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Show arp-r-yi- The t V Area Wide Week in Review Clean bill of health . . . Park City "We, consider this matter closed;" It's an actual quote from a March 6 letter from the Denver Environmental Protection Agency Director of Hazardous Waste Management, Robert Duprey, regarding the years-lon- g study and debate on whether old mine tailings which lie underneath the Prospector Square area are hazardous. Accompanying Duprcy's letter is the EPA's "short version" of its findings from its extensively sampled and studied soil, water, air inside and outside of homes as well as metals in the tailings themselves! The study accompanied one conducted by the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry on whether the tailings represented a threat to public health. Both began in July 1987, but were preceded by a less exhaustive study of many of the same elements in 1985. The Park Record Sheriff goes to court . . . Price A preliminary hearing has been set on April 7 in a criminal action filed against suspended carbon County Sheriff Barry R. Bryner. Bryner was arrested on the morning of Feb. 22 after leading local law enforcement officers on a high speed chase. The alleged incident originated in Helper and climaxed when the sheriff crashed his patrol car in a field on South Carbon Ave. in Price. The Carbon County Attorney's office filed a complaint later that day charging Bryner with driving under the influence of an intoxicant, a class B misdemeanor, and failure to respond to a police officer's signal to stop, a third degree felony evading offense. Museum refurbishing Manti Ambitious plans for the further Price te . . . The Utah Transportation Commission reviewed and approved the Forest Highway Program for the state last Friday in Salt Lake City. The program as currently approved includes the final construction project on the Hogan Pass Road, State Route 72. That route leaves at Fremont Junction, and travels southward to Loa in Wayne County. This 26.8 $3.2 million paving project is scheduled to be completed by the fall of this year. mile-lon- g, State and Federal highway officials agreed that an expected $4 million in public lands highway funds, to be allocated in the fall of this year, would be allocated to complete Phase II of the Dead Horse Point entrance road. Currently, final plans are being readied on the first phase of that project, which should be advertised in late summer. That project will get the new road to the top of Seven Mile Hill. Phase II would complete the new highway all the Debbie Taylor signed by "Ole Miss" University University of Mississippi head volleyball coach, John Blair, has announced the signing of Moab native Debbie Taylor during the recent signing period. Debbie, the daughter of Peggy and Burke Taylor or Moab, is currently enrolled at Utah Valley Community College in Orem, where she was named to the Intercollegiate Athletic team. She was also and to the named to the tournament teams. While at Grand County High School in Moab, Debbie made Academic Honors in basketball, track and volleyball. She was the team captain in both her junior and senior years in all three sports. "Debbie is really a tremendous athlete that were projecting to come in and impact the program right away," said Blair. "To me, shes a blue chip quality recruit" All-Sta- te way to the National Park Service Island in the Sky road near The Knoll. The Forest Highway Program also includes a 4.6 mile-lon$1.7 million paving and grading project on the Fremont River Road. This project is also slated to be completed this year. Future projects in the program include a four year, $17.4 million plan to improve the Wolf Creek Road from Woodland in Wasatch County to Hanna in Duchesne County. Cur- and the Boulder ways as scenic U-9Mountain Road, as well as many more. 5, g, rent plans call for improvement work to begin in the spring of 1991 with work continuing through to 1994. The plan also calls for a project to correct slide areas in Fairview Canyon to begin this fall and for future projects to complete the Fremont River Road in 1990 and 1992. UDOT and Federal Highway Administration officials meet annually to work up plans for special Forest Highway projects. Funding for the projects comes from a special annual allocation to the U. S. Forest Service, and from Public Lands Highway Funds. The funds have been used in the past to build such high Backyard Hikes continue untraveled section of Explore an Arches National Park with Terry Knouff on Saturday, March 25. He will lead hikers down a sandy drainage in search of petrified sanf dunes, natural bridges, deep potholes and scenic vistas of the Courthouse Towers and the LaSal Mountains. Some rock scrambling is involved. Distance is about three miles one way, with a cooperative shuttle. Cost is $5 for adults and $2 under 12. Sign up in advance by contacting Canyonlands Field Institute, Utah Power Announces . permits to manufacturing plant at 1025 North Watery Lane in Brigham, listing a cost of $128,536, and on the same site will erect an office building containing 3,400 square-fecosting $134,010. The company will design and fabricate large industrial and agricultural metal buildings there with a spokesman saying last Tuesday that completion of the new facilities is expected by June 1. Box Elder News-Journsquare-fo- ot et al $980 thousand grant . . . Vernal The first phase of a western park won approval from the State Community Impact Board last week. The board awarded $980,000 to Vernal for the project Phase one of the Western Park project includes the building of an amphitheater, an and out-domuseum and all imnmvp.mpnK tn th The improvements to the fairthe Uintah at Fairgrounds. County grounds will be done with a western Vernal declared area a City, blighted by grounds, flare. The fairgrounds have been renamed "Uintah County Western Park." The amphitheater will be the permanent home of the Outlaw Trail Festival. It will museum will feature and out-doseat between 1,500 and 2,500. The items of interest to the and other art outlaw memorabilia, antique machinery, area. The Vernal Express in-do- or or in-do- or or Environmentalists must pay . . .Senior their Environmentalists continued losing streak in last court federal district week, with his decision that Judge Aldon Andersons their lawsuit over plans to from own fees their must generated legal pay they the four environmentalone from of A the Burr Trail representative improve ists organizations that formed a coalition to file the suit expressed disappointment over Judge Anderson's decision, stating she believed they had met the conditions under which the government should pay the fees. In his decision. Judge Anderson wrote that federal law allows him to award legal costs under two conditions: the party claiming fees must have prevailed and it must be established that the government was not "substantially justified" in taking the Panguitch position which prompted the lawsuit. The alliance sought approximately $143,000 in attorney fees and another $30,000 in related costs. Attorneys representing the environmentalists said, however, that if the judge's ruling stands, they would donate their fees rather than try to recover them from the four environmental groups. Garfield County News to Korea . . . GoingColo. Local National Guardsmen will be spending the remaining Cortez, members of the 928th cold weather in South Korea this month. Twenty-fiv- e be deploying to South will and in Cortez Medical Company, located Durango, This is the largest mili89." "Team 21 in for to Korea Spirit days participate some involves forces S. 600,000 Army, and held U. be exercise to by tary effort by the is a "Team Force Air Marine and Spirit" joint personnel. Navy, United States and Republic of Korea military forces to maintain readiness and establish coordination between the two allies. Montezuma Valley Journal . . . Top basketball teams schools' basketball two teams high Emery Countys weeks. two last the tournaments during brought big honors home from state In the Class 2A tournament, the Emery County High School Spartans won shot against the Richfield Wildthe state championship with a big 84-8This Saturday, the Green River Pirates cats to give them a victory of 62-6to lose the championship, but bring lost in the last second to Duchesne Division. Both games ended in 1A Class home second place honors in the overtimes. Emery County Progress Castle Dale last-seco- 3. 0, Road funded . .their. Ridge objections Price Wellington city officials withdrew to a proposal a $2.5 milBoard approved and the Road Impact rebuild Community to Ridge Councilwoman lion loan last week. After meetings last week, Wellington Eleanor Rasmussen said the concerns of council officials were satisfactorily addressed and all but one member of the council feel good about the proposal to build the road. Primarily a coal haul route, the Ridge Road will bypass 10 south of Price. Wellington, connecting U. S. Highway 6 with State Route The (rhis Is Not A Misprint) Utah Power is lowering its Utah rates by almost $13 million. Combined with four previous reductions, UP&L rates have decreased by 8 percent since January 1988 for a total of $53 million. This rate reduction fulfills our promise to reduce rates by 2 percent upon completion of our merger with PacifiCorp. A further decrease of 3 to 8 percent will be forthcoming within the next four years, reflecting the efficiencies the merger will provide. Sun-Advoc- . . . Excavation nearly complete Indian rains and search for time and money, the last Limited by Salina y 40 miles east of artifacts will continue for a short time at the from the Utah contract a awarded was Salina. The University of Pittsburgh some eleven and map to excavate, photograph, Department of Transportation on the to was construction where found earlier begin been had which sites River. Green with Salina freeway which would connect other half of the to will taken be full force and As of last week, the tenth site was completed level. feet below seven some ground excavated the 11th site which is being l. The work is expected to be completed by The Salina Sun right-of-wa- 70 mid-Apri- eoiMa RDdQDDED0 LI & LIGHT COMPANY BREAKFAST The Mens Club of St. Pius X Church served a delicious pancake breakfast Sunday after Mass. Donations will be used for the youth group who are planning a trip to Lake Powell someume in June. The Manti Messenger build a 5,000 801-259-77- PANCAKE fund-raisin- New manufacturer coming . . Brigham, City Golden Empire Manufacturing has taken 1989--C- 1 Phase II funding will be sought for Dead Horse Point road project all-regi- development of the Fairview Museum as a major educational and historical attraction with values for the entire county were outlined by two museum board members at the Sanpete County Commission meeting Tuesday. Reed W. Mower, president of the museum board, and Harris Cheney, a board member, said that the plans include the remodeling of the east end of the Fairview junior high school building, installation of a mastodon panorama, landscaping of the museum grounds and the development of walkways. "It can be a program that will benefit all of Sanpete and bring thousands of visitors to our county," Mr. Cheney observed. The estimated cost of the entire project is $50,000 and a g campaign is now underway. "We are seeking contributions from individuals, businesses and government entities," Mower said. Commissioners indicated they wanted to be involved, even though there was no money available in the current Thursday, March 16, Times-lndepende- |