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Show PM V "rTTTnrrrrTr ?" rr r r ?rir yfw Commission amends resolution, approves UP&L, PP&L merger The Juab County Commission has voted to continue their approval of the proposed merger of Utah Power & Light and PacifiCorp. An amendment to the resolution says it will be approved by the commission providing the merger is beneficial and not damaging to municipal power systems in the county. The commission originally signed the resolution last month, after a representative of of UP&L assured them the merger would not hurt Nephi or Levan, but Golden Mangelson, mayor of Levan, and Boyd Park, mayor of Nephi, both attended the following meeting of the county commission to protest commissioners actions. They said they did not think it was proper for the commissioners to sign a resolution approving the merger when 70 percent of the citizens of the county were served by power organizations which were opposed to the t merger, At the Monday meeting, Mangelson and Park said they would like the county to rescind their approval of the merger, but failing that, they would approve the resolution with the amendment. The two mayors and County Attorney Donald J. Eyre, Jr. then went into chambers and worked out a final clause, to which UP&L Nebo District manager Kimball Rasmussen then agreed. Park and Mangleson said Nephi and Levan now will prepare statements to go with Jan 1 -p-- NB8411 ?? ASSOCIATION 46? EAST 300 SOUTH SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84111 UTAH PRESS the resolution explaining the stand of the communities. Cement plant will furlough eight local residents Eight Juab County workers will be losing their jobs Oct. 31 as Southwestern Portland Cement reduces its work force to compensate for the lower demand for cement in the Intermountain West. Bob Weeks, Southwesterns plant manager, said the layoffs will be permanent because short-terprojections indicate the market for cement will not be stronger in the near future. Those fired will be the employees with the least seniority. i Weeks said that during the past year, Southwestern has tried to compensate for the weak market by reducing work hours and making temporary m Serving East luab County A Nice Place to Live ! October 21, 1987 layoffs. In addition to firing the eight 12 other employees will be let go by Southwestern. Juab County residents, $500 reward offered for info on cattle killing Sheriff Dave Carter is offering a $500 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of anyone killing livestock in the area. Carter says three or four head of cattle have been killed in recent weeks. He knows they were killed because of the unnatural position in which they were lying when they were found. The cattle were not shot, but The Bureau of Land Management recently honored Greg Newton the sheriff has been unable to for his 20 years of fire fighting service. pinpoint the cause of their deaths. No autopsies have been possible because the cattle were found long after they were killed BLM honors Newton for and their carcasses fire fighting service Greg Newton was honored Thursday at a luncheon hosted by Bureau of Land Management. A plaque was presented to Newton by Duane Bayless and Glen Whatcott, fire manage- - There are at least two Mona candidates!! ment officers for the Richfield BLM district. Although Newton was never a BLM employee, he served as Juab County fire marshal for 20 623-134- years. Here is a group of people I work for, who went' far out of their way to thank me, said Newton. That means a whole lot. didnt even Newton said he felt he and BLM personnel had had an ceptional working relationship over past years. It didnt matAt least two candidates ap- ter whose fire it was, we worked pear to be running for Mona together and got it taken care Town governmental decisions. of, said Newton. It makes a No one filed in time for the big difference when you are not position of mayor or for three saying This is not my fire if seats on the town board, so someone is fighting fire anyone running is doing so as elsewhere. It makes a lot of difwrite-icandidates. ference, since fires are so Judging from the election costly. During Newtons fire supres-sio- n signs in beautiful downtown service, two people who set Mona, Greg Newton is running for mayor and Lee Taylor is run- fires in the Juab County area r term on the were caught and convicted. ning for a board. Newton said 1978 was the worst town We concede that our method- fire year during his service. Apology isnt the most accurate proximately 26,000 acres of land available, but its the only way burned near Scipio that year, we have of knowing, unless the and another 25,000 acres in west Juab County. candidates themselves tell us. Some folks might not think it is the most culturally refining happening of the year, but Juab High School will be the site of a cow pucky contest Thursday, Oct. 22. Local residents are being asked to pay $1 to purchase a square on the high school football field. A cow then will be herded onto the field where it will remain until it unloads on a particular square. The owner of the square will receive $50, while those owning adjacent squares will get $5 each. If the cow splashes on two squares, their owners will split the two-yea- Services held Tuesday for Ave1a Ain H- Kelsey, 82 Alverta Ann Houghton Kelsey, 82, died Oct. 16 in a Payson hospital n; three four sisters, Mrs. Arnold (Pearl) Kay of Salt Lake City, Mrs. Arthur Si 4 (Vera) Kay of Mona, Mrs. Lloyd Ana Alverta and Houghton Kelsey (Gladys) Kay of Payson, Mrs. Jess (Wanda) Kay of Nev. Funeral services were held Kearns; and two brothers. Raymond Houghton of Nephi and Tuesday in Nephi Burial was at Gene Houghton of Las Vegas, the Mona City Cemetery. t The plant currently employs 1-- 15 A Provo man narrowly escaped with his life Monday after a broken gas line in his motor home caused the vehicle to catch on fire as he was returning from the deer hunt. Trooper Carl Howard of the Utah Highway Patrol said Morris M. Clinger was northbound on Interstate 15 at about 12:20 p.m. There were no other passengers. Clinger recently had had a new engine installed in the vehicle. As he was about seven miles north of Nephi, a gas line apparently ruptured and the gas ignited on the hot engine minutes due to the intense fire and the thick black smoke. The intensity of the fire was fueled in part by the vehicles two propane tanks. One of the tanks blew up and the other released its contents when a safety valve triggered. The Nephi Fire Department was called and eight men and trucks worked to control the fire. The heat was so intense that the asphalts roadway was damaged. Trooper Howard estimated the value of the vehicle at $12,000. Its remains will be taken to a Provo salvage He pulled off the road and left the motor home, but it was soon engulfed in flames. was closed and traffic was stopped for about 1$ Assisting Trooper Howard at the scene were UHP Sgt. Sterl- ing Christiansen, Sheriff Dave Carter, and Deputy Sheriff Chad Bowles, manifold. 1-- i similar size in the state of Utah. development. The company is called Pacific The three plants would have a Mountain Industries, and, like total employment of about its predecessor, makes denim 1,000 people. items. Its owner and president is Mel Geliebter of Los Angeles, Calif. and Geliebter wants to increase the work force in the next 60 days. If the Nephi plant meets production and quality expectations in the next quarter, the company plans to build a new sewing plant in the Nephi Industrial Park next year. The plant would have a total of 300 employees, says Greenhalgh. 73 people, money. Chances may be purchased at the high school office. Classes will take turns watching the cow for the magic moment. Principal Leonard Trauntvein has been selected as judge of the event and will called on to determine which square has been hit by the perfumed dropping. Loreta Whicker, social science teacher, is the faculty representative for the event. Funds raised by the contest will be used to help pay students expenses at the Academic Decathalon and the Closeup program. provoan's motor home burns on - n; A new company has purchased the Nephi Potential Sportswear plant, and will expand employment in the area in the near future, says Glenn Greenhalgh, local director of economic Pick place for pucky n great-grandchildre- 4. California company hopes to expand Nephi sewing operations Watch where you step!!! ex- She was born Dec. 8, 1904 in Mona to Edward and Maude Newell Houghton. She married Ira Milton Kelsey July 18, 1923 in Provo. Their marriage later was solemnized in the Manti LDS Temple. Mrs. Kelsey lived most of her life in Payson. Survivors are her husband, of Nephi; two sons, Ted Kelsey of Ruby Valley, Nev. and Jerry Kelsey of Tooele; a daughter, Mrs. DeVon (LaVeryl) Winn of Nephi; 13 grandchildren; 38 had deteriorated to the point where an autopsy was impossible.. Anyone having any information as to the cattles death should call the sheriffs office at The callers names will be kept confidential. The sheriffs office also gives rewards for information on the stealing of livestock or the stealing or vandalizing of farm Some of the officers and managers at Pacific Mountain Industries pose with Glenn Greenhalgh, right, of the economic development agency. They are Abe Rosenberg, left, production consultant; Kathy Mosser, production manager in Los Angeles; Janet Washburn, local plant manager; Mel Geliebter, president and owner; and Ralph Muhlestein, chief financial officer. 120-13- 0 The new plant would include facilities for cutting, acid washing, finishing, and distribution of the denim items, which would save shipping costs for the company. At present, the items are cut in Los Angeles, sewn in Nephi, and then shipped back to California for finishing and distribution. Greenhalgh says the new company was lured to Nephi because of the high productivity and sewing trades experience of the areas work force and because of Nephi s low utility rates. Cattle produc-rl IVIlECl trio IIntifo Thursday meet The Juab County Cattlemens Association is sponsoring a meeting for all cattle producers Thursday, Oct. 22. The meeting will held at 7:30 p.m. in the chambers of the Juab County Commission. The public is invited to attend and refreshments will be served. Nyle Matthews, USU Extension livestock specialist, will discuss weaning calves, and Dr. Clell V. Bagley, USU Extension veterinarian, will talk about preconditioning calves for feeding them through and other herd health matters. The cattlemens association is sponsoring the meeting to help provide local cattle producers with information that will help them gain more profit from their beef operations. Economic development agency, Juab County, and Nephi City officials have gone to great lengths to court the plant and its owners. Greenhalgh, Nephi mayor Boyd Park, and the owner of the present building, Jens Mickelson, all have traveled to Los Angeles to present proposals. The county also has abated the taxes on the building this year to enable Mickelson to lower the companys rent; and Nephi City has given the corn-tw- o pany 90 days of free utilities, graded the company's parking lot, agreed to paint the existing building, paid for advertising, helped the company acquire state job training money, and identified housing possibilities for new employees. The company claim the de- mand exceeds its abilility to supply its products by 1,000 percent, and if the Nephi project goes well, it will consider locating two more plants of help-wante- I d Elder Rodney Lont, eon of Kent and CUndette Lnnt of Nephi has returned from LDS service headquartered In Toronto, Canada. He will peak to members of the Nephi 7th LDS Ward Snnday, Oct. 25 at 12:10 pan. mle-aiona- ry |