Show ii u 31 HfllV '1 (JF AL o IINIVf Ilfwil UTAH tiFVlJf IITY h 33 uu Center by Jim Olsen Vol 79 Here’s one “How do you tell the difference between a man’s toolbox and a woman’s toolbox?” “The only thing in the man’s toolbox is a roll of duct tape!” OK so the joke isn’t all that great but ask any woman and she’ll know right where her husband keeps the duct tape My question is does it really work on ducts? mean Number 03 Gunnison Utah for So Sanpete School Board didn’t Landfill coming to White Hills area Hobby Nearly 20Gunnison Valley dents gathered January 13 2000 to listen to a proposal to move the Sanpete County Landfill to land in the White Hills between Gunnison and Mayfield That was nearly 20 people more than gathered fora similar meeting in Manti for residents of Manti and Ephraim According to Gary Anderson the current Landfill Chairman landfill is operating above capacity too close to underground water and has soil that is too resi- - given new post HL Haun Executive Director for the Department of Corrections announced recently that effective January 24 2000 Earle porous “According to current guidetranlines the landfill located between sitional services and the Spring City and Moroni would regionalization initiative need a major retrofit to continue Director Haun acknowledged operation” he said Earle’s long and dedicated serAndersonexplained that to vice to the department and the continue operating at their curcitizensofCentralUlah“Welook rent site each “cell” would need forward to having Earle work on to be lined with an expensive these critical initiatives for the liner and monitored for many years after it was eventually department” Haun said Earle began working for the closed "Our engineers estimated the in June ofCorrections Department cost could rise to the of 990 He was appointed War-level” he said CorrecUtah Central the den of The White Hills site was chotional Facility in October 8 997 sen partly because it is remote The Executive Director has aphas very dense soil and after pointed Jim Smith a 2 year drilling nearly 300 feet down eran of the Department to serve found no water to contaminate One resident asked if other as the interim Warden Mr Haun and the sites were considered noted that the internal recruitment process selection for the answer was that although many been considered new Warden will involve local sites had throughout the county only this community input site had been brought into the Hobby will be transferred assigned to further develop and phase to test if it was good fit “At $40(XX) a site we could only afford tocheck this site” he said Anderson commented that residents in Mt Pleasant had been presented with the idea of keeping the current site open for site for homeowners a f and commercial haulers It was determined that it would be easier and more cost effective to the commercial haulers to “just handle the load once” Several people brought up the increase in traffic as a concern Highway 132 is pretty narrow The entrance would be at the point where the canal crosses the highway People were concerned that the rolling hills in the area could add to difficulty for drivers The Utah Department would be responsible forchanging the road if changes were warranted The time table for the project has the county submitting findings from the public meetings tests of the site and other paperwork being submitted to the State in the near future Then they county needs to acquire the 320 acres 40 of which will be from the initially developed BLM and then bids for road work and other improvements will be bid “We are actually looking to be up and running at this site in the Fall of 2000” he said a 1999 Stanford Achievement Test Grade Beginning another year the Centerfield City Council welcomed new members Bill Davis and Tom Sorensen The council s first meeting of 2000 took place Monday January 10 v The counci members received s the following assignments for the t year Bob Brock water and sewer Bill Davis lawenforcement Grant COPY 1- - Mogle roads and Tom Sorensen finance The council will write to the Sanpete County Commission asking them to grant Bill K a conditional use Christiansen permiL This permit would allow hjm to divide his land into properties smaller than five acres A business permit was granted to Mike Carter He plans to manufacture stirrup swivels in a building on the westside of town This building has previously been used for manufacturing Tne council's next meeting is scheduled for Monday February 4 at 7 pm Achievement Test 1999 Stanford 5 Grade 70 60 50 40 30 20 I 10 Science 0 Total Complete Battery District Ephraim Elemental Gunnison Elementary 0 Manti Total Gunnison Science Social Soer ce Language Reading Manti district Hiqh Sanpete Academy High Elementary 1999 Stanford Achievement Test Grade 1999 Achievement Test Results South Sanpete School 8 60 70 60 50 50 40 40 30 30 20 10 10 0 Science Complete Total District Grade Ephraim Middle School Gunnison Middle School Q Grade 8 5 1997 0 1998 Grade 1999 Bookmobile may have second life As Commissioners scramble to find funding The Bookmobile may be a thing of the paM lor Gunnison and Ephraim patrons The news was not greeted with open arms by the public Petitions have been circulated and county commissioners were notified that the public wasn't happy with the decision toallow the Bookmobilccon-tinuto operated at 60 percent funding Howe ver Comm issioner Bruce Blackham said that the commis sioners planned to increase the county’s participation during their next regular board meeting 172000 January “We were taken by surprise” said Sanpete Commissioner Eddie Cox "Utah County has picked up the bulk of the funding for the bookmobile and when we learned they weren’t going to do it this year it left us about $7000 short of what we had budgeted" The Bookmobile was originally started with Federal funds and state and county matching funds Over the years the Federal has decreased and the amount due by the counties that participated had increased Utah County had been covering much of the lost Federal Funding said Cox Although Sanpete’s share was to have increased over the past year the county has failed to meet the increasing scale over the past two years That is part of the reason Utah State Bookmobile coordinator Kasey Benedict contacted the areas with the fewto see if they est participants could pull the spots According to statistical data Gunnison’s two stops and Ephraim’s three stops were at the bottom of the heap “We appreciated everyone getting to us with theiropinion as as they did” said Blackham" Blackham said he didn’t know where the money would come from but that an idea to get participating communities to pitch in was to he presented during a meeting of the Commissioners and Mayors of Sanpete held quickly Thursday January 13 According toGunnison Mayor the idea was Steve Buchanan presented but didn’t get too far Roadless initiative causes local stir byBobBahlmann Siaff writer Although the public comment period for President Clinton’s National Forest Land Legacy Roadless Initiative is over the last day of the comment period was so jammed that concerned citizens may still have achance to voice theiropinion on the subject Many people felt that the comment period was way too short for such an important issue “I would hoK that e very body regardless of their position would Sal get involved in the process” said Tom Shore with the According to Shore over 80000 people have Ranger District been issue the have far of the to most respondents By responded pushing for reduction orelimination of roads in the national forests It seems the people that would be impacted the most by the initiative have had the smallest voice Davis Sorensen sworn in at Centerfield Meeting f concern Low SAT scores cause achievement test done Slipping looked at my heat scores in South Sanpete schools Keep Monday nights for famisee duct tape have generated concern from the lies say church leaders have my share have district’s school board At the deThe board unanimously all over the place In I2meeting they cided to discourage district fact duct tape is one of those board’sJanuaiy decided to form acommittee that schools from holding Monday things a man can never have This vote folwill examine these results night activities enough of as long as it isn’t lows a letter from the Manti LDS Test Stanford Achievement for heat ducts Stake 001 Duct tape may have scores dropped by as much as 30 Presidency asking to make uses but according to re- percent in some district schools Monday evenings “off limits” to searchers with the US De- With a few exceptions however Manti school events partment of Energy sealing schools still remained within the “It seems that almost every ducts isn’t one of them of scores for night of the week parents andor The USDE put duct tape predicted range in some and 31 other types of sealants Utah districts serving a similar children are involved kind of activity that makes it imstudent population through tests that mimicked to pend conditions in Acommittee made up of printhe possible for familie most homes They blasted hot cipals and teachers will look at time logetiu xviote President air (around 70 degrees F) and these and counselor results This group will Douglas Dv cold air (below freezing) and Steven Johnson and Scott its Hinte at next month’s backed them at up to 87 de- port findings of the Manti Stake board meeting F grees were not These achievement exams are Monday activities "Of all the products we tested only duct tape failed" given annually to students in the banned but the board said they ask that would when llh Max of StuPhD Sherman fifth eighth and possible says grades the Lawrence Berkeley Na- dents are tested in reading mathevents take place on other nights tional Laboratory All grades ematics Emergency radio equipment language science and and brands of duct tape failed social underconsideration science and they did so in Sherman's The board reviewed a proposal Gunnison concerned about fate words “reliably and quite which would make emergency Most types of Bookmobile Gunnison from the are radioequipmenl available toarea came unglued under extreme People “fired up” in opposition to the schools heat Yea but have you seen For $650 per school the disBookmoremoval of proposed how well duct tape will hold bile services said Karen trict could h(xk up radio antenvisquine to a truck door that Donaldson nas and cable enabling commuhas lost its window? Or how nication to Snow College or SanAs a representative from Gunwaterproof it can be when nison Elementary Donaldson pete Valley Hospital in case of wrapped around a hiking boot that has sprung a leak? Or asked school board lorlheirhelp emergency This matter will be discussed better yet I’d like to see some "This request follows news of the of those sealants wound up state’s further at February’s meeting plan to stop Bookmobile into a ball so Boy Scouts can routes to The school board meets again the Gunnison area play “Duct Ball” at Scout SumThe board decided to look into Wednesday February 9 a! 630 mer Camp and could the what be see matter pm If you do need a reliable sealant for your ducts researchers recommend a gooey sealant called mastic which you paint on ducts and let harden when ducts 50 cents Wednesday January 19 2000 84634 Legion members Mark Pickett Newell Pickett and Dean Malmgren pose with the two contestants for the American Legion National High School Oratorical Contest held Tuesday January 11 Annette Christensen was chosen to represent Centerfield Post 105 and Alisa Bown represented Tuesthe Gunnison Post 104 in the district competition day January 18 Al the Ephraim office there were eight people that showed up at the information and comment meeting on December 7 1999 By “We were surprised normal standards that’s a very gcxxJ turnout we had that many show up” said Shore It’s a pretty light turnout however for an issue that will affect everybody in the county Their Special interest groups are very organized and agenda seems to be total protection at all costs and their voice is being heard Shore is concerned that many of the people in these groups may not really understand what they’re asking for “There seems to be a big disconnect between what people say they want and what they really want” he said As an example he said that the average family is much smaller now than a decade ago but the average house is 40 percent bigger Closing roads and eliminating logging on our national forest drives up the price of lumber That in turn drives up the cost of housing making our 40 percent bigger house less affordable The interim policy and moratorium on road construction and reconstruction went into effect several months ago and will remain The interim policy restricts all until the new policy goes intocffect in roadless designated areas road construction and reconstruction The new policy is being drafted and those making management decisions will review public comments on the issues Once the new policy proposal has been completed there will be another public comment period before the policy becomes binding The biggest area of concern to local citizens and foresters is access Citizens are worried about access to private land national forest recreation areas and already established roads and trails Private businesses arc concerned about access to mining claims mineral leases grazing areas and logging need Municipalities access to culinary water and irrigation systems The forest service needs to be able to deal with management issues “I’m concerned about being able to respond to insect damage or other problems" said Shore One thing no one is sure of is where the boundaries of the roadless areas will end up One proposal would make it possible for any roadless area of 000 acres or more that is contiguous to current roadless designated areas to be added to that roadless area This proposal could greatly increase the roadless areas in our state and is getting a lot of support by environmental groups Utah currently has approximately 4 30000 acres of national forest (See Roadless on Page 2) ( " L |