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Show ry | | _- WASATCH COUNTY COl RECURRING MEETINGS {1 Midway Water 4 2nd & 4th Monday ~ County Commission 5:00 pm Fire District Meeting 6:00 pm Any Public Meeting 1st Tuesday 7:00 pm : | Midway Sanitation q | 4th Tuesday 7:00 pm Charleston Planning ee | Meeting, Wallsburg Town Hall } OYetiam 8m eS Spa. 7:00 pm : Heber Board of © Adjustments | 7:00 pm Daniel Township (Planning) Meeting Last Wednesday 6:30 pm Library Board. 1st Thursday 7:00 pm Charleston Town Board Meeting Heber City Council 2nd & 4th Wednesday Midway Planning 2nd & 4th Thursday 7:00. pm DUI’s school student was seriously injured by a south bound truck while crossing the October 24, 1:00 am road. The student was not in a crosswalk at the time. This serves as one dog story below.) Avoid Taking Bad Checks prosecution. To avoid receiving bad checks, take proper identification, and consider ‘verifying the check with the bank on large purchases. Many checks have a verification phone number listed on them. If you are a merchant, train _ your clerks to ask for a driver’s license as identification, or at least some other legitimate, verifiable form of picture identification. The purpose of this is to verify who the person is that is passing the check. tion. - & ° Write the license number on the check, Jimmy Ross Elliot, age 36, -DO NOT let the customer do it for you. of Heber owns need to evacuate. We receive many requests for bad check In cooperation with FB.I., Ling Marshalls, and other agencies, Heber Officers assisted in serving several felony warrants pursuant to a on-going child custody investigation. A related arrest who animals a be Heber City residents need to be prepared for potential disasters such as Y2K and earthquakes. Have an emergency kit with three days of food and other ‘supplies on hand. Prepare an emergency plan including escape routes from your home and meeting points for your fami- — ly if you should be separated or have to at an intersection, if possible-one that is marked with crosswalk lines. (See related ‘October 25 everyone Reasonable Preparedness more around schools. Also, if you are crossing the street, go that extra distance to cross Child Custody Arrests their licensed and current on their vaccinations. Year 2000 licenses will soon be available. painful reminder to all to slow down same day, Tori Story, 38 years old, of Heber City, was arrested for D.U.I. after being stopped for a traffic violation. that , Store sheets of plastic and a staple gun to temporarily cover broken windows after an earthquake. Participate in the Heber City Police Department’s neighborhood watch/emergency management program. We need people willing to act as block captains, who, in the hours after a disaster, would coordinate emergency efforts with Police, Fire, teams. For more Rescue, and ‘relief information visit the ‘Heber City Police, FE.M.A., and Utah Comprehensive Emergency Management (C.E.M.)web sites, or contact the Heber City Police Department. % Accident Takes a Toll on Heber A threat exists in Heber that challenges the safety of our community Shannon Taylor, Courier Staff 1st & 3rd Thursday 7:30 pm — Midway Council 7:30 pm wish to remind misdemeanor possession of marijuana. Officer ‘Clegg responded to an auto pedestrian traffic accident at approximately 850 South Main, where a middle was also made as part of ‘the investiga- 3rd Wednesday 7:00 pm Heber Valley Animal Control Officers age 20, of Salt Lake City, was arrested for driving on suspension, and class A Heber City Planning _ Se oT en a Committee Meeting 3 1st Wednesday 7:00 pm | WATCH-PAC October 16.250 am In an unrelated incident at 7:30 pm that 4 ae Doggie Drugs and Licenses contained marijuana. Brandon M. Parr, Greenhalgh, age 60, of Pioche, Nevada, was arrested for D.U.I. ' 4th Monday. : ; 2 -: Pedestrian Hit | It is no secret that Main Street, Heber, is an area full of safety concerns. On Tuesday of last week, a young lady was attempting to make her way across the main thoroughfare when she was hit by “an unsuspecting truck in front of the Wendy’s/Day’s Market area. It is in the — face of such a tragedy that a community searches desperately fora place to lay ior x : vehicle that had no tail lights. The driv- er was found to have a suspended driver’s license, and subsequent to arrest, a medicine style bottle was recovered that i 2:00 pm 5 - dures are not followed, the suspect generally gets away with. your hard earned money. flight to avoid prosecution, and custodial interference. Officer Ricks stopped a vehicle that was traveling approximately 10 miles per hour in the 40 mph zone on Main Street. The vehicle was also swerving in its lane. The «driver, Kendell Lyle 2nd Monday 7:30 pm traffic stop on a blame. Daniel Residents We want your input on Some ishieve driver of the truck. Others the fault lies withr the would say that fault lies with the girl who was crossing in a place where there was no. e., crosswalk or traffic light. Still others feel Department of Transportation (UDOT) Daniel Township Board for failing to have a catwalk, or even a -sufficient number of crosswalks, in an Darwin McGuire Chair Hugh McLean 654-1195 654-3384 area that is heavy with pedestrian activity. Randy Birch. 654-4300 At the time of the 654-2294 believed that the truck Hugh Barker ~ Lloyd Popp Ralph Lugton Secretary 654-1494 654-1515 sponsored by BERTCH arporneys GSBIRCH — 654.4300 __ Just a few yards from.the safety of a crosswalk, Wasatch High School stu- that the mistake comes from the Utah issues that affect you! Steve Ivie - 2 | Monday, November 8 7:30 pm Midway Water Officer Nielsen made a Leg Thursday, November 4 | 7:00 pm Heber City Council ~ 7:30 pm Midway Council | City, was arrested on felony warrants which included charges of unlawful iScuohes 23, 9:00 pm The suspect will then verbally give the clerk the number, which is phony. If these proce- se WATCH-PAC Meeting, Wallsburg Town Hall but I know the number.” Roberta Kim Renshaw, age 35, of Heber SRS ‘Possession Charge . ~ # 7:00 pm 3 PA. a Wednesday, November tell your clerks: “I don’t have my license, tice. | Midway Sanitation | Many who would like to rip you off will City, was arrested for obstruction of jus- TTTTT 7:00 pm Compiled by Sgt. Bradley 2 accident, was to make a dangerous jaunt across 600 South through trafdents continue fic, even after last week’s near fatal accident less than four blocks away. the police speeding when he collided with the girl. The following day, police made another attempt at discovering the actual speed of the truck by re-measuring the skid marks left on the highway. According to one local | business owner, the, re-evaluation occurred because witnesses to the acci- dent had come forward and stated that the truck was not speeding, as was first believed. Since the day of the accident, = = © i November pe = ” CALENDAR Tuesday, REPORT POLICE HEBER CITY MTT ore PUBLIC MEETINGS THT 7 ee 7 driver of the truck has. secured a _ Sheriff Spanos, of the Wasatch County | Sheriff 5 Department, commented that a lawyer, and the truck, though notmajor concern is the need for parents impounded by the police, is being kept and teachers to better educate children out of sight. | : of all ages about the importance of obeyThe one fact that cannot be disputed is - ing the area traffic and pedestrian safety that the girl was jaywalking when the laws. If the young lady had walked the accident occurred. One witness told the | two or three blocks down to the traffic police they saw the girl make an attempt at crossing the street, nearly getting hit by a car, but managed to get out of the way before it was too late. Apparently she was still focusing on the collision that almost happened, and failed to see the truck in time to steer clear of the According to Lonny Gleave, a iO} employee, Doug Bassett is solely respon-. sible for the installation of crosswalks _ ACCIDENT continued on page 10. collision that actually did happen... & sy, meaner ate tN x light and crosswalk, cha:ces are that she wouldn’t have been hit. — TS |