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Show Venice demolition may cost up to $100,000! Since then, the county Nephi may not be getting a new theater soon at least not engineer has looked at the site on the site of the old Venice and he estimates it would cost Theater. the county between $75,000 and The Venice Theater was $100,000 to tear down the destroyed by fire several years building and place a concrete ago and it became the property covering over Salt Creek. The of Juab County last year when it waterway runs beneath the old went up for tax sale and was not theater. The county originally thought purchased. Since then, Juab High School it could route Salt Creek teacher and basketball coach Jim Slavens has approached the county about tearing down the theater. Slavens then wanted the county to sell him the land for a nominal fee if he promised to build a theater on the site. through a metal culvert, but the engineer has since determined that a concrete box would have to be built. The engineer also says tearing down the theater without affecting neighboring buildings might steel-reinforce- d Jan m 1 99 PRESS ASSOCIATION 7 EAST 300 LT be more than county or city crews could handle without special help from demolition ex- perts. For one thing, the common walls of the two adjoining buildings would have to be shored up. The county which is feeling budget restraints doesnt feel it can spend the money to tear down the building and construct the concrete water channel. The county had asked the city to help with the demolition of the building, but at the recent city council meeting, city council members wondered at the Please turn to page 6 m 08411 SOUTH CITY, UTAH 84111 ' Serving Last I uah Countv A Nice Place to Live ! November 20, 198 Mona board considers joining HJIPM lawsuit request by Utah Power & UP&Ls legal counsel. If there Light Company that the town of should arise a conflict of inMona join with them in a terest, however, Mona would lawsuit to pursue low-cohave the right to its own legal federal energy has been taken counsel. under advisement by members If we get to a point of settleof the Mona Town Board. ment and Mona requests a cerIn a presentation made by A. tain amount of power, there LaDue Scovill, manager of the might be a conflict of interest Santaquin UP&L district, Mona and then our law firm could not was asked to join with 143 other represent you, said Scovill. cities who support UP&L in But that is down the road a their claim that cheaper long way and may never haphydropower from federal dams pen. is unfairly withheld from the Mona also would have the A st customers of investor-owneutilities. The suit, filed in U.S. District Thanksgiving s not yet here and theres no snow yet, but city Christmas decorations were put up tfiia Court, names as defendants week. It wont be long, however, before Christmas and New Years are behind us. Maybe Easter U.S. energy secretary John S. decorations should be put up Jan. 2. Herrington; the Department of Energys Western Area Power Administration and its administrator, William H. Clagett; and the U.S. government. According to Scovill, should a participant in ;; Mona become the lawsuit, they would share in an expected 20 to 25 percent reduction in electricity fees if the courts rule in UP&Ls favor. said Whatever A delegation representing the needs to be distributed properly to everyones benefit, power benefits that Mona Irrigation Company in the irrigation diversion ditch- Glenn Mellor, board member. are derived by UP&L would be distributed in equal portions to recently met with the Mona es. It was agreed that during the Town Board to review water the participating cities. usage during the irrigation next irrigation season, an irrigaLegal costs would be borne by tion company representative season. UP&L, but Mona would retain Irrigation company president would be authorized to read the the right to consult wit! Herman Young said We feel meter on a monthly basis. that the town has quite taken Mayor pro tem Greg Newton Times-New- s comthat a broken flotation water of the promised advantage The annual Miss Nephi pagpany and we want to see what gauge which has caused can be worked out. unregulated water flow would eant will be held Jan. 3, and the Young said an agreement be- be fixed as soon as possible. pageant committee is looking tween the irrigation company Board members also agreed to for contestants. and the town allows the town to schedule a In order to participate, young day next spring when use .4375 second feet of water water collection boxes women must have been resicould be Because of the Thanksand calls for an annual report of cleaned. dents of Nephi for at least six town water use. must be between 17 giving holiday Thursday, that months, The board s Young said exact water use the town in tillacknoweldgedowed and 26 years of age by Labor , Nov. 27, The probability Wedneswill be available been not have published and must never been have figures Day, day, Nov. 26. to the irrigation company the irrigation company some married. water for ALL news and advertisbecause the meter is located in a compensation The contestants will be judgboard said the but overages, locked building and irrigation ing for that edition must ed on personality, poise, beauty, faced financial with was already be to the office by 5 P.M. and talent. Each contestant will company representatives have cutbacks for the year. coming MONDAY, Nov. 24. Items the access to no building. participate in a private interreceived after that time and Clover said a also the model have We both an view, problem Young evening gown will be published in the folCreek water collection box we need to solve it in the best and a swim suit, and present a lowing weeks edition. needs to be cleaned and water way we can, in a way that will be talent. office s The Those interested in more inclosed be will Thursday formation on the event or who and Friday, Nov. 27 and 28. wish to participate should call Denise Chase at d Mona board, irrigation com- solve pany seek Miss Nephi con- pageant testants wanted has early deadline next week! Times-New- Times-New- Saturday funeral set for Mr. Stephenson Monday mishap injures motorcyclist 623-051- Fred Stephen Stephenson, 90, died Nov. 19 at the Canyon Hills Health Care Center in Nephi. He was bom July 30, 1896 in Levan to Christen Victor and Annie Sailing Stephenson. He married Annie Johanna Christensen Jan. 30, 1918 in Levan. She died Nov. 21, 1970. He was a road construction worker most of his life and was a ' member of the operating engineers. He was a member of the LDS Church. Survivors are his children, Melba Ballow and Quentin Stephenson, both of Levan, DeVon Stephenson of Moroni, Merlin Stephenson of Taylors- ville, and Anna Mae Downey of Springville; 30 grandchildren; four 81 and a sister, Inez Sorbe of Levan. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the 6 to 8 p.m. and Saturday one Nephi LDS Stake Center. hour prior to the services. Bunal Friends may call at the Anderson Funeral Home Friday from great-grandchildre- n; n; 4. A Swiss national was injured in a motorcycle accident Monday near Nephi. According to Utah Highway Patrol Trooper Carl Howard, at about 3 p.m. Christof 28, of Zurich, was southbound on just north of the south Nephi interchange. He was riding a 1984 BMW motorcycle. Lanfrankoni had troubles with the motorcycles rear tire, lost control of the bike, and laid the motorcycle down. He travel- of a mde ed another three-tenth-s before going off the road into the center median. His ankle was broken in three places and his right small finger was broken. He was taken by the East Juab Ambulance to Central Valley Medical Center in Nephi and later was transfer- red to the Umvemty of Utah Medical Center in Salt Lake Lan-frankon- 1-- i, What happens to cities who are UP&L customers who dont support you? asked mayor pro tem Greg Newton. Would they reap the benefits of this? T think not, Scovill replied. Those who wish to participate will have signed a proclamation. Scovill said UP&L made an application for federal power in 1983, which was not granted. This time, UP&L is going into litigation. In 1983, the support of the cities brought UP&L from a nonpriority rating for to comment on the right ultimate settlement and the law federal power to a priority three firm of Jones, Waldo, Holbrook, rating. So support of the cities and McDonough, which is an asset, said Scovill. The Western Area Power Adwould have UP&L, represents the legal obligation to explain ministration, which regulates the towns rights and what is be- power from the Colorado River ing done. Storage Project, presently Just because one party pays allocates power to the Utah the legal fees, the other par- Municipal Power Agency, which ticipants still have rights, said supplies power both to Nephi Scovill. and Levan. Revenue sharing loss hurts Mona budget Mona will have to cut back on expenditures in the coming fiscal year because of the loss of revenue sharing funds, according to T. Earl Andrews of the certified public accounting firm of Andrews Hymas & Company. Andrews reviewed the towns financial status at a recent meeting of the town board. Utah' law says that deficit spending is illegal. If you overexpend your budget, you councilmen are personally liable for the expenditures, Andrews said. Andrews suggested the board consider raising taxes to compensate for an expected revenue shortfall. You must either find to additional source of revenue an Andrews, According Monas total revenue for last or cut expenses, said Andrews. After reviewing the budget, year was $78,824.84. That figure includes $4,014 in federal mayor pro tem Greg Newton revenue sharing funds. The rev- suggested the board give some enue sharing program is sched- thought to assessing a uled to be discontinued next garbage dump fee. Newton said as soon as the year. Andrews said the town would towns water system payment carry over approximately contingency fund reached $10,000 into the 1987 year, $44,000, representing two $7,368.69 of which must be emergency payments, water revenue could supplement the spent for road improvements. Andrews cited the improve- budget. ments made to the city building Newton told the board that He also the town would be able to use the during past year. noted that the town has set the audit report to substantiate aside $33,000 in a contingency a request for a grant to build a fund to cover the annual new fire station. $22,000 water system payment should an emergency arise. Andrews advised board members that they must watch 1987 expenditures carefully, since Trooper Howard said injuries were reduced to a minimum because he was wearing a full leather suit and a helmet. Leather resists tearing. Lan-frankon- is Christmas tree tags available in Nephi November 29 Lanfrankonis motorcycle, Christmas tree tags will be valued at $4,000 to $5,000, was sold in Nephi Saturday, Nov. totaled. Assisting Howard at the 29, says the U.S. Forest Serscene was Sgt. Chris Neilsen of vices Ephraim office. The tags will be available at the Nephi Police Department. the Nephi ASCS office at 740 South Main from 11 a.m. to 1 . p.m. Once the 75 tags are gone, there will be no more sold in re r Nephi. yy The tags are for trees locatec in the SanPitch Mountains, I IQJ says the office. Trees may be cut 'O in the designated areas Nov. 29 There will be no trash pickup or 30, Dec. 6 or 7, or Dec. 13 or in Nephi on Thanksgiving. 14. Thursday, Nov. 27. Along with the tags, the purnormally chasers will receive cutting inInstead, ThwsdaT bve 4th structions and information as to m be covered vehicular access and applicable Nov. 26 Wedn state and federal laws. Garbage man 0 off lOr ThankcoivinP Elder Craig A. Talbot, eon of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Sperry of Nephi, recently returned from an LDS mission headquartered in Bangkok, Thailand. He will speak to members of the Nephi 6th LDS Ward Sunday, Nor. 23. The meeting will begin at 9:50 a.m. |