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Show rMEMBER Emery County - ( r OF THE UtJt j?w ' v' "S' Mf0T 0 CSUt COUNT0T 25$ Wednesday, August 4, 1982 Volume 83 Number 31 150 autos hit by gravel The resurfacing of through Huntington Canyon was a smashing success, if you ask a number of area residents. The Emery County Sheriffs Department received more than 150 reports of broken windshields, pitted paint and dents Monday and Tuesday as people on their way to work at the Huntington Power Plant and Deer Creek Mine ran afoul of the freshly-lai- d gravel chip surface. The surface was applied to the canyon road by Utah Department of Transportation U-3- 1 workers on Monday. The chip seal surface is part of our yearly maintenance program in the canyon, said Sterling Davis, director of UDOTs District Four. We post advisory signs on the road when we put down the chip seal, and if folks would adhere to the 25 mph speed suggested, they wouldnt run into problems. But they tend to ignore our advice, and then we have damages result. Following the first rash of reports, the Utah Highway Patrol sent two cars to investigate the damages. Officers on the scene ran radar checks, and found that most of the trouble was not caused by coal trucks as first reported, but by private passenger vehicles trying to pass the slower trucks. Some tickets were issued, and the UHP reports that the problem had subsided somewhat as of Tuesday afternoon. After two or three days, the chips settle in, and we send brooms up there to sweep down the problem area, Davis said. If folks will just watch their speed, then they shouldnt have too much trouble. Emery County Sheriffs deputies reported that more than a hundred vehicles in the parking areas of the mine and the power plant showed signs of damage. No dollar estimate of the damage was available. Council appoints department heads By Elizabeth Hanson NpurcwHtpr HUNTINGTON At Huntington City council meeting Wednesday, two councilmen were made - superintendents In the siting, , , These two youngsters enjoy some summer fun as the season wears on and the school year quickly approaches. Hatch names Emery County coordinator Hatchs reelection campaign appointed Mrs. Sherryl Allen of Orangeville as voter identification coordinator for the Senator county. This volunteer oriented project involves talking with potential voters and identifying Hatch supporiors. The campaign manager for Senator Hatch, Mike Leavitt, described this project as one of the most crucial elements of the campaign plan. This undertaking will help us to better coordinate our volunteers and inform the voters in a more meaningful way. We hope that those wishing to help in our campaign effort will contact their county coordinator, Leavitt said. Nation wide -- BYU sponsors music meet The annual Church Music Workshop at Brigham Young University will bring together people from all over the country to share ideas and receive excellent instruction in all facets of church music, according to Dr. Parley Belnap, associate professor of music at BYU and workshop chairman. This year the workshop will highlight music for children as well as choral and organ music. Hymn-playin- g certification, recitals of church music, and competition for young organists will be special features, Belnap said. Music for the family and home, helps for church auxiliaries, piano and recreational music, and vocal music will be offered. The workshop is scheduled in the Harris Fine Arts August Center at BYU. Those interested in registering should call (801) The registration fee is $40. Housing and food are available on 9-- 378-478- 5. campus at extra cost. Church Music Workshop includes 87 offerings in 12 different areas of music, according to Dr. Ralph Larson, coordinator of the program for the Division of Continuing Education. Many of the classes are designed to help individuals with their church callings in music, such as Helps for the Primary Pianist, Helps for Improving the Choirs Sound, Away from Sameness, toward Exand Appropriate Style, for Choral New Literature ploring the Sacrament Service. There will be practical classes The for the family such as Acquainting Your Child with Good Music in the Home and Community and Easy Musical Instruments for the Family. Music in the Baroque Period: A Look at Musical Aesthetics and Forms in Church Music between 0 An Historical and of Music in of Function the Survey Christian Worship are two of the more unusual offerings for those who are interested in history and style. lessons Private and and master classes will be offered. This workshop is very inexpensive compared to other church music workshops throughout the country and offers more classes than most of them, Belnap said. 1600-175- semi-priva- te over their departments and will be paid $6 per hour not to exceed twenty hours per month. Dale Magleby is supervising the parks, keeping the mowers and other machinery in mint condition. Roger Myers keeps tabs on the cemetery. In with the keeping beautification effort, four old vacant and hazardous houses have been identified and pictures taken. Some are breeding places for bats, mice and skunks as well as enticing exploring children. Letters are being written to the owners announcing condemnation proceedings unless action is taken within ten days. If property owners fail to respond, the city will have the structure razed and the cost may be attached to property taxes. A security light will be placed near the new concession stand at the rodeo grounds, and City Hall will be reshingled, as resolved by the council. A hearing of the Secondary Irrigation System Ordinance has been held and with a few changes. The ordinance may be accepted by the council at the next meeting. Water right fees for initial connection will be $75 for each 1 '2- - inch riser. riser will cost A $130. Some citizens who will not be served by the system because of difficulties in running a line to their property, will be allowed to use culinary water outside their dwellings because they will be paying the additional mill levy for the bond on their property taxes. Hookup to the secondary system will be mandatory unless otherwise specified. There shall be no interconnection with the culinary system. Beauty pageant beckons The National Miss Beauty Pageant is now accepting applications for contestants for the 1983 Utah State Pageant. Any young ladies between the ages of 8 who are single and a citizen of the United States who would be interested in represen17-2- ting the city of Castle DaleEmery County in the state contest, please write or call for complete in- formation National 1765 N. Hollywood, and application: Beauty Pageant, 107, Highland Ave. Miss CA 90028, (213) Tuckers selected as outstanding Elmo citizens Vearl and Emma Tucker have been selected as Elmos outstanding citizens for 1982 and will join those citizens so selected from other area towns in this years Emery County Fair Parade on August 21. The Tuckers were born and raised in Emery and Carbon counties; Vearl in Price and Emma in Cleveland. They have spent all their married life in Elmo. Vearl attended school at the Elmo Elementary and North Emery High School. Emma went to Cleveland school graduating as Valedictorian from the tenth grade then going on to high school at North Emery in Huntington. They were married in October of 1933. It was during the years of the Great Depression. Vearl was a farmer having aided in keeping his widowed mother and six children until she remarried. Times were difficult during those years. There was little employment, but Vearl found a job at the Hiawatha Coal i Camp as a tipple worker for U.S. Fuel. A few years later, he was put on the carpenters crew and worked on the camp houses and company buildings, working at Hiawatha for 13 years. When Vearl left the coal camps, he started driving the Elmo school bus. He drove the elementary bus for 17 years, retiring in 1976. The children were very fond of Vearl and he loved his bus family. Vearls carpentry work remains visible throughout the county. Vearl is always ready with his saw and hammer to help whenever needed. They have been good parents to their four children: Vearl Ray, Jared, Robert and Sheila, giving them every available opportunity. Their sons all graduated from college and two served LDS missions. Vearl Ray teaches industrial arts in addition to other subjects at Altamont High. Jared was coach at Green River and Monticello high schools and is presently the head media in structor and librarian at West Jordan High. Sheila is employed with Emery Mining Corporation. Robert just returned from serving three years as mission president in the Madrid Spain mission, giving Vearl and Emma the opportunity to fly to Spain and tour the cities around Madrid and up the French coast for a month. Roberts mission in Mexico City gave rise to another opportunity to Vearl and Emma when they traveled there in 1965 and again in 1969. They have 16 grandchildren and five great - grandchildren. Their home was open for many years to piano, accordian and guitar lessons. Many children in Elmo learned to play on the Tuckers piano, including three of their four children. Emma served as postmistress in Elmo for two years. She held the position of town clerk for 19 years, giving many dedicated hours to her work. Vearl was Elmo's water superintendent and water meter reader for 20 years, and he also V served on the town board for four years. Both have been active in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Da- y Saints. The whole family worked diligently to get the ward chapel built in 1955, being among those families donating the most hours to the project. Emma has served as primary president for 10 years. She served as MIA president and Relief Society president and as a Sunday school teacher for at least 40 years. The primary is Emmas greatest love. She kept the primary financed with Saturday afternoon childrens dances at 10 cents a ticket and her record collection is still being used for parties. Emma is now serving as compassionate service leader in Relief Society and Vearl is in the high priest group presidency. They are dependable people and both remain active in civic and church affairs, helping whenever possible and Elmo thanks them for the things they have contributed to our town. I |