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Show JA-fcL- County Seat Newspaper ) l VOLUME 03 NUMBER 02 Publication No. 047 -- 400 v- BEAVER, UTAH THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 2003 SINGLE COPY 50 CENTS 7J I Iff t'. f ',-, AW!- fall's - ' .a . . . .r. a? .: , i- Week Of December 30, 2002 to January 5, 2003 Beaver County Sheriffs Department arrested the following persons who were booked - into jail: Cedar City, Utah, man was charged with Forgery and also had two warrants. A Beaver man was with Intoxication. charged A Milford man was with Assault (Domestic charged Failure-to-Appe- 2003 New Years Baby Kayshlyn Wright is pleased to announce the arrival of her baby brother, Clayson, born Monday, January 6t, 2003 at 9:35 a.m. Clayson weighed in at 7 lbs 10oz, and measures 20 inches. Proud parents are Craig & Hiedi Wright. Grandparents are Mike & Dorthy Rosenlof and Elroy & Edna Mae Bryant, all of Beaver. Congratulations to the Wright family from the Hospital Volunteers and a special thank you to all wl contributed gifts for the New Year Baby! Beaver Contributors are: Ride'n Motor Sports, Nowers Distributing, Patches & Pieces, Paice Variety Store, Quality Inn, R & R Enterprises, Rogers Shell, Sleepy Lagoon, Sam's Furniture, South Creek Texaco, Beaver Sport & Pawn, Subway, Village Barber Shop, Utah Independent Bank, Wells Fargo Bank, Beaver City, Beaver Valley Hospital, Porters Construction, Hal Murdock Dental Clinic, White Accounting, Ruesch Excavation, Tony & Daves Auto, United Beaver Camperland, Butch Cassidy Inn, Circle Four Farms, Hospital Volunteers, Ray's 66 "B" Store, State Farm Insurance, Spanish Rose, Bradshaw Auto, , First Baptist Church, Crosby's Home & Farm, Perfect Touch Salon, Beaver Drug, Cub Enterprises, McDonalds, Wendy's, Burger King, Indian Creek Vet, .Security Title, Mt. View Dental, Ernie's Truck P!r,za, Arby's, Timberline Restaurant, Arshel's Cafe, Annie's Drive Inn, Beaver Medical Clinic, Beaver Valley Chevron, Beaver Nursery, Beaver Press, Dairy Farmers of America, Dr. David Albrecht, El Bambi Cafe, Garden of Eat'n, Fishlake Lumber, Headquarters Salon, Kevin's Conoco, Maria's Cocina, Majestic Financial Services, Mike's Foodtown, Monty's Pearson Tire. Minersville Contributors are: Bill's Chevron, & Todd's Market. Parowan Contributors are: Day's Inn (Parowan), Bev's Floral & Gifts, Parowan Cafe, Tony's Pizza, Parowan Drug, State Bank of Southern Utah, Parowan Dairy Freeze, Wild Bills, M & D Foodtown, Burtons Gas Station, Pizza Barn, H & R Home Center, American Custom Classics. i Sales Jan. WASHINGTON, U.S. The 03,2003 Department of Agriculture Forest Service today proposed to simplify documentation under the National Environmental Policy Act for three new categories of small, environmentally safe timber sales. The proposed categories apply to management activities mat do not significantly impact the environment such as salvaging dead and dying trees and removing insect infested or diseased trees to prevent larger The proposals infestations. were sent to the Federal Register today to be published for public review and comment. The proposed categories would be applied to projects up to 250 acres in size and requirmile or less of ing only would be roads. They temporary one-ha- lf used for removing trees posing a hazard to public safety and containing small insect and disease outbreaks. They would not be used in areas where there would be adverse effects on the and threatened following: endangered species or their habitat, designated critical wilderness areas, inventoried roadless areas, wetlands, and archeological or historic sites. Today's proposal complements proposals made last month for fuels reduction and post-fir- e restoration activities, but is more limited in scope. "Categorical exclusions like those we are proposing will assist me agency in meeting its mission of caring for the land," said Forest Service Chief Dale Bosworth. "The proposed categories are about how we document our decisions regarding activities that are environmentally safe. Through these proposed categories, the agency hopes to reduce the bureaucratic red tape and save time, energy and money in preparing small, routine, projects that are supported by local communities." A 2001 review of 1 54 recent low impact forest management Snow - such as those proposed here, showed no significant effect on the environment and therefore should not require lengthy documentation. These proposed new categories would not be subject to administrative appeal because of their' limited scope. Comments on me proposed categories will be accepted for 60 days following the Federal Register publication. These comments will be considered before publishing the final categorical exclusions. activities, SUU Choir Goes To Carnegie Hall The Opus Choir of Southern Utah University has received an invitation from Jonathon Griffith, with the conduct-in-residenthe Carnegie Hall Med America to Productions, perform Mozart's Requiem at Carnegie Hall, along with four other uniThe versity chamber choirs. date of the performance is January 19, 2004. that we do is done with an eye to something else. Aristotle All Precipitation Update Snow Water Equivalent Total Precipitation Current Average Average 9.6 7.6 79 91 8.6 7.8 Current Average Average 6.5 68 4.4 9300 ft. Kimberly Mine 84 .8.2 10290 ft. 6.9 Big Flat 50 6.1 5.8 2.9 7.3 8750 ft. Merchant Valley Area wide percent of Average 67.3 Reference period for average conditions is 1961 thru 1990. Snow water equivalent columns represent inches of water in snow pack. Total precipitation columns represent total inches of water received since October 1, 2002. Site Elevation f - Beaver County Sheriffs Report A For Small, Environmentally Safe Timber '- -c i r 1 5? Forest Service Proposes Simpler Process IT r ls . V .'""V fr j f it V - 4- 84 84.6 ar Violence). Utah Highway Patrol arrest- ed the following persons who were booked into jail: A man from Santa Goleta, California, was charged with Driving Under the Influence of AlcoholDrugs, Possession of Marijuana, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. the 49 calls for assistance received by Beaver County Dispatch were: 3 911 Hangup 1 Aircraft Problem Animal Problem 2Assault 2 Funds Checks 13 Citizen Assist 1 Disorderly Conduct 2 Domestic Violence Included in 1 nt 1 Fraud 1 Harassment Juvenile Problem Keep the Peace Lost Property Medical Emergency 1 1 1 4 1 2 1 Traffic Accident wDamage Traffic Accident wlnjuries Structure Fire 3 Theft 3 Patient Transfer 4 Vandalism Welfare Check 1 On Monday, January 6, 2003, there were 196 inmates housed in Beaver County Jail. Pool Opens Early! Saturday, January 25th, 2002, from 1 to 4 p.m. there will be a free swim day. The hours for February will be limited. Closed Tuesdays & Sundays, 6 a .m. t o 8 Open M 11 to a.m. a.m. exer8 lap swim, cisetherapy. Mondays 5 to 8 p.m. Open swim and Sat. 1 to 4 p.m.. Think Spring and get your suits out. We have new basketball hoops and volleyball donated by the School District. Spread the word and come and get healthy. See you soon and thank for support. your you Questions? Call Beaver Pool 438-506- Lynette 6. 4 i J : -' And There Were Beets By Michael Kanell What is the average airspeed velocity of a swallow? Well, only a filibustering forensics student would know that the true answer to this query lies not ir. numbers, but in words, spewing forth in an effort to fill up the speaking time. That is exactly what 16 Beaver High forensics students did. The students woke up early and left the school at 4:45 a.m. on Saturday, January 4, 2002, oh wait, mean 2003. Once they got to Jordan High School, home of the I Beetdiggers, the Beavers began competing against students, judges, and other such animals. They spent much of the on beets in an attempt to dig them up, but at the end gnawing day of the day Keli Lessing and Mattie Yardley proved to be the hands in iest diggers of the Beaver forensics team. Keli broke in took third and Mattie Oratory Spontaneous Argumentation. broke finals in Novice Oratory. Also part of this tournament was the Round Robin, where an infamous assortment of the best debaters in the state get invited to compete. Andy Adams and Jon Williams represented Beaver at this prestigious event. Although some of the beets weren't delicious, the students all realized that robins can not carry coconuts. Neither can swallows. beet-digger- s, semi-final- Saved On A Freezing Night Search & Rescue Heroes by: Sam Cox Without the organization, dedication and fitness of the volunteer members of the Beaver County Search & Rescue, two northern Utah men would not have made it through the night of January 1st, 2003. At about 10 p.m. on a moonless New Years Night, student pilot Jay Watkins, 28, and his instructor, Philip White, 25, were headed back to Salt Lake e after flying a plane to Cedar City. The plan was to stop in Delta to refuel but the small, single-engin- low-flyin- g aircraft smashed into the of Bradshaw ridge Mountain. This is about four miles north of Minersville in the Mineral Range. The plane flipped onto its d top and slid down the snow-covere- ridge until it was stopped by two trees. Watkins was ejected through the windshield while White was pinned in the wrecked plane. Miraculously, both men survived and were conscious. An electric transmitter in the airplane was designed to activate a signal to locate the craft in case of a crash. For unknown reasons the locator didn't activate. Fortunately, the two men had cell phones and were able to contact the Beaver County emergency dispatcher to report the crash and give an idea of their location and condition. The rescue was underway, within the hour, with Beaver County 2nd District Fire Chief Les Whitney directing the oper- ations. A command post was set up at Bailey's Auto Service on between 21, Highway Minersville and Milford. Before midnight a helicopter arrived from Utah Highway Patrol in Salt Lake City. The helicopter was equipped with a heat sensor and, luckily, located the crash site shortly after the batteries on the injured mens cell phones gave out. By this time Chief Whitney had contacted and coordinated a force of search and rescue volunteers from all parts of Beaver County. About 45 men were involved in the overnight ordeal in temperatures around zero degrees. The helicopter dropped EMT's Craig Wright and Richard Holcomb, with aid packs, about a quarter of a mile from the crash. Wright and Holcomb administered aid and comfort after hiking through the snowy .terrain to reach the two pilots. Another twelve men and equipment were dropped at the top of the mountain. These men worked for two hours, going through four chainsaw blades, to clear a landing spot for the eight-hou- r, helicopter. The determined rescue teams had to pull the door off the mangled plane to free the pilot. The injured men were bundled and individually dragged by ropes uphill, about 400 feet, to the waiting helicopter. The entire rescue operation was completed before the sun rose on January 2nd. The pilots were flown to a City hospital. Watkins has a broken ankle, lacerations and severe frostbite but is recovering nicely. White had greater injuries and is still in serious condition. Salt Lake both men Doubtlessly, would have perished on the frozen, rugged mountain side without the help of their cell phones and the very capable Beaver County Search & Rescued Attention Students & Parents This year the High School History Fair will be held on the 12th of February. The theme for this year is "Rights & Responsibilities In History. The Elementary History Fair wili be held on February 27th. |
