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Show CAC84101-121- EXf'. 9$V-S- f1 ALT Serving East Juab County - 4 V'ce Pace 2 Jan 1, 1999 S LA,: CITT, UT 84101-12- 12 To Live! Wednesday, June 19, 1996 Volume 94, No. 25 ASSOCIATION S STE 5005 12 pages Single Copy Price 500 Fire near Mona should be controlled today! By Myrna Trauntvein Times-New- s Correspondent A fire near Mona that threatened key power lines feeding power to California and which threatened a power substation may be controlled by Tuesday evening. We hope to get it contained soon, said Frances Reynolds, fire information officer for the Long Ridge Fire. Winds could be a problem for us if they reach 35 mph. The fire began in Juab County on Tuesday evening when a series of dry fighting effort so planning and cdling can be done from the site. Reynolds sdd severd dr drops of fire retardant have been made. High winds make it difficult to get helicopters up and that makes it more difficult to keep the fire in bounds. Sunday another 300 acres were added to the totd fire count when the blaze heated up. That raised the damage totd to 3,200 acres. However, the biggest concern in the fire location has been the Mona substation and high tension power lines which run through the area. If the lines were to drop then there would be a significant danger to firefighters when the power arched, sdd lightning storms rushed through the county. Juab County Fire Warden Greg Hart. Newton said the terrain was dry and In addition, large sections of Califorthe storms were just tinder to a wait- nia would be without power in the harsh heat of summer. Hart sdd that could ing fire. The whole county is just waiting to cause suffering for individuals who bum, he said. We redly need some were homebound. rain and not just lightning storms. Firefighters have come closer to conSunday, on Fathers Day, more than taining the fire because of cooler morn300 firefighters were on hand to fight ing temperatures and edmer air condithe blaze. They were taking turns fight- tions. However, as the afternoon teming the blaze and then resting for a short peratures rose and heated up the fire time before going back sdd Bert in the afternoon the blaze could still not BLM officer for be contained. relations Hart, public Several firefighters have suffered the Richfield District. Mona City Park was the scene of a from heat exhaustion, said Reynolds. HELPING TO PUT OUT THE BLAZE This helicopter was brought in to help put out the fire that was raging out of tent city as fire crews rested and got control west of Mona last weekend. The fire threatened the Utah Power Substation west of Mona and the, lines that tie into ready to go back out to the fire line. City Continued on page 8 IPP. Photo courtesy of Bert Hart, BLM PAO, Richfield offices have been turned over to the fire on-lin- e, Mona Irrigation Company and Mona Town continue the water battle, stay tuned water out of Clover Creek as well. So water impact fees or water share re- cost, people would buy a share of water in effect, said Kay, What happens then quirements explained. Mayor Young and donate it. What happened was that s is if the large Vest Spring doesnt pull gave a quick review of the town policy. water owners decided their water was Correspondent what its paper water right says it pulls, During the summer of 1995 the town worth more and they increased the The Mona Irrigation Company has the town has the right to pull the dif- wished to increase the amount of town price. threatened again to cut off Mona Towns ference out of Clover Creek which draws water shares in order to provide culiDuring that period of time not one water supply according to Council mem- water off the Irrigation Company. nary water to new homes. The Council share of water was donated to Mona After a great deal of discussion and decided to ask for one share of Mona Town. Building permit applicants who ber, Doran Kay, liaison between the two the consensus of the whole Coun- culinary water to be given to the town, chose to pay the fee instead of purchaswith groups. In the May Council meeting the Irri- cil, Mayor Young proposed that the two andor the sum of $2,000. ing and donating one share of water are of adAt we now eligible for a refund of that the not time into the within the entities that letter a policy put stay parameter gation Company brought dressed to Mayor Kevin Young from original agreement signed in June of effect the going rate of money for one money just because that policy was lattheir Attorney Thorpe Waddingham, 1983, change an addition error of water water share was $1,000 to $1,500, said er changed, said Young. Fifteen people paid the $2,000 fee stating that the Irrigation Company amounts from 0.4375 to read 0.4675, Mayor Young. We asked for $2,000 in would no longer sell any water to Mona and make an addendum to the contract lieu of one share of water because we which amounted to $30,000. It is presuntil the dispute between the parties is stating that the town agrees to pay 17 felt if the fee was greater than the share ently in a special fund earning interest cents per thousand gallon resolved and until all amounts present- and Irridelivered the water for due overage. by ly Mayor Young said as long as the town gation Company to Mona was paid in does not take the point of diversion off full. Discussion about the water bill the small Vest Spring which is coming lebrought out the fact that a proper bill- off Clover Creek which is the towns dibecause to have Nephi Sunday morning. there to Mona sent and not been they they gal right ing had Utah Highway Patrol Trooper Doug were just waiting for that billing in or- verted it, something could be worked said Karl Honma, 32, and Anderson To out. der to settle their water bill. date that both of Hawaii, were Barbara McLean, all the Compabill has not been presented to the town. Basically Irrigation Bear Canyon road, Two out of Hawaiian the left were in tourists coming The second issue, that Mona retract ny is asking is for the town to file anto the main road out condition were critical a claim coming They that separates extremely following their interest in a third diversion point, other diligence the T junction at on two SR and ran the of east accident car Vest stop from sign Vest 132, small discussion. still under is Spring large disSpring, said Young. Mayor Young said the town has That is all they are asking, said Kay. cussed the Irrigation Company threat I dont think our legal advisor will with their attorney, Phillip Lowry, and he had advised them that the only way find that is a problem, said Young. If the Irrigation Company could do what he has no concerns with this I will tell they threaten is to go through court and him to go ahead and separate those two prove that the ownership wasnt there. diligence rights on the condition that the I dont want to do that and I know they contract stays into effect until the end of the ten year term so we are not argudont want to do that, said Young. Young said the Irrigation Company ing next year and the year after. Young would also have to prove in court that stipulated again that the addition error they have a legal right to shut off the be corrected and also that the addenwater. Second he said, They would be dum regarding the overage amount to breaking the law by trespassing in a be charged the town be specified. Kay said once the proposed secondary building that isnt for public admittance. We have the legal right to keep people system is in and working he does not feel the Irrigation Company would be out of there for safety reasons. in the business of selling water to the is if third The they said, thing Young do that, they are going to find them- town any longer. In any case, according to Young, if the selves in court with us drawing them in because we have a legal obligation to addendum is still in place until the end supply water to the people of this town of the contract period, there would be no problem in assessing the amount due through our agreement. Council member Kay said the Irriga- the Irrigation Company. Kay was asked to convey this infortion Companys complaint is that the to the Irrigation Company to see includmation filed 1983 in diversion of point ed Mona towns water right which was if they can agree to this proposal. JeNae Kay met with the Council. TWO HURT Two Hawaiian tourists were hurt in this two car accident in Salt the large Vest Spring and the small Vest Creek Canyon on Sunday. They were struck when they pulled into the path of a Spring. It added to that the right to pull She asked to have Monas past and coming westbound at Highway 132 and the Bear Canyon Road. pickup on present building permit stipulations By Marilyn Keyte Times-New- and will be used eventually to help purchase new water rights for the town, said the Mayor. Then because the Mona Irrigation Company felt threatened by the loss of their water shares to the town, they asked that the policy be dropped and it was. Mayor Young said there is no new policy concerning building permits now in effect. It depends on what we do in the future, said Young. According to Young there is now an Continued on page 2 one-ha- lf Two hurt in accident on Sunday m i where they were intending to go east, said Anderson. Honma was driving a red Chev Cavalier rental car. Honma pulled into the lane of traffic and into the path of a Dodge pickup truck driven by Ray Hutchinson, 45, Highland. Hutchinson was pulling a horse trailer and was 2 westbound on coming from the Wagons West wagon train state centennial activity. The Hutchinson vehicle struck the Honma vehicle on the side. They the red car on the drivers side, said Anderson. Neither Hutchinson nor his wife, Rae Nae, were injured in the accident. East Juab Ambulance and Rescue teams were called to the scene. Honma had to be cut from the car. He and McLean were taken to Central Valley Medical Center by ambulance and were transferred to University of Utah Hospital byAirMed. We expected McLean to go fatal, said Anderson. However, when he did a condition check with hospital personnel on Monday evening, he found the couple had been upgraded to serious but stable condition. Honma was probably seat belted in, said Anderson, but it is doubtful that McLean was wearing a seat belt. Honma and McLean suffered head four-whe- el SR-13- ed Continued on page 8 |