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Show Home of the Mormon Miracle Pageant Volume 99 Number .y j MANTI, UTAH 84642. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4. 1984 is p)y.;lfLfA . J 13 .n The Utah j! through I Jane Church, Commissioner of Membership for Manti Elementary - drive at Manti Elementary was held Sept. 17 through Sept. 21. A contest was held among all of the classes to see which class could return the highest percentage of the membership envelopes that had been sent home with each child. A giant chart was placed in the hall of the school which displayed a row of stems for each class. For every envelope that was returned, a (lower was placed on the stem. - The PTA also reached its goal with 143 new members for the year. They wish to express their thanks to Jane Church the Commissioner of Membership, for all of her work and effort.. n The' contest was very successful of . with five classes returning 100 their envelopes. The winning classes were: Mrs. Leigh Ann Shand, 2nd grade; Mrs.. Barbara Jensen, 3rd grade; Mr. Morris Sorenson, 3rd grade; Mr. Paul Childs, Sth grade . Back to School Night, held on Sept. 19th also brought its rewards to the parents who attended. Said PTA President Pam Buchanan, We want to thank all of the parents who did attend and hope that the PTA can help parents and teachers through, out the year." . Special flag will fly over Snow campiis , t Sanpete County ws granted Tuesday by the Sanpete County Commission after the commission spent two months studying a protest filed by Utah Power and Light. recommend approval of the franchise," Sanpete County attorney Ross Blackham told the commissioners, following a brief presentation by Gark Bigler, UMPA executive secretary. There are questions raised by Utah Power and Light concerning the operation of the transmission and Mr. Kirk. Anderson, Sth grade.' lines, and Utah Power and Light may All of the classes were rewarded have some valid points, but those with a sucker and the classes that points need to be addressed by other were treated with a agencies, and should have no effect reached 100 lollipop flower planted'' in a on our actual granting of the franchise." cupcake. Contest promotes PTA membership - Municipal Power Agencys request for a franchise to erect transmission lines ' The PTA membership . - , by Doris Larsen Public Information Specialist Snow College When Hilmer Peterson came to work as Snow's Maintenance Supervisor in 1956 he had a dream. ' Thai dream was to have a flag pole installed on the . grounds surrounding the Noyes Building with a large, beautiful flag flying from it. And during the 25 ensuing years, Hilmer never. deviated from this goal. His first step was to obtain the expertise of Merritt Bradley (Snow College Assistant Professor Emeritus-Carpentry) who was then the at working college, and a flag pole was built. They gained financial support from student organizations' .to pay for the project. Hilmer then spearheaded a fund drive from within his own departnient to raise money for the purchase of the first flag, and they have since bought all subsequent flags. But Hilmer was not satisfied with the flags they obtained. He had a the super very special one in mind large kind he had seen flying from a couple of flagpoles on the Wasatch one that was caught just Front breeze. He attempted the right by numerous times to purchase one, but . could never find the one he was dreaming of. After retiring from his position as Snows Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds in 1980, Hilmer visited Washington, D.C. and. upon visiting the office of Utah Congressman Howard Nielson, found that it would be possible for him to purchase just such flag. He learned further that he could buy a flag that had first been flown over our nation's capitol on a day that would be significant to Snow College. He immediately ordered a flag and asked that it be flown on Snows CommenceJune 1, 1984 ment day! Last week, Hilmer presented the flag to President Steven Bennion, and with it came a certificate which read: This is to certify that the accompanying flag was flown over the United States Capitol on June 1, 1984, at the request of the Honorable Howard C. Nielson, Member of Congress. This flag will be presented to Snow College by Hilmer Peterson. In presenting the flag to President Bennion, Hilmer said he had realized the culmination ' of a long-planne- d per copy Second power line franchise approved by Sanpete County by Pat Mellor PTA. 30C goal. I agency docs not, since all its members are municipalities and public utilities fall outside the jurisdiction of the commission. These questions may at some future time need to be addressed by or the Public Service Commission in court but that should not concern us at this point and should have no bearing on the granting of Mr. Blackham the franchise, reiterated. Mr. Bigler said his agency's primary concern was its only present member in Sanpete County, Manti City. In 1981, Manti City received notice that Utah Power and Light intended to terminate its contract to provide Manti with power effective February 1986. Since that time, Manti City officials say they have been trying to get a firm written commitment from Utah Power and Light to apply for a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission tariff to wheel" power from other suppliers to Manti City on the UPAL transmission lines. One question raised in the Utah Power and Light protest is whether in the transmission of power and in power delivery, the Utah Municipal Power Agency, which is composed of independent municipal power companies, falls under the regulation of the Public Service Commission. UMPAs contention To date, Utah Power and Light has apparently not made any firm written response on the issue. is that its If we run into a serious problem with Utah Power and Light over Manti's termination, we'll have to get power to (Manti City). We will have power available to' do that, Mr. Bigler assured. At present, Mr. Bigler said, there are many cities in Sanpete supplying their own municipal power. Its likely, the UMPA representative added, that UAMPS, to which a number of the cities belong, would share in the costs of the transmission lines in order to get power into Fairview, Mt. Pleasant, and Ephraim. Mr. Bigler said it is not his agency's intention to woo away any customers from Utah Power and Light: the top priority )s supplying UMPAs present member cities such as Manti with the most economical electric power available. Right now, Mr. Bigler noted, Utah Power and Light has a virtual monopoly on transmission lines in the state, until the Deseret Generation and Transmission line is built. Mr. Bigler noted that recently Utah Power and Light filed a tariff with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission requesting an increase of 800 to 900 percent in transmission fees. The commissioners speculated that this action was a result of Utah Power and Lights unsuccessful attempt the sale of to halt inexpensive hydroelectric power produced by federal reclamation projects on a preference basis to municipal power companies. "(The requested raise in transmission fees) is an end run around the problem, Mr. Bigler opined. Utah Municipal Power Aency has contract a federal the with govern ment to distribute power from the Colorado River Storage Project (CRSP), Mr. Bigler explained to the commissioners. UMPA intends, of the however, to purchase 12'i Bonanza also and plant, "That's the key which will allow UMPA to reach out to surplus power supplies in Idaho and Colorado, Mr. Bigler noted. "1 dont think Utah Power and Light's image can stand turning Mr. Bigler added, Manti black, of termination notice the speaking which states UPAL will not provide power for Manti after February 1986, "but if they do, we'll be here, and we'll have power by then to provide to Manti." Cant dredge Sanpitch River, comity says by Pat Mellor The Sanpete County Commission Tuesday took a sympathetic look at the costs of extensive dredging necessitated by flood damage along the Sanpitch River, but concluded the County has no funds to participate on even a basis with the proposed project. Commission Chairman Ned Madsen told Neil Nielson, representative of the Sanpete Water Conservancy District, and David Peterson, the District's president, that the county could not assume responsibility for the dredging project nor assist the Conservancy District in meeting its 12'i portion of the overall 5288,000 costs of the project. According to Mr. Nielson, the Conservancy District has received Federal Emergency Management Agency approval for funds for the dredging project, which would be undertaken primarily on the south end of the county where erosion due to flooding is most severe.. limited-percentag- e However, FEMA will pay only 75 of the total project costs, and must be the remaining 25 assumed by local and state entities. Earlier this year, when the subject of the necessary dredging first arose, the County Commission determined that the Conservancy District, as a taxing entity eligible to 8pply for FEMA funding, would have to assume responsibility for action in this area. The problem now facing the Conservancy District, according to Mr. Peterson, is that they have an approved project, but no funds available to assume their share of the bill. The Districts share would amount to approximately $36,000. With the work needing to be done prior to next years runoff, Mr. Nielson' says, the District has no choice but to seek county assistance. The county commission appeared sympathetic to the dilemma of the .bridges on which they hoped to Conservancy District, but noted that obtain FEMA participation to repair they were still short on funds for or replace had been declared 1983 flood projects and five bridges ineligible for assistance or eligible alone t constructed since the first for very minimal assistance, and floods had run the county about were in the process of undergoing a $400,000. While funds for most flood second review at the request of the projects will eventually be forthcounty. (Among the ineligible coming, the commissioners added, bridges are the River Bridge west of thus far a percentage of the funds Manti on 500 North, the Fayette held back until the completion of Bridge, and bridges in Milburn, audits has placed the county in Moroni and Gunnison.) . severe financial straits, complicated The Countys estimate of flood by the limit set on this year's taxing costs for roads and bridges, abilities for Utahs counties. A new repair Commissioner Ned said Madsen, formula developed by this years amounted to $461,000," and that state legislature actually left was being conservative, but the Sanpete County with lower anticiFederal Emergency Management pated tax revenues than in previous Agency pared that estimate down to years, the commissioners noted, and an approved figure of $219,000, of therefore the countys ability to assist with other flood recovery . projects has been rather limited. , Mr. Nielson sharplj criticized the commission for the appointment of a new Emergency Director about a month prior to the flooding of 1984, noting that the previous director appeared to have sufficient expertise to bring agencies and funding on line for such projects. The county commissioners observed that FEMA participation this year in flood costs was "a whole new ball game", and funding was tighter and more controlled than it appeared to be last year. Mr. Nielson responded that the Conservancy District had not noticed any lack of willingness to participate on the part of FEMA inspectors, and added that he had developed a great deal of respect for the FEMA inspectors and their willingness to be of assistance this year in Sanpete. Mr. Nielson observed that the present dredging' project was the second or third such project the Conservancy District had picked up when the county dropped them. The commissioners reiterated that they had had their resources tapped severely, and added that a number of 75. This hich FEMA will only pay decision was another blow to the w county's financial plans, the commissioner stated. The requested $36,000 represents for Sanpete a real bargain told the Nielson Mr. County. commission, because several of the countys roads and bridge structures are seriously threatened by the possibility of water jumping its present channels next spring and washing out the structures. "You will lose the bridge on the Farmers Freeway if you don't dredge down there anyway," Mr. Nielson advised. "Well just have to lose it then, (Continued on Page Tax notices will probably mailed from the Sanpete County offices on October 15 and 16, Treasurer Earl Clark advised the Sanpete County Commission on Tuesday. Equalization. Based on that anticipated mailing, the commissioners have designated Tuesday, October 23 and Friday, October 26 to sit as a Board of that their taxes have not been Equalization Board hours will be from 9 a.m. until noon, and from 1 p.m. until 4 p.m. at the Sanpete County Courthouse. Recipients of tax notices who feel assessed properly or fairly may appeal to the Board of Equalization on the above dates. 2) Sterling given 2 years to pay county bill Sterling Town will be given two years to pay a $3,500 bill from Sanpete County for labor and equipment the county provided to accomplish improvements to the town streets this past summer, the county commission told Mayor John Ludvigson Tuesday. Mayor Ludvigson said for several years the town had saved up its Gass B and C road money and its revenue sharing funds to pay for the project undertaken this summer to chip and seal several town streets. - The town council estimated the be about eight or nine thousand dollars, Mayor Ludvigson explained, but when all the bills came in, the total cost approached bill would $14,000. submitted by the county, but then ran out of funds. The county commission acknowledged that the improvement of roads is an item that almost always develops some sort of overruns in price, and explained that while they did not feel that it would be fair to the other towns in Sanpete to reduce the bill, they would be w illing to Spread the payments out over an extended period of time. Mr. Ludvigson said if the town paid all its incoming Class B and C road money and revenue sharing funds collected over a years time to Sanpete, it could pay off the debt. The commissioners responded that they would prefer to see Sterling r pay the bill off over a some town leave and the period, extra funding to work with in the interim. two-yea- The town paid off all the private contractors Involved in the work and also paid a $644 bill for materials Equalization days set Hllmar Patarson presents large flag which had flown over the nation's capitol to Snow president Steve Bennion. a proportionate share of Bonanzas transmission lines. Monday, Oct. 8 Post Offices, Banks, Federal Offices will be Closed |
