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Show - srv . ( aloSo stwib3S V fv8 dll- - inHdO AINfvIll UDWMttM. lS0i I0-20- -t0 Tuesday : Local youth show livestock mm .wwpwwwwm m ssyLwnfii saw. rf $tvK 9 iMj. : Staff reporter . . The controversy surrounding the recent ded- - ; don of Castleview Hospital to dose Its wellness oentertokxxddJentodoininatedtheCarbonCounly Commission meeting last Wadnesday ;'r Castleview constructed the physical therapy L- - . BLM completes EA, accepts comments in Lila Canyon proposal population. Matthews and Commissioner Bill Krompel pointed out to the Castleview administrator that the county had recently assisted in obtainingthe ECDC waste disposal contract that saved thehoe pital thousands of dollars when faced with updat ing equipment or shipping hazardous waste from the fedHtywhen the hospital's indicator became ; outdated. ; V .. :r ; Tte commissioners then questioned whether the fact should not be weighed into the hospital's considerations. Matthews also stated thattterailroad at which he is employed has contributed large amounts to r ' thehospitaL Dont youthink. the negative publidty Bur buildinginl992.PatientearerelOTedfortherapy treatment choice,' ; by phyriidans for a jnciudingtfaeuseofaheatedpoofandJacuzzL Atonffwlfo the patient oflbrifag,slde business Vasoffaed tothe general public calledthe weflnesg : cenlenThe business allowed the tenter tohe used . by niembers of the community who were not retorted by a physician, but still desired to me the focflitys equipment and pooL In a previous Interview Frandsen indicated that ; t.vdiat the center offered was a community sendee. The hospital was losing money on the center and " recognized that from the start. What complicates ofter-jngfor sued iswhenabuslness tte problem gets service. Then the losses add up qulckty The situation is what Castieview has trtodtoaddresa- Current there areflurelawsuite,withanother d " . . a mine and is located near the Carbon-Emer- y . 20-ye- ar , . mental assessment Copies of the environmental assessment are available for public review and comments at the BLMs Price field office. The office is located at 125 South 600 West in v. Frandsen reiterated that the decision to dose tbewelhiessportionoftaebusineHwasariskman-directtyoutoftlmpocket(thelocalho8pi- ' . ' ; . - ' i . sumre.covered by thecounty would provide aa- v. r- - agement decision based solplyon the liability is-sues raised by the pending andpotentlal law suits alongvth the resultingoosta to thehospitaL - lawsuits. Other perceh?Bddeep pocket-fo' Milovicb asked Frandsen presentthe county's .v K across entire state ...jr In ' "r.f ' I I can dearly recall an eco- Utahs statewide nnempkiiy-- ' ment rate for June 2000 registered at 2 percent ' "With the estimates in for the first Sbc months of 2000, it now seems clear that Utahs unemployment rate has made a sharp shift downward from the 1998 and 1999 level of about 8.7 peiY nomics professor a few yean ago stating that an areas unemployment rate could not remain bdenv 5 percent for long without serious wagiaprice inflation, continued Gross. , t Utahs unenqdoymeot rate has been below 4 perrent for going on eight years, and die U.S. rate has been below 5 percent for gdng on four years with only oc- hyUntteri Kpn Junapn, economist for the state department of workforce services, .. In this respect, the year 2000 casional wage Inflation and very 14 thus for siinilhr to 1997, vilien low consumer price inflation. d This illustrates ode of the more Utahs unemployment rate 3.1, the lowest rate since at Interesting things about studying' ' economics: least 1950, added Jensen. surprises occasion " , Appresdinately 32,700 Utahnsy ahyfloaigpnintert - - - mitthfidppart-wiere unemployed InJune2dOO, for fewer than the 42,500 total re-- ; tivedirectoc ' Between June 1999 and June ported in 1999, 1ien the . Jobtess rate was 3 percent, . .'! 2000, Utah's 63,000 employers created about 25300 net Utah's, other primary, indica, tor of current labor market con- The private rate of in . sector generated 20,700 ditlons, thje year-ov. deaseinthenumberofnonform of the positions in question, for a wage and salaried Jobs, was 2.4 2.4 percent rate of employment expansion statewide. percent for June 2000. Utahs Job growth rate was ' Concurrently government emgenerally stable through 1999, ployment increasedby 2.6 peraveraging 2.4 percent, and the cent statewide. Since Jane 1999, Utahs confirst sixmanthB of 2000have eon-- . ' tinned that trend. struction industry has generated On the national scene, the 4,300 new jobs, representing' a United States' Jobless rate, refr growth fate of 5.7 percent . Construction is by for Utah's IStering at 4.0 for June, is down oneenthofapdntfranthBMay ' most rspidty expanding industry ' division, according to the state's lqveL' The national unemployment labor market analysts. In fact, constructions employscarcely percentage ment expansion has entered into . higher than Aprils 39 percent, the lowest UA rate in more than its 12th year; during which time, : 30 years. the industrys wage and salaried ; ' , Oneyear ago the national un--. workforce has tripled in size. Utahslargestindustrialdivi-sion- , enqdoyment rate stood at 4J Nonsrm job growth In the services, contains 28 percent . US. was 2.4 percent of the jobe in the state. But the serthe identical to the expansion vices divisions 9,000 net dew Jobs posted fay Utah in the designated created since June 1999comprise 38 percent of Utahs net employ- category The very low unemployment ment creation. . : newnop-formjob- s. (vmm-gov-ernihe- nt er ; ... f J i ' i ' ,? i fI ' ' y - c r ? " - V-- V' - 1- ; r I ini - "f, , 'A ,' -- I. ,'' s . . . College of Eastern Utah and Utah State i University have taken severaLsteps to exr pond cooperative relationships for serving 3 the educational and training needs of residents in the southeastern region of the state According to CEU academic vice president Charles Faust, the announcement comes alter the college has worked with Robert Gilliland, vice president of university extension and dean' of oontinuiegedu-catio- n at USU, and Weldon Sleight, associate vice president of university extension and associate dean of continuing education at USU. , The recent discussions resulted in the following realignment of responsibilities: Kathleen Robinson will direct for CEU and USU at tbe Price and Castle Dale campuses. :, SharonZleglerwill direct instruction at . on . ' the Moab center for CEU and USU. Don Larsep will direct Instruction at the San Juan campus in Blanding for CEU and . . . .ji-- . - r. ' i a USU, -- : ' ' 5. - The joint appointments will help the institutions provide closely articulated programs and services to students at campuses where facilities are already shared, pointed : I out FhusL The arrangement will also allow CEU and . USU to maximize limited resources while increasing opportunities for the residents of southeastern Utah. East Carbon, Sunnyslde present Community Daze celebration . . . f Safe Kids group plans booths and lots of food concessions were available the park. Participants enjoyed Dve during the day talent performances and the annual car show while began at Miner's Trading Post and ended at Sunnyside ' park. Spectators lined the parade route. Many different visiting pith friends and family it the event Paul Mager drives his 1901 vehicle replica in the Sunny- -; side-Ea- st Carbon Community Daze parade. The parade if infant seat checlrpoint The members of the Carbon-Emer- y Safe Kids coalition have scheduled an Infant car. scat arid child passcugerrestraint check' point July 12 in FVice.' The checkpoint will be presented from 1 p.m. until 4 p.m. on Vfednesddy in tbe park- store, located i; ing lot at the Price . : position realignments pontinu-Ingeducall- -- state' GEU, USU announce . aver-rage- : ng field office. Itistheresponsibmtyoftheh()8pitalboardandadminlstration.to protect the fiscal health of the facility and to balance the benefits and .requestedthatCastleviewreopeiithewdlnesscen- ooflta of all its offerings to the community as a whole, litigation rostrier until an acceptable solution can befound. TheWpitaltaperodvedtobepartc&abtige and risks must be considered when balancing the leveL quality and Frandsenagreedto present the countys request I to v the hospital board and inform the commission cooperationwithdeeppodmts,saidtheCastleviewcostofservicestothearea,"eXplainedFrand8en.. administratorBut in reality liability costa come " IthlnkthehospitalisdoingthecommunityagreatdisservicebybftheCastleviewpanersresponse. Ik: ; con-ladi- r :; v' v ; Price, The comment deadline is Aug 14. If requested, a copy of all input received in re- sponseto the EA may be made available to the public,, including the names and addresses of individualg submitting comments. Additional information regarding the Ula Canyon project may be obtained by Mark Mackiewlez at the BLMs Price need for the services previously provided try the hospital and faced off with Hon of a community facility - Utah Ainerican Energy Incorporated is proposing to upgrade the existing road as well as construct approximately 6.8 miles of new road to access a new surface facility in Lila Canyon. life The surface facility; with a the and expectancy potential employment of 140 people would access underground coal reserves within the designated portion of the Book Cliffs. As much as four million tons of cool per year could be mined upon reaching peak production, according to the BLMs environ- moun-tainformedi- . County ' ,v border. roundingtaisdedslonwfllhm-tthehbitalfinar- daHy when angry people dedto go over the services?" asked Matthews. 4rieexpectod,tbaiwinQ6slthehospmoreThah Commissioner Mike MHovieh commented that $200,000 tolltlgate, according to Frandsen, closure of the hospital would hurt all of Carton jf i Addressingtteamimlsston, Frandsen infflcaied Cpunty and its service area. ,; libaLtareeponsetotbeneedexpressedbyindividuala faipidHythfrdnwri); thctOUpHu Nywi hull j Castleview contributes toFrandsen, According devised two alternative coitions to meet the needs $27 million to the local economy annualty The hospital naicprf the wftHHii, of the 50 regular wellness center dientaas Well as HffllM were if interested sioners in either of the op-- : Ijftllff nrnnmriiifty mgnthnrf yhp fnrfUty . tbey basis. an ;. v tionsbehadpresented. qn infrequent Matthews said he did not support the options. The two alternatives will requlre si community In Impkanwij, printed nn pSunriitAn Krompel asked Frandsen to return to the board and infonn the members that the county would be The first optkm involves alocal, as yet unnamed, business leasing its pool and installing a Jacuzzi Emotion continues to run high surrounding the recent closure of Castieviews willing to purchase additional liability insurance with the assistance of a S4,000contribution from wellness center. Hospital administrator Jeff Frandsen met with ttie Carbon to assist the hospital with liability costa if they : , County Commission Wednesdayto explore options for meeting a. community would reopen the wellness cento; thehospitaL V road near Horse coal-ha-ul Canyon. .... The proposed coal mine development site , ; . The United States Bureau of Land Man- agement has prepared gn environmental as- 1 sessment to evaluate the proposed maCan-yo- n . : ..v 637-073- 2. ; ; well-rounde- Check out the newspaper's atwww.sunad.com or call dosingthe wellness center commented Commis of sioner Tota Matthews at the conclusion ' Frandsen's remarks. UattW Inrituteri that hp anil Mb Tnnthprhptv- efit frqm the use of the wellness facility Hfe, and : others like him, are uncomfortable Utilizing fo--: duties frequented by athletes and the younger By JACKIE ANDERSON . . i - on land Management proposal The United States Bureap of starting Oct. L Land Management has an - Wal-Ma- rt onealMainStrett. Carbon and residents are Emciy County ' encouraged to step by Wednesday aflemocm to have fcfant car seals ar.d child passengrT 1 safe ty restraint devices waluated by tbe I planningacross and administrative boundaries. Under Fbderal law the BUT land-ownersh- ip .. . The proposed manual and ' pounced it is extending the pub- -' handbook guidance, which relates professionals. lie comment period on the federal to the BUT preparation and up- prepares land-us-e plans that In adiitton to determining whether tbe: land-use new basis of serve manual actMits as for the all proposed agencys dating plans, 4ivicts comply, with est&L'J&hed product ; and handbook livestock grazing, guidance for 30 would encourage greater Safe Kids coalition volunteers pjideiJnes; days. : partktyationforoughoutQepla-- ' energy and mineral devefoputebt, The comment period on the ningprooesa. the BLAft proposal recrealion, and natural resource' f v .2 ch k to taste sure the Infant car scats sad child passentpr restraint deviees ere would also makeit easier ftnr land protection - that occur on BLM' f intiioniffj managers to update and amend managed lands.' The proposed land-us- e lie prilisslonals will also check to m ete j land-us-e plans as necessitated by guidance updates a sure the end child safety re-- j newlnformatkm (such as the list- planning manual that the BLM ( are? properly instfcifd inside r.o-ing of athreateoed Or endangered prepared in the 1980s, shortty I;.'.- -' t'.rvthMco. . species) or because of changing after the BLM publishes ita plan- - I ' Vet tifiip ur.ts in the IikwI Safe Kids Conditions and trends that affect ningregufotionslnl983.'; " j' incijidi an to tJicyrrcv'j .v'. r 1 theUnited'Hrhe Tor ctiverse , l J rtles Liah and n, ril j.' l,l accordingto the federal agency resources.-Thproposed guid- - anoe art Svailabte from any BLM r ' The bureau's land hi States in recent years are still a is obviously a primary factor In "rT:. fr:.; sC,- - . managers anoe, which emphasizes the ELAT State or Field Office or from the i I" ' v If:: tbeabe aJsleta use thenddi-A-neeljttle unsettling indicated Bob Utah's economic strength. How-w- ill to,wqrkollaborativety" BLM's fuming Assessment, ' ewer, its rate of job creation has anoe in riarrying out Gross, department of numerous with communities located near and Community Support staff in ' - I services executtvefilrectoc (Continued on pasefr planningefforta in the fiscalyear public land would also promote ... (Continued on pegs 3) il. , f . nmlnt . ties-inchidi- , . per-ce- nt ; pre-jvTi- . . year-ove- r, , I. torrent sncesisldn - . . e . . . d . M v.- - COPY . , ; - M 'v t i SV . . e 1. ' ; . |