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Show SERVING MOAB AND Moab, Grand County, Utah 84532 SOUTHEASTERN UTAH SINCE 1896 Volume 89 Thursday, February 24, 1983 Number 8 Election on Hospital District set for April 5 in Grand Co. At a special election on April 5, Grand County voters will be asked to authorize a special service district for Allen Memorial Hospital. The district was created by. the county commission on Feb. 8. However, in order to be able to levy taxes, the district must get the nod from voters. The commissioners passed a resolution at a meeting Tuesday, Feb. 22, allowing the board of the service district to hold the election, set a maximum mill levy and length of time the levy will remain in efper-missab- le fect. . The board has proposed that the maximum levy be set at five mills. In previous commission meetings, board members stated that they would attempt to make the hospital for day-to-da- y operations, and would levy taxes only to make up revenue shortfalls and provide funds for capital improvements. The move follows a decision by Advanced Health Systems to terminate a hospital management contract with the county. The company, a division of Petrolane, has discontinued all of its management contracts with rural hospitals. The contract with Grand County will expire in April. To maintain operation of the facility in the ' interim' com- the county missioners included $200,000 in the 1983 budget for hospital ex- penses. By way of comparison, the current levy for general county expenditures is 7.20 mills, while the district school levy is 34.52 mills. The total levy for residents of Moab City is presently all voters in the county will be eligible to vote in the April election. The resolution was prepared by local attorney Harry Snow. The board of the special service district is made up of members from the previous hospital board. As apin the proved previous resolution, members of the board are appointed by the r commission for terms. The board is chaired by Don four-yea- Cook. Handicapped organization building bid opening held by county The Grand County Commission opened bids for construction of a building for the Moab Handicapped Organization, a partition in the sheriffs office, and plumbing improvements in the jail. . Apparent low bidder for the building was J. S. Construction, with a bid of $36,350. Other bids included A. L. Berna, $55,989; Tom Bacoski, $38,000; Key Construction, $39,900; J. L. Foy, $49,079; Rynio Construction, $44,128; Vinco, $53,422; Joe Sorensen, $39,632; and Dennis Godwin Construction, $44,611. Plans for the building, which is to be built on property belonging to the school district, were drawn up by a committee of the Handicapped Organizations board. After a review of the bids, the board recommended that the J.S. Construction bid be accepted. The commissioners tabled action on the project pending approval of a block grant application by the state. Apparent low bidder on the partition for the sheriffs office was Joe Sorensen, at $241. Other bids included J. L. Foy, $381; Vinco, $400; Dalton Con- struction, '$333.99; Rynio Construction, $453; and Key Construction, $600. Bids for the plumbing work included Eds Burke $9,959; Plumbing, and $7,072; Taylor, Key Construction, $8,300. Folloiwng a discussion, the commission accepted Sorensens bid for the partition, and Keys bid for plumbing. . 60.31 mills. Administrator told the commissioners that a more detailed resolution will contain such information as the exact wording to appear on the ballot. The hospital special service district will cover the entire county, so Hospital Bob Ladenburger force of the impact on a boulder-strewslope south of Canyonlands Airport completely demolished the 1978 Piper Aztec. Portions of the plane's 1,000 pound cargo of marijuana can be seen below the wreckage of the tail section. Grand County Sheriff Jim Nyland commented that the marijuana was widely scattered along the steep slope. The n Several agengies now into plane crash investigation Several government agen- cies are investigating the crash e of a Piper Aztec near Moab last Wednesday, Feb. 16, which killed two men and scattered approximately 1,000 pounds of marijuana on a south . of slope rugged twin-engin- Canyonlands Airport. Killed in the crash were pilot Charles William Galbraith, 38, or Longmont, Colo., and James F. OGrady, 32, of Bartlett, 111. Both were killed instantly when the plane struck a steep, boulder-covere- d slope below a ridge. The plane crashed about five miles south of the airport, while apparently attempting a landing Wednesday night. A signal from the downed planes emergency locator transmitter (ELT) was picked up by a Russian satellite orbiting the Earth above the U.S. There is an agreement between the U.S. and the Soviet Union providing that emergency signals from downed planes are automatically transferred to an earth receiving station. The signal from the Soviet satellite was beamed to Scott Air Force Base, near St. Louis, 111. The ELT signal was picked 12:30 a.m. However, a at up delay, apparently caused by govenment bureaucracy, delayed notification of the Grand' County Sheriffs Office until 8:40 a.m. Wednesday morning. It is believed the plane Nuclear waste may have crashed as early as 10 over the crash site early Wednesday morning with Chief Deputy Lynn Izatt. Two members of the Civil Air Patrol also flew over the site. A ground search .crew made up of deputies and members of the Sheriffs Posse was dispatched, and arrived at the scene of the crash at 11:14 a.m., after a steep climb. When the marijuana was discovered, Sheriff Jim Nyland called for a helicopter from Luebell Helicopters in Grand Junction, to help remove the bodies of the victims and the (Cont. on Page ) A-3- Times-lndepende- According to an announcement from the Moab Nuclear Waste Information Office, a public hearing on rules for recommending nuclear waste repository sites has been set for the Salt Lake Hilton on Monday, March 14, from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. of the Representatives of and state Energy Department officials will be present to take comments from the public concerning the Nuclear Waste Police Act of 1982, Proposed General Guidelines for the Recommendation of Sites for Nuclear Waste Repositories. For information additional about the hearing, contact the Nuclear Waste Information Office Tuesday through Friday between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m., or . call 259-872- For its coverage of the nuclear waste controversy during was presented with a first the past year, The in the Service category at the Utah Press place plaque Community Assn, convention in Salt Lake City last Saturday. Competition for the award was among 54 newspapers in the state. Presenting the award to Sam and Adrien Taylor, publishers of The was James N. Cornwell, left, awards committee chairman and publisher of the Murray Eagle. The Times also took third place in group II newspapers for an editorial written by Adrien Taylor on lack of county action on a senior center. During the convention, Adrien Taylor was elected to the board of directors of Utah Press Association fora three year term, and Sam Taylor was named named Utahs National Newspaper Assn, chairman for the coming year. The association also voted to hold their summer convention in Moab during the middle part of July. th hearing set for Salt Lake City p.m. Tuesday night. To Crash Site Local pilot Tim Martin flew First for Community Service ... 7. Times-lndependen- Murder investigation is continuing in Moab An intensive investigation by the Grand County Sheriffs Office of an apparent murder is continuing this week. The in- vestigation stems from the discovery of a body of a man in Arches National Park on Feb. 12. A preliminary report from the State Medical Examiner indicated that the man, believed to be in his mid-20died of a gunshot wound to the back of the head. No identification was found on the body. Sheriff Jim Nyland stated his department is waiting for a final report from the medical examiner, giving a detailed physical description of the victim. An initial description compiled by the sheriffs office and the medical examiner estimated the man was about 5 feet 9 inches tall, weighing from 165 to 175 pounds, with blond hair. Nyland said that when a more detailed description is obtained, teletypes will be sent to all law enforcement agencies in the NCIC network nationwide, asking whether the victim mat partially-decompose- d s, . Chief Deputy Lynn Izatt tends the fire used to destroy 796 pounds of marijuana recovered from a plane crash near Canyonlands Airport last week. The marijuana was valued in excess of$1 million. It was burned at the county yard Tuesday, Feb. 22. Two men were killed in the crash. Wreckage is scattered among large boulders at the site of last Wednesdays plane crash. A signal from the plane's emergency locator transmitter was picked up by a Russian satellite in orbit over the U.S., and relayed to Scott Air Force Base in Illinois. I t, the description of missing persons reports. He went on to state that fingerprints will be taken from the body by the state crime lab, for comparison against prints on record. A similar check will be run by the FBI on its records in Washington. The fingerprints of anyone arrested for a felony nationwide are kept on file by the agency. The state lab and medical examiner are also attempting to determine whether the man was shot at the location where the body was found, or killed at another location and dumped in the park. The body was found by a hiker near the base of the Three Gossips. ches |