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4A Saturday From Page One Way 22 1999 Standard-Examine- r Adams KEW FACTOST: The construction Site for the new Wal-O-Me- al factory in Tremontonis located just off the Tremonton exit of H 5 ALAN MURRAY Standard-Examin- Box Elder Their efforts resulted in the creation of the Grouse Creek Economic Development Foundation At the beginning of this year the foundation received nearly $100000 in federal grant money to offer loans to entrepreneurs willing to locate in the tiny town near the Nevada border “It seems like things move a lot slower than you want them to We’re still hoping something will come of it” said JoAnn Kimber one of the foundation board members Down the road Snowville economic watched the planning process County development director would closely Mayor Mike Morgan like to see every community in said he’s been concerned about the county do And he warns if his town It is the only Utah the county’s small towns don’t town whose population is actuthe consequences could be dire ally declining “We want to see something “They just don’t recognize what’s going to happen to them happen here We need some if they don’t do anything” he business and the opportunities it would stimulate” said Last week Snowville held Already many of the rural towns in Box Elder County are their first town meeting to gen“state welfare cases” Woolley erate ideas They tentatively desaic He calls them that because cided the first orders of business much of the state funds the are to develop sewer and natural burgs receive come from the gas lines and improve water cities The lines With the improvements larger little ones can’t support them- more residents will settle and the town will look more popuselves “It’s made them dependent lated on something that won’t last byRecently Wal-Ma- rt We just need the towns here to passed remote Snowville bebe healthy not huge” cause they were concerned But not all of Box Elder cities about attracting enough employwant or can handle anything as ees They chose a site just west of Corinne for their new 860000 big as a shopping complex distribution center Facing extinction of their square-fo“All they saw were empty town two years ago 100 residents of Grouse Creek ap- fields and cows” Woolley said Bear River City and Plymproached Woolley for help The outh are in the beginning stages town gathered for meetings disof economic planning Their cussing possible avenues for revitalization wishes are basic Bear River From 1A mean thousands of dollars in tax revenue for Perry With a general fund of only about $600000 and a yearly growth rate at 30 percent Allen said the city is doing everything they can to encourage Point Perry “The impact will be almost immeasurable because it will be so great” he said Perry’s encouragement is exactly the kind of economic planning Len Woolley the Box 11-d- er high-reven- ot City wants a town hall with restrooms Plymouth needs a sewer “We need to identify problems so we can start looking for solutions It can be spooky but it needs to be done” Woolley said Corinne residents had to overcome their fear of big business when Woolley first began bringing interested companies to town Mayor DaVon Day said the town council feared a large corporation would take advantage council of their Thankfully Don Miller a reowner and tired appliance-stor- e former mayor volunteered to be the town’s economic development director “We needed someone that could go to the meetings with a knowledge of how our city is run Mr Miller is a good fit for what we need I’m very glad he volunteered” Miller helped orchestrate the arrival of the Wal-Ma- rt facility The giant retailer will eventually pay $48000 a year in taxes that could make the little things possible in the little town “We could make our park nicer” Day said “Our tennis court is pretty cracked up Right now it would take our whole yearly income to fix it” But not in the future After a new water system is installed the park will see some Wal-Ma- rt money You can reach reporter Melina Ann Wilson at 625-42or From 1A “I hope he won't come in and propose a million new changes” Teachers will get a chance to meet Adams next week when he visits the district Wednesday through Friday Many in the district did not get to meet him when district officials announced his appointment May 12 because he returned to Oregon early Adams was selected from among 20 candidates who applied for the job Bates who has served on the Jackson County board for eight years said that he and the other board members were not surprised to learn of Adam’s selection “We’ve been worried that he was going to leave for two or three years” Bates said He was on the search committee that named Adams to their board in Oregon back in 1993 Bates feels that Adams will thrive in his new situation “He’s personable and does a good job of building a consensus” Bates said “He also believes in raising the standards and gets out in the classroom” Other finalists were: Cathy Ortega Ogden’s assistant superintendent of educational services and Paul Waite director of secondary schools in the Davis School District A selection committee made up of parents students teachers district employees and community members interviewed the three finalists and gave lists of strong and weak points of each finalist to the school board After interviews with each fi- nalist the school board selected Adams He will be paid a salary of $95000 It’s been whispered that current superintendent Mike Paske-wic- z and Dick Foster a school district consultant from San Francisco may have known Adams previously and helped him get the job All three deny the rumor words read “Help! I’m trapped behind the Zion curtain” From 1A “bribes” pin is actually part of a series he’s created that poke fun at Utah culture in general “I've got a weird sense of humor” he said “Eve had Mormons and alike say “I’ve got to have one of those”’ Hathaway said Another pin comes in the shape of the state of Utah in black and features a martini glass in the middle Over the glass is a red circle with a slash through it with the words “Utah’s night life” A third pin jokes about the prevalence of the Mormon Church in Utah depicting what appear to be the gates of the LDS Temple The The “bribes” pin has special appeal however because of its link to a global news event There are no Olympic symbols on the pin he noted but most people understand implicitly the reference to the recent scandal The pin has benefited from another marketing hook as well a chance encounter at the grocery store between Hathaway and Salt Lake Mayor Deedee As Hathaway tells it he and Corradini greeted each other at a Smith’s store having known each other from past interviews Hathaway showed her the pin and her first reaction was “How cute!” Then she read the wording on the badge and promptly handed it back Pin collectors are now calling it “the pin that Deedee refuses to wear” Corradini’s office could not confirm or deny Hathaway’s sto- nt 1 con- Reporter Vaughn Kinghom tributed to this report Use your scissors here Any Haircut Off Off Any Perm Any Product Starting at 3900 Adult Cut 1095 Kids Cut 795 Cut IndgdM Shampoo Hj4JS teas nd StyW ItJUSlIW (UpMMrffdart —- Guaranteed 1M tor jM Great Haircuts Great Prices Guaranteed Great Haircuts Great Pnces Guaranteed Gnat Haircuts Great Prices M MastErGiis MasterCuts MasterCuts M fen NPS NC2 FREE Windshield! 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