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Show UTAH PRESS ASSOC 307 U SUITE SALT 200 S SOOS LAKE CITY, UT 84101 Enireka Reporter Celebrating more than 90 years of service to the citizens of Eureka. Volume Ninety EUREKA, UTAH JULY 28, 1995 -- Price $.40 Number 29 City council resolves fire department concerns Mayor David T. Kay presided at the July meeting of Eureka City Council, held at their new location, the former Juab County Courthouse. Councilmen present were Jay Evans, Arthur Long, June McNulty and Lloyd Conder. Councilman Tim Hannifin was excused. Others present at the meeting were: Darrin Carlson, Joe Ber- Navajo Mary Holiday Black, 1995 National Heritage Fellowship Awardee. Navajo artist is first Utahn to receive national award Utah Navajo basketweaver Mary Holiday Black has been selected as one of 12 rof the National Endowment for the Arts 1995 National Heritage Fellowship awards. Much like the Japanese practice of designating artists "Living " Treasures, this fellowship honors those committed to perpetuating our countrys folk and traditional arts. Fellowship recipients are chosen from a nationwide nomination process and each fellow receives a $10,000 cash award. Ms. Black is the first Utahn and the first Navajo artist selected for this prestigious award. Mary Holiday Black, a resident of Mexican Hat and a member of the Bitter Water clan, is being honored for her role in the revitalization of Navajo basket-weavinThe daughter of a rugweaver and a medicine man, she learned to weave at age 11. By the 1960s, she was one of only a handful of active Navajo basketweavers. Her work has renewed interest in traditional baskets for ritual and personal use and her design innovations have helped create a market for Navajo baskets with museums and among collectors. She has ," advanced the h her inspired by Navajo beliefs, legends, and everyday life, and by passing along basket-weavin- g skills to her family and Her efforts have neighbors. resulted in a renaissance in Navajo basketry. g. "story-baskets- nini, Don Treloar, Coleen McNulty, Retha Long, Roger Gout, Darby Sharp and George Gillespie. Following routine reports, two Ordinances were introduced and approved, after questions and comments from local citizens were received and discussed. Proposed ordinances were: Ordinance No. 95-- 2 NUISANCES and Ordinance No. 95-- 3 INDUS- TRIAL ZONE. Both will be printed in the Eureka Reporter in their final form. City Manager, Fred gave his report, stating that there is a problem with the fire phone system, resulting from the move from the City Hall to the Court House. The phone company had been alerted and were scheduled Awards will be presented in Washington, D.C. on September 29, 1995. For more information on Mrs. Black or on Navajo basketry, contact Carol Edison, to fix the problem. Fred pointed out that the Coordinator of the Utah Arts Councils Folk Arts Program, at telephone system will be changed 533-576over in November and at that point and time, the Citys antiquated fire phone system will not be adaptable. He requested that the City Council, the Fire Department, and the County Commission, each come up with at least $1200.00 to help pay for at least 10 pagers for the fire department, adding that the current The 4th Tintic High School fire phones cost over $100 per is month to operate.. and the cost of Resurrection Extravaganza scheduled to be held on Saturday, the pagers could be recouped August 19, 1995, during the over a couple of years. Tintic Silver Festival. Through the use of pagers, All those who graduated from the siren could be hard wired to Tintic High School or were in the the fire station and the first firesame classes as the people who man to arrive would set off the graduated from 1955 thru 1975, siren, he said. arc invited to the reunion. Councilmen voted in favor of The schedule is as follows: taking $1200.00 from the fire There will be a Social at the department budget to go towards from 2:00 to the purchase of pagers for fire Summit Drive-In- n 5:00 p.m. At 7:00 p.m., a dance department membe Eileen Slew- is planned at Tintic High School. "Come and swing to the oldies." Reservations are being taken by: Rickey Chambers, P.O. Box 614, Eureka, Utah 84628, (801) 433-638and Mary Lou Draper, The Eureka P.O. Box 135, Eureka, Utah Improvement 433-680Committee will meet Monday, 84628 (801) Rickey and Mary Lou have July 31, for the final meeting some names with no addresses, before the celebration. All comand so arc asking those who did mittees are encouraged to attend. not receive an invitation, to Meet at 7:30 at the Memorial ilding. please contact them. 0. Tintic reunion invites 20 years of graduates EIC meeting scheduled Mon. 5; 5. Mite--- . tidS. art had called to say that she is still working on survey of property. After some discussion and review of the property in question, the Mayor and Council made a decision to sell Mr. and Mrs. Stewart only enough of the property to square off their property at this time. They would only be required to survey that portion of the property instead of the entire lot. It was agreed that if the City ever decided to sell the property, that the Stewarts will be given the first opportunity to puchase said lot. Steve Putnam, who owns property on Last ChanceChurch Street, would like the City to purchase property or trade for a piece of equal value. Putnam stated that the City had started using his property as a road within the last 4-- 5 years. Councilmen responded that the road has been in existence and in use for over 40 years. It was suggested that a follow-u- p with the County Attorney be made to find out what the Citys rights and Mr. Putnams rights are, concerning this matter. A letten be mailed to Putnam informing him of the Councils decision. Fred reported that LaMar Lemmon had contacted him concerning the trade of property on Main Street. Lemmon feels that the property on Main Street is worth more than the property on Dublin and he would need at least three pieces of property of the same size to trade for that on Main Street. The Mayor and Council could not sec where the City would be able to do this, and instructed the Recorder to send a letter to Mr. Lemmon informing him of the decision and stating that the City is still interested in the lot if he could come up with another offer that would be satisfactory. Animal Control Officer, Darby Sharp reported that 14 dogs have been picked up; 10 disposed of at the Utah County Animal Shelter; and 6 complaints had been handled. He is still following up on the McLaughlin kennel license. Councilman Conder suggested that a hold be put on the kennel license until the garbage on the street is . City officials have received several calls on this matter, and will address the problem under current ordinances pertaining to nuisances. Roger Gout was present to apply for a business license to operate a Mobile Home Park on Beck Street. He had previously applied for the license and it was decided to split the licenses.. one for an RV Park and the other for a Mobile Home Park; the differences being one is only temporary and the other is permanent. Gout submitted a set of rules and regulations for operation of the park. Upon a review by the Council, a few small changes in Council (Continued on pg. 2) State reduces county budget, general fund Juab County Commissioners were concerned about the action of the state legislature which would leave the county with a shorfall in the budget. "In essence, they arc dictating our county budget," said Gordon Young, commission chair. "Because of their actions we will have a shortfall of $107,000 in our budget. " When the legislature dictated the requirements of the taxing, the Utah State Taxing Commission figured out the rates in keeping with the new requirements. "We can collect at the certified tax rate of .02901 or we can hold a general election to ask the residents of the county to allow us to change the certified lax rate." "All we can do is take the certified recommended state said Young. "This will affect the services we can provide." However, commissioners do not think county people will agree to allow taxes to be raised to cover the shortfall. "Nobody will vote for highc" said Joseph Bernini, county commissioner. "The general fund will be affected," said Ike Lunt, commisfund sioner. lie said the would not be affected because the money for the roads came from the gas tax and was not affected by the certified tax rate. The tax commission figures the rates but they arc bound by the legislature, agreed rate," B-ro- ad |
