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Show --O"V . Page 14 - UINTAH BASIN STANDARD June 24. 1997 m If you fed liko your yard haa becomo a kennel for atray animala thia aummer, you are not alone. Animala tend to viait other yard more often in the aummer. Consider one or mm of theee methoda to get rid of strays. Alao keep in mind that aafety for both humana and the animate should be conaidered and that not all methoda are effective for all ' animala. If you are building a fence, consider what animala you want to exclude aa you select fencing materials. If you already have a fence and want to deter cats from climbing it, place strips of double faced tape or plastic along the top. They do not like the feel of these materials on their paws. Water propelled from a cup, tcher, hose or toy water gun can issuade animals from visiting. Even ifthe water doesn't make contact, the motions involved and the water landing nearby will send the message that animala are not welcome. This method, however, can be time consuming and requires that someone regularly monitors your yard. Moth balls can be an effective repellent Homemade repel-- aa well. Try lent recipes can work chopping one whole Spanish onion ana one jalapeno pepper. Add two quarts water to (me tablespoon of cayenne pepper and boil for 20 minutes. Cod, strain water through a cheesecloth, then spray with a gar-m- s den sprayer in where i are being a nuisance. You may need to spray for up to two weeks. Repellent devices usually involve a triggering mechanism so that sound and lights are activated when a barrier is broken by the animal's entry or movement. With this method, it is important to consider the effects on the animal as well as neighbors within audio range. If all else foils while trying to get Fido to leave your yard, help is available through your local animal control agencyThey also assist with wild animal control. on Duchesne athlete to play in Australia this summer Brandon Bird, the son of Ken and Cria Bird, leaves June 25 to play basketball against some of the best high school athletes the Auasies have to offer as a partiri- - '' - V pant in the Great Australian. old Bird says Although the hes not nervous he does admit that he knows little ofthe game that 17-ye-ar 'V Paint-A-Th- on Bank employees volunteer time to pajnt, repair Roosevelt home By Aldon Rachtle Zions Bank held its seventh annual Paint-A-Thlast week in con-muties throughout Utah. More than 1,500 Zions Bank employee volunteers scraped. propped and painted 29 homes owned by low-jncoma' elderly and disabled nama w. Simmons, Zions Bank president and chief executive of single-employ- er ni remaining eight hail from Nevada and Washington. After spending two days in Portland, Ore. working out Bird and his teammates will head for Melbourne, Australia. We will get to do lot at t age and return stable flows to the seeing while we are there, but Green River. By midnight, tin, river mostly looking forward to playing was flowing a stable 4,000 cubic feet ball, said Bird. per second (cfe). Birds itinerary reads like a At about 6 pm., a fire alarm was dream vacation --experiencing the six hours, caused significant trouble outback of Australia, Snowy River as crews worked to contain the dam-- triggeredinthecontrolcenterfiirthe Country, and seeing sn Australian football game. I really hope to see eome of the . native animals and maybe even where some of the Summer Olympics will be held. - Brandon will be accompanied on w: the trip by his grandfather Ralph Madsen. According to Cris Bird, her father was on the roster for a while. June 23-2- 7 He kept getting mailings that Wrestling Camp at Uintah High School showed him as a member of the June 25 team. NBA Draft (Utah Has 2nd To Last Pick)-Ho- pe for another Karl As a member ofthe region chamJohn Shandon Anderson or Greg Malone, Stockton, Russell, Bryon pionship DHS Eagle team, BranOstertag-Plea- se No Luther Wrights! . don averaged 14 prints and 7 reJune 30 bounds per game. Duchesne fans , Next Swimming Lesson Session Begins at Roosevelt Pool will probably best remember Bird g for his July 4 dunks, especially Neds Rodeo, 1 p.m. those at the state tourney this year. Bird, who graduated from July 4--5 Duchesne High in May, was named Tabiona Rodeo-Para- de , July 6th to both the Salt Lake Tribune and July 5 Deseret News Basketball Uintah Basin Medical Center Triathalon teams and also was received an honJuly 9 orable mention from the Tribune Union High School Volleyball Camp for his football efforts. . ficer, said, To the beat of my knowlis edge, Zions Banks Paint-A-Thcomm u-the largest on Utah. Combining the accomriuh-ment- a of the past six yean, Zions employees have painted more than 125 homes andhavedonatedtensof thousands of houn to benefit the community. Employees from Zions Banks Duchesne, Vernal and Rooeevelt Failure outlet forces Flaming Gorge Dam powerplant shutdown yeftps high-flyin- unsure as to what that means. All I know for sure is diet the key is different and I think that the S point line is different than ours. The trip is organised by Interna tional Sports Specialists and the team, all recent graduates, has just one other athlete from Utah. The All-Sta- te 7-- Colorado River Storage Project op- erations at Glen Canyon Dun. The Flaming Gorge powerplant, at that time was operating on remote control from Glen Canyon. The first alarm was quickly followed by an alarm showing low pressure in the water cooling lines to the powerplant generator!, followed then by an alarm indicating flooding within the powerplant was taking place. The powerplantbreokars tripped, resulting in arapid drop of flows from8,600 cfe to about 4,000 cfe. Within minutes, crews were dispatched to the facility to begin to stabilise the system. Also, theBureauofRedamaiian'a standard emergency notification process was automatically triggered, with hydrologista, engineers, power sys-- brought'intotha event evocations including Flaming Gorge, Provo, and Salt lake City. On the main floor of the powerplant, there was six inches of water, and on the level below the powerplant deck, there was an additional three to four feet of water. Crews struggled to stop the water in outlet works tube number two. By slide gate dropping the valve at the head of the outlet work ring-follo- w 33S mmimm UHS Volleyball Camp There is still time to register for the Union High School Volleyball Camp 7 scheduled for July 7, 8, 9, and 10. Gontect Coach Morris (801) for more details! Mark your calendars for the week of August 1 1 to begin will begin an Monday, August 18. conditioning! Tty-out- s Semi-Glos- s: 722-585- On Sale Tri-Freed- Triathalon om Uintah Bosip Medical Centers 1st Annual Triathalon will be held Saturday, July 5. Registration deadline is Wednesday, June 25. Registration forms can be picked up at the Rooeevelt City building or call 0 or Lome Stradinger at Peck at m NOW! Rh-vi- rfc 722-349- 722-909- 4. The best deal on New GMC Trucks, and Quafity Used Cars, Vans and Trucks is not In ROOSEVELT Come to Salt Lake City and see die largest selection of pickups, utility vehicles and used cars in the intermountain west Over 500 to choose from. Take e test drive and receive a free tank of gas. Buy a new GMC or Quality Used Vehicle from Salt Lake Valley GMC and we win pay you $100.00. That's right we will pay you $100.00 to prove we have the best deaL' vans, sport Expands and contracts with changes in the weather to prevent peeling and cracking Resists mildew, yellowing and fading Can be used in temperatures as low as 35 F Easy soap & water Mw Ittla end yon wH mo clean-u- p loti SALT LAKE VALLEY GMC 725 West 3300 South Salt Lake City, Utah . 140 East 100 North, . PAINT & ',"" HELPING HAND Employees from Sons Bank work on a roof and point the John & Renee last week. Taylor home as part of die Seventh Annual ?E??orps Brandon Bird ' H. ' w Ask A Specialist Heaton has a tough time holding her AN same time. She received some dog the dog and a snow cone at friend. a from holding help By Dixie R. Brown y Roosevelt, Utah 722-39- 26 your best dul and then present this ad lor your $1 00 cadi tefcind or icbstc. t to to St George and from In fiHitinn to painting, Zions dean-u- employees provided yard p, pruning, mowing, planting, and repays as needed by the homeowner. The cost of the paint and supplies is contributed by Zions Bank. Roosevelt Zions Bonk president. Kevin Van Tasoell reported in addition to painting theTaylor house, i also worked on the roof. ZionaBank is the largest subsid-ian- r ofZions Banoorporation, a bank holding company with total aaaeta of$7.2billion operating full service banking (Aces throughout Arizona, Nevada and ( structure, the flow of water into the powerplant was stopped. This re leases from the dam toabout 1,000 cfe. Sines the river level was ttriifeiiig: BtfBetfonWHtsttiadeW immediately start releasing 2,000 cfe af water from the spillway to ment the river flows. This is the first time since 1983 that tha spillways have been used for purposes other than testing. A temporary 440 volt lino was run to the hoUowjet outlet works control andbynridnightthevalvowasclooed on outlet works tube number two. At ' that time, the first outlet tube, which " was not damaged, was returned toe foil release operation of 2,000 cfe. The water in the powerplant did coma into contact with several ail ' containers used within the plant. While s small amount ofril got into the water, it now appears that the oil has been folly contained within the building and haa not font into tha river. Oil absorbing booms art in place inside the budding to collect the small amount of ofl. Since last night at midnight, flow :J have remained steady at 4,000 cfe. : -This includes 2,000 cfe each from ' outlet tube number one and the spillway. Those flows will remain constant through today and tonight Since this event began near sun-- 3 set, and oontinued through the night, it has been difficult to assess dam-ages to the outlet and any possible , downstream impacts or damage. Aa port of that work, a stop-logate has been moved in front of the intake for the damaged outlet works number two, which will forther protect the damaged outlet as assessments and 'J repairs are started. The water for the a i spillway is taken from the reservoir : surface and is wanner. This led to r. soma increase in tho river tempera-- j tun, with tho poeaibility of some j impact to tho trout fishery. The en- - : ; dsngered species habitat for three-?- : i endangered fish is Author down- - stream and should not be impacted due to the mixing of asittrev-.: els downstream and should not bo impacted due to the mixing ofwater ;l as it travels downstream. Those fish (Colorado squawfish, rasorback:: sucker, humpback chub) prefer wanner water than is normally rel' eased from tho dam. r. Because the dam has boon tubas- - ! I ing bypass flows(4, 000 cfe)phumsud-.- ; i mum powerplant flows (4,600 da) for the past week, it is not dear what, if : any, impact there was to the Forest ; Service recreational fedlitisa bekne f , tbs dam. Tbs bypass flows, within -tbs Green River floodplain, were bring conducted to provide spare in the reservoir for incoming runoff to avoid an uncontrolled spill later this spring and to allow normal seasonal operations later in the summer fell for tbs benefit of tbs endangered species. Thoee lower flows are mandated through a Biological Opinion . provided by the UR. Fish and Wild-- . life Service under the auspices of tha Endangered Spades Act There is no estimate yet available on the extent ofdamaga or tha cost of repairs to the outlet weeks and tho powerplant, nor is there an estimate on how long the powerplant wiU be out of service. ed ' . g ! ; iRad-M- s 72-254)1:- 40 ( Money Spent At Home Stays At Home. How Much Did Salt Lake Valley GMC Donate To Your Community Last Year? Murray Motor and Mkc . branch locations painted the homo of John and Reno Taylor at 492 West Lagoon in Roosevelt. As in past years, the homes wars selected with the assistance ofstate housing agencies, community nizationa and load churches. The Investment Corp. 157 S. Main, Roosevelt (801) 722-510- 7 i POQRQ |