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Show 14A Sun Advocate, Price, Utah Tuesday, October 31, 1989 Officials break ground for new museum By ELIZABETH HANSON Staff writer CASTLE DALE At the controls of the Nielsen front-en- d loader, Alice Shearer scoops up the first bucket of soil for the new Emery County Museum of Natural History. And when she comes to the Castle Valley Pageant next summer, she may drive the team and a covered wagon, promised Montell Seely. This was all part of the ceremonial ground breaking for the new museum now under construction in Castle Dale. The program was held Wednesday, Oct. 25. Alice Shearer, chairman of the Community Impact Board which funded $1 million for the building, says it seems like they have been working on the project a long time. On Oct. 6, 1988, the Impact Board granted the first authorization. Six months later they grant in made another response to an appeal. In the meantime, the Green River museum is opening in the spring, the Price museum in You have to finish but will come last have an equally beautiful jewel to give meaning to our heritage here. The project goes beyond the county line, she said. I am pleased the museum will be a natural history one showing the kinds of animal man had to contend with in this beautiful yet harsh climate, the honored guest noted. Shearer promised to pressure the governor into trying a round or two at the Ferron golf mid-Novemb- course, another board-supporte- d effort in Emery County. Anne Jaynes, staff assistant for Rep. Howard Nielson, offered a hello at the ceremony, leaving Sen. Omar Bunnell to conclude as guest speaker. Bunnell remembers going to the Castle Dale School, now the museum and city building, as a boy in 1918, and the flu epidemic shutting down school and forcing the students to wear facial masks to control the sickness. In 1979 the Legislature set up the Impact Board as a means of distributing money from coal and mineral royalties, the state senator said. These four counties have received $54 million for sewer and water projects, golf course, museum, etc. This is one way of getting coal money back. Emery County Commissioner Jerry Mangum was in charge of the ground breaking and introductions. He said that Emery has been supplying dinosaurs to the world for years and kept none for itself. He said roads are being planned to channel tourists off the freeway and into the museum, which is part of a corridor of museums in southeastern Utah. A lot of planning and money is involved, he noted, with the expectation of having what we dreamed of having. All of the Community Impact Board, nine members, had been given special invitations to attend the lamb fry, entertainment which featured the Emery High chorus, and ground breaking, but only Mrs. Shearer made it. The itinerary included a tour of Cedar Mountain Lookout given by Jon Judd, project manager and president of the Emery Museum Board. Colleen Beach and Sharon Baker of the board the ground breaking event. Assisting were the J orgensens doing the lamb fry; Bob and Ann Judd, the homemade root beer; Lavora Kofford, Karen Huntsman and Colleen Gilbert, the scones; Linda Thomason, Barbara Rasmussen, Diane Judd, the salads and ed table arrangements and Balloons honoring the occasion were passed out as well. clean-u- p. The Community Impact Board has allocated $1 million to the project, which it will present in increments. Thus far the project has received state officals and dignitaries gathered at the site of the new Emery County Museum in Castle Dale recently for the Local and has committed to a portion of the funding while the remainder of the costs will be raised community through contributions. The new 13,120 sqaure-foo- t museum is not yet named. It will include a main exhibit hall, dinosaur hall and a e center. The museum is conceived construction proas a work is If ject. interrupted by winter weather, however, it will take longer. The new museum is part of a museum multi-purpos- $245,000. consortium that includes The total cost of the new museum is estimated at $1,245,000. Castle Dale city museums in Carbon, Grand, San Juan and Emery counties. The Emery project is one Saturday, Nov. 4 - 9am to 5pm Castle Dale Elementary Entertainment Food Booths Prizes Crafts Sporting Goods EVERYONE WELCOME 381 2674 381 2504 -- The Manti-LaSNational Forest has decided to approve a request by Utah Power & Light to provide electrical service to the Crandall Canyon Mine owned by Genwal Coal al Company. Nevada Electric Investment Company (a subsidiary of Nevada Power and Light) wholly owns Genwal and is considering expanding operations at the Crandall Canyon -- facility. Two BLM implementing the off-roa- d vehicle decisions described in the Price River Management Wonderful World of Christmas Econmomic Development Agency and $30,000 from Price city. The John Wesley Powell Museum in Green River, which is complete but not yet furnished, was granted from' the board. Helper citys Mining and Rail-roa- d $1,250,000 Museum received $100,000 to purchase property for outdoor exhibits. The Impact Board has been involved in several historical community, cannot provide the support to keep it open, cated $850,000 for the Edge of Mrs. Shearer said. Nielson Construction ComCedars in Blanding. It also allocated funds for The Stunt pany is now on the job at the Man Hall of Fame in Moab, museum site, which is just and preservation of the Leeds across the street from city Wells Fargo Station at Silver park to the east in Castle Dale. That company was given Reef near St. George. The board prefers to fund the bid for ground work at an projects where communities opening later in the day. Mr. Judd said that a recognize their cultural resources as significant and is Friends of the Museum cam- projects preservation state. It allo- throughout the 1 paign and recruiting will be looking for ways to preserve them. It does not wish to support projects that do not have strong community support. We dont want to build a museum, then have it closed two years later because the announced in the future whereby local residents may become charter members and or associates in some concrete financial way, to show support of the facility. UP&L currently holds a special use permit issued by the Forest Service that authorizes power distribution to the now reclaimed and abandoned Huntington Canyon 4 Mine located about three miles to the southeast in Mill Fork Canyon. As a result, UP&L has applied to the Forest Service for a special use permit amendment that would authorize the requested extension. overhead route The selected will cross Mill Fork Ridge in a north-sout- h align- ment about two miles west of Huntington Creek. UP&L will be opening the Mill Fork Ridge trail to allow for temporary surface access this fall and next summer. George Morris, supervisor National of the Manti-LaSinform to the wishes Forest, Mill the that general public Fork Ridge area is temporari al ' ly closed to all other vehicular traffic until project completion by Sept. 30, 1990. The recently ordered area closure will protect vegetative and soil resources and provide public safety. Further information can be obtained at the Forest Supervisors Office, 599 West Price River Drive, Price, Utah 84501 or by calling (801) 637-281- 7. assessments ready for public review Two environmental assessments analyzing impacts of The historical projects the board has funded. The CEU museum expansion received $800,000 from the board, $640,000 from the gets OK to serve Crandall Canyon Mine UP&L CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL of several g ceremony. Community Impact Board Chair- man Alice Shearer, second from left, was an honored guest. ground-breakin- Framework Plan (MFP) September 1983, and analyzing impacts of allowing commercial land-base- d recreation guide services have been completed and are available for public review and comment. The ORV implementation plan identifies only those actions essential to implement the ORV related decisions of the MFP. Public meetings were held and public comments were received and incorporated in the 1983 decisions. The second programmatic environmental assessment has been prepared in response to proposed uses and anticipated applications for com- mercial special recreation permits to conduct activities such as guided horseback trips, hiking trips, and educational tours within the Price River Resource Area. llama-supporte- d Four wilderness study areas lie within the Price River Resource Area: Desolation Jack Canyon, Turtle Canyon, and Canyon, UT-060-06- 7; Mexican Mountain, 4. Interested parties may submit comments relating to the adequacy of the ORV environ- mental assessment (comments relating ot the MFP decisions will not be incorporated),,, and comments for the commercial recreation guide services environmental assessment. Comments must be received by the Price River Resource Area office by November 29, 1989. 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