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Show Weather year ends; nothing spectacular U jroNe r web tmi Toe were buried with saow last wtnur, and underwater an spring. Rate r Ined JOT crop, aad flash floods I drove ywe wild. Se what! Aeeonttag to the National Oceanic aad Atmospheric Administration weather station, Mllferd Sta- E R II i II ii II ii s ii ii ii II Mi1 n ii ii ii II v u I i if ii ii ii j itm vicn L, Published at Milford. Utah 84751 u 1955-5- 6 Tie driest year with only SM laches of precipitation, while 1980-8- 1 was the wettest with 13.23. Em last year the 1981-8- 2 year registered 12.93 inches con. pared to the annual average of 1.40 I II 1 1 PRICE 25? II II II I I HURSDAY, OCTOBER , -T- laches. But there are many I1 I ni 1983 I --VOL. sits oa the driest spot in the county. Just north of town at the Milford Airport, the station records the official precipitation, aad other weather information. Bat even Gary Makhus, the weather observer win admit that Ms rala f auge at home often records as much as a quarter of an inch, while the official gauges at the weather station only show a trace. And of course, there are those who will say and maybe they are right that the fanning area south ofMil -ford gets even more precipitatioo than Milford. And of coarse it's almost unarguable that the closer to the Tnshar Mountain Range In the east end of the county you get, the more precipitation you are likely to get. And of course, no matter where it rains in the county, the excess even -tually reaches Milford. Rain in the Mineral Mountains to the east, or the Star Range to the west bring- flash floods, while the huge snow packs in the Tushars bring spring flooding. And it would seem we are off to another good weather year, with the first two days of October bringing .74 hundredths of an inch precipitation, exceeding the normal October average of .73 hundredths of an inch. "It's a hell of a way to run a desert." Governor Matbeson said during last spring's floods. But even floods, and rain on cut hay provide some benefits in a desert climate, by recharging the underground water, and turning the range land into lush pastures. And recharging the underground water is no small matter when yon consider that roost of the water for irrigated cropland must be pumped. And with the high energy costs of today, the closer the water is to the surface, the less it costs to pump. There Is no arguing that farmers have lost hundreds of thousands of dollars on second and third crop alfalfa due to rain after it was cut. And the spring floods completely wiped out several fields, and many irrigation canals and diversions. There may not be anything spectacular about 10.58 inches of annual rain fall. But there is certainly something spectacular about the timing, and how we got it. And also the damage and devastation it left behind. Spectacular enough that the 1982-8- 3 weather year will go down in history as one of the worst, if not the worst in the history of Beaver County. i 83 -- NO. 40 Option G bofcio D In the story of UPAL pumping rates in last weeks County News, one paragraph explaining the power rates was listed as option D instead of Option C. Option A and D give the pumper control over when Us pump is la operation, while options B and C give UP4L the option of shutting down the pumps for a limited time, not to exceed 12 hours per week. Pumpers should attend the meeting in Cedar City tonight (Thursday) or go to their Utah Power and Light office to determine the bast option for their particular situation. LlOtitino cn 0?&L Economist from Utah State University has been working on the power rate options proposed by Utah Power and Light and farm organizations from Kie pumpers standpoint for the past year or more. He has some good information prepared that will help farmers make a decision about .! Almost everyone knows that Keith and Joaa Long have loog been the guiding light behind the Methodist Church A actios and Rummage Sale. They particularly have taken charge of the auction part of the annual fund raiser, aad have enlisted the services of their personal friend, Andy Cost of Salt Lake City, who makes the annual trip to Milford to be the auctioneer. And most of you know that rain Saturday not only kept the usual large crowd away from the but finally forced them to stop the auction only about half way through the auction items. Now that's bad news enough, because the auction rummage is the only annual ftmd raiser conducted by the church, and they depend heavily on the funds derived from this event to operate the church. It's a year long project for the Loop who pick up, store, repair and get the items ready for the auction. So you can imagine how devastating the rain was. But wait for the rest of the storyt The previous week they were is Salt Lake making final arrangements with the auctioneer. While there they purchased a new car. And it was arranged that Andy drive it to Milford Friday night to be here tor the auction. You guessed it! Andy hit a cow on his way down to Milford, smashing up the Longs new ear. Once again proving that it never rains, but what auction-- M'tr- -. i , .Jf-Cif- "? r - I ONE BRICK AT A TIME: The Milford High vocational building is being raised one brick at a time, but it is quickly taking shape under the hands of Gower Construction workers hands. It is supposed By to r surfaced. They overrode recommendations from the Planning Commission on two variances for house trailers. One for O. D. Powell at 416 So. 200 West and one for Neil Brad-sha- w on 500 South. Brads haw withdrew a request for a trailer on 600 South. Council recommended the Planning Commission be more consistent in their recommendations, since they had just recommended a trailer park in the same area. Council also took exception to several comments in the Planning Commission minutes, critlzing the Council. It was felt that none of the items were valid, and that the Council bad taken care of them in a prompt and orderly fashion. Keith Long was appointed to fill the vacancy on the Planning Commis- sion. Mayor Pettey said he had met with Supt. Haslem, and the school will cooperate on the rest rooms at the pavilion and ball parks. The location has been agreed upon and financing will be $500 each from the city, the school and the inter- - by Utah Power and Light. Dr. Anderson will present tins information and answer questions at a meeting to be held at the Thorley Music Recital Hall at Southern Utah State College in Cedar City at 8:00 VM. on Thursday, October 6th. All Interested are invited to ested groups. voca-.tlon- al com- Rain gives 2-no- oircart Noting that resurfacing of the airport was well overdue and that the contractor was delinquent, and the resulting was still not underway, the Milford City Council agreed Monday night to enforce the penality clause of the contract, assessing R. A. Chllds Construction $200.00 per day until completed. The airport manager has closed the airport to traffic three times in preparation for the resurfacing job, and then had to reopen it when the contractor postponed the job. The contract calls for the start of the project on September 8th, with completion by September 18. But so far all that has been done is crushing of the gravel. The electrical contractor has gone as far he can until the runway is the four options offered to be ready for occupancy by the second semester. Beaver's building Is also progressing well, and is expected to be plete shortly after the Milford building. Q88G38 tcniont vjill eduioo cpticno fci pepos Dr. Jay Anderson, Agricultural ' rummage, - -D, D I in the county who win claim that the Weather Sta-ti- oa fl-D-G- ' 0473 --4000 PCB. u tion, there nothing spectacular steal the 10.51 inches of precipitation dariac the just ended weather Tsar, October 1, 1982 to September 30, 1983. A V E days ro of ranogo The auction was rained out last Saturday, but that means that you will have two more days to rummage this week. Due to the rain, and a small crowd, there are thousands of rum -mage items left, and rummage hours will be Thursday, October 6, from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. and on Friday, October 7, from 9:00 a.m. to 6KK) p.m. The Methodist Church has reduced all items to half price for this special sale, in order to move as much merchandise as possible. Rain Saturday forced the auction to be stopped with over half of the merchandise left, and also kept m any people away from the rummage tion. Councilman Maxey reported that Mayor Pettey said that contracthe TV Committee was waiting for tors and others had Indicated that UP&L to install power to the new the best thing Milford could do to translator site, and are ready to go attract industry would be to bring as soon as that is accomplished. geot hernial beating to Milford. Council agreed and authorized They approved the plans for the sewer hookup to Ironwood Estates City Manager Raines to contact sefor Russel Mayer, and he expects veral agencies for possible funding to start on his subdivision right sources. Geot hernial heat would , away. provide incentive for industry to locate in the industrial park, as well Judge Cook said that others were as be beneficial to local residents using his telephone line, and the bill was exceeding his budget. City who converted to its use. Manager Raines was instructed to Mayor Pettey turned the chair to contact FmHA and the Drivers LiMayor Pro-ter- n Maxey and then recense Division to notify them thai quested an easement for utility serthey will have to pay for their own vice for The Station Restaurant. calls or the auxiliary phone jacks Alterations and utility codes force sale. will be taken out. So take advantage of two more days the change from the original plans. The Justice Report for Septemto look over the many barely used Council expressed no objection to ber was read with $588 in fines and the easement. items at reduced prices. forfeitures collected. Raines recommended Manager that the city adopt UP&L pumping rate option C for the irrigation well at the fairgrounds. The culinary wells are not eligible for an irrigation pumping rate. Council approved. It was noted the contractor had . erf ;.-"ri ,; not completed the street project as agreed, and is supposed to be back next week. Mayor Pettey said the consensus of the meeting with property owners i on closing 300 North Street was to leave it as is, with three stop signs to be placed on the street at 300 West and 400 West. Duffys have tentatively agreed to alter their fence to allow traffic to see around the corner. Council also felt it would be necessary lor Ray Barnes to trim or remove his bush on the same corner. " n'. i I J " They discussed relocation of the I city sheds to city property west of I 4 . ' the state sheds. It win be on the ' - ''t "' .' . I Jx agenda for the next meeting along with remodeling of the fire house. They decided to require a deposit on use of the pavilion, refundable if it is properly cleaned up after use. Noting that the resolution passed by a 2- -1 vote at the last meeting, supporting UP&L's application for CRSP power required a majority vote of the Council, It was passed ," .r f J again, this time with a 3- -1 vote with Brads haw voting against. Noting the law requires that a vacancy on the Council to be filled within 30 days, the Mayor said that it would be an Injustice to appoint someone for the remaining three months, and unfair to appoint a & candidate from either party for the three weeks until election. Council DRILLING ROCK: A new addition is this drilling rock from Old agreed that it would be best to wait Frisco. The rock was usel for holidays and celebrations, when until the election and appoint one of miners would get together and compete in timed contests to see the successful candidates immewho could drill the fastest hole. diately after the November 8th elec A -- a J a o;--7- , 4 ,-- " fjr7 r rt " I" , it pours. - -- 0 We notice that the Pentagon Issued about $24 billion in defense contracts to keep from getting caught with money in the bank at the end of the fiscal year, October 1. Now before you damn the military,-- let's face the fact that no matter what the bureaocratkf agency, none of them want to get caught with money in the bank at the end of the last week, fiscal year. - -- 0 Bureaucrats are educated to spend money, not save it. And at least for the past SO odd years, they've been doing a whale of a good job' of it. Good enough that the country is now paying more taxes than King George ever thought of putting on the colonies. Now, $24 billion- isnt much In today's government spending. But if the other federal agencies also unloads a like amount that really wasn necessary, then that could add up to maybe $100 billion. And $100 billion is 10 of our trillion dollar national debt. And at that rate of saving, it would only take about ten years for the UjS. Government to get back on a pay as you go basis. --ONow we dont want any bureaucrats to do without their daily supply of Jelly Bellies. And it isnt neces- sary to go without pencils to break during a crisis. We dont even recommend that they run short of red tape. But $24 billion is just pocket change to the Pentagon, and would hardly be missed. To make it up they could just cut their memos in duplicate instead of triplicate for a few months. -- 0 Channel 2 covered the Beaver Milford game last Friday and put the game on to Monday evening. We are sure it was quite an experience for both teams, especially since it was more recognition than the electronic media usually gives a Class A state championship - 1-- game. Still it meant that CoachMarshaU had to leave his super stars In the game until the TV camera got enough footage for the broadcast which lasted less than five minutes. There is no question that Coach Al Marshall and his Beavers on Page 2) sua v . m mitKii.-- . The following weather information is provided by the National Weather Service compliments of the Milford Weather Station. Sept. 27 Sept. 28 Sept. 29 Sept. 30 Oct. 1 . ...... Oct. 2 Oct. 3 Precipitation w.is 0 .7 1 liu inrlw. hes. 72 76 69 64 02 V2 W. U--t T'-'- . 43 43 46 43 42 42 39 0 0 .39 XI .72 JtZ 0 yiur to date year to date |