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Show ' I J A erf Kelly and Sharon Wilkins with the Spinoza Bear they donated to AVMC. Grandson remembered through special bear Two years ago, a special young man, James Griffis, lost his battle with neuoblastoma after a year-long struggle. The week his grandparents, Kelly and Sharon Wilkins of Vernal, decided de-cided to do something in his remembrance. re-membrance. "James would have celebrated a birthday Sept. 28, and it is the two-year two-year anniversary of his death," said his grandmother. "When I saw the Spinoza Bear program at the hospital, hospi-tal, it seemed to be the perfect way to remember James." The "Bear Necessities" program at Ashley Valley Medical Center started two months ago and asks individuals, in-dividuals, organizations or companies compa-nies to help secure talking bears to give to terminally or critically ill children. The bears arc cuddly and both sing and talk to the child. The cost per bear is minimal, and it comes with a scries of interchangeable interchange-able tapes and books. "We arc proud to accept the donation dona-tion from the Wilkins," stated Debbie Spafford, public relations director at the hospital. "We will Charges filed for wanton wildlife destruction On Sept. 23 charges were filed by the Duchesne County Attorney against Levi Reed for wanton destruction de-struction of wildlife, a third degree felony. These charges are based on an investigation in-vestigation by conservation officers from the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources relative to a report on an S&5 James Griffis place a tag around the bear's neck stating that it was donated on behalf of James Griffis. The great thing is, that some child will be better able to handle his own illness and treatment treat-ment because of James and the generosity gen-erosity of his family. There could not be a better legacy for James than that." Others who would like to participate partici-pate in the program may contact Spafford at 789-3342 ext. 196. elk poaching incident. The alleged incident is reported to have occurred on the Anlhro Elk Unit in southeastern Duchesne County several weeks ago. Mr. Reed is a former employee of the Division who worked on depredation depreda-tion and nuisance wildlife problems with landowners. 52 City makes allowance for citizen Vernal City officials have agreed a private resident can form a double sewer connection with a neighbor for four years while a moratorium forbidding cuts in a newly resurfaced resur-faced road runs its course. Laurie Nelson asked the City for help after she purchased a lot on 500 East and a manufactured home to place on it. Although the previous previ-ous property owner had received notification, he did not disclose to Nelson the fact that the roadway could not be cut until 2001 to allow the installation of new service lines. He allegedly took Nelson's money and left the area, leaving Nelson in a real fix. She had the land and she had the home, but no way to connect con-nect essential water and sewer services. ser-vices. After initial talks with the City Council, Nelson was told to discuss with the County Health Department the possibility of installing a septic system. Health officials nixed that request, however, because ground water in the area is too high for a septic tank, creating a likelihood of contamination during spring runoffs. Nelson did receive permission from her next door neighbor to run a second water line off his service line and last Wednesday she asked Council members to allow a joint sewer connection as Well, since no other solutions were available to her without cutting the road. Vernal City generally prohibits such double sewer connections for two reasons. First, in the event of line blockage and subsequent sewer back up, it is often difficult to determine de-termine which party is responsible. Second, if properties are sold, it frequently occurs that new owners smart fast In our emergency room, patients are seen within minutes. In life-threatening situations, patients are seen within seconds. Some hospitals Jtm'i treat an emergency like .tn emergen, y. Ihey make you Mt .ind w ,ni . .iiul win ami mi. ,iml sit .iikI wait, until you wonder il yirll ever gel ilu tttediv.it .iilentiiti ni need Nut .it Coluitthia Ashley V,iHrv Mcilu.i! l enu r In an emergency don't agree with the joint connection. connec-tion. "While the current neighbor agrees to have Nelson hook on to his system, we can't ensure what might happen in the future," City Manager Ken Bassett told the Council last week. Council members debated the proposal at length, but eventually chose to maintain the moratorium on 500 East and allow a joint sewer connection with the provision that Nelson agree to hook onto the city sewer line as soon as the moratorium moratori-um is lifted. Legal documents will be attached to her property title so any future owner will be informed of the permanent line requirements. Nelson seemed pleased with the Council's split decision. Bert Clark and Jim Abegglen, who favored allowing al-lowing the road cut, voted against the temporary joint connection. Nelson can now move ahead with .plans for her new home. VA officer coming The Service Officer from the American Legion, Salt Lake City will be in Vernal Wednesday, Oct. 8 to assist persons in understanding and applying for VA benefits, including in-cluding compensation, pension, hospitalization, education and other benefits. This is a free service and veterans need not be a member of the American Legion to receive assistance. assis-tance. The Service Officer will be at the Vernal Department of Workforce Services Oct. 8 from 9 to 1 1 a.m. Our patient are seen by a highly skilled physui.in in our emergency loom within minutes. Of course, in .i lile-ilue.iiening situ.iiion, patient .in seen wiihm seconds Ne, at Columbia Ashley Valley Medu.it Center, we're always looking out lor you S. don i wait annmd in pam in someone else emergen.) room I omc to a Columbia OCOLUMBlfl Ashley Valley Medical Center call 911 or Columbia 151 Wc&i 200 North, Vcrn.il Vemal Express Wayne Jay Soules, Jr. Deputies respond to reported homicide Sunday afternoon Uintah County deputies, Anthony Byron, Derek Urban and Det. Sgt. Jeff Merrell responded re-sponded to a reported attempted homicide at 7148 North Dry Fork Canyon. Investigation by the deputies indicted in-dicted there have been an assault on the caller by Wayne Jay Soules, Jr., 22, of Vernal. Further investigation found Soules to be in possession of methamphetamine, marijuana and paraphernalia. Soules was taken to the Uintah County Jail on charges of possession with intent to distribute dis-tribute assault and a state correction hold for violation of parole. While booking Soules into the Uintah County Jail, deputies located five eight-ounces balls of methamphetamine on him. Street value of the drug is estimated at $4,800. Soules is presently incarcerated in the Uintah County Jail. Bail has been set at $52,400. LrA hospital gen, y v. ill it should lv O J c -V A ( ' ' OS Ashley Valley Emergency at 789-3342 http Avwwcolutiihi.i-ut.ili coin Wednesday, October 1. 1997 3 Crown sells stock to Enron Capital Crown Energy Corporation announced an-nounced last week that the company compa-ny has executed an agreement for the private sale of $5 million of Crown preferred stock to Enron Capital & Trade Resources, a subsidiary sub-sidiary of Enron Corp. Proceeds of the transaction will be used for working capital and to finance Crown's share of construction construc-tion and start-up costs related to the Crown Asphalt Ridge L.L.C. (CrownMCNIC) project, which was announced earlier this month. The preferred stock, convertible into in-to common stock, is redeemable by Crown at any time, subject to conversion con-version by ECT. If all the preferred stock is converted, ECT will own a 24 percent interest in Crown on a fully diluted basis. "Enron is a rapidly growing, progressive pro-gressive company," said Crown president and chief operating officer, offi-cer, Jay Mealey. "With MCNIC as a venture partner, and now Enron having made this investment, it is difficult to imagine how Crown might have aligned itself with more formidable forces in industry," Mealey said. Enron Corp., North America's largest buyer and seller of natural gas with assets of approximately $19 billion, also builds and manages man-ages worldwide natural gas transportation, trans-portation, power generation, liquids and clean fuels facilities. Crown Energy Corporation is a major leaseholder of oil sand reserves re-serves with plans to produce and market premium asphalt products. The Asphalt Ridge project is located locat-ed on a portion of Crown's 7,500 acres near Vernal. where your emer 9 lv ItV.llt'il .is -A |