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Show LTAH r AES 3 ISJOCIttlON 467 xiVST THIRD SOUTH JALT LIKE CITY, UT 84111 Serving East Juab County Nice Place to Live! A May 10, 1979 From commission Car, bike meet Thursday; Lisa Lunt injured JP seeks hike wage Juab County Justice of the Peace Loa Jean Hanson told the county commission Monday that her office processed at least 1,500 citations during the month of April. Thats a very conservative Mrs. Hanson said estimate, about the 1,500 figure. She said she is feeling the burden of the increased case load brought about by the more energetic enforcement of the 55 speed law. A car-bicycl- salary matter further. I might Sixth Ward will Nephi City policeman Ramon Memmott and others attend Lisa Lunt, Highway Patrol. Sgt. Sterling Christiansen said that since Gov. Scott Matheson began his campaign to cut energy waste by enforcing the 55 speed limit more strictly, there has been a definite on decrease in speeding highways patroled by the UHP. Of course, Christiansen said, most Utahns are not particularly interested in saving gasoline they are interested in not getting a speeding ticket. In the two mile-per-ho- go out and get arrested to help the county fund cause," he joked at one point. Commissioner Ted Johnson was not present at the meeting. Other highlights of the commis- - weeks an- nouncement of the crack-dowprogram, 487 speeding tickets were issued. In the two weeks after the governors message, area UHP troopers issued 643 tickets, an increase of 32 percent. area motorists Seventy-twbrought their vehicles to the UHPs speedometer check held Saturday. The patrol will hold another check this Friday from noon to 2 p.m. at the same location: on the section of former U. S. 91 leading to Mona from the the junction about three miles north of Nephi. n o 'Q sion meeting: The board of Directors of the Red Cliffs Medical Clinic sought commission approval to place a plaque at the now county-ownefacility giving the names of the persons who erected the clinic. The. head of the Six County Manpower Planning agency tom the commissioners money will be now-defun- d available to pay about 12 youth for work on county projects this summer. The commission approved an increase in the transient room tax charged at local motels and trailer parks, from 1 xh percent to 2 percent. This will raise the total tax charged at the establishments to 6'4 percent. The Red Cliffs Medical Center was the original name of the building now called the Juab County Medical Clinic. The building was built in an attempt to lure other doctors to the area. Members of the hospital board formed a private corporation and applied to the Small Business Administration to money to build The Nephi City Council voted to award all city employees a " $20-per-mon- productivity some recognition for improved service to the city and for helping the city to combat in- flation. City manager Ted Anderson said that in the department evaluations conducted in 1978, city employees were challenged to increase their work effort. The results can now be seen and I think the men deserve an increase in salary. - v - v:- :&:?, 's - - ; .i V5-- V. yr3 $ Spring is here? Well you couldn't tell May from January in Nephi on Monday. Rain, a little snow, and lots of wind and cold temperatures plagued the area for most of the first of the week. TNPucmj t the facility. Two physicians did agree to rent the facilities, but ultimately left town. The county then purchased the building for $90,000. The building cost about $330,000 to erect. Carvel Magleby of Richfield, who heads the Six County jobfunding agency, asked that the county projects be planned this month so the youth could begin work soon after school recesses for the summer. The jobs are to be funded for 10 weeks. Positions for adult supervisors also are available, Magleby said. Evan Hansen, who oversees the promotion of Panoramaland and Gordon southcentral Utah Twitchell, a local motel manager who is first vice president of the Utah Innkeepers Association, came to the meeting to request the transient room tax increase. Twitched said that while not all local motel owners want the increase, it is necessary to fund the promotion of the area. It was pointed out that Utah Please turn to page three i Councilman Charles Mellor was the only councilman voting against the bonus. He said that he was against the increase at this time and felt that all increases in salaries should wait for employee evaluations, scheduled for July. It was the consensus of the council that city employees would probably receive scheduled salary increases in July n addition to the monthly bonus. Councilman Paul McPherson expressed a concern that the public might not be aware of impending utility rate increases scheduled for 1979 and 1980. Both sources of city power are raising their wholesale rates to hold family party Saturday, May 12 The Nephi Sixth LDS ward will hold their annual ward family party this Saturday, May 12, says Bishop William D. Howard. The event will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the ward church. There will be a dinner, entertainment, and a Walt Disney film. The festivities are sponsored by the the city. As a result, city electric rates may be increased as much Please turn to page three Juab County Republicans will hold their convention next Tuesday night in Nephi. The GOP confab will come to order at 7:30 p.m. in the courtroom of the Juab County Courthouse. The purpose of the convention, says Glenn W. Greenhalgh, current county GOP chairman, is to elect new county officers to serve two-yea- r terms. All citizens of the county are invited to attend the conve- says Greenhalgh. Delegates elected two years ago to the county convention are still certified and are expected to attend, Greenhalgh says. Representatives of the state Republican party organization will also be in attendance. Saturday at city park The Juab Scout Districts anwill be held nual this Saturday in Nephi. Scout-O-Ram- a available from Scouts and Scout leaders throughout Juab County. Scheduled to be held at the Nephi City Park, the show will begin at 1 p.m. and will last until 4 p.m., says Scott Johnson, district Scout executive. Should a bad weather develop, the held will be at the Juab High School gymnasium. Scout-O-Ram- The s has won an award in University of Utahs Picture of the Month contest for March, says Jerilyn McIntyre, acting director of the schools division of journalism and mass communications. A photo from the March 8 edition showing a collision won an honorable mention in the contests news category. The photo will be entered in the Times-New- car-truc- k schools annual photography competition at the end of the year. Paul M. Nelson is new First SecurityM. manager Paul Nelson, 32, of Nephi, has been named manager of the Nephi office of First Security Bank. He replaces Nelson Carter, who has been transferred to the Provo-Ore- m area. Nelson is originally from Salem. He is a graduate of Spanish Fork High School. He graduated from Weber State College with a bachelor of science degree in economics and is a member of the American Institute of Banking. He serves on the board of directors of the Bank Administration Institute. He was first stationed in First Securitys Provo office and was later transferred to Roosevelt. He came to Nephi 1973 as the Nephi Two 1-15 con- tracts for Juab county awarded Der- The Federal Highway Admim Scout-O-Ram- a Tickets able mention in photo contest Moroni office. packs. Scout troops, Varsity Scout teams, and Explorer posts will demonstrate to the public their skids and programs in booths set up on the park. to the event are TN gets honor- tensen wras transferred to the a is almost a The fair, says Johnson. Cub Scout According to Johnson, the main is purpose of the to give Scout units a chance to perform prepared skids before the public." the Juab County Jail awaiting trail. office Timeway loan officer. He was made assistant manager of the Nephi office when Reid Chris- Scout-O-Ram- A Cub Scout "Pinewood by will also be held. fluence of alcohol. He is now in GOP to hold county convention Tuesday will be 'Scout-O-Ram- a' fingers, and multiple abrasions and bruises. She was taken to the Juab County Hospital for preliminary treatment and was later transferred to Utah Valley Hospital in Provo. Johansen was booked for allegedly driving under the in- ward Seventies quorum. Those attending are asked to bring their own dishes. ntion, employees o r. "i 5 "'Ti TNPhoto At City Council meet bonus at its recent meeting. Mayor J. Barres Jenkins said that it was time to give the city i (fi&t) who was injured in a Thursday night City employees get salary bonus rv'd Jt, UT 9, accident. car-bicyc- Speeding tickets up, speeding down in before county Matheson 's Speeding citations are up and speeding is down in Juab County, says the area head of the Utah e Nephi Chief of Police Roy Manning was parked near the post office when the accident occured. I turned around just in time to see the girl get hit, Manning said. By that time, there was nothing I could do but call the ambulance. Miss Lunt had a skull fracture, a fractured clavicle, dislocated crack-down- order. The justice of the peace was scheduled to attend a state J.P. training seminar this week and Commissioner Garrett, citing a current shortage of county funds, asked that she talk to people at the seminar before pursuing the Nephi girl was d accident injured in a last Thursday afternoon. Lisa Lunt, 9, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kent Lunt of Nephi, and her sisters were riding their bicycles across Main Street near its intersection with Center Street at about 5 p.m. Thursday when Lisa was hit by a car driven by Carl Johansen, 63, of Rochelle Park, New Jersey. mile-per-ho- The J.P. said extra Utah Highway Patrol troopers have been operating in the county and that she has received a letter from Gov. Scott Matheson asking strictness in dealing with violators. She said she had been told by UHP troopers that her case load could reach a level three times as high as it was before the speed . law She said she felt a salary increase would be in nine-year-ol- Richard M. Bean, Juab Scout District Chairman, holds grand prize trophies to be awarded at Saturday's Scout-O-Ram- stration has awarded contracts for the construction of local highways, says Congressman Dan Marriott. The contracts total nearly $1.6 million and are for the building of in Juab and Utah parts of counties. 5 |