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Show The Beta Eta honored sweetheart On Saturday, February Thursday, Feb. 18, Times-lndepende- 1988-B- 1 13th, members of Beta Eta Chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha gathered together for a Valentine's social. A delicious Heber goes for grant lasagne' dinner was served to the members and their escorts by Sunflower Hill Pantry. Several door prizes were given out, and some gift exchanging was also enjoyed. As a traditional part of the Valentine's season. Beta Eta honored their Sweetheart for 1988. This year's Sweetheart was Mary Anne Green, wife of Verle Green. The passing on of the engraved silver bowl, and presentation of flowers, was made by. Karen Dickerson, last year's Beta Eta Sweetheart. Mary Anne and Verle will use and enjoy the bowl in their home until this time next year. To round off the evenings enjoyment, the group played a game, pitting the men against the women. Let the record show that the women's team skunked the mens team TWICE! (It never was fully determined, however, if this was due to the fact that the women were better, had better equipment, or could it have been that Verna played on the men's team-w- as she a secret weapon for the women's team? A plant? A spy? Only a rematch will tell the rest of that story!) and a good time was had by . . . Heber City Heber City will complete its aplication for a $220,000 Community Development Block Grand to correct some sewer problems in the southeastern section of the city and expand water and sewer connections south of the city limits to an area being considered for annexation. Mayor Gordon Mendenhall reviewed the procedures taken by the city, pointing out that, as the result of a Jan. 4 public hearing, the city council voted unanimously to file the application for that purpose. However, ad a second public meeting,' Councilman Wayne Clegg voted against the project, saying he had received 17 calls from people who objected to the extension because public funds shouldn't be used to help those people outside the city limits. The Wasatch Wave No .. . planned There no planned of employees at lay-off- s is Morton layoff Brigham City Thiokol, a company spokesman disclosed last week. There are studies underway at present to identify positions that may be excesses over the next several months, but as for now there is nothing certain, said a company spokesman. At the same time, he said investigation is continuing into the fatal motor fire that claimed five lives at Air Force Play 78 on Dec. 29. "I suspect it is reasonably close to an end but we have no date and time when it will be finished," he said. The employee layoff rumors that have circulated and a figure of 200 quoted in the press were laid to rest by the company . spokesman who said the current personnel studies are intended to determine if ' there are excess workers at the Utah-base- d operation. ' Box Elder News-Journ- al ... New mining contract Price ... United Mine Workers of America coal miners in Carbon and contract with the Bituminous Coal Emery counties ratified a new Operators Assn, last week by a 3 to 1 margin. Nationally, the agreement was a clear winner, but not to the great degree it was in the eleven locals in the two county area. Brad Berger with Amax Coal Co. in Indianapolis, Ind., said Wednesday that the chief executive officers of the 13 member companies of the BCOA had met and approved the contract which the union ratified Monday. Wages are not increasing dramatically in this contract, rising only 6.7 percent over the first three years of the five year pact Union job security may have been more important than ever before in the contract's acceptance. The Price five-ye- all. . Funeral services were held for Frances Ulmen Posey. Tuesday, Feb. 9 at Holy Family Church in Denver, Colo. Frances, the oldest of 12 children, she was bom to John and Mary Ul-mon April 29lh, 1904 in Dumont, Minn. She received her teacher's degree in Minot, N.D. cn Sound defeat two weeks ago of the Uintah Center proposal series a of actions by public entities which will lead to the sparked Uintah Center Board. After canvassing the votes, the the of dismanding Uintah Center board passed a motion to recommend to the school board and Uintah County Commissioners to allbw 60 days for the Uintah Board to pay any outstanding bills and then dissolve the board The motion passed unanimously. A report of the Uintah Center election was first on last Thursday's agenda for the Community Impact Board which met in Salt Lake City. Had the Uintah Center proposal passed in a recent election, the Impact Board would have frozen all other projects until the $1.9 million was generated The Impact Board's revenue comes from state and federal mineral lease revenues of which Uintah County is a big contributor. The issued was defeated by a two to one margin after an extremely controversial campaign. Vernal ! . , The Vernal Express Ephraim stays with pool ... : u ; - Manti Ephraim City has decided to continue its membership in the Utah Local Government Insurance Trust rather than place its insurance with a private firm. The advantages of membership in the public insurance pool which includes about 160 Utah entities like cities, towns, counties and water districts, are better coverage and probably lower fees over the long run, council members were told. The Manti Messenger . ' school Year-roun- d St. George . . . education "m akes sense in tight budget times," Gov. Norman Bangerter said Saturday in ap interview following an address to national and state VFW leaders gathered at the St George Hilton for a weekend conference. Bangerter said that within five years, school enrollments in most school places will start to decline, leaving most areas now using a year-roun- d program the option of returning to a conventional calendar. "Theres some d question whether most places will maintain the program once they are over the peak. But Provo made the decision to convert to the year-roun- d education calendar eady, and I don't know if they'd go back now," he observed. Washington County News - - Year-roun- . Services held Feb. 9 for Frances Posey Center folds its tent ... d year-roun- A major coke bust ... Nephi Officers of the Utah Highway Patrol seized $3.5 million in cocaine near Nephi last week in what a UHP sergeant said was the biggest cocaine bust ever made in Utah. Julio C. Hernandez, 36, of Elizabeth, N.J. While was stopped on speeding charges five miles sough of Nephi on speaking to Hernandez, UHP officers became suspicious and secured permission to search his 1987 Chevrolet El Camino. They discovered that the spare tire compartment, located behind the seat, had been covered with steel and shut Officers used pliers and a screwdriver to break the spot o welds and gain entry into the compartment, where they discovered 52 bricks of cocaine worth approximately $70,000 each. Nephi Times-Ne- She taught in small country schools for five years. In 1928 she . . special program. Rural areas have a future according to visiting economist "The rural community is where it's at in the future--otime has ur ar Sun-Advoc- John Hagner and his students at the Hollywood Stuntmens Hall of Fame would like to thank Glen Richeson and the Grand County High School for their generous loan of tumbling mats to be used in practice sessions. Mr. Hagners students have been learning high falls, dives, rolls, and different tumbling moves used in stunt work. A program choreographed by John Hagner and Jim Kelly is scheduled for Jeep Safari weekend in March. It will be performed on Main Street and at the Western Plaza. You'll want to be in attendance for this married Leonard H. Posey of Robinson, N.D., where they resided on a farm until 1968. They then retired to Moab, Utah. She was preceded in death by her husband in 1973. In 1980 Frances moved to Denver. At the time of her death she resided at Holy Family Plaza. Survivors include her son Pat G. Posey of Moab, Utah, her daughter Edith M. Posey Kams of Arvada, Colo., four granddaughters, five and 3 sisters and 5 brothers. HEAD START THANK YOU Moab Head Start wants to thank the following businesses and persons for their contributions to the Head Start Christmas party: Best Foods, K&M Foodtown, City Market, and Max Irish. TRANSFERRED Mrs. Darlene Larsen, who had been a medical patient at Allen Memorial Hospital for the past week was transferred Saturday to a Salt Lake hospital where she will receive special medical treatment. FROM GRAND JUNCTION Ms. Teresa Shafer and daughter, Megan, were down from Grand Junction, CO for a weekend visit with her mother, Mrs. Margie M. Shafer. come." This was the upbeat message presented by rural development specialist Jerry Wade to community leaders from throughout rural Utah during the Governor's Conference on Rural Development. The conference, held on February 3rd at the Red Lion Hotel in Salt Lake City, focused on Wade's Rusty Bucket Theory' as the foundation for economic development in many rural communities. Wade, a community development specialist at the University of Missouri, emphasizes that every community has a bucket full of money with the potential to develop a healthy local economy if wisely invested. The secret is to find ways to keep this money from leaking out of the bucket to other communities. Wade grouped the participants into 20 'communities' and conducted a variety of exercises aimed at helping them identify the elements of their community's economic structure i.e. imports, community productionsnd human and natural resources. Wade encouraged them to search for those imports that could possibly be produced locally and also ponder on what other value-adde- d products the community could produce. Wade warned the participants to avoid the 'Pot-hol- e Philosophy.' "We tend to forget when we're filling potholes that the road leads somewhere. We have to ask, 'Where do we want to get to?' Too often people have centered their thinking on solving problems in the community. It makes more sense to decide where you want your community to be in the future, what attributes and qualities you want it to have, what lifestyle you want your residents to enjoy and then work toward achieving those goals." The Rural Conference was sponsored by the Utah Division of Business and Economic Development and the Utah Small Cities, Inc. An added highlight of the day was a presentation to Governor Bangerter in appre- - 5. I? J I1 spot-weld- ed ' one-kil- ...met for andmilitary Housing officials Delta Civic, recently in the Millard county, corporate County Offices in Delta to discuss summer housing arrangements for military personnel. It was announced to those present that the ArmyAir Force exercise scheduled for JulyAugust 1988 will bring some 175 to 450 military personnel to the community. The increase in numbers makes it impossible for local motels to qualify for housing arrangements, therefore the project will need to be housed in a large facility such as the IPIT power plant Man Camp. The Millard School back to normal ... Chronicle-Progrss- s Panguitch No one seems to know for sure what caused several students and two teachers to undergo nausea and other symptoms of illness for two days in January, but at Panguitch High School things are now apparently back to normal. Even though a visit from the architect and engineer who designed the building and a representative from a Salt Lake City testing company failed to pinpoint any specific problem as a single cause, Garfield County school officials have taken a cautious "wait and see" position after some minor repairs and adjustments to the school's ventilating system were made. The Garfield County News Get it in writing ... have Monticello Some Utah . reported to San Juan County Navajos Commissioners that some Bureau of Land Management personnel have assured them access to areas on Cedar Mesa even after the new Resource Management Plan goes into effect. Even though the promises may have been in good faith. Commissioner Calvin Black cautioned county residents to check the plan and be sure the promises are made in writing. "What happens," said Black, "is that any action that is not in strict accordance with he plan can be challenged. The plan will function as written" not as explained. The San Juan Record wood-gatheri- by Rep. David Adams During the last legislative session various tax increases were implemented. Sales, gasoline, and income taxes were increased. With the exception of the gas tax that was increased to raise money for new road construction and repair, the other taxes were increased to protect education and other essential ser- tures per capita in real terms were the tax increases there was no growth in state spending. This phenomenon occurred because of the poor economy within th estate and because the state had been spending e monies for state In other programs. words, past legislatures had been increasing programs and not generating the revenue to support them. This all came to a head last year and revenues would have been $160 million short of actually reduced. Last year the federal government also made significant changes in the tax code. It is difficult to predict the changes that will actually occur when the tax code is changed. When both the state and federal laws are changed the problem is compounded. It was the intention of the state to capture $50 million of reduced federal income taxes. It appears that the state will receive a windfall in tax revenues of about $80 to $150 million because of changes in the federal tax code. This type of windfall was never anticipated. Changes in the state code to return any excess above $50 million to the state tax payers is a must. I am in total support of the bill that will return this money to the citizens of this state. It will be relumed by reducing the state income tax rates for the 1988 tax year. The rates will be reduced by whatever is necessary to covering current programs. Before increasing taxes, program cuts were mandated, administration costs were reduced by buildings being utilized at less than 70 were closed, traveling expenses were curtailed, and salary increases were disallowed. Efficiency in state government was improved, and expendi- - above the $50 million. This reduced rate will remain in effect but will not prohibit or limit state revenue from increasing due to growth in population or income. Other adjustments that may be necessary are tax rates for the elderly and the retired person. vices. THERE WAS NO INCREASE IN EDUCATION FUNDING OR OTHER PROGRAMS. In spite of one-tim- on-goi- ng 10, return all excess tax collections cialion of his stand on the variety of use issues and continuing sup- - port for the rural economic ment activities. develop-lan- d Bingham Canyon works discussed at meeting On February 9, 1988 the local AIME Section held its first quarterly dinner meeting at the Arches Dining Room, Ramada Inn. The group elected to change from monthly to quarterly meetings with the hope of increasing attendance. A few members who have not been regularly in attendance did come, but other did not so for the meeting the total attendance was about average of that of monthly sessions. The program was presented by Mr. Roderick Davey, Manager-MininKennecott's Utah Copper Mine, Bingham Canyon, Utah. He was accompanied by his wife. Laurel. They are residents of Salt Lake City. The parent company for Kennecott is now British Petroleum of America. Mr. Davey received his mining degree from the University of Wisconsin and Masters at Michigan Tech. He has been with Kennecott for 25 years, starting in New Mexico and going to Bingham Canyon in 1978. The first claims for Bingham Canyon were staked in 1860 with underground mining starting shortly thereafter. One could go through about ten miles of tunnels from Tooele to Bingham Canyon. The open pit was started by Daniel Jack-linFive million tons of ore have been mined from the pit since that time. The old tunnels are used for water drainage and ore haulage. Early mining was done with steam shovels and . haulage by steam locomotives. Later this equipment was changed to electric power. In 1963 they began to change from rail to truck transport of ore. A new lower tunnel was equipped for belt conveyor haulage. The geology of the ore body is similar to that of other sulphide deg, g. posits containing copper, silver, gold and molybdenum. Mr. Davey then showed some slides of the earlier pit with the top benches at about 7500' above sea level. A portion of the original pit property was owned by Anaconda. There were also winter scenes on the rail road. The initial truck haulage operation required 45 minutes travel time from the bottom of pit to the top. Now a round trip can be made in 15 minutes. There were scenes of the drilling operation from the surface to delineate the ore body. He commented that one day he saw several trailers in an area in the pit bearing the name "Burt Explosives." This business still exists and is represented locally by "Pancho" Taber- rer. Shovels now used to excavate the blasted ore are large, 30 cu. yards per bucket, electrically powered and require only one operator. Today's trucks are 22 feet wide and carry loads of 170 tons each. Following steam trains, haulage was done by trolley locomotives since replaced by diesel-electrunits of 1800 to 2000 ic horsepower each. Diesel engines drive electric generators which furnish power to electric motors on each wheel. During the days of rail haulage, a 300 man truck gang was needed. They not only had to move rails to new benches but also had trolley lines with which to contend. For ore processing the former 250 pieces of equipment for crushing and grinding have been replaced with nine new pieces. Flotation machines, to recover sulphides are fewer and of much larger size. The smelter has one of the tallest stacks in the world. About 300 million dollars have been spent on remodeling, dust control and the tall stack to disperse any remaining fumes. Kennecott was the largest gold producer in the U.S., as a by product Rumor once was that gold production paid operating expenses with other metals providing profit to the operation.' At the pit they are building a new visitor's center to be open during summer months when they have about 300,000 tourists per season. They anticipate a successful operation following the modernization program and approval of new labor contracts. Mr. Davey also displayed a video tape of their huge new crusher. Narration for the video tape was done by Peter Harvey, who was resident engineer for Rio Algom during their mill construction and start-u- p in the LaSal area. The new emshing unit weighs 1350 tons anu was set up as a potentially portable unit. It was designed and constructed by a German company. The crushing unit was actually placed in operation about three weeks ago. It is anticipated that it will be moved to another location in about 8 years. Closing commentary revealed that some of their electric power is purchased from UP&L while they generate some of their own using gas or coal as fuel. Their key to success is and will be their personnel. The next quarterly meeting of the local AIME section is scheduled for the second Tuesday in May, 1988. All members and interested persons are urged to mark their calendars and plan to attend. |