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Show CASTLE VALLEY TIMES. ELECTION TIMES Castle Valley, Utah - Volume 2, Number 10 - October 15, 1993 - Remember to VOTE Weaving Change POA Back Then being built. We often had 100% We decided to dispense with our regular features this month. The personalities and issues of this election- Castle Valley Property Owner’s Association, in the early days was the catalyst as our community began to take shape. Early residents (such as the attendance of the permanent residents of Castle Valley. It is interesting to compare the debates today with the ones we had in the early ’70s, and to observe that new filled period seem the best use of these pages. POA Annual Meeting is almost upon us, the school bond election Johnsons, Bricker/Smouse, Deglas/ ballots are still being counted, and in less than a month we will select three new Town representatives. We are Greggas—I came in 1974) looked mailing this issue to all out-of-town property owners who do not already subscribe to the CV Times. We trust that candidates’ messages and other Castle Valley news will fill in the picture they have already formed of this valley and its people. We also hope it will inform those casting proxies or absentee ballots. I appreciate and congratulate those who during their terms have given the Town and POA their best efforts (and taken the flack which often goes with Taylor, Hotz, Ehlers, McClures, Nokes, Bradys, DeVores, Riggs, Stuckeys, forward to POA meetings because they provided a forum to meet each other, talk about projects, construction, and in general what kind of community could be formed. In those days our meetings were in unorthodox environments. We met in residents have to experience for themselves some of the growing pains of this little community. As I remember, the roads and the amount charged for POA dues represented the bulk of all our discussions. Then, one could sink up to the axles in mud on Castle Valley Drive during late winter or early spring. We argued about whether or not to gravel the road, and we got very emotional about traffic and speed. temporary structures, unfinished houses, on concrete slabs, and any other place where we could fit and be relatively comfortable. We often met in candlelight or under the stars. We sat on the floor of what is now CV Inn’s living room while that structure was Some of our early debates, in which tempers flared, centered on cows. Whether to fence in or out. Who should pay for maintaining the fence around town (in those days, the Ranchos). The cows were a real problem. Tommy White’s herd would the job). Thank you for serving the Valley. Your acts have shaped our collective futures. Thanks also to those who have dared to run for office. The electorate can be fickle or finicky as the Castle Valley mood takes them, but you have already served a basic function—you have given us a choice. Thank you for taking Property - Owners part, whether you win or lose. We are including some POA/Town history. It pleases me to be reminded that we who live here now are all part of the fabric of this place, that our conflicts and challenges (as well as our Association 0 ANNUAL MEETING test the fence which guarded young fruit trees and freshly planted gardens from their intrusion. If there was a weak spot they would find it, and of course they would do it at night, so that when you awoke, havoc would already have been wrought. We debated about barbed wire and whether it should be allowed. We fought about whether or not we even wanted farm animals in the valley. After much discussion we did allow temporary structures and trailers, as long as the owners knew they were joys) are part of the Castle Valley tapestry. That the days we weave are part of a much larger piece.That there were people here before me and there will be others after me, also adding threads. By our next issue the elections will be over, the decisions made. In this period, as we continue learning how to be a town, our representatives’ skills and intentions will be extremely important. Whom do we trust to guide the future of our valley? What attributes will serve us best? Who will council with honesty, openness, competence, and grace—and with the interests of all valley residents uppermost in mind and spirit? These are important times. Your vote is important. —Cris Coffey Saturday October 23, 1993 9 a.m. LDS Branch House 0 O temporary—and if within nine months a home were not built, the trailer would have to be moved. (We see some relaxation in this concept at the present time.) We also debated and discussed zoning needs and zoning requirements over and above the covenants and O restrictions. Annual meetings always ELLECTION OF FOUR NEW POA BOARD MEMBERS See Candidates, Page 5 contained an outpouring of emotions about how the covenants and restric— tions should be tightened and more strictly enforced. Nobody in those days wanted abandoned vehicles, inoperative machinery, and the like dotting the landscape, as in Spanish Valley. _ More on Page 2. |
