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Show Page B8 (The (Xtmfa-3nhrpmb- ml Thursday, May 16, 2002 League of Women Voters to hold annual meeting Area-Wid- e Week in Review 1 Items from regional newspapers DlandingThemill will of re-ope- The Grand County League of Women Voters will have their annual meeting at the Grand County Council Chambers, 125 East Center Street in . . . n economy Blanding is about to get a nice Blanding boost in the arm with the renewed operation of the White Mesa Mill It may tie just another temporary shot, but it is possible that the mill could tiecome a viable entity in the community for as long as 5 or 6 years, according to ICC officials Kon Hockstein, president of International Uranium (orp , told the Blanding City Council that the null has begun hiring again, and will increase employment from a crew of 23 to 7() employees by the end of May The null is scheduled to resume erations in June, Hockstein reported Blue Mountain Panorama Mesa Verde braces for fire . . . Cortez, Colo. -- Another large fire is likely at Mesa Verde National Park this summer Park fire officials say moisture content in the park's dead trees and shrubs is lower than before the Birchor Fire, which burned 19,332 acres in the park in July of 2000. If temperatures were in the high 90s and we had some lightning wed lie real busy, according to the parks prescrilied fire specialist. Doug Paul said that moisture level in the park's 1,(MK) hour fuels" dead vegetation at least three inches in diameter were recently measured at 6'( of saturation (ortez Journal Moab, from 5 to 6 p m. on Tuesday, May 21. The League of Women Voters is a organization open to men and women. Planning is starting for the upcoming Candidates Forum. All interested citizens are encouraged to attend, and bring a friend. non-partis- an Recycling Center open house is May 18 Final touch on Olympic sculpture Pictured is the final step to completion of the dedication of the Olympic Sculpture at the Moab Information Center that began last November. The plaque commemorating this as an Olympic project and recognizing the donors, was put in place last week. Shown above is a photo of those present at the placement of the plaque. Right to Left: Jonathan Parentice, Lynne Parentice, Jim Aleff, Pete Parry, Dave Sakrison, Marian DeLay and Chuck Schildt. Missing from the photos and key to the success of this project are Saina and Penny Tanner, two of the Olympic Committee s. Canyonlands Community Recycling has invited members of the community to their open house and grand to be held cm Saturday, May 18 from to 4 p.m. Residents are urged to tour the center and see how the items dropped off for recycling are processed. For those bringing a big bag or box of clean (rinsed 1 out) aluminum, a free can be claimed. Refreshments will be served. A ribbon cutting will be held at 2 p.m. VFW officer in Moab May 21 A Field Service Of- ficer from the Veterans of Foreign (VFW), Department Service Office, in Salt Lake City, will be in the Moab area to assist people in understanding and applying for rightful VA benefits, preparing and docu- menting application for compensation, pension, hospitalization and other benefits. This is a free service and veterans need not be members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars to qualify for assistance. The VFW Field Service Officer will be working out of the Moab Workforce Service Center from noon to 1:30 p.m. on May 21. Blasts damage home . . . a beautiful Tooele new home in Jack Regennitter has (Jrantsville, but hes worried the frequent ordnance detonations from Tooele Army Depot may la causing damage to his stucco home. The explosive detonations occur in the spring and summer usually four or five times a week at approximately 3 p m. and last for 20 25 minutes, he says. Keginmtter has found multiple cracks to the exterior of the home w hich he attributes to the detonations. He had the damage estimated at $5,000 and filed a claim with the IJ. S Army at Ft. Carson, Colo. Last fall he received word that his claim had lieen denied. Tooele Transcript Bulletin Dry farms will be really dry . . . Montieello With the passing of another dry month in April, fears of a possible drought in San Juan County have changed into dealing with a very real drought. Snow pack is almost leaving area reservoirs at the lowest levels in memory. As a result, little or no irrigation water is available to area farmers. Many cattlemen are hauling water to their animals, who have very little forage left for feed. Precipitation for the water year, as of the end of April is less than half of normal. San Juan Record t, or find . . . Nearly a $1M to cut Martell Menlove the Brigham City Superintend prepared Box Flder School Board of Education for budget shortfalls that will have to be addressed in the coming yearly budget. Compared to this year, approximately $942,500 from the state will not la available for next years district funding. Loss of funding is a result of legislative cuts, reduction in enrollment by nearly 200 students, loss of state block grants, lower interest rates and fewer funds around to gather interest. Box New fish hatchery . Elder News-Journa- l . . addiction starts before the age of i8 for four out of five smokers. Manti The $5 4 million Fountain Green fish hatchery construction project is nearing the end of construction. According to hatchery supervisor, Terry Howick, the new facility will receive its first shipment of eggs soon, and by September might have ns many as H.30,000 fish to plant. Production of the old facility produced a total of about 700,000 fish per year, but the new facility will produce some 2.2 million the first year, and more after that Manti Messenger Incumbents ousted Help us address tobacco issues in our community. Please attend a forum on tobacco, the youth of Grand County, and the Grand County School District Tobacco Policy. . . . Hooaevelt When delegates to the Duchesne County Republican ('(invention met last week and cast their ballots, they made it known they werent happy with the performance of three of their partys incumbents. Incumbent County Attorney Herb Gillespie, incumbent Sheriff Ralph Stansfield and incumbent County Commissioner Guy Thnyne were all dealt a resounding defeat w hen their challengers emerged with 60 percent of the delegate vote, eliminating the need for a primary election for the three offices. Uintah Basin Standard Medical plan proposed . . . Cortez, Colo. Southwest Memorial Hospital is putting together a campus plan in order to secure its market share and centralize medical business at its current location. The hospital wants a planned unit development zone with the city of Cortez that would divide 10 acres on the campus into lots and sell them to various medical practices. The PUD outlines a managed-growth plan for the future. The lots will be sold individually and covenants will restrict use to medical purposes. Cortez Journal one-acr- e 20th Monday, May 6 to 8 PM Grand County Senior Citizens Center Food and beverages will be served, and everyone who attends the meeting will have their names entered in a drawing for gift certificates to local restaurants and merchants. M Dusty Simmons Carpenter graduated from Mesa State College on May 12, 2002. She waa born in Moab on October 13, 1974 and ha lived in Moab for moat of her life. She has attended Mesa State for the last three years, and in that time, she has earned a bachelors degree in environmental science with a minor in G.I.S. and in biology. Carpenter will attend the School of Graduate Studies at Utah State University where she plans to earn a Master's degree and return to the Moab area. Dusty has worked harder than should be humanly possible to achieve her goals. Her family and friend are filled with pride and admiration. We are in a e of her determination and will continue to support her endeavors. YEE-H- A DUSTY! Please call Alison at 259-613- 1 Wars for more information. The Grand County Tobacco Prevention and Control Program is a joint project between the Grand County School District, Four Centers Mental Health, and the Utah Department of Health |