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Show Page Ah Till DMIY HI RM I), Prtno, t tah. cdneJa. July 7, lW LOCAL NORTHSOUTH H)IT()R: Amy ( ragun 4 acragun 11 heraldeMra com Coaches, parents feud in Springville By STKVKN GARDNER Herald ( orroponiknl SPKIXGVILLK it's "chickens and cowards" vs. "arrogant men railed coaches" and (heir supporters. Complaints of verbid abuse have parents and players taking sides about Springville High's varsity baseball coach Dan Money and his staff. "The parents are making it bigger than it is," said Brent and Nee, a pitcher on the 191)9 team. Another player, however, said the entire team voted to have Money removed at one point this past season. The team let it go after parents and others said removing Money, who just finished his second season as head coach, wouldn't make things better. A group calling itself the Concerned Citizens for Change (CCC), say coaches belittle players for mistakes and go on tirades after losses. Those complaining are remaining mostly anonymous, which has the program's defenders peeved. to Springville According High Principal Mike Hicks, the accusers are outnumbered. "The coaches are not going to get fired over this, if that's what they want," Hicks said. "There's just too much support for them." "As coaches we're trying to do the best job we can," Money said. "We've got the full support of the administration and the majority of the parents." Kendall Gillespie, a shortstop for the team, said the vote to remove Money occurred after the coach blasted his team following a loss. Six juniors from that same team, including Neel and Gillespie, defended the coaching staff in a June 23 letter to the Springville Herald. While stating they did not agree with everything the coaches did, they wanted to continue playing for them. Gillespie said since the letter appeared he has heard of retaliation against suspected CCC members, and it caused him to reconsider. "The stuff I heard about after we wrote our letter made me change my mind." Some residents believed to be members of the CCC said they have received visits from angry coaches and anonymous letters attacking their character and that of their children. One letter likened the CCC to the Ku Klux Klan. "As far as I can see, whoever third-basema- n Drivoin movie Gravel workers find fossil "I think if we would have won a region or state title, no one would have said a word." Kelly Clements, assistant coach makes the noise is getting a bad name for themselves," one parent said. The 1999 high school team was the first in years to not make the playoffs, which some say is the cause of this year's complaints. "The year before we were third in state with the same coaching staff and not a word was said said," Kelly Clements, assistant coach and former head coach. "I think if we would have won a region or state title, no one would have said a word," Clements said. Rex Carlson, who coaches some of the same boys in city leagues, said his youngest son, Chris, did not try out for baseball beyond his sophomore year after playing one year for then sophomore head coach Money. "He witnessed what was happening and he quit playing because of it," he said. According to one parent, Chris is every bit as good as his own son. "He would have played." The complaints surfaced in a semi-publi- c way when the CCC sent a questionnaire to parents of players asking them to rate the coaches. There were one-on-on- Ol M.BhKG Courtesy KJIKSMN photo Summer school students at Mapleton Elementary School built their own "box" cars and drove them to a drive-imovie in the school auditorium. The summer-fuactivity included a popcorn snack. colder climates than Utah's, said State Paleontologist Jim Kirkland. "We're discovering they're very common here," Kirkland said, adding that the type of musk ox found is different than the kind that currently exists. Scientists hope to find out "how these animals lived and how they might be related to the living animals," Kirkland said. Musk ox normally live jn tundra n environments ar(d while glaciers were once found along the Wasatch Fron;t, there was never any tundra, he said. That's one of the mysteries scientists would like to figure out. any further." The fossils were found in a layer of sediment along the Lake shores of ancient n County Commission tinkers with city fire contracts By JOSEPHINE ZIMMERMAN The Daily Herald UTAH COUNTY Utah County Commissioners have revised their method of paying cities for fire suppression and ambulance service in the unincorporated areas. In the past, the commissioners have taken tax money collected for fire protection from the special service areas set up by the county, then have distributed the funds to cities that contract for fire service outside their boundaries. Starting this year, the cities must bill the county for the services. The charges that can be billed, per hour, are as follows: Aerial apparatus, $245 anonymous Pumper, $10 per 100 GPM of certification Brush truck, $75 Rescue unit, $100 Tender, $100 per hour for first 1,500 gallons, then $25 per hour for each 1,000 gallons thereafter False alarm or wrongful dispatch, $200 Ambulance, $60 for response with fire apparatus. Maximum state authorized for all other responses. Utah County has no fire department, and for several years has contracted with the cities for the service. County Commissioner David J. Gardner, who has been meeting with the cities to work out the contracts, said the cities will now also answer wildland fires. Reporting forms have been established so the county may receive reimbursement from the state and federal agencies for such fire calls. The contracts set up a priority system in the event there are multiple incidents that the city must respond to simultaneously. The priorities will be as follows: 1. All y fire alarms 2. Unincorporated area fire alarms involving structures 3. Unincorporated area fire alarms involving vehicles 4. Unincorporated area fire est, range or watershed lands 6. Others. The contracts will be in effect through June 30, 2004, and shall be renewed automatically each year unless terminated by either of the parties on giving the other party at least 90 days written notice. At Tuesday's commission contracts were meeting, approved with Genola Town, Santaquin City, Spanish Fork arid Salem City, City be Still to Springville City. contracts with are approved Mapleton City, Payson City, Lehi City, Cedar Hills City, Goshen Town and Helper Cito. Helper, which is in Carbon County, is closer to Soldie'r Summit than Spanish Fork., ( in-cit- alarms involving cultivated lands 5. Unincorporated are fire alarms involving a wildlife on wildland posing a threat to for Compare! 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