May 23, 2013

This week's headlines

DMEA hopefuls quizzed on Delta County service

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Kay Heinschel, Dist. 2
Candidates for DMEA director were asked if they would "expand the utility's facilities and base in Delta County" during a League of Women Voters candidate forum at Orchard City on May 8. None of the candidates had specific proposals for re-staffing the Read service center Delta County, nor were any deficiencies in service specified.

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Pipeline hits a snag

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Photo by Hank Lohmeyer
Heavy equipment arrived in the small neighborhood atop Cory Bluff last Friday evening and began 24-hour operations to get the North Delta Irrigation tunnel project back on track.
Crews working to install irrigation pipeline in a partially collapsed tunnel under Cory Bench ran into unexpected problems last week.

A shackle and cable assembly attached to the four-foot-diameter pipeline which enabled equipment to pull it through the tunnel bore failed during operations last Wednesday.

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