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Show Holidays Frmt All Of Us At Serving East Juab County - A Nice Place To Live! Volume 101 No 51 www.nephitimesnews.com December 24, 2003 Single Copy Price Juab County should be Stabbing victim phones for help; his wife is arrested included in the RECA Sheriff Alden Orme stated that on December 19. 2(10.5 at 09 51 hours. Juab Countv Dispatcher received a cell phone call from a man stating he had been stabbed m the neck and back by bis wife program, says Commission The man stated be was driving a semi and was stopped on i north of Nephi. but did not know an exact location Juab Countv Deputy Mike Tischner. Juab Countv By Myrna Trauntvein Ti mes-New- s 1 Correspondent Juab County should be included in the future scope of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) program. Critics of RECA argue that the act arbitrarily allocates funds for people in one county while not Bc-suv- Deputy Alan Tavlor, Trooper Corey Wright and Nephi C it v Reserve Officer Alan Price responded and located the semi noith of Nephi at the 228. structure compensating other areas that Deputy Mike Tischner, the investigating Deputy, took the suspect Yolanda Wilson, a female into custodv and interviewed her, where she confessed to the stabbing of her lnisband Dovle Covington. If y ears of age. Both the suspect and the victim are from Eos Angeles. California The victim was then transported to Central Valley Medial Center by the East Juab Countv Ambulance w here be as treated and then was transported to Utah Valiev Hospital received equal or higher levels of radiation. The hearings were held in St. George to address that inequality and to request a change in policy. Sen. Orrin Hatch, Rep. Jim Matheson, and both attended the conference as did all three commissioners from Juab County. Commissioner Robert Steele addressed the members of the National Academies of Science Board on Radiation Effects Research at the hearing. r I was using a in' several areas of Juab County at the same time some of the tests were done, said Steele. I can attest to the high levels of radiation on the ground following those tests. Steele was just one of nine individuals from Juab County who spoke to the commission in the hopes of getting compensation for certain cancers which have been identified as having infected those who have been exposed to vv olanda Wilson was then geiger-counte- booked into the Juab County Jail for Attempted Homicide. Aggra-ated Assault vv ith a weapon and Domest ic Violence. Shei iff Alden Orme stated the bail was set at SIO.OOO. 00 cash v only uell-know- n came away with a good feelright. about the hearing, said Neil ing Cook, commissioner. Wm. Boyd How'arth, commission chair, said that commissioners had to leave the meeting early because, prior to being informed of the hearing, commissioners had set a budget hearing which, by law, cannot be changed after it is set and noticed. We did leave the hearing with testimony to come from capable By Myrna Trauntvein Ti residents from our county, said Corresponden t Howarth. One of those was Carolyn A new recreation board is being Royce, a Juab county resident, formed in Juab County. who was diagnosed with breast Neal Menlove, who for a numcancer eight years ago. ber of years managed the Old It was the worst day of my Gym Recreation Center in Nephi. life," Royce said during her tesasked Juab County CommisWhenever hear you timony. sioners if they would help him somebodys got cancer, its hard by naming a member of the to have hope." county commission to sit on a new Royce survived a lumpectomy, board. followed by six weeks of chemoThe group will be called the East Juab Recreation Association therapy. While the cancer hasnt returned. Royce said, the fear that grasped her when she was first diagnosed has never left. "Every time I go to the onBy Myrna Trauntvein cologist, its scary. It never gets 11 Correspondent easier." Another was Iris Tolley, also Voting precincts in Juab Couna breast cancer survivor, who now match the address grid. has diligently fought for public ty Glenn Greenhalgh. Juab Counawareness for Downwinders. In Administrator, met Zoning fact. Tolley has amassed an im- ty with county commissioners to pressive set of records identify ing the changes. None of those who suffered from cancers explain those changes affect the voting known to be caused by radiation precincts . set up inside Nephi. exposure. Mona. Rocky Ridge nor "The residents of Juab County deserve to be compensated under Callao is affected, in that the RECA.".said Howarth. two precincts have been combined Board members were in town into one. for a public hearing "All of Callao already votes by absentee ballot," said Greenhalgh. "so they will not have to See RECA on page 2 go to different voting places." I n Photo by Rebecca I)opp. County recreation needs to be revitalized mes-New- s associaand will be a tion governed by a board with a member from each community. Neil Cook has an interest in non-prof- it recreation." said Robert Steele, commissioner. I nominate him to represent the commission on the board." To form a special serv ice recreation district, under the auspices of county government, would be a lot of work and would need the vote of the public, said Steele. However, to date, the nonprofit organization board has mes-New- Ix-an- Ix-va- s Greenhalgh. Pat Ingram, county clerkauditor. and Craig Sperry, county recorder, worked on the project together. We did clean up the school district lines." he said. Now if you live in the Tintic School District, vou will vote in the Tintic School District and the same is true for the Juab Sc bool District." No one h is been affected, to date, by the way things were, be said. That is because no one lives along the borders which have been changed. However, it would have Is n theease. as the county grew that someone living district would have in one voted in another. The precinct match the ad- - shd for help Myrna Trauntvein By Times Neu s Correspondent There is no excuse for abuse. Unfortunately, Chritmas is a time- when abuse escalates so those- who are hav ing trouble are - governed the recreation needs of Nephi City and. Menlove said, he NK to call hoped the same could be done on urged state-wide- the domestic folO)). a county-- ide basis. to get free In Nephi in 19S(. the Juab violence- info-linhelp. was Association Fitness Physical I.i'a Gaiter, juvenile probation formed," said Menlove. That came about, he said, officer, is president of the county because high school students coalition to prevent domestic v and 'be wants member' of requested a roller skating area tbeeomnninitv to know that there be considered for the old high is help available for all those wiio mav face physical or mental abuse. See Rec reation on page 2 "We wanted to make certain that the number is available for Use during the holiday s as we as at other times of the year." 'aid - 1 - Voting districts now match address grid 12-ho- Domestic violence victims are urged to call THE CAT IN THE HAT CELEBRATES CHRISTMAS Students in Mrs. Rasmussen's 4 th grade class show tree features Dr Seuss off the unusual Christmas tree at Nephi Elementary School. The upside-doucharacter, The Cat in the Hat. The tree was designed by LaRtie Lynn, left, and Debbie Painter, back radiation. . dress grid adopted by the county commission for all of the county. If a home is built in the county, it is assigned an address according to the grid. Nothing has been changed inside community precincts." said Greenhalgh. He said the map- - bad jci- -t been change d to clean up the areas where the borders bumped up against eac h other. Now if someone build' in any of these areas, where they vote will match the address grid so that resident- - from one area w ill not be voting for governmental representatives from another area. -- 800-97-1.1 e 11 Carter. It is unfortunate, but domestic lolence escalates during times of family stress and Christmas and v the expectations of one spou-- e caue pressure or the either can w ha h results m Thi' loh-nce.- a hot line where help can be obtained for all those- u ho i s - suffer domestic abuse-- . No one will know you alb-eand you elont have to tc II your n mn-.said Cam r. 0 The line operates from a m. to 9 p m daily. If there i an emergen y.the one reporting abuse should call 91 1 . 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