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Show HOLIDAY TIMES - DECEMBER 1994 - 7 Our Roads depth of gravel recommended by Dave Warner, County Road Superintendent). Road work has been virtually completed for the Fall ’94 season. After installing a number of culverts in previously determined side roads, gravel was laid to make these sections In a couple of areas the gravel was truly all-weather roads. Specific locations for culvert and gravel were selected last spring by Town Road Supervisor John Blake. He based his determinations on the roads in worst driving condition during the spring thaw (when mud can make even 4- wheel driving hazardous). The following areas were highest priority: upper Holyoak, upper Miller, upper Cliff View, and Castle Creek Lane. Areas of 2nd highest priority include sections of Keogh, upper Holyoak to CV Drive, upper Pope, upper Shafer, upper Miller to CV Drive, Rimrock, and Castle Creek Lane. We were able to gravel all of the high priority areas and some of the 2nd highest. After installing culverts, most of which were called for by the town drainage study of 1989, roads were graded and crowned before gravel was laid. John used 1-1/2" minus gravel with a 3" to 4" depth to cover the most critical areas (this was the size and 9 OUT OF 10 RESIDENTS OF CASTLE VALLEY HAVE A DRINKING PROBLEM! spread thinner to cover more of the road. Of the areas targeted last spring, Castle Creek has received the most gravel. This was possible through Grand County’s help. Cliff View and a Dear Good Friends, portion of Castle Creek Lane have been part of the school bus route for years. This will be my last Ask Festus column. I’ll be back next year with a new column, Festus Sez, which will combine humorous or insight- Because of the recent increase in families on Homestead, Ron Drake, our bus driver, had extended his route to include the west portion of Castle Creek Lane, turning around at Homestead. Long a mud bog in spring, the west end of Castle Creek Lane would have been impassable for the school bus whenever wet. At Ron Drake’s request, I con- tacted the Grand County School Transportation Department and spoke with Verna Shumway regarding the possibility of receiving county help for a school bus route. After several phone calls, John Blake and I met with Dave ful quotes with mulish commentary. A lot of you have won— dered where I get my letters, and ifI make them all up. A lot of the dream ones I do. But that poignant Lost in Lalaland two months ago was a real letter, postmarked Moab. I’ll know who sent it when they tell me what was in the envelope with it. Last month’s Fed Up (mistyped Wonder) Warner, Road Superintendent for Grand County. We showed him the scope of our proposed gravelling on Castle Creek Lane, Homestead, and Cliff View and asked for whatever help he thought the county could give us. After conferring with Bill Heddon, our Grand County representative, Dave called to tell me the county would do was also a real query, though verbal vs. written. Several other columns have been real the entire area. He said that they would appreciate any financial help we could wish you all an abundant holiday, and the best of new years to come. Adios, Festus give. After graveling our areas of highest priority we were able to give queries as well, mostly verbal rather than letters. But the tone and the content were the asker’s, not mine. My Christmas message to you is elsewhere in this issue. I the county $2,000 towards the approximately $2,700 gravel bill for Castle Creek Lane. bathe, shower, and wash clothes in it too! Our company manufactures a whole-house water purificaion system. custom-designed for each application. This system softens and removes organic contaminants without the use of sodium or carbon. Our system removes all lead and heavy metals. Local references available, many of which have tried the alternative treatment systems. For a free water test and In-home demonstration, call Dan or JoAnna, 259-7219. Our total gravelling effort came to about $12,000. This has almost depleted our road budget for the ’94—95 fiscal year. We are keeping our fingers crossed that the grader holds up. The rest of our road work will be limited hazard, and ask that the community primarily to winter plowing and spring bare with us in our efforts to dispose of grading. One other task we will be tackling this winter is the removal of the old rusty culverts replaced this fall. The process of disposing of these culverts them. —Joan Sangree, Roads Chair will be done in stages, in part because the town lacks the equipment to easily cart them to the dump. We will be cutting them into smaller, more manageable pieces, then hauling them to the Community Lot parking lot to await removal to Moab. We were hoping that a salvage company in Moab could take them; evidently they are not worth the haulage costs. We realize old culverts are an eyesore as well as a //1:i /;. \\\\\\§\\\\\K\§\§sg But drinking is not the only problem. We have to |