Show BM0 Vol Woodrow "Woody”Beck Civic school leader dies Wixxlrow (Woixlv) Walton Beck 84 of Gunnison Utah 9 2000 in Utah Mayfield Woodrow was born November 7 9 6 n Cen ter field U ta h to Newman J and Stella Myrup Beck Woodrow was died December given his name because Woodrow Wilson was elected President of the United States on his Woodrow has gien a lifetime of service to his community his church his education career and his family He graduated from Gunnison Valley High School Snow College and BYU In all his school experiences he was active and involved in sports with basketball being his favorite His teachingcoaching five years at career included the Junior and High Schools Ephraim UT one year at J nab High School Nephi UT and 25 years at Gunnison Valley UT High School Gunnison Woodrow received many a wards during his career: Utah High School Basketball Year Award the Old Tune Athletes Hall of Fame as a distinguished high school coach inducted into the Utah High School Activities Association Circle ot Fame Snow College Citizen Award and Snow ColCoach's 31 79 J Number 50 Reservoir project nears completion by Nathan Thompson writer Staff a new Last Wednesday water control gate was delivered to the Gunnison Reservoir project west of Sterling The gate signifies the final phase to complete the project Since water is beginning to rise in the reservoir and the projected deadline is apthe delayed gate proaching aruved just in time The project has an extremely high price tag costing tax payers over dollars Gunnison Irrigation Co also contributing 150 thousand to the improvements However the Irrigation Company will get more than just a The is fancy new spillway As part of the project a new road will be constructed to the tar side of the dam to the pump house as well as improve ditch ments to the irrigation which carries Gunnison wafer under Creek The project is in reaction to a legislative mandate calling for a need to improve the spillway Curcapacity during floods a i v rent specifications show that v At" ry x V £" in the advent of an emergency is only the current spillway designed to handle 3000 second feet of water The new spillway is designed to handle 28000 second feet of water a dam can handle up to 28000 sec feet of water number projected for a five The new spillway on the Gunnison Reservior The project should be completed early January 2001 hundred year flood The guard gate controlling used a new technic for the Some engineers thought the diversion tunnel for the up to specks and in sound there were possible leaks in project which uses "waterreservoir needed to be updated condition the dam but it turned out to be less" concrete toconstruct most "The old pioneer diversion as well The new gate will be It allows the tunnel chiseled into the rock a a spring Their findings didn't of the structure placed in front of the rock tunk nel that leads to the irrigation hund red years ago hasn't even surprise the Irrigation Co construction company to wot however controls located on the downshown anv deterioration" they were aware of atany temperatureand time of the It also maintains same the spring for years hill side of the dam The old commented Gunnison day The Gunnison Reservoir integrity as normal cement Co secretary Mardell gate was on the outside of the a "In fact the original Jensen dam project will see first time use of while keeping costs to mini mum the dam itself is chisel marks can still be seen" knew technology Engineers Structurally J" tk Drug Task Force Gunnison Valley News by Nathan Thompson SLjff writer The health of our mountains and water resources are necessary to survival and the native seed industry is no exception Ironically it started because the mountains were and misused unhealthy After the settlement of Sanpete in 1849 farmers and ranchers began to send livestock to graze the lush was mountain valleys Expansion slow at first but by 1889 there were over sheep in the valley Sanpete was nationally recognized for its wool production but with the massive onslaught of "meadow maggots" (as some locals lovingly call them) thesummer feeding range began to deteriorate Vegetation was denuded and herders said they could count sheep on the mountain by the size of the dust douds From Thistle to Salina the mountain was a vast dust bed grazed and even burned Mastrampled sive amounts of soil were left unprotected from rain and snow Spring floods raged year after year delivering rock and mud as the mountain eroded delivering its goods to peoples doorsteps Even the water level rose to the windows of local homes from time to time In the year 1900 L R Anderson ran for Manti mayor on a "no more floods" platform and was elected A few years later under his direction the people of Sanpete petitioned President Theodore Roosevelt to create a national forest On May 29 1903 the Manti Forest Reserve America's fourth national forest was created Livestock grazing and other uses were immediately placed under government direction The range was saved from overgrazing and the serious floods The winner of the “Farm Folks” Christmas T ree is Elise Bown of Gunnison Pictured are Elise and Logan Bown and Michelle Ashton of Quail Hollow The four winners of Santas are Tiffany Jackson Sandie Ivie Frankie Pike and Destiny Blackburn Quail Hollow Designs will donate $450 to GunnisQn City for playground equipment Our shop -- at -- home campaign is sponsored by Gunnison Valley Bank Utah Independent Bank Zions Bank Satterwhite's Redmond Mineral and Wasatch Technologies The Salina Area Chamber of Commerce and the (Gunnison Businessmen's Association ? r research Force complimented the on its current work In other news the and ask Fi e Commission signed a contract for the Sevier River Canals Improvement Project Neils Neilsen repotted on the progress of Axtell’s Culinary Water Improvement Project and said it most counties chaige loi a No action business license was taken at this time lie couithouse will be i losing at noon on iday )ec 22 tor the annual couithouse employee Christmas paity Commissioners met with contraclois over subdivisions m aiiview and vvoiked out details as well as gave tax le was on schedule Kris lief as needed Clerk County Fast but not least the ComFrischnecht addressed the Commission about updating mission deculed to change the the county business license staitmg time of their midordinance Currently the law month meeting The new time has not been amended since is set for 4(X) pm the third 1969 and charges halt of what uesday of each month J It should be noted that these improvements do not increase water holding capacity he improvements are solely to comply with the legislative mandate to bring all drainage system reservoirs up to emergency standards he Irrigation Company's payment for project losts will he deferred until the old he Irriga- for is paved company is still paying baik the costs ol the current spillway constructed as a result of the 1983 floods tion Festival of Carols on Sunday I he Festival Gunnison Slake will he of Carols this held Sunday evening December 17 2000 al 7 pm in the( Valley hgh Si In ml mm his year all choirs md other musical numbers celebrating the birth of the Savior will he honored Auditoi Great Basin Re search Center precursor to native seed industry Tree earns $450 ¥ COPY Jingle Bells v v addresses County Commissioners Part of their visit included a gestions include seizing propRepresentatives from the of specific investiSanpete County Citizen Drug written statement erty hiring a Task Force reported to the suggestions that the Task gator and having an attorney Force felt were needed to comavailable 24 horns a day County Commission last week that and presented a list of recomThe report concluded bat drugs They were broke for drug enforcemendations down into three specific areas the Sheriff's office was underlege Distinguished Alumni ment the recommended staffed Award They County including Woodrow served in GunniThey said that since orgaAttorney's office the County increasing manpower Drug son City government as city nizing the Task Force they have Sheriff department and the Abuse Resistance Education learned search warrant training and councilman for four years many things about Sixth District Court The Task Force concluded public awareness Sanpete's illegal drug problMayor for 12 years president that the County Attorney's ofof the Sanpete County May or's ems Recommendations for the Lori Olsen commented that fice was doing what they could Sixth District Court included Association and as a member "there are still problems that given the current funding of the Governor's Advisory tougher sentencing in addiAfbut Their findings suggest that the tion to working with social haven't been eliminated Council for Community a lot of the we have eliminated fairs attorney needs to work full time services blame so we can start workias well as adding deputy atA complete obituary is publThe CAmmission gave its ished on Page 4 in today's ng together" torneys if possible Other sug blessing for continued Task Tingle Bells ceased The Forest Service started their own nurseries and planted many trees in various canyons as an initial attempt to restore vegetation But these preliminary attempts were nothing compared to what the government had in store for this rural valley In 1911 Forest Service leaders decided to build an experiment station in Ephraim Canyon It was a significant step in forest health and contributed a great deal to our mod ern day seed industry One year later the Utah Experiment Station was built It was eventually renamed the Great Basin Research Station and here scientists helped determine the carrying capacity Forest of livestock - on the Manti Ephraim is still designated a research area and studies have continued in an array of disciplines ranging from ecology to geology Its uniqueness for research is founded in the fact that from the valley flcxir on up to skyline almost every single class of ecosystem is found "The early pioneers came from tall grass prairies that evolved un- der heavy grazing" said ecologist Scott Walker "However lush and i Grant weeks Stevens poses by Central with sacks of Utah residents Center's primary imperative They began to address the problem but there were three major obstacles First there wasn't enough plant materials second they lacked equipment and third they needed search productive our mountain valleys "These men were pioneers in utiare they weren't evolved for this lizing juniper and sage lands for big type of grazing" Millions of acres of land in west- game use" said Walker What those pioneers ca me up with ern ranges were depleted and the research in Ephraim became appliis lovingly referred to as chaining cable to more than just local prob- This rather unsophisticated but lems The Great Basin Experiment helpful technique is used to remove Station was a hub for range and unwanted trees giving place for high watershed research Quality forage Land managersclear In 1954 the Utah Division of Wildland by linking an anchor chain life Resources approached the Great between two bulldozers and drag it Basin Research Station in regards across a r forest The to restoring big game winter habi- newly opened area allows effective tat A cooperative agreement be- restoration of edible plants favortween the Division of Natural able to big game " There was extensive research on the Forest Service Shrub Science Lab (now located in Provo) seeding" adds Walker in his exwas formed planation of the seed industry "but Their first job was to deal with the for the longest time there were only vast numbers of deer in the valley a limited number of seeds to use in Opinions vary over why they in- seeding" creased but the need for winter To develop more usable seeds range became tire Great Basin Re- - over species of plants 1 sage seed gathered j recent revegetation projects Most of the soedscome from plants that are native to Utah and the west But some aren't In the 1960's A J’erry Plummer then Project Leader for the Great Basin Experimental Range was sent to the USSR He was directed to explore usable "exotic" species in range restoration "He smuggled Kixhia through customs using the cuff of his pants" said Grant Stevens part owner of Maple Leaf Company Kochia is now widely picked by the seed industry and used for areas with increased fire hazard because it acts as a fire retardant The Experiment Station is no longer used as it was during its heyday The actual buildings have been renovated and renamed the Great Basin Environmental Fduca- - (See History i I during were researched Over the years land managerscan now recommend a seed mixture suited specifically to a particular area No longer dependant on a few seeds ecologists can 5 different seeds for now use over on Page 2) |