Show Della Utah $15 00 county $18 00 out ol county 6 months $8 00 and $9 00 (In Advance) Copy USPS 25t Nevada’s White Pine Power Project faces delay-IP- P fate still unknown Grand Opening 1943 at Turner Inc 300 West Delta Many in the area will recognize the faces in the photo Turner Equipment closes doors A Millard County landmark for 43 years the farm equipment dealership of Turner Inc is closing its doors for good as owner Reed Turner has decided it is time to retire Located just outside of Delta on the Road Turner Sutherland Inc has served customers from West Central Utah to Central Eastern Nevada Reed and his wife began the business in 1943 in the building now occupied by the Briar Patch on 300 West in Delta Reed claims it is the oldest building in Delta I rom there Turner Inc moved in 1958 to the Ashby Building (where Doves Market now stands) and from there to the County Road Building on the Sutherland Road a building which they conTrom there they moved to structed their present and final location on the Sutherland Road Reed wants to thank all of his friends and many customers throughout the yeais He added that upon considering retirement his was initially concerned about who would serve the farmers and ranchers in the area upon his retire ment That concern is now taken care of “Lovell Inc has taken over the J Case sales parts and service Allred Equipment is the new Hesston dealer with parts and service for Hesston’s panding line ot farm tractors and armers Supply the machinery and John Deere dealer now has the Cieh' and I armhand lines " Legislature grants hunting and fishing fee increase With House passage of Senate Bill 98 last week the Utah Legislature the Division of Wildlife granted Resources its first license fee increase since 1980 and only its third since 1967 The bill which passed on the first reading in both the House and Senate was essentially the same request turned down by the 1984 Utah Legislature Under the new fee structure a combination license will cost $35 an adult fishing license $18 The adult small game license will cost $12 Other wildlife licenses saw smaller increases The new fees become lew April 29 60 days after the end of the legislative session Until then sportsmen may purchase 1985 hunting and fishing licenses at the old price Pending action of the Utah W’llflife Board the famous trout stamp will almost certainly be done away with effective April 29 allowing anglers to fish for any species with only a basic fishing license Expecting significant opposition to the increase Division officials admitted surprise at the ease with which the bill passed Newly appointed Wildlife Bill Geer said the unDirector precedented level of legislative support for an increase reflected a high level of awareness and appreciation among legislators for the value of wildlife resources in Utah “We’ve never seen such a keen interest for the needs of wildlife in the state” said Geer Geer credits passage of the bill in part to an intensive grassroots educa tional program citing a statewide effort by W lldlife Resources personnel to tell the Division's side of the fee crease story “A lot of sportsmen must have agreed with the need for a fee crease and called their legislators don’t think the bill would have passed without the support of sportsmen" said Geer Because of declining power demands in Utah and Nevada a delav is almost of the certain for the construction While Pine Power Project (WPPP) noith of Ely Nevada according to the pionct’s manager Eldon Cotton J lie construction of the I’PP ill ol directly impact the construction L nit and 4 at IPP Cotton told the (hionnlr Progress last December W oid of C otton's latest ptonounce-nieof possible delays in W I’PP construction comes by wav ot the Salt Lake ity publication the onstructmn (iactte which reported Mauh 6 that Cotton told the Nev ada Public Serv ice Commission that since both Sierra Pacific and Nevada Power have shown reduced enetgy need the WPPP utilities will have to reeva'uate if there i‘ enough interest in a 1991 1992 e target date W PP plans call for const! uction ot a c''vntv owned coal fired generating station in White Pine Countv's to Valley 48 miles north ot produce 1500 megawatts ol electricity tot 14 Nevada and southern alilorma utilities "LA Water and Power winch is the Project Manager ol and maior participant in IPP is also the Development and Construction Manager of and 19 percent participant in the WPPP As currently proposed W PPP Unit the first of the two “'0 megawatt generating units would be completed in 1991 Unit 2 operation would begin in 1992 The project will be similai in design to IPP which begs the question win and 4 ol IPP1 not just build Units And that is just the question utilitv owners involved in both proiects will be wrestling with this spnng “Along with utility decisions on prothis year will be the ject construction year when W PPP receives key state and federal permits” Cotton said Cotton said he had hoped to have power sales agreements all signed by this spring followed in midyear bv the PSC’s approval ol the Nevada to regulated agreements pertaining utilities Now that the Nevada utilities are backing away from the project delays seem likely However it is Cotton’s opinion that the project will not be abandoned just delayed This is because the power demands while dropping off in Nevada and Utah seem to be growing in southern California “Los Angeles and many of the other utilities are now in the process ot reworking those forecasts” Cotton said "Although cannot report on how these forecasts will translate into thev are a increased project interest positive factor with regard to WPPP development ” No utilities have made anv committ ment to building Units 3 and 4 ot IPP Vol 75 No 36 March 14 1985 Industrial Commission to promote county virtues After weeks of meeting with county officials the Millard ( ounty Industrial Commission (MCID) has emerged as an independent promotional group seeking to tell the nation's business leaders that Millard County is reads lor growth Originally a committee of the Delta the hamber ol Commerce Area MCID last year opted to become autonomous so it could be spokesman for the hole area “W hen businesses come to us we show them the whole countv not just Delta or Fillmore” said M( ID Chairman Jack Nelson In doing so the MC ID has solicited donations from each city at one dollai per head According to Nelson seven cities have already paid their shaie while Delta City and the county have Fillmore has also pledged funding pledged support but is waiting until its liscal vear ends in July before committing funds County Commissioners required the formation of an Executive Resource Development Committee to oversee spending ol county lunds by the MCID This committee will not have voting poweis on the commission and will onlv approve the expenditure ol cot"'y Hinds by the '1C ID Nelson explained The main thrust ol MC ID efforts so lar has been the placing ol advertising Nelson in industrial trade publications started bv the said this project has been verv chamber committee fruitful “So far we have spent about SJOtX) on advertising and have received over 30 responses on tile At least 18 of those we have responded to cluding the inquiry by GM on the site selection ol their Saturn ( orporation" Nelson said Othei MCID protects are woiking with the real estate companies to secute on property information accurate available for industrial development and the coordination ol promotional with the state economic el torts development people 1 he MC ID’s elloits at gaming conn tv wide support foi its el torts seems to have bom (run with the tecent election Ron of one ol its boatd members Baker to the board ol the lllmore dustrial loundation IF) a group which has been in the industrial business lor over ten development years MCID Boaid member Ron Baker said that FIT is reads and willing to commit its funds to building construction and leasing progtams if the MC ID is successful in attiading industry to IF is a the Fillmore east side area with operation bvlaws requiring its lunds onlv be spent on the east sideol the counts where Us shareholders live III was successful in a still operating attracting sewing business which opened in the ‘’Os The NIC ID board as now constituted hariman Nelson Inez consists ol Moods Harold Stewart Dattel estet arner and Ron David ( lark lerold Baker The counts ’s Resource Development Committee is Roger Stowell Mitch Mevers and ommissioner Mike Stvler Cities who have donated to the Holden 542' MCID are kanosh Meadow S4'0 $300 eamington vnndvl $l'0 S2'0 Hmcklev $'00 Oak Cits $"0 Delta citv has pledged S6000 and the counts has pledged $15000 The counts has already paid the MC ID about $1'00 lot advettis mg and administrative costs Five ton load limit set on McCornick to Oak City Rd five ton (truck) load limit on the road between McCornick and Oak its ountv ommission in a ebruatv meeting has been approved bv the Millard ol Counts Sherd! I d The Commission acted upon the recommendations Phillips who said it would be in the best interest ol the counts to base the limit Citations have alreads been issued to violators ol the new legulation (see Police Blotter this issue) Kanosh looks for help kanosh town is applsing for state water development lund' in it' ctlort to develop culinars water springs and replace pipeline damage which Occurred last spring by high runolf and a subsequent dam burst on otn t reck I stimated cost ol the proposed proiect is $90000 easibilits studies ol the proposed piojeMs will be made bv the I tab Diviater Resources ad' o the ater Resources betore the Board ol sion ol request SR 257 threatened by desert flooding as underground water keeps flowing Flooded farmland washed out roads and downed power lines may just be the start of problems in the desert west of Flow ell as an unprecedented build up of water there now threatens the railroad line and SR 257 south of Deseret From Flowell on the east where as much as 2000 acres of farmland has been under water for almost a year to Clear Lake Waterfowl Refuge to the west where the main access road was washed out in the middle of duck hunthe water ting season last October buildup has been causing one headache after another Two weeks ago shiling ice on the water northwest of Clear Lake sheared off power poles on a main UP&L 230 kV line and now this same water is lapping up against SR 257 just as the spring runoff season is about to get underway Efforts by Flowell farmers to reclaim their lands and the successful containing of the water at Clear Lake has failed to thwart the relentless buildup and movement of the water westward as it drops from the higher watershed levels of the Pahvant Mountain to the desert This latest chapter in Millard County's ongoing flood story began in May of 1984 when the dam on Corn Creek east of kanosh broke and among other things flooded the low lying farmland near Flowell to the northwest In a desperate attempt to save a few of the several thousand acres which went under Flowell farmers diverted some of the water to an area called "The Cinders" to the west Soon after this Clear Lake Vic I avton noticed a Superintendent significant build up of water at the underground refuge west ot Flowell In October the main acce" road there went underwater seems obvious that what we ae “It seeing is a significant movement o' underground water from Flowell on the east to Clear Lake and the mud flat' to the west” Layton said Lavton explained that a simila underground water movement is like ly causing the buildup on the mud flat' northwest of Clear Lake where shitting ice partially destroyed the LPA1 powerline “So far have been able to contau the surface wa'er at Clear Lake but the water is continuing to move northwest to the mud underground flats on its way to the Sevier ‘Dry’ akc depression” Lavton said The refuge superintendent explain ed that he has been releasing sonic water to the northeast of Clear Lake awav from SR 257 but el torts to control the surface water are getting more difficult “In the refuge's west marsh area which is normallv dry the water level has almost risen to the top ol the dikes If those dikes are washed out a lot of surface water will be added to the underground water headed west toward the railroad line and the highwav " he said Meanwhile the main access road to Clear Lake has been reopened as coun tv road crews have installed culverts under the road Flowell is living up to its name Circled areas indicate where water is flowing northwest from Flowell washing out roads reducing power poles to toothpicks and now is threatening SR 257 |