OCR Text |
Show Page A9 (Dje imra-3nbrprn&r- nt n Castle Valley Comments Thursday, December 26, 2002 by Ron Drake cCj, i The architects concept of the new Castle Valley community center will be completed early next year and will also house an extension of the Grand County Library. During last weeks Cu.-tl-e Valley Town Council meeting, the council members reviewed the architects preliminary plans for the new community building. The structure, comprising just over 1,600 square feet, consists of two bathrooms, utility room, break room, storage room, an office, conference room and a meeting room. The passive solar, southwest design features stone veneer retaining walls on the east and west sides of the building with an earth berm wrapping around the north side between both berms. The council, having found little to change, approved the plans and will be advertising for a contractor probably next month. Grand County Library officials also looked at the plans earlier and found ample room in the meeting room for shelves to store the books for the local library extension. As a result of the resignation of Eddie Morandi, the contact person for building permits, a new replacement was appointed during the meeting The new building permit officer will be Ron Mengel. a new resident of Whooley Lane. His appointment will become official the first of the year and can be reached to begin the process of applying at for a building permit in the town boundaries. Councilman Mark Webster who is overseeing the construction under contract with the Bureau of Land Management discussed the Pace Hill fence project at length. The route of the fence has been selected which includes a rail fence on the west side of Pace lhll Road near where the original old fence was located. On the other side of the road, a wire fence will be installed to restrict traffic on the BLM land. Webster will make an inventory of materials needed to complete the project and put it out to bid since the cost will be over the $1,500 that requires a bid. Since the ground is so hard now, the council decided to table the project until spring. 259-672- 6 The proposed new lighting ordinance remains tabled until the council can come up with new, more concise language in the preamble of the ordinance. They will also look at existing light ordinances from other entities. Mayor Bruce Keeler expressed his concern about the proposed purchase of land ow ned by the School and Institution Trust Lands Administration (SITLA) by the Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR). The funds that DWR is using to purchase the over 600 acres deemed to be a prime wildlife habitat area has been frozen because of the current state financial picture. Phone calls to SITLA and DWR officials however, seem to indicate their confidence that the conservation purchase will go forward as planned. The council also approved the meeting dates for 2003. They will remain the same as in the past. They will continue to meet the third Wednesday of each month. Mayor Keeler, who also sits on the Solid Waste District board of directors, is anxious about the financial picture of the district. He said the board had a balanced budget until they found out the mineral lease money was cut. They were expecting $167,000 but would only receive $110,000 after the cut. They run a very tight budget and savings areas just dont exist, the mayor said. As a stopgap they can cover the shortfall by robbing Peter to pay Paul but the funds will eventually have to be made up. He said they are facing several proposals that will affect Castle Valley as well as the county as a whole. Early proposals include increasing land fill fees 20 to 2591 but even that wont be enough, it has to be a total package of several ideas. Other areas to increase money might include a countywide increase in pick- up fees and mandatory trash pick-ucountywide. There are no solid proposals yet," the mayor said, but the bottom line is we will p all pay for it." Christmas Party . . . Kindergarten class was held December 20. Mrs. Susan, in The Jackson's Stephanie kindergarten party Kathryn other several were in There also activities. parents in children's Brewer and Melanie Dolphin assist Ward. of Doug attendance, not shown in picture. Photo courtesy -x- S has new president The State Board of UVSC Re- gents has selected William A. Sederburg, currently President of Ferris State University, as the 5th President of Utah Valley State College. The Board voted unanimously last week to name Sederburg as the new president, at a special meeting held at their offices in Salt Lake City. Dr. Sederburg will replace Dr. Kerry D. Romesburg who, after 14 years of leading UVSC, was appointed as the first President of Nevada State College, and Interim President Lucille T. Stoddard who has led the College since September. Dr. Sederberg, and his w ife Joyce, are the parents of 2 children. Mrs. Sederberg is a school psychologist. Having tripled in size the past decade, UVSC is a rapidly growing institution with an enrollment of over 24,000 students. It provides applied technology, and general and liberal education offerings leading to Associate of Arts and Sciences and 3 1 programs leading to Bachelor ofArts and Bachelor of Science degrees. THE NOVEMBER WINNER OF OVR IS SHAKLEE HEALTH-CAR- RED STAR CUSTOMER PRODUCTS E APPRECIATION PROMOTION Customers with a Red Star on their monthly Black Oil statement receive a $150 credit to their account Feel Better Now! For Catalog Information Call Valarie or Robert at. 259-310- 8 oWk si. Wholesale Retail or stop by 139 N. Main St. Thank You For Your Open 7 Days a Week I " tha Digital Cable Aooaaa Package Qt for Just pr mo. for 8 month. D Businessl Send a Friend a gift a week for a year ... a gift subscription to Free n stta arit o m ! IPDias, DD a Local Channels Included! (KPAX, KUTV, KUWB, KSL, KBYU, KSTU and more!) m Free Installation on up to 4 outlets H Watch different programs In different rooms without buying extra equipment. Channels Multiple iN DEMAND bring you more movies, more sports, and special Pay-Per-Vie- concert events. commercial-fre30 channels of digital music. Interactive programming guide with parental h CD-qualit- y, e control. Customer service and repair by local professionals 24 hours a day, 7 days per week. More Hollywood movies with up to 26 different premium channels like HBO, Showtime and Starzl S8KifCUMiNMM' M No No credit chock! for your satellite dish! $100 give you to .quipm.nt well Plus, Call Now! buy! 1 El COPY PRECIS co. $24 local area $32 outside of area Call 435-259-75- 25 or write: The Times-- I ndependent P.O. Box 129 MoaL UT 84532 communications I |