U.S.Snowkite Masters 2012

Today marks the start of the 2012 U.S. Snowkite Masters being held up Fairview Canyon.  The event is runs through Sunday and can be found by mile marker 14 on Highway 31.  Hope to see you there.  Visit www.snowkitemasters.com for more information.

COME BE INVOLVED

ALL: This Friday we have a rare opportunity in Ephraim to first have a Town Hall meeting at the Ephraim City hall at 5:00 pm with 2nd. Congressional District candidate, Chris Stewart.  Then at 6:00 pm at the Snow College Library the Utah League of Cities and Towns will be presenting a legislative update for rural Utah.  Hope to see you there!

Ephraim Youth City Council

On Wednesday January 25, 2012 the Utah League of Cities and Towns held its annual Local Officials Day at the Utah State Capital.  Youth City Councils from around the state are invited to this event.  The Ephraim Youth City Council (best one in the state) attended this years meetings with me.  We participated in a "mock legislative session", toured the capital, and had lunch at the Grand America while listening two wonderful speakers.  First we heard from Liz Murray who spoke about her own "Homeless to Harvard" story which was excellent and inspiring.  Then we heard from Clayton Christensen a noted business professor at Harvard and world leader in "Disruptive Innovation." 

Local Economy

Before addressing some good news for Ephraim City I wanted to share some good news for the State of Utah.  Recently Forbes Magazine rated Utah the "The Best State for Business and Careers."  This is in large part due to the fiscally conservative state that we are.  Businesses appreciate the type of environment this fiscal conservatism has created for their businesses to succeed.

On an more local level, Ephraim City is currently sitting at 13.72% Year-to-Date above last year in sales tax revenue.  Sale tax revenue is the City's number one source of income, so while this is great news, we are still proceeding cautiously entering into 2012.

I would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas!   

Intermountain Power Agency (IPA) Annual Meeting

IPA is the owner of the Intermountain Power Project (IPP) located in the Great Basin region of western Utah. IPP generates an average of more than 13 million megawatt hours of energy each year from its two coal-fired units. The energy is delivered over the project's AC and DC transmission systems to 36 participants in the project that principally serve Utah and Southern California.  At the meeting we held discussion on wether to convert the IPP into natural gas.  California purchases roughly 75% of the power generated at the plant and new California state regulations require power useres to retire all their coal generation by 2027.  This could be a big change for this project.  IPP currently is one of the most effective coal genrating facilites in the country.  Those in attendance were also able to hear from Former Utah Governer Norman Bangerter.   

Light Parade 2011

EPHRAIM CITY

ANNUAL ELECTRIC LIGHT PARADE; 2011

          

We would like to invite you to participate in Ephraim City’s Annual Electric Light Parade to be held on Friday, December 2, 2011, starting at 6:00 PM. 

The Theme for this year’s parade is “Christmas is for Everyone!“  There is no entry fee for the parade, so come join us as a fun way to kick off the holiday season. 

If you would like to be in the parade please fill out the parade entry form at City Hall.

Top of the Mountains Bowl

 

It is time to support our Badger Football team at the Top of the Mountains Bowl.  Snow College (#16) will take on Eastern Arizona Community College (#17) at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah. Kick-off is set for noon. Proceeds from the game will go to the Snow College Founation for general scholarships. Tickets are available at riotintostadium.com or by calling 1-888-477-5849.

Tickets are $15 for reserved premium seating and $10 for general admission. University, college and high school students may purchase tickets for $5 with a student ID. Tickets will also be available on game day approximately one-and-a-half hours before kickoff.