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Show ,,«..»»AUTO""5-DI©IT 64124 " C V UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION UT SlJMMI NT 50 Coalville, Utah 84017 Friday, December 16, 2005 Vol. 76 No. 51 2005 Election Results Finally Finished BY PAMELA ROBBINS Bee Editor Although it looked like the 2005 election process in the county would be extremely mild the end result proved looks can often be deceiving as several offices ended up being decided via a coin toss. In Francis, Georgia Bates and Rex Hallam were tied for a council seat and after an official canvas was held, the tie still held. A coin toss was scheduled for the end of November and Georgia Bates will be on the council for the next four years. John Bergen was elected as Mayor with John Don Keyes winning the second open council position. "Spiked" Tires End High Speed Chase Kamas Mayor Lewis Marchant and councilpersons Diane Atkinson and Rodney Smith obviously are doing something right and found they were running unopposed. One hundred and four voters of the registered 867 turned out to give their support to the three candidates. In Oakley, Blake Frazier ran unopposed and will hold the office of Mayor of the town for another four-year term. Taking their place on the council are; Kendall 'Tiny11 Woolstenhulme and Bob Elbert. Coalville offered yet another surprise as council candidates RaNae Crittenden and Brent Scholes tied and a canvas showed no change in the votes. Crittenden came out the winner in a coin toss at the scheduled meeting held on Monday evening. Scholes will be appointed to take the place of councilman Bill Weston who offered his resignation to the city so both candidates came out as winners. Duane Schmidt was elected to take over the Mayor's job from Mayor Howard Madsen, who chose not to seek re-election. Henefer residents once again used a last minute write in campaign to place Randy Ovard in the Mayor's chair defeating Mayor Jim Rees who was seeking re-election. Brent Ovard retained his council seat with write-in candidate Kay Richins winning the second open council position. The results proved once again that EVERY vote truly does count in the election process. Qaif\ta eAlafces William Weldon BY PAMELA ROBBINS Bee Editor The Summit County Communications Center was contacted by (he Uintah County's Sheriff's Department in Evanston, Wyo. early Wednesday afternoon, to report a "reckless, high speed" driver that was entering Summit County territory. The call indicated Wyoming officers were terminating their pursuit of the vehicle. According to Summit County Sheriff Dave Edmunds, it was fortunate timing that several county officers happened to be in Coalville when the call was received and were able to set up a command at the Travel The "Jolly Old Man" (aka Santa) wearing his bright red suit and happy smile greeted children at the Coalville Fire Station for his annual visit thanks to the local Lion's Club. Children and parents were very excited to see Santa arrive at the fire station via a fire truck. Requests for Christinas wishes were given to Santa, who in return gave the children candy canes. Part Two JULY The South Summit High School Auditorium was packed with proud family members belonging to the 33 beautiful young girls, all princesses of the Kamas Valley Princess Program. The girls sang "I Can Sing A Rainbow" and danced to "Somewhere Over the Rainbow." They also said what they would like to find at the end of the rainbow. All the girls made great representatives of the valley. Miss LecAnne Lowry was named as Kamas Valley Fiesta Days Queen with Mikayla Herbert and Elizabeth Walker named as her attendants. The girls performed song, dance and dramatic readings and were beautiful in their formal evening gowns. Oakley and Henefer all hosted great Fourth of July events and brought their respective community and guests together. In Henefer, the celebration activities began with a fun run, followed by the annual breakfast tradition. Booths offering all types of wares for sale and games and activities for the youth kept things moving right along. The Over 80 athletes from 17 nations will descend on the Olympic venues used for the 2002 Games nearly four years ago when the International Ski Federation's Nordic Combined World Cup ' B ' circuit stops in Park City and Midway Dec. 16-17. Soldier Hollow and Utah Olympic Park have teamed up with the National Sports Foundation to host this crucial early season event for the strong field of athletes who combine the quick explosive sport of ski jumping with the endurance sport of cross-country skiing. Following two 'kick off* events in Steamboat Springs, Colorado this past weekend, the legacy venues built for the 19th Olympic Winter Games, will offer two more events to test the true kings of the Nordic sports before heading east to Lake Placid, New York. In total, these 80 plus athletes will have six events in the opening period of the 2005-2006 season. Included on the U.S. Ski Team roster will be World Champion, Johnny Spillane, who had to depart the World Cup circuit just prior to the opening events due to a shoulder injury suffered in a training crash in Finland. Spillane will attempt to compete with the injured shoulder through the 2006 Olympic Winter Games before undergoing reconstructive surgery. 'Tain management will be the key to competing with this 4th degree separation. I had a similar injury awhile back on my opposite shoulder, so I know the process to build enough strength in my shoulder to compete well in Torino," Spillane reported a few days after reluming to Park City. US Ski Team coach, Dave 'DP Jarrett, will be keeping a sharp eye on his US Ski Team athletes as well as a few outside challengers as the team will select several athletes to join Todd Lodwick and Bill Demong on the 2006 Olympic Team. Lodwick and Demong have already qualified based on competitions held the last two weeks in Finland and Norway. 'These events are crucial as we [the US Team] put together the strongest team possible to land in Torino to finally bring home a medal from the Olympic Winter Games." explains Jarrett from the Nordic facilities in Colorado. Jarrett has soared at two Olympic Games and both times he and his teammates have walked away without any 'hardware'. DJ, along with head coach. Bard Jorgen Elden and ski jumping technical coach, Lasse Otteson (silver medallist 04 from Norway) hope to make history in Sestriere, Italy this February. The athletes take to the sky and trails on Friday, Dec. 16 and Saturday, Dec. 17 in the Homestead Resort Nordic Combined World Cup ' B \ Friday. Dec. 16, K120/7. 5km Sprint Jumping @ Utah Olympic Park 10:30/ 7.5 km Sprint @ Soldier Hollow 3:00. Saturday. Dec. 17, Mass Start 10 km/ K120 Jump; X-C 10 km Mass Start @ Soldier Hollow 9:00 ajn. K120 Ski Jump @ UOP 1:30 p.m. All events are open to the public. =^yff^3^ 2005 County Wrap-Up Bee Editor Nordic Combined Skiing World Cup ISiajor PFS Partners Backing Out of Continued on page A3 BY PAMELA ROBBINS Regional News Notes fireworks display was bigger and better than ever. Oakley was able to host their "best little rodeo in the State" in their brand new recreation complex this year to the joy of everyone. They also held their annual parade, program, entertainment, barbecue and other traditional events. The first annual Summit County Idol contest began with Kamas winners being; Whitney Richins 1st place; Amandi Goodwin, 2nd and SheaLce Liefson, 3rd place. The event was sponsored by the South Summit Healthy Coalition. A jury in the second trial for Park City resident Erik Low convicted him of manslaughter. A previous jury could not reach a decision. Judge Deno Himonas presided over the sixday trial, with Low facing a possible murder charge with life imprisonment. Both the prosecution and defense teams mentioned the significance of blood spatters found at the scene-the prosecution claiming it showed Low 'intentionally' shot the victim, Michael Hirschey on May 8, 2001. The defense tried to prove the defendant shot the victim in selfdefense. Expert witnesses were called into court from both sides. The Francis Frontier Days Rodeo Royalty was chosen with Hanna Nilson crowned queen. Her attendants were; Riata Mitchell and Makel Woolstenhulme. Rebecca Kirkham was named Miss Congeniality with Kylie Brown awarded the Most Current Event Knowledge award. The Summit County Sheriff's Office was called on to assist with a Timber Lakes armed standoff in Heber City, after resident 50-year old Mark Bardsley fired multiple rounds at neighbors and police. Neighbors reported the incident when shots were heard coming from somewhere near the residence. He later surrendered to law officers without incident. Members of the Summit County Historical Society and other interested public citizens enjoyed a historic tour of Echo Canyon. John Eldrcdge, Editor of Illustrated Emigrants Guide was the tour leader. Sammy Hortin was chosen as Henefer Little Buckaroo Queen. Her attendants were; Shianne Hobson and Bailie Richins. Miss Congeniality was Kasidee Evans. A triathlon event brought about 600 athletes to South Beach Echo Reservoir. A portion of this year's event went to the Hess Cancer Foundation to assist families with funeral expenses of children who died of cancer. The athletes rode bikes, swam, and ran during the event. Many volunteers helped to make the event successful. In 1995, 24 girls fast pitch teams arrived in Steamboat Springs, Colorado to participate in the World Series event. In 2001 there were 110 teams and in 2002 there were 145 teams. The event was moved to Park City and surrounding area in 2003 with 200 teams and more joining each year. Teams played games in Coalville, Oakley and Park City with large crowds attending to watch these talented young athletes. Summit County Sheriff Dave Edmunds attended FBI training for 10 weeks at the camp located in Quantico, VA. The sheriff said that while there he participated in class work and hands on training experiences. AUGUST Brandie Cole, Jackie Rees and Dustin Orgill were the top three winners of the North Summit Idol Competition sponsored by The Utah Conservancy in Park City, the Healthy Community Coalition in South Summit and the North Summit Community Coalition. Winners from the North Summit, South Summit and Park City contests planned to perform at The Summit County Fair where a winner would be named. A Utah Highway Patrol Trooper pulled over a male driver on 1-80 for following too close to a truck pulling 'Senator Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah) has won agreement from Southern Company that it will drop out of Private Fuel Storage (PFS) and cease its support for building a private spent nuclear fuel storage at Skull Valley, Utah. In addition, Hatch secured the commitment of Xcel Energy, the majority stockholder in PFS, to place a moratorium on its funding for PFS. "This marks the first nail in the coffin for PFS," Hatch said. 'The PFS plan has been on life support for some time, and we're removing the feeding tubes. The administration and I have worked hard to make the case that the Skull Valley plan will never be built, and we are working with the industry to find safe alternatives that have the support of the Administration." Southern Company was among six members of PFS that had placed a moratorium on their funding on July 8,2002, leaving only Xcel Energy and one minor company with less than a 12 percent share in PFS as active members financing the partnership. Without Xcel Energy's financial support as the majority stockholder at 33.7 percent, the viability of the PFS proposal is now seriously threatened. "At this point, I would like someone to explain to me how a partnership of one will be able to build this site," Hatch said. "Last time I checked, PFS has not secured one contract to store waste at Skull Valley, and it would be hard to imagine mem winning one now. This, on lop of all the administrative and legal obstacles we've already put in place, should make it clear to anyone that this proposal is quickly becoming history." . • Hatch has been working closely with the Department of Energy and the nuclear industry to find alternative solutions to Skull Valley. In separate letters to Hatch, the utilities confirmed that progress toward a national storage plan-along with the prospect of endless battles blocking the approval of the site at Skull Valley, convinced them to step away from the PFS proposal. .,-•• . • •/. ._•[ s.\\.^<tJ "*%'.' ". • DWR Walk-In Access Program f-vThe Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR.) would like to reward landowners who provide public hunting and fishing access on their properties. The Walk-In Access Program provides eligible landowners with monetary compensation, conservation officer patrols, signs, registration and parking sites, and liability protection under Utah law. DWR is seeking properties with hunting and fishing opportunities or access to isolated public land. For more information please call Clint Brunson (801) 866-6106, Ed Liese (435) 757-0029, or go online at www.wildUfe.utah.gov/walkinaccess/. ••*••„**'.*„•.'..,. •i'-r-. Avalanche Training Glass An avalanche training class is being offered through the Summit County Sheriff's Office to anyone wishing to attend. The class will be held at the Wanship Fire Station on Dec. 21, at 7 p.m. and will offer critical advice to anyone planning activities in the back country where an avalanche could occur. 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