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Show Page 2 I have had a lot of interested people caU and ask if I knew C2MiniBssEoai lhsairs pUsisno I?: AW tosffll inn Forest anti! PJspHii By Myma Trauntvein Times-New- s correspondent Juab County Commissioners learned that a project called the Sanpitch ATV was being consida ered by Nephi City and the Sal National Forest. Don Okerlund, acting on behalf of Manti-L- a Sal National Forest, informed the Juab County Commission that the project was being considered as a recreation project and was currently, in the Environmental Assessment stage. Nephi City is proposing to develop an ATV trail system using the existing iads and trails system on the Sanpitch Mountain," said Ike Lunt, commissioner. He said the combined development is with Nephi City, the Nephi Chamber of Commerce, and the Manti-L- a Sal National Forest and will be located in both Juab and Sanpete Counties. Scoping is planned for December 1997 and a decision should be made on the proposal by March 1998. Additional scoping is planned, said Lunt. He said the letter received from Okerlund informed commissioners that Nephi City and the Nephi Chamber of Com- merce were developing plans for the portion of the ex off-fore- st what the status was with the Manti-L- a Sal part ofthe preset, said Lunt. The letter was received from Okerlund, not because the cam- mission needed to do anything, ' isting trail system including the ber ofcommerce were writing for but to keep them informed of the trial head. grant money through the State action being taken. t Lunt said the city and cham- - of Utah Parks and Recreation. Strcuvbairy Vafisy rater i eligible for temporary CUP ter Man-ti-L- placed on its use. The 12,000 acre-feof CUP will made be water irrigation available during the 1998 irrigation season at the East Portal of Strawberry Reservoir. The water must be paid for in advance, and the individual landowners utilizing the temporary irrigation wa-- The Department of the Interior notified the Central iTJtah Water Conservancy District that no temporary water contracts will be issued for the delivery of CUP irrigation water to Strawberry Valley Project lands during the 1998 irrigation season. Ronald Johnston, Interiors local representative, indicated that, it was not appropriate for the Secretary of the Interior to Provide substantially subsidized CUP irrigation water to the Associations shareholders while the Association has challenged the United States ownership of et From page 1 Fair must be in full compliance with the Reclamation Reform Act of 1SS2, as amended. The temporary irrigation water can only be delivered to eligible lands which do not include lands that receive water from the Strawberry Valley Project the county attorney, as well. All the collected funds are governed by law as to the allowed ' uses, said Carter. If the county sheriffs office makes the drug stop and becomes the seizing agent, said Carter, all of the money can be used in the county. In those cases, we do not have to submit any of the resulting funds with the state. Juab County Commissioners reappointed members ofthe East Juab County Water Conservancy District Gordon Young will be reappointed to a term not to expire until 1999; Charles Jenkins and George Jacksons terms will expire in 2000; Calvin Neilsen is appointed to a term due to expire in 2001; and Paul McPherson will serve the longest term of those recently reappointed with a term set to expire in 2002. Ross Garrett, manager of East Juab Water Conservancy District made the request for the reappointments. McPherson has been serving as chair of the district board, Jackson, Jenkins, Nielsen, and Young have been serving as di- et Mailbox Of The Week! high bidder, Lloyd Sundquist won the bid for a 1982 Mazda RX7 with the bid of $427; Don Shepherd bid $1,212.12 to win a 1985 Dodge Caravan; Dale Kenison won the 1993 Ford Taurus with a bid of $5,556; Lloyd Sundquist won the 1987 Buick Regal with a bid of $900; Farrel T. Wankier Jr. Bid ,8307 for the 1978 Chev Luv; rectors. Brandon Craig won the' 197 Buick Regal with a bid of $300; Lu Wayne Walker bid $401.01 for the 1982 Mercury Zephyr, Farrel T. Wankier won the 1994 fsu-z- u Rodeo with a bid of $10,192.50; and Grant Worthing-to- p submitted the high bid of $1,779 for the 1986 Oldsmobile . 623-052- 5. Allan R. Gibson, Publisher Mariann C. 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Single copy price, 60.; . f ; - Advertising rates available upon request. . $ - r. - All articles and photographs submitted for publication are subject to editing and only will be used if the editor deems them newsworthy. The editor re- ' By Myma IVaantveia TinxeyNews Correspondent , Betty Hobley, animal control officer in Mona City is resigning her position at the end ofNovem-be- r. serves the right to hold submitted news items for space reasons. 'v ' , , ' , Im going to quit at the end of the month," she told Mona Counat the monthly town board meeting. There are too many complaints against me. Hooley said she enjoyed the work but thought townspeople were ready for a change. "Let one of the complainers do it for a while. After they get bitten a few times, theyll know. "You have been doing an excellent job, said Kevin Young, mayor. I wish I could talk you out of cil members f Teem (r s ' Last Saturday the Juab High School Wasps played in their first state championship football game. Although the Warps came out on the short end Gf the score, I was very proud ofour team and the coaching staff. They had a tremendous season a record breaking string of 12 straight victories that will remain in all ofour memories for a long time. The JHS Drill Team as well as the High School Band, and the JHS Booster Club also performed in an admirable fashion all season long. On behalf ofthe Juab District Board of Education, I would also like to express my appreciation to the entire community. The stands were filled with Juab supporters. While we may have been defeated on the field, we certainly won. as 'well as the The Times-New- s Kickin Country Radio Station did a superb job in reporting the games throughout the season, Businesses and other civic and church groups went out of their way to support the team in a myriad of ways. The success of this years teamisdue to a large degree to this support by our local community. It tikes such a community school partnership for our kids to be successful. Certainly last Saturdays game, and for that matter the entire season, was a shining example of such an effort. ! Dr. Kirk L Wright, School Superintendent, Juab ' District your Christmas Party Now! Dates are going fast. . Call 9:00 am 5:00 pm Ask for Ruth or Jc Mon-F- ri 4 f -- - 623-0154 2 4 9l i resigning. He said, in spite of a few he thought the majority of residents thought Hooley was doing a good job. There were less animal problems in the city now, after she has been working for some time, than there were when she began doing the work, he said. com-plain- er, The East Juab Co. Water Conservancy District is proposing tojncrease its property tax revenue from $26,007.00 to $40,000. As a result of the proposed increase, the tax on a $89,000.00 residence will be $1 5.08, and the tax on a business having the same value as the average value of a residence jn the taxing entity will be $27.38. Without the'prd-pose- d increase the tax on'h $89,000.00 residence would be $9.79, and the tex on a business having the same value as the average value of a residence in the taxing entity would be $17i80. The East Juab Co. Water Conservancy District is proposing to fncfcace ils property tax revenue from $26,007.00 collected in 1997 to $40,000.00 proposed for 1928, an increase of All concerned cilizOns cVo inVifed to a pi lie hearing cn the tax increase' to be held cn December 10, 1997 at 7:00 p.m., at tlq District's C.Tce, 4 ScuJVLCairi, 2nd Re:r, Mephi, Utdi.: 54. . . by a tremendous margin, the battle of community support, - The money collected by the sale of the confiscated vehicles is split. If the stop, which resulted in a court action to award the seized vehicle to law enforcement occurs on the freeway, part of the money collected in the sale goes to the state. The rest of the funds are used in the county and are placed, by state law, in a drug forfeit fund. The money can then be used for law enforcement budget item! such as vehicles. Some of the funds help pay the expenses of WISHING WELL MAILBOX This maibox belonds to Dan and Wanda Memmott at 696 N 200 W in Nephi. Dan says it brings me good luck. Didnt say if he finds money in it. If you have a great mailbox, or know of one, please call us at We will feature a new one each week until we run out of good candidates. n f Editor , winter indoor riding), the main arena (used for the Ute Stamthe State certificated water pede), and the warm-u- p arena, rights for the Strawberry Valley said Day. Project. Bids for vehicles on a sheriffs Interior has provided the Dissale were opened by Juab Countrict with an allotment of 12,000 David Carter at Juab Sheriff acre-feof CUP temporary irri- ty Commission meeting on gation water for use in south County will Utah County. The District Monday. Of the nine vehicles offered, notify all past and potential users of the temporary irrigation only a 1976 Ford Grenada and a water of the new terms, cond- 1988 Blue Bronco received no itions, and restrictions being bids and were held over for another time. A minimum bid was set for all the vehicles. Bids were close, some less than a dollar apart, and there were many bids on each of the vehicles which were awarded to the Regency. Uiiiwisy, November 23, 137 Nephi, Utah (Lnnza-efci- B (Life |