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•. • • • ' • qty lnvestigat~on :rife nth conflict: By CHUCS HOOti although it had been discussed Hoch inspections. as , 'Hey, I m doing Staff writer in public. But, said Stock, hie inveetige- favor, .' said 9teck. oa[licte of interest and lattillen allegedly crossed the lion found that a water line Moffat County ha perhaps mare potential city charter's boundarq between break had occupied all city inspections a city r. charter violations were making' policy ea.s council inapectoea, The water depart- tp. Ae recently ae le apparent laet_night u the Craig membec and working as a city meat asked Stark Plumbing and .city and county to city council a:plaiaed its han• emplopee (the charter forbids another plumber to wait until combining forces dung of an alleged violation of doing both) when he recently. the ne=t daq to allow time for iaspectione when Q city ordinances 6y fellow coun• stepped forward to inspect a the iaspegtora to arrive. milted hie reaignatia cil member Bob Quillen. water line in Shadow Mountain. Instead, Stark contact Quillen County's building Then council members Greg City Attorney Roa Stock said and he inspected the line, Quillen returned a Hamilton, Cathp Nieoletto and hie investigation determined which had been reburied by the inspector xhen th mapor Ron Ringhand voted there was a 'technical viola- time inspectors arrived the neat county could not against releasing a teport otthe lion' of city ordinances that day. agreement. allegation to the public, require a city employee conduct 'He (Quillen) wee looking at it Mapor Ringhand D~ ~ ~ y PR-~ s s ~'AY l a, 1 7 q-$ Colowyo Coal improvements to Aide ' results in layoff of l20 employees pn . Bp HEATHER A. R&SZ previous owners, W.R. Grace, didn't do that. v"' `~~ Staff writer - Because of the mine along-term lucrative con- f's) olowyo Coal'Company"~hnouneed~'pester= tracta,~Huletine said; previous ~ownera were not BY HEATHER A. R (` J=day its plane to vftenenheneed~eparation au6jected.to the difficulties of competing on the Staftwriter programs to all the mine's 422 employees ~' erpat market. mhe Craig N with hopes that more than 120 employees will Kennecott has to make us competitive iE this 1 Club will o take advantage of the offer. mine is going to be here in the long run,' she sponsor the 1 A spokesperson for the mine Bonnie Hulstine eaid.'They nee bringing us up to date.' Rodeo Parade dur said voluntary separation package offered to all Hulstine said the mine ie currently is the pro- Olde Weat Days. employees with emplopee separation pay depen- tees of upgrading their overburden trucks from The parade will dent on employee's Length of service with the 120 and 170 ton trucks to 240 ton frocks. These P•m. Saturday mine. and other similar technological advances will May 27 et the We don't know bow popular this program is allow the mine, hopefully, to produce more coal Craig Middle going to be,' Hulstine said. 'If we don't achieve cheaper. School and end at the desired number of reductions we will have to She said the mine is also considering an over- the Centennial consider other options. At this point it is not a land conveyor and large shovel though these pro- Mall. layoff, buy a voluntary reduction in force.' jerla are in the research stage and have not yet The theme of Hulstine said the reductiene will 6e achieved in met with approval from Kennecott Energy. this year's parade four stages over s one and one-half pear long `The changes are designed to put ua into atom- is `The Oide West period, minimizing the overall impact to the tom- petitive position, bring us up to date and allow entries will be judge munity. us to bring our costa down and become more tom- categories, comma She said the package has been offered to all petitive,' she said. 'We need to reach our opti- Profit and youth. mine employe. 'IL's an equal oppor.unity kind of mum men power level.' Kenny Kawcak psi thing,'ehe said. Steve Hafey, personnel manager, for Trapper man said the tap i Hulstine said the purchase of the mine by Miae said Trapper has been downsizing for the Here in each of Keaaecott Energy and Coal Company fa last two years. categories will divi December has brought to the forefront the mine's 'Two years ago we had more than 200 employ- Craig Spree Bucks. need to operate ae coat effectively ae possible. see,' Hafey said. 'Now we have 1fi3.' winners will earn $ Over the course o[ the mine plan, she said, the Hafey said the mine is also planning to Place $45 and third logical thing would have been to put is new He said floats will equipment as it became available, but the mine's Please see COAL on page 2. 50 percent on ape. percent on original A Western tradition: Sombrero horse drive r By Stella Hobson ~ , Special to the Daily Press An Old Weat Tradition: The Laet of The Big Horne Drives During the first meek of May, Doug McIntver end his eras