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Show o 89th Year Wednesday, October No. 80 46 1, 1980 Voting rights are viewed reviewed EAST CARBO- N- The Utah State Safe Drinking Water Committee has listed drinking water problems here as a top priority. In a meeting Thursday with the committee, officials from East Carbon and Sunnyside were told a task force consisting of Bureau of Public Water Supply staff and committee members will study the problem. The last quarterly water sample report for the East Carbon water distribution system indicated an unacceptable level of coliform bacteria in the water. Larry Mize, chief of the compliance section at the Bureau of Public Water Supply, said that coliform bacteria is not harmful, but indicates the ability of other, more harmful bacteria to survive in the water system. The East Carbon water supply problem is probably the number one priority we have in the state because of its direct exposure to the public and the health problem which does exsist, Mize said. What we want to do with the task force is see what kind of systems can be lent to the community in order to solve the problem, he added. He said he feels educating is the main goal of the committe because of last years two rejected bond elections for a new water system. We are also going to have the state attorney general look into the matter to come up with funding for the community without having to have a bond election, Mize said. Carbons Ad- City ministrator Tara Valdez said voters rejected the bond because any new water system will require the installation of water meters. The community likes to keep things the way they are, she said. Valdez said grants and loans available to the city would require the installation of a system with meters. East Carbon residents pay a flat monthly rate of $8 for their water. Valdez said the state task force will meet before the Safe Drinking Water Committee meeting later this month. The East Carbon water systems drinking water is in an open reservoir and is treated with chlorine for purification. East Carbon Mayor Joe Shoemaker said local officials went to the Safe Drinking Water Committee with the intention of getting the state involved in solving the water problem. We wanted the committee to start looking at themselves as much as they are looking at our problem, Shoemaker said. Shoemaker said the committee has been more of a finger organization than acwagging tually providing input to communities. Save Drinking The Water Committee is an agency selected by the governor to work with the Department of Health. advisory-enforceme- nt leaders. The Tuesday morning event at Carbon High School was part of a Club program through the Utah State University to promote 4-- H voter awareness. It sounds very trite: but you are some of the few people who can decide for yourself many things which a central party or general staff would decide in many of the Boy injured Officials lift Delbert D. Rich, 6, son of Mr. and Mrs. Delbert J. Rich, Wellington, onto a lined up against the wall and shot, Hall said. Melody Bowen of Sen. Orrin Hatchs Provo office said that her employer is an example of how citizens can get involved in politics. Sen. Hatch had never run for any political office previous to taking his seat in the U.S. Senate. He ran for office because he wanted to get certan goals accomplished, Ms. Bowen said. Dan Jones from Rep. Gunn McKays office said that the seniors should be involved in federal government Once you Growth concerns Scofield residents Some Pleasant SCOFIELD Valley residents are worried they will have to bear most of the burden of projected growth here within the next 15 years. That was the consensus Thursday night at a meeting called by the Southeastern Utah Association of Local Governments to gather public comment about a problems of the residents, her husband, Montie Trease, said. The meeting, conducted by Neilson and Richard Walker of the SEUAOG, was the last in a week-lon- g series of consultations with various interest groups. The plan is being formulated to help cope with the impact of expected to be complete by the end of October and a public hearing will be held, probably in Scofield, Walker said. Neilson said study results thus far indicate there are several thousand acres in the valley which are privately owned and are not environmentally critical. There will be tremendous pressure for those areas to grow in the next 10 to 15 years, he said. Two growth options described in earlier hearings are no longer being considered, Neilson said. Report pending growth-manageme- recreational and mining development. Group proposed Neilson, of Land Design, Logan, which is preparing the Jay study, said about 15 groups are concerned about growth in the and recommended an of umbrella organization inthe all from representatives terests be formed to work out area, problems. Interested parties include the town of Scofield, Carbon County, Price and other cities in the county, mining firms, Price River Water Improvement District, the state Division of Parks and Recreation, the U.S. Forest Service and landowners in the area, Neilson said. Esther Trease, Clear Creek, said it is unrealistic to expect such a group to arrive at a consensus. Were speaking from 42 years of experience when we say the mines are not interested in the ''"( I ST1-- -- ? - - - -- - r - him LQUPMHTCO,, - r, stretcher Tuesday after he was struck by a semi truck in east Wellington. Continued on Page 6A other countries of the world, Edwin Peterson of Utah State said. Peterson, in keynoting the session, said that the freedoms enjoyed here have not come without a price. In an apparent reference to World War II, Peterson said that his generation knew the cost of the goverment in Iran. I worked over there and many of the persons I worked with were making. OFFICE ' powers They spoke to Carbon and Green River high school seniors to prepare them for the responsibility and right of electing political .tjuj rumrCtifjf il ' fought for it. It is extremely enlightening to see people cry like babies when they saw the American flag coming down their street. It was not their flag. They were crying for the freedom to attend their own church and to get a just trial that the flag represented, he said. Extension Agent Jay Hall said that the checks and balances of the political and judical systems here gained more importance to him after the overthrow of the Shahs the The score of political officials, administrators and civic servants participating in the workshops ranged from Lt. Gov. David Monson to the county Democratic Katherine Peck. myrmtt TJX"1 n' freedoms because many of them of box. '' , which directly affect the lives of Carbon County residents told area high school students that the authority they wield comes from the ballot Many flagmrrTiEXtiizmtaxaiimrni f iTr m 20 At CHS Water problem East Pages i 4 9 The masks on the second story of the building represent figures in Greek theatre. The design helps define the cosmopolitan heritage of Carbon County. A draft document for the plan is Option discarded One option, allowing for maximum growth, calls for an 0 influx of persons by number 1995, a fairly ridiculous that would directly affected the environment and quality of life in the area, he said. The option involved the creation of a new city in Utah Countys Dry Valley area, but the county has indicated they are not interested in developing that area, he said. The other option allows for 10,000-15,00- virtually no growth m Pleasant Valley. Neilson said the present of about 100 can not population afford to pay for needed improvements in the water system. The town could not obtain government funding for such improvements if it insists on shutting out future growth, he added. The optimum number lies somewhere in the middle of those two projections and would allow for a more efficient sewage treatment facility, and elementary school and other services, he said. You need to handle and manage that growth rather than just let it happen, he added. Annexing noted He said the town should consider annexing county land surrounding the community as the growth takes place in order to avoid the burden of double taxation without receiving revenue from new home owners. Trease said he was concerned that economic fluctuations might cause future residents to move out, leaving a few townspeople behind to pay the bills for a new water system. A representative of Coastal States Energy Co. said the coal industry would be able to support an increased population because of the scarcity of other energy resources. Bill Page, a Scofield land owner, said the mines ought to financially help the town cope with the growth. They dont have to pay for a Cadillac but they should be willing to pay for a nice little Chevrolet, he said. Mine support Walker said the mines indicated they were not adverse to helping but only wanted to be responsible for their fair share. Scofield Mayor Paul Helsten asked if Carbon County could legally appropriate money to upgrade the towns utilities. Walker responded that a special improvement district would have to be set up involving county land. Helsten said such a district might cause the town to lose some identity and control. You could set it up to do whatever you wanted it to. If you just wanted it to cover water and sewer, that would be it, Walker said. Traffic danger Helsten said traffic through town poses a safety hazard to children. At one time, the town had a marshal, but he was not certified through a police academy so the position had to be discontinued. The Coastal States representative said he would give instructions to mine employees not to speed through town. decision start working full time you will see how much money the federal government withholds from your pay check. The federal government has control in almost every aspect of life, citizens are impacted by gas taxes; regulations on clothing, shipping and transportation, Jones said. Republican chairman Lyle Heinz said that he got involved in politics because he was elected at one of the 23 Republican mass meetings in the county. He later became county chairman. He said most of his work is devoted to getting people registered to vote and informed of the Republicans perspective on current issues. He also is raising funds to run political campaigns for the two local party candidates, John Trepanier for a state representative seat and Richard Louis for the county commission vacancy. Heinz said that he projects that the current influx of persons into the county will make the Republicans the dominant party. He said this election year there are definite differences in the parties: The Democrats support federal funding of abortions for indigent women. The Republicans are against such funding. The Democrats support the Equal Rights Amendment and the Republicans reject it. Democratic County Katherine Peck said that her party support vice-chairpers- of ERA is centered around having women get equal wages for equal work that a (Continued on Page 2A) Price Theater may get landmark status The Price Theater building will be nominated for state landmark designation early next year. The nomination was prepared by Assistant Director Philip F. Notarianni and Nancy Taniguchi of the Preservation Section of the Utah State Historical Society. The state designation permits inclusion into the National Register of Historical Landmarks. The national designation permits property owners tax and loan advantages to renovate. The committee will be meeting here in February to examine the theater and other Carbon County nominations. Notarianni said the Star Theatre, later called the Price Theatre and now Office Equip ment, was built in 1923-2- 4 by the five Georgedes brothers: Pete, Angelo, Charlie, George and Harry. They took great pains to insure an attractive, substantial building for the beautification of Price and the hope of its future expansion, he cost of the building, which equalled for construction superintendence of the theatre for 4 percent of the its First, the Georgedes brothers insisted on a strong foundation and This fee means that the building thick walls. itself cost $56,682.75, exclusive of In the early 1920s Price was in the land. the grip of Booster Fever, and the Pete Georgedes estimated the brothers reasoned that if Price entire cost of land, structure and grew, they could build another equipment at $70,000, a very story on top of their theatre to said. substantial investment for a expand its uses. However, the idea After purchase of the land from building at that time, Notarianni never materialized. The theatres most outstanding Frank Grosso et. al. in 1923, they said. concluded party wall and right - of The Georgedes family returned feature, for which the Georgedes - way agreements with P.O. possession of the theatre until 1964, brothers were directly responsible, Silvagni, whose building abuts on when they sold it to the present is its impressive facade. As Greek immigrants less than the right. owners, Duane W. and LaVern They hired a Salt Lake architect, Steele, who converted the building two decades in America, the furnish to the present retail use. J.A. Headlund, to Georgedeses wanted an arThe chitectural style that reflected retained Star has Theatre plans, designs, plats, to and contributed their homeland and its ancient features that drawings many specifications, $2,267.31. permanence and (Continued on Page 6C) |
