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Show Emery County liRO N LEADER Volume Thursday V .ember 76 r ' Number 27, 1975 48 i Solans hear woes of energy development If the people of Emery were to build for the 1995 population projections the cost for sewer and water alone would be 7 8 million dollars If IPP moves in we would need ten million dollars to take care of our needs, declared County engineer Craig Johansen, addressing a group of state legislators, UP&L and Braztah representatives, and county and city leaders at a meeting moderated by representative John Garr and attended by senator Omar Bunnell at the Old Homestead in Huntington last Friday Johansen portrayed the dilemas of Emery town caught in the squeeze to furnish utilities for expansion Emery does not have the tax base to borrow money for improvements, he said Huntington cannot get funds to build a water system Castle Dale and Orangeville cannot acquire logical sites for sewer lagoons because the sites are state lands and the state will not rehnguish Johansen stated he was the faith in losing of federal money but had a lot of faith m the State of Utah because of help given We hope the special service districts work We have to have something that will work for us so incoming availability industries can contribute to the situation they caused said Johansen A possibility of a severance tax on coal was discussed Gardell Snow said the county situation is not as desperate as the cities He was hopeful of setting up the special service district to bring municipalities in on a county managed tax base The main message he projected to the legislators was need for more financing Mayor presented million case of most the Huntington, desperate situation in the county Huntington has grown from 850 people to nearing two thousand and with the same antiquated facilities A 158 million dollar sewer system is being put in The cost of maintenance has increased percent since 1970 but taxes have not increased that much The city, he said, started in 1970 on a new water system but somebody in EPA said people here were not in accord and the project went down the hole Funding for the water system slated to start soon seems destined to go the same way unless the city can procure $500,000 to compensate for the sum UP&L had promised as participant in the project At the twelfth hour refused to help The city has until 27 to reach the Dec deadline set by F HA FHA had notified the city of availability of the $870,000 loan approved by city bond election Water Resources $200,000 hinging on the FHA money is also waiting, but unless the final $500,000 is 500 the boards Nov. 20 meeting Castle Dale The action came on the heels of a recent decision by the state government to cease administrating CAP, thus necessitating the redesignation of CAP as a public agency in The redesignation process includes a series of public hearings after which local elected officials will determine if the CAP Pollution of the water from repair of breaks demands precaution of boiling for at least a week. During the crisis the townspeople endured the without inconvenience harassment of the city council and maintenance superintendent. Relief in the form of a new water system offered hope Now that funding for the system is jeopardized, the mood is gloomy What privations he ahead for Huntington9 Sister Barbara Grady is from Park, College "Need a bath?" Tommy Shannon asks Thelma Maryland and is the daughter of Arthur C. and Jensen. "Yes," she returned as she, like other in recent weeks Serving in this Book of Mormon area of the Salt Region Nellie R Grady She attended schools in Glendale, Maryland and has been a convert to the L D.S Mission are Elders Larren Ross and David Lewis Talley assigned to the Price North Stake and Sister. Barbara Grady and Eda Ashby in the Price Stake section Lake-Uta- d Services, who explained certain aspects of the Title 20 program The board asked that the contracts be prepared and sent to the members for review and signature by the that I run automatic washers. L D S new Four missionaries have been assigned to the Price programs are needed and wanted in Carbon Emery-GranSan Juan County area Hearings are to be scheduled in each of the four counties The board also heard trom Jim Wheeler of the State Department of Social chairman so plementation im- the programs could begin as of soon as possible h Elder Ross comes from Sparks, Nevada but was born in Salt Lake City. His parents are Garth and Deon Ross and he has two brothers and three sisters at home He attended Ricks College prior to his mission call where he was active in basketball and track Elder Ross is currently serving in the Price area as the district leader until his visa is cleared for his mission call to Brazil He recently left the LTM (Language Training Mission) at B Y U and speaks Portugese fluently Albany, great-grea- New' York to Richard L and Ruth A Talley and has two sisters and two brothers (one a twin) who are attending schools in the eastern states Elder Talley served three years in Korea in the of granddaughter call she spent four years at Brigham Young University at Provo One way the missionaries use to acquaint people with the LDS. Church is the programs e which are held m the area Stake Centers. One such program is being prepared for the season. r Further information on the LDS Missionary programs in the area may be obtained by calling 637-256- 0 Fear downstream has polluting necessitated establishment water the of to regulations pertaining the Mountain Home Subdivision near Reeder Creek, Joe Valley according to information released last week. The subdivision is situated on Orangeville and Castle Dale culinary water sites. Property owners must obtain their water from a public w ater system or from wells or springs approved by the Utah State Health Department. The three developers of the subdivision are George Olsen, Cloyd Fillmore and Rex Fillmore They have worked closely with ihe county zoning department in complying with all regulations for mountain home development Rex Flllmore has dug a well and laid a pipe line capable of delivering 1,000 gallons of water per minute His people agree to hook on Some owners in other sections are also agreeable to participate in the water system, but others protest the high cost To bring the water to the surface from the level will require a pump just how large w ill depend on the will of the home owners and their cooperation, Rex This Fillmoie stated not will only machinery have to be purchased, but also maintained Mrs Mary Prazen of Home s in Joe's Valley subdivisions have been the Price, and her husband, subject of zoning controversy concerning water John, own a half acre of supply. piopeity with a mobile 90-fo- uiesel-powere- home on it. They protest alorg with others We only go there on weekends maybe five or six a year, said Mrs. Prazen We fill two water tanks of water at home and get by I boil any other water used We paid" $2,250 for our land plus septic tank system and taxes of $72 a year, and now' a water system that will cost us all five-gallo- d $500 n for hookup plus a transmission line and pump maintenance It is just too high for a summer home In winter the road is not open and people have to waik m And why is it that people who bought mountain homes befoie 1970 do not have to hook up9 'I here is room for 120 homes on the Reeder Subdivision The up for water from ECP Photo MJLJL iaigton without - Emergency state and local effort restored water to Huntington City after a five day cut in water service caused by a rash of breaks in the main line Saturday evening Mayor Swinburne called Senator Omar Bunnell Ordered by Governor Rampton upon lecommendation of Senator Omar Bunnell, two National Guard tankers arrived in town noon Sunday drivers had stopped The at Price City for a fillup before delivering the trucks into the hand of local fireman Tommy Shannon and Gaith Childs to dispense water 1 he trucks also are a safety measure in case of fire tank holds Each gallons of water Gov ei nor 1,000 Hampton's arrived representative Tuesday water had ceased to flow into the city tanks Wednesday the tanks were From drained Wednesday thiough Sunday crews labored to fix breaks occunng as soon as the watei was turned into the weakened pipe At one point a new piessure valve was in-to stalled to allow water course through the pipe ovei the hill Air locks pi evented the water lroin reaching town Monday to appraise the situation The mercy of North terusers Emery W asolved the Association problem temporarily was given at a meeting Sunday between city officials and North Consent Emery water the line but was not aware of the need of releasing air pressui e through valves all the way dowm the canyon system Jensen to allow a tap into the North Emery System Crews working all dav Sunday weie able to install the connecting two inch pipe Water agin flowed into Jethro Maors city coun city tanks Sunday evening cilman. directed volunteois Jethro Majois, counusing citizen band ladios cilman in charge of water, and walkie talkies in urged sparing use of water the line ' to walking lest North Emery, the release air pressure at benefactor, be shoitea valves Some water rm The prognosis for the citv through the pipes to join the line remains guarded Noith Flint iv flow The rash of breaks, seven to date, may have been Last week was bad for waterline triggered Monday by the Huntington backhoe of Enoch Smith Monday, Enoch Smith construction company in sliced thiough the pipe but the laying a telephone cable for quickly repaired W ed n esda y Emery County Farmers d a m a g e Union Telephone Assn morning eailv the water near the Old Rainbow Inn a went oi f lhe break was below the located m the mountainous A worker cuts into Huntington water line to connect short distance five miles up the aiea power plant it to North Emery Water System. The company repaired Canyon headed by Duane r , on of Huntington residents lined emergency tank trucks. Five long days L D S Prophet Brigham Young Prior to her mission Open-Hous- Elder Talley comes from Hudson, Ohio He w'as born in Church eleven years Sister Grady has two brothers and two sisters at home She is the senior companion of the two sisters. Sister Eda Ashby is from Chatanooga, Tennessee and was born in New Haven, Connecticut Her parents are William Cropper and Ruth Card Ashbv and she has three brothers and one sister. Sister Ashby s father was born in American Fork t Utah and she is the Joes Valley Mountain Home comes under fire Sub-divisi- - Four missionaries assigned to region SEUAOG applies to administer CAP The Executive Board of the Southeastern Utah Association of Governments will file an Intent to Designate the AOG as the sponsoring body lor the areas Community Action Project, it was decided at r- faucets from flowing cheered people weary of dipping water out of Huntington reservoir two miles away to flush toilets and driving miles for drinking water, and baths at the homes of relatives and friends Laundry stacked higher and higher. Water force was not sufficient to dollars funding money will be given to other piojects The and combines repeated efforts of a city, Jelco and Carbon Plumbing crew restored partial water service late Friday night to the city of Huntington after a three day cut in service FAiur breaks occunng at various places along the nine mile stretch of six inch cast iron pipe were located and repaired The crew would think the problem was solved, turn the water back in and, bingo, an other leak Saturday the water was off again Possibly the construction company accidentally cutting through the line Monday may have fractured the line and caused the chain reaction of breaks A thin Stream of water Swinburne the some one seventy thousand forthcoming V zooming ordinance quotes size of lots as one acre or more, but no less Some homes aie located on less than an aci e Limiting the numbei of homes on the plat will reduce the number of septic tanks which is necessary to prevent sewage surfacing and creating a serious pollution problem, it was xanted out DOT studies bus system 1 The Utah Department of is making a Transposition study lot the Southeastern Association of Govern ments to see if a bus system would be feasible in Cat bon and Flmety counties to transpoit workers to and from aiea coal mines In coopeiation with local mine opeiators and union leaders, the I DOT is conducting ongin and destination studies to see if a bus system would next the tianspmtation needs of mine woikeis in the two Castle Countiy counties Questionnaires will be distributed to the woikers through local unions Flom the questniunnaires, UDOT engineers will deteimine if a bus system is desirable, where the pick up points should be located, and what the fee schedule should be The study should be com some time in January ccording to preliminary pleted studies conducted Uplands a consulting firm, conditions foi establishing the system look promising Most of the workers live in con cent rated communities, so that passenger pick up and drop points could be kept to a minimum UDOT four district Management Corp H r. 1: H - carrying m pery woikers at a nonminal fee If successful, he said, it could later be expanded to tiecome a local commuter Hamilton said that if the 1500 I DOT studies conclude that the system is feasible pi iv ate transportation companies may wish to establish this service, or a publicly subsidized transit district could be established through the Southeustei n Association of Gov tun ments H Iliuisday, Nov H H j; County High Knday.Nov H 1 Wednesday. Nov. 26 Thanksgiving assembly, Emery County High School, 12 50 pm Public invited preconstruction engineei, iehie Hamilton, estimated that initially a bus system could serve about nine Castle Country locations, approximately I i Emery County LDS Ward, 2X Youne P m 8 30 Adult Dance Thanksgiving young vault Dance, F erron 8pm Satui day. Nov 29 7 p Pack 3304 sponsoring m at Huntington Cultural Hall, Robert Apache Mclean, official blood brother of Apache, presenting dancing and Indian program, customs of jf Apaches General Public invited e j 3 s K 4M J |