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Show qmmm Millard County Progress, Fillmore, Utah 84631, Friday, March 27, Page XOSH the average for all farm workers was $3.90 per tlv less than received the average during October of 1980. but 14 cents per hour than the average of a year earlier. Dutson is Preferred Man hour-sligh- Farm wages up KAPERS Dathcl WhitakeA The following changes in some old homes in Kanosh and the addition of others will hopefully be of interest to former Kanosh residents. Since a fire did exten- sive damage to the old home of the late Watts some months back, his son Raymond and others have had the inside remodeled and the outside bricked, which makes a very attractive home. Across the street is the former Alice Watts home, which is a big, It is beautiful home. owned by the Starr family. It has been referred to as the house with the seven gables. The home cf the late Anne Hutton is being built on to by its owners, Margene and Cleve Christensen. Two new homes stand on the Turner lot. The one on the south is owned by Mr. and Mrs. Tim Tur ner. On the north is the new home of Homer and Thelma (Brunson) Old- field, who just moved into Kanosh and we welcome them here. Three trailer homes are occupied on the north side of the road going toward Kanosh Canyon. Near these homes is a new diesel and automotive repair shop, which Marion Kesler is having built. Eleven ladies met at Wil-for- d Kanosh were Mr. and Mrs. Chester Perkins, Mr. and Mrs. Willard Whitaker, Nina Black, Nora Price, Mr. and Mrs. Steve Stott, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Whatcott, and Melvin Whitaker. Willard and Dathel their having enjoyed five grandchidlren from Kanab spend four days with them while their parents, Bruce and Leah Bungint, chaperoned a busload of studentbody to the basketball tournament in Provo. Bruce is also the bus driver. in While Kanosh, Gerund celebrated his on eleventh birthday March 20 and invited Uncle Melvins and Aunt Anita's families down to Grandma's to help eat his birthday cake and ice cream. Johnson from w Katie Orem was a house guest of Sherri Whitaker over the weekend The Kanosh Primary children did a fine job in Sacrament meeting on March 22 when they presented their program Families can be to- Day from S' L Average hourly wage rales for Utah farm workers continue to increase, according to the Utah During January, 1981. a total of 11,000 workers were involved with the farm winter routine chores and marketing of commodities stored on 1C farm. Of this total. 8.000 were family workers and 3.000 wre hired. His hv I runners-u- p Tri-De- ls "Whip-It- Next was a skit about Gilligan's Island by Audrey Terrell, Vicki Bishop and Suzie Redd. Justin Taylor, a three-yea- r old sang a cowboy song and d played his guitar. skit by the A Digestive irie hie pint-size- In last weeks Progress, the name of one of the participants in the Dance FestlvaI was, incorrectly reported as Mark Hunter. His name is Troy Hunter Mark. Mr! and Mrs. Grant Robinson went to Salt demonstrate his wite Wendy, and ter Mary and her friend Grant Robinson. Nancy, Sherry Wilburn from Sat- t0 Mnday' employed at the ith of Utah Me- University while their parents were dical Center. at tbe temP'e Jean Neilson was Mr. and Mrs. John Chairwoman of this (Ranae) Eberle enjoyed wards Rei:ef Society Rulon Dutson included lips, teeth, tongue, fat bodies, a banana and a teacher. The cheerleaders danced to the song Take it to the Top. Men The Preferred finalists performed a march taught to them by the Tri- - nannioSirito dh- - held March 17 in the Cul- Hall. Jean said she had some excellent help in planning, etc. On the B V drer e? Merrily Anderson b"atensen- Lynell VanderMeide and Ilena Tomkinson decor- Wi," a march maneuver. Then came the cookie auction. Each candidate was required to bake a batch of cookies and then the final was judged. Rick Moodys cookies received the "Best Tasting Award. Chris Brown received the award for the Flatest Cookies. The cookies sold for prices Tri-De- . Who, Who, Who? Adams doing a toothbrush skit. Teresa Talbot did a dance to the theme song, Since You Asked. Following the theme song the Preferred Men were escorted on stage and asked a question and had to Tri-De- ls i, Shelly Mindy Moody sang Hes so Shy followed by Connie Pace, Lisa Topham, Edie Gross, Janet Eliason and LeAnn were Rick to TriDel According officers the voting was very close, both for the preferred man finalists and the preferred man. Those men in the finals were Jake Smith, Reggie Bliss, Ryan Western, Russ Church, Scott Holman, Chris Brown, Kipp Oppenheimer, Rulon Dutson, Rick Moody and Kevin Church. The put on an for the assembly studentbody. The first number was a dance from the to a song called Cox, and Cynthia Memmott Moody and Kevin Church. S ft FLOWELLf Dels. The music was a song by the Blues Brothers, Give Me Some Lovin." Rulon Dutson is the preferred man at Delta High e School. He managed to score nine other contestants in the recent activities sponsored by the Livestock and Crop Dur- Service. Reporting ing 1980. the annual and average wage for all farm workers was $3.92 per hour-- 60 cents more than in 1979. and $1.17 more than in 1978. The 1980 bcr farm workers during annual average for Utah 1980 totaled 22,000, 16.000 were was 26 cents more than of which the national average, family workers and 6,000 During January. 1981. w ere hired. 22! ated the tables beauti-tura- l funy in an appropriate St. Patricks Day theme, Ilena was in charge of srac invited guests. 98 people sat down t0 enjoy this delicious roast beef din- ner While I do not consider myself an authority on birds, I am certainly a great admirer of them, with a few exceptions of I understand course. there are over 680 indi- vidual species on this continent. It has always been a thrill to me to listen to the melodious tones of the beautiful song birds in our area, The Creator has dowed them with their own special talent and adorned them in fluffy gowns of splendor tagged 7tb H.ls ow" labels distinction. Creation of such a variety of indescribable colors that blend or accentuate, complement or separate the individual and make each one special in its own right, seems to be reserved to a more perfect creature. As surely as the winter months compel many of the flock to head for the warmer climates, of budding fragrance spring beckons them back and large congregations blackbirds of assemble for their annual festival to officially proclaim the approach of a new season. What a thrill to listen to the music of this unmatched choir as the melody as the melody ascends to heaven and entreats those with ability to appreciate. The antagonizing starling who appears to be the scavenger of the flock makes it difficult for the red-wing- by Barry McWilliams week. They were on their way south for an extended vacation. Visiting at the home of Alice and Vernon Christensen have been Rogers. Marguerite Har- - her parents, Mr. and ris gave the lesson on Mrs. Young, Rigby Portrait of a Danish and her sister Marlys Family. and famjiyi and brother were Cless and Refreshments family. served by Utahna and Dathel. .A delightful evening off t0 Egyp, ney were by grandson ward on Tuesday. March ycompanied Rob,son 50,1 17 as thev celebrated SPen.cer Travis Robinson, the organization of Relief As LuIa and Children . 4 c Bemis March 16 for their monthly D.U.P. meet g. The history on Ferney Tndal was read by Helen in thLe City Those attending the G.e?rge w,as. she was relatives, visiting Manti Temple Wednes- - on hand to hid Kevin fare- - (Serena) Chnstensen and little son Brandon went to the Manti Temple March 21 to be sealed together as a family. Going from I51CO lggftfiVgfj iRgynflglEtJJ rest of his society since he is generally a thief, more inclined to sponge on his neighbors and steal from them. More comforting to man than the ignoble starling type is the soothing coo of a dove, the assuring melody of a meadowlark, the chatting voice of the stellers jay, peaceful tones of the bluebird, the indusof the trious wood pecker and the qui eting chirp of the robin in (be evening, which con- veys a message of tran- quility unlike that of a cassette. The odds against many of these choice birds for survival is tremendous. Far too often they are caught in the crossfire of mans effort to defend his crops against hordes of invading insects upon which our fair feathered friends subsist. Unfortunately, many succumb to the effects 0f p0js0n spray, while others become casualties of a speeding bullet or BB sent by someone who has failed to catch the vision and may not even care. The wise old owl sits in his majesty magnified by the halo of a glowing moon, yellow seems to sit in judgment and in an apparent effort to render a decree against asks. encroachment. Who, Who. Who? Oh well, do you think we would really miss them if all of a sudden there were no more birds? Roller skates to be returned 0 Trim 5 another brother, Lester, hi, wife Sonja. and from brothers Cedar City Eldon and his wife Bar- bra- - BishP Kent Swa, low. his wife Peggy and bishops counselors Don wife and Tomkinson David Ellison, Ilena, has Roller skates on loan torial Statehouse, to us from Utah Lake ben assured the skates be available next State Park for public use d at the Pod .wilL be re- - winter on request. on April 1 ac- - lie support for our g t. to previous agree- - imental project by Max Martin, sonal contact and letters Terri- - is very much appreciated. Superintendent. Pub-turne- exper-cordin- per-men- WHO SERVES YOU WITH ELECTRICITY? With electric rate increases becoming almost a common announcement these days and as each increase always bring questions among the electric customers of why and who caused it. maybe now is the time for an explanation to both the longtime customers and tbe many new customers of the area who are not acquainted with the electric utilities who serve them. Fillmore City, Holden, Meadow, Kanosh, and Oak City all own their own individual municipal electric systems and serve their customers in the corporate limits of the city. The city councils and town boards direct and manage their municipal utility with full responsibility for its sound financial operation. All electric revenues over and above expenses become part of the city's funds. Utah Power and Light Co. is a private electric utility serving Scipio. Greenwood. McCornick and West Millard County, with the exception of Snake Valley, which is served by Ml. Wheeler Power Assn., a Rural Electric Cooperative. Flowell Electric Association, Inc. is a rural electric cooperative serving the area outside the city limits of Fillmore. Meadow, and Kanosh from Pahvant on the north to Baker Canyon on the south. The relationship between Flowell Electric and Fillmore, Holden, Meadow and Kanosh needs further explanation, because we are directly involved in the operation of their electric system. Flowell Electric Association is a electric cooperative owned by the customers it serves. Fillmore, Meadow. Kanosh and Holden are members of Flowell Electric. Flowell Electric was organized in 1945 to build an electric system to the unserved people in the Flowcll-Pahvan- t area. In I9S7 the system was expanded to cover all unserved customers in East Millard County including irrigation pump wells. Over the years Howell Electric developed a electric crew with good equipment and expertise in building, maintaining and operating an elcclric system. For many years Flowell Elcclric has assisted the towns with their line work, especially the small towns, and in the last six years all the municipals have entered into an Operating A Maintenance Agreement with Flowell Electric, contractually obligating Flowell Electric to do the work on the various systems subject to the approval of their council or boards. At the present time Flowell Electric has the IT in n:-- 4 'I Why are Electric Rates i I Continuing full responsibility for power outages, line maintenance, service calls, new connections, and line construction in Holden, Fillmore. Meadow, Kanosh and Flowell. Howell Electric is also called upon for many special services such as monthly power supply meetings, systems studies and reports, street and park lighting, airport lighting, water system electrical problems. Christmas decorations, and Fourth of July decorations. This contract arrangement is an obvious advantage to the small towns as it would be very difficult or impossible for them to finance their ow n line crew w ith the expertise and equipment Howell Electric basis. With Fillmore the advantages are provides on the same although with Fillmore's size they coul4 maintain a small crew of their own for the costs they have been paying. Flowell Electric, being a cooperative, operates these service contracts on a cost-onlbasis. The billing passes on direct labor costs, direct equipment costs, and direct material costs involved for each job or service. The advantage for Flowell Electric is that it permits a larger line crew that is better trained, with better back-ufor 24 hour day in, day out, man availability, h also utilizes some very expensive equipment on a more continuous basis. Now an explanation on electric rates. Oak City, Holden, Fillmore, Meadow, Kanosh and Howell have one thing in common; our wholesale power source is the same. Each of us has an allocation of inexpensive power from the Upper Colorado River Storage Project and up to November 1980 the balance of our power needs came from purchases from Utah Power A Light. In October 1980 purchase of a port bn of the Hunter II power plan was completed and in November purchase of supplemental power started coming from this source. This Hunter II power is expensive in comparison to Project power, which averages Ic per KWH. Hunter II power averages in the 6c per KWH range. Fillmore and Flowed Electric exceeded their Bureau allocation of cheap Bureau power in 1975 and by 1980 power requirements had more than doubled over 1975. Fillmore's Bureau allocation is 1900 KW while their present load is over 5000 KW. Howell's allocation is 4100 KW and their load now is over 8000 KW. Holden, Meadow, Kanowh and Oak City arc experiencing the same situation. As the WHAT IS HAPPENING TO POWER RATES? If your rates for electric power have been going up too regularly, you might take solace in the fact that you have a lot of company. Throughout the nation electric power consumers are faced with the same problem. Here in Utah some changes are being made to level this trend. But as is often the case, change may bring temporary added costs. And certainly change brings many questions. This folder it designed to help answer tome of thete question!. WHY NOT STAY WITH THE STATUS QUO? Climb? To understand the decisions that have been, and mutt be made concerning the future of cooperative and municipal power systems in the slate, quo" it not a stable entity. one must realize that the "status Cooperatives and municipalities have been purchasing supplemental power under contracts with Utah Power A Light Co. The costs of this power escalate periodically at new plants are constructed and as operating costs increase. The cooperatives and municipalities have no control over these costs at established by UP&L. Additionally, the Public Service Commission wants UP&L out of the wholesale power business, which would have required UP&L to cancel contracts by 1985. Thereafter power would be bated on "new plant" costs if power was available. Consequently, if we are lied to the "status quo", rates will continue to rise each year, and all supplemental power purchases after 1985 could carry a "new plant" price tag, a price that seems to double every few years. SUPPLEMENTAL POWER PURCHASES 4 T ' j Deseret Generation It Transmission Trr At of October 24, 1980, supplemental power needs of Utah's municipalities and cooperatives are being met with power flowing from the Hunter II generating unit at Cattle Dale. Utah. On that date municipals and cooperatives, through Deseret Generation and Transmission Cooperative, of that unit from Utah Power were able to purchase 49 69 and Light Company. Since the change in power source required an increase in electric needs grow the high cost power erodes the blend of cheap power and wholesale costs go up. Costs of supplemental power, or the power requirements over the Bureau allocation, have increased rapidly over the last few years, necessitating several retail rate increases. Now with the purchase of an interest in the Hunter II power plant wholesale rates, increases for Hunter II power should only reflect inflatbn of operating cost and coal costs for the plant. Of course the Bureau can raise their rates as costs go up, and as the towns grow their increased blend of high cost power will increase the average wholesale cost that has to be passed on to the customer. So, to the electric customers of Filmore, Holden, Meadow, and Kanosh if you have power outages or service problems, contact Flowell Electric or your city ana Howell Electric will resolve the problem if approved by your town board or council. For rate problems contact your town board or city council. To the electric customers of Howel Electric-o- n all your problems contact the Flowell Electric Board of Directors. concerning the co-oFinally, with wholesale power costs being about 80 percent of the total operating cost of a utility, the blame cannot necessarily be put on the town or board of directors for rate increases that are necessary to pass on costs that they have no control over and also when it is their responsibility to operate the utility on a sound basis (or good service. Also, remember any revenues over the cost of service stay in the town or in the case of Howell, are allocated back to the customer as capital credits. FLOWELL COST TO PURCHASE 22,000,000 KWH'a WHOLESALE POWER FLOWELL ELECTRICS AVERAGE PURCHASES BY YEAR $706j000 $512,000 ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION. INC. Star Route. Box 180 Fillmore. Utah 84631 Phone L. Ben Stott, President David L. Christensen Francis G. Johnson Jaroid Robison Kent R. Swallow Don B. Tomkinson Ralph A. Robinson. Manager Max L Day. Office Manager Gail N. Mitchell Vernon Christensen, Line Forman Gordon B. Staples Stephen A. Iverson 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 consumer rates for many of the distribution systems, the question hat been asked, "Do we really need a cooperative effort in obtaining our own generation capacity?" With generation plant construction costs doubling every few years, distribution cooperatives and municipal systems simply do not have the consumer bate to provide for themselves an economical generation facility. If generation facilities are to be considered, they mutt come as a cooperative effort. G A Tt provide one vehicle for this function. Although Deseret GAT now hat only one generation resource from which to provide power to purchasers (Hunter If Unit), and although this resource is a new unit, at a relatively high cost level, the fact that the plant construction costs are now locked in at this level will provide an advantageous pricing plateau over the next few years, when compared to purchases from other sources that are projected to rise rapidly during this same time period. The accompanying chart gives an indication of cost comparisons, projecting significant savings after the third year of operation. At new generation facilities are added, a blended rate will be established to lessen the impact of additional power requirements. past 10 years constraints imposed by environmental considerations have added great cost to plants under construction. These cost increases are due primarily to two factors: (1) Delays experienced in construction schedules while volumes of paper work are being assembled; (2) The actual cost of environmental equipment added to plants to satisfy clean air requirements. WHAT DETERMINES THE COST OP POWER? But since the greatest increases come in plant construction costs, it became imperative that we lock in on a power resource at toon at possible. It is too late to obtain a "cheap" source of power. All resources are expensive. By obtaining a stable supply, however, these construction costs are constant. They do not change. The construction cost attributed to the power generated remains the same for the life of the plant. power costs by three factors: (1) Cost of generation plant and transmission Basically, are controlled construction; (2) Cost of fuel and supplies; (5) General and administrative costs. The largest tingle factor in skyrocketing power costs would be the first item listed above, cost of plant construction. During the Per ?M I I liltosl With environmental studies requiring three to five years for completion, and an annual inflation rate of near 1 2 the delay factor can add from 55 to 60 to the total plant costs. This meant that a plant that would have cost S300 million would have another $150 million lacked on. 4, In addition, cost of environmental equipment will add more than $200 million, bringing the total plant cost to over $650 million (from the original $300 million). Fuel costs, operation of environmental equipment, and overhead expenses also continue to rise, adding to the burden. HOW CAN WE CONTROL POWER COSTS? In an inflationary economy there it no way that we can enjoy a power supply at a fixed cost figure. But through the use of conservation programs, and exploration of all alternatives, increases can be lessened. Had we been able to furnish our own power supply only five years ago, when construction costs were lest than 25 of what they are now, we would not be experiencing the over- ?! BMr4 AsMH ? If II It whelming increases that face us now. We can't go back But by providing a source of supply we are at least putting a "cost freeze" on this portion of our future needs. |