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Show i 71st Year No. 15 Thursday April 12, 1984 20 Pages Roosevelt, Utah 25 Cents LOCAL AGAINST SITE Duchsn Council BsaRfiBOEBS wfeii still favors park sit Half a dozen vocal residents' attended the Duchesne City Council Meeting, Wednesday April 4, to disapprove of the eite announced for the planned comfacility-th- e munity recreation bowling alley. With thia as the first item on the agenda, Mayor RoJean Add-legave a short background on the site search that had already taken place. She mentioned the first proposed rite was in Roy Park, nut the area wasnt suitable due to the composition of the area y which sub-surfa- ce wouldnt sup- port , the type of foundation proposed. Most of the other properties the city already owns was in similary circumstances. However, when the test nits were dug in the area of the City park rite they found dear cobbles and sand at about four end a half feet, then hit water between five and six feet. This makes the proposed rite the best fin the proposed foundation. The Mayor stated how much the council had considered the impact of the additional facility with on the neighborhood, the cost limitations and the conditions of the other rites there really wasnt another suitable choke. Resident Leo Foy requested the dty consider further rite research due to the Residents across the street from the park already having to put up with the traffic, noise, parking problems, and what they frit was an improper use of the park. Councilman Terry Heaps plained that other sites had been researched. The questionaires bity residents a t ijFDr) out year or two ago reflected a need for S'1 bowling lanes. With the grant from the Bureau already under the cost of a 6 alley facility, the dty expects to already be, commited for that amount. Any additional funds needed to upgrade any rite cost all of the would, residents of the community. What was wanted was a rite that the dty already owned, to avoid additional costa in purchasing land, and one that waa suitable for the type of foundation needed. All of the criteria were met by the dtv nark rite. Bill Wardle brought up the noise during the summer was already quite extensive. He frit they didnt need any additional attractions in that neighborhood to increase the noise. He concluded with the suggestion that they lode at the old Zions Bank property as an alternate rite. Bud Yenne was concerned bout the building shading the thereby increasing the . ,by-th- PATCHING Utah Road department past week were around this sweeping, oiling and then patching the holes in state roads. One of them com crews mented that there wouldn't be enough asphalt to go around to all the holes this year jokingly. (Or was he?) men am tor drua violation - Kidnapping suspect detained The Uintah County Sheriffs Department arrested a male for kidnapping a girl at the 1 store in Messer. Michael R. Phillips, 25. wet arrested in regards to the aggravated kidnapping and robbery at the 1 store March 80. .The suspect is being held on charges of aggravated kidnapping and robbery said Sheriff, Manuri Cantu. The arrest waa made in the early morning hours of April 4. ment took advantage of his inconspicuous status to guise him as a drug user. Roberts, who was hired on January 1, attended the Police Academy during the week, and came home on the weekends to work on the investigation. He made contacts at the local hangouts, and purchased cocaine, marijuana ana amphetamines from several different sources, said Embellton. Because of Roberts extensive evidence, the Department was able to obtain warrants and make the arrests. The investigation waa a complete success, said Embellton. Everything went according to plan.1' The .Department made the arrests cm April 6 and 7. All the persons arrested were from the Roosevelt area and they were all in their 20s. Teako Monson was arrested for the distribution of a controlled substance for value; Joe Lane 820-30,0- n, cc Six local man have been arrested for narcotics violations. The arrests were made as a result of a three month undercover investigation by the Roosevelt City Police. The Police Department cent their newest officer, Clayton Roberts, undercover to expose drug distributers in the area said Wayne Embellton, detective. Before Roberts waa introduced to the community, the Depart- e was arrested on two counts for the distribution of a controlled substance; Jim Beasley, waa arrested for arranging for the sab Continued on page 8 Duchesne Easter hunt The Duchesne Lion's Club will be sponsoring the annual Easter Egg nunt in Duchesne again thia year. It will be held on April 21st at 10 a.m. There will be prize eggs, Easter Eggs, candy and an Easter Bunny for all the children to meet The hunt will be held at the Duchesne Country Fair Building and different areas will be roped off for the different age All children ages are to attend. 1-- costs. Mickdson stated his objections to the rite as being the 1 to parking ut Roy Pai be used with additional foundation work and conduded that the dty shouldnt be in the bowling alley business. Councilman Tom Abplanalp reminded Cliff that the foundation in Rqy Park would cost 33 percent more than the dty park rite. He recommended that the dtizens present form a dtizens committee and approach the owner of the old Zions property with suggestion they donate the property to the dty for an alternate rite. Mayor Addley mentioned that there nad already been a couple of buildings in town, one was the e bunding in Roy Park, that had buckled with the frost heave. The bowling alley couldnt take that type of( problem, she stated. Just once would put the whole building .out of the bowling alley business. multi-purpos- dty grow and have recreation Continued on page 8 Redevelopment stymied until figures revised All redevelopment plans have been stymied, for the time being, because of the recent legislative action concerning property assessments. All plans to develop the downtown area of Roosevelt have been halted until Duchesne County revsluates property assessments in compliance with the new law. Under the new law, the county will hive to bring the 1978 property assessment figures in line with the 1981 figures. This mesns the County might have the monumen-tou- a task of revaluating all its property. Until thats done, however, Roosevelt can not go ahead and market their redevelopment bonds. The bond council will not market the bonds until they know the revised figures on assessments so proper increment can be determined said Glen Vernon, City Administrator. The sale of our bonds is on hold until they can be certified under the new figures, said Vernon. "And then the new figures might turn out Continued oa page 8 Seagul) Corp. settles with union workeis There were not any members of the union that were layed off during the transitional period, and personnel affairs at the There refinery have stabilized. are no big changes or personnel in sight, said adjustments Hancock. The workers also fori very strong about the situation at Seagull said Bill Brennan, President of the Union. We were extremely satisfied with the new contract, he said. We really have positive feelings about the new company and are committed to helping Seagull do well." The workers were agreeable to all the terms of the contract. They frit good about the pay raises and were consoled that got to keep their seniority. Management and labor at the new Seagull Refinery worked out their first successful workers contract last week. The contract between the owners of Seagull and the local chapter of the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Union has been signed for two years. Both the workers and the owners are satisfied with the terms of the contract said Mike Hancock, personnel director for they SeagulL The workers will receive a two percent increase injay each year. They also will have a comprehen- benefit inriiiriing and pen- vacations, sfams. Zoning decision waits while Committee thinks The Roosevelt Planning and Zoning Committee decided to table two rezoning requests at s special meeting Friday. Additional test well authorized The go ahead to build a third well as a part of the Hayden Water Project has been riven to Roosevelt oy the Utah Department of Natural Resources. Construction on the well has been authorized for a test wall only. Roosevelt City Council decided to go ahead and consider building additional wells aa a part of the Hayden Project ao that eventual water capacity will meet future demands. The Council has decided not to' drill a full scale well until all costa of project are realized. Councilman Heaps stated there was no easy solution anyplace in town. Someone would be upset about the facility coming into their neighborhood, but it was felt that the town as a whole did want the recreation center. Carl Lund wanted to see the Ken Bsstisn, the owner of Summer Hills Subdivision and Grant Gerber and Curtis Daatrup, the owners of devil's triangle, both asked for a recommendation to have their properties rezoned from residential to commercial The Planning and Zoning Committee could not give an immediate recommendation because id the controversy and pressure id the issue said Roger Eaehler. The Committee felt a better derision could be made after more thought was given to the matter. Thus, the committee haa scheduled another pedal meeting on the same topic for Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. The entire issue of rezoning either pieces of property along 200 North haa caused a lot of controversy because of safety reasons and property evaluations. Several opponents of the rezoning proposal showed up at the meeting to express their disapproval. Brent Wilkins presented the committee with a petition of people opposing the resoning idea; while Ken Bastian had another petition of . Ken Bastion, owner of the Summer Hills Subdivision, works on the comer where the proposed convenience store would be located. He has been cutting trees and burning weeds on his property for this REZONE? last week. This piece of property is involved in the latest rezoning controversy. Bastion would like to rezone tills spot so he can build a convenience store to serve the people in the area. supporters. There were several names on both petitions. The committee derided to poet, pono their decision after the muddied waters have a chance to dear said Eaehler. The Committee wants to have time to think about the reliability of the petitions and weigh the principals involved. , |