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Show SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS Community Utahs new home energy Ka!. rating and mortgage program Lt. Governor Olene Walker recently announced a new energy program that can rate the energy efficiency of Utah homes. The program uses a nationally recognized market-drive- n home energy rating system to rate the efficiency of new and existing homes. It is sponsored by the Utah Office of Energy Services and Energy Rated Homes of Utah, and endorsed by the Utah Homebuilders Association. The allows program builders homebuyers, sellers, and lenders to request a home energy rating from an independent rater. The system assigns a rating of one to five stars to a new or existing single or multi-famil- y home. New homes meeting minimum stan You care . . . We care! Home builders, realtors and dards of Utahs current model energy code usually receive a lending institutions also benfour-sta- r rating, according to efit from the rating system. David Wilson of Energy Rated Builders profit from the added Homes of Utah. value of the home as well as The new program is com- gaining a marketing edge and pletely voluntary, market increased quality control. Lendand provides ing institutions can qualify driven, real benefits to home buyers. for energy-efficieBuyers will know if the home mortgages due to a higher ratio, and realtors list they are purchasing is energy efficient or homes with higher sales prices said David Wilson. Investing and have a larger pool of eliin a five-strated home is like gible buyers. Zions Mortgage putting money in the bank - Company is the first Utah lendthere is a monthly utility sav- ing institution to offer energy' ings for as long as the buyer efficient mortgages. enowns the home. Five-stFor more information about ergy rated homes have an in- the home energy ratings and trinsically higher value when it mortgage training or for a list comes to resale and are healthier of independent raters, conand more comfortable to live in, tact Energy Rated Homes of 4 Wilson added. Utah at (801) or or Utah Office of Energy Services website fuel-neutr- al cus-tome- nt loan-to-inco- energy-expensiv- e, ar -- ar 765-003- at http:aste.usu.edudocs index.htm. Color Country Lawn & Yard Care 801-644-51- 32 Complete Maintenance & Yard Clean Up Free Estimates Lawn Mowing Lawn Thatching Garden Fertilizing Drip system for Garden Bench article Planting m sin THIS WS Questioning this plant spacing? Consider this. Some seed packets have these directions; thin the plants 4 inches apart in the row. I f plants can grow 4 inches apart down the row, why not 4 inches apart across the row? I assure you this is successfully done! For years we have grown onions, carrots, beans, etc. in our 3 wide beds, 8 rows across, 4" apart. Spacing between conventional rows suggested on the packets are for purposes of Usingwide-row- s this spacing between growing beds is unnecessary. Heres one possibility from a two foot wide growing bed, ten feet long. Within the 2 bed, six rows 4" apart can be made, pro Drip line Drip line m 75 VEfffiS PPG Paint Products SIA Abrasives Oxygen & Acetylene Welding Supplies I'm proud to be your good neighbor agent: Lorin Tonks 310 S. 100 E. Kanab, Utah 644-268- tUfl 9Atm INSVIANCI w adequately watered with three drip lines in this way (see diagram). Its important that one line always be placed next to the two outside rows. They d:y more easily than any of the inside rows. Watering the beds at nig! it from a timer connected to the drip system makes better use of the water. This way less evaporation takes place and the soil receives more than when watering is done during the day. County can no longer spray for free. The Kane County Weed Control Board met recently to discuss the options that are available to them. They determined that it is in the best interest of the county to charge $20 per hour for any work they do on private land. They will only spray noxious weeds on private land. The main weeds they are concerned about controlling are Scotch Thistle, Small White Top, and Yellow Starthistle. These can all be controlled with chemicals that can be bought locally. The Weed Control Board appreciates those people who are already taking an active role in controlling the weed problems on their land and encourage everyone to start actively participating in this effort. If you need help, you can call the County Extension Agent, Jack Soper at 1 or the Weed County Supervisor, Bert 644-255- Harris at 644-5- 3 ing hours. Largest Inventory in the Area! 3 C.C. Auto Like a good neighbor. State Farm is there. 801-644-25- Stale Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company Home Offices Bloomington. Illinois SSV9WH mer eating, perhaps storage. The wide-rois filled, with 60' of mixed vegetables from a 2xlO area!! How to water? Im glad you asked! Drip systems are excellent for wide rows. The adjacent six row growing bed could be County weed control Act Pruning Tilling rs To make wide-row- s (growing viding a two inch margin in, beds), means to increase the rows from each edge, for the two outwidth. Which can be from one to side rows roots. From either end, four feet. Anything wider makes sow six rows ofbeets for 3'; ( 18' of caring for the plants difficult. beets). Use the thinnings for Within that width, individual greens and allow the others to rows are made 4" apart into grow for canning. Four inches which vegetable seed is sown. beyond the beets, set onion The width of the growing bed plants 4" apart in the six rows, will naturally be determined by for 2'; (12' of onions). Begin sowthe amount of space the gar- ing carrots 4" from the onions in dener has available, including the remaining 5' length of six walking space between each bed. rows (30 of carrots). For sum- The Utah State Noxious Weed states that anyone who owns land in Utah has the responsibility of controlling the noxious weeds on their land. In the past, the Kane County Weed Department has tried to control several different species of noxious weeds that they feel are especially detrimental to the land in Kane County, whether on public or private land. However, the cost of spraying these weeds is very high and Kane Drip line Edging Tree Trimming Parts rm BaaKtv 12 during work- Cnll'GdACCCD nap Parts! iffY 26 418 East 300 South Kanab, UT 84741 wee? S WEDNESDAY APRILS, 1997 1 t ) si Isaft- HJtr.Ii K A- |