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Show Life Is TheEmeryCountyReview.com Swell The Camping Emery and Carbon Counties, Utah u Living in the San Rafael Swell Area u Life Getting away from it all in the great outdoors One Stop Wedding Shop C1 REVIEW B1 Emery County The Volume 2, Issue 29. Local News, Local Voice, Locally Owned 75 Cents Tuesday, July 15, 2008 Nielson crews continue work on Moab tailings project Photo by James L. Davis Daniel Luke operates a compactor as Nielson Construction crews and equipment work on a massive pond for the Moab tailings project near Crescent Junction. Lands Council looks to better forecast mineral lease revenue Josie Luke In an effort to better forecast mineral lease revenue, the Emery County Public Lands Council approved the formation of a new subcommittee, who will be tasked with tracking mineral lease revenue and holding quarterly meetings where oil, gas and coal developers will meet to discuss their current and future plans. The decision was made after Bevan Wilson, the chairman of Emery County Special Service District #1 made the request at the public lands meeting held July 8. The service district has been tasked with tracking mineral lease revenue on federal lands as part of their work in the county. With the emergence of much more oil and natural gas production in the county, and the development of mineral extraction on Utah State Institutional Trust Lands Administration exchange land, mineral lease tracking has become much more complex. According to Wilson, the new subcommittee will “assist the service district in monitoring activity and tracking the development of mineral resources.” This will include bringing together developers in quarterly meetings to discuss such activity. Wilson hopes that by conducting the meetings, it will allow more informed projections to be made on the amount of mineral lease funds the county will receive, thus allowing SSD#1 to plan funding for future projects. Ferron preparing for Peach Days Josie Luke The Ferron City Council is busy preparing for the 107th annual Peach Days Celebration, which will be held Sept. 2-6. At the city council meeting held July 10, Councilmember JoAnn Behling reported that the Ferron Fire Department had agreed to organize the town breakfast on Sept. 6. The department will host the breakfast at the new city fire station. Councilmember Trent Jackson said that plans for the old fashioned soapbox car derby were on track. Jackson added that event registration forms, vendor forms and a complete schedule of events for the celebration are available online at: www.ferroncity.org/PeachDays.html. The council also dis- cussed the horse races and demolition derby, which are scheduled for Sept. 6. They agreed that last year’s prices may have made it difficult for large families to attend, and with high gas prices compounding problems for those who may want to attend this year, prices needed to be decreased. They decided to make entrance fees $5 per person, $20 per family/car and free for children five and under. The council also set a public meeting for July 16, 7 p.m. to open bids for city garbage service. Bidding ends for the contract July 15. City Recorder Adele Justice revealed that Millsite Golf Course had ended the 2007-08 fiscal year in the black with a budget surplus of approximately $9,000. Nielson Construction recently completed the creation of a 9 million gallon pond near Crescent Junction. The pond will be used to store water for use in the construction of the first phase of a holding cell to relocate the Atlas uranium mill tailings from the banks of the Colorado River. The construction company had already completed a 21-mile water pipeline that stretches from the Green River to the Department of Energy site at Crescent Junction which will be home to the uranium tailings when the project is complete. Nielson Construction is the contractor assigned to the task of creating the first phase of the massive holding cell. The company and is performing the work for Energy Solutions, who has the contract with the DOE for the cell. The creation of the earthen holding pond, which covers 2.7 acres and was constructed by heavy equipment operators moving tons of dirt to make the pond 36 feet above grade, will allow for a gravity flow operation for the release of water for dust control and other water needs of the project. The above ground pond will save on electrical costs for the project because there will be no need for pumps to fill water trucks. The DOE and Energy Solutions celebrated the ontime completion of the pipeline and water pond by Niel- son Construction with a brief ceremony on July 1, where the first water truck was ceremonially filled from the pond by Don Metzler, DOE project manager, and Brent Anderson, Energy Solution site construction manager. Pumping water through the pipeline requires the use of four booster pumps to push the water 1,000 feet above the Green River to the pond at Crescent Junction. Construction of the pond and pipeline began in March and was completed in three months. With the pond and water line completed, Nielson Construction will begin the process of moving more than Continued on Page A6. A Family Tradition Photos by Josie Luke Kammi and Kamron Swasey followed in their sister Kaylee’s footsteps as they took part in the Southeastern Utah Junior Livestock Show this year. Raising Memories Following their sister’s lead, youth learn that experience of Southeastern Utah Junior Livestock Show is a lot of fun that.” she said. “It was fun.” In her humble excitement, Kaylee quietly shows her any young children have a strong desire to younger siblings how much fun it can be, always smiling emulate their shyly whenever she speaks older siblings. about her lambs. Kammi, This holds true for the more extroverted than her Swasey siblings of Ferron. sister, readily relates how Kammi, 8, and Kamron, 7, fun their sister makes it really look up to their older look. “Me and Bubba done sister Kaylee, 11. it because when Kaylee So after watching Kaydone it, it just looked so fun, lee compete in the Southso we got goats and done eastern Utah Junior Liveit,” she related. stock Show for two years, So this year, both - Kammi Swasey, 8. Kammi and Kamron raised Kammi and Kamron tried Summing up her experience showing her goat at Wether goats for the livetheir hand at raising livestock for the event, and both the Southeastern Utah Junior Livestock Show stock show. Kammi named did quite well. The luck her goat “Gold Dust” held for older sister, Kaylee, and Kamron named his who won Grand Champion “Twinkle.” In Fitting and meat ram with her lamb, “Lucky Bucky.” Showmanship, Kamron won first in his age group and third Kaylee, who also had two lambs in the yearling breeding stock competition, was elated at winning with Lucky. Continued on Page A3. “I’ve never won grand, or third, or second, or anything like Josie Luke M “It was really a good goat, except for the part where he went under my legs and twisted me around. Everyone was laughing.” |
