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Show Wednesday, July Sun Advocate, Price, Utah 5C 2, 1980 Enjoying your recreational vehicle purchase Despite inflation, despite gas shor tages and despite special driving and safety considerations, some six million recreational vehicles are in be to use this expected summer. If you expect to join the caravan of people who tote their vacation homes along with them, there are some things you should know. Which recreational vehicle best suits your needs? How much will it cost? How much gas will it use? Should you buy or rent? What safety hazards are involved? An RV Guide Recreational vehicles range from a virtual house on wheels to what is down motor homes. They cost a little less ($10,000-$20,000- get, ), a few more miles to the gallon, and fall somewhat short of the bigger models on conveniences. Travel trailers These vehicles come in a variety of shapes and sizes, as large as 35 feet long, and cost anywhere from $2,600-$25,0()Minimum furnishings include refrigerator, stove, heater and beds. If your car can handle one, its gas mileage will be cut by two to four miles per gallon. Special driving skill is required. Truck campers are campers mounted on pickup trucks. They 0 and range in price from 1 in length from feet. One inconvenience is the difficulty of mounting and dismounting. Safety problems include the possibility of in or dislodging stiff tipping winds. Camping trailers are furnished tents. They are easier to store than travel trailers and are much less work for your car to tow along. Sleeping and cooking facilities are is included. The price range $950-$5,00- little more than a rolling tent. Here are the types of RVs available: Motor homes This is the top of the line. Motor homes sleep up to 5 feet long and seven, are from are packed with luxuries. The average price is $21,000, but they can go as high as $55,000. If you are undeterred by the price tag, then you probably can shrug off the knowledge that a gallon of gas might not $1,400-54,00get you out of town. Van campers are vans made to Mini motor homes are scaled- - live in. The top is converted to 16-3- provide head room by installing a glass bubble or extended root. The cost is $9,000-5,000 ind gas mileage is belter than m st RVs (12-1- 4 mpg ) One advantage is that be useful when not on can they vacation. One disadvantage is trying to drive them on a windy day. lor years, recreatioral vehicles were sold on the basis if economy. Motel bills were suppos' d to become a thing of the past. Service station lines, skyrocketing fuel costs and dry gas pumps have given consumers second thoughts. Fuel wariness has affected the recreational vehicle market in much the same way it has influenced the auto industry. Emphasis has turned from the maxi to the mini. Manufacturers are hyping their scaled-dowmodels while reseaichers are busying themselves with alternate fuel schemes. The micro m ni motor home typifies the trend in the recreational vehicle market. Fathered by the 1974 pop-to- p Chinook camper with a Toyota chassis, what was originale ly intended as a item has become the fastest growing camper. Its selling point is a promise 8 of miles per gallon. The $ n bottom-of-thc-lin- 16-1- Council approves city budget HELPER Anticipating total revenues of $531,375 in the general fund for the fiscal year beginning July 1, the city council here adopted a budget at just that figure at the regular council session on Thursday night of last week. Only one Helper resident appeared at the public hearing on the proposed budget and although he was there for another matter, he took the opportunity to criticize the council on some expenditures being made for the operation of the city. R.B. Cormani, 75 D St., appeared .Cp. t . jk ? 5755T S . to get the city to clean the canal bank running through his property. He made his protests at the same time. Helper City is anticipating $135,000 excess revenue from the sale of electrical power over the next year, the money is to be transferred to the general fund. This is the largest source of revenue expected for the year. The next highest is $130,000 expected from general sales and use taxes. Street, police and administration will take the biggest bites out of the anticipated revenue. UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE Needs land or space in Castle Dale, Utah Offers will be accepted during the period from June27, 1980 to July 11, 1980. SITE SIZE DESIRED: Approximately I20'x210 or approximately square feet, OR AN EXISTING BUILDING ol 3,300 square feet on a suitable site. PREFERREDAREA: Any suitable site within or near the business district. 25,200 DETAILS, CALL OR WRITE: Alfred A. Perez, Realty Specialist Management Sectional Center USPS, 95 West 100 South Provo, Utah 84601 Telephone: (801) FOR ADDITIONAL 0 In other business transacted at the council session, the board approved a change in policies covering city employees for health, accident and life insurance. The policy held the past year with Blue Cross - Blue Shield was dropped and a new proposal offered by David Oman of Lee Lawley and Massachusetts Associates for Mutual and engine will not fly over hills but it is easier to drive, park and store. The average list price is $12,000. The current micro mini bears little e the to resemblance the of Some pop-toluxury of the full size version is missing, but its owners are not roughing it. It is designed to sleep four-cylind- bottom-of-the-lin- p. Witch play four with a bed over the cab and a convertible sofa Other features usually include a stove, relrigerator, sink, shower and toilet. The micro mini's economy is based on lighter composition as well as its smaller engine. Plastic and fiberglass have replaced metal wherever possible. Winnebagos answer to gas conscious consumers is an RV that runs on either conventional fuel or I P gas. The factory installed conversion ggRBSg-- LAW FIRM scheduled OF All the world is a stage, and Price residents can see a younger part of that world tomorrow at 7 p.m. when the College of Eastern Utah presents Pegora the McDougal, Haley Witch. Members of the Dahl & Theater Workshop for Youth will stage this inaugeral performance at the 95 South 1st East CEU campus. This is the first year of the workshop, offered through CEUs Continuing Education program, and the response has been enthusiastic, according to Dr. Corey Tuckness. I havent worked with this age group in a long time. They were so into it, more than half of them showed up the first day of rehearsals with their parts already memorized, Tuckness said. The play is a simple, family fairy tale I think everyone will enjoy, the CEU drama instructor said. Assisting Tuckness with the production is Carbon High School graduate Pam McDonald. She intends to pursue drama at CEU this fall. Wisconsin Life was approved for These kids are amazing the fiscal year. Dean Nielsen, operator of the because they are doing in three Food Center grocery store, ap- weeks what usually takes four or McDonald said. peared at the meeting ac- five, McDonald has found in her work companied by former Mayor Chris actors that drama with the young Jouflns and the men asked some a chance to express them gives from the advice and guidance council in regards to the con- themselves. It gives them an idea of what struction of a new market at a site can potentially do with their they yet to be selected. she said. It also lets their lives, The council was also advised that the state highway department imaginations go wild. Refreshments will be sold at the was favorable to putting in a warning signal approximately 200 performance by the CEU Drama yards north of the intersection of Club. Admission is free. Highway 6 and North Main Street and the installation of overhead warning flashers at both highway intersections in Helper. kit, which includes a 20 gallon I P gas tank, is priced at $599-$751 hese dual fuel motor homes are just beginning to reach the market. 1 Fie main advantage of an LP gas option is the wide availability of the fuel I P gas is also cheaper than gasoline and burns cleaner, thus saving on maintenance lees, although its mileage rating is lower than regular gas Motor grade I P should be used m these vehicles. 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