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Show e ; Emery County j III Home Grown News Since 1900 Tuesday, September 21, 2004 c Volume 104 Castle Daic, Utah 3 Ferron City Operating without a Mayor By Number 38 50t COREY BLUEMEL Staff Writer Ferron City Council held its first regular meeting since the resignation of Mayor Kent Larsen. As Mayor Pro Tern, Jo Sanservero presided over the meeting. Councilman Gordon Bennett addressed the council and those residents present. Ferron is a good town. We have good citizens and a good council. I'm askingvou to stop the negative comments about the actions of the mayor and council. If you have questions con cerning the firehouse or the golf course, come to the council meetings and gi e us your input. Many, many decisions and public hearings are held and we have no citizen input because no one shows up. We need your input. There is no wav for us to know w hat the citizens want if they do not tell us. Citizens need to be involved in this community during hard times, like now, and good times. I'm asking, no, pleading, with you to stop the negativeness. My father told me that negative begets negative and positive begets positive. Ive tried to remember that all my life, I'm still learningand trv ing'. I'm asking vou all to stand tall and stand proud because Ferron is an outstanding community with outstandingeitizens. Don't listen to rumors. If v ou hav e a question, please confront the person and ask for the truth and their side of the story. Get the whole story, and remember there are two sides to every story and look for the positiv e. said Bennett. Auditors lor Ferron City, Kav Kimball and Rick Roberts gave a presentation of the audit results to the council. Kimball told the council of the INSIDE new GASB.'l-- l report format. Audits are done to ascertain the financial viability of cities and examine their accounting practices and principles. Perrons audit adequately represents the city's financial standing. w ould advise the council to review this audit and become familiar with the new format. Bv becoming familiar with the format, the budget process will go more smoothly," said Kimball. Another facet of the auditors job is to ensure compliance with grants, both federal and state. Also, to make the 1 Continued on PAGE 3A. Honors Veterans, Law Enforcement, etc. 5A. BRIEFLY Road Construction on Miller Flat Road Road reconstruction will begin on Tuesday, Sept. 21, on the Miller Flat Road (NFSR 50014) from the intersection at State Route 31 to approximately 0.7 miles south. The project will this segment of single lane road to a double lane road with the capacity to accommodate the increased volume of traffic the area has experienced. Construction is expected to take three weeks. Crews will be working Monday through Thursday from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. You can expect delays of up to 30 minutes. If you have questions, please contact the FerronPrice Ranger District at con-ve- rt 2. Cody Webster cant get enough of that Green River melon. Green River watermelon growers serve free melon in the park all day. y Drought Designation for Utah Green River Melon Days was held the weekend in Green River. Large crowds lined Main Street for the parade. Many vendors were on display in the park. The square dancers were in tow n; a queen contest was held, breakfast in the park, softball tournament and many other activities. Mother Nature added her own excitement as a downpour with winds assaulted the visitors to Green River. Most popular, of course, was the free melon in the park all day. ov er fee This little guy takes his first bite with some help from Dad. t m. : - - "T&33 Everyone loves Green River melon This watermelon eater bites into a hunk of that juicy, Green River melon. Photos by Patsy Stoddard Its worth the trip to Green River for all the free melon you can eat. Editor Mesia Nyman updated the Emery County Commission on the forest service projects accomplished this year. She said the wildland urban interface project at Joes Valley has been completed. A pinyonjuniper reduction was done on the hillside next to the Reeder subdivision, behind Swasev s subdivision and near the Sportsmans Lodge. A lot of the debris has been chewed into mulch and some just left in piles to be burned in the winter. A fuels treatment has been completed at Little Nelson Mountain on and pinyon and juniper. fifty acres will be completed by next week. The forest service had a goal of treating 4(50 acres and 415 acres of noxious weed treatment has taken place. Nyman said, The permittees are also involved in weed control. We also pay sheepherders who work on the weeds. Utah Power mid some boy scouts did a project in lames Canyon where they removed the seed heads from musk thistle. Emery County Progress This begins a news series on the economic summit and its speakers and breakout sessions By PATSY STODDARD, Editor 410 East Main, Suite B, Castle Dale, Utah 84513 The inaugural economic summit sis will be out in draft by the end of the month and public meetings will be scheduled in November. The South Manti timber sale has Inn'll resigned, but the appeal period is not complete yet. promote economic growth in the county and plans are underway to Continued on PAGE 3A. make it an annual event. He said that hi setthig goals this year for the economic Six-hundr- Continued on PAGE 2A. Part I as held in Castle Dale on Sept. 14. The event was attended by 125 interested people. Mare Stilson, the chairman of the Emery County Economic Development Council w elcomed everyone to the event and thanked them for coming. Stilson said this is the first summit to Nyman said the Muddy Roads analy- re non-existe- nt Commission Hears First County Economic Summit a Success Forest Service Update By PATSY STODDARD, U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary, Ann M. Veneman, has signed a Secretarial Disaster Designation making all 29 Utah counties eligible for drought relief. The designation comes after extreme drought conditions in Utah prompted Utah Governor Olene S. Walker to request federal disaster assistance for thousands of farmers and ranchers hit hard by prolonged dry conditions and insect infestations. We are pleased that Secretary Veneman has acted so quickly in extendingaid to Utah farmers and ranchers, said Governor Walker. The designation will help many operators remain in business, and that is good news for their families and our state, she added. Secretary Veneman designated 20 counties eligible for the designation based on the level of damage caused by drought, insects, damaging wind, and heat. Nine other counties also qualify for aid because they border those 20 counties. The damagingdrought is not limited to just 20 of our counties, said Commissioner of and Food, Cary G. Peterson. Low or vv bo 00 email editorecprogress.com Marc Stilson, chairman of the economic development council for the county opens the summit. Continued on PAGE 2A. Visit us on the World Mule Web wWuTp rotj ress.ro m 1 |