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Show Serving East Juab County Volume 102 No 44 -A Nice Place Live! To November 3, 2004 www.nephitimesnews.com Single Copy Price Skate Park funding will need to be addressed early next year Nevada men arrested on drug charges By Myrna Trauntvein Tim es News Cor respun den I Two individuals wi re arrested in Nephi on federal charges for possession of meth with the intent to distribute it and for possession of a meth lab. By Myrna Tunes-New- Trauntvein ( orrespondent s Though a skate park i a good it - not the be- -t time for the Juab School l)itrict to decide u hethor money should be given to the cause. The Nephi Skate Park Committee is seeking a financial contribution or in vestment from the Juab School district to help fund the skate park said Steve in our community, Carter. "Come back and contact us in January or February, said Delaine Hathaway, board vice president. "That will be after the Legislature has had a chance to met and act and will know what the numbers are. file district also needs to discuss and seriously consider the various projects they have been requested to support, she said. Carter said that, according to the latest statistics, skateboarding is Americas fastest growing idea, Arrested at the scene were Laurie Goff and Mike Norlander, both of Ely, Nevada. The two were in their late 40s. one-tim- The lab and two suspects were found at a local motel, Robertas Cove, said Shane Johnson, Narcotics Task Force Detective with Nephi City Police Department and a member of the Juab County Drug Enforcement Task Force. We are charging the couple federally, said Johnson. The pair were indited for manufacturing and possessing a meth lab which is a first degree felony and for possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribzone which is ute in a drug-frealso a first degree felony. Similar charges are still pending in Nevada but Goff and Norlander will face the charges in Utah first. They were taken to Salt Lake to the federal facility on Saturday, Oct. 1G and were booked into the facility on the charges by U.S. Marshals. e The East Nevada officers knew the couple had some kind of family ties to some Nephi residents, said Johnson. Juab County Deputy Justin Kimball put out the information when contacted by the East Nevada Task Force on Thursday, Oct. 1 4. Local officers were asked to look for two people, a man and a woman, who were wanted on warrants in Nevada. At that time, officers began watching for the couple. The two had left Nevada unexpectedly and law enforcement officers there were unable to serve the warrants. Our graveyard officer spotted a car with Nevada plates around the residence of the family the suspects were reportedly related to, said Johnson. On Friday, Oct. 15, he said, a couple of cars with Nevada license plates were located at Nebo Auto which were connected to the couple. It was discovered, at that time, that the couple were living at Robertas Cove. About 6 p.m., Officer Wes Dudley, Deputy Craig Ryan and myself went to Robertas cove and checked with the manager there, said Johnson. It was confirmed that the couple w'as living at the motel. The officers then went to the motel room to arrest the couple on the two warrants from Nevada. They were hesitant to come to the door, but they did, he said. As the pair were being arrested, a lab was noticed inside the room. In order to assure officer safety, the room was checked and the glassware was obvious. Goff and Norlander were taken to Juab County Jail and the motel room was secured. Dudley stayed behind to make certain the room stayed secure. Johnson then checked with the State Health Department and gave a report to Bruce Hall, county public health director. H said that the DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency) Metro Task Force have a lab team which. 24-ho- See Drugs on page 2 ELECTION DAY Above, Linda Wilson confers with loAnn Tolley on Tuesday morning while waiting to i ote in the general election. Our photographer , cut down at S a in. and many people were waiting to vote. For how you voted in yesterdays elc lion, go to nepliitiniesnewe com and chi k the election link. e See Skate on page 3 Group formed for Nephi Swimming Pool project says More work needs to be done toward forming recreation district By Myrna Trauntvein Ti mes-New- s Correspon den t The Nephi Swimming Pool project has some more work to get done one thing needed to organize and a second is to work toward forming a recreation special services district. Lynn Boswe 11 p resented the Ash Grove employees group plan to build a recreation center andor swimming pool in Nephi to the Juab School District School Board seeking help with the project. A site needs to be found and more funding needs to be raised before the project can become a reality, said Boswell. The committee should have something in the way of designs within a months time, said Rick Welsh, board member. Welsh is the board's appointed member on the recreation committee and has been working with the swimming pool project. The committee now has a member from the county, Commissioner Neil Cook and one from the school district, Welsh. Nephi City will also have a member on the committee. Delanie Hathaway, board vice president, also offered her skills in research to the committee. I am very supportive of forma recreation district, said ing Hathaway. Brent Boswell, a member of the committee seeking support for a pool, asked if the board had a preference on whether the pool was located near the high school or whether it mattered. Accessibility would be good, said Hathaway, but probably that does not mean it needs to be next to the school. located right Joyce Bracken said that the f mile pool in Richfield is from the school. The school was still able to e the facility for one-hal- u-- swimming instruction but, at the same time, the areas patrons were able to e the pool without it being used exclusively by the u-- wrong things and then all was forgotten. It is not that way today, he said. Now a young person got in trouble and they ended up in court and with a record. He said the community needed to provide some activities to keep young people occupied and away from drugs, alcohol and trouble. The school board, like Nephi City, urged Boswell to make certain the committee was up and running, had officers and then work tow ard getting the question on the ballot. Long-term- , said Hathaway, the recreation board would be the most likely organization to make the pool a reality. school. There were district concerns, said Stacy Brooks, board member, which might take priority over a pool. One of those was the need for a new elementary school. I attended a junior high w here there was a pool, said Brooks. She did agree the pool was and had signed the was unsure what but petition sort of money the district could contribute. Boswell said that Ash Grove Cement Plant did have some grant money available and the committee was hoping, and fairly certain, that some of the money for the project would come fiom the company. Last year, he said, the company generously donated money to 75 projects in areas where they had plants. That was part of $3.2 million set aside for such projects. This year the funding amount was higher. We are confident that we can get some of that money, said Nephi City Council member appointed to recreation committee By Myrna Tunes-New- s Trauntvein Correspondent well-warrante- d member will be appointed to serve on a recreation committee. Nephi Mayor Chad Brough agreed the city would support the formation of a recreation district A council in the community by appointing a council member to sit on a rec- reation committee. Other communities have done it so it must be doable, he said. Lets not reinvent the wheel. See Appoint on page 3 Boswell. Boswell reminded the board that the youth of the area needed some diversions. There was little for them to do. Things were different when he was young, he said. In those days kids got in trouble for doing Election results... Because our printing schedule requires us to print Tuesday afternoon, election results will be printed next week. However, you can get the results today by going to our web site, nephitimesnews. com and click the link to get all the local rsults. Semifinal game, Sat. Nov. 6th 2 p.m. Springville High School At the HALLOWEEN BRINGS OUT ALL KINDS OF DISGUISES dressed in were Ward all kinds there 1st of people Nephi costume. Front, Dalhn Bunting as Superman, Madison Walk as a witch. Back, Simon Stonebreaker as a medieval jailer, Bishop Ken Sevy as an old lady, and Annette Sevy as a nerd. Trunk-n-Trea- t, Juab Wasps vs North Summit Bravesj |