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Show ouinern ya YL Vol. 57, No. 29 - Thursday, May 12, 1988 - Kanab, Utah 84741 - 000 Ssrjtfciqfcr Efsrysa Single Copy 30c Navajo Aquifer Report Released SALT LAKE CITY--Apart of a cooperative agreement with the Utah Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining, the U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior, has prepared a report summarizing the geohydrology of aquifers in the Navajo Sandstone in southern Utah. The report assesses interpretations made in previous investigations concerning the occurrence and movement of water in the Navajo Sandstone, and points out that sparseness of data in specific areas leaves room for several interpretations. s The principal aquifers in the area are the saturated parts of the Navajo Sandstone. These aquifers include the Lamb Point aquifer of the lower part of the Navajo Sandstone where the Lamb Point is overlain by the Tenney Canyon Tongue of the Kayenta Formation; the upper Navajo aquifer where the upper Navajo Sandstone is under lain by the Tenney Canyon; and the Navajo aquifer where the Tenney Canyon Tongue does not exist. The three aquifers are in hydraulic connection and form the Navajo aquifer system in this area. The aquifers are recharged by precipitation in the outcrop area south of the White Cliffs, but the rate of this recharge is uncertain. Variability in the chemical composition of the ground water indicates that some recharge is occurring north of the White Cliffs where the Navajo Sandstone is buried by younger formations. The 43 page report, Geohydrol ogy of the Navajo Sandstone in western Kane, southwestern Garfield, and southeastern Iron CounUtah ties, by Geoffrey W. Freethey, was released as U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Investigations Report Preliminary copies are available for inspection and purchase at the District Office, U.S. Geological Power Outages Hit Kane, Garfield & No. Arizona A seven-hou- r KANAB power outage Monday, May 9, wiped-ou- t power in all of Garkane Power Associations southern system which includes all of Kane County, all of Garfield County except for Panquitch and all of northern Arizona except for Colorado City and the Flack Canyon mine on the Arizona Strip. Carl Albrecht, assistant manager for Garkane, said the outage that initiated at approximately 2:45 p.m. Monday, was the result of problems with the relay and transforming differential at the Glen Canyon Dam. Power was not restored until 9:20 p.m. for most of the southern system. Page, Ariz. did not have its powerrestored until nearly 1:30a.m. Tuesday, May 10. Albrecht said that some commercial and residential areas in Hatch, Kanab, the Long Valley and Ariz. had power restored a few hours earlier. Garkane put the four communities on their stand-b- y generator and system with Intermountain Refinery Company of Fredonia to get the power on as soon as possible, said Albrecht. We had our crews power. They opened various circuits, fed as much as those generators would carry as soon as we could, he said. Western Area Power Association of Montrose, Colo., which is in charge of dispatching power to Glen Canyon Dam consumers, was responsible for restoring power. We were totally at their mercy, Albrecht said. He added that originally the problem was thought to be a fault in a transformer at the Page Powell substation. Further investigation discovered the cause of the outage originated at Glen Canyon Dam. Television and radio transmitters were also knocked out by the outage. Albrecht said transmitters at Bonnie Top, Red Knoll, Spencer Bench and Jacob Lake are all served by Garkane. Garkanes manager, Glen said, "There will definitely be a meeting of the minds with representatives from WAPA to answer questions concerning this outage. Wil-lardso- n, Survey, Room 1016 Administration Building, 1745 West 1700 South, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84104; Utah Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining offices at 3 Triad Center, Suite 350, Salt Lake City, Utah 84138; the Kane County Commission offices, County Clerk, 76 North Main, Kanab. Utah 84741; and the U.S. and Geological Survey, Books Open File Reports, Federal Center, Bidg. 810, Box 25435, Denver, Colorado 80225. Mayor, ES Dir. , Attend Disaster Conference PARK CITY Kanab Mayor Paul Jenkins and Stan Lippincott, director of Emergency Services for Kane County, attended a two-da- y conference last week on mitigating the risk and effects of community disasters. Gov. Norman Bangcrtcr opened the conference Thursday, May 5, by announcing that Utah is the first state in the United States to declare the 1990s as the decade for natural disaster reduction. The Governors Conference on Comprehensive Hazards Reduction was sponsored by the Utah Division Fredonia Town FREDONIA Councilmcn tackled a large agenda when they met in regular session Tuesday, May 3. Tire council heard a proposal from Bob Lathim concerning filters to be advertised for sale within the three weeks of the meeting date. Lathi m also told the council about his progress toward obtain heavy machinary for the town. He said a trencher is up for bid in Phoenix and a Bobcat is up for bid in Flagstaff. He added that still another trencher is being brought to Fredonia for his deparunent to test. Lathim explained that the ma KANAB get-awa- 1 sched- An ambulance FREDONIA was delivered to the Fredonia Ambulance Service and Transport (FAST) unit Tuesday, May 3. According to Anita Black, second of the ambulance association , the ambulance won t be running until all the paperwork is completed. We cannot transport with it until the paperwork required for proper licensing with the state is done, said Black. This should take no longer than 90 days. Black said almost all of the Fredonia residents who took the Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) class last January and who passed the Arizona state exam will run on the ambulance. The new Fredonia Ambulance Service and Transport will operate out of the new Fredonia Medical Clinic. An office and meeting room was assigned to the emergency service. Black said Dr. Margaret Mears vice-preside- Kanab Weather PREC. RON H00N, a Phoenix TV and radio personality rode through Kanab on his way to Yellowstone, Wyoming on Friday, May 6. Hoon's Kanab stop was one of e bike ride from the south rim of the Grand Canyon to many on his Yellowstone National Park. He Is making the bike ride in support of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. 777-mll- Courtesy Dan Merrell KANAB The post lime starting gate bell will ring out for the 50th time next weekend when the Kanab Race Association hosts its 50th Annual Kanab Race Meet. Kanab Racing Association Presi- - agreed that the cat not be operated on Saturdays. The council also discussed regulating the landfill hours. Ron Heaton reported that the poles for the electrical system improvement are strung out on First East Street. He said Garkane Power Association is waiting for a special to truck to start on the job. See "Fredoniar, pg. 2 Seminary Graduation 15 Sunday, Kanab LDS will hold Seminary its graduation ceremonies Sunday, May 15 at 8 p.m. in the Kanab Stake Center, according to principal Rick Abbott and instructor John Banks. Forty students will graduate this year from the sem inary and they will hear from guest speaker Lynn Bryson, author and composer during the graduation exercises. The public in invited to attend. rendezvous hosted by Cycle world magazine. Michclsen said Jim Hansen, told her that the magazine y in Baja usually hosts the Mexico. Hansen said the executives wanted to tryout a new location and they were unwilling to return to Mexico. The motorcycle exectutivcs bring their newest bike models to the getaway. get-awa- Fredonia Gets New Ambulance uled for this evening has been postponed until June 2. Chamber President Jerry Lynch said he regrets the change in arrangements. However, Lynch said the postponement was necessary as the Chamber is still in last stages of finalizing its plans for its 1988 project, the Kanab Transportation and Information Network. Further information on the Kanab Chamber of Commerce open house will be released as it becomes available. - chines up for bid do not come with guarantees. The council agreed to confer with the Utility Board before making any decisions concerning the purchase of heavy equipment. Lathim also reported on the work in progress on an eight inch waterline in the canyon. Crews have finished 1 ,500 feet and have the same amount to complete. When completed, the waterline project will have covered 1 1 miles. Lathim said crews have steadily worked on replacing the 1 1 miles waterline for eight with theeight-inc- h years. By doing it with the town crew over the years, the project has saved Fredonia nearly $2 million a bond election would have cost, said Lathim. The council passed a motion hiring George Jones at $5 per hour as the landfill manager on a seasonal basis. In other landfill business, the council agreed that two people should be present when the Caterpillar is in operation. The council also DEER SPRINGS Executives from Suzuki, Honda, Yamaha, and Kawasaki motorcycle industries will y meet for their annual this year at Deer Springs Ranch, 38 miles northeast of Kanab up Skutumpah Canyon. According to Deer Springs Marketing Manager JoAnn Michclsen. the 53 executives and five staff members will come to Deer Springs for their 1 3th annual motorcycle The Kanab Chamber DATE MAX MIN 50 Years of Horse Racing In Kanab, May 20-2- 1 dent Duff Pugh said that the rate will draw horses from across Utah for the Friday, May 20, and Saturday, May 2 1 , race meet at the Kanab Race Track at the Kanab City Park. Posttime is 3 p.m. Friday and 2 p.m. Saturday. We have 17 local horses running, said Pugh. He added, And we have horses coming from Es- calante, Panquitch, Circlcville, Filmore, Beaver, Parowan, Cedar City, St. George and Fredonia. Pugh added, Well have mum horses running than we can possibh run and more jockeys than can possibly ride. Pugh said the number of enuants will mean the association will rur, eight to 12 races per day. Winners purses will range Rom $3 50 to $1,000, said Pugh. Tisgoing to be a big meet. Admission to the races is S3 for adults. Race programs cost S2. Pugh said the advertising from the programs and admission fees help finance the annual meet. Much of the race precedes are returned into maintaining and upgrading the race park and stables. (The race association ) would like to thank all business that bought ads in the program, said Pugh. The Kanab Lions Club will operate the food and refreshment tuih. Soft drinks, hamburgers, houlogs. candy and other foods will be on sale in booths near the race track. Cycle Execs. Visit Deer Springs Chamber Open House Postponed of Commerces open house of Comprehensive Emergency Management. It was designed to prepare state and local officials and community members how to handle disasters effectively, and by doing so mitigate hazard risks and reduce the effects of community disasters. The conference was organized to reinforce the need to promote hazards reduction as part of Utah public safely issues relative to a comprehensive array of hazards. Workshops were held on handling disasters caused by hazardous materials, earthquakes, floods, dam failures and landslides. Clown Stacey Sherwood holds upsidedown clown, Emily Purvance from falling over while she performed her head stand stunt for the audience that turned out to see the Kanab Elementary School kingergarten circus. See page 6 for more pictures Fredonia Tackles Big Agenda Fre-doni- a, To June Iroliniinar.v copies will be avail for inspection at the U.S. Ccnlojriral Survey Public Inquiries Ollice, Room 8105, 125 South Slate Mreet. Sail Lake City; U.S. Geological Survey Libraries at Rcsion, Virginia, Menlo Park, California, and Denver, Colorado; and the Department of Interior Natural Resources Library m Washington, D.C. The printed report will be available in about six weeks. able has generously donated chairs and a desk to the FAST office. According to Black, Dr. Mears also volunteered to act as the services public representative and be a liaison between the community and the ambulance service. Her role is to help the service meet the needs of the community. Mears will also periodically critic and review ambulance runs and help the FAST unit to improve on their emergency care skills. We sincerely appreciate everything Dr. Mears is doing for us," said Black. Black said the FAST organization is seeking donations of other office supplies and materials for their new office. She said they also need donations of labor and material to construct the ambulance shed. Black said anyone wishing to donate the desired materials can contact her at 4 or contact Melissa Black at by Bill Herr. 643-741- 643-743- 3. Michelsen said Hansen told her that he had visited the Pariu area as a child and was impressed with the location. He suggested moving the y to Kane County. The suggestion went over well and the group will be arriving ai Deer Springs today and will leave Sunday, May 15. An advance party of seven men came to Deer Springs in April to map out trails and finalize arrangements. Michclsen said the advance party was impressed with the area and told her theyd like to return to vacation with their families. Theexecutive party will be bussed in and their motorcycles will be shipped by diesel truck. The group is also bringing two motor homes as: extra accommodations. get-awa- KHS Spring Concert KANAB Kanab High Schools annual Spring Concert is scheduled for Tuesday , May 17 , in the sc hool s auditorium. The concert is a showcase of the studentaccompiishments during the 1987-8- 8 school year. On display will g be vocational projects such as wood working to art exhibits. Students performing arts skills will also be highlighted. Superior rating performances won from students ai region and state musical festivals will be repeated for the local audience. Admission is free. award-winnin- |