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Show ' , Thursday V. mfafgjr1 December 20,2001 110thYear-No.l0- v ieiJW'.V . V'v ft The issue of abandoning and rezoning the area back to its original status was one of the main topics at the Carbon Subdivisibn : .i-'. . Mike Down the road, we could get stuck with a real problem. The commissioners debated the matter, with various people from the audience commenting on the situation. Finally, Carbon County Attorney Gene Stratc suggested tabling the rezoning request while he looked for some kind of legal document to stop the lines from being used in the future. . TTie commissioners voted to wait for word from Strate before acting in the matter. A second item that required a great deal of attention was the issue of Gordon Creek Road improvements. The area of concern involved an unpaved extension of the road that runs to the Shaman f lem. The construction completed . r . . Lodge. ' . . n . - .r:4 . i t Rebecca Bowman tells Santa she. wants to find plenty of Barbie toys sitting under die familys bee on Qiristmas morning Santa stopped by the Price City on Dec. 12 and visited with Carbon County children. Decked out in his J' ,K. f l:fs K ' A v'irfV - 'V4 - O' v .. - - ,t . Diorerronp scam Recent reports of anthrax exposure have proved drugs manufactured to comply with established U S. standards, points out the federal But the web operators may be peddling similar drugs made at foreign locations, where there may be wjguaraiUee of appropriate manufacturing stan: dards. ; In addition, consumers face a difficult -- often impossible task - when attempting to determine whether a drug to an ineffective kndek-of-f by looking at the nils.. In reality, the drugs ukl be counterfeit or adul-- : terated with dangerous contaminants, points out r the FTC. . Online, anyone can pretend to be anyone, tions the federal agencies. Because faking . addresses to easy, Carbon : i .. cau- County consumers should (Continued on page IS) . universities Hiition at state operated colleges and universities in Utah climbed significantly during the yean examined in the foundation report"-- '' Financial aid to students kept last two decades. pace with tuition. increases The tuition increases out- - , paced inflation, family income and financial aid growth from' 1983 to 2000, indicates the lat-- ; est research report released by the Utah Foundation, V through the 1980s, but dropped dramatically after 1992. Costs of attending Utah's uni-- ., versifies remain low compared to schools in other regions of the United States. r' .Tuition at Utahs Among the states higher eduuniversities jumped 188 percent, cational institutions, only the' wfiile inflation measured by the University of Utah at $12,680 a consumer price index rose 73 year exceeds the national average percent during the designated, of $ 1 1,329 in total co6ts of atten' dance. ' "period.. A second measure of inflaHowever, tuition at the U of tion, the higher education price U registers lower than the na: V- index, rose 97 percent in the last tional average. two decades. ; the to foundation According The price index measures report,..the expenditures for ' cost increases specific to higher books, supplies and school reeducation. lated items resulted in the total ' v Tuition at Utahs ooL C06t of attendance at the UofU leges climbed at slower rate, ris-- ... to exceed the national average. Utahs ing 137 percent within the 17 colleges cost . . :. . . , . four-yea- '. . s . . . East Carbon PD equipping patrol cars with defibrillators Police Officers Phillip Holt and Qetis Steele practice us- mg the new. defibrillators the East Carbon law enforce- merit department wiB place in iH patrol cars. Police are : , Leonard. being trained to use the device because the officers are often the first to arrive at the scene of a health crisis Or an accident The machines, which cost about $2,000 a piece, were purchased with a grant; explains Chief Sam, . . , Last Carbon is one of few departments in the state that wiU have one in every vehicle. The machines have a built in instruction program that speaks to the operators. The batteries will last five years and replace- merits will cost about $80. Even if the defibrillators save only one life, the devices are well worth the money spent to secure the machines, points out Chief Leonard. ,, . . two-ye- ar two-ye- POOR i i ty . T V, . f ted suit the jolly man spread holiday cheer while gathering wish lists from the youngsters. Carbon district win recess for the holidays after school eludes on Dec. 21. Students will return to the classrooms on Jan. 2, 2002. spawned numerous web sites and offering to sell American consumers antibiotics for treatment But the United States Federal Hade Commission warns Carbon residents that scant artists frequently follow the national headlines, tailoring fraudulent offers to prey on consumers' fears and vulnerabilities. The FTC, the UJS. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Food and Drug ministration indicate that, unless people are specifically notified or instructed by public health officials, there is no need to obtain or take antibiotics V. to prevent anthrax Confirming an infection requires a medical doctors examination and diagnosis. The verification is particularly important for anthrax. Some Internet sites may daim to sell FDA ap j .i1' ; a : caution Carbon consumers to 'r . JY-- ." Santa visit signal holiday break for students in Carbon County School District ;;m r fV : J , That road has had more work done oh it since the meeting in which you as commissioner decided no more would be done, stated Fred Davis, a resident of the area. The way I figure itj on page 4) :: 4 f. :! Jr ' , . b p' 'j ? 2 $ j I ; ; t EiVi, : W - s I issue 'At",S' . - the property back to the original status, there was a prob- . A, Thats what I am concerned about,? reiterated Milovich. ng er, East Carbon gains two wins, 8 ground. - : f .500 .. Mikrtich hada problem with the kiea of rezoning until certain were met. I am concerned that if we abandon the subdivision and then rezone it, inafewyears someone will come back and propose another subdivision there, pointed out MilovidLTben they would want to reopen up and use .. . that infrastructure, ff they do that, the county might get caught in a problem with lines that we approved to be put m and dont work. I think these lines need to be plugged so they never can be used again. V'. Sccw repeated the fact that he intended to pull the manholes and backfill so the lines could never work. He told the commission that the system was not set up properly and would not work even if it were activated, mainly because of its depth in the downturned economy. The commission had no concerns about abandoning the sub- division. But when it came to on the subdivision included sewer andwater lines along wi th open trenches that had not been backfilled According to county building department official Dave a letter of credit insuring the completion of the lines stHI exists. But the reasons for finishing the lines are gone. Scow informed the commissioners that he had started backfilling the open trendies and will soon begin removing man hole vessels bom the sewer lines. PRWID representative Phil Palmer told the commission that the sewer lines did not meet the code. And the water lines were a vr jyv ; con-ditio- ns proposed building the . e - -- Afewycarsago,agroupdfin-vestor- s of the infrastrurtufework had been done, the group's finances failed and the project was halted. Not long ago, Gary Scow purchased the land and decided to turn the. property back into a famt lb do that arid raise ani he needed die county ooitk ' mals, mission to abandon the subdivi sion and rezOne the property for full agricultural use. Scow listed a number of reasons for asking the commission to abandon the subdivision and rezone the property. The reasons included the 23 residential water shares he needed for farming, sewer lines that could not be at tached to the Price River Water Improvement District system fact that he probably . and the couldnt .sell one lot in the .rf- ...1 Commissioner County Commission meeting last Wednesday. French Quarter subdivision and the county approved a zoning change for tire project on pirop-crt- y near Wellington. After some :.::!. ' jp- Price, Utah 2 mile and a quarter from where they, could be hooked up to PKWIDssystem. He felt that the lines remaining in the ground would not be a problem. By RICHARD SHAW Staff reporter ; ft- V V i COY X MM ar . about the same as the national av- erage, registering at mately $2300 per year ft ition,booksand supplies. Although tuition has risen rapidly. So has the states funding . . . of higher education from tax rev- enues. State support has grown nearly as fast as the tuition rate, rising 163 percent since 1983 to . a lewl of $425 million in 2000. The rates of growth in tuition costs and state government support are due to Utahs unique; demographics, Utah has a large and rapidly growing population individuals. of college-ag- e . hii Li Utah, 18-- to comprise 24 percent of the states working age population. Nationally, the 18- - to age group makes up 16 percent of the working age population in the VS. Utah not only has a higher pro (Continued on page 15) |