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Show n n th j mi llj jTrlJnp vmw' Thursday, August 20, 1987 Sun Advocate, Price, Utah 3 the Bear Smokey Memo to Carbon County residents visits kids reading - Concerning prison decision (Editors note: The following Is the complete text of n memo from Thelma Jones, director of the Carbon County Chamber of Commerce and a member of thepruon task force who developed the proposal to state corrections, to residents of Carbon County. She was present in Cedar City when the prison site selection committee announced the site going to Gunnison in Sanpete County and wants to shed some light on how that decision was reached. Chucks Waggin on todays Opinion Page also addresses the Issue. ecv After six months of hard work and many donated hours by all members of the task force in preparing our proposal to the state for the location of a regional corrections facility in Carbon County, it was upsetting, to say the least, to have the decision made on the final site by criteria not included in the original request. At the meeting in Cedar City on Aug. 17, the director of the Department of Facilities, Construction and Management, Neal Stowe, stated that the prior requirements were reviewed by the site selection committee and showed that all three sites had strengths and weaknesses that made the findings of the committee end up as equal for all three sites in Carbon, San Juan and Sanpete counties. Because of that stalemate, they were forced to consider other differences on which to base their decision. These included population (Sanpete has 500 more people within a radius), unemployment (Sanpetes is 13.7 percent compared with Carbons 12.8 percent and Emerys 18.4 percent), historical rates of per capita income, soil in the construction area and additional electrical power needs. They said that our proposal indicated that a substation would be needed for electricity to meet their high demand and they were unclear as to who would pay for the substation (a letter from Utah Power and Light dated July 17, 1987 stated UP&L can serve this load at no cost to either the county or the state 50-mi- le up-fro- of nt Utah). Director Stowes statements were such a nature that he took responsibility for making the decision and the reasoning was declared in such a manner that left little or no room for dissension that might cause a change of sites. If we felt there was a clearly defined route, or a route of any start an appeals process we would have done so immediately. Please be assured that this committee did everything possible to assure that our package proposal was done and presented in a professional manner. We did all we could to convince the site selection committee that we would and could provide the site for this new regional corrections facility at a great savings to the state and not be a burden on the citizens of kind, to our county. The ground would have been purchased by a corporation. The utilities would be delivered to the site by all of those involved at no cost to the county. The road to the site would be jointly constructed by the National Guard, Utah Department of Transportation, District 4, Price City and Carbon County with only minimal cost to be borne by county taxpayers. The benefits of an annual $10 million payroll and 350 jobs you are aware of from previous articles. Yes, we agree that it was an outrageous decision. We firmly believed the state when they said it would be based on the stated requirements and would not be a political decision. We will never respond again to such a request from the state that requires such detail, long hours and money expended for a project that will be awarded on other considerations. All the other counties must feel the same way. They, too, spent countless hours, effort and dollars on a project that has proven to be questionable. What a disservice to the taxpayers of the state of Utah! Our only recourse, as ever, is at the polls at election time. The support of the majority of Carbon County is what carried this project to its completion. We grieve along with you that we cannot offer jobs to our friends and family members who so want the opportunity of living and working in Carbon County. Please have our assurance that we will keep trying. We are desperately trying to find industry to locate in Carbon County to provide a stable economy and jobs for those who want to work. If you can or provide us with any help, we encourage you to call Children at GREEN RIVER the Green River Library have enjoyed a bearable summer this year. The theme for the summer reading program has been Have a Bearable Summer; Get These Into a Good Book. children really have. Each child finishing has had to read 20 books in different categories. On Aug. 4 the summer reading program ended with Tiffany Dennis, age 9, daughter of Jess and Carol Dennis, finishing first out of all the children. The youngest reader finishing was Coralie Hughes, age 5, daughter of Art and Sharyn Hughes, with Michael Coomer, age 7, son of Ben and Cindy Coomer finishing second. In the middle level finishing first was Valerie Ekker, age 8, daughter of Jesse and Carol Ekker, with Reggan Winters, also 8, daughter of Mike and Mary Winters, finishing second. Finishing tied for third were Adrienne Cooley, 8, daughter of Dean and Peggy Cooley and Arianne Nelson, 8, daughter of Bruce and Dorothy Nelson. Finishing first in the older division was Douglas Ekker, age 10, son of Jesse and Carol Ekker; finishing second was Heide Drawe, 11, daughter of Willie and Deonne Drawe; and tied for tnird were Tyresha Nelson, 11, daughter of Bruce and Dorothy Nelson, and John Hughes, 11, son of Art and Sharyn Hughes. To culminate the reading program, the library received a visit from Smokey the Bear and his friend. Smokey drew the winning names for the giveaway bears. The winners were Rebecca Bastian, age 8, daughter of Ernest and Lorna Bastian, and John Hughes, 11, son of Art and Sharyn Hughes. 637-27- 637-863- 5. Thank you, Carbon County residents. Southeast Utah leads School raising funds state unemployment SUNNYSIDE Fund raising to pay for a field trip has been initiated by fifth and sixth grade increase of 14.3 percent. Not only is Emery highest in unemployment, the Southeast District is highest in the state. That includes Emery, 18.4; Carbon, 11.9; Grand, 10.2; and San Juan, 11.8 for an average of By LARRY W. DAVIS Progress editor Emery County now has the of being ranked highest in one of the states most distinction infamous categories, unemployment. Statistics from the Utah Job Service for July show Emery County highest in unemployment among all counties with an 18.4 percent unemployment rate. 13.0. Close to this district is the Uintah Basin with an unemployment rate of 12.9 percent. All other districts are at singledigit levels with the Wasatch Front showing a 5.8 percent figure. The statewide average is 6.3 percent, down from the 6.5 percent recorded in June. Along with Emery and the other counties in the Southeast District, several other counties in Utah suffer from double-dig- it unemployment. They include Wasatch, 17.2; Juab, 12.6; Piute, 10.8; Sanpete, 13.2; Duchesne, 14.8; and Uintah, This is up from the adjusted figure of 14.8 for June and 13.7 for May. In July of 1986 the unemployment figure for Emery County was 18.9, also highest in the state at that time. The dubious honor reflects the economic situation in the states energy development areas. Recent layoffs in area coal mines and at UP&L and the effects these layoffs have had on other businesses and industries have contributed to the increase in unemployment. Also, the Job Service report shows an increase in the civilian labor force in Emery County from June to July. Last month there were 4,230 workers in the county while in July of 1986 there were 3,700. This is an 12.2. said. BARGAIN Tracey Smokey Bear and one of his ranger friends were on hand at the library to congratulate the kids on their reading The quilt, which is in gold and blue, the school colors, was made by Rose Mena, Norma Hunter and Marion Pruitt. Dedication Saturday Dedication ceremonies for Fremont Indian State Park will be held Saturday, Aug. 22, 1987 at 1 p.m. The park is located 24 miles southwest of Richfield in Clear Creek Canyon. Fremont Indian State Park was established by the Utah Legislature in 1985 to preserve Clear Creek Canyons treasury WuRLflZER READING, RITING & RHYTHM SALE art and archeological sites. The visitor center and museum has been open since July 1, 1987. Since that date, the park has had over 4,500 visitors. of rock FlHEATERSi): AJ fSA 7 Theater Hotline 637 1705 CROWN 7.30 9 30 Nightly CQ Consoles as low as Vj . 11 31, 1987 A STEVEN SPIELBERG FILM The drama and the power of the Golor Ptirple performances make The Color Purple one of the best Alice Walked Pulitzer Prize Winning Story Joel Siegel REMEMBER HOW GOOD IT MADE YOU FEEL. . . SEE IT AGAIN. 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We know that funds for field trips will be extremely short in the Carbon County School District this year, Fredrickson by the students would be to Salt Lake City and would probably include visits to The Hansen A $89.95 ft VARNER HOME VDGO FROM WARNER BROS A WARNER COMMUNICATIONS few Ik IMS WarMt S COMPANY a Intro 9 i E. Main, Price 637-013- 4 |