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Show A jT 0 UTAPSS II I Serving East Juab County A Nice Place -- Volume 102 No 14 To ,t'EOr' t-- LT Single Copy Price Airport construction bid awarded to StakerParsons Company pending FAA summary business growth in the region Times-New- 7 Trauntvein Correspondent Juab County and South Utah County are areas attracting a growing number of inquiries from manufacturers looking to expand in Utah. An economic summit, a first for the area, presented ideas on boosting businesses in the region. Held Friday at Spanish Fork Middle School, experts spoke about ways to attract more business and the tax boost that comes with business to the area. Speakers at the first Nebo Economic Summit included Utah Gov. Olene Walker, former Brigham Young University football Coach LaVell Edwards, Cary Peterson, state agriculture commissioner and Jonnie Wilkinson, associate director of the Utah Department of Commerce. The Nebo summit was organized by the five Chambers of Commerce in Spanish Fork, Santaquin, Springville, Payson and Nephi and area businesses such as Alcoa Engineered Products, Mountainvievv Hospital and Longview Fibre. Other organizers included the Nebo School District, Utah Valley State Colleges small business development center and the state Department of Workforce Services in Spanish Fork. Gov. Olene Walker, who presented the kick off address at the summit, cautioned that some rural communities in the area have to be prepared for the growth that will come before it arrives. Walker said south Utah County and Juab County had the oppor- - c Live! Economic summit presents ideas on boosting By Myrna : rv:;.45 )H.7 April 7. 2'h4 www.nephitimesnews.com ,i r . By Rebecca Dopp Correspon den t mes-New- s s See Economic on page 3 EASTER BUNNY Above Ryan Dopp, 1 112, son of 1 hulk ami Ilea a I)opp of Neplu found out Where the Easter Eggs come from" at Green line Equipment in Ne)hi Tuesday morning Easter is this weekend and the Weatherman is calling for Partly Cloudy. Let's hope that all those going to the Dunes' don t get treated to a Photo Rebecca Dopp lot of partly cloudy. Kandy McKmght, city manager, presented the bid made by StakerParsons Company, for $2,011,738.20, for construction of the airport pending the FAAs summary of the amount. McKnight then explained how the airport project bidding works. He said that the citys engineer makes an estimate of the cost of the construction and the FAA gives some guidance on how much money they can put into the project this year. Then the city bids on the right amount of work for the money the FAA has. Then once the city receives the bids, they send all that work into the FAA, and they decide if they have the funds to cover the proposed work as bid, cut out some elements to get within the set aside money, See Airport on page 3 10,000 acre.feai of Utah Lake Water Rights is promised to Juab County in the public hearing stage, when completed, will deliver a total of 101,900 acre feet to the Wasatch By Myrna Trauntvein Times-New- s A Correspondent resolution passed by the Central Utah Water Conservancy District promises to reserve 10.000 acre feet of Utah Lake Water Rights for Juab County. t An of water is about 326.000 gallons, enough to supply an average family for one year. acre-foo- For comparisons sake, the Utah Lake System, a project now Front. Juab County was originally set to receive water from the CUP project. Now however, the Utah Lake System, when complete, will deliver water from Strawberry Reservoir once destined for eastern Juab County to Salt Lake County for municipal use there and for outdoor w atering in south Utah County. "We commissioners have been working for several years to receive water for our county, said Win. Boyd Howarth, commission chair. Juab County has been a supporter of the project since its inception. In fact, he gave testimony before a congressional committee to step in the right direction. The reserved 10,000 acre feet of water set aside by the resolution, was earmarked to go to the East Juab Water Conservancy District. The document was actually signed by Don A Christiansen, secretary for the Central Utah Therefore, all commissioners agreed that the resolution is a See Water on page 3 that effect. Juabs Sterling Scholars do well at competition The 32nd Annual Sterling Scholar Awards Ceremony was held March 30 at Juab High School. The event is sponsored by the Deseret News and KSL. Master of Ceremonies was Robert Walz. The Prelude was presented by the Juab High School Chorus under the direction of Lorraine Wallace and accompanied by Melodi Turley and Aubrey Nielson. Outstanding students, from 14 Central Utah high schools, are selected to compete in 14 categories. Students are judged in over-al- l scholastic achievement, ACT scores, extracurricular activities, community involvement, service, personal achievement, and category excellence. High Schools participating in the Central Utah Region competition are: Delta, Juab, Manti, Millard, North Sevier, Richfield, South Sevier, Wayne, Gunnison Valley, Piute, North Sanpete, EskDale, Cedar Ridge, and West Desert. Juab had students entered in each of the 14 categories and came away with 3 winners and 4 runners-up- . Placing in each category were as follows: Visual Arts: Randell Steadman, winner, Manti; Chetney Lounsbury, Juab; Makell Jackson, Wayne. Trade and Technical Education: Magon Jones, winner, Wayne; Erin Peterson, Juab; Janel Robins, North Sevier. .Business and Marketing Education: Kody Nilsson, winner, South Sevier; Brenna Smith, Delta; Sarah Dettinger, Manti. Family and Consumer Sciences: Mariah Thompson, winner, Millard; Aubrey Nielson, Juab; Emily Cook, Richfield. Dance: Eryn Larsen, winner, Millard; Kalei Poulson, Richfield; Ashhe Spjut, South Sevier. Computer and Information Technology: Neal Sorensen, winner Manti; Jared Travis, Delta; Rodney Whatcott, Millard. Social Science: Taryn Christensen, winner, Juab; Carly Spence, Delta; JaRelle Mason, North Sevier. English and Literature: Dani- elle Griffiths, winner, Delta; Hah Nielsen, Juab; Jenny Smith, Manti. Foreign Language: Tracy Will-de- winner, Millard; Cynthia Williams, Manti; Kacey Chidester, Richfield. Mathematics: Heidi Richards, winner, Juab; W. Earl Greathouse, Delta; Lisa Busby, North Sanpete. Science: Amberlyn Peterson, winner, Delta; Jessica Jensen, Gunnison Valley; Spencer Harman, Manti; Speech and Drama: Lynley Peterson, winner, Juab; Sky Anderson, Manti; Bryce Allen, Piute. Music: Seidi Mei Inouye, win- ner, Gunnison Valley; Jennifer Chandler, Delta; Lorelei Whitaker, Millard. General Scholarship: Lacie Jo Lammert, winner, Manti; Andrew Dutson, Delta; David Ogden, p p p p p Ii I STERLING SCHOLAR WINNERS Juab High School walked away with three winners and four runners-uat the Sterling Scholar awards ceremony held March 30. They are from left to right, back: Hali Nielsen, runner-uin Family and Consumer Science; Lynley Peterson, winner in Speech and in English; Aubrey Nielson, runner-uSocial in winner Science; and Heidi Richards, winner in Mathematics. Front row: Drama; Taryn Christensen, in Trade in Visual Arts; Lorraine Wallace, advisor; and Erin Peterson, runner-uChetney Lounsbury; runner-uPhoto by Rebecca Dopp. and Technical Education. 1 $ f fH v iI t t lifs Hi A iiJi; ' 7 |