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Show Newly elected county officials took their oath of office Tuesday, Jan. 3. From left to right are: Clerk Kristine Anderson, Treasurer Earl Clark, District Judge Kay L. Mclff, Attorney Ross Blackham, Auditor Ryan Anderson, Recorder Reed Hatch, Sanpete will receive $380,987 in PILT funds WASHINGTON, D.C.-Sanp- U.S. Department of the Interiors ete receive County $380,987 of the $99.3 million total being sent to about 1,950 local governmental units across the country in accordance with the Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) Act of 1976. will Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and are intended to offset loss of revenue caused by the presence of certain federal land within local government boundaries. tax-exem- pt "These payments are beneficial to local governments, especially for sparsely populated counties that contain large acrefederal of ages A recent press release stated that the annual payments are distributed to eligible units of general local government by the pt lands," BLM director Mike Dom- beck said. "The federal government revenues to shares PILT-relate- d help local .governmental units provide such vital services as fire and police protection, search and rescue operations, and road -- struction." con-- ; lion acres are eligible for PILT -- payments. ; Payments are made for federal lands administered by the BLM, U.S.D.A. Forest Service, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and for federal water projects and some military installations. pt ' The BLM administers the PILT program because it is the largest single federal land management agency, with responsibility for over 270 million acres of public lands, of which 221 mil Payments are in addition to revenues from oil and gas leases, along with sales of minerals, timber and other materials and products derived from public PLEASAN- T- North Sanpete High School Sterling Scholar nominees for 1994-9- 5 are as follows: Laron Crosland, son of David and Sandra Crosland of Moroni, general scholarship; Cook, daughter of Law- rence and Jeannine Cook of and County road supervisor North Sanpete names retires, replacement named by commission ten Sterling Scholars Keller, his wife Sandra and their three children are residents of Manti. While serving Sanpete residents as road supervisor, Olsens duties included, but were not limited to, payroll, engineering, mechanics, purchasing agent and diplomat. He provided considerable help to Manti during the Manti Canyon slide and was in charge of Mantis pressurized irrigation Steve Keller of Manti was named the new Sanpete County Road Supervisor MANTI-- - at the Jan. 3 county commissioners meeting. Keller replaces Richard Olsen, who retired after 20 years of service. Keller has been employed by Sanpete County since 1976. He started with the County Weed Control Departments and after a short time was moved to the road department, where he operated heavy equipment. Eight years ago he became Olsens assistant. system. g resident of Olsen is a Manti and has been active in many civic and church affairs: 27 years performing in the Mormon Miracle Pageant (20 years as General Mormon). He and his wife, the former Marie Shaffer, will celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary Jan. 9. They have two sons, ten grandchildren and one great granddaughter. Olsen has traveled to the far comers of the world, floated the Colorado River before the construction of Lake Powell, and now hopes to devote more time to his family and passion for painting. . ; life-lon- Weather news MT. PLEASAN- T- The Weather Station reports that for the week of Dec. 26 through Jan. 1, a high temperature of 43 degrees was recorded on Dec. 28 and a low of 7 degrees was reported on Jan. 1. Barometric high was 30.17 on Dec. 31 with a low of 29.87 on Dec. 29. Precipitation included: a trace of snow, .027510" on Dec. 30. A total of 6.4925" of precipitation was recorded from Oct. 1 to Dec. 31. Peak wind gusts were recorded as follows: Dec. 26, 10 mph, E; Dec. 27, 7 mph, NE; Dec. 28, 9 mph, NNW; Dec. 29, 12 mph, NNW; Dec. 30, 11 mph, SE; Dec. 31, 12 mph, N; Jan. 1, 14 mph, W. ch MT. Business and Marketing; Bailey, daughter of Alan and Brenda Bailey of Foun- tain Green, English; Melissa Winona, daughter of Daniel and Sheri Winona of Spring City; Cook, son of Dwight lands. Patti Cook of Fountain Green, mathematics; Justin Osmond, son of Merrill and Mary Osmond of Fairview, music; Reagan Lembke, son of Jack and Linda Lembke of oni, science; Margaret Parnell, daughter of Gary and Katie nell of Spring City, social ence; Katie Bench, daughter of George and Peggy Bench of and Fairview, speechdrama; Jennifer Hobby, daughter of Earle and Kathy Hobby of view, visual arts. Mor-Jean- Par-Moro- Fair-Dougl- as "While federal lands provide important local recreational and economic opportunities, their status can have fiscal impacts on the governmental units surrounding them. This partnership is the federal governments way of helping to minimize those impacts," Dombeck said. pt Island, all states, plus Puerto Rico, Guam and the Virgin Islands are receiving PILT funds this year. The states whose counties will collectively receive the largest amounts are: New Mexico, $10,631,758; $7,783,291; Including the current payment, over $1 billion have been returned to local governments since the program began. With the exception of Rhode California, $9,963,552; Utah, $8,829,214; Arizona, $8,580,256; Montana, $7,277,229. and Idaho, Utahs largest recipient of the 1994 funds is Box Elder County with $866,661; the lowest is Morgan County at $8,615. |