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Show J tiM , w w . 4 A cm, w A - j:-v- : n f -!-- m bdu Station, cafe destroyed 4f4S78S3filXWlw after tanker explodes ;Wy.c V' ? vj, " An explosion Riverdale from a spark ignited more than 7,000 gallons of gasoline as a tanker truck unloaded at 1050 Riverdale Road about 1:10pm Sunday. && 5 A Lynn driver of McKay-De- is "1 would like to commend the fire department of River-dal- e that was the first one to answer the call. They took a great nsk in capping the underground storage tank to e prevent any f ej NSrfJ-- . S3 s?t . c Ur,- helped out in the blaze which sent smoke high into the sunny afternoon skies. 20 No, m TIIE SMALL CAFE, adjacent to the gas station, wa - completely destroyed with nothing being left untouched by the fire. Police operate under new radio system .. Police Ko') '1 be Dip ut ment along with all oilier sf,,ie law enforcement agenue- - j'e now operating under a iiw radio call number -- .( 111 In' induced just last week the call sv lo.ii establishes a astern where each coupty m I tab to assigns numtx-reach agency and then each c a or off'c id! has ail assigned R-- v I Thursday, April 11, 1974 Hoy, Utah 13 - Mil ' lh't'x . V Vol. i Fire and police units from Roy, Weber County end Washington Terrace also VFSia&'eHKm TIU.M?. ' v blaze. S y K' At fire other The Sun Chronicle is publisfcs4 meekly 1 Roy, Utah 8407. Second class postage paid at Roy, Utah. Subscription per year, It SO. tu yean, S Ph Write PO Box 207, Roy, Uuk Stmt S 53X8 1900 W., Roy, Utah. address, rig m ."Ar . hazard They did a really fantastic job," said Gaud Nebeker on Monday morning as he cleaned up after the Evidently a spark caused the blaze which destroyed the cafe anci tne truck and tanker as well as damaging two gas pumps and part of the gas Claude said station, Nebeker, brother of Lynn and leasee of the Husky station and owner of the Nebeker Oil remains of the truck is the block of the engine and the exhaust stack. In the background is the tanker which is also a total loss w ith the open end resulting from the intense heat. Are and (30,000. "9 Hospital m Ogden with third degree burns over the bottom half of his bodv. ALL THAT out of estimated between (25,090 Nebeker, 42 of Roy, the truck, is in fair condition at Ti1' Company operated Lyman, Wyoming. Damage in the Pr2$& PM, V rr I Park work begins i $ i"tSrr' " - .A.';.! v..,;- - .- si .TT-- .4 1 1 . -- .'y V k. -- - 4 - . tswr - Wt X M -n- V . exh. '4 M x , . , ... h.t . W; . - V PART OF the dirt that will soon cover the infield of the ball diamond at Sand Ridge Park is shown i .a ' - ' ds.. 410 in, Svli )Ui ready for leveling. New improvements are being added to the Roy park. The tenter will open for an open house on April in Tnt opening will consist of tours throught the complex to describe the many uses and will continue through Satur-daevening The t enter w ill !e closed on Sundays with review periods eveiv sixlh days until Jan 1. PI75 to see if it is feasible v lor opening on Sunday charter membership fee of $100 in cash will be accepted for the first 30 days for f molie- only and the city officials are taking into consideration of what might be a small fee for senior citizens fxsth on daily admissions and A yearly reduced rates or memberships The three decisions weie made after nearly two hours of discussion on the matter by the council and some ten concerned citizens who were given a chance to speak their views poll conducted by some Weber State College political science students was taken In random phone selection on Sunday afternoon and showed of the people that 39 questioned wanted the center open on Sunday with 28 again. t a Sunday opeivng w uli : undecided 1 In deciding on the Sunday opening, ail five councdmem-ber- s rose from their chairs and spoke their views on the niatlei I have removed many comments fiotn all around the stale aoout how well our city is run, and 1 feel that if we decide to open the center on Sunday then we would be weakening our image just a bit I would be all for dosing it at first on Sunday then if there was a big demand, we could look into changing the schedule 1 fed that I could live with that " stated Conn cilman Kay lleizog to lead the council memliers Councilman Dennis Chugg then stated, I ucvu made a decision regarding my religious convictions, because I fed that it jo1-- ' wouldn't tie in with govern ment operations fed that to open the complex on Sunday should be a cost factor decision If the demand hot that the use on Sundav great and would not allow economical operation, then it should be dosed on Sundav " The complex had to be run by an economical basis The majority of the people want the complex open on Sunday so 1 feel that w e ought to start by opining it on Sundav and keep traik of whether it loses money or not on that dav then dose it if it becomes a loosing sai.l Councilman uay,1' Richard Tubbs 1 ir Our center manager says that the pool system needs to have some period of rest and a maintencanee program to prevent major repairs in the future I am also for what will lie good for the majority of the people in the city, but I would lie for closing the complex on first on Sunday and check the demand to see if it would be wise to open it on Sundays at a later date," spoke ( ouncilman Earl Morris have lost a lot of sleep over the matter to the point w In rc rnv w ife has w ant ed to kuk me out at fix e in the morning but I want us to do what would be right for both th people and the center itself I would approve a motion to close it on Sunday and then keep a check on it," stated I Councilman terson Larkin Pat- then forwarded a motion open the complex on Sunday with cost factors rcpoi ted every t0 days to see if would be Sunday profitable Tubbs seconded the motion, but d failed 2 3 with Herzog. Morris, and Patterson voting against the Cbugg to mot ion Herzog then offered a motion to (lose it on Snnrl-- c first with a teasonable dinonnt of tmc to consider Sunday opening Chugg i icpf-cin to put a date on the lime limit and then the conn cil set the January 1 date with day checks that could allow an opening within 2 ths if people were needing to use the complex on Sunday enough The motion was seconded and passed by a 3 2 marg.n with Chugg and Tubbs voting against it. As far as the mem- 60 berships are concerned, many people have misunderstood and felt that the only w ay to use the center w as under memberships, but the memberships are only a reduced rate for people that will use the complex more than once or tw ice a week and could save by using the yearly rate The admission always has been based on the $1 50 daily adult admission rate, " said Patterson in an effort to clear the confusion on the matter "We have planned to be open from about 5pm to 9 p m on Thursday and Friday of the gtard opening and from maybe t p m. to 6 p m cm Satuiday to show the complex and have our staff an- cl pr.r..cd Out Center Du ector Virgil How e With that, the council hopes that part of the debate and troubles plaguing the opemrg of the complex have been solvs d and that II II opening 's ill go smoothly ard people will flock to the doors which aro anticipated to open from 6 a m to 9 p m six days a week iiumlxM In Vf i Weber and Pov has 2, num-b- hesi- - in.nmei s ate the fii t chiil ,n a c ail number which s olio a ext by a letter s pr-ticipati- 1 Sheirils office has humbi r Councilman Kay Herzog. Roy has a grant from the of Bureau Outdocr Recreation (BOR) of (39, ltd. The grant is given on a agreement where Roy will have to contribute an f equal amount. "There are very few funds available, so we will have to her C ounty the Ogden PI) has the number County We have got t dmvb ahead to get some of the park completed. The drive new? seme work, and a pa v Utica ? picnicers along with soma playground equipment ara Center will be'dosed Sundays; pen house siesfed for public Three K() major decision were made during a special session of the city council Tuesday concerning the Rov Keu eat 'or. Cenlei -- also needed," commented zw 1 iTV r4A i and then an .Mdividual's num-r '1 h Rov Police Chief might 1, the be I top lieutenant mm! it lie ?F 2 a sargeant frog1 be F ' and so cn ' W hat this does is allow us to 'assign a large amount of numbers without having to reahvi the numbering system when we get a new car or something, says Lt Lm of the new system which aftected all ag, nicies except the Utah Highway patrol, which will remain on old call numbers 1 Park, e Ki.feCT: S s ROY Completion o( the ball diamond with home rua fence and infield dmt is new scheduled for fandRldgs ,V 1 A V i- - - r- SSvfe--- f ? "e 4 " ' - 1 .1 iv fcKV-- J ... r i4rWa-k.f- A WORKMAN gees about the task of fixing a pump on Monday morning. Damage totals will reach to $30,000 according to officials. 1 Incinerator fees equalized spread the improvements over the next two or three years, stated City Manager An incinceiator fee ROY Wayne Kimber. of (1 will r.ow be charged to I don't like to see us put all every residence in Roy says of our money into one park, the city council. but there is a concession stand over at Sand Ridge that "Under our old process, should have some equipment apartment complexes and put in it to make it useful with homes were already billed the summer season coirutig the amount, but trailers and up, said Councilman Definis complexes that had their garChugg. bage picked i'p by a private The past plan for a lighted firm or where there were five tournament size horseshoe couit was also brought up by the council A couple of yean ago, when Sand Ridge first got started, the council members indicated to a member of a I'tah horseshoe club that they would favor a court of good quality in the park. A motion was finally ' XK passed to complete the ball n diamond and look into the f. A equipment for the concessioa stand and to then wait until the next budget to find funds for the building of a pavRU&t ' , V and of installation playground equipment and horseshoe courts. tr I ' Estimated costs for a pavillion and playground or more dwellings, the people were not charged the dollar. This was an unequal pi ocedure w here some people were paying $2 for garbage pickup and incinerator costs while others were paying foi just the garbage pickup, stated the city rouneil. The incinerator charge broken down to a i ! fee the actual me merat-i- i cost, and a $ 111 c bulge foi alive costs. dna Stoke and Nina Chaplame lit fore the city count il last Tuesday to com plain about the letter from the iit telling of the new cliaige for then apartments, hut quickie l.'uiut out of the unequal eliat go 1 pell is foi rr?: n. i- 4' ilf f.rx K, tM. 7 x'-- ae' '4 9 V ' total equipment f nearly $:o,ooo. ftalaS An at Rsy psynd ROY r ' V! Ben Reeves. Roy Citys animal control officer, reports that 38 dogs were either disposed of or sold to new owners during the mont?! of ( Febiuary 197 1. The cost of disposing of the unwanted dogs came to (S3 for Roy City. Anybody interested in checking into the possibility of buying an abandoned dog can contact Ben Reeves st the animal shelter at 41G9 V. 55M8.orca!l 8254739. Iv i VMS- i i 8 ri. .5 1 k N v. t i .c ; j AFS CHAPTER President Mrs. Lillian Oblock tn cept1 a ' t k lu'n Chamber of Commerce President Ken Hancock as Richard I a cit, ixard metn-b?- r looks on. Th? Chamber, an organization of focal h'lsti'esxcTen, has become actively involved in many city projects. i k i |