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Show XX 9001? 9NiQ-iin- 2.000 31S r.,uwo 3Hi HVin s Niv'0ossvsss.lo653e 1018 j "V' Home Grown News Since 1900 Tuesday, May 11, 2004 ounty Volume 104 Castle Dale, Utah USA-AL- L Files Law Suit Against Emery County Submitted By USA-AL- Number 19 50t ' INSIDE HOME AT LAS' Castle Valley Soldiers arrive home from Iraq L Utah Shared Access Alliance (USA-ALfiled suit May 4 to compel Emery County commissioners to 7 closed roads and to compel the commissioners and Utah Governor Olene Walker to affirmatively act to prevent additional area closures under pending Bureau of Land Manageme it land use planning. According to Rainer Huck, President, the lawsuit is intended to force officials to reverse mistakes made in the BLM planning process that led to the adoption of the San Rafael Swell Route Designation Plan and to prevent a recurrence of the problem in BLMs current land use plan revision re-op- en RS-247- USA-AL- L Emery Track Held in Castle Dale 14 A. Continued on PAGE 3A. Memorial Service Held at State Capitol By PATSY STODDARD, Editor BRIEFLY Vacancy on Southeast RAC Local soldiers ride in a parade honoring their Helper and Price main streets. safe return. A police escort travels with them down By PATSY STODDARD, Editor The Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR) is hoping to fill a vacancy on its southeast Regional Wildlife Advisory Coun-- j cil (RAC). The vacancy is for one of the two environmental positions on the council. There are five RACs around the state. Each one is comprised of a variety of special interest groups, such as: businessmen, U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, elected anglers, hunters, Native Americans, stockgrovvers, environmentalists, and the general e) The 1457th Engineering Battalion is back on American soil. They were honored in parades in Price and Helper on Saturday. The police escorted the battalion into the cities. Joyous crowds lined the streets and the parks in both communities. In Helper, the Helper Junior High pep band played for the troops and the Sally Mauro singers and mem- - otti-cial- s, public. The five statewide RACs meet almost monthly to discuss hunt- Continued on PAGE1B. ing and fishing proclamations as vv ell as a wide variety of wildlife issues. Councils make decisions based on input provided by the DWR, special interests and the general public. RAC actions are carried to the Utah Wildlife Board, vv hich is charged vv The Utah Peace Officers Association gathered in their annual memorial service on May 6 at 2 p.m. in the Utah State Capitol Rotunda. This year Deputy Jeremiah Johnson from the Emery County Sheriffs Office was honored with his name being placed on the memorial. The memorial at the eapitol has been in place for two decades and was placed there under the direction of Gov. Norm Bangerter. He felt it was essential for the people of the state of Utah to be grateful for the ultimate sacrifice given by the officers and for their names to be forever bronzed upon the Clarke Christensen, couraged to contact: Brent Stettler at: Continued on PAGE 5A. or by at: email brentstettlerCfi utah.gov. Fund Raiser chaplain help-ingpla- d env ironmental organization, have a strong interest in wildlife conservation, and be willing to support the concerns of their constituency. For more information, interested persons are en- plaque. greeted those assembled. Many members of the Johnson family and deputies and officers from the Emeiy County Sheriffs Office attended the memorial service. The Utah Department of Public Safety Ensemble sang the national anthem. The prayer was giv en by Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtliff. Amber Young played a piano solo entitled, I Heard Him Come. Ken Wallentine, president of the UPOA along with Sheriff Lamar Guymon and Jeremiahs wife, Lisa Johnson placed the name of Jeremiah Kirk Johnson upon the wall. Aso the name was Jeremiahs son Trevor Johnson. The guest speaker for the program was the Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints, Boyd K. Packer. He said, We need to honor police officers. They are the watchmen of the night. Pres. Packer asked the audience to imagine dusk settling over the land without police officers present. He said we have a responsibility to support the men and women who watch over us. We expect a lot out of you, we expect you to save lives, deliver babies, counsel people, settle domestic disputes, help at accidents, find lost children and be calm, wise and brave and inspired beyond normal human beings. You are never ith establishingwildlife-relate- regulations and policy in Utah. Anvone interested in filling the position on the southeast 1LC must be sponsored by an bishop Visits miners Striking Miners Receive Support of Catholic Leader By PATSY STODDARD, Editor After seven and a half months p miners are still the striking walking the picket line. Walking the picket line with them on May 4 was Bishop George Niederauer of the Salt Lake Diocese. Bishop Niederauer toured the picket site and spoke to picketers saying, Thank you for what you do. You are a witness to justice and its not easy to sacrifice day after day, all day long. I drive two hours to be here, but you sacrifice day after day. You are not alone, you are in my prayers and the prayers of my Co-o- email editorecprogress.com Gonzalo Salazar speaks to Bishop George Niederauer. Photos by Patsy Stoddard Continued on PAGE 2A. The Emery High Baseball team will be holding a fund raiser on May 17. The Emeiy High Faculty will play an exhibition basketball game with the Emery High basketball team. This will be held at the high school at 6:30 p.m. on May 17 at the Spartan Center. There will be a small admission fee. There will be a raffle for a half a beef, golf passes and other prizes. Also slam dunk contests and a 3 point contest will be held. The Spartan baseball team will play in the state tournament on Mayl3 at Springville High against Delta. The game will start at 1 1 a.m. Visit us on the World Wide Web wW.eep roy ress.co in |