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Show r Lady Dinos roar Christmaooo past After a slow start, the Lady Dinos took a victory away from Altamont. Carbon-Emer- y Long-tim- e resident remembers Christmases of many years ago. Page 4 Page 3 V 0 Thursday December 24, Price, Utan 1987 35 Cents Third quarter employment figures are in By CHUCK ZEHNDER Managing editor The figures are in on the state the economy in Carbon County for the third quarter of the year and they are not good when it comes to employment. According to the Utah Department of Employment Security, Carbon County has seen a continued drop in employment for the second straight of quarter. The report showed a decrease of 49 nonagricultural jobs from the same period a year earlier and a loss of 103 mining related positions. Trade related jobs also dropped by 48. Although there was a total of 200 jobs lost, the report indicated a positive aspect in that 99 new jobs were created at the same time, leaving a net decline in jobs of 101. The services industry in Carbon County accounted for the addition of 65 new jobs. The only other significant gain came in government with 34 more jobs, the report stated. The majority of these were created at the county and city level. Employment figures also indicate an outmigration from Carbon County. While unemployment dropped more than 4.5 percent from the third quarter a year ago, employment also declined by 3 percent. The total civilian labor force also declined just over 3 percent from 8,914 a year ago to 8,635 in the third quarter 1987. Unemployment still stood at 10.1 percent for the county during the third quarter, down only .1 percent from the same period a year ago. A breakdown of nonagricultural jobs showed contract construction decreased by 8.2 percent while mining decreased by 7.1 percent. Next was trade with a decrease of 2.6 percent. Services showed an increase of 5.4 percent while manufacturing went up 3.8 percent and government by 1.9 percent. Increased construction of new homes almost doubled in Carbon County during the third quarter nine new homes were W- - y- - permitted for construction during the third quarter as opposed to only five a year ago. Homes being built in the unincorporated areas of the county accounted for the largest gain with five. Price saw permits issued for three new homes and Helper saw one. Wellington animal control to operate on "on call' basis misunderstanding ByARVA SMITH Staff writer WELLINGTON - Lyle Hadden, animal control officer for Wellington, will be on call whenever needed, Mayor Gary Rich said following an executive session held during the last Wellington City Council meeting of the year. Bruce Norton, Ralph Stevenson and Grant Oliver met with councilmen to complain they had called Hadden at night and were told the animal control officer could work only during regular daytime business hours. Night is when we need him, Norton said. Norton said dogs got into his sheep and threatened them but he was successful in chasing the dogs away. Dogs killed seven or eight head of sheep belonginging to the Cowboy Club which were pastured a couple of blocks from his, he said. Rich said there was a about the hours the animal control officer should work. He will work mostly during the day but will work other hours as needed, the mayor said. He should not work more than 40 hours per week. Discussed by the city council at the same meeting was a change in zoning to allow single mobile homes if the lot on which they are placed is landscaped. Existing ordinances permit mobile home subdivisions and trailer parks but not the installation of single mobile homes except on a temporary basis. Councilmen said the planning and zoning commission has had some requests from people who want to move a single mobile home onto property they own. The landscaping provision discussed would be intended to make sure that materials that could result in a fire hazard would not be stacked or allowed Just in time for Christmas Measureable snow came blowing Into Carbon County on Dec. 22 for the first time this year, ust In time to give everyone a white Christmas. But the snow means more than picturesque scenery for children and these two boys (Continued on Page 3) I '. 'LWHI ifwil the way home from Sally Mauro Elementary In Helper enjoyed the long stairs down the hill. While Nick Turpin, 7, waits his turn at the top, Peter Nelson, 7, heads for the bottom on a bumpy ride that also ended in a spin and spill. on |