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Show News SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS WEDNESDAY AUGUST 24, 1994 3 Fredonia Town Council The Fredonia Town Council met on August 10 with Brent Mackelprang, Honey Pratt, Robin Button, Joy Jordan, Barbara Rogers present. Guests were: Peter Solie, Bob Lath ini, Paul Bevan, Chris McMillian, Ken Buren, Rick Crawford and built per a housinggrant. Several houses will lx? renovated. Item Itwson would like to close the gaps on the Shiprock Subdivision. The loop of water line is in, and the value purchased bv Mr. Lawson was used by the town so he will pay Tom Lawson. an additional $100 plus the $250 will check on he Jordan Joy paid for the value for the filing for w'ater from Lake Powell purchase of a water hookup. through Arizona. Jordan at- Poweristheconcernat thispoint tended a meeting in Moccasin with the removal of the power with Sam Standefer of Mohave poles on the east side of the subCounty concerning land and our division. This item will be rerights concerning land in trust. ferred to the Utility Board. He suggested joining the CoaliItem McMillian is tion of Counties. A letter will be interested in a cultural pagwritten to Paul Babbitt asking eant for Fredonia. She will about the Coalition and about work with Robin Button and our concerns about preserving Peter Solie to check out what our Constitutional Rights. She is needed and other aspects of also presented plans for a health such a project. Item directory for Fredonia. miscellaneous Other matters: annexing south on Altus Lane Signs are needed for Cowboy and on into Mohave County. Drive. Fredonia needs to be put Sections for annexation needed on these signs with Cowboy to be firmed up. Button made a Drive. The town crew was motion to start the process for thanked for the installation of annexation. Motion passed. the Fredonia Medical Sign. In Item Department re: Arizona TV there will be a would like to send 4 people to meeting with the Tribe and Arizona Fire School September Cost is $60 per person Mohave County. Fredonia will purchase and own the Arizona plus lodging, meals and transTV equipment to get the recep- portation. Pratt made a motion, tion back to Moccasin and the to send up to four firemen to Kaibab Paiute T ribe. Letters are Phoenix for schooling. There in for Dr. Obasi to get his green needs to be a written agreement with the Kaibab Paiute card. Bob Lathim presented a very Tribe concerning fire protection good report from the inspector for 6 Mile Village and Steamon the landfill. Lathim and boat. AIo a mutual agreement Mackelprang are interested in with Colorado City to cover the attending a water seminar in area between Fredonia and gear Laughlin for three days. The Colorado City. Turn-ou- t tuition i $60. Cracks have been needs to be replaced. Four sets filled in on the dike. Ron Heaton are needed. Also need six brush is finishing the cement work at shirts at $53.95 each, two pairs the Little League field. Signs of boots at $250 per pair, new need to be replaced. New street radio for brush truck 2 at $695, mower is in. A new pickup (4 X hose at $500. This purchase was 4) is needed. Pat Drive will be approved. Item finished in a few days. passed to proPaul Bevan of St. George vide power for the flashing school talked about Economic Devel- lights. e impact fees (waopment for the area as well as Item roadwill be $650 for resiter hookup) Interstate 66 and other dents and $1200 for commercial ways in the area. Peter Solie reported that it togoin effect September 1,1994. looks like six to seven new homes Motion passed. w ill be re 2-- 1. Its just keeps going...and going. ..and going That's what Utah Port of Entry supervisor Tad Brown, and agents Dale Green and Leona Horlacher, thought when they were notified that this truck was coming their way. The truck was 235 feet tong, had 1 04 tires and weighed in at an impressive 334,000 pounds. Perkins Trucking from Farmington, MN was hauling the mega load to Phoenix. The mammoth truck was escorted by Sharon Pierson of Oversize Escorts and Ray Hopkins of LaVerkin. Driver Dean Perkins explained that the load was a steel form press used to make the large steel gas tanks, and was purchased from F&B Manufacturing company in Waukegan, IL. The cargo was so large that it required a semi tractor driven by Eric Thronson at the back to push it along. Utah team places 8th at National The Utah team of Kari Smith, Jessie Kirkendall, Kelly Cornforth and Ben Peterson placed 8th out of 30 teams at the Wildlife Habitat National Evaluation Contest held near Cedar City. According to Terry Messmer, Utah State University wildlife specialist and contest coordinator, teams from 30 states competed in five categories designed to teach responsible management of our natural resources. 4-- H 4-- H Wildlife Contest Ted Stewart, Utah Division of participants were asked to identify common wildlife Natural Resources, said, This foods, interpret wildlife habitat program is important to help from aerial photographs, pre- educate a generation that, for scribe wildlife management the most part, is separated from practices and develop both rural the land. We no longer know and urban wildlife management where things such as food, water and wildlife come from. This plans. Utah is a unique area to study helps people realize the interacbecause it contains all five ofthe tion between things such as most common wildlife manage- building a home in the foothills ment zones: hot desert, moun- and deer migration patterns or tain, alpine, cold cutting weeds and pheasant populations. 4-- H 10-Th- oiEHQUai--!!- ! AM Smunramraeir Meirdhamidiise ft aboutjheSavio o farm Open 10 a. m. to 6 p.rn. 18 East Center Kanab him |