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Show FIRM E-- PRESS ASSOCWTION SlT'Eaffu"6 84101-127- p IB; TriC 1357 7 Illu,llll Serving East Juab County Volume 101 No 45 -- A Nice Place To Live! November 12, 2003 www.nephitimesnews.com Single Copy Price Installation of new windows at the Juab County building will go ahead By Myrna Trauntvein Times-New- PROUDLY THEY WAVE! Veterans Day found Nephites proudly flying the flag and saluting our veterans and those serving their county today in Iraq, . ... Afghanistan and around the world. Lets all hope that next year will find as many as possible i'"th their wives and family on this day. Juab County Commissioners intend to follow all legal means possible to make certain CUP water is delivered to the county By Myrna Trauntvein Correspondent Times-Neu- s Juab County Commissioners have not given up on the delivery of water to the county from the Central Utah Water Conservancy District. Not only that, but they intend to follow all legal means possible to make certain water is delivered to the county. As a result of that determination, commissioners directed Jared Eldridge, Juab County Attorney, to write a letter to the district. In the letter, commissioners requested an update from the district detailing the efforts taken since April 19. 2002 to deliver water to Juab County and a detailed explanation clearly setting out the course of action the district plans to take to make certain water does come to the county. The letter should have arrived at the district office in Orem a few days after last Monday's (Nov. 3) commission meeting. We do not want to publish the request prior to allowing the letter to be received by the board, just out of courtesy, said Wm. Boyd Howarth, commission chair at the meeting on Nov. 3. A copy was also sent to Ross Garrett, the countys representative on the board. I went to Washington D.C.," said Howarth. and made a statement at the legislative hearing before the subcommittee on water and power in 2002. In 2002, the district sought to petition the United States Congress to amend the Central Utah rp C r Project Completion Act. The amendment would allow the district to divert C.U.P. Water originally intended to benefit southern Utah County and Eastern Juab County and to send that water to benefit several communities in northern Utah. In early 2002, the district solicited comment on the proposed amendment. In response to the districts request for comment, Juab County, through its attorney, David O. Leavitt, wrote a letter on behalf of the county commissioners stating Juab Countys position with respect to the proposed amendment, said Eldridge. The letter, written by Leavitt, emphatically declared Juab countys opposition to the proposed amendment and stated the county commissions grave concern that the passage of the amendment would destroy any chance Juab county had to receive C.U.P. Water. The letter also detailed Juab county's dutiful performance of all obligations required of the county by the district in order to receive the benefit of C.U.P. Water. Finally, the letter made dear that C.U.P. water was of such critical importance to Juab county that the county would avail itself of any and all remedies in order to assure the water the citizens of Juab County have long expected and continually paid for through a tax levy since 19b), ultimately arrived in our county as agreed." Eldridge wrote in the letter. Following this letter of eom- - O- Election results for last week city elections can be found on page 2! ment to the district, the district sought J uab Countys support for the proposed amendment. The district engaged in discussion with Juab County officials In taking those steps, he said, the citizens of the county became charter members of the district. In fact, out representative, R. Roscoe Garrett, has been a board s Correspondent Some of the new replacement windows for the Juab County Center, put on hold for next budget year, will be installed this year after all. "The remodeling project at the auditorium is well underway, said Bob Day, buildings superintendent. We ought to do the four window's in that area before the project is completed." If the windows were left until next year, then w'ork that was completed in the auditorium would have to be undone, which, to Days way of thinking made no sense. It only makes sense to do the work now rather than tear up the newr walls next year, said Neil Cook, county commissioner. Day had contacted Jones Paint and Glass and found they would honor the original bid price per window which was $750 each. However, Day suggested that for a bit more, the windows could be made to open and close. The original bid called for sealed windows. "The units in the auditorium light put off a lot of heat--th- e winand sound systems--andows that open and close w'ould be a good thing," he said. Pat Ingram, county clerkau-ditor- , asked if the opening window would be a safety issue. d "The windows are quite member since its inception. the bottom of each is at high members In becoming charter agreement dated April 19, 2002, the top of my head, said Day. that was signed by Howarth, of the district, the citizens of the Central air conditioning was commission chair, and Don Chriscounty placed their trust in the not installed in the auditorium, tiansen, General Manager of the district to honor its obligation to and as a result, their is a need, Central Utah Water Conservancy bring new water t o the county. in all of having The citizens of the county con- window'slikelihood, District, said Eldridge. and close that open The agreement was ratified tinue to place their confidence installed. by the Board of Trustees of the and trust in the district to honor Commissioners agreed to alCentral Utah Water Conservancy past promises and the 2002 agreelow the installation after Day ment made with the county. District on April 21, 2002. said he thought his budget could In order to assure adequate In the agreement, it was stated accommodate the price of the that Juab county agreed to sup- water resources are available to windows. support Juab Countys inevitable port H.R. 4129 provided the disDay said the work would be trict agree to use its best efforts growth, we are exploring all avail- done post haste since the Juab to ensure new water be delivered able options to secure that w'ater, Arts Council has been County said Eldridge. to Juab County. working quickly to complete In keeping with the countys the auditorium so that it can be See CUP on page 2 used history of honoring commitments, this season. the county sent a delegation to Washington, D.C. to support H.R. 1129 and Howarth, at that time, testified before the congressional subcommittee in support of the and ultimately arrived at an bill. Howarth testified that the county w as agreeingeven though it has the potential to devastate Juab county's ability to receive water from the Central Utah Water Project." H.R. 4129 was approved by the louse of Representatives and the Senate and was signed into law on Dec. 19, 2002 bv President George W. Bush. Once again, said Eldridge, the county upheld its end of the bargain with the district. I However, the district also agreed to Use its best efforts to ensure new water is delivered to the county. "The citizens of Juab county are honorable and hard working people who recognize the vital importance of water to the development of our county." said Eldridge. In 19G5. the citizens of Juab county had the foresight to take steps to assure and adequate water supply." GREAT WEATHER FOR DU ... 'ER GEESE These geese uere seen on Tuesday enjoying the weather. anyone for uadmg in the puddles ? The u rat her man is calling for Partly Cloudy " u ith some ram and some sun. 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