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Show SECTION WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 1 5. CITY EDITOR t Marc Haddock 344-258- 6 2004 mhaddockOhefaldextra.axn Li S Men walk away from chopper crash Orem votes to a couple erf times, but the power agL. sach time. As they were I ifc altitude, they decided Two men were able to walk to land the helicopter in a hay field. The crash occurred at 4:10pm away from their helicopter after it cradled just 250 feet from a SpanThe Federal Aviation Adminisish Fork home Tuesday afternoon. tration was immediately notified of Instructor pilot Matthew Hobby, the crash and was expected to con--34, of Orem, and Preston Ravin, 31, duct an investigation at the site to of Springvflle both sustained only determine the cause. The helicopter miner injuries in the accident. was totaled in the crash. There was The men left Provo Airport ' no fire. The helicopter is owned by around 2 pjn. Tuesday for a train- - Universal Helicopter, based in Scottsdale, Ariz. big flight and flew along Interstate 15 to Nephi and then through Nephi Other than the injuries to the oc'Canyon to Mt. Pleasant and down cupants and the totaled helicopter, no other injuries or damage ocSpanish Fork Canyon. They were curred attempting to return to the Provo Airport while frying at abort 500 feet elevation when the helicopter I Caleb Warnock can be 3 or reached at suddenly lost power. Hobby was able to regain power cwamockheraldextra.com. Caleb Warnock DAIY failed HERALD "1 - 344-254- change zone to stop use of helicopters Courtesy photo and Preston Ravin walked away from this helicopter after it lost power en route to the Provo Airport Tuesday. Pilot Matthew Hobby Tammy McPherson DAILY HERALD The Orem City Council voted 1 Tuesday night to take out the conditional use of helicopters in the zone where Cirque Lodge is located The rehabilitation center is located on 800 North in Orem and is in the only area of the city with that pare ticular zone. Cirque Lodge, which often caters to patients, applied for a permit to build a helicopter pad in June but the city denied the request. The center has since filed a lawsuit against the city. City Councilman Dean Dickerson, who voted against denying the helipad in June, voted against the motion on Tuesday because he said he felt "a little uneasy about this." City attorney Paul Johnson said the proposal to amend the ordinance was to eliminate any further applications for a helicopter pad in this zone and that it had nothing to do with Cirque Lodge's earlier applica 6-- Access Denied high-profil- y - it. Mi " r tion. "This is not a rehash of that," he said. Though the city took the conditional use of helicopters out of that zone, if a judge were to ask the city to revisit the issue it would have to do so under the former ordinance, said Cirque Lodge attorney Bruce Baird "I don't think there's any question about it legally" he said The center is asking the 4th District Court to either grant it permission to build a helipad or to make the city revisit the issue and to not allow city leaders who they feel were improperly biased to participate in a second vote. Because of the city's action on Tuesday, if a judge See CHOPPERS, D3 Kartchner sentencing hearing still on despite (fit I plea withdrawal motion FRANK BOTTDaily Herald the parking area of Tibbie Fork Reservoir on his way up North Fork Canyon of the Uinta National Forest late Tuesday evening. Although the trail sign points to open trails for ATVs, atleast some of the trails up this road have been Out for a ride: An ATV rider leaves closed to ATV use. The advocacy group Utah Shared Access Alliance has asked Uinta officials to reopen 20 miles of trails. Group demands Uinta to reopen trails Caleb Warnock DAILY HERALD Utah's largest advocacy group for motorized access to public lands is calling on Uinta National Forest officials to immediately reopen 20 miles of trails that have been closed to motorcycle use. Managers of Uinta National Forest were ordered by the agency's Washington, D.C, office earlier this month to reopen the trails after an appeal by Utah Shared Access Alliance. The group said the closure was illegal because forest managers did not seek public input on the deci Reservoir in American Fork sion and the national appeals office of the Forest Service Canyon will continue to warn agreed. against using motorcycles on the Uinta National Forest officials trail The trails remain open to on Tuesday defended their manhikers, bikers and horseback riders. for forest and the agement plans "When we do agree on how to said it could be weeks or months before they reopen the trails in implement this decision, we will American Fork Canyon, which change those signs,'' Karp said were closed to motorcycles last "Often these things take time." Mike Swenson, executive diyear. When asked how soon the rector of the Utah Shared Actrails could be open, Uinta Nation- cess Alliance, called on forest al Forest supervisor Pete Karp managers to open the trails imsaid it could take six days or six mediately. months because the agency , i "It is kind of sad because these would need time to review the or- agencies are able to do these illeder to reopen the trails. gal closures and then use the In the meantime, signs at the management process to keep them closed" he said "They trailhead near Tibbie Fork should open those trails immed- iately' The closure was part of a new management plan for the forest, Karp said The Forest Service received three official protests to the plan, and all the protests were dismissed except the decision to close the trails. "I think our folks did a very good job working with a variety of interested groups in preparing this plan,'' Karp said "Not everyone agrees how the forest should be managed What one ' person thinks is great, another person disagrees with." Uinta National Forest ar See ACCESS, D3 Justin DAILY Hill HERALD Robert Allen Kartchner, who the state says kidr napped a boy last year, is expected to appear in 4th District Court as scheduled Thursday despite a motion to withdraw his guilty and pleas. The court is scheduled to hear arguments on the motion to withdraw the guilty and pleas before Kartchner's sentencing hearing on Thursday. But defense attorney Rhome Zabriskie filed a motion Tuesday asking the court to continue the sentencing hearing because members of Kartchner's family "Delays caused by the defendant's immediate family members make it imperative that Dr. Mark Zelig be granted additional time to complete a full mental health evaluation of the defendant in preparation for presentation of mitigating evidence at a sentencing hearing," Zabriskie wrote. On Monday, Zabriskie asked the court to withdraw the pleas Kartchner, 21, of Orem entered in June. The in state accuses Kartchner of picking up a Mapleton on Oct. 10 and driving him to Diamond Fork Canyon. The state also accuses Kartchner of attempting to kidnap two other children "We're opposed to Mr. Kartchner withdrawing his plea," said prosecutor Donna Kelly. See KARTCHNER, D3 Dream for Payson bakery falls flat Todd Hollingshead The American Dream has fizzled to a "depressing end" for one fami- A- . v - j ,,' the current yi JOSHUA BROWNDaily Hen 1' owners of Roe's Bake Shoppe in Payson's dosing shop: Paul and LoBy Penrod, downtown corridor, couldn't find anyorte to buy the property after an AprU contest to ; . r v giveaway the bakery failed to draw enough entries. - , . J. ' , ly in Payson's Historic Downtown, but city planners say the old main drag is still alive and welL . , Paul and LoDy Penrod the owners of Roe's Bake Shoppe on Payson's Historic Main Street, sadly said this week that their shop is going to fall into the hands of the bank instead of the hands of someone with a similar dream. The Penrods had hoped for an exciting end to their short owner- ship of the old doughnut shop at 17 & Main St., planning to give the shop to the winner of an essay contest in April of this year after go ing out of business. When too few entries surfaced in July, the Penrods were forced to put the shop up for sale. But now, two months later, no one has been they weren't going to have enough. Ultimately, they said the bakery ' and its goods just couldn t compete with the convenience of the bigger stores like grocery and t. Target and "To be fighting for that small : piece of the pie or more appro-- ; ; with priatery, the doughnut someone that is bigger and more : '' Lolly Penrod powerful and more convenient is of Roe's Bake Shoppe harder," Penrod said "It's not a bad thing, that's just the way business is today." Roe's Bake Shoppe now joins t able to make a decent bid and the Penrods said they have no choice Spring Creek Candy Co. arid the local hamburger joint on the list of a but to let the bank take it. "We're going to try to move on," few downtown businesses that couldn't sinTwem the quiet area. Lolly Penrod said "It jusdidn"t work with our situation. It's kind Despite the few empty buildings of a depressing end to the Great' ' and for sale signs, City Council members and downtown planners American Dream." The Penrods were looking for of- say businesses on Main Street can fers of at least $175,000 to pay off ; succeed if they can find a niche. the buflding, but when the bids See BAKERY, D3 started coming in they realized "We're going to try to move on. It just didn't work with our situation. It's kind, of a depressing end to the Great American Dream." DAILY HERALD er : do-it-a- fl Wal-Mar- |