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Show i lc imps "(31 nhcpctthm t ECREATION, Sport Week in Review Items from regional newspapers Indicted with felony counts . . . Monticello San Juan County Commissioner Ty Lewis has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Minnesota with 40 felony counts related to his involvement in the National School Fitness Foundation. Lewis, his son Cameron J. Lewis of Highland, Utah, and the National School Fitness Foundation are each charged with four counts of bank fraud, eight counts of mail fraud, 12 counts of wire fraud, and 16 counts of money laundering. They are scheduled to be arraigned in federal court in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Oct. 28 where they will submit pleas. If convicted, Ty and Cameron Lewis each face a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison and a $1 million fine on each count of bank fraud, mail fraud, and wire fraud and up to 20 years on each count of money laundering. San Juan Record . . . More needs to be done to address local Native concerns discussed American Indian students lack of achievement, to offer Navajo classes in Cortez schools and to speed transmission of student absentee data between the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe and the Re-- 1 Montezuma Cortez School District, said representatives from area tribes at a special school district board meeting last week. The meeting between the district and area tribes is held annually as part of the districts Indian policy and procedures and to discuss how to address American Indian students needs. School board members mostly listened during the meeting. Selwyn of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe said Whiteskunk, chairman-elec- t more American Indian staff in district schools is needed and that expulsion is not always the solution to students problems. He added that sending truant students to boarding schools is an easy way out. Cortez Journal Fluoride doesnt hurt . . . Davis County Despite a year of fluoridation in Davis County, local health officials say they havent seen any patients reporting complications or symptoms from drinking the water. According to staff members at Lakeview hospital, including the director of the ER, theres nothing to report. Over the past year, theres been no evidence that anyone has been treated in the ER or admitted because of water fluoridation, said Elayne Shutts, Lakeviews vice president of quality and risk. But we feel that fluoride is important for the pediatric population because it prevents tooth decay. Davis County Clipper Officials from the Utah Department of Transportation celebrated the official opening of the new four-lan- e highway on 191 through Moab Canyon. About 50 people, including State Senator Mike Dmitrich and State Representative Brad King, attended the ribbon cutting ceremony. According to Grand County Administrator Judy Bane, this is the first time UDOT has used highway funds to help construct a bicycle path concurrent with road construction. We new bike path without the Spanish Fork s. 1 5-- 7 4 j 11 Thursday, November 4, 2004 this construction. It really makes the canyon safer for everyone, especially all the bicyclists who come to Moab and use that corridor in con- junction with the Gemini Bridges Trail. Area cyclists and visitors to Grand County can now enjoy a bike path from Court- house Wash to the lower Gemini Bridges parking lot. Riders can access the parking lot and lower trailhead by passing underneath the four lanes of Highway 191 This is a project we can really be proud of, said Bane It was a true cooperativ e effort between UDOT and the , County The resultN are som- that really enhance ething everyone's experience in Grand County, make the highway safer for both drivers and cyclists. I really encourage' ev eryone to go see the m hike trail and underpass " v S' X 'vW A? Tl, ' co- operation and support of UDOT. They listened to the citizens of Grand County and the Trail Mix Committee and - were very responsive to our needs, said Bane. Councilman " 7- 'it , , Jerry keynote speakers at the ceremony, said, We were fortu ? Schappert, David Olsen and other members of the Grand County ribbon on the new bicycle trail along Highway 191 last Thursday Kim ot ot i I ,r -- - it jt - I - . J - .? .1 V S ( i Jfft ( ' f J i x: f . and Emily Amanda Carrigan represented Grand County this year in Cross Country. Emily and Amanda, both seniors, have participated in crosscountry for the past 3 years. Amanda ran her first time at state during her sophomore year. Emily has been a consistent runner at state. Both athletes hold excellent grade point averages (3.95), are members of National Honor Society, and demonstrate high citizenship qualities. This elite group is difficult to attain. The average grade point average of this group this year was 3.94. f A fr r S' Schappert tries out the new bike trail which stretches along Highway 191 from Courthouse Wash to fower Gemini Bridges parking area. Kim Kim Schappert from the Grand County Trail Mix Committee poses with Utah Department of Transportation Officials beneath the new bicycle underpass along Highway 191. A Look Back in Time T"" 3-- Historic pictures of Moab and Grand County For digital l files: http:www.lib.utah.edudigitalunews T-- i- - Have a picture you would like to share? Submit it to The Times-lndepende- nt fimtr Spanish Fork Press Excited but cautious . . . Roosevelt Duchesne Mayor Clint Park said he has to be careful about voicing his joy over a recent ruling by a federal court judge that allows the Ten Commandments to stay put in Roy Park. Thats because he doesnt want to blow anything as the case now proceeds to the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver. Im excited, buy dont dare say, said Park last week from his auto repair shop. According to our attorney there is still some litigation that hasnt been finished yet so our attorney said to have everyone talk to him." Duchesne Citys efforts d to keep the monument in the park and prevent a Salt Lake to monument erected from a their having religious group own beliefs have paid off. U. S. District Judge Dee Benson found that the city did not violate any laws when they sold the by plot of land the monument sits on to a private family and then passed an ordinance prohibiting future sales of land at the park for similar purposes. Uintah Basin Standard City-base- 10-fo- ot 11-fo- ot city-own- ed coal out . . . Getting the The BLM and Fishlake National Forest issued Richfield a joint press release stating the final Environmental Impact Statement on the Quitchipah Creek road could be completed by next March. The road project would expand and pave an existing stretch of approximately nine miles of road so that it could be used by trucks hauling coal to Emery and Carbon counties and other markets east of Sevier County. The project was proposed in order to make Canyon Fuels Sufco Mine in Salina Canyon more competitive, thus extending the life of the mine. The road would cut down on the distance traveled by trucks to deliver coal by 42 to 50 miles depending on the route used. The Richfield Reaper Amanda Carrigan New fire truck hoped for in Castle Valley The Grand County Service Area for Castle Valley Fire Protection is at the top of the list for a $230,000 grant for a new fire truck. The Utah Permanent Community Impact Board will take action on three pending projects when it meets Nov. 4. The board will also review eight new projects, including five from Carbon County at the meeting which will be held at the state Library Division, 250 North 1950 West in Salt Lake City. The meeting will begin at 9:30 a.m. i &1 i A city council decision to allow beer sales S' .1 V Grand County community on Sunday left many residents surprised and upset after the vote on Oct. 19. Despite some initial confusion about the vote, council members stood by their decisions two weeks earlier when a tie vote occurred. Mayor Dale Barney again broke the tie, making the vote 2 to amend the ordinance to allow the sales. After the vote, Mayor Barney pointed out that citizen petitions were running overwhelmingly in favor of the change, with 1226 for it and only 236 against. Signatures for the change were collected from petitions put in all the stores that sell beer within the city. 1 : Committee broke the y spective sport on a varsity level. Each athlete is then honored during the break at the state finals. Bishoff Trail Mix 'S' : 4 ' xN. can be very proud of these young ladies. . . . r p Grand County runners gained academic honors Two At the end of each sports season, the Utah High School Athletic Association selects only 10 young men and 10 young women from each classification (1A - 5A) for their academic performance and their contribution to their re ... Tf McNeely, who was one of the Roger Ricks, general manager of Construction Supply in Farmington, has a simple message for Lowes. Welcome to Farmington and good luck, Ricks said. Im always happy to see growth and new businesses coming to town. Lowes, one of the largest home improvement retailers in the country, opens the doors on its nearly store Nov. 16. The new store, which represents about an $18.5 million investment, plans to employ 175 workers. The Farmington Lowes will no doubt add more competition in the local home improvement sector, but Ricks isnt especially concerned. He said when Home Depot opened its store in 2001, Construction Supplys business actually increased. Four Corners Business Journal Beer on Sunday nate that UDOT was willing to think outside the box on wouldnt have this Farmington, 130,000-square-fo- 3 Ribbon cutting marks official opening of new highway and bike path north of Moab hurt . . . Big boxes dont N.M. 120,000-square-fo- 2-- Area Review Real Estate Public Notices Classified Ads OMMUNITY Area-Wid- e Cortez, Colo. TV Listings Which way does the wind blow ? The average strike of the several large sand dunes adjacent to Grand Countys proposed new airport at Klondike Flat, fifteen miles north of Moab, shows the prevailing winds to be from a direction of 10 degrees south of west. Pictured here in 1963 are Fred Stoye and Larry Norman of the chamber of commerce aviation committee. The airport, Canyonlands Field, was built soon after. After a number of years, the runway was rebuilt in an east-wedirection, when it was found the first runway was geologically unsound, and plagued with crosswinds. The dunes didnt tell the whole story. Photo courtesy Larry Norman, Layton, Utah st |