Ivins City News June 2011 VOLUME 9, ISSUE 6 Phone Numbers: City Hall 628-0606 Animal Services 628-1049 Building/Zoning 634-9753 Justice Court 634-5728 Parks & Rec 634-0689 Police Dispatch 634-5730 Public Safety 674-5503 Public Works 634-0689 Utilities 628-0606 Emergencies 911 Inside This Issue: Pets of the Month 2 Weeds, Fires & Trailers 2 Mayor’s Message 2 Vietnam Veterans 4 Proposed American Legion Post 4 Reminders 5 Ivins Parks & Rec 5 Recreation Course Information 6-7 DSC Community Ed. 8 Meeting Schedule 5:30 PM City Council June 2, 2011 June 16, 2011 Planning Commission May 31, 2011 June 14, 2011 Post Office Main Branch/New Service Santa Clara: 628-2112 Satellite Post Office Ivins: 628-1381 Utility Payment Drop Box Ivins City Office (north side of building) Ivins Satellite Post Office Website: www.ivins.com The Pet Corner Aggie Smith, Ivins Animal Shelter Linda Elwell, Friends of Ivins Animal Shelter Greetings from the Ivins Animal Shelter With the mercury rising, everyone will be feeling the heat, including your pets. So, if you have a pet at home this is the time to pay special attention to its needs. Stay alert and try to gauge if your pet is trying to express some kind of discomfort or fatigue through its physical gestures. All pets should be given lots of water in the summer months. If you spot an animal suffering from heat exhaustion or dehydration, move it to a shaded spot or in air conditioning. You can apply wet cool towels, or place in a tepid tub of water. After the animal has cooled down then offer a small amount of water or ice cubes. If the animal does not improve seek veterinarian care. Telltale signs of heat exhaustion are: 1. Heavy panting 4. Unsteadiness 7. Deep red or purple tongue 2. Glazed eyes 5. Staggering gait 3. Rapid Pulse 6. Vomiting Hot surfaces like roadways can also cause burns dog and cat’s paw pads. Some dogs with light or white coats may get sunburned so always provide a shaded place. The biggest risk to animals is the inside of a car in the summer, especially in the southwest. The inside of a car is like a green- house and it traps the heat. The graph below will show how hot your car is on the inside, parked in a shaded spot with four cracked windows. I would like to thank Shadon Gates who built a shed for the animal shelter as his Eagle Scout project. This was greatly appreciated and a needed addition to our shelter. Greetings from Friends of Ivins Animal Shelter Spring is here and summer is approaching quickly. Our shelter has many wonderful pets who need a ―forever home‖! Our ―Wish for the month of June‖ is two - fold. Please consider adopting one of our wonderful animals and if you cannot adopt please consider becoming a foster parent. This time of year brings many kittens and puppies to the shelter and having a foster home list would be of tremendous help to Aggie. The second part of our wish is scoopable litter. Of course we will accept anything you wish to donate to help the animals. Donations of wet/dry Purina dog food, Friskies cat food, Purina kitten chow and Purina puppy chow are always appreciated. We try very hard not to switch brands of food in order to maintain a regular diet for the cats and dogs in our care. Friends of Ivins Animal Shelter has been selected as one of two charities in our area to benefit from the 2011 Round Nevada Classic Car Tour. The event will be held in the Albertson’s parking lot on Sunset Blvd. from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday June 8 th . Admission is free and it promises to be a fun filled event for all. FIAS will be accepting financial donations as well as supply donations. Our Committee Chair, Kathy Young, is working hard to have a variety of inter- esting items for sale to benefit the animals. All donations and funds raised will directly benefit the animals in the Ivins Animal Shelter & Adoption Center. For more information please call FIAS at 673-1718. We look forward to seeing you there! Time of Day Outside Temperatures Temperatures inside of a car 9:15 a.m. 88 103 10:00 a.m. 90 108 12:00 p.m. 101 114 2:00 p.m. 110 123 4:00 p.m. 115 132
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Ivins City News June 2011 VOLUME 9, ISSUE 6
Phone Numbers:
City Hall 628-0606
Animal Services 628-1049
Building/Zoning 634-9753
Justice Court 634-5728
Parks & Rec 634-0689
Police Dispatch 634-5730
Public Safety 674-5503
Public Works 634-0689
Utilities 628-0606
Emergencies 911
Inside This Issue:
Pets of the Month 2
Weeds, Fires &
Trailers 2
Mayor’s Message 2
Vietnam Veterans 4
Proposed American
Legion Post 4
Reminders 5
Ivins Parks & Rec 5
Recreation Course
Information 6-7
DSC Community Ed. 8
7-8
7
8
Meeting Schedule
5:30 PM
City Council
June 2, 2011
June 16, 2011
Planning Commission
May 31, 2011
June 14, 2011
Post Office
Main Branch/New Service
Santa Clara: 628-2112
Satellite Post Office
Ivins: 628-1381
Utility Payment Drop Box
Ivins City Office
(north side of building)
Ivins Satellite Post Office
Website: www.ivins.com
The Pet Corner Aggie Smith, Ivins Animal Shelter
Linda Elwell, Friends of Ivins Animal Shelter
Greetings from the Ivins Animal Shelter With the mercury rising, everyone will be feeling the heat, including your pets. So, if you have a
pet at home this is the time to pay special attention to its needs. Stay alert and try to gauge if your
pet is trying to express some kind of discomfort or fatigue through its physical gestures. All pets
should be given lots of water in the summer months. If you spot an animal suffering from heat
exhaustion or dehydration, move it to a shaded spot or in air conditioning. You can apply wet
cool towels, or place in a tepid tub of water. After the animal has cooled down then offer a small
amount of water or ice cubes. If the animal does not improve seek veterinarian care.
Telltale signs of heat exhaustion are:
1. Heavy panting 4. Unsteadiness 7. Deep red or purple tongue
2. Glazed eyes 5. Staggering gait
3. Rapid Pulse 6. Vomiting
Hot surfaces like roadways can also cause burns dog and cat’s paw pads. Some dogs with light or
white coats may get sunburned so always provide a shaded place. The biggest risk to animals is
the inside of a car in the summer, especially in the southwest. The inside of a car is like a green-
house and it traps the heat. The graph below will show how hot your car is on the inside, parked
in a shaded spot with four cracked windows.
I would like to thank Shadon Gates who built a shed for the animal shelter as his Eagle Scout
project. This was greatly appreciated and a needed addition to our shelter.
Greetings from Friends of Ivins Animal Shelter Spring is here and summer is approaching quickly. Our shelter has many wonderful pets who
need a ―forever home‖! Our ―Wish for the month of June‖ is two- fold. Please consider adopting
one of our wonderful animals and if you cannot adopt please consider becoming a foster parent.
This time of year brings many kittens and puppies to the shelter and having a foster home list
would be of tremendous help to Aggie. The second part of our wish is scoopable litter. Of course
we will accept anything you wish to donate to help the animals. Donations of wet/dry Purina dog
food, Friskies cat food, Purina kitten chow and Purina puppy chow are always appreciated. We
try very hard not to switch brands of food in order to maintain a regular diet for the cats and dogs
in our care.
Friends of Ivins Animal Shelter has been selected as one of two charities in our area to benefit
from the 2011 Round Nevada Classic Car Tour. The event will be held in the Albertson’s parking
lot on Sunset Blvd. from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday June 8 th. Admission is free and it
promises to be a fun filled event for all. FIAS will be accepting financial donations as well as
supply donations. Our Committee Chair, Kathy Young, is working hard to have a variety of inter-
esting items for sale to benefit the animals. All donations and funds raised will directly benefit
the animals in the Ivins Animal Shelter & Adoption Center. For more information please call
FIAS at 673-1718. We look forward to seeing you there!
Time of Day Outside
Temperatures
Temperatures
inside of a car
9:15 a.m. 88 103
10:00 a.m. 90 108
12:00 p.m. 101 114
2:00 p.m. 110 123
4:00 p.m. 115 132
PAGE 2 VOLUME 9, ISSUE 6 IVINS CITY NEWS
Marching Forward
Chris Hart, Mayor
On May 3rd Governor Herbert signed into law the bill authoriz-
ing the Washington County Veterans Nursing Home to be built
in Ivins City. Our State Legislators who sponsored the bill and
fought to keep the funding in place attended the event along
with Terry Schow and Dennis McFall from the State Veterans
Affairs Office. Most evident however were the many local
veterans who came to witness the signing that marked the cul-
mination of their three year effort to make this care
center a reality.
Two days later a public hearing was held in our
City Council meeting to discuss authorizing the
transfer of ten acres of City property to the State
for the construction of the facility. Not one word was raised in
protest and the Council voted unanimously to proceed. A de-
velopment agreement was also approved that evening clearing
the way for the project to begin.
A ceremonial groundbreaking is tentatively planned for July
with actual construction to begin in October. Hundreds of con-
struction workers will be needed to complete the facility within
the aggressive thirteen month schedule that has been proposed.
A design/build general contractor will be decided upon within
the next few weeks with the intent of having both the design
and construction work move forward simultaneously.
In conjunction with all of the other preparations being made, a
massive multi-County fund raising effort is being launched by
the regional Veterans organizations to raise money for needed
upgrades to the furnishings within the facility and for a Veter-
ans Memorial Monument to be erected in front of the building.
The veterans will be working very hard for the next month and
a half because all the money raised by July 15th for the interior
upgrades will be matched by the Federal Veterans Administra-
tion on a 35% local to 65% federal funding ratio. So every dol-
lar donated by then becomes nearly three dollars in actual im-
provements.
Individuals, businesses and other entities
supported by the facility are encouraged to
become room sponsors by donating
$4,000.00 to the cause. That contribution
provides a more comfortable hospital bed,
a flat screen TV and upgraded furniture for the room. The
name of the person, business or other entity making a room
donation will appear on a plaque beside the door of the room
they sponsored. Bill Toole of the Marine Corps League and I
were privileged to receive the first such donation from Robert
Hansberry who is a veteran and was a patient at Dixie Regional
Medical Center at the time. He and his wife said they were
happy to get the ball rolling on this effort. Smaller donations
are also welcomed and many will be needed to reach the goal.
All are tax deductible.
OLLIE
Pets of the Month I am such a cute girl. Very affectionate and
sweet describes my personality. I am about 5
months old, just the right age to be adopted and
become a member of your family. I am a
mixed breed of Chihuahua and Jack Russell
Terrier. Please call Aggie at 628-1049 or
Friends of Ivins Animal Shelter at 673-1718 to
make an appointment to meet me and all of
my friends.
My name is Ollie. My family moved and
abandoned at my home. I was rescued by a
kind person and brought to the Ivins Animal
Shelter & Adoption Center so I could find my
forever home. I am a beautiful sweet Flame-
point and I am de-clawed. My housemate and
I came to the shelter together. We are both
cream with blue eyes, so handsome. Please call Aggie at 669-
7043 or Friends of Ivins Animal Shelter at 673-1718 to make an
appointment to meet me and all of my buddies at the shelter.
Weeds, Fires and Trailers on the Street Sgt Tracy Marrott, Public Safety
What the heck could these things have in common? These are
all Code Enforcement issues that are becoming a problem this
year.
We are fortunate to get a lot of moisture this spring. It
has made for a bumper crop of weeds. Although not
the tumble weeds we’re used to, the cheat grass we’re
seeing gets highly flammable in late June or July. We have al-
ready seen our first brush fire. If the cheat grass is mowed while
green, it can reduce the probability of fire. Code Enforcement is
getting letters out to the areas we see as a concern, but it’s
likely that we might miss one in your neighborhood. Call us
and let us know if you see a problem and we’ll get to it. The
Code Enforcement telephone number is 435-674-5503.
As you were advised before, vehicles parked on the roadway
must have the right side of the vehicle parallel to the curb. I
think I said ―left side‖ in the May newsletter and some of you
have caught me on it. I must have had my boots on wrong that
day.
Utility trailers, camp trailers, trailers used for
your business, etc. cannot be stored on city
streets. This means they should not be parked
in front of your residence without being hooked to your vehicle
and even when hooked to your vehicle they may only be there
for loading and unloading. If you’re in this situation you may
receive a warning, but these violations can be towed immedi-
ately. Again, please call Kevin Rudd at 435-634-9753 or Ser-
geant Tracy Marrott at 435-674-5503 with any questions.
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Upcoming Dumpster Dates:
Saturday, June 18th, 2011
Saturday, July 16th, 2011
In addition to funding the interior upgrades donations may be
directed to the magnificent Veterans Memorial Monument that
will be erected in front of the facility. Created by Ed Hlavka
who sculpted the mustangs in our entry roundabout, the sixteen
foot bronze eagle in flight above a sandstone pillar will rise
twenty five feet over the main entrance to the building. Ed has
provided a model that will appear at various fund raising
events.
Donation checks for the room upgrades can be made out to
‖Utah Department of Veterans Affairs, Donation Account‖ and
mailed to Utah Department of Veterans Affairs, 550 Foothill
Drive, Suite 202, Salt Lake City, Utah 84113 or placed in the
donation box at Ivins City Hall.
Donation checks for the Veterans Memorial
Monument can be made out to ―Ivins Veterans
Home, Donation Account‖ with ―Monument‖
specified on the ―memo‖ line and mailed to
Mayor Chris Hart c/o Ivins City, 50 North Main
Street, Ivins, Utah 84738 or placed in the dona-
tion box at Ivins City Hall.
As icing on the cake it has been announced that
an Ivins Chapter of the American Legion is to be
established in conjunction with the Veterans
Nursing Home coming to our City. All Ivins
residents who are veterans and future residents of
the care center are qualified to become members.
No doubt a primary focus of this chapter will be
to provide support and relief to the residents of
the nursing home. Anyone interested in signing
up as a charter member or obtaining additional
information may contact Bill Stay, the Area Four
Commander of the American Legion or Arnie & Ellen Nathan,
District Seven Commander and District Seven Auxiliary Presi-
dent respectively, both of whom are Ivins residents.
**Dumpsters are located next to the Public Works Yard
behind the City Cemetery. They are available on a first
come first serve basis beginning at 8:00am and close that
same day once full.
June Agenda Items By Judy Gubler, City Manager
The following are some of the topics that will be discussed at
the June Planning Commission and City Council meetings.
This is not a complete list and the complete agendas will be
posted on the website www.ivins.com 5 to 7 days prior to the
meetings. Agendas may be amended up to 24 hours prior to a
meeting. If you have questions regarding any of the agenda
items please call or e-mail Kevin Rudd at 634-9753 or