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Show For New Hospital Tine Board Will Name Architect Friday vQ Volume S3 Number 36 An architect should be appointed Friday to begin drawing up plans for the construction of a ne hospital for northern Ban. Elder County according to Mel Foxley, Northern Box Elder County Hospital Board chairman. The board is scheduled to meet at 7:30 p.m. Friday In the Tremjfiton Civic Center to make die decision. Foxley said appointment of an architect is the next step necessary in the hospital effort. Once design of the hospital has reached a satisfactory stage, a bond election in the nine communities which have banded together to construct the facility will be held. Foxley said the election could come in July. The Board will ask the communities to bond for their maximum share of the hospital cost estimated in round figures at SI mTlion. Each com .n unity is restricted by its bonding capacity as to the amount of money for which it can bond. But Foxley said, the actual bonds will only be sold as necessary for construction. The board also hopes to receive federal matching funds act. Bonding requirements on under the the nine communities would be reduced accordingly if federal funds are received. "When the first hospital board was organized we filed funds so we have a high priority." Foxley for said. The board now has to reapply, but needs an architect to help answer questions asked In the application form. funds could supply as much as fifty percent of the hospital cost depending on their availability. Foxley also noted that all of the nine communities have formally signed the interlocal cooperative agreement in which they pledge to bond for the hospital and use their sales tax receipts to pay off the bonds. Local communities could receive their first quarter sales tax in June. share of the half-ce- nt Cndor the terms of the interlocal agreement, eachcity will keep its share of the sales tax funds for Investment purposes until such time as the money is needed to meet hospital construction expenses. "It's earmarked." Foxley said. "When we call for turned over." it, it has to The procedure will allow cities and towns which have entered Into the agreement to invest the sales tax for rs before having to make their annual up to to tlie hospital board to retire the bonds. payment Actual size of the hospital is still in question. A regBut state ofional committee recommended funds have approved ficials who administer for construction. It appears that if the fedonly eral money is granted and used the facility will be limited to Kegarding hiring of an architect Foxley said the Board had requested an opinion from the league of C ities attorney as to whether it is legally required to put the contract for construction up for bid. Foxley said a Chicago based firm used extensively by the EDS church is being investigated by the board. The firm supplies the architect and handles construction as well and could represent a potential savings in cost. The Board is attempting to find out if it can legally hire tlie firm without bidding. But Foxley said the Board might hire an independent architect and simply bid the construction contract out to avoid any possible legal conflict. a ii !L rremonfon, Ufoh 84337 11 ?(J(o(35 on t!f f"" 9 .J N V I A , I " 1 1 1 ' three-quarte- , . f , . .v of tlie graduation cereminy is "Chance FavTheme tlie Preared minds." The commencement ceremony begins at 8 p.m. in the ors GKADI ATION student shakers for tonight's commencement exercises at Bear River are Teresa Scott of Fielding and Bryce Griffin of Garland. Here they pose in cap and i. ills . lx i - " - A,' in the Future llomemak-er'- s Association. She is also the Searchlightthe of school newspaper. As a mmljer of tlie school debate team she won honors at the state level. I l)S She is a four-yeSeminary graduate and was chosen as homecoming ar us The mud collects in the hole beneath the nine and five eights inch casing that was inserted. When tlie compressed air failed to produce tlie desired effect, the decision was made ing. to drill deeper. The drill rig is capable of going down 11, 000 feet with the pipe currently available. Ltah Power and Light President E. L. Company Hunter said Monday at a stockholder meeting In Salt North in Box Elder County and Sections of will not be completed until at least 1983 according to projected opening dates recently released by tlie Ctah State Road Commission. First to be opened to traffic in the north end of the county is a 9.2 mile stretch from Plymouth to the Idaho Border. Projected opening date is sometime in 1977. A 5.G mile section from Zlwood to Garland is slated for opening by 1979 and tlie final section between Garland and Plymouth is slated to be ready for traffic sometime in 80 15 1981. A 9.8 mile section between Blue Creek Summit and North is not scheduled for traffic Tremonton on until sometime in 1983, the report indicated. 90 ,i cere-pion- y .is the recipii nt siie of to aai iis a ivovni scholastic scholarship tjli State t'niu'i sitv. Mr. Griffin is tlie son of Mr. and Mrs. Idon Griffin I I of Garland. During tlie past year he has served as piVMiicnt of Uk' K.iiiio Inn. He U a four year seminary Kra'iate. He was also honored recently as the top academic scholar based on cumulative oint average and grade classes enrolled in during hU'high school years. C He reei'vo rcco"t; a scholastic scholarship from I tah State I'niversity. Dr. Darwin Aoodtmry. will introduce principal. commencement exercise guests and Senior Class President Mien Williams ill present the welcom?. Musical numbers will be Darrelene by presented Ijewis and a quartet consisting of Bruce I vans. Rick Johnson. Todd Miller and Robert Stores. Kenneth IVirritt a member of the Box Elder County Board of Education, and Dr. Woodbury will present the diplonns. Mr. Kinard joined K.SI. News in 1965 as a reporter, producer and anchorman for tlie weekend new s. Ho received his BS Degree in speech from the I'niversity of Uah in 19fifi. He was later named news manahe ger at KSI. and in was one of eight IS newsmen selected to receive a one-ye- ar CBS fellowship at 1S Columbia I'niversity. Mr. Kinard also worked as a writer and producer for CBS News in New York. He returned to KM. in 1971. Deputy Must Go, Law Says County Sheriff Warren W. sheriff. Bert er i So. Hyde apparently acted correctly when he ordered a deputy to take a leave of absence without pay after the deputy filed for the office of Drilling supervisor class secretary during tlie school year and is an offic- Not Proecfed Until 1983 geo-ther- Down Below 9,600 Feet McComach said Tuesday that the drilling operation had started up once more and was below the 9,600 foot The drillers have level. shifted from a water-mu- d solution used to lift the cuttings from the hole to com add ix ss. Student shakers will lie Miss Teresa Scott and Mr. Bryce Griffin. Miss Scott is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dav id Scott of Fielding. Sht has served as senim Meeting Anyone with hay to sell should attend the meeting, Stenquist said. : crew members watch in anticipation south of Tremonton. The steam came, but not enough, well being dug they're digging deeper. ment tlie Spoken deliver the main Local Freeway Completion son. "We expect to hit it any time now," McComach said. The company has inserted almost $100, 000 worth of steel casing into the hole reaching up to the 3,030 foot level to shore up the hole. Several days were recently spent pumping air into the hole in an attempt to "blow out" mud that drillers felt had baked hard in tlie hole and was preventing any steam or hot water from ris ord," broadcast and Monthly a pressed air. A Choir's Slates The National Farmer's Organization will hold its monthly meeting today. May 23, at 8 p.m. in the Tremonton Civic Center. The latest information on grain, dairy, and livestock prices will be aired. NFO President Carl Stenquist said some information should be available on hay pricing for the sea- Drilling had resumed toal test day at a well southwest of Tremonton with expectations of encountering steam at any mo- school auditorium. The 184 studentgraduating classone of the smaller graduating classes in recent yearswill hear Spencer Kinard, corporate news director of KSI. Inc., and voice Talxr- of the world-famo- nacle "Music gown. NFO of steam from the commence m?nt exer- cises. Hill-Burt- on 17-b- burst One hundred and eighty four senior students at Bear River high school will sit through the traditional graduation siieech. march across the stage to receive their diploma, shake hands with school board officials and enter the ranks of high school graduates tonight during annual 25-be- VvWf1' Li FODOflgJ&f? fit w 1 of a J Li Hill-Burt- on ; May 23, 1974 Spcncc ICinard Is Speaker lull-Burt- on Hill-Burt- .rmsa & sr 3D Lake that "if we are successful in developing hot water or steam in sufficient quantity, then we will proceed to drill more wells." The wells will be used to run "initially a 50,000 kilo- watt steam-electr- ic generating unit which would be built at the same location." "Indications are that there may be steam for as much as one billion kilowatts of steam electric generation in that location," Hunter said. Newell (Tim) Francis, a deputy under Sheriff Hyde, was told to take a leave of absence last week after he officially filed for the sheriffs race on the Republican slate. Francis was told the Deputy Merit System required the leave of absence. County Commissioners, questioning the action, solicited an opinion from County Attorney 0. Dee Lund. Tuesday County Commission Chairman Don Chase said the sheriff apparently acted correctly under a provision of the merit system law. "Apparently in 1960 the legislature passed a merit for requirement system county law enforcement officers only," Chase said. At that time a three man commission was set up and functioned for three to five years. "Then for some or another it ceased tion," Chase said. reason to func- section of the law the event a merit system officer becomes a candidate for any office without first resigning he shall automatically be placed on leave without pay for the period of his candidacy." One reads: "In Thus the sheriff was acting correctly, Chase noted. The merit system law spe- cifically exempts the sheriff and the chief deputy from the leave of absence provision. See Editorial "None of us on the commission at this time had been aware of the existence of such a commission (merit system) until about three weeks ago," Chase said. "Why it was allowed to lapse... I can't answer," he added. Chase said the commission intends to establish the merit system commission "as soon as possible." Under the terms of the law, Francis must he hired back if he desires when his candidacy is up. Chase also held out the that Francis possibility might be hired for a county job other than deputy during the election period. If there were a county position open, Francis would "definitely" be considered for it Chase said. The commission chairman sought the legal opinion because "I felt what applied to one ought to apply to another." Deputy Francis said he had considered taking a leave of absence but that only the Merit System Commission had the legal right to order the leave. |