Story Archive for 10/15/2007
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Giants Stomp Falcons in Monday-Nighter
Published on October 15, 2007 at 10:54PM
ATLANTA-Eli Manning completed 27 of 39 passes for 303 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions as the New York Giants pounded the Atlanta Falcons, 31-10 Monday evening at the Georgia Dome. Behind a raucous crowd, the Falcons swiftly took a 10-7 lead in the first quarter as ageless kicker Morten Andersen hit a 47-yard field goal, and tailback Jerious Norwood had a 67-yard touchdown run. Nevertheless, before the quarter had ended, the Giants built a lead they would never relinquish when tailback Reuben Droughns scored from a yard out to cap off a six-play 82-yard drive. The Giants increased their lead to 11 points when Manning hit wideout Plaxico Burress (six receptions, 97 yards) on a 43-yard scoring toss, giving them a 21-10 lead at intermission. While the Giants offense amassed 491 offensive yards in the evening, other than Norwood’s scoring run, the defense was also up to the task as they surrendered only 284 total yards to the Falcons. The win improved the Giants’ record to 4-2 as it was their fourth consecutive victory, while the Falcons fell to 1-5 on the young season. Interestingly, this victory for New York marked the 12th consecutive time in this series that the road team has won.
Research conducted on wildland fires
Published on October 15, 2007 at 03:47PM
(SCIPIO) – The BLM and Brigham Young University are teaming up to conduct research on reducing the potential of high intensity, large wildland fires that have scorched thousands of acres of land in the west this past summer. Karen Feary of the Richfield Interagency Fire Center said that the Valley Mountain Joint Fire Science Project will begin Tuesday, Oct. 16 and will affect only about six acres four miles northeast of Scipio. Feary said the vegetation in the prescribed burn area closely resembles vegetation in the Great Basin and Colorado Plateau consisting of sagebrush, pinyon, juniper and gamble oak. Smoke may be visible along some portions of I-15.
Richfield City changes land ordinance on split vote
Published on October 15, 2007 at 11:09AM
(RICHFIELD) – The Richfield City Council passed an ordinance last week on a 3-2 split vote changing commercial property to residential. The property is located at 801 South Cove View Road in Richfield and is owned by Dave and Beverly Urie. Their desire is to build multiple family residential housing and requested the city change the ordinance. Councilmembers Lunnen, White and Peterson all voted in favor of the ordinance change with councilmembers Poulson and Rappleye voting against. Lunnen said that he had spent more time on this ordinance change than anything he had done in the council and questioned movement of people and mixed zoning in a commercial area. Peterson said he couldn’t figure out why the property was commercial in the first place. Councilmember Poulson said he was concerned about the safety factors with family dwellings in a commercial quadrant of the city.