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Show 4 Sun Advocate Price, Utah Thursday December 7, 2000 Performance ofMessiah scheduled Dec. 10 in Price r Send change of address to S4$ ' Eart Main Street, Price, Utah 14501.. Classifieds deadline: Monday at 10 a.n.lor Tuesday's puMicalioa and Wednesday- ; 10 s .fu' Thursday's publication- Subacription rate: 50 cents per copy, S37 per year, in Carbon and Emery couniks, S4Q in Utah and 54 outside of Utobppr, yearbytaaiL, . .. . Ham Monday Friday 1:30a.m. to Sp.m. St 143 Eart Main, Price, Uuh. -- Publication No. (USPS 174460) iuued o week at Price, Utah, Periodical paid el Price. Utah, and at addi- -l office PO Pox SS9, Castle Dale, Utah 4513. ' ' Entire contcnta copyright 02000 Son Advocate lac. AN righla mewed. No port of the publication may he reproduced in any form with eat the npnaa tbaecol of the Son Advoeate'a auaag-- . ng editor or pabHaher. 1 lntentet:e-mai-l: Telephone: (435) Fx :(435) 637-271- 6. 6)7-073- Atroupe of dedicated ringers and players will continue the tradition of presenting Carbon Countys Christina performance of Handels Messiah, on Dec. 10. Patrons should note that the time of the event has been moved to 6 m to eewnmnriafe the large numbers of musicians who are travelp to ing Price from outside the Carbon County area. The concert will be presented in the Price CMc Auditorium. Admission Is free. The performance win feature the largest orchestra eve, it actxnding to director Russell Wilson. "We have a complete orchestra for the first time, with full brassy winds and strings. It is clearly the finest group we have had for lfe-- ; siah since I returned toPriqe 13 years ago, pointed out Wilson. ; The ensemble will feature many College of Eastern Utah graduates including Denson Angulo on double bus who will be coming from Brigham Young University Soloists will feature CEU graduates MicahFbrsgren of Brigham Clty bass, and Tara Compagni from Wellington, alto. Soprano soloist for the concert, Kim Jensen, is from New York and is appearing for the first time. The accompanist is CEU academic vice president Chudt Foust WQsbn reminds audience members that the concert is not sultabla for children younger than age 10 and requests that parents avoid brings ing infants into the auditorium. , I love kids, have 13 of them, and they should listen to good muskr But this concert is the one time during the year we ask for children tat remain at home so we avoid the danger of ruining someones fine performance," explained Wilson. He also suggested that serious listeners may want to oonsider tbafr the best seats in the civic auditorium are either in the balcony or at the; front of the auditorium, not underneath the balcony The acoustics of the auditorium are some of the best in Utah. Wr lucky to have that grand old hall for Handels marvelous work," com; eluded Wilson. 48-yea- r, The voice of Carbon County since 1892 ; -,- editatsunadonil adiiunadxanl web - http:www.surtad.coin . Have a feature stoiy idea or news photo suggestion? : Junior Girt Scout Troop 986 visits newspaper ill the Sun Advocate 'jlce today at impart:: Examining economic Services Department of ; . (Continued from page 1) also Include Carbon residents, and Gills Scouts from Junior Trpop 986 visited the$un Advocate recently to learn about sports writing. The troop is studying sports and all the different types of professions that are involved in sports participation. Here Kira MacKnight, Kate 'j 637-073-2! Kayiee Hughes, and Regina Tetreault study newspaper examples sports reporting. The girls also got a tour of the Sun Advocates facilities: Kilboume, . office in Price. - Workforce . - . . ; Sparks further indicated that It la his understanding the sawmill. has been sold, employees rehired layoffs following the closure of Mountain Cascade sawmill also impacted the numbers, indicated Reger Sparks, director of Utah of , : and that the facility will be up and, vvX .running soon. V The Willow Creek mine closurp; has had the greatest impact anno employment in the area, stated V ,fe .Sparks.' The first quarter Utah Depart-- 1 mentofWnidbrce Services update for January February and March show employment growth for Carbon County at Opercentand unemployment rate at 4 percent; which obviously proceed the Willow Creek Incident 1". , X- vThe total number of ' Jobs in Carbon County in, first quarter 2000 was virtually ubr, changed from first quarter 1999 as growth In oim industry was offset by losses in another. Overall, poor farm employment rose a scant 0& ' percent with total nanagricultura; .V at over 9,000: tiJpbs Just The division creating the most new Jobs was government, which added nearly 70 positions. Fbderai: and local government jobs in- -, creased, while state employment , declined. Fbderal jobs fluctuated-upwardas a result of the U.8L-- ' while local government Census; added jobs for water services and education. ;rii: : -- ") . s -- Transportationcommunica tionVutilities added just under 50 v truck-.- .. jobs as local and long-haing expanded The other mAjorltt-1- ' ul : dustriaj division reporting lhv creased employment was manuv factoring which jumped by nearly 40 jobs.Appatel, printing, lumber wood products, and fabricate, metals expanded However, employment in petror leum refining declined. ,;r. Job kisseswere insignificant fmr . . maniK-factorin- . : g . flnanceinsurancereal estate, while the trade divisfam reported a loss of 10 positions as both rate tail and wholesale trade suffered slight losses.' Construction suffered a setback ofmore than 50 positions as heavy constructive and special trade . contractors tapered employment The most significant Job tassel were reported in services, which tost over 70 positions. Employment . . . plunged for both lodging and . - health services. FlrstquarterpenniUuithorizedJ construction total valuations InJ Carbon County plunged from S13j million in 1999 to )1.6 mnnm in 2000. ;! ' Valuations for both residential' and nonresidential buildings fell.! Residential building showed! mixed results as units increased! somewhat due to more mdnufao-- j tored homes being authorized, butf the valuation of approved struo- - j hires dedined sharply dential construction saw fewer of-- J floe buildings and other projects v driving down activity The value of renovation work also dedined I v ,: . : Non-rest- -! First quarter gross taxable sales In Carbon County slipped 6.7 ! percent from $81.9 million In 1999 r to $76.4 million in 2000. Electric; and gas sales dove from $10.6 mil- r lion to $6.1 million. . Similar hard hits in sales were felt in communications, mining;' and manufacturing. Services sales! auto--' , were also down slightly mobile repairs felL About the only bright spot in the! sales figures were that retail and! wholesale sales improved Retail sales rose 2.1 percent; while wholesale sales Increased . Lowest Marked Price u - jtojnHTWfkdowns may hava been token. Styles, sizes or colon vary by location. 730 W. Price Rhrer Dr. (Exit 240 r & V Some quantities limited. Ad0fl0484 Ctearano Price River Dr.) Ad 1207AW. Exp. 121300. - 1 435-637-20- 77 Visit our web sits at www.gart8porti.cont v ; 9.6 percent |