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Show Page Twelve - The Springville Herald - May 29, 2002 Balloon Festival ceoDtafi wiiDDinieirs Creative Snaps Photography, Inc.. and the Art City Days Balloon Festival Committee have announced this year's winner of their Art Contest. Over 1500 elementary age children participated partici-pated in the contest, with winners selected from five local elementary elementa-ry schools. Participants could use any material or technique to create their work. Entries ranged from pencil sketches to watercol-ors watercol-ors to elaborate collages. Art Contest entries will be placed in windows in Springville area businesses and posted at the launch site of this year's Balloon Festival. Launch dates are June 13. 14 and 15 at 6:30 a.m. Parents Par-ents interested in picking up their children's artwork, may do so at the launch site. Winners were: Grant Elementary: Elemen-tary: Rylie Beardall, Nathalia Padua. Caylin Thomson, Riley Stephens. Kylie Glines, Cody Fullmer, Alex Geen, Anne Calkins Cal-kins and Samantha Metcalf. Mapleton Elementary: Brook Obrey, Sean Allsop, Chelsi Dayton, Day-ton, Cody Vance, Sarah McQueen Mc-Queen and Cassie Tobler. Westside Elementary: Amanda Ratlins, Brette Bennett. Kyler Jameson, Julie Barbosa, Kristen Teswood, Roxanne Sanchez, Kjiersten Dunn, Federico Brog-yay Brog-yay and Morgan Slatteson. Art City Elementary: Tanner Eastman, Emily Jennings, Mad-dison Mad-dison Dayton. Cassidy Hunsaker, Jentry Howell, Bailey Chiniquy, Tyler Park, Ashley Kroneberger, Kelly Bird and Amity Smyth. . Sage Creek: Allison Brown, Sydnee Gunter, Whitely Wilson, Cassie Hooper, Cate Pendleton, Anita Gonzales, Bryce Genther and Taylor Davis. tar! Art School Balloon Festival Art Contest winners are Tanner Eastman, Emily Jennings, Madison Dayton, Cassidy Hunsaker, Jentry Howell, Bailey Chiniquy, Tyler Park, Ashley Kroneberger, Kroneber-ger, Kelly Bird and Amity Smyth. UL I J 175 Grant School Balloon Festival Art Contest winners are Rylie Beardall, Nathalia Padua, Caylin Thomson, Riley Stephens, Kylie Glines, Cody Fullmer, Alex Green, Anne Calkins and Samantha Metcalf. r r5 ikJ Oil '3 Villi t1 7 v-1 Mapleton School Balloon Festival Art Contest winners are Brook Obrey, Sean alLsop, CheLsi Dayton, Cody Vance, Sarah McQueen Mc-Queen and Cassie Tobler. Mozart learned to play the Solitude is as needful to the harpsichord at the age of four imagination as society is whole- and composed his first music at some for the character, age five. -James R. Lowell PJo mlracte mm fosr sMe drought There will always be people who try to profit from disaster. RememUr Y2K? Well Utah's official drought status is no different. dif-ferent. People who want to save water and still have green lawns all summer are looking for quick, fixes and are likely to be susceptible suscep-tible to scams. There are some interesting new products, but probably no miracle cure short of converting your lawn to Astro-turf. Astro-turf. Polymers are one possible solution that we are starting to see advertised, says Kelly Kopp, Utah State University Extension water conservation specialist. These are the same kind of substances sub-stances used to increase the ab-sorbency ab-sorbency of disposable diapers. There isn't much research on how well they work in lawns, but they do hold a lot of water. "The might be more efficient and cost effective if you are just starting a lawn rather than trying to inject them into the soil of an existing lawn. If you are just starting a lawn, polymers can be filled into the soil easily. There are some companies emerging that claim to be able to inject polymers deep into your lawn, which is important, but consum-. ers should be cautious," says Kopp. Humate is another product being promoted to reduce the amount of water your lawn uses, she says. Because it contains organic material, it is beneficial for the overall health of your lawn, but there is little evidence to support that it can increase water retention by 500 percent as some hae claimed. There aren't any quick fixes, but there is a lot you can do to preserve your turf while still complying with watering restrictions, restric-tions, Kopp says. One of the best things you can do is to give your lawn the amount of water it needs and not more than that, she says. "Evapo-transpiration" "Evapo-transpiration" is a long word representing a complicated equation equa-tion based on heat, humidity, wind speed and total soar radiation radia-tion during the growing season, it is the most precise measure of how much water your lawn needs. Many of the Utah newspapers newspa-pers are starting to run evapot-ranspiration evapot-ranspiration numbers on their weather pages. Most people don't know exactly how much they are watering water-ing until they evaluate their sprinkler sprin-kler systems. Leaving your system sys-tem on for an hour might be putting on twice as much water as your lawn needs. If you live in Salt Lake, Juab, Wasatch or Utah counties you can get in touch with the Water Check Program for a free evaluation of your sprinkler system (1-877-SAVE-H20, www.jvwcd.org). In other counties, contact your USU Extension office for information on evaluating your sprinkler system. Some areas of the state may see outright bans of lawn watering water-ing while others will enforce alternate day watering or other water conservation measures, she says. Of course if there is a water ban, you are going to have to just sit back and let your lawn go brown and dormant. Just remem- GaET MR216015T ONLY $ 6HP 21" Cutting Deck 10 HP 28" Deck 3 Year Warranty 01 UU Easy Bagger ConTersion 11281021BE ONLY $ II r 01(0199 W - 7 LBQBfJDARY QUALITY Ask Your Dealer About 90 days same as cash financing (wac) CairpenfteF Seed 801-373-3740 1030 S. Stale Provo, DT 84606 ber that while it may appear to be dead, the lawn will recover from the dormancy once the temperatures tempera-tures decrease and moisture is more plentiful. The trouble with the alternate day watering is that people tend to think they need to water twice as much on the alternate days and by doing so end up using more water than they need, Kopp says. Even during the hottest part of the summer, lawns only need watering once every three days, so even alternate day watering is too much. Detailed watering schedules are available in USU Extension offices around the state. Don't forget the basics of turf water conservation: - Water to apply 12-1" at a time. Watering more than 12-1" at a time wastes water because it soaks deeper than the depth of the grass's roots. - Increase mowing height. Two to four inches high is optimum. opti-mum. This actually encourages longer root growth that allows turf to access water deeper in the ground. - Mow infrequently as possible. possi-ble. Mowing is a stress on the grass and actually increases its water consumption. This is especially espe-cially true if the grass is becom- ing dormant. - Reduce evaporation. Make sure the maximum amount of water leaving the sprinkler head actually makes it to the turf, Watering during the midday heat causes more of the water to evaporate. Avoid watering between be-tween 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. - Water trees and ornamentals separated from grass. People generally have more time and money invested in trees, shrubs and 'other ornamental plants, so when faced with a water crisis, give these plants water first. A lawn recovers fairly easily from drought, but a prized spruce may take a generation to replace. " Experience is the only prophecy prophe-cy of wise men. -Alphonse de Lamartine 1.jljU LA' b Sage Creek School Balloon Festival Art Contest winners are Allison Brown, Sydnee Gunter, Whitely Wilson, Cassie Hooper, Cate Pendleton, Anita Gonzales, Bryce Genther and Taylor Davis. Westside School Balloon Festival Art Contest winners are Amanda Rawlins, Brette Bennett, Kyler Jameson, Julie Barbosa, Kristen Teswood, Roxanne Sanchez, Kjiersten Dunn, Federico Brogyay and Morgan Slatteson. -P' -str J Great Mapleton starter home 288 N. 800 E. 6125.900 3 bedroom, .29 acre lot, garage, new furnace, jetted tub, new kitchen cabinets, stone countertops, unfinished basement, landscaped yard, great Mapleton neighborhood, gorgeous view. Call Jim Jeffers at 489-6627 or Assist2Se!l it 223-9700. FOUND YOUR NEW HOME? WE'LL BUY YOUR OLD ONE! DC Some restrictions apply. Call for details. BILL BROWN REALTY, INC. 489-5298 NOTICE OF PROPOSED TELEPHONE TAX INCREASE Springville City is proposing to increase its Telephone Franchise Tax on the gross revenues of those public service providers of telephone exchange access services, extended areas services ser-vices and customer access line charges within the city. The current tax levied on such telephone tele-phone exchange services within Springville City is one-half of one percent (.5). Section 11-26-2(b) and (c), Utah Code Annotated, 1953, as amended, grants a municipality the authority author-ity to impose a local charge or tax of up to six percent (6). The Springville City Council proposes pro-poses to increase the Telephone Franchise Tax from one -half of one percent (.5) to six percent per-cent (6). The Springville City Council will hold a public hearing on this proposed increase at their regular meeting on June 18, 2002 beginning begin-ning at 7:30 p.m. in the Springville Council Chambers at 50 South Main, Springville, Utah, 84663. All interested persons are invited to attend at-tend and make comment. Written comments must be received by the City Recorder at least two days before the meeting. A copy of the proposed pro-posed ordinance to increase the tax can be reviewed in the office of the City Recorder before be-fore the public hearing. Jo Evans, City Recorder Published in the Springville Herald May 29 and June 5, 2002. At Partfc. tpaq PaM Onh, POC)R COPYj |