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Show From page established in 1964 to act as the local entity to contract with the United States of 1 CUP of the state, are to nominate three persons for the board. The governor then chooses the final appointee. The Board of Trustees provides a check and balance between rural and urban representation. The ap- pointed citizen board governs the affairs of the District and establishes policy. Garrett is the only one sitting on the board who has been there since its inception in 1954. He has served longer than any other director and is on the board. Ross (Garrett) is one of the 18 directors but the other 17 are committed to him and their commitment is sincere, Isaid Christiansen. ; The Central Utah Water Conservancy District is a political subdivision of the State of Utah and a part . America in connection with the construction, operation, and financing of the Central Utah Project (CUP). The purpose of the Central Utah Project was and is to enable the State of Utah to beneficially use a substantial portion of its allotted share of the Colorado River water under the Colorado River Compact. In fact, the water from the project is so important to Juab County that commissioners have considered a lawsuit to get the water they were promised under the SFN (Spanish Fork to d Nephi) portion of the long-planne- project. The District sponsors the well-respect- '.of Page 2 Nephi, Utah '2umes-Ne6i- 0 CUP which was formally CUP which includes five specific units. Each consists of a series of dams, pipelines, reservoirs, tunnels, and aqueducts designed to assist in meeting water needs of all 10 counties through approximately the year 2020. We think getting water to Juab County is a top priority, Area Weather From The Internet Wednesday... Mostly sunny... Highs around 70... South winds mph lows in the lower 40s. 10-2- 0 Thursday... Partly cloudy... Highs in the mid 60s Thursday night and Friday... Mostly clear, highs in the lower 70s, lows around 40. Friday night... Clear... Lows in the lower 40s Saturday through Monday... Mostly clear... Highs in the upper 70s lows in the lower 40s. Levan Weather Rose Godek, reporter Nephi Weather Dorothy Ball, reporter policy... The Times News welcomes opinions from its readers concerning any subject pertinent to Juab County. Letters should be to the point and must include the writers name, address and telephone number. Letters may not be used to replace advertisements, Cards of Thanks, or to list sponsors or participants to a particular event Letters to the editor will be not be accepted from any candiate that has filled for political office or from anyone supporting a filed candidate. Anything unsigned, of a libelous nature, or containing defamatory statements will not be considered for publication. 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The Times-NewNephi, Utah 2001. All rights reserved Copyright Reproduction .reuse or transmittal of all matter herein is prohibited without prior written permission by the publisher or editor. nt hearing on Thursday, Oct. 16, at the Central Utah Water Conservancy Dis- trict, 355 W. University Parkway. The supplement is a requirement of the Central Utah Project Completion Act of 1994 and must be sub- mitted every three years. According to the conservancy district, the supplement includes a districtwide conservation goal, an inventory of water conservation measures and other matters. The proposal can be accessed on the Internet at www.cuwcd.com, by mail or by calling the district at 4. Gas rates are going up for Nephi Gas Customers By Myrna Trauntvein Times-New- Correspondent s It is official, gas rates for the future will be higher and those increased rates will be passed on to Nephi residents even though the city council has selected the kindest way of handling the hike. The effective date for the new charge from the natural gas suppliers was October 1. The bill in the mailbox of local consumers will reflect the rate increase with the receipt of the November statement. The council has chosen to adopt a charge per therm plus the wholesale commodity cost which is variable on a monthly basis, said Randy McKnight, city administrator. It will be much like going to the service station to fill the car with fuel, he said. None of us know, exactly, how much the gas we put in the cars tank will cost from day to day or week to week. Nephi residents will be charged a per therm rate of $.50 1 plus the wholesale commodity cost which will vary on a monthly basis. The monthly minimum charge per customer will remain $7.50. That is the lowest any bill will be each month. Even before the long-ternatural gas fuel contract expired in September, the staff of the municipally-ownegas company began negotiations with suppliers for a replacement contract. It became obvious that a contract for the fixed rate we had at the price we had would not be possible, said McKnight. Many city residents use natural gas for heating and cooking in their residences, farmers use the utility for pumps to bring water from underground wells, and commercial users take advantage of the resource for a variety of needs. There will be an add-od n charge for service outside Nephi City limits of $0.0355 per therm. The customer used to pay $7. 10 per decatherm. Now, in addition to a base price, will be the fluctuating price of anywhere from $3 to $5 per decatherm. City staff members are expecting that the price to the customer will be something like $9 or $10 per decatherm, However, it could be more or less. The natural gas commodity, under terms of the new contract, is available to customers whose gas use does not exceed 20,000 therms in one day and is applicable to gas service for residential or commercial uses at one point of delivery. The service will remain firm within Nephi City limits and will continue to be interruptible outside Nephi City limits. The council has gone to extra pains to make certain that city residents did not have to pay more than needed any one month, said Chad Brough, mayor. The city council could have decided to charge a base rate to cover the extra cost involved but it was determined that we wanted to charge no more than necessary. However, that does mean that no one months natural gas bill will have the same variable rate. It will fluctuate and so will the bill in the mailbox. We did not want to have a guesstimated rate, said Brough. Not being a council of seers, means that the future undiscernible. We will not know what the charge has been until the month finishes, said Kent Park, council member. What is known is that in October, about 40 cents was added to the base price the city will be required to pay. That means that there really is no question that the utill be ity bill for natural commodthe and that higher ity costs will be something like pump prices at the gas station- - higher sometimes and always fluctuating. is gas-wil- House passes Cannon bill to encourage energy production The House of Representatives today passed a bill introduced by Congressman Chris Cannon (RUT) that will help increase energy production. H.R. 3062, which passed unani, amends mously by the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 to allow the Secretary of the Interior to issue separate leases for tar sand and gas and oil for the same area. We have seen dramatic increases in prices for oil and gas, especially natural gas, Cannon said in a statement on the House Floor. Current law has not just failed to stimulate the development of tar sands as an alternative to imported oil, it has restricted conventional oil and gas development on more than a million acres of land containing very promising resources. Tar sand is a valuable energy resource that we should make available to the people of Utah and all Americans who are suffering from high fuel prices. The Combined Hydrocarbon Leasing Act of 1981 requires the development of both oil and gas resources and tar sand on areas containing both deposits. However, tar sand extraction requires costly open pit mining, and since 1981, only one lease sale has occurred. Cannons legislation amends the Mining Leasing Act of 1920 to allow the development of the natural gas and oil resources separately from the tar sand. Without this amendment, current law is effectively preventing 700,000 acres of land in the Uinta Basin from being developed. The legisla tion does not modify or circumvent any environmental regulations and maintains BLM responsibility for the land. The goal of this legislation is not to weaken any environmental regulations, but simply to make available for lease more than a million acres of land that contain tremendous potential for natural gas and oil development, Cannon said. Action is in the public interest and will help increase the nations energy independence. Consider a career as a Certified Medical Assistant The last time you visited a doctors office, you may have encountered a Certified Medical Assistant (CMA). Perhaps it was the person who scheduled your appointment or who greeted you when you checked in. It could have been the person who escorted you to the exam room to ask routine health questions or to record your vital signs. A CMA may have helped you understand an item on your doctors bill or called in a prescription to your pharmacist. Those who enter the medical assisting profession enjoy contact with patients, experience a wide variety of responsibilities and thrive in environment of the a medical practice or clinic. Certified Medical Assistants perform a wide array of clinical and administrative duties with physicians of all fast-pace- d Certified Medical Assis- tants answer telephones, greet patients, update and file patient medical records, fill out insurance forms, schedule appointments, arrange for hospital admissions and laboratory services correspondence, transcribing and bookkeeping. They may take medical histories, explain treatment procedures to patients, prepare patients for examination and assist the physician throughout the exam. CMAs also collect and prepare laboratory specimens or perform basic laboratory tests. They and-hand- instruct take electrocardiograms,-remov- e practitioners, pediatricians, dressings. Most employers prefer to hire graduates of formal programs in medical assisting. Such programs are offered in postsecondary vocational schools, community and junior colleges, and in colleges and universities. Postsecond- ur e, de- Responsibilities vary pending on office location, size ary programs usually last either one year, resulting in both clinical and administraa certificate or diploma, or tive functions, reporting to an two years, resulting in an office manager, physician or associate degree. Courses other health practitioner. In cover anatomy, physiology larger healthcare settings, and medical technology, as CMAs may specialize in one well as computer applicaspecific area, such as bill- tions, transcription, record ing (administrative only or keeping, accounting and insurance processing. Students laboratory procedures (clinical only). learn laboratory techniques. and specialty. In small practices, CMAs usually perform I practices, patient relations, medical law and ethics. . cal principles, medication administration and first aid. In addition, medical as- sisting students study office See Career on page 3 NOTICE FOR THE MEMBERS OF patients about medications and special diets, prepare and administer medications as directed by a physician, authorize drug refills as directed, draw blood, prepare patients for sutures and change podiatrists, chiropractors and optometrists, among others. Most CMAs work a regular work week some work part-timevenings or weekends. clinical and diagnostic procedures, pharmaceuti- le specialties, including family 40-ho- The Times-New- s is published each Wednesday by (UPSP South Main. Nephi. Utah 84648. The Times-New- s Publishing Co., Periodical postage is paid at Nephi, Utah. POSTMASTER. Send address P. O. Bo 77. Nephi, Utah 84648 changes to The Times-NewDeadlines: News and advertising, close of business, Monday prior to publication. When a holiday falls on Monday, the deadline is the Friday prior to publication. Subscription prices Si months, 120 in or out of Juab County; one year, S24 in Juab County, $30 outside Juab County, payable in advance. No subscriptions accepted for less than six month. Single copy price, bursable costs of the CUP. The Central Utah Wa- pal, industrial, irrigation, hydroelectric power, fish, ter Conservancy District wildlife, conservation, and Christiansen has asked represents the citizens of a recreation purposes. The District has develarea in administhe local water conservancy of and sevoped water treatment facilidelivery district to put together tration, sale, ties in several communities. Utah for Central the so some water that eral projects could be done in the next few Project (CUP), as well as the These facilities supply qualto comply years. Those projects would operation and maintenance of ity culinary water state ever with facilities. CUP to increasing the water the county bring and federal drinking water I didnt inherit a project and could be done fairly soon and would not be part of the without problems and with standards and regulations. The 10 counties now inoriginal CUP plan. promises which had been in the CUWCD are volved The District, primarily a made which were imposChrissaid to to Duchesne, Garfield, Piute, other sible wholesaler of water keep, cities and agencies, has the tiansen. I am not here Sanpete, Juab, Salt Lake, responsibility to plan, design, to blow smoke. I think we Summit, Wasatch, Uintah have made a lot of progress and Utah Counties. construct, operate, and mainA possible addition to in the 20 years I have been tain Project facilities, adminima ister the sale and delivery of around. be will the the and Water provement plan developed by repay the Project water, federal government the reim- - CUP is used for munici- - subject of a 7 p.m. public said Neil Cook, county commissioner. 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