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Show Utah Press Association rz Box 1327 Salt no reason for water delay 472-56- Earl Staker, a district manager for PRWID, said a member of his staff was to meet with officials of the EDA June 11 and tour the proposed site. He commented that his office has been unable to get the EDA' to tell them what areas were keeping the funds from being released. Staker said all the preliminary work has been done, including the Environmental Impact Statements, and he could see no reason for the delay. Green told those at the hearing that there is a standard method of handling EIS's and that method should be followed. We are trying to delegate work down to the county and even to the municipal governments, Green said. "The 208 study is an excellent example of local citizens being able to ' There is no reason for the Price River Water Improvement Distric's plans for building a culinary water treatment plant and pipeline for the county to be held up for environmental reasons, according to Jack adGreen, regional ministrator for the En- 10' in vironmental Protection Agency (EPA). Green, whose office is in Denver, was in Price June 8 for public feedback enon the vironment. This program, he said, is to give the citizens some input into the workings of the EPA, and give the EPA a chance to hearings ' . ; UP&L Huntington plant severely damaged by fire dicated severe damage from the early Saturday fire will result in a tight power supply for the utility's customers for a period of 12 to 30 months. The Huntington plant first unit contributes four fifteen hundred and thousand kilowatts to the companies total generating capacity of approximately 2 million kilowatts, so it of h represents about the utility's total capacity. UP&L said that the failure had more than wiped out its emergency reserve and will one-fift- necessitate importing power from neighboring systems. The company said replacement power is expected to be available however,' it wuld increase its operating costs by approximately $6 million during the remainder of 1976 and approximately $1 million per month there after until the unit is returned to service. The company said it plans to file emergency curtailment plans with the was which severely damaged. Quick action by serves. The company said the supervisor in charge that it hopes that it will be who turned off hydrogen able to carry its peak load gas supplied to the with no curtailments, 'but generator saved the plant during the period of from more extensive inadequate owned capacity damage. The company engineers further outages of plants of significant size whether on and planners for making our own system or on the extensive adjustments to systems of those we are the company operations purchasing power could minimized the impact on lead to the curtailment of company service and to the service to Utah Power and companies construction Light customers. The program. A maximum efcurtailment if necessary fort is being made to sell the would first be applied to coal that would have been interruptable and other used by the Huntington large industrial customers plant in order to keep the and adjacent utilities who miners working. purchase UP&L. power Preliminary from generating associated unit, and equipment company master ' . planning mittee," under the direction of Bill Dinehart, planner for the South East Utah Association of Governments. The council asked various residents to attend the meeting and be members of the committee. Dinehart said most cities would pay an engineering firm to make up a master . ?5w ..A Price resident, Pat Conniff, was killed June 8 at the coal preparation plant in Hard Scrabble canyon when a coal truck backed over him. Conniff was a driver for Savage Bros, trucking, and manager, said the results of the study will be released on June 30. He said the results would then be examined and a decision would be made as to the direction the work on water will go. Brewer said studies from streams near the power plant at Castle Dale showed a high concentration of arsenic and other elements and that after a thorough study of the area, the elements were found to be naturally occuring and not coming from the plant. was Green asked specifically why Kenilworth was required to have a discharge permit for its community septic tank when the discharge did not make it into the Price river. have the permit. Green said, he was not familiar with the problem but would ask that it be looked into. Opinions were also expressed by local citizens attending the meeting that the area have planned growth, and that the beauty and lifestyle not be sacrificed "for the ringing of the cash register." Brewer said the completion of the EPA funded 208 program would allow citizens to see where they wanted to go and what progress they desired to be made. .The meet hearing was attended by officials from the EPA, local agencies, coal mining interests, and concerned citizens. water f V N. Main The Utah State Department of Transportation has advertised for bids on the new north main street (Martinelli) bridge, star- spokesman ting Saturday June 12, to Archie according Hamilton, District four preconstruction engineer. Hamilton said the bids would be out until June 26 and then they would be opened June 29. From that date the contract is awarded, the contraator has 10 to 15 days to be on the job, he said. Hamilton warned motorists to be aware of the pending construction and be plan for the city and would be charged $4,000. to $5,000. for the work. He said the city would not have to pay anything, but would depend on the citizens for input into the history, and planning of the city. j The SEUAOG would pay for what little would have to be paid for, Dinehart siad. Citizens of Helper would research the history and beginnings of the city. Others would look at 'the "land functions," "public only fireworks Arson is "strongly suspected" as the cause of fires that struck two to spread to the company's main office as well as the neighboring United Auto Parts store and the businesses almost Eastern Utah Produce Co. warehouse. Firemen from the Price Volunteer Fire Department responded to the reports of the blazes which were turned in simultaniously shortly after 1 a.m. Thursday. City Councilman Mark Hansen said the department was divided into two fighting units with one responding to each fire. Luckily, he said, the fire at the produce warehouse was ex- legal this year Police Chief Karl Stavar has asked that Helper residents be aware that only sparklers and caps are legal fireworks this year. Stavar said the law is not a local or county law, but is issued by the state fire marshall. tinguished easily, . freeing that company to join their fellows at the Price Commission fire. The fire at the Price Commission warehouse was out of control when firemen arrived and was threatening Pool opening Checker Board Grocery. Employees of the three stores and volunteers worked feverishly to remove what they could from the buildings. Subsequent tallies showed that the , grocery and auto parts store suffered damage from smoke and from transporting goods in and out of the stores. Firemen fought to contain the Price Commission blaze well into the morning and, with some help from the Helper Fire Department, were able to put the fire out without any further damage being done to the businesses. As if that were not enough, weary firemen were again called to respond to a fire later in the morning at the Price City Park where vandals, using old tires for fuel,, set a large pine tree on fire. Preliminary damage estimates showed that garden tools and supplies, two trucks and sprinkler piping had been lost at the Price Commission while Eastern Utah Produce was still tallying losses. For residents set this week ii two locations last Thursday night. Arson is strongly suspected in the blazes. simultaniously early in the morning of Thursday, June 10 leaving one warehouse destroyed and another damaged extensively. Fire officials said last Thursday that arson was almost certainly the cause of the fires which destroyed a former grain elevator being used as a storage shop by the Price Commission Co. and damaged the Sparklers, caps "parks and Helper City Fire Department members aided the Price crews in battling blazes in Price prepared to use the south Helper exit. He said the last thirty days of the 50 day construction "project would be for curing time for the concrete. recreation," and "culture aspects" of the city. Dinehart said the city has complete control of what and how they want to plan for Helper. The city council asked that Frank Morelli and Albert Spensko be assigned as chairmen of the planning committee. In other business, Fred Voll, reported that the Museum will be finished by July 4, and should be ready v for opening then. the council tabled a motion to take over the maintenance of the canal which will be covered in the Larry Regis subdivision. Regis had presented a plan to the city by which Helper would maintain the canal. the council voted to appropriate $800 a year for new equipment for the fire upon the department request of Jim Pugliese. the council voted to appropriate $100 to a baseball team from the Helper-Pric- e area. The according to police walked behind a 'Marasco Bros, truck which was backing team is a member of the Beehive League. into loading position. agreed to appropriate on was He arrival at pronounced dead to the Carbon County $1,000 Carbon Hospital. Council on aging. Co rr-- being a stream which would Brewer, 208 carry the discharge into a office waterway, then it needed to quality exit bridge company has no plans to ask the commission for a surcharge to compensate for the loss. functions," Driver crushed for be 43 cents. At the present time the com- situations. Green said he could see no reason for the PRWID hold up, and would "do my utmost ,to talk to the EDA and hurry things up." added. Courtney x--x estimated that the impact on the companies earnings per share during 1976 would The Helper City Council voted to set up a "self help answer questions about regulations and area input into en- Green said if a wash could vironmental issues," he or did fill up to the point of provide Bids asked Council approves planning committee in- vestigations indicate that the failure of the first unit at Huntington was the result of a malfunction of a switch at the generator. The control circuit indicators showed the switch to be in an open position when it was in fact closed. As a result tran- ' smission voltage flowed into the generator causing the generator to function as a motor in the reverse direction for which it was designed. This caused an arc which started fires and of malfunction the t Construction work will continue on the Huntington 2nd unit and the two units at Emery. Some adjustments may be made in the construction schedules of the. Huntington location in order to restore production at that location at the earliest possible moment. In an earlier release the utility commission in the three states it respective City, Ut 84110 EPA administrator says WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 1976 HELPER, UTAH VOLUME 70 NUMBER 24 8 PAGES Fire at the UP&L Huntington plant in Emery county caused an estimated $20 million in damages early Saturday morning. Utah Power & Light Company, Monday, said preliminary inspection of its Huntington plant Lake Garbage The Helper City Pool is in the process of being filled, and depending on the speed of the pumps and the weather, should be opened sometime this week, according to Earnest Gard- ner, city councuman in charge of the parks and recreation. He said the costs for swimming will be the same as last year. The costs will be $3 for adults and $2.50 for children over six for season passes. The costs for individual days have not been set yet, but will be announced after, Gardner said. With the purchase of a new and bigger garbage truck, Al Fossat, city recorder, said all pick-u- p curb only residential areas will be to drive through the alleys, curb service only. He noted that all pick-u- p Fossat said the new truck: times will remain the same, is larger and will be unable Board of Education hearings Citizens ask changes in new grad reoqpuiirenients public hearing on proposed changes in the high school graduation requirements was held at the Carbon High School Wednesday night. Dr. Walter G. Talbot, Utah State Board of Education Superintendent, and Dr. LaRae Winget, assistant supertendent presented the program. The state changes include a demonstration of functional competencies in reading, writing, speaking, listening, computation, an understanding of the A process of and structure of democratic governance and an ability to function effectively in those processes, an ability to function effectively as a consumer of goods and services, and a skill in problem solving. The proposed changes are also to include an emphasis on career exploration and preparation, and emphasis on qualities of character. The new requirements would also ask that students demonstrate a competence in areas of morality, honesty, courtesy, to law and respect for government. obedience Participants asked that the requirement on morality be clarified or removed. If a girl becomes pregnant while attending high school, does that automatically say she is not moral therefore not eligible to graduate, was a question raised by the participants. Dr. Winget said he would consider the comments incorporate them into final version. One aspect ui Uie requirements is an and the dividual plan for eacn English instead of four. A suggestion was made student which will be prepared by the student, his that the other year of or her parents and a English be changed to incounselor. This point would clude speech and that the allow each student to set a English or language arts study for reaching it. The one point which was disputed the most was the change of requirements for English from four years to just three. and Both teachers parents position new in programs be changed to communications. Teachers from the Carbon County school district said there is a stigma about English and goal and have a plan of Utah . State Board of Education, presented the new "Students rights and responsibilities" handbook. Those in attendance were asked to examine them and make comments about the guidelines. Most of the people in attendance reacted that stigma causes the favorably to the guideline students to dislike the but there were minor points English classes. They in- which brought negative dicated that the com- reactions. expressed opat the prospect of munications he students having only three years of high school in specialist in the office of the . , name would help alleviate that stigma. Michael L. Robinson, a One section of the guide states that "Students have the right to expect costs for activities such as Pep Club, textbooks, general supply fees, lockers, athletics, etc, to be either free or within reasonable limits for everyone regardless of economic status," and this section brought strong opposition. A consensus of opinion was that only required subjects, and not extracurricular activities be included in a "free education." A clarification was also asked for on the matter of released time seminary. Teachers and parents asked that the released time be for an organized study of the religion of the students and parents choice. Robinson said the student rights and responsibilities document would be on display at the school board offices along with the new requirements in the area districts if anyone wanted to inspect them. He asked that anyone interested review it and send questions or comments by July 1, to the Utah State Board of Education, 250 East 5th South, Salt Lake City, Utah, |