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Show Water project may start by early summer Construction on major phases of Final permits from the Bureau of the Mill Creek diversion project a Land Management for y water conservation project that will in the project vicinity have not cost nearly $4 million should be yet been received by the District. underway by late May or early However, the Board Wednesday June, members of the Grand reviewed a lengthy letter from the County Water Conservancy District State office of the BLM, stating that Board were told Wednesday. the permits would be issued as soon The Board met early Wednesday .as certain documents were subwith Larry Anderson, engineer for mitted to that office to support the the Utah Division of Water initial application. Among those Resources, who has been the documents was a long list of technical advisor on the project stipulations which were also reduring its several year planning viewed by the local Board. All but process. Mr. Anderson stated that two of those stipulations appeared all details were falling into place, to be items already planned by the and final design work was nearly District. The remaining two, it was complete. An engineer from the felt, could be cleared up in firm doing the actual construction discussions with the state BLM design work on the storage office which are scheduled for next reservoir in Spanish Valley; the week in Salt Lake City. Mr. Anderson stated that alSheley diversion tunnel, and the smaller diversion dam in Mill though the Grand County project Creek, stated that his crews are was first in line for funding from a d State bond of doing their final field work now, and should have the plans complete some $25 million, a clarification on and ready for bid letting around the whether or not those bonds could like end of April. be sold as r rights-of-wa- ij'" - c 'i-- ' "' .' ";' v' ;s. !' - ;V -- ii mnyMrer k'- V"? ? 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The subject of the meeting will be a discussion tf e road k Cliff area, to be built and irinintninod system plans for the by Grand County. In a letter to the oil and gas operators Merrell said, We are trying to develop a master road system that can be utilized for access into areas that are needed for the gas and oil development. We need your ideas as to where to best establish this road system and not leave the decision to people not directly involved. This kind of planning is needed now before the Federal Government agencies do the planning and decision making for us. long-rang- Cisco-Boo- Poll results released ... Commissioner Larry Jacobs has appointed a committee from the Democratic Womens Organization to conduct a poll every month, and results from the first poll are complete. Mosquito control and new industry for Grand County were the subjects upon which citizens were asked their opinion. There were 110 people called, and of these 108 reported they felt mosquito control is good, while 2 said they felt it is not. On the question of new industry, 106 said they felt it is good, and 4 reported they felt it is not. The group of women doing the polling first receive background' information on the questions they are to ask. They will telephone about 150 people at random from the telephone book, and explain the background information before asking their questions. Commissioner Jacobs feels these polls can provide the commission some feel for the public pulse on current issues, which should be considered before decisions are made. down Coach stepsHead Mr. Delano Volume 85 ... Last law class plained that the 75 members of the e orchestra are musicians, an average of 215 performing concerts each year. He stated that the orchestra traveled 20,000 miles last year1, excluding foreign trips. The orchestra performs 49 weeks out of each . , yearGregory praised the efforts of Sam Taylor in first bringing the orchestra to Moab 20 years ago. The Utah Symphony Orchestra is a tremendous asset for the state of Utah, Gregory said. The guest speaker at the meeting was Homer Chandler, executive director of the Mountain Land Association of Governments and former city manager of Monticello. Chandler spoke on the development of industrial parks, citing Heber and Springville as examples. He stated that city and county hour. .. . , . c a big step toward reality last Thursday when the Utah Community Impact Board approved a $300 thousand grant to fund nearly of the major project. Darwin Gilger, chairman of the Spanish Valley Water & Sewer Improvement District, accompanied by Dave Bretzke, director of the County Water Conservancy District, traveled to Salt Lake City to one-thi- rd appear before the five-memb- er state Board. They were joined at that meeting by Carl Carpenter, a consulting engineer who has done the preliminary design work on the system who made the actual presentation. Also there supporting the Grand County people were officials of the Bureau of Water Quality, Larry Anderson from the Division of Water governments must broaden their tax base to remain viable. He said that, in order to respond to demands made upon local government by citizens, additional revenues must be obtained. He went on to say that if the tax base remains static, city and county government may become extinct. Chandler outlined the processes whereby Springville and Heber gained funding for industrial parks through the Economic Development Administration, based in Denver. He stated that, in order to be eligible for funding, a community must be able to correlate present and proposed land-us- e planning and itemize the benefits to be gained through industrial development. Chandler advised Chamber Resources, Gary Tomsic, director of the Southeastern Utah Association of Governments, and Bruce Arm- strong, Staff representative of Governor Scott M. Matheson who represents the Four Corners estimated to cost $997 thousand. It will be funded by the above grant of $300 thousand; an interest-fre- e state loan of $300 thousand; loans and grants from the Farm Home Administration amounting to $300 thousand and $97 thousand in local money to be raised through a bond issue if approved by the voters of the valley. That bond would be paid off through revenues from water hookup fees and charges for water following completion of the system. Mr. Gilger stated that a large number of people attended the meeting in Salt Lake City, making bids for portions of the $1 million the Board had available for grant at this time. We were delighted that the members of the Community Impact Board recognized the importance of this project to the future of Grand County in approving our request, he stated. Radio auction aimed at raising funds for new City Park The Rotary Chib of Moab will be conducting its first Annual Radio auction on Sunday March 25 from 1 p.m. till 5 p.m. Chairman Lloyd Pierson stated that proceeds from the auction will be used for the Clubs charitable community projects, including the new park proposal in Southeast Moab. Merchandise which has been donated by the businesses and individuals of the area will be Commission. auctioned over Radio Station The water system, which will KURA. A remote broadcasting unit bring culinary water to almost all will be set up in the lobby of First residences in Spanish Valley, is Western National Bank. Moab Rotary Club members will act as announcers in auctioning the items to the highest bidders. Persons wishing to bid may phone Everyone is urged to listen and take part in this fun event which the Moab Rotary Club intends to make into an annual affair. Items which will be auctioned off 259-596- 1. include: A home video game donated by Family Drug; a mans watch from Gift Shop Jewelers; a bowling bag from High Desert Gifts; Four gallons of paint from House of Decor, and many more items from Moab merchants and friends. members ' that the return on investments made by local com- munities in industrial development is a lengthy process. Dont go in with the idea that youre going to get rich quick he cautioned. . Mine group organized here The Independent Miners Committee of the Western Association of Land Users held a meeting last Friday, Mar. 9 to discuss problems involving the new M.S.H.A. mining laws. Chairman Joe Stocks stated that the group Voted to explore the possibilities of legal action against the federal government in connection with mining regulation. Stocks went on to say that many local nt The Moab Police announced this week that the one hour parking regulations will be enforced in the downtown business area. Officers began ticketing illegally parked cars last Friday; March 9. Residents are cautioned not to park on business area streets for more than one Thursday, March 15, 1979 $300,000 grant approved for new water system full-tim- ed One Hour parking . ... Moab, Grand County, Utah 84532 organization and programs of the group prior to Tuesday evenings Moab performance. Gregory ex- ... Times-Independe- 11 " Serving Moab and Grand County Since 1896" Orchestra, briefly outlined the education classes in series of The last in a Moab will be held next Tuesday in room 11 of the high school at 7:30 p.m. Circuit Judge Don Crist will be present to speak on criminal law. Course evaluation sheets will be passed out to those present, and all who have attended any of the classes, if they cannot attend next and fill out an week, are asked to stop at The evaluation form. This is needed to improve such courses as they are offered at other times and locations in Utah. The Law and You has been sponsored by the Utah Community Education Foundation, Grand County School District, and voluntary local lawyers, law enforcement personnel, and other professionals. law-relat- Number WtptnitvA Harold L. Gregory,' executive director of the Utah Symphony Basketball Coach at Grand County High Ford, School, announced Wednesday, February 28, that he wished to resign from that position effective at the end of the current school year. Coach Ford began his teaching and coaching assignments in the Grand County School system in 1965 at the Junior High School where he was a very successful coach of both football and basketball. He assumed the head basketball assignment at the High School five years ago. During that time, his teams made two appearances in the State Tournament and finished second only to Millard High School in the 2A classification last year. Mr. Ford will remain at the school as a driver training instructor and may accept other coaching assignments if time and personal interest permit. March 7 60 28 .00 March 8 65 26 .00 March 9 50 22 .00 March 1052 20.00 March 11 56 22 .00 March 12 64 27 .00 March 1364 30 .00 IK Gala celebration will mark 50th Arches Anniversary Don-ogh- from the State Weather i , . . timetable, a formal program will be held Thursday, April 12, featuring a speech by Governor Scott Matheson at 1 p.m. Other state government and Park Service dignitaries will be in attendance. Plans are being formulated for a Rights-of-wa- y Land Board on certain State lands involved in the project have not yet been received. They were approved, however, by a unanimous vote of the Land Board when it met in Moab in October. Chairman K. E. McDougald of the Conservancy District Board was to be in touch with State Land Board Director Bill Dinehart this week in an attempt to get those approvals to Moab as quickly as possible. Once work begins on the actual diversion dam, tunnel and storage reservoir, final engineering will be done on a water distribution system in Spanish Valley so that stored Mill Creek water can be made available to new and existing farmlands as quickly as possible. pSS The sinuous course of the Green River is obvious from formation known as Turks Head. See Bill Davis 'the air. At points, the river almost curves back upon feature, Page Bl. itself. At the extreme right center of this photo is the At the weekly luncheon meeting of the Moab Chamber of Commerce Tuesday, March 13, Russ announced a tentative schedule for the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the creation of Arches National Monument. is the chairman of the Arches Jubilee Committee, which is coordinating plans for the Park municipal bonds was holding up actual distribution of the money. That clarification is expected soon from the Internal Revenue Service, he stated, and the money should be available by the time work is ready to begin this summer. - miners feel that the federal government is being discriminatory in regulating mining and not applying similar regulation to other industries. It was reported that a large crowd was on hand for the meeting, which was held in the courtroom of the CityCounty building. The group will mi'f't aain on Friday. Mar. 23, Shooting flames at the City yard . . at the Moab City shop on Kane Creek Thursday jet of flame 50 feet into the air. Firefighters feared that morning, Mar. 8 destroyed a trailer and damaged a the flames would ignite a nearby diesel storage tank. truck. Authorities reported that trailer, which was full However, Fire Chief Troy Black managed to tow the of tar, ignited after being overheated by the built-i- n truck and trailer away from the tank with his truck, tar from the flames The unit. propane periodically where the blaze was extinguished by firemen. ignited propane escaping from a safety valve, sending a A fire 1 |