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Show I 1 H- Vernal Express Wednesday, December 19, 2007 C11 3- - .,f..W..x.... ;, ' 1 A . i v JS . - -.-4 ' I . ( Jo- j 3 4.: r Ryan Young (far left) scored a goal in the third period. Jackson Woodward (middle) and Dylan Weldon (far right) celebrate after the goal. Conner McKeachnie (right) scored in both games. He and Tyler Young (left) are a part of the Raptors successful team. even sfat olorado es sign River pac By Ken Rjtter Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) - Seven Western states signed a sweeping agreement on Thursday to conserve con-serve and share scarce Colorado River water, ending a divisive battle among the thirsty rivals. More than 30 million people in Utah, California, Arizona, Nevada, Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico are affected by the historic agreement. The 20-year plan, which took effect with Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne's signature, resolved several legal disputes among water agencies and formalized for-malized rules to cooperate during the ongoing drought gripping the region. A key element of the drought plan lets the lower-basin states of California, Nevada and Arizona use the vast Lake Mead reservoir behind Hoover Dam to store water wa-ter they conserve or don't need for use later. For the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, that arrangement could mean storing almost 1.5 million acre-feet acre-feet of conserved water in the lake, said Timothy F. Brick, the chief of the MWD board. The district is the water wholesaler to 26 cities and water districts serving some 18 million people. "This landmark new plan will help California recover some of the water reliability that Mother Nature has taken away during the eight years of record drought," Brick added. The plan specifies how and when agencies in each state will face reductions during drought, and set new rules allowing the reservoirs of lakes Powell and Mead "to rise and fall in tandem, thereby better sharing the risk of drought," Kempthorne said. The agreements also establish rules for handling surplus water in times of plentiful runoff, and they encourage water conservation. conserva-tion. "It's easy to be gracious when youhaveasurplus," Kempthorne said. "It is far tougher in a time of scarcity." Another agreement lets the Las Vegas-based Southern Nevada Ne-vada Water Authority build a reservoir just north of the U.S. border in California to capture excess water that would otherwise other-wise flow into Mexico. In return for funding the project, expected to cost more than $175 million, Las Vegas will be allowed to draw up to 400,000 acre-feet of water to slake the thirst of a fast-growing region that has reached the limit of water it can draw from Lake Mead. HUT A 0 Express - -fiSt- Our Ads arc worth the time In the... Expresi 54 North Vernal AvtniM Vml, Utah 435-789 3611 www.vernal.com Squirts play in back-to-back games Officials say an acre-foot, or about 326,000 gallons, is about enough water to supply two southern Nevada homes for a year. The 8- to 9-year-old Outlaws came to play hockey as they squared off with the Vernal Squirts Raptor team. The Squirt teams played two games back to back. All of the players had great games and skated hard. The Raptors lost both games by one point but still felt good about their performance. "They skated their hearts out and had great control of the puck. They just came up a little short," said one of the Vernal fans. Dylan Weldon once again led his team on the ice by starting the scoring. Conner McKeachnie McKeach-nie scored in the second period and Ryan Young shot one past the Outlaw goalie in the third period, ending the game 4-3 for the Outlaws. In the second game the Outlaw Out-law defense made it a bit harder to score with goals made by Conner Con-ner McKeachnie and Cameron Priebe in the second period. Leavingthe game3-2, Jace Urban played goalie for his team again and made seven saves out of 11 shots on goal the first game and 11 of 14 in the second game. i p Dodge g Bra! msm m wm am --" ir j W xar V i! mm if I mm fern 0 o 2007 Chrysler 300 Touring SXT Leather..... $1 9,995 2007 Chrysler Sebring Touring $1 5,995 2007 Merc. 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