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Show OPINION PAGE SUMMIT COUNTY NEWS A2 MAY 1, 2015 LOCAL NEWS NOTES ENVIROTHON WINNER 2015 The team from Wasatch High School won the 2015 Envirothon Competition. We helped the team with preparations including a 90 minute presentation with Q and A, example Community Forest Management plans, inventories including the FFSL software app, and the Utah Preferred Species list. Thank you for your support. A. Jason Barto, Community Forester, ISA Certified Arborist, TRAQ, Wasatch Back Trees, ACTrees member A Fun Summer Camp-out — Close to Home! RETRACTION OF STATEMENT MADE IN LAST WEEKS SCN It was noted that in the article Richard Bullough, that it was mentioned he was a Deseret News Editor. That statement was not a true fact. The SCN apologizes for that error. FRANCIS ARBOR DAY CELEBRATION AND COMMUNITY TREE PLANTING Please join us at 830 a.m., on May 9, at Francis City Park, 2317 Spring Hollow Road, for an Arbor Day Celebration and Community Tree Planting. We will be planting 10 trees. These trees will be "bare root" Bur Oaks, Japanese Lilacs, and Autumn Blaze Maples-all from the UCFC Utah Preferred list (the complete list is available via the front page of our website wasatchbacktrees.org) This will be our first "bare root" planting. Bare root trees are less expensive, weigh less and have potentially better root structure than their "Balled and Burlap" and "Container" grown cousins. Come join us for this exciting event! School is nearly to the end of the year 2014-2015! Hard to believe, but true. It is time to plan summer fun, and what Utah has to offer is "...close to home!" With the rising price of gasoline, and the "prospected prices up-coming" it would be wise to stay near home and visit the many "Wonders of the World" we have at our "finger-tips!" The State and National Parks are not that far from us, and camping, fishing, sightseeing as well as hiking, ATV fun, photo-shooting, and family outings are possible with very "little" travel to worry about! Reserve a suite, take the family and ENJOY! It will be a vacation you will always remember, be there in less than 5 hours, and minimum use of that expensive gasoline! People come from Europe, as well as all over the United States to enjoy what we have in our own "backyards!" Do It!!! And make memories ALL of the family can come to! r 1 To Subscribe (cut this form out and send) Circle option desired and pay by mail, e-mail or phone with credit card information Send to: (cut and paste address on an envelope) The Wasatch Wave P.O. Box 128 Heber City Utah 84032 SUBSCRIPTION RATE: 1 year, in Summit County - $20 in advance; 2 years - $35 1 year, out of Summit County - $30 in advance Senior Citizens' discount (62 and over, in-county only) - $15 in advance E-Edition (1 yr.) - $20 E-Edition / Print Bundle (1 yr.) $35 There will be an additional $10 charge for subscriptions transferred to a out-of-county address. For more information, call (435) 654-1471. Letters To The Editor Policy The Summit County News welcomes Letters To The Editor on any subject. They must adhere to the following guidelines: They must be received to the Summit Co. News corporate office, 165 South 100 West, Heber City, UT 84032 no later than Tuesday noon to be considered for that week's issue of the paper coming out on Friday. The letters must be hand signed with full address and telephone number of the person writing the letter. No letter will be published under an assumed name. Name may be withheld on request at the discretion of the managing editor or publisher of The Summit County News. They must not contain libelous material. Writers are limited to one letter in two weeks. Please try to hold the length of Letters to the Editor to approximately 300 words. The editor's of the Summit County News reserve the right to edit and/or condense Letters to the Editor. Preference will be given to short, typewritten (double spaced, upper and lower cased) letters permitting the use of the writer's name. No political party or candidate endorsement letters will be published as Letters To The Editor. The views expressed in guest editorials or Letters to the Editor do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the editors or publisher or express the viewpoint of this newspaper. Take the Envision Utah survey Envision Utah, under the direction of Governor Herbert, launched the Your Utah, Your Future effort at the beginning of April. To date, less than 15,000 Utahns have taken the survey (50,000 are needed). The data from this effort will help state leaders build a long-term game plan to prepare for future issues across the entire state like water resources, air quality, agriculture, energy, education and jobs. Because this ini- tiative effects every Utahn, it's important that feedback is received from everywhere, not just the Salt Lake Valley. Eastern Summit County has not been well represented in the survey effort and I'd like to see if you would be interested in interviewing a spokesperson from Envision Utah by phone or in person if necessary to talk about the effort and the importance for North and South Summit towns to have a voice. Old Happenings From Coalville Times 1860 Using Parley's Route A company of missionaries, who left Salt Lake City May 1, went via Parley's Park, where a portion of the family of Samuel Snyder resides, Samuel operating a saw mill there which is "three miles from the mill." On Thursday, May 3, the missionaries and men on business going for freight etc., as well as a discharged soldier "moved on and camped on Chalk Creek, near the coal bed." On Friday, they "camped on Bear River on the Simpson route." Jh cr 100-137 #17 7june 1860 Thursday p.14 Rockport (Enoch City) In August 1860, Rockport, then called Enoch City was settled by Henry Reynolds, Edmund Hortin, John Hortin and Henry Seamons, all of who came from Omaha. NB. During the Black Hawk war, Rockport settlers went to Wanship. After the Indian trouble, the settlers moved back and built a rock wall or fort around one quarter of an acre, from which the name Rockport was originated. In 1872, a post office was established with Henry Seamons as postmaster. CT a8:43 2 Oct1911 p.1 1887 Sheep It is estimated that no less than 100,000 head of sheep are grazing in the mountains in the vicinity of Coalville. Jh 21 may 1887,p.5 Salt Lake Herald, 22 may 1887 1897 Wahsatch Weather "Snow is so scarce here (in Wahsatch) that ranchers with difficulty find enough to use for feed grounds. "That troublesome and rather dangerous complaint, la grippe, paid us a visit here, and nearly everyone has had a touch of it, with more or less severity." The road between here and Evanston is half bare of snow, and it is ok for wheeled vehicles. This is almost unprecedented for this season of the year, when the snow is usually 3-4' deep. CT 3:51 29Jan1897 p.1 1913 Football "Come, Coalville, what is the matter of trying to get a foot ball team, and give the Grass Creek team whirl. Our team would like to go down and show the county seat boys how it is done." CT 20:33 15aug1913p.1 1938 Silver King shuts down Suspended operations last Saturday. This is the first time in the history of the Silver King during its 48 years of continual production and successful operation that the big property has suspended work. pr 5may 1938 p.1 (435) 336-5501 and (435) 783-1471 Subscribe to The Summit County Summit County News Contact Info News! (435) 783-1471/ 336-5501 Mail: Summit County News, 165 South 100 West, Heber City, UT 84032. You can reach Cheryl Ovard, Summit County News Editor, at (801) 898-0900. Cheryl's email is cheryl.ovard@gmail.com or (435) 783-1471, for Kamas and Coalville residents, The Summit County News Staff DROP OFF LOCATIONS The drop-off locations for photos and weekly articles to be published in the Summit County News are as follows: In Coalville All State Insurance, 9 S. 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