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Show 4 Vernal Express Wednstdoy, September 21, 1983 Foiling (deadline for ronunicopcol elections Sept. 27 The deadline for both Vernal City and Naples City municipal elections is Sept. 27, but few people seem anxious to declare their candidacy. The mayor and all city council positions posi-tions are up for election in Naples this year, since the only other election ever held in Naples was when the city was formed. State statute calls for all elected positions in new cities to come up for election in the first general election elec-tion year. For Naples City, that is this year. After this election the newly elected mayor and two of the council people will hold four year positions, while the other three council people will hold only on-ly two year positions. The length of each term will be determined by random ran-dom selection. After this election all council people will be elected to four-year four-year terms on a two-year staggered basis. With the deadline for candidacy registration only five days away, only two Naples City elected officials, Donna Don-na Merrell and Rolene Smith have committed themselves to run for reelection, re-election, although most of the others say they are undecided. There have been several other people file as candidates can-didates for the election. Three city council positions are up for re-election in Vernal. Terms for Greg Hawkins, Karl Migliori and Jack Seitz will expire this year. Hawkins and Migliori have said they will not seek re-election, and Seitz has said he is yet undecided. According to Vernal City Recorder Peggy Kapauni, there has yet to be anyone pick up a nomination nomina-tion form from the city office. She said if no one files for the positions, the old members will remain in office, unless they resign. Mrs. Kapanui said there is also the possibility of write-in votes where someone would be elected, although it is too early to make those considerations, because there is still lots of time for people to file for the election. ' ft New high school Alternative bidding could save on cost KURT SULSER was chosen as employee of the month at the Sheraton Inn for his attitude, willingness and devotion in his job as a bellman. Stan Seibert, general manager, left, makes the presentation. When the Uintah School District lets bids for the new high school, the way they tailor those bids could save the district up to $400,000. Merle Rambo, architect for Dana Larson Roubal explained: Usually when a public entity bids a building they award it to a general contractor who then rebids sections of the project to many subcontractors. An alternative bidding process would be for the school district to let the bid in small segments, and eliminate the general contractor. Board member Thomas Howells said the advantages to using the alternative alter-native bidding method would be a savings sav-ings of $400,000 and better chance for local contractors to work on the project. Disadvantages would be that it would be more hassle for the sc.iool board to administer, the architect's fee would increase $151,000 and the district would have to hire someone to oversee the project. The district has already hired Dirk Harris as construction construc-tion inspector for the project. Because of Harris' experience in the building field, the architects suggested that he could be used to coordinate the construction con-struction of the building. "The district has got me, they might as well use me," Harris said. The school board favored bidding the over $10 million new high school using the alternative bid method and also bidding it to one general contractor, contrac-tor, but no action was taken at Thursday's Thurs-day's meeting. The board will have a decision by their next meeting Oct. 6. At Thursday's meeting, the board awarded the bid for site preparation of the new high school to low bidder H. K. Construction. The Idaho Falls, Idaho contractor bid the site preparation prepara-tion at $924,400. Two change orders may lower the initial cost of the site preparation if fill can be obtained from a BLM gravel pit that was used in the construction of Steinaker Dam. The contractor is required to move 90,000 cubic yards of fill and dirt in preparing prepar-ing the site. To get new officer Naples police renegotiate contracts House burns in county Naples City will soon be hiring another police officer, thanks to a recent re-cent grant from Deseret Generation and Transmission. DG&T donated $33,500 to the city as impact mitigation for employees passing through Naples going to and from work each day. Earlier this year there was a controversy con-troversy over the pay scale for Naples City Police officers as Naples ran out of money at the end of Jhe last fiscal year. Originally the city council told the officers they would no longer be paid overtime, and must be willing to accept compensation vacation time instead. in-stead. The officers hesitantly accepted that, but soon found the situation was unworkable. Since there are only three officers on the force they are forced to work extra ex-tra hours each week in order to get the job done. They are scheduled for 40 hours a week, but if anything comes up that they must respond to on their off-duty hours, that must be overtime. The three officers average between 60 and 70 overtime hours a month. This leaves no time for vacation time of any sort. The officers continued to work the hours, but had no time to use their compensation vacation. To overcome this problem, the police officers approached the city council with another plan. They would no longer work on a wage scale, but would go on salary at a rate slightly higher than their wage scale at 40 hours, but considerably lower than the wage scale including overtime pay. Under the system the officers proposed propos-ed they would continue to work the long hours, but would receive no overtime. over-time. The city council liked the plan, and the officers agreed they would live with the lower pay, in order to help the city, for one year or until a fourth of- ficer was hired, because that would substantially decrease the need for the overtime work. With the new officer to be hired in the near future, the officers approached approach-ed the city council Wednesday night to renegotiate the pay scale. Police Chief John Ledkins submitted two proposals to the council, one at a renegotiated salary and the other to return to the original situation of wages with time and a half for overtime. After discussion which included both of Chief Ledkins' proposals, plus the possibility of leaving the salary schedule as it is right now, it was determined they would return to the old pay scale of wages plus overtime. Those wages, computed on a 40 hour work week, amount to $1,621 to $2,118 for the various officers. The new officer of-ficer will be hired on the same situation, situa-tion, at a rate slightly lower than the other officers. Chief Ledkins said the exact wage will depend on whether the officer they hire is already a certified officer and how much experience he has had. Ledkins said they have not come to a conclusion who the new officer will be. They will be testing later this month and they hope to have the officer of-ficer aboard by the first part of October. Oc-tober. So far there have been 62 applications ap-plications for the position. Funding necessary to develop energy-related technology Optimism was the feeling expressed express-ed toward coal mining and oil shale development at a state energy conference con-ference last Friday. The seventh Annual Conference on Utah Resources for the Future met at the University of Utah to discuss problems pro-blems Utah's energy industry will face in the future. It was agreed the main hurdles to energy growth are Inadequate Inade-quate federal funds for research, federal control of energy lands and a a lack of economical transportation systems to move Utah's energy resources to market. U. S. Representative Howard Nlelson said he Is very optimistic, even though there is a real lull In the energy Industry right now. He said it Is just a matter of time before Utah's coal Industry In-dustry booms again. He also said he Is optimistic about one of three otl shale mines In the Uintah Basin receiving economic assistance from the Synthetic Fuels Corporation, Ntelson said production of oil shale could begin within two years, Keynote speaker for the confer core was Milton E, Wadsworth. dean of the University of Utah's College of Mine and Mineral Industries, He said if we expect to develop new energy sources by the lime we nerd them, far more funding wtll be necessary, Ihiring the last decade the IVpartment of Energy has given the university 11 5 million lof energy end energy related raearth. Wadsworth said lhal JuM isn't enough That Mai amount of money would buy one M I field ready lank, "Not to belittle defence," Wadsworth said, ' but energy sell suffirlewy Is equally as vital lo the ha I tort's security" t. Genre R Hill, t'niversily of ITah professor of fuels engineering and farmer dim of the U 8 Wire wf Coal Research atoo addrewd Ibe confemwe He tod the group lhal in duMry aVme csnm bear the Viws involved in-volved in buiWing first time plants la prwfur ne form of energy. Thai in dustry muM have fmanc ial aance. The monmlT morbidity summary published fey the Hah iMaie trf1 men! r I With on rWf rtnNe dFet t Awgus M tTrrfah Cm if with noe tae nf hepatitis A f tsnepecifjed. tjh,e rwy is H taef hepatitis A ad wvfstiHH' and sf? t r tlaTma Wadsworth said the present is the time to develop new technology, so it can be on line when easily tapped sources of cude oil begins to run out. He said the recent world oil glut and resulting drop in gasoline prices has lulled the nation into a period of complacency. com-placency. Oil companies have cut back exploration, and that could be disasterous. He said the nation's demand de-mand for energy will increase 40 to B0 percent by the year 2000. Wadsworth called for major funding of basic energy-related research, fie said if we don't get that money we will miss out on opportunities for innovation. innova-tion. That could eventually undermine our society, Wadsworth said. If we are to avoid that, we must bring new energy sources to the marketplace, and that will require technologies that have not yet been invented. Freedom of the press is not an isolated freedom lly Brian Hummers Freedom of the press? Most Americans hold it next to motherhood and apple pie. Free enterprise? Many of these same people are working hard to abolish it But can they have II both ways' Can freedom of the press I preserved hile economic freedom to being destroyed? Before the last businessman is burned at the stake. M us give the matter some thought. A good place lo brgw i wilh Ibe tjuesinm of properly. Who to to own the printing prres, the buildings lhat house the prees and the land on hich the buildings ar situated? If private ownership to abolished, then the) must be tmtwd by the stale Human nature bring hal it to, il to doubtful if government presses in gmetnmenl buildings on government tandpuM print rpy lhat displeases Ibe gmewmenf Is il any wwodW then lhat Soviet publications like Fravda are little more than slate propaganda sheets'' teo if a S"cialisl government granted pyMjchet? Ibe est hssive tight In etj prtipeTtr. into wwM be no mean ensure their itwVpeuffccrwe Whe are Ibe pushers to tet their irppi ? Who to la mamrfiHiwre ad riiintae Ihe rFpnrftL ink. spare pjsri? grxf thet psrapbeftviHa fwedw! J kensp the fwvf flmutg, A pJ4iber hmenul he Third Vf have fd. gwetnrnetst crH 4 h ai t an be an efletlhf Jp"t ga'"M d; And hf Ibe pbet t e4 b tvi-pnue' ff be nrtl a! to f"1 himvlf hrfwl'Jpn In tN . b mrf bud be chfe N fwwfwtsw. ts cpJis1 tmffirim the f- msin swart r sale and 4rtt'g t fad. rT fr The Uintah County Fire Department responded to a house fire at about 3400 South and 1500 East early Sunday morning. The fire was reported to the Uintah County Sheriff's Office at 6:45 a.m. and Ken Konrad responded to the Kent McCurdy residence. The report of the incident said McCurdy and a companion were in the front room of the house when they smelled smoke. They left the house, but a neighbor had already called the fire department. The fire department was able to contain con-tain the blaze to one section of the house, but there was extensive fire damage to one bedroom, and also ex- (nnrina cmnb-Ck Homocfo f A mimh nf fVlo UUlUUgV V, remainder of the house. The case has been turned over to the State Fire Marshal's Office for investigation. NEWS ITEMS call the Vernal Express 789-3511 Give Our Kids A Break publications esisl entirely on their advertising revenues, Without privately private-ly financed advertising, many Independent In-dependent voices would be stilled. In socialist countries there is little need for advertising because there is hule or no competition, The government govern-ment manufactures the only product offered on the market, aside from hatever imports it may permit Be ing an effective monopnltoi, the stale has liille reaon to advertise, And if the government does buy advertising spare, pibliherti are well a are of where ibe money to coming from. 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