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Show iT.V'i r,F.AS 467 THIM SOUTH Silt L.w cm, Serving East Juab County A IT 64131 Nice Place to Live! December 18, 1980 ; W.W. Clyde gets Mills to Scipio bid; work to begin in spring 1- ; , . r -15 Additional work on the un-- i completed section of Interstate 15 between Scipio and Nephi has been scheduled by the Utah Department of Transportation. A bid opening was held Tuesday in the State Office Building on a contract to construct the segment from the Sevier River to Mills Junction in Juab County, a total of 7.4 miles. W.W. Clyde and Company of Springville, Utah submitted the apparent low bid of $22,085,060 to do the work. The official engineers estimate was $31,253,400. ; ! The4lmilesof left to com-- ; plete between Scipio and North Nephi has been divided into four separate projects which will be completed individually. This con-- ; tract involves the project from 1-- the Sevier River northerly to Mills Junction. Six miles of the interstate will be completely constructed, inlayer of concrete cluding a surfacing. That section, from the Sevier River to just south of Chicken Creek Reservoir, will generally follow the existing highway alignment. An additional mile of grading will be done on a new alignment from that point northerly to Mills Junction. All the grading and driange work for the Mills Junction Interchange will be done on this contract in order to allow time for ground settlement before the bridges for that interchange are constructed on a later contract. This contract also includes the construction of prestressed concrete beam structures at the Sevier River and at the Yuba 10-inc- h Area churches plan Christmas programs The churches of the area have special Christmas musical programs planned for this Sunday, Dec. 21. f Community Bible Church A Christmas Alphabet is the name of the program to be presented at the Community Bible Church, says Dennis Whitworth, pastor. The event will begin at 10 a.m. in the auditorium of the Nephi Elementary school. The public is invited to attend. The program will be presented by the Sunday School, and will discuss the meaning of Christmas in poetry and songs. Refreshments will be served following the program, Whitworth says. Mona LDS Ward The Mona LDS Wards choir will present a cantata entitled The Savior of the World. The narration traces the life of Jesus from his birth to his death. It includes his teachings, his miracles, his suffering, his death, and the resurrection. Central in the program is Christs admonition to the world, If ye love me, keep My commandments. Solo parts are sung by Sarah Neilsen, Forrest Stringham, and Rick Wright. A descant will be sung by Maxcine Jensen and Ann Spotten. Speaking parts are by Elena Stanley, Gerard Yates, Darlene Branson, Wade Ellert-son- , Matt Newell, Norman Jones, Don Yates, Gordon Branson, Mildred Robbins, and Maurice Kay. The choir is directed by Betty Ellertson. The accompanist is Emalie Jones. The program will begin at 10:50 a.m. Levan LDS Ward The Levan LDS Ward will hold its sacrament meeting at 5 p.m. on Sunday, a change from the regular 10:50 a.m. time. Lalah Matheson, the wards it Please turn to page four State Park Interchange. Motorists can expect moderate to major traffic interference once work begins on this project this spring. However, the contractor is required to maintain traffic through the project area. The southbound lanes of the interstate will be constructed first. Two-watraffic will use those lanes while the existing highway is obliterated and the northbound y lanes are constructed. The contract is exbe to completed by the fall pected of 1983. The other three project areas in this uncompleted section of insection terstate include a from Scipio to the Sevier River, a section from Mills Junction to South Nephi, and a section from South Nephi to North Nephi which is currently under contract for grading and drainage work. Additional contracts for the completion of these individual projects will proceed when funding becomes available. 37 12-mi- 17-mil- e Ogden man killed in Monday mining mishap An Ogden man, William Dudley Hamblin, 68, was killed Monday in a mining accident in West Juab County. The accident occured at the Lost Sheep mine 60 miles north of Delta and about 80 miles west of Nephi near the Brush Berylium Mine. Juab County Deputy Sheriff Glen Wilde reports that Hamblin was on the bottom level of the fluorspar mine and was waiting for the cage to take him to the surface. As he got on the cage, he rang and the cage started up. Hamblin apparently was not entirely on the cage and was crushed between the cage and some of Officer Paul Mangelson of the Utah Highway Patrol and Dave Carter, Juab County Sheriffs Deputy, examine brick that was damaged in shootout. The brick was only about a foot from the gunmans head. The shot was fired by Officer Mangelson. TNPhoto California man arrested following Main iStreet 'shootouf last Thursday morning A California At that time Castonguay allegedly pulled out a 338 Magnum rifle with a scope and took three shots at the officers. Mangelson took off in the Highway Patrol Cruiser, leaving Carter on foot. Castonguay then went south of the old Juab County Jail, where he allegedly took another shot at Mangelson as the police car was at about 50 West and First South. Mangelson then drove to the old Conoco station near Center and Main. Castonguay had moved to the grassy area between the courthouse and Nephi Variety and the trooper and Castonguay man has been charged with attempted first degree murder after he allegedly shot at two area policemen last Thursday, Dec. 11. The man is William W. Caston-guay- , 42, of Chino, California. The incident happened at about ,1 a.m. on Thursday when Utah Highway Patrolman Paul Mangelson and Juab County Deputy Sheriff David Carter saw Caston-guay- s vehicle parked near the courthouse on Center Street. The man was reportedly urinating in the street outside his vehicle. The law enforcement duo stopped and talked to the man, and gave him permission to continue sleeping in his vehicle. They then drove down Center Street and stopped their car near Veldon Gobles house at Second West and Center, where they pulled out binoculars to watch him. reportedly exchanged shots across Main Street. By this time four other officers had arrived at the scene: Chief William O. Young, Ken Epperson, and Bruce Beal of the Nephi City Police Department; and the mines timbers as the elevator made its way upward. Hamblin was killed instantly, Wilde said. The statistics were compiled for classes from kindergarten through the sixth grade from all of the states 40 school districts. According to the report, the class size in the Juab School District averages 27.76 pupils, almost three percent higher than the state average of 26.97 pupils per class. The largest disparity is in the Juab School Districts third grades, where the average class size of 31.33 is 19.35 percent higher than the state average of 26.25 pupils per class. Check vehicle expiration date to avoid double taxes Persons whose vehicle registration expires in December but who wait until January to renew their registration had better watch out, County Assesor Tom Fowkes, or theyll be paying a double tax assessment. This is due, Fowkes says, to the fact that even though a registration may expire in December, the registrant is actually paying taxes for the calendar year 1980. In essence, the registrant has had the benefit of a delayed payment. says For those who purchased a vehicle in December of 1979 (through the staggered registration program), the taxes are not paid until December of 1980. However if taxes are not paid at that time and are paid in January, the two years taxes are due one tax for l as 1980 and one for 1981 will new become the January registration date. To avoid confusion, the Utah State Tax Commission suggests that registrations due in December be renewed at that time. There'll be no garbage pickup on Christmas There will be no garbage pickup in Nephi City next Thursday, Dec. 25, Christmas. Garbage normally picked up on Thursday will be picked up on Wednesday, Dec. 24, City officials say. TN deadline is Monday Next weeks edition of The will be issued on 24. Dec. Wednesday, News and advertising for the paper must be received at our office by 5 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 22. Items received after the deadline will be published in the Dec. 31 edition of the newspaper. Local kindergarten classes, too, are larger than the state average. There are 29.5 pupils per class in the Juab district, 15.32 percent higher than the state average of Thieves take $1,000 in tools from Nephite 25.58. Fourth grade classes in the Juab School district are 4.33 per- cent larger than the state average. Local classes have an average of 30.33 students, compared with the state average of Approximately $1,000 in tools was taken from a home at 365 South First East in Nephi Thursday, Dec. 11. Brent Anderson, who was remodeling the house, left for 20 minutes. When he came back, circular saws and three carpenter aprons with tools were missing. The theft is being investigated by Officer Mike Morgan of the Nephi City Police Department. 29.07. Second grade classes are 3.38 percent larger than the state average. There are an average of 26.25 students in Juab District second grade classes, as compared with the state average of 25.39. Fifth grade classes are only 2.78 percent larger than Don't be late! Times-New- s Class size in Juab schools is above state average, UEA report claims The average school class size in the Juab School District is above the state average, according to statistics compiled recently by the Utah Education Association. Sheriff Robert L. Painter. The man was taken into custody by Dave Carter after he reportedly laid down his gun. The whole shooting match took about 15 minutes. A cooperative investigation into the incident is being conducted by the Utah Highway Patrol, the Juab County Sheriffs Office, and the Nephi Police Department. Castonguay was arraigned in the court of Judge Loa Jean Hanson on Thursday, where bail was set at $25,000. He was held in the Juab County Jail until Wednesday when he bailed out. A preliminary hearing originally set for Dec. 22 has been continued to Jan. 12, Judge Hansons office reports. state averages. The state average is 29.84 students per class. The Juab second grade classes have an average of 30.67 students. Only two Juab class averages are smaller than the state average. The first grade class Mike Morgan is now certified PR24 instructor than the 24.77 student state the Nephi City Police, recently Mike Morgan, an officer with size, 21.4, is 13.6 percent smaller average. Sixth graders, too, enjoy smaller classes in the Juab District than do most schools in the state. The average class size in the Juab District is 29, 2.38 percent smaller than the staters average of 29.71. from a week long school in the use of the Monad-noci- c PR24 police baton. Officer Morgan is now certified as a national instructor in the weapons use, and is training the other four Nephi City officers. graduated last Thursdays shootout on Main Street. A TNPhoto |
