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Show Wiii Korea By STEVE HEIDE Staff Writer The phrase made in Taiwan once meant cheap, but if Utah Governor Scott M. Matthesons trip to the Republic of China and Korea is successful, the saying could come to mean more jobs for Utah coal miners. Gov. Matheson, Rep. Mike Dmitrich, and other members of the Western Coal Export Council Task Force on Foreign Coal left Tuesday morning on a whirlwind 92nd Year boy Utah coal? trip to the Pacific Rim coal markets to try to secure contracts for Utahs coal industry. And according to Dale Carpenter, director of Utahs office of Community and Economic Development, all indications are that the Governor wont come home empty-hande- d. There is the definite possibility that the Governor will sign contracts while on this trip, Carpenter said prior to leaving Utah to join the delegation in Korea. Things are greased for success, and we are excited about the possibilities. Work on the new contracts began more than three years ago, when Gov. Matheson was the chairman of the export council. Carpenter said the current trip is the end result of those three years of negotiations, and should mean solid commitments that would help boosts Utahs depressed coal industry. The Governor is on this trip to coordinate the efforts of the state and private in-- ( Price, Carbon County, Utah Wednesday, September No. 77 Rep. Dmitrich Gov. Matheson Continued on Page 2A) 52 28, 1983 Pages Single Copy 25t Hunter 4 deferred byUP&L By STEVE HEIDE Staff writer CASTLE DALE Utah Power & Light Co.s Hunter 4 Power Plant has been placed on the back burner once again as - the announced company Monday it would delay completion of the project until 1991. The deferral is the second in the history of the Emery County plant. Originally scheduled for completion in 1987, the construction was put off for the first time in March of 1982 as the anticipated demand for power failed to materialize when the national economy slipped. The latest deferral adds at least two more years to the wait of those who expected the new project to provide local jobs. Its especially J news to residents unpleasant of isolated where the Emery County, recent downturn in the coal industry has brought on an economic depression. Many of those employed at the Hunter plant have worked on the three prior units and were hoping to Eager find employment on the fouth unit. Its not good news, not at said one former crane all, operator who had applied for work on Hunter 4. Its time to pack my bags and start looking down the road. The move is another in UP&Ls efforts to cut its expenditures for power generation in the face of declining demand. Earlier this year, the comapany negotiated a release from its contract with the Intermountain Power Agency for the purchase job-seeke- rs crowd into K-Ma- rt Hundreds of eager job seekers lined up Tuesday to interview people had submitted applications so far. They said they for approximately 30 job openings offered at the new K-M- art store east of Price. The new store is located in the shopping plaza with City Market, Yellow Front, Sunset Sports and other stores. Lines stretched the length of the store and more during most of the day, with people hopeful of landing a scarce job. Interviewers said at the end of the day they had no idea how many would continue to interview people until Friday. Interviewers said they will not know exactly how many people will be hired until the end of the week. The store is scheduled to open Nov. 3. of 25 percent of the IPP project now under construction near Delta. UP&L retained a 3 percent interest in the new plant. The move was again prompted by the failure of the industrial growth UP&L had planned for in Meanwhile the construction crew continued to install shelves and racks in the store while the interviews were being held at the front checkout area. the mid-198- 0s of the next CEll breaks ground for new athletic complex By ANGIE HYRE Staff Writer After a long wait, dignitaries and politicians took shovels in hand and broke h ground for the Athletic Center on the campus of the College of Eastern Utah Friday. It was a day of celebration for the college and the many people who worked so hard those 12 years to obtain approval and funding for the facility by the Utah State Legislature. Luke Pappas, Price, former Utah State Board of Regents member, was first to speak to the handful of Friday afternoon. He said the 12-ye- ar Bunnel-Dmitric- well-wishe- rs concept for the P.E. building started better than 20 years ago. It wasnt really a dream but a long forlorn hope, he said. Pappas told the group of the many trials and tribulations CEU has undergone through the years. He attributed the success of obtaining the building to many people who worked on the project. Isnt it beautiful when the plan comes together, he said. The building, which will cost $3.5 million to complete, will be and will be 56,636 square-feable to hold 2,290 people in the gymnasium. There will be five racquetball courts, 11 offices and four locker rooms as well et INSIDE: as a dance studio, weight room, room and an apparatus room. The building was named Bunnell-Dmitric- h Athletic Center by the CEU Institutional multi-purpo- se Council in recognition of Sen. and Omar Bunnell, Rep. Mike Dmitrich, for their Herculean efforts e, over the past 12 years, according to CEU President James R. Randolph. Bunnell was next to address the audience saying he never thought this moment would happen. Bunnell praised the people of Carbon County for their support 'of CEU especially in 1950 when the Organic garden mans organic garden yielded some gigantic vegetables at harvest time this A The College of Eastern Utah picked off its second straight victory here Saturday night in an impressive show of the teams new power on the gridiron. Sports Editor Angie Hyre has details on page IB of todays Sun Advocate. legislature dissolved the school altogether. But the people of Carbon County banded together and overrode the legislature having CEU reinstated as a junior college, he said. Its been a bitter battle getting this building, he added. We had so many believers from the community who made all of this possible. Bunnell told the drama of what went on in the legislature prior to having the building approved. With just 30 minutes left in the legislative session, the senate passed the bill, and with just two minutes left it passed the house, he said. The bill local year. In an interview with the Sun Advocate, he reveals his techniques and encourages other people to try them. See page 4B was finally signed with just minutes left in the session. Its a united effort that has finally come about. Bunnell has been a resident of Carbon County since 1920. He graduated from Carbon High School and obtained his BA degree from the University of Utah in 1935. He began his political career in the Utah State Senate in 1964 being appointed to fill a vacant seat by Gov. George Clyde. During his career, he has served as both majority and minority leader of the senate as well as having served on the Public Education Committee (Continued on Page 9A) and the early part decade, according to company officials. Dean L. Bryner, UP&L senior vice president of systems and resource planning, said the fourth Hunter unit is now scheduled to go on line in the summer of 1991. Hunter 3 was just recently added to the UP&L system, after being under construction for three years. The delayed unit will produce 400 megawatts at capacity when it is completed. Bryner said some 100 megawatts of the fourth unit will be sold eventually to customers outside of the UP&L system. The company is basing its decision (to delay Hunter 4) on lower than expected growth rates in its Utah, Idaho and Wyoming service area, Bryner said. Earlier figures indicated ( Continued on Page 2A ) Homecoming test Carbon and schools East Carbon high celebrated Homecoming last week. Both on the schools went all-out festivities, with hall decorations, queen contests, competitions and other hoopla. See page 6A i |