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Show tntcs -- (31 nbspsrthm t TV ECREATION, Sport Area-Wid- Community - School debate team started off Items from regional newspapers Big impact fee jump the year with a student congress tournament at Jordan . . . Brigham City After considerable study and analysis, a recommendation to increase impact feeds was made by Brigham Citys Recreation Commission and Public Utilities Board. Currently, the imact fees required for a new homes are $4,4389. The increase would bring that amount to about $6,957. Following the recommendation, the Brigham City Council instructed city staff to draft an ordinance outlining the increases and then hold a public hearing before making a decision. The fees are charged to pay for future city infrastructure to meet the additional needs resulting from the growth. Box Eder News Journal Big sales tax loss ... Heber City An estimated $53 million in sales revenue is the Heber Valley market area annually because being lost from residents are shopping out of county for goods and services, says a sales leakage report commissioned by Heber City. The results of the report have been made available to the city, after officials commissioned Envision Utah to hire a firm to conduct it some time ago. Elements of the report still have to be refined. The Wasatch Wave local Sewer fee questioned . . . Blanding A majority of council members say they wont consider changing the law, but they are willing to hear citizens complaints over the cost of hooking onto the citys new sewer lines. The ordinance in question requires residents to hook into the city sewer system if they live within 300 feet of an existing, or new, sewer line. Three council members say they do not favor changing the law. However, they will consider complaints from residents, who insist that tying into a new sewer line will be a financial hardship. Donna Jones, has an existing septic system at her property which works perfectly. The system cost $6000 eight years ago. Trenching and other costs to tie into the citys new sewer line will cost $5,000 to $10,000 for each of two lots she and her husband own. We dont have the money to abandon a good septic system to hook onto the city sewer system, she said. Blue Mountain Panorama Getting together on energy . . . Price Energy development and production have always played a major role in Carbon Countys economy. First came coal from the plateaus and mesas of Carbon and Emery counties. Then came uranium in Grand, San Juan and Emery. In the last 20 years, coal bed methane has been developed to the point that there are literally thousands of holes in the area producing gas for the American public. However, the factions that produce the different kinds of energy have not been totally united when it comes to public policy. With that in mind, a number of energy company representatives and public officials met last week to plan a strategy for a new organization intended to change past practices, develop unity and promote community development. Sun Advocate Decision shuts down drilling . . . A Price office of the Bureau of decision by the Land Management to deny a request by Bill Barrett Corporation to continue drilling and completion operations in the Nine Mile Canyon area will likely cost Utah between $10 and $12 million in lost investments. But its local oil field supply companies that will bear the brunt of the BLMs decision, which some say has come as a shock and a hardship. BLM officials in Price say that BBC knew their lease in the West Tavaputs area had closure date of Nov. 1. However, Barrett Corp. officials said that recent talks with BLM officials led them to believe they would be allowed to continue work until December and possibly through the winter. The Denver-basecompany was so certain that they would be allowed to continue that they went to the expense of bringing in drilling rigs and put their contractors on notice that they would need supplies and manpower to carry operations at least until December. The shorter season means that drilling rigs are pulling up stakes, and wells nearly ready to produce must be capped. Work cannot resume until May. Roosevelt d Uintah Basin Standard on the Green . . . rage Fishing with Wildlife Resources at FlamVernal Officer Jack Lytle ing Gorge responded to an unusual call last Saturday when a relaxing morning of fishing turned ugly for two anglers. The call to Lytle indicated that a weapon had been brandished in a threatening manner by a fisherman on the Green River. As the story unfolded, the officers discovered that an angler fishing from a rock in the river below Flaming Gorge Dam became an- gry when a boat floated between his perch and the river bank. The angry fisherman decided to warn off the two men in the boat by casting his line across their bow. That was an unsuccessful move. One of the men in the boat grabbed the line and broke it. The fisherman then came down off his rocky seat, waded over to the boat and took hold of it, stopping its forward momentum. After an angry exchange of words, the fisherman in the front of the boat asked his fishing partner to get a gun out of a bag. The men claimed the gun had been pointed at them. The fishermen who brandished the gun said it was not loaded and was never pointed in the direction of the other men. The man said they had a permit for a concealed weapon. The Daggett County Attorney will decide if prosecution is called for. Vernal Express Try again, Wal-Ma- rt . . . edged a little closer to developing a Supercenter in Centerville last week with the City Council voting 1 to send the companys conceptual site plan and conditional subdivision plan back to the planning commission for approval, scheduled to take place Dec. 8. This will allow to go forward developing its final plans for development not yet guarantee that the giant retailer will build. does but will first have to meet the conditions before the city will give the company the green light to start construction. wanted an approval last Tuesday, saying it was separate from their other plans before going before the planning commission. But the city disagreed. Davis County Clipper Centerville Thursday, November 25, 2004 GCHS debate team begins ambitious schedule The Grand County High e Week in Review Listings ...., Area Review.., Real Estate .... Public Notices Classified Ads Wal-Ma- rt 3-- Wal-Ma- rt Wal-Ma- rt Wal-Ma- rt t High School, on November 3. The team showed that they intend to be very competitive this year. Cooper Henderson took first place in varsity and Kimber Parry took first place in Junior Varsity as well as being named best chair. Ariel Rouzer also received best chair honors. Ari Ferro, Dayton Minor, Jessie Plum, Heather Tolley, Sam Webster, and Preston Bishoff all placed in the top five in their sessions. Cooper Henderson came out of the tournament as the top speaker in the state. It is very rewarding to be the only 2A team at the tournament competing against all of the 4A and 5A teams in the state and do so well, said the teams advisor, Mr. Adams. But the winning isnt what is important, what is important is we took 50 students to compete against the best in the state and we were all competitive. The next night 66 Grand County High School students competed in the Grand Congress tournament in Moab. Teams from Eastern Utah were invited. Cody Tibbetts, Cooper Henderson, Matt Chase, Brennan Cozzens, Grace Tyler, Andrew Baker, Beau Johnson, Kimber Parry, Preston Bishoff, Kerby Smith, Ari Ferro, Dayton Minor, Geneava Francis, Ashlie Leavitt, and Joshua Vogel all placed in the competition. Joshua Vogel and Cooper Henderson took first place in their divisions, and Heather Tolley and Kimber Parry walked away with best chair honors. The Red Dirt Spar debate tournament started at Grand County High School on November 10, when 110 students from the school went though an elimination tournament to qualify for the final night of the tournament on November 18 against schools from Eastern Utah. The elimination rounds took place after school, in the evening and during lunch. Grand County High School will be hosting three more tournaments this year. The truth is with the cost of travel and the amount of students that want to debate, we realize that it is impossible to take our students to the tournaments that they need to attend, Adams said. So were bringing the debate to them. Adams added that he is concerned about hosting these tournaments, and is asking for volunteers in the community who have debate experience to help judge at these tournaments. The team has again been invited to compete in the prestigious University of Stanford high school debate tournament in Palo Alto, California. Because of the great showing last year, Adams is expecting tournament officials to give him more slots this year. When asked about the schools chance to repeat as state champions he quickly it goes the right way . . . The Grand Up County Road Crew worked on CERT (Leverage Cribbing Drills) using these short 2X4 (they call them Sticks) to lift up this 8,000 lb. shed. If Grand County had a disaster these are the good guys that would be safely freeing victims in collapsed buildings. From left: Terry Leech, first crib supply person; Kelly Denney, cribber; Stan Madsen, medical care; David Vaughn, road department assistant supervisor victim; Bud Johnson, victim removal person; Bob Davenport, group leadersafety officer, and Cody McKinney, lever fulcrum person. Marvin Day Maintenance Supervisor and CERT Trainer, instructed Grand County Road Crew on light search and rescue techniques. Marvin taught the crew how to safely assess a structure and how to create a safe operation plan. They learned the correct standard right to left rescue guidelines while searching a building. Each member practiced safe rescue techniques using available tools and resources from the area. Using the double box cribbing techniques, rescues can lift and hold up to 10,000 lbs, Marvin explains. And when using a three box cribbing technique, you can lift twice the weight. The Road Department realizes that in some tight places their diesel dozers dont always fit. Lifting and removing lots of heavy debris for hours at a time can cause lower back injuries. Below the road crew demonstrates the correct CERT's hand debris removal technique. Crib and debris removal line, from left: Glen Arthur, LesThayn, Dave Vaughn Road Department Assistant Supervisor, Terry Stewart, John Jackson, Bill Jackson, Terry Leech, Cody McKinney, Duke Relitz. Lake Powell water is gushing during flow test this week The Department of the Interiors U.S. Geological Survey is collaborating with partner agencies to conduct scientific experiments designed to evaluate the effect of a high-florelease from Glen Can- w County School District. Most of our debate practice is at lunch or after school, and they use what they already know, he said. The logic and reason the debaters use comes from the math and science department. English and history classes give our students so much depth. Last week, a freshman quoted the Gettysburg address in a speech. She learned that at the middle school. Extra curricular activities and club at Grand County are unbelievable. Cease Fire, Reading Club, Future Business Leaders, trips to Costa Rica, school newspaper are just a few of the opportunities that develop good debaters. Q jf ' yon Dam on the natural resources of the Colorado River second. 41,000 The goal is to stir up and recubic-feet-p- in Grand Canyon National Park. The high-flotest began distribute sediment from tributary rivers downstream on Sunday, November 21, after a y public review and 15-da- comment period that closed last week. It was scheduled o last for four days, ending Thursday, November 25. Researchers from the T--l sediment into drainage channels. A previous high-flotest at the dam in 1996 was designed to stir up and redistribute sediment from the bottom of the Colorado River and add it to riverbanks. The hypothesis underlying that test was not borne out by the results, leading scientists to believe that a more effective approach would be to redistribute tributary sediment. More than a million tons of sediment has now accumulated from downstream tributaries, triggering the proposal from the Adaptive Management Work Group for the November 21 high-flotest. The water released during Continued on Page B2 w USGS Grand Canyon Monitor- ing and Research Center are working with scientists and resource managers from Interiors Bureau of Reclamation, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, as well as the Arizona Game and Fish Ari- zona University and others to prepare, conduct, and evaluate the experiments. Under the high-flo- experiment, test Reclamation w opened the dams bypass tubes for 90 hours. The peak high flows ran for two and w one-ha- lf days (60 hours) at about A Look Back in Time For digital from the dam to enlarge existing beaches and sandbars, create new ones, and distribute w Department, Northern Have a picture you would like to share? Submit it to The Historic pictures of Moab and Grand County files: http:www.lib.utah.edudigitalunews Times-lndepende- nt 11 -if, ? V- points out that debate at Grand County isnt about win- ning state championships, it is about learning confidence and lifetime communication skills. Its about working hard and having a good time and being part of something worth while, he said. If you take care of the little successes, winning will take care of its self. Adams did say that Grand County debate would always be very competitive. And the reason he gave was the outstanding academic base that students get in the Grand er lumber . . GrowingweMoab needed to our and - . are today comforts Accustomed as conveniences, we can hardly imagine the difficulties, hardships, and courage that were needed to solve the transporting of lumber in the 1 890s. Thomas Wilson Branson was an early day lumberman with the colorful nickname of Hell Roarin Tom. He not only transported lumber, but moved his entire sawmill to the trees. Hell Roarin Tom bought a sawmill from D. S. McCullum in La Sal Pass on May 1, 1894. The mill was dismantled, loaded on three wagons, and hauled by three teams of oxen and six teams of horses several different times. They traveled first from La Sal Pass to Deer Creek on the William Stocks place, then back to the Pass. They then went to Wilson Mesa and then on to the head of Castle s Ranch, Valley. The next move was back to Deer Creek by way of Fisher Point and Bar-said OleTom" would never make it He hollered back, Wait and see!The road was very steep and he strung ropes (block and tackle) up the hill around trees and pulled downhill with three yoke of oxen. As the team went down, they pulled the boiler up and Hell Roarin Tom was on his way again! A sheep-herder- |