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WEATHER DEVICES Pv BUL NT IF ftCErniN kisk - Mark Lubarx Kt IV meteoroiog st and ma net man and his ft Jean kinked at i u1 m aiojlui to Sait lake Valiev for time ears btfore I hi v found the pt rhs t spot of their honn Hid Mark'- weathit sUtinn on the cast he m h in Founiful M iik was Km king f r it wuh mtt r st t g wra,i t r a L L v MARK SAID he has been interested in wta'ht r as long as he can it me re her Ht is a nieteotologist first and a thesis on I isi live anv kind pMsonalitv steond of we a he r The n orej eharv able and Pm na re extreme, tht mere I kt n Ik saij fr"n the spot high on the hill le ta watih storms come across the ite On Monday mommy during Hu inter vtw, Mark pomied out a ste rm that was moving across the lakt picking up nos kre Sometimes he gets ip at nigH anJ wakhts the storms, tsptciallj from the bedroom window Jean a tin its sht It sort fif rubs of watches weather fem on you. she said It s con'ig ous PRIOR TO movirg to Bountiful thnt vears ago the Fuhanks had lived m a subdivision in the Salt Lake C itv are a but were looking for an acre higher up on the mountain where Mark could watch tic weather They ended up buying 7'2 acres high on the Bountiful bench where they can have fruit trees and a girdi n, in ad dition to a weather station Mark measures and logs weather con dit.ons every day re ording snow rani wind and other climatic conditions Ht charts the weather eat h night about mid n'ght and keeps a record whic h goes to the state climatologist Though the weather station and measuring devices for rain and snow are outside, Mark has ail the controls for measuring weather remoted into the kitchen of the house THERE HE can record the barometric pressure, the wind speed and direction Mark the rainfall and the temperature said "I like electronics so I tigged up the devices Since Mark spe nds a lot of time in the kitchen with his family of seven children, he decided that the kitchen was a good spot for the indoor monitors He tinkered with some of the instruments with a friend who helped him to put the system together Outside, the thermometer readings, which are recorded on the remote devices in the kitchen, are available from ther mometers located on a white weather box The automatic ram gauge, which also records on the instruments inside, and the manual gauge are located near the weather box The other measuring device is a snow stake which looks something like a croquet peg with black marks to measure the snow depth IN THE three years that Mark has been station, the gauging snow at the weather snow has measured about 100 inches mr so far Mark has ing the season This year of snow ai 96 inches measured only called the last the snow, that predicts Dewena by the Indians, has not vet fallen Mark, who first came to Salt Lake City from California, said he f.rst heard of the Dewena from a caller Every year since he has watched for the bg spring snow On Monday the snow measured three inches at his weather station but Mark said he didn t think the fruit trees had been hurt The temperature had reached 30 degrees but this was only enough to touch the leaves and would not injure the fruit until the temperature deops to 29 22 degrees the fruit is de degrees At stroyed, he said AFTER MARK and Jean nad picked their home site in an area where a lot ol snow and wind blew out of Ward Canyon, The devc-r-s for measuring rain, snow and wind are outside, hut controls are reunited into Mark and Jean Eubank's kitihm where Mark has put the instruments together in a control i uni it d above the rtfngi rator in tht it kite ht n THE person chosen for this position will join the Senior Coalition staff to help solve problems with utility rates, age housing, senior legal discrimination, inrepresentation, health and elderly surance, employment The senior citizen advocate will be employed as a VISTA Eln ciiec:;i;:q TiiEnt.ior.iETEn ncv took the precaution of anrhoi t down the roof on the hnjsi U ht n wind conns from the south ,ht rt is , stie m approachii g Milk said butwlii toe shift is to tm northwi-the shun' qi itung down The west wind bungs i iouds and snow dow n from the mountai If It t t chunk family w asn t pre pan J fir snow at fust, t ht y leirned qunHv sim t they tr they dug then f an rm nt it Miowt d over 27 me ht s m me n gt t Mark sod he has Walked up tht hill to his horu several nights f vtn though his ut k ha a snowplow blade he rouldi t niakt , One rught hv got stui k m the ndrk ng i t ai I hannei 2and had cpu d the rich! cn a rout h at the station roisni g one cf th b ggst storms u! tM yi ar n eroded ai I is werthtr station h 1 1 MARK POINT I D ou H it It is i m tt.orc.log st and telt vision is unlv tn medium ht uses to get aerns his mi s sage In addition to worKing wta'btr m on t levision, Mark also owns a weaiht r company with cent rat ts with 12 lad' h stabons in scveial sta'es iocludirg M m tana, Oieguit and Caiif nroa (opovidt a daily wenthcr repent sometimes twu This company wi'h a staff of four is hou d in the same budding as ( hannei 2 The morning weather broudt a1 s art pioduced in Mark s study at honn There he use s a programme d mini uanpun r to for weather prciechcns provide suriounding a'eis hast d on v arty average s HE C AI I S c i h id u st dion for wh c h he prov ides the fora as' on it e ti lef hone The station tapes the weaker message and then plays it ever the air at the scheduled tinn He begins work on the tapes and finishes about 8 a m On Mon day and Hridcv he compku s admmistra tive work unt.l abf u' 4pm whtn he prepares for the weathf rc ast on Channel 2 ai (ipm Afttr tht weaker spot Mark cums home to spend about two hours with ns seven children who range in age from four weeks to 14 years Sharon, 14, takes X $ Ilk " t. FAMILY INTEREST III WEATHER Mark shares his mturel m weathtr with I - f n family mcnihtrs ranging in age from 14 to fo n instrument pant and re port when Mirk va'L n ' tion to request wt atfnr information from tlu Io Ins lathu a woathi r quo-- ' station Hire K vtn il 1 tn I hiLti a v t t i he I a 'h. ' ' ' if . t m i n weather readings from the weather devices and reports the readings to her father when he calls from the station loiter in the evening Mark returns tn ap pear on the 10 p m news MARK SAID although some pec pie tend to blame the weatherman for the weather, most do so only in a kidding way know that weather is not an exac t and we do our best he said sc They itnc t Mark graduated in me teorulogy from the University of Utah in Although he was already working as a on Channel 2 when he graduated He had prior experience as a weatherman in Redding, Calif , where he had lived prior to coming to Salt Lake City He and Jean are both California na lives Mark still does radio weather reports for the Redding, California sta 1972, weatherman turn THE AREA where the I uhank s house is located is just under 5 DO0 feet but the clouds that cross the lake and then are lifted high into the mountains, often release a lot of moisture Mark says that Bountiful Golf Course is the recipient of more ram and snow than his area but outside of that area and the Olympus Cove area m Salt Lake City the Eubank weather station records more rain and snow than any other weather station along the Wasatch Hront, not including the high mountain area Mark said he has kept weather records continuously since 1955 His interest in weather first began when his friend had a I cloud chart guess I've always been a nut about the weather," he said Seniors Seelt Senior The Utah State Coalition of Senior Citizens is seeking a committed and active senior citizen to work on aging issues in Davis County I ti nnonie ter readii ti n h tion in Mirk h uh Bountiful Idle KL IV vault weaihirionditionst very d iv n and other i hmauv i ondtUuns i volunteer under the statewide CiAction Program-Seni- or tizens Project He or she will help to train other seniors as volunteers and teach them how to work towards solving problems they face as a group THIS PERSON must have a desire to help others and a true interest m working with groups and in getting desired goals accomplished He or she must also have decisionmaking skills, communication skills, leadership quali ties, organizational skills, and the ability to work independently with a minimal amount of supervision Formal requirements educational are not anywhere near as important as life experience for this position To apply, either call Tim Funk or Cheryl Grana collect at or or write to the Utah State Coalition of Senior Citizens, 306 E 100 South, Salt Lake City, Utah 64111 UCSCS is an equal opportunity employer 359-970- 359-971- the decision of our Notice of Intent not to refund for a period of five months By ROSELYN KIRK - FARMINGTON Funding for another five months has been granted to the Davis THE FIVE month grant, which will commence on May 1, will contain special conditions requiring Davis CAP to County Community Action Program (CAP) organiza'ion while federal officials mom tor the functioning of the or complete various actions within a specific timetable the letter said The letter ganization THE LETTER notifying the county of this action was received by Commissioner C E Moss on April 26, just four complimented CAP officials on their plans for corrective Services for continued funding submitted after a hearing con ducted by officials from the CSA regional office in Denver, to show cause why the agency should not lose action The letter from Mr Smith was a response to a request days before the Commun'ty Administration (CSA) funding ran out Robert Smith, assistant director for Community Ac tion in Washington D C said I have decided to postpone Energy-wis- e it will their funding That hearing was conducted by David E Venderburgh, director of the Denver office on Feb 28 MR. SMITH said his decision to allow the interim was based on Mr Vander burghs recommendation 1 have concluded that the CAP for Davis County is making progress in satisfying the concerns raised bv the Mr Smith Denver office said that office will monitor closely the actions taken to implement the corrective plans sent to the Denver office in March The decision on final fund ing will be delayed until after the five month trial period Mr Smith aid The plans identified the responsibility of the CAP administrative a id a s s i s ' i in ph mi ntaium board, the governing board and the role of the d'rector The documents submitted al so included an affirmative action plan and a revised ac ( lumty counting system THE LOCAL ( AP currently agtntv receives about tion ( arl (API ( ( u if h t n v i Ilui i I t I( s ti t ( iv d i i' vi-a- Pa AP agi tu v will i k s usual !o suj p v , i i t x n sal sf i cumt hoj L ,n Da. s ( T ( agl ni y w e f h t v nt u h, j, through Si j ii hi t nit t VP i! u i t alua i ht s mi ( t ups i i i v year from the ( SA Davis County I ommissiun was first notified on Dec 22 that the local CAP agtncy was in danger of losing the federal $80 OKI a funding According tn Mr Smith t hi Denver office, including Mr Vanderburgh and his staff will be available to advise pay you to use a small appliance whenever you can. often save energy by using a small appliance rather rhon your oven or range. 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