| Show Wednesday ' September 1 5 2004 Sanpete Messenger Sanpete Sanpete mayors commissioners decide water sources need to be protected By C R Truitt Staff writer EPHRAIM — Sanpete County needs some kind of county wide water source protection system and the solution rests on the Sanpitch Watershed Committee so concluded nine cities and the county commission at the Sept 9 Mayors’ and Commis- sioners’ Meeting held in Ephraim Fountain Green City was the thrust behind the meeting and was represented by Councilman Scott Cook (standing in for Mayor it is too late and there is nothing the agency can do In December 2003 at a May- fer classification study more than three years ago To discuss the topic commissioners invited guests Kate Johnson environmental scientist from Utah Department of Environmental Quality Division of Drinking Water and Jay Olsen chairman of the Sanpitch Watershed Committee Johnson explained that the ors’ and Commissioners' Meeting held in Moroni Olsen had asked cities to send him their source protection plans to be included state’s soua-- protection program came into being in 1993 and covers all kinds of drinking water She said the program takes a multipliable barrier approach to keep water sources from getting and part of that contaminated Scott Collard) and the city’s sewer superintendent Roger Aagard Aagard spearheaded Fountain Green's source protection approach includes identifying possible contaminations She added that many towns feel they haven’t any authority to regulate source areas because of the wording of state statutes She said that isn't true however cities do have to set up protection plans She added that her agency gets calls from small towns when a subdivision is going in above their drinking water By that time plan several years ago Although the city’s source protection plan is already in place Cook said his needed to know when permit is issued near their water source Like many Sanpete County cities Fountain Green's water source is in county land and people go to the county for zoning and building permits The county had been work city ing in another direction having commissioned the Sanpitch Watershed Committee to do an aqui- with the classification project Olsen reported that the aquifer classification is about 90 percent and he has received complete few source protection plans from the cities Olsen said he hates to see but our water more regulations He beneeds to be protected classification the lieves program in the hands of officials would help and cabled for unity to solve the problem The idea is to stop contamination before it happens he said Commissioner Claudia Jarrett stated that the process shouldn't include layers of authority through which people have to determine which city or department controls w hich water sources All three commissioners agreed and asked Olsen to have work with the state and come up with a recommended plan his committee Ticket surcharges explained to Moroni City council members By C R Truitt tion As an example Staff writer MORONI— In his annual port Judge Ivo Peterson explained at the Sept 8 city council meeting that there are now two surcharges on most traffic tick- - (DUI) charge carries a $700 fine plus an 85 percent surcharge that takes the fine up $1300 He added that the original $700 stays with the city but the additional surcharge goes to the state Peterson also explained a program for those that want to work off their traffic fines Traffic violators have the option of orgaworking for any nization including the city Those choosing to work off their fines need to contact a nonprofit organization and have the organization sign a form showing the number of hours worked Peterson said it is the person’s responsibility and if they don’t woik then they come back before him and have to pay He forgives the fine at $650 an hour Peterson said some people have paid off their fines by work ets Recently the state legislators $32 surpassed an additional charge on traffic tickets Peterson said The city keeps $650 w hich goes to the court to help fund court security the rest goes to the state and the state parcels out $16 to the county to help fund the jail Councilman Paul Bailey a added that highway patrolman the lowest priced ticket of $50 for a violation of 5 mph over the speed limit would cost people a minimum of $82 Peterson said that a few years ago the state placed the first surcharge of tickets depending he said a Driving Under the Influence percent on on the viola ing with the schools teaching people to read Good woik gets through the proaccomplished gram he said B5 Valley Edition Messenger-Gunniso- Interns gain journalism experience with Messenger MANTI— Catherine Gardner who has worked for the Messenger since her junior year at Manli High School has left the newspaper to attend Brigham Young Benjamin Fox 21 a Snow College student from Riverton who was editor of his high school newspaper and plans to will replace go into journalism Gardner Gardner started as a junior covering Manti High School sports Her first page one story was coverage of M anti’s loss to Richfield in the state basketball finals in winter 2001 She covered most Manti varsity games Then she beduring came the newspaper's Snow and covCollege correspondent ered campus news during Beginning in summer 2003 she started woiking in the newspaper office She continued covering sports but assumed other duties too including compiling the community calendar coordinating election coverage and writing many news and feature stories During spring 2003 she spent several months leaching In June English in Guatemala she returned to Sanpete County V k Ben Fox Snow College student Is Interning with the Messenger and has wotked for the newspaper over the summer Publisher Suzanne Dean said “Katie is the epitome of a trooper She's juggled a lot of demands and come through for us time and time again We’re going to miss her but we know she’ll have a wonderful experience in Hawaii” Fox graduated from Valley High School in Sandy in 2001 He spent three years woiking deciding to enter college He has been manager of a Pizza Hut and an appliance salesman for Sears “I want to write” he says “I want to write a great novel before someday essays and stories of u Katie Gardner is on her way to school in Hawaii after an internship with the Messen- ger all types want to know a little about a lot of topics When I’m I hope that when someone brings up a topic I’ll be able to say ‘I wrote a story older about that once”' Fox says he chose Snow College because he wanted to and live in a small community go to a school where he would get individual attention W moiKsm COMMISSION SANPETE COUNTY PLANNING MEETING WILL BE HELD AT6:00 PM ON THE 29th DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2004 IN THE SANPETE COUNTY COURT HOUSE MANTI UTAH MATTERS TO BE DISCUSSED AT THE MEETING IN THE FOLLOWING AGENDA ARE OUTLINED fixed for your fall AGENDA PM- - 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