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Show I ; "jz--"0"" .. . . Plies of sod await laying at the Centerville Cemetery, as a beautification project on the west side is completed. Volunteers from the Davis County Jail donated over $10,000 worth of free labor to finish the project. County inmates donate time to complete Centerville Cemetery worries warranted it. It was here that trustees from the jail came into the picture. Using volunteer inmates, the west side was completely raked, rocks removed re-moved and the area prepared for sodding. The trustees then labored at laying the sod, finishing last week. "We knew the project would be highly labor-intensive," Mr. Hales added. "Sgt. Green from the Sheriffs Sher-iffs Office screened the volunteers, volun-teers, and they worked well with a member of our staff at completing the sodding. We're very pleased with the results." Mr. Hales estimated that the use of inmates saved Centerville City over $10,000 in labor costs. The city picked up and transported inmates in-mates back to the jail, hut the jail provided lunch for them. With the cost of the project aboul $8,000 for materials. Centerville cut the project pro-ject expenses by more than half thanks to the volunteers. We'd certainly look at working out such an arrangement again." Mr. Hales added. "We've been very pleased with the way the prog-ram prog-ram worked out for all concerned." By TOM HARALDSEN CENTERVILLE Thanks to the volunteer help of trustees from the Davis County Jail, Centervil-le's Centervil-le's cemetery has a new look these days, and has taken care of an erosion ero-sion problem that has plagued its neighbors for years. Improvement in the cemetery actually began last year, when (he roadway was completed to allow a "loop" of the grounds. In addition, a new automatic sprinkling system was -installed. This year marked the second phase of the improvement project. The grounds have been completely landscaped, and a rocky dirt area on the west side has been improved. im-proved. "For years, neighbors abutting the property have complained about ab-out erosion problems with runoff from the upper side," city administrator adminis-trator David Hales explained. "We felt the west side, which is lower, needed to be landscaped to help with that problem, as well as add to the cemetery's appearance." To help immediately with the erosion problem, the city bought sod for the west side of the grounds. Though the cost was higher than seeding, the city fell the immediacy of solving runoff |