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Show 2 Page 'Ife Nephi, Utah fEirraa-efn- a Ambulance crew and commissioners discuss problems with each other was a lack of communication. We need to talk to you and you need to come in and talk to us, said Ike Lunt, commissioner. Peterson said the ambulance association will be losing nine of their members before December and will need to train new members to replace them. Peterson said he, and others who were working on the crews, By Myrna Trauntvein Times-New- s Correspondent Station 1, known as East Juab Ambulance Association, found they had their pay checks for serving on the crew this past month withheld by the county commission until the officers of the association came in to meet with commissioners. We withheld the pay checks because we were a little concerned about the number of people who seem to be collecting checks when we have been told that you cant get anybody to go with the ambulance, said Gordon Young, commission chair. We were concerned that quite a few people turn in quite a bit of time, said Young. In addition, he said, one of the names on the list was a person who had been dismissed from service a year ago and had then been reinstated by officers of the association without those officers first seeking commission approval. We should have been consulted, said Young. After working through the problems with the association, commissioners agreed they needed to have better communications with the association. They agreed to allow the association to have up to 20 members on the Nephi side and up to 15 on the Eureka side. They also agreed to see what could be done to get the checks to the association members during the month, even though the payroll has already been run for the July pay period. Gary Peterson, association president, and officers Chris Bowles, Marge Morgan and Ann Coombs attended the meeting to protest the action of the commission in refusing to pay the vouchers of the crew members. I said, when I received calls, that I thought the whole problem the crew in Eureka, he said, he who could not afford to be withwas not paid anything for any of out compensation and still be the work he did. Those involved part of the crew. did it because they liked helping None of us joined expecting to others. get paid, said Coombs. Some I spent 104 hours on call and need the money more than othI got paid for 11, said Morgan. ers and many used the pay and I dont look forward to the check, planned it into their monthly I do it because I like doing it. budgets. I was upset. I dont However, she said, there were think it was right to have our those who were working two and checks withheld. thought the commission had three jobs to make ends meet and backhanded the members of the association by withholding their pay for the hours they had spent in service. I have been trying to build morale, he said. He had purchased steaks with his own hinds and had a party for crew members in an attempt to build a group spirit. Now many of us feel like the commission doesnt want us, he said. We were concerned, said Joseph Bernini, that if people were not making runs, you had a big payroll and we were concerned. Bowles said she was still concerned with the action the commission had taken in withholding payroll checks. If this had happened in any other county department, their checks would not have been withheld. However, said Bernini, the commission had asked to meet with Peterson three weeks ago. If he had come in then, this would not have happened. If he cannot be here, said Young, he should delegate someone to attend. Peterson said he had been donating, as had the others there, many hours to the association. Much of it was volunteer, he said. He had taken so much time off work to help with the fire line effort, he no longer thought he could continue. I have taken so much time off that I will not be able to do that much in the future, said Peterson. This (EMT) used to be a volunteer organization, said Bernini. When he began working on " Is Your Local Internet Service Provider That means No Long Distance Phone Bills, unlike America Online, Prodigy, AT&T and other providers that have their Local number in Salt Lake and Provo. Call us today anc see how you can get on the net using one of our man) LOW COST LOCAL options. Worker buried in construction trench at new High School site By Myrna TTauntveln Times-New- s Correspondent . A man working on placing the sewer line for the new high school construction was buried in cave-i- n on Thursday at 11:30 a a.m. Kelly Butler, Spanish Fork, was injured in the accident. Chad Bowles, Nephi City Police Chief, said the man was working in the trench which had been dug by heavy equipment. The ground was saturated, said Bowles. Some of the road asphalt, located in the driveway of the existing high school, fell into the trench as the sewer line was being constructed. The asphalt struck Butler on the head and right shoulder and the earth from the side of the trench buried him to his waist, said had placed grass clippings in the irrigation ditch. The clippings plugged the culvert going under the road and flooded the ground at the site, said Steele. He asked that residents living by ditches or gutters to please be aware that their grass clippings and garden debris can cause serious street drainage problems in the city. Landfill employees names for Juab County By Myrna TTauntveln Times-New- s Correspondent Two landfill operators were Dirt hit and shoved the man appointed by Juab County Comfrom the west to the east and missioners on Monday. held him against the embankDrew Kay will work half time ment there. and Steven Winters will work Carl Howard, Nephi City Po- full time. lice Officer, and Nephi City crews Winters currently works for were summoned to the scene. the county road department on The city crew jumped into the a half time basis. trench and helped construction Salaries will be paid from the workers shovel the man out, county road department budget said Bowles. and then the county budget will Butler was transported to Cen be replaced with funds for opertral Valley Medical Center by ation which- will come from the East Juab County Ambulance. intergovernmental agency which He was later transferred to Mt. will oversee operations of the View Hospital in Payson and was landfill. released from the hospital on Nineteen applications were received by the county commisSaturday. Butler, working with H.E. sion for the two positions. Davis, Salem contractors, sustained knee and right arm and From 1 shoulder injuries. - page The ground was saturated The State Tax Commission conducted a sales ratio study of residential property throughout the counties Utah. The study showed Juab as one of the counties to be market values, mainly with the older homes. Juab County has changed drastically the last 2 or 3 years. The high sale of older homes has increased their values drastically. As assessor, am bound by law to place values as close to 1 00 of market as possible on January 1 of each year. not only haft to answer to the tax payer, but also to the State Tax Commission. The Assessor has no control over the tax rate, but only addresses the market values. In spite of the above facts should the tax payer have reasonable cause to suspect the county assessment to be in error, he she is invited to appeal the assessment at the County Board of Equalization. At this point the taxpayer is expected to support his cause with actual evidence and not just suspicions. Dates for East Juab County is August 20, 22 in Nephi, 6 to 8 p.m. and in Eureka City on August 21 st from 6 to 7 p.m. Juab County Assessor Norm Anderson I I I and car have run in, child ok Six-year-o-ld injuries. He was lucky, said By Myrna Trauntvein Bowles. Though no citations were issued in the accident, Bowles said A six year old boy on a bicycle those riding bicycles needed to be received only minor injuries aware that they were responsiy when he failed to yield the ble to obey all the same traffic to an oncoming car and laws which applied to cars if they struck the moving vehicle in the were traveling on the citys drivers door. streets. Neither of the individuals saw Any time you are operating a the other, said Chad Bowles, bicycle on a city street you must remember to use safety, due cauNephi City Police Chief. The boy and his bicycle were tion and care. The cyclist must y south bound and the Mercury yield the just as if Topaz was east bound on 300 he were operating a motorized South and 100 West when the vehicle. accident occurred. In addition, all (hose riding Both were traveling at a slow bicycles should remember they rate of speed, the car was going should be wearing helmets when between 15 and 20 mph , said they ride. Bowles. Mike Tischner was the invesThe boy received only minor tigating officer. Times-New- s Correspondent I right-of-wa- , right-of-wa- Nephi City Library new books, tapes and videos Books Vegas Rich by Fern Michaels The Wedding by Julie Garwood Rosehaven by Catherine Coulter A set of 20 Picturepedia books on the following subjects: Transportation, Insects & Spiders, Arts & Entertainment, Science, The Human Body, Jungle Animals, Sea Life, Machines, Food & Farming, People & Places, Birds, Energy & Industry, Space, Dinosaurs, Atlas of the World, Sports, Earth, Plants, Mammals. Bowles. Admin. prior to the digging operation by an overflowing irrigation ditch in the area, said Bowles. leavNephi Mayor Robert Steele now and would not consider said one of the homeowners liv- ing except for a chance to permaing above the construction site nently relocate my family to a more rural Utah setting, said Seely. Both my wife and I come from rural communities in Utah and are finding big city life more challenging every day, particularly as we attempt to raise and educate our children properly. Seely said he had visited and worked with Juab County and its people and understood that the in quality of life the county offers exceptional. I believe that low in was my family and I would blossom in such and environment. Lunt said he was particularly about offering the enthusiastic in position to Seely. The local position offers approximately Rock Solid internet Gateway Wednesday August 7, 1996 $40,000 per year and Seely would be taking a cut in pay to come to Juab County. He said he and his wife really wanted to relocate their children in Juab County," said Lunt. I have always been willing to pull more than my own weight with any job assignment, said Seely. In fact, in 1994, 1 volunteered more than 180 hours of uncompensated overtime and more than 270 hours in 1995, without using any sick leave in either year. Seely said he would work to enhance county morale, vision, productivity, efficiency, expertise and public perception. Commissioners have already told Seely he will be over the operation of the county landfill and the statehood centennial county theater remodeling project. Seely said he also thought, from his experience in obtaining surplus equipment, that he could help the county. With my skills and abilities in acquiring, utilizing and disposing of state and federal surplus property, I believe I can save significantly more taxpayer dollars for Juab County through more aggressive utilization of these programs. 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