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Show UMtrl&P M1, NOtiV 898. dS ' M$l. , r April Mjyjrr 11 1th Year 23, 2002 -- Price, Utah No. 33 Rabbits thump CHS Dinos, 7 500 I - Commission grants restaurant tax revenues to fund projects in area side private organization. Im very sorry, said Milovich. But they are disqualified by law. But some in the room grumbled that they had been referred to the committee by various affidals,only to find out that their efforts could not succeed. The problem is that groups who can not qualify for the money are being referred when they shouldnt be. Abrams suggested that the By RICHARD SHAW Staff reporter The Caibon County Commission was recently adviKddiat be- : cause of the disposition of a couple of court cases in the stale, the. granting of restaurant tax momes to certain types of organizations, some of which received money from the fund in the past, would not be allowed any longer. ' a Thatfactbroughtsomeheart-bur- to a lot of people when the flmwmhHnn applications commission met last week and hufare the flnwwnittee tinesto them for legalities, but it had to make decisions on recommendations from die restaurant was the opinion of the commis-sknethat the best way to avoid tax committee for funding varithe problem anymore is for the ous requests. The problem is that the state county attorney to look at them has tightened up the regulations prior to the quarterly meeting. because of a couple of recent The second group on the court cases, and we have to abide agenda that wanted money was the Csibon County Cbuntiy Chib by those rules," said Commission Chair Mike Milovich. All for the golf course. The restau-racommittee had approved of us want to see these organizations and activities thrive, but it $15,000 and the commission is out ofour hands. agreed to give it that much. Thanks for looking at us, However, there were a number of people in the audience at said course pro Tbm King. We the meeting that were upset are looking at putting in some about the way the applications large trees, some more block for the money are handled and work in certain areas and some about the fact that some spent cart passes. Some in the audience asked many hours working on applications only to find they were not some questions about the award to the course but the commiseligible.. this for money sioners defended die award. People apply This is a public course and and then we have to turn them down because they dont thecountyhasovathreemillion qualify, said Jana Abrams, die dollars invested in it, said re-vie- w rs nt ... Milovich. son. It makes us look like die bad guys after they do all that havc aame-wprk. We need-taids ofguidelines as to who and who riot can apply so they don't go to all the trouble if duty cant even qualify. The discussion began after the Carbon High Rodeo Chib made a presentation about their request They were turned down because they arent actually apart of the school district, but an out- o ins to Milovich. It benefits the church, stated Milovich. Gene Strate, county attorney, also pointed out that any money the county grants must also show a direct tax benefit. Kathy Smith, director of tour- concocted interviews andiit had showed that die people attending had averaged spending at leak $75 per day in the area when they visit for the festival. But what was actually generated in taxes became the question. Fm not so sure we can show the value, said Commissioner ' Bill KrompeL Smith brought up the fact that die festival onfy used the money given the event from the county for outside advertising, which brought in people from a lot of Maybe we should just phu an ads for the Greek Festival through the tourism board," stated Smith. But Milovich cautioned the travel bureau official that doing that exclusively for the festival . maybe illegal. You can advertise for multiple events, but not just the . - Greek Festival, indicated Milovich. The problem doesnt lie with anyone trying to keep anyone from doing anything, but with the law. If people feel the regulations are unfair they need to contact the legislature and get ; it changed. L . The next project was the stniction of rest rooms at the new NextupwastheGieekFesd- This was one of those situa- tiora where the cnimty had givcaQjgliotti Fishing Pondlh&Diyi-- v the event money in the past, but sion of Wildlife Resources is couldnt this year. constructing in north Helper. The proponents had asked for Proponents brought up the Cut thatthe festival brings a lot $26)00 and the committee had ofpeople into die area fixsn out- - granted $15,000. But side and provides income for res-- problem of some kind involvement was an issue. taurants and motels. But the fact that it is basically The property on which the a private event keeps it from rest rooms were to be constructed (Continued on page 5A) qualifying for the money accord- - r con-va- Local youngsters participate at event planned for children old tanessa Schade enjoys specU activities ulannod for area younsstare last Saturday at Goflon of Eastern Utah. The event was part of the Month of the bung Child Olympics, taingstm were involved in many stations hosted by tfw Carton County School District, diBd cars resource and referral. CEU music dnoartment. Plica library, RUCD Head Start and Southeastern Utah Health District Four-ye- ar Demos select candidates ; ' -- - , f- . while state weighs delay for primary election date v; - isiX . By RICHARD SHAW Staff reporter Last Friday night, the Carbon County Democratic Party selected their candidates for the primuy election scheduled for 4' Die convention was conducted at the Helper auditorium and moat party leaders said they had the bek crowd they have seen in many years. After the voting, the field was reduced from three candidates for each of die two open seats to pair of opponents. for seat the Vying presently occupied tty William Krompel were John Scrfustini and Dave Guymon. After die vote it was decided that Seiftistini would face incumbent Krompel in the pri-; JT u maty. Canyons surrounding valley remain dry, substandard moisture levels continue type of acanetyiriCaibon County, but the mountains are drier than almost any time in the past While a little moisture hitthe area lad weekend, kwasnteven enough to wotthewhistleaf Dry canyons maynpresenMhenonnal nature. Much of the snowpack in the mountains has already melted and officiate at testate as wed as local level have started discussing methods to encourage residents across Utah to conserae water. : Team evaluates region child, : ByKENIARSON Sun Advocate publisher ' ' even eastern rural counties, in- - each reviewed by a paired evaluators. Tbn of the visiting team members were from Alabama, one was from from Wrshingtosi.D.G, and the remaining panelists were . Utahns. And the results the division received a 95 2 percent core, compared to 833 percent Uurtyear and 77.8 percent in -- boun interviewing children, par- . Ti status bf children in their family g setting. Die status could be firom safely. to pcnnancncca stability to education, permaand nence, emotional any-thin- Local residents can think of . the process as a report card for Utahs eastern region division of child and family services. .. As part of the Milestone plan, the division opened up 24 cases last week to a team of near 40 evaluation who rant hundreds of ents, grandparents, foster parrots, case workers and juices. The cases, aU part of UtahS services . The evahiators were looking at two major areas. One was the division of child and family aer- ? ik Svine vices regional director, am third annual review arid is an accumulation erf all the effintsbe-- area well-bein-g, learning progress. Dke second benchmark included a look at the system of care for the children areas that their needs are being met. The area included questions on child and family participating, the service team, planning, support sys- Aocording to Beverly Hart, We find out through these reviewa what works well and what needs improving, said Hart last Friday addressing more than SO regional case workers and communitypartnen at the exit conference in Price. We are changing the way we (Continued on page 8A) ' vs v." - In die contest for the other commission seat, incumbent Ibm Matthews will face Steve Burge after the vote on Friday night by delegates elected from each ofthe voting precincts in the county. Eliminated from the race in that vote was Ralph Hardman. But the question of when the primary will actually take place, may actually depend on some moves presently being made at the state level by Governor Mike Leavitt Leavitt asked legislative leaders late last week to consider the advantages and disadvantages of moving Utahs primary elation to late summer or fall to modate a potential fourth congressional seat the state may because of a case pending in the supreme court. Die move was motivated by a reviewpreparedby Lt Governor OleneVMker, Chief Elections Officer for the stale, outlining the ed . V pros and cons of three proposed primary dates. Utah faces an uncertain congressional election process because of spending United States Supreme Court decision regarding reapportionment following the 2000 Census. The state has challenged the method used by the U.S. Census Bureau. Ifthe highest court rules in Utahs favor the state could be swarded a fourth congressional seat just prior to or after the now scheduled June 25th primary. Leavitt has called this scenario a problem we would love to have, but also realizes foe potential cost and fairness issues it creates. If discussion in caucuses leads to a request for a special 1 lesion, I am prepared to call ooe to resolve this issue, Leavitt said : in a letter to house and senate ; leadership. Resolution to the is--; sue is a legislative decision be-- cause any change would require adjustments in state election law. ; Both Leavitt and Walker ; agree there is value in postpon-- ; ing the prinuuy until September 2001 Their recommendation was based onadesire to spare taxpayers foe cost of potentially binding two primaries and creating a reasonable and fair playing field for protective candidates. The chances of tiie seat being awarded vary, depending on in Carbon County on Friday fix the Democratic Convention said he felt it could cmne down atty ooeofthreeways. First they could just teQ us tiiat the Cenku was done prop-- .. erfy and the seat belongs to North Cardina, he said. Second they (Continued on page Sm . , ; ; V: I T ! I j. |