Show 9 A2 Sanpete Annexation (Continued fromAl) the development are often asked to participate in community activities but currently have no voice in city governance Mayor Don Worley said that the council votes down the annexation he would drop the issue So if citizens are opposed to annexation they need to communicate their views to their council members he said At the council meeting one resident said he went to the county and asked if his taxes would go up if his house if County Still another concern is that when there is an emergency in locations contiguous to the city the city invariably responds the city fire departRecently ment responded to a significant trailer fire in Mountainvillc the city doesn’t get Frequently compensated for the service Yet it isn’t collecting property taxes from the areas At a council meeting Oct 19 the city council discussed increasing the proposed annexation territory to include land between the current east city boundary and Fairview Heights to avoid leaving an “island” of unincorporated land (between the two The city provides utilities to Milbum and to the Mountainville area south of town But it is not considering annexing those locations at this time Some residents in Fairview Fairview Heights were a see the municipal services Residents current unincorporated property and taxes on the same property in the city only varied by pennies Annexation city officials said would simply shift now the to money going county for services to the city The question was raised of whether annexation would require street lights to be installed to bring the Fairview Heights in line with city insurance requirements One of the attractions with living in Fairview Heights is having the darkness making it easier to sleep one resident said Heights clearly oppose the annexation while others mainly have questions about how the move would affect them Councilman Chad Johnson said that his phone rang for three days straight Councilwoman Peggy Johnson said that she too had received numerous calls One advantage to annexation is that Fairview Heights residents would be able to vote for the city officials who overFairview provides an- nexed He said he had been told his taxes would increase $290 But he said the city office told him the figure might not be correct The city contended that it had prepared a projection based on a $120000 property and found that the total taxes on Officials responded that separate ordinances may be of passed for Fairview Heights suit the lifestyle This is one the main reasons for people communities to get involved local changes PERSONALIZED MISSIONARY CHRISTMAS STOCKINGS to of in in Fairview needs to act on the annexation proposal before the end of November in order to shift taxes collected this year from the county to the city Otherwise the city will have to wait until 2005 to receive any financial benefit from annexation Includes ideas for stocking stuffers Call Sunnle Brown 1020 Many VIOXX users suffered strokes 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Kelly Hancock Ben Fox Staff Judy Chantry Moroni c R Truitt Darlene Agren Elva Jensen Axt®1 Audrey Boore Mayfield Margaret Amy Spring City Holly Nicholes Staff Writers Erika Johnson Kathy Eggleston Bob BahlmannDoug Sports Writers Johnson Jeff Ericksen Craig Cox and Coaches Bob Bahlmann Sean Hales Photographers Vem Buchanan Peter Goss Russ Beck Columnists Roger Baker Corrie Lynn Player Contributing Writers Shirley Bahlmann Jana Wahlquist Karen Buchanan Anita Lyons Truitt MANTI — Nancy Woodsidc heading up efforts for a victim assistance coordinator grant and Marty Bown Department of Child Family Services (DCFS) met with the county commission on Oct 9 to clarify the proposed coordinator position Commissioners Greg Dettinger and Bruce Blackham were under the impression that the coordinator position would be under the control of DCFS but Woodside and Bown said no: the position would be directly under the supervision of the county sheriff The commission also understood that the position would require police training and therefore would have to go through the merit commission Woodside concentrate on the crime The coordinator will do all the followup work Since the coordinator need not "be an officer the person selected does not have to pass the merit commission Woodside said that a victims coordinator program is most successful when managed under the sheriff’s office Woodside is the Fairview city manager She said Fairview considered going after the grant but figured the county would benefit She said Fairview is supplying the office and a computer The position starts out as at 28 hours per week and will pay $1135 per hour to start (Continued from A1 ) studying at Lucy Phillips Library Initially Chandler was only given until noon the next day to write a letter in response but later the deadline was extended to Friday Chandler claims he was formed again Sunday late in the evening that he would be tried Monday at 2:30 pm He said he was told he needed to limit his defense to topics covered in his letter of response A prominent faculty member offered to make a statement supporting Chandler during the closed trial but the Senate wouldn’t permit the appearance the deposed president said Nor would the Senate tell him how many members voted for and against his removal Several students said Lynn Schiffman Snow’s dean of students and Beckie Hermansen a student affairs advisor played a significant role in recommending 10 acres of the property The commission also approved a conditional use permit for Western Wireless to install a tower 180 feet communications tall four miles north of Fairview The company will have the permit review every five years the commission However lot in did not approve a Panorama Woods which the commission says is no longer a subdivision The subdivision has Commissioner Blackham referred Klaric to the Special Service Road District created to control which roads get paved Blackham said the district is an independent board but if county residents agree to pay 50 percent cost the district will give their request higher priority At the public hearings held Oct 19 the commission approved a conditional use permit for Fred and Kristie Burns to of the build a recreational vehicle park located on SR 132 south of Fountain Green The Burns plan to have 60 stalls for trailers which is under the impeachment and advised the Executive Council and Student Senate members about how to carry it out Jed Kendell clubs vice president and an Executive Council member said he wasn’t present for all the meeting and deliberations But he said “I’m 999 percent sure that they (Schiffman and lermansen) had influence They wanted him impeached They I not been recorded At one time the lot was within an area that had a building requirement but since that time the requirements have changed in the area and the lot is in a zone so the lot doesn’t meet the requirements (Continued from steel poles instead At this point Chandler said he is “seeing what my legal options are because this affects not only me but Snow College as a whole” Al) of wooden ones The agreement was originally for two signs but Gunnison also wants to put up a sign Since the two cities are so close both cities will be included in the striction zone and they only need a sign on either end of the towns The city plans to have a pub- lie hearing on Dec 4 The council is looking at sample ordinances Max White owner of Whites Sanitation said he reluctantly has to add another charge per household to cover skyrocketing fuel costs White pointed out that the increase is covered in the contract with the city and that he has held off several months before adding the charge He said that oil is no longer being shipped to Salt Lake City and his supplier must get it from Las Vegas He said this is making fuel costs in Utah go even higher than other states White said he does keep a storage tank that would cover two months if fuel becomes hard to Lambertsen to keep hers near her home until Dec Lambertsen requested parking her trailer on her lot for two weeks to make repairs before moving it to another trailer park The trailer is currently in the city’s mobile hometrailer park but has no power hookup and vandalism is at an high The council said they had no problem helping her out but placed restrictions on the trailer’s use for Registration the Gunnison Youth Basketball Program for third through eighth grade boys and girls will be held Nov at the Gunnison Middle School Applications for the program will be passed out in school the week of Oct 25 Participants may register in person at Gunnison Middle School from - 7 pm on Monday Nov or applications may be turned in to Diane Dyreng at the school Nov No applications will be accepted after pm on Friday Nov 5 Call Kim Lund at Ron Ball at or Lila Bartholomew at with questions tion or for more informa- Golden Skyline Assisted Living 76 North 100 West Ephraim 2 “We care 1 for your loved ones ” Yp' r The city was paying $775 for pickup and will now pay $8 plus the $320 landfill charge 20 per making the total cost $ resident Although a city ordinance prohibits trailer homes from being parked on citizen’s private property the council voted to low city resident Cindy iank s tould What your v get Register for Gunnison Youth Basketball Program Family Home didn’t like the way he leads Justin Chandler rubbed them the wrong way” Because of deadline limitations the Messenger was unable to get a response from the student affairs administrators byt has plans to follow up next week r a Centerfield ' f ( & u&H JOHN MESSENGER PHOTO Far West from Al) (Continued would be a meeting at 9 am the next morning In that meeting Norton was told that he had to have Far West representatives in each branch of the Bank of Ephraim by 5 pm that evening at which time the Bank of Ephraim was declared insolvent Employees worked through the weekend to be able to open those branches as Far West offices by the next business day Within a week Far West had already begun purchasing former Bank of Ephraim loans said Norton “With us being so proactive we gave the FDIC the ability to pay out quicker In fact we created one of the quickest payouts in the last 10 years” Norton explained that the FDIC initially estimated that the first payout would take place in November at a rate of about 40 cents on the dollar Instead a payout of 538 per cent occurred on Sept 8 which Norton claims as a success for his team as well as for the FDIC Norton said that in taking over the bank he wanted to be sensitive to Bank of Ephraim em ployees as well as to the community “We have not transferred any employees out of the area” he said although there were some who declined offered positions at the new Far West branch “Also we wanted the familiar faces people were used to providing the bank’s services” And although he said a new building in Ephraim would probably have served Far West better Norton — in keeping with the city’s current efforts to revitalize its Main Street — opted to keep the old Bank of Ephraim facility “Our commitment was to keep the downtown building A bank is important to the life of a downtown area’’ The open house came one day after the Ephraim City Council selected Zions Bank as the institution for the city’s financial business Regarding that Norton said “We’re fine with it not that we aren’t disappointed We’ll move on” Norton said that despite the minor setback he is otherwise “We've seen some encouraged growth and overall total deposits have increased” he said It Problem caring staff Safe and secure Home cooked meals Housekeeping and laundry Personal and social care WITH ' Medication supervision Activity and exercise program Hair salon Single or double rooms Home health Respite care when families need Rooms start at $3500 per day HALES on open house last Thursday officials of Far West Bank thanked Ephraim residents for welcoming the bank Into the community Pictured from left to right are: Richard Hess manager of the Mt Pleasant branch Don Norton President and CEO Ryan Anderson Vice President and Ephraim branch manager and Brent Wallace Ephraim branch assistant manager At owned atmosphere - &A vi tfv Tired us at a break 4 'Hi a HEAR READING See 1027il3GMS Is the county limit of 120 The county placed conditions on the park: no one can stay over 30 days and the park is limited to Ed Klaric representative for the Horseshoe Mountain Ranch Estates told the commission that 22 residents are living in the subdivision and the subdivision is all paved except for 25 miles of gravel county road leading to it informed them that that was not the case The victims’ coordinator is to see that victims of crimes receive the help they need and in many cases free officers to Chandler changes to 35 S Main Manli Ulah 84642 Suzanne R Staff writer Send address Assignment Reporter Office Manager Administrative Assistant Webmaster Editorial Assistant Manti Ftn Green Gunnison Centerfield Sanpete commissioners 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