Show poorTcgpy I See Page -i PICTURES PICTURES TaxTips See Page 3 Sli 1 2 M SALT A Gunnison Utah 84634 Wednesday MU SO'Tll M COMMERCE March 8 1995 II !' r MAi ' LAKE CITY V Volume 74 Number 10 0 0 MO') DR UT si !' si 4 I1 'ion ST F 34107-J77- 5 )VVU 50 cents cress shop like no other Juniors anticipate Prom night with Lila Lee's assistance by Anita Lyons Every junior anticipates them” The community is small enough that they aren’t overwhelmed by this task “So far it’s been one a year” she notes She says “It’s interesting to see these girls when they come to pick up their dresses and they try them on for the last time before leaving the store You’ve never seen nicer faces prettier smiles They feel really good about do the prom with fear and exciteIt’s Lila Lee’s job to make them especially the ment “It’s kind of girls look their very best for the occasion like their introduction to society” says the dress shop owner In fact Lila Lee and another benefactress in town have girls who had no hope of affording a got one “A lady in town for the past fourteen years has come to make sure that all the girls have dresses” says Lila Lee “Between the two of us we insured that even dress for the prom dress or one tuxedo themselves They’ll granddaughters” Although Prom isn’t as early as November talk about this when until March they have Lila Lee sells dresses Many parents get the dress as part of their daughter’s Christmas And why not since their present daughter is guaranteed a date The policy at Gunnison High and many other local high schools is that every junior attends the prom If someone is not asked one the senior class the or of student body officers will ask them “The stories that go on behind the scenes tear wrenching” comments think these kids are smart for everything but their are neat” spirits are Lila Lee “We Area Sterling Scholar coordinators prepare for the 1995 judging in Centerfield Linda Miller of Gunnison Mark Anderson and Courtney Syme and Rodney Cox back make final plans See related story on page 8 of today' sGunnison Valley News too “It’s a really interesting Prom that we have down in Central Utah different than Salt Lake City” As reported here first she Interest in Central Utah oil and gas continues “These kids still do a prom like those in the SO’s The school gym is still the place” The continues students will work transform for weeks to the gym with decora- tions The community (parents) are involved The festivities start at 6 pm with a formal reception for their parents the juniors and the dance starts in which Then and the promevery junior is at 10:30 “The whole town comes to it says Lila Lee enade introducedis “You come to town on the night of the prom and you can’t get any service everyone’s at the prom” - and Suzanne Sanders work on Holly Dyreng ’s prom dress Hazel Christensen Lila Lee 's mother looks on Lila Lee ’s Apparel is at its busiest during prom season from March through May Lila Lee while Lila Lee’s Prom customers from Wisconsin come Nevada rado Idaho and Wyoming Colo- as well (Continued on Page 9) Gunnison Salina 'police logs' differ By Greg Duerden Salina is a quiet says Utah Crime Report deal as well little town but not everything is Gunnison is a comparable community in most respects or do they compare? Recently Salina Police Chief Gordon Kiesel gave a to the Salina Lions Club where he handed out couple of pages from the 1993 Utah Crime Report showing the crime statistics for the various compresentation copies munities Monticello with 53 cases is comparable per officer having 60 cases per police officer obvious of a in the state Chief Kiesel com- Crime Categories What jumps out in a comparison of the crime report for the three similar communities is the significantly higher crime rate in Salina Salina has a crime index of 153 or a crime rate of 7544 per 1000 population Gunnison has an index of 72 and a crime rate of 3744 while Monticello has an index of 76 Tale of Three Cities pared Monticello and Salina both compa- and a crime rate that comparison The The Jan 4 1995 issue of the Salina Sun and Gunnison Valley News carried a front page story about the wildcat well near Indianola which mentioned the oil and gas reserves as well as the expected activity it should generate within the next few months Take a "Sentimental Journey" during Centerfield gathering Breaking down robbery Gunnison could aggra- vated assault burglary larceny motor ve- and arson) all three towns have zero murders rapes robberies to report in 1993 according to the report Aggravated assault both Salina and Gunnison have four The biggest difference according to Chief Kiesel is the while Monticello has one Salina has significantly more burglaries with 23 as compared to 14 in Monticello and additional highways Salina has through it’s borders only 8 in Gunnison reported in 1993 There is Interstate 70 Highway 50 as well as Highway 89 Larceny was another area Salina doubled the other These roads bring more crime and criminals through communities with 125 versus 6 1 for Monticello and 60 for Chief Kiesel’s jurisdiction increasing his Gunnison case load He told the Lions he and his department’s Salina reported one stolen vehicle while the other towns officers have almost 70 cases per man zero None of the communities reported any Compared to the sheriff (with almost 15 per officer) or reported the Richfield PD (with about 32 per officer) Salina is arson cases getting it’s money’s worth for their officers Gunnison using that same criteria is getting a good is similar in size (1923 which is actually population closer to Salina’s than Monticello) and it also has Highas does Salina way 89 running through it’s community officially Michael Jackson the minerals and resource person for said he has been here for the BLM office in Richfield seven years and his office has had no (zero) APD’s on federal land during his tenure “We have had one seismic line (approved) around Y uba Lake last year” he said But he has received a couple of phone calls but no one has applied for any drilling permits or made official requests to do any seismic work in the Sevier River Valley of 3996 major highways running through them into price One Sanpete County parcel which was 4343 acres of “acquired land” in Section 19 South East went to Sonja V McCormick of Salt Lake City for $ 0 50 an acre She told the BLM she was representing herself in the auction Two parcels among those sold were in the Southern Utah County area (11 South 9 East) Parcels 129 which was 164310 acres went to Anadrako Petroleum Corporation of Houston for $200 an acre Parcel 130 which was 130861 acres went to McCormick for $2100 an acre ‘Huge Central Utah gas reserve’ Utah’s State Geologist gave a speech Last Thursday of Petroleum and prepared for the Utah Association Mining Landmen A belt of coal in Central Utah contains vast reserves of natural gas according to Allison director of the Utah Geological Survey In the speech Allison says a ‘fairway’ of methane gas) underlies a 12 by 80 mile area running through Carbon Emery Sanpete and Sevier counties He estimates it could contain 4 to 9 trillion cubic feet of natural gas The gas is trapped in coal deposits up to 40 feet thick lying at depths of 1000 to 5000 feet below the surface One company River Gas of Utah has already drilled over 70 wells in the northern third of the ‘fairway’ in its Drunkards Wash gas field near Price River Gas is currently preparing an Environmental Impact Statement in anticipation of drilling as many as 1000 gas wells in the next decade T wo other companies Anadarko Petroleum and T cxaco have recently drilled four wildcat wells to further define the southern of the ‘fairway’ Allison said “We think the whole ‘fairway’ could be a rich as the Drunkards Wash area If so the area could support 3000 to 4000 new gas wells” There are currently about 3000 producing oil and gas wells in the entire state No applications yet While several groups have expressed interest in the Central Utah resources (oil and gas) the Richfield office of BLM says they have not seen any increase in interest The theme for the Centerfield Old Folks Party is “Sentimental Journey” 1995 beginning at 1000 am at the Centerfield Church The annual party is scheduled for Saturday March Come and make that sentimental journey with your friends both old and new Join us on that golden year bound into the will find we’re waiting for you railroad you Part I crimes to come and stay the day we know that you will have great fun Life’s too short to miss small pleasures Just (murder rape we’re plan for each and rable populations (Monticello with 1902 Salina with 2028) and both with also be thrown BLM leases went up for bid Monday Feb 27 and on Thursday March 2 State Geologist M Lee Allison gave a speech on the “Huge Natural Gas Resources Identified in Central Utah” Linda Sorenson of the BLM office in Salt Lake City gave us the details of several parcels within the Central Utah area which were let for bid early last week With 266 parcels up for bid throughout the state 81 were ‘sold’ to various enterprises Parcel 118 was 126656 acres in Sevier County which went to Texaco Exploration and Production in Denver at 9 also in Sevier County was only $2 00 an acre Parcel 640 acres and also went to the same bidder for the same hicle theft everyone waiting you Old Folks Committee members are: Duane and Charlotte Follett Grant and Marge Mogle Reed and Josie Keith and Jeana James Collin and Becky Edwards Neil and LaRee Mecham Darwin and Gwen JensenScott Mark and Kim Christenson Perry and Wendy Reid Michael and Doris Beck Russell and Rebecca Thompson The Roberts and Merrylynn Sorensen and Doug and Sue Simkins Check out these pictures! Dear Reader We are having picture day at the new Gunnison Valley Please stop in at the News office on Friday March office at 47 South Main and browse through the pictures If you can help us get pictures back to the right owners we would appreciate the assistance In the last week we have tried to return old pictures collected at the Salina Sun office We know that some precious pictures have been lostcd and we are deeply we sorry When Jim and I purchased the two newspapers Several years of aquired two large boxes of pictures pictures from both Gunnison and the Salina areas where thrown in together We have returned those pictures that had addresses on the back or of people we recognized However there are many more Some are pictures that the newspaper staff has taken some are school photos but some are photos we know someone wants back Please stop by and hopefully we can find your picture |