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Show Around The County MAY 23, 2008 New Lakeview Trail Opens at Rockport State Park Mountain biker on Lakeview Trail cluding hand finishing sections, and participating in a switchback construction workshop. Funding for the trail was provided through the Utah State Parks Non-Motorized Trails Program. For more information or to RSVP, please call (435) 3362241. Peoa: Celebrate the opening of the Lakeview Trail at Rockport State Park, in conjunction with National Trails Day, Saturday, June 7. Activities begin at 10 a.m., with a ribbon cutting ceremony, followed by a walk or bike ride on the new trail. The walk is an easy two miles and the bike ride is four miles. Participants should bring their own bikes and helmets and meet at the Lakeview Trailhead, approximately two miles from the park entrance. Water and light snacks will be provided. Many volunteers assisted in the completion of the trail, in- Woodland Incorporation Turned Down by Wasatch County Commission Approves Resolution Wasatch County attorney’s advised that there would not be a meeting to consider Woodland’s incorporating as they felt it could not be a multi-county town. Based on the word “a” as it read in the incorporation petition, this did not make it possible to consider a town which would be in two counties, unless it had stated that it would want to consider annexing the portion listed in Wasatch County to Summit County. Woodland may want to start another petition under HB 164 at a later date, but they cannot change the verbiage in the first petition. The first petition is considered “dead”. Woodland residents have the choice to get a new petition up at a later date, and will need over 50 percent of resident’s signatures on it before submitting it. PAGE A3 Summit County News The Summit County Commission, acting as the Governing Board of the Mountain Regional Special Service District, approved consideration of a Parameters resolution #2008-14 on the state coach estates - a resolution of the board of county commissioners of Summit County, Utah, acting as the governing body of the mountain regional water special service district, Summit County, Utah (the “issuer”), authorizing the issuance and sale of not more than $ 3,500,000 aggregate principal amount of water revenue bonds, series 2008 of the issuer; fixing the maximum aggregate [principal amount of the series 2008 bonds, the maximum number of years over which the series 2008 bonds may mature, the maximum interest rate which the series 2008 bonds may bear, and the maximum discount from par at which the series 2008 bonds may be sold; providing for the publication of a notice of public hearing and bonds to be issued; providing for the running of a contest period; and related matters. This was approved in the May 14th Commission Meeting at Coalville. Livestock Compensation Program (LCP) Sign-up is still underway for LCP. The closing date may be announced soon. Producers with livestock in Summit County who suffered forage losses due to drought in 2006 or 2007 may be eligible for benefits. The program has been amended to include 2007 losses*. Producers must choose only one year in which to receive benefits. Producers who have already signed up for the 2006 year may want to come back to the office and apply for 2007 losses so that the maximum benefits are received from this program. To be eligible, livestock must have been located in an eligible county on Jan. 1 of the applicable year. Eligible livestock include beef cattle, equine, sheep, goats and elk. Livestock must have been maintained for commercial use as part of a farming operation. Information needed to apply include: animal numbers on Jan. 1 of the applicable year, and accurate owned or leased acre numbers. (Acres irrigated or leased by-the-head are not eligible). BLM, Forest Service, or State Lands are eligible but producers must bring in their billing statements for the applicable year so accurate AUM’s can be verified. Note: Animal numbers need to be very accurate. If you’re selected for spot check and are running fewer animals than certified to, you will be required to provide sales documentation or other documentation showing what happened to the animals. Have a Heart Benefit To Be Held June 7 Family and Friends of a young 10-month old little girl, Justess Cooper Sevy, of Henefer, have planned a wonderful evening of activities that can be enjoyed by family members of all ages. All proceeds from the evening will go toward the $12,000 needed for a heart transplant for Justess. Born on July 22, 2007, in the Ogden Regional Hospital, Justess was born blind and with multiple heart problems. She was transported to Primary Children’s Hospital where she stayed until coming home on Thanksgiving Day. Because of her determination to show her family and the doctors just how strong willed she truly is, she was placed on the heart transplant list a few weeks ago. Her family and the community are hopeful for a brighter future for this special little one. A “Have A Heart Benefit” will be held on Saturday, June 7, at the Henefer Town Park beginning at 5:30 with a spaghetti dinner. Tickets must be purchased in advance for the meal by calling Becky Harris Parker at (435) 336-2086 or Cara Jones at (435) 336-5437. Please call her for prices. Also planned is an auction with great prizes from sponsors that include: Best Western Hotel; Plaza Cycle; Wal-Mart; Susan Richins Photography; Fox Color Lab ( Kiddie Kandids); 10 hours of Family His- 2008 LDP Wool Program Sign-up for the 2008 Wool LDP year now! Before you sheer or sell this years’ wool, it is important that you have a completed and signed CCC633EZ Page 1 on file with this office. This indicates your intention to receive LDP benefits and maintains your eligibility to participate in the program. Once the form is signed, you can submit a LDP request for payment at any time during the loan availability period. Bring in your wool weights or receipts when applying for a payment. A crop report and other eligibility papers are also required if they are not already on file. Our office location is 30 South Main, Coalville. tory Research by Kristine Whitaker; Music Lessons by Barbara Erickson; Bella’s Salon and Park City Mountain Resort. Purchases can also be made at the “Country Store” which will feature such items as quilts, arts and crafts, baked items and Marsac Seismic Renovation in Park City FROM THE OFFICE OF MAYOR DANA WILLIAMS AND CITY COUNCIL City Hall is scheduled for seismic renovation beginning in June 2008. Staff has already been relocated and the project is ready to begin. Staff will be coming to Council with a Guaranteed Maximum Price on May 29, which is expected to be between $5.2 - $5.4 million for the cost of construction ($7.4 million total project cost). Last spring, Council adopted a capital budget of $4.75 million for the Marsac project, with an additional $1.3 million being held in reserve in the 5- Lions… CONTINUED FROM FRONT Jones Fellow. The Thursday evening performance and social was a great success. Cordell Hull, his daughter Rebecka Hadden and grandson, Fred, sang and played their instruments with familiar tunes and fun songs - even leading the group in a sing-a-long at times. The Coalville and Kamas Lions’ served their famous hamburger meal - and were able to meet the student from Fountain Green who will be going to Finland on the Youth Exchange Program which is a part of the Lion’s program. District Governor Sam Mascareness introduced Leo “Trevor” Ivory, who will soon be 16, will leave 29 June through August 10 and stay in East Central Finland in a town called Joredian. While there he will also attend a world camp for two weeks in which he will meet students from all over the world! Trevor is the son of Ron and Angela Ivory of Fountain Green. The International Associa- a children’s face painting booth. Donations for both the auction and country store continue to come in daily from interested parties. Contact LeeAnn at (435) 336- 2206; Becky at (435) 336-2086, or Cara at (435) 3365437 for additional information. tion of Lions Clubs began as the dream of Chicago businessman Melvin Jones. In 1917 he met and organized the new group called the “Association of Lions Clubs” and a national convention was held in Dallas, Texas, in October of that year. Its purpose is to adopt the polity that “No club shall hold out the financial betterment of its members as its object.” Three years after it was formed, the association became international as the Canadian Lions Club was established in 1920. In 1925, after a Subscribe To The Summit County News! 336-5501 Year CIP. Staff approached Council in August, 2007, with adjusted cost estimates of $6.2 million and Council directed staff to expand the scope of the project and access the $1.3 million reserve. In November, 2007, staff received an updated cost estimate which put the total cost of the project at $7.4 million. Staff expects to handle about $500,000 of this cost increase out of existing capital budgets. The proposed budget includes a net request of $900,000 ($2.7 million increase, with $1.3 million offset out of the 5-Year CIP project and $500,000 offset out of other projects). |