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Show SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 20, 1995 c Mayor Adams breaks council some of the crowd tie-frustra- tes December 8 cident north of Glendale. No inA juvenile was transported juries were reported, but the car from youth detention in Richfield was not driveable. By Dixie Brunner to Kanab for court. After court Two inmates were transThe lines were drawn, sides he was transported back to de- ported north, one to the state had been chosen. One group was tention. prison and one to the state wielding a bunch of petition sigDecember 9 mental hospital. natures, but the other was too... The Sheriffs office received a The office assisted the Kanab and they had gotten theirs report of a car speeding on the police department on a domestic faster! One side had a UDOT main road into Big Water. We call. An arrest was later made recommendation, the other the were unable to locate the violator. for the suspect. support of the police chief and local law enforcement 12 December 10 numerous December The Sheriffs office was reA suspect was arrested and officers. There have been insinuto call of a a vicious extradited out of Tucson, Ari- ations leveled, veiled threats and sponding dog attack in Church Wells zona, on a camp trailer theft basic animosity emitting from when a call of a motor vehicle from Lone Rock Beach earlier both sides.While this conflict accident was reported about 20 this summer. may sound like the beginning of World War III... its really all miles north on the Cottonwood December 13 Canyon road. Upon arrival, a The office assisted the over a stop sign. drivers license check was made Orderville Marshals office on a After heated discussion at its on the drivers and one had a domestic complaint in Mt. December 12 meeting, the Kanab suspended drivers license. Af- Carmel. The suspect was ar- City Council vote ended in a tie ter doing the report, the officer rested and transported to the on the subject of changing the PowellStewart intersection to a arrested one of the drivers for Kane County Jail. on stop. Departing council driving suspension and Assisted the U.H.P. on a motor four-wa- y transported him to jail. On his vehicle accident on S.R. 14 by way to jail, he recognized an Duck Creek. No injuries were Winter snowstorm ends individual just east of Kanab reported. that had a warrant issued for Investigated a cartractor acci- season at the North Rim his arrest. This individual was dent on the Swains Creek Road Its that time of year when the transNo in and on Mountain. Cedar custody placed injuries first big snowfall means the ported to jail also. Two for the were reported but damage was gates of Grand Canyon N ational Parks North Rim will be closed price of one! The Sheriffs De- sustained by the car. 14 was the assisted until next spring. December by partment A juvenile was transported As of Thursday, December 14, Highway Patrol. Cenoffice from a handled Richfield Detention The Sheriffs Highway 67 is closed from Jacob domestic complaint in Church ter to Kanab for court. Lake to the north rim of the Wells. It seems a boy friend was " A report was taken on a lost canyon. Jacob Lake received to leave license from of snow. the stolen Church relationship trying plate did friend Wells. The only services available are but the The peacefully girl plate was entered as to not want him go, so she hid his stolen on N.C.I.C. at Jacob Lake and at Kaibab and The car wallet, money keys. Lodge, which is about 26 miles The Kane County Jail had an south of Jacob Lake. Prior arproblem was finally worked out peacefully. average jail population of 16 in- rangements must be made for mates in the last week and had transportation and tours to December 11 Early in the a.m., the office 10 new bookings in that time Kaibab Lodge via specially equipped snow vans. investigated a motor vehicle ac period. 13-14- Kanab Tire Center Your Complete Auto Service Center Adams, explaining that he thought the issue was one of city liability. On December 7, stop signs at Stewart and Powell Drives in the Kanab Creek Ranchos were reversed. Motorists traveling through the residential area, now must stop on Stewart instead of Powell as they had done previously. After a requested UDOT recommendation suggested the reversal, the signage move was ordered by the City Council, despite protests from Kanab City Police Chief Doug Crosby and some area residents tion for becoming a four-wa- y stop, taking into consideration resident concerns. The motion passed unanimously. The council then will decide whether or not to heed the UDOT recommendation, and change (or not) the intersection. A new council will be seated by that time, with the two new incoming members having openly expressed their opposition to the change. Meanwhile, I just hope nobody gets killed, said Mathis. In other council activity, the Kanab airport lease was discussed, which was recently terminated with Cowboy Aviation. Airport manager Don Owen has taken a job elsewhere. Several airport board members gave their recommendations on interim arrangements, including volunteers manning the airport and Kanab City buying the gas on consignment. Dave Houston of Aerowest who believed that takingthe stop Aviation expressed interest in sign down was going to make airport management. the road a raceway. Other business- who Resident Marty Mathis, The council approved $500 per owns the home nearest the in- month for paying a part-tim- e tersection addressed the coun- fire chief. cil. Mathis said that hes conThe council approved a two cerned for his children and pub- step merit pay raise for Laurie lic safety. He presented a peti- Stewart. The council lavishly tion with two hundred plus sig- complimented her hard work. The December 26 council meetnatures, supporting the interfour-way section going to a stop ing was cancelled. acciI to want an Fred Brueck resigned from his sign. prevent dent from happening there. position on the Kanab City Fire A new motion was made by Department due to health reaCouncilman Roger Holland and sons. There will be a benefit dinseconded by Crawford to ask ner for him on December 21 at UDOT to reassess the intersec the fire station. Jeans-Shirts-Sfioes-Boots-Coats-Underwear-- CO Q ( 3 ini HMfeg's Expertly Trained Professional Technicians ini xn II ?f members Rosalie Coleman and Ron Parker voted for the intersection to be changed to a fourway stop, with Darwin Crawford and Roger Holland voting against. 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