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Show CAC84J01 EXP. Serving East Juab County Volume 92, No. 22 -A I199 Nice Place To Live! Wednesday, June 1, 1994 14 pages One dies, one serious Single Copy Price 50C as accidents start the Memorial Day Weekend in Juab County side, he found Westphal uncon- By Myma Trauntvein Times-New- s Correspondent Memorial Day weekend in might have had serious bearing Juab County began with two ac- on his condition, said Carter. He was taken to Utah Valley cidents one man is dead another seriously injured in two Regional Medical Center in separate accidents which oc- Provo. curred on Friday. Dead is Anthony James Archuleta, 19, West Jordan, who was found west of Yuba Lake on Friday after friends and searchers had looked for him for much of the day. Archuleta was killed vein a hicle accident. Injured was Mark Westphal, 42, Provo, who was injured at Little Sahara Sand Dunes Recreation area when his vehicle hit a bump. Juab County Sheriff Dave Carter said Archuleta left his camp at Yuba Dam Reservoir to going riding in the Bureau of Land Management designated d traffic area. The area is just west of Yuba Lake, said Carter. He left camp at 10:30 a.m., said Carter. When Archuleta did not return., in a reasonable amount of time, his friends began searching for him. They looked for him for quite some time, said Carter. At 2 p.m. the friends contacted BLM officers. Cater said he called our East Juab Search and Rescue team members at that time. Archuleta was found in the west hills at 4:40 p.m. by BLM searchers, said Carter. lie had apparently tried to climb a steep hill on the ATV. It appeared that Archuleta hit large rocks with the front wheels and the then flipped over. The vehicle then landed on top of the victim. He apparently was killed instantly, said Carter. Westphal had gone uphill on a dune and attempted to turn. He hit a bump and his ATV wrecked, said Carter. He was unconscious at the scene, said Carter. There was a witness to the accident, said Carter. When the individual first got to Westphals four-whe- el all-terra- in four-whe- el all-terra- in MEMORIAL DAY SALUTE Dennis Truscott, left and Dale Worwood of the American Legion were part of the honor guard that payed tribute to the veterans of Americas wars at Memorial Day services held in Nephi on Monday. Levan 1o hold public hearing on mobile homes on lots bile homes is decided. By Myma Trauntvein Times-New- s Correspondent Poulson said it didnt seem fair to council members to allow some construction but forbid other The Levan Town Planning and types of home erection. Some types of building might ZoAjng Commission and the Levan Town Council will hold a be more desirable than others. public hearing on June 8th at 7 Until the ordinance is agreed p.m.at the town hall. upon and the concerns of the pubThe public hearing will be held lic are heard, determined counto.take public comment on a pro- cil members, it would be better partment fund into the transfer fund. These funds went to the municipal gas department to pay gas bonds. The three communities of East Juab knew the gas project would not pay for itself for three to five years. It may take even longer, said Dubinsky. It appears it will take some time for users to add the more high-us- e appliances to their homes. Many people p t 'n hot water heaters right away but have not added gas furnaces. The tentative budget was presented for 1994-199The budget should be finalized posed ordinance to deal with to stop all building permits. Therefore the council agreed to We have a moratorium on all not pass any more building perbuilding in Levan," said Martin mits until the ordinance is comPoulson, town council member pleted. When the building ordinance is overbuilding Levan Mayor Connie Dubinsky created, the moratorium will be said the planning and zoning lifted. at our June meeting, said commission indicated they would Levan council members voted Poulson. mobile to open the 1993-199- 4 prefer having single-wid- e budget. Continued on page 2 homes located in parks rather The budget was opened to transthan on single lots. fer funds from the state Council members decided to treasurers account into the genallow no building permits in the eral fund. Money was also transtown until the ordinance on mo- - ferred from the city electric de mobile homes. 5. T off-roa- four-wheel-er By Myma Trauntvein nr . . Times-New- s Correspondent .-r t -i- Nephi City has discussed adopting a uniform housing code in the past, but have never done so.. Now may be the time, said Don d. 1 'fn.&k V t1 Q . We should look at the problem in a work session, said Mayor Robert Steele. The health inspector has obtained consent to search or has been accompanied by those who have a right to be involved, such as child welfare workers. In some cases, the workers and health inspector, have observed unlivable conditions. Some habitations could hardly be considered protection from the elements. A housing code would set forth the procedure needed by the city to force home owners into mak- Eyre Jr., Nephi City attorney. Such a code would empower the city to act in cases where homes are, unlivable and conditions of living are "We have never adopted the uniform housing code, as such," said Eyre. Other codes have been ing necessary repairs. used to allow the city to step in Homeowners would need to upin cases where the buildings are grade housing, under the terms of immediate danger to the of the code, so that all housing health of persons living there. was livable. 1 All homes that are hazardous The city, said Eyre, could auandor abandoned can be con- thorize an immediate health and demned by city officials. "We welfare order which could be enhave a means to condemn the forced. Those houses which did property, said Eyre. The home not meet the code would be empowner must do the necessary tied and residents would not be work to bring the house up to standard, or the home can be Continued on page 2 razed. sub-standar- " the Cherry Creek Hare and Hound races were held on Saturday. They always draw a big crowd, said Carter. He said he had planned law enforcement Westphal regained ness before leaving the scene, coverage of the Little Sahara said Carter. He began talking to Sand Dimes area because of the event as well as because of the those at the scene. Westphal appeared to be in fair holiday. condition and suffered either a Carter said it looked like broken or dislocated hip, said Burraston Ponds, Mona ReserCarter. voir, and the forest campgrounds We had 80,000 people in Juab were all crowded. People came County this weekend again this into all recreation areas in high numbers, said Carter. year, said Carter. Visitors poured into Yuba Lake Carter said Topaz Mountain, Recreation area, said Carter. We Fish Springs and recreation arhad our usual 30,000 or so by eas in West Juab County also Saturday, he said. There is less drew large numbers of visitors. He said he had been hoping to beach area this year because the water is still high. But we had avert any tragedies this holiday. We didnt have any deaths roadblocks in place and have more than 50 law enforcement during the Easter holiday this officers on duty there. year, said Carter. conscious- Sheriff reports 20, 000 jam Yuba Lake beaches for the Memorial Day weekend By Myma Trauntvein Times-New- s Correspondent cess of stopping a fight when a man came up and started hitting and kicking the police officer. The individual was arrested and put in jail on $20,000 bail for More than 20,000 people aggravated assault of a police jammed onto Yuba Lake beaches officer. Carter said another person during the Memorial Day weekend. was arrested for aggravated asDave Carter, Juab County sault, and one for interfering Sheriff, said more than 300 cita- with a police officer. A total of 650 arrests were tions were issued for illegal possession of alcohol, seven indi- made at Yuba Lake this year, viduals were arrested on felony said Carter. That is 200 higher drug charges, and 55 were ar- than last year. We did not have as many visirested for misdemeanor drug tors as we did last year, said possession. There were eight DUI arrests Carter. He said there was a lot made, said Carter. This was all less beach, because of high water, so the crowd still looked just at Yuba Lake. One person was arrested for large. Last year there were apaggravated assault of a police proximately 30,000 people at officer, said Carter. John Cham- Yuba Dam Reservoir. Carter said there were still a bers, a Beaver law enforcement to assist lot of problems with a rowdy eleofficer who was with enforcement, was in the pro- - ment. We issued a variety of citations for people who were driving without a license, for those who had no registrations and no O insurance. -n o We even apprehended four juveniles who had committed a gas skip from a Chevron station in Nephi, said Carter. The four juveniles were on their way to Yuba, said Carter, when they tried to get away without paying for the gas. They removed the license plates from their vehicle. We caught them on the freeway just outside Yuba, said Carter. One man died at Yuba Lake on Friday. Another was injured on on-ha- 4 ( Council looks at adopting uniform housing code for city Carter said approximately scious. 20,000 people would camp in the Life flight was summoned to Little Sahara Sand Dunes Recthe scene because Westphal had reation area and in the West other medical problems which Desert of Juab County. He said Sunday. : ' x Carter said the man, John D. Schiller, was involved in a head-o- n accident with another person i 'f$u , (- - J found and was taken by East Juab ambulance to Central Val- f - HERES WATER IN YOUR EYE The kids really enjoyed the water at the Nephi City Swimming Pool on Monday. Temperatures were in the 90s and the pool was packed. Tuesday brought rain and somewhat cooler temperatures but the weather man is predicting warm weather for the rest of the week. on a jet ski. I heard the report of a possible drowning on the radio, said Carter. However, he said, the man was ley Medical Center in Nephi. Other than one accident at Little Sahara Sand Dunes on Friday, said Carter, there was not much trouble there. Approximately 20,000 people were in the area. We had a dispute there where law enforcement officers had to be called on to help settle the problem, he said. Continued on page 2 |