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Show mgrmi Tuesday August 24, 1993 102nd Year - No. 67 Price, Utah Pro Care takes aim at Gooseberry plan Pro Care, a school-ag- e child care program, will open its doors to all children ages 5 to 13 in the six elementary schools in Carbon County on Wednesday, Aug. 25. The program will offer service to the community on a demand basis at 6 a.m. during the morning hours at each school and will hold regular hours until 6 p.m. immediately following the dismissal bell at each school. Each program will also be open on early release days every other Wednesday for regular or drop-i- n serving water instead of By ROSANN FILLMORE Sun Advocate editor The Carbon Water Committee has released a position statement opp osing the Gooseberr- Project. The proj ect proposes building a y-Narrows res-ervo- ir to capture 5,400 ofwater from Scofield Reservoir for use in the acre-fe- et SanPitch basin. Representing Helper, Price, Wellington, Utah Power & Light, the Price River Water service. Improvement District, the The coordinators at each school encourage parents to register their children early in the school year for those days when the program is needed as a drop-of- f service. Pro Care will be closed on those days when the schools are closed. Coordinators will offer a referral service for student participants needing care on those Price River Distribution System and the Carbon Canal Company, the committee questions the conclusions of a draft environmental assessment prepared by engineers on the days. well-round- project. The statement contends the irrigators in the San Pitch Basin will only realize their gains at the expense of the people in the Price River Basin, that the 5,400 acre-foannual diversion is equal to the entire projected industrial water needs of Carbon County by the year 2,000. Project backers estimate a lifetime benefit-cos- t ratio of only .52. In other words, it will cost twice as much as it is worth, states the paper. The annualized capital costs are $1.3 million, amortized over 100 years and yearly operating and maintenance expenses are $25,000. Total annual benefits to the recipients of the impounded water are only ot ed choose how to spend their time. Pro Care offers children a safe environment in which to relax, recreational activities to enjoy, hobbies, socializing with peers and the opportunity to acquire new study skills. Activities range from games and sports, indoor and outdoor play, rest and relaxation, musical experiences, reading time and building on existing skills to trying new hobbies (Continued on Page 2AJ $690,000. Hearing scheduled for teen suspects A preliminary hearing is scheduled Aug. 24 to 26 in Seventh District Court in Castle Dale for two teenagers charged with the murder of a Utah Highway Patrol Trooper on June 16. Jason Scott Pearson, 18, of Delphi, Ind. and George Todd Kennedy of Camden, Ind. are accused in the death of Trooper Dennis K. PRWID Lund who was shot during a d chase on near Green River. They are charged with criminal homicide, aggravated murder; three counts of attempted criminal homicide, aggravated murder, a first degree felony; and failure to respond to an officers signal to stop, a third degree felony. high-spee- 1-- 70 The chase began when Trooper Lund responded to a gas skip call at Thompson Springs. Other law enforcement officers j oined the pursuit as the driver proceeded east on Several motorists witnessed the incident and one stopped to videotape the event. Sheriff Lamar Guymon has used the videotape to track the 0. witnesses. Weve located every witness and talked to them, he said in in disappointed an interview. The interesting thing is that out of 10 or 15, only one called and offered information. The sheriff noted that once the other witnesses were contacted they were willing to talk with officers. All are likely to be subpoenaed to testify if the teens are bound over for trial. Most are from California and Colorado. FILLMORE Sun Advocate editor' The Permanent Community ImpactBoard disappointed the Price River Water Improvement District, when it asked for a $1.5 million loan to upgrade its water plant. Instead, it agreed to loan the district $250,000 at 2 percent interest to fund construction of presedimentation basins, metering and an audit of its water system. Phil Palmer, district man- ager and A1 Spensko, board chairman, made no bones about their displeasure at the boards decision. At its meet- PRWID officials want to expand their water treatment plant on the Price River, but the PCIB has decided to delay funding the project, t Looking at the overall public costs of the project, the Carbon Water Committee sees an even larger waste of public funds. It claims the project would increase the management expense of the Forest Service, and creates the requirement for $4 million in federal funds to mitigate the impacts, which would not exist if the project were not built. The committe is even more disturbed that the draft environmental assessment fails to address the possibility of con constructing the reservoir. The Carbon Water Committee has decided that a county-wid- e water conservation program is the most least cost-effectiv- e, environmentally damaging way to enhance economic growth. The Gooseberry Project will negate the benefits achieved by citizen efforts in Carbon Countys comprehensive conservation program, the statement explains. Basing the recreation potential of the reservoir on its surface acreage when it is nearly full, is a mistake, since it will be much lower during peak recreational season. Beyond that, the statement points to potential damage to existing fisheries such as Scofield Reservoir, Price River and the Gooseberry stream. the committee questions whether the draft environmenAlso tal statements adequately addresses impacts to downstream users and species along the Green and Colorado river. During 1964, the Bureau of Reclamation said it favors a combination of projects to increase storage in both basins. That is, if the San Pitch Basin is to be granted more water it should only be done in conjunction with increased storage in the Price River Basin.. .Any document, from whatever source, which does not address the necessity of replacement to the Price River Basin in total is completely unacceptable, points out the report. There is a fatal flaw to the project, according to the committee. It does not address the social economic and environmental impacts it will create on those along the course of the Price, Green and Colorado Rivers. Those problems were emphasized in the 1964 BOR study, the statement says. However, the committee warns against more studies. Carbon County is concerned that expenditures for further evaluation may create the mis- ( Continued on Page 2A) loan application for water plant By ROSANN f cents-""- Water committee gets ready for school The objective of Pro Care is to offer an effective afterschool child care program that meets the needs of the community, while also providing working parents with a convenient, educational and program for their children. In the Pro Care program, children will have an opportunity to pursue recreational, leisure time and educational activities. It is the goal of Pro Care to operate a program that provides a relaxed setting where children are free to 50 ing Tuesday, Palmer told board members the sedimentation basins were an important part of the project, that the metering needed to be upgraded, but the audit was not a part of the project and wouldnt tell them anything they didnt already and Palmer said the FCIB had know. The audit, which is received material explaining funded at $20,000, will tell the the plans for months. We PCIB how much of the water thought we had complied. The board action apparently being produced is being delivered. was based on the advice to Tim Palmer said the district Pine, a staff member at the knows it has a five percent PCIB, who wrote Shirl Clarke inaccuracy in its metering be- indicating the plant was opercause the district office is not ating at slightly more than 90 metered, there are meter probpercent capacity. However, lems at the water plant, and the situation does not appear the county fairgrounds is not to be cricial at this time, parmetered. Indicating he had ticularly in light of the wet talked to county officials who spring and cool summer we would pay for a meter and that have experienced. Pine suggested that exPRWID would install a meter at its facilities, Palmer said pected changes in federal most meters have a certain regulations concerning disinamount of inaccuracy. He also fectants might make it unwise indicated that leaks are easily to design water treatment detected in the clay soil of Car- plant improvements at thin bon County, where water time. He noted that populacomes to the top rather than tion proj ects for Carbon County percolating through the soil as do not indicate a dramatic population increase. Pine it does in sand or gravel. The expansion project has pointed out that the system been in planning for months (Continued on Page 2A ) " |