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Show ,uSh Press As3ociation W E. 300 So. SLC, UT 8iflll Weather report submitted by the Springville Junior High School weather station - Temperatures ranging from highs in low 40's to lows in low 30's. Chance of precipitation from 40 percent today to 70 percent Sunday to 20 percent Tuesday. Today - partly cloudy; Friday increasing clouds; Saturday and Sunday - cloudy; Monday --decreasing --decreasing clouds; Tuesday - partly cloudy. QXltX7 Volume Eighty-Five SPRINGVILLE. UTAH 8 - February 7. 19X0 Price 25' Number six wmmm High school closed by outage By Craig Conover Students at Springville High School all had smiles Wednesday after going to school to find out it had been canceled Wednesday because of a power outage that affected only the school. Phil Argyle of the School District office said the power had gone down about 9 p.m. Tuesday night and Springville city had originally determined deter-mined it would take until 11 a.m. Wednesday morning to get the school back on line. School was called off for the high school at about 10 p.m. Tuesday night. Pat Money, city electrician, said the problem seemed to be in a 1300 foot underground three phase cable that runs from Brookside to the high school and powers all of the heavy equipment in the school and some of the lights and furnace. He said that city workmen would have to pull all three strands of the cable out because they are wrapped around one another, tie a rope onto one end and pull a new cable through. He estimated it would take till about 3 p.m. to get the school powered up again. 3 1 '- illtlll A Springville police car was struck by another car and damaged in thick fog Monday morning on the north Springville freeway entrance road. Fog causes accidents in Springville-Provo area Thick fog in the Springville and Provo areas caused several accidents between the two cities Monday and Tuesday. ; Springville police reported no one was hurt in Springville because of the fog, and only three minor accidents were reported in the city. However, a Springville police car called to help the state highway patrol in blocking the road was damaged by another car. Springville police officer JD Dalton said he was called out to help the highway high-way patrol block traffic on the North Springville freeway access road because of wrecks on 1-15. ' He parked his car near the side of the road and went farther down where he was using flares and a bullhorn to halt traffic. A car driven by Carol Munson, 27, Valtek Inc. concludes major loan agreement Valtek Incorporated, automatic control con-trol valve manufacturers of Springville, Spr-ingville, Utah, today completed a transaction tran-saction for the issuance of a $3 million convertible subordinated debenture, one of the largest loans concluded by the firm to date. . The loan was negotiated with Penn Virginia Corporation of Philadelphia, whose president, John Shober, and Valtek president Charles L. Bates signed sign-ed the agreement this morning at Valtek International Headquarters. ''.'The debentures, due Dec. 31, 1992, carry an 11 percent interest rate, and may be converted to Valtek stock at $11.69 per share. ' David Anderson, Valtek financial vice-president, said the $3 million will Springville High School students had smiles on their faces Scott Morgan, Wednesday morning when they were greeted at the door his flash light by teachers and a sign announcing that the power was off and there would be no school. Pictured are Barry Cluff, A city employee who was at the location of the break said it could have been caused because the rubber insulation in-sulation on the wire got nicks in it when it was put in and electrolysis finally broke the cable in half. He said this cable was not insulated with the usual ..'.)$. Springville, came over the hill, scraped Dalton's left leg, knocking him down, and continued down the hill to strike the police car Dalton had been driving. The police car was knocked 138 feet into a highway patrol car. Dalton said the damage to the Springville car was estimated at about $1,000. The car driven by Mrs. Munson had about $800 worth of damage, and the highway patrol had about $300. The fog was apparently caused by a weak upper air disturbance which moved through Utah over the weekend. Jeff Kennedy of the Springville Junior High School weather station said the station had originally forecast the fog would lift Wednesday afternoon, but a storm moving down from the north had gone down farther than anticipated and the local area will probably have heavy cloudiness for the next few days. be used to reduce current bank debt which carries higher interest rates, and to provide needed working capital for the corporation's accelerating growth. In Springville with Bates and Shober to participate in the signing, which has been approved by boards of both firms, were Blair Thompson, Penn Virginia Corporation; Sherred Willis, Penn Virginia director, Herbert Goodrich of the law firm of Dechert Price & Rhoads, Philadelphia; and Richard Brown of Fox, Edwards and Gardiner of Salt Lake City, Valtek legal counsel. The conversion would make Penn Virginia Valtek's largest single stockholder, with 10.6 percent ownership. j "W IBB hallofSHS. high voltage insulation but just a rubber insulation. Argyle said the school should be open Thursday unless something goes wrong in the rewiring of the school so parents and students should check at the school to see if it is open. Iron company to locate in city industrial park A grey iron casting company has been sold some land in the industrial park for a foundry. MACA Supply Company, Orem, has purchased three acres in the park to build three buildings in three phases. Phase one of the building, a 12,000 square foot foundry, will be started in the spring. Company officials estimate it will employ 22 people by the end of its first year in operation. Two other buildings will be built, one School vandals caught Police have apprehended two Springville youths in connection with some vandalism at the Springville Junior High School Jan. 26. Names of the suspects were not released because they are juveniles. According to the school's principal, Del Moine Christiansen, vandals broke into the school the evening of Jan. 26, a Saturday, and damaged two valuable paintings and a wrestling mat. The paintings, one by deceased artist B.F. Larson, and the other by Cal Packard, were valued at around $8,000 -10,000. The Larson painting was apparently jumped on and broken and the other painting was probably slashed with an instrument that made a jagged tear in it, said Christiansen. The wrestling mat, which was only a year old, was valued at $3,500. It was torn in several places. The vandals also took an "exit" sign. "I would hate to put a price on the paintings," said Christiansen. "In 10 to 20 years, what will they be worth?" The paintings were hanging on the north wall near a step down lounge area in the school. Christiansen said the school has 25-30 paintings, but has never had any of them damaged before. RR crossing to be upgraded The Springville City Council announced an-nounced Tuesday the railroad crossing on Center Street will be upgraded with gates. The cost of the project will be $87,000, part of which will be paid by the federal government. The crossing is one of several in Springville which have been determined to be substandard. David Washburn, and Marril Carter, with to guide students throughout the darkened Photo by Craig Conover Whatever the problem or however long it takes for the power to come on, the students at Springville High seem determined to enjoy themselves during the unplanned vacation. Skiing and sleep were among suggested activities for the students. per year a 6,400 square foot building for vhtices;' and another 12,000 square foot building for storage and other purposes. The company, which has been in operation since the summer of 1975, produces, buys and sells grey iron castings. According to company officials, emission controls on the foundry machinery will place it within the EPA and industrial park's pollution control requirements. ' ' " , I I i ft .if I J iff .J ' ' : ' " . . "S;:: :. Springville Junior High School principal Del Moine Christensen, examines two paintings damaged by vandals Budget problems plagued Spr-ingville's Spr-ingville's city councilmen as they mulled mull-ed several requests for funds Tuesday night. Mayor John Marshall requested that the council attend a special executive session next Tuesday night at 6 p.m. to list priorities for spending city funds. "We put out a capital expenditures list a couple of months ago," said Marshall, Mar-shall, "but we haven't prioritized it. I'm concerned about us not going over our budget. We're only considering the things on it as they come in piecemeal. I'd like to sit down and go over things before we get everything spent." Marshall's statement followed a long series of requests for funds for projects ranging from a new fire engine to a parade float to the senior citizens' janitor's pay. A.I. Tippetts, director of the senior citizens' program, gave a detailed report on the center's activities. The organization has grown from its original membership of 25 to 810, he said. "The program has finally developed until we are sure it is the most comprehensive com-prehensive in the state of Utah," he said. Tippetts asked the city to increase the amount paid for custodial service for the center. The city is currently paying $50 a month for the service, which covers only non-senior citizens meetings in the center. "It has reached a point where it is impossible to get anyone to do it for $50," said Tippetts. "Is the council prepared to up the $50 to help us?" "When nobody is there to fix the roof, who does it? I've been doing most of it, but I'm getting too old," he said. "I'm 88 years old." The organization is mostly a volunteer organization, he said, but "there are just a few who do all the volunteering." Tippetts also requested the council decide what organizations can use the building free of charge and which cannot, so he can know which people to collect rent from. Marsha Jacobsen, a resident of the Hobble Creek Estate neighborhood, asked the council not to build a road across Hobble Creek because of safety hazards to children in the area. "We've gotten quite far along in our plans," said councilman Ed Murdock. The Department of Transportation determined the area on 1000 south was a high priority for a bridge because of development going on beyond it. "If this road is going to go through, certain guarantees of precautions should be taken," said Mrs. Jacobsen. Mrs. Jacobsen presented a petition to the council signed by 18 of 21 residents in the area who were opposed to the bridge. "This is going to be a funnel for the Mapleton high school students via our resident area," said Mrs. Jacobsen. Murdock said the road had been planned to go near the area where Mrs. Jacobsen lives because if it were placed in another area, it would go right through a subdivision. The current plans do not put the road directly through the subdivision where Mrs. Jacobsen lives, he said. Arden Coombs, from Community Cable TV in Provo, asked the council to consider revoking a franchise for cable television in Springville given to a company which has not provided residents with the cable service. Allan Sharp, another representative of the Provo company, said the company com-pany which currently has a franchise for cable television service in Springville has not provided the service and his office has received numerous complaints. Several callers have also requested -the Provo company provide them with the service, he said. The cable television lines run on the city power lines, so the city has to grant a franchise to use them to a cable television company. Sharp said the local office of the present franchise holder is no longer open and no one is sure where the holder is. Continued on page 4 Jan. 26. The paintings, one by artist B.F. Larson, are estimated to be worth around $8,000 to $10,000. |