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Show Utah Press .a tioeUtioa 467 East Third South Salt Lake City, Ut. 84111 Legal Defect Aids Criminals Please turn to Page 12 hi am I Volume 4 No. 16 Thursday, April 22, 1982 20 cents single copy May Request Governors Intervention Beck Looks to M - By RANDALL WRIGHT Intervention by Utah . Governor Scott Matheson will be necessary to get stubborn proponents of high-pressure high-pressure aqueducts in north Utah County to change their plans, according ac-cording t6 American Fork Mayor Malcolm H. Beck. ' '' . And Beck says he'll be ready to ask formally- for intervention if a resolution to review water alternatives alter-natives is passed by the Moun-tainlands Moun-tainlands Association of Governments Govern-ments (MAG) at its meeting in Heber City tonight. The aqueducts are part of the Central Utah Project's goal of water delivery to the Salt Lake area - a goal Beck and six other mayors in north Utah County say can be accomplished more efficiently by improving the existing Murdock Canal. But the mayors claim their idea has been ignored by the Central Utah Water Conservancy District (CUWCD), sponsor of CUP, despite what would seem to be overwhelming support from 23 other cities - including in-cluding every city in Salt Lake County. Pilot Plan : Principals Abandon Ship By SHARON MORREY Principals Brian Page and Daniel K. Adams are asking Alpine School . ' District to defer the productivity plan-"-" they proposed, saying that divisions within the school board will destroy the plan. "At this juncture," says Adams, "It looks as if we are on a collision course with the board decision; and in looking at the alternatives, we felt this would be our wisest choice. It would be very difficult for a project like this to get underway without some unity of feeling." Adams stresses that he has not talked directly with any board members, but feedback from Highland and Alpine patrons tells him that there is polarization of feeling. "There's a leaning toward the end of the spectrum on both sides, and we feel it would be better to defer at this point in time than to have the board possibly go on record as opposed to the plan. I think they want more time to study the plan and to watch the Local Stuntmen : Rappeling down a 180-foot sheer cliff, falling 35 feet through the air, dragging behind a galloping horse, and doing a death defying horse falls are all taken In stride by a sturdy group of Utah movie stuntmen. In fact, the 17 veteran members as well as newcomers to the Utah Stuntmen Association consider such acts "fun." One of the group's 'Youhaveto be prepared mentally or you cant doit9 olicite Now, seeking even more weight, Beck has placed the Murdock Canal idea on the MAG agenda, and he hopes discussion tonight will result in a resolution of support similar to the one passed recently by Salt. Lake County's council of governments. According to Beck, if MAG joins the growing army of supporters who want CUWCD to review the Murdock Canal option, the time of support seeking will be over; it will be time to go directly to Governor Matheson. "We're to the point where we've got nowhere else to go," said Beck. "We have the support of everybody involved in-volved in our area - including all the Salt Lake water users - and yet we have not been able to get the CUWCD board to make a decision. I think the only person who can force them to make that decision is the governor of the State of Utah." "I think it's time for the governor to stand up and be counted," he said. MAG was organized to obtain and coordinate federal funds for its members. It is composed of 26 voting members -13 cities in three counties, elements of it.". Tuesday, April 13, Adams told the parents of. 330. children, who, were signed up for the pilot that tie and Page were going to recommend the district defer the whole idea for this year. He says he is planning a regular schedule for next year at Highland, with some facets of the productivity plan worked in. What will happen in the Bonneville school? "There you have over 80 percent of the community who want and support the plan; they may implement it there. I don't know," Adams said. District officer Kent Abel says the entire project is still in board hands. "There won't be a decision until the board meeting on April 27. No one else will make that decision," said Abel. "But," he added, "it doesn't look good. I'll tell you that. It doesn't look good for the program at all." Adams says the pressure put upon the school board and upon himself, Page and Milne has been great. "The founders is Randy Hooley of Highland. "It's scary, but it's a good feeling when you're that scared and you come out doing things right," said Cathie Ellington, Heber, a two-year veteran of the group. Cathie joined the association after her husband Lafe had been a member for a while. Then the couple ..iMbrm torn i hi hi ' mi in ' " "m'nm'i -: ." 'v - i. ' ii HORSE FALL Randy Hooley, Highland, practices horse fall for competition Ron Nix Stuntmen Rodeo in Phoenix, Arizona on Saturday. Randy was one of group.. . ... - :,, ; . MAG import four school districts and nine county commissioners (three each from Utah, Wasatch and Summit Counties). Coun-ties). , Since Utah County's commissioners are part of MAG, discussion tonight may cause them to stand up and be counted as well, Beck said. County Commissioners Ken Pinegar and Jeril Wilson have so far avoided a firm commitment on the water delivery question. Beck's letter attempted to force their hand bK requesting enforcement of county ordinances the proposed aqueducts : would violate. Commissioner Keith Richan has consistently argued in favor of north Utah County. According to Beck, "If the water question were thrown into the political arena six months ago, we would have solved it six months ago." "You can do a lot of things with engineers, and you can do a lot with talk. But you're not going to be successful suc-cessful in this situation unless you put pressure on the people that represent you," he said. "It looks to me like anybody with pressures have been real," he admits, "And although I was ready to go for broke on this thing, I was brought to reality. There's a lot of things that are at stake here." Adams explains that many parents Taylor Predicts Flooding in American Fork By SHARON MORREY Preston Taylor, Superintendent of City Services for American Fork, says flooding is likely this spring and American Fork should be preparing for it. Taylor requested permission to purchase a minimum 2,000 sand bags to have on hand for the expected emergency ahead. "The last time we had high water, we diked off 100 East and let it run across the road there, but we don't have that option now. We have to decide what we will do," said Taylor. He read figures to the city council If This Is found it too expensive for both to belong - so he quit. "Your equipment equip-ment isn't too bad," the slim housewife smiled - "it's the travel to competitions that costs." A six-member team, including Cathie, will be in competition on Saturday, April 24, at the Ron Nix Stuntmen Rodeo in Arizona, for all-around all-around stuntman title. - f i 2L . 1 any intelligence, or who had really thought at all, would have been looking at the single conveyance system from the beginning," Beck continued. "Why not? All the facts and figures have practically proved it can be done. "But the simple fact is that you've . got two or three people in the CUWCD whose whole background is based on the pholosophy that they can do whatever they want, and they're not about to give up no matter what anybody else says. They're not about to say 'we were wrong.' " . f' -v'Those people are dead set on ! not backing down, and the only person we can turn to for a decision change is ' the governor," Beck said. 5 A positive resolution from MAG would not force the situation by itself, he added, but it would be "more support from a different level" that would help get Matheson's attention. "I think you can change their minds faster in the political arena than you can any other way," said Beck. . supported elements of the pilot but wre worried over the socialization W'. . their ,childrfn. the , Mvidinoi friendships'. "I have to take my hat off to those Continued on page 2 that show this year's precipitation and snow levels way ahead of normal. The snow depth at the Timpanogos Divide is 99 inches for April 1, compared com-pared to a depth of only 50 inches in 1981. The average snow depth is 66 inches. Dutchman Flat shows a current snow depth of 71 inches to last year's 38, and Altamont shows 60 inches comparative to 34 for last year at the same time. National Weather Service measurements show the precipitation this year at the Timp Divide to be at 44.30," when normal is 26.75". Fun, Who Last year - their first in the competition - they took a first place in the 180 foot rappel, second and third place in the death drag and one team member placed third in the over-all competition. The group practices three days a week for four or five hours at a time. Currently the Arizona competition team is practicing every day. Vf 7 ' ,- 1 1 .." ' of Utah St ant men Association at the the originators of the Utah Stuntmen 1 : -. . . .' - Special Event Slated . Alpine Stake will be holding its "Woman's Legacy Remembered and Renewed" to honor all women ten years and older. It will be held , May r, 1982 at 7:30 p.m. at the Alpine e Stake Center in Alpine. Favoring the evening will fee two musical numbers by Tamera Timpson and Rebecca dePaula. The guest speaker will be Jil Mulvay Derr. She is a graduate of the University of Utah with a B.A in , English and received her Master's of Arts in teaching at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She taught in the Boston Public-School Public-School for tw years and in 1373 returned to Utah. She was affiliated with the LDS church Historical Department as a research fellow and for five years as a Research . Historian. While there she published articles on Mormon Women's history in various periodicals, in Canoe Caution Advised According to Nolan Hanson, Supervisor for the Provo-Jordan River Parkway, canoeists and other recreationists who may be using the Jordan River this spring should exercise caution during the high runoff period. Recreationists should be especially wary of the section of river from the Jordan Narrows (Point of the Mountain) to about 4800 South. Throughout this stretch of river, high water causes bridges to be impassible, im-passible, currents are treacherous, and submerged fences become unseen un-seen hazards. There are also several diversion dams causing their own unique hazards which canoeists must portage. Mr,..Hansqn recommends, .that recreationists, during the high wafer period, use the section of the Jordan River from 1700 South north to In the figure preparation by Thomas A. Walker that Taylor referred to, it was noted that extremely ex-tremely high water can be expected whenever more than 30 inches of water content is measured at the Divide and more than 22 at the Dutchman Flat. (Water content for the 99 inches of snow at the Divide is estimated to be 38.6 " and for the 71 inches at Dutchman Flat, it is 28.4"). "This is the wettest March on record at Timpanogos Divide and also the next wettest water year to date, exceeded only by 1969," says the Walker report. "This combined with Needs Work? Organized eight years ago as an acting and entertaining group, they have moved on to "major stunts", said Randy Hooley, one of the charter members. They have performed per-formed in several movies as well as on television, and appear at county fairs around the state. In 1980 they took the West Coast Gun Fighting championship at Calico, California - the first time the championship had left California -and in 1981, they placed first in the Return of the Cowboy Stunt Competition Com-petition held in San Diego. Among the 22 movies and television shows they have appeared in are, "The Windwalker," "Across the Great Divide", "Baker's Hawk", "Adventure of the Great Brain", "Cry to the Wind", the "Grissley Adams" television series, "Paradise Reclaimed", "Mountain Men", "Mr. Kruger's Christmas" and "Frontier Fremont". Stuntwork is a "real challenge," said Hooley. "It pays good money when you work, but you have to undergo a lot of training." "There's a lot of physics that go into it," he said, a "lot of scientific preparation. You have to learn the correct way to fall, how to relax, and to have total faith in yourself and in your coordinator - the person that sets up the stunt." "It really, gets quite involved," Mr. Hooley continued. "You have to be prepared mentally or you can't do it." cluding the Utah Historical Quarterly," "Sunstone," "BYU Studies," and the "Ensign." Ia addition, her essays appear , iff "Mormon Sisters: Women in Early Utah," "Sister Saints," and "Utah' History." She co-authored a book-with book-with Kenneth and Audrey Godfrey "Women's Voices: An Untold History of the Latter-day Saints" which will be brought out this May by Dessert Book. Ms. Derr has been a council member of the Mormon History Association, and is currently an assistant editor for the association's journal. She also served on advisory boards for the BYU Women's History , Archives and the Utah Women's History Association. She and her husband, C. Brooklyn Derr, and their four children are current residents of Alpine. Cudahy Lane. A concrete launching ramp has been provided at 1700 South, and there are several boat docks along the river to Cudahy Lane for the convenience of recreationists. This is a beautiful section of the river, and it is relatively free of hazards. While canoeing, recreationists must have the required safety devices aboard their craft: personal flotation devices for each person, bail bucket, paddles, and first aid kit (recommended, (recom-mended, but not required). The Jordan River, once an open conduit for sewage, is rapidly being restored to a beautiful site for wholesome, inexpensive recreation. H. .Fpr t information... concerning canoeing the Jordan Rivei contact the Provo-Jordan River Parkway, 533-4496. the heavy precipitation in October and warm temperatures in November and December that melted the early snow has caused the ground to become saturated." "The American Fork Creek is already running as high as it ordinarily or-dinarily does by May 1." Taylor says it is a good idea to get prepared now. He doesn't expect much flooding in the town above 1st East, but does anticipate American Fork canyon and Provo Canyon to become "the hot spots in Utah" as far as flooding." He noted in the last three years stunt work has become a "fad" as more and more movies and television shows have been produced around stunt work. "We have a lot of people who come and want to be stuntmen - but when they find out how much work goes into it, they drop it," he said. He said beginners have to go through a 17-week training period just "to learn the basics." Currently he has eight students in the class. He got started eight years ago when he visited an older brother in Phoenix who was involved in stuntwork. "I came back and organized it as a result of this vacation," he said. A brother, Garth, also became involved, but, because of injuries is now doing the "administrative side" of the work. Randy served as president of the Utah Stuntmen Association until last year when Garth took over. The group sponsored it's own competition - the Rocky Mountain Stunt Competition - last August, and plans to make it an annual event. Stuntmen from Arizona and California participated in the meet that time. Taking part in the Phoenix competition on Saturday will be Randy Hooley, Highland; Cathie Ellington, and Lance Johnson, both Heber; Wayne Brown, Orem; Reed Randahl, Salt Lake, and Eric VanValck, Magna. |