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Show TTTM STVS P7?T? Mil TOKJTa, UTAH M337 23, 1976 Stpttcbtr ft? i r 4 4 Si" The monthly sewer service charge will increase $3 effective November 1 in Tremonton following action by the City Council Tuesday. The $3 increase will boost the monthly sewer charge from $5 to $8 which, combined with the $5 water service charge and $2 garbage 1 collec- tion fee, will increase the total monthly city bill paid by residents to $15. Councilman Harry Gephart said the $3 increase is the level suggested by engineers as being necessary for the city to raise the revenue it needs for its share of the cost of improving its sewer treatment plant. With about 900 paying customers, the increase would produce approximately $32,000 annually. Gephart said the $3 will "help us pay for this treatment plant without another increase when it comes in." In the works for a number of years, Valley Engineering of Logan, the city's engineering firm, now has the proposed improvements at the treatment plant almost ready for bidding. Construction is expected to begin in ' the spring. . The improvements have been man- - "4 dated by the Environmental Protection Agency to allow (he city to meet increasingly strict water standards. But cost to the city has also been increasing as time drags on due to federal red tape and additional. EPA requirements. A project which was originally to cost the city no more than $100,000 will now cost it better than $200,000. And the city's share is only the tip of the iceberg. EPA provides 75 percent . of the funding. The total project will run close to $1 million dollars. That includes some spent within the city to rehabilitate sewer lines to alleviate It also ground water infiltration. includes approximately $100,000 that will be spent by Garland to do the same thing to its sewer lines. Garland shares the treatment facility. Gephart noted that one long-ransolution for funding and operation of the sewer plant being discussed between Garland and Tremonton is creation of a sewer district. Some businesses in Tremonton who contribute "excessive" amounts of sewage to the system may find them . selves paying their own extra contribution to the treatment plant project. Valley Engineering officials noted that the EPA will "not subsidize" industry which contributes more sewage than the average resident to a sewer system. As a result some businesses will have to pay a percentage of the capital cost of the plant's improvements. The engineers said only about four businesses, two groceries and two meat packing plants, might be affected. City fathers also acted to increase the price city residents will pay for using excessive amounts of culinary water. Gephart noted that under the present charge a resident pays $5 a month for up to 20,000 gallons of culinary for every water. He then pays 1,000 gallons used over , and above the 20,000 per month. "What we're doing is penalizing the people who only use their 20,000," Gephart said, since "the more you use the less the rate." The council agreed and voted to cont.on page 5 BLAIR COMBE of Tremonton. is this week's lucky Mystery Personality winner and picks up $40 in bonus bucks as a result. Youngster Wins Pot ts . - Young Blair Combe of Tremonton is forty bonus bucks richer this week after being selected as the winner in the Mystery Personality contest. Combe, the son of Mr, and Mrs. George Combe, 990 N. Tremont Street, correctly identified Lowell Johnson of Tremonton as the Mystery Personality and found all twelve clues. ; He admits to having a little help from his Mom, but plans to spend the money himself. cont.on page four vy--.-- HEAD NURSE Helen Harper shows off a close friend she came across at the Valley Hospital in Tremonton. The male skeleton is just one of the items that will be put up for bid along with the old hospital and an adjacent apartment building when operation is transferred to the new hospital in The old skeleton was apparently used for instructional purposes and isn't anyone you might know. Breakfast mid-Octob- fiw Mis FOR SALE: One hospital which will no longer be needed following opening of brand new hospital October 16. That's exactly what the Valley the Leasing Corp. is doing-selfl- hg Valley Hospital. Sealed bids will be opened October 26 at 8 p.m. in the Tremonton Civic Building. The Corp. reserves the right to reject any or all bids. well-use- It's Goldrush Hoio)oteu d Firehouse Tour Saturday Tremonton Included in the sale package is the hospital itself including various and Also sundry items of equipment. included is a four unit apartment building located to the rear and adjacent to the hospital. Bids should be submitted to Deloris Stokes, Both-wel- l, chairman of the Valley Leasing Corp. it The Corp. is a organization cont.on page four non-prof- ' Tour New Fire Station For Vofjcos fast served by the Tremonton Volunteer Fire Department in their brand spanking new fire station located just west of the civic building, 102 South Tremont. The Chuck Wagan Breakfast will insist of ham and eggs, hash browns, coffee, juice and milk. Saturday is Gold Rush Days in Tremonton and valley residents will not only get a chance to take part in a town-wid- e shopping promotion, but they'll get a first hand look at northern Utah's newest fire station. The promotion, sponsored by the Tremonton Merchant's Committee, starts off with a Chuck Wagon Break . .The public will have a chance to look the $80,000 facility over from, head to toe. They'll also have a chance to see the results of several thousand dollars worth of donated labor and several thousand dollars worth of donated furnishings. Engineer's estimate for construction of the facility was $130,000, but volunteer labor and donations by the fire department, itself, and other local residents brought the cost down considerably. The city also participated in the construction cost. Kids ages three to 11 can get in the act when they'll have a chance to go panning for gold just like the 49r's did. Pan For Gold Kids should assemble at 2 pm.at the fire station where they'll be given sacks and directed to the gold fieias where nuggetts can be had for the picking.Candy bars will be given free to each participant with a special prize slated for the winners in various age groups with the most gold. Weighing of the nuggets will take place from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Assay office, the former Lock and Key building next to Hepp's Sports store on mainstreet. Prizes will be awarded at this time. Bicentennial Band During the weighing of the gold, the Bicentennial Band will entertain beginning at 2:30 p.m. Western Dance The activities will be cai fed off with a western touch at 8:30 p.m. 'ack at the new fire station when the "vVtster-naires- " will provide the music for a dance. Admission is $1 per couple or per person. Valley residents shouldn't forget the super values that will be offered in Tremonton stores during the day either. Check out the ads in this edition of The Leader. A special look at the red hot items on a special ad in this paper is also warranted. DfeifiAESDOoa Ml A H If1l(p Old habits are hard to break. That's what County Assessor Clifton Kerr announced Tuesday when he revealed that a "mail-out- " program of motor vehicles in for Box Elder County will be discontinued after October. ' The reason is simple. County vehicle owners refuse to use it. The system, initiated seven months ago by Assessor Kerr's office, just hain't caught on with county residents who insist, it seems, on showing up in person at the office to pay their automobile taxes and get their new license decals. Kerr revealed that 4,228 mall-out- s have been made in the first six months includof the program. The mail-out- s ed letters of instruction, a registration and a bill showing the assessed valuation and amount of tax and a return envelope. pre-print- D But a mere 375 people took advantage of the system for a return of 8.87 percent. The rest usually showed up in person at the assessor's office with the envelope in hand. Considering the county spent $550 alone just for stamps, not to mention the work of stuffing the envelopes and the assessor preparing the mail-outfigures the 375 that were returned cost an average of $1.50 each just for postage. The system was inaugurated by the assessor's office strictly "as a service" to county residents, since he doesn't really make the assessor's job any easier, Kerr indicated. Since September's mail-out- s have already gone out and October's are in the process, the system will be halted at the end of October. cont.on page four s, f Sign Says It All mrnmm ill Si ,;. VaUey. Since the installation of the sign, a date has been chosen for the opening of the new hospital-O- ct. 16. On that Saturday a program is being planned for 10 a m. Following the prop-.ini- , which the public is invited to aUcnJ, tours of the facility will be held. The new hospital will also be open for tours on Sunday, Oct. 17, from 2 p.m. until 6 p.m. The new hospital will begin admitting patients within the next few days following the dedication activities and tours. "',- ' MiM VK h " ' mu irni V North Box Elder Community Hospital Association Board members, Mel Foxley and Charlotte Reeder, along with Shirlee Weaver, director of Community Services and Development for the new Bear River Valley Hospital, recently took time out to admire a sign recently installed to announce thebiggest bicentennial for the Bear River ';..... firm- - ! HOSPITAL - ?S3i7 M 1 til CHiXJ'--- . . Hi -- 1 1 r-- EDITOR Curtis SUrr and Shirlee Weaver, director of Community Services and Development for (he new Bear River Valley Hospital, look over a new MGkoard erected to tell the world about the new hospital. The "coming soon" part has been pinpointed to Oct. It. |