard ( ountv and cities according to expected the work force will be various towns and report T he report also gone The permanent work force the monitoring what the likely populations will of about 550 will be in place by projects he when the work force is gone hv the the middle of 1986 end of 1987 The IPP The largest category of construction workers is administrative and security personnel which comMillard County: 15150 Proprise 762 workers The second population by the end of largest category is electricians jected 1987: 11420 with 664 workers The other three major onstruition worker groups Delta: 6070 Projected populaare pipe fitters with 457 iron workers with 301 and boiler tion end of 1987: 3190 makers with 297 In addition there are 202 carpenters and 269 Hinckley: 740 By the end of 1987- 640 laborers Population 230 By end of ‘leamington: and workers are local residents while 1987: 270 1748 have relocated to the area 190 Bv end of 1987: Lynndvl: for the duration of the project Another 1700 workers live in 170 Millard County and drive home on weekends while 750 drive Oak City: 560 By end of 1987: back and forth daily (233 people 560 drive an average of 250 miles Fillmore: 21 10 By end of 1987: round trip from Salt Lake 2200 Countv) Beulah Jorgenson at work The committee assigned to make found the the study following positive aspects of the proposal: The felon offenders assigned to would be of short the facility and guilty of the less duration The only inmates serious offenses incarcerated at the new facility in Millard County will be those who have committed a crime for the first time and the offenses will be those such as of a less serious nature stolen DUI's thievery burglary collar” crimes vehicles “white and other similar drug possession charges The average time cf stay would be 90 days That would curtail families of inmates from moving into our community and possibly becoming public assistance burdens If it is determined that a felon's family has moved here and is or has become a public assistance burden that felon will immediately be returned to the prison at Point of the Mountain 2 The new facility will not be a house nor will it house prisoners inmates will be taken to their Beulah Jorgenson's Haws Heather granddaughter seemed to think her grandma was a good talker at the Fillmore Information Booth when she gave it the a year name of “Fort ago The new "log cabin replica” information booth built just in time tor the tourist season last year looked more like a fort to Heather than “Grandma's Chicken Coop" as Beulah's grandchildren called the old one Fort is the culmination of Beulah’s story that started years ago when she made the choice to work at the information booth rather than continue working for the state on both sides of the county At that time the state was tightening up travel expense money so Beulah chose the bwith mostly because she loves to meet people She has made mans friends through working at the booth daily with her friendly smiles and helpful Many times ways Beulah has helped people find their wav to their destination old the worked Beulah at booth at us previous information location on Main Street near the “Grandma's Courthouse County Chicken Coop" was aptly named because the slanted shed tvpe roof of a her grandchildren reminded chicken coop The hcxith was moved to Fillmore's North Park and placed on the parkway at the rest stop so could take more that visitors advantage of the helpful information The new “log the booth offers cabin" booth replaced the “chicken coop" booth shortly afterward The move to the new location proved very beneficial Beulah says aek has visitors to Fort Yacketv-a wnh increased tremendously record 5453 people stopping to ask for informat Kin about this area in just Add the month of June this year that figure to the thousands who have stopped bv m other months and that's a lot of people who have learned about the Fillmore area And that's been a lot of for Beulah "yackety yacking'" Bom in Fillmore Beulah has lived here all her life except for two years in “Fort Vac v own counties so that they cannot compete with the local job market 3 Felons will be released when within the are up their terms area (where the arrest catchment occurred) and will not be released into the community 4 There will be several light the within industries developed for services to provide center and and businesses individuals establish inmates to allow the retribution for their crimes 5 An advisory board of local will to be established citizens provide input into both the design and operation of the facility This will ensure that the best interests of the are represented with community regards to safety economic impact and environmental interfacing 6 jobs would be available with an annual operating budget of over $1 million Local be services would and goods as well as the hiring of emphasized local individuals who are qualified Our economy is in need of a larger and we need to keep tax base talented people in the area It would also involve the integration of five or six new families of a professional nature into the community 7 The Center would be an industry that is nor subject to closure are because of as other industries lack of work marketing problems It would be force or reorganization a industry She knows all the highways aroui d the area and is a great help to travelers She enjoys telling visitors about Millard County's history since there has never been a Millard County brochure for her to furnish to travelers in the 11 years she has been associated with the information booth However about six years ago the County hired a man to make up a said Mrs brochure Jorgenson After he had completed it he read it at a Working Luncheon in Gunnison which Mrs Jorgenson also attended During his reading of the brochure the words seemed very familiar to Beulah and it turned out that the man had simply photocopied off a few pages of a book filled with Millard County history that Mrs Jorgcnwn had compiled during the first two years of her work at the booth This did not settle well with Beulah i she got up and told him thai he did not obtain permission from her to copy her information and use it The man lost his job over the hut Beulah docs use his incident to give out at the photocopies information biioth so visitors may take it with them and read about Millard Countv's history at their leisure The Fillmore Area Chamber of of is Commerce in the process making up a brochure to he handed out at the information booth They are a!v making up a guide to rockhounding that should he of much interest to tourists Beulah's writing experiences didn't stop with her hx'k She also has written article an that is contained literain Panoramaland ture about the mushroom farm located just west of Fillmore and friendly very interesting to be around Beulah is often to pose for their by tourists pictures like the one shown above to be kept in their scrapbooks as a rememberance of their lovely and helpful new friend Beulah says she enjovs her work and feels that at her age if a person doesn't enjoy it there's no sense m working A perwn asked |