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Show Visit us on the World Wide Web http:www.ecprogress.corr Unite County recieves $45K grant to fund safe communities program Stan Colby hosted a second meet the candidates night at the Museum of the San Rafael last Thursday. See page 3A nnni 1 1 Its Bevan Wilson and Ira Hatchs turn to give you their reasons why you should elect one of them as County Commissioner. See page 6A iSierlt The Spartan Page is back after a break for UEA. Catch up on whats happening at Emery High. See page 2B By DORIS QUINN Progress editor Sheriff quickly clears up auto burglary case The Sheriffs department The Emery County Sheriffs Department recently announced it will be starting the Safe Communities pro- gram. This will be a three year program targeting youth, impaired driving, and child restraints. In conjunction with the beginning of the Safe Communities program the Emery County Sheriffs office has received a grant to help fund the program. The County will receive $20,000 the first year, $15,000 during the second year, and $10,000 the third year. Without Sheriff Guymons complete and total support of this program this would not happen, Martin Wilson commented in regard to obtaining grant monies from the Utah Highways Safety Office. With part of the money granted this year the sheriff s department purchased the Fatal Vision program. The package contains two pair of goggles, one pair to demonstrate a .08 blood alcohol level and the other pair demonstrates at .12 alcohol level, along with a training video for program instructors, and a video for program participants to watch. The Fatal Vision program will be presented to all the students at Emery High this year, and will then become (Continued on page 3A) re- sponded to calls Sunday morning reporting auto burglaries in Elmo. Sargent Gayle Jensen and Deputy Sean Roper responded to the scene. Detectives arrived to process the scene and take fingerprints and photographs During the investigation a citizen called and reported that they had witnessed a suspicious vehicle . driving around with its lights off. observed a similar vehicle in Huntington on Sunday morning. The Sheriffs department was able to identify the occupants of the dark blue Fold Fiesta Two juveniles from Huntington were located late Sunday night and charged with five counts of auto burglaiy and one count of dwelling burglary The juveniles have been placed in Sher-iffGuym- on detention and some of the stolen property has been recovered Around $2,500 in property was taken and some of the recovered property had Emery County Sheriff's Deputy Martin Wilson and Kattie Quinn, Progress staff writer, display three of the new portable intoxilizer units that have been acquired recently by the Emery County Sheriff's Department with grant money from the Utah Highways Safety Office. been damaged. The Sheriffs department is working at recovering the rest of the property and would like to extend thanks to citizens who provided valuable information which helped in locating the suspects and the recovery of some of the property. Breast Cancer Awareness Month Vandals wreak havoc in Ferron Elementary By COLE CLARKE Progress Assistant Editor October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and the Southeastern Utah Public Health Department in conjunction with the local chapter of the American Cancer Society are conducting activities to increase awareness of the disease. The Cancer Society is encouraging people to wear pink ribbons during the week beginning Oct. 19 to honor those affected by breast cancer. Ribbons and ribbon stickers will be available at the Public Health Office in Castle Dale or by calling Kathy Anderson at 381-474- The public health department held a drawing for a quilt last - M .fffi.H PROGRESS PHOTOCole Clarke The Southeastern Utah Public Health Department held a drawing for this quilt made from material donated by the American Cancer Society. Terri Rushton of the health department awarded the quilt to drawing winner Louise Price last Thursday. New telephone equipment will soon be online Emery Telephone will implement its new network facilities beginning at midnight, Sunday, Oct. 25. This is an extensive upgrade and will affect every customer in Emery Telephones serving area lEmery County). The new facilities will include features such as Caller ID, Last Number Redial, Repeat Dialing, etc.. All testing indicates the transition will go smoothly. The new equipment is working well, and it is expected less than two percent of Emery Telephones 4,700 customers, may encounter troubles. Your patience during this transition is appreciated. The Emery County Sheriffs Department was called to investigate a burglary and vandalism at Ferron Elementary on Oct. 13. On Oct. 14 the Sheriffs department received a tip from a confidential informant concerning the incident and arrested two individuals, a 14 year old juvenile, and Richard Cuchmak, 19, of Ferron. The whole incident began at ap10:30 p.m. on the evening of Oct. 12. Kathy Petersen, principal of Ferron Elementary, and her husband, Jim, observed an individual at the school and ran the individual off. Later that evening, or during the early morning hours of Oct. 13, the two suspects entered the elementary school through the courtyard with the assistance of a knife, or proximately something similar to one, to unlock the door. Once inside the building, the suspects entered the office of the building and poured rubber cement on the desks, carpet, phones and adding machines. The suspects are believed to have taken $30 to $40 from the secretarys desk, a Kodak digital camera and a Pentax 35 mm camera with a zoom lens. Damage to the carpet is estimated at $2,500. Two classes rooms were also vandalized. The vandalism consisted of decorations being pulled from walls and ceilings, tape being strung around the rooms, and in one room the computers had been unplugged and the cords wrapped up, appearing as if the vandals had planned to take them when they left. In the teachers lounge obscenities were written on the dry erase board. Continued on page 3A) Huntington City Hall opens for business By DORIS QUINN Progress editor Huntington City held the official grand opening of its new City Hall last Saturday. The dedication ceremony and ribbon cutting was at 11:30 a.m., followed by a luncheon for those involved with the project and others from the community, and an open house for the public ran from 1 to 5 p.m. The first structure to be erected in Huntington and used as a town hall was a 40X60 foot meeting house, located at the corner of Main and Center Street. The building was constructed of logs and had a dirt roof and board floor. It served the community for 38 years until it was destroyed by fire in 1918. The present City hall was built in 1940, and continued to serve the citizens of Huntington to the present time, 48 years. Prior to 1940 City meetings were held in a brick building in back of the old Huntington Elementary school on Main Street. (Continued on page 5A) I f Thursday. The quilt was made by Laurel Johansen and Dana Olsen from materials donated by the American Cancer Society. The participants in the drawing were those who attended the Health (Continued on page 5A) DORIS QUINN Progress editor By Huntington City ifficial pictured from left to right are: Carol Pilling, Recorder, Judy Truman, Treasurer, Tom Grimm, Jackie Wilson, Councilpersons, Vernell Rowley, Mayor, Ross Gordon, Ira Hatch and Norman Richardson, councilmen. |