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Show v Care center suit filed ,The Careage Corporation, owners of the Price Care Center building, has filed a suit in district court against the centers operators, Medical Management Associates (MMA). The suit alleges that mMa has not paid Careage more than $88,000 in rent over the past two years and, further, never paid a $9,500 security deposit. MMA has countered this charge by alleging, in a court answer, that the debt to Careage, was was procured by fraud. Careage has also alleged that MMA, a Nevada Corporation, was never authorized to operate in Utah. Careage claims that MMA set up a Utah Corporation, the Price Care Center Corporation, to operate the center. The suit alleges that this arrangement violates the original agreement between Careage and MMA. An official in the Utah Secretary of States office confirmed that a Price Care Center Corporation was organized in Utah on July 17, 1978. Acordingto documents in that office, two of the corporations officers are also the MMA president and the MMA treasurer. However, MMA denies setting Price Care Center Corporation and claims it merely used the name Price Care Center in operating the facility, according to documents filed by MMA in District Court. up a The suit asks for back rent, the security deposit, expenses and other costs deemed appropriate by the court. Careage asked for the receivership and a temporary injunction to insure that MMA does not move any patients, employeesecords, or equipment out of the center to another location. We want to make it absolutely clear that the receivership is being requested to insure that the high quality service to the patients is maintained, Careage lawyer Duane Frandsen said. Careages only plans for changes is moving some of the centers top management around, Frandsen said. A proposed receiver has not been picked by Careage, Frandsen said. No one working for Careage or MMA would comment why MMA has not paid rent for nearly two years. However, a source close to the conflict said the center has been plagued with an occupancy rate revolving around 40 percent which has made MMA unable to pay the facilitys operating costs. Careage did not demand the rent since they hoped center occupancy would increase, the source said. Presently 55 percent of the centers 100 beds are being used, according to center director Sally Roberts. While the centers occupancy is low, the other rest home in the county, Carbon County Nursing (continued on page 2) Landowners ask for zone change Beaver Creek landowners converged on the Carbon County Planning and Zoning Commission Tuesday night to tell the commission that they wanted the land re - zoned so they could build recreational homes on their property. Approximately 60 people attended the one - hour public hearing, which one man referred to as a public tyranny. The land is currently zoned for mining and grazing. The county has refused requests from for building permits. The proposed change of zone would help clear the way for seasonal dwellings in Beaver Creek, according to commission land-owne- rs chairman John Nielson. However, landowners would still have to meet all other requirements for county building permits, Nielson said after the hearing. Gardening ! ' ! i ; ; i Lucille Hanson anticipates warmer weather as she weeds a tlower bed in front of her home. Local fruit farmers report little crop damage as a result of the recent cold weather. The landowners, almost all from the Wasatch front area, told the commission that they hoped to see a change that would lead to recreational housing in the Beaver Creek area, while preserving the quality of the land. We are concerned as much as anyone about the quality of water on the watershed and the wildlife management and about the general quality of any development that takes place in Beaver Creek, property owner Norman Rowley told the commission. This is an area that we love, another man said. We too, have visited it as a family and its an area we would like to visit extensively as a family. I suppose a fire in the region would do more to damage us than it would Price City or the lower regions of Beaver Creek. The landowners said they felt a solution could be found that would benefit themselves as well as the county. J.B. Washburn, president of Beaver Creek Investors, Inc., a group of ten men who own 2,600 acres in the area, said, Some limited development on 20 acre parcels could be of great benefit to a lot of people and do harm to few or none. One man spoke in opposition to the proposed zone change and development. If these zones are changed here, they will be changed everywhere in the future, said Thomas Creston of Synnyside They give a good talk about this . . . they say that they are going to do the water good but you know that people living above the watershed are not going to do the water any good. Public officials present at the meeting warned the commission not to take action until it considers the impact of development on natural resources. . Gerald Story of the Southeast Utah Health District told the commission that there is no easy way to determine the proper density of recreational homes in the area. We certainly cant say that a certain number of acres is O.K. and more than that is better and less than that not good at all. Wilson, Larry regional supervisor of the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, asked the commission to take the needs of wildlife into account in any decision. (continued on page 2) CHS track squads take state titles For the first time in history, Carbon Highs boys and girls track teams have captured their regional championships. In addition, an unprecedented total of 30 Carbon High athletes, 15 each from the two squads, have qualified for the state meet, which is scheduled for May 18 and 19 at Weber State. The girls racked up a total of 119 points, which left them 13 points ahead of second place Cyprus. The boys edged out Murray for the championship by eight points with a total of 109. Both teams competed against seven other schools. Qualifying for the girls state track meet are: Micah Barnett in the 100 meter and long jump, Misty Larson in the mile and two mile, Genevieve Martinez and Carolyn Borla in the javelin, Darlene Butler in the high jump, Lynn Larson in the two mile, Kerry Berenson Andrade in the shotput and Karen Bunnell in the 220 yard dash. Also qualifying were three girls relay teams: the medley relay team of Karen Atwood, Merrilyn Dart, Shelly Harwood and Sanpete action spawns meet Carbon County water users have been asked to attend a meeting regarding the attempt by the Sanpete Water Users Association to obtain rights to 17,000 acre feet of water currently draining into the Price River. In order to fight this move, attorneys for Carbon County water associations have recommended that a complete study be made of the waters in the watershed, The meeting is scheduled for May 15 n the large courtroom in the Carbon County Courthouse at 7 : :J0 pm. The has been meeting organized by the Carbon Water Conservancy District. Members of the Helper LDS Ward Mutual Improvement Association paint a Helper resident's address on the curb in front of his home. The youths have been going door to door in Helper this week to earn enough money to go to the LDS Youth Conference in approved the Tina Farish, Martinez and Provo in June. The Helper City Council recently painting of the curbs. Above are (left to right) Mrs. Catherine Farish, an advisor, Mary Ann Kim Hyatt. |