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Show Haunted Hospital Hunting season The Haunted Hospital returns to the old Carbon County hospital building this year. Hunters are warned to know the laws and regulations before Page going hunting. 3 Page 4 - 0 Thursday October 20, 1988 97th Year 0 35 Cents Price, Utah No. 84 CPS resin plant soon to become a reality By STEVE CHRISTENSEN Managing editor - Ground WELLINGTON was broken Tuesday for a plant that will extract resin from coal which will be used in making ink. g At the ground-breakin- Tom ceremony Asher, representative of CPS Corp., credited Wellington Coun-cilwom- cn Eleanor Rasmussen with bringing this plant into reality. Asher said he received a call from Rasmussen about two years ago, asking him about the possibility of such a plant. After several telephone con- versations, Asher said he finally decided he had to come to Utah to meet Rasmussen. From there plans began, and state and local officials became involved. The Community Impact Board provided a grant and loan to Wellington which allowed the city to annex the property southwest of town and provide utility services. The CIB also provided a loan to CPS to make building the plant feasible. Others were an integral part of the process, Asher said, complimenting everyone for doing everything necessary to bring the plant into being. Those Asher mentioned include Southeastern Utah Association of Governments Executive Director Bill Howell and Ed Myers and John Wilkerson with state economic offices. CIB Executive Director Alice Shearer was on hand to help dedicate the plant site. She said few projects have involved so many people. This industry, she said, is the best of all possible situations for this area, or, for that matter, the state as a whole. It is a d industry, she explained, meaning it takes a waste product from the coal industry and turns it into a more of about 8 million pounds of resin during the first year. From 10 to 15 people will initially be employed, but management expects to be able to produce 24 million pounds within two to three years. The plant will cost $2,750,000. Construction is expected to begin soon and be completed sometime next summer. value-adde- valuable product than the original product. Ed Alter, CIB member, said he believes this is just the begining and expects CPS to make major expansions in the future. Cal Black, San Juan County commissioner, spoke for Governor Norman Bangerter, who did not attend the ceremony. He said the economic situation in the state is looking up. There have been 17,200 jobs created in Utah during the past year, more than three times the number of the previous period. Black said this project is an example of what can be accomplished through a effort. cooperative Asa Draper gave a dedicatory prayer and dignitaries then participated in the symbolic g ceremony. CPS plans call for production ground-breakin- Suggestions made to travel council Tom owner Anderson, of appeared before the Castle Country Travel Council Wednesday to suggest that some decisions the board of directors has made might not be the best possible decisions. Anderson, who was a member of the travel council in the 1970s, presented six goals for board KOAL Radio, consideration: 1. An of th owners restaurants, survey be made of motels, fast food operations, convenience stores and other businesses involved with tourists, to get their insights into the present day visitor to our area. He asked that this be done prior to the (Continued on Page 2) 'Red Ribbon Days' campaign gets underway next week ByARVASMITH e. Staff writer Red Ribbon Days, a week filled with a variety of activities by schools Theme of the week is The Choice for Me, Drug-FreCoordinator Carol Ann Johnson said red ribbons, red bows, red clothing items, slogans and posters will be seen almost everywhere during the week, especially in the schools. But many other groups are participating. At Castleview other and organizations to help people express their determination to stop drug and alcohol abuse, will begin Sunday with special programs in many of the churches in the county. Hospital the employees, management, medical staff and Pink Ladies will proudly wear red ribbons. Social services will decorate their building. East Carbon and Sunnyside city employees and senior citizens will decorate their buildings and wear red. The red ribbon became the symbol of the need to eliminate the demand for drugs and alcohol after Enrique Camareno, a federal agent, was murdered in 1985 in California by drug traffickers. There will be many special events from marches to talent g shows and plays and skits. On Wednesday helium-fille- d balloons will be released at all the schools and downtown. In East Carbon the highway will be outlined with red ribbons beginning Monday. anti-dru- Legion Post 137, directed by James Robertson, will place a red ribbon on each delineator post from Sunnyside Junction to the end of SR123. Other highlights in East Carbon will be a talks by Don Blackburn, Adult Probation and Parole and Victoria Palacios, chairman of the Utah Board of Corrections. Blackburn will speak Oct. 26 American at 7 p.m. in the East Carbon City Hall under the sponsorship of Sunnyside EMTs. The public is invited and those attending are urged to wear red. On the evening of Oct. 27 Palacios, hosted by East Carbon High School, will speak at the school and the public is invited. She will also speak that morning to the fifth and sixth (Continued on Page 7) Wellington mayor mounts campaign for commissioner ByARVASMITH Staff writer -- WELLINGTON Wellington Mayor Gary Rich announced Tuesday during groundbreaking ceremonies for the CPS plant that he is a write-i- n candidate for four-yecounty commissioner. The announcement came as surprise to many in the audience, including Emma Kuykendall. Kuykendall, a Democrat, won the primary election and there were no candidates for county commission from any other political parties. Many people assumed after the primary that Kuykendall and Lynda Varner, who won the primary for ar two-ye- commissioner, t would ar take office. Bob Olson, Varners opponent in the primary, announced several weeks ago that he would be a write-i- n candidate for the position in the general election. Olson said at the time the vote in the primary was light and his oppbnent won by a narrow margin. In making his anouncement to those assembled for the Rich, who groundbreaking, was master of ceremonies, said, I think in selecting county commissoners people need a choice. The primary is not the place to make the choice, the choice should be made in the general election. two-ye- (Continued on ar Page 2) After a surprise announcement that he will mount a write- In campaign for county commissioner, Wellington Mayor. t Gary Rich explains his decision to Democratic candidate Emma Kuykendall. 1 |