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Show r ) 93rd Year No. 47 Inc. Copyright . 4 '3s' - By BRANDON FORD Staff writer Response to proposals aimed - 5"r !"' , Pages Single Copy 254 i' ,4 t-- 60 13, 1984 Sewage problem in hands of commission l X,y 1984 Public input mixed .. i ' rr t Price, Carbon County, Utah Wednesday, June h'-- . ' 'V r 'Z''"-'-, v.r, I'-- . at solving the sewage disposal , V'V" ; ,1, j ' ' St v VS ,V' irasspk '4;- ' ' 'iSi 4 ' - Photo by Rick Egan Lee County Commissioner Semken, sitting, and John Nielson, chairman of the Price River Water Im- - Carbon 'We want to do what is most beneficial to everyone involved and we need to protect our water supply.' Guido Rachiele problem in the Scofield area was mixed at a public hearing that drew nearly 90 people to the Carbon County Courthouse yesterday (Tuesday). All of what was said has merit and was beneficial for us supporting the sewer line. as county commissioners to Among those who favored the said County Com- project was Sen. Omar Bunnell, hear, missioner Guido Rachiele. The This sounds like the best response at the meeting was varied. Im just now sifting solution to the problem, through my notes trying to Bunnell said. We have to get to decide what action we should work on it and we have to try. I take as a commission. pledge, for what its worth here, that if it takes legislation cerThe commission is scheduled to make some kind of a decision tainly I will do everything on the Scofield waste water possible to secure that. An important part of the problem at their regular districts plan is to raise the meeting today (Wednesday). Rachiele would not say just entire $4.2 million cost of conwhat form that decision will struction through grants from take. the federal and state governWe want to do what is most ment. We say it wont go unless we beneficial to everyone inRachiele said. We get the money for construction volved, need to protect our water in the form of a grant, said John Nielson, chairman of the supply. The money is also an Price River Water Imimportant factor. The proposal that received the provement District board. I most attention at the public spent two days in Salt Lake City hearing was a $4.2 million sewer talking to legislators and they outfall line favored by the Price gave me the feeling that we River Water Improvement could get the money either by District. The sewer line would grants or through legislation. Richard Walker, a staff collect all the waste water from T the Scofield area and carry it to member for 'the Community Castle Gate where it would be Impact Board, said it would be difficult to get grant money in piped to the districts sewage treatment plant near the magnitude talked about by provement District board, listen to comments at a public hearing yesterday. Nielson. Wellington. Several property owners in the Pleasant Valley area around Scofield went on record as It will take two to three years to put together a grant package like this, Walker said. He also said the board likes to see a portion of the money generated locally. Walker, who was the Carbon County planner before he started to work for the Community Impact Board, said he would like to see the county consider a septic tank and drain field system because of the reduced cost. The money saved could then be used to cleanup other sources of pollution to the reservoir. Rodger Bishop, of the Utah State Board of Health, was another to speak against the project saying it could cost twice as much as the $4.2 million projected by the district. We are not thoroughly convinced this project is feasible, Bishop said. Many questions have not been answered. Bishop did say however that all of the options discussed in the sewer line, the meeting septic systems and sewer lagoons receive could and work approval from of Health if they were properly designed and constructed. Several citizens of the town of Scofield attended the meeting and most were opposed to the sewer line project. , Unemployment sets in East Carbon residents face moving By ARVA SMITH Staff writer Indecision EAST CARBON is no stranger to Jeff and Ricki Palmer, who are trying to decide whether to continue living here or to move to Colorado. The events leading to their state of indecision began in May of 1983 when Palmer, a con- tinuous miner operator at Kaiser Steel Corp., with nine years of employment there, was laid off. For a while he worked for construction companies. He got about two months employment with each of two different companies with jobs in this area. After he was laid off from the second construction job he applied and got a job with with Mid-Contine- nt Resources, which operates coal mines near Carbondale, Colo. Since January of this year he has been working six days at the coal mine near Carbondale and traveling home during his three days off. I have worked straight graveyard at the Colorado mine, he said. If I leave as soon as I get off work, about 9 a.m. I can be home by 1:30 p.m. He and three other men from this area have rented an Another factor that makes moving difficult is that the Palmers have put a lot of work and money into making their home into the kind of place they dreamed of owning. apartment and share expenses. But the separation has been hard on my family. I think that it would be better if they were over there. One problem with moving to Colorado is that housing is expensive in Carbondale or Glenwood Springs compared to housing in East Carbon, he said. But the area is beautiful. Some of the miners at live in Rifle, where is less expensive, but housing two hours commute must they each way to get to work. 7 Mrs. Palmer said she has mixed emotions about moving. She has a job at Zions First National Bank as a teller in East Carbon and likes the job. She has a reliable baby sitter for the couples two children, Lindsay, 5, and Taylor, 3. Another factor that makes moving difficult is that the Palmers have put a lot of work and money into making their INSIDE: Local Girls Staters recently returned home from a week of learning all about the American form of government, including a hands-o- n experience with running for office and making laws. Bonnie Higgs, Girls State correspondent, gives highlights of the week of politicking. . Page 11A Mid-Contine- nt home into the kind of place they dreamed of owning. The house would be difficult to sell on the East Carbon market where many homes are for sale and there are few buyers. Also to be is considered the possibility of Palmers getting called back to work at Kaiser. Mrs. Palmer agrees that the separation has been hard on the children. It has been hard for the youngest daughter to understand the reason for her father being gone, she said. Making a decision about the future is not the problem of Warren Whitlock, who was employed by UJS. Steel for 37 years before the Horse Canyon mine permanently closed. He will likely stay in East Carbon where he owns his home. Two of his three married children live nearby. An employee of the Columbia mine, before die Horse Canyon mine was opened, he was laid . off in October of 1982 and then recalled in October of 1983. He worked 51 days helping pull the machinery out of the mine and then retired, the day before Christmas last year. A problem facing Whitlock and Ids wife, Sue, is living on a sharply reduced income. Whitlock, who is not yet old enough to get social security, said, Our income is only about a fourth of what it was formerly. We do not have enough money to travel or do some of the things that people like to do Mrs. when they retire, Whitlock said. Whitlock added that taxes and other fixed expenses seem to keep going up. I walk two miles, round trip, each day to the post office, Whitlock said. I take care of the yard. He loved to work and often his wife worked overtime, said. But there arent many jobs here. Kim Mestas, and her husband, Manuel, are offering their East Carbon house for sale because they want to move to Price. We are fortunate, Mrs. Mestas said. After her husband, an electrician for Kaiser Steel Corp., was laid off, he was able to get a job with an office equipment (Continued on Page 2A) Track club local Price teen is featured in the July edition of the Two local track stars have joined forces with the Carbon nationally magazine, distributed Teen, as a semifinalist in the publications Great Model Search for 1984. Along with the award came lots of prizes. Page 3A Recreation salary increase Carbon County School has concluded teacher contract negotiations with teachers receiving a 4 percent salary increase for next year, according to District Ell B. Sorenson. Carbon becomes one of 20 districts to have concluded negotiations. There are 40 school districts in the state. The 4 percent increase, which the Carbon teachers got, is the amount provided by the legislature. Superintendent Salary increases throughout the state have ranged from zero in Rich, which has a budget deficit, to a 16.7 percent hike in Park City, where voters approved a local tax increase. In addition to the salary increase, Carbon teachers got an increase in the amount paid by the district for health insurance, one of their fringe benefits, Sorenson said. He said the cost of the insurance increased 5 percent. Many of the teachers will also get a salary increase by changing lanes on the salary schedule as the result of additional experience or 1 National model A Carbon teachers to get 4 percent Education County Association; Betty Wheeler, ; Mark and Kay Dimick, president-elect- Carrillo teachers at Mont Harmon Junior High school and John Smith, teacher at East Carbon High school. with Negotiations have classified employees, not yet concluded. Morris Huntington is president of the Carbon County School District Classified Employees Association, includes which custodial em- office employees and food service workers. ployees, Canning tips Your grandmothers canning techniques may be hazardous to your families health. A class put on by Utah State University Extension gives tips on how to properly preserve your favorite Leisure-Tim- e Services to offer local residents a running club that promises to provide more than time on the track. Page IB educational preparation. Career ladder incentives, including some extra pay for extra work days, will push salaries higher. Members of the negotiation team representing the school district were Dr. Robert N. Hanson, supervisor of special education, J. Frank Worthen, assistant superintendent and Donald L. Dension and Richard G. Robinson, board members. Representing the teachers were Raymond Rachele, president of the Carbon home-grow- 1 n morsels. Page6B i - - j |