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Show SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS WEDNESDAY MAY 5, 1899 Community School activities May 1999 appreciation er week graduation 5th-DAR- E 6th-Ban- d 7th-Frida- concert-7-8:3- school y 12th-Boost- Club banquet of Oz- - 7:00 p.m. er 13th-Wizar- p.m. 0 d school 14th-Frida- y for this to become a reality for all those who will benefit, please call Lynne Rozelle at to add your name . Once we are assured we will be ordering the minimum of 25 boxes, an order will be placed for next delivery. 643-775- 4 Meetings and May 1 Zoning-- 7 p.m. Fire station vacant lot, you can ask for a (Pops Wash). Three or fouryears stub-ou- t for future use. It will ago we hired a lobbyist in Phoecost you $250 now and take that nix who got us on the ADOT list for road and bridge improveamount off your future fee. EDA (Economic Development ment. The preliminary work is Agency) has given us a grant for being done this year should be $1,030,900. RD (Rural Development) contributes a grant for $1,000,000, a loan of $828,000. A loan from WIFA (Wastewater Council-6:3- 0 Infrastructure Financing AssoMay ciation) of Arizona for $660,000 p.m. at Fire station trip h at at 1 interest. We are also reMay grade promotion program 27th-Hig- h School graduation cemetery. ceiving a grant from WIFA for is out!!! news $150,000. Mayors Sewerwaste water: Fredonia softball matching funds of $232,500 is To enter a teammore inforPlease be patient with the dirty required and will come from the mation contact John or Jennifer streets and short time of no ve- $500 fee. We have borrowed the hicle access directly to your prop- $232,000 and paid current bills. Lukus at You can pay the connection Kidscare Health Insurance erty. The Waste Water OrdiAnnouncing Kidscare!!! nance is still being drafted, so fee ($500) and the vacant lot fee Health insurance coverage for give us your input and dont be- ($250) any time to the Town children years of age. Call lieve everything you hear. The Office before September 1, 1999. the Fredonia Medical Center for cost analysis is being developed. After that it will be $600 connecapplication form at Right now it looks like we may tion fee, and after September of need to charge $2100 in the fu- the next year (2000) it will probCare Club Care Club food baskets come ture as an impact fee, plus the ably climb to $700 to help cover to Fredonia. $15 or food stamps. $500 connection fee. This will the interest on the loan. Box of food worth approximately allow us to repay our debt serWe are working on financial $30. May order up to 3 boxes at vice for a monthly fee of $30. help for low income people. Keep 4 We have been asked about bringing in your '98 Income Tax onetime. Call to see if service for vacant lots. Return for documentation and you qualify. Each box contains stub-ou- t over 50 pounds of food. In order When the line goes past your pick up a financial statement form. What grants we get will be divided among those who qualify. Those who are capable may be able to get it for JDM Sand and Rock are Arizona licensed to do private lines, along with Dean Heaton and Sandy Johnson. Pops Wash Bridge: For over 20 years Fredonia and local ADOT officials have tried to get a new and wider bridge over Lost Springs Wash 19th-Choru- s 20th-24th-Seni- or concert 12-To- 26th-Eight- 27th-Scho- ial Self-participati- on ol 643-754- 6. 1-- -- 19 643-750- 0. 643-775- 2. FourTrax 300 4x4 Recommended only for riders 16 vears and older. Spring Special Reduced $400.00 All Time Best Selling ATV in USA Available in Red, Olive or Beige No Money Down & APR as low as 7.9 OAC thru AHFC Page Honda 27 Poplar 800-432-69- completed next year. The reason for the new and wider bridge is Safety, to provide access to our welcome center, and eventually to widen the highway all the way to the state line. Fredonia Governmental Plaza: We are on record against the newly proposed monument on the Arizona Strip, but e need to position ourselves to benefit the community if it comes about. The U.S. Forest Service is in need of a new office building with adequate parking and currently have no funds to upgrade, remodel or build. The Forest Service employees are contributing members of the community and an important part of Fredonia society and culture. Most people of Fredonia have worked for the Forest Service or had a family member work there, even if just seasonally. Much of our school financing comes through Forest Service payments to the County. Forest Service employees are prohibited by law from lobbying, but the Town of Fredonia can. We have an opportunity to take advantage of this situation and construct an office complex for the Forest Service and the BLM on the Towns vacant 22 acres by the Medical Clinic. These agencies could help with the Welcome Center with staffingand information. 6 Forest Sendee. If our contacts work out, the Federal leases will more than cover payments on the bonds. The citizens of Fredonia will not have to pay at all, and the building will not be constructed unless the leases are guaranteed. The Sonoran Institute study recommends that a governmental plaza built in Fredonia would be a wise economic development At the present time we have little that we can do to stimulate our economy. The Sonoran Institute study' on impacts of the GSENM (Grand Staircase Monument) on Garfield, Kane, Coconino and Mohave Counties was funded by the Department of the Interior. Among other projects it recommended, was assistance with Fredonias water and sewer needs. Ifthe Plaza requires 15,000 square feet and it is rented for $20.00 a square foot we could pay it off within 10 years and then own the property out right. We would have $ 15,000 to $20,000 a month going into the local infrastructure. Shivwits Monument and trip to Washington, D.C.: I have just returned from 4 days in Washington D.C. We met with theAppropriations Committee, the BLM, the Utah Senators staffs, and two people from Senator Kyles office. WetestifiedbeforetheNatu-ra- l Resources Committee about the loss of the truck haul headquarters in Fredonia when we lost the Kaparowits Project into the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument (GSENM). Presently we are utilizing a lobWhats going to happen to us to byist help get a building for the with the Shivwits? Noone in Washington, D.C. has any doubts that we will have a Shivwits Monument. We can have some influence on how it comes about, but depends on our stand and actions. We can resist violently. We supported the lawsuits on the Escalante, but they are about to be dismissed. Or, we can resist passively, no matter how it goes in, by proclamation or legislation, we can incorporate protections for our citizens. We need to stay closer to our enemies than we do our friends. Babbitt came to this area to offer an olive branch to the Arizona Strip Communities. He was going to let us have input, but after the meeting in Flagstaff, I do not believe negotiations will be allowed. Natural gas-D- o we want it? Fredonia and Kanab have been 23 approached by Colorado City to form an Inter-locAgreement to do a feasibility study or to make an application to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to cross state lines with natural gas. It would cost us (3 or 4 governments) less than $ 10,000 together to make the application. If ft doesnt work, no sense doing a feasibility study. al wwwhonda.com Be a responsible rider. Remember, ATVs can be hazardous to operate. For your safety, avoid excessive speeds and be particularly careful on difficult terrain. 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