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Show " "2 -. . a', ? - If MUM . ; r ' ! : jILY-f Wig MB ) i l C?8 UD. Pi ...... . ' 4 ,1 ' Yimt i out. :nm pecial hearing ffu. Ie, If S3 J n mil i Mm (o In unanimous action Tuesday night, the Springville City Council adopted a balanced budget for the fiscal year 1983-84. The total projected city expenditure for the year will be $7,656,097, a 5.4 percent increase over last year's amount of $7,267,036. One feature of the new budget is a decrease in the amount the city will pay into employee benefit funds. According to Councilman Jerry Smith, the city gave its employees raises last year by paying more into their retirement funds. Several months ago, however, state officials told the city that 4.9 percent too much was being paid into these funds. To correct the situation, Smith said that the city would stop paying the extra 4.9 percent into benefit funds and begin paying it directly to the employees. To the average city worker this would mean a net pay increase of about $80 per month. While Smith predicted that not all would be happy with the new wage plan, he asked city employees to view the budget as a whole and accept the council's solution. "I hope this is something they can live with," he said. A potential problem with the budget could arise with the amount appropriated for flood relief. A preliminary estimate used in figuring the budget put flood damage in Springville at $500,000. Because of a funding agreement that makes the city responsible for only 12.5 percent of the damage (other funds will come from the state and federal governments), the council allocated $55,000 in flood monies. According to Mayor J. Brent Haymond, however, a recent engineering study reported that damages in Springville could climb as high as $4.4 million, saddling Springville with a cost of over $400,000. The mayor said that the city will "wait and see," dealing with the exact amount of flood damage when it is confirmed. The city council has also allocated over $700,000 for capitol improvements. im-provements. Of this amount, $323,000 came from the city's "C" fund and will be used to resurface three roads: 400 South from Main to 1300 East, 200 South from 100 East to 400 East and 200 North from Main to 400 East. Other capital improvements im-provements include replacement of city equipment, improvements on Jolley Ranch, improvement of a rairoad crossing at 400 West 400 North, storm sewers on 1300 East and airport expansion. City Recorder Verl Dallin reminded citizens that although the city expenditure increases annually, the city's total mill levy of 13 5 mills has not increased since the late 1970's. Further, city power rates have remained at the same level since January, 1981. Comin' down Demolition began last week on the old Grant ScIkmiI. first used in I'MHi. There is some conflict as to when the school was actually built, due to the . invilWlity .of local .newspapers of the HmeF.uture use of the land where the old building sits is unknown. Syf Mm tiriinjbeirB7 Whiting to open July 4 festival A Springville High School student will give the opening speech for Provo's July 4 Freedom Festival. Lynnae Whiting, daughter of James and Joyce Whiting, won a state-wide oratory contest on the theme "The Glory of America" Tuesday evening. She will give the ame oration Sunday, July 3, at the Marriott Center in a patriotic fireside featuring investigative reporter Jack Anderson as the keynote speaker. Lynnac's oration will, in the words of contest chairman Dr. J. LaVar Hate man. set the tone for the entire evening. She also sets a tradition as the contest"! first winner. As the state winner Lynnae won a 3 5 day experee paid trip to Washington DC. In addition to the IM0 scholarship he received at a regional winner. t I' r ' . j t.jnnae MhlllnK "I am especially excited about Lynnae's winning this contest because It really speaks of her natural abilities," said Springville High Forensic Coach Patricia Paystrup. "In regional and especially in the state competition Lynnae was competing against students who had specialized in oratory as their forensic event for several years. This is Lynnae's first year in forensics and the contest is the first time she even tried oratory Her extraordinary talent for writing well and her natural speaking abilities made her the winner. She has a fantastic oration." When Lynnae begins her senior year this fall she will be yearbook editor, will serve on the atudent council as historian and will act as president of the Springville chapter of the National Forennic League By Martin Conover Action taken by the board of directors direc-tors of Southern Utah Valley Power Project Monday in the board room of the Strawberry Water Users could defer a rate increase for Springville power users. With four yes votes and one abstention, the SUVPP Board voted to tell Strawberry Water Users that under the present agreements they wanted to be billed on a fairer basis thdn in the past and will not pay any further bills until this is the case. SUVPP is a co-operative power organization set up several years ago by the cities of Springville. Spanish Fork, Salem and Payson to purchase a power transformer and farm, known in the trade as a "power tap," which exists at the mouth of Spanish Fork Canyon. It is from this "power tap" that all four cities and Strawberry Water Users get their power from the Colorado Col-orado River Storage Project (CRSP) and from Utah Power and Light Company. Utah Power and Light Company transmits all power In the state of Utah, both for private and CRSP use. Strawberry Water Users were af-ftaliated af-ftaliated with SUVPP because they have a distribution system to all four cities as well as customers between the four cities. At the same time SUVPP elected to use Strawberry Water Users as their agent in working work-ing with CRSP power and Utah Power and Light. Strawberry Water Users has in turn been billing SUVPP members for their power. As a matter of course Strawberry Water Users has been billing each city both for energy and "peak demand," a term used when large amounts of power are purchased. However, the four cities sum total for peak power plus the power used by Strawberry Water Users does not equal the one less or peak at the "power tap" billed to Strawberry Water Users by Utah Power and Light. All of the city "peaks" do not happen at the same time. The discrepancy amounts to a large amount of money and in the past a very good profit area for Strawberry Water User. SUVPP does not feel they deserve the extra charges and was expressed by the board action on Monday SUVPP feels that their agreements with Strawberry Water Users does not mean for Strawberry to gain excess profits at the expense of rate payers in the various cities of Southern Utah Valley, (buses Total money involved is conservatively conser-vatively estimated at over $700,000 and in order to recoup part of this money the cities are asking Strawberry Water Users to complete com-plete the power loops between the various cities at the expense of the Water Users Association. It was also pointed out that Strawberry Water Users Association Associa-tion has never been billed for any transformation services rendered by SUVPP at their power transformer and that SUVPP does not intend to do so unless Strawberry Water Users Association will not agree to go along with SUVPP demands. Should Strawberry Water Users choose not to coniplv with present SUVPP demands SUVPP might build their own distribution system and terminate all dealings with Strawberry Water Users as an alternative alter-native by m when all agreements come due Want to kM wkat'i going tnl St Community Cakn6r Cyirfiss not fbe irclloinieiry eteiiiui 9 - f re" V Mirf ratlrr t f mV m a tw f il t hi M l"p. ItyOirUUpltrrK.Tahbai Skip Curtis la not an ordinary craftsman. He does not build cabinetry or make frames or sew quills. Skip Curtis casta brome, "It's Just something I like to do," he says as he shows off hit spacious new bronze Shop Curtis and his associates operate Art City Hrofue, a thp that casta hrotue statuary for over 30 Utah artist. Including Avard Fairbanks. Marlon Haws and L. Dean Trurblood. Recently, Curtis rrMorfxl the Cyrus E. Pallm statue ti "Ubrrty" now resting atop a fountain in City Park The art of brmue casting was rd U"n In Skip by his fathrr, Huhf Curtis In mi, Hutftws, along uh titmTurnrr cast the first art titu in the state of Utah. Skip pew Up around brotue casters, so the Inclination la the art was natural. TVre was a time, however, when Skip did not want to cast bronre. "In high school," says Skip, "I really wanted to be a dairy farmer. When I got an opportunity to get back into the brwue business, I was still reluctant. Hut as soon as I got going, something just came out of my blood" "Uronjrt takes a lot of craft-smrtitship." craft-smrtitship." Skip explains, Indeed, the process Is quite time consuming ami involved. It starts with an artist brinfiing In the original clay sc up-lure up-lure The bronie caster makes a soft ruhler mold of Ihe statue and then rai the statue In was. The was motk-l Is then coated with 10 to layers of a hard ceramic shell Wfwn the shell dries, the was Is melted fmm the Inside, ami drlaiM mold of the original statue results Urmue is then poured into the mold, and the resulting cast is later rubbed to a fine paliiui "It's fairly complex." says Skip, "but I guess It's like anything else once you get It down, it's not that tough." lu-j oik) his art. Skip Is very proud of his newly remodeled shop "It's kind of like a dream to have a shop this sue and this nice." he remarks In restoring the Dallin statue, Skip says that he encomilrml a few problems, but none that were insurmountable in-surmountable "The statue was made of a different type of bronie." be says, "and It had been sand blaolrd several years ago. so It was really pitted " Further. Skip bad o make the sword held In Victory's hand He started with a piece of the sword cast by his fathrr, and then added the missing eight Inches While most of Skip's work is small, be hopes to move on to tarcr pieces, "We haven't gotten any monuments yet." be admits, "but we're trying " , 1 lar lUIIin's "V ktx' t |