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Show ti Towns SECTION 2mluHcralfi SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2007 METRO EDITOR Amie Rose 344 2530 aroseeheraldextra.com County benefits with bulk DM in eyes Mifor cx Xv "i '- I June '"c - L. v-- 13 ii .. suckers State seeks comment on Hobble Creek development for fish Caleb Warnock DAILY HERALD Artificially channeled with steep banks devoid of trees or willows, and d surrounded by hay fields, Hobble Creek looks more like an irrigation canal than a river as it angles toward Interstate 15 in Spring-villsnow-covere- Photos by CRAIG DILGERDaily Herald Inmates at the Utah County Jail clean up meal costs to 79 cents per meal. day on Friday. The Jail feeds close to 600 inmates a day, and has reduced after preparing the meals for the Construction may help jail save money on food costs Jeremy Duda DAILY HERALD For all the inconveniences caused by the expansion project at the Utah County Jail, there may be a silver lining in the kitchen. As the Utah County Sheriff 's Off ice prepared to shut the jail's kitchen down for remodeling, it planned out how it ' was going to continue making 2,400 meals a day for the inmates. To keep the meals coming during the remodeling phase, the jail bought a myriad of new equipment, including a machine that seals meals for later use, kind of like TV dinners, along with special ovens to reheat them. Initially, the sheriff's office leased the g h machines on a basis and planned o return it once the remodeling phase was finished. However, the jail quickly realized that the new equipment would be useful long month-to-mont- after the construction was completed and the new jail was open. Oliver ucts Company, which leased the machine to the jail, offered to let the county continue to use the $75,000 piece of equipment for free, as long as it continues to buy the 10 cent paper trays from the company. r "Really, this is quite a good deal for Utah County," said Lt. Dennis Harris, who oversees the jail. "For the long term it's going to save the county an awful lot of money." Now that the kitchen is open again it was closed from late June to early September the jail can use the " heavy, plastic - J 7 trays it has always served meals on. But the paper trays will be useful for serving meals to high-ris- k inmates, whom the jail worries could use the heavy plastic trays as weapons. ' 9 Dinners are prepared early in the day and set aside to be That could change, if state wildlife officials get their druthers. In order to save the endangered June sucker, the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources is looking to take ownership of 7.55 acres along Hobble in Creek immediately east of Springville, and is asking the public to weigh in on the proposal. The land is just the first of several parcels along the river that the state , would like to take ownership of, said Stephen Hansen of the Division of Wildlife Resources. The state is in ongoing talks with landowners along the river, hoping to purchase land needed to restore spawning channels for the June sucker. If several parcels can be strung together over the next five or so years, the state would work to restore a more natural riverbed in the area, with meanders and slower, shallow pools where the June sucker could once again lay eggs in gravel, said Reed Harris of the DWR. Decades of mechanical river channeling have destroyed the fish's spawning grounds, See MEALS, B2 reheated just before they are served. See SUCKER, B2 1 New lawjimits paperwork decisions with life-and-de- ath what you want if you needed mechanical support such as a ventilator to keep you alive for A new, Utah law is SALT LAKE CITY the rest of your life," the guide says. "But if intended to make it easier for health-car- e probeing on a ventilator for a few days would let viders to honor the wishes of people who can't you go home from the hospital, breathing on your own and as healthy as you were before speak for themselves while nearing death. The law, which starts Jan. 1,'reduces the you were hospitalized, you might want to be decisions from kept alive on machines until you are better). paperwork for "Some people live satisfying lives even three forms (jo one and allows people to choose someone to speak on their behalf in an when they depend on machines," the guide emergency. , says. It also allows people to choose treatment in The few was the result of work by dozens isof people involved in aging and health-car- e certain situations and decline it in others. Unlike current law, it does not require a sues, said Maureen Henry, executive director of the Utah Commission on Aging. person to be terminally ill or in a persistently Henry said advances in medical technology vegetative state." Proponents said that's important because people may need, the help of a had outpaced the old law. decision-make- r The law provides more choices and also exwithout being in that condition. The new law also says a health-car- e provid- plains that picking an agent isn't required and neither is filling out the form. The law also er can withdraw from a case for "reasons of conscience." And those who follow the direcsets penalties for anyone who forges, alters directive. tive of the incapacitated person 6re protected or destroys a health-car- e from civil or criminal liability. 1 On the Net: Information and forms are A guide will be distributed to describe the choices.available at www.aging.utah.edu .' ,; ." .'Don't keep me alive on machines' may be directives V .. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Provo man dies on DAILY HERALD Friends and neighbors are mourning the death of Thomas Dean, 63, of Provo, who died in a car.accident Friday morning. Dean was traveling east near mile post 48 on Interstate 80 in Tooele County approximately 8:10 a.m. in his truck. 2002 Dodge pick-uUtah Highway Patrol spokesman Cameron Roden said Dean drifted off the left side of the road and then p d to the right, going across both eastbound lanes of traffic. He then went off the right side of the road. He then tried to correct his vehicle again and that's when the vehicle rolled two and a half times. The truck came to rest on its roof. Dean was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators think Dean might have fallen asleep at the wheel. They do not think alcohol or drugs were involved in the incident. CRAIG South Industrial Parkway to be composted for reuse. Caleb Warnock 80 DAILY Roads were dry at the time of theaccident. "He was a good neighbor, a good friend," said Michael Kennard, who lived around the corner from Dean in Pro-vo- 's Joaquin neighborhood Kennard said Dean was a friendly person and always made people new to his LDS . ward feel welcome. Dean was also known for cooking and helping out at ward campouts See ACCIDENT, B2 Herald District at 1 800 Don't ditch that Douglas Fir Try 'treecycling' instead 1-- DILGERDaily Christmas Trees sit atop of a pile of waste at the Southern Utah Valley Solid Waste composting facility in Provo on Thursday. Trees can be dropped off at the facility HERALD Now that Christmas is over, what do you do with the dead tree in your living room? Across Utah County, many cities offer recycling services, where trees can be picked up or dropped off for chipping to be composted for mulch. And where no recycling is available, national environmen- tal and wildlife organizations encourage you to get creative. The Wisconsin Extension Service encourages homeowners to put their used tree in their backyard to shelter birds and small animals, even suggesting you encourage local fauna by decorating the tree with popcorn, cranberries and suet. Or you could put your tree in a private fish pond, where it Can provide habitat. Cabela's in Lehi has a used Christmas tree in their indoor trout pond where the fish can shelter from the many tourists who pay 25 cents for a handful of fish food to throw in the water a popular attraction. Locally, the Utah State Extension office was a bit flummmoxed when asked for suggestions about disposing of Christmas trees where there is 'no recycling program. "I strike out on this one," said Dean Miner after a long pause. "I really don't have any ideas." The environmental Web site Earth91I.org encourages residents to ensure a tree is and a new tree recycled planted for another year by buying live trees. "One holiday product that can't be recycled is an artificial Christmas tree, so Earth 911 encourages everyone to purchase real trees in the future," says a statement on the Web site. According to a national sur-- See TREECYCLE, B2 |