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Show “WASATCH COUNTY COURIER October _ Heber City Post. Office Jum Op inions New Millennium — ‘Speak louder ’ to the Post Office in Heber recently, you may have noticed things have changed a little behind the Send your letter 1 Cf. Hhentes counter. On the evening of September to the editor to: 2/7, 1999, a new computer system was | installed in the Post Office. The following morning, the new machines ‘were up and running. The Wasatch County Courier 525 S. Main Street Prior to the installation of this new system, each clerk was sent to Salt Heber City, UT 84032 (435) 654-2531 Lake City for four full days of training. Once the system was actually installed and in use, a computer technician was ‘on hand for three days to make sure things were running smoothly and that when a study is done correctly, and both Lott and the critics made the same mis- all comfortable with installed in Park City. about a month ago and is scheduled to be implement- When cae lead he has: seen to bop a | ROBERT V. MCKEEN, M. D. | THES next some mail instead of ting them Board Certifiedi in General Surgery mote A Ncwnaerre a rent Leads aa = ons ai aaa to steal guns to kill. They look to be © ordinary citizens who ended up killers time you’ ve ‘got to drop off. or need to get some stamps, | tossing it in the box or getout of the machine and tak- because they had easy access to guns. ing off, stop in for a second and take a -look...there’s nothing like progress! - Specializing i in: General and Laparoscopic Sirsery banger, wild-eyed drug besotted criminals. They are not “low-lifes” who had % Professor Lott doesn’t know what he is talking about.. Guns—the mere ence of guns in everyday life _pres- non-criminals into killers. % Hollow Timber Dry Sales Dispute Fellow of the The Utah Environmental Congress has recently issued a press release discussing the Uintah National Forest’s proposed - Dry Hollow Timber Sales project. The project area is located in Wasatch | County approximately 19 air miles east of Heber City. Over 2,000 minimally invasive procedures performed. Abdominal and Groin Hernia Repair Appendectomy ee ~=6©. Reflux | Gallbladder ¢ Adhesions According to the press release, this projOffices provided in three locations: _ ect would | Weaatel County Hospitalin Heber, ee geo ca Medical Office Building in Orem | Utah Valley in Provo — Provides Surgical Services At The Following Facilities: - Central Utah Surgical Center, Utah Valley Regional Medical Center’ Accepts All aay Insurance Plans ‘For an appointment call: 801-465- 1100 | “The ‘decision for the Dry Hollow Timber Sales project will violate numer- - ous federal statutes and environmental laws,” says Denise Boggs, - Director of the Utah Congress. They have Executive T] | } : iacer ‘ == sensitive "species, and trail. The Uintah National Forest Supervisor, Peter Karp, says the Dry Hollow Timber Sales are necessary in order “to-act in a timely manner to reduce the risk of epi- Hollow Timber Sales project area is beautiful, lush, green forest that is alive and well and is providing critical old | growth wildlife habitat to a variety of species. The miniscule amount of beetle — Environmental - activity in the area should be left to run ~ charged the Uintah National Forest with failure to meet the stated Purpose and Need of the proposed project, an incomplete cumulative effects analysis, failure to conduct iy the analysis of the proposed AIV Director Boggs. also states that, “the Dry — : .: for Forest’s own data. rior roads and the construction of about 4.6 miles of temporary roads. A 1 1/2- Wasatch County Hospital ¢ Park City Surgical Center. Columbia Timpanogos Regional Hospital — improper analysis area.” Boggs states that this information is in direct conflict with the reconditioning of over 11 miles of exte-— mile ATV trail would also be created. surveys demic spruce beetle activity and to regenerate Engelmann spruce within the log about six million board feet of timber off 1,745 acres over the next five years. It will also require the All providing convenient and professional. care. aa Staff | Courier Ee Shannon Taylor, Minimally Invasive Laparoscopic Surgery | oa: BREAST ° * BOWEL The Utah Environmental Congress fights to stop the killing of innocent trees * General Surgery With baiphavis In: ~ CANCER SURGERY ; ¥ American College of Surgeons . was § system pet= computer i affect. same . This of the 111 killers would-have or did pass the gun purchase requirements. Most Utah killers are nota bunch of gang- — : across the country in one night whenever there is a rate change or other new policies that need to be put into 83 had no prior criminal record, and 94. ple who are using them are able to choose the method. that is easiest for them. It is this’ touch screen Farakis believes to be responsible for eliminating the majority of the mistakes that were once commonly “made.~°' ~ | and it was there that many of the bugs were worked out. Now, they are gradually rolling things out across the state. data. Of 111 convicted Utah murderers, | systems challenge. ; computer biggest | Post Office «the H the been. Because the computers can be operated via keyboard or touch screen, the peo- | accurate records, not to mention giving them the ability to update all of has, ’ the more the aie enables to keep about pial he This learning something sateen D.C. headquarters in effects. of guns on crime because they gave us individual data, not aggregate Aamo sows" Washington, national ful He also says, “learning the new system” . worked directly with the United States _ headquarters in “Post = Office The Utah Department of Corrections — released some data that actuallyis use- . net-— an dea computers are a IBM had the task of customizing this system, which is the same one used by other businesses such as Day’s Market, to the United States Post Office. The system was first installed in Salt Lake, new + as the customers. of the . All Ri nieeae a quite a bit easier on the clerks as well “research-study” belongs in the trash. major benefit to having this new system, the postmaster of the Heber City © Post Office, Lynn Farakis, replies, “The biggest thing I see is fewer. mistakes.” me things . makes. . system throughout agaieee ed in Midway sometime next summer. computer i 4 than anticipated. He also says that the along with several other postal theory is wrong or right until a proper study is done, but Lott’s so-called = computer system, the country. new take. Nobody will ever know if Lott’s Postal worker, Jerry Duke, is enjoying Heber City Post Offices’ new fangled clerk here at the Post -Office in Heber, things have been going much better . way of doing things. to Jerry. Duke, who is a 2 the new According BAKER continued from page 4 ei the clerks were ? in words. Shannon Taylor, Courier Staff If you’ve been 12, 1999 | Into The S rey 1 Pri oo —— Hoe i it’s normal course, and simply does not justify killing the forest to save it.” The Congress ie Utah Environmental requesting the sales project be with- drawn completely. Z - _ |