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Page 3 IVINS CITY NEWS VOLUME 15 ISSUE 6 Vista School As we wrap up the school year at Vista School, we want to once again thank the community for a wonderful year. We would also like to congratulate Vista's 4 students who won top awards at the Inspirations State Competition, and to Lilly Mae Stover who won the State Arbor Day Poster contest for the 2nd time! Thank you to our 7th-8th grade stu- dents and to Vista's Environmental Club who spent time this year plan- ning the school's garden. We are so excited for this addition to our school next year. Thank you to local glass artist, Cheryl Collins who enthusiastically offered her creative design and labor for the artwork that is now in front of Vista. She created a beautiful land- scape and colorful deco art piece that is sandwiched between two pieces of tempered glass. If you look close, you will find some wonderful details and creative meanings. If you need information about Vista during the summer months, including information about our summer con- servatory classes, please e- mail info@vistautah.com. LET’S CONSERVE MORE WATER Charles Gillette P.E., Public Works Director/City Engineer Last month I wrote an article regarding the conservation of water in our outdoor irrigation and again strongly recommend that you take advantage of having an irrigation specialist come to your home and check the efficiency of your irrigation system. I want to continue that discussion with this article. I found some very useful information at www.conservewater.utah.gov, which runs the “Slow the Flow, Save H2O” program. I think everyone should spend a few minutes there as they consider adjusting their irrigation timers as the weather starts to warm up. If you really want to dial in the exact amount of water your grass needs on a weekly basis you can come to this website and it will tell you based on real St George City weather data how much water a typical grass has used through evapotranspiration or ET in the past 7 days versus the amount of precipitation that has occurred and how much additional irri- gation is required to keep it healthy. I also found a basic lawn watering guide from the Slow the Flow public information group that gives a loose recommendation for watering in Southern Utah. I am going to reprint that guide here. Please take a look at this, maybe cut it out and paste it next to your water timer to help you have a starting point for knowing how often and how long you need to water to keep your lawn healthy. Each “watering” is a 5/8-inch depth application, which for a typical sprinkling system is approximately 27 minutes. If you get too much water running off your lawn when running the system for that long, consider setting the timer to run at 3 cycles, 9 minutes each, 30- 40 minutes apart to give your lawn more time to soak in. Month Water Frequency January No irrigation recommended February No irrigation recommended March 1 watering every 7 days April 1 watering every 5 days May 1 watering every 4 days June 1 watering every 3 days July 1 watering every 3 days August 1 watering every 3 days September 1 watering every 5 days October 1 watering every 7 days November 1 watering every 10 days December No irrigation recommend NEWSLETTER DELIVERY CHANGES Beginning July 1st, the newsletter will no longer be mailed with your utility bill. It will be provided electronically on our website at www.ivins.com. If you already receive the newsletter electronically with your utility bill, nothing will change. To have the newsletter emailed to you, you can subscribe on the website and it will be emailed to you at the beginning of the month. If you would like to continue receiving a paper newsletter, please contact us to be placed on a mailing list.

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