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Show EP: 123199 AH 307 Press W 200 le - URA- ASSOCIATION - S SUITE cm 5005 or (I "n Wagon Train A re-enactm- ent Page 14 Contest is back! Page 12 VOLUME 66 NUMBER 28 WEDNESDAY COLOR COUNTRYS HOME TOWN NEWSPAPER SO DnBBnmHBKWi SEPTEMBER 3, 1997 Hospital power dedication ceremony The long awaited day is here! Our new hospital is in the final stage or construction, and the contractors will turn the structure over to the Kane County Hospital Special Service District on Monday, September 8. A special dedication ceremony is planned for 1:09 p.ra, on Saturday, September 13 in front of the hospital. Lieutenant Governor O'lene Walker has been invited to attend along with many officials froi$v government groups and service clubs. Officials from Layton Construction Company will be here and you, the citizens of our area, are esCircus draws big crowd pecially invited. Circus performed two shows under the big Please mark your calendar The Culpepper and Merriweather top last Wednesday evening before sold out crowds. SUN photo. and plan to attend this special celebration. Wheels for Life Bike-A-Th- on St. Jude Children's Rean- search Hospital has plana . for the nounced Ordervilie Wheeb For Life" to be held on September 13, 1997. The co- Bike-A-Th-on ordinator for this ye&r'Ifevent is Ms. Tia Lamb, who encourages all residents and businesses to support this community effort, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, founded in 1962 by the late entertainer Danny Thomet, is the largest duldhood cancer research cen -ter in America in terms of the number of patients treated and treatment success. Treatment is provided at no cost to the family and all findings are shared freely with dectors and hospitals all over tha world. Jude Hospital, Thanhs to children who have leukemia. anePediatric Aids, sickle-ce- ll mia, and other diseases now have a bet t ng Sci WHEELS, Page 2 mended that Brett Smith replace By Carol Sullii'an The .first item on the August Jared Hammon. Officer Hammon 26 Kanab City Council meeting will remain in Kanab and work was a public hearing for the for Mojave County. Motion to adoption of a resolution for a accept Crosbys recommendation new utility rate. Roger Carter, Chairman of the Power Board, announced that residential rates which currently are 8.5 cents per kilowatt hour will be reduced to about 7.5 cents. Large commercial power rates will remain the same. The new rates are effedfrSTPSKhfe' neJttbillmgcycle. The motion to establish the new rates passed unanimously. The savings for the average residential customer will be $8 to $12 per month. Mayor Adams commented that if the community will stay with the power board until the year 2006, the community will come out rosey because Deseret will be paid off. Rick Wiest and Kirk Terry' ap218 people responded to a recent survey, with the following peared to discuss setback requireresults in ranking order of votes and percent of the total: ments and parking issues at I. Water developments, wells and storage-164-7- 5 Creekside Homes. Councilman " 2. New library-158-7- 2 Holland stated, "We are caught 3. New swimming in a Catch 22. The state says we 4. Natural cannot grant a variance, how5. Youth activity center-146-6- 7 ever personally I see no prob6. Street and roadway paving-146-679- 1 lem." The request for setback was maintenance-140-64 7. Increase street denied because of state law. 8. Park and recreation improvements-136-6- 3 Councilman Henderson re9. Curbs & gutters-134-6- 2 ported on the City Planning 10. Storm drainage-126-5-8 Commission. Rod and Terry I I. Upgrade electric system-1- 2 Camerons request for repairs 3 12. Industrial park-- 1 on a mobile home was passed. 13. Upgrade city equipment-- 1 1 Shirlene Pierce and Sandra 7 14. Relocate public works Robinsons request for annex' 15. Additional parking-96-4- 4 ation of 9.5 acres was approved. 16. Develop a downtown theme-95-4- 4 Keith Church was appointed to 17. Provide additional police office fill the remainder ofLorin Tonks - 18. Back nine for golf course-84-3- 8 position on the planning com19. Open space-8- 3 38 mission. 4 20. Restore old library for a new Police Chief Crosby recora- 21. City wide trail system-77-3- 5 22. New city hall and public facilities-75-3- 4 Tip Time frame for program: (within five years) C) 1. New library-15- 0 69 2. Youth activity center-135-6- 2 When several vehicles arrive 1 3. New swimming at a stop at the same time, 4. Water developments, wells and storage-133-6- 1 the vehicle on the left shall yield 5. Natural the right way to the vehicle on 6. Street and roadway paving-109-5-0 the right. Kanab City future capital programs survey results pool-155-- gas-149-- 71 68 . 1-- 56 passed unanimously. Two were considered for merit evaluations. Cecil Campbell, Animal Control Officer, was moved from 10c to 10d unani- mously. Library Director Marilyn Watson was moved from 13b to 13c with Councilmen Crawford, Coleman atvd Wright voting aye, Councilman Henderson nay and Roger Holland abstaining. Brent Owens' basement was flooded with the heavy rain on August 10. The carpet was ruined and he has requested that the city reimburse him $500 because city crews did not get water off the street fast enough. Councilman Holland, in charge of roads, stated he had checked the area and said, 1 cant see that his street is any different than others there." Holland expressed sympathy for the damage but stated the city has no liability. The motion to deny Owens request passed unanimously. Mayor Adams concluded that this was a 25 year Hood with 2.2 inches of rain and encouraged people to check their homeowners insurance to see if they have flood insurance. 14-5- 12-5- yard-103-4- KAHAB WEATHER AugustSeptember rs-93-- 43 -- use-74-3- Police Statute: 41-6-72(- -- pool-133-6- gas-126-- 58 4-w- ay August Precip.-4.07- m Courtesy: Frank Swapp Family |