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Show Nephi's electrical rates among the lowest in Utah, survey says and $17.65 more than that paid by Nephi residents. The rate paid by Levan citizens is only 16 cents more for 600 kilowatt hours than that less than paid by Nephites half of one percent higher. Mona is served by Utah Power & Light. Residents there pay $47.25 for 600 kilowatt 32.95 percent and hours $11.71 higher than Nephis Nephi Citys electrical rates are among the lowest in the state, according to a survey taken by the Utah Municipal Power Association. Providing 600 kilowatt hours of electricity in Nephi costs the fourth lowest rate $35.54 of the 40 power providers surveyed. St. George had the lowest rates. The residents of that city in Utahs Dixie pay $27.23 for rates. 600 kilowatts of power The average rate of the 40 23.38 and less than $12.47 power suppliers was $42.82 percent 20 percent higher than Nephis Nephites pay. Residents served by the rates. Flowell Electric Association pay Nephi mayor Boyd Park said the highest rates in the state, ac- that with the exception of Utah cording to the survey. It costs Power & Light, all the power them $53.19 for 600 kilowatt providers surveyed are 49.66 percent municipally owned companies hours of power ! Check these names on November ballot The deadline for filing for Incumbent councilmen Milton Nephis municipal elections was T. Harmon and Vard White will Tuesday, and the Democratic and Republican city committees have come up with their list of candidates. Robert Steele will be the GOPs standard bearer in the mayoral race. He will contend represent the Democratic party in the race for two seats on the city council. They will be challenged by GOP contenders Chad Brough and Albert Robb. There will be no primary in the race for city council. The two s will be elected, with incumbent mayor high Democrat Boyd Park for the says Faye M. Greenhalgh, city seat. recorder. vote-getter- said Wright. The staff of the district office was at work, as were principals and custodians at the various schools, said Wright. Wright said members of the Juab Education Association assured him they were not upset with their recent salary gains, but only were participating in the walkout to show support for those teachers who had not fared as well. District teachers received a 6 up, either, UTAh 467 Both Nephi and Levan are SALT members of the Utah Municipal Power Association. i EXP or cooperatives. FF.E5S UTAH EAST LAKE ESS 300 SOUP CITY, UTAH Other members are Provo, Spanish Fork, Salem, and Manti. The group gets its power from the Colorado River Storage Project; from excess power produced by other groups and comd panies; and from two plants, four diesel generators, one natural-ga- s turbine, six hydroelectric plants, and one geothermal plant. Hie combined power needs of the UMPA cities is 118 megawatts, and Provo uses 91 megawatts of that. Although the UMPA cities get their power at the same wholesale rates, their rates vary considerably. Manti charges $42, Provos rates are $42.14, Spanish Fork charges $42.88, and Salem gets $46.47 all for 600 kilowatt hours of power. The difference in the rates is decided by a number of factors, including the size of the respective towns power departments, the number of people employed, the wage rates paid, and the amount of debt owed by each municipality. Nephi power superintendent Lee Fowkes says the difference in the rates goes back to the way the cities manage their power departments. As with anything, some cities are better managers than others. coal-fire- Juab Education Association teachers join statewide walkout Educators in the Juab School District stayed home from class Monday in support of a statewide teacher walkout. The walkout sprang from a wildcat strike Friday called by teachers at Davis High School. They left their classes in an attempt to tell the governor and the legislature that they were not happy with their actions with regard to the $6 million state surplus. The teachers were concerned with low salaries; the lack of hPF'Ul percent pay increase this year, one of the largest in the state. They had not received a pay increase in four years, however, with the exception of a 3 percent Christmas bonus last year. - jGrVIflS L3St JU3u COUhtV September 27, 1989 From soup to nuts (not you, guys!) Nephi City council news notes At their recent meetings, the Nephi City Council: Wrote off uncollectible utility bills from 1986, 1987, and the first half of 1989. The bills amounted to about half of 1 percent of total utility billings during the period, said city ad- cleaning. Met with members of the Miss Nephi royalty and accepted from them two prizes the new Miss Nephi float had received during the summer. Mayor Park thanked members of the Miss Nephi Committee, Councilman Richard Paxman, and ministrator Randy McKnight. other bills were townspeople for their efwritten Although the off for accounting purposes, the forts in building the new float city will continue to try to col- and sponsoring the pageant. lect the money. Received a petition support- ing the covering of the municipal swimming pool. Mayor Boyd Park says he has asked two companies to make estimates as to how the pool could be covered, and how much money it would take. The problem will be discussed at an upThe superintendent said coming city council work sesstudents will make up the day sion. out of school on Friday, Nov. 3 Hired Marty Palmer as the a day originally scheduled as citys new garbage-truc- k career-ladde- r a day. The operator. Palmer will start in career-ladde- r day will the position Sept. 18. He will be rescheduled. placed on a slightly reduced probasalary until a tion period is over. Decided against granting to Representatives of the local the Nephi aerie of the Fraternal education associations met Order of Eagles a license to sell Saturday, and called a one-da- y beer on Sunday at their lodge state-wid- e The U.S. Forest Service is the effort. teacher walkout to I dont feel like at building. More information may be ob- this time, were send the same signal to the seeking volunteers to clean up ready to open it litter and debris in Salt Creek tained by calling Ray Abriel at the town governor and legislature. for Sunday beer up the Nephi forest service office, sales from Dr. Kirk Wright, superinten- Canyon Saturday, Sept. 30. taverns, said of said forest no The Juab schools, dent service wants Mayor Boyd Park, and the counThe project, known as Take cil teachers showed up for work at families, companies, clubs, agreed. area schools. As far as I can church groups, Scout troops, Pride in America, is sponsored Sold business licenses to determine, no students showed and individuals to take part in by the Uinta National Forest Total Video, Sharon Jarrett, and the Uinta Visitor Informaowner, for video rentals at 63 tion Association. It is commited South Main; Nephi Transmisto ensure the wise use of the sion, Dana owner, for a resources that belong to all of transmissionPurper, repair shop at 845 us. It seeks to reduce destruc- South Main; and to Country tive behavior and encourage Crossroads, Ed and Carlene constructive activity on our Malmgren, owners, for a drive-in- n The Bureau of Land Manage- tions, a questionaire, and a land public lands, said a forest serat 155 North Main. ment will hold a public meeting status map are available for vice spokesman. Referred to the planning and Areas on the Uinta National in Nephi Sept. 28 to gather in- review at the office of the Juab zoning commission a request formation on the development County Clerk and at BLM of- Forest constantly are affected from Thomas E. Ned Higgin-so- n of recreation facilities at Yuba fices in Fillmore and Richfield. by litter, illegal fire rings, and for a business license to sell Those who cannot attend the vandalized signs and picnic shoes from his home. The comLake. The meeting will be held at 7 meeting may mail their com- tables. Through Take Pride in mission will decide whether a p.m. in the courtroom of the ments to Stewart Jacobsen, America projects, the public can home occupation permit will be Juab County Courthouse. It is Bureau of Land Management, become partners in promoting granted. P.O. Box 778, Fillmore, Utah the wise use of our national scheduled to end at 9 p.m. 84631. BLM The forests, he continued. is updating its Talked about cleanup acrecreation plan for Yuba Lake tivities in town. Several abanand would like the publics condoned, dilapidated houses cerns incorporated in the plan. recently have been burned by The steady increase in visitors the fire department. The city at the reservoir has placed an inwill ask local contractors for creased demand on the public estimates on the cost of cleaning lands in the area, says the BLM. Super-MoSyndrome, a tend at no charge. Refreshments up debris. The cost will be billed Two main issues surfaced at Look at Its Causes and Solu- will be served. tQ the property owners, and if earlier public meetings held at tions, is the subject of a Toni Hughes, womens service they fad to pay, will be made a the reservoir and in Salt Lake workshop to be held in the specialist at Sunrise Counseling Ken on the property. Mayor land ownership and chambers of the Juab County Associates, will conduct the Park also said the dity City sanitation. The BLM owns 66 Commission Thursday. discussion, which will focus on beautification committee has of the shoreline, will 7 the The at percent had the city attorney write a private begin syndrome and stress-relatemeeting interests own 24 percent, and p.m. The public is invited to at- - illnesses that go along with it, model letter which could be sent the state owns 10 percent. including expecta- to the owners of homes or Several people felt the addition tions, and religious and cultural businesses that need to be cleanof more restrooms would reduce Twenty units more insulin ed up. The council also decided myths. The is workshop sponsored by to write a letter to Nephi Irriga- I imwuuujiiuureiiw. i An overview of planned ac- the Juab CclHCl f County Extension Ser- - tion Company to ask them to do vice and its home economics and a better job of picking up limbs . !3MSdL,s!dr Forest service seeks vol-unteers to dean canyon A N ICG Pl3CG tO LiVG! six-mon- th Met with Mike Cowan and Wayne Hoaldridge to discuss problems boys baseball teams are having when they play on the field at the middle school. Hoaldridge and Cowan mentioned that the field is rough and dangerous, and that the bleachers, fences, and backstops need improvement. Parking problems also are a concern. The Please turn to page 2 Thieves take salvage from Nephi landfill Thieves are making off with incident, the thieves took the metals, batteries, and other landfill gate off the hinges and items salvaged from Nephis took a number of old batteries new landfill, the city council that Buckley had piled up ready heard at its recent meeting. to take to surplus dealers. The city council decided to The landfills caretaker, ask the county sheriffs departButch Buckley, shares salvage for help in watching the ment rights at the dump with the city. dump. They also talked about Buckley has reported that as the items into Nephi, bringing soon as he builds up a where they could be stored manageable amount of salvage, under lock and key. it disappears. In the meantime, they remindWhoever is stealing the items ed city residents that those doesnt let the landfills locked caught salvaging at the dump gates bother them. In one recent will be prosecuted. 623-273- 5. BLM wants com- ment on Yuba Lake 'Super moms' invited to seminar Thursday night Stephen Gliske m d g T clK0 3 V VFW service officer to be here Oct. 16 A field service officer from the Veterans of Foreign Wars office in Salt Lake City will be in Nephi Oct. 16 to help veterans and their dependents apply for Veterans benefits. Administration He will be at the Nephi Job Service office from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. The service is free, and veterans need not be members of the VFW to qualify for assistance. The Juab School District adult education program is sponsoring a class in candy making. Make a variety of delicious candy and dip it yourself for gift giving and your own enjoyment, says Annette Lovell, course instructor. classes The six, there-hou- r will be held Thursdays at 6:30 LDS priesthood session is Saturday night The priesthood session of the LDS Churchs semi-annugeneral conference will be brought to the area by satellite transmission Saturday. Aaronic and Melchizedek p.m. at the high school The cost is $15 per person. priesthood holders in the Nephi Those interested in signing up LDS Stake are invited to meet should call Mrs. Lovell at at the stake cento' at 6 p.m. 5 after 5 p.m., or Bonnie Saturday to view the Kennedy at 623-016- 623-071- al "The session wifi not be broadcast over regular television or radio, so this is the only chance area priesthood holders will get to see the session, said a stake spokesman. Because of general conference, no other regular meetings will be held at any of the areas LDS churches Saturday or Sunday. district Cub Scout of the Year Gliske is Stephen GKske, son of Robert and Dorothy GKske of Nephi, has been selected as Cub Scout of the Year in the Mt. Nebo Scouting District. Entrants were judged on the number of badges they had earned in Cub Scouting, and on their academic and personal achievements. GKske entered Cub Scouts in January of this year. He received his bobcat badge in March, his wolf badge in May, and one gold and three silver arrow points in July. He al., earned an award for attending all pack meetings held during the summer. In addition to his Cub Scout activities, GKske helps with the The Whitfamily business more Bed and Breakfast Inn. He is a member of the Cub Smi twlr imnimd hv Nephi 7th LDS Ward. His den leader is Sandra Westring. Weeks grad- ffOm cMf l UI LtJ rpL--IUUI jU Airman Mat T. Weeks has graduated from the U.S. Air Force environment support course at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas. Weeks studied the operation and maintenance of water- - and systems. He also earned credits toward an associate degree from the Community College of the Air Force. Weeks is a 1983 graduate of Juab High SchooL He is a son of Bob T. and Barbara A. Weeks of Longmont, Colo., formerly of waste-treatme- ti nt |