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Show 3 47 E. 3rd Go. Ut. GLC, C4111 Hearing July 18 Decision imminent on district improvement By JOHN GUTMAN Staff Writer If the proposal to create a special improvement district in Price City is approved, almost every homeowner in the city will be paying for improvements. The decision will be made after a July 18 public hearing. The improvement district would be created to install sidewalks, curbs and gutters, street lights, waterlines, street paving, and storm sewers throughout the city. All improvements with the exception of the storm sewer system will be charged to homeowners according to the amount of frontage property they own. However, the storm sewer system will be charged to almost every Price homeowner according to the square footage of the property. A lot 50 feet wide by 150 feet deep will be charged approximately $500 for a share of the system. The amount would be assessed over a 15 - year period with an interest charge added. City Engineers claim the sewer because several is necessary homes in the city experience leaking basements and other flooding problems during heavy rainstorms and spring runoffs. Even though most residents are not directly affected by the flooding problems, their property contributes to the run - off that eventually reaches the problem areas. We tried to make the assessments for the system as equitable as possible, and that is why different areas of the city are being charged at different rates, said David R. Ariotti, a city engineer. The city is divided into four sections. The sections are being charged from 4.8 cents to 8 cents per square foot of property area. A map of the four sections is on page 7 of the living section. The other city improvements are being installed to bring housing up to the standards of new subdivisions which are required to install sidewalks, curbs, gutters and streetlights at the time of consturction. More than 80 new street lights are being proposed along Cedar Hills Road, in Eastwood Hills, Castle Heights, Cedar Hills, Wedgewood, Sunset Acres, The Coves, and Park Crest Cove. A piece of property 50 feet by 150 feet that will receive sidewalks, street paving, curb and gutter, and the storm sewer assessment will be charged $1,765.50 to be paid over 15 years. This will amount to $117.70 per year, excluding an interest Photo by Nelson Wadsworth charge. These figures are taken from 100 East between 800 and 900 North area. Over-eas-y Ariotti said, It was that this assessment had to come at the same time as the state raised property taxes. (Continued on Page Traffic on highways 50 and 6 was stopped for more than an hour after a forklift failed to clear the Denver & Rio Grande underpass west of Price. The forklift overturned and 2) threw driver Gary Evershed on the lawn next to the road. It took the derrick and front end loader to get the forklift off its side, Coal production to double in Central Utah by 1990 produce .5 mty of coal annually . The site is some 20 miles south of In Carbon County proposed mine locations, the developer and Coal production in central Utah the anticipated annual level of ,Lprojected to double by 1990 to 24 coal extraction in 1990 follows: B CANYON, in the canyon million tons a year (mty). The figure comes from an north of Sunnyside is a U.S. Steel environmental impact statement Company proposal to produce 1 on coal development in the mty; Fish Creek and Dugout Canyon, region. It was prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey. near the Soldier Creek Mine off Temporary pressures will be Highway 53, is a Pacific Gas and placed on numerous community Electric company proposal services, the wildlife and housing projected to produce 2.3 mty; of the region while the 382 million Deadman Canyon, some 10 tons of coal are extracted. miles east of Kenilworth, is an Though the region includes AMCA Resources Inc., proposal Carbon, Emery, Sevier, Wayne, projected to produce 1 mty; McKinnon Mines one and two, Piute and Sanpete counties, the bulk of the proposed mining some five miles from Clear activities are in Carbon County. Creek, is a Routt County The projected level of coal Development Ltd., proposal extraction is valid only if 10 projected to produce 2.5 mty; Belina Mine Two and the proposed mines on federal lands receive the Secretary of Interiors OConnor Mine, near the McKinnon mines, is a proposal by approval for mining operations. The impact statement was Valley Camp of Utah Inc., prepared so that the secretary projected to produce 2.4 mty. could make a more informed One proposal, the Number One decision. of Mountain Mine States If approval is obtained, the Resources Corp., is located in mines would be open by 1985 and Emery County. at peak production in 1990. The mine is projected to by Tony Arnason Emery. Another site, the Skumpah Canyon Mine of the Energy Reserves Group Inc., is projected to be able to produce 1 mty. - Deadman Canyon, right center is Fish Creek and Dugout Canyon off Highway 53, and far right is just north of Sunnyside. These four areas of Carbon County are proposed coal mining projects. The mines on the left are 5 miles west of Clear Creek, left center is 10 miles east of Kenilworth in Teenagers injured in Six teenagers were injured one seriously early Saturday morning when their Chevy Blazer blew a tire and rolled twice on U.S. Highway 6 about 2 miles west of the Peerless Checking Station. The impact threw four of the teenagers, including the driver Dominic L. Oliveto Jr., 17, Price, onto the roadway. Taken to Carbon Hospital and treated were Oliveto, Pauli Olson, 17, Tami Judd, 17, Roger Griego, 25, and Diane Miller, 14, all of Price; and Steven Alderson, 17, Helper. Miss Olson was flown to LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City by the Life Flight helicopter. She was listed in serious condition Monday afternoon. Released from Carbon Hospital were Miss Judd, Mr. Alderson and Oliveto. Griego was listed in good condition and Miss Miller in fair to good condition Tuesday afternoon. Utah Highway Patrol Trooper Orson Allred said Oliveto was driving the Blazer east on U.S. 6 about 7 a.m. when the accident occurred. H'ontinurd on Pugr H electrical Power Projects generating plant. The 3,000 megawatt plant planned for Millard County would light up Utah cities, Nevada cities and a large portion of the Los Angeles metropolis. Further mining would be needed if the Utah Power and (Continued on Page 8) Handicapped brave Colorado River by Ravell Call Staff Writer roll-ov-er The site is in Sevier County, some 20 miles west of Emery. The statement did not consider other mine proposals which were not on federal land, or proposals which were not refined enough to be considered. Such mines would have their production controlled by demand for the coal resource. The statement noted that the current mines and 10 proposed mines could easily meet the 10 myt needed for the Intermountain Twenty - seven members and supervisors of a handicapped self help training program braved 14 miles of the Colorado Rivers rapids June 30. After months of planning, including a session in a swim pool to acquaint the students with their life preservers, self - help clients from the Price and Moab areas safely and enjoyably navigated the Colorado waters, learning to better deal with everyday experiences. The River trip was part of a comprehensive program organized by Social Service worker Robert Cobb for physically and or mentally handicapped people 22 years of age or older. Cobb said the activities are planned to teach handicapped students how to deal with everyday situations one en- counters in life and to give students the opportunity to enjoy each others company. Cobb explained, When we went on a camping trip to Capitol Reef, one student had his first opportunity to put gas in a car." He continued, Also, during that trip, we blew out the cars back window and put a hole in the gas tank. The students were con cerned I would lose my job since it was a state - owned car. Through these experiences, they learned how to deal with more of lifes problems. The self - help supervisor explained that the students also learned to cook out, clean dishes, pitch tents, build fires, and observe nature during the Capitol Reef trip. Another self - help program organized by Cobb is the food experience program. Through this program, the students learn to buy groceries, prepare food, clean up after eating, and watch their diet, Cobb said. He said, We have also invited people in the community to prepare Mexican, Japanese and Chinese food so the students can try foods from different countries and learn of different cultures. He added, We sometimes go to restaurants just for the ex- perience. In this way the students learn more about the courtesies of dining out. According to Cobb, the self help sections run four to eight weeks. He said some of the topics covered in the past have been gardening, photography, first aid, leathercraft and bowling. He explained, We try to teach -- (Continued on Page 1 1 ) Photo by Ravell Call Blaze Walker looks on as boatlady Lynn Carpenter and an adult supervisor help George Peterson into a rubber raft. Twenty - seven students and supervisors from the Price help program participated in the Nat r'P- anc Moab self - |