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Show I Voluma 98 Number by PatMellor About 90 of the work to be done repairing the area of 400 South which was used as a diversion channel during the spring and summer floods has been completed, City Recorder Bill Mickelson told the Manti City Council last Wednesday night. Mickelson has been supervising the work projects of the city crew as an interim city coordinator for the past two months. He advised the council that cleanup and grading was approximately 90 complete, but some additional work remained to be done at culverts where cement work has been destroyed by the flood. Kant Larsan looks on as Gala Joan Kolsol dots hor job at Sparry plant. Ephraim plant selected for new pilot program and it Sperry likes Utah especially likes its Ephraim operation. That liking was demonstrated last week when Sperry observed PRIDE (Prevent Initial Defects) day in Ephraim and announced that its Ephraim plant has been selected for the pilot program that Sperry intends to implement throughout an international operation that employees 80,000 people worldwide. Why was the Ephraim facility chosen as the pilot plant? Because its our most efficient operation, Ronald E. Gerron, Sperry administrator of public affairs at the firm's Salt Lake and Ephraim plants, said. One reason we chose the Ephraim plant, Mr. Gerron said, is because of the work ethic. Our Ephraim employees are committed to their jobs and to helping us produce a quality product. Mr. Gerron said that Sperry, which manufacturers computer systems, is engaged in a highly competitive industry. To succeed, we have to produce quality products We are he said. efficiently, to the Ephraim plant to show looking the way. Donald 0. Neddcnriep, (a Sperry vice president who was with a group of Sperry executives who toured the Ephraim facility last week), said that par copy Repairs 90 complete on 400 South, alternate plan eyed Sperry likes Utah by Brace Jennings 30C MANTI, UTAH 84642, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1983 12 "The employees at our Ephraim plant have done an outstanding job in providing quality parts and components to our manufacturing plant in Salt Lake City. Ephraim is an ideal location to pioneer this net' concept in improving the manufacturing process throughout the corporation. Mr. Gerron explained that the Ephraim plant was chosen the pilot facility not only because of its quality work but also because of its size. We have 300 employees at Ephraim, he said, "and we feel we can institute a quality program with a small population rather than at a plant employing thousands." He said that Sperry decided to locate in Ephraim not only because of the work ethic but also because of the availability of secondary level employees meaning primarily women who want to provide their families w ith a second income and because Ephraim is a college town. We are working closely with Snow College, Mr. Gerron said. "While we have our own training we our program, encourage employees, w ith time off and tuition grants, to take college classes in general education subjects, math and electronics, among others, to further their advancement in the company." He added that Sperry has contributed equipment to the (Continued on Page 2) Mr. Mickelson said the council should begin consideration of the alternate plan for bridge replacement along the flood channel, as costs for bridges were quite extensive. The recorder said that information he had received to date had showed that to place a concrete box bridge it would cost $6,000-$8,00- 0 for a bridge 20 x 10 x 4. The council unanimously approved a motion by councilman Jay Cuff that the city accept a proposal made by the South Sanpete School District regarding a recreation grant available to the Manti High School which would help with upgrading the athletic facility. Under the terms of the proposal, Manti City would apply for the grant and administer the exposed below Yearns Reservoir, due to sliding activity early this spring, a review by Morlin Cox and himself had caused them to believe the best course of action would be to move the culinary line from its existing route to the new bypass road that has been installed in that area by the Forest Service. Councilman King said the Forest Service planned to survey the bypass road the same week, and noted that should the line be moved, the plan would call for the culinary water for the community to be furnished from the well and pump house, which would fill the old water tanks, which the city would use until the line had been rerouted. grant moneys, on a repayment program channelled from the school district. The superintendent said it would cost the city $1.00 per year for the next 25 years as well as the city assuming responsibility for maintenance of the grounds and liability insurance for the portion of the summer. The rest of the year will be covered by South Sanpete School District. non-scho- Superintendent Bean also noted that there was an architectural review of the old Manti High School presently in use as a middle school, and added he hoped council members would be present at this review. The School District is scheduled to vacate the middle school building next year upon completion of the construction of the new middle school facility in Ephraim, and the city has expressed an interest in obtaining the present middle school building for renovation and use as a city complex. Councilman Morlin Cox and Councilman Jay Cluff said they would be interested in representing the city at the review. and other state two-yeinstitutions may have to accept enrollment increases because the universities are now having to limit the number of students they will admit. Snow College ar That was the assessment of a Senator Karl Snow, and Utah at the Community speaker Technical College Conference at Snow College Saturday. As students are turned away at the major metropolitan institutions through selective admissions and Senator managed enrollments, Snow said, community colleges may be called upon to accept the additional burden of students. Norman H. Bangerter, speaker of the Utah House of Representatives, who gave a major address at the conference, said that community colleges like Snow can serve as both a a bridge and an alternative The problem of what constitutes a trailer as opposed to a modular home was brought up by council member Natasha Madsen, who said there seems to be not only confusion but genuine concern expressed by members of the community. Mrs. Madsen observed that this matter may have to be more stringently defined by the city council itself. Councilman Jay Cluff requested input from the city's planning commission regarding the definition of a mobile home. Councilman King added that he hoped that the Soil Conservation Service Office locally would assist in the lay out of some of the engineering on the new line. The council concurred with Mr. Kings recommendations. reCouncilmember Madsen sponded that when last she met with the planning commission that body Recorder Bill Mickelson advised had recommended a very thorough the council that the Irrigation inspection by the Building Inspector Company had been requested to of all applications for new construcplace two fire risers in the Industrial tion in order to avoid potential Park, because the industrial park problems. currently had no fire protection. The Councilman Morlin Cox sugcouncil approved the installation, as gested the council itself review all a cost of between $800 and $1,000. building permit applications prior to City Attorney Paul Frischknecht permitting the issuance of a building advised the council of a letter (Continued on Page 2) Councilman Lionel King advised the mayor and council that where the -- ater line for the culinary system is Enrollment may skyrocket at two-yeby Brace Jennings received from the attorney of Mr. Melvin Cox, owner of the Manti Motel, regarding a disputed power bill for the period when the motel was being leased to David Hanks. Mr. Frischknecht distributed copies of the correspondence to date to each council member present. colleges ar bridge between the high school and the university and an alternative to institution for students the four-yea- r who are not qualified or do not wish to pursue a baccalaureate degree. Selective admission standards at Brigham Young University, the University of Utah and Utah State University give rise to the need for educational alternatives," Representative Bangerter said. institutions comprehensive two-yeas an attractive and viable alternative to the states universities, he said. "Not every student can afford, not every student can produce, not every student is wanted in a university environment. "Community colleges, he continued, could mean that all of our students will be able to make it in the market place." r He added that the the students can opgive colleges portunity to explore their options in both vocational and academic areas and give students who still need the security of a home environments the opportunity to remain near their homes while gaining time to develop greater maturity and acquire scholastic discipline. Representative Bangerter said schools can also that the two-yedeliver training more economically. The Legislature generally supports this mission and philosophy of And, Representative Bangerter said, a community college can bring direct economic benefit to an area by attracting industry. It can attract industry, he explained, by providing a trained labor force and by serving as a focal point in expanding and diversifying the local economy. Kem C. Gardner, Salt Lake businessman and chairman of the State Board of Regents, the governing body for the public colleges and universities, and the second major speaker at the conference, said that the quality of two-yea- ar education in Utah has deteriorated. On the college level, he said, highly qualified teachers are leaving the system because of the salary level to accept employment at in or institutions he said Our teachers." industry. have had a 30 decline in earning power in the last five years." "We have this year experienced tremendous enrollment pressures far beyond our expectations," he said, adding that this fall the colleges and universities are turning away about 4,000 students. We have arrived in 1983 at our expectations for 1988, he said of the greatly increased number of The instudents. college-ag- e creases are the equivalent of the r enrollment at four of our colleges." In addition, Mr. Gardner said, funding for repairs, equipment and supplies has lagged. Some of the (Continued on Page 2) two-yea- Ephraim hanging in there Future of corrections facility in question by Pat Mellor of future The Ephraims corrections d state proposed facility was still in question this week, with State site inspectors due in town on Tuesday to view available sites. 72-be- Meanwhile, Richfield City is continuing to pursue its course of competing with Ephraim to be the home of the new facility, which will provide employment for at least 25 will contract persons and medical security food, laundry, services outside the facility itself; and will operate with a budget of $900,000 per year. Councilman Roy Reid affirmed the citys desire to pursue its unexpected competition and speculated on community support, saying, Some people think these people housed in the facility will be out in 1 community, but they wont. In order to blend in with the lanmedium-securit- y facility dscape, the is designed with no high fences or other earmarks. Low, construction will provide an architectural asset as well as security for the community: even the outdoor exercises areas are located in separate courts inside the building, using the building itself as a means of confinement. dark-bric- k prison" multi-lev- el Experts in several areas of rehabilitation and diagnosis will be brought into the facility, which will have its own study and classroom-typ- e areas, rather than transporting the inmates to outside services. The states proposal to contract Sanpete County for security will mean funds from the e State to provide five more county deputies who are class 1 officers, Sheriff Kennard Anderson said. with on-si- te full-tim- Supports Ephraim Food service, laundry service, and medical care will be contracted out to businesses in the community. Economically, its the answer to prayers, Councilman Reid noted. And in the future, if we need assistance with funding for sewer or water projects, well have a priority status because of the State facility. The Ephraim City Council is hoping community support for the project will entice the Division of Corrections to the Ephraim site rather than Richfield, which went after the project after it discovered Ephraim was in line for the site. So far as I am concerned," State Rep. Ray Nielsen said of the Ephraim bid, Ephraim went after the project first, and Ephraim is the area I will support as a site, Rep. Neilsen said generally the legislature rubber stamps the site simply selected by the Division of Corrections in this type of situation, when the project is presented to the legislature for funding. Three correctional facilities are planned for the next session of the legislature. One will be located in the Salt Lake area; the sites for the other two have not yet been nounced. an- Depends on cooperation Rep. Neilsen said some of the areas representatives and senators in the State body had privately expressed dismay to colleagues that Richfield would enter into competition against another city in the same area, especially since it was the support of Sanpete-base- d agencies which were vital in securing the Youth Detention Center for Richfield last year. At that time, Rep. Neilsen and several other agencies in Sanpete mounted a determined effort to get the detention center moved from the State Building Boards priority list, where it was Number 26, up to Number 3, where action was certain to be taken that year. The Youth Detention Center has since been constructed and dedicated. It was on the day of the dedication of that facility that Richfield was advised that Ephraim was making a presentation to obtain the ty new State Correctional Facility, and the Sevier County city immediately prepared a competing presentation. I dont see how Richfield can expect support in the future for projects when they do this kind of thing, Councilman Reid observed. crowded Utah State Prison, and for the improved opportunities it will present for rehabilitation in a more we The programs obtain through the program depend on cooperation between all the counties and agencies involved, and this type of action jeopardizes everybody," Rep. Neilsen observed. Conflict between two major cities will make it difficult to get cooperation on upcoming projects, also. Dead center? Social services Division 4 Director Therald Wemz stated he unequivocally supports Ephraim as the site of the new facility, not only for the improvement it will offer in creating more space to house felony who offenders are otherwise released prematurely from the over It will take support from the other communities in the county and from the Sanpete County Commission to get the Ephraim site Wemz added. 1 think selected, the Division of Corrections will be looking primarily at the amount of community support it has received, when it makes a final selection. The support from the county, residents, and the surrounding communities could be critical to the project. Several supporters of the project for Ephraim have observed that thus far, the Sanpete County Commission has made no move to support the proposed facility: "Its r, a little hard to get them off one observed. ty ty ty . positive environment, but for the economic assistance it will bring into the Sanpete County community in the form of jobs and business opportunities. dead-cente- |