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Show snjrj: '4 ypfcM . i ' jrajSKtil f- ;' . t . N iipr . v -.s w J. ,Vj '' V1' v oSli- . ' - . fPM JL'h -- & HOMETOWrrNEWSPAPER For - ; " Juan Volume 85 Number 49 y r it Ke co SINCE 1915 SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH 50 cents September 11, 2002 - After a flight of watering on September 5, the secondary water pond in Montirello was perilously close to running out of water. I dont know what happened yesterday, said City Water Manager Nathan Langston. The pond dropped nearly six inches in one day. City water officials state that unless usage drops or rains continue, city residents may not have secondary water for longer than a week. Water usage skyrocketed in the week ending September 6. Water use increased more than 26 percent for the week. City residents used approximately four times the amount of water than was brought into the sys- task of cleaning up the World Trade . Andrea Booher, FEMA photo wJr - Secondary water pond nearly dry in Monticello Work crews begin thd daunting Centers on September 1 2, 2001 tem. The water use has druwn the reserves in the secondary pond to a few inches above the intake valve. In late July, the City Council stated that no more water would be pumped from Loyds Lake into the secondary system. They added that when the water was gone, there would be no more secondary water. The secondary water pond holds approximately 30 acre feet of water when full. Om September 9, Langston said that rain storms and no watering days over the weekend raised the level of water in the pond by several inches. He adds that without a change in use, he would estimate that the water wont last another week. At the current time, several city wells, including two at the softball field, produce approximately 700,000 gallons of water a week. Other intakes in the Monticello system provide an additional 300,000 gallons a week. However, the one million gallons of water taken into the system have paled in comparison to the 4.8 million gallons of water used last week. Commission brief - See page 2 Sexual abuse charges filed - See pg. 3 Elk Ridge Boys to perform - See page 3 September ries That Tuesday morning started out ordinarily enough. I listened to the 7:00 a.m. news on the radio as I helped my children get ready for school. Almost as an afterthought, the newscast ended with the announcement that an airplane had crashed into one of the World Trade Center twin towers and it was burning. 111 probably hear more about that later today, I thought as I turned off the radio. I envisioned a small aberrant plane; an unfortunate accident. After the children left for school, I started my morning routine. My teenage son called to me from downstairs, where he had turned on the TV. I joined him and stood watching as the first tower fell. It was a metaphoric moment, as everything else in our comfortable lives fell down around us, even as the graphic images that played over and over were burned into our memories. In times of crisis, we do an accounting. I thought of each of my children: where they were, what they were doing. As soon as we could, we gathered our younger children in prayer, hoping to reassure them. Before the day was over, each grown child had called home -one from New York and another from Boston struggling to find - solace across crippled miles. I had a son and a daughter-in-lawhose birthdays are September 11. I reflected that the events of the day would forever cast a shadow across future birthdays. Of special concern were our two sons: Nathan, whose Army career had him stationed at Ft. Hood, Texas; and Joshua, who w had recently joined the Army National Guard and was in Ft. Gordon, Georgia, just finishing up his training. What did this mean for them? We learned that as noon as the attack on the Pentagon was confirmed, all bases were put on lock down, high alert status. Joshua was told he would prob ably be deployed as soon as he was finished with his training. He had planned on serving a church mission. Would that come to pass, he wondered? Wait and see, we counseled. In the meantime, dont worry. And yet we all did, didnt we? The worry kept us tuned to (please turn to page 2) 1 1 sto- - See pages 4-- 5 Letters to the Editor - See page 6 Round the Region - See page 7 Bucks and Broncos win -- See page 10 Raiders drop homecoming game - See page 1 1 The good old days - See Whats New, page 12 Enjoy freedom? Thank a Vet - See Northern News, One year since terrorist attacks changed America forever by Terri Winder i, nN Vfc page 14 John Franklin Wright obituary -- See page 14 Money and laundry - See Caveman, page 15 boy Kaden Shane Kendra & Corey Johnson September 3 ' jfj, Mr v nwn I There are just a few inches pf water above the drain at the Monticello City secondary water pond. City . officials state that no additional water will be pumped into the pond. Staff photo BBS- a-l 2 News Roundup Letters 6 8 Society 10 Sports Community News .... 12 16 Legals 17 Real Estate Classified 18 |