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Show 2 Vemfll bptttt Friday, Februory 24, 1984 Mobile home issue needs to be resolved A major portion of the planning process pro-cess is to perceive a possible future problem and develop a method to deal with the problem. In community planning plan-ning these methods of dealing with future problems are written down in ordinances, policies or bylaws and are usually debated, adhered to, or rescinded by commissions, committees commit-tees and councils. Two years ago Uintah County got a taste of what a boom town can be like. Workers flocked to the county seeking jobs on the Bonanza Power Plant, oil shale projects, or in the oil patch. During that time nearly one complaint com-plaint a day from the unincorporated area of Ashley Valley was directed to the Uintah County-Vernal City planning plann-ing office concerning mobile home trailers or single wides. The Uintah County Commission's reaction to these concerns has been one of "we are working on an ordinance that will take care of it." There are no direct regulations regula-tions for mobile homes in the unincorporated unincor-porated areas of Ashley Valley. In developing a mobile home ordinance or-dinance there have been surveys, public hearings, and an ad hoc committee commit-tee formed. The results of the attention given to the problem is the proposal to form an over lay zone which would require re-quire dwellings to be at least 18 feet at its narrowest point thus curtailing the ! nullmil -..'. s, . : s;;";:; '. pill I i -liillllilB' EMPLOYEES AT the American Gilsonite Plant in Mario Bowthorpe, Kilton Wagner, Al Andrews, Bonanza, Utah were recently treated to a buffet Mike Haslem, Neldon Kunz, and Ruddy Perez, luncheon honoring them for a year with no time On the right side from front to back are: Julian lost to accidents. On the left side from front to Massey, Glen Turbow, Loren Pierce, Gary Cret- back are: Lewis Cook, Arden Cook, Don Bullock, singer, and Richard Dewey. Gilsonite plant employees achieve accident-free year For the first time in the 80-year history of the gilsonite plant at Bonanza, Bonan-za, Utah, the company has experienced experienc-ed a full year with no time lost to accidents. Vernal Express (USPS 6580-8000) Published every Wednesday and Friday for $14.00 per year in area and $20.00 per year out of area by the Vernal Express Publishing Company, 54 North Vernal Avenue, Vernal, Utah 84078. Second class postage paid at Vernal, Ver-nal, Utah 84078. POSTMASTER: Send address changes! to VERNAL VER-NAL EXPRESS, P.O. Box 1010, Vernal, Utah 84078. Jack R. Wallis Publisher Steven R. Wallis Editor Traci Menke News Writer Aldon Rachele Sports Editor Janeen Cook Women's News Joyce Williams Advertising Pamela Lenhart Advertising Phone 789-3511 Member of Utah Press Association and National Newspaper Association Area correspondents: Jensen Vera Snow, 789-0628 Manila Clara Robinson, 784-3463 Naples Ada Openshaw, 789-3145 Tridell Lorna McKee, 247-2350 Lapoint Paula Huber, 247-2425 Maeser Eloise Allen Parker, 789-2178 Ballard Tracy Phillips, 722-4925 Whiterocks . . . Virginia Ferguson, 353-4584 Glines Norma Damon, 789-1302 Ouray, Leota, Randlett...Sheila Bloxham, 545-2327 r Deadlines Wednesday Edition News ..Monday 5:00 p.m. Advertising Tuesday 11:00 a.m. Friday Edition News Thursday 10:00 a.m. Advertising Thursday 2:00 p.m. placement of single wide mobile homes in the area. The typical argument against this type of zoning is "It's my property . and I'll do with it what I want." All sort of cries of "communism" and "freedom of landowners." This argument side steps the whole reason for zoning ordinances in the first place and ignores the fact that what one persons does with his property proper-ty affects the value and use of neighboring properties. The prime example of what zoning ordinances attempt to correct is the placing an automobile wrecking yard in a residential area. There are some communities that have zoning ordinances that require a certain style of home or that the architecture ar-chitecture needs to concur with the surrounding buildings and atmosphere of the community: Albuquerque, New Mexico and Park City, for example. The proposed single-wide trailer ordinance or-dinance for the Ashley Valley is a far cry from what is in these cities ft limits the placement of single-wide to only trailer parks and mobile home parks. It does not apply to double-wide mobile homes or single-wides already on a lot in the county. Results of a survey conducted by the Uintah County Planners office shows , it At different times since the plant's opening in 1904, various departments have experienced a year of more with no time lost to accidents. This is the first year (1983), however, that the entire en-tire plant has achieved such an accomplishment. ac-complishment. Several of the individual in-dividual departments have gone even longer with no accidents; the mechanical department hasn't had an accident in almost Vk years. The American Gilsonite Company is an operating division of Chevron Resources, which is headquartered in Salt Lake City. The American Gilsonite Company is located approximately approx-imately 45 miles south of Vernal. When the company was formed in 1946, it was owned jointly by the Standard Oil Company of California (SOCAL) and Barber Oil Corporation. In 1981, however, SOCAL purchased Barber's share and now the company is solely owned by them. Bonanza consists of several offices, maintenance shops, houses for some employees, older buildings and a processing pro-cessing plant. The plant markets gilsonite worldwide with over 25 percent per-cent of what is mined going overseas. Mobile homes Continued from page 1 munity. He said that single-wides in the city should be restricted to certain areas, but didn't feel the regulation should pertain to outlying areas of the community. Jim Damico of Ashley said he felt an ordinance was being prejudicial by limiting itself to trailers. There are a lot of homes in the valley that look worse than the single-wide trailers. that the majority of people in Maeser, Glines and Ashley are unsatisfied with the current mobile home ordinance and want a zoning ordinance that would require all future single-wide mobile homes in Ashley Valley to be placed in a mobile home park or subdivision. sub-division. However the Davis area survey shows those residents prefer the present ordinance and that there should be no restrictions on where a person can place a mobile home. Further input from the Davis area is being sought by the Uintah County Planning Office in a fact-finding hearing hear-ing Feb. 29 at 7 p.m. at the Davis Elementary School. March 22 the Uintah County Commission Com-mission will hear the investigations of the Planning Office and will also invite public input. The county needs some type of ordinance or-dinance to deal with single wide mobile homes; whether it be to allow them nowhere in the Ashley Valley, restrict them to certain areas, or to allow them anywhere as it is now. Without a standard, the quality of living liv-ing always diminishes. Quality just doesn't happen. The county commission should create an ordinance for the unincorporated unincor-porated areas of the valley dealing with the mobile home issue, and the ordinance or-dinance would reflect the general feeling feel-ing of the public. Gilsonite sells for approximately $150 to $375 a ton depending on the grade and the packaging. Gilsonite itself is a natural solid hydrocarbon, which is glossy black in color and very brittle. Although it appears ap-pears to be similar to coal or asphalt, its chemical properties are much different. Gilsonite has a large variety of uses which include solvent-free automobile body seam sealer, a basic resin component com-ponent in dark colored rotogravure inks, as a higher BTU component in certain types of explosives, and as a sealer for pavement. The employees at the gilsonite plant . in Bonanza were recently honored at a buffet-type luncheon for their outstanding outstan-ding achievement on safety. Many ot . the miners present at the banquet said they felt the reason for the accident-free accident-free year was due to taking extra precautions and being extremely careful in and out of the mines. Many of the miners stated they hoped to duplicate their record in 1984 and go another year with no time lost to accidents. 'I don't like to tell people where they have to live,' says Jenifer Decker. ' f f A KAY HUSBAND SAY'S THAT l'fV THE ONI HE KNOWS WHO CAN TALKON THE, PHOMP FOR l iT MINUTES N Fcarm market report show only 15,300 ccattle Thursday morning only 15,800 cattle offered on 11 markets which indued 12,200 fedder cattle. This compared to 12,700 last week and 18,000 last year. In Omaha 800 cattle offered, including 500 feeder cattle for auction later on. Slaugher cows firm to 5 highter. Breaking Utility and Commercial 41.50-45.25. Cutter and borning Utility 41.00-43.50. Not enough cattle at Sioux City for a market today. In Utah slaughter steers and heifers mostly steady with last week, Holstein steers 1.00-2.00 lower. Good to mostly Choice 2-3 1100-1200 lb slaughter steers 66.00-67.00. Good and Choice 1200-1300 lb Holstein steers 59.00-60.00. Good to mostly Choice 2-3 950-1050 lb slaughter heifers 63.00-64.00. At Billings on Wednesday 1275 cattle offered. Slaughter cows 50 to mostly 1.00 higher. Feeder cattle firm, some fleshier offerings over 700 lbs 1.00 higher. Commerical cows 42.00-45.00, Utility breaking 43.0047.50, a few to 48.50. Cutter and boning Utility 38.0044.00. Medium Frame 1 350-500 lb feeder steers 69.50-74.00; thinner 500-650 lbs 69.00-72.00; moderately fleshing 500-700 lbs 66.00-69.50; 700-925 lbs 65.00-67.00. Medium Frame 1 Ladders... Continued from page 1 procedure for selecting teachers who will be given additional responsibilities, respon-sibilities, a program of differentiated staffing, a well defined program of evaluation, and advancement on the career ladder contingent upon effective effec-tive teaching performance. None of these are manditory in a career ladder, lad-der, but if a career ladder is adopted, a fair, consistent and valid method to evaluate teachers for placement and advancement on the career ladder has to be developed by the school district. During the second half of the Mid-Winder Mid-Winder Conference, teachers were divided into 24 groups to "brainstorm" methods and criteria for evaluating teachers on each level of the career ladder. Teachers made recommendations for qualifications of apprentice, professional, pro-fessional, senior, and master teachers. They also made suggestions for evaluation of student progress, teaching compentency, and how the evaluations should be gathered. Teacher suggestions for qualification qualifica-tion of an apprentice teacher were a Bachelor of Science or a Bachelor of Arts degree, certified, complete student stu-dent teaching, major or minor in subject, sub-ject, and appearance. Teacher suggestions of what stipulated a quality teacher were student stu-dent improvement, spontaneity, motivational, classroom control and organization and parent support. Teachers were required to evaluate their recommendations and rank them according to their validity. Teachers struggled when asked for methods for teacher evaluations. Some of their suggestions were student input, in-class evaluations, parent input, in-put, and student test scores. Superintendent Ellis said the recomendations generated at the conference con-ference will be used for developing a Uintah District career ladder. , High blood pressure really is a warning war-ning that your heart is working harder than normal to pump blood and extra fluid through your body. When high blood pressure is not treated, it can lead to serious damage to blood vessels that feed the heart, the brain and the kidneys. Uncontrolled high blood pressure is the major cause of heart attacks, strokes and kidney disease. v PERSOM TO A; 300-500 lb feeder heifers 60.00-64.00; 500-750 lbs 59.00-63.50. Steer and heifer beef in the San Francisco bay area steady to 5 higher than last week. Choice 2-3 steer beef 1.04-1.05,-Choice 3 heifer beef 1.02-1.03. Cow beef 3.00 higher. Utility ranged from 81.00-83.00, Cutter 85.00. Choice steer futures for April at 9:30 this mornig were down 55 at 68.32, June down 58 at 67.37, and August down 22 at 64.50. March feeders down 42 at 70.15, April down 60 at 68.92, and May down 32 at 67.50. In Omaha 3000 hogs; offered barrows and gilts weak to mostly 5 lower, instances 7 lower. US 1-2 210-250 lbs sold from 45.00-45.60. Sows steady to 1.00 lower at 41.00-45.75. AUCTION FEB. 21, 1984 Sale volume 670. Too few calves or yearlings of either class offered for accurate ac-curate test, except Holstein steers in normal supply fully; 1.00-2.00 higher-Receipts higher-Receipts mainly 400-800 lb steers and 400-650 lb heifers. Feeder Steers: Medium Frame 1: packge 360 lbs 73.00, lot 440 lbs 70.10, few scattered lots 525-700 lbs 64.50-67.35, package 760 lbs 63.25. Large Frame mixed 1 and 2 Holsteins 600-900 lbs 49.50-62.75, lot 860 Utah state tax forms available Utah state income, tax forms will be available Monday at the Uintah County Coun-ty Courthouse and other public buildings within the city. Many of the county offices and public buildings that traditionally carry the forms have had problems in obtaining them. Forms can be picked up at the courthouse Monday-Friday between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. The state tax commission office also has some of the forms available. Naples City Council addresses legal issues A damaged transformer, legal questions ques-tions over the right to vacate a subdivision subdivi-sion and the towing of a private vehicle vehi-cle were the major areas of discussion of Naples City Council members Wednesday. Bob Thompson, Utah Power and Light (UP&L), met with council members to discuss damage to one of UP&L's transformers by a Naples City Ci-ty snowplow. Complete estimates on the amount of damage to the transformer weren't available, but Thompson said that the costs could be as high as $1,500. In addition to the repair cost of the damaged transformer, Thompson asked ask-ed the city to errect protective barriers bar-riers around the transformers. He told the city that the barriers must be constructed con-structed to allow access by UP&L employees. Phil Harrison submitted a petition to the city council requesting permission to vacate the Vernal airport subdivision. subdivi-sion. Council members had earlier denied Harrison's request because he . had not fulfilled all the legal requirements re-quirements to vacate. Harrison wants to vacate the subdivision sub-division so the land can be turned over to the Green Belt Law. He said that currently the major portions of the subdivision are still undeveloped and kt l lbs 54.10, lot partly fattened 1060 lbs 52.35. Feeder Heifers: Medium Frame 1: 54(W75 lbs 60.75-62.00, lot Large Frame 1 crossbreds 890 lbs 62.85; Few lots mixed Medium and small frame 1 400-500 lbs 59.25-60.25. OMAHA HOGS Thursday, Feb. 23,1984 Hogs: 3000 Barrows and gilts moderately active, weak to mostly 5 lower, instances 7 lower. US 1-2: 210-250 lbs 45.00-45.50; US 1-3 : 240-275 lbs 44.0045.00; few lots: 275-300 lbs 43.0044.00; Sows: steady to 1.00 lower, decline on weights over 450 lbs. US 1-3: 325450 lbs 41.5045.50, some 45.75, with 500-600 lbs included 45.50 up. OMAHA WEDNESDAY FEEDER PIG AUCTION Feeder pigs sold by the head, mostly most-ly US 1-2 : 29-30 lbs 30.50-32.25; 37-42 37.00-43.50 ; 4549 lbs 40.00-46.00; 52-60 lbs 44.00-52.00 ; 53 lbs 50.00; 57 lbs 51.50; 63-83 lbs 47.00-57.00., . Balance small lots US Mixed 1-3 23-30 lbs 24.50-31.00; 30-35 lbs 29.50-33.50 ; 35-57 lbs33.5040.00 ; 61-86 lbs 37.00-50.00. For more information on market reports contact Steven Cox at the USU Extension office Room 305 Courthouse or call 789-1542. Fair board meets A meeting to organize a Uintah County Fairboard will be held Tuesday, Tues-day, February 28 in the Uintah County Coun-ty Courthouse, Commissioner's Room, at 6 p.m. sharp. Organizations utilizing , the fairgrounds and those groups interested in-terested in a Uintah County Fair, should select a respresentative to attend at-tend the Tuesday night meeting. This group will be essential in determining the future plans for a Fair and fairground use in Uintah County. Please plan to attend. reverting the land to the Green Belt would decrease the amount of taxes he pays. By unanimous vote, the city agreed to allow Harrison to vacate with the exception of the south 33 feet of the subdivision and lots 17 and 18. The , reason he was not allowed to vacate these two lots is because they have been somewhat developed. Pam and Cliff Whitmire came before the council to protest the towing tow-ing of a stalled vehicle they had been driving. The Whitmires stated that while they admit the vehicle was in the line of traffic, the towing was unnecessary un-necessary because they were on their way back to the scene when the vehicle vehi-cle was towed. They also told the council they felt they had been treated unfairly by the Naples Police Department when they came to the city office in search of the vehicle. The Whitmires said the towing tow-ing fee should be refunded, because at the time the vehicle stalled there was no shoulder and it couldn't be removed remov-ed from the line of traffic and because they were enroute to the vehicle when it was towed. City council members agreed to take the matter under advisement and make a decision after consultation with Police Chief John Ledkins. |