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Show Serving East Juab County - A Nice Place To Live! A Volume 102 No 49 Decemhef www.nephitimesnews.com 2UII Single Copy Price I By h Commissioners approve implementing Swimming Pool Recreation Center tops priority list radKIDS,lnc. in Juab County By Tim, Myrna Trauntvein Ttmes-Sew- s - Mrna s Sen s 'li auntvein (',im 'pmid, nt emThe leaili r in pi powerment alctv i dm itmnand violence prevention tor i luldren i' know n as ladKIDS, tu and it Correspondent -- A list of Juab County projects has been prepared and is ready to be submitted to the Dtpartment of Community and Economic Development. Priority A indicates that the item listed is of high importance and a poolrecreation center was such a listing for Nephi City and for Juab County. I is coming to A Juab Countv national nonprofit (allied) educational org iniatioii. rad-K1D- Inc. is. mnmitted to prov proven and etteitive life saving skill- - to i luldren In tern lung them how to 'Resist Aggies-ng m I )eli n-- iv elv "In ( ourt vv e deal vv it h little vntinis after the abuse has happened." -- aid Jared Eldridge, hub Countv attornev. 'I have three or four case- - sitting on mv desk right now where if had been in place, the kid- - would have been trained and tin- - never would have happened " lie -- aid lerrv Davis, a Juab Countv Di putv ttornev, and Alama Eotgran Juab County Deputv Sheritt. had t.tken the piogram tu heart and wanted to Edwin Denson and Emery Polelonema, representing the Six County Association of Governments (SCAOG), met with commissioners to present the listing of projects both the county and the cities in the count) considered priority for assistance from C1B (Community Impact Fund Board) tin-progr- in 2005. We appreciate you allowing us to talk to the leadership of the various communities in your county, said Polelonema. See List on page 2 .SVe nulKlDS on page 2 i West Valley man arrested after high speed chase through Juab County by UHP Troopers In addition. Neplu City officers mph but. before Kelsey turned on toBallard were his went Correspondent traveling, as back-up- , flashing lights. off on the freeway at Exit 225 ward Levan. Kelsey said he was He didnt stop at the stop sign old man vv as arrested A hoping to box Ballard in back Ballard traveled all the way and the traveled chase a straight up following high speed Kelsev. at said Levan, said Kelsey. He then 225," at into Juab speeds County through UHP Sgt. Paul Mange Ison traveled along SR 28 toward Manthat were clocked at 115 mph for had been taken up a position on gelson At Powell Lane, Ballard much of the journey. the freeway where Ballard came struck the UHP tire shredder set Arrested at the scene was Joback onto it and he then joined up by Mangelson seph Ballard, West Valley, said Ballards right front tire was the pursuit. Greg Kelsey, Utah Highway Paf ork trol Trooper. Kelsey said that UHP Trooper deflated, shredded and came off At the time of the arrest, Balwent to the Wes Dudley had pulled into the of the rim Nevertheless, he did Trooper Ktl-c- v on the treewav freew a) median and had stopped not stop trving to get away and, near lard was in possession of a stolen bridge n Win had he he noted the traffic for other driver's safety finally, drove off the roadway which 228 Exit yellow Mustang he behind it but Ballard continued to travel into Bateman's Dairy south of otit taken from a friend in Denver, pulled Mustang, Levan. .and began vehicle. at high rates of speed. the Colorado. He had previously puiuing He narrow ly missed a pedestriThe Mustang's maximum The vehicle was traveling at 10 stolen a vehicle from Utah and speed was 115 and the suspect an at the dairy, said Kelsey. The kept the car at that speed, said ground was muddy at the dairy Kelsey. At Exit 222, the suspect farm which might mean that a did the same thing he had done car could slide into a pedestrian, earlier-li- e went off the freeway there were a few out around the and without exit stopping shot dairy. across the street and entered Trooper Anderson did what still UHP members call a PIT short for the freeway at the Pursuit Intervention Technique. headed in the same direction. UHP Lt. Doug Anderson at- Anderson used his patrol car to tempted to stop Ballard by putting attempt to stop Ballard by bumpout a tire shredder but Ballard ing him with the patrol caron the swerved and avoided it. Ballard passenger side of the Mustang. He did it perfectly, said continued traveling southbound on the freeway at high speed. Kelsey. He came upon a vehicle and PIT should be done at a slow of speed as the officer bumps ' side side the on rate i. ,semi traveling 2'by he to unable the side of the fleeing vehicle by so was that freeway f the front of the patrol car. Ballard said Kelsey. pass, just vi -. lane the into Usually, the car w ill spin out to pulled emergency side and will stop. However, the vehicles. two and the passed 5 - ? yAfter Ballard was it turn that, mostly quiet spun a fr I. . and Ballard had a clear run at the and kept going. As he accelerated, he headed in the direction of a freeway. At Mills Junction, said Kelsey, concrete silo at the farm. I rammed his car in the rear Ballard exited the freeway and axle with my patrol car and traveled back along the old highv ft his car against the wall pinned way toward Levan. Meanwhile, .V of the said Kelsey. Troopers silo, .SAwi-- ' Sgt. Mangelson, suspected that broke the window of the Mustang Ballard might try leaving the in order to Ballard out because get freeway in that area. Mangelson travold Joseph Ballard in a high speed chase had left the freeway and was HIGH SPEED CHASE This stolen Mustang was driven by Powell Lane eling along hoping to See Chase on page 5 through Juab County. Troopers finally stopped the vehicle at the Bateman Dairy Farm south of Ievan. Ballard. . Photo courtesy the Utah Highway Patrol intercept By Times-New- 23-ye- Myrna Trauntvein s driven it to Colorado. The suspect had evaded police officers in West Valiev the night before the arrest and had evaded police in both Spanish Fork and Payson the same day of the arrest, said Kelsey. Since he knew the car he would be marked as a stolen vehicle, he stole license plates in Salt Lake. In all cases, when Ballard was pursued by officers, he would begin driving so out of control and at such high rates of speed within city limits that, for the safety of those on the streets, the chases were terminated by pursuing of wa-drivi- ficers After that happened in because Bullard vva- - dnv ing along .SOO Sout li at 100 mph. said Kelsev officers noted that Ballard was heading south on Interstate 15, indicating that he mav be headed to Juab Count) Pav son a I. i ted us," said KeUev "He hid also been reported" foi stealing gas m Spanish Pav-so- n . on-ram- p . 1 on-ram- p - . V-w- - 360-degre- 23-ye- i e |