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Show Utah Press Assoc, U67 E. 3- - Pc. Salt A Lake City, Utah t- - 25cents Wednesday November 17,1982 Number 46 Volume 93 Council approves new fire truck and study of hydro power Council The Payson City the purchase of a approved $100,000 fire truck, a study on the of feasibility in Payson Canyon, and generation met and gave assignments to the new Payson City Youth Council during a busy council meeting November 11. hydro-electr- ic The council approved the purchase of a new fire truck at a cost of $103,333 from FMC Corporation. Payson Fire Chief Doug Balzley told the council the department needed the truck to enable the city to keep a low fire Hf rating by Fire Underwriters. The cost of fire insurance purchased by Payson homeowners and businessmen is tied directly to the fire rating, Balzley said. Earlier this year, the council put aside $50,000 towards the purchase of a new fire truck. Wilson recommended using part of the $50,000 for the down payment and put the rest in time CDs to help make annual Councilman Grant Wilson payments on the truck. He also explained that the fire truck would recommended using part of the be obtained on a lease purchase annual payment from Utah County agreement. "We can pay 20 for fire protection to make the down and the rest can be financed at 8 percent interest by FMC annual payment on the truck. The council approved the purchase of for 8 years. He explained that the lease purchase meant that if the truck, which will be delivered future councils wanted to they in January 1983. The council decided to approve could return the fire truck without for a feasibility study of if plans to did not want penalty they generating electrical power from continue payments. the citys water sources in Payson Canyon. The city owns a considerable water right in Payson Canyon and there is a considerable elevation drop from the source to the mouth of the canyon. The study will examine the feasibility of a installing generating system for the city in Payson Canyon. If such a system were to be built, it would supplement the present power the city buys from Utah Power and Light Company. The city council met with the d Youth City Council and made assignments. Each YCC member is assigned to work with the mayor or a councilman. Renae Tweede, the Youth Mayor, will work with Mayor Gary n Tassainer. The other Youth and their council assign-- . ments are: Dan Money, --with present and future populations, Councilman Alan Riley; Bruce and provide adequate fire protecDon Allred, with Councilman tion. Currently, the water system Lankford; Todd Killian, with serves about 600 people through Councilman Don Christiansen; 106 connections. The proposed Tina Westwood, with Councilman project is expected to triple the Bob Sonju; and Randy Ruper, capacity of the system. with Councilman Grant Wilson. In other action, the council When funds are available for approved $3500 for weight trainthe project, Elk Ridge will repay ing equipment for the the board over a period at George Bloom, manager of the no interest. Annual payments will facility, noted that he and volunbe $14,000. The town also applied teers had completed remodeling a for a Community and Economic weight training room. He said the Development Block Grant. Board weight would be used in classes Chairman Bill M. Gibson said that planned to start as soon as the boards financial participation possible. The money for the in the project will be reduced by weights will be repaid by user fees. the grant amount. Click Ball (right) and John Dominge check over some of the craft Items for Kris Krlngles Kraft Elk Ridge to get hydro-pow- $140,000 from water board for ' ' Coun-cilme- - 12-in- Payson Art Guild creation Kris Kringles Kraft Komer er newly-electe- city water system The Utah Board of Water Resources has authorized $140,000 from its Cities Water Loan Fund to help pay for improvements to Elk Ridges water system. The cost estimated to project, $160,000, involves the installation of 1,000 feet of pipeline and construction of a 500,000 gallon water storage reservoir. Ihe town will pay $20,000 of the initial construction costs. A feasibility study of the proposed project was prepared by the Division of Water Resources, Utah Department of Natural Resources and Energy. The report indicates the town needs additional water storage to serve Bon-To- n. Kris Kringles Kraft Komer, sponsored by the Payson Com- munity Arts Guild, will open Monday, November 22, in the Color Mountain store at the corner of Utah Avenue and Main Street, d The craft store will sell items for Christmas gifts with all proceeds to go to the art guild, which will help sponsor various cultural activities in the community. The craft store will take items on consignment and sell them with a portion of the selling price going to the guild. Anyone interested in e items as selling Christmas gifts, or donating items to the guild, can contact Norm Elaine Finlinson, Smith, president of the guild, told the Chronicle. "We will be accepting items and setting up the displays at Color Mountain this Saturday Mrs. from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Smith said. She also noted that the hand-crafte- j hand-mad- It seemed like a good idea. But the then fledgling UMPA- -a consortium of Provo, Springville, Spanish Fork, Salem, Payson, Nephi, Levan and Manti-simdidnt have the money to finance a pilot project. ply tor WAPAs Salt Lake City office, went to work. In other states he found three wind velocity reWAPA could make corders available to UMPA for three years. That passed the ball back to UMPA. it would be required to install separate poles to support the recorder gear, service and power the units and absorb the cost of having the special cassette tapes removed and mailed each month for interpretation by experts and publication of the findings every three months. While other UMPA members contributed to the program, it is Robert Disbrow, superintendent of the Spanish Fork City electrical department, who is entitled to much of the credit for getting the project underway. He helped the select the sites, "planted poles and watches them like a mother hen. It is his department that is responsible for changing the recorder cassettes. It will be more than two years before UMPA knows if it has the potential for a renewable resource pump storage project. If it does, electricity consumers in the eight communities may be paying just a little bit less for their power. Regardless of the outcome, though, the project is another indication that UMPA and WAPA are involved in a continuing search for power resources that are adequate and reasonably priced to serve the public in each of the eight Central Utah cities which already reap the benefits of public power. 60-fo- Checking a control box at the base of one of three poles at the mouth of Spanish Fork Canyon are, left to right, Grant Whitehead of Springville, chairman of Utah Municipals Technical Committee; LaMar Day, Western Area Power Administration public utilities specialist and conservation officer; Barney Argyle of the Spanish Fork power department, and Robert Disbrow, superintendent of the Spanish Fork power department. 60-fo- ot Looking around for help, UMPA decided to take the idea to WAPA in Salt Lake City. There they found A.M. Calm a, area manager, and sympathetic. Wayne Cheney Howevci, they suggested more information on the velocity and frequency of the Spanish Fork Canyon wind should be obatined. Payson Chorale and the Arts Guild will also man the booth, which will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. six days a week until just before Christmas. The guild is also planning several events to draw shoppers to the downtown shopping area, including having Santa visit, beginning on December 4, carolers and Christmas music, and a drawing for a gingerbread house, donated by Pat Donahue. Nebo School Board has busy agenda Nebo School District Board of Education, in last Wednesdays regular meeting, appointed Ellis and Associates as District Auditor for 1982-8approved a recommendation by Errol J. Smith that district banking services be placed out on bid, heard a report on a state committees proposal for Utah State Clerk-Treasur- LaMar Day, public utilities specialist and conservation officer Can the wind, blowing while you sleep, make the electricity needed to cook your morning breakfast? Thats one of the questions a three-yea- r research project under way by Utah Municipal Power Agency (UMPA) hopes to answer. The study is a cooperative venture with the Department of Energys Western Area Power Administration (WAPA). Hardly anyone familiar with Spanish Fork Canyon would dispute that wind is a frequent occurrence there. But generally, it doesnt blow during the period of greatest demand for power. So while directors of the power agency several months ago were discussing the advisability of installing some windmills to learn if generators attached to them could develop enough electricity to make them worthwhile, Grant Whitehead of Springville had an idea. Why not pump storage, he questioned, using windmills to lift water up to small reservoirs in the lower foothills of the canyon? craft store will accept items on consignment anytime during the season. But, we encourage people to get items in as early as possible for better sales opportunity, she said. Click Ball, Art Guild Treasurer, noted that the store will be manned by volunteers. "The Phi Delta Cultus Club members have volunteered to help man the store and to contribute items for sale. We really appreciate their help, Mrs. Ball said. Members of the 465-459- Wind generation in the air The water would be released to make electricity when the demand for power is greatest. Afterward, it would be stored in holding ponds until the rising evening breeze provided the energy needed to pump it back to the reservoirs. Komer. The gift store, sponsored by The Payson Community Arts Guild, opens Monday. High er School Activities Associa- tion realignment for 1983-8granted a Spanish Fork High student release from mandatory attendance, directed a citizens advisory committee be reconvened to consider a suitable site for a new school west of Spanish Fork, and approved the recommendations of the Hazardous Bus Route Committee. Errol Smith, in recommending the appointment of Ellis Associates as District school Auditors for the 1982-8year, noted that Leonard Ellis has been the contact individual from firms auditing the district for the past six years. He noted, "Leonard has had a complete change ot auditing staff during the past year and we feel we would like to continue to work with him. Another recommendation by Smith was that the district bid out banking services. "The banks are now able to offer cash management accounts which will enable us to more wisely invest our money. I would like to have the opportunity to bid on banking services to avail the district of the new concepts in bank account management. 1 would propose that we ask for bids immediately with banking service under the new bid to be offered around January 1, said Mr. Smith. He also said he would prefer the bids be for periods, rather than to be renewed annually. J. Collin Allan, Nebo Board member and himself a banker, stated, when asked his opinion, that the new programs being instituted by banks this year are good ones to take advantage of. Discussion indicated the new pro Clerk-treasur- er 3 two-ye- ar grams use computers to make faster transactions, thus enabling funds to earn more interest, especially in cases where money is deposited in the afternoon and has heretofore not been placed in interest-earninfor accounts serveral hours. Mr. Allan also figured in the discussion on Utah State High School Activities Association realignment since he will represent Nebo District as part of a legislative council voting on the matter November 15 at Murray High School. The alignment favored by the Nebo Board would put Nebo schools in a group with Carbon and Pleasant Grove. It would still be called Region Eight. The proposed alignment places Cedar City in Region Ten with the g two new Dixie schools. In another matter, Board Mem- ber Maurine Hiatt recommended a Spanish Fork High student be granted a release from mandaattendance. The board tory approved the motion, which was made after conferences had been conducted between Mrs. Hiatt and the students familv. The board also directed the district staff to reconvene a citizens advisory committee in the area west of Spanish Fork in order to receive recommendations concerning the placement of a new school in that area, which includes Lake Shore, Benjamin, Palmyra, and Leland. And the board okayed a proposal by the Hazardous Bus Route Committee, presented by Director of Operations Philip Argyle, hazardous route that the 1982-8designation be given to the following: Mapleton, Lake Santaquin, 400 North West in Spanish Fork, Cut Bridge in Spanish Fork, Green Acres in Spanish Fork, Hamilton Route in Spanish Fork, Canyon Road in Spanish Fork, Spring Lake, Quail Hollow in Springville, Mountain View Hospital in Payson, 400 North East in Spanish Fork, and Canyon Drive in Springville. 3 Shore-Benjami- |