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No, I have never attended a rate hearing, but if the PSC can still grant rate increases to UP&L after hearing such testimony in 1984, I don't want to attend one. How can the PSC be considered a judicial body? Are they lawyers or judges? They are appointed, not elected, and can be pulled from any walk of life to serve. Poes this qualify them as judicial? I think not. Pehaps the full blame does not lie with L'PiL for high utility rates, but with their subsidiary, Emery Mining Corporation. But, could the entire management of UP&L live in ignorant bliss or could it be complete indifference? of his is plain from testimony, Coetinucd (torn Pago t )ou have your wairf Mill " are alo a coocrm "The Import U S brnd ovrr backward !o hrlp other with htile enprctcd return 11 we are going lo trade let trade m it fair for both ude!" fcfcM-Mm- by Apparrnlly Jay Gardner, of tPAL dia-- not knoa very much about the mannsrmcnl and officials New State core Subsidies plu QpmtLmEm It in-ate- d - again by I'P&L. Coal from several mines was tested. Sl'FCo being one of the mines. According to the spokesman of L'P&L, the Ash characteristics of SITCo coal were not good enough. Yet, according to the statements of Dave Bocook, and others, to J.J. Simonelli, the ash content of the E M C. mines were much higher than normal. So. what was the real reason for SL'FCo coal being rejected? Douglas Bennett, UP&L's own expert in the coal case, pointed to $3.8 million in excess equipment at E.M.C. This excess could be eliminated, saving $1 million in depreciation costs annually. E.M.C. did nothing to reduce the excess equipment, and therefore charged UP&L the $1 million in excess depreciation costs, such costs being passed along to ratepayers as part of the cost of coal. Do you wonder now why your bill keeps going up? Yet Mr. Jay Gardner says UP&L rates are no higher than anywhere else. Witnesses testified they saw new equipment and parts in scrap piles at E.M.C. This waste was passed on to UP&L, and again, the ratepayers. Makes you angry, doesnt it, to think you are paying for waste and inefficiency! One employee, Greg Johnson, said that the rock content of the coal shipped from Wilberg mine to UP&L was excessive. Johnson witnessed E.M.C. wmployees loading actual rock onto the conveyor belt for shipment to the power plant. He said miners were sometimes ordered to mine pure rock. All this tonnage was counted as coal, and billed to UP&L as coal, regardless of ash and rock content. Mr. Simonelli thinks that between 1983 and 1984, about 10 to 20 thousand tons of coal with excessive ash and rock went to the power plants. This would mean that UP&L paid for all the tonnage, but could only burn about one half of it, resulting in great waste - the cost again passed on to the ratepayers. It was said that Legrande Wilberg, (in charge of security) told documents and depositions given by former employees of E.M.C., that tremendous waste is occurring at E.M.C., passed on to UP&L as a cost of coal, hence on the rate payers. This waste amounts to multimillions of dollars. E.M.C. through certain documents, has recognized numerous areas of cost control deficits and deficiencies. There were serious questions raised in some documents and testimony dealing with insurance policies, certain insurance companies, investments and land deals concerning the Wilberg mine, owned by UP&L and operated by Savage Bros, as E.M.C., the same mine where 27 miners recently lost their lives, J.J. Simonelli made a certain statement. He said that he and Victor Cingolani, an E.M.C. employee, went underground. They saw a worker who was about to operate a piece of diesel equipment with a rag stuffed in the fuel tank. Mr. Cingolani told him to cap the tank before the equipment was operated, because the rag in the tank created a potential bomb. Simonelli that the responsible Simonelli said he had heard that individuals were trying to increase some equipment was being refueled tonnage for EMC by adding rock to the coal, and the rock content was by taking an ax to 55 gallon drums and pouring the fuel in to the not deducted from the tonnage equipment. figures from which UP&L was He also said he and Cingolani billed. were in the Wilberg mine in Doesnt it seem strange that no November or December of 1983 to one at UP&L ever found out how take pictures of the Longwall they were being duped? Or could it be they didn't care, because they (miner) operation, and while there saw barrels of fuel which looked as could recoup their losses from a if they had been pried open with a rate increase? giant can opener likely an ax. I wonder. It seems to me that Remember now, this was in the of those officers who Jay some Wilberg mine, where 27 miners lost Gardner said were full of integrity their lives. would have noticed something Miners said themselves that the wasn't Kosher. and fuel soaked into the ground :aused contamination and a fire If you bought enough flour to lazard. Does this sound like a safe make ten loaves of bread and it only nine or an efficient one? made five loaves, wouldnt you be Not long ago, after the Wilberg curious? I am. iisaster, bids were put out for coal together. They were shown the different tpesof equipment and told of the many hours of training EMTs undergo, so they can handle any emergencies that may arise n the community. GETTING THE LOW DOWN Firs! gradi siudents a! Salma Elemomary School. lo a lour of Ihe Sevier County Ambulance, and learned how the EMTs and ambulance work Gene Yardley did not approve of the exlent of government control wa willing lo approve, Congrr but felt that limited control wa necessary lo keep price wmewhal stable. Yardley said there were some problems with dairy product price supports for example, but it was better w ith them. Competing worldwide also concerned him without the governments Involvement. He pointed out that In Amenca only 15 cents of each dollar is spent on food, w bile in other countries it is as high as 50 to 80 cents. There are lots of problems w ith few answers, Yardley said. Cecil Bown felt government involvement was needed to set the basic price for a free marketplace. He felt farming is at the mercy of other economies and that although too much government involvement is bad, "for our protection a floor needs to be set to prices dont go below that." Bown felt that farmers have problems because they can produce so much for so little - compared to other countries. He stated that when this country has surpluses, other countries cant buy them due to the value of the dollar internationally, and this hurts the farmer. Better distribution of farm products worldwide was an achievable goal, according to Bown. He felt that food for crude, or some other commodity would be much better than the deficit trade situation we are in at the present. Bown felt the next few years would be rough, but that the free market system would work, if in the meantime there were price supports, so that prices paid to farmers dont go too low. Whether or not price farm Weather curriculum to be explained Principal Timothy Smith rrjwrt that the third quarter end March 22 Report card xhmdd be ready during the firxl week erf April Smith noted that on the Extended Day, March 25th, Teacher will Inal the school during regular hours They will be working lo finalize grade, prepare upcoming ubjecls. and this might provide an opportunity for parents to go to the school, discuss special problems, or areas of concern with the teachers Smith emphasized that this was not to tie turned into a parent teacher conference day, as teachers do need this time to prepare their schedules, but advised that parents might call the teacher and find out if part of this time could be used to discuss problems their student may lx having. "tte will pu.ibly be having Parent Teacher conferences at the chnl at a later date, Smith Mid Smith remind parent that thi year 8th grader will be the first graduating senior to be governed by the new State (ore Curriculum requirements An oriental ion for 8th grade students and their parent w ill be held in early April to explain the new requirement. Smith gave as an example, that as the curriculum is currently et up Athletics has counted as 2 credits of P E Under the new program. Athletics will only count as 12 credit. Many other changes will be made, and students w ill have to plan carefully, beginning with their Freshman year to complete the required subjects to insure their graduation Current precipitation it ) 26 inrbet from October Ot Last year at But same lime It was Mr. Smith reported that the NS Woke will be playing in the Slate Basketball Tournament today. March 20. at BYU. "Were pleased with our team' athletic ability, and with the support they have received from their school mates, and the community." Smith concluded. PLACE AN AD IN OUR CLASSIFIEDS! THE SALINA SUN Utah Independent Bank will pay YOU INTEREST ONE OF TWO WAYS: 1 I 1 Open a NOW ACCOUNT- - You must maintain a $500,00 BALANCE AND WE WILL PAY YOU INTEREST AT 5.25 APR. Write m al the checks you want with Open a SUPER deposit. Maintain NOW no service charge. ACCOUNT with a that balance and we MONEY MARKET RATES. This week SECD 4780-800- 0 $1000.00 will pay you 8. they earned There is an $8.00 service charge each month but you ARE GRANTED UNLIMITED CHECKWRITING. Have the Convience of writing checks, plus EARN INTEREST WITH A UTAH 60 East Main Salina, Utah 84654 Phone tnehr Want to Earn Interest on Checking? supports work or not in this area, most farmers feel they have some grave problems that will not be gone for a number of years to come. 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