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Show Africanized bee moves closer to Utah The new millennium brings a new agricultural and health threat to Southern Utah as the Africanized bee has been discovered within 30 miles of the Utah Border. The Nevada Department of Agriculture reports that tests conducted on bees collected after a stinging incident in Mesquite, Nevada showed the bees to be Africanized Honey Bees. The UDAF is notifying the public along with community service providers such as police, fire, ambulance, health, agriculture, parks and recreation, the bee industry, utilities, and others, that a public awareness campaign on how to cope with the bee will begin in their communities in the near future. The UDAF emphasizes that NO Africanized bee has been detected in Utah at this time. The presence of the highly aggressive bee, within a one-hodrive of Utah, is prompting the UDAF to issue a notice ur THE SAN JUAN RECORD Monticello Committee to study animal ordinance to Southern Utah residents that it is probable that the bee will migrate to Utah in the Barr said his biggest concern youth and coming up near future. It is unknown dents will revisit the animal with an ordinance that would when the bee will enter Utah, ordinance in the City of take them into consideration. or how far north it could miMonticello, this time under the Community residents at the grate, but freezing weather direction of the City Planning November 10 public hearing may stifle its migration. Commission. The committee said that when some areas Since 1994 the departments was formed last year, but were incorporated into the city Division of Plant Industry has in the 1980's, they were told never met. annually placed 100 bee traps At issue is an animal ordithey would never have an anithroughout Southern Utah as nance which was left out of mal ordinance. The commita means to detect the bees recently recodified Monticello tee will try to deal with these presence. To date, no bees City ordinances. Planning issues in a timely manner. have been detected. The Council approved a Commission Chairman Pat Bee traps in southeastern said the Monticello City $8,400 contract with Golf Utah are located near Bluff, Barr Council asked the Planning Group Limited for a recreation Montezuma Creek, Blanding, Commission to seek input planner. The group will comMonticello, and the Lake from the public and, more spe- plete a recreation plan for the Powell area. from the program city. Councilman Evan Lowry We want to emphasize that cifically, said that there is need to plan participants. the Africanized Bee is a defenin more areas than just recreThe ordinance could elimisive creature, and only attacks from nate and the ation, but added that this is a goats hogs in response to a perceived footstep in the right direction and threat to its hive, Wilson said. city limits and set square for other may provided some needed Visit the Utah Department age requirements animals. Barr said the counguidance for the city recreof Agriculture and Foods web cil wants the ordinance to be ation committee. site at www.ag.state.ut.us for The Council approved a letout and be more information about adequately thought able to satisfy as many resiter to Empire Electric requestAfricanized honey bees. dents as possible. ing a three month extension of by Anna Adair A committee of area resi- is 4-- H 4-- H CORTEZ SEARS Home Appliances and Electronics ONE DAY ONLY! SUPER SATURDAY SALE Saturday, November 20 Plus all v $ the contract deadline. The three month extension would follow the determination of value of the existing electrical system. The Council said that the additional time would be needed to consult the citizens of Monticello and make a good decision on whether or not to purchase the system. Resident Bob Low questioned the need to change a system that seems to be working fine. The council said that there are questions that should be answered, including can the city reduce rates and keep them low or competitive? Can they provide high quality service? Can the City make money? Councilman John Black said that the City could buy wholesale power at half the cost of Empire Electric, thereby cutting costs to the user. Black was questioned on his figures by resident Pete Steele. Steele said that his research shows that the rates in Monticello and Blanding are very similar. This may be true, if no consideration is given to mainte- nance charges and monthly minimums. In Blanding, the average resident with both electric and natural gas service pays seven cents per kilowatt hour for the first 400, then 6.7 cents for anything above that. In Monticello, users pay approximately 7.5 cents per kilowatt hour, including fees and maintenance charges. In other business, the council approved the $7,250 purchase of 145 shares of Blue Mountain IrrigationNorth Creek Water Stock from financing for ONE YEAR on all home appliances over $399 and home audio and video over $499 when you use your Sears card Maytag, KitchenAicf Whirlpool and GE Profile dishwashers on sale ZERO all Wednesday, November 17, 1999 - Page 5 Ronnie Musselman. , i 4 ' fcws- sale ,,.i 389" sale 899" Kenmore, Save $100 Whirlpool? 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