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Show AU A TREE PRESS Your window to the world. NATURAL MWMAltRWtlR OCTObi R II 90th Year Price, Carbon County, Utah Wednesday, October No. 82 50 14, 1981 17 1081 Pages Single Copy 25c Effects of I PR to extend to Castle Valley By DON VETTER Staff Writer The Intermountain Power Project station will be an high structure on the imposing Sevier Desert when its first unit goes on line in 1986. However, even more imposing will be the impact this 3,280- - megawatt power plant will have on Carbon and Emery counties. The $8 billion project near Lynndyl, Millard County, will require eight million tons of coal a year and nearly 300 million tons of coal during its projected hfe. The Intermountain Power Agency is dedicated to buying all the resource from Utah mines., Friday, groundbreaking ceremonies set the wheels of energy impact in motion in Millard County and mile-lon- 750-fo- ot g, 35-ye-ar especially in Carbon and Emery county. Gov. Scott M. Matheson keynoted groundbreaking ceremonies at the project site and pointed out impacts construction project will have on Utahs largest-eve- r Utahs coal resource areas. The net growth in these cities and counties will be even greater than in the immediate project, consequently coal companies will have an equal responsibility to provide service, protect and enhance the quality of life. These coal producers must accept this responsibility, Matheson said. The population impact of the IPP could create another city nearly the size of Price. Gary Tomsic, deputy director of Community and Economic Development, said hypotheticaly, coal for the project would require 2,700 miners. ht and the electrical utility for 10 years. Olsen is a Helper native. He ran a sendee station for a time and eventually sold it to form Bobs Auto Repair which he operates at his residence. candidates. A former bishop of the LDS ward But little interest was shown in races in the largest and two in Helper, he was appointed last d . smallest municipalities in the year as president of the Utah which and Stake, Helper county, Price, Sunnyside Scofield. encompasses the northern part of Here is a rundown on the various the county. Frank Marrelli will be running races: to his council seat. for Helper Marrelli has been in charge of Two veteran city councilmen are vying for the mayoral seat being the streets department during his vacated by Charles Ghirardelli, four years on the council. Gene Carlson will be running for and nine will seek election to the two available council seats. council. Michael S. Milovich will decline Carlson, 47, is in charge of bid for his council maintenance and custodial work at a seat in order to run for mayor. the College of Eastern Utah and Milovich, 31, is assistant vice has lived in Helper since 1965. president at First Interstate Bank in Price. A graduate of the University of Utah with a degree in finance, he is a lifelong resident of Helper with the exception of four years. r term on the During his in was he council, charge of the $850,000 block grant awarded the city by the Department of Housing By ANGIE HYRE and Urban Development. He also Staff Writer was in charge of a power system Sticky fingers and expansion project. are a prevalent Robert E. Olsen is seeking the in downtown Price. species for second the time, mayors post down lurk They unpatrolled having lost a bid for it to Ghiraraisles picking up anything they delli in 1973. can quickly conceal. At that time, Olsen, 46, had been Items frequently lifted are a councilman for 12 years but gave such as up his seat to run for mayor. and cosmetics jewelry. He was successful two years ago Typically, the offender has the in a second bid for council and has cash in his possession to pay for been in charge of the water the stolen item. department since then. During his The increase of shoplifting is previous terms, he supervised the not because of economic streets department for two years g squeeze but as a experience to get something for nothing, according to Price City Police Chief Art Poloni. Changing price tags, passing bad checks and employee theft at their corporate offices in all come under the heading of Beverly Hills, Calif. shoplifting. Larsen began working for HCA Mike Bennion, floor manager in 1977 at the old Carbon Hospital at J. C. Penneys, claims the as controller and, until this influx in shoplifting is because a promotion, has served as conlot of people dont have much troller at Castleview Hospital. regard for the businesses. He is presently a member of the The more shoplifting that American Institute of Certified occurs in our store, the higher Public Accountants, the Nevada operating costs become, Society of CPAs, the Utah Society Bennion said. That increase of CPAs and the Hospital must be passed on to the Financial Management customer. Association. At the end of the year, stores Larsen will soon receive a what they call a compute certificate in Health Services This shrinkage Administration from the figure indicatespercentage. the loss of profit University of Alabama at Birfrom shoplifting and employee mingham. error. An average shrinkage He married the former Cathy figure for a $2 million profit Patterson of Price and they have store, is 1 percent. That means two daughters, Stephanie and that $20,000 went out the front Jaclyn. door, Bennion said. I am very excited about the Carbon County Sheriff Ross opportunity to serve Carbon-Emer- y said they receive about Horsley counties in this capacity, 20 shoplifting cases a year, Larsen said. I feel very strongly compared to Polonis average of that nothing is more important three to four per day. than providing quality health care If a person over 16 has been in our area and I will strive inshoplifting, they have caught tensely to continue to provide this been doing it for a long time care. without getting caught or have Larsen said he hopes to increase been talking themselves out of community awareness and inHorsley said. prosecution, volvement in Castleview Hospital during his administration. Municipal elections in Carbon County will be lively or dull, depending on where one lives. As the filing deadline passed Friday, Helper, Wellington and East Carbon had a wide slate of $3.5 million By DAVID LONG Managing Editor Three years ago, Ralph Gomez lay in a hospital bed near death. Just days before, he had been hit in the head by a piece of rock or coal after a coal bounce in the Braztah No. 3 mine near here. His spinal cord was severed and he was immediately paralyzed from the neck down. He would 'never walk again, never be able to use his hands, never be able to feed himself a quadriplegic. Today, Gomez, 27, sits in his motorized wheelchair at a Salt Lake medical center. He cant go home to Price yet, but things are newly-forme- looking upt out-of-co- four-yea- -- After suffering a near fatal "coal bounce" accident three years ago, Ralph Gomez won a $3.5 million settlement that will allow him to pay his medical expenses and support his Photo by Stevt Fidel wife Sherry and son Urijah. go to the I was always worried he and Ralph wouldnt be close, but they have a very good relationship today, Mrs. Gomez said. Urijah talks about his dad all the time, he likes to help crank his bed up at the zoo and the circus together. At the time of the accident, Gomez was a shear operator on the long wall at the mine. Brent Wilcox, the Salt Lake attorney who hospital and theyve been able to (Continued on Page 2A) Don Larsen will become the new at Castleview Hospital effective Nov. 1. John Harris, the present administrator, will leave Carbon-Emer- y counties to take over the administration of West Seattle General Hospital in Seattle, Wash. Hospital Corporatioil of America (HCA) promoted Harris to add ministrator of the hospital earlier this month. Harris came to Price to manage the old Carbon Hospital in June 1978 and committed himself to recruitment of nurses and doctors as his No. 1 priority. Since Harris came, the number of physicians on staff at the hospital has jumped from nine to 27. At the same time, the number of registered nurses has increased from 22 to 45. Other significant changes under Harris administration include the construction of a new facility, addition of new technological equipment and significant enhancement of employee wages and benefits to be competitive with Wasatch Front hospitals. Larsen is no newcomer to the Carbon-Emer- y area. The new administrator was born in Price and is the son of Tom and Helen 185-be- 70-b- ed y t ASUEVS 'I Vi OP !Sr A ' . si Don Larsen, left, has been promoted to administrator ot Castleview Hospital by HCA, after the promotion of John Harris to a hospital in Seattle, Wash. He began his career in Las Larsen of Wellington. He was from Carbon High Vegas with the certified public graduated School and attended the College of Eastern Utah for two years before completing his education at Southern Utah State in 1970 where he attended on a baseball scholarship. Burton Davis is a locomotive at the U.S. Steel preparation plant at Wellington. Davis, 58, is a Helper native and ran for council several years ago on a ticket with Chris Jouflas. Michael Edward Smith is division manager for Dunn Oil Co. in Price. Smith, 41, has lived in Helper for about seven years and is a committee man in the local Democratic Party. He also owns Smith Transit Inc. which transports workers to the Valley Camp mine near Scofield. David A. Frandsen is the proprietor of the Rainbow Inn in Helper." Frandsen, 43, moved here about two years ago from Rigby, Idaho. Ernest Gardner is a retired engineer I Continued on Page 2A ) Sticky fingers haunt merchants non-essentia- ls thrill-seekin- Castleview to get new administrator administrator cooperatives. Price will gain 7 megawatts each year as a partner in the IPA. Mayor H. Mark Hansen said the IPP power will help reduce utility rates in the city as well as facilitate expected growth. Hanson, who attended the groundbreaking, said if the IPA is going to assist with impact problems in Millard County, the same kind of coverage should go to the coal producing regions. The governor told the communities not to expect IPP to bail them out, but to produce a little on their own. But on the same token, if those communities get help, we want some over here," Hanson said. A little county severance tax may be all the help we need, he said. Local municipal elections will be both lively and dull Paralyzed miner wins Last week, he was awarded $3.5 setmillion in an tlement. His attorney says it is the largest settlement of its kind in the states history. They could never pay me Gomez enough to compensate, says, but at least I wont have to my worry any more about paying medical bills and caring-fo- r my family. Gomez wife Sherry, and their son, Urijah, live in Price. to Salt Lake City as travel They often as possible to visit, but look forward to the day when Gomez can live at home with them. I would have to have nurses at home to help me, but at least I could be closer to those I love the most, he said. When the accident occurred three years ago, Urijah was only 6 months old and really didnt know his dad. If we add population multipliers to that you would come up with somewhere around 9,000 or 10,000 people, Tomsic said. Though it is unlikely such a sizable new workforce would be needed, the amount of coal required each year by the project is more than half of the 13.6 million tons Utah produced in 1980. Tomsic said negotiations are now taking place between the IPA and coal companies in Carbon, Emery and Sanpete counties to secure contracts. Fifty-eigpercent of the plants generation will go to Southern California communities. Utah Power & or 25 percent, Light Co. will take about of the net usable 3,000 megawatts. The rest of the electricity will go toward powering the plant shared by 22 Utah communities and accounting firm of Deloit, Haskins and Sells. He acquired his CPA in 1972 before going to work for the Hilton Hotels Corp. He served as controller of the franchise division Young married women between 25 and 35 are the most prevalent fivetinger- discounters. The most common shoplifter a young married female between 25 and 35, according to is Larry Jeppson, Skaggs manager. All retailers go through this because prices are sky high, Jeppson said. Salaries are not meeting inflation. However, thievery is not running rampant. Local merchants and police are taking measures to crack down on the Bennion says his clerks have been working at Penneys from 15 to 25 years and know what signs to look for in a potential shoplifter. Skaggs has instituted Ixiss Prevention Officers that roam the store in plain clothes to spot shoplifters. Price City police issue citations for shoplifting. A first offender receives a $50 fine or can contest the citation in court. There doesn't seem to be an effective measure to curtail shoplifting, according to the businessmen and police. All (Continued on Page 2A) t I |