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Show Universal Kicrofilnins Box 26C8 Salt Lake, Ut. Htln WEDNESDAY. MAY 28. 1975 UtUtt, HELPER. meeting June 12, with last Thursday's session allowing amendments to the tentative budget presented May 8 by City Recorder Al Fossat. Salary increases agreed upon by the council are as follows: city recorder, $698.50 to $800; deputy recorder, $525 to $600; police chief, $726 to $800; street supervisor. $698.50 to . r "TV? it-- , 7 r ,. ' - ?Jui "mm i water, $677.60; crease approximately parks, $583 to wLm Ernest Madrigal, $616 to $700, and Kerry Nielson, $698.50 to $800. The city should distribute only "merit raises from here on in," Mayor Charles Ghirardelli declared, and council members concurred, noting that blanket precentage raises reward those who may not deserve raises as well as widening the gaps between those who make higher and lower salaries. Councilman Vince Bonza also requested a $1,000 increase in the maintenance category for garbage collection. On the matter of the Various BBSS j... for Charles E. Hamilton, member of the Carbon Post 21 of the American Legion, walks with his son Troy down the rows of crosses honoring world war veterans in Helper's Mountain View Cemetery. The Legion Post, St. Anthony's Catholic Church and Helper's Italian lodges conducted memorial services honoring the veterans Monday. area 10' Lunar show total lunar eclipse visible all over the United States occurred late Saturday night. The pictures above, taken from Spring Glen, show the moon as it emerges from the earth's shadow. Much of the heavenly show was lost to Helper area spectators; clouds moved in during the early IIJ Photo stages of the eclipse but later dissipated. A Rescue tool fund drive raffle set of St. Anthony's A 37 year old Lehi man crawled out the windshield of his burning car in Indian Canyon, then made his way up the embankment down which his car had rolled and was found lying in the highway by a passing motorist and taken to the Peerless checking station at Castle Gate early Saturday morning. The victim, Pat D. Andelin was then taken to Carbon Hospital, Price, by Helper police officer William Voll and was released later in the morning after treatment for a head laceration, according to a Utah Highway Patrol spokesman. The investigating officer, Trooper Eugene Robb, said Andelin told him he fell asleep at the wheel of his car while traveling south on The car traveled some 110 feet along the ires residents A barrage of complaints noise from motorcycles has struck the Helper Police Department in recent days. Complaints have come from residents of E Street, Railroad Avenue and Garden Street and have generally come during late afternoon and early evening hours, according to police reports. Warnings have been issued to those offenders apprehended by officers, though police have arrived on the scene only to find the riders gone in some cases. of disturbing U-3- 3. success, according to Fire Chief Jim Pugliese. "The town is great on things like this," he said, adding, "I don't anticipate any problems" in raising the rest of the money. The tool, which will cost $4,693, is crated and waiting in Salt Lake City for the day the Cycle noise fund-raisin- g is com- plete, Pugliese said. It is designed to extricate victims of auto or other accidents where quick rescue is essential. Some 2,500 tickets have been printed for the raffle which will be held around the end of July, and Pugliese again lauded city business people for their generosity in donating a wide variety of prizes. The fire chief said he hoped to hold the drawing on Main Street in about two months and then to hold a brief ceremony when the tool is received. The "Jaws of Life" is to be stored in a highway patrol car in Price for use throughout the county. Senior Citizen News Wed. May 1:30 p.m. Senior Citizen p.m. Carl Olsen instructor, Senior Ceramics, 28 Center; Art Class 7 Citizen Center. Fri. May 30 Dance, 8 p.m. American Legion. Sat. May 31 Tex's River Trip, bus leaves Center at 3 p.m. and Helper at2:30 p.m. Bus, boat and dinner included in cost. Mon. June 2 Band, 2 p.m. Senior Citizen Center. Council Meeting 6 p.r., Senior Citizen Tues. June 3 Center; Quilting 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Senior Citizen Center. Still openings for: Tex's River Trip, May 31. Calgary, Canada trip, July Las Vegas, 8, 9, 10, 11. for reservations. Call 637-182- 6 in needed Changes Helper, Nielson advised, include the addition of school zone signs, the replacement of non- standard "stop" signs and the use of "yield" signs where feasible. An im $1,000. u 17 portant benefit of "yield" signs, Nielson quipped, is that since many residents disregard "stop" signs anyhow, the conversion to "yield" signs "would make honest citizens of them" for Application par ticipation in the National Flood Insurance program which would make Helper residents in flood-pron- e areas eligible for the inwas surance passed unanimously by the council. See COUNCIL, Page 2) HJH students garner awards well with others and citizenship. were awards The presented on behalf of the Helper American Legion post by Lawrence Buckley. The outstanding athlete award went to Clay Cloward who has participated in both and baseball. The scholastic abilities, track was presented by award service to leadership, school and community, Mr. Halverson. Other awards presented were: Helper Junior working High School ninth graders Richard Cunningham and Tami Imai were named outstanding boy and girl of the year at the awards assembly held May 22 at the junior high. The two were v chosen on the basis of their Perfect Attendance, presented by Mr. Michael Carolyn Ide, Bradshaw, Cheryl Bobby Heino, Rachele, Roberta Rigby, Shelly Harwood, Cindy Parry and Paul Perez. Awards, Scholarship presented by Mr. Michael to students Bradshaw receiving 3.5 or better grade point averages throughout ninth grade, the year, Tami Imai, Alan Peterson, Andrea Wise, Charlene Needles and LuAnna Brown; eighth grade, Shelly Babcock, Leslie Bates, Gina Tomsic, Susan Sower, Karla Edmundson, Brenda Howell, Jodi Kloepfer, Kathy Bonacci, Debby Taniguchi, Pamela Wright, Lori Smout and Joni Marinoni; seventh grade, Jana Leslie Brown, Carlson, Vickie Hyatt, Linda Kirkwood, Sandra Marshall, Sharon Montoya, Jeri Muse, Stephanie Nelson, Tamyra Pessetto, Bernadette Pugliese, Diane Tasker, Cindy Parry, (See AWARDS, Page 2) ... Members of the legion Church, celebrated Mass at and ladies' auxiliary had Mountain View Cemetery displayed 122 crosses in for the deceased members honor of war veterans in the of the parish. Also, Helper's two Italian legion's lot. However, the post inadvertently left out American lodges, Stella the cross in honor of Ber- D'America No. 77 and nard Bertolio, the 123 Sorelle, Stella D'America No. 31 conducted services veteran. Earlier, legionnaires at their lot in the center of visited the Castle Gate, the cemetery. Slovenian and Spring Glen These services were cemeteries where they also under the direction of Dr. fired three vollies. J.J. Dalpiaz and Mrs. Joe T. Rev. Rudolph Daz, pastor Saccomanno, respective organizations and St. Anthony's Catholic Church conducted Memorial Day services in North Carbon area cemeteries Monday. At the Mountain View Cemetery in Helper, Carbon Post No. 21 of the American Legion fired three vollies in honor of war veterans. The ceremony was under the direction of post commander Lawrence Buckley and Louis Wahl, both of Helper. 50-fo- ot tool. The canvass was a great labor Cahtolic presidents. Si. Lehi man escapes fiery wreck G Members of the Helper Fire Department canvassed local merchants early this week distributing tickets for a raffle to pay off the remaining $2,500 on the Hurst "Jaws of Life" rescue 17 percent effective June 3. voted council The unanimously to hike the rate it charges customers by a like amount. The increase to individual customers will not take effect until June 13, to conform to the city's meter reading dates. A preliminary plan for revamping Helper's traffic control devices, including signs, signals, guard rails and the like, was presented to the council by Albert Nielson of Call Engineering in Salt Lake City. Nielson said federal government funds would cover 90 percent of the cost of all engineering, and required for the project and told council members that a similar project in Mount Pleasant cost a total of $6,800 and thus ended up costing the city well under Churches, organizations observe Memorial Day 'vJV. v'T:-....- .. lUnSI bage collection; James Trimms, materials power rate increase, Fossat explained the rate UP&L charges the city will in- Tony Slavensky, $583 to $650, and Paul Richie, $615 to $700, both for gar- UTAH-472-5- 671 VOLUME 69 NUMBER 22 City salary hikes proposed; power rate The Helper City Council proposed a total of over $9,400 in salary increases for city employees, and, as a result of a hike by Utah Power and Light, increased city power rates by approximately 17 percent at its regular meeting last Thursday night. Council members are expected to give the budget final approval at their next 84101 ' &z X,;'.. No injuries asphalt center divider then rolled down the embankment and caught fire. Robb said the cause of the fire was probably the heat of friction between the center divider and the gasoline tank or a puncture in the tank caused Almost unbelievably, the driver of this truck (above), which bounded down an embankment and plunged into the Price River at the Gastle Gate Junction Thursday, walked away unhurt. Police reports said the driver, Alan Keith Reid, 32, of Helper jumped from the vehicle shortly after it left the road. The dump truck was struck on the right rear by a truck (left) driven by Dwight L. Williams, 31, Sebastopol, Calif.; as the dump truck attempted to turn right into Castle Gate, reports said. Damage to Williams' tractor-traile- r rig was estimated at $12,000. Williams was also uninjured. J Photo by the divider. Andelin surely would have been burned to death if not for his escape through the windshield, Robb said. The car was listed as a total loss. The highway patrol responded to the call one mUe north of the summit, about seven miles past the Duchesne County line, after Trooper Allen Keller of the port of entry made an initial check on the scene. Andelin was cited for driving under license revocation. H-- Kenneth Nielson joins police force Kenneth Nielson, 28, a native of Huntington, was sworn in last Wednesday as the fourth member of the Helper City Department. Police was administered the oath by Justice of the Peace Albert Breznick, joins Karl Stavar, police chief and patrolmen Jared Keller and William Nielson, who Voll. The brother of city water master Kerry Nielson, off- icer Nielson said having a family member around was an important part of his decision to come to Helper, but he indicated some other reasons as well. First, Nielson said, work on a police force, such as Salt Lake City where he was employed for approximately a year, is relatively impersonal. For example, he said, a "drunk down" call in a larger city nearly always results in an automatic arrest, whereas, in a smaller town, "maybe it wouldn't do justice" to big-cit- y arrest a first offender. Alternatives to arrest, Nielson commented, include referral to any of a number of social service agencies in the area. Social agencies are, of course, available in the big cities, Nielson said, but he stressed that the bigger the city, the less the likelihood of an officer's knowing an offender and being aware of his or her situation. "The closer it (law enforcement) is to the people," he said, "the more responsive it is." that in a smaller years. During his time in area, police can offer Salt Lake, he was also e "better service to the employed as a and reserve dispatcher public." He added part-tim- In a large city, an officer "could arrest a guy one night and never see him again," Nielson said, still reflecting on the difference between big and small town police work. On the other hand, he said, in a small town, a policeman "has a hard time defining when you're at work and when you're not." Still, Nielson said the size of Helper was part of the reason he came here and noted that his brother had spoken favorably of the citizenry. Overall, it's the changing pace of police work that attracts Nielson, the idea that one moment he might be "bored to death" and the next moment the adrenalin might be pumping mightily. "I derive pleasure from arresting people who need it," he said, "and I derive pleasure from helping people who need it." When asked how he would approach his new job, the officer replied, "As the chief tells me." His attitude toward law enforcement in been hasn't Helper cemented, he said, because of a realtive unfamiliarity with the area. Nielson graduated from Carbon College (now the College of Eastern Utah) in 1967 and then attended the University of Utah in Salt Lake City for about two officer with the Murray City Police Department. e In 1970, he worked for the Huntington City Police, then, in 1971, he returned to Salt Lake City where he completed a course at the Utah State Police Academy and worked for the city's police force. Since 1972, Nielson has been city marshall (the equivalent of police chief) in Huntington. Nielson replaces officer Harry Reddington, who resigned May 15. He is married and has one child. part-tim- two-mon- th J3LLjf--, liLj: Officer Kenneth is sworn in by Justice of the Peace Albert Breznick as Mayor Charles Ghirardelli and Police Chief Karl Stavar look on. J Photo H-- Grant sought for additional officer Another new police officer, this one an addition rather than a replacement, may be in the future of the Helper Police Department. Application is now pending for funds to hire an additional patrolman through the federal government's Comprehensive Employment Training Act (CETA), according to City Recorder Al Fossat. CETA funds are administered in this area by the Southeastern Utah Association of Governments office in Price. Helper City already has four employees obtained through manpower funds, and the planner director for SEUAG's manpower programs, Harry Mangus, said the money for the new officer will more than likely be allocated. Mangus cited the high priority public service nature of the job as the main reason for its probable approval. Appropriation of the money is expected within six months. CETA specifies that funding of jobs is for the basic purpose of training; therefore, a limit of one year and a maximum of $10,000 is set on any given job. The employer must take responsibility for salary payments if the job extends beyond one year. In the case of Helper, Police Chief Karl Stavar said he hoped the new position would be a permanent one. A further restriction on CETA funds is that the hiree must reside in the area and must be unemployed. Mangus said a number of Helper residents have already applied for jobs through the SEUAG office. added that a number of government jobs in are currently vacant because jobs in the private sector are becoming more readily available. He the area higher-payin- g |