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Show Page THE HttKAU), Provo, Utah, Thursday, May 12, 4 1983 Spring Birds Sing of Spring ' , 14 4if 3fc ' r' v :.;ssi&sas A that symbol of spring may be the seagulls seem to appear with the season. But Bob Meese, at Monte Bean Museum, says flock seagulls remain in Central Utah all year: "They seem to but in local the winter, around dumps mostly become more mobile with spring." Tr - iiiisiiiaiM Mcb Anderson Photos Court Hearing on Tunnel Relatives Rio Grande Needs Right - ot - Way The landslide dam is now 190 feet in height and water in the By JOSEPHINE ZIMMERMAN Herald Staff Writer : ; A delay in restoring the main-- : line railroad route through Span-- 1 ish Fork Canyon will seriously the Denver and Rio damage Grande Railroad Company's inter-- : state traffic through the central corridor, as well as Utah railway traffic, Adolph H. "Bob" Nance, General Manager, told the Fourth ! District Court Wednesday. Nance appeared as a prime 'witness in a hearing on the railroad's motion for a certificate of immediate occupancy of property along its new canyon route. Sorensen District Judge granted the railroad's motion, after questioning attorneys to make sure all of the 43 plus property owners in the action had ' received proper notification. The Rio Grande Railroad must irestore 6.1 miles of track lost ;when a massive landslide blocked the canyon near Thistle, cutting Iiiff two railroad and two highway ; routes, and blocking the Spanish Fork River to create a reservoir that, engulfed the tiny community of 'Ihtstle. ." Allen B. - -- - reservoir measured more than 150 feet in depth Tuesday and continues to rise at a rate of three feet per day. Nance told the court that the nation has three main interstate corridors for railroad traffic, and the central route is operated by Rio Grande and Central Pacific. He said Rio Grande carries 30 to 35 percent of the interstate traffic traveling through the central corridor, and the central corridor carries 50 percent of all interstate traffic. Nance said the Spanish Fork Canyon is the only route between Colorado and Utah for the movement of railroad traffic. He said the Utah freight business is also a significant part of Rio Grande's operation, hauling coal and coal products from Carbon and Emery counties, and products from Sevier and Sanpete counties. Much of the material is moved to utilities and steel companies located in Salt Lake and Utah counties, he said. "No coal is moving west now," he declared, noting that the blockage has also stopped interstate traffic, primarily coal, to western connections, and potash from Moab bound for California Oregon. and Concerning possible alternate routes, Nance said some effort had been made to move traffic along other routes, "but the cost is so high and burdensome, it was abandoned." He further noted that Rio Grande has 3,000 employees, 650 of whom have been furloughed because of the blockage, and there has been severe reductions in the railroad's maintenance program for this year, pending reopening of the line. Nance also explained the necesstunnel ity for cutting the through Billies Mountain as a diversion tunnel to keep water in "Thistle Lake" from rising to a level that would threaten the landslide dam. "If we had not provided for some kind if outlet, it would be impossible to determine at what level we should build the railroad tunnel," Nance declared. He said the diversion tunnel also provides some "insurance for the work we are now doing... a safety valve for water behind the dam." 475-fo- ot Jud Harward, a licensed real estate appraiser, testified that he had appraised property for a strip of land along the new railroad route at $145,000. He said ities, spa, snack bar, pro shop and dressing rooms in one wing. Payson will be getting a $2 recreation commillion, plex by the end of the year if weather permits and all goes as "In tlie other wing, we will have a movie theater that will double as a lecture room. There will also be conference rooms and a multi- capped and hospital patients. There will be ramps throughout so it is accessible to at ts four-win- g . purpose room big enough for receptions and social functions," Little said. planned. Doug Little of Castle Engineering of Orem says the structure, designed by architect Lee A. Bige-lo- Another wing will contain a it motel and restaurant, he said. "The facility will be west of Mountain View Hospital and is built to accommodate the handi w also of Orem, will include raquetball with six courts, saunas, basketball courts, hot tubs, weight room, aerobics facil- ja-cuz- this included only the right of way, and did not involve outside costs, such as damage during construction, or damage caused by leaving a property owner with a small, unsaleable piece of property. Additional costs must be determined later in condemnation proceedings, Harward said. Scott Savage, attorney for Rio Grande, told the court the railroad was prepared to tender to the court 75 percent of the appraised value, or $108,826, as is required state statute. by Several property owners raised concerns during the hearing, but Judge Sorensen assured them that their rights were two-ho- ur not foreclosed by the order of immediate occupancy. "This hearing deals only with the railroad's request for immediate occupancy, and not with the settlement of costs," he told them. Sorensen granted the railroad's request, noting that the national emergency warrants the order. C7 Mortuary W 1 William M. "Bill" Jones Graveside services will be held Friday 2 p.m. at the Provo City Cemetery. Friends may meet at the Claude Carter Claude Gene Carter, 56, of Orem, died Tuesday, May 10, 1983 in an industrial accident at Geneva Steel. He was born in Sutherland, Nev., on April 8, 1927 to William Glen and Nellie Bas-se- tt cemetery. Thomas Gilbert Lowe Graveside services will be held Friday 2 p.m. at the Franklin, Idaho Cemetery. Friends may call at the Berg Mortuary of Provo Thursday p.m. or may meet at the cemetery on Friday. 6-- 8 Julynn A. Johnson Schwartz Funeral services were held today at the Berg Mortuary of Provo. Interment Provo City Cemetery. Claude Gene Carter Funeral services will be held Saturday 11 a.m. at the Berg Mortuary of Provo. Friends may call at the Berg p.m. and SaturMortuary Friday day 1 hour prior to services. Interment Orem City Cemetery. Full military rites will be accorded by VFW Dist. 4. 6-- 8 Ida Naomi Richards Evans Funeral services pending. Mark A. Davis Funeral services pending. semi-privat- e. d relatives, the mandatory day for high schools, and the way it will conduct future seven-perio- board meetings. Members of the board reviewed a progress report Tuesday on the employment of relatives and softened their original hiring proposal by saying that relatives should be able to work in the same building or on the same program as long as they aren't supervised or hired by a relative. Richard A. Heaps, president of the board, said relatives should be able to continue working in the same building or program as long as there is no evidence of a problem. The board will vote on the new hiring policy June 14. It also changed an earlier decision to implement a seven-perio- d schedule in all high schools next year, by giving high schools two options the seven-perio- d schedday or eight-bloc- k ule. Under the eight-bloc- k schedule, students would take four classes a day for an hour and a half each. Every other day, they would take four different classes for a total of eight each semes- ter, explained Superintendent Gary V. Keetch. The board implemented a new policy, suggested by Keetch, that changes the organization of its board meetings. On the first meeting of each month, the board will conduct business, vote on policy and listen to public comment only for a "brief period at the beginning of the meeting," states the new policy. At the second meeting of each month, board members will welcome public comment on any issue, by as many people who want to speak. During this second meeting, "public input would be welcomed and encouraged during the entire course of the meeting at the discretion of the board sheet president. No sign-u- p would be required," the board stated. "People can bring any idea to the board that they like. The board needs to represent all the constituents in Alpine, not just groups that may come to board meeting on the last minute," said Heaps. A committee of Keetch, Heaps, Dr. Richard Sudweek, Dr. Cecil Hansen and Dr. Charles Lloyd, still is creating a definition for the role of the school board, superintendent and administration. "Our first focus is simply a chance to study and evaluate our procedures for the last while. We want to open communicia-tions.- " A woman attending the board meeting asked if the committee's final report would nullify past actions by the board on programs, not policies, especially its decision to stop the Junior Great Books program while it designs a policy on gifted reading programs. Heaps strongly denied the suggestion. "The past is the past and those decisions were made legally," he said after the board meeting. PROVO FLORAL & GREENHOUSE Our Flowers Say . What You'd Like To Soy WIRE SERVICE W 373-184- The recreation facility is being built because the city and the community have asked for it, he said. "We have only done what the citizens and the area have said they wanted here. The theater will add to the entertainment available in the southern end of the county," Little said. The facility will be open to the public but private memberships will be available, he said. "We will cater to all of Utah Valley even though it will be Daily memberships also will be sold, he said. Construction on the new complex will begin within 60 days, according to Little. The project is a joint venture by Castle Engineering of Orem and Robert Land Co. of Sandy. By MARA CALLISTER Herald Staff Writer The Alpine District Board of Education considered changes in its position on the hiring of Obituaries Mere if the hospital.. This will make it so they will not have to travel to the hospital; they can just stay at the motel," Little said. Change in Hiring 150-fo- ot Payson To Get $2 Million Recreation Complex By CLARK H. CARAS Herald Staff Writer Alpine Ponders k I 1 Carter. He married Betty Campbell. They later were divorced. He I married LaRee Bed-f i I does on July 26, 1961 1 vT'v. in Elko, Nev. Mr. Carter re- ceived his education in Nebraska and in the Springville Schools. He had been in the Merchant Marines for about one Claude Carter and a half years. Later, he entered the military for a short time at the end of World War II After returning to Utah, he worked on construction and later was employed for Geneva Steel where he had worked for the past 37 years At the time of his death, he was a hooker in the rolling mills and he also had worked part time for Lamar's music repairing amusement games and juke boxes. He was a charter member of the Eagles Lodge of Provo. Aerie No. 2924. He was also a member of the steelworkers Union and Geneva Recreation Association. Survivors include five sons and (our daughters, Jack E. Butler, Mrs. John (Cheryl) Murdock and Mrs. Mirk (DeAnna) Kelander, all of Orem; Reet. Aton BuUer and Daniel G. Butler, both of Pleasant Grove; Michael Gene Carter, Elsinore; Russell D. Carter, American Fork; Mrs. Doug (Vickie) Durrah, Bullhead City, Ariz.; Mrs. Rick (Linda) Frost, Calif.; 30 grandchildren; one mother of Springville; four brothers and two sisters, Norman G. Carter, Richard Carter and Morton P. Carter, all of Springville; Norris H. Carter, Sandy; Opal Nielsen, San Diego, Calif.; Barbara Ann Murray, Mapleton. He was preceded in death by one brother, Gail Carter. Funeral will be Saturday, 11 a.m., in Berg Drawing Room Chapel. Friends may call at Berg Mortuary of Provo, 185 E. Center, on Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. or Saturday, one hour before service. Burial will be in Orem City Cemetery. Full military rites will be accorded by VFW District No. Four. Death Notices Victor of Johnson, 18, died about April 30 in a solo in Snows hiking accident Canyon near St. George. Funeral will be Monday, 11 a.m., in the Lindon Fifth LDS Ward Chapel, 100 S. 600 W , Lindon. Friends may call at Olpin Family Mortuary at Pleasant Grove on Sunday from 7 to 9 p.m. and Monday in the church one hour before service. Burial will be In Pleasant Grove City Cemetery. Craig Lindon, Carl H. Fields, 87, of Eureka, died Wednesday. Funeral will be Saturday, II am, in the Eureka LDS Ward Chapel. Friends may call at the chapel one hour before service on Saturday. Burial will be in Eureka Cemetery under the direction of Holladay Hills of Santaquin. Thomas Lowe Thomas Gilbert Lowe, 72, of Orem, died 10, 1983 in Utah Valley Hospital in Provo. Tuesday, May He was born Oct. 28, 1910 in Franklin, Idaho, to John Alexander and Adaline Lor-ind- a Belnap Lowe. He married Relia on Oct. 19, 1944 in Ogden. They later were divorced. schools in Franklin, Idaho. After marriage, they made their home in Ogden. He had lived in the Orem, Salt Lake area for the last six years. He was active in the local senior citizen group and worked in custodial maintenance. Survivors include one son and one daughter, Thomas Kaye Lowe, El Paso, Texas; Mrs. Dale (Shauna) Preece, Albuquerque, N.M.; four grandchildren: one brother, B. Lowe, Jerome, Idaho. Graveside service will be Friday, 2 p.m., in the Franklin Cemetery in Franklin. Friends may call at Berg Mortuary of Provo, 185 E. Center, today, 6 to 9 p.m. He attended National Obituaries I W FLAC POLE &FLAC - I Remember with Flowers send a beautifully designed arrnnoempnl call or visit . L; fr itiimnts Jeppson's Floral & Gift 205 West 400 North Don'l wail until rirahitl minute this July 41 375-888- 7 373-700- 1 John Fante LOS ANGELES (UPI) John Fante novelist and Hollywood scenarist who chronicled the saga of a young poet moving to professional and personal maturity in Los in the 1930s, died Sunday in the Angeles Motion Picture and Television Country House in Woodland Hills. He was 74. 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