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Show I 2A Emery County Progress, Castle Dale, Utah Tuesday, Junuary 5, 1 999 4 Gas leak causes trouble in Huntington DORIS QUINN Progress editor Huntingtons residents of the situation and kept A worker operating a caterpillar near the Village Inn Motel in Huntington uncov- happening. By Progress editor them updated on what was On Sept. 2 Emery County Sheriffs Deputy Richard Graham, who is assigned to the patrol program, was performing a stationary radar trafcheck on eastbound fic at milepost 126. At approximately 11:30 a.m. he observed a red van approaching his patrol car at a high rate of speed. He clocked the van at 90 M.PH. The main road into Huntington was sealed off from nited. The cooperation of all ning at 200 S. in Hunting-to- involved helped avoid the possible danger and I comthrough to Lawrence. Watch mend everyone involved for Neighborhood block captains helped no- their service, Sheriff Lamar tify the remainder of Guymon stated. Maribell Wareham was born in Colorado but has been a long-tim- e resident in Ferron. She is married to Ray Wareham and they have three children and seven grandchildren. They have always ran a farming operation, Wareham Cattle Company, and have won many awards for their cattle. Maribell taught school in Emery County for many years and has since retired. Her colleagues and the students miss her very much. She is a fun loving and very entertaining person. She taught her students many things including self hygiene. All 11 mu Tf Huntington 6879275 Pnncc of Egypt 7pm ends Thurs 163 North Main St PAL PATCH ADAMS 3S STARTHEAT RICE THEATRE 30 East Main? JMcl 437-274- 0 Scats $1.50 A 1:00 Fi ;00 Only 0 Sim. the students that Maribell taught will re ri l PIXAR if youve only seen it oric you havent seen it all. Starts hn Jan 8 Call for times Call on nnvies coming soon AUTO CLINIl Emery Auto Clinic Directory of Sales & 40 W. 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Graham pulled his patrol cated a compartment in the car up to the vehicle and the rear of the van behind the driver stepped out of the van rear seat. They were unable to open and said, I knew you had me, the compartment. The and I was speeding. mechanism that held the While checking the vehicles registration and the drivers latch had been broken. Gralicense Graham found that ham had Hayward watch the the vehicle was not registered two suspects while he crawled to the driver. He asked the under the van and drilled into passenger of the vehicle if he the compartment from under was the registered owner and the van. When the drill bit came out was told that the owner it had white powder on it. wasnt present. At that point he ques- The powder was tested at the tioned the men about where scene and it tested positive they were going and where for cocaine. At that point the they were coming from. Both suspects were placed under men were from the Chicago arrest and transported to the area. They had traveled to Emery County jail in Castle California and was returning Dale. At the sheriffs office the to the Chicago area. However, there were several inconsis- compartment was cut open tencies in the two mens sto- and 31 kilos of cocaine were found in it. The street value ries. Graham felt there was of this much cocaine at the enough differences in the minimum is $2 million. The Drug Enforcement mens stories, and with neither of them being the regi- Agency (DEA) was then constered owner, to run additacted, and the case was tional checks on the men and turned over to them. The susthe vehicle to see if the vehicle pects were transported to was stolen or if the men had Salt Lake City where they are awaiting pretrial and will be outstanding warrants. He also had the mens prior federally prosecuted. They records run, and both men could receive convictions of 15 had extensive records. One of to 20 years, or more with their the men had a prior convic- prior records. Because of the DEA involvetion for murder. In an interview with the ment in this case, it has taken this long for the Emery County Emery County Progress Graham stated it has been his Progress to have this story reexperience in the past that in leased to it for publication. Maribell Wareham from nearby homes, begin- n most cases when a vehicle is owned by a third party who is not present in the vehicle, and there are significant inconsistencies in the stories of those in the vehicle, a further investigation is needed. By DORIS QUINN ered a surprise that sent the Cleveland and him scrambling for cover. Lawrence Junctions on At about 10 am. on Oct. Highway 10, diverting traf20 a 911 emergency call of a fic from Cleveland around natural gas line rupture through Lawrence until the came into the dispatch at gas fumes were dissipated. The gas line was shut off the Emery County Sheriffs Office. The caterpillar op- north of Huntington and erator was in the process of also near Orangeville, leavmoving dirt when the ing some Huntington resiequipment punctured the dents and a few residents six inch natural gas line on the highway east of Emrunning through Hunting-ton- . ery High School without gas service while the line was According to some wit- being repaired. nesses at the scene they The pressure in the line heard a loud boom, saw a was adjusted near Moore to sudden burst of dust and regulate the flow of gas. observed the equipment Questar arrived at the operator leaving the scene scene, and after the fumes on the caterpillar. had dissipated, repaired Emergency Medical Ser- the hole in the gas line. vice personnel, Emery Traffic was allowed back County Sheriffs Depart- into the area at approximent, Utah Highway Pa- mately 2 p.m. that same day. I am very pleased with trol, Huntington Fire Department, Emery County the cooperation of the differSheriffs Posse, and other ent agencies and people citizen volunteers quickly who showed up to help. sprang into action and This could have been a bad evacuated the residents situation had the gas ig- yfi EGyPT 5 31 kilos of cocaine found in compartment Senior Citizen of the Week down the cost of car insurance. Allstate has car insurance discounts that can help save you money Which discounts do you quality for? Give us a call to find out Tracy Wilcox 71 S. Center Street, member her for a lifetime. Many of them still tell fun stories about her and about being in her class. Maribell and Ray spend time going to Angus Shows, traveling and looking for antiques. Maribell loves antiques, she even has a antique chair in her home that the seat and back are woven out of tree bark. It is a special family antique passed down to them. She also loves to ride horses and grow flowers. Maribell is a very fun person to be around, she is always cheerful and that is why The Emery County Progress has chosen her to be the Senior Citizen of the Week. 6 DWR investigates poaching involving Emery County youth By LAYNE MILLER Progress editor Main Street in Orangeville. The investigating officers say they are close to wrapping there are no trophy deer, and then something like this happens, explained Kerstetter. These were not trophy deer. A guy killing for trophy bucks would not even look twice at Utah Division of Wildlife Resources law enforcement officers are investigating the involvement of six Emery County High School students in the illegal killing of at least 1 1 mule deer. Seven of the ani- up their investigation. It will be submitted to the Emery County Attorneys office for Possible these animals. But they will prosecution. charges range from misde- never become trophy deer, meanor offences to a now. casses) so far but rumors are circulating that there were 30 animals illegally shot. Officials say most of the Officers have confiscated five guns, they believe seven different weapons were used in the shootings. DWR officials are baffled by what they call the senseless killings. They are offended that this is the third year in a row they have needed to investigate similar cases of illegal deer or elk kills involving school students from Emery County. We have people ask us in public meetings what we are doing for them. They tell us mals were bucks, the rest were does and fawns. Were still not sure about all the deer, said DWR conservation officer Roger Kerstetter. We have 11 (car- thrill killings took place during the Christmas break. Youth aging from 15 to 19 years of age are reportedly involved. third-degre- e DWR officials are investigating several instances of illegal deer and elk killings in Emery and Carbon counties. Conservation officers indi- felony. cate they have people tell them they cant blame people for illegally killing animals for meat. But both officers say they have only investigated one case in ten years where someone killed a deer because they actually needed the meat to survive. If that happens, salvage meat can be donated to the person There were so many inneeding the food. stances involved, were stilling trying to sort it out, said DWR conservation officer Mike Clutter. I wouldnt dare guess how many times the kids went out. Sometimes they went out and shot ani.. ) mals, sometimes they went out and didnt see anything. Sometimes they went out and , cut the heads off animals they si shot the night before. The largest buck had a spread with a 4x5 rack. 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