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Show y w' Wednesday, Novembers, Volume 81, Number 45 w w 1980 New faces in leadership Local race close In a race that was not decided until the early hours of the morning, D. Roger Curtis, Republican, squeeked past opponent Tracy Jeffs, Democrat. The race was close all night as Curtis maintained the narrow lead following the counting of the Ferron ballots. Rue incumbant Ware, Democrat, carried all 10 precincts to put him into his second term as a commissioner. Guy Conover unseated Wallace Curtis for the second precinct School Board seat. John M. Garr successfully carried his campaign for Utah House Representative for district 70 over GOP candidate Shirl McArthur. Emery County voters also voted against all the propositions as a majority. The vote tabulations also showed that Emery residents were pretty much in line with the rest of the state as far as national and state races concerned. were Ronald Reagan, Senator Jake Garn and Congressman Dan Marriot, all Republicans, swept to easy victories in Utah Tuesday. The vote in the First Congressional District was in doubt until the early this morning when Republican James Hansen began to to pull away from veteran Congressman Gunn McKay. Ballot initiatives and propositions are listed for the entire With 99 percent of the vote in, Hansen had 153,633 votes to McKays 136,655. Governor Scott Matheson won with a 213,487 tally to Republican challenger W. Robert on Wrights 183,403. The Emery County Progress has prepared a precinct by precinct tabulation of the votes cast Nov. 4. The propositions and initiatives have been lumped into one total for the entire county. Lori Olsen, Ferron, looks pleased about her votes she ust cast for the national election. A high voter turnout throughout the county kept voting officials busy all day tabulating the ballots. Bids surprise county boards Emery County School Board officials and Emery County Commissioners were greeted with high bids for the Emery High School addition and the interest rate for the General Obligation Public Building bond. School officials were disappointed and surprised when the Costs $62,855 bidder for their planned Emery High School addition was 28 percent over their estimated costs. Stacy Contracting, Salt Lake City, was the low bidder with $7,238,312. The architects estimated cost of the complex was A recent report from the Pension Miners at the Wilberg Mine, loses and it has no effect at all on figured at $5.5 million. The comoperated by Emery Mining Cor- Funds for this Wage an arbitrators decision. The plex includes new classrooms, an poration, failed to report to work Agreement already shows a grievance procedure was in4:00 at the 29, October of income in shortfall about stituted to prevent just such a auditorium, and a media center. Wednesday, The school board also let out returned shift They $89,662,000. walkout. change. p.m. low Miners walk out at Wilburg 1978-6- 1 to work 12:00 a.m. Monday, November 3, 1980. The walkout apparently began because an employee The management said that "the illegal work was damages for spokesman walkout was stoppage an and the lost production and overhead will be sought." "The walkout, he said, "has not suspended for insubordination earlier in the week. The suspension was two days into the grievance altered either party's position on inthe suspension. Its too bad that procedure, and there were the when settled it was these walkouts occur. Everyone dications walkout began. Under the nationwide collective bargaining agreement, the grievance procedure can be a five step procedure. The employee and immediate supervisor are to resolve any problems. If they fail to, it is referred to an employee mine committee and mine management. If this group cannot reach agreement, then the District Union and corporate management attempt to resolve the problem. If is they cannot, then an arbitrator decision. a called in and he renders This decision can be appealed by either party to either the Arbitration Review Board, a Federal District Court or the National Labor Relations Board. A management spokesman said that "the suspension was levied for toward a gross insubordination mine shaft foreman over an order to bike care of a safety matter." The walkout cast the 450 emfour shifts that ployees, for the their work, about they withheld and lost salaries in $62,855 fund. their for pension royalties I Two men die Thomas Bently, 24, was found dead Tuesday, Nov. 4 in a campground in Ferron Canyon. According to Emery County Sheriff LaMar Guymon, Bently was found in his car in a camping spot Just north of the Ferron Creek picnic ground. Bently had gone on a fishing trip on Saturday and was supposed to have come home on Monday. A search by the Sheriffs jeep posse and freinds and family. Guymon said it was apparent he had died earlier in the weekend, but actual time of death will not be known until after a medical examiners report has been filed. Bently is the son of Berdcll and Mary Lou Bently of Ferron. He was a resident of Salt Lake City bonds for $7.5 million. It was hoped this money would build the high school complex as well as add classrooms to two elementary schools. According to school officials, efforts are now being made to try to cut out some of the expenses. They said that meetings between the architect and the contractor are presently going on in an effort to trim some of the unneeded features. Courthouse bond Boettcher and Company, Denver, Colorado, was the apparent low bidder for the Emery County General Obligation Public Building Bond released by the commission Mon. Oct. 27. The bid, which won over five others, carries an average interest rate of 7.9707 percent during 10 the year period. The total amount bonded was $1.75 million. The bid offered by Boettcher was the only bid to break below eight percent. On advice from James Fenton, Zions Bank, the commissioners accepted the bid. Fenton said that the school board recently accepted a low bid that was over eight percent. He said the market was unsteady because of the upcoming elections, and he felt the county wouldnt be able to find a lower bid in the near future if they were to hold off on accepting the bid. The gross interest of the cost over the 10 year period would total $846,887. "We have an ongoing, high priority commitment to be right when we discipline and to treat each situation very carefully. No one can afford these walkouts and management is trying to educate our employees as to the effects of these on everyone. during week and was working at the Hunter Utah Power and Light John Patrick Kotelnicki, 25, was killed Tuesday, Oct. 28, when a jeep he was riding in rolled over just northwest of the old Castle Dale City dump. According to the Emery County Sheriffs department, Kotelnicki was a passenger of the vehicle operated by David John Daisley, 23, Huntington. Allegedly the vehicle began to vere off the side of the road and Daisley was unable to bring it back to the road before it rolled over, Daisley and Timothy Marshall, Huntington, were treated and released at the Emery Medical Clinic. No charges have been filed pending further investigation. mysterious hand takes tickets for Dracula's PTA carnival on Halloween night. Grups such as the PTA helped to make the evening fun and enoyable for the whole family. Large numbers of participants were reported at all of the carnivals In the county. A It was fun for all castle at the Ferron |