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Show ONE SECTION TODAY Weather report submitted by the Springy ille Junior High School weather station: Today cloudy with chance of snow, 75 percent chance of precipitation. Friday cloudy, Saturday start clearing. Temperatures Tem-peratures through the weekend will be lows in high 20's, highs in high 30's. Volume Eighty-Five Raymond Klauck City Industrial Representative 4 i $ calm New Year's Eve Law enforcement officers in some other parts of Utah had a hectic night keeping up with New Year's Eve party goers Monday night, but in Springville, the holiday was calm. Only one incident of driving under the influence of alcohol was reported in Springville, according to the Springville police dispatcher. Gty councibnen sworn in Wed. Springville's new city council members were scheduled to be sworn in at the council's first meeting of the new year Wednesday. With the coming of 1980, newly elected council members Delora Bertelsen and Max Knight take the place of Calvin Baxter and Jorgen Boyer on the council. Details of the swearing-in ceremony and other business of the council will be yven in next week's Herald. The meeting was rescheduled from its usual Tuesday night time to Wednesday night because of New Year's pushing it past the Herald's deadline. Also on the agenda for the meeting was a public hearing for adoption of a condominium conversion ordinance, requests for several business licenses, a discussion of future construction projects in the industrial park, a use agreement the national guard has for city property near the treatment plant, and a telephone system for the civic center. , Shooting BB guns in city illegal The aftermath of Christmas has' brought several reports of vandalism involving BB guns, according to Springville police. : Shooting BB guns in the city limits is illegal, police warned. The week after Christmas usually brings several reports of broken windows win-dows and other damage by kids with BB guns who want to try them out. Valteh posts financial gains Net earnings of $297,754, up sharply from a $30,464 loss for the same period last year, were reported by Valtek in its report of the six months ended Oct. 31. The Springville based automatic control valve firm also posted sales of $7,924,579 up 43 percent from last, year's $5,557,333. Orders received tallied at $9,635,579, nearly matching last year's record setting $9,782,333 and exceeding the company's second half total last year by $1.5 million. A backlog of $11.6 million is the second highest of any quarter in Valtek's history. Charles L. Bates, president of the firm, noted that sales by Valtek licensees worldwide have continued to grow rapidly, producing an 85 percent increase in royalty income. He also predicted a profitable year for the company's Canadian subsidiary, whose incoming orders have been "very strong." - I; 8 1 : Offy Mud Springville's industrial park has gone a long way since it was leased to farmers far-mers for pasturing cattle, but it's going to change considerably more in the . near future, according to the city's industrial development representative: Currently, the only visible signs of industry in the park are Valtek and Murdock Cabinet Company, but the area looks much more crowded when seen on Raymond Klauck's map of companies that plan to locate there. Committments to locate in the park include more than half of the total acreage and plans have been drawn up for development of the rest of it. Companies presently planning on entering or already in the park will employ a force of around 1,000 people, said Klauck. At a recent seminar held in Washington, D.C., Springville's industrial in-dustrial park was called an "outstanding "out-standing example of the kind of development the federal government would like to spend money on and have the rest of the nation adopt," said Klauck. The city was praised for not relenting on its restrictive covenants in order to get companies to move into the park sooner. Restrictions In order to enter the park, a business must be non-polluting, be willing to keep the area around its buildings clean and landscaped, and employ principally prin-cipally workers who are likely to. be long-term supporters of families and have steady jobs. A business must be willing to-buy a minimum of three acres, and to build only buildings of masonry and-or brick. Other extensive restrictions govern the building of parking spaces and the location of buildings. To the public, said Klauck, the pace with which the park has been developed has appeared slow. However, he added, "it doesn't happen right away. You awork as high as 2 to 2Mj- years with a company. They don't just look at us. They look at sites all over. Then they get a site team to do drawings of the land contours, soil tests and core drillings... "They can't build in the park for less than $1 million, and they have to look on the open market for that money. They have to draw up plans and make renderings ren-derings of it." "I run a credit rating on it through a credit bureau. They have to have a EPA delays The EPA will probably issue an official of-ficial announcement concerning its position on Geneva's air clean-up package sometime this month. At the Salt Lake session of the Utah state clean air hearings Dec. 6, EPA representative Robert Duprey had announced that his agency would provide Utah clean air officials with detailed comments on Utah's plan for Geneva within a week from that date. However, since then, the EPA has postponed publication of any document. In response to an inquiry from the Citizen's Coalition, Utah state environmental en-vironmental health officials said they do not know when they will receive the EPA's official document, but it is not expected until after the first of the year. At the December hearing, Duprey noted "some problems with the proposed regulations for U.S. Steel." "These 'EPA problems' make us uneasy," coalition president Dick Stone commented. "Are they still holding out for millions of dollars in extra equipment equip-ment that will do very little good? We're anxious to see a statement from them in print." According to Duprey, the EPA is now finalizing details of a new plan which . should be within the limits U.S. Steel says it can afford for air pollution control at Geneva. He projected that this document will be finalized sometime after the first of the year. Utah state health officials report that the EPA and U.S. Steel are now in discussions seeking more cost effective means of meeting air pollution control standards. A meeting between the EPA and U.S. Steel is tentatively set for Jan. 7. However, state health officials are not yet sure as to whether they will participate in these negotiations. A spokesman from their office said that the decision is up to Governor Matheson and he has not yet made his will known. More than twenty-five thousand citizens have now registered their support for the Citizen's Coalition to Save Geneva. Stewart McDonald, regional director of intergovernmental relations for the Environmental Protection Agency said agreement between the EPA and U.S. Steel-Geneva Works is very close. Speaking in Orem to the Utah Forum, a SPRINGV1LLE. UTAH 84 Industrial park restrictions require buildings to have masonry exteriors such us Valtek's (above). Businesses which locate in the park must also be non- track record of at least three years, because we don't want to have a company that comes in and fails." Planned companies The following companies that have made it through the process and are planning to start building construction soon : Foam Mold Corporation. This Des Moines, Iowa, company makes plastic parts for a variety of tools and other objects. They have bought five acres in the park and have an option on five more. decision on Democratic discussion group, McDonald Mc-Donald said, "EPA recognizes your concern for air pollution we also recognize your interest in protecting jobs. EPA and U.S. Steel agree on control technology for 29 out of 31 sources, and, it now appears that an agreement in principal has been reached on the few remaining issues." McDonald reemphasized the statement of EPA regional ad-minstrator, ad-minstrator, Roger Williams, that "EPA will not shut down this facility." He acknowledged the public concern over the negotiations between EPA and Geneva and indicated that "perhaps, in this case, EPA should have made its position public sooner, and just perhaps, the present confusion could have, been avoided." McDonald said "EPA has neither threatened closure, nor ever mentioned any dollar amounts that are required to meet the health standards." He listed eight areas in which the EPA has been able to compromise as they have worked with Geneva Steel, including, the modelling procedures for projected air quality, coke 6ven charging and Teakage emissions, the use of quenching water, the procedures for reducing particulates from combustion com-bustion stakes at the coke plant, the Nebo teacher salaries just under state average The average salary for school teachers in the Nebo District is $13,546 a year, just slightly under the state average of $13,907. The above figures were part of a report released recently by the Utah Education Association. The report also said the average salary for principals is $23,964, above the state average of $23,620. Although the average salary for Nebo is near the state average, 20-year earnings for a certified teacher with a bachelor's degree in Nebo district, are among the top five in the state, the report shows. Twenty-year earnings in Nebo would be $300,506, placing the district in fifth place. In first place is Tooele, with - January :i. 1980 - r - -1 i, jjrntmW' Kr mm i Tj 1 "p ' 3 ( - ' ' - TSI, Terminal Specialties A nj'cr of furniture and shells for ctutipuiers; TSI has several companies in California and other areas, but is planning to move its entire operation to Springville. The TSI has bought three acres and has an option on five more. They are planning a 14,400 square foot building to begin with, but want to build one building a year for four years until they have room for their entire operation. Little Giant Industries Little Giant is an American Fork company Geneva plan tor reducing pollution from the sinter plant wind box stacks, and the requirements for controlling emissions from the open hearth mixer building and stacks. McDonald expressed the view that in the long term EPA will be one of Utah's best friends and "strongest defenses" in protecting the state from creeping environmental disaster. Hearing postponed in murder case A hearing for a Springville woman charged with shooting her husband, originally scheduled for Wednesday, has been continued to Friday. Elma Lynn Lindquist is charged with second degree murder in the Oct. 9 killing of her husband, Don Lee Lindquist. Lin-dquist. . The hearing before Fourth District Court Judge Robert Bullock will determine if she plans to waive her plea of incompetency to stand trial. According to a court clerk, Mrs. Lindquist was arraigned in Fourth District Court, but upon her request, the hearing was postponed to Friday. $310,653. The maximum monthly salary a teacher with a bachelor's degree would receive in Nebo district would be$l,444. The minimum is $860. A teacher who had a master's degree in Nebo district and received the maximum salary would make $8,253 more dollars a year than a beginning teacher with a bachelor's degree. Thus, the monthly dollar value of a master's degree in Nebo district for a teacher would be $103.17 monthly. The average annual salary increase for both teachers with master's degrees and teachers with bachelors degrees is 6.57 percent, slightly below the state average of 7.05 percent. Utah Press Association k67 E, 300 So. SLC, UT 81111 rice s- polluting, and agree to landscape the grounds around their buildings, which manufactures aluminum ladders. lad-ders. The company has purchased eight acres. They are alo experimenting with a new fiber ladder, which if it proves feasible, may induce them to expand to a large piece of land nearby. Murdock International This company has purchased 20 acres, one of the large areas in the park, and plans a 61,500 square foot building with a 10,000 square foot office complex on the side. They manufacture and package dried foods such as Rainy Day Foods, and herbs. Cities continue negotiations over county fire contracts Springville and Mapleton are continuing con-tinuing negotiations .with the county over fire contracts as another local city has refused to fight county fires until it receives more money. Protesting against a county plan to have Mapleton fire department provide services to homes up Hobble Creek Canyon and south of Springville, Springville and Mapleton have persuaded per-suaded the county to redraw its fire maps to have Springville cover those areas. . However, Springville and Mapleton have not yet worked out an agreement with the county about the amount of money the cities may receive for fighting the fires. Springville officials have said the county wants to pay them around $9,000 Ferg's Station second time in Ferg's Service station, 544 N. Main, was held up by an armed robber Saturday, the second time in three weeks. , Police officer JD Dalton said the 'Friday robbery and a Dec. 17 one were apparently unrelated. The Springville Police report said station attendant Bryce Whitney, saw a white male, around 35 years old, enter the station office from the south side of the building Saturday evening. The man asked if the station had any snowmobile oil. Whitney pointed toward the oil. The suspect said, "Where's your head, er, the.john?" Whitney showed him. He went into the bathroom and then returned to handle and examine some oil Whitney handed him until other customers in the station left. He then turned to Whitney, gesturing with his right hand in his coat pocket. He said, "I've got a .357 pointed at your head. Do you know what a .357 is?" When Whitney said yes, the man gestured toward the cash register and demanded Whitney give him all the bills in it. Whitney complied, and the Number One Bureau of Reclamation. The Bureau of Reclamation purchased three acres two years ago-for a research lab for soil and water testing for the Central Utah Project, which was expected to be a 30 or 40 year project. However, the agency also wanted to bring in office space, an idea which the city has rejected because it would not generate any tax revenue. Top-it Manufacturing. Top-it is a maker of tops for pickup trucks. It is owned by Grant Nielson and Cal Finley, for services that may run as high as $40,000 to $50,000 in the coming year. In the meantime, Orem city officials have informed county residents who were previously served by Orem fire department to call the county for help in the future. Orem officials claim the county is taxing county residents for fire protection and using some of the tax money for other purposes. Orem Mayor James Mangum claimed Geneva Steel alone was taxed $8,999 for fire protection. Orem provides that protection but has received only $3,500 for 1979, he said. Both Orem and Springville city officials of-ficials have claimed local cities have lost equipment fighting county fires which the county refuses to pay for insuring. held up 3 weeks suspect said, "Go in to the back room, get on your knees and count to 100 by lones. If you come out before that I'll be waiting for you." Whitney obeyed the order, so did not see the direction or mode of travel of the suspect. The man was described by Whitney as 5'7", 150-160 lbs., 35 years old, with mid-ear length wavy brown hair, a heavy brown mustache, very long sideburns and no beard. He was wearing a dark blue parka with square-cut pockets, royal blue leisure-suit coat and white shirt with flowery blue pattern, blue pants, and , brown square-toed cowboy boots. The parka, pants, and shoes were soiled with greasy black smudges. Dalton said the description of the suspect was sufficiently different from that to the man who held up the station Dec. 17 to establish the incidents were probably unrelated. The police report said the man who held up the station Saturday may not actually have been armed, as the gun he claimed to have in his pocket was completely concealed. |