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Show Wednesday, February Countywide library system intriguing to Mapleto city leaders, residents By LAUREL BRADY Herald Correspondent comprehensive and convenient for every citizen. The plan would consolidate caMAPLETON Mapleton's Council City taloging, courier, continuing eduapproved participation in several projects, whose cation, interlibrary loan, video, and reciprocal borrowing services, small costs they believe will provide big benefits to citizens. allowing a broader base of services Arthur Welch told the Council to.a greater number of persons. A second proposal, less expenthere are only two libraries in the sive and less comprehensive is a county that are considered adewatered down version of the first, quate. He asked the Council to apin a prove participation proposed and according to Welch, lacks county-wid- e library system he said some strengths and advantages but would, over a five year period, doesn't cost as much. build and strengthen library servWelch said the proposal would ices available to all county citinot cost any jobs, but would elimizens. nate duplication of services. Welch serves on a library comWelch asked the Council to supmittee that has studied the idea of port the first proposal, noting parimproving library services. He ticipants would probably get more said under the proposal, the county for the money spent than the commission would create a taxing present system gives. Presently, local cities spend about $15.70 per service to fund the project, dropping library taxes already paid by capita on library services. Maple-to- n residents are required to pay an county citizens to their individual annual and those dollars $25 fee for use of Spring-vill- e cities, replacing - with a countywide tax. Welch said library services, and Welch such a system would be equitable, noted some libraries in the county - Avalanche danger stiSI high in Utah By PATRICK CHRISTIAN Herald Staff Writer Extreme avalanche dangers are sun lurmng in me mountains ' around Utah County and many other mountain locations in the Bee- -' hive State. A prepared and experienced skier was totally buried Sunday, but escaped serious injury in an avalanche on the northside of Murdock Peak near Park West, reported Bruce Trem-pe- r, director of the Utah Avalanche Forecast Center in Salt Lake City. The skier and his two skiing companions were wearing electronic avalanche location transceivers and carried shovels to help rescue a buried skier. The victim was quickly located by his companions after they switched their electronic locators from transmit to receive and did a pattern search. ........ i rri 1 ne victim never iosi consciousness, said Tremper. He added that the victim had been carred down a slope of more than 30 degrees an- git liiiu a unv.M ut-- aita. 1 11,111ski said that the reported per group the incident did not want to be identified. Tremper said the particular area was never known to have slid before, but the avalanche expert said present snow conditions are not typical of Utah, and are presently more akin to Montana and Alaska conditions, with slides seeming to occur where slides don't usually occur in Utah. He said even the most experienced skiers who understand avalanche threats can be back-count- ry ... back-count- ry fooled. "This is typical of the avalanche dragons lurking out there right now," said Tremper. He said that before the recent snowstorms there was a long period without snow and the top snow surface turned to hoar frost ice providing an extremely slippery and running surface for the new snow layers. Tremper said it will take time before the old and new snow layers ' bind together to create more stable conditions. Until that happens, av- .alanche dangers remain extremely . ' high. Skiers are advised to ski at protected resorts, but if people con- -' template ' skiing, they Forecast back-count- ry can call the Avalanche Center's recorded Provo-are- a 0 for daily at lanche conditions. 374-977- for-ca- st ava- Center representatives said that 'every year, more Utahns die in avalanches than from any other natural hazard. Over the past decade, an average of two avalanche fatalities have occurred in the Wasatch Mountains. Recently four " people were killed near Moab. Nationwide, ncarlv 20 Deoble are killed by avalanches each year. - charge as much as $50 annually. The Council voted to recommend the County Commission proceed with a full study as to how to implement such a system. The Council also voted to participate in the Partners Program, a literacy program for children at risk. Estimated cost for the city's participation was between $300 and $600 annually. Councilman Wave Miguel told the Council that city workers will soon begin work on the city park to rectify safety concerns with the play equipment there. No cost figures were provided, however. In other business, Mayor Everet Predmore told the Council the County Narcotics Enforcement team participated last year in 250 arrests, including 150 for marijuana and 48 for cocaine. He noted 964 grams of cocaine, 83 pounds of marijuana and 42 marijuana plants were confiscated, along with 12 vehicles and $6,900 in Extension service representative will speak on nutrition, disease - MANTI The Utah State University Cooperative Extension Service, in cooperation with the Manti Center, will sponsor Dr. Georgia C. Lauritzen who will present a program on nutrition and disease Thursday, at 2 p.m. in the Manti Senior Citizens Center. The presentation will be especially geared to the senior citizen community. Lauritzen, a Moroni native, has been a member of the faculty of the department of nutrition of food sciences at Utah State University since 1976. She was recently honored by her with the Meritorious Service Award. Recently she was elected to the North Logan City Council and began her term in January. Lauritzen is a warm, friendly and caring person who is infinitely interested in people, according to Sanpete USU Home Economist Sandra J. Christensen. "Although she has studied and worked extensively and risen to 1 Im , ' 'i kr 1 1 Page B3 ' iff It H Sybille Anderson started the Ski Mother Earth fundraiser because of her concern about global warming. She was at Sundance last week to promote the event. By ROBB HiCKEN Herald Staff Writer - 1 SUNDANCE When snow conditions went bad, Sybille Stillger Anderson decided it was time to use science to save her favorite pasttime skiing. An avid outdoor enthusiast, Anderson's desire to help preserve the environment for future generations was piqued when snow amounts began to thin at her favorite New Hampshire resort. Georgia Lauritzen admirable positions in her profession," Christensen said, "she has never forgotten or failed to appreciate her origins. She is excited to 'come home' to Sanpete. ' ' "There were really several reasons, but the most simple was whether my kids would be able to ski the same kind of snow that I've had," she said. With that in mind, she began to seek a way to generate money for the scientists who are working on finding answers to the climatic conditions which seem to have changed in recent years. g Ski Mother Earth is a approach to fulfill her goal. It's designed to assist in the fund-raisin- preservation and protection of public lands, scenic areas, natural resources and wildlife. "And, of course, it is to educate the public about the intricate relationship between local environmental issues and their global repercussions," she said. This being the first ever Ski Mother Earth vertical challenge, Anderson said she expected a small turnout, but was impressed by the amount of money raised. Skiers receive pledges on how many vertical feet can be skied in one day. More than $2,000 dollars were raised as skiers dropped more than 100,000 vertical feet. Rick Black skied the most with 39,260 feet; Leif Nelson had 38,020 feet, and Reyes Aguliar had 35,060 feet. All money generated during the Sundance event goes to the Utah chapter of the National Defense Resource Council. d Spokeswoman Alyson said the vertical challenge concept was simple and was sure to catch on with other resorts. The local chapter will be developing lands for preservation of. wetlands in the Moab area and the Book Cliffs area. Hey--ren- There are about 3,500 bers in Utah. mem- ' 'All the funding goes directly back to the state ," Hey rend said . Anderson said there were only four ski challenge events scheduled this year, but was certain that because skiers are so environment conscious they will join in and eventually there will be' hundreds of ski challenges na- . ' tionwide. "What better place to start than right here in Utah, where there is such great snow," she said. This year events will be held in California, Utah, New Hampshire and New York. construction a building on the Snow College main campus, that will serve several functions and be ready for spring occupancy. The boom in building, Nicholls said, will probably only compenin other consate for the drop-of- f struction, so that the local economy will not get any boost from the Ni-cho- lls told the Sanpete County Commission at its last meeting that he expects a building boom in the county this summer. The building boom is probably already started, according to New houses are under construction in almost every city in the county, he said. For several recent years, school and church building construction have played a major role in the local economy. That phase of building has now slowed down. As for commercial building, only one major project is under ls. residential boom. Nicholls reported that his office should generate around $68,000 revenue from fees, much more than the budget appropriation. But, he added that he may need some e help, particulary during the busy months of April to November. part-tim- LDS Public Affairs Department to be given excellence award - sen will conclude the symposium with a speech about the Church department. At 2 p.m., Church Public Affairs directors will present three, workshops in 378 Wilkinson Center. The workshops will consist of case history situations and public relations challenges the department has faced. PROVO The Brigham Young University Communications Department will present The Church of Latter-da- y Saints Public Affairs Department with a Focus On Excellence Award Thursday. The presentation at 1 1 a.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center, is free and open to the public. Dr. David P. Forsyth, BYU Communications Willi n w - Ski Mother Earth an outdoor fundraiser Sanpete County building inspec- torzoning administrator Dale ! mmwh HI If THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, Herald PhotoPatrick J. Krohn Inspector: Building boom ahead in Sanpete County Lines Of Credit I 1, I GUN SHOW According to Forsyth, the BYU Communications Department is giving the award to the Church Public Affairs Department because of its remarkable contributions to the communications field. A videotape on the Church Public Affairs Department's daily operations will be presented, and Ol of one's skiing, free race tickets and more. T5" I tions. Other activities include Softball at the summit March 2 1 , snow golf on March 29, snow volleyball on April 1 and 2 and a dance at the Plaza April 3. Ongoing events thoughout the two weeks will include scavenger hunts, demo ski days, night skiing, ski clinics and free video analysis No Set-U-p Fee Home Equity te Department chair, will present the award to Bruce L. 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