Show ii - nnv JS AV'Jur! triMf'WM r ym d vl ’' vt m rjn?-- 17 f i Serving Utah’s Great Pahvant Valley USPS mximWlrsvm Nevada Water ruling seen as favorable for Snake Valley by than Draper Water hearing to consider the Southern Nevada Water Authority application to lake 50000 acre feet of groundwater from die aquifer underlying the Snake Valley will he scheduled for the fall of 2000 A preliminary hearing conducted hy Suan Joseph Taylor duel hearing officer for the Nevada Water Resource Division on July 5 in C'arwm City NV determined that SNWA wa not ready to advance with proper documentation argument for the project Mark Ward Utah Association of Counties Millard County He argued the project at the hearing would lower the water table in Snake Valley and degrade the quality of water prevented by Ward and other Argument uppor ted requevt for more time attorney to complete ccp arid prmg studies the n vironmental Impact ferkrrally mandated Study and to generate model of water flow in the Snake Valley with possible See Water on page 3 attorney rcprccntcd A trip back in time into the from latt week) could Although official complication crvicc arise the Swanvon Inundation learn are heartily welcomed by the he government Mongolian government very huppy they arc there 1 hey provide guard for the peronal security of the (Continued Bury laid ‘If fm'iiir Gourmet - goat entrails "We went with tome Mongolian Iriend to a wrctling match and were It wa the subject of liovtile treatment the lirvt time ever experienced being a minority They had never ecn a green eyed woman before People arc stopped and stared The Mongolian - Mongolian arc considered racist very They vehemently superior to outsider discourage intermixing wanting to keep their rare pure" Sun bathing at frozen lake near Erdonet In May Group went to see the reindeer people who live In teepees not gers International relation ate a hit contested please return this person to the US mbay'" After a day in the hospital the team decided to attend an international wrestling mulch held in Ulaanhiialar 1 lie wrestling match wa Mongolia v Korea 7Tic (cam burcly had enough tunc to make it if there wa no congested traffic 7 riilhc wa eight lunc of gridlm k "The ambulance di iv cr said he could gel u there on time He did le turned on the siren and the light and went on (lie wrong (title of the road against traffic " Mi slum said "Traffic sign arc a mere suggestion there It wa sheer terror to sit in the front scut of the ambulance and watch where we were going" of another Angie told of the unexpected experience: Ten hours Tickets Aduftn: 'o Kiifi widrr 12 part County Assessor Millard County a well Mixtion and Angie both affirmed for the the dislike of the Mongolum Chinese love hate the Chinese "Mongolian the Kuxxiunx Russia stepped in when China tried to take over 7 he Russian economy could no longer support their o they withdrew Mongolia presence a landlocked country - they have to depend on Chinn to access the ca and international markets" Moving on to the visit at I rdcnct the surgical learn hud time to ice the countryside of Mongolia 7 he paved roads only reach a short distance from the city 7 ravel is hy (rum jeep or in a saddle The group was treated to a day in the See Trip on page 12 of surgery tends to tire A horse abandoned on the west desert was recently puled up hy Bureau of land officials Management A local resident reported a wild horse in "really bad shape" near the gravel pit on Old Highway ft & 50 about 30 miles wrst of Delta on ri June 27 The BLM responded to the report und inviting Dr kins accompany them to investigate the The horse was captured and situation determined to be a domesticated animal Alter some care by the veterinarian at the site and hack at hi office the horse wa turned over to BLM I he brand inspector confirmed the horse wus a domestic horse hut no ownership could he determined The BLM turned the case over to the Millard County Sheriff’ Office The Sheriff Office is asking for help sought identifying the horse Also help from the public in reporting incident of animal seen being "dropped off' in a remofe urea New law no longer allowing horseincut to he included in dog food have dropped the maikct for older horse The price of hay such that folk can no longer afford to care for and feed some animals that nmy have been kept in the past The Sheri IF Office fear more incidents like this one will take place Commission' judgment resulting m the factoring Order Talbot aid he had made an effort to keep the value at the lower end of the required 10 percent to save taxpayer 7 hi money factoring Order requirement assessment stepped up the usual cycle usually administered in the county' Instead of only one district being district all of the district were reevaluated assessed this year Assessor Talbot and hi staff have been required to take all similar properties in the various district of the county and asses their value according to the current market value Market value is determined by the recent sale of property in the area "Market value arc based on properly sale within the last year in this case for 2007 Those arc the figure used in determining the value for this round of taxing Current 200X market values are yet undetermined as to whether they will go down or stay the same and are not a factor in current assessment" aid Talbot The Assessor docs not determine the tax rate the tax rate is determined by the Stale and the taxing entitle The Assessor is basically an appraiser who must determine the value of the property Market values multiplied hy the tax rate become the amount of tax due Lath taxing entity in the ( minty lowered its tax rate this year with the exception of the Cemetery District Taxing entities in Millard County are the towns and cities Mosquito Abatement the School District the fire District and the cemeteries Delta Oasis is looking for a tax increase hut will have to go through a public hearing to be able to raise their tax rate Mosquito Abatement will ask for an increase in 2009 Tax rates decreased hut properly values increased I he certified tax rate fluctuates o that the same amount of money can he collected each year A values go up the rale goes down or vice versa This year the tax rale decreased as property values went up Lath year the County Commission declares a "Certified Tax Rate" This is the multiplier that determines how much the taxes w ill he on each piece of properly 7 he certified tax rate is not the same as the "I inal Approved Tax Rale" 7 lie See Taxes on page 3 IV People may think the horse will he adopted into the wild herds that roam the west desert but this is just not so They will attack the horse and drive it away The horse will not know how to fend on the way to a slow and for itself and dealh If you can identify this horse or if you sec incidents dial need to he reported please cull the Millard County Sheriff's or Office at agoniing Millard County wildfires Firefighter fought several fire in Millard County this past week Lightning struck on Wed July 1ft south of the K unosli cemetery An ember smoldered somewhere in the area and turned into a fire over the weekend “The fire burned on Forest Service land and 00 acre of private land" said Howard Allred Millard County Fire Warden "The weather pushed the fire out onto the flat The Kanosh Meadow BLM and Interagency fire management crew brought the fire under control" Hand crew s were conducting operations on Monday July 21 Lightning touched oT two fires near Holden One acre burned to the north of town and another burned acre south of Holden Holden Fire Department and BLM crews kept these fires from spreading according to Allred Two or three other lightning strikes were reported as starting fires over the weekend Allred said they were "chased and not found" The rain accompanying the storm apparently the extinguished (lies one out Little Bo Peep come find Two rams took a tour of the Delta City Park and some of northwest Delta last Wednesday evening irst reports were the two stray sheep had mistaken themselves for bighorn sheep und climbed the only available mountain peak in Delta Both were cooling ofT in the waterfall when they were spotted Round-uctTorts took the sheep to the skate park and then over to the railroad tracks before the two Rambouillct rams were taken into custody hy Delta City workers Reid Ludwig provided a temporary holding pen for the sheep at his home east of Delta Be on the look out the two Miss ‘MiCfarck Sc do Cars dip (Pageant Saturday August 2 ‘Featuring emtefian Sfiawt ‘Rapier as MC ©npy July 23 2008 Horse Abandoned on West Desert of puking other ftsflcatly than Draper Increased properly value will likely result in up to percent property tax iitcrcasc for 2008 Millard County property owner will ce a substantial increase in the assessed when value of their land and building the "Notice of Property Valuation and 7ax CTiangcs" come out at the end of July a disclosure of what taxes 77u notice were for 2007 and what they may he when the final tax notice are sent in October "Land value in Scipio went up 42 percent I hey averaged about 20 to 25 m the county House elsewhere percent value are not the same a land values hut both value inc reased Business values also increased" aid Jim 7albot Millard rule Commission requires the assessment to "be within 10 the of legal level of assessment" percent Apparently past property assessment fell below the 10 percent level in the Tax group "Shopping in the open market you Hre kuhject to lahcr" Mivhon aid "Instead they lah your your pocket clothing to remove the content of your pocket We had a Mongolian SWA I team for protection while hoppmg l our SWAT guy urouiid each vboppei "The Mongolian aic liovtile even to each other 1 he local are of the mentality of might make right It wa le of a problem for u bccmie the Foundation babied u and provided the piecanlmn needed for our ufety "Iladgc were iucd to each person lnglith on on tde Mongidiun on the hy "factoring Order" Tax Commission Draper Vol 98 No 02 Increased Millard property values to increase property taxes recently received a from the Utah State A factoring Order essentially ay the 7ax Commission has determined that property value are too low and need to he adjusted higher Tax Mongolian countryside than hy 0 7 woolics and are Jackie the pen your sheep didn't like the accommodations on the loose again according to udwig They found a way out of that night Last view of the roving rams 'Theme: ‘“AniciHij witfi the Stars" pm and entertainment £mfe Min Taprant tli 'tv held' at iaam |