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Show A-8 The Park Record Saturday, September 7, 1996, ecfs mold ideas qmoi BMB BOBI B "I $! Archil I W I II II c D 0 D D D D D . 412 Main Stmit. Pakk Crry. Utah 84060 - I Head to Mileti's j and get for Dinners 412 Main Street Call for reservations. 649-8211 Not valid with any other offer. Limit one coupon per table per party. Tax, beverages and gratuity not included Valid with this coupon Sunday - Thursday, no holidays, through December 12, 1996. -A I 1 I ! iiii COURTESY OF CLAFLIN ASSOC. This rendition of one of what could be many hiking trails shows a possible idea that could lead to an observation deck. Continued from A-7 firm decisions be made until children's chil-dren's use of the park is observed. "What about letting the kids' use determine how the park is used," said Ann Belco, who has more than three decades of park experience to offer planners. The park is east of Old Ranch Road, with the Silver Summit development to the north and Highland Estates to the east. Fire danger is now 'extreme' Even though the Fall Equinox happens soon, and even though the weather has been wet for the last couple cou-ple of days, Wasatch-Cache National Forest fire crews remain on high alert. "We're at preparedness level five, which is the highest high-est level you can get to," said spokeswoman Loyal Clark. She said the forest fire crews were aware of increasing danger before two recent fires blackened areas of Summit County. "We've been really nervous as storms rolled through." she said. Clark said her crews say there is virtually no moisture mois-ture left in Summit County plants. "It would take two days of a downpour plus five more days of steady rain to get us out of danger," she said. Until the danger level drops, she said forest service crews and engine equipment equip-ment are pre-positioned, with one 20-person crew on stand-by in Heber City. A helicopter is standing by at the Provo Airport, while an air tanker is at the ready at Hill Air Force Base in Ogden. Until conditions change, Clark said fire danger is "extreme" and that fire restrictions are in effect county-wide. The restrictions forbid open campfires outside of developed areas, and limit smoking to developed areas, cars or homes. P through December 12, 1996. : A .A A TV : AJfaM " a$;. a ', ' f v f A . .'' r1 ' K ff' ' .nH 7 Vi'. 1- M W 8 '.- - v :S J ; & ' Insist sSwPBS i Come to our one-day CD Sale, Friday, the 13th of September, Be there during regular business hours, or if you're superstitious, come in and we'll give you a rain check. This special rate is good for a 13 month CD Stop by; This could be your lucky day. mm kkWtt$ 13 mo. . - - m fTttiillili'ilTiillililiiliHtlfiliillBMiiiiiiii'f 1 ' 1 1 m 11 w i , i ii iw I itmnHi a1 h'iMiiWh mlWIi'lirtii I'ltn HWI fl'HWII WB'1 li I J Offer good for new Certificates of Deposit (CDs) opened during this promotion only. The minimum balance to open an account and obtain the Annual Percentage Yield (APY) is $1000, the maximum is $250,000. A penalty may be imposed for early withdrawal. Rain checks available September 9-13 and are valid through September 21 ,1 996. Saving ; farms Continued from A-7 deciding who gets the money is almost frightening. Applicants are rated according accord-ing to: the priority of pending offers involving the land the land parcel and its location the size of the parcel in acres the acres of the prime, unique, or other productive soil in the parcel the price offered by the landowner the proposed acquisition costs of the easement the type of easement to be used an indication of the accessibility accessibil-ity to markets an indication of an existing agricultural support system the level of threat from urban development other factors used for easement ease-ment acquisition. Fisher's job now is to decide how best to "package" the farm lands she will seek grant money to save. She explained that because the money needs to be matched as well as her organization organi-zation can match it, her resources will have to be used to their best advantage. "If we can only match 10 percent of something and another applicant appli-cant can match a larger percentage, percent-age, it could knock us out of the running," she explained. However, Fisher said not many Utah organizations have been contacted regarding the available avail-able funding because, as she put it, "Not very many people do what we're doing." If she is successful, suc-cessful, the land that becomes protected could still be used for farming, perhaps on a cooperative coopera-tive basis. The farm owners would also be able to pass their land on to succeeding generations genera-tions as farm land, without having hav-ing to pay estate taxes. The concepts have been tried in other parts of the country. coun-try. One successful organization is the Marin Agricultural Land Trust in California, which has so far saved 25,291 acres of land from development. Fisher is also working with some of the farmers in Wasatch County whose land will probably proba-bly be impacted by the Provo River Restoration Project. The PRRP seeks to change the existing Provo River from the . base of the Jordanelle Dam to the. Deer Creek Reservoir to a meandering stream. The change, if it is decided on, would take 180.7 acres of private pri-vate land 14.9 acres of which is cropland out of production. produc-tion. The loss, coupled with the fact that many farms would be bisected by the river and its rights-of-way, has alarmed the county's shrinking agricultural community as well as other residents res-idents who fear they may lose the rural character of their area to tract homes. Following a public hearing that left many Wasatch County residents feeling feel-ing powerless last summer, Terry Greenman decided to organize other concerned residents resi-dents into a unified group. . Greenman contacted Fisher and set up a more open meeting so that representatives of all sides could discuss concerns. "Wendy's very creative," he said. "She suggested the government gov-ernment buy easements to the farmers' river-side properties instead of condemning the land and using it for public access." Greenman said the agricultural-, industry in Wasatch County is "fragile at best." 3 1 Hearing planned in Heberl 9 After-spending a summer try- ing to get comments on pro-! posed changes in Strawberry! Valley camping regulations, thefj T T Fnrft prvirp ic tnlrinn a Jrf . w """5 " new approach. The forest ser-5 vice is planning an area analysis. $ It wants to discuss this plan in a$ public hearing forum-style withj tne puDuc. rorest service teaimjj leader Barbara Franano said aJfi meeting is planned Sept. 14 in J Heber City. i "In many areas, Strawberry! Valley is being loved to death," j Franano said. The heavy impact" on land and stream banks of off-J road camping was one of the main reasons the forest service began considering restricting! certain areas. Rangers now want! np.nnlf. tn inin thpm in o trti munity effort" to plan how the'jj Strawberry Valley should looki-j 1 information is available from! (801) 654-0470. i |