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Show Inside the Bee Summit County Cooks Around The County Top of The News Happenings Senior Citizens News Summit County Friday, December 7, 1990 Number Volume 53 vs Town Health-- ' VVl' Dedicated to Serving Summit County Coalville, UT 84017 School News 50 forty-eig- ht I Questar Pipeline Officials Answer Gas Questions tomer, Mountain Fuel Supply Terry Glovert, Foreman A at die Border Station,snd officials of - Company. Four lutes exit the sta--. Questar Pipeline met Nov. 28 at - tion: two to the Slit Lake' City the North Summit High School area, one to the West Bounti- auditorium to conduct a discussion . folCenterville ares, and (me to the south Weber area. About 70 percent and answer questions about die opof the natural gas delivered to eration of the Coalville Bonier Mountain Fuel's Wasatch Front Approximately four weeks ago, . customers flows through the station. many of the Coalville population felt and heard an explosion which Automation and happened at the natural gas Stonge Monitoring Devices south of Wright's Dairy. Glover reThe Coalville Border Station is ported that it was spectacular to see, fully automated, including the gas but the damage was very minor. storage operation. Gas pressure, The North Summit District Fire - volume and quality, as well as ev-- " Department was at the scene and did other ery aspect of the stations opjust as they had been instructed. are monitored by sophistieration, They did not touch any of the cated equipment, including gas and valves or pipes, but just let it bum flame detectors. If acceptable limits out There were no injuries or are exceeded, operations automati--call- y property damage. are shut down and isolated. Questar has been asked questions Them are valves throughout the regarding the accident md felt now of isolating any part was a good time to inform the ; of the capable operation, including cnmrnmrittea nf their commitments face valves in the gas storage well and product The Questar Pipeline Coalville The Gas Border Station was built in 1929 Storage Field when Mountain Fuel predecessor The storage gas at Coalville is companies built the first natural gas injected into the Long Wail formapipeline from southwestern tion. This formation has an area of. Wyoming to Utah's Wasatch Front slightly more than 900 acres and is The Coalville natural gas storage approximately 100 feet thick. It is facility was added about 1970. located about 2 fiOO feet below the The Border Station surface of the ground. It is a Three Questar Pipeline main saturated sandstone formation with lines feed natural gas to the a thick shale cap rock, which preCoalville Border Station, which is vents the gas from escaping. This the last point relatively small storage field by before the gas ia delivered to Quesindustry standards. The formation has a capacity of 3 tar Pipeline's cus Sta-tio- n'. -- -- sub-su- r- . - "in quality-monitori- ng Questar pipeline at Coalville Border Station. sales-for-resa- le process uses tne pressure in the underground formation; additional compression is not required to withdraw gas from jhe fidd The storage field also has an incinerator system that bums excess gas used to power pumps and vapors from the dehydration units. This system eliminates the odor that otherwise would be present from the odorant in the vapors. Glover mentioned several times that the storage tanks we see above ground has nothing in them, but munities. produced water. There is no above There are 11 wells in the storage ground storage of natural gas. He field. Four wells are used for injec- also wanted people to know that no tion and withdrawal; die other seven homes in the area are hooked diare observation wells that monitor rectly into the lines leading out of the pressure within die formation, die storage at the Border Station. particularly around its outer limits. Homeowner's fuel comes from The wells range from 2,000 to Mountain Fuel pipelines which are separate from Questar. 2,300 feet deep. Each Surveys for leaks and damage are well has a dehydration unit that uses a combhurion performed twice a year plus pipeline chemical and heat process to extract patrols and valve inspections. If water and water vapor from the nat- there was a leak, natural gas is not ural gas upon withdrawal. poisonous and as it is lighter than Water is the only liquid produced air it would go straight up in the from the gas during withdrawal. atmosphere. It was mentioned that 14 of the The water from the dehydration in the country is natural gas fuel wells is stored in large holding and the pipelines are the safest tanks and periodically trucked to available. transportation state approved evaporation ponds Federal Government Tlie Creek requires about three miles up Chalk the pipelines be buried a minimum from die storage field. The Coalville Border Station in- of 30", but many are much deeper. e cludes a compression fa- If you are planning any digging on your property, you can call the Blue cility powered by compressor' that provides Stake number Kid they will notify compression for the storage gas all utilities to come and mark their when it is injected. The withdrawal routes. bcf (billion cubic feet) and a maximum wellhead surface pressure of 1,145 pounds. (All piping in the steel, system is tested afmorc than 2,000 psi.) The field's working capacity is 1 bcf; 2 bcf of the gas in storage is "cushion gas" that provides pressure for the recovery of the working gas. All natural gas injected into the storage field is odorized, pipeline-qualitgas. This storage gas is used primarily during daily peak demand times in the Wasatch Front comy two-stag- 1,500-horsepow- er of U, UVCC Combine Forces in The New Park City Continuing Education Program U Steve Haugen works for not one but two divisions of continuing education, the University of Utah's and die Utah Valley Community College's. As program manager for both institutions in Park City, Haugen is responsible for making both schools' courses available to adults in Park City and surrounding areas in Summit and Wasatch Counties. nitely be offered in Park City, where opportunities for internships and employment abound. The UVCC program students, however, will now have die option deof continuing on for a four-yegree in commercial recreation through the U of U. New programs Haugen is planning to develop in Park City include an executive MBA program and a family recreation program during the summer. He plans is well to continue to offer courses that satisfy degree requirements in many disciplines, such as liberal education, math and writing two-ye- ar ar j Die result of this collaboration is a hybrid known as Division of Continuing EducationUniversity of UtanUtah Valley Community College. And the reason for it is tost a complete program of vocational technical, lower division, upper division and graduate courses can now be offered in Park City, something which neither school was mandated to do on its own by die Utah Stale oard of Regents. Now residents of Park City and environs can either opt to pursue a r degree through UVCC, go on to a four-yeprogram through the U of U, or simply take noncredit classes for their own enjoyment or practical needs. courses. Although classroom space is currently spread among several locations in Park City, Haugen says developer Chris Jeffries plans to renovate the okl Carl Winters Middle School and build a hotel adjacent to it, thus providing office space, classrooms and conference facilities on one site. Haugen, a Park City resident, served as recreation director for the Park City Municipal Corporation and as director of from 1983-8-6 rywrnnnnity tnd adult education for die Park City School District from 1 two-yea- ar Since both institutions presently offer hospitality certificate programs, those programs win defi 1987-9An adjunct assistant professor of recreation and leisure at the University of Utah, he holds a B.S. degree in park and recreation administration from die University of Montana and a masters degree in 0. recreation and leisure administration from the University of Minnesota. He is immediate past president of the Utah Recreation and Parks Association. Lights Go on at St Benedicts on Dec. 12 A holiday tradition continues this year at SL Benedict! s Hospital in Ogden. It's the annual lighting of the hospital's Christmas Gtrive, formerly known as the Tree of Love. This year's lighting ceremony is scheduled to take place an Dec. 12at7pjn. The tradition began back in 1984. Every year, a large tree that had been donated to St. Benedict's was cut and transported to the on Page 10A Three More Area Roads Closed For Winter Season Effective immediately, the Utah Department of Transportation is .dosing, or already has dosed, the following roads to summer recreation areas for the winter season. Signs advising motorists of the closures have been posted at appropriate sites. SR-3-9 Monte Cristo Road, from SR-3- of die Duchesne River. SR-15- 0 die seasonal gates 6.2 miles east of to the Bear River Service (MP 48 J) six miles southwest of the UtataWyoming state line. SR-19- 0 Guardsmans Pass, from Brighton to die junction of at Bonanza Mirror Lake Road, from SR-22- 4 Flat Beginning at Wasatch Mountain State Park to the juncGuardsmans tion with Pass st Bonanza Flat, then on to Park City. : 0 Beginning at its juncin Midway via 3 tion with Cascade Springs and Siuke Creek to Wasatch Mountain State Park. SR-9-2 The Alpine Loop Road, from Mutual Dell to Aspen Grove between American Fork and Rrovo SR-22- 4 the snowmobile parking lot (MP 36J) to the Birch Greek Reservoir turnoff (MP S9.9), between Huntsville and Woodruff. Wolfcreek Pass, from the S end of the pavement at Woodland over Wolfcreek to the North Fori . ' SR-19- 0, SR-22- SR-11- Canyons. From ML Holly Junction (MP 17) to the west city limits of Junction at US-8-9 (MP 40.4) SR-15- 3 UDOT maintains these and other summer recreation area roads throughout the summer. The roads are routinely closed soon after the deer hunting season when declining traffic volumes do not meet warrants for snow removal Hid maintenance. All maintenance wok on the roads is discontinued until spring. Motorists should be swan that, once dosed, the roads are neither plowed nor patrolled, and if they proceed past the closure signs they do so at their own risk. V Kamas Valley Holds Annual Turkey Shoot reat recreational facility to the The Lion's Club had a great Kamas Valley in this Gun Club. out with a good turn Turkey Shoot and everything went well About It has taken a great deal of com150 people attended sod 70 particibined effort and hard work to compated with twenty birds and four hams swarded. The Lion's Club ap- plete. Over 1,000 man hours were involved in building the Gun Club preciates the help of all those who and all die facilities. Gravel had to make their Gun Chib project work. be hauled, over 50 loads, many The project has added another loads of cement and all the other amenties that goes into this kind of facility. Thanks to the Lions Club for aU they do to help this valley to be a better place to live and raise our families. The Lion's Club will be sponsoring a "Ham Shoot on Dec. IS at the Gun Club. See "The Top Of Die News" for additional informa- tion. Qualified Nurses in Demand; IHC Hospitals Sponsor Second Career and Refresher Open House -- In the wake of recent caU-ou- ts of local medical professionals to assist our nation's "Desert Shield" operation, the national nursing shortage ta expected to intensify in Utah in the near future. And Intermountain Health Care's four Salt Lake Valley hospitals are moving to address the expected shartfalL Alta View, Cottonwood and LDS Hospitals, and Primary Children's Medical Center hope to help Tuesday, Dec. 4, from 4 through 8 p.m. Those attending will be able to discuss their options with college counselors and mining professionals, and refer to audiovisual material at their convenience. Many individuals with interest and experience have entered or re- turned to the nursing profession locally. Realizing his college degree "second career" and "refresher wasn't taking him where he needed nurses to assume or resume profesto go, Tom Foster, Cottonwood sional careers in n nursing. Hospital house supervisor, spent Hospital officials are inviting aU five yean in home construction in interested individuals to a Second Utah, followed by five yean in CareetRefresher open house, to be openpit mining in Michigan. He hdd at the LDS Hospital Education enrolled in nuning after his wife block suggested he would have better job Center Auditorium (one-ha- lf north of die main hospital entrance security in her profession. Tom at Eighth Avenue and C Street) on now believes professional nuning v often the challenge and flexibility to provide a satisfying and tasting CffBCTi Vivienne Sullivan is a staff nurse at Alta View Hospital, and the mother of seven children. The arrival of her first child detoured her turning canes just after Vivienne earned her Bachelor's Degree. But three yean agot she was hospitalized with a knee iqjury, and became acquainted with die opportunities in e nursing. She attended a "refresher course" sponsored by IHC, and has worked two days a week since that time. Did she make a good move when she her chosen profession? Vivienne e says "Nuning is a great and for moms," heartily enjob courages anyone considering the profession to "go for it!" part-tim- ed part-tim- |