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Show Utah Preso Association 467 East 300 South Satt Lake Cit7, Utah 8UlX Deadlines: FRIDAY, February 10, 1984 News: Thursday 10:00 A.M. Vernal, Utah 84078 Advertising: Thursday 2:00 P.M. 92st Year No. 12 Phone 789-351 1 12 Pages 25c Single copy for new Ifofigjlh By Steven Wallls Express News Editor School Board members and architects ar-chitects were "very pleased" with Thursday's bid opening on the construction con-struction of a new high school and westside auditorium, but exact figures and low bids are still being determined. "There is no question that you can financially build it," said Merle Ram-bo, Ram-bo, architecture consultant, Dana Larson Lar-son Roubal. The cost of constructing the buildings was over what the architect projected, but that difference was made up by lower cost of equipment. Nearly 100 contractors bid some portion por-tion of the project, but only five contractors con-tractors submitted bids for the general contract. Horn Construction submitted the lowest general base bid at $7.89 million. Browne Construction submitted submit-ted the low base bid on the mechanical portion of the building, $2.6 million; and A&E submitted the lowest base bid on the electrical portion of the high school at $960,000. Because there were 15 alternative bids which will add to the base .bid, the actual low bidder will vary depending on which of the alternatives the school board settles on. Horn Construction is still the apparent ap-parent low bidder if all the bids are approved, ap-proved, but should some alternatives w: , . :, : : tv" ' ' ' ' - I 1 " - - - J - " .... ..' LAMMmmi..-r- mm I LUCIANO MAMMIO pitches hay out to the eagerly eager-ly awaiting sheep. The sheep in this herd of approximately ap-proximately 800 are fed corn once a day and hay INSIDE 'Our Town' Play will be back Wednesday See Page 5 be left out, the low bid for the school could be another firm. Only one contractor, Zwick Construction, Con-struction, bid the high school in the traditional fashion one base bid for electrical, mechanical and general combined. This bid are nearly $860,000 over the total of the separate bids on the electrical, mechanical and general by different contractors so the architects ar-chitects speculate that they saved about seven percent of the cost of the project by bidding portions of the high school separately. Total cost of the three low base bids on the high school is about $11.5 million. The architect projected the base bids to be about $10.8 million. Total low bids on the project including the alternatives alter-natives is estimated at about $14 million. Although there were only five who bid on the general contract, on the electric and mechanical there were a lot more bids. On the West Junior High auditorium, the apparent low bidder was Abco at $924,439 for the general contract, J&S on the mechanical at $232,000 and Rocky Mountain Electric on the electrical elec-trical at $125,200. "The tough part now is to sort them all out," Rambo said. There were some bids on products which were unequal and will take some time to evaluate. . f ? twice a day. Herd owner Lynn Siddoway is using a team this year for feeding because of the harsh winter. - tr fi J W ii ! school "We will begin awarding the con- tracts for construction of the facilities before the end of the month and actual construction will begin as soon as the weather will permit," Superintendent Phil Ellis said. The board will meet with their architects ar-chitects next Thursday to hear their evaluation of the bids and possibly make awards. Architecture consultant Randy Green, Dana, Larson, Roubal said his only worry was that the state fire mar-shall mar-shall hadn't officially approved the plans for the building. He expects some minor changes to comply with the state fire marshall's requirements, but nothing substantial. Water Connection In other business, the school board agreed to pay the Maeser Water and Sewer Improvement District $25,000 for a water connection to the new high school. The board had requested connection con-nection costs from both the Maeser and Ashley Valley Water and Sewer Improvement districts, but decided to connect to the Maeser system because it could provide better service. The Ashley Valley Water and Sewer District connection fee for the new high school was $50,000. 2T I i. . Former champs Rare wrestling feat achieved by four former Utes -- m ' rill Bf in ii ii ii mii inn mm i in niiiniMiiiiiniiinm i nil m mi 1 1 n i" i I' i ilf rf i ' i' r fl ,1i'rri ilrTn 'Tiim SCHOOL ARCHITECTS Merle Rambo and Ran- tion bids were a little high, but equipment came dy Green open bids for the construction of a new in below projected bids. Don Mohlman and high school and westside auditorium. Construe- Richard Tolley, district clerk, record the bids. Parks and recreation board established A joint resolution between the Vernal Ver-nal city Council and the Uintah County Coun-ty Commissioners has established a Parks and Recreation Advisory Board. The resolution was passed unanimously by the city council, with one member absent, and commissioners commis-sioners in a special meeting Wednesday Wednes-day at the Vernal City Office. ,Tne VernalUintah County Parks and Recreation Advisory Board will consist of nine members. Two of the members will be from the Vernal City Ci-ty Council, two from the Uintah County Coun-ty Commissioners, one from the school board and four at large members. Two of the at large members will be selected by the city council and two will be selected by the county commission. Members of the board will serve two year terms and members will only be Family sheep t radiiion geff ing harder to survive For over 100 years, the Siddoway family has passed on the tradition of raising sheep from father to son, but now market changes are making it harder on sheepmen to get by. The Siddoways began raising sheep with William H. Siddoway in 1882. William H. passed it on to Ralph and Ray who inturn passed it to their sons Jim and Lynn. William H. came to Vernal in 1879 and began raising sheep three years later. Before the government placed restrictions on where and how long sheep could be grazed, sheepmen were able to graze their herds wherever and for however long they wanted. In 1905, the Forest Service required sheepmen to have permits to graze their herds on Forest Service land. William H. received two of the first original permits on Grizzly Ridge and Green Draw, the Siddoway family still holds the original permits. During William H. Siddoway's time, sheep were worth about $5 a head. At one point in his career, William H. had over 9,000 head of sheep. At that time, wool was selling for 30 cents a pound and lambs were going for 10 cents a pound. "These prices were considered great," said Ralph Siddoway. "A man could do quite well for himself in the sheep business." f -l v eligible for three terms consecutively or otherwise. The purpose of the board will be to make recommendations about the parks and recreation programs and facilities to the city countil and county coun-ty commission. The board will also study parks and recreation operations and maintenance procedures. The board, however, will not be able to inflate in-flate action on any of their recommendations recommen-dations unless first approved by the city ci-ty council and county commission. In other business a the meeting, the members tabled a decision of what facilities would be included under the parks and recreation department. County Commissioner Neil Domgaard raised some questions about whether the cemetery should be under the department. He said he thinks there is an existing agreement between the county and city over the cemetery and Ralph took over the herd in 1934 and. prices on sheep had changed considerably con-siderably by the 1940s. Sheep were worth between $30 and $40 a head. Wool was selling for approximately 46 cents a pound and lambs were 18 cents a pound. During World War II, the government govern-ment placed sanctions on the price of wool and the market price could not exceed 46 cents a pound. The main reason for the government sanctions was because the wool was used to manufacture armed services' uniforms. After the sanctions were lifted, prices slowly increased to 50 cents a pound for wool and lambs increased to 35 cents a pound. One of the main problems that have always plagued the sheepmen is the predator. The greatest enemy of the sheepmen is the coyote. In the 30s and 40s, sheepmen had a great deal of help in disposing of predators through the use of trappers and poisons. "Poison was a last resort because invariably the sheep dog would also be killed when poison was laid out," Ralph said. Between 1935 and 1938 there were approximately 10 trappers in Duchesne and Uintah counties who trapped and killed predators not only Valentine's Day Tradition still strong in U.S. See Page 4 agreed to look into the matter. Bob Nicholson, citycounty planner, along with city manager, Ken Bassett, gave a report on their meeting with Skip Anderson of the Department of Transportation (DOT) 6th District. They had spoken to Anderson about the proposed widening of Highway 40. The Legislature in the recent budget session allocated approximately $5.9 million in mineral lease money to be used on transportation projects. The proposed Highway 40 project will cost about $3 million. Nicholson recommended recom-mended that the city council and county coun-ty commission show their suport for the project to the DOT on or before the meeting in March. Bassett gave an update on the status of a semaphore for Vernal Avenue and First North. The DOT made a survey and determined there was not sufficient suffi-cient need for a stoplight at the intersection. in-tersection. The DOT said they would conduct another study if requested after the new courthouse is constructed. Also discussed at the meeting was the problem of the flooding at Fifth East and Ashley Creek. The county plans to build a culvert at the site after spring flooding has occurred. for the sheepmen, but also other livestock owners. Between October 1935 and October 1936 trappers captured 612 coyotes, 312 bobcats, two lion and two bear in Uintah Uin-tah and Duchesne counties. Between October 1936 and January 1938 trappers trap-pers captured 752 coyotes, 195 bobcats, 10 lion and one bear in the two counties. coun-ties. The figures pertain only to those trapped and doesn't account for the number that were poisoned. Now only one man handles the predator problems in the county through the use of an airplane and helicopter. Restrictions that were placed on trapping have discouraged many people from participating in the business. Sheep raising is practically gone, at one time there were over 50 sheepmen right here in Vernal grazing their sheep on Diamond Mountain and the Ashley Forest and now there are only about five," Ralph said. Records of the Stock Association Assessments indicate that in 1939 and 1940 there were over 70,000 sheep being be-ing grazed on Ashley Valley Forest land. Currently there is approximately 11,000 sheep being grazed on those lands. The 11,000 figure only reflects the sheep being grazed on the public lands and not those on private Continued on page 2 r; - i See Page 8 m fKKKKWWM'-W" AVsVAVAW.' |