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Show ",flUT05 lj T a H P E 207 -- S Volume 101 No 36 www.nephitimesnews.com -- A 1 T FIRM" 005 i.'icooo p ASSOCIATION TNC4578 200 S '5 TE 4000 .ALT LaRE CITr UT 84101 1277 iiu ILLUmilK Serving East Juab County C'I'jlT 8410 ILILUL.ILHLJL,, Nice Place To Live! Single Copy Price Wednesday, September 10, 2003 Families of Several residents military personnel called up can apply for utility protest of property in northeast Nephi re-zoni- bill credit ng By Myma Trauntvein Correspondent Times-New- s By Myma Trauntvein Correspondent An ordinance amending the Nephi City Zoning Map was approved by the council. The change affects property from approximately 900 North to 1100 North between 100 East and 250 East. The property zone for the area was formally changed from resito comand dential bined use or CU-2- . I talked with Larry Pay, who works with West Rock, and found the company didnt necessarily want to use property across the Times-New- s Nephi City will give an electric utility bill credit to all residents who are members of the Utah National Guard who have been activated and deployed in conjunction with the war in Iraq. The one catch to the whole program, however, is that the deployed member (or the immediate family) must apply for the credit. R-l-- A separate application will need to be made for each of the months the Guard member est you expressed, said Randy McKnight, city administrator. The discussion referred to took place during a work meeting session. Work meetings, held, on average, the week following formal council meeting, are held to discuss items of interest to the council. However, no formal decisions nor votes can be made at those meetings. As you, as a council, indicated the credit would affect those called up between July 1 of 2002 and January 31 of 2003, said McKnight. Other terms of the offer are that the individual must make application, must provide a copy of their military orders, and that the credit will be given for the electric utility only. Nephi City is a member of the UMPA (Utah Municipal Power Agency) and, as such, is the owner and operator of the electric utility which makes it possible for the council to allow a credit for the power bills of the soldiers homes. The applicant must be a resie dent of Nephi City and the household during the War in Iraq. Each household of a participant in this particular conflict will be given a $75 credit for each month of the conflict and each months bill would require a separate application. The electric bill credits would be retroactive, said Chad Brough, mayor. No cash will be given but the monetary credit will be applied to the electric utility bill of the applicant. The way the program would work, said McKnight, is that if the bill for July, for example, was $68, then the electric utility credit would be the $68. But, if the bill was $85, then the credit would be $75." The same would be true if the electric power bill was $110, the credit would still be $75. Brough requested that the city staff make an effort to contact those families of soldiers who are, or have been, active military personnel activated because of the conflict of the wrar in Iraq. The war is really starting to wear on our community's soldiers, said Brough. This is one way to show our gratitude for their sendee." The policy adopted reads as head-of-th- follows. Nephi City will offer to military personnel, called into active See Credit on page 2 8 area as street from the a batch plant anymore, said Greg re-zon- served. You have before you a draft of the policy you have previously-discussethat indicates the inter- R-l-- Rowley, council member. Rowley said the company d JUST HANGING OUT We dont know why its so muih fun for Elementary School Students to hang upside down on the Monkey Bars but it is and these students at Nephi were really gettting into it on Tuesday Morning. The Weatherman is calling for cooler temperatures that will provide relief for the hot spells we had last month but we doubt it will slow down this crew! Anyone else for the upside down treatment. had looked at trying to sell the lot and they did plan to clean up the property. I also told them that Nephi Sandstone was in an industrial See Zone on page 2 Little Sahara Sand Dunes reports relatively calm holiday over Labor Day weekend By Myrna Trauntvein Times-New- s Correspondent There were 10,000 people at the Little Sahara Sand Dunes during the Labor Day Weekend but there were few problems with the crowd and few injuries. At the canyon campgrounds and at other recreation sites in Juab County, the areas were full but no problems were reported. Yuba Reservoir is empty and so had no visitors. We had one Lifeflight on Sun- day afternoon and three other minor injuries at the Sand Dunes during the weekend, said Alden Orme, Juab County Sheriff. There were also 25 illegal alcohol consumption or possession of alcohol by a minor tickets issued for the weekend, he said. One arrest for marijuana possession and illegal possession of drug paraphernalia was made. One vehicle was stolen but was quickly recovered. It was, pretty much, a calm portedly to be picked up at the trooper, Sheriff Orme, and two Little Sahara Sand Dunes office Bureau cf Land Management by friends. For some reason, the agents were on duty at the young male determined he had Dunes We had 1 1 law enforcement waited there long enough and went outside to the back of the people to manage 10,000 people building and took a BLM ve- and we had no problems which shows that the crowd was a good hicle. As he drove away, the theft one and was made up of families who just wanted to have fun, was reported over the air by radio. Orme and a deputy saw the said Orme. He said that was a lot difindividual and began pursuit. Other law enforcement officers ferent than the Easter holiday. also responded and it was ar- At that time there were 35,000 ranged to cut all possible escape people which always included a routes. group of people who were out for people who were there to enjoy a weekend with their families, he said. The holiday began w ith a windy and rainy Friday which kept the crowd confined to camps. The rest of the weekend brought good weather and sand enthusiasts enactivities. joyed Orme said the campgrounds were full and Sand Mountain also drew a capacity crowd. Our only serious injury oc- curred when a young female flipped her ATV vehicle at the bottom of Sand Mountain, said Orme. A witness rushed to the accident and began CPR on the victim who, he reported, had quit breathing. Orme said West Juab County Ambulance responded to the scene and took over the CPR effort. The young woman was then transported to Salt Lake City by medical helicopter. The other injuries were minor and consisted of a foot injury, a leg injury and a broken collar- holiday and the Sand Dunes was a family oriented holiday bone. and consisted of a good group of The car theft suspect was re The suspect, most likely, heard radio communications over the radio, said Orme. When he realized hat he was boxed in, the BLM vehicle two-wa- y car thief abandoned the BLM vehicle and took off on foot. He escaped. However, his identity was soon discovered and an arrest is pending, said Orme. was Traffic on Interstate-1UHP said but the Orme, heavy, kept problems at a minimum. Eight Juab County Sheriffs Office Road Deputies, one UHP 5 an adventure. This group was there for good, clean fun, he said. All in all, it went really well. The Sheriffs Posse members were on duty at other recreation sites and patrolled the canyons, Burraston Ponds, and all recreation areas except the Dunes. The next big holiday in Juab County will be UEA which, in many areas, is scheduled as the same time as the deer hunt. We expect to see a lot of visitors again on that weekend, said Orme. Nephi City Council members offer support for high school homecoming traditions By Myma Trauntvein Correspondent Times-New- s Nearly all the Nephi City Council members are former Juab High School students and they like the traditions they enjoyed as students the bonfire and yell out and want them to continue. However, the best place might be down at the rodeo grounds in the west parking lot which is not black-toppe- We could suggest the students approach the county commission for permission to use the rodeo grounds, but we could also tell them they could use city property," said Chad Brough, mayor. Traditions are important, agreed council members. For that reason, the council agreed to allow the students of Juab High to use city property for the big bonfire this ear. The school district owns 20 acres by Nebo Heights the students could use, said Randy McKnight, city administrator. He 6aid the district used to allow the students to burn the bonfirp near the school at its new location. We used to have the bonfire at the end of the football field," said Jim Wilkey, council member. He said that happened when the present city hall and the county building were both high school up the property before the fire buildings. What about using that same so there was no fire hazard left and have the fire department area? said Wilkev. It w as also suggested the city standby to control the fire, if might allow use of property by the needed. Then the class would need to golf course. What about allowing them to return to the site within a few use property by the Little League days and haul off any debris Field (the one on 100 North) next which did not burn completely. Is there a way to put out to Salt Creek?" asked Kent Park, council member. They could use the fire after the event?" asked the property on the south side if McKnight. The bonfire burns and then continues tn smnlce for they would dean it up first." The farmer's kids can use three days." That was w hat disturbed owntheir family's tractor and farm equipment to clean off the weeds," ers of homes near the area where the bonfire was held. said Park. It is a good tradition and I Brough said conditions of uswould would be like to see it continue," ing the citv property that the class in charge clean said Brough. ' Jg i;- - ,C - -' |