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Show January 17, 2003 Page A3 demands of nearby booming towns; Park City, Evanston and Buzz Back Martha probably resigned her position when she married Ebnezer Henson in 004 The Federal census for Upton shows forty-sevechildren between the ages of five and ten years in 1000 so it is likely Martha taught a large class, with the oldest girls helping with the youngest children. Angus Pace, who attended Atkinsons school of eight grades and one teacher. icnicmkrcd I can't say I received much of an education there my lust yeui of schooling. There were. I'll have to guess, twenty of us. She thc teacher hud her hands full to try and teach a little bit of reading and unthinctic to that many students and that big of a gap in their age. Hv 1010, with the addition of schools m South and Pine View, three schools were functioning in lire area and the Upton school even piovided secondary classes for 5th to Mh grade students Hut by 1025, both the Pine View and South schools had been dosed and (he children trans-Icric- d Kick to l'pton. In 1040. with rapidly declining emollment. the Upton School was closed and, as continues to this day. the children bussed to Coalville. even Salt I. ake City. As Uptons population of children grew so did their need for education. The photograph shows the Upton School, which 88 1. opened on Apnl .1. Constructed lor less than $500. the design was typical of the day, with cloakroom and bell tower, above, to toll the beginning and end of each school day. The new schools fust teacher, local Caroline Claik, earned $40 pci month. Her duties included starting the Ine each day lot-m- Upton School n al 1 clean. Caioline was $0 yeais old, having immigiated to the US fiom England with her husband John in 8M. They owned a I aim in Upton which her husband operated with their two grown sons. Alvin and Arthur, raising sheep. Maitha Jane Savage nn the photograph) became the Upton school teacher ptohnbly atlei I 8)0. I ike 1 most western giammar school BY SANDRA MORRISON One hundred years ago, L'pton, named fur its high altitude and distance up Chalk Creek from the bustling town of Coalville, was an isolated community. The first settlers arrived in the early I8M)s. homesteading the lush valley and planting crops of wheat, barley, oats and potatoes. The high elevation, long harsh winters and short growing season teacheis of the era she was single. Her father, levi Savage, had opened Coalvillcs lirst school in 1874, the same year he mairicd Marimba Wnglit. Their lust child, Maitha Jane, was hoin hi IS75. Ucvis father lived in 'loriueiville and alici Maitha Janes biitli. he decided to move his new family south. Noth l.evi and Marmtha were I.DS conveils. and hi accordance with the church's docinne of polygamy. I evi decided m Is,1') to made grazing livestock more prof itablc, but the settlers remained dependent on hunting elk and rabbits to feed their families. Some of the men even traveled to Almy, Wyoming each winter, supplementing their meager income by woiking in the Union Pacific Railroad mines. In the 1870s. another natui.il resource began supporting local v Sawmills were built, poucicd by the waters of Chalk Creek. I umhet was shipped by wagon to meet the lake a and the county board of commis- sioners. That hasn't changed," stated Commissioner Woulstenhulme. Listed as a must" priority was making sure the plan- ning department is staffed and establishing a friendly and simpler process fur those needing the services of the office. The commis- sioner voiced concerns about Mountain Regional Water, saying he felt there was a need to handle the situation with caution" and take some of the control out of the commission's hands." Also mentioned was doing everything possible to resolve current litigation against the county and placing extra emphasis on trying to slay out of future litigation by making careful decisions. Woulstenhulme said he too would like to meet with the senior program representatives to help make peace with the members. Expanding the transit system to help get cars off of 224, working to involve more residents of the county in the Summit County Fair and keeping residents informed of the commission's intentions led the commissioner to state if we can work toward accomplishing our goals we should have a great and productive year." Commission Chair Shauna Kerr said she too would like to see belter communication" as a top priority along with "improving employee morale, and assisting each other where needed." "Improving management teams, forming activity based team building, making sure the financial planning aspect of the county was prepared to face future hard economic times from problems of fire, drought and travel industry issues' were also mentioned goals. Establishing a five year program for Mountain Regional Water, holding combined county celebra- tions to help establish better EastWest relation and breaking down barriers were also mentioned. The board has also decided to move their meetings to Wednesday and hold night meetings once a month in order to encourage more public input and interest. It will be nice to work toward our goals and hopefully reach positive conclusions on many of them." A list of additional county goals were addressed by the various departments. In the County Assessor's department, Barbara Kresser stated the main goal for the year would be in bringing someone on Kurd to help revamp the commerei.il jppiaisal sysicin. This is a unique, diverse pioccss which will take someone wuh social knowledge. We may need assistance when it comes to the Im mg process." She also expressed her appreciation to Allot ney's Dave Hrickcy and Janu Hrackin Im helping with legal technicalities involving department issues. Summit County Attorney. Robert Adkins Mated the goal of his department during the new ycai would he to "improve communication between our depaitment and other county offices and liovd it would he a two way sheet. Additional discussion brought up the fact that the commission Kurd would like contractual papers sent to the attorneys office pnor to their meetings so they could have time to review them before their scheduled meetings, reports sent from the court to sheriffs officers in relation to animal control situations so they know when the cases have been resolved. Hlake Fiaier. County Auditor said without hesitation that the goal of his office would be to implement the new financial planning software sometime in March or April. We plan to lake one system down and put the other one right without any problems. Everyone will he notified in advance to liclp with the day to day record keeping that will have to be cut for one day. Several people from various departments will need to be trained - ( one day or one week depending on their use of the system) with training held in Spanish FTazier slated there was only one small problem for his department and that is the fact there are seveial employees who still do not use the time dock as they should. A discussion centered around setting a deadline for everyone using it or perhaps being docked in some manner. Newly elected County Clcik Sue Foiled said the main tusk facing the department would he the redistricting of the Deer Valley aiea that has reached (he I .(MX) mark and they will have a municipal election this year. Two other arcus. Fast and West Jeremy Ranch have also reached the point of needing to have changes as the residents hud to wait in line during the November election. Another goal is staying tm (op of information concerning voting reforms which will take place during the next two years focusing on the use of electronic voting A vandalism call was checked out alter someone broke a chamgale while attempting io break into an area. Caller advised .hi out of hounds snow shoo was being escorted oil the mountain by the ski patrol. Caller advised ol gioup luc-woik- s business tepoiie.l A y they had received three bad checks from the same pcismi. Resident advised his grand fathers coal had ken stolen and his hearing aids weie inside the (rocket. Needed a case niimk-- i m order to file lor msiiiance. Caller advised that while at a rest stop she had lost her wal let. Resident advised A mother phoned and the niothci was told to Hush the eyes fin () minutes wnli waiin walet. Advised they would call her back to click on the child. A premises secuiity wat.li was placed mi a home al'ei it was repotted a sii'pc.t vehicle was slopped outside then tesi deuce mi the previous nrelu Stated the vehicle would time past the home veil slowly I he ili.ii next evening it w.i. the vehicle pulled m ib.e ,bive second wile. Maimtha. a ld.uk il. k had backed into a silvci must, mg by the gas pumps. I lie Canyon's Ski result lepoited someone had stolen two snow mobiles timii the maintenance shop ben-delSeveial iiiiuoi weie icxiited due to wealli-c- i t elated accidents. I lie Eiovn police ilcp.it dispaiili alter her three year old sin pouted gasoline mi his eyes Hinson contiol was contacted school hi Coalville and completed her education in Salt I ake City She hoaidcd with William and Alice Hams and then ilticc small children while teaching hi Upion s 1 incut I the ie.Uc-se- Shetill's Hlice assistance m going to a location to deieiuiinc if a resident was missing a plate Imiii one ot Ins vehicles The plate was seen on a suspect vehicle that was seen leaving fiom a 'hopi'.Vui'! incident InliiiTiiiilitiii Snuulil on hiiit lii'il Moose laving banks in the Kjin.isI.nk City re. apt lav d dials Im last ye.u didn't wok as well as u was hoped so the depaitment is woiking low, a it a goal n having scvcial days ol o vial ions in county otli.es outside the emul house mi spe. ills.' days to help handle the heavy last minute lav payments As to public winks, Kevin Callahan said the main goal was to review pei Im malice levels, response time and ettecliveness. Ity woiking with the commission board who receives most of the complaints, we hope to lessen those complaints and wmk low aid showing residents that set vices will lie delivered promptly." I Ih'iii JiiNii.e CtHiii Jiufio I viiii S.idlet was l'i In tire table hv ciuploicc Nikki (Tysl.il due M the Judge Ivmg ut cmiii She told llime pi esc ill tfi.it the utticc goals in, Imled Ic.iimng the opci.i lion of a new soliwaie package with naming almost completed "When the State i ready receive the uiloi illation, we should he up jnd ready on mu end." I he depat t mcnl a young people had tin own at her vehicle. Maitha giew up attending . way and when the suspects heard the family dog balking they letl A cilien complaint was registered when a female went out side to w ,n in up hot car and noticed a small white tiuck with its lights oil sitting in the dnve-waol hei neiglibois home. Vaicil she had not seen it kloie and wanted an otn.cr to dnve t h hi y li the area to see il anything suspicious was happening. Resident called to advise Ins nanny was king harassed by Itci ex I toy lend and wanted it documented A male mdit idual who has a second home in I'.uk City repotted he had lost a Roles watch v a ued at $ Unit) on top of Mm. Rcsoit while skiing C.illci advised he had seen three hoises on the mad and had Hied to chase them into a field. tained drugs. accouling to tamily histoiy. was devastated, and letl Levi, i cunning with her lliicc small children to Coalville. dev I, is New Continued from page A Cell phone cullci advised finding a suitcase which con- one-roo- and keeping the school house Summii County Hisiunan Blotter 1 is also woiking lownid "maintaining the miieni clleciivc system in place." "It was a recoid year hi the amount of Ices collected." said Alan Spnggs when talking about plans lor the Kecredei's Office. "It has been a banner year just for keeping up with the volume of material we have handled " Scanning huge maps, miniaiut-izmrecoids and woiking towatds having recoids available through the inlet net ate also goals being worked oil. Using a Trim in system for the past 25 yeais to help with technical needs, Spnggs said that by using ptograiiimeis on hoatd in a multi county trust they should able to come up with their own program soon. He loo mentioned woiking within the county depatl-incutuse of inforto make i mation that is available. Suimnil County Slienll Dave Edmunds said that by combining with other dcpai intents in the Stale and using then resources the county should save a lot it taxpayer dollats. Citing an example, on Monday moinmg pm to the meet mg. K J units liotii the I 'I IF. West Valley City. Summit Co. and oth ers combined lot an unplanned lock' down at the I.uk City High School. The result was Imding seveial ding items. "This piovcd that by establishing good woiking rela Housings we can maintain cost effective piogi.ims. help one .moth et and il the lug one" evci hits we will have Kick up tesomces avail able." As to assistance limn the g k k-ttc- board or other departments. Edmunds stated he would k wotk ing on getting several nicnioian dums of undci standing" between various entities in the near future, "There are actually two winking pmgiuins in our department." said County Tteasuret (ilen Thompson. One is the regular office programs and then there is the Motor Vehicles Division. In an clfnit to continually try to make paying taxes caster Thompson said they are woiking on a system that would allow residents to make quailcrly payments instead of once a year or monthly as is currently done. Also, work is king done to find ways of helping people pay delinquent taxes easier than in one lump sum. icm-dent- s 115 l!K l )r. I'Rlllts (i Htt ki Mviicti Oil Jan V State Wildhte M'liici- - weie t.i'fi-investigate a t; m moose that was s..i,-i-lie dead bull mouse lt Creak a dev neat Skindian.l wjs hmnd ih the Investigalois estimate the I nil - I. .1 n: been filled sometime . between Chiistuus ami New Seal s filing to the dist.isteiul nature o this toa. Imi'.' in. is the .i, t that the moose v as letl to waste. Only the in. use's head 1.0 taken by the pu.uhcis Il you have any niloim.ilioii h guiding (lie unlaw lid killing ot this moose 01 anv oilu-- i wiMide v laii. n. please call Oltnei Iliad 2 01 call the Prohsi at M)i2il Help Stop Poaching Hotline at f(i2 11 K ( 1 5 5 7 Su may remain anonymous. The Division ol WTIdlile Ucsi-uucoticis icwaids ! 11111111.111011 lead uli.-'the to successlul wtldldc mines mg pmse, , .t, llc a- 1 i 1 s i (iovernmenl services director, Siott (iiecn listed as goals; implementing a live year facility plan which would call lor department to hand m a tepmt they feel would detail building space needs tor the next five yeais, woiking with County k-ad-s I'tepaiedness director. Mule h Swcnscn. to implement CIK and lust aid naming Im all employees along with learning how to deal with oiiiet ciiicna such as roblvry, hostage situations, etc. Having someone limn the Slid ill's Office m the emiilhmise on commission days was also a suggestion made. Completing the employee affir- mative ait ion piogium, updating the inhumation technology web page, implementing wmk safety piograms with on site inspections m older to reduce msiiiance premiums weie also mcnlimied As to the County I ihi.uv sei vices, Cuccn said I he Inst goal is to lure a I ihiuiy Dnccloi by Match. I'pgiudc bookmobile set vice and wmk toward finding a locution for the Coalville l.ibiaiy site due to Coalville City requesting that portion ol then building back in a lew years. Coin mimiiy Development Acting Dnccloi Michael Harille told the lw iaid that having adequate stalling would lie on the top ol the list of goals. Completing the development code, doing on site consulting mi that people understand what is taking place, a comprehensive study of (Jutnn'x Junction with input from tlie public and k'lter set up routines for presentations to the hoatd were also mentioned. Final suggestions made by the gimip was the possibility of changing the county logo and placing signs ut several locations inside the courthouse to help visitors reach the cot reel office. Commission Chair Shauna Kerr thanked everyone for king present, while excusing Health Department director Steve Jenkins who had another meeting to attend. Iliiildino . . . Continued from page , I lasts IK to 21 monilis Accoulmg to pioi'cl Ic.ulet. Randy hohsl. who will head ilu new hospital and is cinienlly Administiuloi at the IT 1C llelvi Valley Medieal Ceiuei. comimim input and panic ipuiinp is ly cssenlial. The I 0uml.1l ion will he loin ms and fiens nigumiiig . . . a hospital gioups as well as a hospital h-l- isl gov-einm- g Im.iul said that the ideal boutd would include community lead eis. two to three physicians and representatives I mm the (at caches of the county such as "finmeis. .111 chers and housewives." I n get involved, andor to help name the hospital, call lum 1 it i4hfix7-4l?0- . lln rani for Heading Continued from page . t make A papci hag puppet ol etioy leading was the main local pomi ut the piogium held lit conjunction with the National Hrothcr or Sister Heat and played Pm the Tail on the Donkey. After everyone had an oppmiii-ntllo enjoy each segment, the Children's group of participants joined Davis Ibanch Manager, Rhonda Hallows who planned (lie parly, Teiry Davis who helped with the loud and namclags. Teenage assistance came from Megan together once again to say then good-bye- s to Papa Hear and several lucky youngsleis wmi a di.iu ing for Hercnslam Hear books. Each child aki received a Ktg of bear grub'' to lake home with them while the adults received a PHS Families (mule for Parents and Caregivers to help them choose worthwhile viewing lor their young people. Teaching children to love and Reading month. Dunked Im otgantmg the event and helping lo ensure the success lor the children were: Donna Snelgrove. Rebecca Walker, Hridgetl McCormick, Tiffany McCotmick. and of course the slat id the day. Papa Hear. f r.ihior' note: speeiul thanks to Camellia Robbins for assisting n i:h this article.) Subscribe Today! |