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Show Police officer unreasonable Editor Vernal Express .Dear Mr. Wallis: We would like to take a few minutes ,-. to Congratulate Vernal City Police Department for hiring such alert and keen-eyed officers. On Friday, the 8th day of Sept. we were traveling north on 5th West at the break neck speed of 25 ; miles per hour when we passed a 35 mile per hour speed sign, at approximately ap-proximately 1050 So. we continued on north, crossed Construction Boulevard and passed a 30 mile per hour speed sign at 150 north on 5th West, we passed a 35 mile per hour speed sign at 300 North and a 45 mile speed sign at about 800 West on 5th North before officer Dan Soelberg was able to get us stopped. stop-ped. We couldn't help but notice as Officer Soelberg approached our car with ticket book in hand how alertly he unfastened the flap on his service revolver, after reaching our car Officer Soelberg very courteously explained to my wife (who was driving) that he had clocked her doing 29 miles an hour in a 25 mile per hour speed zone, at 250 So. on 5th West. My wife explained that I had just . gotten out of the hospital the day before after a 10-day stay for a serious heart . attack and that she would like to drive : the next 2 driveways west to our home . so I could get out of the heat and lie . down. Officer Soelbery stated that this is where he had stopped us and this is ; where he would write the ticketf which he did). Now I, Art Boren, would like to . apologize to Officer Soelberg at this " time for questioning his lineage, I have since read more of Darwin's works and found that I was in error. So now at this time Officer Soelberg gave my wife the benefit of the doubt and wrote her a ticket for 35 miles per hour in a 25 mile ..per hour speed zone. my wife and I are both life long residents of the County, and over the ' years we both have eaten a "little crow" and a few portions of "humble pie" however, we will not make a steady diet of it, but if Officer Soelberg will show us a 25 mile per hour speed sign between the addresses mentioned-we'll mentioned-we'll eat it. Over the years we've worked a few hundred area residents and found them to be honest, hard working people for most part. We would suggest that Vernal City make an honest effort to hire more local help. The Vernal City Police for example could start interviewing in-terviewing at the New Life Training Center now for the spring graduates. Thanks, Art and Stella Boren |