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Show Juab County Economic Development office to close its doors by January 1 The Juab County Development Office to operate beginning county commission UT A 437 E o rtXtl 3MWi i, ... ; JJ-- SOUTff UP .34111 Economic will cease Jan. 1, the has decid- ed. Juab County Commissioner Richard Brough says the four communities supporting the office Nephi, Mona, Levan, and do not want to conEureka the tinue program. It has been funded by a grant obtained through the Six County Commissioners Organization and administered by Juab County. The cities originally agreed to allow the grant to be used to bring industry to the county. The cities would now rather have the grant money given directly to them to improve each community. Brough said each member of the community development board of directors has said his towns governing council has voted unanimous to discontinue the project for now. Mona, in particular, wants the funds to spend in their city, Brough said; Nephi is considering instituting an industrial development program of its own; and Levan says that if it is to participate in an industrial development project in the future, the director must live in Fitzen hearing is Jan. 10 A pretrial hearing on the lawsuit between David Fitzen of Alpine Wrecking Company and Juab County will be held in Provo Jan. 10. The trial itself will probably be held in the Fourth District Court in Nephi, says Donald J. Eyre, Jr., county attorney. The date of the trial has not been set. The suit is concerns with the demolition of the old Juab County Courthouse. The county commission contends Fitzen took materials from the building in payment for the buildings demolition, yetrnever accomplished the job. Fitzen contends he was forced into the job and was stopped bom finishing the job by the county and by Nephi City. Serving East luab County December 5, 1985 Teachers' salaries up 4.5 percent in Juab district, report says Teacher salary schedules in the Juab School District were raised an average of $779, or 4.5 percent this year, says the Utah Foundation in its regular annual analysis of teacher salary changes. In addition to this overall increase, most teachers in the district also received a normal experience increment that averaged $727. Thus, the total increase for most teachers in the district amounted to $1,506, or The mercury on this thermometer, recently installed at First 8.69 percent. Teachers at the Security Bank, may never go up now the county development of- top step of the salary scale, of course, will benefit only from fice will be closed. the change in the salary sched- - the county. bonds to be issued. D. Kent Michie, representing Prudential-Bach- e Securities, said the interest rate on 'the loan money would be very low, probably less than 6 percent. Central Valley will likely use the money to refinance older equipment and finance new equipment for the hospital. Replacing a chemistry analyzer is one of the priorities of the hospital, said Brian Williams, a hospital officer in attendance at the meeting. The bonds will be issued by Salt Lake County and will be Snow plans local classes take-hom- ' 'and potential businesses are looking at Levan and Mona. I dont want people to feel we have accomplished nothing, said Fuhriman. five-yea- non-prof- it retirement costs, a fringe benefit not generally available in other states. When a comparison is made of the salary levels for all instructional personnel (teachers, principals, supervisors, guid- ance personnel, librarians, etc.), Utah is approximately equal to the U.S. and the Mountain State averages, according to the foundation. The analysis shows that the average salary for all instructional personnel was $24,475, during 1984-8compared with $24,457 in the Mountain States and $24,569 for. the. nation. .aa.a whole. . Again, inclusion of the special retirement fringe benefit provided by Utah would make the total compensation for all instructional staff members in Utah somewhat higher than Mountain State and U.S. aver5 ages. TRAIL, Inc. will administered by the Hospital Association. tax-exem- pt Fowkes said he prepared to vote on the plan and that he wanted more infor- Operations at old ' are looking up gym Things are looking up for the mation. Under the law, tax exemptions can only be granted for charitable, religious, or educa- tional reasons. Stoddard says 80 people are employed at the hospital, 46 of and he thinks he them can present information in the future which will convince the said community members who commission of the hospitals want to help should come to the right to an exemption for gym on Tuesday or Thursday charitable reasons. fixed and the buildings heat must be regulated manually because the buildings thermostat system is broken. Menlove said repairs are being done by volunteers, and school gym. The gym is owned by Nephi City. Neal Menlove, an officer of the group, appeared before the city council Tuesday to tell members what his group is ac- evenings. The group is also considering complishing. Menlove said revenues from putting in video games at the roller skating, concessions, and gym to try to draw more space rental at the gym are up patrons and to bring in more considerably in recent months. revenue with which to fix the Most of the hardwood floor- buildings problems. ing in the gym has been Menlove said the group is or repaired, Menlove said, and the also full-tim- e, I 1 Rodney Ludlow, 15, son of John and Gail Ludlow of Nephi, received his Eagle Scout award p, i JU Nov'24 Ludlow is a member of the Scout troop sponsored by the Nephi 6th LDS Ward. He is member of the 6th Ward teachers quorum and attended the national Scout jamboree at Fort A.P. Hill, Va. during July-His a freshman at Juab School and he likes fooHigh tball wrestling, and motorcycle riding. For his Eagle Scout cohe mmunity service project, cleaned the old Juab H&h School tennis courts. e 623-010- 5 Rodney Ludlow i i ex-- empt from property tax for themselves. The organizaTRAIL, Inc., the Nephi-baseprovider of services for the han- tion also operates a school for Please turn to page 6 dicapped, was granted a tax exthe Juab emption by County Commission at their Monday d meeting. The action ended a monthlong controversy over the exemption, which began at the board of adjustments meeting last month. and Vaughn Pax-mapresident of the groups board of directors, discussed the issue with the commisBeardall n, sioners. They were told to present proof of the exempt status for Scouts will sell chicken The Varsity Scout organization sponsored by the Nephi 1st LDS Ward is selling Kentucky-Frie- d Chicken and will be delivering it to the Nephi area Saturday, Dec. 7. Funds from the sale will be used to pay for a troop trip next year. Persons wishing to order chicken should contact Howard or Curtis Taylor at 623-234- 6 623-167- 4. Tony Sperry is new Juab High basketball coach Ludlow is Eagle Scout A chemistry class will begin on Tuesday, Jan. 7, and will be held Tuesday and Thursday evenings at the middle school. The class will be taught by Rayma Markland. A computer class will begin on Tuesday, Jan. 7, and will be held on Tuesdays at the middle be consideration. TRAIL, Inc. operates a home for the handicapped in Nephi where clients are trained to care Wilkey at considering purchasing leasing a sound and lighting system for the building. The city council and mayor were supportive of the groups efforts, and authorized the group to hold a dance at the gym in the near future. group is considering projects for the future. The racquetball court still needs work (although it is now playable), the gym needs to be painted, and the restrooms need repairs. The roof still has a couple of leaks that need to be 6. school. A word processing class will begin Thursday, Jan. 9, also at the middle school To register for the classes or to obtain more information, those interested should call Sharon Bowles at before Jan. 1. ning teacher with only a bache- These salary differences, lors degree. It takes 12 years to however, are largely offset by reach the maximum salary the fact that Utah pays most of the employees share of the level. tax-exem- pt Snow College will hold classes in Nephi beginning the week of Jan. 6, Hospital's tax status is up in the air. Fuhriman, who lives in Provo, says he has looked for a home in the area, but says that until the NRP issue was settled, he had not wanted to move his family to the area because of the stress involved in the move. Fuhriman says his office has been successful. He said buyers have been found for NRP Hose Products, the sewing plant will reopen soon, improvement projects have been proposed for downtown Nephi and Eureka, East Juab Physical Fitness Association, the group that Central Valley Medical runs programs at the old high Center has applied for $475,000 in loans from the $60 million in ule. ture also appropriated more According to the foundation than $30 million to fund career-ladde- r programs in the variuos report, the beginning salary for a classroom teacher in the Juab local districts. This could proSchool District was $14,693 vide additional funds for this year. The salary schedules teacher salaries in Utah. The foundation report observprovide regular increases for exes that the average salary paid perience and for added academto classroom teachers in Utah ic training. As a result, experienced teachers with masters last year was $21,307, comdegrees will receive a maximum pared with $22,894 in the eight of $25,248 in 1985-8or about Mountain States and $23,546 in 72 percent more than a begin- the United States as a whole. A teacher with a bachelors degree who began teaching five years ago in the district received a starting salary of $11,700 per year. Over the past five years, that same teacher would have received increases totaling . . $3,702 in salary schedule adjustments and $2,559 in annual A request by Nephis Central of contract, the property is taxexperience increments. In addiable. Valley Medical Center for tion, reductions in the required Juab County Attorney Don retirement contributions would status is still pending before the Juab County ComEyre, Jr., said he had some have added $530 to the teachmission. e problems accepting the Nephi ers pay. As a result, The hospital is owned jay the Medical Clinic as part of the ex- the total increase to the teacher county and is leased to the emption package since doctors would have amounted to Rural Medical Services Founda- at the clinic are making profit. $6,791, or 58 percent for this ' Other businessmen in the comtion. r period. Mark Stoddard, hospital ad- munity pay taxes, he said, inFoundation analysts point ministrator, said it is his cluding dentists, for example. Commissioner Richard out that the above amounts are understanding that the owner of property is responsible to Brough thought the property taken from the published district salary schedules and are pay the taxes, not the organiza- tax for the hospital should be based on approximately 184 StodHe waived. said the is leases tion that facility property. and it would be a working days or about nine dard said the county should not disaster if the community had months of service. The legisla charge itself taxes. I dont want it Commission Chairman Tom no hospital. back of the counin hands the Fowkes referred to that as said. he and explained ty, privileged tax While Brough moved that the that since the public is denied status be s-- S access to the property by way resolution will help Nephi hospital The Nephi City Council passed a resolution Tuesday that ultimately will enable Nephis Central Valley Medical Center to borrow money at a very low interest rate. The resolution authorizes Nephi City to join with other municipalities throughout the state to issue industrial revenue bonds for members of the Utah Hospital Association. Nice Place to Live! A ! VV dl U .nC Jldi Ij Christmas party . The Nephi 5th LDS Ward will hold its annual Christmas party Tuesday, Dec. 10. The party, which will be held at the ward church, will begin at 7:30 p.m. A turkey dinner will be served. A' program will follow dinner, complete with a visit by Santa Claus. All ward members are invited to attend. They should bring their own dishes. There is no charge for the dinner. Tony Sperry has been named as Juab High Schools new varsity basketball coach. He replaces Dave Robinson, who resigned to take a job with the Utah National Guard. Sperry is a native of Nephi. He graduated from Juab High School, where he was a member of the basketball team. He attended College of Eastern Utah where he was on the schools baseball and basketball teams. He graduated from Southern Utah State College with a degree in physical education and minors in special education and health. He teaches special education at the high school and has been the coach of the schools junior varsity basketball team for two years. He served as assistant basketball , coach at Payson Tony Sperry High School one year. His parents are Gae D. the former Meridee Sperry. Sperry of Nephi and the late A. They have two sons, Keld, 2, Duane Spprry. He is married to and Aaron, 8 months. |