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Show v v i IsfllT i. v LAKE CITY - - w 84101 UT J . lUiiJt&B VHS 1-- A Page 12 VOLUME 64 NUMBER 4 state champs WEDNESDAY MARCH 8, 1995 COLOR COUNTRY'S HOME TOWN NEWSPAPER 5O0 Energy Fuels seeking 11 Chapter protection By Dixie Brunner Energy Fuels Nuclear Presi- - dent Harold R. Roberts nounced on February 23, an- sev- - eral companies owned or con- trolled by Oren Benton filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. In- - eluded in the companies seek-- debtor protection were: Nuexco Trading Corporation, Concord Services, Inc., Energy Fuels Exploration Company and Rob- Energy Fuels, Ltd. erts said that although Energy Fuels, Ltd. is a partner in the mining and milling operations, the bankruptcy filing should not y impact operations, are being taken to work the unaffected partners, read the press statement, and continue the previously an- nounced plans to process ore stockpiled at the White Mesa Mill and potentially open one or more mines for uranium and production under the continued management of En- Fuels Nuclear, Inc. day-to-da- The bankruptcy protection sought by Mr. Benton and the four entities will preserve the business, financial, and legal rights of the creditors and the debtors. This will provide the time required to raise the necessary capital to ensure the survivabil-in- g ityoftheEnergyFuelsbusinesses. Craig Christensen, Mr. Bentons attorney, announced that Professional Bank, which is wholly owned by Benton, has entered into negotiations with two prominent Denver banking firms regarding its possible sale, A transaction is expected to be completed within 30 days. Addi-Step- s tionally, Imperial Credit Indus-wit- h tries, Inc. announced plans to acquire First ConcOrd Accep-t- o tance Corporation of Denver, CO., ofwhich Benton is majority owner. These two announcements in- First big test for new crossing g dicate ity being undertaken, to keep Sunday evening and Monday morning's downpour, after a solid week of rain, gave the new crossing all die water it business operations moving y could handle. It overflowed its five culverts, but after city crews cleaned out some tree branches blocking the entrance, ward. the water level dropped to more normal levels. Photo by Dave Newman. capital-generatin- activ-vanadiu- m for-erg- Recent polls show public shift on wilderness Hospital Thrift store wants By Mark Walsh, Utah Association of Counties Two recent public opinion on the wilderness issue in Utah show an extraordinary in the way Utahns view wilderness and most signifi- in how much wilder ness they think should be des- ignated. These survey results are the most encouraging evi dence yet that broad support is solidifying behind reasonable and balanced Utah BLM wil- derners legislation. : The first of these polk, con ducted by Dan Jones and re ported in the December 18 Deseret News, was a stats wide survey with a margin of error of plus or minus The survey asked hot? much acreage people thought should be set aside as wilderness. Ths number of people who thought 2 million acres or lsc3 should be set aside jumped dramsti 4, at least some wilderness. cally from 1989 to 1994. Five years ago, only 24 thought 2 million acres or less should be set aside. In the poll taken last December, the number favoring 2 million acres, or less jumped 10 increase! from 24 to The second poll, conducted by Valley ReeearchfortheSaf Lake Tribune and reported in the Feb- ruary 26 edition, obtained even more extraordinary results. In Then respondents were asked how much wilderness they sup-pol- ls ported and were given four op tions to chooce among. Incred-chang- e ibly, almost one third, 32 said y, that there should be NO tional wilderness designated on BUM lands! The low end acre age amount, defined as "closer to l.2 million acres (the amount in the proposal agreed to by 43a addi-cantl- state Baps. Bill Orton and Jim Ci, this Hansen), wne supported by 27 one only p::gh along of the people in these five urban thq Wasatch Front i.i Veber, counties. Onfy 31 supported stead of surveying wida as tha Jzr.zz pill Davis, CHtLUtth rad Sum had a mar mit counties. It gin of error of plus cr minus . One of the questions in the ; defined as "closer to 5.7 million 4. Vcfi:y:::mrchpsUtmdifths the'hiiend'acreageamounts, acres (the amount being . pushed by the wilderness extremists) and 10 ofjthe people favored designating had no opinion, rerpennts additional wilderness on BLM That means that 59 of the land. Some73 said yes, while residents of the most populated 19 said no, and 8 had no opin- - counties favor BLM wilderness ion. This compares to 77 in the acreage of around 1.2 million statewide Jones poll who favored See POLL, Page 2 travel council building with the Rickard By Negus The Kane County Commission was reminded of a previous agreement at its February 27 meeting. Hospital Auxiliary president Mary Craven and Kane County director Mike Sinclair addressed the commission on the future home of the hospital thrift shop. An informal hand-shak- e agree- ment was struck last year with the previous commission, to help the group find a permanent home on the old travel council property. Plans were discussed at that time about demolishing the old building, and constructing a structure that would serve their needs for years to come. Unfortunately, there had been conversation with the people from the flower shop in the Parker Plaza who were losing their lease, and they came to the meeting expectation to rent the be would able they council existing travel building, Given the wisdom of Solomon it is to be hoped the commission will find an equitable solution. With fifteen or more teers watching, Sinclair cited volun-Hospit- al See THRIFT, Page 3 |