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Show 00: CAR-R- T B SORT UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION 467 E 300 S ' UT SALT LAKE CITY Tuesday, April 9, 1991 50 Cents Volume 92 -- No. 15 Attendance tops 2,000 at Fiddler" over four nights W. DAVIS By LARRY time. I was very proud of how our people performed, and the Progress editor CASTLE DALE If you went to the Emery High audience response was excellent. This was the first time that SchoolEmery Community Theatre production of Fiddler on the Hoof last week, you were among a record number of people to attend a local musical production. Musical director Neal Peacock said that approximately 2,000 attended the musical which was held in the high school auditorium April Its hard to get a real accurate count, but as far as we can tell, the Emery High Drama Department and the Com- , 3-- 6. this was the biggest, attendance-wise- , that weve had in the county, Mr. Peacock said. It may have been the enjoyment that the audiences had early in the week which was shared with friends, neighbors and family which led to two big nights on Friday and Saturday. The biggest night came Friday when some 700 attended. A crowd of 500 attended the performance Saturday. -- I was incredibly happy with the way things went, Mr. Peacock said. It was a case where the musicv dancing, singing and acting all together at the right came munity Theatre have combined forced to stage such a production. We couldnt have pulled it off without doing it this way, Mr. Peacock said. It was such a big production that we needed to use resour- ces from each group. In all, there were 60 performers in the musical. Work on the musical began in January and involved evening and morning rehearsals over the last three months. Mr. Peacock said that the play had several strong points, but he said that Fid- dler on the RooF requires a strong Tevye, the Dairyman, since about half of the lines and much of the music come from this character. We had a strong Tevye in Randy Johnson, Mr. Peacock said. He did a tremendous job. Mr. Peacock also praised the dancing in the program which was arranged by Laurel Johansen and featured some (Continued on Page 2) g Talking wilji God is one of Tevye, the dairymans, on in Roof." "Fiddler the musical the Above, preoccupations Randy Johnson portrays the central figure of the musical during life-lon- " the Emery County Community TheaterEmery High School duction of the musical last week. For more on the play, inside todays Progress. see r Utah Supreme Court throws out conviction Heritage officials The conviction of a Price man of felony charges committed in Emery County in 1989 was thrown out by the Utah Supreme Court last Friday. Convictions on charges of planning for 100 th birthday aggravated burglary, unauattempted murder and thorized possession of a hand- gun against . Bryon Dale Petersen were thrown out by the states highest court Officials HUNTINGTON the Huntington Heritage Days celebration are preparing for a July Heritage celebof because prosecutors failed to bring the defendant to trial within 120 days of when he filed a notice and request for disposition of the charges. According to the Supreme Court records, Petersen, 45, was chared on July 6, 1989 with burglarizing the home of Lola Jewkes of Orangeville ration which will honor Huntingtons Centennial. We would really like to make this the best parade and celebration yet, officials said recently.' Plans are already underway for the rodeo, car show, parade, ball games, fun run, big town reunion, centennial program, dinner and centennial ball. Those involved in organizing the celebration are mak-in- g preparations now by listing contact personnel for the various activities. They are: Parade 687-931687-931- 4; 5; 687-915- 8; 653-253- 4. By LARRY W. DAVIS Progress editor CASTLE DALE The Emery County Board of Education voted to support several proposed changes in the organization of the Utah High School Activities Association at its April 3 meeting at Castle Dale Elementary School. Art and Helen 687-252- and 3; Keith Rasmussen, Fun run Lamar Guymon, 687-979- 687-930- 4. 8. Rodeo queen contest Tammy Hansen, Superintendent Ernie 687-265- 5. Scott Miller, Rodeo 687-949- 7. Heritage Days Queen Sabrina Contest 687-264- Unger-ma- n, 2. Tommy Shan- Fireworks and Warren non, Oviatt, Town reunion Ray and Phylis Grange, Thelma Heritage Days Mark and Mills, and Kathy Justice, This years theme will be: Huntington 100 Years 687-911- 4; 687-266- 9. 687-997- 687-223- can always tell when its spring firemen are called to fires. fire last week Early grass departments from Castle Dale and Orangeville were called to a grass and brush fire near the sewer lagoons in Castle Dale. There was no serious damage, but the fire was out of control for a short time. Officials have expressed the need to be cautious when burning brush this time of year. Photo by S.K. Davis You 9. 1; 687-240- 3. Yesterday-Today-Tomorro- 4 inrun ,iMIIL ft the proposed changes to the board members as well as the voting ballot. Each school district has one ballot. The changes include a new constitution which does away with the Legislative Council of the UHSAA and creates a Board of Trustees which includes school board members, district superintendents and high school principals. Weeks said that the region alignment will remain the same, but the governing body Weeks presented 4"rfi nn mfitii fninft rffrurfliurffii nlfii 1 District Court. On July 27, 1989, Petersen was given a trial date of Feb. 218 days after 15, 1990 Petersen had filed the notice. Later, Petersens defense attorney requested that the charges against his client be dropped because Petersen was not brought to trial within the 120-da- y limit. hearing was held on Feb. 1990 where Judge Boyd 15, Bunnell denied a motion to dismiss the charges. The court record notes that in dismissing the motion, the trial court found that the county attorney had received the notice of disposition, but the court had not. However, the trial court believed that a continuance from the initial trial date was given to allow the defendant time to settle differences with his attorney. A On July 12, 1989, Petersen filed a notice and request for dispostion of the pending charges while in the Utah prison for parole violation. A the notice was filed with the county attorney, but the court document indicates that a copy of the notice was not received by the Seventh copy of Board approves UHSAA proposal Rose Ward, Tory Killian, Janice Wagner, and Judy Palmer, Car show Rasmussen, and attempting to murder her and her daughter. The report notes also that Petersen, having been previously convicted and sentenced to prison for felony offenses, at least one of which was a second degree felony, was also charged with possession of a firearm by a prohibited person and with being a habitual criminal. of these regions will be changed under the proposal. The Board of Trustees would handle such business. The proposal also calls for the elimination of gymnastics d as a sport and sets new rules for participation in sports. After reviewing the proposed changes, board member Phil Nelson made the motion to approve the changes, and UHSAA-sanctione- the board approved the motion. Final results of the state-wid- e voting will be released later. In other business, Weeks reported that the Blue Ribbon Study Committees have been setup and include students as well as administrators, school officials and citizens. He said that the committees, which are broken into various phases of educational (Continued on Page 3) Also, Petersen had not the trial date and therefore waived his right to a trial within 120 days. Also, the court trial court found that the delay was not caused by any action or inaction of the prosecutor. The charges were tried before a jury on Feb. 1990 and the defendant was found guilty on each count. The court later found him guilty of being a habitual criminal but dismissed the charge of having an unauthorized handgun. Petersen was sentenced to an indeterminate term of not less than five years nor more than life on each one of the four changes. In its unanimous decision, objected to 15-1- 6, the Utah Supreme Court ruled that the 120-da- y rule had not been carried out by the court, and it overturned the convictions of the defendant. Because the convictions were dismissed with prejudice, the charges cannot be refiled against Petersen. |