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Show 2 Sun Advocate, Price, Utah 24, 1984 Friday, August Near drowning a result of floods By MICHAEL DAME Staff writer culinary , Price - . , A five CARBONVILLE boy nearly drowned here Wednesday when he fell into a pool of water left after a flash flood, Sunday. The flood scooped tons of dirt out of a drainage canal leaving a hole nine feet deep. Flash flooding caused by continuous rains flooded five houses in Spring Glen, flooded year-ol- d v4f,jSfv, ? "HSw-rrf . - t s three others near the boys home in Carbonville and eroded a large amount of dirt from the bottom of a normally dry drainage canal. The empty hole filled with the flood yater causing a deep pool. Chris McDonald, 5, was riding his bicycle near his home about 4:30 p.m. when he slipped on mud near the hole and fell off his bicycle into the pool. sister Chris who saw the accident, Shelly, immediately ran for her !'r f $ - A v'' ' v r"S &;,& seven-year-o- VV $ ' , s' c& lr xsr j&Jt? ... -5" m, v , s4 !, y;, r 'I 'x r - ' 'V-' ,.y ,vft-, w-- r-- ' 4. v ' xi ' S ',? VV- .' .,?& . , yy - '' ' y v , y, '' i; t &t'" ' ' J? ;; y . &. ' r 'V . water. He was in a deadmans float face down on top of the water .iK KV-- '. 1 Investigation continues accident occurred Thursday afternoon at 12:49 when Francis Hadden, 86, Helper, was making a left hand turn from Carbonville Road and a single unit construction truck driven by Kyle Foster was coming from the 100 N. overpass when the two vehicles collided. Hadden was taken to An Castleview Hospital and is currently under observation. Investigation is still being continued, no conclusions as to fault had been drawn at press time. Price City Police are continuing their investigation. County sets levies, approves oil lease The Carbon County Commission set mill levies Wednesday for the year and apoil and gas, proved a five-yelease on county property which may eventually provide a new source of taxes. ar Commissioners approved Clerk Norman County Prichards estimates for mills needed to provide revenue for this years budget, but revenue will still fall short of the amount needed. Prichard said that the total assessed value of the county this year is $143,690,160, including the value of. real property and taxes based on the incomes of businesses. Prichard said the budget requested in December for 1984 there. The commissioners dont know the true assessed value until August each year. Its a guessing game, Semken said. You guess what the operating budget will be and then you guess what youll receive in revenue. And then very often you have to cut back was $5,389,270, but the total mill levy allowed this year is 18.24 mills. Commission Chairman Lee Semken said state law does not allow counties to increase the levy for the general fund higher than 16 mills. They may not increase the levies for other funds in the budget more than 6 ' percent a year. A flood control budget was also necessary for the second year in a row and may be necessary next year. Semken , said department heads and commissioners have to estimate the budget needed each year, estimate what the assessed value of the county may be, and then estimate whether or not the revenue is on your spending. The mill levy for the general fund was set at the maximum allowed by law, 16 mills. Semken said this year the county really needed 17 mills to make ends meet. The general fund budget set in December was $2,300,000. The flood control fund mill levy was set at 1.48 mills. The . budget for the year is $200,000. The municipal services fund, which currently pays for fire control in unincorporated areas, was set at .76 mills with a $63,830 budget, which brings the total mill levy to the 18.24 figure. In other business, the county leased mineral rights on 714 acres of county land to Lawence Wert Land Leases and Mineral Royalties Co. Should Mr. Wert find an oil company willing to drill for oil or gas oA the property, a successful! well could mean more money to the county in taxes and oil royalties. The commission also ap- proved the Calvary Baptist Church to allow a caretaker to live in a trailer on the church property until January while a separate request for a trailer court is studied by planning and zoning. when I got to him, Mrs. McHe was unDonald said. conscious, but when I hit the water he started coming to a little bit. Mrs. McDonald said the boy was breathing by the time she got him out of tire water. She rushed him to the emergency room of nearby Castleview Hospital. The boy was left in the hospital for testing and observation until Thursday afternoon. He was released after and other tests showed ys there was no brain or respiratory damage. Although Mrs. McDonald said she is very glad her child is alive, she thinks the county should correct the canal problem. I think they should do something about the hole, fill it in or fence it off, Mrs. McDonald said. Thee are a lot of children who live and play near the hole. Mrs. McDonald said that prior to the floods, the hole was only three or four feet deep and was never a problem before. 1 Commission County Chair- man Lee Semken said all three county commissioners and the road department personnel worked for several hours Sunday night during the flooding to prevent futher damage and to secure a main which was threatened by the flood as the water eroded the , riverbank near the pipeline. Semken said that during the same rainstorm, - more mudslides occurred in the same canyon in Clear Creek where Iver Koski died in May after being covered by one of the slides. Semken said there was no damage this time, but it will take county road crews at least two days to clean the area. Semken said Commissioner the Lloyd Marx handled flooding near the McDonald home while he handled the flooding near the Pilling Trailer Court. The main waterline which workers feared would break due to the erosion of the river bank is near the trailer court. There was no damage to the court. Commissioner ld mother Lori McDonald. Mrs. McDonald jumped into the pool and pulled her son out of the VX waterline near the River Guido Rachiele went to the flooding near 5000 N. and Spring Glen Rd. where he worked with county road department personnel to control the water. Marx and other personnel worked to prevent further damage of the flooding in Carbonville. The flood site was concentrated mainly around West Canal Rd. County Road Department 1200 Director Dea Thayn and Assistant Director George Chubbick spent much of Sunday night with their crews and the commissioners working on the flood problems. Ferron Gardner, Carbonville, said his garage, several of his sheds ' and a pasture were flooded with a foot of water. Gardners wife said the flood came very quickly. It came like a bolt out of the sky, Mrs. Gardner said. Gardner said the main problem was a small culvert in the drainage canal which is too small to carry all the water during floods or periods of heavy runoff. He said the county removed a large bridge over the canal several years ago and replaced it with the culvert. Since then weve had six or seven floods here, Gardner said. They need to fix it. Gardner said although his home was not flooded, two others nearby were filled with water. One of the houses still has a basement full of water, but the owners are on vacation, he said. It was still unknown at press time - who the house Anniversary celebration at Canyonlands; Brides new card need oven dutch meal reservations must be made , Squaw Flat Campground the Needles District in of will Canyonlands National Park be the site of a twentieth anniversary celebration to be held on Saturday, Sept. 15. The event will begin at 6 p.m. with a dutch oven meal. The meal will be followed by entertainment and a program early efforts to establish the park. Former U.S. recalling Senator Ted Moss and former Secretary of Interior Stewart Udall will share the speakers stand. The theme of the celebration center will around the dedication and hard work of the old timers whose efforts led to the establishment of Canyonlands National Park on Sept. 12, 1964. In addition to the key speakers, a number of other community news Eagle award Chris Cox, 14, son of James A. and Claudia S. Cox of Fillmore, received his Eagle Scout Award at a Court of Honor, held Aug. 19. Chris is a student at Millard High School. He is active in band, and will be playing football this year. Chris is also president of his Deacons Quorem and assistant patrol leader of his Scout Troop. He really loves scouting and is proud to be the second Cox son to receive his Eagle Award. Chris is the grandson of Dan and Louise Starich of Price and Allen and Dessia Cox of Huntington. Completes school Pfc. Gordon A. Haws, son of Carl G. Haws of 1944 West 500 No., Provo, has completed a Russian language course at the Defense Language Institute, Presidio of Monterey, Calif. Classes, which consist of six to eight students, offer six hoursin-of intensive spoken language struction daily. His wife, Doris, is the , daughter of Vernon E. and Arleen Huft of Wellington. He is a 1976 graduate of Wasatch County High School, HeberCity. Melon Days highlight old timers have indicted that they will be present to join in the reminiscences. Area residents and others who were involved in the early efforts to establish the park are encouraged to attend to renew old acquaintenances and share in the memories. The evening should also have a special meaning for the many people who have come to know Canyonlands more recently but who also share an interest in its history. A cost of $8.75 per meal will be charged for persons wishing to take advantage of the dutch oven dinner. The meal will consist of chicken cordon bleu, wild rice, salad, rolls, drink, and desert. Meal tickets will be available at the site but advance reservations are strongly Mark your calendars now for the annual Green River Melon Days to be held Thursday through Saturday, Sept. 13 to 15. Softball' tournaments, square dancing and a parade are a few of the activities that will the , three-da- y celebration. The Green River melons are in full bloom and free samples will be available all day Sept. 15 in the Green River City Park. More information about Melon Days will be posted in a later edition of the Sun Advocate. ad- vised. Due to the location and logistics, the caterer must have an accurate figure on the number of people to be served. Those who have not made reservations will run a high risk of the food running out before lnftriMtiM-C37-17- Q5 PRICE J THE NEVER ENDOW STORY K CROWN 7:30-9:3- 0 Fri.-S- they are served. Meal reservations should be made by Sept. 10. Reservations and answers to questions may be obtained through the Canyonlands offices at 446 S. Main Street, Moab (801 or at 32 South 1st East, 259-716- 7:30 IfSl RED DAWN KING COAL 587-273- recognition for what was then a little known section of rugged canyon country in Southeastern Utah. Dreams became reality on that day with the, establishment of Canyonlands National Park. For those who are able to attend the twentieth anniversary celebration, there will be many opportunities to share in the recollections of those dreams. , in Social showihg their new name, Herman G. Archuleta, Social Security Representative in Price, said recently. Unless the bride plans to use her maiden name after marriage, Social Security records should be changed so that earnings are correctly reported to the right record. It will take about two weeks after acceptable evidence has been submitted to get the new Social Security card. 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