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Show Utah P.i Sal-f- e State Fress Assn. Box 1327 Lake C 8tll 0 Ut 1 fcy j Parks get water, home hookups restricted A Price City has been watering its four parks and cemetery with culinary water while a moratorium forbids new household connections outside the city. According to figures released by Councilman Toy Atwood, the City dumped about 15 million gallons of drinking water at these places in July and August. This is the equivalent of what 15 homes would use in two months, he said. - It makes you wonder if we really needed the moratorium, he commented. The Division of Water Rights has forecast a poor water year ahead. Snow surveys show only a very light cover. Scofield Reservoir, with 29,300 acre feet in storage, is above its 27,000 average but well below last years 43,200. The drop in storage shows that 14,000 acre feet of water flowed out of the reservoir. If this drop is not replenished, and if another 14,000 acre feet drain out, the reservoir will be dangerously low. Mayor Walter Axelgard said Tuesday that the City has not shelved the plan yet, but that it is hesitating for engineering reasons. We need some sort of cut off system to keep untreated irrigation water from filtering into the treated water, the survey taken by the Parks Department shows the parks used 5,8 million gallons and the cemetery used 9 million gallons. Atwood said the survey was part of a study taken to see if the City could switch to irrigation water. An estimate by the Intermountain Farmers Association two years ago shows that sprinklers, pipes and pumps would have cost about $23,500. The City has not yet acted on the proposal. When we were working on the plan, it looked like wed have to use it. But then we got a good water year and it got tabled, the councilman said. Its too bad. I think the money we got from new hookups would have paid for (the irrigation system), he added. By John Serfustini Sun Advocate Managing Editor mayor said. When we talk about this cut off system, it becomes not only expensive but questionably feasible. Atwood did say that the moratorium helped curb haphazard construction in the unincorporated county. It gave the County time to plan and gave us the orderly development we wanted, he Atwood said the change to irrigation water would have had a chance during that wet year. Now that water for all uses may be scarce, he said it doesnt make much difference. Thursday, January 20, 1977 Price, Utah 86th Year Number 3 20 Pages 15c v m'-mmf- - if til V I - - h ' t ziZf' .k iBPSS, By John Serfustini Sun Advocate Managing Editor The company which supplies the houses for Prices Coves subdivision has taken control of the project to bail out the financially troubled Pacesetter Homes dealership. Papers turning the construction effort over to Interstate Homes were signed Monday. Hi J 1 f - H y J We t 'v : . Unfinished street in Coves Helper Citys request for $800,000 to upgrade the water distribution system has been rejected by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Helper applied for the funds under an election year bill which provided $10 million to each state for public Helper Mayor Chuck Ghirardelli said that since the request for $800,000 was turned down, an application for $200,000 has been made. Ghirardelli said the application is to HUD. The money would go to build two, two million gallon storage tanks. The only other project in the want every homeowner there to feel good. We want the City to feel Ingood about the subdivision, terstate president and owner Walter Wood declared Friday. Wood and coowner Larry Diehl had flown in to check the construction status of every' home and improvement at the site. area to be funded was a sewer system for Wellington, he said. Carbon-Emer- y Ghirardelli said the water system is now providing enough water for the residents of the city but a low water level will hurt the supply. Pacesetter is a dealer for Interstate. As Wood explained it, the local dealer provides the lot and the foundations for the homes and Interstate supplies the houses. His firm has developments going throughout the West, including Jackson Hole, Wyo., St. Anthony, Idaho, and Cedar City and Cleveland in Utah. Village Green Realty of Provo will handle the marketing of the project now. Sources in Price and Provo said works projects. Templeton, Linke and Associates engineering did a study of the water needs for Helper and made 16 recommendations. The major recommendation was to build two new water reservoirs. The report said the city will need a new two million gallon reservoir and a new one million gallon storage unit. The study also recommended the lining of both reservoirs to stop the large amounts of leaking water. The engineers suggested several sections of the waterline through Price Canyon be replaced to increase the flow of water to Helper. Commissioner Lee Semkin said the County has had a hard time keeping animal control officers. As a result, the animal control program has suffered. Carbon County provides animal control for all the cities on a contract basis. County Attorney Ron Boutwell said the County animal control ordinance is a model ordinance and is very workable. Semkin said the problem stemming By Joe Rolando Sun Advocate Staff Writer Silvana Caldas Marques has found high prices just as much a problem in the United States as in Brazil but a noticeable difference in the weather. She said her hardest subjects are American Problems and Biology because the teachers talk faster than she can take notes. United States is beautiful and pretty but its too cold, Carbon High School exchange student said There are differences in Brazil and the United States education systems. Miss Marques said high schools in Brazil function like grade schools in the United States in that all students stay in the same rooms with the same academic schedules. southern Brazil. She talked about living in Carbon County. Everybody tells me theres nothing to do. But theres always something to do, Miss Marques said in broken English, as she thumbed through a dictionary of Spanish terms which showed the English translation. Mrs. Taylor, who helped Miss Marques communicate, said Miss Marques could not wait for the snow. Now, Mrs. Taylor said, she wishes it would go away. She always wears three sweaters and turns the heat up. Miss Marques came to Carbon County for more than a vacation. She is a senior at Carbon High School studying the county. He said he had contacted several organizations to see what type of program could be set up. He commented that several cities and counties have contracted with the state Humane Society for animal control. working. Drama, Biology, English, Physical Education, American Problems, Spanish and Homemaking. Miss Marques, is staying with the Duane Taylors of Price, lives in Sao Paulo, a city of 11 million people in the animal control officer turnover is dogs roaming throughout from them that the animal control program they have paid for is not Brazilian student likes it here last Friday, referring to the recent snow storm. Here it is more special for some kinds of classes, she said. Was Miss Marques readily accepted at Carbon High School? Mrs. Taylor said the Carbon School District did not want to bring Miss Marques here. The disagreement between the district and the Taylors began when Mrs. Taylor read in a Salt Lake City that exchange students were assigned to newspaper different families in the state. When she approached the school district, They didnt know what I was talking about. They werent too happy and theyre not very accommodating. Continued on page Interstate doesnt expect to make much profit on the deal, Wood explained. He said his firm was using its financial muscle only to keep the Coves project afloat and preserve its good name. The company will cover all back debts and future work. No price fixing, iocai dentists say Dentists in Carbon County do not collaborate on the amounts they charge for services, the president of the Carbon Dental Association declared Monday. Dr. KentC. Lowe of Price said, When new dentists come to Carbon County they try to hold their prices around what is generally charged, but all dentists set their own fees. Lowe compared the situation to other professions and trades. Chiropractors, doctors or even carpenters dont discuss their fees, he added. The officials of Helper, Price, East Carbon, Sunnyside and Wellington met with the commissioners and told Just a little cold the Wood praised Pacesetter for its cooperation in the turnover. He said Pacesetter director Jack Turner is putting more money into the project despite the changing of control. Theres very little discussion in Carbon County about our fees, Lowe said. It has just never been a problem. Animal contra County Commissioners met with officials of the cities in the County last week to discuss the pet problems. The Price City Council at its last meeting Jan. 10 decided to see if the City could foreclose on Pacesetters improvement bond and put in the improvements itself. The City sent a letter to the bank to check on the status of the companys account, but has so far received no word on it. Developers must post a bond in an escrow account to cover these public improvements before the city will approve construction. Lowe was responding to charges by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) of price fixing and other unlawful practices that allegedly prevent patients from benefiting from competition. County, cities collaborate Carbon County is preparing a new animal control program. Pacesetter ran into trouble because it did not have enough capital to complete the project. The lack of funds brought work on public improvements such as streets and sidewalks to a standstill when unpaid contractors backed off. 2 Commissioner Jim Simone said the officers are working because the county animal shelter is disposing of about 30 stray dogs a week. Boutwell said the county ordinance requires stray animals to be held in the animal shelter for five days before they are disposed of. Semkin said one area which must be changed is dog licensing. Last year, only 138 licenses were sold in the County, he said. We need a program to sell licenses to people in the cities and in the county. About the FTC charge that the barring of advertising violates federal antitrust laws, Dr. Lowe said advertising is auamo he against ethical code of the American Dental Association. Its just not professional, said Lowe adding advertising cludes putting the dentists names in light above his office. Lowe said he has not received any opinions from other members of the Carbon Dental Association nor any information from the state association about the FTC charges. Nationally, the 124,000 member ADA has denied any But the FTC announced it would begin an investigation of the entire dental care industry to determine whether restrictions imposed by private and governmental entities on the provision of dental services may be unfair methods of competition. wrongdoing. Furthermore, the investigation will examine state or private rules regarding advertising, accreditation of dental schools, licensing requirements and transfers of licenses from one state to another. to take ambulances until vehicles find a home CEU Semkin said some cities have individuals sell the licenses and take a percentage of the fees. The present fees are $10 for unneutered males and females and $2 for neutered dogs. The College of Eastern Utah (CEU) has offered to house Carbon Hospital If the dogs owned by people were licensed, the stray animals would be easier to pick up, he commented. morning by Joe Delpha, assistant hospital administrator. He said CEU president Dean McDonald made the offer. Semkin said he would have a program for approval by the cities this week. in- ambulances until Price City remodels a storage area it agreed to provide. This was announced Friday Work is just beginning on a portion old bath house at Youth of the Memorial Pool which will house the ambulances. An agreement called for Price City to provide the labor and the hospital to provide the material. Price City is roofing companies Nolan Enterprises its contract to do contacting other to repair the roof. recently rejected the work. Insulation and other work will follow the roofing, Delpha said. |