OCR Text |
Show Tuesday i AID A3HTVA J83M S08Z-0ei- g 'jjgStS x V. s 'er?Tny"'r-- $r lW - f- f. , u Price, Utah 111th Year -- No. 85 October 22, 2002 J.b i,- t l. '. T T'i i fnw Ytvys A.tt A. 2j',w,Wr 5 500 State tire traveler visits area, 10A r'ii 'rJU Commission weighs av ISmimmy' ''if .'M'.1 v 1 iter :' i';'.' restaurant iox grants Jl l ini . '' RvDimAlin.WAW Staff reporter J PJ K& The Carbon County Commission met Oct 16 and dealt with a number of issues, including a request from residents on cleaning up wadies in the Spring Glen area. The residents that attended approached the commission about the growth of trees and brush that has taken place in three washes in the area that concerns residents. "There is a lot of over growth and debris in some of the washes in the area, explained Lynna in the wnmg lane and failed to negotiate tha curve on the east U.S. Highway 6 interchange coming into Price. The buck left the road rolling once completely. Carton County Deputies Ron Bogdin and Paul Bedont view the wreck of a Swifts rig last Friday morning. The rig reported got caught Transportation tractor-trailer rolls on east Price interchange Friday Tractor-trail- er By RICHARD SHAW Staff reporter A mid-momi- accident Oct 18 Mocked traffic on die eastUS. Highway 6 interchange and sent two Washington men to the hospital last Friday. The mishap occurred when Mohammed Ali, age 25 of Washington, was driving a Swift Ttans-- l tractor trailer rig south-io- n U.S. 6 near the city lim Ali reportedly incurred a broken leg and a possible arm fracture in the accident A passenger riding inside the semi, Paul Mellard, age 30 of its of Price at about 10:30 a.m. The truck driver apparently pulled into the lane exiting onto the bypass road into Price by mistake and got caught in the lane before he knew it The vehicle was traveling too fast to make the curve, according to accident investigators. The truck left the roadway and took out several warning signs as the send rolled into the barrow pit in the middle of the interchange. Washington, received some neck injuries. Utah Highway Patrol Hooper Larry Mower indicated that Mellard said he was asleep and heard Ali express an expletive before he felt the truck roll . v The interchange has been the site of many accidents, frequently involving vehicles traveling too fast to negotiate the curve. The tractor and trailer aj peared to be a total loss, whil the damage to contents remained to be determined on Friday. The front section of the trailer was ripped out and the boxes inside it were marked "Fragile. The truck driver appeared to be wearing safety restraints, concluded Mower. Topolovec who represented some of the residents views. "We need a cleanup in the washes so we dont have a flooding problem in the future. The problem of flooding has been a major concern of many residents in the Helper, Spring Glen and Carbonville area since the Spring Glen Canal project began three years ago. That project piped all the irrigation water that used to flow in the canals, but with the covering of the waterways, the drainage that they had supplied for the last 100 years also disappeared. "All of these washes are part of the flood control for the area and we are concerned that with the debris and the large trees in some of them real problems could result, stated Tbpolovec. She also brought up the fact that some of the trees are blocking the view onto 2000 West creating a traffic hazard. A discussion then ensued be tween commissioners and the residents that were attending about the problems and the solutions. It was brought out that the county could solve some of the problems, just as they had a couple of years ago when some of the growth got out of control. But the commissioners were also cautious about the situation. "We can take care of what is on county property, advised Commissioner Mike Milovich. "But on private property we cant do anything. County Attorney Gene Strate also pointed out that in some cases the county would need an easement to cross private land to get to the problems. Apparently in the past, there were some kinds of problems with getting to some of the areas that needed attention, but no one in the meeting had the details of the situation. The commission finally decided to have Evan Hansen, the county engineer look at the area and determine what areas fall under the counties ownership. In another action the commission reviewed the recommendations from the restaurant tax board that met the first part of October cm two requests that had been submitted to them. The first request had come from Carbon High School for money to purchase an electronic timing system for track and field events. The request had been submitted by the principal, Robert Cox, (Continued on page 3A) Central School building completed in 1916 By RICHARD SHAW Staff reporter When a building bums down, it is replaced with a new structure in most cases. The task is usually accomplished tty tearing the rest ofthe old building down, . ripping out the foundation and " V . ai.p. . 'T'" v . replacing everything. A year and a half ago while preparing the parking lot north of the College of Eastern Utah Prehistoric Museum for repaving, the construction crews discovered a foundation. In subse-quedays, it was found to be the old foundation for the Price Public School which burned down in January of 1915. The find sparked considerable interest in the old building that had stood there and officials from the museum brought the state archeologist down and examined the remains themselves. While there was nothing significant found, and the foundation was later covered over, the interest that the find generated nulled over into stories in both the Sun Advocate and around ' 'j . - . if- r 'V J Jf. ' v- - . Vs . . i ... 1 - t,1 tS;,- ' .i! - '7 - X V" i' .. nt town. But even though the foundation was covered over almost 90 years ago, the people of Price at the time still needed another building in which to house their children for school For the year following the fire, offices, donatories and even some warehouses acted as school rooms for many children. During that time, work begun on a new building to be called the Price Central School TTie new school was built on the corner of 100 East and 100 North. That building later be- ... 4 folice investigate break in, break out incident at VFW 1 RICHARD SHAW Fwriter I An investigation into an alleged break in at the PrioeVfeter- hns of Foreign Wins club chided of misa- asus-pec- L the and arrest of jng money con-Iwitht- ; Bruce Noone, who had been laying carpet at the VFW post for a couple of days before the burglary, was arrested last Wedne-daafter the suspect entered the dub. The first report of the break in came at 7:20 am when an employee of the dub reported the west door fadngthe parking lot y ; POQRCOP had been forced Open. "He did the right thing, stated Price Police LL Ed Shook. "He called us instead of going in the building. iDUCC xl! unKtr uennu unns-tens- came known as Central Elementary School, then the human building and today it is known as the Community Crater Building and it houses a number of agencies. When the building opened, it was hailed as one of die most modem schools in the state. The cost of construction dwarfed the value of the original building ($40,000) by almost double. But th fanfare of the opening belied what the members of the community had to go through to ser-vic- es en was the first to arrive on the scene and entered the dub. For an unknown reason, possibly due to the fact that someone may have been in the west parking lot at the dub, die in truder purportedly forced open the front door that feces Main Street to exit the building. In effect, the subject purportedly not only broke mto the VFW dub, but also broke out of the (Continued on page BA) ; get it built The day after the fire, the Price City School Board of Education took stock ofwhat was left vs. The Price Community Center's appearance has changed littte from the buikiirgs first days of life in 1916 as the Central School The building later became Cental Elemen ofthe building. The old building totally destroyed and all that saved were some desks and books for lower grades on the first floor. Everything on the second floor of the building was completely destroyed, so the districtwas starting with literally nothing. The board would not .only need to construct a new building, but fur nish it and buy books and sup--e plies for school the fire, school trustees John Pace, John Potter and Thomas Fouts began the planning for anew buMng. Insurance proceeds had amounted to about $30,000, so the men Ttoo days after tary School and, after closing as an educational institution in the late 1960s, the structure has served various additional purposes in the Carton County community. along with other trustees and the superintendent, S.W. Golding, put together a bond election to raise another $35,000. An architect was soon named, Miles Miller from Salt Lake. He drew up the plans for the building in only a couple of months and the school board let a contract to George Ryland of Price to construct foe facility. In foe middle of the project, foe Utah Legislature made a change in how school boards were situated throughout the state. Many rural districts had been set up by an individual community. Price had a school district and so did various commu nities around the county. On June 10, 1915, the Price district had to turn over all its records to the new Carbon County Board of Education and the city district dissolved as of June 30 of that year. But the need for the building was apparent and the construc- tion plans continued with the only real change being in where the school would be located. Originally, foe school was to be built on the northeast corner of the block, where the Price police and fire departments are cur- rently located. Instead, foe new county board determifltaMhatelbo bi&AHtg i |