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Show Wants 4 ee no nr arg i estat leo! j : ‘ tinder t tiny: <le tueteesmraie cision ig east cieecaiie2 tills abi apse kper ‘LARGEST READERSHIP IN WASATCH COUNTY! Fae Ss os SAN " oceessemsaa : : 5 Calling Future Ss See Se = ee Semen Se Li Se 3 SS . ~ Sosa a a ; Seema Seelatese, Saks r So . ; ger : : , = x < 5 th are] ‘ 1 pos 3 4 i 3 + ; i { : j : : - nae 5 Ss aieistee BS Set : poe “ . ‘ : y Utilitiesaay KIRSTEN SHAW COURIER STAFF PAULETTE TILLMAN EDUCATION EDITOR he athlete, aren: e _ UVSC Unsolved i t < _ Annexation Up tor Debate | - Bob Bills is Developing the : Games’ Next Athletes — is no ordinary : os \ Olympians| Be ob Bills Sas es : = * cess So = = Season Ree = cs" : oe : : : = q i _ | ee North Village develop- ment, slated to include busi- Being a former national skier. Sad driven athlete are not even his best qualities. Bob’s best qualities seem to be his love for giving athletics back to the next generation. A huge plus for the Heber Valley is the fact that Bob and his family live in Heber and in nesses, homes and a new Utah Valley State College (UVSC) campus, _ which has garnered attention for the proposed special service district, is at the center of debate. Again. od ne: Wasatch Wave recently report¢ ed Heber City is seriously considering annexing the district in response toa . statement by UVSC President Kerry Romesburg to Heber City Council. Romesburg told the Council the state’s © division of facility construction management and municipal services will not fund the college unless it operates - under a municipality, according to the addition to his statewide work with youth, he has also focused his efforts on training talented Heber kids as future Olympians. For some 20 years Bob has been involved in developing young athletes in numerous sports, and for 14 of — those years he has been the engine — nisinderstodd = dies “requirements. | Ss ~ “Nothing ‘we have in our rules or Beers said the state is not concerned regulations says whether a city or SSD. with whether an SSD or. municipality has. to’ provide |these services. The - operates the college, but the division’ main issue was let’s make sure we have - said UVSC construction or master planning cannot begin until utilities are. adequate sewer, water and other utilia : | available at the site. : UVSC continued on A5 “Chawealt For Charging Up Volatile Market Forces Heber Light & Powers’ Hand; Electric Bill Increase Will Be Permanent | that has driven the Olympics Youth _ Program _ Wasatch Planner Sharon Atkinson's vision of North Village, — least officially. Kent Beers, the state division’ S Capital budget manager, said Romesburg Wave. But this is not quite accurate, Bob Bills tig mandated by the governor cent increase in their elecee DEREK JENSEN COURIER STAFF BOB BILLS continued on A121 t’s not just those in the under an the epidemic of rising ener- enough to scare H. L. & P. gy costs plaguing the West. away from the open market. eG Instead, in August, the man- tae agement decided to switch their internal generation, a ne run by natural gas and diesel fuel, from a “standby” to “base load” system. The a go ' : - inversion, t Cole “temperatures and | an increase in demand has ~ led to soaring prices for nat- generation residents who are suddenly NEW COURIER WERSITE COMMIT SOON faced with rising heat expenses and now a 20 per-_ 3 move was intended to pro- x vide £3 some regularity in a _ ELECTRICITY continued on A5- has rate increase in 20 years. It’s a double dose for Wasatch a. to over $1 an hour for a kilo- | watt-hour,” Davis recalled. ing bills. In turn, the high of ; a “Back then, boy it was up - ural gas, which is causing a forced Heber Light & Power Co. to implement their first over Slinasingle day. = That volatility was season of rising costs. -_ widespread increase in heatcost | in this busi- been that are feeling the effects of wi instances from 15 cents to ness for 30 years and I’ve never seen it like this Salt Lake valley, choking what they were, but they haven't yet.” _ | ‘Those “things” refer to cal | bill. ‘Tve Heber Light & Powers’ system conversion has led to a 20 percent monthly i increase in residents’ bills. Last summer the dash said Brent Davis, watched as prices for kiloHeber Light & Power general manager. “We were hop- _watt-hours fluctuated. mad— moving in some — ing things would get back to _deningly before,” POSTAL PATRON Prone ue U.S. Postage Paid : | : | Pe b Ty Heber City, UT soeT Permit No. 32005 o eu 4 ff MARRIOTT LIBRARY, ‘7 295South 1500 East yi Salt Lake City, UT, 84112 od |