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Show Deadlines: Friday, December 6, 1985 News: Thursday 10:00 A.M. Vernal, Utah 84078 93rd Year No. 98 Advertising: Thursday 2:00 P.M. Phone 789-351- 1 10 Pages Water poult Single copy OK dnsliFD!! eDeettomis ffive mem imto Jensen and TridellLapoint water and sewer improvement districts boasted of one of the best voter turnouts, Wednesday, while voters in the Ashley Valley District made a poor showing. Voters in Jensen turned out in record numbers with one of the highest voter turnouts in the history of the district. The Jensen improvement district which had the largest slate of candidates vying for the two positions at- tracted 208 voters. Seven candidates made a bid for a spot on the district board. Harlan Scoot Wilkins was an overwhelming winner with 160 votes. B. Milo Snow also won a seat on the trustee board with 84 votes. Both incumbents running for election, A. DeMar Dudley and Lewis G. Vincent, were unseated in the Wednesday election. Ashley Valley Water and Sewer Improvement District had a poor showing with only 139 of the approx-imatle- y voters 2,000 registered in the Dennis election. ballots casting to the board and Mott was was also the highest vote getter of the four candidates. Mott received the total votes cast. 85 of Donald Smith closely followed Mott, winning a seat on the board with 84 votes. Smith is a newcomer to the district. Incumbent Robert to the Turner did not seek board. Approximately 31 percent of the registered voters in the TridellLapoint area cast ballots marking a higher voter turnout in a water and sewer improvement than in other similar elections. Unofficial results indicate that 148 ballots were cast. Both incumbents vying for election were elected to an additional six year term. Arthur McKee was the top vote getter with 98 votes. Clint Harrison received 89 votes. Although there were no candidates on the ballot in the Maeser Water and Sewer Improvement District, voters were given the opportunity to write in candidates to the board. No one filed to run for the two trustee positions on the Maeser board prior to the Nov. 19 deadline. The two candidates with the most voters were Clark Abegglen and Boyce Coombs. Abegglen received 107 votes and Coombs had 107. Each term of office in the districts will be for six years. Officials results of the election will be completed in the next few days. Unofficial Water District Election Results Jensen Ashley Valley NOT ONLY is history made as the first woman sits on the Vernal City Council, but perhaps newly sworn in Councilwoman Jan to come. of tells name things plaque King's Maeser TridellLapoint Councilwoman begins term, license debated the first woman ever to be sworn in as a Vernal City councilwoman. Mrs. King said that she was both ed before the actual business began. excited and nervous at her first At precisely 7 p.m. Jan King was regular meeting. She also attended a special meeting concerning snow removal on Vernal Main Street, Tuesday. For the first couple of meetings I think I will be a quiet observer, while I get broken in. I really thought the business Prior to forming the agency in 1983 license appeals were interesting, the Salt Lake City firm of A&P she said. Associates Planning and Research During the business portion of the conducted a survey of Naples to meeting, Joyce Robbins and Dan determine if the city could legally owners of Vernal beauty Hatch form the redevelopment agency. The to the recent inA&P firm helped members of the salons, objected license fees. business in their creases agency to develope a number of long and short range goals that will Several months ago, the Vernal Cirevitalize existing businesses and atto business ty Council revised the business tract new Naples City. license fee schedule in an effort to Some of their plans include street improvements, street lighting and make the fees more equitable. sidewalk installation. The plan will Because of the changes, license fees be carried out over a five year for beauty salons went up from $40 to $95 and $200. period. The agency has agreed to conduct Continued on page 2 public hearings for the purpose of amending the general redevelopment plan. Residents will be able to offer their input on the best ways to improve the business district in Naples. The public hearings will be scheduled over the next couple of months and the plan will be formally adopted by Feb. 28, 1986. The real news at the Vernal City Council meeting Wednesday happen- to see and eye eye Naples County Uintah County Commissioners and ween the entities since 1983 and was settled. The final Naples City Officials have come to only recently was of the signed earlier this formation the stipulation terms over Commissioners Thomas week after by Agency Redevelopment Naples Wardell and Bryce Caldwell and by a two and a half year dispute. Naples Mayor Lawrence Kay. ComformShortly after the agency was missioner Neal Domgaard, however, ed in March of 1983, then county comremains opposed to the agency. Leo missioners Neal Domgaard, One of Domgaards major objecSnow and Byron Merrell challenged the formation of the agency on a tions to the agency is based on the number of issues. Two of the major way tax dollars will be allocated to reasons for the challenge were based the redevelopment agency. He said on whether or not the area slated for he objects to having tax money go to to redevelopment was a blighted area the agency that would normally go school district. and the tax of county and the question reallocating money to the agency that would norNaples officials have countered mally go to the county, school district Domgaards objection by saying the or other entities. revitalization plan proposed by the The case has been a sore spot bet redevelopment agency will benefit the entire community. Without the agency, Its like putbearting money into a its the with and account agency ing like adding interest for future said City economic development, Manager Craig Blunt. Domgaard also questions whether or not the area for redevelopment was blighted at the time the agency was formed. Under the terms of the final stipulation prepared by Randy Hudson, assistant county attorney, the county agrees not to challenge on the redevelopment agency whether or not the proposed area is blighted. Objections to the agency cannot be raised at a later date, even if there is a change in county com- missioners. As their concession to the county, Naples City has agreed to waive its right to seek any tax increment money for the years of 1983 and 1984. Mayor Kay said that the city agreed to the term in the stipulation with some reluctancy. The agency will receive their first increments for the tax year 1985. Because the agency was formed in 1983 state law would allow the agency to collect tax increments in 1983 and 1984. Using a formula prescribed by the state the agency will collect 100 percent of the available tax increments in the project area for the first year for approximately accounting $12,050. The percentage of tax dollars that are alloted to the agency will decrease annually. The proposed redevelopment area will include 100 acres. Most of the businesses are located along U.S. Highway 40. Work force to increase at Deserado Its official, Pennzoil buys Chevron field The $360 million sale of the Chevron U.S.A. Altamont-Bluebeproperties in Duchesne and Uintah counties became official Monday as the properties were signed over to Proven Properties Inc., an affiliate of the Pennzoil Co. The sale includes Chevrons interests in 330 wells, 161 of which Pennzoil plans to operate at a total production of 8,000 barrels per day. The sale of the oil field one of the largest producing fields in the United was to relieve a long-terStates debt of $13 billion Chevron incurred last year when it merged with Gulf ll Corp. PENNZOIL personnel raise flag at the former Chevron Field Offices for the oil field near Neola. Pennzoil employees are Kent Bastian, advanced lease operator; Dan Harrison, mechanic; Craig Goodrich, production Bluebell-Altamo- foreman; Lana McDonald, clerk; Terry Hadlock, production foreman; George Sanfilippo, district production manager of Denver; Duke Holmes, gas operator. The 35 employees with Chevron are transferring to Pennzoil or are being transferred to other employment with Chevron. Pennzoil is planning, in the near future, $35 million into the field to develop more wells on the land and increase production to 15,000 barrels per day, said Tom Powell, PPI spokesman. rN' Inside : I Dolls get QUEST students respect show fashions Local doll collector tells all. See page 4. Middle School presents Thankgsiving program. See Page 8. f- -f The Altamont-Bluebe- ll acquisition is Pennzoils only major Utah oil and gas investment. Chevron announced last May that it was soliciting bids on its Bluebell-Altamo- properties. Chevron, a worldwide oil company, with discovering the commercial value of the Bluebell field in 1968 when its Boren No. 1 well established oil production in the Green River formation. is attributed In 1970, Shell Oil Co. and its partners discovered oil in the Wasatch formation of the Altamont field with its Miles No. 1 well. About 49 percent of PPI is owned percent by Pennzoil and the other is owned by individuals. Through a lease management agreement, Pen51 nzoil will manage the property acquired from Chevron. is the largest in the The purchase history of PPI. Anticipating commercial production of power next month from the Deseret Generation and Transmission Cooperatives Bonanza Plant, expansion of the Deserado Mine workforce at the Deserado Mine near Rangely will expand three fold, reports Western Fuels-Utah- . The number of employees will be increased over the next several months to permit operation of the underground mine using three shifts per day, five days a week, said Fredrick D. Palmer, Western Fuels general manager. Palmer and mine manager Raja Upadhyay anticipate the workforce will be about 300 at the end of 1986. The mine has been operating with about 100 employees during the last two years. The new employees will work as miners, maintenance crews and surface workers. Deserets generation plans require clean coal production at the mine to increase to at least 850,000 tons in 1986. In 1984 production was 216,624 clean tons. By the end of October, 1985 clean coal production had reached about 125,000 tons. the mine is In designed to produce 1.35 million tons the amount of clean coal per years needed for the power plant to operate at its full 400 megawatt capacity. Continued on page 2 fc Al Vernal beats Roosevelt Panthers win game with Rough Riders. See page 7. |