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Show Ut&h Prwsa 47 Aaaociatloa 'Wat 3M South Salt Lake City, Utah 4111 Coalville, UT 84017 - Friday, December 18, 1981 - Volume 43 - Number Fifty-on- e The Real Meaning Of Christmas Santa Prepares To Visit Coalville Area Santa" is coming to Coalville. He will arrive shortly before 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 19. The Tire truck will go out and pick up the jolly old fellow and bring him back to town. Santa" will then be located at Interstate Bank. He will be there to visit with the children and take their orders for Christmas. He w ill be at the bank from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. At 3:30 p.m., there will be a drawing for prizes in the parking lot of the bank. Holders of Sharing Yourself With Others North Summit Middle School 6th and 7th Grade students share their talents with the North Summit Senior Citizens. Wednesday afternoon the students sang Christmas carols for the Seniors. The students will carol again Monday, Dec. 21 at the ZCM1 Center in Downtown Salt Lake at 2 p.m. Division Of Wildlife Purchases R Ranch A recent land acquisition by the Utah State Division of Wildlife Resources east of Henefer in Summit County will provide wildlife with critical habitat needs and will make available to hunters the biggest parcel of public hunting ground in the Morgan . Henefer area. The purchase of two parcels of land totaling 6,258 acres on the R Ranch (later known as Eagle Ranch) adjoins 3,939 acres already owned by the Division of Wildlife Resources. Federal Aid monies and mitigation funds from the Bureau of Reclamation for habitat lost during construction of the Stateline Reservoir will fund a major portion of the land acquisition. A parcel was acquired at a cost of SI, 880,340. Of this amount, the Bureau of Reclamation has paid $725,000 in mitigation. The other 1,251 acres were purchased at a cost of $655,836. Three fourths of money paid by the Division for both parcels of land will be reimbursed by Federal Aid. Don Christensen, Division wildlife habitat acquisition specialist. 5. 006-acr- e said the Division will pay for the land on a contract over 8 period of years. He noted the importance of being able to purchase the critical wildlife habitat when the land was available. The entire 10,179 acres f Division land east of Henefer. which encompasses sagebrush, mountain brush and scattered patches of aspen, offers good winter habitat and some summer habitat for elk, moose, deer and a variety of upland game species. It is also an excellent roosting area for wintering bald eagles and Critical Soil And Water Resource Problems Identified (Editors Note: The U.S. Department of Agriculture has identified the critical soil and water resource problems of the nation, analyzed them, and proposed a national conservation program to address them. This is the first in a series of three articles that outlines the conservation problems, trends and analyses, and the proposed national program.) Americans will face reduced agricultural productive capacity and increased production costs unless the critical soil and water resource conservation problems of the nation are addressed. This is the conclusion of a three-yea- r study by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The study was required by Congress in the Soil and Water Resources Conservation Act of 1977 (RCA), according to George McMillan, Soil Conservation Service (SCS) state conservationist in Utah. Specifically, the RCA study showed that: e-third of America's cropland is eroding faster than the soil can rebuild itself through natural processes. Unless corrective actions are taken, the acreage of this excessively eroding land will increase further. Floors threaten human life, -On- , cropland and other property, livestock and crops in upstream SUMMIT REPORT GARBAGE PICKUP RESCHEDULED Through the holidays, the garbage pickup will be rescheduled on Wednesday, Dec. 23 and Wednesday, Dec. 30 for the Henefer, Echo and Chalk Creek area. Oakley, Peoa and Hoytsville will be rescheduled to Thursday, Dec. 24 and Thursday, Dec, 31. All county pickups will begin at 8 a.m. KAMAS STAKE PRESENTS A SPECIAL NEW YEAR HOE DOWN A Hoe Down Dance for adults will be held at the Green Hall in Kamas, Dec. 31 from 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. There will be a live band featuring Bluegrass music. A light buffet will be served all evening at $2 per person. The admission to the dance will be free. Casual dress. SUMMIT COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION Notice is hereby given that the Summit County Planning Commission will hold a regular meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 22, beginning at 7:30 p.m. in the Circuit Courtroom, Summit County Courthouse, Coalville. The proposed agenda is as follows: 7:30 p.m.. Decisions on requests to amend the County Master Plan. 1. Amersaud Properties, Marc Coulam; 2. Greywood Development, Jim Lynn; 3. Frostwood, Bruce Erickson; 4. White Pine Resort, Boyer Company. 8:30 p.m., Maryann Chapman Woodland Nursery. Requesting a conditional use permit for three additional greenhouses on property located adjacent to the Lower River Road. I watersheds. Greater damage is likely in the future. Depletion of ground water threatens the continuation of irrigated agriculture in extensive areas of the West. Deterioration of water quality may limit the use of water for irrigation, municipal and industrial supply, fish and wildlife habitat, and other purposes. These RCA findings are based on the most intensive and accurate appraisal of the countrys non-feder- al natural resources ever conducted, Mr. McMillan reports. "Much of the data came from onsite examinations at about 200.000 sample points across the United States. In Utah, over 32.000 sample points provided information for the national summary." The information gathered included data on land uses, soils, erosion, prime farmland, cropping sequences, and crop residue treatment. Beside the SCS inventories and other USDA studies and evaluations, the RCA process drew on studies made by the Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census, Fish and Wildlife Service, Environmental Protection Agency, Water Resources Council, Bureau of Outdoor Recreation and others. RCA Appraisal Part 1, the first of three major documents, contains detailed information on the resource base status, conditions and trends. A reference copy of all three major RCA documents is available for use at SCS and Agricultural Stabilizaltion and Conservation Service offices throughout the state. Copies of a short leaflet summarizing the RCA findings and proposed conservation program are also available at the two USDA offices. It contains a d, postage-pai- d re- sponse form that people may use to comment on the program. I attracts several other types of raptors. Christensen stresses, "Critical habitat is needed in various areas throughout the state to sustain huntable populations of wildlife." Wildlife, particularly deer, move into lower elevations during' the winter. In many areas, this winter habitat has been destroyed by encroaching human civilization. Wildlife populations will suffer greatly if adequate habitat is not maintained. In the near future, the Division plans to sell seven parcels of land totaling 306 acres which have been evaluated as less critical wildlife habitat than other land that could be purchased, according to Christensen. The sale of this land will he announced soon in the newspaper through the Utah Department of Finance. tickets must be there to win. The Lions Club of Coalville will he sponsoring Santa's visit. The business people of the area are furnishing the prizes for We appreciate all those who are taking part in Santa s visit. Members of the Coalville Lions and their wives are busy making goodies for the occasion. Help make Santas visit to be a big event by coming out and bring vour children to visit Santa. Summit County Budget Adopted By Matthew Madsen The Summit County budget was formally adopted this week. During the final public hearing Tuesday, the commissioners settled on $3,974,800 for the 1982 budget, that's up about 15 percent over last year's figure of $3.3 million. There were no surprises during the hearing, the only last minute changes resulted in reducing both the election budget and the department service budget by about $15,000. Summit County Clerk Reed Pace said "property taxes had to be raised to meet next years expenses from $1.6 million to $1.76 million this year or nearly a one mill increase to 9 mills. In terms of percentage increase, the largest was given to the county's road and health departments, each teceiving approximately a 27 percent increase. The road department added one new employee to its staff and other funds are needed to upgrade the county's roads. The health department added a couple of new programs in the alcohol and drug field. The district court also received a substantial increase due to the growing number of jury trials, citing the John Singer Wrongful Death Suit. So far the county has spent about $150,000 in that case for legal fees. Another factor in the budget increase is due to the Summit Park Bond Fund for the roads which amounts to $230,000. Pace explained, the bonding company requires the county to set aside a guarantee fund which would pay off the bond if there arc default payments made. Eventually these bonds would be turned back into the county budget." of the county About from comes budget property taxes. Other sources of revenue come from state grants, revenue sharing from the federal government and local fines and forfeitures. The funds arc applied to county public health services, and fire and police protection among others. one-thir- d Small Community Block Grant Funds Sought For Mountainland By Robert Hicken Wasatch County only that the state supervise The Association of Governments and the State Community Development Division met with concerned citizens of Wasatch and Summit Counties to discuss the new federal program to allocate Small Community Block Grant money. Gary Tomsic, State Community Development Division, spoke to the small group gathered, explaining that the program had been set up by Congress. Moun-tainlan- The Small Cities Program was devised so that it gives states large sums of money to invest in capital facility projects in cities under 50,000 and counties under 200,000 in population. Utah could receive as much as $4.2 million in funding. On behalf of Congress, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, asked Governor Matheson if Utah would administer this important Block Grant Program. nt Governor Matheson agreed and assigned the Governors Advisory Council on Community Affairs, which is composed of Mayors and county commissioners, (Heber's Lincoln Rasband is on this committee), to assist him in designing an equitable allocation system for Utah's cities. At the meeting, Tomsic passed out a work booklet developed by the state, to help in obtaining possible ways of distribution. This is not a typical competitive type of grant, there have been no real regulations given to follow. where the money goes and that they follow three objectives: The results of the workbooks which were passed out will help the committee to determine eligible projects and activities. . Benefit to low and moderate income people; 2. Prevention of urban blight; 3. An urgent need that affects the health, safety and welfare of the citizens and for which other funds are not available. 1 "The money is to be used for what the state and land officials thought would be feasible," explained Tomsic. The last objective allows states to define a wide array of needs that are pressing and gives the program such flexibility. "That's why we're holding these meetings, to see what the communities need," expressed Tomsic. Such similar meetings have been held throughout the state, trying to get both written and vocal opinion on what the monies should be used for, and what types of distribution should be used. This method of distribution is shifting the distributing problems from the federal to the states and communities, which better under- stand the problems they are facing, and those programs that need funding. This is the first time the shift has come with no federal interference," noted Homer Chandler of Mountainlands Association of Government. "My opinion is that if we use these block grants successfully, we will be getting more control over where we will be going," voiced Chandler. This was listed in specific areas, which the program felt would most attain the best results. Also listed would be criteria. Unlike most grants that rely heavily on criteria, the criteria of the work booklet would be used in extreme cases, when there was a draw as to where such funding would go. Mayor Rasband suggested that possibly make the money available to cities who would be able to enter in a joint venture with county developments. Such disbursement would come through the Association of Governments. These funds should be aimed at a larger, more prioritized prothousand project, not just a ject," stated Tomsic. He suggested that some of the smaller communities would need more money if they distributed it on a population basis. Rick Jentzsch, Park City, questioned the political implications that might come from selection of committee members who are asked to partiepate on the disbursement board. 10-3- 0 I Tomsic remarked that there would always be some political involvement, some favoritism, or some lienent committee members granting monies, no matter ctn was on the board. Final realization Joe the disbursement of monies will not come for sometime down the road. I |