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Show County's unemployment rate is coming down, says Job Service NB8411 UTAH ASSOCIATION 447 EAST 300 SOUTH UTAH 84111 SALT LAKE CITY, Juab Countys unemployment percent from last year to this tial construction was listed at rate, while tied for the highest in year. The report says 165 people $22,800, down 97.8 percent from the district, is coming down, were employed in that category the $1.02 million listed in the and things are looking up for the in the second quarter of this same period last year. county. In the first quarter of this year, as opposed to 162 in the Those facts were disclosed in same category last year. year, gross taxable retail sales, the current issue of the Labor Taken as a whole, 206 people services, and purchases in the Market Information newsletter, are employed in manufacturing county were $5.5 million, down published by the Utah Depart- in Juab County, up 14.4 percent 15 percent from the $6.5 million ment of Employment Security. from last years 180 employees. in the first quarter of last year. The newsletter says the counAlso registering increases in The sales in all rate in new the unemployment jobs were local government municipalities in the county tys second quarter of the year was employment, up 5 percent from were down. Nephis sales in 14.8 percent, down from 15.4 379 jobs in 1986 to 398 jobs in 1987 were $4.85 million, down percent in the same quarter last 1987; finance, insurance, and I.- 2 percent from $4.91 million in . real estate, up 2.9 percent from 1986; Eurekas sales were year. Juab County, based on 34 jobs in 1986 to 35 jobs in $170,000, down 16.1 percent percentage growth, had the best 1987; wholesale trade, up 2.3 from the $202,700 listed in district-wid- e performance dur- percent from 44 jobs in 1986 to 1986; Monas sales were the ing quarter. Manufacturing, 45 jobs in 1987; and service', up $103,600, down 9.1 percent from which has recorded many ups 2.3 percent from 214 employees the $114,000 registered in 1986; and downs, currently is up and in 1986 to 219 in 1987. and Levans sales were $96,000, tops the list of the number of Keeping the same number of down 18.4 percent from the new jobs created in the county jobs were federal government $117,700 recorded in 1986! with 26 new positions. This was employment, 23; and transporLooking at the four quarters followed by government, which tation, communication, and ending March 31, 1987, Nephis added 20 jobs, sales were $22.64 million, down says the public utilities, eight. newsletter. Mining lead the job categories II.- 3 percent from last year; The newsletter publishes for decreases, down 17.5 percent Eurekas sales were $662,900, statistics for the six counties of from 40 jobs in 1986 to 33 jobs down 16.8 percent from last Job Services central district in 1987. Other job categories year; Levans sales were Juab, Millard, Sanpete, Wayne, showing losses were contract $417,900, down 56.8 percent Piute, and Sevier. construction, down 6.5 percent from last year; and Monas sales The other counties unemploy- from 31 jobs in 1986 to 29 jobs were $360,900, up 8.3 percent ment rates were Piute, 14.8 per- in 1987; and retail trade, down from last year. cent; Sanpete, 14.4 percent; 0.9 percent from 449 jobs in Tourist room sales were up Wayne, 10.4 percent; Sevier, 7 1986 to 445 jobs in 1987. 529.4 percent from last years The value of building conpercent; and Millard, 6.9 persales. In the period reported cent. struction in the second quarter from March the Leading the countys struggle of 1986 was $300,300, down 73.6 sales were through May, $143,800, compared to return to economic prosperity percent from the $1,137 million with $22,800 registered in the was the manufacturing of registered in 1986. durable goods, which employed There was only one new dwell- same period last year. 127.8 percent more workers in ing unit started in that period, New car and truck sales in the the second quarter of this year down 50 percent from the two first quarter of 1986 were down than it did in the same period started in the same period last 26.9 percent from last years last year. The newsletter says year. figures. Juab County residents 41 people were employed in that The value of new residential bought 21 new cars and 17 new category, as opposed to 18 in the construction was listed at trucks in that time period, down $56,300, down 49.6 percent from from 26 new cars and 26 new previous year. The manufacturing of durable the $111,600 listed last year. trucks in the same quarter last The value of new, nonresiden- - year. goods also went up, but only 1.9 first-quart- PRESS er Serving East luab County A Nice Place to Live I October 7, 1987 i About signing UP&L, PP&L merger resolution , v5 ' .'v i V. ; ' County seeks comment The Juab County Commission has .voted to withhold a .final decision on whether to continue to approve the proposed merger of Utah Power & Light and PacifiCorp until constituents of the county have an opportunity to voice their opinions on the subject by calling one of the county commissioners. Two weeks ago, the commission signed a resolution backing the merger after a representative of UP&L assured them the merger would not hurt Nephi or Levan, both of which run independent municipal power systems. By passing the resolution, however, the commissioners offended officials of both Levan and Nephi. Levan Mayor Golden Mangelson and Nephi Mayor Boyd Park both attended the now is working in good faith to thought that since they had assist Nephi in wheeling its placed strings on the resolution by stating they did not want to power. Rasmussen said he thought approve anything which would UP&L had a good relationship hurt Nephi or Levan, they had with Nephi City, Levan, and covered any contingency. with the Utah Municipal Power Rasmussen agreed. Nevertheless, Rasmussen said Agency, of which Nephi and Levan are members. UMPA and he had not written the qualificaUP&L recently agreed to a con- tion into the resolution since he tract which would allow UMPA thought the intent was clear and to wheel power on UP&L lines, was included in the countys said Rasmussen. minutes. The commissioners reIn addition, Rasmussen said, quested he get the document the Mona UP&L substation has back and work with County Atbeen a benefit to public power. torney Don Eyre, Jr. in writing Mayor Park said he also ob- in the qualifier. That way, if jected to action being taken on Levan and Nephi are shown to the resolution, since it did not be injured in any way by the appear on the county agenda. If merger, the commission apit had been on the agenda, he proval would be null and void. would have been in attendance requested that if to protest the county commis- theMangelson commission then decided to sions signing of the resolution, approve the resolution, they he said. the names of Nephi and replace It was my fault the resolu- Levan in the qualifying statetion was not on the agenda, ment with the phrase anything said Rasmussen. He explained that injures public power. had he in that just dropped Anything that injures public during a slow period of the day power injures Nephi and and the commission had invited Please turn to page 6 him to talk with them. He presented the resolution, and after some discussion, it was county commission meeting Monday to protest the action taken by the commission. We dont say the merger is all bad, but we need to discuss some issues before we say it is I all good, said Mangelson. dont think it is proper for you to sign a resolution approving the merger when 70 percent of the citizens of the county the signed. Commission Chairman Joseph residents of Nephi and Levan are served, by organizations Bernini said the commission likwhich are opposed to the ed to keep an open-doo- r policy with those who came to do merger. If the merger passes, said business with the county. They Mangelson, the two power com- know when we are in session and panies will have a monopoly in we handle citizens concerns as the West. In order to be in the they come through the door. I power business, you have to be think we are legal, he said. able to move power. UP&L has Mayor Park disagreed. While been good the last two years in an issue could be discussed, he working with us on wheeling said, it should not be voted on transmitting power, said until it appears on the agenda. The commissioners said they Mangelson, but traditionally the company has not been good to work with. In 1986, said the two mayors, the state attorney general charged UP&L with strangling its competition through a policy of refusing to wheel power to present or potential customers. Donna G. Blackett of Nephi Park said Pacific Power & been named to the Southern has Light traditionally has been the State College summer Utah commost power roll. honor States. United pany in the Mrs. Blackett is studying PP&L would like to get rid of elementary education at the all public power,' said Park. SchooL Wheeling is a FERC Federal Cedar City To be named to the roll, a stuCommisEnergy. Regulatory said Kimball dent must be enrolled sion issue, taking 15 or more credit Rasmussen, manager of must beand must earn a quarterUP&Ls Kebo District. Why hours, grade-poiaverage of 3.6 or Our ly talk .about past histories. D. Mark Barton, says in is higher, president has said the past admissions of and director continued. he the past," Rasmussen said the company records. Donna Blackett named to SUSC honor roll anti-municip- al full-tim- nt e, Mona Lions Dost pheasant Hinting unit The Mona pheasant hunting unit will be posted again this year, say officers of the Mona Lions Club. The hunt will be three days Oct. 31, Nov. 1, and Nov. 2 and will be limited to 300 permits, which will go on sale at Mona businesses Oct. 15. By limiting the number of permits and confining the hunt to three days, the Lions Club hopes to increase the number of birds available for hunting and also overcome the objections some property owners have about the hunt, said a club spokesman. Fair premiums ready Premiums from the Juab County Fair are ready to be picked up, says Carla Bailey, fair secretary. The checks may be claimed at the office of the Juab County Extension service, 160 North Main, Nephi, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. weekdays. After a 13-ye- hiatus, the Forest Service office in Nephi will reopen next week in the ASCS building. Forest Service ranger station in Nephi will reopen next week The U.S. Forest Service will reopen the Nephi ranger station effective Tuesday, Oct. 13, and the public is invited to attend an open house from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15. The station will be located at 740 South Main in the same will be chief of the Nephi office. Ranger Abriel is a graduate of Humboldt State University in forest resource management. He previously has worked on the Uintas Pleasant Grove and Heber ranger districts, the Payette National Forest in building as the Agriculture Ser- Idaho, the Angeles National vice Center. Forest in California, and the The district will administer all Ochoco National Forest in the duties of the Mt. Nebo unit, Washington. Most recently, he including the Nephi cattle allot- has administered the timber and ment; the Ponderosa, Bear Can- recreation programs on the yon, Blackhawk, and Bear Can- Fishlake National Forests yon campgrounds; and the Mt. Nebo wilderness area. He also will sell firewood permits and provide information for the San Pitch unit. In 1974, the Forest Service Shirley Lester, Juab Countys combined the Nephi ranger public health nurse, will district with the Uinta National dispense flu shots to East Juab Forests Spanish Fork ranger County citizens Wednesday, district to serve the Mount Oct. 14. Senior citizens will receive the Nebo unit, and the Manti LaSals Ephraim ranger district shots from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at to manage the San Pitch unit. As recreation and other forest BYU will uses continued to increase in the Nephi area, the agency recognizspeak Nephi ed the need to have a local contact to serve Nephi, Levan, and fireside Sunday Mona. It became evident that it Sean Covey, a backup quarterwas difficult to meet the needs back for the Brigham Young of the local community from the e Cougars, and University Spanish Fork or Ephraim Burns, a BYU cheerleader, ranger districts. Assistant ranger Ray Abriel will speak at a fireside for the young people of the two Nephi LDS stakes Sunday, Oct. 11. Beaver ranger district. Abriel and his wife, Robin, have one daughter, RaDawn Lee Abriel. He enjoys all sports, especially hunting and fishing. He coached seventh and eighth grade basketball while in college and while in Beaver. He also was a Boy Scout leader while in Beaver. Both the new ranger and his wife are members of the LDS Church. He presently serves as first counselor to the bishop of his ward in Beaver, and she is a Primary teacher. County health nurse will dispense flu shots next week duo at Cor-inn- TRAIL, Inc. will run monthly bus to Manti TRAIL, Inc. of Nephi is offerbus service being round-tri- p tween Nephi and Manti each third Tuesday of the month. The bus will department from the Nephi LDS stake center at 7:45 a.m. and arrive at Manti at 8:45 a.m. The return bus will leave Manti at 2 p.m. and arrive in Nephi at 3 p.m. The fare will be $4.50. More information on the service or reservations for tickets can be made by calling TRAIL, Inc. at 623-014- The event will begin at 6 p.m. and will be held at the stake center in Nephi. There is no charge. Organizers invite the general public to attend, but say the meeting mainly is for those ages 12 through 18. the courthouse community center in Nephi. The general public will receive their immunizations from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in the public health office, room 214 of the courthouse. The cost is $3 per shot. The immunizations protect recipients against the Taiwan, Leningrad, and Ann Arbor strains of influenza. While the shots are for everyone, says the health nurse, those who should be especially interested in receiving the shots are adults and children with long-terheart or lung problems, those over the age of 65, those who have chronic illnesses such as asthma or diabetes, or those who provide care to others in high-riscategories whether at home or in nursing homes. Those who should NOT receive the shots are those who ill, especially those who have fevers, and anyone who is allergic to eggs. m k Utah State retirement rep to be in Nephi Friday A representative of the Utah necessary. The representative will serve ail active and retired members in Nephi Friday, Oct. 9. Bonnie Sweat will be at the of the Utah State, public safety, school district offices from 9 firemens, and judges retirea.m. to noon. No appointment is ment systems. State Retirement System will be |