Show isisznnznzjz Serving Utah's Great Pahvant Valley Single Copy USPS Foundation winner Kathy Walker of Serv ice' won acclaim for Delta North Elementary School at the annual Utah Chapter of Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge 2002 aw ard ceremony Feb 19 Other winners were the Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the Olympic Winter Games North Box Elder Veterans Helene and Helene Holt Freedoms Foundation awards individuals and organizations who have gone above and beyond the call of duty and have exemplified the highest standards of responsible citizenship The Foundation was established after World War II by prominent business leaders to honor patriotism and Former President good citizenship Dw lght D Eisenhow er serv ed as chairman from the Foundation's founding in 1949 until his death in 1969 is honored "The L’tah Chapter to represent the national judges in presenting a National Certificate of Merit to the students of Delta North as well as our Elementary School special thanks to their principal the fjculty and the staff" said awards narrator Don Gale The 469 students at Delta North call themselves 'Busy Bees' and their national program is called of Service’ The program encourages students to see a need plan a project and mv ol ve other students in helping meet that need The goal is to help students experience the excitement that comes from beserving others so that service comes a part of their lives through giv understanding and ing sympathy help Gale said Victims of the Sept 112001 terrorist attacks were helped by Busy Bees when SI 608 62 was collected within a few davs The money was donated to the American Red Cross Students paid tribute to one of the plane's victims by launching red white and blue balloons with the victim's name ace Drug Utah and Chapter President Bassett Sally Brmton presents award to Lorelei Draper Scott and occupation tied to the bjlloon 1 hank you notes were also written to rescue woikers fiom Utah who helped after the tiagedy A partial list ol humanitarian protects undci taken by students clude making dinpcis lor children in other countries making quills lor a local care center ami a eliihhen s hospital and donating money to help Afhey also doghanistan children nated 260 pounds ol food to Cential Utah ood Sinning decorated a lice for the local estival of rees helped purchase the caie center's new bus and donated 972 books to a homeless shelter Busy Bee pioiccts also take place ithin the school hook buddies were oiganied to provide 62 student tors to other students having trouble with reading skills A spring cleanup protect to spiuce up the school grounds was done and students made elongated rice bags lor use at the bottom of classi oom doors in case of emeigeiicies such as chemical spills or gas lists ol Servin' at Della Noitli was stalled by fourth grader Heidi school year haper dining the Diaper asked permission to complete service protects and included the school mascot the Busy Bee in her program title Hie tollowing year Diaper asked to continue the program and other filth grade students caught her ision Biincipal Scott Bassett said the faculty was proud ol the students' concern lor their school country and world and decided to continue the program I’aiticipation voluntary and parents in projects is willing assist students tah hapter (’resident Sally Brmton presented a certificate and medallion to Bassett and humet ore lei Draper am absopiesidciit lutely delighted by the award It’s nice that students faculty and parents were honoied lor their cflorts It is well We appreciate deserved oielefs work in submitting our school's application to the reedoms oundation National Committee Without her work in completing all the necessary we would not have received the Bassett said recognition" charges dismissed Shellie Dutson Rather than facing drug charges two defendants from Rock Springs Wyoming found themselves facing a charge of improper lane change after a March 3 ruling by Fourth District Court Judge Donald J Eyre Donald Charles Fulkerson 2 and Donny Ray Blount 19 were arrested by Trooper JefTRowell According to the Dec 19 Police Blotter the suspects were stopped for improper lane change The officer determined Fulkerson was under the influence of drugs at the time and found hallucimarquana and nogenic mushrooms By drug paraphernalia At a preliminary hearing Jan 22 Judge Eyre found sufficient ev idence to bind the case ov er for arraignment Defense Attorney James Slavcns quested a suppression hearing March 3 At the suppression hearing Prosecuting Attorney Dexter Anderson introduced a ideo tape of the arrest as evidence After about 30 minutes of viewing the tape Anderson called Trooper Rowell as a witness Rowell testified that Fulkerson's passenger Danny Blount was smoking continually while he was questioning Fulkerson about his improper lane change He believed Blout was possibly masking an odor of an illegal substance Rowell went to his patrol car and called the defendants' plates and lBoth icense numbers into dispatch returned with no warrants or past rests The trooper returned to the car with a warning citation and asked Fulkerson if he was carrvinc anv R Donny Ray Blount and Donald Charles Fulkerson cohol firearms or drugs in the vehicle I ulkerson told the trooper that he was not Rowell told the delendants about the problems of drug trafficking up and down the Interstate and asked to search the vehicle I ulkerson told the trooper he needed to get to work and did not have time but finally agreed to let the officer search his chicle Mter searching the interior Rowell removed the keys from the ignition and started searching the truck Slavcns argued that the defendants returned to the vehicle and helped Rowell search the trunk after the trooper's promise that if anv thing was found they would be cited and not arrested vtc told the conn that the officer even if only had some suspicions 5 where be'eause they were tra cling there is a lot of drug trafficking Also the underage passenger was smoking March Vol 92 No 35 heavily and both had bloodshot and shitty eyes However Rowell did not have reasonable suspicion of serious criminal activity and should have never asked lor permission to search the vehicle's interior and did not ceive permission to search the trunk Ml drim charges were found and ere asked ulkerson what his plea to improper lane chance was ulkerson pleaded guilty to that charge and was fined Ss7 "Ihree times told him Hooper Rowell had to go to work and knew he never had a radar hate tali uid feel that he profiled us bv teihn us about the drug trafficking on the terstate also told him mv purpo-in as ccas was my twenty lirst " ulk erson sard following p c hs missj ulkerson and Blount returns 'o Wyoming alter the trial IS) Mark Havne Reprinted courtesy a the Salt Lake tribune Police work can bv lonely ami thal when the back m ids are your beat and the closest hue Hip is more than an hour away Since 1990 eight law enloicement officers have lost then lives in the line of duty in rural tah Ihcv died in shootings traffic accidents helicopter crashes even foie st tires Ask any rural cop about the dangers ol the job Ask Jim W lute he Millard ( 'ounty deputy patrols one of the hugest swaths in the tion logging about 3000 miles every to two weeks lie is enforce laws in four counties in two states Besides Millard he patrols parts of Beavi and Juab counties in tali and W lute Pine County western in eastern Nevada Out m the bournes officers are forced to rely on their naming and stincts peihaps moie than their to protect the ban counterparts do public and thcmilcs Sometimes they have to impiov me White recounts the time he drove home a Dl suspect lo iimson near v no miles awav alter the man had sobered up and balled out of fail in illmoie "He was a demit euv who Wlite pist had too much to dunk says luring then tup W ln pulled over car for speeding A woman lumped it of The passenger side and star ltd Whites gut told frill’ suspiciously 'in soireilniiL’ was rotie "So cave the guy sitting next to me mv shotgun so he could cover me" he recalls W hen White got to the car lie found a loaded crossbow that the timer had been reaching for lie then arrested me verucic s occupants he deputy says giving the IH suspect the gun was the safest wav to handle the sticky situation In the past 13 years White has had other close calls including the time a motorist ashed whether he could put on his jacket before being arrested "It was hot out I he suspect was shirt" White wearing shorts and a says "1 picked up his achet ami found a loaded 22 under it " or W hite and other officers guns chicles often seem like the rule in not the exception when making stops in mral areas hat was true when ( iir field ( ounty Deputy Dav id Jones stopped two men in a pickup on suspicion of drunken tins driving south of scalanteearlier year Inside the truck were two titles and a handgun say investigators After Jones arrested the driver the truck's passenger allegedly turned on Jones grabbing one of those rifles then shooting the deputy Jones fired back wounding his alleged assailant but died m the gunfight he two suspects were attested hours later "You almost hav e to wait until you get shot at before determining that someone is dangerous" Garfield Counts Sheriff Ilian ( ooper says Long Road of the Law Deputy Jim While of Millard Court patrols a lot t miles in western Utah and eastern Nevada Olln er in n uh te tutnetto Utah where backup is often far away must ndy on thee own resour protect themselvt's and the public in dangerous situ ihn (I ’holes bv Ai HartmannThe Salt Luke Tribune) ' But you can assume that because someone is aimed out lieic that llicv lion ountv Slier aie also a lineal iff David Dude" Benson savs a law enforcement olbcei with the Bun an of and Management complained to him once that neailv eveiv pickup lie slopped had a gun ill it "I told him 'No eveiv true k vou alls mi "iin in it " B stop ha has to U At least tli nv iiril olficei s mind sc if coiiise di pi and cannot approac h louikcii vliiver as il ie imminent IIh ers would not be "too pnpulai if they treated eveiv stop as a lotiv Benson stop with diawn weapons savs II trouble does aiise though lieip couui oe lal awav "I was inter lew me a si recant with the os Angeles I’nln e K paitmeni who wanted a ob up here unlil told Inin that when stoppme tun hs m the west deseil on late Koutc '6 mi Id be an hour awav backup le duln Benson savs want the ob after healing that It takes a ccitaiil pel sonalitv to deal with suspects in isolated areas sivs Millard County Deputv Moms Bur ton "You have to handle things key ami with less a eiession knowing youi backup is ail hour While savs a love away" he says of the West and Us cowboy cultuic helps him deal with the danger ami the isolation ol pntiolluiL' the "big lonesome " Nome people are meant for the itv ami others for the cmintiv " White says "Mv w ife told me Wothmc m Salt ake ( Hy is not vour tale vou ie best oil down here 'And she s richl " Beaver ounty Sheriff km iardlev savs not everybody has the psychological demeanor to do W lute s job "You need an older experienced " Someone Yaidlcy savs peison who likes people Hide's more to than just k ic k ill’ ass and Inkiri names" While the j'ciils that conn nil win kill" moii m a in iv d in d puli tioiu putt in on oim h lii’V omilv b d " c i il dl lloub le ol 'll" In pul ' er thi muni ali lo di iin bid n lo n qii in M B 0 III i lldlev pioluol h dl gi III s Wild' oi he on o' hi ip lb o s lo d lo 'll ol' si mill ii m I’pii ill il P ol Ill tali to "Its hum ip n s and di people 1’lnllips savs Bui il In " o an mi m mile uli a ni have lo di al Ol ol III II d i voiii Most i vcivIIiiii lb h Iwc cm tin line s ol a " Phillips sIV to lo ml Iinii it am ii iU o lo Hill " 'ip' or in lain e i it b follow ini' a slob u ai he In ediii Ion n inn No' backup In av is worth dv me o d in”! Besnli s st in a! hive to id tic uc nr oi ii no a "Wldi on pi pli rhev " Innp someoiii tin p n "odt Is ai e ih hi ip il b ba'I 'inn an in the s him h i veil am Win ve thin h ii ill u n ’il b lemU 2 hi Moii" i tile R on Pani'Uil h and st du 'i n oojh pa lilil a point out lot a'liui volt' dents friends i on Ii vi n a ii q ' iu:i! soi ii ic death lit ll it be si s 'ion Is tl is i o e look al a di id bod pit vou t vac llv who ml lot ii is on d lo life oil i ol lu u t: h can pu h oi h In vou i an hi n on an It Soil Conservation chooses new members hen Skeem he Delta Soli Conservation District announces two members ol its conservation team Maty Dubro and lanx-linn Nickle Jr Dubro is the new cletk She was raised on a lamik larni in Pcnnsvlv j nia But is quick to sav that every tlung m farming is different here and novc She and her husband Norman mi ed hi re two and a hall vears ago bom as Maas where she worked for MAM Mars Candv compare reined Dubro stays busy gardening and iioiheting paintuu' Her son in law is Bob ivcrios who winks cirh ouv jbral al toss By Road small s Dauv love n She " almosphH' ll t "ov lllll lt nils si and the h i' mail liunli people love clinic ra'i ard ood in bois She said this ' ci lit pla id n and huon for her lour crandi hildien to mu h e n W III n Is III sin It' ‘Mil hi i' he N Hi b iv e In Matt Bushman in Concert! X 7“' at 7:30 pm Delta High Auditorium Friday MarchTickets are S400 each or $2000 a only s ' d Mil 'Mlllll lill POP FOLK SINGER POOR COPY 2003 6 Patrolling Utah’s Highways Often Requires Improvising 2002 National Freedoms By $ 75 family ry si r fn f jt waim |