| Show Serving Utah’s Great Pahvant Valley Delta Utah $1500 out of months $800 and $9 00 (In Advance) Copy 25c Guest USPS 0 Vol 76 No 18 Nov 7 1985 Editorial CUP is vital to Millard County Vote Nov on contract yes P Waldo Warnick Millard County Central Utah Water Conservancy District By In 1960 the Sevier River Basin suffered a severe drought In August of that year went with WC Cole to measure the water at the Lynndyl River gauging station southeast of Lynndyl and there was less than forty second feet By Labor Day the flow of the river had decreased to the point that we were able to put boards in front of the tunnel at the Sevier Bridge Reservoir and inspect the tunnel Because of the drought in 1960 the directors of the DMAD Irrigation Companies became serious about trying to get water from the Central Utah Project for the Sevier River Basin A committee was selected to work with the Upper Sevier River Water Users to form a Sevier River After Water Conservancy District about three years of getting nowhere we decided to organise the Millard County Water Conservancy District This concept was supported by the water and civic leaders of the County Those from the east side of the county realised that there was a chance that they may receive only indirect benefits but felt we should show a united effort The organisation of the District was voted upon by the county residents and passed 19 We then successfully petitioned the court to include Millard County as part of the Central Utah Water Conservanthousand acre cy District Thirty-sifeet of water was allocated to the Sevier Rier Basin out of the one hundred and thousand feet that was to be brought to the Bonneville Basin from the Strawberry Reservoir The collector system which includes miles of pipelines and tun- - repayment in the early thirties My and had water rights enough for an average year but that year they were only able to irrigate once That along with the made for very difficult depression times Some people would have you believe that the Sevier River Basin has not received anything from taxes paid to the Central Utah Water Conservancy like the one folks owned people would have you believe that the Sevier River has not received anything from taxes paid to the Central Utah Water Conservancy District The facts are that the District has spent over a million dollars for cloud seeding gauging stations and rebuilding the Sevier Bridge Reservoir spillway In addition projects farther up the Sevier River saved West Millard County from being destroyed by flooding of the past few years Some Basin nels and three reservoirs plus the are Reservoir enlarged Strawberry either complete or under construction and will be finished in the next three annual share Millard County’s years of water can be stored in Strawberry Reservoir and delivered less storage losses for supplemental use in years of below normal water supply Many of you living in the area now have never seen a shortage of water in this area hope we never see a drought District The facts are that the District has spent $120000 on cloud seeding and $252000 on gauging stations $408442 on the Sevier Bridge Reservoir spillway reconstruction Farther up the system a new spillway If the saved the Paiute Reservoir Paiute Reservoir had failed in either 1983 or 1984 the Sevier Valley would have been gutted and Sevier Bridge Reservoir would have failed and West Millard would have been destroyed One thing ihat is most upsetting to me is that university professors from areas have been retained to teach in Utah universities which is the second driest state in the nation They have claimed to be experts on water problems They have been insulting to our native water experts who have grown up knowing our problems and worked a lifetime trying to solve them If it had not been for the vironmentalists in and out of the state the Central Utah Project would have been completed years ago We had to develop the Colorado River water for the state in order to protect our rights here are many people that were hoping and working tor this not to happen Millard Counts has always been a strong supporter of the Central Utah Water Project hope they will continue to show their support by voting lor the supplemental contract have worked hard to see that the xevier River Basin gets its fair share realize that the road ahead is rough but here would we be it our ancestors had not gone the extra mile Vote for the new supplemental contract CUP lifeline to Millard County Keith Fillmore Gillins Mayor Ruth Delta Hansen Mayor Fillmore and Delta pick new mayors Other candidates victorious New mayors swept into Millard County's two largest city offices after with election Tuesday’s general Tillmore candidate Keith Gillens (558 voles) winning a convincing victory inwood Tracy (219 votes) and over Delta candidate Ruth Hansen (327 votes) besting Jack Nelson (250 votes) and Craig Greathouse (126 votes) Other victorious Fillmore candidates were Jack McBride city council (492 votes) over Bill Masner (171 votes) and Reed Robison (60t votes) over Larry Stuckey (109 votes) and Mary Bazell (166 votes) Other vicioiious Delta candidates were Dave ( hurch (449 votes) and Don Dafoe (421 votes) cits council over Wydcll Jeffery (242 votes) and Kutt Oversoi) (94 votes) Gale Bunker (410 vo'es) retained his seat in the Delta ( ity 2 yept utv council position with a victory over Jean Smith (143 votes) and I d Mills (124 votes) In other election action Oak City Mavoi candidate Winston Nielson (146 Jed Finihnson (34 votes) deteated votes) Oak City Council positions were won bv Mike Anderson (150 votes) and Phil i inhnson (105 votes) over Flod Anderson (56 votes) and Marzella Anderson (48 voies) In Hinckley Ward Peterson ran unopposed for Mayor as did council members Jen Tavlor and Ken Talbot The Bonneville Unit brings what would be Colorado River water to the Wasatch Front extending from Salt Lake County to Sevier River counties That water delivery process starts high in the Uintas where water is diverted from its normal course into the Strawberry Aqueduct That aqueduct winds through the Uintas Mountains for 37 miles picking up extra water from several different creeks The water from the aqueduct flows into the Strawberry Reservoir which was recently enlarged to accommodate it by construction of the Soldier Creek Dam It is hoped that upon completion of the Bonneville Unit another extensive aqueduct and canal system extending southward will deliver Strawberry Reservoir water to the Sevier Bridge Reservoir for use in Millard County Delta High's championship team this year consisted of (back row) Nichole Nielson Lisa Moody Joyce Jackson Dixeen Dutson Jannette Larson Sue Miller Jamie Wood Andrea Henrie Kina Haag Heidi Evers Jackie Lovell (front row) Coach Sonja Taylor Deb Moody Wendy Stanworth Jodi Walker Amy Greenwood Coach Liz Wiscomhe CUP background Shortly after the the Bureau of Reclamation was created by Congress and gisen the responsibility of developing water projects in the seventeen western states 1 hese projects were to provide flood control generate electrical power and water for irrigation and provide municipal and industrial development and provide recreation 1 he electricity generated by the projects was to help repay the construction costs and repay the costs of recreation flood control and part of the costs of the agriculture portion One of the first projects to be built was the Strawberry Reservoir in asakh and I tab Counties Since that lime there have been several reservoirs completed in I lah the Hyram in (aihe County the Weber Basin in Weber County the Deer Creek in I tah ( ounly and Joe’s $ alley in Fmery (ounly These pro the seven jects have controlled flooding and developed water which has been the backbone of growth in I tah for the past fifty years W hen it was decided to build storage projects on the Colorado River the water was divided between the upper stales where the water originated and the lower slates and Mexico In order for Utah to receive its share ot thi water it was necessary to huild dams and reservoirs to keep the high spring runoff from getting into the Colorado River and provide storage water for laic summer irrigation for those that had prior rights The Central Utah Project is the moi ambitious water project ever in the State of I lah and the en tral I lah Water Conservancy District was organized to distribute the water and operate and maintain the project repay the federal government IPP workforce winds down rum highs this summer of he ween 451x1 and 50X) ihc number ot IPP workers will begin to dimmish rapid's this winter until bs this time next sear there will only be hall as mans employed at the sue ram luls to (Maher ot this sear worker numbers dropped Irorn 4286 to 4061 according to local Job Service Manager Duane Mawock who added ihis is the beginning ol ihc trend toward a rapid teduuion of woikers as Unit moves toward commercial production in July ol 9X6 A sear after that nit 2 will come on line Power IPP owner Imermoumain Association has made public thar Unit l will not begin any sooner lhan the early I99(H though the IP has made clear that the need tor I continued page three I DHS Volleyball champs again! The Delta High ollev ball team h as taken stale again lor ihe tourih co secutive year The team placed 1 tor the victors Saturday in Ruli' si DHS blasted out ahead eight nodi in the first game Intimidating hits a' hard floaters gave the team the a Serving errors against ihc Rahim let Union gam points making iliesco Delta 13 Union 10 Deb Moodv and ndrea Henrie shut the doors on I nion giving Delta a closer step io victory inal game score was 15 10 Ihe second game was a matsh between (he placers and ihc crowd " he rest ol ihe crowd warned us to lose that mush more because we were ihai much better said Gail Da toe flic faithful Deita fans held siionc and wete deiet mined lo sheer then learn on ti) isiorv In ihc stale viuorv game Dei'a hea I lah’s 2 scsond best team with onlv ills' game loin ro'aiioiis iluougtoul Jamie Wood started oil the game uh one sere tng point Deb Moodv led ihe serves alter that with seven points lollowed by ndrea Henrie serving up continued page seven Delta auto homicide criminal gets two months in county jail inda lee Rvan I’ convicted o' automobile homisidc in connix'iou with a Delta Mam Mieet acsidsii’ u d death Iasi April was sentemed loi week lo two months in the counts and a $1000 line lo n bv in 1 he sememe handed ly appointed 4th Donut ourt bulge Ray Harding was slaved umi! Nov IN I9NS when a hearing will be held lo determine it defendant Rvan will be and able lo appeal ihe comktion sentence In September a Disoist t ourt juiy found Ms Rvan gtnltv of auto homicide and lout other sharges Dl speeding reckless driving and running a stop sign The iurv rejected defense arguments that Ms Rvan was innosent because she was fleeing lor her hie l when she slammed into a small tar me three people during Della's on pnl 5 98s trit Ihe smash-uresulted m the death of a 26 year old woman and ihe permanent brain damage ol a Himklev man bulge Harding initially sentenced 1s Rvan to 0 in ihe slate prison linn sentenced was staved m lieu ol three sears probation with terms tit a two month counts jail term a $1fKK) line and 100 hours of community Additional probation terms clude drug and alchohol abuse clinic ai tendance to be determined by Adult Probation and Parole Millard Counts Deputy District torney Dexter Anderson argued during the October sentencing that Ms Rvan's crimes warranted an extended stax in the state prison He said ihai Judge Harding gave no explanation tor the sentence probationary During Ms Rvan’s September trial defense attorney's told the jury that Ms Rvan's hie had been threatened bv her hoc triend earlier during the day ot the accident They said she tried to flee lor her lite in a truck but that the bovlriend jumped in the back After traveling through Delta with the alleged assailant in the back Ms Rvan went south on Center Street and into the heavy Mam Street traffic at a fast speed and without stopping for the stop sign Ms Rvan is reportedly living in Las Vegas now and has been out on bail since April |
