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Show Utah Press Association Box 1327 Salt Lake City, Ut, 84110 Group home here eyed The concept of having a girls' group home in Helper was approved by the city council at its Feb. 12 meeting. Evelyn Roberts of the county's Family Service office in Price appeared before the council in support of the group home, stating that objections from residents other and have now apparently killed the effort to construct a new home in Price. Mrs. Roberts' comments centered on the vastly reduced cost to the taxpayer of lodging certain girls in group homes rather than detention facilities. Support costs total $150 per month per girl in the group home, she said, whereas it costs $20,000 per year to house a girl in the State Industrial School. The state legislature two years ago appropriated $100,000 for construction of the home, Mrs. Roberts explained. If a suitable site problems is not located soon, the project may be dropped and the money returned. Council discussion later in the meeting focused mainly on the problems associated with the presence of the delinquent and run-awa- youngsters in the y com- munity. The council, however, voted to endorse the project and to allow a search for property in the city. Ernest Councilman Gardner reported that the city's swimming pool needs a new chlorinator and assorted other repairs totaling $2,000 if it is to open this season. The council took no action to allocate money for the repairs, but Mayor Charles Ghirardelli commented that not only must the pool open this year, but it must open earlier than last season. A discussion of whether the county or Helper was for responsible main- tenance of certain roads led to a verbal blast from Councilman Ralph Noel, who strongly criticized the not commission for selecting a Helper resident to fill the vacancy on the commission left by the resignation of Gary Prazen. Noel stated and the council agreed that Helper citizens should jointly mount a campaign to elect a Helperite to the commission in November. In other business: Citing a "definite lack of communication" between police and fire trucks on the way to a fire, Fire Chief Jim Pugliese asked the council to purchase citizen's band (CB) radio units for two fire trucks, the police car, the water department truck and the city hall. Total cost of the equipment would be approximately $650. The council took no action. Ray Telaroli told the council he would attempt to have the area of 2nd East rezoned to prohibit mobile UTAH HELPER, VOLUME 5X . . . Last week in Helper it was warm enough to have recess outside and to play without a winter coat and muffler. It seemed that warm, anyway. The National Weather Service station in Price reported highs only in the Her line of reasoning, the local sleuth said, was that the only purpose served by publicizing the diary would be the enlightenment of Helper residents concerning their predecessors. Though she could not state specifics, Mrs. Romano did give some clues as to the new information found in the diary: Other written histories to the contrary, Pratt apparently was not a coal miner, except possibly a short time before his death in 1900 in the Winter Quarters mine. There are new versions of how, when and under what conditions Pratt bought and sold the land in and around what is now Helper. Repeated references to an island suggest that a fork in the Price River once existed in building specs Bill Kirkwood of Helper has been named building inspector and zoning administrator by the city position. Holding down a job has never been a problem for Josephine. For one thing, as "she's a a remarked City Recorder Albert Fossat. In addition, despite the council. occasional abuse that Kirkwood will be in comes with such a job, Mrs. charge of enforcing the Archer said she enjoys city's contact with the public. building code and its zoning The result has been that ordinance, which is now in the 44 years since she undergoing a revision by a graduated from business consulting firm. school, Mrs. Archer has held only two jobs: 24 years with the city and, prior to that, 20 years with the J. C. Penney store in jewel," her retirement include, first, a brief rest from the -5 routine. Then what? Bill Kirkwood Celso 70 Montoya, representing his uncle a Salt Lake City fight asked and promoter received permission to use the Civic Helper Auditorium for professional boxing matches. 472-567- 18, 1976 10c 1 NUMBER 7 PAGES Management Planning program comes into play. "There's no question that human activity and the uses of land have an impact on water quality," said consulting engineer Rodney Despain in a recent interview. Despain, who heads the land use phase, said that in light of this fact, it is his job to determine how the land is presently used, how. that use affects the water quality and how to improve water quality through land use planning. The traditional solution to water many start down the list a second time, she said, as she has already been to Europe twice and to Hawaii, New England, Florida and California. Further plans are still in the making. of even Protection Agency '(EPA) is, "We don't have enough money to sewer the world," Despain said, Therefore, to accommodate the sub- stantial growth expected in y area in the the coming years, the water quality program will resort to other means. Carbon-Emer- Number one on the list, Despain stated, is adequate enforcement of existing laws. This alone would significantly improve the water quality in many areas. Raw sewage was dumped into streams in Joe's Valley despite the fact that the Emery County Commission had the legal authority to halt it. another example, cited Scofield Reservoir, where water As Despain quality has been degraded partially because the seeds of the problem existed before zoning laws went into effect. water quality program's answer to The situations like these will be to meet with local officials and to suggest revisions in existing ordinances where n Land use planners will attempt to look 20 years" into the future, check the potential for growth then with local" governments and formulate a plan. In areas that already have land use plans, Despain said, he and his colleagues will review those plans to determine if they are current and valid. sit, down r J in r-- -- 1 A Despain then returned to an earlier theme: "Plans are great," he said, "but enforcement is the moment of truth." Towns that lack an understanding of enforcement of zoning laws can not be left to their own resources, Despain said, so his office will work in some areas to familiarize officials with enforcement methods. Rodney Despain agencies like the U.S. Soil Conservation Service. . area The Carbon-Emer- y is a relative late comer to the energy boom, Despain said, and thus, it has many "good models of what not to do." In Before any formal plans can be drawn up, economic and natural resource data must be gathered and existing land use must be mapped. However, "We won't go out and dig holes," Despain explained, as much of the needed information on soils, for example, has already been gathered by the addition, of the area is generally clustered, with a good deal of uninhabited land between population population groups. Together, cluded, the Despain con- facts point to a favorable outlook for the and preservation restoration of the quality of the area's water source. Sign tampering ires council Pranksters or Mrs. Archer was born in Castle Gate. She married Harold C. Archer, a railroad employee, who died in 1955. disen- chanted motorists have been turning and otherwise tampering with the new stop sign at North Main and First North, according to City Councilman Martin Farish. barrel-encase- She is a member of the Business and Professional Women's Club, the Price Soroptimists and several bridge clubs. In the past, she has been involved in the Days of '49 celebrations and in the St. Anthony's Altar quality problems; Despain said, is to build a treatment plant, but, he continued, in many cases, large sums of money The philosophy they relate to water quality. mandatory sewer hook-olaw, for example, might be suggested in some areas, Despain said. A d Farish asked the Police Department to attempt to , locate those responsible, and he noted that the maximum fine for such an act is $299. ? Helper Journal garners UPA typography award Helper. What events during her time at City Hall stand out unusual? Many, Josephine smiled, but few that she would care to see in print. Since she became deputy recorder, Mrs. Archer said, sne nas seen me aowmown area thrive, become severly depressed, then begin a recovery, but the big change, from her special man's in- potential of contributing to water pollution, and this is where the "land use" phase of the Waste Water Quality Society. now-defun- ct as the U.S. Environmental all of these have the Travel, perhaps? If so, she would have to from urStorm run-obanized areas; the location and workability of septic techniques; Pratt and his family were apparently victims of the most dire poverty throughout their lives in Helper. The Pratt diary covers the period from approximately 1878, when he left Goshen for Helper, to 1900. At that point, his son Ammon took over the chronicling duties, lending further insights into life in Helper up to the 1920s. . vantage point, has been the virtual drowning of the recorder's office of late in a sea of paper work: "government reports to high heaven," as she described it. Where two people once handled the office work fairly comfortably, in the past 18 months, it has a become suddenly gargantuan task, she said. Still, it has been interesting work, Mrs. Archer stressed, with new challenges each day. Mrs. Archer's plans for can be saved by preventing the degradation of water quality in the first place. fluence on the watershed Helper. Mrs. Archer, who was hired as deputy recorder by Mayor D.K. Downey in 1952, has worked under four mayors and four recorders. Her tenure at City Hall also included a brief term to 1971 (November February 1972) as acting recorder. She declined taking the top spot in favor of retaining the deputy's Whether an area's water supply will be polluted is determined, in large part, by how the land is used. tanks; industrial land use; agricultural use, including the matters of return flow, pesticide use and grazing Deputy Recorder Josephine Archer retires from position after 24 years Kirkwood checks 6 ff the writings. A new and slightly altered version of the early years of the town of Helper may about to unfold for local history buffs. Mrs. Edna Romano, whose third grade classes at Sally Mauro School this year and last chose to delve into the story of Helper pioneer Teancum Pratt as their bicentennial project, has located the diary of Pratt, written in his own hand. Several months ago, Mrs. Romano learned that Pratt's grandson, Clifford Cunningham, resided in Salt Lake City. During one of their meetings, Cunningham mentioned the existence of the diary and told Mrs. Romano that it was in the possession of Mary Pratt, Teancum's granddaughter by another wife. Doubtful whether the handwritten history really existed, Mrs. Romano nonetheless followed up and found that Mary Pratt did indeed have the diary. Apparently fearful of the misuse of the document, Mrs. Pratt insisted that none of the diary be published. No excerpts, therefore, were available to the Journal at press time. Mrs. Romano, however, said she was continuing to attempt to secure permission to release some of Josephine Archer, the lady who collected on your utility bills for 24 years, retired from her post at the end of last week. possible funding. Land use study here seeks new solutions to water quality woes low 40s. Pictured enjoying the respite from the winter chill 6, Kelly Fossat, 7, and Sandy Ori,8. are, left to right, Janet Loy, Teancum Pratt diary promises new version of Helper history Helper City's Deputy one. Alteration of the intersection is under study. Larry Becker of Tried Utah told the council that moving the dirt for the planned expansion of the city cemetery would cost approximately $8,000. The council reviewed Becker's plan and agreed to study We can't sewer the world' How warm was it? Recorder Mrs. McKendrick that the intersection of Janet and Main Street is a hazardous WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY III u homes if the council didn't do something about trailers in the area which he said were violating the zone law should be immediately told within a to comply reasonable period. Police Chief Karl Stavar agreed with the assertion of Leland and Ella y - t . N The Helper Journal has been awarded second place in for excellence typography by the Utah Advocate, the Journal was placed in competition with papers with circulations of over 2,500, despite the fact publisher Robert Finney culation is approximately Press Association, announced. ' The Journal received the prize for the overall ap- pearance of its 1975 editions. Josephine Archer 1 1 Because it is owned by a larger paper, the Price Sun that the Journal's cir- 1,050. The award was presented at the Utah Press Association's yearly convention Sunday in Salt Lake City. M .. . Swing yer partner Fire Chief Jim Pugliese and wife Pauline tap their toes at the annual Firemen's Ball held last Saturday at the civic auditorium. Pugliese said the bash lived up to its expected social and financial success. The department took in approximately $1,500 for use mainly toward a scholarship to the College of Eastern Utah for some North Carbon resident. |