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Show \\ \ u Beaver Press i I Publication No. 047-400 County Seat Newspaper Since 1904 Serving All of Beaver County ONL>|_..*. BEAVER, UTAH THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 2011 VOLUME 11 NUMBER 13 SINGLE COPY 50 CENTS • J Second Annual Southern Utah Biomass Field Day BHS Girls Golf The BHS Beavers have all gathered together in the arising of the Girls Golf team for 2011! Lexi Moss, Rebecca Kanell, Acacia Young, Ashile Pender, Hatti Snyder, Rachel Roberts, Celest Chavez, Brittnee Mcinelly, Chanda Kreth, Kenadee Black, Shantelle Erickson, Cheeznee Willden, and Taylor Hutchings alt make up the team for this year. The girls have kicked off the season with regular daily practices and a trip to the Bloomington Country Club. The team was excited to get out in the sunshine and show off their skills. The Bloomington Country Club supplies bur golf teams with most of their equipment, and the players are very grateful to them for helping them reach their dream of a state ring. Thank you, Bloomington members, for all you do. The girl golfers played Millard on March 17 at Coral Canyon. Beaver beat their first match! Lex!, Acacia, Celest, and Rachel were the four low scorers. Good job, Girls! On Thursday, March 24, the girls teed off at 12:00 at Moab against San Juan, Grand, and Millard. The Girls killed the teams in Region 13! • Congratulations, ladies, and good luck against San Juan and Millard at home on Tuesday, March 29. Beaver County Sheriffs Report March \21 -27.2011 Included in the 63 calls for assistance received by Beaver County Dispatch were: 2 911 Hangup 2 Abandoned Vehicle 4 Agency Assistance 1 Alarm 1 Burglary 1 Child Abuse or Neglect 7 Citizen Assist 1- Domestic Violence 3 Controlled Substance , Problem 2 Fraud 2 Harassment 1 Heart Attack 2 Keep the Peace 4 Livestock Problem 7 • Traffic Accident w/Damage 3 Traffic Accident w/lnjuries 1 Search & Rescue 1 Stray Animal 1 Suspicious Person/ Circumstance 2 Theft 2 Gas Skip, Theft 2 Traffic Violation 2 Patient Transfer 2 Trespassing 1 ' Vagrancy 2 Vandalism 2 VIN Number Inspection 1 Obstructing Justice On Monday, March 28th, 2011 there were 385 inmates housed in Beaver County Jail. Beaver County Correctional Facility Booking Report March 21-27, 2011 This report does not infer any guilt or innocence, only the name and charges of those booked during that time period. Shaun Lewis Douglas of Milford, Utah was booked on the charges of Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, Criminal trespass, 2-Warrants, Violation of probation or parole. Anthony Wayne Ward of Beaver, Utah was booked on the charges of Criminal Mischief. Joshua Danny Salazar of Beaver, Utah was booked on the charges of Criminal Mischief. Jose Jesus Garcia of Beaver, Utah was booked on the charges of 2 counts of Manufacture or distribute controlled substance. U Keith Draper Beaver County Correctional Facility Comments or Ideas? Contact Us! ,••'""N w W P.O. Box 351, Beaver 801-438-2891 www.bpress@xmission.com Healthy ? Ideas (NAPS)—If you've been diagnosed with bone loss, your doctor may prescribe a medicine to help reverse bone loss and increase bone mass, such as once-monthly Boniva. Learn more at www.boniva. com. *•* Smokers who want to quit can get help from a national smoking cessation campaign called EX at www.BecomeAnEX.org. The site offers free personalized quit plans and a community of quitters who offer support during the quit process. • ** Certain "High-Flex Femoral Components" manufactured by Zimmer, Inc. for its knee replacement systems are associated with increasingly high incidences of knee replacement failure, with some requiring revision surgery. Tb find out more, please visit www.weitz lux.com or call (888) 411-5297. ••• If you don't believe in ghosts, you've never" been to a family reunion. —Ashloigh Brilliant Snow - Precipitation Update Total Precipitation Snow Water Equivalent Elevation Current Average % Average Current Average % Average 9129 ft. 28.4 20.3 140 20.1 16.4 123 10349 ft. 31.8 27.8 18.6 149 19,0 167 8703 ft. "'18.0 24.8 13.1 137 16.0 155 Area wide percent of Average 136.3 154.0 Reference period for average conditions Is 1971-2000. Snow Water Equivalent Columns represent inches of water in the snow pack. Total Precipitation Columns represent total inches of water received since October 1, 2010. Site Kimberly Mine Big Flat Merchant Valley Biomass is the ultimate green renewable energy and there is plenty of it in Southern Utah. All individuals interested in converting Junipers, Pinyon Pines, and other woody biomass into a usable product should mark their calendars for June 3 and 4, 2011. Equipment viewing will begin at 8 a.m. each day with demonstrations starting at 9 a.m.. An evening dinner on June 3rd, at Eagle Point Resort, will include resource and technology experts. Organizer Lance Lindbloom, of Bloomin Ranch Service in Beaver, Utah expects vendors and attendees from through-out the western region. T h e idea stemmed from our stewardship project in southern Utah where part of the goal is not to just thin the trees but also do something with the woody product," said Lindbloom. "At our first event, the focus was on processing equipment; this year we have added harvesting, handling, transportation and utilization equipment to the demonstration. Additionally, experts will focus on the newest technology in biomass." The event is free but registration is required. For updates, directions and further information visit the following website; www.utahbiomass.com. Home Country Slim Randies The snow pulls back its winter covers and brings up a whole new tomorrow for us. Where there was darkness and cold there is now light and hope and plans. There is something about the sight of fresh, wet ground after the snow leaves, and we find ourselves walking out into the backyard each morning and looking to see if - any shoots are coming up yet. Where exactly did we put those bulbs? Right along here, I'm pretty sure. And the buds on the peach tree seem to be swelling with the promise of rebirth. Which plants are the toughest? Which will come up through the still-cold ground after the long winter? It doesn't matter, really. Except to us. Because we want to know. It's the time of year when we don't really laugh any more when we get a canoe catalog in the mail. Hey, it's possible there will be warm weather and liquid water again, and there's that lake just over the last portage that we haven't tried yet. ltfs dream time, and it's doing time. The women want the houses clean, and the men want the yards to look nice. All of us want the car to run well and we're thinking about checking the sleeping bags for any feathery leaks. There's that sun, just hitting the backs of our necks when we stand still in front of the house. The neighbors don't have to know we're standing there just to feel that warmth, that promise, that tiny hint that says later in the year we'll want the lemonade to be cold again. We can always pretend we're watching the dog or the kids instead of delving into the hedonistic pleasures of sunshine. Look at the dog, though. Look at the smile behind the eyes as she runs around the yard with the reckless abandon of an animal bereft of the burden of domesticity. She knows. We both know. It's spring Brought to you by "Sweetgrass Mornings," a collection of outdoor memories, at www.s1lmrandles.com. BLM Announces Second Solicitation for Proposals to Establish Wild Horse Eco-sanctuaries The Bureau of A list of questions and answers is available at www.shortURLgoeshere. The official funding opportunity can be found at www.grants.gov. The deadline to apply is May 24,2011, at 4:30 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time. This solicitation is separate from a previous announcement that covered private-public partnerships for eco-sanctuaries on private land. Land Management (BLM) today announced the second of its funding opportunities for wild horse Meco-sanctuaries." The eco-sanctuaries would be established on combined public and private lands located within Herd Areas in the West. The announcement is part of the BLM's fundamental reforms to the Wild Horse and Burro Program. The eco-sanctuaries would help toe BLM feed and care for excess tftTd horses that have been removed from Western public rangelands. The facilities would*toe^publicly accessible with a potential for ecotourism. To submit an application, an applicant must first obtain a Data Universal Number System (DUNS) number. This can be obtained by going to http://fedgov.dnb.com/webform/index.jsp . After receiving a DUNS number, the applicant may proceed to the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) page and register. The CCR registration Website is located at https://www.bpn.gov/ccr/defaulti aspx. Completing this registrar tion process can take up to two weeks, so applicants should work on their proposals while ' they are waiting for their regis* tration confirmation. ] '•-;( Beaver City Spring Cleanup \ (For Household, Yard, & Construction Debris) w! Beaver City will hold a "Spring Cleanup" curb side trash pick-up for residents April 26, 27, and 28, 2011. Important! Trash must be at curbside no later than 7:00 A M TUESDAY April 26. Crews will make only one (1) pass by each res-ictence. Resident will be responsible for trash placed curbside after the crews have passed by for collection. Please do not put trash out for pickup before April 20th. • <! Trash m u s t be separated by type In different and separate piles. Piles must be approximately ten (10) feet apart to allow for adequate working space. . Mixed piles will not be picked up!!! ; Piles MUST be sorted as follows - ten feet separating each pile: • Metal - includes appliances (Refrigerators must have Freori removed and doors secured) ; • Construction Debris - includes rocks, dirt, & up to 4 tires household • Household - includes furniture, clothing, small electronics, & paper products • Green Waste - includes trees, grass, garden material • If vou must use equipment or trucks to get items to tt% street, please take them to the landfill. There are no charges to resT5ents to bring items to the landfill. !!!Absolutely NO Batteries!!! *. Please bring batteries to landfill for recycling ,; V Landfill Address: 1950 N 1250 W Beaver, UT 84713. Phone: (435) 386-2530. Directions: Take a right at Kevin's Conoco, follow the frontage road north aprox. 1 mile, left up over the freeway, landfill is straight ahead aprox 1/4 mile west of 1-15 (3/24, 31, 4/7) v n a |