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Show U - I-- " f : t I -. C . r- ,v ' BIG WINNER: Gerrie Hawkins carries her sleepy granddaughter grand-daughter as she receives an envelope containing $125.00 from Santa and Mrs. Claus, the grand prize in the Milford Business Association drawing last Saturday. Also pictured are Joan Long and Association President, Wayne Wiseman. A crowd of several hundred were on hand for the drawing, which featured nearly $1,000 in cash and merchandise prizes. Top idol stoiroes Picking the top ten stories for 1978 was no easy task this year. Part of the reason was that many of the big stories were anti -climax or followup from last years big stories. Top stories covered both sides of the ledger, and often of-ten were dragged out over several weeks or months, making them seem less than sensational as available information in-formation spread the stories side trips, will be resolved January 9th, when a recreational bond issue will be placed before Milford voters. The proposal, which offers Milford City five completed holes, clubhouse, all equipment, equip-ment, improvements and sprinkling system, plus the water right and nearly 100 acres of land on the perimeter peri-meter of the city limits for an indebtedness of approximately approxi-mately $55,000. The property prop-erty has been appraised at $150,000 to $250,000 by Independent In-dependent appraisers. (Cont. on Page 2) over several weeks and several headlines, rather than one big story. Topping the list of all stories was the guilty plea and sentencing of former City Recorder Nadine Jones over the misuse of public funds in an amount exceeding exceed-ing $36,404 dollars. While Mrs. Jones was suspended sus-pended in 1977, and an audit conducted, few expected the guilty plea, and subsequent sentencing for up to five years in the state penitentiary. peni-tentiary. Mrs. Jones has spent most of the time in a halfway house, and , is reported due for parole in June, after serving one year. An out-of-court settlement was reached for part of the missing funds. Topping the brighter side of the ledger was the announcement an-nouncement by Phelps Dodge and Getty Oil Co. of a joint venture company, Pine Grove Associates, to explore the Pine Grove Molybdenum discovery. The joint venture company has been conducting an extensive exploration program in phase one, and though information is skimpy, skim-py, it is generally felt that their findings are encouraging. en-couraging. Dog control became a hot issue, when Milford City passed a strong leash law. Several hundred angry citizens citi-zens confronted the Mayor and City Council, requesting a modified law, or strict enforcement of the present law. The leash law was placed in moratorium and no new law has yet been passed. Wilderness, RARE n and other bureaucratic regulations regu-lations became top news not only in Beaver County, but throughout the west, as miners, ranchers and all public land users were threatened with economic hardship, if not outright extinction. ex-tinction. Local and national groups were formed to combat the bureaucratic regulations, and though the temper has quieted in recent months, it may well reach a feverish pitch in 1979, as regulations continue to restrict use of public lands, and regulatory agencies begin to use more and more force in enforcement enforce-ment of these regulations. The most severe drought in many years was broken shortly into 1978, with the result that farmers and ranchers were saved from the drastic consequences, with a good snow pack and spring rains. However, the reprieve may be short lived as inflation, in-flation, particularly energy costs, threaten the economy in all facets of life. The severity of the early winter, coupled with ever increasing increas-ing power costs, hefty raises in gas, food and services, present a disheartening future to business and consumer con-sumer alike. A proposed 90 increase in pumping power costs if instituted could prove disasterous to irrigated farms. Passage of Proposition 13 in California spurred tax limitation proposals across the country. Utah is no exception, ex-ception, with at least four proposals to go before the legislature in January. Some form of tax limitation seems Inevitable at this writing, and local and state budgets for the most part carry a 10 surplus for the next fiscal year in anticipation of healthy cuts in the next taxing tax-ing period. An offer by the Milford Golf Association to sell the Milford Golf Course to Milford City, after several , t i ( I . i si ' I -, . t ' 1 ' ' ' . v ' 4' '. - i : ! , , - . v 1 1. 1 1 v- " t 1 t V ft 1 - lr -"z ' " VI j ' 1 .y v FIRST PRIZE; These decorations by Fred Christensen, took first placTln the residential Christmas lighting contest sponsored by the Lady Lions. county-wide Interest, as schools face losses in revenue, and a curtailment in activities. Alunite and geothermal development, long near the top of the news, dropped to number ten this year, as the alunite environmental impact statement got lost on Secretary of the Interior Andrus' desk and raised objections ob-jections from EPA's clean air standards. As the economic eco-nomic situation took a downturn, down-turn, It was finally shelved. All eyes focused on Phillips , Petroleum's test of Roosevelt Springs geothermal geo-thermal reservoir, and testing test-ing of a one -m e gawatt hydro -thermal well-head power plant. Local spirits perked when two 55 me gawatt power plants were proposed to go on line by 1982. However, with the halt In testing, and failure to achieve final agreement on construction of either power plant, drilling all but ended, and further development awaits resumption of reservoir reser-voir tests sometime next year. Beaver County entered 1978 on the wings of economic eco-nomic development that promised to surpass even the most optimistic dreams, but as 1978 fades Into the sunset, most of those dreams are still down the road, still holding promises for the future promises that sometimes seem a long way from fulfillment. HERE'S MORE ABOUT TOP TEN Sports, always a top attraction at-traction in Beaver County,-, slid out of the limelight when the Tigers lost the first game of the state tourney, and had to scramble for 5th place consolation. And the Beavers, perennial favorites for the Class A State Football Championship, and were the odds on favorites again in 1978, lost to South Summit in the semi-finals. Loss of school enrollment in the high schools also became be-came an issue which aroused |