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Show a. J VI ' 1 Sunday. Apnl 20, 1980. THE HERALD. Provo, mm Disagreements may Have Caused Nephi J X Officials to Resign position as mayor of Nephi city. Under the circumstances of ill health, his family considerations and his own explained their resons for resigning health, it was probably in his best inthose positions at Nephi City Council terest to step down." last week, there are some people who Others do not agree with this statesuspect different reasons why the two ment By MYRNA TRAUNTYELN ugh Mayor J Barres Jenkins and City Manger Ted Anderson NEPHI-Altho- resigned. The mayor's official reason was because of "the events of the past few months and in consideration of my family." Anderson said he resigned to take position as city administrator of Mid vale. Since January when the new council members took their places there have been policy differences councerning the paying of bills, the prior hiring of a consultant to heip acquire the HUD loan, and even the legality of some of the procedures being used in Nephi city Bruce King phlrto Orem Police at it Again This time, they intercepted a drug buy and confiscated 1,000 stimulants. One man and two women, all 21, face arraignment this week in connection with the drug sale. Here, Lt. Mike Wightman inspects the confiscated "pink ladies" and "black Cadillacs," as Sgt. Pete Hansen takes an irate phone call. Both were at the arrest scene. Also at the scene was Agent Give Winn, of the State Narcotics Division of the Utah Department of Public Safety. Security o- fficials at Signetics Corp. provided information that led to the arrests. Confiscated drugs are valued at $2,000. Utah Journalist Wins Scripps-Howar- d Award - A series of NEW YORK (UPI) stories on atomic weapons testing in Nevada won for Dale Van Atta of the Deseret News the Roy W. Howard Public Service Award in the annual Scripps-Howar- d Jounalism Foundation ' Awards. of Norfolk, Va. , won The Ledger-Sta- r the Edward Willis Scripps Award for outstanding public service in the cause of a free presss in 1979. KOCO TV, Oklahoma City, also won the Roy W. Howard Award for a program on unadoptable children. Other awards were: Ernie Pyle Memorial Award for human interest reporting to Bob Morris, Fort Myers (Fla.) News-Preswho hit the back roads and big cities for articles on America written in the style of the famed World War II correspondent. Edward J. Meeman Conservation Award to Rod Nordland and Josh Friedman, The Philadelphia Inquirer. They were cited for investigating mis-- : management of toxic wastes. s, Walker Stone Award for editorial writing to Barbara Stanton. Detroit Free Press, who judges said "pe- rsuasively articulated without stridency but with conviction and force." In an address prepared for the foundation's awards luncheon. H.L. Stevenson, UPI editor in chief and vice president, predicted that reporters would have a "tougher and tougher" time in doing their jobs in 1980. The industry is facing a "long battle" over the free press issue, he said, "and it will take a consistent and coordinated effort to win it." Stevenson, federal judge John J. Sirica, Washington DC; Louis D. Boccardi, Associated Press executive editor and vice president; Allen H. Neuharth. chairman and president of The Gannett Co., and Michael J. O'Neill, New York Daily News editor, were judges for the Scripps award which carried a $2 500 prize. Overall the foundation received 916 entries and distributed $22 000 in prize money. cleanup campaign. These are just a few of the important areas of disagreement. Mayor Jenkins stated that he was proud of the accomplishments that he had made. He also stated. "It has become very hard over the past three months to continue guiding the affairs of this city in the direction that I feel it should be heading and think that now would be a good time to turn this responsibility over to someone else." Mayor Jenkins has been extremely proud of the city's fiscal system. When he took office, he said, the city was in debe debt for $200,000. The city now is a fiscal model for other cities. Nephi is involved in an investment program and is presently involved in several important projects totaling over $800,000. These are projects, said Jenkins, that will have far reaching benefits to Nephi city. The new council has questioned the methods the city has used to pay its bills. At a recent council meeting Ernest Wilson and Robert Garrett, both new councilmen. raised the issue of bill payment. Wilson strongly felt that any monies spent over a $500 base should be brought to the council before the money was spent. Anderson supported the department head system and the prior budgeting of monies. He felt that once the money had been budgeted to a department that that money should then be spent as it was budgeted by the department heads. One city official said he thinks that Anderson would not have left at this time if he hadn't begun to feel that his hands were being tied to the point that he could no longer function efficiently. The official, who prefers, under the circumstances, to remain anonymous also thinks that Mayor Jenkins would have stayed on despite the family considerations he cited had he not felt that he was losing ground on all that he had worked to accomplish. In fact, Wilson said. "I feel it's to the best interest of Nephi that Anderson has removed himself from the position of Nephi city manager. As to the mayor, I'm sorry to see him leave his You're only really old when your knees begin to buckle and your belt won't. Ronald Reagan. Community Frees sn!fl a quarter million cardo after us (baltthemapromotioiinl bnrrtl. Faye Greenhalgh. city recorder, said. "He'll (Ted) be sorely missed around here." She went on to say that she was happy that Anderson had such a good opportunity to improve both his and his family's lives with his new position The salary increase is excellent, she said. She also thinks that the mayor had done an outstanding job. and would miss him. It was said thai the new eouneiirneri would have asked Anerson to leave office if he had not done so voluntarily. Garrett said that when he was running for office he had heard a few complaints about the city manager, but he decided that he would like to take office and see how things looked before he made any decision. "We've (new councilmen) talked about a lot of problems," he said. Garrett voted against letting the mayor leave. "I think we need his direction at this time, at least for another two or three months," he said. y One official stated that he was saddened to see Anderson and Jenkins leave because he thinks that the city had a winning combination with the two. The city finances and organizational systems had beenl strongly improved under the administration of the two. They should be commended for their excellent record, he added. Another city official said that he knew that there was a plot to removed Anderson from office. He too wished to remain anonymous. Mayor Jenkins said that, in his opinion, Anderson's integrity cannot be challenged. One politician offered as his opinion the fact that the new councilmen did not want to be known as "yes" men. "Sometimes it is not wrong to be a yes man. No one wants that label, but if it is for the betterment of the community they should not fear the label, he said. Anderson had a compliment for the employees with which he worked. "I've never seen any more dedication anywhere else I've been," he said. He said that when he first came to Nephi, the women in the office had put together the strands of records to form the basis for the records that the city does have. They accomplished the superhuman, he said. "It's unbelievable," he said. Jenkins said that the position of city manager is a precarious one, in that the manager has to be responsible for upholding the law and the city ordinances. Some of the actions that he has to enforce are not always popular with a particular individual. Government, he stressed is for the good of the majority. Utah-P- age Museum Reception Today - A museum in 1967 under the SPRINGVILLE exhibit, has bees public reception honoring first director Bruce dedicated to Julie as one Julie Snow Berkhimer Braithwaite. way to express our to her." 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