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Show First coal camp Emery clips Carbon In local hoop rivalry. --TW1 baby now Life Skills Conference coming to area schools. family business matriarch. Page IB Page7A Page4A Court vacates murder trial The 7th District Court has vacated a Feb. 28 trial date in the capital murder case filed against two Indiana teenagers. In the event the Emery County Attorneys Office obtains convictions, ld Jason Pearson and George Kennedy both face the possible imposition of the death penalty on the capital homicide offenses. The murder charges stem d from an alleged chase incident in Emery and Grand counties on June 16, high-spee- 1993. Springs, then left the station without paying. Responding to a radio broadcast, a Grand gas-ski- p County deputy sheriff attempted to stop the subjects vehicle. But the teenagers purportedly failed to respond to the deputys command to stop and a pursuit resulted on Interstate 70. high-spee- d The pursuit involved law enforcement officers from the Utah Highway Patrol as well as the Emery and Grand County sheriffs offices. Armed with a rifle, shotgun and a Pearson and Kennedy allegedly fired the weapons at law 12-gau- .22-calib- er The two runaway teens d reportedly refueled the were driving at they Rogers Roost in Thompson Thun-derbir- enforcement personnel repeatedly, damaging three patrol cars and fatally wounding UUP Trooper Dennis Dee" Lund On Jan. 19, Judge Bryce K. Bryner granted a joint defense motion and postponed further criminal proceedings in the case. After granting the requested delay, Judge Bryner scheduled a court proceeding on Feb. 1 5 to reset the trial date in the capital homicide complaint. Pearsons court-appointe- d legal counsel, Kenneth d Brown, and Kennedys attorney, Stephen McCaughey, filed the joint defense motion requesting the continuance in the criminal action. court-appointe- Utah Shooting Sports Council supporting firearms legislation On Jan. 19, the Utah Shooting Sports Council announced its support for two proposed bills introduced in the Utah legislative general session. The first bill is entitled Weapons Regulation sponsored by Rep. Michael HB-15- 7, Waddoups, followed HB-5- 4, by entitled Tax Credit for Gun Safes sponsored by Rep. Tom Matthews. These are both excellent pieces of legislation, noted USSC executive director Scott Engen. The first bill will strengthen our statewide preemption statute, which will provide for uniform firearms similar a BB gun (left) looks compared to a reg- ular gun. Two incidents last week had officers responding to situations with juveniles display- - ing By SCOTT NIENDORF Two separate incidents involving juveniles with handgun-shape- d guns BB occurred within 24 hours of each other last week, causing some law enforcement personnel concern about their use and dangerous situations they can create when used improperly. An alarming incident in which a juvenile is in custody for allegedly having a BB gun pistol at Carbon High School Wednesday evening during a basketball game is apparently not said Sgt. Billy Barnes of the gang-relate- Price City Department. A d, Police male stu- dent from Carbon High was reportedly seen with a gun in the main hall of the school by some young girls during the Carbon-Nort- h Sanpete basketball game Jan. 19 and informed teachers of the situation, said Principal Boyd Bell. Bell said security was notified and the officers, in turn, local police and and a search units county notified I of public policy that encourages and gives incentive to all firearms owners to store their firearms away from the unauthorized access of children and others, Engen continued. We are always looking for ways to work with lawmakers to craft effective public policy that punishes the violent criminal misuse of firearms while protecting the rights of g firearms all our owners in Utah. According to Engen, the Utah Shooting Sports Council will continue to be an active and visible presence on Capilaw-abidin- tol Hill throughout the general session of the Utah Legisla- ture and in the coming tion year. elec- For more information, con- tact Utah Shooting Sports Council, 332 S. Mountain Road, Kaysville, UT 84037. concern the imitations could lead to a tragic situation, Price police , sheriffs deputies respond to unrelated reports involving guns, local juveniles Staff writer laws throughout our state. This protects all lawful firearms owners transporting and using firearms in our state from those local statutes which would cause a confusing and unworkable patch-wor- k of laws to snare the unwary gun owner. The sales tax exemption on storage enclosures for firearms is an excellent example immediately commenced to find the subject. Barnes said the subject The thing that concerns us most as police officers is had he pulled it, the officers reportedly ran southward with several other juveniles into the neighborhood area near the school where police quickly surrounded the juveniles, only to find the subject was not with the group. Barnes said the subject apparently eluded police officers by hiding under a car. A later report to Bell of would not have been able to distinguish it from a real weapon. With someone not using their head, in the right through the cemetery sent Barnes to the area to brandished it toward an individual walking investigate. Barnes said the subject was located and arrested and was found not to have the gun in his possession. Barnes said the subject indicated that he had thrown the gun away in the neighborhood and led.police to the location of the gun where it was found to be a BB gun. The subject was later taken to detention, where he was to be referred to 7th District Juvenile Court on a class B misdemeanor for possession of a firearm on or about school premises, Barnes said. circumstances, something tragic might happen, Barnes said. Barnes said preliminary information indicated the d incident is not and the subject apparently never threatened anyone or gang-relate- another individual. Barnes reiterated that it is against the law to possess any type of gun on or near school premises. In a separate incident, several city and county units responded Thursday afternoon at approximately 4 p.m. to a call about an individual with a gun south of the businesses at 100 West Main Street. According to Price Police Officer James Cordova, another juvenile is facing a possible juvenile court appearance for displaying a BB gun pistol. ( Continued on Pago 3Ai Carbon School District releases latest student enrollment report By ANN KAY MARSING Staff writer According to the latest released figures from the Carbon County School District, enrollment is up from last May at the end of the 1992-9- 3 school year, but down from the Oct. 1, 1992 total by 83 students. Enrollment as of Oct. 1, 1993 totals 5,067 students in grades kindergarten through 12. The figure includes 104 special education students and 4,963 regular students. The 1992 beginning enrollment on Oct. 1 recorded a total of 5,150 registered students in area schools. By the end of the school year, only 5,016 students were on the books, according to the May 28, 1993 nine-wee- k principals report. Of note to local residents, especially those who are children, parents of school-ag- e the bulge or bubble in the enrollment numbers is now sitting at the eighth and ninth grade levels. Packed Carbon High School could get even worse during the next three years as the bulge of students moves from junior high into will be 1,225 students, based on how many kids are currently occupying grades seven, eight and nine this current year. Because grades K-- 3 currently have approximately 300 students in each grade, theoretically, if the trend continues, Carbon High could be down to around 900 students by the turn of the century. According to The Carbon Copy, an annual school dis- trict report mailed this past week to area residents, district plans are to move teachers into different positions whenever possible, rather than hire new teachers to accommodate the changing age of students in the bubble. CHS. Enrollment at the high school is currently 1,080 stu- dents. Carbon could be bulging at the seams in three years when estimated enrollment Enrollment at Carbon High is currently 1 ,080 students. In three years, Carbons enrollment could jump to 1 ,225 students. ) |