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Show Community Impact Board Approves Grants, Loans For Rural Improvement Projects More than $8.6 million in grants and loans have been approved to help finance local improvement projects in rural communities across Utah. The funds were awarded by the Utah Permanent Community Impact Fund Board for such projects as mprovements to the Cedar City airport, air-port, a new city hall in Toquerville, and equipment for a mobile communications commu-nications center in Uintah County. The Community Impact Board is a program of the Utah Division of Community Development. It helps state and local agencies and entities that are, or may be, directly or indirectly indi-rectly impacted by mineral resource development on nearby federal lands and the exclusion of those lands from the local tax base. The board provides assistance through grants and low-interest loans for the planning, construction, and maintenance mainte-nance of public facilities. The funds also help community agencies provide pro-vide public services. The Community Impact Board's next regular funding meeting is scheduled for Dec. 2. Grants andor loans were approved for the following entities: Ashley Valley Water and Sewer Improvement District - $1.3 million mil-lion loan for improvements to the Uintah County district's culinary water system, including the installation instal-lation of 31,680 linear feet of new ater lines, fire hydrants, and other upgrades. Bear River Association of Governments - $100,000 loan to remodel the entrance and install an elevator at the organization's offices in Logan to comply with Americans with Disabilities Act requirements. Beaver - $97, 000 grant for the construction of four youth base-ballsoftball base-ballsoftball fields, dugouts, batting cages, fences, lighting, bleachers, backstops, scoreboards, and sidewalks.. side-walks.. Big Water - $22,694 grant to prepare pre-pare a feasibility and design study for the development of a new sewer system for the small Kane County community. Carbon County Building Authority - $376,570 grant, $1 million mil-lion loan to construct the first phase of a building, including water sewer, and power infrastructure, to house the county's road shop and abatement abate-ment operations. Cedar City - $1.5 million loan to construct a new terminal building, build-ing, parking ramp, entry road and roundabout and install landscaping and utilities at the city's airport. Cleveland - $65,000 grant for the Emery County community to buy a new dump truck with a snow plow attachment. Eastland Special Service Water Sheriff's Warrants of arrest from 8th District Court as of Monday, August 9, includes the following individuals: individu-als: Roberto Anchonco, born March 25, 1977 who is wanted on two warrants war-rants totalling $13,000. William Ben Clark, born April 16, 1956, who is wanted on a $1,349 warrant. Cory Lee Gines, born Oct. 27, 1971, who is wanted on a $4,000 warrant. Rynda Hacking born Oct. 3, 1961, who is wanted on a $5,000 warrant. Jeffrey Lee Hall, born Oct. 4, 1956, who is wanted on a no-bail warrant. Patrick Dean Coando, born Feb. 26, 1954 who is wanted on five warrants war-rants totaling $24,296. Persons with information about these individuals should contact the Uintah County Sheriffs Department, 789-2511, Central Dispatch 789-4222 789-4222 or use the Secret Witness Line, 781-5400. Delmer Hyde, ChFC, CLU Financial Consultant delmer.hydeaxa-advisors.com www.delmer.hyde.myaxa-advisors.com Claye R. Robb Financial Consultant claye.robbaxa-advisors.com Tel. (435) 789-9151 AXA Advisors, LLC (Member NASD, S1PC) Conservancy District - $130,236 grant, $130,000 loan for the installation instal-lation of 28,460 linear feet of new water lines and ten fire hydrants in the district serving part of San Juan County. Ephraim - $141,000 loan for the Sanpete County city to build a 3,740-square-foot building to house its ambulance operations, including two ambulance bays, training and conference rooms, office and storage stor-age space, and restrooms. Escalante - $55,000 grant for the Garfield County town to make improvements to its community senior center. They include the replacement of the roof and doors; installation of a new furnace, windows, win-dows, and ventilation; and new carpet car-pet and paint. Fountain Green - $40,000 grant for the Sanpete County city to buy a truck and snow plow. Glendale - $213300 loan to remodel a vacant school for use as the Kane County community's town hall and to renovate the town park's restrooms to comply with accessibility requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Grand County Municipal Building Authority - $52,400 grant, $347,600 loan in supplemental funds to help pay for higher-than-anticipated costs for the construction of an 18,600-square-foot senior center in Moab. The Community Impact Board approved initial funding for the project in 2003. Green River - $60,000 grant for renovations and repairs at the John Wesley Powell River History Museum in the Emery County city. Improvements include the replacement replace-ment of four heating and air-conditioning units, roof repairs, and the installation of metal awnings. Gunnison - $240,000 loan for the Sanpete County city to build a one-mile one-mile bicycle and walking trail along the San Pitch River between 200 East and 200 West. Kanab - $200,000 loan for the realignment of and improvements to the Kane County city's nine-hole golf course to prepare for its expansion expan-sion to 18 holes. Kane County Municipal Building Authority - $100,000 grant, $100,000 loan for construction of a 12,000-square-foot two-story building build-ing to house the county's ambulance and search-and-rescue vehicles and provide office, training, and storage space. Levan - $42,000 grant for the improvements to the Juab County community's cemetery including new fencing, cattle guards, sprinkler sprin-kler system, maintenance building, electrical lines, and flag pole. Manila - $40,000 grant in supplemental supple-mental funds to cover higher-than-expected costs for improvements Warrants Roberto Anchonco William Ben Clark Cory Lee Gines Rynda Hacking W A.' Patrick Dean Coando I I III I ! ! Jeffrey Lee Hal YOUR FUTURE. YOUR WAY." AXAonline.com. GE-24752(a) (802) Vernal to the Daggett County community's communi-ty's water system. The ommunity Impact Board approved initial funding fund-ing for the project in 2003. Monroe - $66,000 grant, $34,000 loan in additional funds to build a 7,200-square-foot three-bay fire station in the Sevier County town. The money will pay for higher-than-expected costs for construction, for which initial funds were approved in 2003. Monticello - $150,000 grant, $100,000 loan to replace the southeastern south-eastern Utah city's water metering system with radio-controlled devices devic-es on each residential and commercial commer-cial water connection. Southeast Applied Technology Center - $100,000 grant to build a 3,000-square-foot classroom and offices in Blanding. Southern Utah UniversityCenter for Rural Life - $10,000 grant to purchase a "context wide format scanner" for the university's GIS-GPS GIS-GPS laboratory. ( Tabby Valley Parks and Recreation Special Service District - $106,000 grant for the development develop-ment of a park in Duchesne County that will include rodeo grounds, an indoor riding arena, baseball fields, basketball courts, picnic pavilions, restrooms, and a parking area. Toquerville - $360,000 loan for the Washington County community to build a town hall. Tropic -$ 1 00,000 grant, $ 1 00,000 oan for improvements along State Route 12 in the Garfield County community, including a new entry-way entry-way with informational banners, benches, lighting, drought-resistant landscaping, and a left-turn lane along the length of highway through town. Uintah Basin Association of Governments - $125,000 grant for operational support for the Roosevelt-based organization's natural nat-ural resource coordination office to provide input for the planned revision revi-sion of the U.S. Forest Service's Resource Management Plan for the Ashley National Forest. Uintah County Municipal Building Authority - $300,000 grant, $1.1 million loan for the addition of a parking lot, annex, ampitheater, and stable at the county's coun-ty's convention facility in Vernal. Uintah. . County Municipal Building Authority - $40,000 grant to buy and equip a mobile communications com-munications center as a back-up emergency dispatch facility for the county. Uintah Recreation District -$50,000 grant to prepare a master plan for the future development of recreation facilities in Uintah County. Mold... Continued from A1 Two Zefon air-o-cell spore traps were used in each test space for redundancy, as well as several used outside the contained areas and others oth-ers outside of the building to be used for comparison. 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