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Show Rescue unit to get $44,000 for snow cat MT. PLEASAN- T- Sanpete County Search and Rescue has been successful in obtaining $44,000 from the Community Impact Board to buy a new snow cat. Commander Kerry Deuel told members of the Search and Rescue and Sanpete Jeep Possee members at the installation banquet Jan. 12 in Manti. The new fully equipped snow cat was ordered Jan. 10, the same day that Commander Deuel, Ephraim Police officer Kerry Steck, Rod Rowe, and Sheriffs Deputy Barry Bradley met with CIB representatives in Salt Lake City, and received approval for the purchase. Deuel expects to have it within a month. It was 100 percent of what we asked' for, 'Comm&ndeT Deuel reported. Old machine breaks down The Search and Rescue have been seeking funding for a new snow cat since their used machine broke down during a search for a missing elk hunter last fall. We never could have raised that much money alone, Deuel said. The CIB application was sponsored by Ephraim City through the assistance of Ephraim Mayor Hal Jensen, Deuel said The cat will be based in Ephraim, because of its central location to the rest of the county. However, members of the S & R will take care of all repairs and maintenance on the new machine. Deuel also commented that the old snow cat had been repaired, and with the new machm" u ill give S&R two fully equipid cals lor rescue operations. The old snow cat is housed at the Mt Pleasant airport along with the S&R bus and mountain rescue vehicle The other S&R vechicle, Rescue 1 is rotated monthly throughout the Sa.ipete communities. $2,000 check A check for $2,000 was presented to commander Deuel for the Search and Rescue by Sheriffs Deputy Wallace Buchanan in behalf of a Colorado man. Brent Funk, of Denver, Colo., sent the check to Deputy Buchanan, a former classmate, after he heard adverse publicity regarding an rescue unsuccessful operation during elk season last fall. In addition, $3,800, for jaws of life, new extrication equipment for the S&R Rescue 1 vehicle was approved by the Sanpete County Commission, and the equipment is expected to be available within 10 days. Other equimpment being purchased by the S&R includes, five radios, and two additional hand-helflare guns. Awards Two awards were presented to the Search and Rescue at the banquet. d Sheriff presented preciation Kennard Anderson certificate of apfrom the Sanpete a Sheriff's office and the county police association. Deputy Ross Nordell presented an award from the Utah Highway Patrol, commending the S&R on the good job of traffic and crowd control during the Manti Miracle Pageant. An award and a lifetime associate membership were presented to Grant Larsen, now of Salt Lake City, original founder of the S&R patrol in Sanpete County by Sheriff Anderson. New officers New officers include, Kerry Deuel, commander; Casey Blackburn, of Moroni, 1st vice com- mander; Kerry Steck, Ephraim, second vice commander; Odell Cox, Fairview, secretary-treasurer- ; lso. Claude Pickett, Ephraim, Phil communications officer; Murray. Fairview, medical olficer; Troy Prestwich, Moroni, quartermaster; Dennis Tucker, Mt. Pleasant, reporter; and David Burton. Mt. Pleasant, maintenance officer New captains include, Lynn Braithwaite, Ephraim; Rodney Rowe, Mt. Jensen, Manti-Gunmso- Pleasant, and John n Andy Shaw. Manti; Steve Wllden, Gunnison; Hal Hansen, Ephraim; Kay Larsen, Moroni; Richard Brotherson, Mt. Pleasant, and Jim Cheney, Fairview, were named sector leaders It was also reported that the Search and Rescue is in the process of getting 40 hours special training through the Peace Officers Standard Training for category 2 level 3 certification for S&R members who are not certified police officers members extended their for the generous support of county residents S&R appreciation Chamber to announce new officers; award MT. PLEASAN- T- The annual Chamber of Commerce Installation Banquet will be held Thursday, Jan. 17 at Wranglers Inn Steak House at 7 p.m. The new Chamber Presidency and Citizen of the Year Award will be presented according to Scott Stewart, who has served the past of the year as president organization. Other outgoing officers will be Baldwin, Kelly Roseman, Irene Jeannie Christiansen and Valeri Stewart. Glen Groves, Sanpete Valley Hospital, and David Blackham, Mt. Pleasant Drug are on the ballot for president; Larry Ruesch, Becks and Penny Hamilton, Appliance; The Pyramid, are running for treasurer, and Peggy Porter of Far West Bank is unopposed as secretary. In the last general membership meeting, the Chamber decided on electing only three officers. Once elected the new officers will appoint three people to chair committees, Stewart said. Ballots have been sent to the Chamber membership. Sheriff Kennard Anderson congratulates Troy Prestwich of Moroni who was elected quartermaster of the Sanpete Search and Rescue Saturday night. Kerry Deuel, center, Mt. Pleasant, is the new commander. Casey Blackburn, Moroni, was named first vice commander and Kerry Steck, Ephraim second vice commander. S' , S' Mt. Pleasant property owners double billed for sprinkler by Penny Hamilton PLEASAN- T- About 11 residents holding Pleasant Creek Irrigation certificates have apMT. parently been getting a double billing on the newly installed pressurized irrigation system, prompting city and irrigation company officials to review the rate structure on the project at the last city council meeting held Jan. 8. The pressurized irrigation system was a joint venture between the City and Pleasant Creek Irrigation, and felt both entities apparently constituents their assess to obligated to recoup their expenses. Mt. Pleasant residents voted to bond for the $1,200,000 pressurized irrigation system in Nov. 1982. Mt. Pleasant citys portion of the project, $888,000 for the distribution system, was funded by a loan from the Department of Water Resources in Nov. 1983, and Marriott Construction was awarded the bid on the system. The city reportedly planned to repay the loan by assessing residents according to the amount of land they owned, and all landowners within the city were recently assessed $1000 for the first fourth acre and $138 for each additional acre, as their portion of the sprinkler cost. Pleasant Creek Irrigation Companys portion of the project amounted to about $300,000 for the pond, main trunk line, and pressure station. The company billed their shareholders according to the number of water shares they held. Shareholders were billed $180 per water share as a down payment on the system and will be assessed $24 per year for 20 years, according to David Peterson president of Pleasant Creek Irrigation Company. of Most shareholders Creeks Pleasant reside out of Mt. Pleasants boundaries and were not affected by the citys acreage assessment. However, about 11 city residents also hold Pleasant Creek water shares and received billings from both entities. Councilman billed twice Among those affected by the double billing were City Councilman Glen Hardwick, who has two acres of land and shares of Pleasant Creek Irrigation and Wasatch Academy who holds eight shares of the water stock. Whereas, those holding Pleasant Creek water shares feel an adjustment should be made on either the city or irrigation company billing, such an adjustment would cost one of those entities to loose about $20,000 in revenue, David Peterson said. If no adjustment is made, those shareholders have three options, city council members advised. 15-1- 6 Shareholders may keep their water shares, pay their assessment, in addition to their city assessment, and in 20 years forget about it. Or, they may sell their stock to someone, thereby releasing themselves to any claim of Pleasant Creek Irrigation water. Finally, they may simply ignore the assessment from the irrigation company, let the company foreclose on the shares, and their shares would be auctioned off. Not penalize Shareholders present reminded the council that they should not be penalized for holding water shares when residents who previously had no claim to water within the city were being provided the same hook ups to the irrigation system as they were without any additional charges imposed on them. A special meeting of city and company officials is scheduled for Jan. 14 to discuss an equitable solution to the dilemma. In other council Ross Blackham, to purchase 10 acres of land from David Peterson for the business, the agreed to consult city attorney irrigation pond with easements instead of splitting just a perpetual easement with the Irrigation Company for $16,000. The citys portion in either case would be $8,000. The council also approved $225 to send Janis Jenkins to Emergency Medical Technician training, but asked for further information regarding a request from the Sanpete Ambulance Association for continuing education for EMTs already certified, and for the purchase of a new ambulance. Resolutions passed resolutions were passed. Resolution 85-- adopted hydraulic standards for bridges and culverts to qualify for future repair or replacement funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency; Resolution 85-- accepted the Main Street water line project and released the contractor from futher responsibilities. In other business, Don Montgomery was granted a request for waiver of penalties, on two utility bills run up by tenants of his building who subsequently left without paying their bills; time card procedures and payroll date adjustments were approved; a request from Petrolane to be allowed to bid on the citys LP gas was approved, and Glen Hardwick explained that water was seeping into pressurized irrigation lines and that if freezing damaged the system the contractor should be responsible. Vacancies on the power board, board, and were forcommission planning warded to Mayor Amoir Deuel for her consideration and subsequent review with the city council members. humorous and rare calendar containing pictures of the Sanpete County Search and Rescue in action" was presented to Sheriff Kennard Anderson Saturday night at the groups annual A Two 1 2 She just got mad Armed hit-ru- n driver in jail after victim follows in hot pursuit By Penny Hamilton Pyramid Editor North PIGEON HOLLOW-T- he Sanpete girls athletic coach who says she just got mad when a drunk truck is sideswiped her brand-necredited with assisting law enforcement officials in making an arrest of the alleged culprit even though it meant following the man who threatened her with a shotgun, along back roads for about an hour. Dana Ray Geiger, of Ephraim, and her roommate, were southbound on Highway 89 about 9 p.m. Saturday in Miss Geiger's new pickup when the alleged suspect, James Clayton Lee, 21, of Ephraim began to harass her. Investigating Officer Sanpete Deputy Curt Lund reported Lee began playing games on the highway, slowing Geigers truck down and preventing her from passing. When Miss Geiger finally attempted to pass his older model pickup, he sideswiped her vehicle, causing about $600 damage to the passenger door. He was swerving all over the road, and it was obvious he was drunk. I am aware of the statistics of drunk drivers, and I guess I just got mad, Miss Geiger related. She said she followed him at first to see if he would stop and exchange drivers license information, but it became obvious to her that he was (lf 1 1- banquet and election held at Shannons in Manti. The calendar was presented by Kay Jensen. In the background are the new officers of the organization. trying to evade her and would not stop. She became, so angry that she refused to let him get away with smashing her new truck, so he fled I felt like a and she followed. victim," she said, and I knew that he was responsible. The chase began near the Pigeon Hollow Junction by the Spring exit on Highway 89 and continued on the back roads on the west side of Ephraim and Manti. At one point, Miss Geiger said, he led us to a dead end road, got out of his truck, ran towards us and pointed a gun at me. She described it as a single barrel shoteun. Even Continued to page 2 City-Wal- J |