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Show 1-- 460 expires PRESS ASSOCIATION UTAH 467 Cm -t -"- I"i EAST 300 SOUTH lur-- np,L ui ! r - i 0i: 1034 F ut 84111 State Development Center reduces staff by 63, but only six to lose jobs The Utah State Developmental Center is reducing its work force by 63 - but only six are expected to actually lose their em-- ployment. Mary Ellen Wilkinson, USDC superintendent, said Friday that the reduction is necessary in order for the center to meet budget deficits, and came as the result of an order in a memo from the Executive Director of the state Department of Human Resources. Wilkinson said the majority of the affected employees will be reassigned to available positions vacated by attrition or through the domino effect of the reduction. "Some of those are already vacant posi tions. The majority of theemployees will be reassigned. The net number of separations is (expected to be) approximately six." Currently there are about 870 employees who serve the 384 clients at the school. Developmental Center officials have drawn up a proposal for the reduction which has to be approved by state officials before it can go into effect, however changes are expected to be in finalized by the first of February. v . The cuts, as currently proposed, include implementing a soft hiring freeze, canceling or reducing contracts and work agreements, reducing administrationadminis trative support employees by four; reducing professional services such as recreation, residents of USDC now living in the community and working at the center. Sue Geary, assistant superintendent, said this includes seven individuals and three crews. social worker, psychology, etc. by 15; reduc- ing environmental support services (maintenance, housekeeping, central kitchen, laundry) by 18; reducing medical support services (Wing A, LabX-radental, pharmacy, etc.) by 5.9; reducing financewarehousepurchasing by 3.80; and reducing direct care level (QMRPs, program leads, Developmentalists) by 16. The changes would result in a net reduction in budgetof $632,333., Wilkinson said. The proposed canceling and reduction of existing contracts and work agreements would include reducing the number of former "I'm not sure how many have been working with the crews," she said. She said these are individuals who haven't resided at the developmental center for the past three or four years but have continued working there in a training situation. "Now we need to close a portion of that service down and allow our folks to learn," Ms. Wilkinson said, noting clients residing y, at the developmental center will train in these jobs. "It will just have a change in personnel as far as training people." Ms. Geary said the affected individuals work in the laundry, the mall (the resident on campus shopping area), housekeeping, food services, etc. "If I didn't think these people would be able to find other employment working in the community with the help of the em company that they arecurrently working with, we wouldn't take such action. "We are still flexible enough that we can let them be phased out at the rate they can find other jobs so they won't go for a period of time being unemployed," she said. ploy-me- nt W Vol. 15, No. Carter ends 43 years of service to Lehi By BETTY FOWLER 3 Wednesday, January 20, 1993 50 V4 4- M J. of Lehi's Power Department which has proven to be a boon to Lehi's overall economy. How did Glen get enough expertise to undertake such an immense project? He started out working con- City Editor You've all heard the old saying, the mail will be delivered through rain, hail, sleet or storm. Glen Carter's version is slightly different but just as meaningful. It struction with Kazine and Houtz " goes like this: Though it may rain, doing some work in Lehi. Charlie hail, sleet or storm, the lights will Brooks, Lehi's main electrician at the time, asked Glen to stay and go on." . Glen has been in charge of Lehi's 'help out. He decided to stay. Power Department for 43 years, That was in September of 1949 and as such he has been responsible and he's continued to "help out" for for citizen's electrical service for 43 years. He's worked under 12 or 13 mayors, and has been instrumost of that time. Carter admits that for a while mental in the planning of the new ; there the lights in Lehi went off at substation which is being built now inopportune times. But he's done to upgrade the city power system his best to rectify that unfortunate even more. Carter is very proud of the "kids situation. on the power department crew." he lot better a are now," "Things "I've seen a lot of good people says. "For a while there if you went out on the porch and sneezed, it come and go," he said, "but now shook all the lines in town. It was we've got the best crew we've ever quite a challenge to keep things had." Dennis Bain, the man appointed going, but we got people in and got A lot done." by the mayor to take Carter's place The improvement came in 1987 as superintendent has been let go when through the efforts of Carter and a new superintendent will be and the city electrical department a appointed from within Lehi's ranks, new substation was built. Carter with" a crew of Woody Berry, Gary commented on the challenge of the ' Maurin, Rod Olsen and Robert Littlefield. project: "We'd never built a substation "They're all journeymen linemen. before, but the Mayor trusted me to They've gone to school, got job experience and they're the best," Carter get it done. The successful completion of the substation raised the said. Dennis Ashton has unofficially voltage from 2400 to 7200 and the construction required changing 150 been named his successor. Glen recalls the days when he transformers. We got it done and it by really made a difference in town. and Mike South wick would workevThat was probably the highlight of themselves almost every day of ery week of every year. Mike has my career," Carter said. Let's back up and talk history become a private electrical contractor since his days of employment here the history of Lehi's municipal power company and how it with Lehi City. The adjustment to a retired staevolved after some deep thinking by Harold Westring, Lehi's mayor in tus has not been an easy one for 1968. Glen, so he is wiring homes on a Westring and his council joined limited basis, "just to keep busy." with the municipal power project Keeping busy is rewarding for and the Colorado River Storage Glen because he's the proud father of five children. Being a dad just Project (CRSP). The project committed Lehi to purchase power and whet his appetite for fatherhood, so furnish its distribution through its he and his wife of 43 years, Nelda, own system. adopted four more children. Their involvement with the Glen Carter, who joined Lehi's electrical department in 1950, has Children's Service Society of Utah been a pioneer in the development See CARTER on Page 3 - cents a single copy . lh - "VA . . i;3 PARKINS n at :xi20 KitK V m mm m i IT - This stop sign at the mouth of American Fork Canyon is being ignored by many local residents. When this photo was taken the sign was in place, but earlier officials had to fish the closed sign out of the American Fork River. Avalanche danger forces closure of canyon In cooperation with the Utah County Sheriffs Office and the Utah Department of Transportation, Peter W. Karp, forest supervisor of the Uinta National Forest has issued a closure order covering all national forest system lands in American Fork Canyon between Timpanogos Cave National Monument gate and the Alpine Summit in the right fork and Dutchman Flat in the left fork. Officials said the area is closed to all uses and activities until further notice because of the extreme avalanche danger and current slides. The public was also reminded that condiareas may be extions in all hazardous. are urged to call the They tremely 0 for Avalanche Forecast Center at current information prior to going into the for any reason. For further information, contact the PI. or the Grove Ranger District at Uinta National Forest Supervisor at 342-- 100 . back-countr- y 374-977- Persons needing to gain access to this area should contact the district ranger at the Pleasfor perant Grove Ranger District, mission and special restrictions which may 342-524- 0, back-count- ry 342-524- 5 apply. Carter, Harris say ordinance hampers car hobby Don Carter and Carl Harris appeared before the city council last Tuesday to appeal a nuisance abatement decision that had been handed down and affected businesses owned by both men. Carter told the council that current zoning laws allow only two vehicles on a property, and he asked, "What do you do if you're a car buff?" He said that the current zoning laws do not allow for auto restoration, and he asked the council to change the zoning laws to allow auto's needed for restoration. He told the council that restoration of a vehicle requires a junker car to get the parts needed for the restoration. He said that he had ask for an auto restoration permit within the current zoning, and that the city could also require a license for an auto restoration business. The council decided to study the appeal request, then come up with a decision on the matter. The decision would depend on how many vehicles Carter and Harris thought would constitute a compromise. that he was restoring, and he needed junker cars to furnish the parts needed. He told the council that restoring cars was a hobby, but that he also sold the restored vehicles on occaseveral cars sion. City Attorney Rushton clarified the zoning la ws regarding the issue, and suggested that the council could Indians subjected to prejudicial treatment By RICHARD VAN WAGONER One of the great injustices of the United States policy of "Manifest Destiny" was the drivingof the original Native Americans from their areas homelands into no one else wanted. Although we like to think our God-forsake- n Lehi Yesteryears f - t ' CSlen ' ' Carter and his wife, Nelda. f Mormon ancestors were more tolerant of the plight of their Lamanite brethren, it wasn't true. The fate of Great Basin Indian tribes was no different than that of Native Americans elsewhere in our country. The two tribes of Indians who occupied portions of Utah Valley, the Timpanogos Ute and Goshute (also known as Diggers), are de- scendants of the Shoshone group? from whence came all Shoshone, Ute, Goshute, and Paiutes. After nearly two decades of tumultuous Indian-whit- e relations, all Utah Valley Native Americans were forced elsewhere. The Utes, which I have detailed in an earlier feature, were relocated to the Uintah Basin in 1865. The Goshutes were restricted t;o a portion of their original homeland in the Deep Creek and Skull Valleys. Andrew Fjeld, born in Lehi in 1866, provides us with a contemporary account of the degraded situation the Goshutes were forced into. "When I was a youngster," he wrote in a small black notebook now in my possession, "the Goshutesl These Goshute's, shown at the Skull Valley Bureau of Indian Affairs School in 1914, are descendents of the early Native Americans which once gathered food and hunted the Lehi area. were frequent visitors to our city. They came in companies of three or four up to twenty or thirty at a time. They made their camp outside of town or on some back street while they canvassed the town begging at most every house. Their mode of operation was about as follows, and by the way the squaws done most of the begging. A squaw would knock on the door, when the lady of the house opened the door she would makeher wants known in this manner. "You, wino squaw, give me biscuit. Give flour. Give me bread.' If the request was not granted, the beggar would get quite provoked and say; "You squaw." "A favorite camping ground was on some back street if the company was small but if the company was large the pastures south of town were usually occupied. They gener V. o : ally had a band of horses wh ich they turned into the pastures to graze. The men were inveterate card players and spent much time in this way. They would sit on their robes and blankets in a circle on the ground, sometimes in their 'wickiups' and sometimes outside, depending on the weather. Their women would sit around on the outside of the circle and watch with See YESTERYEARS on Page 3 |