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Show T I I I IBsisSn SUsnmdlaraO HUMsilhi Thursday. July 5. 1984 1 1 Neola to form Water District The town of Neola wants to become a water and aewer district to be eligible for federal impact should have been approved by County Commissioners, which is the only thing they need before making a request to the Impact Board. They plan on asking for about 8300,000 to improve the sewer lagoons and to enable them to hook into the Hayden Wells waterline Roosevelt City is planning With the 1984 Water Standards the government is malclng all sewer discharsee meet, the the fonda. In the County Commission Meeting last weds Ray Nash, Charles Crosier and Val Killian requested the enmmtfam start the procedures for formation of a water and sewer district in the Neola area. A public hearing on the proposal will be held on July 81, at 4 p.m. No negative input is expected, according to Val Kit Last January the town water users voted on fanning a district and not one vote was cast against it, ha stated. This special taxing district will include about 160 acme of Uintah County, since land owners for three miles east of Neola have petitioned to join the district Ionian states the Uintah County Commissioners have already cleared the way for that to happen if the Duchesne County Commia-- , sioners approve. The funds the district is Booking, by fanning this district is allocated from the Impact Board. We plan on making the first meeting in August Killian mentioned. By that time the Neola Water and Sewer District Neola lagoons just couldnt Weve grown out of our present linn. j ?. j'; j '1 t's f 1 !i -- j Killian stated. He lagoons, mentioned that it has been about five years since thy have been in compliance with the federal standards, but the government has allowed them to keep the old lagoons functioning anyway. The Board of Directors of the Neola Town Water Users will become the Neola Water and Sewer District Board of Directors. They are: Charles Crosier, President; Val Killian, Evan Olsen, Floyd Wilkerson and M Warren,; with Ray Nash as their attorney. The public meeting on this proposal will be on Jury 81, at 4 un. in the Commission Board in Duchesne. i j Randlett bridge open after reconstruction The Randlett Bridge was for traffic, June 26, construction was completed, enabling it to handle more vehicles. The previous bridge was a single road lane and a safety hazard, said Rex Harrison of Horrocks Engineers in American Fork. The bridge is now able to ViTirfla oversized traffic and the it that the state amount of allows on The Randlett bridge was open June 25 after reconstruction was completed to widen the road. The bridge had previously been a narrow path OPEN TO TRAFFIC Work was started January 13, and was ddmd by 53 days, said Harrison. There was a delay due to water flows, one of the beams in the bridge had to be repaired. Construction was slowed of manufacturing The company m concrete beams, of the charge couldnt msnufacture them in the cold, said Nile Cbapman. The bridge, rebuilt with 8434,000 was financed by approp--riations of federal gas taxes. main-becau- its Construction, done by the Nile Chapman Construction Company, took three months to wwpiaa- se - Chambers new High School Principal for Union Paul Chambers, a resident of Idaho Falls, has been selected as the new principal at Union High School by the Duchesne County School Board. Duchesne meets with Water District on water alternatives Friday, June 29, Duchesne City officials met with representatives municipality or location, thereby increasing the output of the plant sometime down the road, and decreasing costa per acre foot of water. Grindataff, the City Manager, also mentioned that the District will lode for deeper power to supply the plant and the pumps, which would also decrease costs slightly. The are keeping the down at the plant, stated. They showed the City representatives how they have actually cut costs from last year 883 to 876 per day this year in operating expenses. The meeting showed that both groups were working toward mutually beneficial goals and that they were willing to work together. of the Central Utah Water Conservancy District in their Duchesne offices. Mayor RoJean Addley stated, "The meeting was beneficial. Mayor Addley, Councilman Terry Heaps, Dallas Linford, Keith Hooper (who had to kind of wear two hats at the meeting since he is employed by the. District), and City Allan Grindataff met with rict Board members Lynn LaMont Carl Crozier, Moon, CUWCD Manager Lynn Duchesne Supervisor Ludlow, Leo Brady, and Carl Carpenter of the Conservancy District The primary purpose of the meeting was to discuss alternatives proposed by each body, Duchesne City and CUWCD, to the increasing rates the District is imposing on Duchesne City for water. Last year, Duchesne City was charged 8100 per acre foot of water. In a letter dated April 24, the District stated the water for the 1984 calendar year would be 8137 per acre foot. Partially due to the April Letter, the City of Duchesne sent three emissaries to Governor Matheson to seek relief from the increases. Matheson arranged a meeting with the representatives (Addley, Abplanalp and Grind-stafand the Districts attorney, Ed Clyde, but was unable to recommend any further avenues. Duchesne City has had a two year battle with the District over rates. In 1963 Representative Howard Nielsen wrote a letter to the District regarding Ducheanes concern over the increased cost of water treatment at the Duchesne Valley Water Purification Plant The contract cm using water from this plant has only 88 years Wint-erto- After the meeting last Friday, Mayor Addley stated that the District seems to be willing to work with us on finding alternative solutions to the higher costs of 'the water from the treatment plant Few one, they will help us market the water, she stated. Marketing the water would decrease the costs to Duchesne City by allowing the City to sell the treated water to another In their meeting on Thursday, June 28, six candidates were interviewed by the Board. Su intendent Lowell Caldwell, Rawlings, Ralph Ercanbrack, and Keith Hansen, formed the selection committee that honed the field of 2Q applicants down to the seven they asked to interview. The reason only six were interviewed was one of the final candidates accepted the prindpal-shipo- f Salina High School earlier that week. Two of the six were selected to fill the positions of principal and assistant principal at Union. In addition to Chambers, Kenneth McKenzie has accepted the vice dtion. Chambers and McKenzie have been teachers, administrators and worked with the athletic at their respective was the Chambers schools. paaiatant principal and athletic director at Clair E. Gale Jr. High in Idaho Falls. McKenzie will be leaving the teaching principal position for Lund Schools in the White Pine County School District. He had been a teacher and coach at Lund High School from 1977 to 1980. Chambers, in a telephone programs interview, stated his first goal is to establish himself with the staff And the studentbody and then go to work on bettering the education of the students. He plans to move his family to the area about the first of August He has six children, only three will move with him, one girl will be a sophmore at Union next year, one gin will be in the 8th grade and his baby girl is three years old. The other three are married or will be married. His philosophy of discipline is for it to be Fast, fair and He isnt sure that is friendly. always possible, but the practice of bring an assistant principal for the last ten years at High Schools and Jr. High's of 1000 plus studentbodies has brought home the need for "Fast, Fair and Friendly discipline. Chambers received his Educational Administration instruction at BYU. He has a Master degree in Physcis from the University of South Dakota and a Bachelors degree in Math and Physics from Utah State University. McKenzie has his Educational Administration training from the University of Nevada in Las Vegas where he also received his Masters degree in Education. His Bachelors Degree is from the University of Nevada in Reno in Education with a major in mysiCal Education and a minor in Science. FFA House listed on historic register The Toyack Future Farmers of America Chapter House has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places. Thi$ is the only house in Duchesne County to be listed on the register said Bud Allred, a man who helped build the house in 1933 and was responsible for its official listing. The old house is located on 340 North 300 West in Roosevelt. The house was built in 1933-3- 6 by a group of high school kids, members of the FFA; inspired by their advisor, Walter Atwood, the boys constructed the house with rocks from Pleasant Valley and timber from Mosby Mountain. All work was done by volunteer labor; neither the school board nor the government could help fund the project We hauled the rocks by said Allred, "and chip-theby hand. The structure is historically m significant as the primary feature associated with agricultural education in the Basin, and for the extraordinary display of cooperation which produced the building Continued on page 14 Duchesne Rodeo Queen chosen . June 27, the first event of the Duchesne County Fair took place, the competition and 'selection of Miss Duchesne County Rodeo Queen. f) left for traffic. Construction was done by the Nile Chapman Construction Company, . The day started for the eight contee tents at 10 a.m. with the Speed and working events. They were taken to a tea at 4 p.m. and returned to the arena for pattern ridee from 6:30 to 8 p.m. The judge for this morning events was Lynn Sherweide. Judges for the tea were Gayle Young, Beverly Caldwell and LeAnn Packard. Vera Ames, Linda Mecham and Michelle Morrell ware the judges of the evening pattern rides. Competition was very tough among the eight girls. But about 8 p.m. a decision was reached, Minds Arrowchis, daughter of Smiley and Melody Arrowchis, was selected as Miss Congiality; Kammra Nunley, daughter of Janet Nunley, waa selected as second attendant; Lisa Shiner, daughter of BUI and Shirley Shiner, was first attendant; and the 1984 Queen waa Charlene Arterbery, daughter of Bill and Colleen Arterbery. Queen Arterbery rode Leo Gringo a paint she trained and has ridden for the last six years. She has been Queen of the Neola and Tabiona Rodeos, a first attendant in the Altamont Rodeo, and first attendant for the last three years of the Duchesne County Rodeo Queen contest She graduated from Duchesne High School this year and plans to attend Dixie College in the fall, majoring in ry studies.. When asked what her strongest part of the competition was she stated Probably die modeling and the Pattern ride. But the worst part was the poles, I knocked down two today. The Queen receivee a tiara, a curry comb for her horse, donated by Conoco Self Serve, a gift e certificate from Kidils and Corner, 826 from Bonanza, a bouquet of roses, donated by Zion's Bank, a 8100 prize, a satin lacket with the title and year printed on it, and her entry fee of 835, paid to State competition. The first attendant gets 860 prize and a satin jacket Second Uin-qu- Con tin ued on page 14 Miss Duchesne County Rodeo Queen 1983, Paulette ' Christensen, is pictured with her replacement, Miss Duchesne ' County Rodeo . RODEO ROYALTY Queen for 1984, Charlene Arterbery. With the Rodeo Royalty is Leo Gringo, Charlene's old paint that she rode to |