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Show W MpniAIN qo Entertainment 52 CASTLE COUNTRY Emery County enters the ten , we can look back on years that have seen a lot of agricultural economy has An been transformed into an dustrial one, with all the benefits companying As 1980s problems. changes. year ac- and And we can look back on the 1979 which saw a lot of drew base tax the at feet responses to those benefits and problems. Just this month, the county has adopted a record budget of more than $5 million for 1980. Earlier in the month, a hearing on a proposed sale of parts of power plants here that might in- January. wV V for; J t tP' Vv 4 V - , - ' ' .The statewide attention. In November, the Castle Valley Special Service District an- nounced plans for a $15 million bond issue for roads and water & sewer projects. start of 197!) Earlier in the month 1 1 : saw cur .(head; while two nniliur laces, G,pnn Gardell Jones and Snow, said good by to I h e c o in m i s s i o n chambers. From the January Issue: The new h otf V,i - i A v Mountain Fuel's plans call for a coal gasification plant to possibly be in this picture south of Emery Town by 1989, 4 s garbage with construction beginning by 1985. The workplant would create a 2,000-maforce, 600 of those permanent. n Lawrence Orangeville Moore Mountain Fuel of- about the possibilities long-rang- e of from each month throughout this issue. 1980 Happy from start and that ficials in Salt Lake is the for initial County Emery gasification plant City south of Emery began discussions about the place they're talking to take more shape, fuel company's about the most as a with water one of the acquiring water for a plant site and a source of coal of coal. major points gasification plant near Keahey said only negotiation. prototype plants exist Emery Town. Coal gasification is a now, and that a .From the January 18 new technology, ex- present glut of natural Issue: plained Mountain Fuel gas on the market has Fuel spokesman John prompted the Federal may someday Keahey, and it would Government to hold up a number of funds that could imih Power and be in boosting years" before such prove the technology. will become Mountain Fuel is, County's plants feasible. involved however, But he said the with laboratory work of n.fc l i ves ii Creek Canal company is excited on the process, he said. possible . disposal, smaller explained coal gasification produces a natural product with gas-lik- e and the burning heating qualities of natural gas. Keahey said that at present there is only a for the need technology to be developed and no short-terneed for natural gas. synthetic such But when plants become a reality, the fact could prevent Emery County from going from its present boom to a bust. law some allow law The Keahey coal-gasificati- the Travel Council and doctor continues, with size of the county law commissioners hoping enforcement budget a than any other. hometown He said the budget medical student will someday return to set will be closely looked into for next years courthouse, television, up practice. the allocations. Ware said law enforcement, would Ware says he, too, animal control, fire commission be even the grateful to would be in favor of a control, Housing civil County residents on Authority, defense, ambulances, any leads they might enforcement budget, if can be fat and the manpower and have about a doctor any in to he but that found, willing practice Employment Training will. doubts the County. any Program. With the county Curtis said the The largest County is in will budget necessasry continuing to boom, history budget this year, but that a Ware sees the sheriffs to doctor just has to be office as one of the departments function which have found a search that most important items never bveen funded has been conducted for on the budget. of One the before, Parker said. quite some time. said that Ware immediate problems He also said the is although the Medical the Commissioners Commission some Center is a heavy coping with growth, planning the worth of over and arguments surprises but would medical help the needed size of not elaborate, We the County dont anticipate any it necessary. enforcement will likely significant alterations of Some the take up much of the in the budget having to commissioners efforts. be made, Curtis said. equipment may be he said, first On their expensive, is a human what D. but Jan. 3, commission meeting, meeting life worth? Some of the Roger Curtis was was conducted in elected chairman, and heavy coats and with equipment, being right duties divided among cold feet, as the here, has literally the three. courthouse heating saved some peoples John Parker will be system has quickly lives. The County last year the commissioner over become inadequate. land and a renovation recreation, the Council purchased Complete senior of the sjstem was set large tractor for on Aging, citizen concerns, the by the commissioners possible future use in a rest home, the Human to begin soon. All count wide landfill, Services Board, Count offices in the with collection in the Mental Health, the building have the same cities. Ware said that now it Medical Center, the complaint. the comes down to the airport, the dental Concerning and the program and the Medical Center, the cities treasurers and clerks commissioners agree Commission sitting offices. that is comes down to down together, Curtis will oversee finding a doctor to take discussing options and efforts. the assessors office, the coordinating Curtis sas he gets extension service, completely over from more negative libraries, the County. roads, So the search for a comments about the planning and zoning, county Coal plans took shape recently met with finds itself facing some of old same the problems. The Medical Center, 'V.Vr&! J Vy 1 Y- 11 County Commission Co. Green River Cattle Dale looking back further in the year, from October clear back to January, the Progress has featured some of the top stories of November, the people went to the polls and approved $22 million in school building bonds, a $1.75 million bond to remodel and expand the county court house, and a mill hike to support increased school salaries. county mosquito abatement. Ware is charged commission looking to and with the attorneys and the problems opportunities ol the recorders offices, the new i I ..At the first of the year, Mountain Fuels plans for a coal ftmo Problems lay ahead &'M INF Emery and tragedy 79 challen J Ferron Cteveiontf 1979 The month of December, the year of 1979 and the decade of the '70s are about to draw to a close. Vt. Huntington Ciawton of year changes. . OF Magazine Thursday, December 27, .r CART 20 Volume 80 Number A f, W'V Emery County featuring first -- operation ear, Curtis says much of the coming commissions job will be finding out what the people want. They voted out a Commissioner who has done a whole lot for the Curtis said. County "But the people must be dissatisfied with something. We have a mandate, but we dont know what it is. Encouraging private and industry recreation to set up in the county, spurring beautification efforts, looking at the county road situation, and, in general, keeping pace with the countys a growth, are some of faced concerned demand for the things from Emery commission state $15,000 and Sanpete counties to help keep open through Huntington Can on to Fairview. U-3- Sanpete, hundreds 1 the sees up. coming . . i iifl an excerpt fro in length v profile in the with Jui.iarx issue: 4 its residents using the of A Ferron cowboy and a square dancer up from Crouse Creek, to commute to Emery County mines, road put immediately the money. Box County, have Emery Elder County, shared twn ears coping though wanting to see zestful the road kept open, with the problems of a does not want to put county moving from county dollars into an agricultural to an state roads, Ware said. industrial and urban Curtis said the environment. $15,000 is just a token fee, anyway, that approached by fellow set a dangerous Democrats to run for precedent. county commission posts a decade ago. were Both State The was Legislature to deal with expected the week. U-3- In 1 issue looking to Glenn Jones said nuthin doin. He this wasn't interested. the He (Continued on Page 3 ebruary. on bank murders shocked the county ..Power outages, aggravated bank number plans for extensive robbery are Heber to additions lire James Norton, 71, and departments, and a Bernice Crosby Craig, over 45, both of Salt Lake controversy miner com muter road City. were pushed to Norton and Craig the background lor were arraigned February with the Monday in Eleventh tragic deaths Feb. 23 Circuit Court in Castle ol two women at a Dale before Judge A. hank in John Ruggeri. They robbery II mtington. pleaded not guilty. Both are being held .From the March without bail pending a Issue: preliminary hearing set for April 4 at 10 a.m. in the courthouse Feelings of shock in Castle Dale. and sorrow, outrage and and bewilderment Wiseman, tellers alone swept through the in the bank at the time, after the were shot about 3 p.m., county of two Emer County Sheriff murder women. Lamar Guymon said. Huntington Vickie Ln Barney Taken in the robbery and was $18,179. 20, Grange, A man was seen Nay Wiseman, 58, were running from the bank shot to death in a bank at that time and Friday jumping into a waiting robbery afternoon at Zions car by Ivan Hughes of First National Bank on Cleveland, according Huntingtons Mam St. to Gu mon. Charged with two Hughes elled at the to counts of first degree man stop, murder and with memorized the license U-3- 1 1 Grange Lorraine and a witnessed a man far south as Salina, Bill Hunt and Trooper car running to the waiting and as far east as Ra and notified sheriffs car and speeding Grand Junction, Colo. description of the officers. About the same time, James Wells and Les Mortensen, both of Cleveland, drove up to the banks drive-in window, said. , U-1- b deputies, Castle Dale policemen and told Utah Highway Patrol d spotted About 50 minutes the suspect vehicle according to the after the crime, Sgt. traveling north on shriffs office. The sheriffs office received the first call 3:05 at p.m. manned I Roadblocks awa Guymon He said Wells him Mrs. Grange, wounded, was still standing and waving for help. Wells rushed in to offer first-aiand Mortensen ran next door to the American Coal office to summon an ambulance. Matiniez troopers were thrown up throughout the area within minutes. A, 4 - , 0 Jensen, I that, Trooper Larry was uneasy about them, Allred said. was wrong. We asked them if the had been to a bank in Huntington and the woman said 3! Loft-hous- e He immediately felt something Doug no. stories d t like Talor d School d added Trooper Orson Allred, who helped man the roadblock. Lawmen at first bank the feared manager, the Ford Thunderbird and found an elderly man and middle-agewoman inside. The looked like an unsuspecting couple, Hunt said. We were somewhat surprised to see a couple , and another J I had been employee taken hostage when Coal they could find no one American employs Pat Dooley else at the bank. and Lavon Day ran both However, over to the bank to turned up later, having offer help. But b the been on errands, to time an ambulance according the arrived both victims sheriffs office. were dead, Gumon Not knowing said whether the suspects Two - ear-olgirls were still in the area or and a 10 ear-olboy, speeding out of the just out of classes for county, lawmen soon da the from had roadblocks dotting Elemen-- t the highwas west into Castle Dale Chief of Police Terry Huntington mans a roadblock at Castle Dale, a r y Huntington Cain on, as across (he street, also far north as Price, as one of many thrown up throughout 11- just past the south followed the car and herded it into a Cleveland exit. They knew we were roadblock at the north there, Hunt said, Cleveland exit, relating how they Lawmen surrounded southeastern Utah Feb. 23 after the Huntinoton bank murders. Their were just inconsistent enough that we decided to call the sheriff. The couple appeared non - chalant about all the excitement, according to Allred. The two allowed officers to search the vehicle, he said, but the superficial examination revealed (Continued on Page 1 ) |