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Show CI Wednesday, February 2, 2005 Vernal Express 4 :- jV. r i r 0, mm at Westior n f WESTERN PARK CONVENTION CENTER Kitchen Utility Room Room 4 Room 3 Room 2 Room 1 Kitchen Storage -W N Women's Room Men's Room Foreman's Office Storage Main Office Board Room Storage Dry Concessions Men's Room Women's Room I n d o o r A r e n a Tuesday, February 8th 8:00-9:00 9:00-11:30 9:00-10:00 10:00-10:15 10:15-11:30 12:00-1:30 1:30-2:15 2:15-3:15 3:15-3:30 3:30-4:15 4:15-5:00 6:30 -8:00 Continental Breakfast - Rooml Tour of Water Plants - Room 1 Your WatenUse it or Lose It - Room 4 Break - Room 1 Water Measurement - Room 4 Keynote Presentation - Rooms 2&3 Law of the River -' Room 4 ' ; ' 1 District Project Update - Board Room Break - Room 1 Project Funding - Room 4 Safe Drinking Water Update - Board Room Wetlands Mitigation - Room 3 Water Forecast - Room 4 Safe Drinking Water Update -Board Room Water-Wise Landscaping - Room 3 Dinner & Awards - Room 2 Wednesday, February 9th 8:00-8:30 Continental Breakfast - Room 1 8:30-9: 15 Wild & Scenic River Panel -Room 4 9: 15-10:00 Water Forecast - Room 4 Project Funding - Room 2 Canal Encroachment - Room 3 Emergency Response: vn : Culinary Water -mjIjG Board Room 10:00-10:30 Break - Room 1 10:30-1 1: 15 Culinary Water Study - Room 4 Well Application - Room 2 Canal Encroachment continued -Room 3 Flushing Lines, Repairing Mains & Backflow - Board Room 1 1 : 1 5-1 2:00 Concluding Speaker - Room 4 x M ft al l yw) y iM.MaMBMM Vernal Area Chamber of Commerce staff members Kerri Shahan, Richard Harrington and Sherry Poison prepare name tags for participants in the 17th annual Uintah Basin Water Conference which will be held Feb. 8 and 9 at Western Park. Chamber prepares to welcome Water Conference participants Richard Harrington, executive execu-tive director of the Vernal Area Chamber of Commerce, and the chamber staff members mem-bers have prepared a warm welcome for participants of the 17th annual Uintah Basin Water Conference. The conference confer-ence will be held Feb. 8 and 9 at Western Park. All participants have prereg-istered prereg-istered and will be welcomed with printed name tags during the initial sign in process Feb. 8. A free continental breakfast will be served both mornings to all registered participants. Chamber staff members will be on hand to welcome speakers speak-ers and attendees both mornings. morn-ings. They will also be available avail-able to answer questions and help visitors find their way to the meeting rooms throughout the entire event. Informational handouts and printed schedules have been prepared for all who attend the conference. Information booths will be set up by the Department of Workforce Services and by 303 7 Construction site for new holding tank that will be fully operational soon. The tank will be covered and unseen once in use. New holding tank provides improved water treatment Up . until now the holding tank for chemical treatment of the community's water was only one million gallons. Though one million gallons sounds like more than plenty, take into consideration the summer months when water is in high demand and use. As water is needed, it is taken from the tank and dispersed. dis-persed. The tank provides for a holding site for water contact time with chemical treatment. With the increase in gallon-size, gallon-size, the tank General Manager, Uintah Water Conservancy District, Scott Ruppe, realizes the potential as it will "help in the water treatment rate and usage will fluctuate off the tank." The Central Utah Water Conservancy offered an eight million gallon tank to improve water availability. The Community Impact Board offered a $300,000 grant to help pay for an increase in tank size. Member agencies, including includ-ing Vernal City, Ashley Valley Water and Sewer, Maesar Water and Uintah Water Conservancy District, opted to kick in the additional $300,000 provided by a low-interest loan through the Community Impact Board. With increased funding, the tank was upgraded to a ten million gallon tank. The new tank's complete cost was $5.5 million. Tank construction began in the fall of 2003. The tank is expected to be fully operational operation-al very soon, though an exact date is not yet determined. On Feb. 9 the tank will be toured by the member agencies and the Central Utah Water Conservancy. Once deemed to be complete, the tank will undergo sanitization before being brought into operation. participating conservancy districts. dis-tricts. The booths will remain open both days of the conference. confer-ence. Lt. Gov. Gary Herbert will be the featured speaker during a catered lunch the first day of the conference. He will be followed fol-lowed by Larry Anderson of the Utah State Water Conservancy. A banquet is planned for Tuesday evening, featuring country music and cowboy poetry. Three "Golden Shovel" awards will be presented following fol-lowing the banquet. The awards will be presented to individuals individu-als who have been leaders in water conservation programs throughout the state. The first conference was held 17 years ago when the Chamber of Commerce Water and Power Committee determined there was a need for information to be brought to the Uintah Basin. It has been held successfully every year since then with water experts and water users alike gaining knowledge from the experience. It has helped local water officials stay up to date with legislation and with what is being discussed elsewhere else-where in the state. Along with the Vernal Area Chamber of Commerce, sponsors are Ashley Valley Water and Sewer, Bureau ol Reclamation, Central Utah Water, Dinosaurland J?C&D, Davis Jubilee Food & r)rug, Duchesne County Water Conservancy, Franson & Noble, Meadow Gold Dairy, Smith's Food & Drug, Uintah Care Center, Uintah Water Conservancy, Utah Power, Wal-Mart Wal-Mart and Mountain America Credit Union. Water conference hosts guest speakers Gary R. Herbert was elected elect-ed lieutenant governor on November 2, 2004. Prior to his election as lieutenant governor, Mr. Herbert served 14 years on the Utah County Commission. As lieutenant governor, and at the governor's request, he is leading state efforts concerning transportation, water and public pub-lic land issues. He is also utilizing uti-lizing his background in local government to serve citizens throughout the state. A former President of the Utah Association of Realtors, Mr. Herbert's public and private pri-vate sector service has consistently consis-tently required him to work with diverse groups and interests. inter-ests. It is his vision, ability to garner support and develop practical solutions that has led his peers to elect him as the President of the Utah Association of Counties, award him as Utah's Outstanding County Commissioner and County Elected Official and most recently, he received national recognition with the Outstanding Republican County Elected Official of the Year award. Gary Richard Herbert was born 'on May 7, 1947 in American Fork, Utah and raised in Orem by parents Duane and Carol Herbert. He is married to Jeanette Snelson Herbert Together they own and operate a day-care center in Utah County. The Herberts have three sons, Nathan, Daniel and Bradley, three daughters, Kimberli Cahoon, Shannon Child and Heather, and five grandchildren. Howard Horrocks was born and raised in Neola, Utah. His wife, Fay, claims he was born with the "Gift of Gab." He has been performing cowboy poetry and homespun humor for over ten years. His first "professional" "profes-sional" gig was in Manti for the County Fair. Mr. Horrocks has opened and emceed for the Bar J Wranglers. Lee Baxter has been performing perform-ing cowboy poetry for over ten years. He was born in Cache Valley and raised in Jackson, Wyo. Mr. Baxter loves performing perform-ing and is currently employed by the Bureau of Reclamation in Provo. Blue Mountain Bluegrass of Vernal, Utah is comprised of Leo Karren on banjo, Jim Still on the upright base, Gary Mott on slide guitar and Bart Parslow on fiddle and mandolin. mando-lin. The four work together to provide stunning vocals and harmony. D. Larry Anderson, director, direc-tor, Utah Division of Water Resources, is a native of northern north-ern Utah. He graduated from Utah State University in 1972, with a B.S. degree in civil engineering, engi-neering, and is a registered professional pro-fessional engineer in both Utah and Wyoming. He is a veteran of the Vietnam War, where he served in the infantry. While serving in Vietnam, he received several citations and campaign ribbons including the Combat Infantryman's Badge and the Bronze Star. Larry started working for the Division of Water Resources in 1972 as a Water Resources engineer, engi-neer, and in January of 1985, he was appointed the director of the division. He manages a staff involved in the planning, plan-ning, conservation, development develop-ment and protection of Utah's water resources. Mr. Anderson is Utah's Interstate Streams Commissioner and serves on both the Bear River and Upper Colorado River Commissions. He is a past Chairman of the Western States Water Council and Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Forum, and is the Governor's representative on Colorado River issues. |