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Number 80 a . )( y 4 i , ''V, 'f k iTT3 J 6 Entertainment Guide I HcCt,')v Thursday, February 5 a f 1, 1979 rron Cleveland Emer Elmo Green Cattle Dale Lawrence Orangeville Moore River Professional Building Room Castle Dale, Utah Clawton 5 n5 U raJ) 7Bf13iT use Itn The in Ben in wint er if V W-C- - Emery have verbally agreed with Utah Department ot Transportation Director Bill Hurley to provide the funds Ware was expected to again vote to refuse the funds Parker said Hurley told him the road will be kept open through the rest of this winter, unless snowshdes or other conditions endanger crews About 200 Sanpete residents use the road to commute to coal Com- County a special mission was meeting Wednesday night, Jan 31, where they were expected to ii o tde $11, 010 in county iunds to through help keep highway Huntington canyon open Commissioners Itue Ware and D Itogfr ( urlis had earlier at regidw i ejected the idea commHMon meeting, with John Parker absent Cuitis and Paik'T said thew to hold U-3- 1 mines and other places of work in Emery and Carbon counties. The road also allows access to outdoor recreation and is used for travel by Emery County residents. The commission had previously stated it u'ould like to see the road Kept open, but did not want to put county dollars into a state road, setting a dangerous precedent. Curtis said the thing which their minds was attending a DOT meeting last Friday. Curtis said DOT finally made it changed Parkers clear how the money was to be used and its importance to them. "Before it was like throwing j 4 ti ; , V S I money into a hat, "We Curtis said. werent really sure it was needed or exactly to whom it was going. i v DOT, Sanpete County, District Ji Representative, John Garr, mining labor groups and Huntington city have all urged the county to provide the funds. 70 Curtis said the road being closed would have an adverse affect on Emery Countys economy, and that w'as a major factor in the decision being ! 4 reversed. If the road is to be kept open in future years, Curtis said, the State Legislature wdl have indKe appropriations. DOT on line After being down for about 2 months, the second unit of the Huntington povv:r plant went back on line Tuesday. The unit went down Irate in November after experiencing trouble with part of its generator. $1 Huntington Mayor Drew Richards and wife Addie were among about 80 people to take advantage of the senior citizen has estimated it will take million to provide day-i- n, day- - service for the road. That sum would include money to build a maintenance shed at the summit, rotary snow plow, underground fuel storage tanks and a new other equipment. atten Ob out XV XL xL3 Huntington Mayor Drew Richards and city council members are pursuing a plan to purchase ground for a senior citizens center if the County Commission will grant a portion of the $100,000 set aside for senior citizens this year. Some Huntington citizens are also circulating a petition to present to the commission asking for its support. Response to nutrition dinners in Huntington has been tremendous. Former 1 once-a-wee- k j tire0 County Commissioner Glenn Jones and wife Lavarda, who assist at the dinners, say as many Hunter Drug in Castle Dale w'as according to Terry Ixifthou.se, Castle Dale chief of police w'as Lolthouse said the hreak-idiscovered Monday morning A window on the cast side of the building had been bioken to gain n entry Apparently di ugs were the only things the thief or thieves weie after, Lolthouse said, as no money was diseoveied missing He said the police have no suspects at the picsent time and the investigation is continuing The Utah Department of Transportation has received bids for the resurfacing of highway 0 from two miles south of Price U-1- to Huntington. That work will begin in the summer. No other major work on state roads in Emery County is S' a I, planned, 3 U-1- W li mine 'CAP announced tod vv tl.eie will be a town meeting Wednesday, Feb 7, at 7 p in at the Sun Ralael Junior High School lor all citizens of Kerr on community from ruversdy Extension be (here to help Selvae the meeting chicct and otganne "We feel lb d even one should Da vc the oppoi'tumlv to lake part in the allaus of the town, Itah State v Marinom i v c anv I i I 'aid We la'll a! s,l I A( invile there ai i c n oil ( r e tv 100, and no fewer than 45, have served buffet style. Patron Libby Gordon said the food is delicious and that she attends regularly and takes home a plate to husband Von, who is unable to attend. The dinners are currently alternating throughout various cities in the county. $1 per person is asked to offset the cost. 0 U-1- Dip is no fun in winter, either motorist taking on the Huntington dip was recently stopped short when his radiator hit the drop off shown. Warning barricades are up, but some unweary motorists risk the trip anyway. A During the spring runoff, the dip is expected to again run high with water and pose a danger to children daring to cross it on foot or on bike. to mch layer of bituminous material will be placed over the entire le project. second contract provides for five to six inches of bituminous pavement to be placed over the existing surface of US-- between Cat Canyon and Icelander Wash in Carbon County, a distance of 12 miles. The apparent low bid of $1,425,266 was again submitted by Corn Construction Company. The official engineers estimate was A 6 $1,545,545. 0 y ill e to i ome If t k i joe d uio i vontac ' v 0 U-1- he purpose ot the n ootmg is to let the people voice their v lews on what n eds to be done in Perron '1 Winger, development to Sterling Creek crossing may be funded this year or next. south from Huntington to Castle Dale is also in need of some repair, but Davis says he doubts they will be able to come up with funds to resurface the road for a couple of years. The apparent low bidder on the project was Corn Construction Company of Grand Junction, Colo, whose bid was $1,569,467. The official engineers estimate on this 60 working-daproject was $1,729,280. will The rehabilitation of involve excavating soft spots and heaved areas that have dev eloped in the roadway. The contractor vv ill remove material from these specified areas then bring it back U-1- Fetron Major Joe Marinom Jen according Davis of UDOT District 4 headquarters in Price. Davis said some resurfacing of from Ferron to the Muddy 'O' LP as attended the Monday meals. The food is prepared at the Nutrition Center in Ferron and transported to Huntington to be ot enough money to take all bumps out of the highway and into broken Sunday miscellaneous drugs, mostly amphetemines, were stolen, Fe IT O Hun- gton wants center lias we re ft nutrition dinner Monday at the tington Lion's Hall. grade. 0 Vhen work on the excavated areas has been completed a 2l- - These projects are being funded under Utahs Road Rehabilitation Program. Nearly million worth of rehabilitation projects on Utahs highways are under way or have been completed since the Utah Department of Transportation was granted a gas portion of the tax increase passed by the 1978 Utah State Legislature. of the gas tax The other ' to local governments for goes maintenance of their roads. The State Road Rehabilitation Program will bring Utahs roads up to standard over the next ten years. After that, the program be for will responible rehabilitating roads as they deteriorate, according to UDOT. $25 l'a-ce- nt nt W |