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L'SFS County 79 No 36 Mar 9 1989 Economy focus of group rn O o T) V r jit Trucks like this one parked across the highway from the Pendray Complex at the east end of r-"- r' faj f ' 1 - - V I szz ' ) - r -a i5 Delta may take a less congested route if the new bypass is built Then again maybe not Road may be bypassed by Ken Rand It may literally take an act of Conbypass gress before a road at the east end of Delta can be built Utah State Route 136 would link US 50 near its junction with State Route 125 (the road to Oak City) past the north end of the Delta municipal airport with US 6 south of the Sevier River The road is part of a deal Siruck between the county and the Intermoun-taiTower Agency In 1983 when the IPP plant was being built north of Delta The deal was this: if IPA would loan the county the money to build the Jones Road essentially a commuter road at the west end of Delta to IPP via Sutherland the county would build the bypass road Route 136 so coal trucks could bypass the east end of Delta This would shorten their trip to the power plant by five or six miles Since IPA pays the coal truckers basis the shorter bypass on a route would save a lot of money So the money spent on the Jones Road to make the deal work seemed like a good idea at the time The county got S22 million to build the Jones Road IPA also loaned the county $800000 to widen and improve eight miles of the Brush Wellman Road from the highway to the plant which the state now maintains All the county had to do as its part of the deal was secure the right of way and the state would build the bypass road Easier said than done The county had little problem getting rights along most of the 35 mile stretch of the proposed route except a short stretch that passes near the Delta airport The city leased that piece of ground from the Department of the terior for possible expansion of the airport That lease agreement says if the city doesn't use the land to expand the airport it reverts back to the feds Only Congress can alter that clause of the deed So the city would have to ask the federal government to give the land to the city so the city can give the land to the county so the state can build the road the county promised IPA it would build in exchange for the road IPA paid for the county to build “It has run into real snags” County Commissioner Mike Styler said But there’s more “We have to get permission from the Federal Aviation Administration to go that close to the airport too” Styler said “We’ve made a request of Delta City and the city torney on both those accounts and right now that’s where it sits” City Attorney Richard Waddingham is now in the process of communicating with the FAA “It’s still in limbo” he said Styler said the red tape may choke the project to death “If in either case we can’t clear the red tape in my opinion it’s a dead duck” he said Utah Department of Transportation officials are aware of the snags Styler said but they want to proceed “They’re ready to build that road” he said “They have the engineering they have the money set aside it’s on their list of projects” Notice of an “opportunity for public hearing and availability of environmental assessment” in the appeared Chronicle Progress public notices section Feb 23 and Maich 2 The notice said a public hearing would be held only if requested Written requests for a hearing must be mailed no later than March 16 Public assess to an environmental assessment of the project was also offered in the notice KNAK radio ownermanager Mike Halloran has requested a hearing be held “It’s an important issue to the community” he said “I’m getting some mixed reviews from the whole thing and we don’t have all the information yet as to what they plan to do I want more information” Styler said he doesn’t expect the hearing to take place “I think we’ll tell them that a public hearing at this time would be wasted because we don’t know if we can get the right of way” Feds reward Fillmore pair by Evelyn Mallet Arlene Bartholomew and son Mike March was honored Wednesday 1989 by the US Secret Service Special Agent David H Blackhurst traveled to Fillmore and presented a $500 US Savings bond to Arlene and one also to Mike in recognition of their service to the United Stales Arlene became suspicious of a $20 bill that was handed to her as she was checking groceries in Duane’s I ood Town Nov 30 1988 The man was unfamiliar to her She sent her son Mike who was bagging groceries to get the license number of the car Another person also cashed a $50 bill at a dil lerent counter and the two men left together See REW ARD page 3 Public notices 'Public notices appearing in this issue: 4 trustee sales A Sheriff's sale 2 revisions to I illmore City ordinances Bids sought for work at the Scipio Dam School District jobs open - 2 notices to water users Delta City public hearing on zoning change Tillmore budget hearing Notices begin on page 9 - S300 per person $1000 per family by Ken Rand he role of local and state governments in rural economic development was hashed out at a luncheon meeting in Delta recently Ed Meyer of the State Department o! Community and Economic Develop- merit presented the progiam to about iwo dozen interested Millard County residents Thursday Feb 23 Meyer is a rural development specialist He is Torn Mt Pleasant Meyer said members of the Western Governot’s Association including Utah’s Coy Norm Bangerter have long been looking for ways to stimulate stale rural economies He said about a year ago the Association sought help fiom a think tank called the Center for Economic Competitiveness SRI International That contract produced what booklet that Meyer called “a could be used at the slate level to develop policies to help in economic development” The report noted some successes in ruial Utah Early last month Bangerter called some aspects of the report “bright lights” for the future “The list ol successes is impressive" he said “including new companies involved in everything from outer space crystals to from rocket fuel telecommunications comto printers ink from ponents to display cabinets” bRI wanted to do a pilot project Bangerter volunteered Utah for it The project blueprint based on the SRI study is a booklet called “Utah’s Rural Development Strategy” Several organizations helped write the booklet They included Utah Small Cities Inc the Utah League of Cities and Towns and the rural counties within Metro Utah Inc The book took eight months to prepare It was printed in December 1988 The study names five critical issues it says rural Utah must address in order to aid an economic upturn They are: a need to develop strong rural leadership promote entrepreneurism enhance capi'al formation identify strategies to “add value” to existing dustries and resources and concentrate on developing infrastructures “These aren’t the only issues that face rural Utah” Meyer said “The tent was to prioritize a limited number of issues up front and see if rural Utah can’t get behind those issues” Climbers scale Each task force will have $10000 in its budget provided by the State Legislature to use as seed capital “It they want to turn for example to one of the public utilities to develop a program” Meyer said “they can use that on a matching basis to try and ptime some of the things that are gomg to happen” The intent is to evaluate the force at the end of two years Meyer said and see if they should be continued folded or changed “1 think you'll see probably two or three task forces that don’t come out with real good stuff” he said “You’ll see two See ECONOMY' page 2 mountain—twice Ken Rand by A team of 10 Utah mountaineers cluding a man from Hinckley reached the summit of the third highest mountain in North Ameiica twice in one week Craig Bishop was part of the team climbing Mt Onzaba in Mexico The expedition was one of seveial training climbs to prepaie for climbing Mt Everest in 1992 Utahns ol Eveiest team leader Doug Hansen of Pleasant Grove said the goal on Orizaba or Citlaltepec was to perience living ai extreme high altitudes and working at moving a team and its equipment via international travel The tea n flew from Salt Lake City to Mexico City leb 19 and returned a week later Vehicles weie rented lor the drive from Mexico City to Tlaehichuca a small rural community at the base ol the extinct volcano a There mountain outfitter was lined to help terry supplies to huts at 14000 leet on the tace ot the mountain Base camp was established at 15500 feet the beginning of the mountain's ice fields angle “7 here was about a of sheer ice” Bishop said “I was really surprised at how many people have been killed there on falls where they slid down to the rocks Once you get goyou ing if you don’t do a were gone ” The climbers encounteied several crosses erected in memory of climbers who had been killed on Onzaba The party suffered no accidents The first bid lor the summit was made Wednesday I eb 22 the second the next day All but two climbers made the summit Bishop said lie and two others made it to the lop twice See CLIMBER page 4 West Millard Cultural Council presents Brough- Wolf Duo - td Meyer Five task forces are being loi ined to attack each of the problems The task forces will be under the overall supervision of Utah Small Cities Inc Each group will consist of a representative from each of four rural Utah regions defined by USC Inc which are the southeast central southwest and the Uintah Basin plus one representative from the urbar counties of the Wasatch Front Meyer said each committee will be more than just a study group “We want them to assume that their direction has already been identified to a certain extent” he said “and they’re to go out and make things happen” boon opened What was inside? find out on page 3 Thursday March 7:30 9 PM Delta High Auditorium |