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Show fr 4i rp rrryyrMi n fv nyi$ ?i yyTyif''iy y fif ',t'ii, 'vqn i Golf Continued from PAGE 1 A. stalled at Millsite. Not wanting a repeat of the destruction to the greens of last winter, Burke, Larsen and Winn decided that the benefits would outweigh the risks. The covers are expected to be used for many years to come. They are durable and can be used year after year. When the covers were removed, the grass underneath was as lush as if it was the middle of summer. The greens had not even lost their color during the winter. 'They are ready for play now and Burke is looking forward to getting a jump start on the season with the healthy greens. Commission Continued from PAGE A. 1 as he is the one who will sign it before its submission. It is their intent to file the application for a permit to build Hunter 4. Utah Burke added, With the greens in this condition and we have all new carts, we will be ready to open fully on March 14. "The crew at the golf course expressed their appreciation to the season pass holders who had supported the golf course last summer during the rough start. The course is offering those loyal patrons a special deal on their passes for the upcoming season. The club house will again be full service with the opening of the proshop. The res- taurant, under the management of Rick and Robyn Simons operators of Lotsa Motsa in Castle Dale will be opening March la. They will serve breakfast, lunch and dinner. They will also have snacks and drinks available. plants and want a wind powered Bower is regulated by six states and each state owns a percentage. Thirty-fiv- e percent is ow nod by the state of Utah, Idaho and Wyoming. Each of these states must be in agreement on w here a new plant would be built. Wyoming wants the plant in their state; Oregon and Washington do not like coal fired power plant. Mansfield reminded those present that it is a multi-stat- e process and decision. He said Utah will develop a desperate need for power in the next few years. Utah needs several base load units plus capacity for peak- ing loads. Mansfield believes that Hunter is the logical place it is his intent to file the application as soon as they hae all of the pieces together. Hunter Plant will not undergo an overhaul this year, but S13 million has been allocated to the plant for capital work. Work will be done on the scrubbers which will employ pipe fitters and boilermakers. There will be quite a bit of activity at the plant. Hunter will have enough water to operate and we will avoid leasingaddilional water. We have a secure fuel load, said Mansfield. We are in good shape, we have gone through a transitional phase and we have around 204 employ ees, we look to increase the work force to around 233 people. We vv ill add skilled people. journeyman and others, but e hope to add some local people with some entry level positions as well. Hunting-toPlant will also be adding some employees, but Pm not sure of the numbers. We are also involved in homeland security, vv e are it vital infrastructure, but we like to keep that low key and behind the scenes. We welcome Emery County VOICE OF EMERY COUNTY SINCE 1900 Subscription Rates: 50 cents per copy, $22 per year delivered hv currier in Carbon and Emery counties, $27 in Utah, $.'S0 out of Utah per year by mail Office Hours: Monday 8 00 to noon Tuesday - Friday 9 00 a m to 5 00 p m at 190 East Main, Castle Dale, Utah Classifieds Deadline: Monday at 10 00 a m for Tuesday's publication Fax (435l Telephone: (43.5 editor! eepropmess com, publisher! eeprogress com ) issued once a week at Castle Dale, Publication No: (USPS Utah Periodical postage paid at Castle Dale, Utah Postmaster: Send change of address to PO Box 589, Castle Dale, UT 84513 All right reserved by the Emery County Progress All is property of Emery County Progress No part herein may be reproduced without , vv 381-543- 381-243- One of the 1 0 green covers Golf pro, Steve Burke pulls back the green cover. to build and n 0747-2129- prior written consent in three times the size of the old and will allow the company to do a lot of different things. The telecommunications industry has been taking a beating the last couple of years and Emery Teleom took the opportunity to pick up some new equipment at visitors to come and see our facilities, said Mansfield. Helena Fish was next on the agenda with the Division of Workforce Services update. She said they had their open house at their new facility last week. They have had a lot of activity as well. Fish reported that the unemployment rate for Finery County was 10.1 percent and 1,3.2 percent which is the highest in the state. She reported that some of the services they help clients with include looking for work as well as resume writing and other job search related education. They also conduct testing for businesses in need of employees. Workforce Services conducts workshops which better prepare job seekers for employment by helping them with their interview skills. Fish also mentioned the website which connects job seekers with employers. It isjobs.utah.gov. This is a free service to both job seekers and employers. She mentioned that they were happy the medicaid cuts for the elderly and low income had been rescinded by the governor and overall they do expect a 2 percent cut. She said that most of their funds are federal and they don't suffer as much as some state agencies have with the attempts to balance the Utah State budget. Fish said she appreciates the support of the county. Mike McCandless was next with an update from Emery Teleom. He said they are doing an upgrade on fiber optics which will upgrade the capacity from OC 12 to OC 48. The new will be low cost. McCandless said that the fiberoptics is the backbone of the system and is now available in each of the communities they serve except Wellington and hopefully it will arrive there sometime this year. We are putting our resources into building the backbone and are now starting into a new cycle. We have 1 10 employees and we are refocusing on some efforts. We are working on our call center, it has been operating now for eight years and we are looking at additional resources and recruiting there. The director will be traveling and making new contacts. We are also looking at our advertising as a sustainable business. DSL has exceeded our expectations and the customers have been great and we are expanding our territory into Elmo. We are especially proud of our schools program which began in 1997 with the education initiative. We donate approximately S35,000 a year in money and sendees. Currently we will be awarding scholarships to Emery High students and conducting our annual art work contest. Bob Greenberg was next on the agenda with the presentation and review of the Four Corners Community Behavioral Health WILCOX LAUNDRY & DRY CLEANING Of Fashioned V'afucs with Modem Techno fogy Large Capacity Washers 686 North 400 East, Huntington, Utah 84528 (435) 687-AUT- O 65 S. Center, 01 Chrysler PT Cruiser 381-263- place at the Millsite course. Audit for the vear ending The next item on the agenda was Barbara McKell with a discussion of property taxes on personal and business property. She expressed amazement that her property in Utah County which was appraised at S2S9, ()()() had a tax of 81,200 and her home in Perron was appraised at 8129,000 had the same 81.200 tax. She said that she thought Emery County had the highest tax rate in the state. Commissioner Hatch mentioned that the only way to lower taxes is to do aw ay with sendees. Commissioner Kofford mentioned that the county is offering the same services as back in 1991 and doing so with less taxes being collected from Utah Power. McKell said it is scary for businesses and hard for them to operate with the tax burden. She said that the Price City tax rate was .011991 and Utah County is .01(3(i4. Castle Dale i$ .016310, .Perron is .010993. Commissioner Sitterud said the centrally assessed Utah Powers taxes are going down each year, which creates more of a tax burden on county taxpayers. Commissioner Kofforfl said that ov er the last ten years the taxes collected from Utah vv ith Power have gone down from 821 million to 813.3 million Castle Dale 9 Continued on PAGE 3A. M 5,995 02 Chrysler 30QM Beautiful car, Leather, Loaded, Only 1 0K miles, this car must go this week! 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