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Show Market conditions dictate A seasonal layoff affecting 38 workers was made on Monday at NRP, Inc., according to Robert New- berry, plant manager. The layoff should continue for from three to five weeks. Newberry cited several reasons for the layoffs, all in the hydraulic hose department of the plant. The plant manager says that the hydraulic hose business is itself very cylical and that the industry is in a low sales cycle. Manufacturers of ays off agricultural equipment (one of the biggest users of hydraulic hose) are cutting back on their inventory because of the farmers strike. There are also March 1 inventory taxes in some of the states that are the biggest users of hydraulic hose produced at the Nephi plant, causing a cutback in orders. Newberry said that another major reason for the layoff at the plant is an oversupply of hydraulic hose on the market. Back in 1974 when there County will take over Nephi, Tintic ambulance Juab County will assume the re- sponsibility for ambulance services in East Juab County and in the Tintic area in the immediate future, commissioners decided on Monday. The ambulance services have been operated by Nephi City and Eureka City. The commission also approved the expenditures of $70,000 from county revenue sharing funds to purchase a new fire engine for Nephi City, which, under a cooperative agreement, furnishes fire protection to the entire east Juab County area. An engine now in use by Nephi City will be transferred to Juab County under the agreement and it will be added to Eureka City equipment for protection in the Tintic area, according to Commission Chairman R. Roscoe Garrett. The possibility of a change in insurance ratings because of the age of the Nephi City fire engine, prompted the updating of the department equipment, commissioner Gar- rett said. The commission also placed a moratorium on building in the county areas, outside of cities and towns, in order to give the countys planning and zoning commission enough time to update the regulations. Exempted from the moratorium were bona fide ranchers and farmers desiring to build on their own property and developments already in progress. Other applications will be referred to the planning and zoning committee for study. The moratorium was designed to control subdivisions in remote, roadless areas of the county where road building and other services by the county would be financially unsound, commissioner Garrett in- Scout exec will speak at Scout Recognition banquet Saturday Fred R. Day, Scout executive of the Utah National Parks Council of the Boy Scouts of America, will be the featured speaker at the Juab Scout Districts annual recognition dinner, scheduled for 7 28 in p.m. on Satthe Nephi urday, January LDS Stake Center. Larry Broadhead, Scout Committee member, is the chairman of the banquet. The Utah National Parks Council, one of 419 councils in the United States, brings Scouting to 24,945 boys who live within its boundaries. It is recognized as one of the leading councils in the Boys Scouts of America. Day has been' Scout Executive of the Utah National Parks Council since 1975. He has Scout experience in Salt Lake City, Califor- nia, and Arizona. He and his wife are the parents of six boys. He is currently serving as the Scoutmaster of his ward in Provo. The dinner on Saturday will be a great opportunity for people involved in Scouting to meet the leaders who bring the program to the Nephi area. Persons wishing to attend may obtain more information from Scouting leaders in the wards and stake." says Scott Johnson, district scout executive for East Juab County. Sixth ward reunion is Friday evening Bishop Ned II. Worthington of the Nephi Sixth Ward has announced that the annual Sixth Ward Reunion will be conducted on Friday evening at 6 30 p.m. All ward members are urged to attend. Bishop Worthington savs. A program will follow the dinner. P.( vu 3(8 mem) hydraulic hose to go other around, producers built mote w'as not enough plants to provide more hose and t he.se plants are now in operation. Consequently we have an over supply of hydraulic hose for the second year in a row. Newberry indicated that the company's handmade and rotary hose departments are going strong" and that the demand for these products that there will be no cutbacks at this time in these areas. The plant employed 232 people in all of its departments before the is Serving bast juab County A Nice Place to Live! january 26, 1978 layoff. LEVAN STATION six-mont- h dicated. In other action: The commission indicated that if the area including the Summit Drive Inn near Eureka was not annexed into Eureka City by February 1, the drive inn would be subject to county beer license regulations. Beer is being sold by the drive in, even though it is frequented by minors. This action is a source of contention for several Eureka residents. The annexation plans have been under discussion, according to Theodore (Ted) Johnson, commissioner from the Eureka area. The commission heard a discussion on unemployment insurance and elected to accept the option of paying for actual unemployment Fred R. Day press ..sen Nx 13?7 City, lt h t7I10 Utah Str.te payments incurred by the county. The weed eradication program was discussed by county agent Blaine Jones. The commission authorized the hiring of Stephen Ludlow to work on subdivision surveying problems and authorized secretarial help for Loa Jean Hanson, justice of the peace. Duane Sperry was authorized to continue to serve as justice of the peace pro tem. James H. Ockey Jr., chairman for Juab County on the Panorama Lands development committee, asked for others to assist him, and agreed to submit names for consideration at the next commission meeting. City to purchase new fire truck at next meeting With funds from Juab County under a cooperative fire protection agreement, Nephi City will purchase a new fire engine at their regular city council meeting on February 8, according to Mayor J. Barres Jenkins. Council representatives met with company representatives on Monday evening to go over plans and specifications for fire engines, as w'ell as to receive bids. Official action will be taken at the meeting in February and delivery of a new engine is expected by mid March, Mayor Jenkins said. Mutual age kids will hold snow party Saturday of Mutual are All persons inage vited to attend a snow party on Saturday sponsored by the Nephi LDS Stake mutual association. The party will begin at 1 p.m. at the "Monument'' in Salt Creek Canyon, according to Terry Menlove, president of the Stake Young Women's Association. Those attending are invited to bring sleighs, tubes, or whatever they desire for fun in the snow. Mrs. Menlove said Refreshments will be serv ed by w ard h a.J rs Lunt tells drivers that the freeway has been closed. The TNPiioto strip was closed for about an hour. Northbound traffic lines up at the north end of Nephi on Monday afternoon as Nephi City Police Chief Dave Monday storm closes 1 inches of snow 1 deposits 1-- The Nephi City streets department had practically cleaned snow from the center of town business district by Tuesday evening following a storm which reached blizzard proportions on Monday afternoon. north of Nephi was Highway closed to traffic for more than an hour on Monday afternoon when blowing snow brought visibility to zero. Later Monday, the storm closed 24-ho- Activating inactive members of LDS church wrns the topic of discussion at the quarterly conference of the Nephi LDS Stake held Saturday and Sunday in Nephi. The conference included talks from Elder Franklin D. Richards of the Presidency of the Church First Quorum of Seventy. In the Sunday session, Elder Richards called on church members and their leaders to do like Jesus Christ did in times of old and render service to their fellow men. Calling to mind the parable of the Good Samaritan as told by Christ, Elder Richards stressed that church members must serve those around them that are not active in the gospel. Elder Richards said that while members have the power to break laws, both of the land and of religion, such breaking keeps them from freedom and blessings. You and I cannot have true independence and freedom by breaking laws, Elder Richards added. The Gospel of Jesus Christ is not only a great philosophy of life, but it is the plain of life which will bring us the things w'e want, Elder Richards said. The gospel should be shared with others who have not yet received it or have fallen away. Church members have a special responsibility that others do not have to help their neighbors, he said. Rendering service to our fellow man is the greatest gift that a person can give. Elder Richards stressed. Church members who have received a knowledge of the truthfulness of the gospel should feel a greater responsibility to do good works than someone who has not received the teachings, he added. Television, computers, airplanes, and other inventions unheard of in earlier ages were given to mankind so that men could spread serv ice and the gospel among the peoples of the world, said Elder Richards. We have a great opportunity to help our fellow men." Elder Richards said. We will receive growth and development far beyond our greatest c as we commit outm Ives jh t the highway south of Fillmore. 15, NEPHI STATION The storm deposited 1 1 inches of snow at the Nephi weather station, according to observer Evan A. Framp-toand left half an inch of water. At Lev an, only five inches of new snow was recorded by observer Derle Hansen, leaving .33 of an inch of water. n Weather reports for the past week the snow pack behind Mt. Nebo could be nearing eight feet in depth at Bear Canyon, thanks to the Monday storm. Snowmobilers also indicated that the depth at Rees Flat, northeast of Nephi, is "about six feet. This measurement was taken prior to the Monday storm. Soil Conservation officials released a snow survey report as of January 1, showing about 140 percent of normal at Fairview and 102 percent of normal at Manti and Gunnison. The Rees Flat area, east of Levan, showed 22 inches of snow, writh 4 94 inches of water content. This is only the second year that the January 1 reading has been taken on the snow course above Levan, so no long term normal figure is available. Additional readings will be taken by the SCS on January 30, 31 and February 1 to give a more exact picture of what can be expected as to water supplies. follow: to serve, he continued. The conference address w'as the concluding talks in the Sunday session of the conference. Elder Richards also spoke at the earlier Saturday evening session. Both sessions had the same theme for the conference. At the Saturday evening session, LDS faithful heard their stake president say that a discrepancy exists in the stake in the amount of people who consider themselves to be active and the amount the church considers so. "I think, President Golden R. Mangelson said, that we are about active if we ask the people and about active if we ask tw'o-third- s one-thir- d the statistics. President Mangelson w'as the first speaker in the Saturday session. He told the members assembled in the meeting that the inactivity problem in the stake is real and serious. Its a real challenge in that our values are not exactly alwrays as the Lord would like them to be, President Mangelson said. The president challenged church members to activate at least one of their neighbors who has fallen away from the church. "This is one thing that will bring each one of us, both our neighbors and ourselves, in line and make us candidates for the Lords kingdom, he continued. The problem of inactivity was Please turn to page four School board notes School orders plans drawn Detailed plans for the construction school comof the high plex were authorized to be drawn up by the Juab School District Board of Education at its meeting held January 18, following a review of the public reaction to the plans at a public meeting held early. Edwards and Daniels Architectural Firm of Salt Lake City was authorized to proceed with the plans. It is anticipated by the board that the plans will be ready for bidding in late April or early May, according to Superintendent M. Clark New'ell. The board authorized a group of board members, administrators, and teachers to visit an installation of interior walls and furnishings in Colorado as guests of Systems Interiors of Salt Lake City, to see the type of interior planned for the new complex school-middl- e here. After a discussion, the board elect- ed to accept the option of paying ioi utiuui unemployment payments incurred by the district. The board also reviewed a report from a committee of the board that recently met with the Nephi LDS Stake presidency to discuss the possibility of the acqusition of the present LDS seminary building for use as a district office if the stake were to dispose of the building when the new school complex is completed. jeffery elected president of Nephi Chamber of Commerce Glenn Jeffery was elected president of the Nephi Chamber of Commerce at the fir-- t mis ting of the new board held Tuesday morning of J&J's Jeffery, proprietor Friendly Service Market, succeeds Yard White in the position. Named as vice president was Allan II. Gibson of the Tivo s Niwv 1 Enjoy the music of today and the nostalgia of the past with The Sound Column. This five member band will be in Nephi with today's hits and the golden oldies of yesterday on February 2 at 7210 p.m. at the Juab High School auditorium. The program is sponsored by the East Juab Arts Council. Tickets are available at the door for $2 00 and $1.00 for children. For further information call 623 1 47 1 |