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Show 95th Year No. 20 Friday, March Pages Single Copy 25t 12 7, 1986 St. Patrick's Day Annual Irish parade is just week away annual St. Patricks Day parade just a week away, the parade committee has reported there are over 50 entries already. Wellington is the best represented community in the parade at this time, Corky Nichols, parade chairman, said Thursday. He reported that there are six float entries from Wellington, including the which school elementary registered Thursday. The parade is set for noon on Saturday, Mar. 15 along Main Street in Price. Price Mayor Art Lee Martines With the has from former Price mayor and former issued a week the setting already proclamation as Irish Week of Mar. and encouraging citizens to enjoy the festivities. City attorney Luke Pappas has been named as grand marshall of the parade and, with his wife Jean, will lead the parade. At the very front of the parade will be the Irish national flag, donated to the committee 9-- Patrick's Day parade chairman shows the new Irish national flag that will lead the annual parade next week to committee members Mike Donovan, Gale Cox and Price St. parade mayor Art Martines. There are more than 50 entries into the annual event already and the parade is not scheduled until Mar. 15, the committee reported. At luncheon Wednesday Chamber speaker discusses stress Staff writer Sress management techniques for businessmen facing a troubled economy were offered by Ellen Walters Wednesday at the March meeting of the Chamber of commerce held at the Carbon Country Club. Before Walters, a clinical social worker at Castleview Hospital, presented her talk, the Sun Advocate was named the outstanding small business of 1986. March is small business month. In making the award to Dan Stockburger, general manager, Kathleen Robinson, chamber president, said the Sun Ad- vocate has made several noteworthy conributions. The newspaper provides us with a voice to the community and in addition has given outstanding service with several Image, featured The Cool-Re- d located in the basement of The Gallery, 79 W. Main. Scott owner, Cooper, presented the photographic services he offers including copy work. In presenting her talk Walters said, Not all stress is health Man changes plea in district court case man who originally pleaded innocent to a charge of second degree felony distribution of a A controlled substance for value has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge. Timothy Edward Lucero entered a guilty plea to one count of third degree felony attempted distribution of a controlled substance for value in Seventh District Court on Wednesday as part of a plea- bargaining arrangement. Luceros case originally was to have been tried Wednesday. However, Deputy County Attorney Nick Sampinos told Seventh District Court Judge Boyd Bunnell that because of the plea bargaining arrangement that no trial be necessary. Sampinos said that defense attorney Marlynn B. Lema had notified him that her client would would be willing to plead guilty to the third degree felony attempted distribution charge, which is an included offense in the second degree felony distribution charge. Sampinos told Judge Bunnell that he had discussed the offer with the arresting officer and that since the state might have problems with identification in the case, he had agreed to the reduction. Lucero then pleaded guilty to the third degree felony charge. Judge Bunnell questioned Lucero about his understanding had of his legal and constitutional rights to ascertain that he was freely waiving them. After the acceptance of the guilty plea, Lema asked for the preparation of a investigation and report prior to sentencing, which was set for Mar. 31at9:30a.m. pre-senten- ce threatening and some may even be good for you. Mild and occasional stress can spur you to find the answer to a dfficult problem or to achieve a goal but too much stress is counter productive. Long lasting stress can leave you tired, angry, frustrated and depressed and often leads to emotional and physical illness, she said. We have inherited from our ancestors the fight or flight necessary reaction, for cavemen who needed additional adrenalin to hunt and fight wild beasts or to run away from them when the situation became life threatening. Today we face less clearly defined but none the less real and threatening beasts. Job stress, the possibility of nuclear war, a fragile economy can cause us to gear up for battle but usually we cannot attack these problems physically and running away is not the answer. The unrelieved fight or flight response can result in migraine headaches, ulcers, and numerous physical ailments. The speaker listed the physical signs of stress as fatigue, tension headaches, chronic upset back pain stomachs, sleep problems, bachaches, weight loss, shortness of breath, high pressure, muscle tension, nervousness, change in appetite, sweaty palms and cold hands or feet. blood Emotional signs are irritability, hostility, anxiety, loss of feelings of from withdrawal helplessness, friends and relatives, inability to apprectiate and enjoy life and loss of concentration. If any of these symptoms persist for more than two weeks a a physican, preferably psychiatrist, should be consulted because medication may be needed to help adjust body For she said. chemistry, self-estee- long-standin- g problems, counseling is helpful. She cautioned, however, that medication alone is not enough and the individual suffering stress must develop a more healthful lifestyle and use some realistic stress management techniques available to everyone. One of the most basic techniques is maintaining a healthful life style. This means getting regular exercise, eating a sensible, diet, getting enough sleep and avoiding alcohol and drug abuse. Other techniques are to use your time wisely, set priorities, improve your work habits and change personal habits. well-balanc- ed (Continued on Page 10) Police investigating local auto burglary Price City Police are investigating the theft of nearly $2,000 worth of items from the car of a Roosevelt man Saturday. Police reports said Maegden A. Baucum, Roosevelt, reported at 8 a.m. Mar. 1 that his vehicle had been broken into while it was parked in the parking lot at the Radisson Inn in Price. Baucum told officers that the 637-260- 637-995- 5, 637-313- 0. Man fined $2,576 on three charges taken included a .22 caliber rifle, a stereo cassette player, an equalizer, a radar detector, stereo amplifiers, a cassette tape box and about 50 cassette tapes of various types. items The report estimated the total value of the missing items at $1,870. The report said there were currently no suspects in the case. Fines and fees of $2,576 were imposed on a man on charges of failure to respond to peace officers, DUI and driving on revocation by Eleventh Circuit Court Judge A. John Ruggeri Wednesday. The actions came during the courts regular law and motion day. Terrence McLaughlin was ordered to pay a fine of $1,000 plus a $9 administrative assessment on a charge of class A misdemeanor failure to respond to the signal of a peace officer. McLaughlin was also ordered to pay a fine of $299 plus the $9 fee on a charge of class B misdemeanor DUI. In addition, he was ordered to pay a $100 victims restitution fee and a $150 therapy fee in connection with the DUI charge. McLaughlin was also ordered to pay a fine of $1,000 plus the $9 fee on a charge of class A misdemeanor driving on revocation. After imposing all of the fines, Ruggeri suspended $500 of the fine and 60 of the 90 days in jail which were also imposed. The judge further ordered that the remaining 30 days of jail time should be served so as not to interfere with McLaughlins employment and that community service work could be substituted for part of the jail sentence. In another case, pursuant to a plea bargaining arrangement, a guilty plea was entered by Raymond Lynn Austin to one count of class A misdemeanor burglary of a vehicle. Austin was originally charged with burglary and theft in three separate cases. held in abeyance until after the preparation of a report by the Division of State Corrections. pre-senten- Staff writer special projects, she said. Among these are assisting with a special Chamber of Commerce supplement which will appear in the March 12 issue of the Sun Advocate, distribution over the past six years of the official Carbon County Fair Program & Guide and distributing for four years the community service medical directory sponsored by the Chambers Health Awareness committee. A new medical directory is scheduled to appear in the April 9 issue, she said. Also preceding the program, the Spotlight on Business Prices through downtown section. Former grand marshalls Dr. O.W. Phelps and Welsh will be honored and Phelps Irish wolfhound, Clancy, will be the parade mascot. Four women who will be special honorees will also be in the parade. These four will be named in the Sun Advocate and a story on each of them will be featured in next Wednesdays newspaper. Trophies will be awarded for parade entry winners as well as best downtown window display. Theres still plenty of time to Mike enter the parade, Donovan, committee member said Thursday. Parade entries can be done by calling Nichols 3 Gale Cox at at or Donovan at By DALE EDWARDS ByARVA SMITH marshall parade William Welsh, II. The Carbon High School marching band and the Marine color guard will also lead in the However, Deputy County Attorney Nick Sampinos told Ruggeri that pursuant to the plea bargaining, the state would move to dismiss the theft count in one of the cases, plus all of the charges in the other cases in return for the guilty plea on the burglary charge in one case. After receiving the guilty plea to the burglary charge, Ruggeri ordered the theft charge in that case dismissed. However, he held the burglary and theft charges in the other two cases Ruggeri ordered State Corrections officials to deal specifically with the issue of restitution in the case. Sentencing was set for Apr. 16. at 9:30 a.m. Ruggeri did say that after the restituion was dealt with that the other charges may be dismissed. In other actions, the court appointed a new attorney to represent Linda Tappan in a case which charges her with unlawful possession of a controlled substance. The new appointment came after Tappans attorney, Bryce K. Bryner, told Ruggeri that he would have a conflict since he also represents Tappans husband, Michael. court-appoint- The judge then appointed Margaret Sidwell Taylor to represent Mrs. Tappan and continued the case for one week to allow time for Taylor to prepare. In another case, the court approved the withdrawal of an attorney and the issuance of a bench warrant in the case of Michael L. Shelby, who failed to appear in court on Wednesday. Bryce Bryner told Ruggeri that he had been unable to get in contact with Shelby for some time. Bryner said he had been told by local law enforcement officers that Shelby is not in the area any more. Bryner then asked Ruggeri for an order permitting him to withdraw as Shelbys attorney. That order was approved. The judge then issued a bench warrant on Shelby. Bail was set at $1,000 on the bench warrant. In another case, the court sentenced Robert A. Sanchez on a charge of DUI and unlawful consumption of alcohol by a person underage 21. Ruggeri ordered Sanchez to pay a fine of $299 plus a $9 assessment fee on the DUI charge and a fine of $50 plus $7 in fees on the unlawful consumption charge. The judge also ordered Sanchez to pay a $100 victims restitution fee and a $150 therapy fee. Sanchez was also ordered to serve a jail sentence, but then Ruggeri suspended 20 days of the 30-d- ay |
