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Show 95 6 7 8 9 Executives Offices Onniwest Corp. i0. lt Box 2608 . l Lake. Ut. 84110 Thursday, May 8, Price, Utah 84th Year 18 Charges city official New BLM Price City officials were alarmed learn last week that some behind the scenes dealing on the part of to Bureau of Land Management officials in Washington, D.C. threatens to transfer the proposed Southeastern District office from Price to Moab and take ten established families out of the Price area. At present, the plan to move district headquarters to Moab is only an alternative being considered by the BLM, but, already Price City is going ahead with action to let the BLM know its reservations about the move, which they claim was made with no consultation with local city officials and is a compromise to sooth tempers in Moab and Monticello. Price City will also ask for a public hearing it the Moab move appears to be a serious reality. This situation arises out of a reorganization plan proposed by the BLM in January of this year that called for the existing eight BLM districts to be consolidated into four larger districts with district headquarters to be established in Price, Richfield, Cedar City and Salt Lake City. Resource offices would be set up in 17 Utah cities including two in Price and one each in Moab and Monticello. The idea behind this reorganization was to promote better communication by establishing these district administrative headquarters inter-agenc- y Pages Price j proposal a compromise in cities where other related government agencies already existed. Price was recommended by State BLM director Paul Howard because of the existance of such agencies as the South Eastern Utah Association of Governments, the Economic Development Agency, U.S. Forest Service headquarters plus the large business and social community in the area. Howard also made it clear in his recommendations that Monticello be given special consideration in attempting to preserve as many jobs in the field office as possible. Howard said his recommendations that the four district offices would be mainly concerned with general administrative planning, progam-min- g, ( environmental analyses, coordination, and review matter and that the 17 resource area offices be primarily involved with preparing management plans, developing resource information, authorizing various uses and supervising that use. In other words, the plan was to concentrate administrative officials in one district office, thereby eliminating duplication of efforts and freeing more personnel for field work. A University of Utah analysis of the plan backed the BLM in its proposal in saying that more people would be free of administrative work thereby freeing them for field work. This, in turn, would result in resource improvement, better response to requests for use and improved use supervision. The U of U report also held that there would be a direct cost savings in such matters as internal management, administrative training, outside staff support and travel costs, both for BLM personnel and officials from other agencies who must deal with BLM administration. Economic impact to any community, either good or bad, would be minimal, said the university report but the impact to the state at large would be significant as cost savings in many areas would be greatly increase while efficiency in manpower utilization would also be greatly increased. Armed with the proposals and statistics, BLM officials went into a public hearing stage and immediately ran into stiff opposition from the citizenry of Moab and and Monticello from Utahs Congressional delegation. Moab and Monticello were afraid of the impact to the local economy of loosing BLM personnel and of a loss in service. The situation was left hanging, so Price officials thought, until last week when a release from Congressman Gunn McKays office mentioned that a new proposal was presently before the BLM whereby the proposal would be adopted as planned except that Moab would be established as the Southeastern District office. This revelation came as somewhat of a shock to Price officials who had never heard Moab mentioned as a serious consideration before. Price City administrative assistant Gary Tomsic said the greatest surprise of this situation is that even the BLM had dismissed Moab as a serious consideration in every report they had seen. Yet, suddenly, Moab was being mentioned as a top contender, above both Price and Monticello, the two locations the BLM was known to be considering. Tomsic says the main con- sideration in objecting to the Moab proposal is that it is highly unlikely that administrative efficiency will be improved by moving to Moab and thus if seems that a move to Moab is being proposed as a compromise in order to get the plan adopted. They also object to the capricious manner the BLM chose to release this new proposal by telling the Washington congressional delegation and not consulting with any local officials. Tomsic says the city is most concerned about loosing ten established families from the area, not only for economic impact such a move would create (which would be slight) but more so because of the loss in community leadership and support that Price receives from these people. ITS ; K k Steve Pappas, accompanied by sister Sharlene, seta fine example for all walkers at Saturday's Hike-Bikby coursing the entire ten mile route. Steve and Sharlene were among the 85 participants in the annual fund raising affair that each year benefits Carbon and Emery County retarded citizens. photo e S-- The Area retarded sjsiisaS coEiC'rol Sara I i Representatives from Carbon County cities, animal protection groups and even an animal trapper group had their say Tuesday as the Carbon County Commission formally adopted the proposed animal control ordinance in action at the regular county commission meeting. East Carbon City Mayor Gordon Parker appeared before the com- The expression Chris Blackburn, (wearing the Utah shirt) shows probably says a" as faster feast time drew near. Fellow kibitzers are (front row, to r) Sam Sampinos and Nick Pappas, who is cutting the traditional lamb. (Back row, to r) George Nickos, Gus Pappas and Phil Sampinos. The Greek Easter celebration fell later this year because of Greek Orthodox adherence to the Greek calendar. I I Alleged Edllers now charged with kidnap First degree murder charges Bout well. The three, if convicted, could now face the death penalty. Irvin P. Dundson, 32, Bingham; Craig Marvel, 27, Laguna Beach, Calif.; and Gypsy Allen Codianna, 25, Waterbury, Conn., accused in the execution-styl- e slaying ot Hogan, whose body was found in Crandall Canyon had preliminary hearings set for May 12, 13 and 14, respectively, but Boutwell said Tuesday he was attempting to have all the hearings moved to Thursday, May 15, the regular Law and Motion Day in Price City Court. School board Halfway mark reached on Price Elementary At Thursdays regular meeting of the Carbon County School District board, members learned from Superintendent Dennis Nelson that the construction of the new Price Elementary School is nearly one half complete and the district anticipates moving into the building by the end of November. Mr. Nelson also reported that he has met with Helper Mayor Chuck Ghirardelli about finding a solution to the dangerous condition of elementary school children walking to Sally Mauro school in Helper along the side of Spring Canyon Road. There are no sidewalks in the area and the road is heavily traversed by coal trucks. The county commission has expressed an interest in helping solve the problem and Mr Nelson sniH 15 v 3 COEiliiUSSIOn against the three men accused in the April 9 slaying of Thomas Hogan, 26, of Price were amended Monday to include aggravated kidnaping, according to County Attorney Ron No. 19 4 cities parsidpetfe Everv DICtur 1975 would be meeting with them. At the boards last meeting, several prents met with the board and urged it to take action. The issue of having Carbon High Schools baseball team play at the new Price City diamonds instead of in Helper as has been the practice for many years, was discussed at length during the meeting. Recently, the school scheduled the last home game of the season at the Helper field, but the coach has lequestcd the game be moved to Price because of the poor condition of the Helper Held. Board President A1 Bre.nick said the district has greatly appreciated the Helper Held being available to the schools and in the luture games undoubtedly will be played there. mission to discuss certain provisions of the ordinance that he felt needed clarification before cities could go ahead and adopt this ordinance and join in the countys newly instituted system of animal control. Parker said a formal intergovernmental agreement would be needed to be drawn up and adopted before cities could legally transfer funds from their treasury to the county for any services rendered. He added that a specific set of responsibilities and duties should be included in the agreement that would spell out what each city could expect to receive if they join this system. The commissioners agreed that licenses would be issued to each participating city with a special designation on each so that one could tell at a glance where the license was purchased. It was also decided that animal tags would be issued to run a full calendar year beginning each January 1 and that a full license fee would be charged regardless of the date of purchase. Parker was assured by the commission that fines accruing from violations cited within municipal boundries would go to that city if it (see Animal Control P. 2) benefitted sponsored jointly Association for the Carbon-EmerRetarded Citizens and the Price Jaycees, annually raises money for the benefit of retarded citizens in the two counties. This year, sponsors hope to get a good start toward the purchase price of a minibus for the retarded citizens. e The idea behind the is for local businesses and individuals to pledge so much for each mile covered by a participant they sponsored. The participants will be collecting pledges this week and prizes will be awarded to those turning in the largest amount of money. First prize will be a ten speed bicycle, and eight other prizes will be awarded ranging from $20 for second place to a $5 gift certificate for ninth place. Participants are urged to collect their pledges and turn the money in before this Saturday at either Keith Beardalls residence at 115 East 8th North in Price or at Veltris Drug in Helper. Winners will be announced Saturday, May 10 at 2 p.m. in the Price City Park. by Hike-Bik- e, y Hike-Bik- by Saturday Mike-Bik- e Eighty-fivpersons ranging from grade school age to senior citizens e covered the ten mile course last Saturday for the annual Carbon for retarded County citizens. Weather was perfect for the participants as fair skies and warm temperatures accompanied them on the course that ran from the Price City park along the road fronting Mont Harmon Jr. High and out to Carbonville. Hike-Bik- e Zoning commission Panel hears 5 annexation requests Five petitions for annexation to Price City were heard by the citys planning and zoning commission in a Thursday night meeting. One membir of the planning commission s id it is unusual for so many request j for annexation to come before the commission at one time. He attributed it to the water moratorium which has limited growth to the city limits. Mike Dmitrich presented a petition for a 160 acre annexation of land north and east of the Shimmin subdivision which is located east of 1100 East St. There was considerable discussion among commission members about the location of a proposed road through the area which is ultimately planned to connect with the main highway at or near the airport road. Mr. Dmitrich told the commission members the developers are intent on developing the property but cant until the road is in and they wont put the road in until they are sure the land will be annexed. Guido Rachiele, a commission member, told Mr. Dmitrich the road is the responsibility of the developers. The land requested for annexation is 160 acres and Mr. Dmitrich said the developers plan single family homes for the area. The Bunnell annexation was submitted to the commission for a second time. Speaking for it were Omar Bunnell and Sheldon Hanson, a Price auto dealer. Mark Hanson, a commission member and member of the Price City Council in charge of the water department, told the two men the city is concerned about annexing the land and then being stuck with a second hand water system in the area which needs to be replaced. The Bunnell annexation includes the area south of on both sides of the Price on highway around Koret of California, the highway maintenance shops and land south of the Bunnell Mobile Home Yard. Sheldon Hanson said he plans to U-1- build a 30,000 square feet building on his land which is the farthest south in the annexation. 0 The zoning commission passed a motion that the annexation be approved with the stipulation that the owner purchase and install water line the size of which to be specified by the Kevin Turner assumes Sun Advocate post With this issue, Kevin Turner, former editor of the Helper Journal and a graduate of the University of Utah in journalism, takes over as it was editor of the announced by publisher Robert Finney. Turner is a 1974 graduate of the University of Utah and worked as a staff reporter for the Daily Utah Chronicle, the student run newspaper. He took over as editor of the Helper Journal in August of 1974 when former editor Joe Rolando, Jr. left the post to attend the University of Utah. While serving as editor, the Helper Journal won Utah State Press Association recognition for its typography, front page layout and editorials. The new editor lives in South Price with his wife Valin, who is currently working at the Carbon Nursing Home. Taking over as editor of the Helper Journal will be Henry Hank Itkin, a former reporter at the Camarillo Daily News in Camarillo, Calif. Itkin, 24, is originally from Portland, Oregon. He graduated from the University of Oregon in Eugene Turner is taking over for former editor Larry Weist, who is moving with his family to Provo, where he has taken a position with the Provo Herald. city engineer and the annexation be amended to include the property in the southwest corner of the an- nexation. Duane Frandsen, a Price attorney, met with the planning and zoning commission and requested annexation of about 57 acres next to the Bunnell annexation which he called a companion annexation to the Bunnell annexation. Commission chairman Lamont Kartchner told Mr. Frandsen if the Bunnell Annexation ist approved by the city council, his wont be either. Mr. Frandsen said he plans housing or a trailer park for the area. Mr. Rachiele said that the nearness of the animal byproducts plant should be considered and that he would not support a motion at some future date to ask the plant to move as the area builds up. The plant was out there first when nothing else was there and any developer out there should be aware of its existance, said Mr. Rachiele. The commission asked Mr. Frandsen to present a more detailed descriptive drawing of the area at its next meeting. George Cassity met with the commission and presented a second addition of the Patterick annexation to be located directly east of the current subdivision between 300 and 500 East Streets and 900 North. He didnt present a petition of annexation to the commission, but said he would have one ready for the next meeting. Jim Byrd and Hank Smith met with the commission about an 80 acre development, for 220 dwellings to be located west of the Hill Crest subdivision on 200 East. low-co- single-famil- y st |