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Show Around the County November 30, 2007 The Summit County Bee Learn a New Skill Teach a New Skill! Page A3 Sheriff’s Blotter • Two semi trucks were reported as being in a road rage. Traveling at very high rates of speed trying to pass each other. A description of both trucks were given to the sheriff’s office. • A call came in from a homeowner in Park City about a male in a striped shirt and jeans that was walking around their home and has no reason to be there. • A theft from a outlet store was reported when someone possibly had stolen 14 jackets. • A lady in a Silver Chevy hit a deer and it need to be taken care of. There were five other incidents of vehicles and deer reported. They seem to be everywhere, if you’re lucky enough to miss them then they run into you. • Two deer caught in a fence was also reported. • From a Tanger store came a call about a woman pushing a baby stroller with a basket full of items leaving the store. She stated that she was going to go to her car and get her wallet. Items were taken back in the store, the female got into a black SUV and left. • A caller reported that a bicycle and a helmet had been left in front of their home for several weeks and no one has come and taken them away. She would like someone to come and get them. • PC Lock and Key responded to a vehicle that had a baby locked inside. • A theft call came in when workers went to cabin site and discovered that construction material had been taken that they were going to use. • A young male driver in a white Dodge truck was reported to be weaving all over the roadway, near Payday Drive in Park City. Also, a driver in a white Hyundai Accent Sedan is unable to hold a lane of travel and is driving at high rates of speed was reported. • A suspicious call was reported about a black Honda Civic that had gone into a ditch and wrecked and the driver had left. The plate number was given to the sheriff’s office. • A call came in about a family member that had tried to run the caller off the road. There were 273 reports that were taken this past week. Air Quality in Summit County 4-H Leadermete Workshop – Join in The Fun! 4-H leaders - if you’ve been thinking about sending in a proposal for Leadermete, but…well…now’s your chance…! Those that attended the sewing training in St. George why not share with others at Leadermete, and for those with cooking projects; we will have 4 kitchens available! Attach a proposal form, and you can also access it through www.Utah4-H.org - click on the “clover corner calendar”. Ron Patterson in Carbon County shares - this is the last call for proposals. Not because we have enough, but because we need to work up a schedule so registration information can be posted in January. Here are what we have and areas where we need more proposals: Plants and Animals; Gardening - a couple of good workshops; Livestock - we only have a goat presentation. Something along the lines of selection, nutrition, and fitting and showing would be good; Horse— pretty good in this area, except maybe some good hands-on activities for the Working Ranch Horse program; Portfolios—we haven’t received anything for portfolios yet; SET—Have a few (robotics, HAM, Geo-caching, SET, a couple of science topics), would welcome some Attorney General New Face in Chief Deputy Clerk’s Office Welcomes New US Attorney more; Communications and Expressive Arts—looking pretty good unless someone wants to do something in performing arts; FCS—really weak in this area (only have two at this point), more sewing, needlecraft, child care, consumer education, and etc; Healthy lifestyles—(only two cooking workshops) otherwise there are quite a few; Program/volunteer development—More in this area would definitely be welcomed. We will be working the schedule on Dec. 3. Please consider sharing your skill and knowledge with other 4-H leaders to help make Utah 4-H the best in the country. The last six months the Summit County Commissioners, Sally Elliott, Ken Woolstenhulme, and Bob Richer have been questioning the Summit County Health Department concerning the state of air quality in Summit County and more specifically – the Snyderville Basin. This question will soon be answered, as the Summit County Health Department (SCHD) partnered with the Utah Department of Environmental Quality to begin test the air quality. Two sites will be selected and monitors will be installed to test air during inversions. The air is actually blown through filters where contaminated particles as small as 2.5 microns are collected for a 24-hour period. The filters are then weighed. A plan has to be submitted, and then the Division of Air Quality, who is providing the monitors, installing the units and weighing the filters, will begin the testing possibly by the middle of December. The portable air sampler can be configured to collect either PM2.5, PM10, or TSP samples – one type at a time. The study will be conducted initially during the winter months, stated Steve Jenkins, Summit County Health Department Director. Summit County may purchase additional monitors if the findings indicate further testing is needed. General in PC Utah Farm Bureau Members Elect Fawcett of The National Association of Attorneys General 2007 Annual Winter Meeting. U.S. Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey delivered his first public address during the 2007 national winter meeting of state 12:15 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 29. Attorneys General at The Canyons Resort in Park City, Utah. Thirtythree Attorneys General, including Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff, will convene to discuss a number of issues, including the current mortgage foreclosure crisis, domestic violence and teen dating violence, e-health care, antitrust issues, Medicaid fraud, social networking websites and related legal issues surrounding age verification and the tracking of sex offenders, multi-state cooperation, protecting the environment and Fugitive Safe Surrender— a community re-entry program for non-violent offenders. Henefer To The State Women’s Committee Subscribe! 336-5501 Ryan Cowley A change has been made in the Summit County Clerk’s Office, as SC Clerk, Kent Jones, has appointed Ryan Cowley as the new Chief Deputy Clerk. Ryan was working in the Tech Department, which leaves a vacancy to be filled there. Ryan has been well know working and helping departments with computer and other technical assistance. Congratulations, Ryan, on this new appointment. He and his wife, Rebecca, and four children - Sarah, Matthew, David and Jacob are all pleased with Dad’s new position with the County. Members from Utah’s 28 County Farm Bureaus met November 15-16 to select leaders for the state’s largest farming and ranching organization. Delegates re-elected Tooele County hay farmer Leland Hogan to his 4th two-year term as president of the Utah Farm Bureau Federation. Rulon Fowers, a hay grower from Hooper, Weber County, Rex Larsen, a cattle rancher and grain farmer from Spanish Fork, Utah County, and Edwin Sunderland, a dairy farmer and turkey producer from Chester, Sanpete County were all re-elected to two-year terms on the Utah Farm Bureau Board of Directors. Garrick Hall, a dairyman from Cove, Cache County, was selected as the new chairman of the Young Farmer and Rancher Committee (YF&R). Jackson and Oralie Smith, dairy farmers from Lewiston, Cache County, Kyle and Shelly Matthews, grain and forage growers from Grantsville, Tooele County, Russell and Valerie Spencer, owners of a fertilizer application business from Duchesne, Duchesne County, were selected to on the state YF&R committee. Dustin and Harmony Cox, owners of a hay brokerage business in Alton, Kane County, were reelected to the YF&R committee. Waneta Fawcett, who with her husband operates a sheep operation in Henefer, Summit County, was elected to the state Women’s Committee. The Utah Farm Bureau is the largest general farm and ranch organization in the state with more than 21,000 member families. Its mission is to improve the net income of the state’s farmers and ranchers and the overall quality of life in the state and nation through political action, educational and informational means. The Farm Bureau is a non-partisan, voluntary organization, and its efforts are based on grassroots policies developed by members at the local, county, state and national levels. It is affiliated with the American Farm Bureau Federation, the world’s largest general farm organization, with more than 6 million family members in 50 states and Puerto Rico. For more information, go to the Utah Farm Bureau Web site at http://utfb.fb.org. Summit County Commissioners Complete Canvas at Commission Meeting The Summit County Commissioners; Sally Elliott, Ken Woolstenhulme and Bob Richer, had 130 provisional and 11 absentee ballots to canvas and make the final vote official on Wednesday, Nov. 14. Under the jurisdiction of Summit County Clerk Kent Jones directed the procedure in which the opening of the provisional votes was completed by the commissioners. There were 150 provisional votes turned in, 130 were qualified and 20 were not. This combined with the 11 absentee votes counted were scanned and totaled, added to the unofficial election results from last week, and announced to those present the totals. The website - www.summitcounty.org - has the full results listed. The Summit County Bee has the totals on page The tie breaker was still close between Kelly Ovard and Trisha Beames. They were tied last week at 160, now the official total is in with Kelly - 162 and the winning candidate is Trisha Beams - 163. Subscribe To The Summit County Bee! 336-5501 Summit Mosquito Abatement District Budget Hearing for 2008, Reopen 2007 Budget December 11, 2007, 6 PM 1735 S. Hoytsville Rd. Wanship, UT Public Welcome Published in the Summit County Bee 12/30/2007 & 12/07/2007 |