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Show T t f Serving East Jua6 County - A Nice Race To Live! Volume 91, No. 52 Wednesday, December 29, 1 993 10 pages Single Copy Price 50$ City Council news... Fin Dept. Appointments Parks Community team for nnl leadership By Myrna Trauntvein s Correspondent Nephi City approved the list of officers for the volunteer fire department at city council meeting Tuesday. Boyd Park will serve as the new chief. Kim Hall will be assistant chief, Paul Boswell will be captain, Hap White will be 1st lieutenant, and Ken Ingram will be 2nd lieuTimes-New- tenant. Snow, snow, snow. Nadine Blackett of Nephi gets ont early to clear the snow off her walks. 3 inches of snow fell in Nephi according to Norma Sherwood, official weather person. Harold Parkin, the former fire chief, will retire from the department He has served as a fireman for 46 years and seven months. Parkin deserves the thanks of the community, agreed council members. He will receive a letter from the council thanking him for his years of service. "The public service he has given the community is fantastic. It is real commendable. It is fantastic to think of the years of service he has given," said Mayor Robert Steele. Hap White was reappointed to the city board of ad- Park City in the historic business center. The down town mini park walk out will have green grass and trees. Some items still need to be decided, said McKnight. "Phil would like city council members to visit the area said and offer some McKnight. A community team has been organized by Nephi City council and the first meeting of the team has been held. The team was put together in connection with the Utah in-put- Partners in Rural Leadership. Nephi is one of three communities to receive a grant from a $150,000 appropriation set aside by the state legislature. Randy McKnight, city ' ing them to participate. "Three turned us down," said Steele. justments. The appointment was made The team is to put together a and a short-teras part of the business of the long-tercouncil on Glenn Green-halgsaid city Tuesday. project, indicated has his Greenhalgh is a mem"Hap of the Core team with Utah ber to serve another willingness term," said Randy McKnight, Partners in Rural Leadership (UPRL) and will also be a city administrator. The reappointment will run staff member of Nephi City through December 31, 1996. working with the team. A mini park is being conJeff Banks, Nephi, will structed on Nephi's Main serve as team chairman. Street where an old medical The team will begin trainclinic was razed several ing and will carry out projects," said McKnight. years ago. The property is being leased "Everybody was enthusiasfrom owner Dale Worwood tic," said Steele of the team. for a nominal fee and is being Leadership training will come from the UPRL, made up used by the city with the stipulation that the property will of the state economic developrevert to commercial use ment, the Association of when Worwood wants to use it Towns and Cities, Utah Small for that purpose once again, Cities, Southern Utah State said Randy McKnight, city University, Utah State Uniadministrator. versity, Utah League of Cities, "The city will improve and and Utah Power and Light. use the property until the The resources for the training Worwoods have a use for it, will come from these particithen the city will remove the pating organizations. A landscape architect will improvements and the property will be the Worwoods meet with eight groups of people in January. He will meet again," said McKnight. The property would need to with property owners, membe sold or a building would bers of clubs, and high school need to be built by Worwood representatives in four blocks. He will then before the property could be two-housed as commercial once present his ideas along with again. Worwood razed the the information he has rebuilding on the property at his ceived. own expense some time ago. The team will consider all Phil Baker, parks and such proposals and then will By Myraa Trauntvein s Correspondent Juab County Commission ers agreed to contribute $400 to help the Old Gym Recreation Center with its projects for the youth of East Juab County. Commission Chairman Ike committee. This represents a 0.70 percent change on the unrounded estimate. "The change of 50 from 1992 is the result of births minus deaths plus net migration," said Barber. The population estimate is Lunt said he thought the preliminary in nature and is county already made quite a intended for revue only, he Times-New- to the said Berber told commissioners recreation by if for the the they did not respond, it heating supplying would be assumed the comfacility. "Its true that we supply the mission did not have major differences with the estimate. gas for the heating of the faGordon Juab County Commissionsaid Young, cility," commissioner. However, he ers agreed they would hold a on public meeting to get said, he thought the money requested was a small addi- the proposed changes in the tional amount to keep an im- voting precincts for the Juab portant program going. "We want to eliminate some of the rough play and large contribution center in-p- the ut School Board. Levan and School board members requested the commission hold die hearings even though they are not required by law. "We do not need to hold public hearings," said Don Eyre Jr., county attorney. However, if the commission desires to hold such hearings it can do so. "The school board has rewe quested said hearings," hold (for the Ike Lunt, commission chairman. The hearing will be scheduled for January, if possible. Revisions in the voting Olsen, board clerk and "We can hold a hearing to precincts are necessary because of the population take public comment at the refluctuation in the Nephi, quest of the board," said Lunt. Commission oxammos ways to avoid liability learning Jr. Jazz By Myrna Trauntvein s Correspondent Times-New- we have had between 200 and 250 boys and girls from the third to the eighth grade par- Juab County department heads met Monday with a . ticipate in the Jr. Jazz program. The interest in youth basketball is strong once again this year and we have for already had 225 sign-up- s Insurance Mutual Loss David which L. Nelson, said. no cuts or limitations in the number of participants allowed. "The volunteers do an expedient job and donate a lot of hours to the program," said and "I'm with loss prevention trying to reduce exposure to loss on the part of members," he said. He would be available to help train department heads to comply with the many codes mandated by Young. Joseph Bernini agreed and seconded the motion to donate the funds to assist with the federal and state government. a resource per"I will help he said. son," "I will be program. The Population Estimates provide training in risk Committee has prepared the management for the county. 1993 population estimate for He would help train deJuab County. Natasha Harper, age 8, daughter of Dean and Sandra partment heads so the county Juab County's estimate is Carper chowra eff her handiwork. The storm brought grief 6,200 for 1993, said Brad T. to some, joy to others. Please turn to page ff... Barber, chairman of the Please turn to page 2., Juab County will Join with IVashington and Inn counties to appeal tax commission decision on IPP By Myrna Trauntvein s Correspondent Juab County will join with Washington and Iron Counties in appealing a decision of a ruling of the Utah State Tax Commission exempting Intermountain Power Plant from a percentage of the property taxes which would have been paid in four counties. Millard County, where the plant is located, reportedly Times-New- agreed to the exemption. Juab, Iron and Washington have not "IPP claims they are owned by municipalities in Utah and should be exempted a certain percentage," said Don Eyre Jr., Juab County attorney. A meeting will be held on : POOR'S SPY determine what they think Pre- manager, said five years ago many counties decided to invest in a pool and pay premiums into the pool. This is the third year the pool has functioned and operated, he include playing time for all recreation supervisor, has for the planned a mini-par- k site. It will be like those small green areas constructed in Utah Association of Counties vention Manager to discuss liability problems and ways those problems might be avoided. our 1994 season. One of the goals of the volunteer organization is to involve as many young people as possible in the program and to continue to use the Jr. youth ur pnblems committee operating the facility. "For the past several years guidelines voting The commission asked board members to make comment but they were uncomfortable making many comments. "They did not want to be accused of gerrymandering," said Tracy basketball)," wrote members of the volunteer recreation .Jazz Mona precincts. The proposal would not affect any of the seated board members, each would still be in a separate precinct, but would affect the way the precincts are drawn. opportunities by adding paid referees m h. Commission donates to recreation Population increases School board voting districts increase ad- ministrator, said there were 17 people on the team and the people on the team represented a broad spectrum of Nephi. Letters were sent out by Nephi Mayor Robert Steele to residents of the community invit- m Juab County Commteion notes. . . ," A January 4th in Cedar City with IPP officials and the commissioners and attorneys of the three counties who are appealing the State Tax Commission ruling. "Before the lawsuit is filed they want to meet with the counties and present reasons why the lawsuit shouldn't be filed, said Eyre, The Utah Association of Counties litigation board has looked over the claims of IPP and does not think the Utah Tax Commission acted wisely, reported Eyre. UAC has retained Bill Peters, Salt Lake City attorney, to on represent the association property tax questions. Please turn to page 5.. |