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Show A3 stan ee sappoemy Canes _ County Closing i in on New Water Czar TIM WESTBY COURIER STAFF T tie: rt ERIE 8 he Wasatch County Commission hopes to announce its pick for the recently be to ee with the county health and planning departments to make sure that The commission cre- ated the $46,000 to formed - $50,000 water resources director’s position at the next commission meeting on Monday. a year posi-. tion after continued strong growth in the county started taxing claims made by developers and_ irrigation companies about avail- . water resources. able water are accurate. Commissioner Commissioners’ LaRen Provost and — Mike Kohler told the Kohler. hopes the new Ralph Duke interviewed the seven| Courier that a major applicants for the position last week. | focus of the job would - position its use of outside water specialists and _attorneys. Other duties of the new hire include administering the county’s portion of the Central Utah Project, directing the water resource activities of Special Service Area #1, coordinating the county’s work on the Provo River, and working with area irrigation companies. will allow the - county to cut down on Lapeer z ToT WASATCH COUNTY COURIER NOVEMBER 22, 2000 Resort Town's S Low-Income Residents Struggling his we town may be best known 4 most of those ee for» 1ts* posh resorts, pricey restaurants, es dooneat bou- food on the shelves,” said Karen Stern, a nun at St. Mary of the Assumption “We appealed to the parish- joners and they have been very good. The food began pouring in.” Stern said 63 families came in for help this October, compared to just 11 in the same time last year. _ Neither Stern nor St. Mary's priest, the Rev. Robert Bussen, could fully explain the growing need. But they said said. “But there in Park City are not a lot of jobs in | the fall. It's difficult until the ski season opens. We have an awful lot of people who are struggling.” One is Filiberto Barrios, who visited St. Mary's food bank last week to pick up canned tomatoes, flour for tortillas, and cereal for his youngest daughter. Barrios has spent the past eight years. picking apples in Washington state orchards. But there was no work makes millions... Most of the money Barrios saved’as .<- -“It's expensive to live here,” said Kay Gare the church's food pantry and a farmworker in Washington goes toward rent on his apartment in one of Park City's affordable housing com- plexes. He pays $850 a month for a twobedroom apartment he shares with his two daughters, his brother and sister-in- ‘clothing bank coordinator. She said the church has given-away more than 1,700. items of clothing since Sept. 1. “We are seeing more and more peo- _ple who need assistance,” she said. ff eT Ada CHAREESTON. Charleston Town Hall : No mecting Nov. 23 due to Thanksgiving holiday. 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But ~ “So far I haven't found any work and neither have my: daughters,” ”. the 37- : housing costs can be prohibitive in a year-old father of five - town where the average home costs than $250,000. sid in Spanish. more one every In fact, with we average yearly “Almost all the restaurant owners require . income. close to $100,000, even basics like food and clothing can eat up a lowexperience. I've level budget. That's why the Park City worked in reamurants in California, but it was — Community Church decided in August so long ago I don't have any references.” ... to. establish a clothing bank.. oe " . ied ta hilt’ - tiques: But not everyone. in1 Park City makes millions; and with the holidays. coming, community groups are struggling to keep up with burgeoning demand for help. “For a while, we just could not keep assistance are Latino residents who work at the town's resorts, restaurants and hotels. 7 “They usually arrive in: the fall, because: like many others. they want to get their — children enrolled in~ school,” But not re }T ry nd Cin Eee eine AREA > eae: @ |