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Show '""" tAK. Salt Serving East Juab County - A Nice Place Volume 94, No. 33 Fntce burglaries and bicycle thefts have increased drastically was borrowed or found. Residents are asked to watch their neighborhoods for any suspicious activity taking place and report it immediately by 6 calling 623-162- Two California women killed in one car roll over By Myrna Trauntvein Times-New- s Correspondent Two California women were killed in a single car rollover on Interstate 15 23 miles south of Nephi Thursday after noon at 2:15. Greg Kelsey, Utah Highway Patrol Trooper, said that Josephine Angelson, 47, Goleta, California, and her mothe? ale City (j T 84301-12- 12 To Live! Single Copy Price 50tf Crews mop imp aurea fees Tar-ke- thefts have increased drastically Parents are requested to encourage children to be careful with their bikes. Also, be suspicious if your child shows up with a bike, not their own, claiming it 84101 According to Dave Steinke, information officer with the Leamington Complex, fires in the area were contained and fire fighting crews were scheduled to leave Tiesday, August 13th. The Leamington Complex included a combination of fires: Leamington Canyon, East Sage, Central Sage, Yhsh, Champlin and The fires were within an area bounded by Mills, Leamington, Jericho, and Nephi. By Tuesday, the combined fires had burned 124,440 acres. The Tirkey Fire burned 2,391 acres. The East Sage, which was close to and caused a temporary closure of the freeway, burned 16,175 acres. The No Name Fire burned 620 acres. The combined Wish and Champlin Fires burned a total of 77,068 acres. The South Canyon Leamington Fire burned 28,185 acres. The perimeter of the Leamington Complex was 210 miles with a cost of $2.66 million. The final cost estimation is $3 million. Steinke said that 80 people, 2 bull dozers, 2 helicopters, and 2 crews of 20 people each will remain in the area to patrol for any further problems. They will be watching the unbumed islands within the perimeter mopping up, and watching for hot spots. This crew will be housed at the Juab County Fairgrounds and will remain in the area as long as it takes before turning it back to the BLM. Over 800 firefighters have been in the area fighting fires in the Leamington Complex. CLEAN-U- P The JHS Cheerleaders were given the opportunity to wash and detail They have been using the Orgill Ball Park in FIRE FIGHTING vehicles as a rental project. The vehicles, from Salt Lake City were used by crews during the Nephi as their staging area. recent fire fighting efforts in the area. Vehicle burglaries and bicycle lock. L Ml9.t 1, 1999 Wednesday, August 14, 1996 Nephi Police say vehicle according to Nephi City Police Chief Chad Bowles. Reports have come in to the Police Department from all areas of the community Vehicles are frequently parked, unlocked or with valuable items left in view, at residences throughout the area. Everyone is advised to lock vehicles, as well as any recreational vehicle, when not attended. You are also reminded to remove any items which might become an open invitation for a theft if left in the vehicle. Reports of stolen bicycles have also increased recently With school started soon, the Police advises everyone to get their bicycle registered with the city The free registration makes locating and identifying lost or stolen bikes easier for the Police and the owners. Bicycles can be brought to the City Police Department anytime during regular hours, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Bicycles have been taken from porches, carports and backyards. If bikes can not be kept in a garage or shed, they should be kept secured with a chain and Jan y. 30-3- 3 fund-raisin- g Nephi City Council asked to increase support for enforcing speed limits on Main Street By Myrna Trauntvein Times-New- s Correspondent Nephi City Council members were asked to increase their support for enforcing the speed limit in the city Susan Nielsen, a concerned Nephi resident, said she had received a hate letter in the mail and asked the city council to listen to her reply She gave a copy of the hate letter misspellings and all, to the council and then refuted cer tain points. Nielsen said she still had concerns about the speed limit on Main Street being enforced by the Nephi City Police Department. She also wanted to request the council send a letter to the Utah Department of Transportation which she had petitioned the council to write on an earlier visit made June 18. "Have you, Mayoi; or the city administrator sent a letter to Doug Bassett at UDOT? she asked. didnt do that and I didnt request that it be done. I will see that we do it, said Robert Steele, mayor In addition, said Nielsen, the police chief said his department would not tolerate speeding on Main Street. For the next few weeks, she said, officers were constantly pulling speeders over but, since the end of the Ute Stampede, she had only once seen anyone being pulled I ally do stop those who are speeding all the time. They stop them all along Main Street, he said. I think they are trying and I think what you have done has helped. Many had told her to keep up the good work, she said. When Nielsen asked the support of those who complimented he? she received all kinds of excuses. One of those was that the individual did not want to get into trouble. "Why on earth, would people be afraid of getting into trouble for asking that our streets be made safer for our children and our res- idents? Neilsen said Bassett UDOT official, pointed out that a crosswalk sign located in front of City Hall at 2nd North was not visible because of trees. He said he has asked you, many times, to keep the trees trimmed back. Steele said city crews would look at the sign which needed to be made more visible. There are some other signs iri Nephi which have also been placed by UDOT which, in my opinion, should not be located in the place they are. There is one Id like moved by Lisab Country Kitchen because of all the other signs located around it, people dont notice it. Some of the questions in this hate letter have been asked of me before, said Neilsen. "Not many know that I have been through and passed, because of previous employment, more federal government security clearance checks than the Governor of Utah. She said she does blame herself for not having her dog on a leash when it was killed on Main Street. It is my fault that he was lured out of my fenced yard by some kids, left in the middle of the road and hit by someone who was, obviously, not watching where they were going. She is the mother of four young children, two of them twins, has a half acre lot and a home to care foe "I make time for issues that are important to me such as safer streets for my children. Angelina Dipietro, 82, San Jose, California, both were killed in the accident. Driver of the vehicle, Gus Angelson, 71, received only minor injuries in the accident. The accident looks like it may have been a typical sleeper said Kelsey For whatever reason, he said, the driver lost control. The vehicle left the road on the right side, bounced through a ditch, and over. rolled two and a half times down a steep I am not the only one in town who embankment at roadside. enforcement. The vehicle landed on a dirt road to has noticed the lack of called me or apthe right side of the freeway still north- Several people have proached me to ask why everything bound," said Kelsey He said Dipietro was in the back of stopped after the Stampede and why 'all the 1991 Ford Aerostar van and was these speeders are not being pulled loejected out the back door She was over. Others have told me they were the roadway cated 60 feet further up proud of me and wished me luck very than the van and died instantly the speeding, she said. in stopping in the pasJosephine Angelson was monthb list of citations, "We have the vehicle. of the front in the senger seat She was wearing a seat belt but the seat said Steele. "There is page after page of was reclined all the way back which al- citations which have been issued to lowed her body to jerk in the seat. speeders on Main Street. The report She died at the scene of a broken neck. includes the date and the place." An ICU nurse, who witnessed the acciNeilsen said she spent many sumJim Wilkey, city council member; said for dent, said she obtained a weak pulse who were mers of her childhood in Nephi visiting he had seen officers stop those 3 actu on Continued her family and had always wanted to page exceeding the speed limit. They live in Nephi. "My ancestors came to this town as some airports were. It did not area from Denmark and strived to set- take a long time to travel from the centle what is now referred to as Juab and ter of the community to the airport. The airport was started when I was Sanpete Counties, she said. I have evsmall, that was before I ever had any ery right to be here. Chad Brough, council membe? said the council would encourage Neilsen to continue working with Bassett. He said she had made headway with UDOT and should continue to work with them. He also said Neilsen should not pay so much attention to anonymous letters. Thats the most attention an anonymous letter has ever received in this council We usually just throw them in the round file. Everyone of us has received letters like that," said Steele. Wfe just dont pay any attention to them unless they sign their names. The council has been pursuing the right outcome in investigating the enlargement of the present airport. I think it should be a matter of record that the position we have taken has been emphasized by the wild fires which have been burning close to the community said Milt Harmon, council member If the firefighters had not been able to locate aircraft so close to the city and the fires, there may have been a bigger problem in preventing structure loss, he said. In addition, fighting the fires may have been much more difficult. In addition, said Harmon, he wanted residents to realize that the enlargement of the airport would not have an adverse impact on CUP development nor on the delivery of CUP water to the area. Airport easements do preserve open spaces, they just do not allow the erection of large structures," said Harmon. Harlow Pexton, a retired businessman who served as mayor and, later as a justice, for the community said he would like to address the council concerning the airport. "The airport has always paid for itself and has not been a drain on the taxpayer, said Pexton. It has always been an asset." One nice thing about the city airport, he said, was that it was not far from personal use for it, said Pexton. The man who was the mayor at the time kind of insisted the land be purchased and an airstrip built. The city pur chased good farm ground at the time, he said. This is not the first time the airport has come in handy he said. Not only had the airport been used by firefighters over the years but it had been used as a base for those who were fighting Mormon Cricket and grasshopper infestations and by those who operated crop dusting efforts. I would urge you to do everything you can to keep it in place, said Pexton. Chad Brough, city council membe? said he agreed the airport had been a great asset In the recent fire fighting efforts. The bombers, which had to go to Spanish Fork to load fire retardant, could have been back on the job sooner if there had been a landing strip which would have handled them. It took them 40 minutes to load and return, he said. The helicopters, stationed at the Nephi Airport, were able to be at the fire site in minutes, he said. Our chance to expand the airport is now, said Harmon. He said St. George officials were discussing development of their airport and had found it would cost $80 million. "We have a chance to develop our air port with the federal government picking up most of the tab, said Hannon. I feel strongly that we should do this, said Mayor Robert Steele. "I dont have any personal use for the airport. He said, over the years, he had not needed to use the community airport for his business interests nor for his per sonal ones. "I do think it is in the best interest of the community to develop our airport," he said. |