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Show none idk AlAs chili Uda llasuldalelln teens - Lil umped But Not Duped Resident nabbed for illegal dumping, employer issues suspension DEREK JENSEN MANAGING EDITOR umping construction debris in the county has long been a hassle for residents. But when Heber’s David Hilton decided to cut a company truck last Saturday to do some home construction work. But while dumping a load of white bricks in the county pit, he was spotted by several residents who thought it odd that a H. L. & P. truck would be there— especially on a weekend. Word got back to general manager Brent Davis who immediately draft- ed a letter of reprimand and suspend« 1 ed Hilton without pay for two days. SABRE DIO “He took the truck and used it without any permission from any- body,” Davis said. “Then he went and © ~ dumped (the load of bricks) where it wasn't supposed to go.” “We don’t even dispose of bricks “PHOTO ‘BY. DAN STEPHENS Hilton’ Ss house, which isin the midst of get3 ime. an ebeellaees TIM WESTBY COURIER STAFF art of Wasatch County’s effort to put on its best face for the aes 5 eee Wy * qn DUMPED continued on A5 corners last weekend by hauling a truckload of bricks to the old county pit, the aftermath got really costly. Hilton, who is a 26-year Heber Light and Power employee, borrowed INSIDE They rrrrre Coming State grapples with expected return of wolves TIM WESTBY COURIER STAFF here is a reason why wolves were wiped out during the first part of the last century, the argument goes. They're blood thirsting killers that prey on domestic live- ABDUCTION CLASS INA FIGHT: All WASATCH FILES: Signposts, Observations: A2 SPORTS BEAT: | Wasps Squashed: Al2-13 ALSO: Commentary, A6 Police Report, A4 Our easy to” read classifieds ALS stock, deplete big game herds, and they can take out the occasional child. During the highly contentious debate over gray wolf reintroduction in central Idaho and Yellowstone Park ARIS & LEISURE: in the mid-90s, that was the oft-repeat- Blooming Young Artists at Sundance: Bl ed argument from ranchers and rural government officials. 2002 Olympics is running a bit. areas where homes are spread farther apart, they will be able to make up time. | It’s still too early to figure out the final cost of the clean up or how much the towns will have to ante for behind schedule. their share of the clean up, said It seems residents have been Berg. hoarding their trash in the last few It costs the county $33 per ton to years and that has slowed the ae dump at the Wasatch County Transfer wide clean up program. Station plus a $17 tipping fee. The last Kent Berg, the county’s nabke clean up cost the county upwards of works director, told $100,000. The towns the Courier Monday “One man’s garbage have agreed to chip in morning that the on the cost. unexpectedly large is another man’s With so much piles of trash residents trash lining the counare leaving in front of treasure I guess.” ty’s roadways, some their homes has have found it a perfect slowed down _ the KENT BERG opportunity to do some Public Works Director process. So far, his scavenging. Berg said crews have _ only he has heard reports of cleaned. Wallsburg,— people going from pile to pile po Charleston and Daniels with all of up stuff. : Heber City yet to do. _ “That’s less I have to pick up, The clean up was scheduled to so ’m OK with it,” joked Berg. “One run until May 19. It’s the first such man’s Se is another man’s treasclean up since the mid-90s. : ee a> 5 When. asked" if he fought. the deadline would have to be pushed Enait tim@uasatehcountycouriercom back, Berg responded; “It depends. I still think we'll be ae to mpet, the deadline.” POSTAL PATRON. ~ Berg thinks once his crews move Presorted ¢ Standard into Heber City, and out of the rural -U.S. Postage Paid v -» Heber City, UT Pies: ~ Permit No. 32005. WOLVES continued on A3 MARRIOTT LIBRARY, ARCHIVES 295South 1500 East Salt Lake City, UT, 84112 TM TT Rinsing sO STEPHENS director Clean up effort behind schedule, but crews _ hope to make up time this week “Somehow Brent Davis found out and it was cleaned up by noon Monday,” Berg said. PHOTO BY DAN STEPHENS This pile of bricks was-illegally dumped in the old county pit. DAN 7-2 Outhouse Anyone? : Duchesne. me ee BY op sthinrs Reser Attempts to reach Hilton were unsuccessful. When the county caught wind of the illegal dumping, Hilton acted quickly — paying a private contractor out of pocket to take the bricks to the joint county landfill, located in PHOTO wide clean up effort is behind schedule, but the county’s public Works hopes to get caught up this week. I pg 2 SOI The equnty ais hee NOON OEE « LOL Director Kent 1A suey Public |Works ate and rocks at the transfer station,” |