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Show 63-83007. 00 Utah Press Assoc. 467 East 300 South Salt Lake City, UT 84111 Volume 56 Number 1 Wednesday, January 8, 1986 PRICE TWENTY-FIVE CENTS Charges Mount Pharmacist Arraigned In 8th w V X - ..... 4 : Suspect Mont Jensen of Mona covers face as he exits Eighth District Circuit Court in Orem following arraignment on charges Monday afternoon. Orem City narcotics officer Pete Hansen, front foreground, and Nephi Police Chief Wayne Hoaldridge look on. Utah Foundation Reports: Indebtedness Is Growing Utah's growing state debt is requiring a substantial outlay each year to meet debt service charges, and these charges are taking an increasing share of available state revenues. This was reported by Utah Foundation, the private research organization in their latest analysis of state debt in Utah. The study indicates that during the 1950s and early 1960s, Utah was virtually free of any long-term general debt. Since 1965, general obligation bonds totaling nearly $506 million have been issued, of which $218 million still were outstanding on October 31, 1985. The 1985 Utah Legislature appropriated $51.5 million for debt service charges on the general obligation bonds plus $6.3 million to meet annual payments on certificates of participation for teh 1985-86 fiscal year. Although general debt in the state has risen substantially during recent years, the Foundation study observes that Utah still is not as heavily indebted as many of the other states in the nation. At the close of the 1983-84 fiscal year, Utah's general debt was equal to $165 per capita, or about 11.7 of the total annual general revenue. This compares with an average debt of $243 per capita, or 17.3 of total state revenue for the nation as a whole. Despite the national trend of greater state indebtedness, most of the Mountain States have avoided debt. Of the eight states with absolutely no general debt at the end of fiscal 1984, three were Mountain States (Arizona, Colorado, and Wyoming). In addition, two other Mountain States (Idaho and New Chamber Will Present "Total Citizen" Award At Annual Leadership Dr. Ronald G. Hansen has been named the ProvoOrem Chamber of Commerce's "Total Citizen." This prestigeous award will be presented to Dr. Hansen January 10th at the Utah State Chamber of Commerce Association Leadership Seminar and Annual Meeting. Dr. Hansen, president of Eyring Research Institute, has had numerous accomplishments in a research and management career, spanning research aerospace medical research, university academic research and development, and private industry high technology research and development. In addition to his innovative, pioneering career, Dr. Hansen has served in various leadership positions in our community and with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Latter-day Saints. Dr. Hansen, along with Eyring Research, has been the recipient of several community service awards, including two certificates of recognition from the Provo Chamber of Commerce, the -4 .J Mexico) were nearly free of general debt at the end of the 1983-84 fiscal year. In addition to the general obligation debt, various departments, agencies, and institutions in Utah have issued more than $1 billion in revenue bonds. Most of these revenue bonds were issued by the Utah Housing Finance Agency to provide capital for low and moderate-income housing. Revenue bonds are backed only by designated revenue sources and are not a general obligation of the state. Foundation analysts point out that certificates of participation are another form of debt created by the state. Funds derived from the sale of certificates of participation are used to acquire property which is leased to the state under a lease-purchase agreement. While certificates of participation technically are not classified as bonded debt, they nevertheless represent an obligation that eventually must be repaid from future revenues of the state. According to the Foundation report, three issues of certificates of participation totaling $67 million were sold by the State Department of Administration in 1984. Last year, the legislature expressed concern about the growing use of lease-purchased agreements and the issuance of certificates of participation and took action to assume control over these -devices. Although the 1985 Utah Legislature did not authorize any new long-term debt, it did provide for some short-term obligations (which will be retired at the end of the current 1985-86 fiscal year) to finance new prison construction. DR. RONALD G. HANSEN "Outstanding Business Award," America's Freedom Festival Outstanding Business Award and several awards for participation in theUnitedWay. Dist. Court Charges are piling up against a former part-time Orem pharmacist and owner of J-Mart pharmacy of Nephi, the scene of a Christmas morning bombing which heavily damaged the shop and brought US Treasury Department agents from the bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms to assist in the investigation. Mont Kay Jensen, 41, of Mona, not only has been charged with aggravated arson in the incident, he was arraigned in Eighth District Circuit Court in Orem Monday afternoon on two counts of prescription forgery and two counts of unlawful distribution of a controlled substance. Immediately following his release from the court, the suspect remained in custody and again was arrested, this time on charges of State Medicate fraud. Pete Hansen, Orem City Narcotics Division, said Jensen was handcuffed and hustled back to Nephi for arraignment on that charge. He was accompanied by Nephi . Police Chief Wayne Hoaldridge and other Nephi City officers. Earlier Jensen had posted a $20,000 bond on the arson charge, the highest mandated, and was released from the Juab County Jail last Friday. Chief Hoaldridge said further bail would not be set for the Medicaid charge. Preliminary hearing will be set within 30 days. An Orem man also has been arrested in connection with the bombing incident and charged with aggravated arson, placement of an infernal machine and burglary (a third degree felony). Kenneth L. Lahman, 34, also known as John Kenneth Ashbridge or Kenneth Shocker, was arrested Friday in Orem and is being held in Juab County Jail on a $20,000 property bond. Cooperative investigation by US authorities and Nephi police led to " the discovery of the remains of a crude explosive device which had been placed on or in a butane furnace in the pharmacy. Police at first thought the furnace had exploded. Samples of the evidence were sent to the ATF crime labs in Treasure Island, California. According to the Nephi police chief, the case was broken by Orem Sgt. Fran Fillmore with information from an informant which led to the arrests. Damage to the bombed pharmacy is estimated at up to $200,000 but insurance agents place the damage much lower. The building is ruined, however, and pharmacist Jensen was in the process of moving into a new building across town when police authorities arrested him Friday. The building is owned by Thalia Mickelson. Driver Credited The quick action of an Orem driver is credited with saving the life of a 16-year-old youth who had fallen from his bike on icy roads last week. Jason Peterson was struck by a car after he had fallen, and he and his bike were pushed about 10 feet, causing him to break a leg. The driver had been unable to stop. Another driver, Richard Littlefield of Orem, witnessed the scene and parked his car to shield the youth from further oncoming traffic until could be removed. The Littlefield car then was struck by another vehicle which almost certainly would have plowed into the young man on the road. The incident occurred near 400 Westand248South. KnowAGoodStory? The Orem-Geneva Times and its readers are interested in people and events involving local residents. If you know someone that would ., make an interesting profile feature, please let us know. We're interested in hearing about unusual, humorous inspiring or noteworthy events as well. Give us a call at 225-1340. Hours are 8-5 weekdays. If the office is closed, please call 225-2717. Deadline for news articles is Monday at noon unless holidays interfere. New Story Times New storytime hours are announced at the Orem Public Library. Storytime for pre-school children will be held every Tuesday and Wednesday mornings at 10:30 a.m. downstairs at the Library. No pre-registration is required. Everyone is welcome. For further information call 224- 7161 1: giWuW, iteJiMM ilW' New Mayor S. Blaine Willes takes oath of office in ceremonies Monday. Administering Administer-ing oath is Phil Goodrich, Administrative Services Director. New Mayor, 3 Council embers Take Office A new mayor and three new council coun-cil members were sworn in Monday during noontime ceremonies held in the Council Chambers at Orem City Center. Phil Goodrich, director of administrative ad-ministrative services, delivered the oath of office to new Orem Mayor S. Blaine Willes and council members H. Keith Hunt, Joyce Johnson and Paul V. Washburn. Families and friends of the newly new-ly elected filled the Council Chambers as the new mayor spoke followed by eachof the new council members. Outgoing Mayor DeLance W. Squires expressed his appreciation to the council and to Orem City staff for their service during his term in office.. "We have a strong and dedicated city ci-ty council," he said, "and a strong city ci-ty staff." It was a poignant occasion Timp Research Park Sale Negotiations Nearly Complete Sale of the Timpanogos Research and Technology Park failed to be the highlight of 1985 when the closing did not take place before the end of the year as planned. However it appears certain to be a bright beginning for 1986. City officials, representatives of First Security Bank and the buyers of the property, Utah Timpanogos Corp., planned to meet again Tuesday to review financing arrangements for the park. "There hasn't been a glitch (in the financing)" says Ralston Hogge, Orem, president of UTIMPCO, "There's just some virgin ground that we're dealing with. It take time to work out an agreement like this." Two weeks ago the City Council approved the sale of the park to UTIMPCO, a development organized expressly to purchase and develop the park. Negotiations went smoothly until un-til the delay for further financial study. "The bottom line is they (First Security) want the loan guaranteed by the (Orem) Development Agency," Agen-cy," said City Manager Daryl Berlin. If financing can be worked out the closing probably will take place around mid-January. If financing cannot be worked out with UTIMPCO, "We'll just have to "V, Just hours old and already a winner! Allison Taylor, 9 lb. 4 oz. daughter of Dalian and Lisa Taylor, Provo, was winner of the 1986 New Year baby contest sponsored by Orem Community Hospital and Orem-Geneva Times. Two sisters and a brother thrilled with the new arrival are Jillane, 4; Cammie, 3; and Andrew, 2. Dad Taylor is a student at B YU majoring in computer science after leaving employment in Washington to return to school in a new field. The harvest of gifts offered by local merchants will be mighty welcome. Lisa said this has been her quickest recovery from childbirth, but then it had to be. i f i s . J . ; If A ! M I ) v i as he expressed his pleasure for having hav-ing served. Mayor Willes paid tribute to Squire and to the outgoing members of the council, H. Earl Farnworth and Glen "Zeke" Zimmerman. He said that while members have individual tastes and interests "the office molds you to moderation... and gives you a kind of stable responsibility." He said "We serve because we want to make life for you just a little bit better. The challenges are greater than ever," he said, "never before have we had such responsibilities facing us... the council coun-cil will face some tough choices." Willes also paid tribute to the City Ci-ty staff and City Manager Daryl Berlin recently was honored by the League of Cities and Towns as an outstanding public servant. go with someone else," says Jim Ren-zas, Ren-zas, executive director of Commission for Economic Development in Orem (CEDO), marketing agent for the park. Renzas says Orem City can't afford af-ford to wait and has other people "just as qualified" as UTIMPCO in line for the purchase. Orem City also has the option to develop the park itself in cooperation with CEDO, or entering a joint venture with another developer. Orem City purchased the 113 acre fruit orchard a year ago from the Manager Needed For Family City USA The search is on for a managing director for the second annual Family Fami-ly City USA, says SCERA Corp presidnet Norman Nielsen. Nielsen also said it's time to find volunteers to help make Family City USA even better than it was last year. Manager of the summer celebration celebra-tion will receive a small wage, says Nielsen, and will require "three to four hours a day between now and the first of July. After that, it will require more time." Dates for Family City USA is set for July 20-24. 1 P n The second woman ever to serve on Orem City Council, Joyce Johnson is remembered as logging the greatest number of votes in the last election. She said, "I am grateful to those who voted me into office and feel the heavy responsibility. I want to be open to the views of those people peo-ple who elected me and I want to be willing to listen." Hunt commented that he picked Orem as a "special place to live" and promised to make "well-reasoned decisions and to do my homework." Washburn said he was grateful for the opportunity to help serve Orem City and paid tribute "to those who served before me." He promised promis-ed to serve in diligence to his office. Folliwng the ceremony the participants par-ticipants and friends were honored with a light buffet. Gillman family for $23,000 an acre. The City already has completed in-f in-f rustructure improvements in about 12 acres of the park using an $840,000 Economic Development Association grant and funds from a federal community-development block grant. The sale is for $27,000 an acre, with $2.5 million expected at closing and another $5 million to be given in increments during the park's 10-year development, and 3 percent of annual gross lease revenues when the park is completed. Nielsen said duties of the manager will be to help select committees, com-mittees, to assign responsibilities, and to work with assistants in developing the celebration. "He (or she) needs to be willing to work well with people and to be able to organize committees and events, and to negotiate with sponsors of Family City Ci-ty USA," says Nielsen. He invites anyone interested in the manager's position or in accepting accep-ting volunteer assignments to contact him personally at the SCERA office. 1 X - i & 1 j'.J , ?i ' '-'- If 1 Si |