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Show 50 Coalville, Utah 84017 Friday, January 19, 2001 Vol. 70 No. 3 American Red Cross Presents Disaster Regional News Notes Extension Service Sponsors lleef Trailers To Summit County Prmlutvr Heeling in Summit fount ILS.U. A total of 3 trailers, w hich were donated to the American Red Cross hy the IX'partmcnl of Veteran Affairs, w ill he placed in arious locations throughout the Wasatch Front & Back with one to be housed at the Justice Center and one in Wanship at the Public Work's Department. Ernie Hudson. Red Cross Coordinator work1 ing with the Olympic team was present to report the project is a good step in a positive direction." Susan Sheehan CEO of the Red Cross thanked major contributors; LDS Church services, Huntsman Foundation, Eccles Foundation and the Emma Eccles Jones Foundation for contributing $300,000 each. Lieutenant Joe OfTret, representing the Summit County Sheriffs Office accepts the key to the two trailers from Red Cross CEO, Susan Sheehan. OfTret said he was glad the two entities could work closely for the Safety of county residents. BY PAMELA ROBBINS 1 Bee Editor The American Red Cross of the Greater Salt Lake Area, presented two disaster relief trailers to the Summit County Sheriff's office on Llali Census lawsuit Wednesday, Jan. 7. The department has been working with the Red Cross on the project for the past year, according to Sheriffs Dispatch Supervisor. Jim Lewis, adding this will allow us to be situation ready." Past-Trac- ked To TYial Also the Fidelity Foundation and private individuals who gave two million toward the project. D&A Trucking donated $7,800 in service. The firm painted the trucks and gave them a going over! Each trailer contains over S7.000 worth of supplies for opening and operafng a 100 person shelter for three days, and includes cots, blankets, comfort kits (personal items) and eating utensils. No perishable items will he stored in the trailers. We need to ask for volunteers who are willing to learn how to man the vehicles should the need arise, said Lewis, lie encourages those wishing to learn more about the project to contact the Red Cross Shelter Operations at (801 ) 0 ext. 3034. 323-700- To Planner County Says Good-By- e After Eleven Years Of Service BY PAMELA ROBBINS employment at the Bee Editor Midvale Community Planning Office. Just two days after filing a federal lawsuit to dispute U.S. census results, the state of Utah has won a d victory, expediting its case through two preliminary hearfederings directly to a three-judg- e al panel. The federal court hearing before a three-judg- e panel is expected to he held in mid March. In the hearing. the state of Utah will argue that more than 10,000 Utahns liv- Burns says her place as a planner in the County depart- first-roun- to see many changes take place not only in growth, but in planning and zoning Jensen. tract position, which range employment" with her present position being a the state and the U.S. Census Planner Three. Bureau the lawsuit past two preliminary legal steps. The Census agreed not to contest the validity of the suit in preliminary hearings. The Census Bureau lawsuit was filed by Governor Mike Leavitt fast-trac- and Attorney General. Mark Shurtleff. They both expressed confidence as a result of the Friday and gained experience from four turned into long Utah's census count, depriving the state of a fourth congressional seat The Friday agreement between Everything has certainly changed. stated Lesley. BY PAMELA ROBBINS Bee Editor I have now worked with five different Lesley Burns code systems includ- ing redoing the Snydcrville Basin codes in 1993 and 1998 and the East side revision in 998. Burns cited the project, which was widely protested at the time, as the catalyst lor. beginning a change in the way planning is now handled. 1 agreement Shurtleff said the agreement bodes well for Utah. Essentially, die Census Bureau has agreed not to move forward with its formal reporting of census numbers until our case is heard, he said. I am pleased that we are moving swiftly Continued on page A3 1112 an as the of years employee Summit County Planning After spending the past Department, Lesley Burns was on treated to a luncheon be an ongoing process of change." She has worked with ment has allowed her the opportunity ordinances. I was hired to fill a con- ing overseas were ignored in In speaking of the code changes. Burns said she believes tire county has taken a huge" step forward, but that it needs to Public participation began to Wednesday Jan. 17, to allow fellow employees and associates an opportunity to wish her well as take place, with citizens turning she leaves the County for planning meetings now. out to voice their opinions. Residents are always present at directors; Jim Peterson. Bruce Parker, Doug Dotson and Kcrwin Lesley said her personal life has seen several changes while employed for the county as well. Many employees here attended my wedding with my husband. Mark and shared the joy with me us I became a mother to my children. Alex and Emily. I have made some deep friendships. As to the time spent walking the halls of the County Courthouse, the many meetings attended (many of them in the early morning and late evening hours) and the growth she has seen, - all have combined to make for a positive experience. "I wouldn't have changed it for anything. I have learned more than a lot of people learn in their have really entire careers. enjoyed working with the staff members, watching the tremendous progress that has taken place, and the many friendships -- 1 formed. It has been a pleasure to meet so many great people, and I will miss them." Utah State UnivcrsitySummil County Extension Service will be sponsoring an educational meeting for all beef producers in Summit County. The meeting is scheduled for Wednesday. Jan. 24. at 7 p.nt. at the County Extension Office (43 E. 100 N.) in Coalville. Dr. Graig Burrell. USU Extension Livestock Specialist will he the guest speaker. He will be covering the topic of proper winter nutrition diets for beef cattle. Following his presentation, there will he a question and answer period. He w ill also have his portable computer available to run computerized beef rations for anyone interested. For addi9 or tional information, contact Sterling Banks at ext. 3219. one. Bee Editor Mountain Regional Water board member, Todd Jarvis, was charged by the commission board with the job of making sure water letters" went out to residents or land owners on a list of Mention water and the word seems to bring a cloud over the horizon. Tuesdays county commission meeting brought an electric feel like lightning and rumbles like thunder and not less than a few sharp stinging words from the board and representatives of Summit Water Distribution. The problem at task was the fact that a show cause hearing was called by the board after Summit Water failed to live up to its agreement to supply county commissioners and Mountain Regional Water with asked for facts and figures by the Dec. 8, 2000 date requested. Commissioner Eric Schifferli began the discussion by stating that although the asked for information was turned in to the Mountain Regional Water Board by noon on Tuesday, it did not did give the commission board time to look it over. We are trying to find a means by which to protect the water systems and move toward future solutions the show cause hearing was done in an effort to get your (Summit Water Dist.) attention not... to cause alarm or upset any or copy those requesting water for development purposes making sure only the 333 proven gallons were used. This pnx.edu re has caused sonic heartburn for lawyers and attorneys representing their clients because they cannot move forward with their plans to build their homes or planned for development. Summit Regional Water representatives, through their attorney, John Flitton. told the commission board in no uncertain terms that the move was not only unfair to them because they had spent millions of dollars in well water testing but that they believed the district was being singled out unfairly. Commissioner Pal Cone said that when the water concurrency ordinance was established, other water boards said they could prove water, hut showed by their figures that they did not have the amount they were projecting. We are not trying to single you out, we just wanted everyone to comply w ilh the stan- - dards being asked for. said Cone. The discussion then turned sour as debate centered around the cost of testing wells and the unfairness of the water concurrency ordinance which was enacted in October of 2(NX). Summit Water hoard representative, Hy Sanders, told the board that in his 23 years of service he had never seen such miscommunica-tio- n and misunderstanding and had never been so disappointed. You (the commission hoard) are going down the wnmg path. You have been hard cm us. The letter we did receive from Mr. Jarvis is unclear and says after the holidays' in one place. We have worked hard and diligently to get all the information together lor you." Commissioner Shauna Kerr stated that Mr. Jarvis acted with authority in holding hack from issuing addition water letters, as he was an agent of the county water board and had been taking direction from commissioners who have the final say in the end. Gxinly Deputy Attorney, Dave Thomas, told Summit Water Representatives the ordinance specifically states that when letters requesting 1 Weight Watchers (lass To Open in time to Weight Watchers International is coming to Coalville-jus- t and be New Resolution the oil' with to Year's get weight your help your healthy self. New members are needed in order to gel the class up and running. 6 or 336 223. For more information call Kellie Daw son at 1 336-448- Egyptian Theatre Company Dale (Itangcs Date changes are being announced for Egyptian Theatre Company 's upcoming production of Alwas...Pats Clint: 20. 21, 22, 23. 24. 27 and 28. Also Mareli I. February 16. 17, 2. 3. 6. 7, 8. 9, 10- .- 13, 14. IS .16. 17 and Mareh 20. 21, 22. 23. and n 8 p.m. 4 7:30 p.m. and Fri-S24. Tues-ThuTickets go on sale Feb. 1, and can be purchased by calling or Or, check out the web site at - - rs at 9. MSIjxim-On-ii- ne People affected by Multiple Sclerosis can log onto the INTERNET monthly for a new, informative program. On the third Thursday of each month, the National Multiple Sclerosis Siwicty will host a broadcast over the Internet presenting a different topic each program for people affected hy MS. The programs are one hour in length and begin at 6:30 p.m. Multiple Sclerosis is a chronic, often disabling disease of the central nervous system. The progress, severity and specific symptoms of the disease cannot he predicted: symptoms may range from tingling and numbness to paralysis and blindness. Approximately one third of a million Americans have MS. and every week some 200 people are diagnosed with the disease.. .more than one person every hour. There is no known cause or cure for MS. For more information contact the National MS Society's website. www.nmss.oig. and select the Educational Programs" button on the front page, or call I hours a day. IILM's Statewide Resource Aihisoij Council To Meet The Bureau of Land Management's Utah Statewide Resource orientation to BUM meetAdvisory Council will he having a one-da- y ing on Feb. 6. The meeting is being held at the BLM's Utah State Office. Room 302. 324 South State Street. Salt Lake City, from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. A public comment peruxi is scheduled from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.. where members of the public may address the council. All meetings of the BLM's Resource Advisory Council are open to the public; however, transportation, meals, and overnight accommodations are the responsibility of the participating public. For more information, contact Sherry Fool. Special Programs Coordinator, at (801 ) 339-419- 3. Oakley Resident Honored Ify (ioYernor outstanding volunteers throughout the state, such as Evans. Although extremely active in several extracurricular activities in her school and community. Evans has always made time to volunteer. As president ol the Interact Club, a service cluh at Sxilh Summit High where she is a senior. Evans organized a program that utilizes high school students as mcntois tor sev cnlh graders and a fundraiser loi local senior citizens. Evans lias trav eled with CHOICE on humanitarian County Commission Highlights BY PAMELA ROBBINS 783-433- 336-321- -- to Mexico. Peru. expeditions Bolivia, and Kenya. Jennifer Evans The Governor launched the BY PAMELA ROBBINS Bet lutlllM Governor Michael Ixavitt presented Jennifer Evans with the sixth Governor's Points of Light Award at a ceremony held Jan. 1, at the 1 Slate Capitol. The Governor's award is an award given to honor Governor's Points of Light Award on Octohcr 20, 2(XK). Recipients are seiccled from nominations sent in the Utah residents, information on how to nominate someone loi the Governor's Points of Light the Awaid. contact Utah Commission of Volunteers ing 801 ) 764-070- bv call- 4. Inside The Summit County Bee 2 Sections 18 Pages Classifieds B8,9,10 Continued on page A3 ! 1 |