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Show RECREATION, SportsSC OMMUNITY Thursday, Marach 24, 2005 Area-Wid- e Week in Review Items from regional newspapers Hansen back in harness . . . Farmington What Utah officials had been hoping came to pass last Tuesday, when President Bush included former Congressman Jim Hansen among his nine nominees for the Base Realignment and Closure Commission. I think Hansens appointment is a very good one. From his years as a member of the Armed Services Committee, Jim understands the military, its needs, and will be very well informed and completely fair in addressing the question of how to cut back on some World War II installations and bring the American military into the 2 11 Century, said Sen. Bob Bennett. Davis County Clipper National Register nomination Price A move by a number of people and groups has been made to place the Nine Mile Canyon area on the National Register of Historic Places and nomination for the 6tatus is expected in the near future. Cory Jensen from the state history division said, My office recently met with the historical preservation officer and talked about what this should do for the canyon. This type of recognition does nothing more than to recognize the canyon as being a unique and special place. Damage to rock panels at sites in Nine Mile Canyon are a major concern. State history officials indicate that designating the area as a national historic district would provide not only recognition for Nine Mile canyon, but also assist in obtaining federal assistance in preserving the sites. Sun Advocate Backs cask safety . . of . Tooele Full approval a spent nuclear fuel storage facilon ity the Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indian Reservation has yet to be given, by Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Chairman Nils A. Diaz declared last Monday that the 4,000 180-to- n casks planned for placement in Tooele County would not pose a health risk to Utahns. If the casks were ever broken (from something like a plane crash) they would pose no radiological hazard with the present weaponry held by terrorists, according to Diaz. He further stated that radiation would only leak into areas within two miles of the site. Both nuclear security and safety are better than they than they have ever been and both are getting better, Diaz said. I think the casks there will be well protected. Tooele Transcript Bulletin Norwood wind turbine . . . over, Don Quixote, theres a new Norwood, Colo. Move "windmill in town. Last Wednesday, the San Miguel county planning commission approved an application for an electricity-generatin- g wind turbine in the Norwood area. The turbine will produce power for a residential unit, to augment an existing solar power system. People are becoming aware of where their electricity comes from, said Kelvin Verity, owner of Veritas Solar. They are just making a choice to produce clean electricity, and to get a little control over the source of their energy. Telluride Daily Planet Oil business booming ... Roosevelt The price of a gallon of gas broke the $2 mark again last week in Roosevelt, but the pinch on the Basins is being eased somewhat by the continued success of the areas oil and gas business. Around the region restaurants are filled with oilfield service workers in their company unipock-etboo- ks forms. The roadways are packed with convoys of water haulers and hot oilers on their way to the next job. The buzz is becoming almost deafening: The boom is back. There are more gas wells being drilled right now than in any time in the history of the Basin, said Lee Peacock, president of the Utah Petroleum Association. Its an exciting time. Uintah Basin Standard . . . High hopesThefor McPhee of a full McPhee Reservoir Colo. Cortez, prospect on the Dolores River has irrigators, rafters and fishermen in a frenzy. And with the Bureau of Reclamation looking at a full lake for the first time since 2000, officials are gathering this week to discuss how to utilize the potential water surplus.The intent is to bring operations to the whole community, said Vem Harrell of the Bureau of Reclamation. Were also going to talk about Lake Powell and Lake Mead as a barometer to things here. He explained that Lake Powell reaching capacity would be a good signal that the ongoing drought is over. Powell is presbelow capacity. ently about 100-feCortez Sentinel et Uranium properties acquired . . . International Uranium has announced Corp. Blanding that the company is finalizing the addition of two key proper- ties adjoining its existing Bullfrog mining claims in Garfield County near Lake Powell. The properties being added encompass the entire Tony M. Mine, which was extensively developed in the early 1980s but was never put into production. Addition of the Tony M. Mine properties, comprised of a Utah State section and 17 privately held unpatented mining claims, to the companys existing holdings will nearly double the identified uranium resources the company controls in Garfield County. Ore from the properties would be hauled to the 2,000 ton per day uraniumvanadium mill near Blanding for processing. Blue Mountain Panorama Landfill business down . . . Price The East Carbon City Council discussed a downturn at the East Carbon Development Corp. Landfill. All I have to say is that New York and Chicago have nothing over on Utah when it comes to crooked politics, said Mayor Dale Andrews. It appears to me that a number of former legislators have lined their pockets in this matter. The mayors comments came in reaction to a Utah Senate resolution allowing a new municipal waste landfill to open in Tooele County. Operated by ECDC parent company Allied Waste, the facility will start taking most of the municipal waste that the East Carbon site has been receiving for more than a decade. Sun Advocate Passenger Sheri Scouten cozies up to Captain Brett Jones, while they and first officer Rick Schein prepare to embark the Navajo Piper Chieftan for Salt Lake City. Clear skies beckon on this beautiful day in early March. Airport Development Plan submitted to Utah Division of Aeronautics; maintenance issues addressed in recent inspection, officials say Carrie Switzer By The Utah Department of Transportation found six discrepancies during a mainte- nance of inspection Canyonlands Field on February 22, some of which will be addressed by an improvement plan approved last week by the Grand County Airport Board. Some of the discrepancies are part of regular maintenance, but things like erosion are beyond the scope of what we can do, said Moab Airport Manager Mark Frances. That is being addressed by the air- report development plan asnew and painting getting phalt. The paint lasts almost as long as the roadway, he added. We do them at the same time. The issues raised by the inspection are projects that are already under contract, according to Airport Board Chair Marcus LaFrance. The plan addresses projects in addition to the discrepancies. Airport planner Kirk that drainage is undermining the taxiway and Nielson said has created hazards. If this is not corrected I anticipate major damage to the taxiway in the next couple of years, he wrote in his report. Other issues include the need for new paint, weeds on the edge of the runway obscuring lights and signs, some runway lights not functioning, and security risk due to unlocked gates. One of the items, fencing around the airport, was taken care of a year ago, LaFrance said. have construction underway, he said. Some of the work was done a year ago, and corporate jets in there for a lot of different reasons, including manufacturing, advertising and films. Grand County has budgeted $66,500 for the airport in 2005, to cover general main- - tenance and operations at Canyonlands Field. Another $650,000 is budgeted for the design of the new safety run- way, according to airport board secretary Diana Carroll, which comes from federal aviation grants. Actual construction of the runway is at a cost of $4 slated for 2006, million I think were going to see some continued growth in a few areas, Frances said. Grand baseball team defeated Monticello 27-4-, split doubleheader with Juab Wasps on Monday by Jeff Richards contributing writer The Grand County High baseball team pummeled Monticello 27-- 4 in a preseason game last Tuesday, then split a tight doubleheader vs. Juab on Monday afternoon in Moab to begin Region 14 play. Against Monticello, the Red Devils had hits, including seven doubles, as the Buckaroos committed nine errors in the field. Kerby Smith was the winning pitcher. Grand scored 16 runs in the second inning and added eight more in the third. The game was stopped due to the mercy rule midway through the fifth inning. Mondays doubleheader against Juab was a closely fought affair, with the Wasps in winning the first game and Red the eight innings Devils winning the second 11 6-- 5 game 10-- 9. In the first game, Juab in the fifth pulled ahead Grand answered inning, but in the runs three by scoring bottom of the fifth to tie the 4-- 1 game. Grand scored one more run in the bottom of the seventh to send the game into extra innings, but Juabs Trent Stowey hit a solo home run off Stephen Lopez in the top of the eighth. Grand was unable to score that inning, and Juab For digital T- -l 9-- 9 9 6-- 3 1-- Grand debaters take 2nd in state competition by Jeff Richards contributing writer The Grand County High debate team took second place in the state 2A forensic championships held last weekend at St. George. The Red Devils, last years state champions, placed several finalists in key categories but were narrowly defeated by Beaver High A total of 18 School, 66-6- 3. schools participated in the 2A competition. Grands Region 14 rival Juan Diego Catholic High School finished a distant third. I were better than us in the little things that we didnt do, said GCHS head coach Hal Adams afterward. I dont feel good about not winning, but I do feel really good about what we accomplished. It was a good learning lesson, Adams added, noting that if Grand had placed one more finalist in the Lincoln-Dougla- s category, they would have taken first place overall. GCHS sophomore Cooper Henderson placed 1st in the extemporaneous category, in which students are given 30 e minutes to prepare a on a speech political Continued on Page B2 seven-minut- dont want to make excuses, but they (Beaver) A Look Back in Time We escaped with the narrow victory. Grand rebounded in the next game by breaking a tie in the bottom of the sixth to earn the 10-- victory. The Red Devils had six hits in that game as they improved to overall, 1 in region play. Historic pictures of Moab and Grand County files: http:www.lib.utah.edudigitalunews Have a picture you would like to share? Submit it to The Times-lndepende- nt LeGrand Johnson will be starting up on March 31. They have 30 days to finish. The new projects include upgrades that will continue until Canyonlands Field will be able to cater to larger jets, Frances said. The federally funded projects include maintenance equipment purchases, runway improvements, terminal parking, a truck building, and security gates. State-funde- d projects include replacone runway, fog coat and ing crack and seal materials. Frances said he agrees that increasing tourist traffic at the airport is a priority, not just for airport commuter numbers but for the individual businesses at the airport, in- cluding skydiving, scenic flights and car rentals. also see a need to ing crease our capacity, he said. That way we can handle larger craft. We see I load-bearin- of old Moab . . . Important part Blacksmith the and Chris Halverson Charles in Swasey, Jr. Shop, located in downSwasey town Moab in the 1 890s. The shop was an important place for folks living here, for sharpening and replacing plow tips, wagon wheels and much more. |