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Show 'Financial and resource management' is theme for LDS conference ' Members of the Nephi LDS Stake will hold conference ses- sions this Saturday and Sunday, June 19 and 20. ' The theme of the meetings is Financial and Resource Management. Elder Richard A. Call, regional representative of the Twelve, will preside at the conference. The first meeting of the conference will be held at 7 p.m. on Saturday. All adult members of the stake are invited to attend the meeting, which will be held at the County's unemployment rate is 12.9 percent Juab Countys unemployment rate for the first quarter of 1982 was 12.9 percent, says a newsletter from the Utah Department of Employment Security. The unemployment figure during the same time last year was 7.4 percent. Seasonally adjusted, the 1982 tate is 11.2 percent, up from 6.4 percent last year. If the 12.9 percent figure is accurate, 267 persons who are looking for jobs cannot find work 88 percent more than last year. Contract construction in Juab County is the only labor category Which lost workers, the newsletter says. The report says the category has 7.4 percent fewer workers in 1982 than in the same period of 1981. . Recent layoffs at NRP Hose Products are not included in the survey. In the rest of the Central . District comprising, Juab, Millard, Piute, Sanpete, Sevier, labor and Wayne counties .market conditions continued to decline during the first quarter of 1982. While the number of persons' employed in the district increased by only 1.3 percent, the number of unemployed increased by over 26 percent. In the period from the first quarter of 1981 to the first quarter of 1982, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate jumped over a full percentage point, from 6.3 percent to 7.9 percent. The largest increase in Juab County employment was in mining, which is up 5.8 percent. Other job categories showed minor increases. The growth in the number of nonagricultural jobs was limited to 1.1 percent for the year. In the central district, growth in the number of nonagricultural jobs was limited to 1.4 percent for the year. The service industry provided 62 new jobs in the district, more than any other industrial sector. Contract construction showed the only decline in the number of jobs, falling over 7 percent. Activity at the IPP site was virtually dormant during much of the first quarter. Gross taxable sales in Juab County were up 418.9 percent in 1981, over 1980. Most of this ine crease was from a large, purchase of mining and manufacturing equipment. Sales in 1981 were $35,028 million, up from one-ye- . one-tim- $6.75 million in 1980. Tourist room sales in Juab County were off 36.2 percent in 1981 as compared to 1980. Sales were $123,000 in 1981 as compared to $194,300 in 1980. Figures for new car and truck sales in Juab County were not available. Comparing 1982 to 1981, Please turn to page 5 expected to attend. Ward officers expected to be in attendance are bishoprics, clerks, and executive secretaries. The general session of the conference will begin at 10 a.m. at the stake center. All members of the stake and visitors are invited to attend. Music for the general session will be furnished by the Nephi First Ward Choir, under the direction of Gloria Tunbridge and accompanied by Tammy Epperson. The choir will sing Open the Gates of the Temple, and The King of Love My Shepherd Is. stake center. At 8 a.m. on Sunday, a leadership meeting will be held in the Nephi First-Secon- d Ward chapel. Stake authorities expected to be in attendance are the stake presidency, the clerk, the executive secretary, high coun-cilme- n, the Relief Society presidency and secretary, the Primary presidency and secretary, and the Young Womens presidency and Melchizedek secretary. preisthood quorum presidents, group leaders, assistant group leaders, and secretaries are also and commerbeginning Aug. cial power bills will go up 17 to 18 ( percent. These figures were reported to the Nephi City Council June 14 by Leon Pexton, chairman of the .water and power board. 1, The increase in the price of power cnarged to Nephi customers is due to the fact that the city must currently purchase approximately half of its electricity from Utah Power and Light Company. UP&L has just been granted a $23.6 million interim rate in- crease by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. $240,000 of this increase will come from Nephi, Pexton explained, as this is how much more the City adopts $3.48 million budget for '83 T & . i ar Summers here, and mother duck and her little ducklings are enjoying TNPhoto the warm weather. The Nephi City Council adopted a budget totaling $3.48 million for fiscal 1983 at its June 14 meeting. The following amounts have been allocated to the various funds: general fund, $810,950; capital projects fund, $120,758; water and sewer fund, $950,000; electric fund, $1.5435 million; garbage and landfill fund, $50,270; and improvement district No. 1, $5,000. The budgets of" the individual departments are : administrative, $210,537; justice court, $19,805; government buildings, $14,650; From June meeting Mona Town board notes Members of the Mona Town Board considered some citizen questions at their June session. Terry Casper, who has recently purchased a home located at 298 North First West, met with the Board to ask about the status of a proposed road that would run in front of his house at First West. Casper asked whether or not the board planned to condemn the property to build a street and asked that they consider the action. Mayor Bryce Lynn said the town has no present plan to consider building the First West, First North street since there is presently litigation between Rhoda Newell and Steve Kay to prove ownership of the land. Lynn said that in his estimation, the town could make no determination until the question of the land ownership is resolved. Even then, Lynn said, the town has no plans to construct the street since it would only serve the purpose of land development in that location. Lynn said, however, that the town would accept a road at that location in the 9 Creek Canyon. . For the Friday evening meal, scheduled to start at 8 p.m., each family should bring its own meat; a casserole, salad, or dessert; and its own dishes. Grills on which to cook the meat will be furnished, as will rolls. Each family should also bring a white elephant gift, which should be marked for an adult or Nice Place to Live ! June 17, 1982 Residential electric customers .in Nephi will pay an average of 20.5 percent more for electricity Nephi First Ward will hold annual campout June 18-1campout Friday and Saturday, June 18 and 19, across from the Ponderosa campground in Salt A Nephi power bills will go up 20 percent August 1, council says future. The board considered three proposals submitted to them by county homeowner Richard Fairbanks, whose land borders the south city limits on cemetery lane. Fairbanks proposals were as follows: That the town annex 200 feet of land south of the cemetery lane, not including his home, from the west boundary to the East on and approve three building permits free of charge. In exchange, Fairbanks would transfer share of Mona Irrigation Company water to the town, which water is used on the south ditch pipeline and would include two sprinkler heads with continuous pressure from May through October. If the above was not agreeable, Fairbanks proposed that the town consider an annexation of 200 feet of property south of cemetery lane, still excluding the home, approve two free building permits, two water hookups, plus a water meter for the Fairbanks f home in exchange for the water share and two sprinkler heads as noted above. A third proposal suggested that the town consider annexing e the entire piece of Fairbanks property, including the home, granting three building permits without charge, and installing a free water meter to the home in exchange for one full share of Mona Irrigation water with pipeline and four sprinkler heads with south ditch privileges. The board said it was not interested in further annexation of land at this time, and that the Fairbanks offer would not offset the cost of the requests. The board said they would be interested in purchasing the share U-9- 1, one-ha- lf one-hal- Members of the Nephi First "LDS Ward will hold their annual Serving East Juab County for a child. Following dinner, a movie will be shown. cooked by the Breakfast bishopric and furnished by the will be served Saturday ward from 7 to 9 a.m. Games and activities will be held Friday prior to the dinner and Saturday following breakfast. All members of the ward are invited to attend the campout, say members of the ward activities committee. five-acr- of water from Fairbanks, however, if he wishes to sell it to K them. Mayor Lynn informed the board that the town will have one CETA worker for the summer. It was agreed that the employee will spend time improvements such as painting and improving the ball diamond backstop and bleachers at the park, placing old headstones in the cemetery into new cement bases, filling holes in the streets, and applying weed killer to blacktopped areas. Town manager Jerry Olson said he is now in the process of contacting all citizens who want corral taps metered and hopes to have the meters in place soon. He notified the board that he is also replacing several broken water meters as soon as possible. The board voted unanimously to rent space from Lynn Construction Company to house city fee equipment. The agreed-upowas $40 a month. The town will also check with Lynn Construction to see if a lower rate can be negotiated on a yearly basis. The board approved the issuance of a license for carry-ou- t beer for Edward Abbott, proprietor of the Mona Phillips 66 station. n three-mont- h Health department sets amblyopia screening clinic An amblyopia (lazy eye) detection clinic will be held in Nephi Wednesday, June 23, says Juab County public health nurse Shir- ley Lester. The clinic will be held at the Nephi Elementary School auditorium from 10 a.m. to noon, and from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., says Lester. The clinic is for from 3 to 5 years old, especially those who will enter kindergarten rs this year. planning and zoning, $1,000; police, $195,651; fire department, $16,720; building inspector, $4,893; street department, $189,285; collector road, $15,000; airport, $4,000; city engineer, $3,157; parks, $19,582; golf course, $56,652; organized recreation, $1,500; swimming pool, $25,708; library, $14,027; and cemeteries, $19,738. The council also adopted a revenue sharing budget and salary scheduled for fiscal 1983. The revised budget for fiscal 1982 was also approved at the same meeting. electric department expects to have to pay for needed UP&L power. City electric department supervisor Richard Judd and Councilman Glenn Greenhalgh were in Washington, D.C. June 10. They tried to negotiate with UP&L rep- resentatives to moderate the rate increase request. UP&L was not willing to negotiate, however, Greenhalgh said. As this increase in only an interim amount to tide UP&L over until the final Federal Energy Regulatory Commission hearings begin Jan. 11, 1983, Greenhalgh said that the judge in the case will probably grant only a portion of the UP&L request. If this occurs, then Nephi power rates could adjusted downward. UP&L would have to refund the city for its overpyament, but Greenhalgh cautioned that it has been two years since the last rate increase was settled, and the city still hasnt received its refund. Also, it is possible that the price of Colorado River Storage Project power could increase around the first of the year. The city buys the remainder of its power from that - source- .- Any -price breaks received form UP&L could be absorbed by price increases from CRSP. City eyes approval for police reserve program The Nephi City Council gave Police Chief William O. Young tentative approval Tuesday to set up a police reserve program. The program would involve six volunteers over the age of 21 who would make a partner force and back up crew for the citys cer- tified police officers. Young wants to institute the program to help minimize and handle the problems of law enforcement during poor economic times when money is tight and crime is high. Those chosen to participate in the program, according to Young, would have to pass careful screening by him and the officers, and would also have to be approved by the city council. They would receive 160 hours of training during their first 18 months of service and would be required to maintain 40 hours of training per year after that time. Police reserve volunteers would buy their own uniforms and other equipment. They would ride with regular police officers 20 hours each month and help to handle any problems they find. Young explained. Young said that the program was instituted in Heber City while he was there and that it was very successful. The Nephi coun- thought the program was very good, but asked Chief Young to return to the July 6 meeting with specifics about the program and exact requirements in writing so that they can be studied and a final decision made. cil Mona fire department gets new equipment The Mona Fire Department has recently purchased approximately $4,280 in equipment, according to Gordon Newton, fire chief. Newton said the purchases include a smoke ejector (a large fan that can be used to clear the air in smoke-fillebuildings), additional hose, protective clothing, two air packs, an extension ladder, and d pagers. The Mona Fire Department has donated approximately $3,000 toward improving the present department equipment, Newton said. Some of the funds have been used to improve the Mona fire truck, and some of the money has been applied to recent purchases. Newton said the state will reimburse the department for the purchase of some of the equipment, and the town is also providing approximately $1,900 to aid the de partment. The recent improvements to the Mona Fire Department will bring the fire equipment up to state standards as of July 1, Newton said. Bevan Orme graduates from Air Force pilot training Second Lt. Bevan R. Orme, son of Max and Natalie Orme of Nephi, has graduated from U.S. Air Force pilot training, and has received silver wings at Reese Air Force Base, Texas. Orme is now qualified to fly F--4 jets, and will be based at Homestead Air Force Base, Fla. He is a 1981 graduate of Brigham Young University, Provo. |