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Show Page 2 Nephi, Utah tDje GuSomciD PcdCdDBg OQS0 LgggOo E)0V SocDflomCDGi? 2(3 The fifth annual National Public Lands Day is being held Saturday, September 26, 1998. National Public Lands Day (NPLD) will bring volunteers to work at 70 sites across the country in parks, forests, lakes, and other public lands which have become major recreation areas for millions of Americans. On this day, people who use the public lands give something back to those special places, sharing stewardship with agencies that have responsibility for managing our 700 million acres of public land. Thousands of volunteers families, groups, persons of all ages give time and labor to enhance and improve public lands and learn more about the role of public lands in preserving a healthy environment. NPLD is a publicprivate partnership among land agencies such as the Utah Bureau of Land Management, the business community, and volunteers. On Utahs public lands, volunteers will be constructing a e stretch of trail along the Green River and improving the trail and trailhead on the Paiute TrailGreat Western Trail System. For these sites, it is more than a clean-uManagers prepare projects that result in real and needed improvements to the public lands. Volunteers also see, first hand, the issues land managers face in maintaining recreation areas. The National Environmental Education & Training Foundation (NEETF) coordinates the event in a partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Land Management, USDA Forest Service and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Private sector partners include the National Forest five-mil- p. Foundation, Leave No Trace, Outdoor Life Magazine, Outdoor Life Network, Roundtable Associates, Garden Club of America, Environmental Alliance for Senior Involvement, and the Public Lands Foundation. NEETF is a organization authorized in 1990 by Congress to connect environmental learning to subjects of major national concern such as building a greater sense of local responsibility for From page 1 our public lands. More than 5,000 volunteers stall a sewer system, including a sewage disposal plant. About that time, we could be on the verge of another water crisis and also have many other growing pains. The bonding for these two projects could be bursting our purse strings, and taxing our bonding capacity to the and community partners contributed nearly $500,000 worth of improvements to public lands in 1997. It is expected that participation will more than double this year. First annual r.lain Street 96 Pop Cfempo . . . tfl mm MM I Mi Bfl . 2, vide service as resource workers, said Cowan. Each step of the way to maturity, our children and their families, can received pay that kind of money for an the help they need to recover engine if the council went from problems which place them through the right channels. k in society. Do you realize that a $109,000 loan, not taking interest into account, will cost every home owner in Mona $2 to $2.25 every month for the next 10 years to pay for an engine like the one being considered at this time? Ricks said he suspected, in the next four to seven years, the town would be mandated to in-- r at-ris- Gfco uHmoo - A little bit of everything at 131 South Main Street in Nephi 1 Pdfg same size pump as a newer one, and has been maintained well, it will do the same job and is just as dependable, he said. Dont miss the Ale-ci- From page it works or it doesnt. Ifit has the QuCdCdgf SO en- back-u- p gine. An engine is an engine. Either KJgvTjd Variety Expo Saturday at Parkin r.lotor 623-022- town would have a limit, he said. 1 dont think, for one minute, we can afford a newer fire truck at this time, said Ricks. However, he said, after the town did obtain one of the used fire trucks he was working to get, the council should begin immediately looking for a second truck so the Sgo Area clubs, schools, organizations and businesses will gather on Nephis Main Street Saturday, selor, Mary Smith, who can be 5, from 9:00 a.m. to contacted at Nephi Elementary; September hold the 1st Annual to 5:00 p.m. a a FACT Team Care Worker, Street Main Variety Expo. The Stoker, who can also be con- event will take place at Parkin tacted through the district office. Motor. Monna Lee Pexton, can be conThis voluntary event is detacted at 54 North Main, and is for club and organizations signed over workforce services. LouAnn to funds for their various raise Thalman, 42 East 200 North, is and activities. Several projects the FACT Team Site Coordinawill also participate businesses tor. to show the public their products. health Shirley Lester, county Information booths will also be nurse, can also help with many available. improblems, including giving Some of the activities planned munizations, taking blood pres- include: face painting, bakes sure readings, and providing sale, crafts, books, farmers marfor and those assistance training ket, yard sale items, PTA signyoung families in need through ups, and more. motherchild programs. For information about particiIn addition, there are commuin the event call pating nity representatives and parents for Alan. who are members of the FACT ask Team. All of these individuals pro- Wednesday, September 2, 1998 ieptembsp !h by Co-sponso- red Area Forecast National Weather Service QtQ'il From the Internet i3 lift nt m lii 1 vl t Wednesday... A chance of afternoon Thunderstorms slight mountains and east. Highs in the mid 80s to the lower 90s. Mostly sunny. Extended forecast... Thursday and Friday... Mostly sunny days and clear nights. Lows in The mid 50s to mid 60s. Highs in the upper 80s to the mid 90s. Saturday... Lows in the mid 50s to mid 60s. Partly cloudy. The mid 80s to the lower 90s. Highs in Nephi weather Levan weather Norma Sherwood, reporter Alfred Godek, reporter Make the Campfire Right Before Vou Light Smokey is counting on you to build a safe campfire. i 1. Allan R. Gibson, Publisher Mariann C. Gibson, Editor Myma Trauntvein, Correspondent Nephi, Call: (435) 623-052- 5 FAX: (435) 623-473- 5 for subscription, news 623-019- 5 or advertising INTERNET timesnewsnebonet.com gibsontnnebonet.com 11wltiaM.NeiO (UPSP is published each Wednesday by The nmes-New- s Publishing Co., 96 South Main. Nephi, Utah 84648. Periodical poetage ia paid at Nephi, Utah. POSTMASTER: Send addreaa changes to The limes. News, P. O. Box 77, Nephi, Utah 84648 631-06- Deadline.: New. and advertising, close of business, Monday prior to publication. When a holiday falls on Monday, the deadline is the Friday pnor to pub lication. Subscription prices: Six months, $16 in or out of Juab County; one year, $21 in Juab County. $26 outside Juab County, payable in advance. No subscriptions accepted for less than six months. Single copy price, 75(. Advertising rates available upon request. All articles and photographs submitted for publication are subject to editing and only will be used if the editor desms them newsworthy. The editor re-th- e right to hold submitted news items fur space reasons. Dig a small pit away from overhanging branches. 2. Circle the pit with rocks. 3. Clear a five-foarea around the pit down to ot the soil. 4. Keep a bucket and shovel nearby. 5. Stack extra wood upwind and away from the fire. 6. After lighting, do not discard match until it is cold. 7. Never leave a campfire unattended, not even for a minute. 8. Never start a campfire in an area where prohibited. liOiiDii, c::ly you ki rair rear 03. a POORC |