Show j ?£ f Ttft" V PRESS UTAH ASS'N 541 : ut i & VOLUME 82 NUMBER UTAH THURSDAY GUNNISON 23 JUNE 9 1983 PRICE 25c Evac measures Taken For G Valley Area Mile' Moving slidea in Twelve Canyon and an unstaule condition at the Gunnison Reservoir are the cause of planning for emergency evacuations of parts of Mayfield and Gunnison Survey markers on the show that it is moving foir feet a day The approximately south slide can only be surveyed by the dock north slide air of the Neil Nielson president Gunnison Company Irrigation reported to Sanpete County Sheriff afAnderson Kennard Tuesday ternoon that there was a problem at the dam The cement chute off the Authorities asked residents to be prepared to evacuate their homes In Gunwithin 15 minutes notice nison notification will be made by contact by someone personal All residents north of the authorized Sanpitch River bridges are advised to go to the City Hall or Stake of the south Center Residents bridge should go to the Centerfield Church for further instructions spillway in the river bed is tweaking up and he feared that it could effect the stability of the dam if it continued to deteriorate The water is cutting back into the bank on the side of the spillway and loads of large rocks were being brought in to stabilize that situation help Tuesday On Wednesday water was retained in the reservoir so that work could be done If an evacuation is necessary residents are advised to bring one extra set of clothes sleeping bap or any quilts pillows and flashlights quick food items that are handy and any medications that are required Sanpete County has really taken a because of the flooding beating conditions Buchanan stated that 80000 sandbags have been placed in the county 42 bridges are washed out or unstable and close to 12 roads are closed due to the flooding Thirty slides are currently moving in the canyons from Indianola south Ten major slides on the eastern side of the valley have the potential of The Mayfield evacuation plan calls for residents to be transported to Manti County Sanpete Emergency Services Director Wally Buchanan stated that there are two slides in one coming Twelve Mile Canyon from thd south and one from the north that are coming together at the same point There is the potential danger of a 40 to 80 foot of dam being formed cutting Twelve Mile creek causing munities stated stated that in the' Fairview is the top priority of the slide activity in the and the location of die city Buchanan US the from Geologists the State of Survey Geological Utah and the Forest Service are monitoring the slide action around ““ with comproblems The others Buchanan are not in a critical area county because canyon being close i to the mouth of tfcie Trouble at Dam The water tnibulance coming from the spillway at the Gunnison Reserand work is being done Imvoir dam is a cause of concern to sfficaials mediately to correct the situation “The seriousness of it is if the water is the second Mayfield canyon priority due to the two major slides in Twelve Mile Search and County Sanpete Rescue Commander Barry Bradley stated that people should stay out of Twelve Mile Canyons “It is a dangerous area” Sheriff Anderson warns that any unauthorized people in the citations canyon will be issued Buchanan stated that he flew the county two days ago and there is an extremely high level of snow with water content “As of this date I has the think pulled county he stated “and without together the help of the people we wouldn’t J £ Gunnison Girl Crowned Dairy Princess Crowned as the 1983 Sanpete County Dairy Princeas June 3rd at the Gunnison Valley High School was a Gunnison girt Miss Mary Stewart daughter of Dr and Mrs LaMar Stewart Miss Stewart will County Sanpete the following year and throughout in the State comwill compete petition next spring represent bouquet of red roses material for a dress a $500 scholarship to Snow College and a $50 cash award as attendants to the will be Cherylene Serving Mary received her crown a Princess it Christensen daughter of Mr and of CenGlen Christensen Mrs Goodwin terfield Rosemary Glen Mrs Mr of and daughter Patricia Goodwin of Manti John Mrs and Mr of daughter and Michele Yardley of Centerfield Jensen daughter of Mr and Mrs The Roger Jensen of Gunnison attendants were awarded a crown and banner and a red rose They also will receive a cash award to help which will be with the expenses incurreed o yt- during their reign Kathy Hansen daughter of Mr and Mrs Junior Hansen of Centerfield was chosen as Miss Congeniality by a the contestants She received basket full of cheeses V Winners in the various areas in the were Michele poster competition Jensen for the neatest poster Kathy Hansen for best advertising appeal and Noreen Kingsman daughter of Mr and Mrs Donald Kingsman of Fairview for the most Original in the dairy recipe Winners contest were Rosemary Goodwin for the best looking Mary recipe Stewart for the most dairy products used in the recipe and Patricia Yardley for the best tasting recipe These winners (poster and recipe) were awarded a chunk of cheese and a dairy hot plate Hie contest was considered and was anjoyed by attended success Dairy Princess Royalty Mary Stewart was crowned Dairy Princess Friday at nisoo Valley High School the 1983 Sanpete County the pageant held at Gun- Pictured Is the Princess a big all who boiling under the drop and cut the dirt loose under the cement and dropped it” Neil Neilson said “Riprap” is being brought in from behind the temple and the water was shut off Wednesday to fill in the hole started be in the 24 hrs a day stay in operation Anderson purchased a pump for the city from Denver Colorado at a co6t off One of Gunnison City’s sewer lines which runs under the Sanpitch River was washed out last Wednesday evening A 24 hr pumping operation solution to is the only immediate in homeowners the protecting vicinity of 2nd West and 2nd "South from having their basement backed until the high up with sewage waters recede and the repair in the line can be made Of state we are now” He further stated that all of the cities in the county are ready for the high run when The break was discovered city employees went to check out a call by Bob Sorensen’s wife that her basement was being flooded with river water Immediate work was done to (dug off the manhole on the south side of the Sanpitch The city then utilized Billy Nay’s 4 inch pump to flush the sewage out into the middle of the river Mayor Rodney Anderson spent three hours on the phone trying to locate another pump fearing that if the one in use broke down homes in the vicinity of 2nd West and 2nd South with basement drains would fill wtih raw sewage It is imperative that a pump $2000 Officials from the State Health were contacted about the situation and were concerned about the raw sewage from homes north of the river being pumped into the Sanpitch- - George Hansen and two other officials from the State Health Department met with Mayor Anderson last Friday to see if anything else could be done They stated that is is a health hazard and threat to life but could think of no other possible solution They do however expect the line to be fixed as soon as possible Department Mayor Anderson estimates that expenses incurred in the repair of the sewer line will be about $50000 The line was lost somewhere between Hal Hendrickson’s and Bobby Sorensen’s residences under the river it wiu De aouui tu agm weeks before the water will be low enough to operate machinery in the area to dig up the line repair the break and flush the mud out of the lines City Budget Down The Gunnison City Council passed the budget for the year which to approximately amounted a 1 percent decrease from last year’s held budget at an open hearing June 6 at the Gunnison Monday City Hall The general fund is down 5 percent as last year the budget called for $195095 and this year $185768 is This was budgeted figure calculated with a 1 mill tax increase which the council voted in favor of at their meeting The utility fund is up with a budget of $125118 4 percent last year and the new budget allowing The $320168 for total was budget the projected budget is $317413 and have City employee negotiations been settled for the year as well They will receive a 3 percent increase in salary 2 percent coming from net retirement and 1 percent on a salary schedule They will also be given one day of personal leave during the year and 8 days sick leave which can be accumulated to 90 days flanked by her attendants Cherylene Christensen Michele Jensen Mary Stewart Rosemary Goodwin Patricia Yardley and Kathy Hansen Local Sales Tax Increased Gunnison increase percent percent local City opted to by Vi its local sales tax from die present tax table included in an hnalysis prepared by Utah Foundation shows' that a percent increase in the local sales tax would produce an estimated $9917 in Gunnison during 1884 The analyse also shows that would receive an adGunnison ditional $1394$ in local sales tax revenue The city should realise an effective gun of approximately $4027 under thp plan next year the phasing in of a large population factor in the distribution formula Another change will occur after July 1'1967 when the local tax will in- A figures are esimated for 1984 only These relationships wifi change in subsequent years with The above (jltlTCIl CfFOUP L crease from cent 78 percent to 1 per- The study concludes by noting that if a large number of the cities that derive little or nothing from the sales tax increase choose not to raise their sales tax rates and accept the new method of distribution it could substantially reduce the amount of revenue that would be distributed to other communities This would tend to destroy one of the basic purposes of the new law which is to redistribute some of the revenue generated by communities with a large commercial interest to with the communities large populations New Bishopric feustained as the new bishopric in the Centerfield 1st Ward are (front left) Hugo Berrio 1st cousnelor Lyman bishop and David Hill 2nd Holyoak i for $131645 counselor The former Bishop Eugene Jensen is now the 2nd counselor id the Guhhison Stake presidency recently reortanired |