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Show V I i 0x 1 V 1 1327 JCtiV0 Press Assn. 1 w r, ItaA NiW! Volume 80, Number 15 Brigham City, Utah, Sunday Morning, April 10, 1977 1 0 TWENTY CENTS Pages Hinges on zone change, builder says V ,V f, f t' 0p ft 'f p f a AS- p i? '' w WERE credited with starting this tire which, whipped by a strong south wind, raced across brush and mountainside land east of Perry Satur- day. The blaze was reported under control by early 4 X 5h8ssao CAMPERS grass-covere- ' . v. Jfs && ;v & ;V ish a A- , ... . f the background ore two of an estimated 30 men who battles the fire in its early stages. District Fire Warden D i ira bh A large discount department store will be built in Brigham City this year with construction to begin within the next six weeks. This was the disclosure Friday of S. M. Horman, president of Horman Construction company, Salt Lake City. The project is conditional, however, upon rezoning of property on south Main street for commercial use, he pointed out. The city council Thursday night set April 28 as the date for a public hearing on the zoning proposal. Councilman Doug Wight said the requested zone change had passed scrutiny of the city planning commission and received concurrence of abutting residential property owners. The land is located between Fishburn drive and 990 South with frontage on Main Street. is zoned for commercial use. However, the west portion is currently Rl-- 8 (residential) and the proposal is to change it to CD (commercial). The developer has 6.1 acres and is negotiating to acquire an adjacent parcel of about two acres. The latter already Horman said plans are to construct a store containing about 100,000 square feet to start with, estimating it will take from five to six months to complete. If the additional land is obtained then .ve would build additional stores, he At Friday hearing Silver Beehive gets rate boost Silver Beehive Telephone company operating in western Box Elder county has received a rate increase of nearly $2,200 a year following a public hearing Friday in Tremonton. The Utah Public Service commission, however, laid down several stipulations in its order granting the increase, requested by owner Art Brothers. These stipulations included an audit of firms books and reports on the firms physical plant condition, which resulted after two residents of Park Valley explained problems they have encountered as users of the systems. The increase was to become effective 20 days after notice is published, to allow time for protesting parties to appeal. The increase will mean a $2 to $3 per month increase to customers, ranging the from $2 more for a single party business phone to $3 a month more for a telephone. A private line now costs $10 a month and will increase to $12.50, while a y line will soon cost $11.50 per month. After relatively brief testimony from Brothers and the Utah Division of Public Utitlities, the hearing was opened to citizens comments. Only two residents of the area were on hand and both made statements. James R. Keaton of Park Valley told commissioners that advertising was not adequate to alert all the citizens of the area and asked that further meetings be held closer to where customers reside. Keaton said he wasnt there to challenge the rate increase but to point out a few problems customers have. He said there is not direct dialing system two-part- y two-part- and he sometimes waits up to 15 minutes to reach an operator to place a long distance call. Keaton said they have frequent outages at times for as many as 10 days. He blamed this on to obsolete equipment and jerryrigging where telephone lines are placed on fence posts and run on the ground along side fence posts. Keaton said he was pleased with the way Brothers took prompt care of outage problems, after residents were able to contact him. After a recess, commissioners read an order granting the requested rate increase, but giving the Division of Public Utilities the right to the hearing after an audit of the firm. Silver Beehive was ordered to publish the order in local newspapers to give re-op- protestants 20 days in which to appeal because the commission felt there may have been a lack of proper advertising of the hearing. The commission further ordered Brothers to make changes in accounting proceedures, directed a joint report on direct dialing of utilities study to evaluate the entire system and to investigate the lack of operator response for the companys customers making toll calls. Brothers was also directed to keep the commission appraised of the progress of a line to Kelton and told him to submit a request to the Box Elder county commission to land his aircraft on county roads. Brothers was directed to bring a certified copy of the minutes of the meeting to the commission whether granted permission or not. m dl ira fiir u' for explained. The Salt Lake firm will construct and lease the building to a company which prefers not to be named at this time, Horman stated. The Salt Lake construction firm has built 14 different shopping centers. Its which biggest was Cottonwood Mall Horman said his company still owns with Valley Fair Mall the second-largeproject. Both are in the Salt Lake valley. Councilman Wight said a discount department store is needed in Brigham City, based on findings of the most recent downtown study here. Its kind of an exciting development, he said during Thursdays weekly council meeting. The official said it wont detract from the downtown area but should serve to keep local people at home to spend their eiifiy shopping dollars. And this will benefit the total business community. He said the downtown study indicated that local people spend 45 percent of their money out of town. If this were spent in Brigham City, it would bring an estimated $286,000 more to the city in local option sales tax revenue. In other business Thursday, the council stamped its approval on a plat containing eight lots in Cherry Wood Estates subdivision. The lots are located in the area of 800 North and 250 West. It was disclosed that Pine View water allocations for this year have been revised upward from 30 percent of normal, as previously reported, to 50 percent. Recent snows which have helped the water picture were credited with the more liberal outlook. 'Best dressed' honor planned at Spike event Style of dress will take a backward step on Tuesday, May 10, when the annual Golden Spike ceremony is staged at Promontory Summit in Box Elder county. Its long been a tradition that persons attending the program be encouraged to wear western dress or clothing of the Golden Spike era. This year prizes are being offered in a best dress" contest. We believe it adds to the spirit and enjoyment of the yearly program and reenactment when spectators wear period attire. To emphasize this feature, directors of the Golden Spike Association of Box Elder County have decided to recognize those judged particularly outstanding in their dress, said Dr. Peter C. Knudson, association president. Copies of John Stewarts book, Iron Trail to the Golden Spike will be presented to the man and woman who gain the judges nod. And souvenir spikes will go to the boy and girl winners. Judging is scheduled to take place beginning at 10 a.m. at the program area. The yearly ceremony, sponsored since 1951 by the Box Elder association, commemorates the driving of the Golden Spike on May 10, 1869 to link this countrys first transcontin-entia- l railroad. A costumed cast again will portray the figures in that epic event with a variety of preliminary entertainment also planned, including folk singing, story-tellinand dancing. The program is conducted in cooperation with the National Park service which operates Golden Spike National Historic site, located 32 miles west of Brigham City via Corinne and the Thiokol highway. g For environment improvement Kiwanis airs I I contest plans The Brigham City Kiwanis club announced this week it again is sponsoring an environment improvement contest and offering $50 savings bonds to winners. This will mark the fourth year for the competition which is intended to recognize efforts by local residents to improve the appearance of their property. There are two catagories improved lots and unimproved lots. The former includes those properties on which a home already stands. Steps taken to upgrade the condition of the house or lot (or both) will be recorded by judges in determining the winner. The second catagory, unimproved lots, will be judged on the basis of cleanup and maintenance accomplished. The underlying intent is to encourage landscape or environmental improvements in the community, said Jeff Thorne Kiwanis club president. The deadline for submitting entries is Thursday, April 21, with jtidges scheduled to make their initial inspection the same week. They will observe each lot and home, take notes and pictures, and then return in early October to gauge how much progress ft ft s has been made. Owners of olders homes who plan to improve the outside appearance this year are encouraged to enter as well as other property owners, the club president said. Winners will be honored during a special awards luncheon next fall. I I Thorne announced also this week that Kiwanis will sponsor Yard of the Month competition this summer, something its been doing since 1968. This is a program which recognizes local home owners for achievement in outstanding yard care. A winner is selected monthly for June, July, August and September and a grand winner is named from among them at summers end. Thorne said, as in the past, each monthly winner will receive an engraved plaque, these to be presented at the fall awards luncheon. Initial entries will be solicited in late June. Th Kiwanis-sponsore- d projects are conducted in cooperation with the Brigham City Beautification committee, and Box Elder News and Journal. l Sr Board will open soccer field bids Bid opening on development of a soccer field at Box Elder High school is scheduled Wednesday, April 13, when the Box Elder Board of Education next meets. The session will begin at 8 p.m. in the board room, 230 West Second South in Brigham City. The complete agenda can be found on Page 3. THIS WAS HOW A good number of Utahns spent Friday afternoon, fishing and Bay State park's north marina. The strolling along the beach at Willard angling generally was good and the weather was warm as a few even went swimming. Park has become a popular northern Utah recreation spot. |