Spring

BOUNTIFUL - The city’s annual spring cleanup has been scheduled for April 15-19.

Pickup for residents will be on the day of their regular garbage pickup. All trash, refuse or green waste must be properly cut, bundled or tied in five-foot lengths. Bundles, bags or boxes must not exceed 50 pounds.

Items such as old appliances or furniture should be placed on the driveway or park strip, not on the street or sidewalk.

LAYTON -- A Clinton company has been awarded the bid to replace 2,500 lineal feet of pipe at approximately Oakhills Drive and Highway 89.

In action taken recently, the city council awarded the bid for the Holmes Creek diversion and pipe replacement to Thurgood Excavating for approximately $207,075. The project is a joint effort between the city and the county and Holmes Creek Irrigation to deal with spring melt and storm water runoff.

Terry Coburn, director of Public Works, said the county will put $150,000 toward the project and the city will pay $50,075 with the irrigation district picking up the remaining portion.

PLEASANT VIEW — The city council has decided to provide vouchers for residents to use at the Weber County green waste facility.

In previous years, Pleasant View has had a spring cleanup service, with city employees using city trucks to pick up green waste from the curb. Last year, the council did away with that project because of problems, including improper items left out for pickup and the time city employees spent searching for the green waste throughout Pleasant View.

There may be a whiff of truth to claims by allergy sufferers who sniffle that this season is, well, a bigger headache than years past.

And now, more bad news: It's also lasting longer, prolonging the misery of the millions of people for whom spring is a punishment, not a pleasure.

Heavy snow and rain in some parts of the country have nourished a profusion of tree pollen, while a sudden shift to warm, sunny weather has made its release more robust. The deluges and, in some places, flooding have pumped up the volume on mold. Add in the wind, and the suffering skyrockets.

Warnings about the difficult season have come from allergy specialists from New York to Atlanta, Chicago to California.