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Show te County The . Volume Ninety-thre- MT. PLEASANT, UTAH e 84647 - October 9, 198S Number Price 30 Forty-on- e anpete to vote on CUP MT. PLEASANT Sanpete voters will have the opportunity to decide the fate of the Central Utah Project's Bonneville Unit Nov. 19, and some officials maintain that decision will also affect the future of Utah's water. Voters will be asked to commit to repaying an additional $335 million plus a 10 percent contingency to finish the project approved by voters in 1965. If they decide not to approve the issue, the Bonneville Project may not be completed. All registered voters within the CUP district, including Salt Lake, Utah. Wasatch, Duchesne, Uintah, and those in CUWCD portions of Summit. Juab, Garfield, Sanpete. Millard. Piute and Sevier counties will be asked to vote on the issue Nov. 19. When the Central Utah Water Conservancy District originally approved the contract with the federal government to repay $130 million for construction of the Bonneville Unit of the CUP, it did not anticipate the construction delays and inflation which caused the cost of the project to increase significantly. Today the project is expected to cost about $1.85 billion. This increase in cost resulted in a supplemental repayment contract negotiated by the Board of CUWCD and the U S. Bureau of Reclamation, the agency constructing the project. But even with the added cost Rep. Ray Nielsen, says the project will provide a way to get Utah's water out of the Colorado River. Could lose rights He explained that unless Utah takes the water and uses it, the people of Utah could loose the right to that water in as little as 10 years. Water in the Colorado River was divided between six western states, three states, Utah, Wyoming and Colorado! comprising the upper basin states, and three states, Nevada, California and Arizona in the lower basin states. Two of the lower basin states, California and Arizona have already put their Colorado River water to News scene Teens spend chilly night in mountains MILBURN Two Milburn teenagers spent a chilly night huddled around a campfire when it got too dark to get down the canyon with an elk they had killed earlier Thursday. David and John Nuttall, 17 and 18 year old sons of Mr. and Mrs. Verl Nuttall, left Thursday afternoon in a pickup truck loaded with horses and went to the top of the mountain and worked their way down South Sanpitch Canyon above Milburn to where the elk had been killed. David said he and John left too late in the afternoon and it got too dark to find their way down through the rough, steep terrain before dark. They had left their truck at the head of the canyon and had taken the horses to where the elk were located. It was a warm afternoon when they left home, and David said he wore a Levi jacket and John had a coat. The boys had matches and were able to build a fire and wrapped up in saddle blankets as temperatures plumete after dark. We kept getting up and walking around to keep warm, said David who added he felt like he was freezing. When they did not reutrn the family notified the Sanpete Search and Rescue and members spent Friday morning looking for the teens. Their search centered in Rrooked Creek and Lone Pine Canyons. The boys were found by their father and older brother, Jerry, who were able to make voice contact with them in the morning and found they were not injured. They finally made it down by following the north rim through some rugged country before coming out of the canyon a few miles above their home. David said they werent lost and said he and John were familiar with the mountain. He said he was surprised to learn the posse was looking for them. They brought the elk, a spiker, out with them, and made it home about 3 p.m. Fire destroys home in Indianola Sunday Arson is being investigated as the possible cause of y an early morning blaze that destroyed an home in Valley here Sunday. The fire, believed to have started sometime before 4 a.m., started within the structure according to Sanpete Deputy Sheriff Bruce Tidwell. There were no utilities in the home ruling out the possibility of an electrical short and no fire had been burning in the wood stove that supplied the heat. The homes owner, Jewell Jarvis, had left her home Friday night, Oct. 4, after completing work at Curlys Dairy Freez in Fairview. She reportedly went home briefly to feed her cat and lock up before she and her eight year-ol- d son went to Salt Lake City for the weekend. Ms. Jarvis, who lives alone with her son, had built most ot ine 16x25 ft. home about a year ago. c A musician, she publically sang her own original numbers. She had also just enrolled at Snow College. c All of her textbooks, priceless stacks of original guitars, one valued at $1,500, were destroyed in the fire along with the household furnishings and her cat. Neighbors reportedly noticed the fire about 3:30 a.m. Sunday and notified Max Smith who called the Fairview Fire Dpartment. The home was already consumed, however, before the firemen arrived and fire fighters were only able to control hot spots. The fire was so hot that it melted windows in a camper shell 60 feet away said Deputy Tidwell. The Jarvis are now living in Salt Lake with her father. INDIANOLA Hide-a-Wa- poetry-to-musi- poetry-to-musi- Fairview woman hurt in auto collision SPANISH FORK A Fairview woman sustained serious injuries Saturday when the vehicle she was driving was hit by a Salem teenager. Rodaleen Turpin is confined to Mountain View Hospital in Payson with a broken leg and other injuries. She was listed in fair condition Tuesday. With her were two daughters, Kathy Jo, 13, and Mandy, 8. Kathy Jo had two broken arms and was released on Monday. Mandy suffered bruises and was released. The accident occured when Chris Miller, 16, came off Center d TurStreet and ran a stop sign on Highway 89 in front of the pin vehicle. The 67 Chev driven by Miller was totaled and the 1979 Dodge driven by Mrs. Turpin sustained $4,000 in damages according to Highway Patrol Trooper Dave Guest who investigated. east-boun- use and California has already started looking for additional water to satisfy its needs. One California city, San Diego, approached Utah officials a year ago to lease part of Utahs Colorado River water allocation. That proposal, referred to as the Galloway proposal was turned down, because officials would have implied Utah feared it didnt need its water allocation. Similar to Narrows It would have resulted in a similar situation as the fight Carbon and Sanpete had over the water in the Scofield Reservoir, Rep. Nielsen water explained. Sanpetes allocations in the Price River by the states in the Colorado River Basin should protect Utahs in- terests in the water, the compact could be threatened if the Central Utah Project were stopped and Utah could not put the water to beneficial use Dee Hansen, executive director Division of Natural Resources reported to the Board of Water Resources recently that he was concerned with the implications posed by the Galloway Proposal because if it had been accepted it could have established a dangerous precedent Lions install new signs in Spring City system was stored in the Scofield Reservoir until such a time as Sanpete could construct an intermountain diversion to get the water across the mountain. When it came time for Sanpete to get their water, Carbon County by Betty Robbins SPRING CIT- Y- Have you seen objected saying they had been using the water and needed it. It was only the new signs coming into town? and state inafter If you talked to a member of the tervention that Sanpetes water Lions Club last week, you probably were asked that question. The rights were restored. Should Utah not be able to put members are proud of the new signs their water allocations to beneficial and the services that the club peruse, and one of the other states forms for our community. become dependent upon the surplus Last year, this service organization volunteered their time to put going down the river, the same situation could occur in Utah. numbers on all the houses in Spring Another state, Arizona, has also City. Mountain Bell donated $3,000 proceeded to put their water to toward the purchase of the house beneficial use. Rep. Nielsen said. numbers and for street signs. All of The Central Arizona Project will the street signs, hardware and posts have been purchased. According to begin using water from Colorado River in 1989 and officials anticipate the members, they are now waiting it will use all the water allocated to for the city to put the posts in so they that state by 1992. can get the signs up. And as soon as Arizona comes on They sell the birthday calendars line with their project, the amount of annually to raise money for their water going to California will be cut organization. Each fall they sponsor back substantially and that state a Fall Festival Social, honoring the will be trying to obtain any surplus ttys widows. -water within the system. mAnyone interested in the Lions Club can contact Theron Madsen, A threat President Spring City Lions Club. While the water compact signed much-litigatio- 444 'WK - ' xv, - w t - fiv. "Tk s Spring City Lions Club recently installed a new sign north of the city. Members working on the project are Loyd Keyes, Clarence Pederson, Mach Butler, Heinz Larsen, Burton Nielsen, Theron Madsen, Lester Parnell and Max Olsen. Fairview hears request to sell beer By Nancy Miner A local grocery FAIRVIEW store owner has requested that the city council change its beer ordinance to allow sales on Sunday. Robert Nielson, owner of Nielson's Buyway met with the council on Thesday, Oct. 1, to ask permission to sell beer on Sundays. At the present time the city has an ordinance prohibiting the sale of beer on Sundays and there is also a county ordinance to that effect. Nielson said that he was aware of that and requested that the council take action to change the citys ordinance. He said he had spoken to the county attorney who said that the county ordinance applies to the unincorporated areas of the county. After discussing the issue two opinions emerged. First, if people want to buy beer on Sunday, they will go where they can find it and an ordinance will not stop them from using it; and therefore, Fairview might just as well have the revenue from the sales as another community. Second, those opposed to changing the ordinance felt that Fairview should not lead out in tradition changing a as this might bring resentment to the city. A motion was made that a hearing be scheduled with the intent of learning the publics attitude toward who may have a different attitude. However, Nielson requested that he be placed on the next council meeting agenda to see if attitudes have changed by that time. In other business, Mayor Eddie Cox reported that Virginia Mower had accepted the assignment as Planning Commission Chairperson. She requested that the council recommend several people to serve on the commission, and she will then submit her final recommendations to the city council for approval. Iven Cox gave an update on the need for funds to help the Boy Scouts of America. A motion that the city pledge $200 to the BSA to be paid after Jan. 1, was carried unanimously. In order to bring the city into conformity to the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, the council voted to adopt the following overtime policy: Any hours over eight worked in a given work day are to be taken off as straight time within the same work week. Any hours over forty worked m a given work week is considered overtime, and should be taken off at the rate of one and a half hours for each hour over forty worked in a " given work week. This time is to be taken during the same pay period in which it is worked. Any overtime hours are to be logged as to the time and reason and turned in with the weekly time sheet. lay-off- All vouchees presented for payment were approved. Mayor Eddie Cox conducted the meeting, which was attended by Rian Anderson, Edwin Miner, Jerry Hansen, and Leon Sidwell. Five other citizens and employees were also present. Woman hit by truck killed on highway A Mt. Pleasant FAIRVIEW woman is dead following an autopedestrian accident a mile and a half south of here Thursday night, Oct. 3. Bonnie Jean Tanner, 45, was pronounced dead at the scene after pickup being struck by a as she walked on Highway 89 about 9 p.m., according to Dave Bailey Utah Highway Patrorol. Mrs. Tanner was believed to be hitchhiking in the middle of the road late-mod- and was reportedly south bound when struck, he said. The impact hurled the victim between 80 and 100 feet. The cause of death was attributed to head injuries. No charges will be filed against the driver, Darin Christensen, 17, also of Mt. Pleasant, according to Trooper Bailey. Christensen was not speeding and almost avoided contact, striking the woman with just inches of his vehicle. long-standin- g changing the city ordinance prohibiting the Sunday sale of beer. This motion did not pass. The prevailing attitude of the council was against changing the ordinance and the council suggested Nielson wait until after the first of the year and then approach the newly-electemayor and council d Man held on assault GUNNISON A man who allegedly tried to shoot his stepson with a 8 mm rifle Monday was charged with agrivated assault and was being held in the Sanpete County Jail on a $2,000 bond according to Sanpete Deputy Sheriff Bruce Tidwell who assisted in the arrest. The man, Ray C. Robbins, was allegedly involved in a family disagreement when he pulled the weapon on Jay Snow, 48. The gun accidentally discharged during the struggle. No one was injured. Moroni Elementary children 'released hundreds of balloons Thursday afternoon. The children were rewarded with a balloon after they read books in the Reading Is Fundamental Contest sponsored by the PTA. Through the RIF program students are given their own books to keep. Nearly all of the children participated said Principal Elliot Arnoldson. The pro-' gram was under the direction of Sally Dyches. |