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Show SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS News MONDAY JANUARY 7, 1991 Firehouse bond wins again in special election FS The special election held last Wednesday to re-d- o the vote on the firehouse bond issue came out the same way the second time around. It passed by nearly the same margin as it did when it was voted on during the Nov. 6 election, but this time the number of voters was much smaller. Only 348 city residents out of approximately 1,750 registered voters went f,o the polls, with 222 voting for the proposition and 126 voting against it. Voters answered yes or no to the question of whether the city of Kanab should issue $350,000 in failed to have the required legal notices published in the local newspaper before the November election, which invalidated the vote. The City Council approved the special election to be held on Jan. 2 after the legal notice had been published the required three times in consecutive editions of the paper. While the turnout was extremely low, the margin of victory in the special election mir- rored that of the first. On Nov. 6, the vote was 629 for and 390 against, an approximately 62 percent favorable vote. The secvote constituted 6 general obligation bonds to ond construct a new city fire station. a nearly 64 percent margin. d The special We were relieved, said Fire election was necessitated Chief Mike Noteman of the rebecause the citys bond attorney sults the morning following the 222-to-12- second-time-aroun- Incinerator operation began, their cut would have been $1 million to $1.4 million each year, the same arContinued from Page 1 rangement being offered to the Waste-Tec- h Paiutes. had reportedly million more than $4 tryWanda Stone, the chairman of spent inthe Kaw Tribe, was Waste-Tech- s ing to put a 70,000-to- n landfill lone supporter in the 5--1 vote of cinerator and 100-acr- e near the Kansas border. It would the tribal council on Dec. 11 to be a nice gesture for the Kaws rescind the agreeto give back the $100,000 sign- ment ing bonus, Cooper told the paSome members of the tribe per. Next time, he said, Waste-Tec- h accused William Mehojah, the will make sure that conformer Kaw tribal chairman, of tracts with Indians are enforceselling out his people by starting able. with Waste-TecIn spurning Waste-Tecthe negotiations One Kaw member accused 1 Kaw Tribe chose of Indians and Mehojah hurting caution and tradition over a then town. Mehohah, 71 , leaving bounty that could have turned in Arizona. lives now their tribe into a wealthy corpo- reportedly An Otoe Indian who oversees h reration, the of buildings on the restoration ported. Indian school adof an The financial incentives of- campus to fered to the Kaw Tribe were jacent the site that had been similar to those reportedly be- proposed for the incinerator, told h he was reing offered to the Kaibab-Paiute- the However, the local tribe lieved at the tum of events. We want an atmosphere is much smaller, with only about h 250 members. The where people are in tune with reports that the Kaws nature and in tune with themwould have gotten $200,000 an- selves," Franklin Murray, 37, is nually until the plant was in quoted as saying. Waste-Tec- h production and then when the was just the opposite of that. h. h, ,500-memb- er Post-Dispatc- Post-Dispatc- s. Post-Dispatc- WAtWAny, refutes leaked story special election. is being repeated (This Noteman also said the Fire from ourstory Dee. 22 edition because Department has made some only the first part of the story changes in the plans for the new on Page 1 and the rest fire station, which will reduce appeared the of story that was supposed to the cost of the building from the be continued on Page 7 was inrevious estimate of $300,000 to left out.) 27 0,000 ($50,000 ofthe planned advertently A flap is developing over the cost is for hazardous materials report last Monday in the Ariequipment). A bunk room has zona Republic that an internal been eliminated and the office . Forest Service report written by space has been reduced by about Regis Cassidy, an employee of 1 ,000 square feet, Noteman said. the North Kaibab District in The city is applying for a Fredonia, cutback a Farmers Home Administration in timber urges sharp The story in loan to obtain the mon ey to build Phoenixs cutting. largest daily paper the fire station. It also is applying was based on aleak of an internal for a Community Development Forest Service document to the Block Grant for $150,000 of the by the Sierra Club. cost. If the grant is obtained, the newspaper Local Forest Service officials money would be used to retire say the story is inaccurate, and some of the bonds, thereby re- takes a few sentences from ducing the taxpayers burden. Cassidys report out of context. Brian Avery, environmental planner for the North Kaibab District, made a few comments Continued from Page 1 last Tuesday, disclaiming the block the air from getting into story; however, he said the Forany area where water pipes are est Supervisors Office in Wilknown to be located, he advised. liams, Ariz., would be releasing Those who have kitchen plumb- a fuller explanation of the Foring against an exterior wall can est Service position later. open the cabinet doors under Although Cassidy was on anthe sink to keep the area warmer, nual leave and not available to he said. the newspaper, some people who Martin said he has learned had spoken with him after the some lessons about plumbing Republic story hit said he was installation, and in the future angry about the way parts of his he will make sure he insulates were used. walls. He report said pipes on north-facin- g Avery Cassidys report said he knows some area builddone last was part of the August ers who also have learned from look overall timber the hard at this experience, because some which the Forest new homes have had problems. program, Service is old currently taking. The or new It didnt matter, is it was across the board, Martin agency doing a reanalysis of its entire timber program on the commented. North Kaibab, which is expected also advice has some Martin for homeowners with frozen to take another 12 months. Later pipes who attempt to thaw them on, the public will be invited to on their own. Use a blow dryer give input in the process, he said. instead of an electric heater, The Republic story said because its safer, he says. Cassidys report estimated the Merrell said when the tem- amount of timber offered to perature is below 20 degrees for logging companies in the district a sustained period, people can may have to be sliced to 21 milcover their meters with a plastic lion board feet by fiscal year bag stuffed with wadded news- 1994. paper for insulation. The 21 million board feet allowable cut ties to one sentence in the report, which is a given scenario for fiscal year 1994, Avery said. The sentence is taken out of context. The document is not intended to be the allowable sale quantity for the district. But thats how it was Cold interpreted. Avery explained that the FASHION HUT WONDERLAND cur- - FARM For all your PET needs ALL BREED DOG GROOMING Gift Certificates Everything in the Store Starting Mon. Jan. 7, 1991 FASHION HUT Aquariums, large selection Birds, cages and supplies This year give a family gift. Select a Pet - - Special Gift Section Etched crystal mugs Dolls Pictures ... and more Hours: 1 6 Mon-S1 612 S. Main Fredonia 0-- 18 E. Center Kanab, Utah 644-23- 00 643-73- 9 rent management plan for the Kaibab National Forest, adopted in 1988, allows 610 million board feet to be taken from the North Kaibab District It leaves it up to the Forest Services discretion whether it offers the timber in equal in10-ye- ar crements of 61 million board feet each year or whether it decides to vary the amount from year to year. The Forest Service ran into a problem, because in its attempts to apply standards and guidelines for protection of the environment and wildlife, it was not able to get the timber output it had projected from each sale area. So it advanced some of the sales within the 10-ye- ar management plan in order to meet projected sale quantities. It is because of this problem with the output schedule that the Forest Service has decided to do a reanalysis in order to decide what its timber program should be for any given year, Avery explained. He said the agency is considering all alter- natives, including not only changing the output, but possi- bly changing some of the standards and guidelines." Cassidys report doesnt have anything to do with the results of the reanalysis, Avery said. We dont know what were going to decide on output, Avery asserted. We have no idea how much itll be as far as changes one way or the other. But we plan to continue with whats in the approved plan for the time being. A local official of Kaibab Forest Products, Jim Koons, was guarded in his comments, saying it was up to the Forest Service to clarify the issue. However, he did say he was familiar with Cassidys report and the Republic story painted it with a funny brush." Construction up in 1990 slightly The Kanab City building in- spector, Chic Evans, has released figures on the amount of construction and building permits issued in the city for 1990 in comparison with the previous four years. The total cost of construction in the city for 1990 was $2,195,356. Seventy building permits were issued, with $17,045.02 collected in fees. For 1989, the cost of construction was $1,964,155, the number of permits was 122, and fees were $14,728.65. For 1988, construction was $2,694,359, with 121 permits and $18,790 in fees. In 1987, the cost of construction was $2,250,128, with 80 permits and fees of $14,775.50. In 1986, the construction figure was $589,619, with 37 permits and $3,595.50 in fees. |