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Show nfr 4A "m7 Emery County Progress- - Wednesday, November 26, 1986 msiPEOiiw No Has it ein i ir to this? Let them eat peanut butter this year: It tvasnt me by Larry W. doubt By ROSANN FILLMORE Staff writer Davis The headline was "Fugitive Vows He Won't Be Taken Alive," and the story was only about five Inches long In the Salt Lake Tribune as I glanced through It this morning. But the name In the second paragraph really caught my attention. It seems this guy named Larry Davis has been on a killing binge In New York. "A caller Identifying himself as the fugitive sought In five murders and the shooting of six police officers told a television station he won't be taken alive becaue police will kill him on sight." That's how the article began and by the second paragraph, the fugitive was Identified as the notorious Larry Davis. At first I though maybe I had lapsed Into one of my schizophrenic wonderlngs, ending up In an Edward G. Robinson mood somewhere on Long Island. But I only do that after receiving my Ed McMahon sweepstakes envelopes In January. Wow! Hey That's not me In the paper. I'm the mild r from Emery County who don't mannered know nothin' about anything. I don't even go deer hunting. That Larry Davis In the paper is not this Larry Davis and vica versa. This guy In the paper has vowed that he won't be taken It It were me, I'd have surrendered long ago. alive This guy Is an aspiring "rap" musician I'm only a former drummer and never was really very good. my sisters live in This guy has a sister In the Bronx Elko and West Valley. This guy wounded six police officers last Wednesday night I was home watching St. E Isewhere. for an exclusive interview This guy called WABC-Twouldn't call a television station for anything. This guy Is a suspect in five murders only kill time. no here although I can be there misunderstanding Surely have been mistakenly identified In other cases involving I capital crimes. In 1972, as a destitute college student, was questioned in connection with an armed robbery, a report of indecent exposure and murder-rape- . Let me assure you that was completly innocent in each of these incidents just as am in no way related to this Larry Davis who is the alleged murderer from the East. I'm beginning to understand how people feel when their names appear in our paper in connection with something they shouldn't be connected with. For example, we ran a story of a drug bust once and one of the adults arrested, whose name was printed in the paper, had the same name as a 7th grader from Castle Dale. heard from his mother. Another story listed the name of a man accused of stealing some livestock. A man with the same name was a member of a local city council. We try to include ages with names whenever we run crime-relatestories, and that's what the Associated Press did in its article on the New York fugitive. It seems this Larry Davis is only 20. That pretty much eliminates any misunderstanding of my involvement in this. haven't seen 20 for a long time. Still, it is disturbing. remember a student in my class at Spanish Fork High School several years ago. His name was Jimmy Carter, and he was in his sophomore year when President Carter was in his demise. The young Jimmy developed such a complex because of his name that he quit the golf team at Spanish and moved to American Fork. The burning question is how much of Thanksgiving dinner can be made in the microwave and put on the table in minutes? More and more Im beginning to suspect a certain futility in cooking meals. The time necessary for preparation and clean-u- is p completely dispropoiitionate to the amount of time spent eating. Subtract the amount of time spent exercising away the calories eaten, and youre in the red. Subtract the food the kids wont eat and the math is mind boggling. No wonder the microwave oven has become an institution in modern kitchens. Why spend an hour cooking something the kids wont eat when you can do it in minutes? The dog doesnt care how long it took. frozen, Instant, ready-to-ed make perfect and sense when it comes to time computations and efficiency. Kids are more likely to eat this kind of stuff than an nutritous meal that takes hours to cook, anyway. Then comes Thanksgiving with traditions of roast turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, at fast-foo- vegetables, pies, only to have it eaten in minutes by hungry Pilgrims and Indians could any work be more frustratingly disposable than that of meal preparation? stuffing, salads and carrot pudding and I panic, Im not sure I can handle it. Actually, the holidays bring back a glimmer of a desire to cook for loved ones. Unfortunately, they also bring more activities and result in less time for standing over a hot stove. So I wonder if I cant be just as loving pushing the buttons on a microwave oven on my way through the kitchen. I Its interesting that 400 think of that first , Thanksgiving-hunti- ng years ago men were as actively involved in all this as the women. How did we evolve to a stage where both work outside the home to put Thanksgiving dinner on the table, but the turkey roasting, pie making, and celery stuffing remains in the hands of the little woman? The real mystery is why mothers and wives havent risen up in rebellion long ago and Let them eat peanut said, for food, growing, harvesting, gathering fuel to cook with, cooking, building a table to serve it on, butter. bulletin board editor-teache- I V I I I I d I I Smokeout update By ELIZABETH HANSON Staff writer Stopping smoking is a personal challenge. The desire to quit has to be greater than the desire to smoke. many smokers stopped for 24 hours on the Great American Smokeout day may never be known. Some made it. More probably fell by the wayside. County Assessor How Gerald Stanton, honorary of the Smokeout promoted by the American Cancer Society, was out of state on vacation, but he had promised to abstain. We wont know how he fared until he is back in the office the first of chairman December. The only two other smoking employees in the courthouse were women. One was at home sick. The office workers kept in contact with her all day. She made it. The other suffered such great stress from books that wouldnt balance, she caved in. But she will keep trying. The courthouse offers a small room where smokers may go for breaks. More and more throughout the nation, smoking lounges are not being provided. Pacific Northwest Bell has 800 buildings and 15,000 workers spread across Washington, Oregon and northern Idaho and no smoking lounges are provided. The smokers have to take to the air outside. That includes the directors, the vice presidents, all. The company will pay the cost of any smoke cessation program, including aversion therapy, acupuncture and hypnosis for the employee or any member of the employee family. The smoking ban in industry stems from the fact that smokers pose twice the risk of on the job accidents and are more apt to be hospitalized plus longer than concern over health and accident insurance costs. Face it. It is no longer the in thing to smoke. It definitely becoming more out" all the time. non-smoke- Stake dance The Castle Dale Stake Gold and Green Ball will be held Friday, Nov. 28, at 8:30 p.m. in the Castle Dale Stake Center. It is with a floor show at 10:00. Nice dresses and ties semi-form- al required. Self-ima- seminar ge The Winners Circle, a course teaching the skills and used in changing techniques to acpowerful complish any goal, will be presented Nov. 28 and 29 at the Huntington Stake Center. It is sponsored by the single sisters of the Huntington Stake and fee. there is a For more information call or self-imag- es on 687-927- 9, 687-93- 687-925- 7. Operation Santa Claus Claus Giving Christmas to someone unknown is a bold gesture of charity. Operation Santa Claus needs that sort of gesture from everyone in Emery County. Donations of new or good used clothing and toys are needed as well as gifts of money which will be used to purchase food for Christmas baskets. No donation is too small. Any gift will be greatly appreciated. Donations may be delivered to the Castle Dale Senior Center. If you would like them picked up, please call Carolyn at All or Katherine at donations should be in by Dec. 12. Time is of the essence, if Christmas is to come for some of our children. Operation Santa is sponsored by booksigning and poetry reading session on Saturday, Nov. 29, at 7 p.m. at the Cleveland Library. the Retired Senior Volunteer Program and the Castle Dale Fire Department. Wont you help please? Santa available Containers are in all stores for cash donations or they may be sent to the Castle Dale Fire Department. If you need help providing Christmas for your family, please pick up an Operation Santa Claus application at the Social Services Office in Castle Dale. Applications must be in by Dec. 12. If you would like to Santa to visit your house call Castle Dale Fire Dept, volunteers at these numbers: or 748-290- 4. Ferron breakfast The Ferron Fifth Ward is having a breakfast Dec. 6 at San Rafael Junior High. Sponsored by the high priests, all donations will be given to the missionary fund. The menu includes hash browns, eggs, sausage, hot cakes, juice and hot chocolate. 381-51- 381-550- 6. 381-55- Cost is $5. Autograph party If Its Monday It Must Be Wash Day, a new book of poetry by Carol Easterbrook Wolf, will be reviewed at a County signs nursing pact By ELIZABETH HANSON Staff writer The county commission and contract clerk signed a with Bonneville Health Systems for management of the Emery County Nursing Home on Nov. 19. Bonneville has been managing the home since April 10-ye- ar 1985. The Bonneville economist had asked for a period to be able to project a financial gain 10-ye- ar for the company. Even professional health care facilities have to manage carefully to stay in the black. d The facility has been consistently dipping into the red since its inception, never making a dime, but costing the taxpayers considerable sums annually. Bonneville has been able to county-operate- turn the picture around and without financially sacrificing patient care. President Randy Kirton pledged that the high level of patient care would be maintained and the facility would be an example of excellence to other nursing homes in the state. Our number one concern is patient care, emphasized John Bramall, director. He will continue in the role, and he was praised by the commission for doing an excellent job. Jay Ray Jeffs was appointed to fill a vacancy left in the sheriffs department. A new furnace is being installed at the jail. The sheriff reports the inmates are jogging about the compound half the day to keep warm. The sheriff is working on plans for a juvenile holding facility. At present, Carbon County has to do the job 5 and it costs Emery County a day. A public hearing to consider e reducing the zoning to in Emery build requirement County to five acres and reduce the five acres Of irrigatable land is being held Dec. 18 at commission chambers. Mark Tanner pointed out that should the measure be changed, property owners who presently own ten acres of ground could sell five to someone else for a residence. 24-ho- ur $30-$7- ten-acr- UP&L Scott Child, respresentative asked that 4.6 acres fenced at the Huntington Training dustrial Center be zoned rather in- than agricultural to be in compliance with zoning regulations. The commission agreed to have the description corrected not to exceed six acres. The commission was concerned when the power company had asked for the rezoning of ,a 40 acre parcel, but when told all that was involved was a small parcel, they agreed. After the county road department had graded a portion of the Mexican Mountain Road at the request of a BLM permitee and because the road is an existing one, the road department was asked by the BLM to undo the work to prevent the access of any motorized vehicle. To keep the peace with the Price BLM, the commission complied, but has issued a letter to the governor, Orrin Hatch, Howard Nielson and other political powers. The county favors reopening the road as soon as possible and maintaining it to its end at the Mexican Mountain airstrip. If ever Mexican Mountain WSA does become a wilderness area, the commission goes on record as favoring a partial wilderness alternative. Scott Truman, the Economic Development director, was asked to draft the letter and mail out copies. Anyone wishing to create a recreation park must first gain approval of the county com- mission. A public hearing a zoning reclassification on recreation parks was held at the last meeting but no public attended. regarding County zoning technician Mark Tanner said that a party interested in installing a water slide southeast of Huntington State Park had asked for some guidelines and the request triggered presentation of a resolution to amend a zoning section. The commission approved a rate schedule for Johansen and Tuttle Engineering for services rendered the county. The rate schedule includes a cost on an hourly basis plus a 2.3 cost factor to cover overhead, etc. The rate schedule was approved and amends the original agreement dated Feb. 4, 1980. The commission signed a contract with UP&L to buy bottom ash used by the road department to mix with salt for spreading on roads in the winter. The cost stated is $2 a ton. The responsibility for maintaining the access road into Hunter Power Plant is to be reviewed with power officials along with discussion of the price of the ash. The commission is also investigating to see if other counties pay for power bills as Emery County is doing for the intersection at the Hunter Power Plant. Rey Lloyd Hatt of Green River was appointed as board member on the Southeastern Utah Association of Governments Board. Commissioner-elec- t Jerry Mangum attended the meeting. He was appointed to serve on the Castle Country Travel Council Board with Scott Truman and Jarma Johnson on a four-yeterm. Dan Hunter, Rex Phillips and Jerry Summer are other appointees. ar Be prepared for Thanksgiving travel Approximately two people may die in traffic accidents during the upcoming Thanksgiving weekend, according to an estimate from the Utah Safety Council. These figures are taken from an average of traffic fatalities which have occurred in Utah during the same period over the past five years. The Thanksgiving holiday weekend is among the safest of all holidays based upon the number of traffic deaths. To help keep motorists safe during the holiday weekend, which begins at 6 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 28, and extends through midnight, Sunday, Nov. 30, the Utah Safety Council urges drivers to consider the following tips: not drink and drive. Approximately half of all fatalities involve a drinking driver. Wear your safety belt and fasten young ones in child safety seats. The council estimates 90 to 100 Utahns could be saved each year if occupant restraints were used consistently. Winterize your car before long trip to relatives or friends homes. Check the brakes, fluids, tires, exhaust system, wipers and headlights before you begin your travels. Do motor-vehic- Maintain an adequate following distance between you le and the vehicle ahead. This is particularly important conpossible adverse sidering weather conditions. Roads may become wet or frozen. To help pervent skid ding, minimize gear shifts and accelerate and brake qently. If your car does begin to skid, turn in the direction of the skid or, put another way, turn in the direction you want the front of the car to go Allow yourself of plenty travel time, especially if weather and road conditions are bad. You would rather arrive late to a friends or relatives home than not arrive at all. Letters ivelcome The Emery County Progress encourages letters to the editor. Upon acceptance, these letters are published in the Perspective section of the paper under the forum" heading. All letters must be based on fact. The letters need to be signed by the writer and must include the writers hometown address and phone number. Only in rare instances will a name be withheld from a Letters received which are unsigned or which do not carry a verifiable signature will not be considered for publication. Also, letters are subject to editing. Please send letters to the editor to: The Emery County Progress, P.O. Box 589, Castle Dale, Utah 84513. all published letter and even tn such an instance, the writers name must be part of the original letter. 1 |