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Show Jan UTAH 47 1 PRESS EAST SALT LAKE Vt, Ci 1 Vsi Serving East Juab County t --' ,- jr 4 Jv i? 4 1 Iowan lucky to be alive' followbike-trail100 crash ing mph er An Iowa man was injured Friday when his motorcycle slammed into the back of a small utility trailer near Mona. Utah Highway Patrol Trooper Blair Bradford said Gerald Ball, 23, of Dubuque was northbound on Interstate 15 at about 2 p.m. Bradford said witnesses estimated that Ball was driving at close to 100 miles per hour. He truck, passed a tractor-traile- r pulled sharply in front of it, and ran into the back of a trailer being pulled by Robert J. Tafoya, 34, of Salt Lake City. Bradford said the motorcycle went out of control and traveled another 400 feet down the road before Ball laid the bike down in the middle of the road. Ball received two seriously fractured wrists and cuts and abrasions on the legs and head. 14-f- t. U-Ha- ul 4111 representative to be in Nephi A service officer from the American Legions Salt Lake City office will be in Nephi Monday, Nov. 16 to help veterans or their dependents apply for He was taken by the East Juab Ambulance to Central Valley Medical Center in Nephi. He later was transferred to Mountain View Hospital in Payson for specialized orthopedic care. Bradford said Ball, who was- nt wearing a helmet, was very lucky to be alive. The trooper said the heavy clothing pro- bably saved him from more scrapes and injuries. School schedules teacher consultation The Nephi Elementary School conwill conduct parent-teache- r sultations Thursday and Fri- day. Interviews will be held from 1:30 to 4 p.m. Thursday, and all day Friday. AH parents will receive appointment schedules. Should they not be able to meet the teacher at the appointed time, they should call the school at ap- of the consultations, be no school Friday. e, Juab County Commission " gauges, and' the companys has declared that the county gravel pits and the dams was in error to tax property spillway are located on the rest owned by the Deseret Irrigation on the property. Gravel is essential to the company because it is Total property tax rates in locally assessed property, a 20 South Jordan. Throughout the Company. The company owns 120 acres used to line the dams spillway. Nephi decreased by 0.0278 per- percent reduction is allowed to state, however, property taxes to the operation of irrigation systems is exempt from taxes. The question is what is essential and what is not. The county apparently decided some of the land was not essential to the companys operation, and began charging taxes on that part in 1981. The fire closure order along forester. County has been lifted. The closure was put into effect July 1, and has been lifted due to the increased precipitation the area has received, say Don Nebeker, Uinta National Forest supervisor, and Richard Clayson, Division of State Lands and Forestery state almost 2 percent from 1985; and Eight Juab County residents a natural increase of 27,497, a had induced abortions in 1986, a rate of 16.5 per 1,000 residents, rate of 66.7 per thousand down 3 percent from 1985. residents. State-widThere were 17,119 marriages the number of instatewide in 1986, a rate of 10.3 fants who died when they were per thousand residents. Divorc- under 28 days of age was 183, es totaled 8,589 in 1986, a rate for a rate of five per thousand; of 5.2 per thousand residents. and 127 infants died when they The number of marriages was were between 28 days and one down 2 percent while the year old, a rate of 3.5 per thounumber of divorces was down sand residents. 1.5 percent from 1985. The incidence of In Juab County, one infant births was 3,567 in under the age of 28 days died in of 98 per thousand a rate Utah, 1986. No Juab County infants The residents. figure is up 9.5 'between 28 days and 1 year old from 1985. percent died. Utahns had 4,157 induced The county recorded eight abortions in 1986, a rate of births in 1986, a 114.3 per thousand residents. rate of 66.7 per thousand The number of abortions was up residents. Seven infants born to 5.8 percent over the 3,928 aborJuab County residents in 1986 tions performed in Utah during 1985. weighed less than 5.5 pounds. ' The Juab County fire closure order lifted the Wasatch Front in Juab The Utah Department of Health has released a summary of vital statistics for Juab County for 1986. One hundred and twenty babies were bom to Juab Coun- County abates irrigation company taxes Nephi property tax rates down ' slightly , says Utah Foundation ued comWad-dingha- the property also is for recreation. Yuba Lake State Park leases some of the land for motorcycle trails. The irrigation company isnt milking much money on the deal, however, because the lease pay- ment is $1 per year. Phil Eliason, secretary of the irrigation companys board of directors, said the number of people using the recreation facility who then are attracted to Nephi to spend money also should be attractive to the commissioners. The county, though, must provide more law enforcement at Yuba Lake as a conse- The irrigation company has maintained that all of the land is Administration .Veterans needed to run its operation and, benefits. Duane Willis will be at the in protest, has not paid the taxNephi Job Service office from 9 es. River Commissioner to 10 a.m. Roger The service is free and Walker told the commissioners veterans need not be members that part of the property in of the American Legion to question is essential for access to Yuba Dams outlet works and quence. qualify for assistance. to reschedule the a Nce Place to Live! State statistical report details local birth; death; abortion rates ty residents during 1986, resulting in a rate of 20.7 births thousand residents; and 35 Tafoyas 1977 Dodge van was per Juab County residents died in unhurt, but the trailer received a 1986, rate of six per thousand damapproximately $500 in residents. Juab Countys 1986 1982 Balls Honda Sabre, ages. worth about $3,500, was net natural increase in population, then, was 85. totaled. There were 57 marriages Trooper Bradford was assisted at the scene by Deputy Lu recorded in Juab County during Wayne Walker of the Juab 1986, a rate of 9.8 per thousand County Sheriffs office, and residents. Nineteen county UHP Sgt. Sterling Christian-seriou- s residents were divorced in 1986. Statewide, there were 36,383 sen. live births in 1986, for a rate of 21.8 per 1,000 residents, down almost 3 percent from 1985; 8,886 deaths, for a rate of 5.3 per 1,000 residents, down of land near Yuba Lake. Under According to irrigation state law, all property essential pany attorney Thorpe Am. Legion will UTAH November 11, 1987 Police, ambulance personnel tend to the needs of an Iowa motorcyclist after he hit a trailer at 10 ) miles per hour. Because SOUTH CITY, 1 K ft i pointment. 300 ' fe'iafriwwwiiarjafe 8 ASSOCIATION T fcrdifc tf 623-032- NB9411 99 Several states experienced extremely dry conditions resulting in one of the worst fire seasons the West has ever seen. Thousands of firefighters from around the country were recruited to battle fires in Idaho, California, and Oregon. It was not uncommon for the firefighers to be away from home for as long as 30 days, as they battled heavy smoke, hazardous terrain, and fatigue. Millions of dollars in timber, wildlife habitat, watershed, and homes were destroyed. The cost to date for suppression efforts exceeds $100 million dollars. Costs have not been completed for rehabilitation needs. Seeding and other revegetative work have begun on those fires that are out. Utah had its shares of fires, but nothing compared to what California, Idaho, and Oregon experienced, said Bob Easton, fire management officer for the We Uinta National Forest. want to express our appreciation for the cooperation of the public. Their responsible actions, while on the forest, reduced the number of man-cause- d fires. The company owns gas and oil rights on the property, but no fees have ever been collected. There are no grazing permits on the property, either. In addition, said Stansworth, the company has allowed Juab County to use gravel from its pit to resurface area roads. The commissioners voted unanimously to have the county assessor declare the property tax exempt, since the land use is tied to the operation of the irrigation company. The taxes assessed on the property since 1981 were abated. cent during 1987, says the Utah Foundation in its latest analysis of the tax rates charged in the 71 largest cities in Utah. According to the foundation report, the total tax rate in Nephi was 1.4087 percent in 1987, compared with 1.4365 percent in 1986. This includes the rates charged by all local en- tities using the tax. In most communities the largest share of the property tax goes for the support of local schools. In Nephi, 55 percent of local property taxes go to the schools, while 24.2 percent goes to the county, 18.1 percent goes to Nephi City, and 2.7 percent goes to the Central Utah Water District. The tax rates are .775 percent for Juab School District, .3413 percent for Juab County, .2548 percent for Nephi City, and .0376 percent for the CUP. Under the truth in taxation law that went into effect last year, tax rates are expressed as a percentage of reasonable fair cash value. Currently, only d property (utilities, railroads, mines, etc.) and state-assesse- State assessed personal property, 1.41 percent in 1987, down from 1.44 percent in 1986; residential, 0.85 percent in 1987, down from 0.86 percent in 1986; and other locally assessed property, 1.13 percent in 1987, down from 1.15 percent in 1986. Property tax rates varied widely among the different communities of the state. In the 71 cities included in the survey, the total tax ranged from a low of 1.1323 percent in Brigham City to a high of 1.9631 percent in varied from 0.8231 percent in unincorporated area of Summit County to 2.1364 percent in one small section of South Jor- Please turn to page 2 one City leases in- dustrial park site q MOTOnl Feed Nephi City has leased a four-acr- e site at the Nephi Industrial Park to Moroni Feed Company. The company has built a train car unloading facility on the land, which is located just north of the Nephi Rubber Products plant. The five-yelease gives Moroni Feed an option to purchase the land should it decide to do so. The lease payment is $1 per year. This is a small step now, but in the long run, it will make more jobs for the people of Nephi, said Mayor Boyd Park. The industrial park is owned by the city. It was financed by Nephi Enterprises, Nephi City, and Juab County. Improvements to the park were financed by a federal grant. ar personal property (motor vehicles, machinery, equipment, etc.) is being assessed at 100 percent of full value. For othe Lee Fowkes to head electric department The Nephi City Council has appointed Lee T. Fowkes as superintendent of the citys electrical department. He takes the place of G. Richard Judd, who recently resigned to become general manager of the Utah Municipal Power Agency. The new power superintendent also was appointed as the city's representative to the UMPA technical committee. Fowkes has worked for the power department for six years, first as a groundman, then as lineman, and then as lead lineman. Before he worked for the dtr. be was employed by determine reasonable fair cash value. An added 25 percent allowance from reasonable fair cash value is provided for residential property. Thus, residential property is assessed at 60 percent (75 percent of 80 percent) of full value, while other locally assessed real prop- erty is placed on the tax roles at 80 percent of appraised value. Because of these differences, adjustments must be made to determine the true level of taxation. The foundation reported the average effective tax rates for the major property classes during 1986 and 19i87 in Nephi are as follows: Austin Builders. He sees no immediate changes for the power department. I think well run things, right now, just the same as they have been tunning. Well push ahead with all the projects that we've got underway. We still plan to go ahead with the project and finish the other projects we already have started," he says. Fowkes, a native of Nephi, is a son of Tom and Lela Fowkes. He graduated from Juab High School and is married to the Jean Royce. They have four children and two grand load-sheddi- children. Funeral held Monday in Levan for Alma Winter, 88 Alma Winter, 88, died Nov. 5 in Levan. He was born July 21, 1899 in Levan to Jorgen Peter and Rasmine Winter. He married Ruby Rosequist May 1, 1929 in the Manti LDS Temple. He was a farmer and was employed many years as the custodian of the Levan LDS Church. He was a Seventy and served an LDS mission to the Western States. He also served a stake mission and in many other church positions. Survivors are his wife, of Levan; four sons, Farrell Winter and Seymour Winter, both of Bountiful, Vern Winter of Kaysville, and Max Winter of Layton; two sisters, Sara Funeral services were held dixen and Eva Bendixen, both 1 and 5 Monday in Levan. Burial was at of Levan; grandchildren; the Levan Cemetery. 12 Ben-form- er n. s |