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Show The new Miss Mount Pleasant Royalty, selected at Saturday nights pageant are pictured here from left: first attendant, Kimberly Larsen, daughter of Chris and Linda Larsen; Queen, Amy Seely, daughter of Dennis and Janet Seely; second attendant, Jacci Herring, daughter of Jack and Mary Herring. it Volume 102 MT. PLEASANT, UTAH 84647 State grazing rules to address conservation, water rights protected Editors Note: The following is the second part of a news series on range reform taken from a press release submitted by U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt. WASHINGTON, D.C- .- State grazing standards, drafted at the state level under Interior Secretary Bruce Babbits new proposal to reform BLM rangeland management, must address soil stability and watershed function, the distribution of nutrients and energy, and plant community recovery mechanisms. In cases where existing management practices fail to meet national requirements and state standards, the BLM land manager would be required to take action prior to the start of the next grazing year. State guidelines would provide direction for that action and must: in recovery planning for threatened or endangered species in the area and should work to prevent listings; designed to protect public health and welfare and must restore or enhance water quality to meet or exceed state standards; such issues as the timing of critical plant growth and regrowth, giving consideration to periods of rest from livestock ist B-- grazing. situations in which continuous season-lon-g grazing would be consistent with achieving properly functioning conditions; criteria and design standards for development of springs, seeps and other projects affecting water and associated resources, and maintain or enhance the ecological values of those sites; criteria in advance for minimum levels of production in areas where grazing may be authorized on ephemeral rangelands, and set standards for minimum level of growth to remain at the end of the grazing season; d areas which criteria to protect includes the location, or the need for location or removal, of stock management facilities that may be outside of the riparian area itself, i.e., corrals, holding facilities, wells, pipelines and fences. Consideration must also be given to modification of livestock management practices, such as salting and supplemental feeding; and plans with utilization or residual vegetation targets which will maintain, improve or restore both herbaceous and woody species to a healthy and vigorous condition, facilitate reproduction and maintenance of different age classes in the desired d and aquatic plant communities, and leave sufficient plant litter to provide adequate sediment filtering and dissipation of stream energy for bank protection. In most cases, a state will be the lowest level at which such standards are to be written, but once that task is accomplished, standards and guidelines can be subsumed into regional sets, thus allowing for consideration of ecosystems that cross state borders. In a state where the BLM director is unable to produce standards and guidelines within 18 months that are approved by the interior secretary, fallback standards and guidelines published in the proposed rule will be used. BLM state directors will have the option of revising these fallback standards and guidelines to provide a better fit in their state. Water Rights The new proposal offers significant clarification of the water rights language proposed in August. In particular, it makes clear what the proposal would not do. valid existing water rights would be affected. o new federal reserve water rights would be created. will be no change from existing BLM policy on water rights for uses other than public land grazing, such as municipal, industrial or irrigation uses. new language is limited to water used for livestock watering on public lands only. new language explicitly states that any new rights to water on public land for livestock watering on such land would be acquired, perfected, administered and maintained under state law, unless state law prohibits it. The new language is intended to generally bring BLMs water regulations in conformance with U.S. Forest Service practice and with BLM policy prior to being changed in the early 1980s. New, permanent water improvement projects such as stock tanks, wells, pipelines and spring developments would be authorized and compensated under cooperative range improvement agreements. In response to concerns expressed in the west, the preamble of the proposed rule will call for comments on the possible joint filing by permittees and the U.S. for water rights on public lands associated with livestock watering on those lands. F-S- et riparian-wetlan- ve riparian-wetlan- - April 20, 1994 Price $.50 Number Sixteen Local nursing home studied critical MORONI-- - Community support will be the deciding factor on whether or not North Sanpete d County will have the new nursing home which is being proposed by local resident Barbara Gordon. Over 20 people attended the r, April 1 1 public hearing at City Hall to voice their opinions about the facility she would like to build in Moroni. Conducting the meeting was Utah Department of Public Health Executive Director Rod' Befit, who was there to assess public interest and comment, and make recommendations on whether or not Medicaid Program moratorium should be lifted to allow such a facility in Sanpete County. Director Befit warned residents that it takes local community support for any nursing home to survive, and that a care facility, as proposed by Gordon, is a real challenge. On hand to answer questions and joining him in his counsel was Division of Health Systems Improvement Director Sara V. Sinclair, whose job is to ensure that these types of facilities are 100-be- two-hou- long-ter- m Weather news Mt. Pleasant The Ursenbach Weather Station reports that for the week of April the low temperature was 29 degrees on April 12, and the high was 80 degrees on April 17. Precipitation was .02 percern on April 11. Wind speeds were 25 mph on April 13, and up to 27 mph on April 14. Other days, it was 5 mph from North to East. The sky was mostly clear with the barometer reaching a low of 29.75 on April 13 and 14, and a high of 30.18 on April 15. 11-1- 14-1- 7, Community support for proposed 100-be- d facility run properly and to investigate complaints. Prior to her appointment, she had run the Sunshine Terrace Nursing Home and could offer insight on problems that could be encountered. Director Befit emphasized his offices main concern is that the community stands behind any nursing facility, and any decision made will be based on that support. He added that the State has a moratorium on these enterprises which is lifted when a community demonstrates the need. Based on an informal survey she and several other people had taken, Gordon said she believed at least 37 people would apply for care at the onset. She promised that staffing would be done with qualified Sanpete medical people, including Snow College medical graduates who would, otherwise, leave the Amy Seely crowned Miss Mt. Pleasant in scholarship pageant MT. PLEASAN- T- Blonde and bubbly Amy Seely, daughter of Dennis and Janet Seely, was crowned Miss Mt. Pleasant in the annual scholarship pageant last Saturday night. She performed a piano solo, "The Man From Snowy River" for her talent as part of the competition, and modeled a pink evening gown before answering her question from the judges and being announced as the winner. Kimberly Larsen, daughter of Chris and Linda Larsen, was selected as Seelys first attendant, having given a patriotic speech for her talent. Her second attendant was Jacci Herring, daughter of Jack and Mary Herring, who performed a humorous reading as her contribution to the talent competition. Pageant directors were Tracy Johansen and Lou Ann Rosenlof. Lois Tucker organized the Tea,' which was hosted by A1 and Marty Johansen. Robyn and Torrie Munk and Jaclyn Johansen did the programs. Carolyn Finlinson taught a workshop on the interview, while Tracy Johansen taught one on modeling and Lori Bagley taught one on make-uJudges for the event were Lareasa Mills, Ivo Peterson and Sharon Sudwicks. A scholarship was provided by Snow College. Other entertainment for the evening was provided by Alice Wilkeys dance students who did two numbers: "Communicating Colors" and "A Different Cut". The North Sanpete High School Jazz band, conducted by Craig Clark, performed "The Gospel According to Miles", as well as the prelude and postlude music. p. area for employment in Provo or Salt Lake City. Though certification has to be done outside Sanpete, nurses aid training would be done by her proposed facility. When asked if the endeavor was going to be for profit or nonprofit, she said it was intended to be for profit, but could be nonprofit if that was what the community wanted. The important thing, she felt, was to have a nursing home for Sanpete. Sanpete Valley Hospital Administrator George Winn was in favor of having a nursing home but wasnt sure the county could d support a facility. He said people have approached him on expanding the extended care the hospital provides, and a nursing home in the area would ease that pressure. 100-be- Director Befit said that determining the number of beds for a facility is important, but difficult to figure. Many people needing the care of a nursing home dont want to go, favoring unsafe conditions at home. Most wait until there is no other option and younger family members are no longer able to safely take care of them. Money is also a real issue. At least two nurses from Sanpete Valley Hospital were in support of the proposal. Other residents favoring the nursing home felt they could support their family members better if they were housed nearby. They said many Sanpete residents have family members in nursing homes in the ProvoOrem area or in Mayfield and that they travel these distances weekly. Both residents and experts at the meeting agreed that most of the nursing home patients are in their 80s and 90s. The people visiting those family members are in their 50s and 60s, and winter Continued to page 6 he NS Ladyhawks dished out the hits Saturday as the team won the "Polar Bear Tournament" at Olympus High School, bringing home a trophy and score against Olympus was rts for each girl. The championship 13-- 8. |