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Show Wed/Thurs/Fri, March 2-4, 2005 The Park Record A-2 District expects disruptions Knitters ply craft for the needy Basin." Areas that receive reuse water would not be allowed to take irrigation water from the creek, Luers both ends of the road open. We said. "We've not only taken some of don't want to have anybody blocked off completely." Luers our effluent that we would normally said. "There will be multiple crews put in the creek, but we've now kind of exchanged it for water that would working simultaneously." Having serviced the area for normally have been removed from more than 20 years, the trunk line the creek by a golf course," he said. Installing both lines at Kimball is beyond capacity. Brown said. Anticipating that one day Junction simultaneously won't "reuse" water will be used for irri- require crews disturb Kimball gation throughout western Summit Junction roads twice. Brown said. The pipe to be replaced begins County, crews will also install a section of a water reuse line at across the street from St. Marys Kimball Junction as they replace Catholic Church east of S.R. 224 the trunk line, he said, adding that and continues north along the highboth should be complete by the way until shifting farther east near Silver Springs and the Willow Creek end of 2005. "This is the first step in imple- subdivision. "It goes through the western menting a reuse project." Luers portion of the Swaner Nature said, about the system which would use treated wastewrater effluent to Preserve back behind Kmart. It irrigate golf courses, playing fields goes underneath Interstate 80 and and the Swaner Nature Preserve, then it basically follows the creek instead of pumping it into the East from the Kimball Junction area, all the way down to Jeremy Ranch," Canyon Creek. Completing the reuse line from Luers said. The new pipe will nearly parallel Redstone to Jeremy Ranch would that alignment. cost $3.5 million, he adds. "There are a few areas where the "It could be taken farther up in growth has developed very near the the Basin," Luers said. Reusing effluent, especially in existing line and there's insufficient the summertime, would make it space to parallel the lines right next easier for the reclamation district to each other," Luers said. "The to meet stringent treatment regula- existing pipeline currently crosses through some people's yards and we tions, he said. "Since the flow in the creek is want to avoid that with the new pipe very low in the summertime our ... we'll go around those areas." The reclamation district is still treatment standards arc very, very strict,'1 Luers said, adding that securing permits and easements for reusing water could prevent the the project. "It's certainly of great interest," need for cosily "treatment Summit County Commissioner upgrades." "We can potentially reduce the Sally Elliott said. "Even down to the overall demand for water in the point of quality of life." Spring Creek, Redstone warned that crews in April will begin digging to install new sewer line By PATRICK PARKINSON Of the Record staff Spring Creek residents are bracing for disruption as the Snydcrville Basin Water Reclamation District prepares to replace a major Basin sewer artery. "It's really driven by growth," said Park City resident Bill Brown, a member of the water reclamation district board of trustees. The district treats wastewaler from the equivalent of 17,600 homes in western Summit County and its East Canyon line is at full capacity. Next month, crews will begin ripping up pavement in neighborhoods between St. Mary's Catholic Church on S.R. 224 and the wastewater treatment plant in Jeremy Ranch to install a larger line. The number of users in the district could nearly double by 2030, said Mike Luers, general manager of the Snydervillc Basin Water Reclamation District, adding that capacity on the new line will accommodate them all. •'We look way out ahead," Brown said. Impact fees generated by new growth in western Summit County will pay for the $8.5 million upgrades, he adds. "Certainly when construction starts we will need to ... keep disruptions to a bare minimum," Luers said. Spring Creek and the Redstone Townc Center will be most impacted by crews installing the line under roadways, he adds. "When we do that we'll keep Dissension threatens trail link • Continued from A-1 would try and make sure that they understand that this projected cost is just a guesstimate." Woolstenhulme said. "I don't see any evidence out there where they've really got any concrete figures to back up what they're projecting it will cost." Meanwhile, Elliott plans to provide UDOT with "positive and exciting statements" during the meeting Thursday. "I think the community wants the trail," she said. Murphy applied for as much federal funding as was allowed, Elliott said, acknowledging costs for phase 2 would exceed $750,000. "If the trail is well built and truly safe I think parents will find it a great boon and benefit ... it's a wonderful opportunity for kids to get out on a bicycle," Elliott said. "1 think it will serve an awful lot of people." She disagrees with Woolstenhulme that children in Oakley wouldn't use the trail to commute to Kamas. "When we get the first phase built people will just be thrilled," Elliott said. However, residents seldom use existing trails in Oakley and Marion. Woolstenhulme counters. "It may be used by bikers from out of town, from out of the valley," he said. "I don't think there is going to be many people sending their kids to Kamas from Oakley. That's just not going to happen." Most Kamas Valley "natives" oppose phase 2 of the trail, Woolstenhulme said, adding that lifelong residents still outnumber South Summit transplants. "There isn't a lot of support," Woolstenhulme said. Utah governor lobbies in D.C. SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. lobbied in Washington over the weekend against the nuclearwaste repository planned for the Goshutcs' reservation in Skull Valley. "I want to make sure the While House is able to follow this issue as we proceed," Huntsman told The Salt Lake Tribune's Washington office. Huntsman met with White House officials during a Republican Governors Association dinner Saturday night and in sessions at the National Governors Association winter meeting. He said he emphasized the state's opposition to Private Fuel Storage's plan to transport casks of waste from the nation's nuclear energy reactors to Utah's western desert. Huntsman does not know yet whether the Bush administration will side with Utah. "The feedback is they want to follow the issue with us and there's only so much detail you can cover at this point," Huntsman said Sunday evening. "We will have meetings to follow." In 2002, the Bush administration signed a pledge to block use of federal funds to help build. maintain or transport nuclear waste to the Goshute site in exchange for votes from Utah's two Republican senators in favor of siting the nation's nuclear waste repository at Nevada's Yucca Mountain. The Yucca Mountain plans face an uncertain future due to congressional divisions and court rulings. Last week, a federal safety advisory board forwarded the PFS application to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for final approval. The Atomic Safety and Licensing Board rejected Utah's claim that chances of an F-16 jet from Hill Air Force Base crashing into the waste dump posed too great a risk for the project to proceed. PFS proposes storing waste in Utah for up to 40 years, after which time the casks would be transported to Yucca Mountain for permanent storage. Many opponents of the plan contend that once the material is in Utah, there will be no incentive to pursue the Yucca plans. Jurors were not close to verdict • Continued from A-1 was self-defense or not," he said. Pergande suggested that the prosecution must put in more effort if the case goes to a second trial. He refused to elaborate, though. "In my mind, the prosecution has their work cut out for them," he said. Pergande praised the work of DQG the jurors. "I think there was a very good, level-headed group of jurors there. I think there was a lot of good discussion trying to work through the various points of the case," he said. • Continued from A-1 began knilting when the group was formed, also enjoys the camaraderie. "One unique thing about our group is that we each take turns choosing the skeins, while rest of us pitch in the money," she says. Since the group works both independently and together, and includes a range of knitting levels, the finished squares reflect a range of personalities. Initially, the group anticipated the diversity of the squares would pose some problems when it came time to sew the first project, but the group found the final product benefited from the variety. "We were worried the first time we pieced together an COURTESY OF A LOOSELY KNIT GROUP afghan. because we all knit at different tensions." admits The Loosely Knit group gathers Wednesday evenings for a Flanders. "Each square was so light meal and knitting. Clockwise from center: Luann unique, but in the end. it really Flanders, Corinne Crandall, Kara Brechwald, Kimberley came out beautifully" Labertew, Kathleen Baker, Kathy DeTemple. [Not pictured: The first blanket was made Julie Lavender]. for Jim and Carol Santy. a couple with a rich Park City back- common in countries outside the Corinne Crandall and Kara Brechwald, arc also members of ground, who both fell ill earlier U.S. this winter. "I was spending my first year the Park City Community According to fellow knitter of college in Stockholm, Sweden. Church, they don't consider Kimberly Labertew. Jim Santy My final project was to knit a Loosely Knit a 'church thing.' was born in the Miner's traditional uniform, and I knew They like to keep the schedule Hospital, and Carol's father was if I didn't finish it, I was never open as knitters have committhe teller at a bank robbed by going to get to go back home." ments, and invite others as needed. They would also like to Jesse James-a seemingly per- explains Labertew. fect place to start for the Park Labertew finds the knitting spread the word. City team, and with plenty of circle a welcome change from "I bought yarn recently for stories to share. spending Sunday football games the current project, but 1 had to bring it back. The woman behind "We don't tell the person knitting on the couch. "You're really baking in good the counter asked me what I was we're knitting for that we're making them an afghan-we will as you knit," she says. "It's doing with all the yarn, and when like to keep it a surprise." says very meditative and personal. It I told her, she decided to buy the Flanders. "I think the Santy's helps me feel like I'm getting yarn herself and start her own afghan," smiles Labertew. outside myself." were just blown away by it." As a final touch, the members "I hope it's an inspiration to Though Flanders recalls learning to knit on her grand- have printed out their own label start other groups." adds mother's patient knee, Labertew with their names on it to attach Flanders. "It's really a feel-good thing for us." was taught to knit in to each completed afghan. Scandinavia. They also send a card with For more information about As a result, unlike the rest of their photo and signatures inside. knitting patterns for projects or Though the seven Loose to send a 10.5-inch square for the group, she says, she knits in including Kathy others to give go to warmuthe "continental style" which is Knitters, a different method of kniuinq- D e Te m p I e, Kathleen Bake r. pamerica.com. The police expand traffic patrols • Continued from A-1 stop sign. He said the Police Department's current plan includes several steps, including having officers in SUVs and on motorcycles conduct traffic patrols. Kirk said the department will use a speed trailer on Marsac Avenue, where the speed limit is'20 mph. Such devices show the speed motorists are traveling as they pass the trailer. He said the police also will infrequently station a patrol SUV with a dummy inside along the road in the Marsac Avenue corridor. The police have used such a decoy along S.R. 224 in recent months. Kirk said the Utah Highway Patrol will conduct truck inspections as well and the Police Department has discussed with state officials plowing the truckescape lane off the Mine Road, south of Old Town. Kirk said he conducted patrols on a motorcycle for about three hours on Friday afternoon, working with another officer armed with a radar gun. During the patrols. Kirk pulled over about 20 people for speeding and stop-sign violations, he said. Some were ticketed and others were warned. He said the Police Department has not instituted ticket quotas, however. Speeding motorists have been disconcerting to the police and regular Parkitcs for years. The Police Department has received numerous complaints from most of the city's neighborhoods. The police and other City Hall departments have tried various wavs to combat speeding, employing methods like speed humps and signs. City Councilwoman Marianne Cone, a Prospect Avenue resident, supports the increased patrols but said they arc needed all year. "People are going too fast, blasting through the stop sign." Cone, who lives nearby Marsac Avenue, said. "You have to do this repeatedly. You can't just do it once a year." She said she witnesses motorists not stopping at the sign, including an incident a week ago, when she was walking at the intersection when she said a man in a red Jeep Wagoneer went through the slop sign. Cone said she is "terrified as a resident." "People don't understand they have to gear down to slow down," she said. Utah students excel in core subjects SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Utah students exceeded the national average in all core subjects in a basic skills test. They posted their strongest scores in science and their weakest in language. "Overall, we're very pleased with our students' results," said Christine Kearl, a state associate superintendent for student achievement. "In every grade level in every composite total, we scored above the national average. It gives us a picture of where our students are in comparison to other students nationwide." Schools administered the Iowa Test of Basic Skills in the fall to students in grades three, five, eight and 11. Utah students at all those grade levels generally scored above the 50th perccntile in all the subjects. This year's scores are not comparable to results from the Stanford Achievement Test given in previous years. The Iowa and Stanford tests are from different testing companies and cover different content. District officials are treating this year's scores as a new base line for measuring Utah students' performance against the rest of the nation. The Mirror Lake Highway is closed for construction as of Tuesday, March 1. The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) is replacing the bridge at milepost 11, before the North Fork parking area. North Fork and Soapstonc trailheads will be closed, and parking at this popular winter recreation spot is unavailable. While the Mirror Lake / Mill Hollow trail complex will still be groomed, access is limited to Nobletts and Hanna trailheads and Bear River Service. Snowmobile operators, skiers, and snowshoers are encouraged to travel to other recreation areas including Strawberry Reservoir area. Bear River Service, and Monte Cristo. For more information, please contact UDOT at (801) 965-4104 or the Kamas Ranger District at (435) 7S3-433S. Enjoy the Finer Things In -Life* ••.."•• Best Steaks.....Best Seafood RESTAURANT SUSHI 435 - 655 - 0800 |