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Show o 0023 0 0 Utah 467 Press Association Thursday, January 24, 1985 Number 4 differences will mark legislative session, Adams says Rural-urba- n Moab residents have been invited by the U.S. Department of Energy to attend a briefing on the environmental assessments of potentially acceptable sites for a high-levradioactive nuclear waste repository. The briefing will be held Friday, Jan. 25, from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at the Helen M. Knight auditorium. to DOE According spokesman, Jeff Williams, a short introductory statement will be made by DOE officials, and then a number of workshop groups, headed by specialists in certain areas of the assessment will discuss the report and answer questions on specific points. Mr. Williams stated that the purpose of the meeting is basically to explain the detailed environmental assessments, and assist interested people in preparing statements they may wish to submit at a formal public hearing which has been called for that purpose in Moab on Feb. 20th. Meetings similar to the Moab meeting, are also being held in Salt Lake City and this week. It appears that differences rural and urban interests in Utah will be more between el clearly . Council meeting. Mayor Stocks said. 5 New bridges will be constructed on U-12- 8 U-1- Bids will be .opened on Tuesday, Feb. 19, and following the award of a contract to the low bidder, work on the bridges--alo- ng with the paving of unpaved portions of that road is to be completed within 60 working days. Specifically included in the project will be 541 cubic yards of concrete, 27,830 yards of borrow and 4,560 cubic yards of untreated base course gravel. The length of paving involved in the project will be just over half-a-mil- e. Bidders on the project must be by the Department. Information on the project can be obtained from the Utah Department of Transportation, 4501 South 2700 West, Salt Lake City, Utah 84119, or from the office of the District Director in Price. pre-qualifi- Rep. Adams can be reached by phone at the Capitol Rep. David Adams stated Wednesday that he had already heard from a number of constituents on matters before the legislature, and, welcomes those contacts. He urged those interested in expressing views to write him in care of the State Capitol Building, or call him at which is the phone at his desk. If there is no answer therre, he said, he can be reached at 4, 533-580- 1. ; , hotly Juan) told The this week. Adams stated that Rep. from legislators heavily populated areas of the state are challenging funding formulas in road construction, health care, social services, mental health, and services community economic development, and in the area of drug and alcohol abuse. Until now, he said, a good deal of state aid has been awarded to areas of Utah based on cost of delivering services as well as on the basis of population. Urban legislators are now challenging that theory, stating that population alone should be the basis for delivering state aid to various sections of Utah. The few of us who represent rural Utah will have our work cut out for us this session, Rep. Adams said. "The impact of the changes being advocated by urban legislators could have dire implications for rural areas of Times-Independe- Carl Linscott has been named general manager of Moab FordMer-cury- , which will be opening soon with a full line of cars and trucks and complete service department. Moab FordMercury agency will n new ownership under also After having re-ope- been closed for of the better part a year, a major Moab business will be reopening in the next several weeks under new ownership. James M. Copeland has been named Moab dealer for FordMercury, The Utah Department of Transportation is seeking bids from contractors for construction of bridges across Professor Creek, Onion Creek and Sand Wash on up the Colorado River from Moab. 533-481- and Utah. com-nutte- at the Feb. defined debated in this session of the Utah Legislature than ever before, Rep. David Adams Mon-ticell- o The Moab City Council met in special session with Mayor Tom Stocks Friday night and approved a motion asking a special e golf course management to prepare specifications for bidding the operation of the golf course. Those specs should be decided on at a meeting of that committee planned for Feb. 4, the night before a regular City Council meeting, so that the Council can approve them and seek bidders 34111 n DOE briefing Friday will assist residents in preparing testimony Golf Course committee to write specifications Utah Moab, Grand County, Utah 84532 m-MVolume 91 ( East 300 South Salt Lake City SERVING MOAB AND SOUTHEASTERN UTAH SINCE 1896 Conip having pur- chased the interests of Keith Peterson in the South Main Street property. Mr. Copeland and a business associate, Jim Clark, have been involved in the automobile sales and leasing business in Texas for over twenty years, they have named Carl E. Linscott as general manager of the Moab facility, and Mr. Linscott has moved to Moab from Farmington, N.M., to of the supervise the business. His wife and son will join him as soon as they secure housing in Moab. Work started this week on clean-uand painting. New carpeting is being installed in the showroom, remodeling in the sales area is underway and the used car lot will soon be paved. Well begin receiving our first consignment of new and used p cars and trucks within the next three weeks, Mr. Linscott said Tuesday. The dealership will offer the full FordMercury line, and through a leasing company be operated at which will the agency, they will be able to offer almost any make or model of foreign and domestic vehicle on lease or leasepurchase plans. We studied Moab carefully before buying the dealership, Mr. Linscott said, and we are excited about starting our He indicated business here. that the dealership will be a e operation, and promotional efforts will be made n as well as to attract local buyers. We will be offering a full range of vehicles at prices competitive with any city in the Four Corners area, he said. We want people to buy in Moab, and we want to assure the community that we are here to stay, Mr. Linscott said. The dealership will include a full maintenance and parts department trained to service all makes and models of foreign and domestic cars and trucks. When fully staffed, Mr. Linscott hopes to have a service manager, up to eight mechanics and a parts manager on hand, in addition to his sales and clerical staff. Also, he said, plans have nearly been finalized to open an additional dealership in Blan-dinwhich will offer the same lines as the Moab dealership. high-volum- out-of-tow- Itep. Adams stated that another rural project already passed by the Utah Senate and included in the budget of Gov. Norms Bangerter may be in trouble in the House of Representatives. That is the states share of funding for paving of the Bullfrog to Boulder road a joint project of the State of Utah, Garfield County and the National Park Service. Im afraid that urban legislators are going to see a place where they can cut one major rural project to get a large amount of money to apply towards the flooding problems on the Wasatch Front, he said. The big issues facing this years legislature are flooding and the budget, Rep. Adams said. He stated that the state surplus came about when the Vt emergency sales tax passed several years ago to mitigate flood damage was used for programs, and not as a reserve for future flooding problems. If you pull out this tax and earmark it for flooding, then you have no surplus, the new legislator stated. on Public the Serving Education Mr. committee, Adams stated that common ground is currently being sought in the House, and no firm position has been taken as yet. I am sure the Appropriations Committee will altar the Governors proposals significantly, flooding, Adams said. House leaders are talking about $66 million as being a more realistic figure, but in the Senate they are talking about numbers as high as $220 million, he said. highly-publicize- d on-goin- g Gov. coming: Lt Utahs new Lieutenant Gover- he said. No one can really put a finger on what kind of a price tag to put on the flooding problem, Mr. Adams said. Currently, legislators are debating whether to fund the flooding issue through a bond issue or through taxes. The Republican caucus .. has taken., affirm, position- - against bonding, he said. The Governor asked for $30 million in his budget message for , nor Val Oveson will be the featured speaker at the Chamber of Commerces annual Citizen of the Year Banquet, to be held Thursday, Jan. 31 at the SunDowner. The evening will begin with a social hour at 6 p.m., with the program and dinner at 7. Cost will be $15 per person, or $25 per couple. Reservations may be made by calling Bette Stanton -- at Highlight of the evening will be the announcement of the Citizen of the Year. - 259-753- 1. Action plan set by Convention Bureau Over thirty factors that affect the quality of conventions held in Moab were identified in work sessions at the annual meeting of the Grand County Convention Bureau held Monday and Tuesday. We believe that the solutions to problems with con- vention business exist within the Moab community, began Byron Burnham, consultant from the Conference and Institute Division at Utah State University. And with that challenge, approximately twenty participants began to examine the factors carefully that both help and hinder convention trade in Moab. Primary concerns in the Monday night session included: a need for increasing community awareness and involvement with convention business, need to and strengthen planning organization for 1985 convention trade, cooperation of local businesses, and improvement of physical appearance of the community. On Tuesday morning, members targeted the need for increased community involvement and developed specific action plans to work on the issue. Projects and coordinators are as follows: 1) Provide facts and figures on convention earnings in past years and those projected for 1985 - Karla VanderZan-deand Jane Sleight 2) Place ads in local papers announcing each convention - Norm Shrewsbury Coordinate activities and progress reports through Central Services with Chamber of Commerce and other groups coordinator to be appointed; 3) Welcome Create flags for merchants to post during conweeks Norm vention Shrewsbury and Jane Sleight; 4) Develop and publish list of needed services by conventions that may be met by private individuals and businesses Sharon Nelson and Karla VanderZanden. Any n (259-775- (259-8575- ); (259-7943- ); -- (259-685- citizen with information or who is willing to help with these projects is encouraged to con- tact the coordinators. The Convention Bureau also established standing committees to address on going needs: promotion - Joe Kingsley member recruitment Valli Bricker troubleshooting (needs of conventions while in town) - Sharon and comNelson munity convention awareness Karla VanderZanden Steve Kennedy serves as chairman of the Grand County Convention Bureau. Beta Eta Sorority will hold the first convention of the year this weekend. Three additional conventions are scheduled: Lutheran Campus (March El Kalah Temple (September and the Society of Range Management (November). Those interested in contacting the convention chairmen should call (259-569- 3; -- (259-7839- (259-6852- ); ); -- (259-7750- ). 14-1- 11-15- ); Valli Bricker Valli Bricker at at 259-783- 259-783- 9. g, Officials met Wednesday with Bangerter, feel good about future relationship Grand ComCounty missioners, Mayor Tom Stocks, San Juan Commission Chairman Cal Black and State Rep. David WedAdams reported mid-daconcluded had nesday that they an extremely satisfactory meeting with Governor Norman Bangerter, where a number of issues impacting Southeastern Utah were discussed. The local officials and Governor had been somewhat at odds since after the December, early Governor announced in a press conference in Salt Lake City that he would not support y newly-electe- d . testing for a nuclear waste certain unless repository the made were by guarantees U.S. Department of Energy. Local officials contended that the Governors statement was premature, and that he had violated earlier promises that he would involve local officials in talks leading up to major policy decisions affecting Southeastern Utah. At the beginning of the meeting. Gov. Bangerter expressed his appreciation for the groups willingness to come tohis office to discuss the relation(Cont. on Page A-4- ) Byron Burham (approximate center of photo), a consultant from the Conference and Institute Division at Utah State University, was facilitator for a workshop held Monday and Tuesday by the Grand Goun-tConvention Bureau. Purpose of the workshop was to identify ways to attract, accommodate and facilitate the holding of conventions in Moab. y |
