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Show Gunn McKay To Officially Open SUFCo Mine Road Ribbon-cuttin- ceremonies g for the official opening of the road to Southern Utah Fuel Co.s Convulsion Canyon coal mine will be held from 2 - 4 p m. Monday, Oct. 30 Utah Congressman Gunn McKay will head the list of dignitaries attending the ceremonies for the road, called Collector Road 464 by the Utah Department of TransVol. 58 1 No. 19 Salina Publication No. Thursday, October 4780X0 i r j-- 'ThK 1 .s'1 Tr-iV T-- X- v, r-1- .'" BLM Schedules Public 1, Meetings To Evaluate Aspects OfRoadless Areas , 1 Four public meetings in Utah have been scheduled by the Bureau of Land Management to gain public involvement in evaluating wilderness aspects of roadless areas that would be affected by proposed electrical transmission, railroad and pipeline routes for the proposed Intermountain Power Project (IPP). Emery County Courthouse courtroom; Salt Lake City -- Nov. 17, at 7 p.m. in room 1408 of the University Club Building, East South Temple. According to Paul L. Howard, BLM Utah State Director, findings from wilderness inventories done on the areas by BLM will be explained during the meetings. He noted that all roadless areas associated with the power project in Utah will be discussed at the Salt Lake City meeting. Areas in Juab and Millard counties will be discussed at the Delta meeting, areas in Garfield, Beaver, Iron and Washington counties at the Cedar City meeting, and areas in Emery, Sevier, Wayne and Piute counties at the Castle Dale meeting. Howard added that information gained from the public and the wilderness inventories will be discussed in a environmental draft statement now being prepared by BLM on the proposed Intermountain Power Project. It was emphasized by Howard that special approval was granted by the national director of BLM, Frank Gregg, to make these wilderness inventories so the IPP draft environmental statement would not be delayed any longer than necessary. The recently published BLM Wilderness Inventory Handbook is being used as a guideline for these inventories, added Howard. Public comments on the wilderness aspects of the areas will be accepted until Dec. 18. 136 7fjSS; Cl ' . , '"- , A- a , . f , 1 , H . , . , V The Lady Car Dealer by Morris E. Reid When you first meet Kay Lou Wheeler, the lady car dealer in Salina, youd never suspect she started her married life as a sheepherder in Fairview, Utah. That was a few years back. Before that, she had taken dancing at the University of Oregon. Her grace and poise give evidence that. When I first called Kay Lou and asked for an interview, she agreed to meet me that same afternoon She didnt have time to primp and polish and make herself ready. I took the picture and interview as she was. Besides sheepherding, dancing and selling cars, Kay Lou is also a gardener. You can see her handiwork at her beautiful of new home in Salina. She tells the story of how she took a truck to a nursery and loaded up with evergreen trees and planted them all along the back line of her property, and then planted fruit trees in between -it would make a nice fence of she said. Anyone trees, driving past her home will note the spacious lawn and contoured hills of flowers that home. grace her newly-buiKay Lous flair for things seems to have made her a success in life. It was about three years ago that the property was purchased where the new Kay Lou auto sales is now located. Its a good location, beautiful building and sales lot, and a gracious lady with a firm handshake that has worked her lt way to the top. Kay Lou is the only lady car dealer in the State of Utah and one in three dealers in the United States. Comments should be mailed to BLM Utah State Director, University Club Building, 136 East South Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah 84111. For more information and maps of the areas being evaluated, people should contact the tollowing BLM ofiices: Moab District Office, 125 West 2nd South, Moab 84532, (for areas in Emery County); House Range Resource Area PO Box 778, Office, 1 Meetings are scheduled as follows: Delta - Nov. 14, at 7:30 p.m. in the Delta High School auditorium; Cedar City - Nov. 15, at 7:30 p.m. in the BLM Cedar City district office, 1579 North Main Street, Castle Dale - Nov. 16, at 7:30 pm. in the Fillmore 84631 (areas in Juab, Millard, Sevier, Piute and Wayne Counties), Cedar City 1579 District Office, North Main Street, Cedar City 84720 (areas in Garfield, Iron, Beaver and Washington Coun- ties). Grand Opening Prize Winners Announced Prize winners at the grand opening of Brents Freeway Texaco and Tire Service have been announced by Brent Taylor, owner of the new station. Wally Anderson won a color television set, and Kent Anderson won two Tiempo tires. Paul Jensen and Connie Peterson each won a case of and Nazareth Gata and Jerry Mason each won a case of 0 motor oil Angela Beckstead and Nina Mason each won a lube and oil change, and Lyle Burr and Don Barton each won a front end 10-4- alignment. Weather halt-inc- h Saturday. High Low 75 38 74 43 80 65 60 31 63 32 66 28 40 47 Utah coal production got a the when boost recently major U S. Senate passed a coal leasing exchange bill, according to U.S. Sen. Jake Garn Under terms of the bill, the is Interior Department authorized to exchange leases on federal lands in Central Utah for leases on properties in Garfield County which are held by private developers. Some 18,000 acres are involved in the exchange. The Central Utah properties are estimated to contain upwards of 400 million tons, of coal which can be extracted using deep mining techniques, Garn said They border lands which are already being developed, so the physical impact from new roads and so on will be minimal. Coal from the new sites will coal-lade- n be used at Utah Power & problem, the authorization. Free. .15 .12 doubling U.S coal production m the next few years, the Utahn noted Unfortunately, many coal leases on federal lands are in environmentally sensitive areas and have not been able to be developed. The legislation passed today permits exchange of these leases for leases in sensitive areas, he added. The Utah Republican said passage of the exchange measure, which had already cleared the House, opens the way for the Presidents signature. Since industry, environmental groups, and the Administration were all in support of the bill, there appears to be no further obstacle to its enactment, he said. To Cut Ribbon In Ceremony Aurora And Redmond Plan Pheasant Permits Pheasant hunting permits for local areas will go on sale this weekend. .Aurora unit permits will be on sale at 8 a.m. Monday, Oct. 30 at the Aurora General Store. Paper Drive Price Salina Lions Club paper drive will be this Saturday, Oct. 28. Please have your papers bundled and out on the curb for pick-uby 9 a m. p is $3. Redmond unit permits will be on sale at 8 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 28, at Dons American. Price is $2.50. Venice unit permits will be on 8 a.m. until 8 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 29, at the Venice sale from Recreation Hall. Price is $3. Problems Confront Commissioners Minutes of the regular meeting of the Board of Sevier County Commissioners held the Commissioners room in the Sevier County Oct. 16 in The meeting commenced at 10 a.m. with the Com following present: missioners Ivan Mills, Elmo R. Herring, Ted W. Sorensen, and Clerk DeVon Poulson. Prayer was presented by Commissioner Mills. Curtis Nelson, Austin, came in concerning a business license for sharpening saw blades. The Board agreed to issue a license for sharpening saw blades, but there is to be no retail business allowed. Craig Pettigrew, State Forestry & Fire Control, appeared to present a proposed budget request for the year 1979, in the amount of $3,475.00. A review of this budget with the Commission: Mayor City Kendrick Harward, Manager Woody Farnsworth, City Engineer Keith Christensen, City Councilmen Jewel Busk, Glen Ogden, Duane Wilson, and Rex Warenski, to discuss the following matter. Mayor Harward, speaking for the group, said that they have a proposition for fire protection for the city and county participation. The present contract is 40 of the total Richfield City a Fire Budget, plus clause. The depreciation request from the city is that each, the county and the city, participate at 50 each in the total Richfield City Fire towards him head first, and he had to shoot it in the neck. The men, however, were not too cooperative in getting their picture taken for the paper, but at least were very excited about their success. As their pickup was parked in town, several hunters slowed down and gawked with envy at the unusual success. Some hunters said they hadnt seen a deer; others said there were deer running all around them; one banter was said to have shot 100 bullets and had the time of his life trying to shoot a buck Lights Huntington and Emery plants, as well as other projects in the area The President for some time has expressed his interest in County Notes year. The following people representing Richfield City met STORY-Thr- ee men from Taylor and Roy, Utah all had their bucks by Sunday night. Glen Judkins, a police ofHis ficer on the Ogden force, killed what appeared to be a son, Russell, 16, on his first hunt with a gun and his first shot fired, Norvin Butler, shot a A brother-in-laneeted him a small They had been hunting on a mountain called 1,000 Lakes north of the Fremont Junction. Judkins said his buck ran right access possible route, cost estimates, traffic studies and the percentage of benefit to both the company and the public. The road is the first in Utah to be built under the legislative Coal Leasing Bill Will Boost Production Senator Gam Says proposal was held. The Board told Pettigrew that they would act on this with the rest of the countys budgets later on in the A BASHFUL SUCCESS the e Courthouse. ot rain Less than a was measured in Salina last week by Ted Bird, official weather observer, who reported .27 inches on Friday and Date Oct. 17 Oct. 18 Oct. 19 Oct. 20 Oct. 21 Oct. 22 Oct. 23 for L.A. Young and Sons was awarded the contract and built and paved the road this sumThe section of road mer. It follows the existing was built and paved in connecroute, originally a U.S. Forest tion with SUFCo, a division o' Service road, to the mine from Coastal States Energy Co , un east of Salina. Exit 72 off der the Resources DevelopThe public is welcome to atment Act, which allows a com- tend the ceremonies. Refreshpany to prepay expected sales ments will be served, and a tour tax so that UDOT or the county of the SUFCo mine will be available. may construct access roads. nine-mil- . M authorization portation Fifteen Cents 26, 1978 The building the road comes after studies have been completed on Budget, which would include the cost of new equipment and at the present time, Richfield City has ordered a new fire truck. The Board then asked the city as to what they based the increase on. The Mayor said due to the increase in county buildings, the county should be participating at a higher rate for fire protection. The Boarf then asked if there were any figures available as to what percent the county had increased in comparison with the citys increase in buildings. It was left that City Manager Farnsworth would check this matter out and come back with some figures at a later date. The Board thanked them for coming in and said that they would wait until they heard more from Farnsworth before a decision would be made. Ross Bumgardner and Urey Belle Demings, representing the Sevier County Council on Aging, presented a list of job descriptions for the Boards approval. Commissioner Herring made the motion that the Board approve the list of job descriptions, seconded by Commissioner Sorensen, carried unanimousfy. Mrs. Demings then requested that the county participate budget-wis- e this year in the tune of $4,500.00 for the county council, plus $1,000.00 for each one of the clubs in the county for a total of $8,500.00. This request was the same as was allowed in 1978, explaining that the $1,000 to each club last year was to help the clubs in their building programs. A motion was made by Commissioner Sorensen that they allow $4,500 toward the Citizens Council Senior Program, seconded by Commissioner Herring, carried unanimously. Dwain Washburn, Monroe, appeared concerning his property taxes on an unfinished building that he is building in Monroe, with a total assessed valuation of $2,940.00. He stated that he had not reviewed his valuation notice when it came for this property because it was not finished, but it was in con- struction stages. Washburn said that he knew that he should have come to the Equalization Board meetings to review this matter, but had not done so, but he still requested that the county abate the taxes on this property. At this point, Washburn left the meeting. The Board then reviewed this matter determining that it has been the procedure of the County Assessor to assess property in its construction stages as to what had been completed by the first ol the year. Commissioner Herring made the Washburns motion that request be denied, seconded by Commissioner Sorensen, carried unanimously. Bruce Whited and Tommy Tucker, representing Monroe Meadow Subdivision, and Zoning Administrator Scott Hawley, appeared concerning the procedures that have been followed on the Monroe Sub- division. There was a discussion concerning several matters on this subdivision, after which on a motion of Commissioner Herring, and second of Commissioner Mills, it was resolved as unanimously follows: 1. Approval of 48 lots (phase 1) was reaffired. 2. The overall development plan of some 240 lots was received at the time of the original proposal that each phase of 50 lots will require independent review as required by the county ordinance. 3. The 48 approved lots will be suitable for issuance of building permits when the following items are completed, (a) Water rights must be transferred from Mrs. Burr, (b) Installation of 20,000-gallo- n storage tank, (c) Installation of water lines and convenient distribution points, or point in subdivision, (d) Completion of desk plat for county recorder, (e) Survey and stake out lot corners. 4. Property outside the approved subdivision will be returned to a common ownership which will not violate county or state subdivision laws. The foregoing entry in the minutes was reviewed with, and by Mr. Whited and Mr. Tucker. They agreed to the above requirements. Tim Jones and Tristan DeMille, representing Horrocks Engineering Company, appeared to report on the progress of the Central-Annabell- a road project. The bids will be advertised by the State Department of Transportation on Nov. 4, and opened on Nov. 14. Completion date for this project will be in the neighborhood of June 15, 1979. Sheriff Rex Huntsman appeared on matters concerning his department. The main topic of discussion was the detention of juveniles in the county jail. He said that it appeared that in the near future that they would probably have to transport juveniles to the Provo Detention Facility instead of having them in the County Jail. The Commissioners told the Sheriff that they are working with an architect to come up with plans for a new detention center and the cost of same. Minutes of the special meeting of Oct. 2, and the regular Oct. 5 meeting were presented and unanimously approved by the Board. Commissioner Mills reported that Monroe City had requested an easement to drill an exploratory well for thermal heat on 40 acres of property owned by Sevier County just east of Monroe City. Commissioner Herring made the motion that Monroe City be given an easement to drill a geothermal well on said property, and that the easement would be good for one year unless further action should be taken by the Board, seconded by Commissioner Sorensen, unanimously. County Attorney, carried Kay L. Mclff, presented a request from the Board of Education of Sevier School District for a Quit Claim Deed to property that the county had agreed to sell them in the past with the request that it be executed. After a discussion was held concerning this, Commissioner Sorensen made the motion that if this property is found to be as represented, as part of their existing athletic field, that the county clerk be authorized to sign the Quit Claim Deed transferring the property from Sevier County to the Sevier School District, seconded by Commissioner Herring, carried unanimously. The following building permit applications were presented to be approved and signed. No. 267 for Iean C. Devincenzi for a shop in Clear Creek Canyon; No. 295 for Lillie Thomas for a cabin in Acord Lakes; and No. 296 for Billy Thomas for a cabin in Acord Lakes Meeting adjourned at 7:30 p.m. |