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Show i, Recreation, nu,-.,bcpc- j.t TV Listings .... Area Review.. Real Estate .... Public Notices Classified Ads SportsdC ommunit y Thursday, June 10,2004 Area-Wid- e Week in Review Items from regional newspapers Local Guard unit receives orders Members of the 148th Field ArtilBrigham City, Utah lery Battalion of the Utah National Guard received their activation orders this past weekend to take part in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Approximately 150 soldiers from units based in Logan, Brigham City and Salt Lake are part of the 116th Cavalry Brigade out of Idaho that was put on alert earlier this year. The battalion will leave later this month. For several months the citizen soldiers of the 148th have been preparing for this mobilization and deployment. They are equipped and prepared for the next level of training which will take place at Ft. Bliss, Texas. Once training operations are completed at Ft. Bliss, the unit will undergo a mission readiness exercise at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Ft. Polk, Louisiana, before deploying overseas later this year. Box Elder News Journal neither devil nor devine Wal-Ma- rt Centerville, Utah A group fighting construction of a in Centerville Supercenter points to Tooele as enough reason to keep the giant retailer out. However, a chamber of commerce official says all business failures in town cant be blamed on the Arkansas-base- d chain. Tooele County Chamber of Commerce Pres. Keith Bird said some stores were struggling long before opened its doors in 1990, followed by its relocation as a supercenter about four years ago. Its good and bad, he said of arrival and impact on the business community. Davis County Clipper Wal-Ma- rt Wal-Ma- rt Wal-Mar- ts Gunnison Raises Sewer Rates Gunnison, Utah Following a fairly involved Public Hearing, the Gunnison City Council voted on several measures that will affect the pocketbooks of town residents. In an effort to prepare for a new sewer project that will help with the growth of the Central Utah Correctional Facility, as well as add the Gunnison Industrial Park, the council voted to add $5 to the sewer bill for each resident. This will bring the total sewer cost to $16 for each household. In comparison, Councilman Steve Buchanan said this is price is still less than Centerfield, Salina and Manti residents pay. There are additional increases for motels, the schools, and RV campsites. The increase will appear on the citys June utility bill for the month of May. The council also passed the Pressurized Irrigation Impact Fee for $1,000 for those residents who want to get onto the pressurized system. Gunnison Valley News Monroe Canyon Road open to ATVs Monroe, Utah Less than one year after being closed to vehicle travel, access to Monroe Canyon, via Forest Road 078 has reopened to OHV travel. The move came as a direct result of the cooperative efforts between Monroe City and the U.S. Forest Service. Richfield District Ranger Fred Houston issued a temporary special use permit last month, which gives Monroe City jurisdiction in the management and maintenance of the 1.93 mile section of the road at the mouth of Monroe Canyon. Houston officially closed the road to OHV travel in July 2003, citing safety and liability issues, as well as an existban on the recreational vehicle travel. ing Richfield Reaper ay wildfire crews Challenge Uintah Utah Agencies charged with fighting County, wildfires this summer are gearing up for another fire season in drought stricken Utah, but their plans do not include one critical resource - heavy air tankers. The U.S. Forest Service terminated its air tanker contract on May 10, after a National Transportation Safety Board report questioned the airworthiness of the planes. The NTSB investigation was spawned by the deaths of five people in 2002 when their tankers broke apart during flight. Many of the fleets planes are military surplus, making it difficult to obtain complete maintenance records, the report said, and some of the planes have been in service since the 1940s. The Forest Service downplayed the loss of the fleet, saying that firefighters commonly attack and contain wildfires without support for the tankers Uintah Basin Standard Bombs pose serious Cortez, Colorado threat conferencing, and community use. In addition, it will include a smaller conference room available for Gold Service Club clients. In addition, Zions Banks new Moab office will feature a bike rack, a community events bulletin board, original works by Utah artists and desert landscape architecture by SGE Associates. Layton Construction will begin working on the project in June, and a public ground breaking ceremony is slated for June 18at 6 p.m. Scheduled by Jeff Richards contributing writer At last weeks kindergarten orientation meeting, Red Rock Elementary principal Sherrie Buckingham provided additional details about the kiny upcoming shift to dergarten this fall. Instead of three kindergarten teachers teaching six half-da-y sessions, there will be five kindergarten teachers teaching the entire day. One of the new teachers will be existing Red Rock teacher Mrs. Carpenter, who is move assigning from her ment to join kindergarten teachers Mrs. Curtis, Mrs. Jackson, and Mrs. Swanson. The fifth position has not yet been filled, Buckingham said. Because of the shift from six sessions to five, class sizes may go up slightly, depending on enrollment, Buckingham said. Were hoping for (kindergarten) class sizes of between 20 and 22 students, she said. full-da- lst-grad- s. graders will stay until 3:15 p.m. Every Monday will still be early out day, with all students being excused at 12:15 p.m. Kindergartners will be served school lunch and will also be eligible for breakfast, Buckingham added. Kindergarten classes will still be housed in the north wing (Rooms 1 through 3), and the two former lst-grad- e classrooms at the end of the east wing (Rooms 4 and 5) will The future for Utah lies in rural Utahans finding solutions to rural problems, states Lieutenant Governor Gayle McKeachnie, of the Governors Rural Partnership Board. We are making a call to all rural Utahans to become involved in the process of identifying these solutions. All rural Utahns are asked to participate in a process that will result in the presentation of a slate of rural economic development and planning initiatives to Governor Walker, a special committee of the Utah State Legislature and the Governor-elect later this year. The first step in this process is a series of surveys about initiatives that could help rural Utahs economy. These surveys For the first time in 15 years the Wasatch County Council wont hold its meetings on a Moncouncil is moving its meeting day. Instead, the dates to the first and third Wednesdays of each month. Also new for the council is the meeting time. Since 1954, county commissioners met during business hours. Early records show the old commissions beginning at 9 a.m. Some commissions started later, as from 1954 to 1973, which began their meetings at 10 a.m. Beginning in 1990 the County Commission held meetings in the afternoons, beginning at 3:30 p.m.The current County Council, now in office for two years, has elected to meet at 6 p.m. on Wednesdays. But the decision hasnt come without a struggle. Controversy surrounds the move because it pits one er council member against another. Councilwoman Annie McMullens work schedule precludes her from attending Wednesday meetings. Councilman Wayne Hardmans work schedule precludes him from attending Monday meetings. In March, however, four of the seven council members voted to accommodate Hardman. The Wasatch Wave r, n Bank. We look forward to bet- ter serving the community with the added convenience of a new, larger office location. Zions Bank is Utahs oldest financial institution, and is teachers will be considered and honored if possible, but I cant guarantee them, Buckingham said, adding that additional information will be mailed out to households of kindergartners throughout the summer. Parents who have not yet registered their children for kindergarten-ag- e school may still do so. Contact Red Rock Elementary at 6 for more information. Through the shift to 259-732- full-da- y kindergarten, Grand become kindergarten classrooms. Those rooms have full-servi- full-servi- Idaho. Founded in 1873, Zions has been serving the communities of Utah for 130 years. For more information, contact Zions Banks Moab branch at Additional informa259-596- 1. tion is available at www.zionsbank.com. County School District hopes to meet the goals of the states new Performance Plus K3 Reading Achievement program, Gov. Olene Walkers $30 million proposal to have all Utah students be able to read at or above grade level by the time they reach 3rd grade. The move is expected to cost Grand County School District an estimated $150,000 annually, with the money coming from a local property tax levy and matching state funds. restroom facilities, which kindergarten classes are required by law to have, Buckingham noted. The move means that several other Red Rock teachers will have to change classrooms. A relocatable classroom building will be brought in, and will likely house special services or some other small department displaced by the classroom shifts. Kindergartners will be tested the first two weeks of school in the fall, and then placed so that each classroom has a balanced mix, Buckingham told parents last week. Requests for specific Rural Utah input being new board sought by rural Wasatch County, Utah Susan Larsen, Grand-SaJuan area president for Zions the only local bank with a statewide distribution of branches, operating 111 branches throughout Utah. Zions Bank also operates 22 branches in Idaho, and more than 200 ATMs throughout Utah and y lst-grader- Journal for completion in December, the new building will replace Zions Banks current Moab office, located at 300 S. Main. Our business in the Moab area has really been growing, and the new branch will allow us to continue to expand, said More information given about full-dakindergarten for coming school year a.m. until 2:15 p.m., as will the The 2nd- - and 3rd- - the same person or group, Sheriff Joey Chavez said Thursday. The bombs were described as steel pipes anywhere from 2 inches to 3.5 inches long and a half-inc- h in diameter. They reportedly contained gunpowder and were capped at the end. seven-memb- 24-ho- ur p According to Buckingham, Several area homes have been the The First Wednesday Zions Bank recently unveiled the architectural plans for its new Moab branch location at 330 S. Main. Designed by Richardson ft. Design, the 9,000-sq- . branch will provide Moab area clients with access to a full line of personal and business banking products and services. The branch will include four drive-ulanes, a drive-u- p ATM, a night deposiand safe deposit boxes. tory, The building will feature a large conference room for employee training, video the schools kindergartners will attend school from 8:15 deliveries within the last two weeks recipients of - pipe bombs placed in their mailboxes by a person or persons unknown. According to the Montezuma County Sheriffs Office, five pipe bombs were found in mailboxes in the rural Dolores area between May 24 and May 27. The bombs, being investigated as vandalism, were thought to be related. We think its Cortez Groundbreaking set for new Zions Moab office on June 18 will begin immediately online at http:utahreach.orgwing-spansurveys- . We want to make sure that every rural Utahn has an opportunity to participate, Jeff Packer, of Brigham City. For this reason, we have asked all Department says co-ch- of Workforce Employment Cen- ters and Utah State University Extension Service Offices located in rural Utah to make computer available for those without Internet access. Individuals living in rural Utah who are clients of the Utah State Office of Rehabilitation (USOR) may visit their USOR offices for assistance. The surveys are the first in a process that will include discussions of potential initiatives at this years Rural Summit. New Sand Flats area manager The Sand Flats Recreation was tapped to Area has a new manager. Andrea Brand the top post at the popular tourist spot after longtime manager Michael Smith stepped down to pursue other ventures. County Administrator Judy Bane announced Brands hiring last month. Now in her seventh year as a Sand Flats employee, Brand was one of the first seasonal workers hired when Grand County took over management of the area. Brand says her time at Sand Flats has been one of her favorite work experiences. The Sand Flats staff really works as a team. Were a small staff and we can work together to make things happen, Brand says. like that people are really excited about being here. After several years traveling around the country working as a seasonal National Park Service employee, Brand also appreciates having a job thats close to home. Im happy to finally be based here all year round, Brand says. Moab is my home. Its where I want to be. Photo by Lisa Church fill I I |