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Show Tuesday, November Sun Advocate, Price, Utah 7 A 1, 1988 Parkway (Continued from Page 1A) in 1989 from grants for a down payment and payments could be made. Buildings on the land could be sold or rented and tied into the overall plan. Matsuda said savings from the purchase of Colorado River Storage Project (CRSP) power should result in a savings of $80,000 to Helper beginning in 1989 and should increase in ensuing years. In answer to a question about a rebate to electrical customers, Matsuda said he would prefer using the money to develop the Price River Parkway which would cost Helper $20,000 a year for two years. I hate to spend that money before we get it, Mayor Robert Olsen said. He also said Utah Power & Light Co. is trying to get the CRSP power that has been proposed for allocation to cities allocated to UP&L. We have signed the CRSP agreement, Olsen said. They have not yet signed. Walter Borla and Raymond Winkelried mentioned the declining property values in Helper, and the fact that taxes are still quite high. Its hard to sell a house in We Matsuda said. Helper, want to try to make Helper a place where young people will want to buy a home. He said when the present generation passes away Helper could turn into a community of low rent housing, which might attract renters who would not have community pride. We need class and community pride, he said. 'No' to drugs Students at Petersen Elementary School lead the parade during Red Ribbon Week. EAST CARBON Poetry reading at CEU this Thursday dowment for the Arts, as well as Ingram Merrill grants and a Guggenheim Fellowship. She has taught at the University of assist the expansion of College Eastern Utah, the expansion of of existing businesses and medical facilities and the building the Price River Parkway. The Price River Parkway, planned to extend from Martin to Wellington, has caught our imagination and parkways have been very effective in other communities such as Pueblo, Colo., he said. It would cost a little money but could bring good returns in making Helper more attractive and a stopping point. He talked about possibility of promoting events such as marathons and biking and hiking meets, which have attracted thousands of people to Moab, and developing Price River into a first class fishery. He said the Gold Wings, a motorcycle club, which held a state convention here a year ago spent an average of $135 a day each while here. Kraync, who is director for the Eastern Utah Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, also talked about meets for the Because they handicapped. are handicapped does not mean they do not hold good jobs and are not an economic force, he said. He said Eastern Utah Inc. is also interested in swimming pool improvements and relighting the baseball park in Helper. Tell us how to finance it, Nielsen Councilman Pudge said. Pueblo had a lottery. Lottery money is no different than tax money, Kraync said, it is one way to get public revenue. They used that money for seed money to get grants. They got grants the same as we are attempting to do. Tourisim is the frosting on the cake but is necessary, no Kraync said. No guts he said. We must take some risk, he said. He said Helper is one of the few cities that has a national historic district. He mentioned Central City, Colo., an old mining town that became a great tourist attraction. Charles Colacito said, One thousand linear feet of new curb, gutter, sidewalk and paving is in the second year of the parkway project. Smiley Amano complimented Matsuda and Councilwoman Edna Romano for their hard work in developing the museum and Romano for distributing a Helper newsletter. Everyone takes risks in developing businesses and we all spend money we do not have, she said. If you have a good place you atttract good people. If you have a broken down place you attract mice and rats. Money is always a problem but sometimes you have to spend money before you can have it. Speaking in favor of the proposal and recalling some of the projects of the past, Mike Milovich, former city councilman said, It all boils down to making an investment. If the $40,000 is a problem, a committee could probably raise glory. Lorraine Babcock mentioned projects that have been proposed or started, such as a subdivision for which water and sewer lines were installed, but it was not built. Some projects may have failed but others have been successful, Kraync said. some Bill Howell, executive director of Southeastern Utah Association of Governments and also a Helper resident, said, Something has to be done for the generations coming up so they can take real pride in saying they are from Helper. Helper is cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter and unique in the west in having a year around river flow through it, he said. Watching kids fish is one of the pleasurable experiences of life, not everything is money, he said. There are many vacant and abandoned buildings in Helper. It is not likely to ever regain its former glory of the days when it was a shopping hub of the north end of the county and people were living in the coal camps, it. Ralph Fossat, a businessman, earlier in the meeting said, A lot of things need to be taken care of. Will there be enough sales tax to pay for what is needed? SCHOOL DISTRICT No.2 Karl Kraync, a Helper resident involved in county UYMON NEEDS economic development, invited people to join Eastern Utah Inc. for a fee of $5 for an individual and $10 for a business. You could come and help us work for economic development, he said. 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