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Show J FIFTIETH TIMES FIRE DEPA RTM ENT NOTES We are approaching anotha long. hot summer in Castle Valley. There are some steps we can take to keep that kind of weather from translating into a fire threat. Keep the growth around your home cut short. A buffer at least thirty feet wide is Preferred. This does not, of course include your decorative Keep a garden hose connected to an active outdoor hydrant at all times. The hose should be long enough to reach around your house. If your lot is one of those with large expanses of cheat grass, see if you can get someone to mow a few swaths through it. That won‘t stop a fire but it will slow it down. Keep an access route open to as Town of Castle Valley Pubflc Heaflng April 17, 1996 ‘ Most fires are started by human activity. Nature starts her share. and we To receive public input on 3 proposed amendments to the CV Zoning Ordinance. can do little to stop her. We am, however, stop and think a moment when we indulge in any activity involving high temperatures. whether it be sparks from power equipment, to burning a pile of tree pnmings, to a child’s curiosity. Let’s try to make this a long, hot safe summer. Floyd Stoughton Amendment #1 :to remove any specific limit to the number of employees in CV home and premise occupations. Amendment #2: to limit temporary dwellings to trailers and other FlV's and to permit other temporary dwelling structures as dwellings, with a decommissioning process when the permanent dwelling is built. Amendment #3: To add language emphasizing that short term rentals (rentals less than 30 days) are not permitted. - 3 AS THE WORLD TURNS of fire. much of your property as possible. It’s a lot easier to stop a fire from a vehicle than doing it on foot. 6:30 pm. MARCH 15, 1996 cut short to prevent an upward spread plantings. Keep the growth under your trees Flrestation - Fire Chief DONATIONS APPRECIATED: Thanks to Doug and Mary Steinbauer. Rick and Martha Lamb, Cris Coffey, and Mike Dege for your donations. All donations are used exclusively for printing costs. Donations and ad revenue make the free issues possible at the front gate. Subscriptions just cover the cost of printing and mailing. Subscriptions are encouraged, as the copies at the front gate go quickly. CASTLE VALLEY TIMES Welcome the Sun... Vernal Equinox...March 20th New Moon...Mar 19th Rises....7:15 am Sets 7:51pm Constellations... Look for the Big Dipper descending in the NE. Orion descending in the SW in the evenings. Early in the month of April, the planet Venus will be brushing past the very edge of the Pleiades Star Cluster. Planet Sightings... Venus stands out extremely bright & high as it is at the pinnacle of its 8 yr cycle. It will be shining brightly long after the sun has set at month’s end. Jupiter will apear int he eastern sky well before dawn. Full Moon...Wed...Apr 3th Rises...7:3 lpm....Sets..6:35am [A total lunar eclipse occurs on the 3rd, not seen in Castle Valley or anywhere in the SW. Those living or visiting the caster US will view this event. Daylight Savings...Apr 7th...2am Happy Easter Sunday! Apr 7th And all the woods are alive with the murmur and sound of Spring. And the Rose-bud breaks into pink on the climbing briar, And the crocus-bed is a quivering moon of fire Girdled round with the belt of amethyst ring. —Oscar Wilde Excerpted from Old Farmer’s Almanac —-Jennifer Redding CANYON NURSERY STARK BROTHERS BARE ROOT FRUIT TREES Arriving in April HUGE SELECTION—Reserve yours Now FREE CASTLE VALLEY DELIVERY 275 WILLIAMS WAY 259-8274 |