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Show A3 The Emery County Review, Tuesday, July 1, 2008 Tour highlights progress on irrigation system Continued from Page A1. a break had occurred in the line during the previous evening. The break, caused by the water line sinking in water-saturated soil, is indicative of some of the problems the irrigation company, JUB Engineering and Nielson Construction have had to face throughout the project. Replacing more than 300 miles of open canals that have been in use since the settlement of the area, Nielson Construction and JUB Engineering have faced the problem of soil that literally moves back into trenches that are dug. “You dig a trench and the surrounding land will move into the trench. It’s not water that you can pump out. It’s muck,” said Larry Perkins of JUB Engineering. Because of the water saturation Nielson Construction has faced several of its trackhoes sinking into the muck as they struggled to put in the water line. They have also had to return to fix the problem of water line popping back out of the ground because of the water and to replace valves that have broken due to the line being twisted and turned by water-saturated soil. In some cases the company has had to dig down as much as 30 feet to find solid enough soil to anchor the valves. With phase one of the project nearing completion and portions of phase two underway, excitement for the pressurized system is beginning to grow for stakeholders who have often been frustrated by a sometimes cumbersome process to acquire funding for the project. While the stop and go nature of the funding cycles in the project have been cause for some headaches, supporters say that the benefits of the salinity project are beginning to be realized. When all is said and done and the system is completely online it is estimated that the project will remove 70,000 tons of salt per year from the Colorado River Basin, saving the federal government an estimated $12 million per year on funds it uses to deal with the problem downstream. Tour attendees were impressed with the work that has been accomplished on the project and the prospects for the future. Many of those in attendance had been on a similar tour in 2006 as the project was about to get underway. “Nielson Construction has done an outstanding job. Everything that has been done was done first class,” Perkins said. As the open canals of the irrigation system are replaced with pressurized irrigation, estimates are there will be as much as a 50 percent savings in water loss due to shrinkage, a huge factor for stakeholders. One downside will be that as the open canals are replaced with water line the trees and grasses that have grown along the canal paths will die. Before the project is complete mitigation for the loss of plant and tree life that serve as habitat for wildlife will be addressed, but what form that will take has not been determined. Funding for the more than $60 million project is coming from three primary sources. The first being $38 million which came from a combination of the Bureau of Reclamation’s Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program and the Natural Resources Conservation Service’s Environmental Quality Incentives Program. These programs, which as their names state, aim to reduce the amount of salinity reaching the Colorado River and traveling down stream, are designed to stop the salinity problem at its source, rather than have to treat the problem at its end. The second largest funding source comes from PacifiCorp, which has contributed almost $20 million to the project. The power company, which is one-third stakeholder in the Huntington/Cleveland Irrigation Company, began looking at the salinity control project as a way to insure its supply of water. The remaining funds come from the rest of the HCIC stockholders, with farmers and ranchers providing 25 percent of the funding for their own on-farm irrigation systems. With an estimated increase of 30 to 50 percent on-farm water efficiency, the investment by stockholders will pay off with not only large water savings, but greatly increased ability to choose when to use their water. “I think you’re going to see a lot of good things happen. You’re taking care of your most basic resource, which is your water,” said Gary Roeder of the Natural Resources Conservation Service. Larry Davis named new principal at Emery High Continued from Page A1. But for both, the new positions offer benefits they could not ignore. “At this time in my career, it’s a good move for me. I’m excited about it.” Callahan said. Davis related a number of rea- sons he is excited to return to Emery High, where he taught for 14 years, including reestablishing relationships with colleagues he worked with in the past. For Grant, his retirement provides him with the opportunity for further work in education. He was named, from a pool of six applicants, as the director of the Southeast Education Service Center in Price. The center, one of four established by the Utah State Office of Education to benefit rural school districts, serves the Carbon, Emery, Grand and San Juan School Districts. Beginning July 1, as director, Grant will oversee the many services the center provides, including technology training, reading and data specialists, and assistance with new online testing. Davis has 30 years in the field of education, 22 as a teacher and 8 as an administrator. He has been the principal at Canyon View Jr. High School for the past 8 years. Prior to his assignment at Canyon View Jr. High School, Mr. Davis taught at Emery High School for 14 years. He also taught school at Spanish Fork High School and has been involved in coaching baseball. Davis also served as the Editor of the Emery County Progress and the Spanish Fork Press. Few voters turn out for primary Ferron Council supports new policy regarding arena Josie Luke After years of difficulty with rent payments, miscommunication and garbage at the Ferron Arena, the Ferron City Council expressed their support for a new policy proposed by Councilperson Ronny Bloomer for those who board and train horses in the arena and surrounding property. Because the business brings in a major source of funds for the city, the council declined to discontinue the use, but Bloomer, after expressing much frustration in many council meetings, including the most recent on June 25, discussed several policies he believes will serve to rid the city of the issues seen in the past. Those changes include, establishing one person those who board and train at the site will call with any issues to eliminate confusion, not allowing the use of portable stalls, having those who are actually working at the site pay the rent, tagging stalls which have been paid for and locking all those that are not being used. On June 25, the council also decided to postpone the formation of committees called for in the city’s master plan until October. The decision was made to give the city and those already on existing committees time to deal with the current situation involving the proposed residential treatment facility. Mayor Gill Conover also revealed that vendor applications for the Ferron Peach Day’s Celebration would be accepted by the City Beginning on July 1. Results of the June 24 primary for Emery County found that only 8 percent of registered voters chose to cast a ballot in the primary. Castle Dale District 7 recorded the highest percentage of voters, with 20.31 percent casting a vote. Orangeville recorded the second highest percentage with 13.74 percent and Huntington District 9 recorded the lowest turnout with 3.61 percent voting in the primary. Emery High and Carbon High Class of 2009 Seniors For the candidate position of Republican State Treasurer, Richard K. Ellis beat out Mark Walker for votes in Emery County with 237 to Walker’s 193. For the Democratic District 69, candidate Christine Watkins received 6 votes in Green River and Grady McEvoy received no votes. Green River is the only Emery County municipality to vote in that primary. For School Board Dis- trict 2, Nanette Tanner received 95 votes to Rue Ware’s 37 and Kelly Alton’s 33. Tanner and Ware will be on the November ballot for School Board District 2. For School Board District 3, Laurel Johansen received 94 votes to Mike McCandless’ 42 votes and Ross Huntington’s 15 votes. Johansen and McCandless will be on the November ballot for School Board District 3. Earl’s Furniture & Appliance Quality for less Summer’s finally here! Emery County’s New Newspaper 685 South Main Street P.O. Box 487 Orangeville, UT. 84537 www.theemerycountyreview.com Phone: 435-748-2541 Fax: 435-748-2543 Established January 2, 2007 Published Every Tuesday Publisher / Editor James L. Davis jldavis@theemerycountyreview.com Co-Publisher / Office / Advertising Manager Colleen A. Davis cdavis@theemerycountyreview.com Assistant Editor Josie Luke Advertising Design / Office Lyndsay Reid Advertising Sales Charlotte Williams Editorial Staff Kathy P. Ockey Webmaster Casey Wood Postmaster: Send change of address to The Emery County Review, 685 South Main Street, P.O. Box 487, Orangeville, UT. 84537. Publication No: (USPS 6) issued once a week at Orangeville, Utah. Standard postage paid at Orangeville, Utah. 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