Show PEST AVAILABLE COPY 1 Wednesday October 22 2003 ' A3 Local slate lii briof —I ©KS-'-EraiJifflll- and regional news DsaBDfflO B — aLLLT-1- Today is deadline to register for run i ' Today is the final day to for Saturday's sixth annual Red Ribbon Week 5K run and one-mi- le walk The run starts at 9 am at Mount pre-reg-is- ter Site in Riverdale approved by DEQ for ‘arid’ design By Mark Randall staff writer Logan Middle School Registration forms are available at die Bear River Health Department 655 E 1300 North in Logan online at wwwbtfcdoig or at Sports Feet in the Cache Valley Mall The run is part of Red Ribbon Week an annual event designed to send a message to youth to stay away from drugs ‘and violence of speculation as to whether the county would be able to proceed with a new landfill “It’s a big relief” said Commissioner Paul Campbell The county was under intense pressure from the DEQ to close the existing landfill in Dayton which is nearly full and has traces of ground-wat- ‘ ' er After yean of jumping through regulatory hoops and spending thousands of dollars on consultants Franklin County has had its request for an arid landfill in Riverdale approved by the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality The county was notified this week by letter that the DEQ had accepted the site for a landfill ending months Richmond contamination Commissioners signed a consent decree in July mandating that the county close the old landfill by mid-Novem- The county had been hoping to get the Riverdale site approved as an arid landfill to avoid putting in a costly liner The site was approved by die state in 1994 but still needed approval on die design - A geologist hired by the county to design the site found that soil condi- -' dons at the Riverdale site easily fit the standards for an arid landfill laid out by the state For the state to accept an arid landfill design a site must demon- strate that it gets less than 25 inches of precipitation a year 30 or more inches per year must evaporate depth to the groundwater must be 50 feet or more and the soil must be able to absorb more moisture than what is leached into it The site sits on sediments deposited by ancient Lake Bonneville and is rich in clays and silts which makes it harder for contaminants to escape and reach the groundwater “We feel like this is a good thing : 1 Valley landmarks City to host forum for council hopefuls and will save the county millions of dollars over the life of the landfill” said County Clerk Elliott Larsen The design approval does however come with conditions attached The county will be required to test the water quality of adjoining wells and monitor them regularly “They want us to test our wells to get some sort of baseline reading and then they want us to test the " level of the monitoring wells” Larsen said “The arid design doesn’t call for these wells to be monitored but they thought we needed to do this to begin with so if there is any question in the future we would know” f : See LANDFILL on A8 1 Just one name on ballot in The city of Richmond will host a night at 7 pm offices 6W at Wednesday city Main Street Six candidates are vying for three seats on die City CoundL'i-vJ-- Agendas By David Nelson viVThe Nibley Planning ©staff writer Commie-io- n meet at 6 pm at City Had “ " 625 W 3200 South Agenda Items V include: v Hokfing zoning workshop with Gi "- i- win ' Although she hasn’t been involved in city politics in the Rose Ann Brandleywas- VXpasLintimidated about entering n’t v the Nov 4 election for Men-- r V don City Council my first shot at this but looked likea pretty easy : ' shot” said '7Brandley - Brandley isn’t being cocky MiHeri" a request by Bonnie a conditional-us- e permit and budnes8 license for a massage Discussing Archibald for v'It’s business at 251Q S 660 WesLUf Discussing a request by Brian Forsberg for a permit for a carport at 2606 S600 West ’ : - J ‘ 7 O j Post Office and one included with water bills sent to town : ' '7 customers Brandley was the only resident to step forward in time to get her name on the ballot which makes the moth- - : erof seven who has lived in Mendon with her husband arid ‘ children for the last nine years a shoe-i- n However V she’s not necessarily happy that she was the only person interested in joining the Considering a request for lot line approval on property at about 1 00 North and 150 East- Reviewing access and use of property on the east side of US Highway 83-9- 1 from about 100 South to v the north v indude: Considering a request from Kerry Watts to instaB net fencing on his lot along 880 East adjacent to the golf course "A Considering Resolution 03-1- 2 Resolution Requesting the of the Justice Court of Smith- : Discussing fire station at 100 West Considering sale property on Upper Canyon Road (old dump) Considering Resolution 03-0- 5 “Smithfieid City's Water Conservation 71 N Plan' Considering a request from Robert Page for a boundary fine adjustment Hearing city manager items Hearing mayor and City Council reports -- - ' 7 The Smithfield City Council win meet at 7 pm on Wednesday at the dty offices 69 N Main Agenda items ' A only candidate for the three open council seats is just telling the truth Despite notices in The Her-aid Journal at the Mepdon : Main Agenda items indude: field' ' ')The i i The Wellsville City Planning V Commission meets at 7 pm‘ Wednesday in the city offices 75 E vt f V'-if V The Hyde Park City Council will meet at 7 pm at City Hall 113 E: Hyde Park Lane Agenda items “ i£ include: ' S Holding a public hearing for Robert Balls' annexation request - Hearing council reports s x-- i : five-pers-on Mitch MascaroHeraJd Journal Grant Christensen points to himself an Ellis Elementary class picture from the 193649 school year while looking through photos with his wife Renee on Tuesday night during the school's 110th anniversary celebration in Ellis Elementary Carrie Brown By staff writer There aren’t many things that last 110 years Ellis Elementary School the oldest continuously operated elementary school in Utah is one exception Students parents teachers and alumni celebrated the school’s birthday rich history and new remodeling at an open house Tuesday evening The school’s history is well known by Grant and Renee Chris celebrates 110 years tensen neighbors to Ellis Elementary Chant began his education there in 1933 At that time the entrance faced east and included only four classrooms They have witnessed many changes to the school over die last 70 years “It’s so fon to see all our pictures here” said Reqee Christensen “Our back yard is the schoolyard so we have a lovely Sack yard” ' The Christensens remember when the school’s northwest comer would be flooded and frozen during the winter for the community to ice skate there Three of their grandchildren have attended Ellis including fifth-gradChristensen “It’s always been er Zachary a good school” said Principal Sue Sorenson “It’s always had solid instruction but people would come here and say ‘Oh your building is so old’” Project designer Scott Theobald of Design West Architects in Logan said the remodel project was completed in just nine weeks and includes a new entrance and foyer music room resource room administration offices carpet and - paint council “I would love to have some help” said Brandley Luckily two interested residents emerged earlier this ' week and have garnered the support of Mendon Mayor Sydney Larsen as write-i- n candidates Current Councilwoman Leslie Larson and longtime Mendon resident Allen Gardner each confirmed Tuesday that they would be willing to serve if elected through writer in votes “We’ll be fine with these two they’re both really good people” said Larsen Larsen is a lawyer who’s been involved in local government since she moved to See MENDON on A8 See SCHOOL on A10 Buttars Pace want to keep 'citizen’ Legislature Local representatives voice concerns about making session longer By Joe Rowley staff writer Time to V i Special section till Got local news tip? Call City Editor Darrell Ehrikk - 752-212- 1 dehrtick C ExL 323 ljn wn A growing state population and increasingly complex issues have led some legislators to consider extending the annual legislative session from 45 days to 60 days Local legislators are skeptical saying it is unnecessary and leads to a full-tim- e Legislature Sen Ron Allen Park sits on the oversight committee that evaluates the Legislature’s perfor-- Buttars 1UU" tune Legislature up there 45 days just doesn't cut it” Allen said “There will be some expense involved and there will be some people that are concerned that we already do enough damage as it is with only 45 days but part of what they need to understand is that some of that dam age is coming because we’re to rushed and our time is so compressed” Utah is the crota roads of the West' and tire state is growing in population and complexity Allen said The Legislature has been dealing with new issues of technology and modem society in addition to balancing a $75 billion budget In the process it has made increasingly more mistakes and been called back for more special sessions Allen said The legislative oversight commit-- tee seems to agree he said Utah has one of the shortest legislative sessions in the nation The National Conference of State Legislatures Web site shows that only Virginia’s session is shorter than Utah's 45 days and Wyoming is the next clos- est with a session one week longer This would not be the first time Utah has extended the period its lawmakers spend on Capitol Hill The state constitution was amended about two decades ago to change a y budget session ton 45-dlegislative session Allen said has Rep Loraine Pace mixed feelings about extending the 20-da- ay See SESSION on AS I |