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Show News Ambulant e Phone 529-367- Phone 1 1 529-33- 2 Vol. 37 No. 17 Thursday, October Deer Hunters Ball Next to Saturday, Oct. (the opening day of buck deer general season) Thursday, Oct. 20 (the annual Deer Hunters Ball) is the most important date in October. North Sevier The and Jaycettes Jaycees will sponsor the Deer Hunters Ball, music by the band Chapparel, beginning at 9 p.m. in the old North Sevier High School gym. Tickets are $2 single and $3.50 tor a coupie. Prizes will be awarded at the dance. A bake sale will be held by the Jaycettes on Friday, Oct. 21. In addition to the dance, the Jaycees and the auxiliary are now selling Community Birthday 22 Maurice Rasmussen Reed Lorentzen Salina Democratic Candidates Democratic candidates for Salma Mayor and City Councilmen are Kay Maurice J. Nielsen, Rasmussen and Reed Lorentzen. They will oppose Republican candidates Leah Conover, Wesley Cherry, and J. Richard Criswell in the Nov. election. NIELSEN Democratic candidate for Salina Mayor Kay J. Nielsen listed three reasons for seeking the position: First, he is not pleased with the present KAY JAMES administrations per- formance; second, he feels Salina is the best town in the world; and third, he is able to devote full time to the job. A native of Salina, and his wife four returned Evelyn Nielsen years ago to the Sandy Lane home in which he was born 53 years ago. Now retired, Nielsen worked for 23 years as a medical radiological technician. Nielsen said he considers the mayors job a e responsibility, although there never has been anyone to devote full time to it in the past. Salina City gover full-tim- nment now can achieve some valuable goals, because the city council that will back me is a the one, strong Democratic candidate stated. He said after observing the phenomenal growth of the city over the past four years, he sees real needs. Law enforcement is one. In the future, the citizens of Salina are going to have to look at updating our law enforcement system. For now, we simply need to see to it that what, we have cont. on page 7 Aurora Names Candidates Brent Taylor and Mar- town officers chose to run vin Mason will vie for the for Retiring will election the of of following mayor position who be Dan Thompson, Aurora in the November has served as mayor for 1st election. Taylor was nominated the past eight years; by the Independent Par- Thurel Mason, who has ty, and Mason by the been a councilman for Citizens Party in the eight years, and Eldon political conventions held Mason, who has served the past four years as Oct. 6. None of the incumbent councilman. Go Ask Alice, a film depicting the true story of a teen-ag- e girl who become to addicted drugs and eventually dies from an overdose, will be shown at 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13 at the Back to School night for parents of North Sevier School High students. The film, which will be shown is the high school auditorium, is based on the girls diary. It will be shown during school to the students. The Junior High School band also will perform at the special night, sponsored jointly by the PTA and the school. Parent-teachconferences will be scheduled at a later er date. Wildlife Sevier Association will hold its final Hunter Safety Course for the year at the Richfield High School Little Theatre from Tuesday, October 18 through Thursday, October 20. Classes will be held from 5:30 to 8:30 P.M. each day. A fee of $2.00 per student will be the collected first evening. A certificate of completion from such a course is required of all new applicants for Utah hunting licenses if they are under 21 years of age. Interested young hunters for should g course the at the sporting goods counter of Bucks Country in Richfield before pre-regist- er three-evenin- 529-726- or 9 529-713- 8. Immunization for coun- Candidates Set Bradley Clinic Johnson and Ronald An immunization clinic Nuzman, Citizens Par- for children will be held ty; and Neale Christen- from 9 until 10 a.m. sen and Kendall SorenFriday, Oct. 14 in the son, Independent Party. basement of the Salina is Eldon Mason of the second and third ward Chairman Citizens Party and Bert church. Dr. Gaylon Peterson Tuft is Chairman of the imwill administer Independent Party. munization shots for childhood various the with diseases assistance of Mrs. Wally cilmen are Sevier Wildlife Assoc Hunter Safety Course Back To School Night Calendars. Price of the calendars, which list birthdays of local residents, are $2.50 plus 25 cents for each listing. Members of the clubs will contact local residents, but anyone who is not contacted by the end of October and is interested in purchasing a calendar may call Nelson, R.N., with the sponsoring Central Utah District Health Deparclosing on Monday, tment. tober 17. A small charge is made The 1977 Utah general deer hunt starts Satur- for the immunizations, day, October 22 and the which include (DPT) Utah pheasant season Oc- November 5. Saturday, Farm Bureau Policy Meeting Policy development meeting of the Sevier County Farm Bureau will be held at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 19 at the Salina Library. Other meetings will be held at the Venice Recreational Hall, Wednesday, Oct. 19 at 7:30 p.m. and at the Hall Monroe City 18 7:30 at Oct. Tuesday, p.m. measler-mumps-Rubel- Two men, including Salinas Police Chief, escaped with minor injuries in a spectacular airplane crash Sunday morning just west of Acord Lakes landing strip. The plane, a Cessna Skyhawk 172 which carries four passengers, was piloted by Mike Delaney, 30, of Corona, California. Police Chief Gordon Kiesel, 43, was his passenger. The plane had just taken off about 8:30 A.M. from the landing strip about 27 miles east of Salina, at An immunization clinic also is held the first Monday morning of each month at the Health Department office, 201 E. 500 N., Richfield, from 8,000 feet elevation, and was airborne, headed west about 300 yards from the airstrip. It has not been definitely determined Corona, California, who had flown with Delaney to Salina to take delivery on a new truck from Kay Lou Chevrolet. Mault was at the Kiesel summer home at Acord Lake at the time of the crash. Witnesses to the accident were Mr. and Mrs. Don H. Reid, of Tooele, and Mr. and Mrs. John Reid, of Layton. Sheriff Rex Huntsman and Deputy Sheriff Cecil Sorenson a made preliminary inspection of the wreck prior to the broken. Owner of the wrecked plane is Doug Mault, of called out the North Sevier Sheriffs Jeep Posse to guard the arrival of Federal Aviation Administration inspector Herbert Shannon from Salt Lake City later in the day. Sheriff Huntsman wreckage until Shannon completed his inspection. Posse members on duty included Comman- der Jack Wood, Vice Commander Melvin Briggs, and members Chad Beach, Christensen, Mickelson, Lyn Dave Bry Rasmussen, and Wesley Cherry. Sundays crash was the second in the past two months in the Salina area. Three Utah County men were killed August their Cessna crashed about 25 miles east of Salina, 17th when 172F about yards south of 70. The plane was following the highway, flying under the cloud cover, when the wing tip hit a ridgetop. 500 Interstate Local Youngsters Max; Have Deadly Dynamite From Building Old dynamite, described as very unstable, as well as quite powerful, may have been taken by youngsters who A Blood Pressure and broke into three old Diabetic Clinic will be buildings behind Sunheld Oct. 14th at 2:30 beam Coal earlier this p.m. in the Legion Hall. week. The nitroglycerin was Flu shots will also be 8:30-:30a.- what caused the plane to crash. The consensus is that a downdraft caused the plane to crash to the earth. The right landing gear was crushed by the force of the impact and the plane skidded about 75 yards before the right wing tip hit the ground, spinning it to face the east. The craft was totally demolished. Delaney and Chief Kiesel were taken to Sevier Valley Hospital in Richfield and treated for minor cuts and bruises before being released. The pilots nose struck and broke one of the instruments in the plane, but no bones were PARENTS BEWARE! la (MMR) and polio. Fifteen Cents Police Chief Narrowly Escapes In Plane Crash diptheria-pertussis-tetan- begins 13, 1977 Redmond Clinic Set from the leaking dynamite, forming beads on the outside, according to employes of the facilities, operated under contract to Southern Utah Fuel. Small tennis shoe prints were found around the buildings, which were given. This is sponsored by the Senior Citizens. broken into between 3:30 p.m. Monday and 10 a.m. Tuesday. Windows were broken and grease tubes broken and open smeared over the floor. The buildings are used for coal sampling and crushing. Anyone having infor mation regarding the incident is asked to contact Jim McElfresh, to prevent possibly injury to any youngster 529-742- 9, The only item reported stolen is a sealing machine, about nine inches long and electrically operated. Swneir IPepoalatnaDim CmM ID)nuaMe Dim 5 Yesnrs Sevier Countys population could double within the next five to ten years, to an estimated 13,240 persons, according to conserative figures from three federal agencies involved in an Environmental Impact Statement for the region. A news release from Comthe missioners organization in Richfield projects the creation of 3,310 new jobs in Sevier County if all the are coal leases developed. With the new jobs, the total population increase is estimated at Six-Coun- ty able to proceed, tne release states, there maximum population of will be possibly as many 19,940 persons could be as four mines beginning reached, according to the operations within the preliminary employment next year and a half. and population impact Up to 12 million tons of coal annually could be figures from the U.S. out of eastern mined Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management Sevier County within the and U.S. Geological Sur- next five to ten years. If vey, who are preparing additional transportation the Regional Coal En- is not installed, a coal vironmental Impact truck could come out of Salina Canyon every 30 Study. coal FIS is seconds. The The coal development, scheduled for completion and 1978. resulting population by June, If there are no further increase, will create a delavs and coal leasing is need for 3.000 new 13,240 persons. A theoretical housing units within the next five to seven years, the to according statement. Seven communities are targeted for significant impact from coal mining development in Salina Canyon. They are Gunnison, Centerfield, Redmond, Salina, Aurora, Sigurd and Ricf ield. Taxing revenue from the development of the is coal resource estimated at $12.8 million The construction time necessary to open a coai mine is given as ap proximately one year for each mine, the commissioners organization statement continues. First year production for a coal mine is estimated at about a halfmillion tons; second-yea- r production at 500,000 jto 750,000 tons; and fourth year maximum production at two million tons. The total production within the five to ten year time period of the EIS could reach 12 million tons annually, which is considerably more than the total production from Utahs other major coal producing counties (Car- Emery and Carbon Counbon and Emery) which ty coal mines. turned out about 7.7 The commuter traffic million tons of coal last is expected to increase year. even more this year due Housing impact, the ef- to a recent Department fects of a large numbers of Transportation of mobile homes, and the decision to keep the financial and taxing mountain road open of comstructures d on a trial munities are just a few of basis. the many problems Loa, and Bicknell, which will be addressed Torrey, as well as otner, in detail in the final EIS. comunincorporated Some study also is munities in Wayne Counbeing made of the Fair-viety are being studied as and Mt. Pleasant they relate to coal area, because of workers development. There is a who drive up Fairview possibility of the InterCanyon on Utah 31 to. mountain Power Project year-roun- w being constructed m that county. If the project is constructed, most of the coal to feed the power plant will come from Sevier County, and increase the and coal population estimates production even more. Purpose of the EIS is to determine social, cultural and economic impacts of coal leasing in souty central Utah. It also assesses the ability of existing communities to support rapid and development population increases. -- |