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Show Alo AILY Snowpack Also affect runoff in northern “Thespring climate will ultimately dictate the runoff and associated of norma! — exactly where flooding potential.” Continued jrom Al Utah County, areat 125 percent they were at this timelast vear he Said. Overall, the drainages that couldaffect flooding in tt 120 percent of normal. also it was last vear it this t Ww »v not Utah County will se ding said this year de- pends on the weather during the next few weeks. he said dtoir we hada cool ar snowpack ase into early nd then it warmedup he ‘ought it off precy said “That is one ¢ are not sureof this o happen e officials are v' preparing for potential v Manager rews are sar Storm drains les ot del ‘bris before the runoff | also clean soil e Creek retention > North in the next iple of weeks. hesaid sill preparingfor itv of flooding and with thecity’s engi © take all precautionary said Mills: “The itv will workoncleaning out debris basin outlets allowing us control of the runoff Public safety officials are ask. ing residents to watch for de- into election with dampened dreams protect nearby residences and the canal. : “Last year there was so much debris that it covered up the holes at our debris basin tower, and water wasreleased at an uncontrolled rate,” Mills Pleasant Grove and American Fork are at about 115 percent of normal The Provo River drainage is Worn down by fighting, Israelis head excess runoff downa half-mile stretch of roadin an effort to Brian Mcinerney National WeatherService said. “Wefigure thatif we bris in area gratings and irrigation ditches. City staff will meet clean out both the Grove Creek and Battle Creek areas wewill be able to control the outlets better and send the water toclear debris from flood channels, Mills said. ‘The spring climate will ultimately dictate the runoff and associated flooding potential,” said Brian McInerney, hydrologist with the National Weather where we wantit to go rather than having it go where it with localecclesiastical leaders to coordinate ongoing efforts to American Fork’s marina. whichthe countyhas now The countyhas also replaced a bridge at thesite and deepened the river bed to ensure the scenario is not repeated this spring, ‘he said. In addition, the county has cool and wet through mid-May andthenshifted to extreme replaced twobridges onDry heat as the summerseason approaches. he sai In that scenario, snow would Creek that were damaged or two inches of snowperday, he terlast spring, he said To preventfurther damage collapsedas a result of floodwa- melt at anincreasedrate, over fora seismic shift in Tuesday's izing dreams ofeithersettling Jewsin a Greater Israel of Israel's three main parties election, discarding their polar- “Thereis a change, a ma- turity, an understanding that we can't goonlike this,” sums up HaimYavin, the Israel TV news anchorwhohas covered 11 elections. The public mood. ‘Supports immediate renewal of peace talks. in 2000. Laboroffered the Palestinians virtually all of the West Bank and all o Gaza. willngto gve blocs there and in up Arab neighborhoods ofheart. ifit translates into votes the waypollsters predict. a /e are ina lot better position than we were last year. 21, Areadraining pipes were obstructed with large amounts of rocks. garbage andother debris, forcing water over the top ally waits until the first weeks of April before attempting to. predict the potential for spring flooding. by propelling the neophyte andleft-leaning Labor Kadima’s leader, acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, is tapping intothe new consensus withpromises to withdraw by 2010 to a final border. In so doing, he has turned the election into a referendumonthe fate Clyde Naylor, Utah County of landIsrael capturedin the 1967 Mideast War. vember whenPrime Minister Landslide workedtoresolvethis issue. I don't knowthe future Continued from Al of the site. Obviouslythe city countysurveycrews had moni tored theslide fora time during Hildebrandt We've been working to facilitate that as much as we ean. because obviously we have alot of vestedinterest in our residents’ safety and health,” he struction happenthere.” Stabilizing theslide likely the heightof its movementlast spring, the county is nolonger involved and has noplans to surveyor/engineer, said though won't let any residential con- said. “We've worked withthe developer and geotéch company andall those people who have meansleaving the concrete foundation of the townhomes further monitorthesite unless there permanentlyto blockit, he said. "| would venture to guess the foundation will always remain there.” he said. wruvuv.cougarblue_.com of east Jerusalem = Frozetranster of Supports economic millions of tax rebates “sanctions: wams of to Palestinian Authorty —actionsthat would plunge after Hamas victory, Palestiniansinto poverty. has held off on more drastic measures could resumetalks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas minister Willing to make some territorial concessions. put only alter Palestinians halt violence and militant groups are disarmed: opposed Gaza pullout; wants to keep large chunks of the West Bank Calis tor stitfer sanctions: says Olmert'sresponse has been weak and confused ECONOMY Pledges tonarrow social and economic gaps Wantsto increase the minimum wage and restore someof the welfare payments cut by the outgoing goverment Astormerfinance minister, Netanyahu cut budgets and stipendsto the poor Ariel Sharonquit his Likud AP rty to form Kadima with fected Likud and Labor heavyweights, creating a party the past four months,polls have held surprisingly steady, that shot tothetopofthe polls predicting Kadima will win just Sharon's devastating stroke on in parliament, or about double Jan. 4. As for givingup land, Sharonalready forged that Caleb Warners ¢an, be reached at cwarnock@ hehe com. east Jerusalem ‘The dramabeganin No- andhasstayed there evenafter Pea by thecity. withdrawal from HAMAS: tweenIsrael's right-wing Likud he said: noting the countyusu- maximuni waterlevels on May would remakeIsraeli politics KadimaParty to power and opening abroad center be- nels, BORDERS — large parts of the West Bank while retaining major Jewish settlement come,the county has beentrim- Last vear, flooding beganin Keyelection issues This far-reaching change this yearshould high water Pleasant Grove whenthe Grove Creek debris basin reached Likud (right wing) Amir Peretz. Populist ex-union, leader hesaid in aninterview. is that “enovghis enough,let's geton with the business. ofliving without rain would be better, mingtrees alongriver banks and deepening someriver chan- Ehud Olmert. Acting prime minister. former Jerusalem mayor Proposes said, Temperaturesin the 70s resulting in snowmelt of less than one inch per day. Labor (center-left) Kadima (centrist) PARTY LEADER AND PRIME MINISTER CANDIDATE r é ments and withdrawbehind a barrier in exchange for some normalcy, though not a peace deal with the Palestinians fixed, said Clyde Naylor, Utah County engineer. localized flooding — not a probability.” The worst case for the city would be if weather remained Israel to elect new leadership Thirty-one parties are competing in Israel's 120-member Parliamentary election March 28. Polls indicate that Kadima, founded last November by Prime Minister Anel Sharon. will be the biggest party. captunng about one-third of the seats. ianuprising, Israelis look set with the Palestinians. The emerging consensusis to unload muchof the West Bank, dismantle Jewishsettle- wide and 8-foot deepsink hole on 6000 West, the road leading aheadof the game. Myfeeling is there is a possibility for by a bloodyfive-year Palestin- much ofthat land for peace opened a 30-foot long, 11-foot city officials to try and get Karin Laub JERUSALEM — Worn down biblical dimensionsortrading wantsto.” Spring flooding last May Service. “It is prudentof these Sunday, March 26, 2006 HERALD of water channels, ultimately washing out canal banks. The city was forced to divert template in September when he pulled Israel out of the Gaza Strip. So what his successor, Olmert, is proposing hasn't come as a complete surprise to thepublic. Throughout the turmoil of under one-thirdof the 120 seats that of Labor and Likud. That would enable Olmert to form a coalition with either of those parties, or both, or. some of the smaller ones. Yet as the election draws near, pollsters are increasingly jittery. 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