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Show BwnTir'"pi-'B'Tlfl- nf"TiT''li ' lf y'yrpur phoii W'm'WrW W .i yrny. y. Medical services officer praises Moab's most recent EMT class "These are some of the most well trained students I have ever seen!" the course and to give the National EMT test to 15 students. The students will now travel to Blanding to take their written test on a State of Utah Testing computer. They have sixty days to accomplish this. said Don Duncanson, Regional Emergency Medical Services Coordinator, of those who recently completed the Emergency Medical Technician course. He accompanied a State Test Team to Moab Tuesday, November 13th, to conduct the practical examination of the 22 students who completed These students have just completed 130 hours of classroom time and practical experience over a period of ten weeks under the direction of Course coordinator Corky Brewer and Assistant Coordinator Evans. Rick r Classes were also taught by local physicians. Dr. Murray, Dr. Redd and Dr. Rouzer, local RNs, Brenda Bowen, and Susan Matney; the University of Utah Bum Team; Larae Black, College of Eastern Utah Psychology Department and local EMT Instructors, Clayton Allred, Curt Brewer, Kenny Allred, Connie Navarre and Ann Northrup. CPR Instructor Brad Mallory also assisted with their CPR certification. The students' training included anatomy, physiology, patient assessment, cardiac arrest, airway management, bleeding, shock, fractures, childbirth, bums and extrica- tion. They have also been riding on the ambulance with a regular ambulance crew as observers to gain field experience. In addition, the students responded with local EMTs to an injury on the Slickrock Bike Trail on a Saturday in October and were able to gain firsthand experience in a situation that the EMTs frequently encounter. Each student will also be responsible for working ten hours in an emergency room prior to their certi fication. Several will perform their ER time here at Allen Memorial Hospital, while others will work at St. Mary's Hospital in Grand Junction or at Salt Lake City hospitals. Grand County will gain many well trained EMTs resulting from the efforts of the coordinator and instructors; and each student should be commended for the dedication and commitment shown in successfully completing this course. SERVING MOAB AND UTAH SINCE 1896 SOUTHEASTERN Grand Moab, County, Utah 84532 Number 47 Volume 97 "If v ' , ' ''y I by Ken Davey About 20 local residents took part in a special town meeting Tuesday evening to share their ideas on the future needs and strategic planning of Utah. The discussion was held in coordination with the regular meeting of the Moab City Council. The event was sponsored by Utah Public Television to go over the Utah Tomorrow Vision Statement, a document pepared by the state's Strategic Planning Committee. The statement laid out some broad challenges, including the need to seek a growing economy while also U protecting the local and global environment. The statement stressed the value of healthy lifestyles and adequate medical care, a deepening of artistic and cultural expression and 1 L i .UjL'-- appreciation, open, just and accountable government, and offering all residents an opportunity for S H m Reimbursement to the County. and full lives. to Governor Norman According . . Grand County Historical Commission Chairman Bruce Louthan is shown presenting a check for $1837 to County Commissioners Feme Mullen and David Knutson. The check represents reimbursement to the county from the Utah State Division of History for cash expenditures and excess matching for historic research and preservation activities during 1989-9The work was done under an matching contract between the local Historical Commission and State History. Matching by local workers amounted to over three times the cash contribution of the State and yielded $587 surplus reimbursement to fund additional work by the local commission. Most of the match was provided by the work of local historians and railroad buffs, Lloyd Pierson and Lyle Jamison, on the original 1880s narrow gauge railroad grade across northern U. of U. Selection of County Attorney poses Commission dilemma cific question," Knutson said. "I look at it right now as I look at who's going to do the best job for the county." Commissioners discussed the procedure for filling the slot at their first meeting after the election, but Knutson said the process is so new, no one knows exactly how it is supposed to work. "The only information I have is, if three attorneys residing here apply, we have to pick one of them, and if one does not apply, we can go out of the county," he said. So far, three of the potential local candidates have at best expressed ambivalence about the job. "I think wed all like to get a better idea of what it entails," said Starley, 28. Starley moved to Moab last December to become the county's public defender. "I'm pretty sure I'll at least apply," she said. Aldous, 34, said she was also non-partisa- n. Grand County may have to go beyond its boundaries to find a qualified attorney willing to replace County Attorney Elaine M. Coates when her term expires. Voters in the general election decided in yes-n- o balloting against re- taining Coates as county attorney after her first term in office. Now it is up to the County Commission to fill the slot by appointment Currently, four attorneys in the Moab area could be considered potential candidates in a appointment: Kathy Aldous, William Benge, Sandra Starley, and non-partis- William Schultz. Acting Commission Chairman, David Knutson said he was unsure if party affiliation is required by law as a qualifying factor in the county attorney appointment "I don't think it should be. I haven't asked that spe Sin dor enters agreement to develop Lisbon Valley copper mining property Copper mining activity may again be underway in the Lisbon Valley area, it was learned this week. Sindor Resources Inc. announced that it has successfully renegotiated an agreement with MLP Associates, giving the company exclusive rights to exploit the Lisbon Valley copper mine south of Moab, a former producer. The Mining Record of Denver reported that Fred Lightner, president of Sindor, indicated the company was pleased to become reinvolved in the project under more favorable terms. Previous studies indicated a e core in the deposit could be profitably exploited by low-coheap leaching, solvent extraction, and electrowinning, but the project proved to be uneconomical under terms of the original agreement. Under the revised agreement, Sindor can develop the property without high-grad- st J; 0 .li having to make large preproduction' payments, and the underlying land owner can realize substantial rewards with higher copper pices. The Record reported that under terms of the sublease, the company to incur minimum of $60,000 during the expenditures next four months. If Sindor elects to continue the sublease beyond Februis required ary 28, 1991, the agreement provides for total monthly advance royalty payments of $5,000, escalating to $6,000 per month in March 1992. program here and proposed Kokopelli Theater, and other aspects of the Moab scene. He will arrive on Alpine are on the regular morning flight and visit the facility at Helen M. Knight Elementary which houses both the school districts fifth and sixth grades and the Arts Center programs for a tour and briefing on local pressing issues. Following that he will be taken on a tour of the city and close environs, and then meet with local officials to hear their view on how the university might be helpful in solving problems. He will speak at the regular waiting to see what would be involved. "My inclination at this point is not to do it" Benge, currently Moab City attorney, has stated no interest in being county attorney again. He served in the office three terms before losing to Coates when she ran a write-i- n campaign in 1986. Schultz, former deputy county attorney, has developed a private practice in Moab and has said he is unsure he would want to get involved in a public role that could end in four years. Commissioner Feme Mullen said the most likely prospect if the search goes out of the county would be Monday Rotary luncheon, accompanied, among others, by Moab honor student Amy Mayberry. During the afternoon he will have a meeting with school administrators and with a group of high school students about to- - Lyle Anderson, of Anderson and Anderson Professional Corp. in Monticello. Anderson, 35, has worked with Coates seven months under contract as deputy county attorney. He has also been counsel to the town of Castle Valley and Monticello City, the Grand County Special Service Recreation District, and the water and school districts in San Juan County. Anderson said Knutson asked him the day after the election about his interest in the job. He said he would be seriously interested if the commission adjusted the salary and made the job fulltime. Knutson said the county attorney is paid $26,000, aside from benefits. i ' day's education in the rapidly changing world and opportunities higher education offers to the enterprising student. After changing into hiking clothes, a tour of the proposed Kokopelli Theater will be led by Jeoffrcy Panos, director of the local U. of U. program. This will begin at 3:15 p.m., and the local public is invited to attend. The tour will begin from the bottom of the Sand Flats Road. One van is being provided by tours, but the route is negotiable The days' events will culminate with a musical "Best of Broadway", which is a thank you to the people of Moab from the university Moab Arts Center. Performing will be the U. of U. Big Band, and the performing group "Crimson Express." This is a free event, and all are invited to attend. f Tag-A-Lo- by passenger car plus shanks mare. At 7 p.m. there will be an open house at Helen M. Knight elementary hosted by President Peterson, with displays of the activities in which the university has been involved in Moab during the last two years. At 7:30, a town meeting will be convened at which the president will present remarks and respond to questions, moderated by U. of U. alumnus Sam Taylor. 1 f . 54 University of Utah President Chase N. Peterson the wherewithal is another question." Anderson figures he earns $75 an hour in private practice while the $2,250 the county pays him for part- - (continued on Page A3) Jvc. m Xa JuSy-:- Crimson Express, above, will bring the "Best of Broadway" to Moab on Monday, Nov. 26 following a town meeting hosted by University of Utah President Chase N. Peterson. President Peterson will be in Moab all day, meeting with various groups and becoming acquainted with the U. of U. Moab Arts Center at Helen M. Knight Elementary, and the site for the proposed Kokopelli National Theater on the Sand Hats. The room at HMKMoab Arts Center at 7:30. U. of U. evening town meeting will be held in the alumnus Sam Taylor will act as moderator. The evening's musical program will follow at 9 p.m. Crimson Express will be joined by the U. of U. Big Band for this special "thank you to Moab." There is no admission multi-purpo- per. 1 wide-rangin- The commission would consider making the job full time with a pay increase but "whether the county has The Lisbon Valley mine, located approximately 40 miles southeast of Moab, contains a drill proven resource of approximately 11 million tons of copper, assaying 0.5 cop-- . Sindor is located at 7936 E. Arapahoe Court, Suite 2900, Englewood, Colo. 80112. non-specifi- c, legislative priorities, and how they affect the budget." In the local discussion following the video, meeting participants generally expressed the opinion that the vision statement was too open, laying out generalities that have to be made more concrete. "It's very broad," said Bette Stanton, director of Grand County's Economic and Community Development. "What it needs is individual goals, as they related to rural Utah." "Where do we fit in?" asked City Council member Dave Sakrison. It looks good to the people up along the Wasatch Front, but it's missing the nuts and bolts we need in southern Utah." The town meeting was part of a series of meetings linking cities and towns across the state. Some of the meetings were linked by a live broadcast on Salt Lake City's KUED public television station. Over the next two months the (cont. on Page A3) president to spend University of Utah President Chase N. Peterson will spent the full day in Moab next Monday familiarizing himself the the institution's new graduate fine arts Grand County. Barker Bangerter, who spoke to the meeting via a videotaped introduction, the Vision Statement was consciously as a starting open and g discussion point for a of Utah's future planning needs. "A lot has been said about strategic planning for the future," said Bangerter. "My primary interest is in establishing a process rather than an event. Too often planning has been used to produce extravagant documents so we can say our work is done. The product of our efforts is then put on a shelf, never to be opened again." Bangerter added that his aim is to begin having all elements of state and local government begin taking into account the interests of the entire state. "Our goal is to have Utah government in the 1990s accustomed," he said, "to a process in which agencies, in setting objectives and priorities, take time to consider how they effect oilier agencies, how and they affect administrative day in Moab next Monday in-ki- nd 0. by Vicki 50$ Council shortened meet to involve in state program 5. v, v.' r-V- Thursday Nov. 22, 1990 ' charge. se |