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Show SECTION SATURDAY, APRIL 10. METRO EDITOR f nr I Donna Rutek 2004 drvtekOheraldextra.com 344-256- 1 Residents frustrated with litter near state highway ' Elisabeth Nardi THE ' MATT HWTHDaily Herald travels on S.R. 73 betweebCxtor Fort and Fairfield past of plastic and other debris that&StM the roadside Friday apiece . i a m. . 7, 1 i .i i i . ja ujiernoon,' Kesiuenis are compuurang (toqwcwEDsn tnac is iosi us u is transported through their towns to the nearby landfilL er V DAILY HERALD Falcon Commichaux loves livt ing in the west desert area of Cedar Valley. But these days on his drives to work in Salt Lake Qty from his home in Cedar Fort, he notices pieces of wood, metal tins, sheets of plastic and Sheetrock lining State Road 73, and he's not happy about it. , "My kids' notice it, my wife, the whole family," Commichaux said. "This is the west desert; it is not a I hate to see it garbage dump trashed." With construction going on all over the Cedar Valley and a new construction landfill in Fairfield, Commichaux is concerned But state officials and regulators are unsure whose waste litters the ' "This is the highway, and say the problem is not unique to S.R. 73. And with debris frying off trucks that are hauling trash and winds blowing debris solving the problem could be difficult. Commichaux, who has lived in Cedar Fort for 10 years, said this is the worst the litter has ever been. ' See LITTER, west desert it is not a garbage dump." Falcom ' Commichaux Cedar Fort resident D5 Santaquin Recovers from Mudslides Two trails in Cedar Hills now near completion - Tammy McPherson , t Tk. 1 :' .! II 1 tt l 'Vi VIU1 THE DAILY HERALD .Residents of Cedar Hills will soon be able to walk tne town more easily. Construction has started on two trails in Cedar. Hills the Forest Creek Trail and a portion of the and the paved paths Bonneville Shoreline Trail should be completed within the next couple of months. The city received a grant of more than $47,000 from the Utah State Parks and Recreation office for a Bonneville trail segment just over a mile long. The city also approved the use of about $39,000 as matching money for the trail "It's a major achievement for our city," Mayor Brad Sears said. This is about half of the city's portion of the Bonneville many cities and counties have planned to extend from Nephi to Idaho. Cedar Hills ownsmost of the land to finish the rest of the Bonneville trafl within its city limits, once funding is W:W trail,-whic- See TRAILS, D5 Former judge to face trial in hunting case THE DAILY .HERALD Former judge Ray M. Harding Jr. was bound dfer for trial on three chargafcf wanton destruc- - of protected wildlife on Friday in a preliminary tn hjaring in Eighth;pistrjct C&h in Duchesne. , jHarding appeared Wph his attorney, Ed Brass, stened as two piyisidn of Wildlife Resources rs and Hardirkfs exifevAmje:Hardirit,,tes- W ff judge tnerp rjaea oerore Juqge" a, MOLLY and her daughter Sierra, Group fighting to restore neighborhood Caleb Warnock THE DAIY'HERALD Rain-saturate- d ' chargdii?wWlB; third-degre- .. . San--,,iau- in (. "You go out on my deck and that is what you see the garbage," she said Ward and her neighbors recently approached the city with a petition signed by 34 residents requesting rninimum speed limit signs, children at play signs and no dumping signs be installed in the neighborhood They also want a park in their neighborhood completed, and have applied for a $1,000 state grant to clean up the construction debris. I Santaquin Mayor LaDue Scovill said the city is working to install the signs and will begin construction on the park this spring. The park will include a pavilion, picnic tables, jogging trail, hill an amphitheater. "They have formed a snow-sleddin- See Jill Fellowfe" DAILY HERALD ome people dread the yard rk that melted winter snow leaves behind, but some of the bur den is eased when Salem city workers pick up trie trimmed branches and other yard waste for .residents. Though many Utah County cities offer residents landfill discounts and other incentives to help them to clean up their yards for spring, Salem is one of the few cities that still picks up residents' yard waste from the; turb. On Friday, Salem residents began piling their lawn clippings and tree limbs out by the street, and-oApril 19 the city maintenance department will make one trip around the city to pick them up. Todd Gordon, Salem city public works superintendent, said the annual spring pick up encourages residents to clean up their yards and discourages them from leaving piles in empty lots or in their back or front yards "People know when the clean up is, and they are more apt to work ' f .r yik VIA tnnj TO SUBSCRIBE KAYSVILLE ..4 Appucmir T county that SMITH Daily Herald SALT LAKE ffP r ; Friday morning. Salem is one of the only cities in the MATT D5 iQo)f0M i I ' still has pick-u- p days for people to leave yard waste on the curb so the city can come by and pick it up. Orem stopped its program about Servicing PROVO J is, it." WVvW.HIpliEmH CALCJ7S5103 D5 Provstgaard p SALEM, SANTAQUIN, prunes an apple tree on his Salem property on their yards and keep them , clean," Gordon said. But various problems with this program have forced neighboring cities to start alternative clean-uprograms. Salem Mayor Randy BraM ord said cost is one issue for cities when they decide to cut the city pickup. "As the population grows, it gets a lot more expensive,1' he said. "I can't even say how long we'll do See g Todd lalem still piMt&upyard waste THE Herald 18 homes in the two towns, but caussoil ing no injuries. became unstable after a wildfire the slope of vegetation. . Before a wall of mud knocked ermined t stripped fitt . ' ; holes in houses and pushed cars , Today, piles of abandoned debris including scrap down the street m Caryl Ann A status hearing wlkmWtf&Xmh wood and cement are outward .Ward's jieighrxrhood in 2002, the 'The state has was mostly owner- cdw elk and a trophy rnoose.fi pct0ber2Q0 signs of the morass that has fallen rghbwliood over the area. Ward said As the hunting trip in the High rJraMdiijaln l'ppcapie4-1- -' and growing. e felonie4 fe&rV a majttatLfflrsei taree HSixiVfclide? poured into people add to the piles, the area has M J d Ji. i5L UjtWIP AAA ce oif ir id years m prison ana aj; ieaa a,ri( Sprmg Lake on Sept..l2,. become known as a place to dump iut&i wj js-debris. forcing the evacuation of 50 iw tmj CORSODaily months, walfe up to the bus stop to meet her other two daughters, Julia, 7, left, andJoAnna, 10, not t pictured, on Thursday afternoon. Ward and her family live in the Santaquin neighborhood that was hit by a mudslide two years ago. Ward and her neighbors are working to revitalize the area with a park and watch group, among other plans. Caryl Ann Ward Lawn Qsvity's llbbU U I WWII 4 WEEKS LEFT FOR CRAB6RASS CONTROL |