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Show 467 P salt P-?S- S s i SSA dry, Volume Eighty-tw- Eureka, Utah 84628 o CGfl)nn)Dii(nl 1986 0. Tim-panog- os Met with Sheriff Dave Carter. Carter asked the commission to con -- quest. -- Met with Leon Winter of the coun- tys emergency services depart lb8Clnnninl(oJ fmjtujFe The Traders N Trappers Club will again entertain at this years Depot Days celebration. They will set up at the park and fill the two days, September 6 and 7, with fun and games for all ages. If youre not one for games, at least plan to visit the teepee village and listen to the tall tales circulating about. This is just some entertainof the family-oriente- d ment being planned for Depot Days and Tintic Silver Festival. Highway finance problems in Utah are expected to expand rapidly in the years ahead, and may replace education as the states top fiscal concern in the next decade, according to Utah Foundation, the private nonprofit research agency. Foundation analysts do not downgrade Utahs pressing school finance problem, but note that the increase in public school enrollments is already leveling off and may be expected to decline further as a result of the decline in the birth rate already recorded. On the other hand, highway finance problems are expected to grow at an accelerating pace following completion of initial construction of the interstate highway system, which now appears to be realistically in sight. In Utah, and across the nation, older parts of the interstate system, in use for up to a quarter century, are in urgent need of extensive rehabilitation. Some parts of the giant system, even when in good repair, are proving inadequate to handle todays expanded traffic flow. The Foundation cites serious congestion problems at peak traffic hours on Interstate-1- 5 through Salt Lake County as an example of this situation. Utah highway planners believe it is only a question of time until similar problems develop in Davis and Weber Counties. Initial construction of the entire interstate 'System is now scheduled to be under contract by 1990, and the last of the actual work should be completed within two years of being placed under contract. This is assuming that federal interstate funding will continue without significant change, which is far from certain. Even though the highway trust fund is supported entirely by revenues and involves highway-use- r no general fund money, highway authorities are aware that the Act, spirit of the Gramm-Rudma- n fund the at aimed general reducing deficit, could carry over into other year-to-ye- Little league team beats Santaquin The Eureka Little League played two games last week and beat the Santaquin Blue Sox at Eureka by a score of 7 to 6. They lost to Genola 1st 14 to 7. Coach Troy Jones reports that the boys are playing good ball and everyone seems to be having a good time. He is assisted by Charles Ming. Members of the team are Burt Ek-ke- r, Lynn Elliot, Bobby Erickson, Ryan Chambers, Travis Ryan, Ryan Renzello, Tim Ming, Cody Laird, Tracy Larson, Brad Chambers, Clay Allinson, Brent Pedersen and Benji Grimstead. By an error Burt Ekkers name was left out of the article last week and your reporter wishes to apologize to him and his family. Mr. and Mrs. Allan Lester of Evanston, Wyoming and Mr. and Mrs. Jim Toone of Eureka spent the weekend at Wendover, Utah. Bessie reports they didnt win any money, but they sure had a good time. ar Weekend guests at the home of Mrs. Effie Bell were David and Jackie Chabis and their two children areas. Donnie and Jessica Lynn. Assuming that federal interstate funding is continued without significant change, Utah should have no Miss Coli Laird, daughter of Mrs. problem in meeting its share of the Leona Laird, spent the weekend in cost of completing initial interstate Eureka visiting with her mother. construction, which is 95 percent Coli is employed at the Charter federally funded in this state. The Hospital at Midvale and lives at Salt big highway finance problems in Utah are expected to develop after Lake City. lb(y)0n)( ment. He said that to receive fun- fund taxes to his organizations acding from the Federal Emergency count. The action was approved. Management Agency, his depart- Woodbury and the commissioners ment must now participate in three also talked about ways to make Pond more attractive to emergency exercises each year. Two of the exercises may be on tourists, and consequently bring paper, but one has to be a field exer- more income to area businesses. cise, where a mock disaster is set Heard from Don Eyre, Jr., county Winter to was instructed conduct up. attorney, that the Public Service the exercises. Commissions hearings on natural Met with Weston Woodbury, gas service for the area have been secretary of the Nephi Chamber of postponed until August. Eyre has Commerce. Woodbury asked for a asked permission for a county transfer of $5,000 in transient room representative to speak at the hearings. The county has decided to support anyone who is willing and able to bring natural gas to Juab County, not any particular company. Bur-rasto- 1-- 15 congestion problem, whose estimated initial costs range from million to $535 million. Not surprisingly, financial feasibility of the several alternatives tends to bear an inverse relationship to their effectiveness. The least costly alternative is considered achievable within ex$213 isting resources. Alternatives -- Two fires Utah has many other highway programs besides the interstate, some of them federally-assiste- d and some state financed. Recent entirely of discussions highway finance problems by Utahs governor, citing the n possible need for a 3 gas tax increase, concerned the state road program, unrelated to the interstate or other federally-assiste- d programs. It is not now known what will be the shape or size of federal highway financial assistance after completion of initial construction on the interstate, but even if a high level of federal assistance is continued, Utah will face a major financing problem of its own. Highway planners foresee the distinct possibility that Utah may soon have to choose between accepting inadequate highway performance in critical areas and making an extraordinary fiscal effort to excents-a-gallo- rated superior from a traffic performance standpoint are well of current the beyond scope resources. The study estimates the required additional state effort to solve the problem as the equivalent n of a 4 increase in the pand and improve existing n motor fuels tax statewide, or 8 facilities, the Foundation points in Salt Lake County. out. cents-a-gallo- cents-a-gallo- Former resident helps complete project By his own admission, Lynn Pett is not a golfer. But he knows a good golf course when he' sees one, and when he builds one. In 1973 a light bulb went off in Petts head when the Utah was encouraging Legislature of the Jordan River Parkway. Pett, now the executive assistant to Murray City Mayor LaVar C. McMillan and director of the Murray City Parks and Recreation Department, envisioned an golf course adjacent to the Jordan River on Murrays west side. Although he isnt a golfer himself, Pett felt the only piece missing from his recreation puzzle in Murray was a golf course. Today, 13 years later, that puzzle is complete. To say that Pett built development 18-ho- le What was once farmland and swampland has been transformed into a golfing eden. Thirteen years after envisioning a golf course for Murray City in conjunction with the Jordan River Parkway, Lynn Petts dream has become reality. Mr. Pett was born in Eureka. His parents were Vic and Artie Pett. Larcel and Kerry McNulty were in Ogden last weekend attending the four day Divine Peace district convention of Jehovahs Witnesses. Over 5,000 persons attended each session. Enjoying a in the McNult week were June last ty backyard and Coleen and all their sons. It was nice to have a chance to visit with Blake before his leaving for California. A special treat was having Mr. and Mrs. Tony Farnsworth and Cody from Payson join the rest of the family for dinner and visiting. Once dream state through years of children are grown and leave the are far too governmental red tape to fruition. nest, Now everything is nearly in place. the picturesque par-7- 2 Murray Parkway course is an exaggeration, of course. Robert Muir Graves, who has left his imprint on distinct layouts throughout America, was the actual golf course architect. But Pett was the administrator who orchestrated the construction, taking the new golf course from the 6,369-yar- d, ns -- pF&bhmais interstate completion. An engineering study of the growcorridor ing problem in the through Salt Lake County, commissioned by the Wasatch Front Regional Council and now under study by the Utah Department of Transportation, presents nine alternatives aimed by solving the traffic Number 25 20 tarfdS At their recent meeting, the Juab sider getting comprehensive accident insurance on county vehicles. County Commission: -Talked about the countys drug He said three windshields in his and alcohol program with Carvel departments vehicles recently had Magelby, Newton Donaldson, Alan been replaced. The cost of each He sugHall, and Randy Blackett. The coun- replacement was $200-$30ty is trying to decide whether to con- gested that the additional cost of tinue working with the Six County comprehensive insurance could Commissioners Organizations pro- easily be covered by the windshield gram or to contract with the replacement costs. The commisMental Health organization sioners decided to look into the re- for the service. u 84 1 get-togethe- rs cook-ou- burn grass in west desert Two fires burned out of control for several hours during Friday and Saturday, June 27 and 28. The smallest of the fires burned only 50 acres of grassland at Champlain Point along U.S. Highway 50 and 6 just southwest of Little Sahara Sand Dunes and firefighters were able to quickly control the fire. Another fire in the Sand Mountain area of the Little Sahara Sand Dunes burned well over 1,500 acres of land. The smoke from the Champlain and Sand Mountain fires combined to make driving along US 50 and 6 hazardous and highway patrol officers and Juab County deputies were dispatched to the area for traffic control Friday afternoon. Juab DUP plans 24th celebration in Nephi park The Daughters of Utah Pioneers of Juab County and other organizations are planning a Pioneer Day Celebration for July 24 at the Nephi City Park to raise money to put new front on the old courthouse in Nephi. Many activities have been planned for the afternoon starting at 4 p.m. There will be a band concert, games, fish pond and races for the young people. From 5 to 6 p.m. there will be a program. Pioneer sun bonnets will be for sale and every girl should have one. Goodies may be purchased at any time. Everyone is invited to come and bring a friend. Confesf A Queen Contest will be held for unmarried girls between the ages and 21. The girls will be judged on beauty and poise. Anyone wishing to enter must of 17 contact either Mary Lou Draper, 5 or Judy Jones, by midnight on Monday, July 7. 433-680- 433-63- 22 |