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Show AUrcrMGlTlM101 TlvVfC-OO- f VI fp TiC524 UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION 307W 200SSTE40M SALTtAEcrrr Serving East Juab County A Nice Place To Live! -- June www.nephitimesnews.com 84101-12- & Mine Volume 102 No 22 lt Single Copy Price f 2. 2004 Juab among Utah counties Art in the Park: to receive By Andrea W. Settle Suninur here, ,unl - are i all the local tradition', that hold memone- - for the older population, and will make memories for the younger. Throuehout the Communities around Utah will receive $7.6 million in federal funds for local improvement projects. The Utah Community Development Block Grant program, administered by the states Division of Housing and Community Development, has disbursed the funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to Utah's seven regional Associations of Governments. The AOGs rank proposed projects based on local priorities and state and federal guidelines The funding is for the period of April 1, 200 through March 30, 2003. Funds may be used for a variety of community needs. They can include the operation of human-service- s agencies, the purchase and rehabilitation of homes for low and moderate-incompeople, planning and construction of com- -- I e munity buildings, various initiatives; econom- ic-development and water, sewer, and sidewalk upgrades. The Utah CDBG program provides grants primarily to cities and towns with fewer than 50,000 residents and counties of fewer than 200,000 people, with some exceptions. The purpose of the program is to assist in developing viable communities by providing decent housing, a suitable living environment, and expanding economic opportunities, principally for persons of low and moderate income. The grants were awarded to the seven regional Associations of Governments (and the counties they serve) as follows: Bear River (Box Elder, Cache, Rich) $821,295 Five County (Beaver, Gar-FielIron, Kane, Washington) $770,486 Mountainland (Summit, Utah, Wasatch) $2,069,227 Six County (Juab, Millard, Piute, Sanpete, Sevier, Wayne) $574,314 Southeastern (Carbon, Grand, San Juan) $539,793 Uintah Basin (Daggett, Duchesne, Uintah) $510,875 Wasatch Front (Davis, Morgan, Tooele, Weber) $2,369,689. W .;k BEES AT WORK The roses at Nephis Rose garden aln ays attract the bees with their bright blooms and now are showing the bright colors of spring. The garden is hinted at 100 North and 100 East and is dedicated to the Veterans of World War 11. Parks superintendent upset over Mona City Park truck damage Correspondent Lorna Squire, parks superintendent for Mona, was upset with how situations are handled with the Mona City Park. She approached the city council and told them that she needed to be informed when something was being done at the park. Her problem concerned the digging up of the baseball diamond. She said that the heavy dump truck had driven across the lawn leaving ruts that now needed to be filled in. She also said that the truck tore up the blacktop in the parking lot. She was concerned over the truck possibly running over a sprinkler head and damaging it. Squire said she thought the workers wrere going to park on the street and haul the dirt in with s At w ,v..VYfc : ' v, uV A Jb, ft . ' (., i tl ( i1 ir ..5 -- W;, '1 V v 4 y f i z1 .; if they needed access. The council said they would get someone to fill in the ruts and apologized for not letting her know in advance about the work. They said it had been a case of miseommunication and said it wouldnt happen again. Squire also asked if she could purchase flowers and shrubs to plant around the city building, and if the windows in the garage could be repaired. The council agreed to go ahead wdth the planting and the repairs. She voiced her concern over the cemetery not having any water. She asked if it would be okay to hook onto Pat Painters water line and water that way. She said there was no water pressure while the fields were being irrigated. Council members said ...V; 't ,V, $ V buckets. She stated that they could have taken down the fence By Rebecca Dopp Times-New- s V. r ummer, Juab Coimtv boasts great act iv it ies hki be 1th of July Carnival swimming at the city pool, the lie Stampede, and new the Juab Cmintv Fair tradition is being added to that ht: Art in the Park, sponsored by the Juab Fine Aits Council, and grants from Ft t Ies Foundation. the Utah Arts Count ll anti the National Endowment for the Arts. Washington D.C. This ears theme. "Art is for Even one" covers just about even thing, and t here w ill lie a lit t le of ev erything at the Nephi Citv Park Friday. June ami Saturdav. June 5. Events on Friday. "Kids Day, will be focused on activities for kids of all ages. Ckis-.e- s and activities will begin at eleven and conclude at live. The evenings entt rtainment will have performances from the professional magician. Christopher Fair, and the professional stun teller, (hern Davis. All ages are invited to attend, but children under eight must lu aci ompanied bv an adult at all times. Saturdav will be filled with act iv it it's for all ages and interests. The Children's Parade will gather around 1()0() 1 tr V new summer tradition Community Development Block Grants - A s? J "k v I 4 V yt. and i lasses d 4v w ill run tint d 5 00 Art on page up on the wrong line. Mona City approves tentative budget for 2005 into the budget. Squire said that the First Responders were budgeted $ 1,000 for 2005. but that he didnt think they would need all of that. Mayor Bryce Lynn proposed that they cut that budget by $1,000 and put it in another department. The council decided to put it in animal control, boosting that total to $1,000, and cutting the First Responders to $3,000. By Rebecca Dopp Correspondent Times-New- s Mona City Council approved the tentative budget for 2005. They were supposed to have it done by the first meeting in May. They will approve the final bud- get at the June 22 meeting. Everd Squire, treasurer, reported on the tentative budget. Total revenues for the next year Squire said that there should are approximately $261,600, an increase of approximately be sufficient funds to cover the cost of new garbage cans. Michelle $22,000 over the 2001 estimate. Squire said the city had to appropriate funds to help balance the budget. The funds are some that the city already has in savings. The council will need about $18,000 to do this. He asked the individual departments to look at the expend itures Dalton, secretary, said that she was waiting on the order for new cans and that they should be here soon. Squire reported on Class B Road funds. He said that the pages and think of what they wanted to do so he could work it A it that the cemeterys water a m. See Budget on page 2 Animal control officer reports on new position V. tires wouldnt pass, and that the couldn't do an inspection because the truck didnt have a VIN number visible and no paperwork. Everd Squire, treasurer, said that he had the paperwork with the VIN number on it and to come and get it. Dodge asked what his jurisdiction covered. He said that he had been asked to come out to Young Living Farms, but told them that By Rebecca Dopp Times-New- ' os v&xr'' I S f 1 h I. TRUCK DAMAGE AT CITY PARK Lorna Squire, parks superintendent, told the Mona City Council she was very concerned about the damage at the city park caused by a dump truck being driven across the lawn. s Correspondent Kyle Dodge updated the Mona City Council with his position as animal control officer. He said that there had been some complaints with the barking and had to put dowm straw to cut down on the echo in the temporary facility. He also said that he had tried to get the truck inspected and was told bv Harmon Tiie that the See i j k 1 ' i ? ( I 1 f J c -? -- ,,.L - W WW- WMH Animal on page 2 Z |