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Show UTAH :- -- i, i Serving East Juab County Volume 101 No 32 -- mi j LiiTS4v:i O i FFE'T,C'r y." , m- - , Tf,,' i. i y? ii.M, l A Nice, Place To Live! Wednesday, August 13, 2003 www.nephitimesnews.com i Single Copy Price Fire near Eureka threatens homes By Myrna Trauntvein Correspondent Times-New- s A lightening-cause- fire is burning d outside of Eureka and near Goshen. The fire began on Sunday but continued to burn on Monday after in the Goshen homes several threatening area. We are in the middle of the fire season, Uinta National Forest spokeswoman Loyal Clark said. tics coordinator Karen Feary said there were 21 new fires in central Utah Sunday, started by lightning. Elsewhere throughout Utah, crews continue battling blazes that were started by lightning last weekend. Other blazes in southern Utah will not be fully extinguished until the first snowfall. As many as 20 new fire starts have been reported on some days at the Moab center this fire season. In the Black Rock fire in the Tintic Mountains between Vernon and acEureka burned more than BLM to fire information officer cording Teresa Rigby. That fire was also caused by lightning. The Tintics in the area of the fire are used heavily by hunters, campers and offroad enthusiasts, she said. Those who explore the burned area may unwittingly spread weed seeds into areas where new growth from those seeds could choke out valuable vegetation. She advises staying out of the burn area for a while. At least four, hand crews, three helicopters and one airtanker were helping to control the Black Rock fire Saturday. According to a recent report from the Utah Interagency Fire Information Center, at least 15 large wildfires have burned more than 76,000 acres eight of those seven started by fires were human-caused- , lightning. The Bulldog fire, believed to be the largest at almost 32,000 acres burned, was caused by an ATV. The second largest, called the Apex fire near St. George, which burned about 30,000 acres, was started by someone playing with matches. On Saturday, the BLMs Web site recorded 19 total wildfires this year, not including the new Black Rock fire and mid-Jul- The wet spring and continued drought conditions of the summer have created a tinder box just waiting for something to ignite the dry plant fuels. We are starting to suffer from a shortage of resources. We are starting to compete for resources throughout the West, she said. The fire threatened several homes in the area and, in one instance, crews to burn potential fuel started a back-firfor the advancing blaze before the flames could burn the home. The effort was successful. Fire fighting crews were also keeping their eyes on nearby power lines. Power lines running through the area, if destroyed, would compromise the power needed by several large cities in the Western states. After 1 p.m. Sunday, the Northern Utah Interagency Fire Center sent crews to Pinon Canyon in the Tintic Mountains, about 5 miles east of Eureka, burning about 300 acres. There is no estimated time of containment, said fire information officer Ali Knutson. Seventy-fivpeople were on scene, including crews taken off the Hen fire on Lake Mountain that was fully contained the three near Moab. Saturday night. Richfield Interagency Fire Center logis e 500-acre- n e FIRE DANGER This fire, North and. West of Mona in the Goshen Canyon area, is burning outside of Eureka and near Goshen and is one of several lighting-causefires in the state. Crews are keeping their eyes on the fire especially near the high voltage lines that pass through the area. d Another gate into the rodeo arena is not a good idea, commissioner are advised By Myrna Trauntvein Correspondent Times-New- s suggestion that another gate be built into the arena at A The reason the Ute Stampede Committee opposes the installation of another gate is that is cuts off the view of fans, said Bob Day, building and grounds superintendent and a member of the committee. It also attracts the animals who can see out the weak spot and will then head toward it. the county fairgrounds was not a good idea according to the Ute Stampede Committee. The Good Sams Club, which use the fairgrounds for their annual Samboree, requested that Steps over the fence, with the commission allow the con- hand rails, could be used. struction of one more gate and Those steps could be bolted would be willing to pay one-hal- f through the fence and could the cost of the project. then be undone and be stored for another year. They could be moved into place by using a large tractor to pull them into place and then pull them away from the fence after the use was over. It would be safer than put- By Myrna Trauntvein Correspondent It may be wise for Nephi to purchase natural gas for the community through the Intermountain Municipal Gas Agency If you decide to have them spray Utah Foam The roof on the Old Gym Products system 125-4Recreation Center will be polyurethane and coat over repaired and upgraded by the edge of the North dome the Ernest Wilson Com- area to stop bat infiltration will cost an additional pany. The decision to add a $665, said McKnight. new protective coating on The roof will be washed foam cleaned using concenand of polyurethane top was made at council meettrate cleaner made for that ing on Tuesday. purpose, he said. Then wet saturated areas will be or McKnight, city Randy administrator, said the cut out and the roof allowed proposal was that the job to dry. This portion of the would be done for the sum project will be the section of $18,819 plus $1.86 per that will need to be paid for board foot for tear up ar at the board foot price. S year. McKnight said that a master natural (IMGA). gas agreement with IMGA and an interim Nephi, one of the municipal providers of agreement with Summit Energy, would a natural gas utility for customers of the allow the city to be part of the purchase of wholesale natural gas. city, is a member of the organization. We need to have the council authorize Our current contract with Wasatch said in 2003," the Energy expires mayor, Chad Brough, to sign the masSeptember administrator. ter natural Randy McKnight, city gas agreement with IMGA and He said that natural gas, much like its contract marketer. Summit Energy, electricity, may be obtained through the to provide wholesale natural gas, said member organization at better prices McKnight. The agreement needs to be in place than could be obtained otherwise. That may be a wiser method than for a Juab in order for the city to take advantage County agency to try to obtain sufficient of any wholesale natural gas purchases amounts of natural gas on their ow n. that might be available. UMPA, the member organization for Greg Rowley, council member, made public power to which Nephi belongs, the motion to authorize the signing of obtains power for the city at rates which the document and all voted in favor. benefit all of the member cities, of w hich - eas. By Myrna Trauntvein Times-New- s Correspondent Council members have feared that the cost of natural gas, for city consumers, may more than double in the coming I;( boys and animals participating in events involving catching calves. Roof at the Old Gym will be repaired there are seven. VX removed. The arena gets a lot of use each year, said Day. When a rodeo horse is inside the arena, having another gate in the fence attracts them as a way out. Rodeo contestants and producers use the three gates into In addition, there are the chutes where bulls and bucking horses and their riders enter the ting a ladder up so that those arena. could over the get attending Wm. Boyd Howarth, commisfence, something the group has sion chair, directed Day to conthe arena. done in the past. One gate lets large equipment tact the Good Sams group and My concern would be the liBob and said womens barrel racers into find out if they would be willDay, building ability, the arena and out again. The ing to pay half of the estimated and grounds superintendent. The portable steps could be second opening is to allow ani$2,300 needed to build the steps mals to be driven through after with hand rails. Nephi City to work out agreement in order to take advantage of wholesale natural gas purchases Times-New- s put in place when the Good a ride, and the third is to allow Sams were present and then entrance into the arena by cow- M The new polyurethane foam insulation will then be added. Three gallons per 100 square feet of area of acrylic elastomeric coating will be added to achieve a 25 to 28 dry mil finish. It will be pearl white in color," said McKnight. The old roof, which was the same type of roofing material, has lasted 22 years, said McKnight, so the investment on the part of the council, to decide to go with a roof coating of a similar type, was wise. Expense of replacing windows at the county building will need to wait for next years budget at approximately $800. While commissioners would like the job done to help with heating and cooling expenses, to replace rotting wood around windows and the to add to the uniform look By Myrna Trauntvein Times-Nes Correspondent u windows Replacing of the side south the be could county building an expensive proposition with each window priced on J r - - old-styl- e of the building, the expense may have to be planned into a future budget. There are 12 windows See Windows on page 2 - JUV- - La t |