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Show Opinions Page 2 The Gunnison Valley Gazette What’s a scone? Just A Thought By MARK HENLINE A few months ago, Jodi and I went to lunch at Mom’s Café in Salina. As we were enjoying our meal, a father, mother and their son, who appeared to be about 15, came in and sat down at a nearby table. From the comments they were making, I could tell they weren’t local, they had just stopped in as they traveled I-70. When the waitress came to take their order, the son asked her, “What’s a scone?” As the waitress explained what a scone was, I thought, ‘you poor, deprived kid. Fifteen years old and have never had a scone.’ Is that a form of child abuse? When I was young, my mother baked a lot of bread, usually at least once a week. Sometimes she would take the extra dough, roll it out flat, sprinkle it with cinnamon and sugar and then bake it. When it came out of the oven, I would break off pieces and eat it. It was good stuff. As much as I liked the crustos, I really liked when my mom would use the extra dough to make scones. You always knew scones were coming when there was a pile of dough on the bread board and Mom was heating oil on the stove. She would then cut off a little piece, stretch it out and fry it to golden brown on both sides. After it cooled on a paper towel for a minute, I would spread it with butter and honey or jam and enjoy a little piece of heaven. I think when I was a kid, we had scones at least three or four times a month. I think I could have eaten them three or four times a week and not gotten tired of them. At times in the summer while all of us kids were out playing, Mom would make a big plate of scones. Then she would stick her head out the front door and yell, “Scones!” That’s all she would have to say and kids from all over the neighborhood would come running. We would all stand on the big front porch eating, until every scone was gone. Then we would get a drink out of the hose and go back to playing. Whenever Mom made scones, I felt like the most popular kid on the street. All I would have to say is, “My mom is making scones, wanna come play at my house?” and before you knew it, there would be a crowd. It’s funny how often times simple things make for the most precious memories. My mother passed away several years ago but in my mind, I still see her standing in the kitchen with her apron on, frying scones for her family. Now Playing At The Casino Star Theatre Playing February 2nd through February 8th Rated PG-13 Ticket Prices $5.00 - Adults Mon-Thurs = 7 pm nightly $3.50 - Children under 12 Fri & Sat = 7 pm & 9 pm & Senior Citizens Tuesday Night is Bargain Night! All seats just $3.50 Winter Show Times! Family Medicine Specialists of Gunnison 79 East Center • Gunnison, UT 84634 (435) 528-2130 Monday: Tuesday: Wednesday: Thursday: Friday: Every other Saturday: 8:00 8:00 8:00 1:00 8:00 9:00 - 4:00 4:00 4:00 8:00 4:00 noon Dr. Young is board certified in the broad spectrum of family practice medicine, including obstetrics and pediatrics. He is also fluent in Spanish. Thursday, February 1, 2007 Letters to the editor... FACTS OF THE WATER PROJECT Dear Editor: I would like to respond to the article to the citizens of Centerfield from Mardy Jensen. I feel that I need to discuss the facts of the water project. 1. The EPA does NOT require that a secondary source be available. The state only recommends a secondary source be available for emergency use. Centerfield has had an emergency system in place for years–tying into the Gunnison water system, which has been approved by the state. 2. Centerfield’s water system is tied to Gunnison’s water system for use in an emergency situation, and it has been used in the past. 3. Voting for or against the resolution has nothing to do with what is called Phase One, which is the building of a 500,000 gallon storage tank, changes, and additions to the city distribution system. 4. The resolution is for Phase Two connecting into the Mayfield well and building the treatment plant, which is at present being held up by Congress with regards to the funding. 5. The school cafeteria was NOT packed at the public hearing as stated in Mardy’s letter. It was attended by approximately 50-60 residents. Since the meeting back in October of 2005, we’ve had a chance to look into the facts. 6. A question Centerfield residents should consider in case of a line failure between its spring and the storage tank, “How do you get water from the second source well in Mayfield?” 7. The two necks to the water system, which would be an addition to our present system, would be a pipe located ½ mile east of 500 East 200 South to Center Street at a cost of about $113,000. The 6-inch pipeline on 400 East 200 South to 200 North is to be abandoned and replaced with newer–but still a 6inch–pipe. This could be replaced with a 10- or 12-inch pipe at a cost of about $27,000 over the 6-inch pipe and would put a greater volume of water to 200 North rather than just to Center Street. This would be a savings of $86,000 to the city if the line size was increased because the two necks would not be necessary. 8. This would affect all residents on the north side of Center Street if the 6-inch pipe were used. They would not be able to draw as much volume of water that should be available to them. 9. At present, Centerfield’s distribution system can already isolate sections of the system for repair work. 10. It was stated that “Phase One is to upgrade the existing pipe from the White hills to the town of Centerfield.” I ask, “Where is the upgrade?” We are NOT out of drinking water. There is a state rule requiring that a system in an emergency can supply 800 gallons a day to each resident connection. (A onesecond-foot of water, which represents 450 gallons a minute, will furnish 800 gallons to 800 connections.) At present, Centerfield has only 424 connections. Also, at the present time we have 340 gallons/ min coming into our storage tank. This is about 500 gallons a day or about 15,000 gallons per month, which would give water to 975 connections. Centerfield’s water connections would have to more than double before we ran out of water. 11. The plans that are proposed and ready for bid raise a number of questions if any common sense is to be used. At present, Phase One plan includes connecting the Mayfield well to the Centerfield spring. That was supposed to be in Phase Two, as stated in a letter to all Centerfield residents sent in June of 2005–“A blending and booster station to allow use of Mayfield’s park well as an additional culinary water source, and for a new well and nitrate treatment system that will be built in Phase 2.” I am against tying into the Mayfield well until when and if the $3,000,000 becomes available from Congress. I support Phase One, which should be a 500,000 gallon storNOT THE NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK Dear Senator Bennett, In reference to the letter dated December 28, 2006 sent to you that led to assuming it represented the entire council, we apologize for omitting one word. It read “Centerfield City Council”; it was supposed to read Centerfield City Council Members”. I’ll use the comment of former Senator Moss: “It was not the intent of the bill”. It was not the intent of the heading to say it represented Centerfield City Council and we stated that we were concerned council members. We do not apologize for the letter itself. We are entitled to our opinion, just as you have your opinion of the amendment for the protection of the flag of the United State of America. The Mayor indicates Gene Bardsely and Eugene Jensen are junior members on the council. We, duly elected by our constituents, have the same authority as any of the other council members. Bardsley, Frandsen, and myself have had many years of public Courtesy Photo 1968- Senator Wallace F. Bennett, candidate for re-election on the republican ticket is greeted as he lands at the Manti-Ephraim Airport October 7th by Keith R. Jorgensen, left, candidate for 2-year county commissioner; Eugene Jensen, candidate for 4-year county commissioner and Sanpete Republican Chairman, Allen A. Frandsen. Senator Bennett made a major campaign speech at Snow College auditorium at noon and later conferred with local candidates and county leaders. service and responsibilities. In today’s world of attorneys and engineers, experience and common sense seem to carry very WEATHER Lane Henderson, Publisher Mark Henline, Editor & Advertising Jodi Henline, Office Manager Call: (435) 528-5178 for subscription, news or advertising. FAX: (435) 528-5179 E-mail gazette@gtelco.net The Gunnison Valley Gazette is published each Thursday by Gunnison Valley Gazette, L.L.C., 194 South Main Suite 101, P.O. Box 143 Gunnison, Utah 84634. Bulk rate postage (permit No. 11) is paid at Gunnison, Utah. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Gunnison Valley Gazette, P.O. Box 143 Gunnison, Utah 84634 Deadlines: News and advertising, close of business, Friday prior to publication. Subscription prices: One year, $25 in Sanpete County, one year, $30 outside Sanpete County. Single copy price 50 cents. Advertising rates available upon request. All articles and photographs submitted for publication are subject to editing and only will be used if the editor deems them newsworthy. The editor reserves the right to hold submitted news items for space reasons. Copyright Gunnison Valley Gazette, Gunnison, Utah 2005. All rights reserved. Reproduction, reuse or transmittal of all matter herein is prohibited without prior written permission by the publisher or editor. Saturday 40/17 Mostly Sunny Sunday 43/16 Sunny Gunnison’s Weather brought to you by Gunnison Telephone Co. little weight. Thank you for your time. Respectfully yours, Eugene Jensen Not available in Stores! Reg $45 Thursday 32/8 Partly Cloudy Friday 35/6 Partly Cloudy age tank and improvements to the distribution system, with a couple of changes. Centerfield can service growth for many years. In the past, Centerfield acquired a large grant and a low-interest loan that purchased shares of irrigation water and to make improvements to the secondary water system. This was done to keep prime culinary water for household use. Centerfield has command of enough shares (about 1,000) so that even in drought conditions and with good scheduling, yards and gardens can be taken care of properly. The computer is being used for many things these days, one of which is to plan our distribution system. The computer doesn’t have the ability to use common sense and the experience of people who have worked with water for years and years. There should still be room in our planning for this experience and common sense. In all my years of service to the valley and in all of the positions of responsibility that I have held, I have always worked for improvement. A lot of grant money is at stake at this time, but this grant money DOES NOT cover any costs to the city which will be needed after. A lot of money will be spent on one project. We are so in need of money for police protection and improvement to our roads. Our mayor seems to want council members who will agree to all he says. I have asked many hard questions about our water system because of my knowledge and experience in this area. I have done this because I care about the future of our town and its residents and the costs and debt that will be incurred by this project. I hope that the citizens of Centerfield will look into the facts of this proposed plan and ask the city council some hard questions themselves. We all want the best for our town. Thank you. Sincerely, A. Eugene Jensen Brighten Your Smile! Now Only $35 Kelly Frandsen, D.D.S 75 North 100 East Gunnison 528-7316 |