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Show -- - iliftllliAlTi -I- BL Blanding City supports land user efforts by Phil Mueller Blanding City Council members agreed to write a letter to the U.S, Forest Service in sup- port of the Canyon Country IVails Development Group and Southern Utah Land Users Association, (SULU) on ATV trail i i ( i t i I i ! i i t i development in the Abajo Mountains. SULU President-elec- t Joe council for asked the Lyman the letter of support. Lyman also asked that the city council nominate a person to be a member of the SULU Board of Directors. Lyman said that while the Forest Service appears to be willing to discuss trail development, local residents should be cautious. During discussion ofthe city letter, concerns were voiced about how strong such a letter should be. Coucilman Kelly Laws said the letter should be strong, adding, We may be radical but we represent the whole d community that feels the same way. Later in the meeting, the City Council appointed cilman David Palmer to represent the city on the SULU Coun- board. The Council agreed to have the city invite regional Utah Department of Transportation official Dale Stapley to Blanding to review parking restrictions on Highway 191 across from the Center Street Cafe. Johnny Shumway, representing the Cafe, urged the city to reconsider the no park- ing restrictions so northbound truckers could park while eating at the cafe. Council members suggested Shumway meet with the UDOT official when he visits. Members of the Blanding City Fire Department pre- sented certificates for council members Brian Bayles and David Palmer for completing the recent "flashover trailer" training. Both councilmen suited up with fire department members THE SAN JUAN RECORD Wwlnewliiy, November last month to experience a portion of the Utah state- - managed fire training recently held. Fire Department Officers told the council that seven members of the Blanding Volunteer Fire Department completed "Firefighter I" training and have entered "Firefighter II" qualification training. Complaints over how Blanding City Police are dispatched to and respond to a stray dog call were voiced by residents Jimmy and Dec Bayles. Mrs. Bayles told council of delays in response to dog calls and unwillingness to take stray dogs away. Mayor Calvin Balch told the residents that he is not going to second guess the police department. That is his call, said Balch of Police Chief Mike The mayor urged Bayles to get a city dog trap set up if the stray dog problem is as frequent as is reported. Mayor Balch told the counIlalliday. cil that a police department of survey unlicensed, inopera tive and possibly abandoned automobiles in city streets is complete. Balch says letters will go to property owners informing them that the vehicles in question arc in violation of city ordinance. Ultimately the city could remove or impound the vehicles. City Council members layed an action on a request from property owner Gene Shumway to share costs of repairing fencing near Starvation Reservior. Shumway proposed that the city purchase materide- als, including fence posts. Shumway would provide labor for the repairs. During discussion of the issue, Mayor Balch said he worried about opening up a can of 2002 - Page 3 Results of Cultural Integration Survey In April, Utah Governor Mike Leavitt consulted with the members of his State Council on Workforce Services about issues related to the growth of Utahs culturally diverse workforce with limited English proficiency. The state launched an initiative to assist many Utah companies and hundreds of workers to increase their cultural integration and build their English skills for their mutual benefit. The first step was the creation of the Cultural Integra- tion Advisory Committee, which commissioned a telephone survey of over 1000 worms. randomly selected Utah emThe Mayor asked council, Do ployers to quantify the imyou know how many miles of pacts of cultural integration fence (between city and private and English skill issues and property) there is? Council put challenges they face. off action until costs can be deThe survey revealed that termined and funds can be the most significant impacts identified. were problems associated i SAN JUAN HEALTH SERVICES DISTRICT is pleased to highlight M '20, with technical capability, training, safety, the ability to advance and customer ser- vice. The survey also found that a sizable majority of employers (63 percent) would take advantage of a successful cultural integration and English skill building program, if offered. Other findings include: n i t t !.i Almost 40 percent of the employers contacted have employees for whom English is not their primary language. Over 30 percent of the employers with speaking employees had more lanthan one workguage spoken in their non-Englis- non-Englis- h h place. Of the many solutions these employers attempted, i the following trends were English instruction onsite was somewhat more effective than if it were pronoted. vided offsite. Workforce Disicr Family Practice Dr. JlCafiana Dr. $au Recfdtj I Internal Medicine pool- ing of different ethnic groups into teams and using consultants were also among the more effective solutions; however, mandating English-onlhiring only one ethnic group, or preferential hiring of Eny, glish speakers were only Dr. Rajani Dlatjuri fane Jjalmer 7.C. Internal Medicine General Practitioner Family Practice JJ. JSiei Zh'eestone, rJJ.r71. Family Practice San fuan Health Services District OP Quality Care at Home P San Juan Hospital k & Clinic 435-587-21- 16 Blanding Birthing Center minimally effective at solving the diversity impacts. Almost half of the companies contacted had done nothing to build cultural awareness or appreciation in their diverse workforces. Workforce segregation by ethnic groups was noted in 27 percent of the employers. This survey is an important first step. The project will engage several Utah employers and hundreds of employees g and will include from the companies that benefit. For more information on dollar-match-in- the survey or the Cultural Integration Advisory Committee, please contact Darin Brush at (801) dbrushutah.gov. & Clinic 526-920- 6 or |