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Show Roosevelt ana Chamber continues turkey drawing Saturday See page All Basin sports featured in Uintah Basin STANDARD -- See 11 Upalco area nsidents to receive Johnson Water page See page 12 1 Bowling Center to open in February Roosevelt Bowl and Fun Center, d project that has been part of the city's efforts at redevelopment and upgrading of the business district, is nearing completion, and has set an opening date for around the first of February, when pins will actually the long-awaite- start FENCES Utah Governor Norman Bangerter spoke to a group of around 1 00 concerned citizens at a special "town meeting" held at the UBAVC from 7:30 to 9 p.m. The governor answered questions from the audience on a wide range of topics MENDING SOME from jurisdiction to location of d state prison. Bangerter defended his actions and stated that he stood by his decisions on issues such as Salt Lake. the pumping of the Great Governor addresses town with several local issues At a special held at the Town Meeting, UBAVC in Roosevelt December 2, Governor Norman Bangerter addressed several topics of concern with local area residents in a special hour and a half session. The governor had met earlier in Vernal with residents from that area, from noon until 5 p.m., before moving on to Duchesne County where he was at a dinner at the Frontier Grill, until just no-ho- before his appearance at the UBAVC at about 7:25 p.m. (just slightly behind schedule). Representative Beverly Evans, who was instrumental in arranging the visit of the governor to the Basin, introduced him and gave brief opening remarks. The governor also gave a brief opening statement to the crowd of over 100 concerned citizens and local government officials, explaining his goals that he had attempted to address while in office. The governor explained that his objectives, while they were more complex than the three topics or goals he set them under, had been the primary focus of his attention. His first, broad-basegoal has d Lions Club donates device The Lions Club donated a special device, (called a TDD), to the Roosevelt Police Department for use by their dispatcher, during the regular weekly session of the Roosevelt City Council on December 2. Lane Thomas, on behalf of the Lions Club, presented the device to Chief Cecil Gurr so that local hearing, as vocally) impaired well (as individuals could communicate, through dispatch, their need for assistance, whether it was police, fire department or ambulance service. The device, which operates through normal telephone lines, can transmit and receive messages from other similar units and records both sides of the "conversation on a paper printout for reference and records purposes. This is something that will serve a real need, said Chief Gurr, "and it is a really good idea. I'm really glad that the Lions Club has done such a worthwhile thing for the benfit of the community. John Weight, advisor of the High School Honor Society and Tory Nordstrom of the Honor Society, were instrumental in bringing the need for the device to the attention of the Lions Club, an organization that is known for, its work with the visually impaired and other handicapped persons. falling. According to Dave White, the new manager and resident pro of the Roosevelt Bowl and Fun Center, things are moving along very well White has currently at Jones opened a mini-offic- e Paint and Glass, where he will be available to start signing up folks for league play, and answer questions about the facility. He even has a phone there, which will be moved, along with his office, into the center once it is completed. We plan to actually be open by February 1, barring any last minute delays, with 12 lanes of bowling, a sports lounge and snack bar, complete pro shop, and even a child-car- e facility for mothers and families that come bowling, as well as a video game arcade, White explained. The center will employ about 20 or e more people, with employees, including White and several part-tim- e workers as well, he continued. I'm looking to hire locally, said White, and many of the jobs would be perfect for high school students who are looking for part-tim- e evening and weekend work. This will be a great addition to the community, both economically and as an additional resource to draw people into the town for recreation purposes. White explained in more detail, 4-- 5 been to continue the solid governor explained, was that Utah educational opportunities for the .. simply had more students than state. The governor pointed out mosj. states, and would continue to that Utah spends a higher ' harve problems with its school ige proportion of its budget on - population until about 1993, when education than many other states, the population bubble" passed though per capita, the state spends through the system. Projections d after that point on school less per student than many states. The reason behind that, the on pige 2 popula-Continue- full-tim- of the fcutur.-that the Roosevelt Bowl and Fun Center some s would huc. "Our spurts lounge will feature a television with cable hookup ar.d we'll have access to many sports programs through channels such .e ESPN, WTHS and et-- hig-M- 'i WON for diifcrc it skirting events. The lounge will also feature food service, sirnc the food facilities for th lounge ami snack bar are shared." "Speaking if the snack liar, we'll feature hot dogs, hamburgers and other grilled and fried foods (especially french fries), and we'll have soft ice cream, malls and milk shakes, as well as soft drinks. The lounge will have hcer and it will also Ik- - open for sporting events even after the lanes close, since it has a separate entrance and exit for after hours," he continued. We'll also feature an arcade, for family members that don't want to howl, or Lo entertain youngsters too old for the day care facility while the rest of the family liowls. We want to stress we are a business, which is why we have the arrade and daycare facility. We'd like to see the whole family come down for oien" and league games and feel at home there," he continued. The day-carrenter will be family-oriente- d e staffed with qualified day-car- e personnel, and is available free of charge lo bilks while they are bowling. ''We'll be able to handle up to age, though the moms will stiil have to change the diapers," he added. "We'll also have a complete pro shop. whc.T we ran fix our customers u with howling balls pre-sclns- ''ontinued on page 3 AT LAST residents will be able to quench their thirst UpaDco A dream come true is what one Upalco resident said of the funding that will finally bring good quality water to Upalco. The funding was the result of of an oily film on the of the water, dark complained surface coloration in the water, staining of dishes, fixtures even hair. It's a dream come true. intensive cooperative efforts several organizations. Water, Valley of Johnson Engineering, and the Upalco residents all worked together to make the dream become a reality. Upalco residents have trouble in recent years with had their culinary water. The taste and odor were described as sewery, rotten-egand just plain bad. Residents agencies had tested the from various wells, and offered several possible explanations for the problem. They found large amounts of manganese in the water, and excessive turbidity or cloudiness. They suggested the water table was getting lower, and consequently the wells were pulling minerals from the rock surrounding State water the water supply. They suggested shallow wells might be receiving contamination from the surface because of the cobble They rock geology also suggested of the area. the water could be contaminated by hydroca- rbons from nearby oil wells, but no was done for this. None of the explanations were conclusive because of the variance in ages, depths and casing materials of the wells. It seemed the only hope for residents wu to be included on the Johnson Water pipeline. The pipeline had been completed to the Ioka area, covering 97 square miles testing and containing 150 miles of pipe from Pleasant Valley to Ioka, and along highway 40 to near the The Roosevelt Chapter of Lions Club International TDD Police Chief that will allow those who are deaf Roosevelt to device presented an that have similar devices to communicate with dispatch for assistance, whether it's Police or Fire department or Ambulance Service that they need. The machine transmits and receives over phone lines and makes a printed record of the entire conversation by both sides for reference purposes. Pictured are: Johnny Murray, Chief Cecil Gurr, Denise Rhoades, Lane Thomas, Tory Nordstrom, Tim Cox, Fred Richins and John Weight. LIONS CLUB MAKES PRESENTATION Pennzoil Refinery. The pipeline brings treated water from Starvation Reservoir through the Duchesne treatment plant. Through a misunderstanding, Upalco residents voted to be excluded from the Johnson Water District originally, but with the problems they were experiencing with their wells, they approached the district and asked to be annexed. Thacker, elected leader of Upalco group, Charles Thomp- - Elvin the Elvin Thacker is excited about the prowater of clean spect coming from his tap in Upalco. District Johnson Water has finalized funding for the pipeline project that will bring that water to Upalco CLEAN WATER residents next spring. son, chairman of the Johnson Water Board, and Reid Johnson of Valley Engineering, began the task of convincing government agencies to fund the Upalco portion of the project Thursday they returned from the meetings with full funding cornmet-ted- . They will receive 34 percent of the money, or $150,000 from the Central Utah Water District. That funding, according to Johnson, is largely a result of efforts by Melvin White, a member of the CUP board. They will receive 51 percent of the from the funding, or Imparl Board, some in the form of a grant the rest as a loan. Some of the funding will come from the $1500 hook-ufee charged to residents who will receive the water. The project will include five miles of pipeline, and nearly five miles of line. It will also include a 150,000 gallon storage tank above Upalco to supply plenty of pressure to residents. . , This addition to the existing Continued on page 2 p |