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Monday, Jan. 10, 1977 Star-Tribune, Casper, WYOM Oath taking procedure questioned ELMO In an attempt to be assured of proper and legal administration of their town's government, a delegation of concerned citizens met with Carbon County attorney Oscar A. Hall In his Rawlins office. The citizens questioned procedures of Rawlins attorney Craig Williams In the administration of the oath of office to Mayor elect LeRoy Swaters and council members elect A.D. Brlggs, and Frank LaFontalne on Wednesday night In the Swaters home and the on the spot bonding of the same Individuals.

In the legal opinion rendered by Hall he cited the illegality of both acts and Informed the delegation of the procedures which must be followed to correct such. Hall also reminded the citizens that before a meeting can be official a quorom of the governing body, the council, must be present and before an Individual can be considered duly qualified for the dlschacharge of the duties of his office he must fulfill three requirements must have been elected Amendment on recall of public officials filed 1 musi suDScrme, preieraDie Dy voice ana in writing, 10 nis oaui of office and he must be bonded. Of the above requirements only that pertaining to the election was fulfilled. Present members of the Elmo Council have called a special meeting for Wednesday night for the purpose of the legal swearing In of the mayor elect and the two council members. St.

Stephens Mission gets grant Development to provide technical, managerial and counseling services. Minority business enterprise is defined as one owned or controlled by one or more socially or economically disadvantaged persons. The bill carries a $25,000 appropriation. Guffey Is author of the second proposed "sunset law" in the hopper for the 1977 session. The measure calls for legislative review and possible termination of state boards, commissions and agencies.

County commisloners would be required to split board and commission appointments between Republicans and Democrats through a bill sponsored by Rep. Joe Stewart, D-Natrona. And employers could not hire aliens unless authorized to do so by the Attorney General under a bill co-sponsored by Guffey and Rep. Bill Mcllvaln, R-Laramie. The proposal requires, the Wyoming Labor Commissioner to adopt rules and specify procedures to be followed by Wyoming employers in order to comply.

Penalty for violations Rep. Bill Edward, D-Laramie, is author of a bill to research pilot solid waste programs. Under one program geared to combat Jitter along the highways, the Dept.of Environmental Quality would contract with -the highway department. The bill also calls for research on solid waste facilities and education programs. It carries a $160,000 appropriation.

SAINT STEPHENS A two-year grant for $32,000 has been received by St. Stephens Indian Mission, located on the Wind River Reservation, from the Lilly Endowment, Inc. of Indianapolis, Ind. The Rev. Anthony J.

Short, S. director nf roliulniie CHEYENNE Rep. John Vlnlch preflled a bill to reserve for Wyoming use natural gas produced on land leased from the state. The Fremont County Democrat's measure requires the State Board of Land Commissioners to include the dedication guarantee In all state gas leases. But it also gives the board authority to set conditions if necessary to permit transportation and use of any or all of the natural gas out-of-state.

A proposed constitutional amendment spelling out the procedures to recall public officers from office was preflled -by Representative-elect Bill Guf fey, D-Laramle. Under the bill a recall petition could not be filed until the official had been In office six months. It requires petitions signed by 15 per cent of voters to call a special election to ballot on whether the official be removed from office. Guffey is also sponsoring a bill to create a division of minority and small business enterprise In the Dept. of Economic Planning and for Christian religious development based In local Araphahoe culture.

The program involves a cross-cultural dialogue carried on both through discussion and a sharing in Christian and Indian worship forms. The long range goal of the program is the fullest degree of local autonomy consistent with the Roman Catholic tradition. education at the mission, said the grant will enable the mission to further its program Remains CHARRED remains of one of the barracks at Fort Fred Steele are viewed by Tom Shaffer of the Wyoming Recreation Commission. Receiving firearms convicts man CHEYENNE Lester Reed, 41, was sentenced to 90 days in Laramie County Jail for Involuntary manslaughter in the highway death In July 15 of a four year old Cheyenne girl. Reed and another man, Ronald Shelley, were driving separate cars west of Cheyenne on 1-80 when they became Involved In a high speed altercation.

Reed's vehicle struck the rear of the car, In which Sarah Qulmby, 4 was a passenger, at a narrowing in the road sending it of the road and flipping it over. Beautification project opposed CHEYENNE A proposed $640,403 beautification project for downtown Cheyenne ran into opposition from downtown businessmen who think the cost is too high. The three block project on 17th St. designed by a Boulder, Colo, architectural firm, would cost affected property owners $248 per running front door. Peter Innlss, Laramie County planner, said $160,000 of the projects funding could be supplied by Community Development.

Because of the opposition a five member committee of downtown property owners was formed to develop a beautification plan of their own. At the meetine of the Denartment of Hnnsinff and fnmmnnltv White collar crimes hurt all vV Development, Innlss said a decision on the project must be reached soon In order to use Community Development funds. Residents vote on bond issue sider the indirect costs incurred as a result of this white collar crime, the diversion of investment and purchasing dollars from legitimate economic activities and the additional burdens placed on our economy by these activities make the white collar rip-off everyone's concern." administrator for the state it is "disturbing" that one-tenth of white collar crimes come under the category of securities thefts and frauds, costing a total of $4 billion. "The direct losers in this type of crime are, of course, the individual investors," she said. "However, we must also con iviiuiuuituik ncuuuuci on miming jiwi cuiu pitjroivcu residents will vote on a $3 million school bond issue Feb.

15. Gimt fVin Chmlrit infnrmpH CHEYENNE Secretary of State Thyra Thomson said she will present a bill to the legislature aimed at stemming suspected fraudulent activity in the sale of oil and gas working Interests hy non-Industry promoters. She said It would amend the Wyoming Uniform Securities Act to include oil, gas and mineral interests in the definition of a security. "Securities thefts and frauds in our state dwarf bank robberies, burglaries and most other crimes of financial impact," she said. She added that as securities education complex, a vocational building and 10 additional elementary rooms.

"Questions as to where the elementary rooms will be located and the balloting procedure will be discussed at the school board meeting Tuesday, Jan. 11. I am Just presenting the basics and the board will meet with the fiscal agent and architect to finalize the plans," Schmidt said. "The two things we saw as definite needs a year ago were a swimming pool and vocational building. Now with the projected impact, we have added 10 elementary classrooms.

I imagine our needs will end up exceeding our money," he added. Man convicted in child's death CHEYENNE Lester Reed, 41, was sentenced to 90 days in Laramie County jail for Involuntary manslaughter in the highway death in July 1975 of a four year old Cheyenne girl. Reed and another man, Ronald Shelley, were driving separate cars west of Cheyenne on 1-80 when they became involved in a high speed altercation. Reed's vehicle struck the rear of the car, In which Sarah Quimby, 4 was a passenger, at a narrowing In the road sending it off the road and fliDDine it over. District Court Judge Joseph Maier sentenced Reed to from one to two years in the state penitentiary, but suspended it on condition he serve the jail sentence and two years of probation after that.

the Kemmerer PTA this week that the passage of the bond Issue is critical to meet the needs created by the projected Industrial impact. The bond issue is being proposed because of industrial projections for the area and a DEPAD report which states that by 1982 Kemmerer will have a population of 7,800 and Dlamondvllle, would give the Kemmerer schools about 950 additional students with the need for 21 additional classrooms by 1979 and 26 more by 1982. The bond issue calls for a 1 I 1- Ma MM' I MOUNTAIN VIEW'S proposed recreation district may soon be officially recognized and construction on the 10-acre plao could begin. Recreation Hearing set on penitentiary plan "CHEYENNE The Board of Charities and Reform has set a hearing for Jan. 10 on the new state penitentiary plan.

The board has endorsed construction of a new prison south of Rawlins to include separate but linking facilities for maximum, medium and minimum security inmates. The board, composed of the five elected state officials has made It ii Comments requested on regulations MOOSE The environmental assessments of the various alternatives considered for the management of winter recreational activities in Grand Teton National Park and the John D. Rockefeller Jr. Memorial Parkway are available for public review and comment. Copies may be obtained from the Office of the Superintendent, Grand Teton National Park, P.

O. Drawer 170, Moose, 83012. Prior to making a final decision as to policy and regulations to be adopted, the public is asked to comment. Written comments are to be submitted to the superintendent's office by Feb. 4.

Recreation district recognized no decision concerning women's penal facilities. THYRA THOMSON 'White-collar rip-off The hearing will begin at 8 a.m. Monday, Jan. 10 in the house chambers. The prison plan will be submitted to the 1977 legislature whlchconvenesJan.il.

Library board seeks to reach all age groups in the area By VIRGINIA GIROGIS LYMAN want to serve as many people as possible through the best possible means with our limited funds. Mark. Sorenson, vice chairman of the Uinta County Library Board, stated the board's position at a public hearing held to receive input to help the board determine if Bridger Valley would be served best through one centrally located library or two small libraries one in Mountain View and one in Lyman or Sorenson said about a year ago after cleaning up the county library situation in Evanston, the board took a hard look at the county library system in Bridger Valley and discovered it had been badly neglected. Faced with updating and revitalizing the system, the board felt several options were open. The cost of establishing and maintaining a bookmobile was too expensive, however.

The library branch in Mountain View was in with the school library. There had been problems in policy as the two libraries were trying to reach different age groups. In addition, the Mountain View school district had also suffered from impact and was in need of additional space to take care of school needs. The board found it did not own the library building In Lyman, rather the school district did. Sorenson said none of the present members were on the library board eight years ago when the transaction was to have taken place, and there Is no explanation why the library board did not sign the contract honkmnhllcs and August there will be about a 10 per cent loss.

Due to the cost of the land originally wanted for the sewer lagoon, Davis suggested the lagoon could be moved further east of Mountain View where the land Is cheaper per acre. The lower cost of the land would offset the Increased cost of the pipeline. Also the additional length of the pipeline would allow for more hookups in the future. Phillips told the council public utilities operating within an incorporated town site are required by state law to pay a franchise tax if it is levied. He said Mt.

Fuel had agreed to start contributing next month. However, Bridger Valley Electric and Union Telephone disagree, with the way the tax is to be assessed. Both companies maintain that the taxwhich results in a town tax, should be levied in the respective towns that receive the tax. Phillips said the tax' should be assessed throughout the system Instead of just Mountain View. Bluemel said, "I know I would really raise hell if I lived in Manilla and had to pay a Mountain View tax." Action on the franchise tax was tabled until the next meeting.

The official Uinta County census is complete and will be released Jan. 10, Phillips said. Population for the county Is approximately 10,000. Frank Brower, captain of the volunteer fire: department, said, "We can move 1,000 gallons of water any place In the town within a half hour to 45 minutes. The 1,000 gallons of water are valuable if it can only be gotten to the site of the fire.

But the truck is extremely slow." He said the other truck is reasonably fast, but it only carries 200 gallons of water. In addition, there isn't an adequate sized hose so that there "isn't much more than a dribble" if a long hose Is used. Brower said the fire department is one of the most important things in town. But the Mountain View department lacks equipment, fireflghtlng clothing, airpacks, training and communication. He urged the council to take a "hard look at the budget to see how much you can afford to squeeze out." The council decided to follow up on nonpayment of sewer assessments.

Notices of disconnect will be sent out and if no payment is received, the line will be disconnected. In addition to the past due assessments, a hookup fee would be charged before services would be reconnected. A curfew was proposed for youth under 16 by the police department. Unless accompanied by parents or guardians, anyone under 16 must be off the streets by 10 p.m. The curfew would be extended on nights of school functions.

No action -was taken. Current city employees were reappointed. MOUNTAIN VIEW The town council has set in motion the legal wheels to officially recognize the proposed Mountain View recreation district. The proposed district includes a football field, swimming pool, outdoor fireside theater, bike trail, playground, courts for ice skating, roller skating, basketball, tennis and horsehoes, two baseball fields, parking area and restrooms. Louise Davis, chairman of the recreation said one of the roles of DEPAD in Uinta and Lincoln counties is to help impacted areas receive help in providing recreation.

The Mountain View group has received help from DEPAD member Jery Wall of Evanston. She Is also a member of the Evanston Recreation Committee. Mrs. Davis said the 10-acre plan would require five years to complete. She said the inclusion of the football field and swimming pool would be contingent on the school district.

If the school wishes to help financially on the field and pool, they would be used Jointly by the town and school. In order to be able to apply for funds from the Wyoming Recreation Commission, Mrs. Davis said the recreation group had to be set up and recognized as a legal body. Also the town must agree to maintain the recreation district for 25 years. Preceding the recreation district's presentation, the new town council and mayor were sworn In.

They are: mayor, Alfred Davidson, and councilmen, Bob Bisko, Milton Glenn Bluemel and Casey Davis. The council accpeted the resignation of four-year councilman Edldon Tripp. For the one year, three-month duration of his term, Tripp recommended the council appoint out-going mayor Jack Byrne. Councilman Davis reported on the December meeting of the Wyoming Community Development Authority held In Rock Springs. He said Ron Mlcheli, Uinta County Representative-elect, was also present at the meeting.

Davis said he and Micheli felt the WYCDA "rewards fiscal irresponslblity. The communities which get in too deep can get all the money they want, whereas those which handle their funds effectively are penalized. Jim Phillips, town attorney, said the Bureau of Reclamation was to sign contracts for municipal and Industrial water from the Stateline Dam with Lyman and Mountain View Jan. 6. However, the Bureau wants to have the water delivered at the headgate instead of the point of delivery.

John Proffit, town engineer, said the Bureau contends there will be an increase in the amount of water due to return flow. Proffit said, however, Marvin Bollschweller, state water engineer, said this isn't so. During most of the year, the loss will be minimal, but during July board the building if the only other alternative was for the branch to leave town. Some Lyman residents said since it is the largest center of population in the valley, the library should be located there. Others said that it would then fail to meet the needs of Mountain View and Fort Bridger.

Gay Aimone of Fort Bridger said she had helped on the and Fort Bridger. Gay Aimone of Fort, Bridger said she had helped on the county census. "You are going to be surprised how the Valley west of the Mountain View Carter Road has grown. Not all of the growth has been In she said. Tom Taylor, Lyman elementary principal, said he was speaking for the children in the elementary.

They wanted a branch to remain In Lyman. Both Lyman and Mountain View people expressed the desire to see the branches remain within the towns "where the children Some people questioned who the county library was trying to reach, children or adults. Joan Learned, county librarian in Mountain View, said maiiy people are not aware there is a county library in Mountain View as it is located in the school. The library board said they are trying to reach all the people, children and adults. Right now both library branches are serving the children, but the adults are not being reached.

Some people said they would like to see one large library, centrally located. A large facility would be able to offer more services to both children and adults. after it was signed and returned by the school. The board approached their attorney Jim Phillips, to see if they could purchase the building from Lyman. Perhaps Sorenson said, there was a conflict of interest as Phillips Is also the school's attorney.

At any rate Phillips reminded the board the school district may not wish to sell as the district was no longer in the same financial bind as it was a few years ago. 1 After considering the alternatives the board decided to build one library. They proposed to construct a permanent structure at Urie which would service the surrounding communities, with projected growth, for the next 20 years. About a month ago, a public hearing was held in Mountain View with very little attendance. At this point members of the audience reminded the board that the hearing was not publicized.

George Maxon of Fort Bridger said he had heard two main proposals one central library In Urie or two libraries, one at Mountain View and Lyman. The proposal "left Fort Bridgerout." The board explained Urie served as a crossroads for the valley. It is three miles from Mountain View, three from Fort Bridger and three from Lyman. Questions arose as to how much money was available, and how the cost of one larger library would compare to the cost of two smaller libraries. Many diversified opinions were expressed by individuals within the same town.

Sharon L. Cummings, Lyman- school superintendent, said he could almort guarantee the library Board UINTA CO. Library Board members Joan Learned, Betty Powers, Jean Weidner, Mark Sorenson, Rodney Jenkins, and Walter Jones listen to comments at a public hearing (Picture by Virginia Giorgis)..