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Show PAGE A4 Sheriff’s Blotter ported that a large truck turned around in her driveway and had done damage to the driveway. He is holding the driver there until a officer arrives. • A female driving a blue pickup left a business in Coalville and she had been drinking she left heading toward Echo. • A male shoplifter is in custody from one stores in Park City. He is being cooperative but only speaks Spanish. A female was being held at the managers office at a store on Landmark Drive after being caught shoplifting. Two male juveniles were turned over to their parents after being caught shoplifting at a local store in Park City. • A report came in from a homeowner in home in Park City stating that his home was broken into and three guns are missing and a laptop computer. • It was reported that a driver on a bullet bike passed him going at least 100 mph. It needs to be stopped before there is an accident. Drowsy Driving? Stop South Summit Fire and Walk - or Sleep awarded FEMA Grant DO save lives!” Her “supervan” (which the teens in her family simply did not want to be seen in!) was totaled as the vehicle veered up the embankment at I-84, at exit 115 to Henefer/Echo. It rolled its side, and all contents of the inside of the van were tossed out the broken windows. She escaped with minor bruises, but was okay. Her husband had to come and pick her up, as Moore’s Towing loaded the van onto the trailer. Trooper Dave Wurtz of the UHP was the investigating officer. Help Keep Our County Roads Clean! The Summit County Recycling Task Force would like to invite you to the Adopt-a-County Road Clean-up on Saturday, May 10. This is a great opportunity to help keep our county roads free of trash. There are three stretches of County road that have been adopted by the employees of Summit County and need to be cleaned and they can use your help! It’s a great way to get outdoors, get some exercise, and give back to the community! Free drinks, food and cleaning supplies will be provided. Section 1 will be from Echo Road to Henefer. Meet at Henefer Town Park for continental breakfast at 8:30 a.m. The cleanup will take place from 9:00 a.m. until noon. A free BBQ lunch sponsored by Lone Tree Ventures, LLC will be held at the Henefer Town Park afterwards. Section 2 will be the Weber Canyon Road. Meet at the Oakley School (251 West Weber Canyon Road) for continental breakfast at 8:30 a.m. The cleanup will take place from 9 a.m. until noon. A free lunch will be held at the Oakley School afterwards. Section 3 will be Hwy 40 Frontage Road near Home Depot. Meet at the City Park near the Miner’s Hospital in Park City for continental breakfast at 9 a.m. The clean-up will take place from 9:30 a.m. until noon. A free lunch will be held at City Park afterwards. Please RSVP to Ashley Koehler at (435) 615-3128. Summit County Weed List 2008 Alert List: Myrtle Spurge and Garlic Mustard A List: Yellow Toadflax, Purple Loosestrife, Tamarisk, Medusa Head, Diffuse Knapweed, Yellow Starthistle and Squarrose Knapweed B List: Dyer’s Woad, White Top, Oxeye Daisy, Black Henbane, Houndstongue, Perennial Pepperweed, Russian Knapweed, Spotted Knapweed, Canada Thistle, Musk Thistle, Scotch Thistle, Dalmatian Toadflax, Leafy Spurge, Viper’s Hugloss and Common Burdock C List: Field Bindweed, Cheatgrass, Quackgrass, Bermuda Grass, Johnson Grass, Poison Hemlock and Golden Pea Alert List: Those weeds that are new to the area and the public should be educated about these new invaders while more information regarding extent and density of populations in the county is being gathered. A List: These weeds should be top priority and the ultimate goal is complete eradication. Those weeds are either non-existent in our county or presently in small, isolated populations, but pose a well-known threat to native plant communities. B List: These weeds are meant to be contained and controlled. The ultimate goal is to stop the spread of these species. C List: These weeds are meant to be watched closely and contained when possible. If you have any questions, contact Jack Marchant at (435) 6404188 or 336-3979. The South Summit Fire Protection District was awarded Fire Prevention and Safety Grant from the Department of Homeland Security on April 4th. By receiving this grant, SSFPD hopes to educate the public on the importance of fire prevention and safety in the home environment. Our plan is to use the $11,697 from FEMA to purchase 304 co/smoke detectors and 76 fire extinguishers that will be installed in 76 homes throughout the Kamas Valley. Our firefighters will install the detectors and fire extinguishers and explain how each of them works as well as conduct a Residential Fire Safety Survey of the residence. We believe that by implementing this program with the general public, we will increase our resident’s knowledge and understanding of how dangerous a residential fire is and what can be done to safeguard their family. Park City Community Clean Up Week Set For May 10-18 Conservation Corner BY DAVE BATES Water, Water, Wate, Wat, Wa, W,— It’s gone. The water is gone. At least the rights to use the available water are drying up. On average, a human requires half a gallon of water per day. But in the U.S. each person uses an average of 150 gallons per day for domestic and municipal use and 1,300 gallons per day for agricultural and industrial purposes. In the arid West, many communities have appropriated all their renewable surface water sources and turned to unsustainable groundwater pumping. The Water Wars, as some of the emerging conflicts are sometimes collectively called, are pitting Western states against one another, cities against rural areas, and the immediate needs of human communities against the health of ecosystems. Conflicts over water in the West are not a distant threat. They are already beginning and will only get worse as population swells and the demand for water increases. For example, in Southern Nevada has set its sites on pumping 33 billion gallons of groundwater from a rural county 200 miles north - an unpopular plan for ranchers, and communities who sit on top of the water. The Eastern Summit County Water Advisory Committee (EWAC), has been formed by Summit County to study water for funding for these big projects. The first meeting was hosted by the Soil Conservations in Coalville. Ross Wilson, Engineer, and Cindy Gooch, M.A., Funding Specialist/ Certified Urban Planner, of J.U.B. Engineers, Inc, were invited to inform about funding possibilities. The area of interest for this discussion was Weber River Ditch systems from Kamas to Henefer. It was clear that the first step finding the grant funds for these systems is to commission a feasibility study. This would have a preliminary design, cost estimates, water rights information, water savings potential, and potential for increased production on the land. The Uinta Headwaters R.C. &D is also looking for funding for the feasibility study. A water user’s council has been formed with Tim Richins from Henefer as Chairman. Exploratory meetings are planned and necessary data being compiled. We will help compile this data and present it to the firm who will do the feasibility study. We may be asking for your help on gathering this data. The sooner we are able to get this ball rolling, the better our chances for funding. If you have any questions or comments about this projec,t please call Dave Bates at 435336-5853 x 106. As things progress we will keep you informed. Thanks for your help. The Recycle Center Has “Things ‘n Stuff” The Recycle Center on Woodbine Way is doing a major clean-up, and items are out for everyone to look at and take the opportunity to find a treasure to take home. Among the many treasures are several “Stepping Stones” - a special treat for the outdoor garden! The colors and variety are many, and ready for you to take home! Visit the Recycle Center - and as their logo says… “Sustainability is everyone’s business!” The Annual Park City Spring Clean Up begins on Saturday May 10 and continues through Sunday, May 18. “Now’s the time to clean out the garage to make room for all of this year’s yard sale treasures,” quipped City Operations Manager Pace Erickson. Park City Public Works Department will place 18 dumpsters throughout town for residential use. The City sponsored dumpsters are marked with red and white banners. Residents are reminded only to use city-designated dumpsters and not to leave items outside the dumpster. No contractor waste is permitted. Please take moment to think about whether an item could be reused or recycled before tossing it in the dumpster and ultimately consigning it to the landfill. For more information about community reuse programs, visit Recycle Utah’s website at www.recycleutah.org or call (435) 649-9698. Please join us for a Public Open House to discuss a new substation & transmission line Rocky Mountain Power plans to acquire necessary permits and construct a new transmission line from the Thief Creek substation, located in Utah near the southwest corner of Wyoming, to a new substation to be built near Coalville City. The line will continue south to the Silver Creek substation, located at the junction of U.S. Highway 40 and State Highway 248. Rocky Mountain Power is holding a public open house in your area to share information and gather your comments regarding the project. Everyone is invited to attend. The meeting is scheduled for: Date: Time: Place: Subscribe To The News! 336-5501 issues. They are gathering data to help save water, and look for funds for water projects ranging from culinary, to irrigation to waste water. The Soil Conservation Service in Coalville is always looking for water saving opportunities. We have the EQIP program, which has some money available for individual farms. These funds are allocated on a competitive basis, and have we have seen tremendous benefits in water savings, increased yields, improved crop quality, and ease of irrigation on ranchers who have taken advantage of them. Increasingly the inquiries we receive are about funding for whole ditch systems wanting to convert to pressurized sprinkler systems. Funding for larger projects is a challenge. Whole ditch company projects are typically in the millions of dollars, and can only be affordable with help from grant money and/or low cost loans. This money is hard to find, and when it comes available, applicants have to be prepared to submit data required for the particular grant. Typically a ditch company is not aware when a grant becomes available, nor do they have the necessary data available to complete the application. We at the Soil Conservation Service, in cooperation with Uinta Headwaters R.C. &D. and the EWAC, are helping to search Go Classifieds! It Pays! 336-5501 © 2008 Rocky Mountain Power There were 508 reports taken this past week. • A call came in about a driver in a white Ford Explorer with temp tags that had two small children standing on the front seat while moving. Caller is willing to sign. • A caller from the Oakley area called to ask for assistance after he locked the car doors and his baby is asleep in the car seat. • A caller from Wanship reported that some of his credit cards were reported stolen and now purchases have been made on them. • From Park City came a report that two softball fields had been vandalized. • After a gentleman reported that his wallet had been stolen two years ago, someone filed a tax return using his name and social security. He was told to call the IRS office. • A caller from Kamas area has been receiving harassing calls on his cell phone. • From Francis came a call stating that a new home construction site had all of the appliances stolen from it. • A call from a homeowner in Park City re- Drowsy drivers cause as many or more wrecks as drunk driving. A young mom from Evanston was very lucky last week, as she was driving what her family named the “supervan” towards Ogden from Evanston. She had only been on the road about 45 minutes, but the day was warm, and she became drowsy - and fell asleep. When asked if she was hurt she explained - “...no - I had my seatbelt on - but I could have been killed if I hadn’t had it buckled! If anyone reads this please tell them - the seatbelts MAY 9, 2008 Summit County News Thursday, May 15, 2008 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. North Summit High School 53 South 100 East Coalville To submit a question or comment about this project, e-mail us at ConstructionProjects@pacificorp.com or call 801-220-4221. Please be sure to include the project name (Thief Creek to Silver Creek Transmission Project) when you contact us. For more information visit www.rockymountainpower.net/transmission. Public Open House |