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Show Page Two - The Springville Herald - July 2, 1986 EDITORIAL God bless America! Friday our country will celebrate one of the most exciting ex-citing and grand Fourth of July holidays ever. All the festivities are centered around the spruced up Statue of Liberty. Lady Liberty is only a picture in the minds of most of us who have never seen her. But she means the same thing all around the world. She is the symbol of what our nation was built upon. Liberty is the source of our spiritual and material blessings. Life in America is not without struggle. But life in America means opportunity. As Americans we can rise above our circumstances and seek a better life because of our freedoms. Lady Liberty is 100 years old, but she represents 210 years of independance in this nation. It was then that our forefathers declared our dedication to liberty. We are free because of the foundation they laid. But it is up to each generation to keep working and striving to keep our freedoms. We must pass on our blessing of liberty to those who will come after us. Liberty has a new torch and she lifts it high for all the world to see. Let each of us show our own love of liberty in the future by doing all we can to make our community, state and nation a better place to live. VolfeEi's revenues hit oil-time high Valtek Incorporated reports 1986 fiscal year records in revenues and orders received, despite a fourth quarter decrease in revenues. Earnings Earn-ings for the year and backlog increased in-creased modestly The company also announced an annual dividend increase from 14 cents to 16 cents which will be paid 4 cents quarterly. Revenues for the fourth quarter (which ended April 30, 1986) were $7.2 million, down from the 1985 fourth quarter's strong $9 million. Quarterly earnings of $319,050 or 14 cents per share, compared with last year's $585,566 or 26 cents per share (exclusive of an $125,000 extraordinary extraor-dinary gain). For the year, Valtek revenues were $29.5 million a 6.4 percent increase in-crease over last year. New orders received during the year $29 million were up 11.5 percent. Earnings Earn-ings for the year were $1,331,049 or 60 cents per share, and compared to last year's $1,171,600 or 53 cents per share (exclusive of extraordinary If you were an 'average' farmer If you were an "average" farmer who produced a quantity of all U.S. farm products, your vast array would be measured in terms of tons. Let's just assume for a moment that you had an average 438 acre farm that was capable of producing every farm crop in America. It came complete com-plete with just the right climate and soil type, along with the proper amounts of sunshine and rain. (There is no such thing as an average farmer today because of the need for specialization and no farm in the U.S. is actually capable of producing pro-ducing all farm products.) You Would grow field crops yielding such amounts as 60 tons of hay, 50 tons of feed corn, 41 tons of silage corn, and 31 tons of wheat. Most of your hay and corn would be used for feeding livestock so they can provide us with other food products. pro-ducts. The wheat would be used primarily for flour to provide us with bread, pastries, and other bakery goods. You would also raise about 20 tons of soybeans, 12 tons of sugarcane, 9 tons of sugarbeets, 12 tons of fruit, and 9 tons of vegetables. Soybeans are a good protein supplement for cattle, and soybean products are often added to many human food products. Sugarcane and sugarbeets are sources of sugar. And fruits and vegetables quickly find their way to prtnguille Uttnlb (UPS 513-060) Published Weekly by Art City Publishing Co., Inc. 161 South Main Street Springville, Utah 84663 Phone 489-5651 Publisher Martin W. Conover Editor Pot Conover Managing Editor Betty Lou Bailey Entered as second class matter at the Post Office Springville, Utah 84663 under the Act of Congress, March 3, 1897. Subscriptions in Advance per year $12.00 Out of County Subscriptions per year $13.50 Per copy 30'. Delivered by carrier, per month $1.20 Member Utah Press Association Weekly Press Association National Newspaper Association gains of $363,598 or 17 cents per share). "The earnings increase was largely large-ly the result of a more favorable tax rate generated by higher tax credits and higher profitability of foreign subsidiaries having loss carryovers," car-ryovers," said Valtek chairman Charles L. Bates in a letter to shareholders. Increased new orders produced a gain in the company's backlog from $6.3 million last year to $6.5 million. "We have been pleased with the performance of our sales force," said Bates, adding that since 1983 the company's compound annual growth rate for new orders has been 13.2 percent. "We expect good results from our foreign operations this year and a gradually improving business climate in the US," Bates concluded. "Genius is one per cent inspiration in-spiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration." Thomas Alva Edison supermarket shelves. Besides tending to your host of field crops, you would also have to manage livestock. Because Americans are eating more poultry today, you'll have to raise a group of 280 broilers every 8 weeks for a total of 1,800 per year. A broiler is a chicken that is fed for about 8 weeks before it is processed for the supermarket super-market meat counter or our favorite restaurant. You would also raise 73 turkeys to give us turkey meat products all year long, in addition to its traditional tradi-tional use for holiday dinners. You would also have a chicken house for your flock of "layers" to lay 2,440 dozen eggs each year. In addition to poultry, you will also raise animals for red meat purposes. pur-poses. This year your beef animals will yield more than 10,000 pounds of meat-all to provide us with hamburgers ham-burgers for lunch and steaks for dinner. din-ner. Your hogs will also yield more than 6,000 pounds of bacon, ham, and pork. Let's not forget about dairy products. pro-ducts. You'd need to rise early each morning and return to the barn again late each afternoon for milking milk-ing cows the necessary two times each day--7 days a week. They would produce over 7,000 gallons of milk this year. Some of that will be used as fluid milk, the rest would be pro- Legislative report by Don Strong The legislature just completed a one-day special session in conjunction conjunc-tion with their monthly committee meetings, to change a law which until un-til now had never been used. The problem arose because three different investigations were started at roughly the same time into dealings deal-ings of Utah Power and Light. The Public Service Commission had one set of rules that could be interpreted in-terpreted that an automatic grant of immunity was given to a witness who was subpeoned to testify. The other two agencies both operated under different rules dealing with criminal activities. One was a grand jury investigation investiga-tion and the second was the Salt Lake County Attorney's office. The differing laws were about to collide with each other so the law was changed so the investigations could all continue without snags in the law. I discovered as the session moved from noon to 3:30 p.m. why special sessions are not usually done in the summer the room gets too hot and stuffy. I also need to report to you on the status of West Desert Pumping. As I have already explained, I voted against the plan, but it passed anyway. As of June 3, 1986, the lake hit a historical level of 4,211.85 feet. The lake normally drops between 1.5 and 2 feet from June to September. Thus, the lake as of June 17 was 4,211.50 feet. The pumps have been ordered from Ingersol-Rand of New Jersey. The cost of the pumps is $2.8 million and there will be three pumps. The first of the pumps will arrive around the first of the year and will take about" two more weeks to install. Pumping is scheduled to begin in February, 1986. They will probably be powered by natural gas or electricity elec-tricity because delivery of diesel is questionable. The other specifications for the Bonneville Dike will be ready for bid in July. The Department of Transportation Transporta-tion is moving ahead on plans to move the highway to higher ground just in case. The original plans called call-ed for a highway at a higher level because of the historical levels of the lake. The Federal Department of Transportation changed the plan and on a calculated risk lowered the elevation of the road closer to the lake and lower than planned. The lake level rose and so the decision deci-sion not to build the road higher now needs to be reconsidered. The old road to Grantsville established by the pioneers is higher, and might have to be used. The lake was high like it is now when that old road was established at a higher level. cessed into butter, cheese, yogurt, ice cream, and a host of other dairy products. So far we've covered a pretty large portion of American agriculture. But, we haven't by any means talked about all the products our farmers produce in this magnificent magnifi-cent industry. There's also rice, sorghum, cotton, rye, oats, barley, tobacco, peanuts, coffee, mushrooms, treenuts, flaxseed, and cottonseed. We even have more livestock like sheep and veal calves. Today we've reached the point where less than 3 percent of the U.S. population produces all of the domestic food for the other 97 percent, per-cent, plus exports a great deal abroad. And through the teamwork of production agriculture and the marketing process, Americans have the most abundant and highest quality food supply of any nation on earth. Firewood available Firewood cutting begins July l on the Uinta National Forest. Permits are now available at the Spanish Fork and Heber Ranger Districts and the Supervisor's Office in Provo. Permits cost a minimum of $10.00 for 4 cords of livewood and 4 cords of deadwood. Cash or personal checks are accepted. Permits are obtained by visiting one of the locations. Most of the wood available on the Uinta National Forest is overmature aspen. Green, standing aspen should be cut during the summer so that it can cure in time for burning during the winter months. A free informational brochure and map showing firewood locations can be obtained by visiting your nearest Uinta Forest Service Office. Spanish Fork and Heber Ranger District Offices will be open on weekends. Forest Service employees will periodically patrol the cutting areas to check on spark arrestors, permits, and safety and to provide any additional information. Hope for Hayfever Hope for hay fever suffers. For those of you who sleep through your hay fever medicine-there is hope! On the market is a new prescription drug for hay fever sufferers that rarely causes drowsiness, unlike other antihistamines. Its name is "Seldane" and it's only side-effect is its high cost--$29 to $35 per month's supply. Although children and pregnantnursing women can't take it, it may be just what you've always hoped for. Ask your doctor for more information. Waterfowl Refuge Bill suspended by Michael Olson The Utah Lake National Wildfowl Refuge Bill introduced by Congressman Con-gressman Jim Hansen has been placed under suspension from action until a study by a Utah Lake Study Committee can complete its work. The study group, headed by LaVorn Sparks has been appointed by the Utah County Commission to establish a master plan for the best use of Utah Lake. Both Congressmen Jim Hansen and Howard Nielson joined in putting put-ting the bill under a status of suspension. suspen-sion. Hansen has issued a statement that he is a strong supporter of local control, welcoming the study before action is taken on his bill. Meetings last week in Goshen, Concerns of Wildlife Refuge "This is not a federal land grab. We're not going to come in and just take your land away," said Paul H. Hartmann of the Denver office of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last week in meetings set up to explain the proposed wildlife refuge for Utah Lake. Hartmann told landowners and Interested In-terested citizens of the area that if the bill goes through Congress authorizing the Utah National Wildlife Refuge, the wetlands and water rights needed would be bargained for on a willing seller basis only. Some 34,000 acres have been proposed pro-posed for the refuge, which has been introduced in a bill sponsored by Congressman Jim Hansen. Hartmann Hart-mann claims the federal government govern-ment already owns 53 percent of the land under discussion, which includes in-cludes three aeas: Provo Bay, Benjamin Ben-jamin Sloughs and Goshen Bay. Hartmann's emphasis is on the need for wildlife habitat to protect the migratory birds that pass through and nest in Utah on the SVJUA would The Strawberry Water Users Association has offered to construct and finance the Diamond Fork Power Plant, claiming to be able to construct a larger plant for $300 million less than the federal government govern-ment could do it for. The offer was made during a "Scoping meeting" sponsored by the US Bureau of Reclamation on June 19. SWUA's plan, a concept developed by Parsons, Inc., subsidiaries, C.T. Main, Ralph Parsons, and Engineering Engineer-ing Science, calls for rehabilitation of the old Strawberry tunnel, construction con-struction of pipelines and penstocks, four power plants, and a dam just upstream of the Thistle Slide to re-regulate re-regulate the power flows to meet project needs. Strawberry officials say, "When compared with the plan for construction con-struction of this power system proposed pro-posed by the Bureau of Reclamation, Reclama-tion, the Association's plan could save Central Utah Project municipal and industrial water users about $100 million and the federal government about $300 million. Strawberry's proposal is for a plant that would produce 90 megawatts of power, 30 megawatts to be used in South Utah County. "It would regulate the Spanish Fork River and relieve the flood potential left by Thistle Slide," officials say. New diversion by Michael Olson Strawberry Water Users Association's Associa-tion's new diversion dam, which diverts Spanish Fork River water into in-to a nine-by-eleven-foot concerte box culvert and on down the canyon to the hydro-electric generators, has ben functional this spring and waits only for completion of a new control house and a new caretaker's home. The facility was fully operational by April 4, according to project supervisor super-visor Blair Hamilton. "Bureau of Reclamation people say it's one of the best locally built projects they've seen," reports Doctors available to speak Speakers are available for the Springville Spr-ingville area through the Mountain View Hospital Speaker's Bureau. Physicians practicing in Springville Spr-ingville may be scheduled to speak to clubs, schools, civic or church groups on a variety of topics including: in-cluding: hypertension, diabetes, chest pain and your heart, artificial joints, athletic injuries, exercise prescriptions, arthroscopy, strong bones, motivation to fitness, why aerobic activities, it's okay for women to win, arthritis, high cholesterol, coronary artery 'disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disese, eye diseases, checking your child's eye problems, occupational health and safety for eyes, and are contact lenses right for me? Topics and the format for presentation presen-tation may be catered for any special group. Allow a two-week notice to arrange speakers. To request re-quest a speaker for your group, call the Public Relations Department at Mountain View Hospital at 465-9201. Spanish Fork and Provo indicated that most private landowners are against the bill, concerned about property and water rights. Lorraine Davis of Congressman Nielson's Provo office reports that LaVorn Sparks is the head of the Utah Lake Study Committee. She notes that nearly all the incorporated incor-porated towns affected by the building of the refuge have come out against it, with Payson City indicating in-dicating some favorable learnings. Spanish Fork, Springville, Provo, Mapleton, Santaquin, Goshen and Genola councils have all voted displeasure with the introduction of the bill, according to letters received by Davis. A large contingency of Utah Pacific Flyway. A slide presentation made by Hartmann and two wildlife biologists illustrates that 450,000 acres of wetlands is lost to urban-type urban-type development each year in the United States. Provo Bay, where some 900 acres have been so developed, was given as an example. exam-ple. Concerns from local residents cover a variety of topics, however. Some are concerned that the Central Utah Project will be affected in an adverse way for Utah County. Indeed, In-deed, CUP leaders have come out against building the refuge, according accor-ding to comments at one of the meetings last week. Others are afraid the Fish and Wildlife Service will be too aggressive ag-gressive in buying up water rights for the refuge, thus endangering the future of ranching and agriculture nearby. Others fear federal regulations concerning pesticide spraying. The biologists with Hartmann stated at one meeting that the proximity prox-imity of the refuge would not in like to build Power Project They believe it is clearly in the public's best interest. On the other hand, the Bureau of Reclamation has been considering other plans that would go along with a 72 megawatt power plant. They include in-clude diking Utah Lake and purchasing purchas-ing Utah Lake Water Users Association Associa-tion shares. Strawberry Water Users contends the Central Utah Project has received receiv-ed some of Strawberry Valley Project's Pro-ject's rights, lands, facilities and water and are proposing to use Strawberry Valley Project's Water and Power Privilege to construct the Diamond Fork Power System. SWUA officials say in 1926 the US government gave to the Strawberry Water Users Association by contract the right to sell power to municipalities in the Strawberry Valley Project area, which it has done since then. Increased power demands have exceeded the power supply, although in 1947 the association associa-tion petitioned the Bureau of Reclamation for permission to build the Diamond Fork Power Plants using us-ing its own money, and has made similar requests since then. Strawberry leaders add, "For the last 60 years, the SWUA board of directors has been unanimous on the point that the Strawberry Valley Project's land, water and facilities as well as its power privilege should only be used dam ready Hamilton. "The project aided the local economy more than people think, too," he says. "Ninety-five percent of the contracts were let to local people. Up to 28 people have been employed at one time on the project." The project's civil engineer has been Bruce Hall, who figures some 3,000 yards of concrete has gone into construction so far. The dam diverts some 400 to 500 second feet of water down through the culvert system and into Strawberry Water Users Association's system of canals. At this time of year, the total flow of the river is some 650 second feet. The new diversion dam consists of three large gates, each sixteen feet high and fifteen to twenty feet across. The gates are used not only to regulate the total flow of water during high water times but also to sluice out silt from the dam before it backs into the culvert screen. Electric Elec-tric winches hoist the gates, and intermittently in-termittently the river is allowed to surge through and flush out the silt. The screen protecting the culvert opening has a special cleaning device in place, and a small sluice canal, affectionately called the "Mendenhall Sluice" after its designer, Lynn Mendenhall, allows a certain amount of debris to bypass the screen, thus saving labor. "Our people designed several features on the project," Hamilton pointed out. Besides the "Mendenhall Sluice," special gates on the railing system around the dam have been strategically placed for convenience. Everything appears ap-pears functional and efficient because of that input from those who know the operation. The project still has another year and a half until completion on some of the lower projects. A total of a mile and a quarter of culvert running runn-ing under three mountain ridges will completely cover the feed into the power plant. And there are peaking ponds for winter storage and release of water to the generators. Hamilton reports the fish and game people are happy to see the length of canal covered. sprotsman's groups, reportedly representing more than 20,000 members, have indicated support for the refuge, while the Central Utah Water Conservancy District,; the Utah County Farm Bureau, and landowners in the unincorporated towns of Benjamin and Lake Shore are against it. Some major questions besides the ones about water rights and property proper-ty rights have to do with what "strings" "str-ings" might might be attached to federal development in the area and how the area would be affected during dur-ing times of extreme drought or flooding. "The suspension puts it on hold for the time being," emphasizes Davis from Nielson's office. discussed terfere with a farmer's spraying of his crops, and that the recent controversy con-troversy regarding protection of the June sucker as an endangered species is a problem outside the issue of a federal refuge. That is, federal regulations concerning endangered en-dangered species would come into effect whether or not there is a refuge in the area. Hartmann stressed that the bill authorizing the refuge has not been passed yet, but if it does pass, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service would simply bargain with individual landowners lan-downers in the same way a private individual would. He said the Service's Ser-vice's budget is set up so that money, would not be available until at least 1988 or 1989 unless there are certain emergency situations, in which case the government may be able to make purchases sooner. ; Recent flooding of wildlife refuges further north, especially the one at Bear River, have created the concern con-cern for the welfare of migratory birds that is prompting the Utah Lake action, according to wildlife biologist Harvey Whitmire. for Strawberry Valley Project pur: poses. As provided in the 1940 contract, con-tract, the association is in a position where it could make a power development on its own, separate and apart from the Central Utah Project with the Secretary of Interior's In-terior's approval." Police report Kristin Clark, 585 S. 400 E., received receiv-ed a letter threatening the life of her dog from an anonymous neighbor. "Shut the dog up or someone else will. Because dead dogs don't bark at two and four a.m." the note said. Her dog is a black and white Springer Spr-inger Spaniel-German short hair mixed breed. The back window of Russell Hansen of 280 E. 300 N. truck was shattered by B-B gun pellets. No one has claimed responsibility. Carlos E. Cintron was arrested for public intoxication and suspicion of attempted auto burglary last week. The car he allegedly tried to burglarize was the squad car that Officers Russ Fautin and Greg Bean had left briefly to answer a call at 11:30 p.m. Cintron was carrying a broken green broom handle and claimed to be in the process of running home from Salem when he developed a terrible itch and tried to scratch it on the police car. The front door that had been previously locked was found to be open. Also during the past week, two shoplifters were picked up, two child abuse cases were reported and two dog bites occured. One hit and run accident was also reported. Ask Your Dentist 4(.. iPt I to... Dr. Ben W. Gardner Q. Should I avoid dental X-rays while I'm pregnant? A. Dental radiographs are important diagnostic tools that help the dentist detect decay and other problems that may not be apparent in a visual inspection. Your dentist will suggest the best time for an X-ray examination to be made. If dental X-rays are necessary while you are pregnant, several factors assure their safety: the amount of radiation produced pro-duced in a dental X-ray examination ex-amination is small and exposure ex-posure is brief; the X-ray beam is narrow and not normally directed toward the abdomen; and a leaded lead-ed apron can and should be used to protect the abdomen ab-domen and fetus. Send Questions to: Dr. Ben W. Gardner 330 E. 400 S. Springville, Ut. 84663 look for Answers in fii co'vmn. 17 |