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Show 6A The Summit County Bee Coalville, UT 84017 Friday, une 19, 1987 Raising the FJSniminn Wage Rocky Mountain Warning: by Martin Lefkowitz Much of the debate on the minimum wage has centered around its relation to the Danger! Abandoned argument and compares the minimum wage to- a minimum standard of living. More than 80 percent of - Death Traps, MSHA Says hiking, vehicles climbing or racing THINK "DANGER! " The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration doesnt want to dampen the spirit of adventure in outdoors lovers, but it has seen too many cases of adventures turning into tragedy. The warning not only applies to the Rocky Mountain region states of Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming, but any part of the country people visit on -- vacations this summer, said Vernon Gomez, district manager MetalNon-metof MSHA's Division, located in Lakewood. In the Rocky Mountain district there are many examples of accidents, including: In April, 1986 a Colorado Springs man disappeared after telling a companion that he was going to take a lode at an old gold mine shaft near the historic town of Cripple Creek, k Colo. Following a from the workers rescue search, Colorado Bureau of Mines and the Teller County sheriffs office located the mans body with the aid of a remote video camera lowered to the bottom of the slender 1,000 foot shaft. Unable al two-wee- : to safely recover the body without endangering the lives of the workers, the mine shaft was filled to prevent any further In September, 1986, two Denver men were critically injured when they fell down a shaft near Central City, Colo. The men crawled over a barbed-wir- e fence that had Keep Out signs posted and climbed down a rotten wooden ladder inside the shaft. When the ladder broke, the two fell about 100 feet. While still in the hospital recovering from their injuries, the men were cited for criminal trespassing and also fined S300 by the Colorado Bureau of Mines for removing fencing and covering that protected the mine shaft. Over the past two years in Utah, three people including an 11 year old boy have died while probing forgotten mine shafts and portals. In Sept. 1985 the boy motor was riding his bike with his family at Promon-otor- y Point when he happened upon an abandoned mine shaft. Driving to the lip to get a closer look he dismounted when his vehicle began to slip. Trying to hold it back, he tumbled 5130 feet to his death. Gomez emphasized that families, amateur prospectors, hikers Danger from MSHA, the program designed around a is year-lon- g children's education curriculum calendar that will be used by about 780 schools statewide. Students will learn the proper attitudes of safety and respect for private property when touring areas with abandoned or inactive mines along with the basics of how the mining industry pro- and others should become familiar with the potential dangers associated with these types of properties. Abandoned properties may be especially dangerous during the spring when thawing from winter storms occurs and there is a danger of falling rock and loose dirt associated with pits and quarries, said Gomez. Additionally, idle or intermittently operated underground mines may have air. an explosive atmosphere or nt vides our natural resources, said Joe Nugent, director of safety and training for the Colorado Division of Mines. The program has been endorsed by foe Colorado Department of Education and is a joint project of MSHA, the Bureau of Land Management, Women in Mining Association and our division, said Nugent Upon completion of the curriculum, each student will receive the calendar along with a certificate signed by Governor Romer. ooooooooooooooooooO ATTENTION!!! o o o o o o SUMMIT COUNTY RESIDENTS! CRANDALL HAS YOUR NEW FORD TAURUS! FORD-MERCUR- Y is level poverty . not inadequate income for time worked, but the lack of a Only job. year-aroun- d 16 percent of household heads in families below the poverty e level work at a job on a basis. It is full-tim- year-arou- nd that significant only ten years ago, 28.6 percent of the the poverty families below education and training grant three-whe- el oxygen-deficie- the . minimum wage, Congressional Budget reports. Based the earning minimum wage of $3.35 per hour or less (there are a few limited exemptions) are not Classified as "poor" by the Census Bureau. Thus raising the minimum wage will not have an appreciable impact on poverty. More than 89 percent of foe households below foe poverty level would not have their poverty status changed as a result of increasing the minimum wage. The major problem faced by those with incomes below ff -- workers the poor roof conditions. Everyone must stay away from these life threatening properties." MSHA has alerted mine operators to the dangerous consequences which threaten trespassers on their mining properties. But the Agency warns that the mining community, the general public and state and local governments must devote their efforts towards spreading the word about the hazards of these abandoned death traps so that death and injuries can be eliminated. In Colorado, the state Division of Mines is about to kick-oa major special emphasis program that will educate third and fourth grade students throughout the state on inactive mine safety. Funded through part of an accidents. is This welfare a essentially Mine Properties are Potential Federal mining officials cautioned that if you're backpacking, picnicking or exploring in the Rocky Mountain region this spring and summer and you come across an abandoned mine BACK OFFI And if you see a strip mine as an adventuresome place to be used as a swimming hole, or for line. poverty any member either working or looking for a job. Just one percent of all workers are both "poor" and earn the fulllevel had 46.4 time jobs. Nearly half families below of percent the poverty level did not have. year-aroun- d, the Office the But rate poverty declined one percentage point by 1985 while the minimum wage remained unchanged, and the number of people the below declined level poverty 1.3 than by more the limited of poverty participation families in the workforce, raising the .minimum wage would not be the way to lift large numbers of those families above foe poverty level. If all families working full-tiat jobs could be removed from the poverty roles, the poverty million. percentage points below what it is now. This does not take into account foe additional unemployment that is created as a result of the increase in the minimum wage. Between 1978 and 1981, the minimum wage was increased by 45.6 percent. This was significantly above foe 29.6 percent increase in inflation during that period. In 1978, foe poverty rate in foe nation was 11 A percent By 1982, one year after foe minimum wage increases were minimum wage or less. The minimum wage is thus a on d, year-aroun- level would be only about 1.8 the poverty rate climbed to 15 percent and the number of persons below the poverty level enacted, fully increased by 40.4 percent. The overwhelming of those characteristic working at and below the minimum wage is youth and accompianying the inexperience. While only 27 percent of all workers being paid cm an hourly basis are under the age of 25, they comprise nearly 60 percent of workers all allowing e, stepping-ston- the earning those that lack job training to enter the labor force and acquire marketable skills and thereby higher pay. Thus we see the job market as being an extension of schooling and training. characteristic Another minimum wage workers have is that they are e workers. generally of all While about workers paid on an hourly e basis are workers, making at nearly or below foe minimum wage that part-tim- one-four- th part-tim- two-thir- are ds Part-tim- part-timer- s. e employees are more than five times as likely to be earning the minimum wage or below e than workers. full-tim- Weather and Crop Summary Hay harvest continued to be the main occupation for Utah farmers during the week, the to according Utah Statistics Agricultural Service. More attention was given to irrigation as there was a wide variance in moisture availability. Several counties were reporting that new growth alfalfa and grain fields were under intense pressure from shortage of moisture, reported while others moisture adequate for foe present. Winter wheat was 85 percent headed with 72 percent compared headed in 1986 and 57 percent average. Spring wheat was 54 percent headed ahead of 43 percent last year and 23 percent average. Barley was 55 percent headed, in line with 54 percent last for the training 5 -- year average. Range and pasture growth varied widely depending on where the rains fell. Most higher elevation paid combination of and physical optimal year and 33 percent average. The oat crop was 66 percent in the boot stage or better compared with 21 percent in 1986 and 37 percent average. Corn was 14. inches tall compared with 7 inches in 1986 and 5 inches average. First cutting alfalfa was 55 in line percent complete with the pace of 57 percent last year, but ahead of 36 percent hourly Among workers, pay peaks around the age of 40 when there is an ranges . stamina. Pay then trends downward until normal retirement age of 65. After ' age 65, hourly pay for those that remain in foe labor force drops significantly. Those below foe age of 25 and above 65 are foe only groups with a substantial portion of their members earning at or below the minimum wage. In most cases, the young group is learning foe ropes to advance to higher pay and the folder group is earning money to supplement pensions and Social Security. It js clear that raising foe minimum wage is not foe way to reduce poverty. If anything, past experience teaches that increases in foe O minimum wage have increased poverty. They raise foe level O of poverty because lose jobs and ranges. No major insect workers O outbreaks have been reported. employers shift from time to employees. O O Manufactured Home Financing O Row Available from FmHA O The Farmers Home Manufactured homes by the Department of Housing O istration (FmHA) can now times called homes, are and Urban Development. The provide financing for designed and constructed for manufactured units also must ured homes for and permanent occupancy by a single meet the Farmers Home thermal O very families, family. Manufactured homes performance standards. continue to receive rainfall, making ample livestock feed. The majority of cattle and sheep have moved to summer . low-ski- ll full- , part-tim- Admin- e some- mobile manufact- low-inco- low-inco- o o 1987 FORD TAURUS L SEDAN o o o o o o o STARTING AT: o o $11,995. o o including Factory Rebate. o 5 MODELS AND COLORS TO CHOOSE FROM, o o o ALL AT COMPARABLE SAVINGS, o o READY FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY. o X 30 O CRANDALL o o Coalville, Utah Phone: O o ac- cording to Mr. E. Lee Hawkes, state director for Utah. The authority to make loans on manufactured homes and to develop manufactured home rental projects is an extension of our single family and multifamily housing programs, Mr. E. Lee Hawkes said. This authority increases our ability to serve e families. lower-incom- include units at least 10 feet wide which can be transported in one or more sections. Farmers Home will require a permanent foundation for units financed under its housing program. Farmers Home will make loans only on manufactured homes that are constructed to the Federal Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards issued Air Conditioning Digital Clock Tinted Glass Speed Control AMFM Stereo Radio Rear Window Defrost Dual Remote Mirrors Interval Windsheild Wipers Only Tax & Title Extra. FORD-MERCUR- Y 336-230- 1 Park City: SERVING SUMMIT COUNTY FOR OVER 00000 649-905- 3 40 YEARS Q Repayment terms for manufactured home loans can be for up to 30 years for single family as well as for manufactured housing rental projects. Officials in the FmHA headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah will determine which manufactured home are eligible to participate in the single family housing program. Only those who are capable of providing acceptable service to FmHA borrowers will be certified. To be dealer-contracto- dealer-contracto- ALL MODELS HAVE THIS AND MORE: A $43 thousand contract for the installation of a new sewage disposal system at the Weber Basin Civilian Conservation Center, a Job Corps facility, was awarded by foe Bureau of Reclamation, according to Upper Colorado Regional Director Clifford I. Barrett. , Braegger Construction dealer-contracto- Company of Willard, Utah, will install the system for $43,836, well below the Gov- ernment engineer's estimate of $85,461. Second and third low bidders of the nine bids submitted were $56.9 and $65.7 thousand. Work at the site, located Near U.S. 80, south of Weber Canyon, will take some four months to complete. It will consist of the installation of a sewer pipe with splitter boxes, standpipes, manholes, and clean-outinstallation of absorption field with distribution boxes, drop boxes and leach field pipes, and furs: - nishing and dosing tanks. installing The new sewage system places an already rs rs certified, must be able to develop sites, provide landscaping, set up units Reclamation Awards Contract for Sewage Disposal System at Weber Basin two re- existing system which is now inadequate for the needs of the growing Job Corps Center. The Job Corps Center provides vocational learning opportunities for disadvantaged youth form Utah and other states. .. rs on a permanent foundation, and complete other requirements for assuring quality housing for the FmHA borrowers. In the rental program, the developer will be responsible for developing sites, installing units, and fulfilling file requirements of the rural rental housing program. The availability of loans for manufactured homes gives families another option for housing," Mr. Hawkes said. Whether y or multifamily housing, our goal is' to provide safe,, decent and adequate housing for rural residents . who meet our income eligibility requirements. Information on programs of the Farmers Home Administration is available from the agency's county, district or state offices or by writing the Farmers Home administration, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. 20250. . low-inco- single-famil- : |