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Show Classifiedfsc See Story on page 1 Volume 70 Number 17 Wednesday, April 28, 1993 Price 50 Cents Local farmesranchers want out of Central Utah Project After more than 25 years of paying taxes to bring them more water, farmers along the Sevier River say they want out of the Central Utah Project, according to a story in the Deseret News by Matthew S. Brown. Its not enough water to worry about, said Roger Walker, Delta, who sits on the Central Utah Water Conservancy District Recently the Sevier River board, a seven member panel representing irrigation and canal companies along the river, voted to ask their respective county commissions to withdraw from the CUP. Board president,Afton Blood, of Antimony voiced his concern how such a decision would affect area water rights. Sevier County Chairman, T. Merlin Ashman noted I decided it was a poor investment when I became a commissioner in 1980. Ive been for the CUP my whole life, but it just isnt the program it ought to be, noted Millard County Commissioner Frank Baker. was to pipe The program, created in the mid-50- s 36,000 acre feet into Sevier Bridge (also known as Yuba) Reservoir at the north end of the river. Through water exchanges and additional storage reservoirs farther south, the river would supply enough water for farmers, fish, recreation and future economic growth. The current system of water use, sees Sevier River water being used and reused several times as it meanders from Garfield County to Millard County has evolved over a century of legal battles and negotiations. Added to this were several conservation measures. Opponents of the project protested spending the equivalent of $4,000 an acre on a water project for farmland that was worth $800 an acre. They add that the environmental measures in the CUP Completion Act rescued a $230 million irrigation system that Sevier River users now dont want The Act also allows counties pulling out of the system tc receive a rebate of the property tax revenues, plus interest, paid to the district. It also sets aside $40 million in federal money that Sevier River users can tap into to develop their own projects independent of the CUP. However, Things wont be any different down here than they have been for 100 years, said Walker, somewhat pessimistically. Predator Control is stopped in Utah and several other states The Washington, DC Office of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has stopped U.S. Department of Agriculture - Animal Damage Control (ADC) officers from controlling predators in a large number of western states, and this will have great implications for farmers and ranchers in the west, says a Utah farm industry leader. In Utah the new order applies to Richfield, Moab, Salt Lake and Cedar City Districts. An earlier environmentalist appeal halting predator control in the Vernal BLM District was overturned after intervention by the Utah Farm Bureau, according to UFB vice president C. Booth Wallentine. He said the U.S. Forest Service and Farm Bureau were also recently successful in getting a federal judge to rule in favor of continued predator control in the Dixie and Fish Lake National Forests after evidence showed predator control was the best method of protecting livestock and big game. Appeals filed by the Humane Society ' and other environemntal organizations prompted the BLM Washington Office to issue the new order. Press reports indicate that office went far beyond the appeal requirements and stopped ADC predator control on up to 61 percent of all BLM lands in the West The new ruling comes as thousands of sheep herds have newborn lambs, cattle herds have new calves, and big game have newborn animals in open areas and are especially vulnerabale to rpedators. It is unconscionable that the Humane Society, an organiation that calls itself a protector of animals, would do everything in their power to cause thousands of lambs and calves and big game young ? to be slaughtered by predators without any protection Under the BLM order, ADC officials will be allowed to conduct emergency control programs after severe damage to livestock herds occurs. But this means a rancher must first lose his potential profit, to say nothing of the loss of animal life, before any control measures can be taken, Wallentine noted. Wallentine said ranchers will be able to control predators as best they can by private means. He said Farm Bureau and more responsible environmental organizations favor keeping predator control in the hands of government officials where more specific and targeted control efforts are employed. Wallentine said this BLM order will cost sheepmen and cattlemen many hundreds of thousands of dollars. But it will also cost local community and statewide economies an even greater loss in jobs and taxes. A Utah State University study shows each dollar from a meat animal sold eventually creates over eight more dollars in the economy of the state of Utah, Wallentine said. Farm Bureau will work to help get essential predator control bck into the hands of the federal officials who are trained and mandated by law to control predators. Danna Bums Shaw Is honored by Elks Club Danna director in the Salina Chamber of Commerce and is a Past President of that organization. She was instrumental in getting the Utah Summer Games Regionals to Sevier County. She has served on the games committee as a volunteer for the pat six years. She started the annual benefitChamber of Commerce Street Dance and serves on various Chamber committees throughout the Bums Salina Shaw, and merchant business leader, was honored at the Richfield Elks Lodge annual inaugural ball with the Elks Citizen of the Year Award. The award was presented by Roy E. Likins, immediate past Exalted Ruler, on behalf of Lodge, Richfield Benevo- - Danna B. Shaw lent and Protective Order of Elks, of the United States of America. Ms. Shaw was selected for this award because of her long time commitment and service to her community, family and fellow men, in accordance with the principles embraced by Elkdom - charity, justice, brotherly love and fidelity. A citation accompanying the award attesting to her success read in part Danna Shaw, currently President of the Salina Municipal Building Authority in which she and her committee have worked the pat two years on a $1.2 million dollar civic convention center with indoor arena, which has been funded and is being constructed this year. She is active in civic affairs and currently serves as a year. She and her husband have worked the past year in an effort to promote Horse Racing and Economic development in the state. She also handles all the finances of her husbands business as a trainer. Danna has worked in her familys business Bums Saddlery since 1978 and currently manages and oversees all aspects of the retail division. She has been involved in the Sterling Scholarship program and acted as judge in several events. She has been a volunteer in many youth programs as well as sponsoring programs in 4-High School Rodeo, Jr. Livestock events, athletic and scholarship programs. She is an active member of, and serves in several positions in her church. Danna was bom in Salina to Dan and Donna Bums. She graduated form North Sevier High School as an Honor Student where she served as Senior Class Secretary, Cheer leader, FFA Sweetheart, active in all sporting events, and was also listed in Whos Who in American Students. She and her husband, Scott, are parents of three children, Braydan 14, Destiny 11, and Tegan 2. Her goals for the future are to help better her community and try to bring more industry to central Utah by bringing better facilities and stronger programs for the youth as well as the adults in recreation, education and tourism. CONSTRUCTION SHOULD BEGIN SOON Members of the Salina Municipality Committee met with representatives of Sunrise Engineering to discuss the final plans for the EquestrianCivic Center to be built in Salina. Bids will be let and bidders should have copies of the blueprints by Friday. Construction should soon get underway. T Classified school employees need to be recognized Utah Governor Mike Leavitt has proclaimed that scenes- - people who sweep floors, those behind-th- e make cinnamon rolls, or pick up students each morning, among other things, will receive special recognition during Utah Classified School Employees Week, April 26 - May 1. In Sevier School District, 215 of its 452 employees are those who provide support services, according to Business Administrator Sam Ware, any of these employees are part time, he said. And they do their work quietly, without a lot of recognition or fanfare. Everything they do, however, is focused toward supporting the learning opportunities and activities of children. Maintenance workers, custodians, bus drivers, school lunch workers, secretaries, warehousemen, and teaching assistants are all listed as classified employees, and all are expected to be role models. Ware pointed out that the bus driver is the first school-relate- d person many children see in the morning, and the last school-relate- d person they see in the afternoon. It is vital that bus drivers have the ability to help set the tone for the day by the influence they have on students. Classified employees who deal with children try to accommodate their individual needs. School lunch workers can help children with special diets to meet those requirements. Many instructional assistants, through additional training are conscientious about becoming better prepared to help children succeed in the class- room. Like teachers, classified employees are continually honing their skills through workshops and training ses sions, Ware noted. New technology also makes a difference in the way they do their jobs, whether by providing a more computer system for secretaries, or a more efficient cleaning product for custodians. We appreciate all our classified employees for the excellent way they do their assigned tasks, and for the positive influence they have on the districts children, Ware concluded. Salina City offers reward for information on recent vandalism During the last month there have been several cases of vandalism at the Salina City Park. At the City Council meeting April 19, 1993, the council voted to offer a reward of $ 1 00, to any informant who would give clues of the responsible party or parties causing the damage. The information would need to be authentic to the degree that it would lead to the arrest and apprehension of the vandals who are destroying city property. The Salina City Park is a beautiful area for family picnics, recreation and a staging area for our youth to hold their softball and baseball games. We want to take good care of this facility. We need the rest rooms left in good order for those who enjoy the park. We need the cooperation of all citizens in maintaining the park so that we can all enjoy this outdoor playground. Lets all work together toward this goal. care providers must now pay for health inspection Child It will now cost child care providers, both licensed and exempt $30.00 to be inspected by the 6 County Environmental Health department non-licens- In an effort to keep up with the growing number of unlicensed exempt child care facilities, directors of the Central Utah Board of Health approved implementing a fee for the Environmental Health department to conduct the survey requested by the child care provider. Bruce Hall, director of the department, said they are receiving increased pressure from all fronts, the state, Federal agencies and the business owners themselves, to do the inspection. Hall told the group that a form showing problems, and giving a place for the department to recommend, not recomment or offer no comment had been obtained. His group would not act as police, just as an inspection source. He said that the areas of concern are food preparation areas, diapering areas, sanitation, and other health ques- tions. There are 20 - 30 licensed providers in the area, and probably four or five times that number of non-licens- ed exempt providers. In other business, the annual report was given by Wayne Lebaron, Health Officer. Figures show that Sevier County received 10,739.5 hours of service in 1992, or 23.7 percent the total hours administered in 1992. Sanpete County received 12,924.5 hours, or 28.5 percent. The other counties service hours percentages are Millard, 22.5 percent, Juab, 1 1 .3, WayneCounty, 8.5 and Piute, 5.5 percent These figures represent administrative, personal health services and environmental health services. An emphasis to immunize school age children will be undertaken by the health department. It was reported to the commissioners that the chief problem in getting children immunized is the lack of parental support, and not the cost of the vaccine. There are now 19 reported cases of AIDS in the area. Lebaron said there is a possibility of another 190 individuals in the area who could test positive with HIV. A formula of 10 potential HTV cases for every 1 reported case of AIDS is a standard formula, he said. Ash Grove Cement, Millard County, plans to use old tires to fuel its plant The commissioners learned that there is virtually no waste product, and that the tire supply will come from the Utah County area. Plans show that the company will be able to use nearly 50 percent of all the waste tires generated in Utah, and that with state subsidies, the Central Utah Public Health Department tire used, or $30,000, if the will receive $2.50 for uses tons of tires. the 12,000 projected plant The next meeting will be held June 24, 1993 in Piute County. eh |