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Show -- I AT I ON I, 4006 UT wiww m min) 5410 i't tiSUfl Big Water School kids cLb c J VOLUME 71 NUMBER 40 get bike helmets Page 11 WEDNESDAY MAY 21, 2003 COLOR COUNTRY'S HOME TOWN NEWSPAPER 6O0 Archaeological sites put hold on 3:-- ' m P ' ' ."00; v.J t - - O' - V, X' f v '- v ' 'i'-l- ' - ' 1 . road construction 1 - ''iJ""" ''r'vj) j ,,, Hole-in-the-Ro- ck By Carol Sullivan Kary Monroe, JonesDemille Engineering, reported there are 17 archaeological excavations identified in the road at the May 14, 2003, Kane County Commission meeting. The current road goes right through some of them. Since BYU already has a contract with the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument during the summer, it was recommended to contract with BYU for the V Za A ., t 1 v 4. , ,r v' 2 I- - 4sJJv , ;lo 0' s ,, , ', ; St v - Hole-in-the-Ro- - V . 7 ; V 70 ' , - o'V? YV,,? ' . ' ; -- 'Ir S JA fir-"51 ;:, , ? . ? ' sA 'A --'- -- v; - 7 v, 7 ' Zh $119,000 excavation. Kane Countys match is seven percent. When asked what kind of deWater rodeo grounds at a site formally used A fly ash silo reloading facility is proposed to be built just behind the Big a as gravel pit. Photo by Dixie Brunner. Fly ash silo to be located in Big Water other states. Utah, and those weight limits It actually is called a top off would be regulated at the Big others while development, say silo, explained Brent Anderson, Water sight. We would run a fly ash! Hot water is boiling in ISG (Industrial Services Group) shuttle truck from Page to Big By Dixie Brunner Some folks call it economic Big Water. ISG Resources of Page is planning to build a fly ash silo on the Merrill Jessop property north of Highway 89, behind the Highway Host Inn and rodeo grounds in Big Water. While Mayor Willie Marshall thinks the facility will be an economic asset to the community, some residents in the small town disagree. This kind of operation should not be put here, said resident Richard Specht, echoing sentiments expressed by a number of Big Water citizens. operations manager. It will be a place where we can bring trucks in and top them off to meet weight restrictions for their destinations. The facility itself would be 60 feet high, with 30 feet exposed above ground. Anderson said semis can take up to four tons into Nevada and nine tons into ole Proposed facility At issue is fly ash, the residue remaining after pulverized coal is burned. Resource recovery programs process the byproduct into a substance which is used as a replacement for cement, clay, sand, limestone and gravel. The Big Water facility will be a transfer station for fly ash pro- duced at the Navajo Generating Plant. Since there are weight restrictions on the bridge into Page, a transfer station is needed before the trucks proceed into ifc!' !!! -- 51 Will 11 ii ei, S0 Mti) : .1 N , ) !. jt .tlliMv--I- t ' ?f ji Water. Appropriate channels and zoning concerns Early in February of this year ' St ill - M llOlMHM 'I 11 it' ih - Ml;(ttk ! 6 - - id .(), 's,t '( i- lay .this would bring, Monroe replied, At least to the end of the summer when BYU finishes and we can go out to bid. Monroe continued that he was confident that Kane County has not lost the chance to get the federal money (close to $2 million) for the road. Hole-in-the-Ro- 1 Commissioner Dan Hulet stated, although the Travel Council Board voted 4 to 1 to reinstate Dixie Brunner for another term, we need new blood. ck See COMMISSION, Page 3 Bureaucracy is like gas... a building permit application By Rachel Tueller was received at town hall for a Bureaucracy is like gas, said material storage facility on Brad Hainsworth, Kanab City Merrill Jessops property. In Council member, to the Kane County Commissioners in a May See FLY ASH, Page 11 13, 2003 work meeting. Representatives of the County Commission joined the citys work meeting to discuss proposed plans to share cost and space with the city for a building that would house offices for employees and administration from both governments. Hainsworth, whose professional career was based in federal government, t. si' said bureaucracy and gas both' tpv expand to fill their containers. During the councils regular pi5 st Ipn-meeting, Mayor Lawson began Mil p'iSt by reviewing in detail the process of City Council minutes and vouchers. The mayor announced If! r 4" ,(ifi that based on a determination by the city council, the current , process for minutes and vouchers would continue. We, in con- RjM, - ck Construction will begin May Johnson Canyon road. Estimated date of completion is around July 1, 2003. The Commission voted to retain Karen Budd, Wyoming, for litigation with the GSENM over grazing. The State Legislature appropriated $50,000 to Kane and Garfield Counties specifically for grazing litigation. A motion to approve $3,750 for legal fees carried unanimously. Seems although the legislation appropriated the money to the CIB Board, their criteria does not allow to give money to counties for litigation. All involved are working to get past that hurdle. 19 on junction with Utah law and code, reviewed with the Utah League of cities and towns and with the Assistant Attorney General, the way that we conduct and approve and correct our minutes. After review of the city council we were found to be in conform- See COUNCIL, Page 10 KANAB WEATHER May , 1 Courtesy: Frank Swapp Family |