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Show (o W(o)K(ol icC Copyright Sun Progroit, Inc., ItU 92nd Year No. 25 Price, Carbon County, Utah Wednesday, March 30, 1983 50 Single Copy 25t Pages Price survey reveals concerns of citizens the survey and then prioritize our ideas according to what the residents want. A team of 91 volunteers headed by Jim Piacitelli distributed the surveys to residents in a canvass of Price neighborhoods on March 7. The questionnaries were tabulated by Utah State University with help from the citys Community Progress Committee and the volunteers. Martines said city officials will use what they learn from the survey in preparing next years budget. He said the survey results will help them in deciding what deserves funding now and what projects could possibly be put on the back burner for awhile. The survey showed support for a special citywide improvement district that would provide curbs, gutters, sidewalks, paving and street lighting to those areas in the city that do not now By DAVID LONG Managing Editor Price City residents have sent a strong message to City Hall: We like the quality of life in our community, but things could be better. Thats the message gleaned from some 500 questionnaires filled out by a cross section of city residents earlier this month. Residents gave high marks to law enforcement, fire protection and garbage collection services. But hospital, road construction and maintenance services didnt fare nearly as well. Mayor Art Lee Martines said results of the citywide survey have given him and other city officials a lot to think about. The people have spoken and now we have to sit down and digest it, he said. Were going to take some time now to study and review the results of have them. A majority of 57.8 percent of residents surveyed said they approve of the special improvement district, while 31.1 percent expressed opposition. Another 11.1 percent had no opinion. Residents also spoke out in favor of the city joining with the county, school district and College of Eastern Utah in providing a community recreation program. A whopping 82.5 percent said they supported the idea, and only 8.9 percent were against it. When asked to rate the effectiveness of a number of services in Price, residents gave high praise to the citys police and fire departments areas the city has concentrated on in recent months. Residents were asked to rate the services either excellent, good, fair or poor. A total of 52.3 percent rated the citys law enforcement services as good, followed by 22.7 Tar sands sees 19.2 4 major energy companies are forging ahead with their plans for a local tar sands development. Chevron Resources Co., San Francisco, and GNC Energy Corp. of Dallas, are continuing toy .the foundation for their Droposed 2,000-acr- e project near ISunnyside that would eventually produce 10,000 barrels per day of synthetic crude oil from the tar-lik- e bitumen material. Despite falling oil prices, spokesmen for Chevron, the controlling interest in the project, say work on a pilot bitumen extraction plant and the necessary government paperwork is currently under 'V ! 'f? 3ft ' -- '.-.- J. M i I 1i If ! VS'tlfe 3 & - .nv, " ' 1 ! is aim ,3 53 HE. I". end of on Page 3A ) 6 major hurdle facing the Sunnyside project fell by the wayside last week as the project A the Synthetic Fuels Corp. maturity review. The Synfuels Corp. is the government agency that controls the distribution of some $15 billion in aid to developers of proposed synfuels projects. According to Utah Third District Congressman Howard Nielson, the move means the government board- feels the Sunnyside project has undergone the planning and development it needed to prove its viability. I y- , i y. passed ? Sr proposed development is negotiations for financing from the Synfuels Corp. The negotiations process (Continued on Page 3A) Utah, showed the state with a population figure of 1,560,000 at the end of 1982. The gain of 40,000 over the previous year gave Utah a net increase in population of 2.63 percent. The UEBR report used four different methods to estimate its population data. The figures are based on school enrollment, the natural increase, work force and payroll tabulation and the LDS Churchs population estimate. The actual net gain in migration was the lowest since 1974, as the economic slowdown that began early in 1982 began to affect the flow of job seekers into the region. Much of the growth reflected in the 1982 figures are the result of natural population increase, which is based on a births minus deaths formula. INSIDE: of 1982. The influx of miners & - According to Dave Mitchell, director of the Sunnyside project for Chevron, the next 1982. Nearby Uintah County drew first honors in the population race, seeing an 8.6 percent increase in the last year. The county went from 22,100 residents in 1981 to 24,000 last year, picking up some 1,900 new residents. Officials attribute the sharp increase in local population to the coal mining activity that was in full swing at the opening way. Up in smoke Susan Justesen, 1877 Carbonville Road, covers her mouth for protection against home Friday afternoon. her smoke-fillePrice City Fire Department responded to the call at 1:05 p.m. According to Chief David Barretf, Ms. Justesen went downstairs to get something in the basement when an explosion occurred. Barrett said a preliminary investigation d showed the cause of fhe fire was probably a short in electrical wiring. The spark ignited clothing stored in the woman's basement. Ms. Justesen was not hurt in the incident. Approximately $1,000 damage was estimated to the structure and $1,000 damage to the contents of the home, Barrett said. Photo by Stevo Hoinor affected not only Carbon and Emery counties, but surrounding counties such as Utah, Sanpete and Sevier felt the impact of the rising miner population. The increases were reflected in the year-en- d figures as miners working in Carbon and Emery County mines, unable to find places to live in the overburdened local housing market, settled in the neighboring counties and commuted to work. The report, published each month by the Graduate School of Business at the University of Juvenile probation keeps kids out of trouble Editors note: This is the third in a series Tamining the juvenile court system in Carbon bounty. Todays Installment examines the pros and :ons oi probation and how it affects the juvenile, his 'amity and the community. By BRANDON FORD Staff Writer Last year 13 percent of all cases handled by the juvenile court system in Utah were placed on probation another 5 percent were placed in some form of detention. If you are a taxpayer and those figures arent significant to you, they should be. Probation costs about $2.50 a day as opposed to $35 to $85 a day to turn a kid over to the state Youth Corrections Division, said Tim Simmons, district director of the 5th District Juvenile Court. Probation saves the taxpayer money. percent excellent, 57.7 percent ( Continued It may be hard to believe amid the layoffs and economic downturn during the past year, but Carbon County has shown a plus in the population category. According to the January issue of the Utah Economic and Business Review, Carbon gained 1,400 residents in 1982. The increase gave the county a 6 percent overall gain in actual population, and placed Carbon sixth out of 29 Utah counties in growth .percentages. Total population in the county was estimated at 24,600. Emery County grew even more percentage wise, gaining 800 residents for a 6.6 percent increase. The number of Emery residents stood at 12,900 at the Staff Writer While the rest of the world plays guessing games with the price of Arabian crude oil, two the Postal: percent population gain By STEVE HEIDE for following: Carbon County project clears hurdle stage percent for fair, 14.3 percent excellent and 8.2 percent poor. The fire protection services ranked even higher with 58.4 percent saying the services were good, 19.9 percent excellent, 11.6 percent fair and only 1.2 percent poor. Respondents gave lower ratings to hospital, road construction and maintenance services. A total of 40.6 percent said road maintenance was poor, followed by 38.2 percent for fair, 18.6 percent good and 2.2 percent excellent. Another 31.4 percent said hospital services were poor, followed by 29.4 percent for fair, 28.9 percent good and 5.3 percent excellent. Other services rated in the survey included the Perhaps more important to the juvenile involved in probation is that It keeps him in the home. The family tie is a strong, yet delicate thing, Simmons said. Once it is broken that stabilizing force is gone. The two most important factors that keep kids out of trouble once they are on probation, according to Bryon Matsuda, the probation officer who handles most of Carbon Countys juvenile probation cases, are if they come from an intact home and if they attend school regularly. In a study done in 1976 to 1978 on juveniles on probation in Carbon County, Matsuda determined that probationers from broken homes who were school dropouts committed 14 times as many felony level violations as children from intact homes who attended school. While the court cant mend a broken home they can do something about how the juvenile spends his time. Its our policy that a kid on probation has Matsuda said. something to do, Either they go to school full time, work full time or, if they dont have a job, we will find a job for them working on a public work assignment." The first phase in the probation process is reconciliation where the juvenile makes restitution payments to the victim and fines owed to the community, Matsuda said. Part of the probation contract states that a juvenile cannot purchase an automobile or motorcycle without the consent of his parents and his probation officer. The next phase is accountability. The juvenile is accountable for his actions and his whereabouts. A juvenile cannot leave the county or get married without the consent of his probation officer. The final phase is counseling. Being a P.O. is a dual role, Matsuda said. You have to be a cop and a counselor. The counseling aspect of probation is to try and explain how the cookie crumbles. Throughout the process the probation officer must be an authority figure preferably a benevolent authority If you discipline a child figure. properly you do it with respect for his Simmons said. To do that we have to take personality out of the issue, Matsuda said. When a kid sees that I am angry with feelings, him, the issue of what hes done wrong is clouded. All he knows is that the P.O. is ripped at him. Parents can be a hindrance or a help in the probation process depending on how they take responsibility for their child and cooperate with the probation officer. Parents sometimes try to dump parental responsibility on the probation officer, Simmons said. Un- fortunately, the threat of paying child support, should the probation fail, is often a motivating factor in their taking responsibility for their children. Our first duty is to the public and the law, said Judge Paul C. Keller, 5th District Juvenile Court judge. The dilemma comes when you are dealing with children who have committed serious crimes. Probation has proven to be a way of avoiding the necessity of placing the juvenile in an institution, Keller said. If it has any effect at all then it is Indoor sports The weather in the past few just hasnt been weeks conducive to outdoor sports. Baseball teams at both the College of Eastern Utah and Carbon High School havent had the chance to get a good workout in either. So sports fans have had to rely on indoor machines for their fun. See page IB. 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