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Show r TQgASJipnj nv' - , ? vw'.4 Don Owen new manager at the airport Page 12 FHS DEC A at nationals Pago VOLUME 64 NUMBER 13 11 . WEDNESDAY COLOR COUNTRY'S HOME TOWN NEWSPAPER 500 MAY 10, 1995 Holding out for a hero By Dixie Brunner top of them. They were unable Ifyoure holding out for a hero, to move or get out by s no need to look any fur- - selves. To compound the ther than Albert E. Filarys already bad situation, them-there- McCausland. John and Bernice Filary be- lieve the Salt Lake City man earned his halo on May 1 when he pulled the couple to safety from their wrecked and bum- ing vehicle. The Junction, Utah couple was traveling westbound on 89 in their Dodge Ram Charger, returning home after spending a week fishing at Lake Powell. The Filary vehicle, which was pulling a sparks from the guardrail fric- - tion ignited gas spilling from a generator in the back of the Ram Charger, Albert E. McCausland of Salt Lake was traveling with his girlfriend to begin a short Lake Powell vacation, when he witnessed the Filarys cident. McCausland realized that time was of the essence, when he saw the fire ignite, He quickly opened the back tailgate of the vehicle, ing someof the debris that ay remov-traveltrailer;vreshitbyag- ust of wind causing John to lose had buried the couple, control. McCausland helped the The truck was forced up couple and their dogs to safety over the guardrail and hung out of the back of the vehicle, It was good to see a face, said upside down, facing a steep embankment. The truck con- Bernice Filary. We thought that tinued to slide sideways down he was very brave to help. I the guardrail, eventually thought that he was pretty woncoming to rest on its top with derful. the trailer turned over on its Once McCausland got Bernice side. The Filarys were and John out of the burning to the passenger side hide, he unhooked the campers with John on top of propane tanks, and moved them floor, Bernice, their two Shelties, a safe distance away to prevent a McGregor and Alfie, op top of large explosion. By this time, the them, and travel supplies on vehicle and trailer were wholly ve-thro- The burned Filary Ram Charger and trailer ended up overturned, straddling the guardrail. A strong wind gust caused John Filary to lose control ofhis vehicle. Passerby Albert McCausland pulled the couple to safety. Photo by Steve Esplin. involved in flames. of Because Albert quick thinking saved the couple. Utah Highway Patrol trooper They couldnt have gotten out McCausland, were alive today, Steve Esplin said that there isnt of either window, said Esplin. said Bernice. Its a miracle that we walked away. any question that McCauslands He saved their lives. Juvenile theft ring broken By Dixie Brunner valued at government The Kanab City Police has between $5,000 and $6,000. broken a theft ring involving The juveniles operated at three juvenile males and one night time, said Crosby. They juvenile female. The arrest and used a police scanner and went pofelony theft charges filed out right after the officer two lice one sixteen home. out and checked at against male sub- He added the kids were all school seventeen year-ol- d jects were the result of inter- age, but werent attending on-du- ty agency cooperation, says Police Chief Doug Crosby. One fifteen year-ol- d girl, a sister of one of the males, will also face two theft charges. The arrests of the subjects cleared up several unsolved cases we had pending, said school. By the juveniles own admission, the ring had been operating over the last six months, and had been extremely active for the last two months. There were 30 theft charges against the juveniles in all. The three male juveniles have been taken to the Richfield JuveCrosby. said nile detention center. there Chief Crosby that had been a number of local unCrosby said that he would like solved thefts involving car, busi- to thank the Kane County ness and home burlaries, often Sheriffs Department and BLM Good Samaritan Albert McCausland relaxes end downs a coke to cool off pulling a Junction couple from their burning Ram Charger. The young involvingstereo equipment. One law enforcement for their assisquick action saved the couple's life. Photo by Steve Esplin. mqjor item stolen was a U.S. tance in the arrests. School board recall election set for August 22 Pursuant to Arizona Revised Statute a special recall election for two seats on the 19-20- 9, sin Unified School District 6 Governing Board, is now ordered to take place on Tuesday, August 22, 1995 within the boundaries of the Fredonia-Moccasi- n Unified School Dis- trict. Candidates who wish to run against the incumbents must file nomination papers and petitions not more than ninety days, nor less than sixty days prior to the election. Election packets are available at the County Superintendent of Schools office at 12 1 E. Birch Ave., Suite 201, in Flag-aft's staff, or may be obtained by 1. ing (520)779-65- 9 er call-man- |