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Show Crrrrr? T C D 50C Home of the Worlds Largest Missile VOLUME 85 NO. 48 Up ) u & Mining Center MAGNA, UTAH OCTOBER 15, 1992 84044 27 to 30 cents per 1,000 gallons Water rates to go up, usage goes down by Gary R. Blodgett Editor Salt Lake County water users are likely to be in for a long, hot summer. Not only will there probably be a shortage of water next summer, but youll be paying a lot more for the water you use. Thats the word from the Salt Lake County Water Conservancy District. Its inevitable that there will be an increase in the cost to water consumers next summer but just how much and in what form of increase is not yet determined, said David district Ovard, manager. He stressed that the districts board of direc tors is looking at all alternatives, but the apparent deficit in the districts proposed budget must be met. But if the district has less water to sell, there will be less revenue, he said. Maintenance and operation of the multi-millio- n dollar distribution system will be just as costly, and there are bonding debts that still have to be paid, he told the district board of directors Tuesday. Board chairman Jerry Maloney gallons used. This could be in the form of a surcharge or a water rate increase, Mr. Maloney explained. A surcharge would be equal throughout the district, while a rate increase could vary depending on the current rate being charged by each of the districts 19 1,000 subcontractor agencies. The bottom line remains : Salt Lake County Water District is about $4 million dollars short of its proposed and no acceptable way to budget said the proposed rate increase raise the money. because of the lack of water anAt the same time, district officials betnext will summer be ticipated speculate that the amount of water ween 27 and 30 cents per 1,000 gallons, available for next year will be reducor from 87 cents to about $1.05 per ed by a substantial amount, perhaps as much as 30,000 acre-feeMr. Ovard noted that the districts 1992 allotment was 70,000 acre-fee- t, but that the 1993 allotment could be reduced to as little as 38,760 acre-fee- t. Were in the sixth year of a serious drought, and the amount of usable water will depend on precipitation before next summer, said Mr. Ovard. Utah Lake has no available water and Deer Creek is dropping rapidly. We could be in for a long, dry summer. If we had the full allotment of water available (70,000 acre feet), we could raise the necessary revenues through the sale of the water, but we cant count on that, said Mr. Ovard. t. So we have to plan for the worst senerio that of another serious drought year. And that means less water at a substantially increased cost to the consumer. Mr. Ovard stressed that the proposed budget was stripped to the bone, but its contents were challenged by some board members. Margaret Peterson, representing West Valley City, questioned the proposed budgets contingency fund of an increase of $80,000 over $100,000 this year and an increase in the employees salaries and benefits of Continued on page 12 Disposal of hazardous waste is high-tec- h business, but worth it are continuously tested for any seepage or contamination. by Gary R. Blodgett i Editor v. . r Disposal of hazardous .waste is a business. At least that was the story given to the Magna Chamber of Commerce at its regularly scheduled meeting last Thursday. With the use of videos, representatives of United States Pollution Control, Inc., (USPCI) told the group that all waste entering the site 85 miles west of Salt Lake City and seven miles north of Knolls is screened and tested before it is entered. We have the best in equipment to test and the materials before the separate material is treated and buried, they said. After being separated, hazardous each kind materials are treated to with a different substance roping team in the Utah High School Rodeo break down the waste and provide Cyprus High School twins Camie (left) and Jodie Fackrell comprise the only Association. They are shown above competing in the state finals. for a safer burial. Its all done with computer and other equipment, they said. But even being a hazardous wate is Camie team the As his He first ride for in was hurt rider. ropers, ropers. dumping site, not all hazardous waste by Gary R. Blodgett header and Jodie is the healer. They the buckle when tossed against the is disposed of at the West Desert site, Editor both have their jobs to do and do chute. Hes been to the hospital three it was explained. Explosives, nuclear times, so now Im getting used to it, devices, toxic waste, and many other Rodeo competition is not only a it together. of steer the One head the lassoes said materials are shipped elsewhere for JoLynn. sport but a tradition with the Robthe hind feet. while when lassoes he a other Robbie the bull rider was disposal. bie Fackrell family of Magna. is based on the length of time was younger, but in recent years has The Utah site does not yet burn its Judging Camie School twins Cyprus High of free both team breaks and when animal been from the a waste before burial, but an inroper and Jodie Fackrell are following in break-awauntil is being constructed which is it the chute cinerator properly roped. the footsteps of their dad, Robert most hazardous materials at will The burn twins, juniors (Robbie), older brother Heath, and an Hes taught us all we know about in third their are at a year roping, the twins agree. He entemperature up to 2,500 Cyprus High, older sister, Aliesha. been but of before burial. competition, theyve degrees Im the only one not a rodeo percourages us to work hard and conold. six were 80 percent of all hazarsince than More years they former, but I provide a lot of help and riding sistently, until we have performed to dous waste treated at the desert to had ride the site, ponies Actually, girls the best of our ability. Were still learencouragement, said their mother, And nearest three. 50 were from the when miles population, they ning and only they JoLynn. Its a lot of fun being a getting better each year, but mother of rodeo performers, but a lit- had the opportunity to watch their dad we have a long way to go to be as good are hazardous soils. Most of the and two older siblings compete in toxic, and explosive tle scary, too. as him, they said. were while are treated and disposed of rodeos materials growing up. they Shes seen her share of injuries to Working hard and consistently the in and all elsewhere. It blood, gets your means roping a minimum of two and the many family members Although most of the materials times when they were badly shaken hard work and sacrifice that it takes hours a day, six days a week. They to be a good rodeo performer goes out have a herd of treated couand a cows locally come from the western not but did serious suffer roping up injuries. said. the window, they United States, some materials are Why would twin girls, in their prime ple of quarterhorses to provide whats of cuts share their suffered y received from Theyve states, it was needed to get the job done. of high school life, want to sacrifice and take the chances of serious injury and bruises related with rodeoing, but explained. a Camie competes with nothing serious. Camie suffered the It was stressed that after being to be rodeo performers? Blues named Buggy quarterhorse worst injury in practice when her materials buried are covered treated, not? they respond Why while Jodie works out on a buckskin thumb got wrapped up in the dally of clay and soil. Different with Our entire layers family simultaneously. mare named Buck, the mother of and her thumbnail was ripped off. of are buried materials has been in the rodeo. Its kind of extypes Camies horse. It could have been much worse, burial on the of us. separately pected e with the Oakers like that married couple who The twins USPCI. perform just used and of Camie them or ground by not, Expected and both lost their thumbs to the of the available d High School Rodeo Assn, which has a Less than Jodi perform in high school rodeos Camie. 54 high school said of area utilized sport, has site Intermountain been the membership during the througnout students comprising communities decade of operation, it was explainand they love it. Heath, a couple of years older than along the western Salt Lake Lake ed. USPCI officials emphasized that They perform together as team his twin sisters, went to the High break-away School Championships as a bareback Valley. the ground, underground water, etc. ropers, but separately as . high-technolo- high-technolo- all-gi- rl Cyprus igh twins compete high-technolo- y. - fc t far-awa- mile-squa- calf-rop- one-thir- re Chamber plans for annual Magna Christmas parade by Gary R. Blodgett Editor Theres enough to planning a com- munity Christmas parade without worrying about how to hang the street decorations. But thats what is facing this years Magna Chamber of Commerce Christmas Parade committee. The reason: the street lighting poles along Main Street (2700 South) have been replaced, and theres no way to the decorations. The original poles were fitted with brackets that were used to the decorations. The new poles have no brackets, and committee members are not sure they can be fitted like on the old poles. Worse, theres no way to provide electricity to the pole decorations except with the use of extension cords. And no way are we doing that, the Chamber board agreed. Also, board members have been at-tat- ch at-tat- ch told not to hang anything heavy on the poles. Whats heavy? Anything heavier than the decorations which have been used in past years. But Santa is coming on schedule, and the parade will be held street decorations or no street decorations. The parade will begin at 11 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 27, the day after Thanksgiving. St. Nick will visit the kids in all the elementary schools in Magna that day. A movie will be shown in some schools and there will be candy for the children. Making' American Dreams A Realitv U.S. SAVINGS BONDS r -, |