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Show Volume Eighty Nine Tooele, Utah Thursday, May 3, 1984 Cost: Flood Project Work Ends With Time Left by David Bern Efforts to stabilize the water level in Settlement Canyon Reser- Howard Clegg, president of to keep overflow water beneath city streets. "By opening the valves and putting some water on the streets, weve been able to stabilize the level of the reservoir, said Mr. Clegg. "If we hadnt opened up those valves, water would be going over the spillway right now. overEven though that flow would not be much in content, Mr. Clegg said any water going over the spillway would complicate finishing touches on the flood control project. "We have all the pipe installed and are about to finish the last headwall, said Mr. Clegg. 'The cement headwalls will have to cure for about five days, and then well test the system by draining the reservoir. Mr. Clegg added a quick-cur- e type cement was used for the By next week, a main valve will be opened and water will be sent through the flood control system. This effort will drain the reservoir over 20 feet, creating a "buffer in case extremely hot weather sends 150 cubic pre-floo- d head-wall- feet-secon- s. d water rushing into the reservoir. "We have to leave some water in the reservoir for the fish, said Mr. Clegg. "But well drain it right down to give us a buffer. The dam that way will really serve as a flood control measure if the runoff comes J it I . v Vocational arts students in Tooele Countys secondary schools will be displaying their best wares Tuesday in the an- nual vocational fair. The fair will be held at Tooele High School gyms, auto shop and vocation arts building from p.m. to 8 p.m., says Paul Skyles, district director of 3 V v k "Provided that irrigation lines r Cr-- - 170 percent more than maximum overflow, years said Mr. England. "Were confident that the system will hold everything and keep the water off the streets. Mr. England added the flood control project is designed for the event if, more water comes than expected and jumps the headwalls, it will be easily diverted back into the system via sandbags. Because of this, any water hitting the streets will be minimal. Mayor George Diehl says he is ecstatic over the nearly completed flood control project after weeks of frustration and sleepless nights. "Were prepared for the flood three weeks in advance, said Mayor Diehl. "Not long ago, we didntthink, we would find ourbut we selves ahead of the flood made it." Mr. Clegg adds that for now, much of the pipeline will remain exposed until better weather dries out land around the pipe. He says by waiting, burying efforts of the pipe will result in limited damage to adjacent property. "Its just too soft right now to try to bury the pipeline, said Mr. Clegg. "If we do it now, well tear up the ground with the heavy equipment. Well just wait until things dry out and then well bury it. t Vv by Mark Watson Administrators at the Tooele Valley Hospital hope to bolster the medical centers image next week by conducting tours and showing off new equipment, facilities and procedures to local citizens.. . Tours of the hospital will be held' in conjunction with National Hospital Week beginning May 6 and running through May 12. "The hospital has undergone many physical changes just within the 1st year. Were excited to have people come in and see the new equipment, said hospital administrator Pete Kearns. Mr. Kearns said that local residents need to have confidence in the Tooele Valley Hospital. "Our goal is not to compete in all phases of medical care, such as brain surgery or major heart sur gery, but be the best at what we do." He said that for short-teracute care the Tooele hospital is as good as any in the state. Mr. Kearns indi- cated that visits emergency-roo- doubled. In the last year because.,, people are becoming more confident in the doctors and staff at the hospital. In addition to a better medical crew the hospital has continued to upgrade its equipment and facilities until it has equalled and even surpassed Salt Lake hospitals in many areas. "For our size we are at the top. People dont need to go to Salt Lake. For equal or even better care they should stay in Tooele, said Mr. Kearns. The hospital adminstrator said that the physicians at the local hospital have close contact with specialists in Salt Lake City and are fully capable of determining what is best for the patient, not the patients next door neighbor. Association, etc. Tooele recently added $290,000 worth of equipment to the hospital. A new room equipped with y a Clinix-- Radiographic System which cost $30,000 is now available room to patients. Next to the will be a Real Time Ultrasound Scanner also valued at $30,000. The ultrasound scanner is a new innovation which uses sound waves to y Train Dumpster Union Pacific Railroad car dumps dirt In preparation to raise rails along the south shore of the Great Salt Lake. Union Pacific crews have been working In the area for nearly one year and have raised the rails six feet. Will Continue To Raise Track Despite Rising Salt Lake, Says UP Union Pacific crews raised the railroad base three feet in 1983 and high waves driven by winds from the northwest sent water crashing into the road base destroying the ballist, which caused a temporary delay in the train schedule. Union Pacific plans to stay ahead of the invading waters by continuing to haul fill dirt from Bates Canyon south of Tooele. AMTRAC which has trackage rights to both the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific lines has rerouted L ' Valley Hospital To "Bolster Image During Hospital Week the Cancer Society, Utah Lung feet. The company has already spent $10 million on the project. Mr. Tincher said that last week j iv Construction workers on Pioneer Avenue put the finishing touches on a headwall box part of the Settlement Canyon flood control plan. Irrigation company officials say the project Is nearly finished and next week the system will be tested during reservoir draining procedures. also offer free blood pressure are raising the tracks another three Vi v, Nearing Completion handle last -- checks, blood sugar analysis, cardiograms, pulmonary spirometry, glaucoma screening and audiology testing. The hospital will also offer a variety of pamphlets printed by 13-mi- v?y . "This is also more cost effective," he said. During National Hospital Week Tooele will conduct special tours for schools, church groups, senior citizens and civic groups. They will Rising waters propelled by violent wind storms are causing havoc with the Union Pacific line on the south shore of the Great Sait Lake, say railroad officials. "We are barely keeping out of the reach of the lake," said public relations director Dick Tincher. "We have been raising a section of track between Black Rock and Burmester since last June and will continue to do so if necessary, he said. Vocational Students Eye Annual Fair ,V ;V accept their share of the water, the complete system with the pipeline will t Notes . ment Canyon, complimented by continuous cool weather, a repeat of last year may happen. With that scenario, questions exist if the flood control plan designed by the irrigation company, Tooele City and county, will be enough. But Mr. Clegg and City Engineer Joe D. England say the project which has faced frustrating delays due to bad weather and court injunction threats, will do the job. Forty-eigh- riS- - . & Number Cents e r"f I hard. And with over five feet of water resting in snowpack above Settle- voir have proved successful, buying more time to complete an extensive flood control project, says an irrigation company official, Settlement Canyon Irrigation Company, admits that the turning of a few valves last week which sent irrigation water down Tooele City curbsides, saved the flood control project from probable disaster. That project consists of installing diameter cul2,000 feet of four-foo- t vert and a number of concrete headwalls. The project is designed - Twenty-fiv- their trains from the Southern Pacific line to the Union Pacific line. The Union Pacific line is the main link with the west coast. Neosho Construction Inc. of Council Grove, Kansas has been hauling 12,000 tons of dirt daily in their effort to raise the railway line. Dirt Is removed from the mountain in Bates Canyon and placed in hopper cars. When 40 cars are filled the train proceeds north to the Great Salt Lake and drops dirt on both sides of the line. open-to- p visualize internal organs. Sound saves relay information to a monitor which develops pictures of the organ on a screen. Additional equipment includes a pulmonary-functio- n analyzer to monitor the efficiency of the lungs plus a blood-ga- s analyzer to measure the amount of oxygen, carbon dioxide, acidity or alkalinity in the blood. The hospital will feature a technique for determining the pressure of oxygen in the body with the help of a device known as a tyranscutaneous oxygen monitor. non-invasi- Electrodes are attached to the patients body to determine oxygen pressure. One of the most expensive pieces of equipment at the hospital is the 0 Technicon analyzer used to test blood. The machine is computer programmed to perform 20 different tests on a small sample of blood. The blood chemistry analyzer is valued at $75,000. Another boon at the Tooele Valley Hospital will be new cardiac monitors which will continually RA-100- blood-chemistr- y show the changes in electrical potential produced by contractions of the heart, measure the respiration and temperature of the patient plus a host of other capabilities. The monitors will total $85,000. The hospital has also remodeled its birthing room. "We wanted to have a bedroomlike atmosphere for the mothers," said Mr. Kearns. Large murals of outdoor scenes have ben painted in the rooms to offer a more pleasant environment. Any woman who is expecting this year and visits the hospital during the week can leave their name for a drawing. The woman who wins the drawing can stay at the hospital free for two days. Test Firing Facility Loan Approved For Goshute Band A $5.5 million guaranteed loan to the Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians has been approved by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Rep. Jim Hansen said Monday. This will be used to construct a facility for test firing of the Trident II mission motors on the Goshute reservation in Skull Valley. The Trident II motor part is manufactured by Hercules Incorporated, which will run the operation and lease out the building from the Goshutes after its construction. The Goshute tribe already owns two other missile testing facilities which it leases to Hercules. Rep. Hansen said that the Goshute tribe was in danger of losing its bid for a loan because the BIA had 4 limited amount of funds for the agency's guaranteed loan program and because the tribe is small when compared with others bidding for the loan. "When the BIA was reluctant to loan the money to the Goshutes, I asked the head of the BIA, Ken Smith, to come to my office on Capitol Hill for a meeting, Rep. Hansen said. "At the meeting, 1 was able to convince Mr. Smith that this loan would be an effective use of federal money, Rep. Hansen added. He continued, "I believe in he said. Indian "This loan encourages private initiative and ownership because the construction of this missile testing facility gives the tribe ownership of the building and rent monies from Hercules." Rep. Hansen said that Hercules promises to hire any Goshute Indian who is qualified to work at the plant. secondary education. "We will have 597 projects on display from six of our secondary schools, Mr. Skyles explained. Each of the projects will be judged on layout, design, creativity and workmanship. Ribbons will be awarded for first through fourth places in each category. Projects will be displayed in areas of mechanics, business education, drafting and architecture, electronics, home economics, industrial arts, machine shop, photography, vocational agriculture and building construction. Tooele Student Receives Award A Tooele High School senior has been named as one of six recipients of the Chicano Scholarship Fund Committee at the University of Utah. David Bittmen, editor of the Buffalog, the high schools newspaper, will receive the $300 award at a banquet tonight in the University Union Building. USU Offers Summer Courses Utah State University will be offering college courses in Tooele County this summer which qualify as general educa- tion requirements at colleges and universities in Utah. Kevin Kirk, program director of the Center, said the summer quarter will start June 18 and run through Aug. USU-Tooel- e 10. Those interested in taking the summer course may contact Mr. Kirk at ext. 145 or 882-555- 833-296- No Suqirises In Snow Measures The surements meain Tooele County snow courses revealed what was expected the valley can expect heavy spring runoff. A new record was set at Bevans Cabin in Settlement Canyon where there is still 68 inches of snow containing an incredible 26.9 inches of water. Carlos Garcia of the Soil Conservation Service reports that it is not just a new record, it is also 560 percent above average. In Middle Canyon, where the reading is taken at White Pine, there is 75 inches of snow holding 29.7 inches of water. This is 319 percent above normal. The Vernon measurement shows that there is 17.6 inches of water, which is 409 percent above average and Deseret Peak is 160 percent above normal with 106 inches of snow and 43.3 inches of water. Rocky Basin, which is a major source of water for Tooele City, has 138 inches of snow and 55 inches of water content. Mr. Garcia also reports that streamflows of the county's three major streams are also way above average. Vernon Creek is at 306 percent, Settlement Canyon Creek at 254 percent and South Willow is 147 above normal, accord- ing to the report. Soil Conservation In Today's Transcript Reflections |