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Show Wednesday, December 15, 1982 Sun Advocate, Price, Utah Here's your chance to be editor. Pick the top 10 stories for 1982 and you could win one of 5 prizes. We have listed 50 stories from 1982. You pick 10 and rank them according to their newsworthiness. You could be a winner if your list is closest to ours. o ). New city officials take office; Donald L. Denison appointed to Carbon County Board of Education to fill the vacancy created by the departure of Art Lee Martines to become mayor of Price 2. ). (January). 3. Utah Legislature rejects coal severance tax bill (January). 4. The Rev. Harold H. Teague, pastor of the United Methodist Church in Price, killed in car crash (January). 5. County officials fight for revision of Utahs property tax system and for the passage of Proposition 1 in the November election (January-December- Carl (April-June- O 1st PRIZE $50 Gift Certificate ). Fairview old Carbon Hospital re-op- en their facility (January-December- 34. Administration ). Helpers downtown revitalization project progresses; construction on south Main commences in October ). 8. (January-December- 9. Carbon County incumbents triumph during Campaign 1982 (January-November- ). 10. Lawsuit brought by Save Our Castle aimed at overCountry Organization, turning local legislative redistricting, fails (May). 11. Housing in Carbon County becomes 2nd PRIZE $40 Gift Certificate ). scarcer 12. East Carbon and Sunnyside voters pass bond issue for construction of water treatment plant (February, March). 13. Fire destroys American Legion Club in Price; structure is rebuilt by autumn (February). 14. Helper policeman arrested in the theft of a $25 pistol in February and pleads guilty in November (February). 15. Price City hires new police chief, e first and professionally-traine- d fire chief (February, September). (January-December- V 3rd PRIZE $30 Gift Certificate full-tim- 16. Council of Governments revived in Carbon County; the new body formulates criteria for seeking grants for community improvements (February). 17. Fire guts three Price businesses in Acme building; reconstruction is commenced and progresses throughout the year (February). 18. District 22, United Mine Workers of America, elects new officers 4th PRIZE $20 Gift Certificate (February-March- ). resident stabbed by assailant (February). mysterious 20. Price City considers construction of hydro-electrplant near Scofield Reservoir (March). 21. Carbon County adopts county-wid- e street addressing system (March). 19. Helper ic 22. Carbon County School District officials warn of impending overcrowding; voters pass $16 million bond election (March-November- ). 5th PRIZE $1 0 Gift Certificate Utah Association of 23. Southeastern Local Governments formulates position statement on Project BOLD and administration of state lands decrying the actions of the state Land Board and calling for divestiture of surface rights to the private sector (March). 24. State Public Service Commission considers probe of Utah Power & Light Co.s mining interests (March). d store in Price 25. Fire guts Look-N-Goo- (March). 26. Price River Water Improvement District wins government grants for waste water treatment plant expansion (March-November- ). 1. Contest entrants must live in Carbon or Emery counties or be Sun Advocate subscribers and must not be professionally involved with news gathering or reporting. Sun Advocate employees and their immediate families are ineligible to enter. 2. Entry forms should be com- pleted by selecting the 10 major news events from the list provided and writing their corresponding numbers on the 10 blanks in order of newsworthiness. The spaces provided for name, age, address and telephone number should be filled in and the entry form should be sealed in an descending envelope. 3. Entries must be sent to Top 10 The Sun Advocate (March-December- ). regulations requirements for safety relaxing inspections (May). Secretary of Education T.H. of Eastern Utah commencement address and lauds education in Utah ( May ) . 35. U.S. Bell delivers College Four Carbon County residents, including a former county commissioner, are cited in connection with alleged illegal paramutual betting at Coal Country Horse Races at Carbon County Fairgrounds. Charges still pending by Dec. 1 (June-July36. ). 37. State Board of Regents, legislature eye physical education building for the College of Eastern Utah; by years end, it appears closer to reality (June-December- ). 38. Thomas Star, Helper native, is ordained a Catholic priest during ceremonies at Helper Civic Auditorium conducted by the Rev. William K. Weigand, bishop of the Diocese of Salt Lake City (June). 39. Utah Supreme Court hands down ruling in Gooseberry Creek matter to the effect that Sanpete County is not entitled to water from the creek under the Scofield tripartite agreement. Ruling raises further legal questions as to Sanpetes rights to the water under its assignment contract with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (August). 40. U.S. 6 intersections in Helper are restructured in an effort to make them safer; irate residents petition Utah Department of Transportation for traffic lights or at least one overpass (August-November- ). Price City officials clash with Carbon County and school district officials on issue of Downtown Redevelopment Agency (August). 42. Carbon County receives federal, state grants for airport expansion and upgrading (August). 43. Local railroad engineers join in brief nationwide strike (September). 44. Price City begins construction of $1.2 million public works complex (October). 41. 45. Richard Trumka defeats Sam Church in election for the United Mine Workers of America presidency. Trumka is supported by District 22 officials in Price (November). 46. Price U.S. (November). 6 bypass completed Chevron Resources Co. and GNC Energy Corp. join in partnership and unveil plans for mining and refinement of tar sands deposits at Sunnyside; operation is anticipated to employ 1,000 workers by 47. 1990 (November). 48. Jack Cotner elected to Price River Water Improvement District Board of Trustees, succeeding Boyd Marsing (November). 49. College of Eastern Utah head football coach Jeff Jorgensen resigns (November). 50. College of Eastern Utah drops track program (November). editorial staffs ranking will be determined and sealed in an envelope prior to the contest deadline. No contest entry will be opened until after the deadline, at which time, all entries will be checked against the editorial staffs ranking. First, second, third, fourth and fifth prizes will be awarded to the entrants whose selections and rankings most closely match those of the editorial staff. 1 ENTRY FORM Name Age Address Phone 6. The editorial staff will base its selections on established principles newsworthiness: proximity, timeliness, importance, interest and immediate as well as long-ter- 1. 6. 2. 7. 3. 8. m Price, Utah 84501, and postmarked later than Dec. 23, 1982; or brought to the receptionist at the Sun Advocate office at 76 W. Main, Price, no later than 5:30 p.m. on that date. 4. In the event of a tie, the entry received first will be declared the 8. The decisions of the judging committee will be final. The editorial staffs ranking and the contest winners will be announced in the Sun Advocate issue of Jan. 5, 1983. 7. 4. ... . City impact. no 27. Layoffs at five coal firms in Carbon and Emery counties idle more than 1,260 workers by Dec. 1, boosting the seasonally-adjuste- d unemployment rate in Carbon 9.2 percent for the third quarter to County of 1982 5. of Stories, Sun Advocate, P.O. Box X, i winner. If tying entries were received at the same time, a random selection will decide the winner. (May-Septembe- United Mine Workers of America protests new Mine Health and Safety continue; Castleview Hospital officials announce application for permission to expand ). (May-September- W. (January). 7. Efforts to ). John L. Iewis statue sculpted by artist Gary Prazen and erected at UMWA office building in Price 33. Janet Prazen, Carbonville, seeks to overcome Republican gerrymandering by running for state House of Representatives. She is ruled ineligible when it is found she lives outside district boundaries. Catherine Peck, Spring Glen, runs in her place but is defeated in the Democratic primary by incumbent Ray Nielsen of 32. Stubby Petersen, former educator and athletic star and coach, dies 6. . . 28. Veteran educator Sally Mauro dies in Colorado (April). 29. Price adds some 400 acres onto its eastern and southern boundaries in two separate annexations (April-July30. Army scraps Pershing Missile launch plans in Green River (April). 31. Sheriff A. Ross Horsley pressures Carbon County Commission into revamping the merit system for hiring deputies 1. Worst winter snowstorms in years hit Carbon County and result in a financial drain on local government budgets (January-February- 1C .. 9. |