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Show T i i ;vV:;:-:'.--:'-- '' dUUintfsilh (BmoSn SisesdlanreB , July 31, 1985, Pag 13 PLEASANT VALLEY FARMERS Hash floods cause to crops t ' Insurance la something everyone needs but often haunts premium payers on what type of insurance will best insum them. For some area formers, the kind of premiums to choose is a harder decision than the crop to plant. In an area like this, Leon Gfihnan, a local former arid, you have drought insurance flood insurance. . ,. - not in the morning (July The flood insurance Gillman is referring to, is needed foe some of his land that washed out in the Pleasant Valley area Wednesday, w..; July 17. said it ie hard to place a monetary value on the damaged Gillman until we harvest the crop. Und, ". i r-:- . District. Thia District would be a recreational activities. Tom WardeU, Uintah County and Pam Brad-fin- d Commissioner; from the CityCounty Parks and Recreation office attended the meeting and presented the' proposaL They handed out an information sheet with a questionaire attached to the back of it. After the meeting was over everyone was asked to fill out questionaire and return it so that their input could be, considered The blade of John Uresk was on duty trying to find the road in one portjon of the flash food damaged Nine Mile Canyon Road. Uresk said the road was reported to be 'dusty' just a mile or so down the road from this mud bowl. Heavy rains caused not only road damage but reportedly caused some damage to vehicles and fields in the path of the storm, through Pleasant Valley IT AROUND . Shaffer over Health District things are coming for the area and the Health District" Shaffers philosophy is one thing that will cause some of that good" to happen. He says the Joe Shaffer la the new director for the Uintah Baain Health District He comee bom the State Hridth Departments Bureau of to thia position Epidemiology .with some goals he wants to accomplish. ; ' Shaffer is army-br- at . , . a Us father was a career Army Officer. He spent a few years in the Army himself as a corpman and surgical : technician. He then went on to finish his education. He has a Bachlors degree ' in Biology and Psy-- 1 chology, a Masters in Psychology and is taking a leave of absence on a Doctoral program in Health Science bom the University of Utah. He is the director of a staff of 18 in the Health District and has good things to say about his people. Shaffer stated his staff is increasing service and keeping up with growing demand." WIC programs and well child programs are expanding, Shaffer said, partially due to the unemployment and economic downturn in the area, but gobd it" interHe finds his job esting," enjoyable and one that has amazingly good support from the officials in the Basin. He has the job of getting along philosophy of a public health' with not only the Board of Health .for the District but also three office is best described in their three name. The first word is public, County Commissions, School Bonds and the people of so they should be concerned first the Basin. He says each have of all with the public bust and their own idea and ways they with public money, as working " would like the district to work so weQ as the responsibilities that his. job U to just find the come with that trust and money. center-line- " and he enjoys the The second word is health, and bartering that makes that work. being concerned with the health Shaffer said he intends to stay of the public. The last word is out here and break the four yen office and that is the last place they should be if their job is out .cycle of directors. He moved to Salt Lake for the skiing and feels '.in the field working, but if they the outdoor, activities in the am suppose to work in an office they should be the last ones ' Basin and the work he is doing will make this his permanent there. And this man sets the home. He plans to move his wife example as well as the policy for to Vernal, from Salt Lake, as in the first couple of weeks he soon as possible and get down to was on the job he averaged 60 hours of work and enjoyed - and bring a family instead of a commuter couple. atill does - getting to work, by hia own admission. Even ' special projects and events, like the Red Fleet dieeel 'spill, take a special amount of time. Generally he doesnt like to take the office home with him, but he admits the Red Fleet spill did travel home with him a few nights and took more time than The deadline for nominations he wanted. But those type of for Ballard City Mayor and the , situations come with the job. Since being on the job since two councilman posta that will be this fell is June 17 he sees a couple of solid up for 29. can be Nominations programs and tme that need more August made at a special nominating expansion, in his opinion. The nursing program is a real solid meeting which will be held he stated, but , one in the Baain, August 20, ait 7:30 p.m. at the the enviromental health program Ballard City office. has taken a bade seat til now. Verdon Heaton announced at He hopes to offer laboratory the City Council meeting ' services on a local level and get Tuesday, July 23, that he will not more automous from the State be running again. He stated that Health Department, using it as a because he works in Vernal now, he feds that he la not aa in touch consulting and advisory service. He wants to make the Health with the people of Ballard aa ha District known for. being there needs to be and therefore declines ' for the public health." to run for another term. He realises this isnt an easy The members of the council job, neither from the aspect of urge anyone who wishes to run for these poeitiona to do so. For what he wants to do nor from the further information contact aspect of the job climate he entered into. But in his words, Dorothy Kettle at the Ballard ' If it was easy I wouldnt want .. City office . . ' - , . . When'' the .Commissionws made-the- ir final decision as to whether or not to form the Special Recreation District Feelinss in the meeting were divided as to whether this district was a good idea or not The main opposition came from people who were concerned about their taxes raised. Commissioner Wardell said that was the only disadvantage of the program that he could see. Huts were two proposals presented for funding the programs. The first would, require a 1.1 mill tax increase and would allow the programs. to continue .as they ere at the present time. The other would require a 2 mill tax increase and would provide extra funds for itlnniil KniliHag of tihm recreational facilities. . The County Commission already has the authority to form the' Recreation Board, but the funding of the program by tax levy must be approved by the voters in the county. It was pointed out that although the commissioners could just continue to fund recreation out of existing tax monies, they are unable to apply for special grants, or obtain additional funds. Uintah County contributes 30 percent of the money that is available state wide for these special grants, and the only way any of it can come back to this is if a Recreation Board is being . . one school board member, two County Commissioners, and four dtizena at large from the different geographical and interest areas. This would allow the people of the Ballard area equal representation with Naples and Vernal. Some of the people there were concerned they would be paying for facilities they would have no use for, like the golf course and swimming pool for example. It was printed out one of the areas that would be funded by the District is special Recreation television. Uintah county at the present time has seven repeater stations that cost approximately $60,000 per year to maintain. Pam Bradford explained to the residents the reason such programs cannot run on user fees is that some of the facilities just cannot charge enough to maintain themselves. The swimming pool for example costs almost fin- utilities each month, and if rates had to be increased to cover that cost no one could afford to use the pool One of the gentlemen present at the meeting said his children had been able to go to the pool in Vernal after school and had learned to swim. He thought that funding the pool was a very worthwhile cause. Wardell and Bradford both said they understood the concerns of the people of the Ballard area that they may lose the control of their park if it came under the Recreation District, but explained that the dty council would still maintain control and funding would just come from the board instead of. the county. Mayor Heaton told the meeting that Ballard could .not' even 'maintain their park on the funds that the City had available let alone make any improvements like sprinkling systems and grass. If anyone would like to obtain further information on the Recreation District they can contact any member of the task force that, studied' the proposal for the County: Tom Wardell, Uintah at County Commissioner, $6,000 - -- Greg Hawkins, Vernal Donna Merrell, Naples City Council, at Verlin Vincent, Uintah School Board, at or Pam Bradford and A1 Frank of County Parks and Recreation at 781-077- City Council, at 789-011- 789-023- 789-176- 3; 789-225- 5. Grill employee robbed Saturday An employee for 13 years of the Frontier Grill, was robbed Saturday at 4:30 a.m. as she was routinely opening up the restuar-ant- , according to Roosevelt Police Sergeant, Wayne Embleton. The suspect got away with a luge undisclosed amount of cash, he . said. The employee was walking toward the restaurant when a jnan about 5'5 tall with a stocky build wearing a dark ski mask with a red lining that formed around his mouth came up to her and stole her purse. There have been no arrests, Embleton said. If anyone has any information on the case, they are asked to notify the Roosevelt City. Police Department Ballard City . : needs city candidates . Gates stolen Although now he has to wait for the land to dry, he does anticipate on losing 10 acres. He said where the mud was eight to 10 inches deep, the crop can not be salvaged. The crop that has accumulated only two or three inches of mud will be able to be involved, th, MOVIN' 17). formed to apply for it. The concern waa expressed that people who live on the West side of the County sometimes do not receive as much from auch programs as the people on the East side. The question was asked how the Ballard residents were to be assured that their voices would be heard when the time came for the appropriation of the money. It was explained at that time that the board would consist of ten members, one dty councilman from each of the cities county wide organization for the purpose of organising and dis-tributing funds for all types of i"" harvested, he said. When the mud is very deep, the seven-yea- r resident said. That is when .the problems really begin." Gillman said he wasnt the only farmer affected by the floods; he estimated the complete damage to the area to total $90,000. Loryn Ross, another former affected by the floods, .said he hasn't seen floods like this most recent one in over 20 yearn. There were floods about 20 years ago," he said. But them have been none' since then. Ross said he had "a couple of thousand dollars" damage from the floods that ripped through his barfey and hay crops. Sallard discusses District proposal A special public meeting was hhld Tuesday July 23, with Ballard City Council meeting to discuss a proposal for the formation of a Special Recreation r. He said he thinks it could total $8,000. The . worst part about the floods, in Gillmans case, was the timing. The GiUman's planned on v harvesting the hay crop the day it started to rain. "It (crop) was already to We were he said. harvest, going to harvest it the first thing . Four Green Powder gates were s stolen from a corral in this past week. The gates belonged to Bernard Oberhansly, of Neola. The thievee were for the job aa the gates were removed with a cutting torch. The Uintah County Sheriffs Office is investigating the theft, but have so far been unseccessful in turning up any leads in the White-rock- weD-prepar- . - . . There were two gates 14 feet long, 1 gate 19 feet long and 1 gate 6 bet long. If anyone has any information regarding these gatea you are naked, to .call Oberhansly at or contact the Uintah County Sheriffs Office. 868-446- 9, 722-240- 2. Miss Altamont of 1985 Is Suzy Farnsworth, daughter of Lewis and Veloy Farnsworth. Her First Attendent is Nicole Wimmer, daughter of J.D. and Susan Wimmer. Second Attendant is Kristen Winkler, daughter of Chad and Marda Winkler. ALTAM0NT ROYALTY |