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Show 8A Sun Advocate Price, Utah Tuesday March 7, 2000 " Carbon council continues to address needs of senior citizens in local area - ,i The Carbon County TRIAD SALT Council was formed in May 1997 under the direction of Sheriff Jim Robertson. Local representatives from law enforcement, adult protective services, health care, government and humanadult protective services, volunteer programs and senior citizens met to develop an agenda of senior needs which the council would be able to address. The first grant was awarded by the Utah Sheriffs Association in A . s t. , p' r 'V rv.V 1998. The grant revenues were Carbon County volunteers meet to discuss providing positive adult interaction with local youth. Volunteers use assets within communities to promote vokmteerism in the areas of representatives mentoring and foster care. Thirty-seve- n to faith-baorganizations and par ents to service organizations came together to form com ranging from se munity caring adult trams. The East Carbon team indudes chairperson.Joyce Caviness, Haley Heath, Joyce Ellis, Ray Effis, Savannah Leonard, Brittney Leonard and Denise Chavess. Price residents heating up trams include chairperson Greg Cowan, Kathy Murray, Mike Bergman, Anne Mackiewicz, . Rebecca Mason, EDen Serfustini and Natalie Alley. Carbon adults providing positive interaction: Utah's Promise is not trained foster care families (Continued tom page 1A) youth, referring the volunteers to existing mentoring programs within the county One such entity is the Utah Division of Youth Corrections that will partnership with the teams to form a mentoring program. We believe that this program will facilitate some major positive of troubled changes in youths, both now and In the future," said Matsuda. "The team effort of Utah's Promise and Carbon Countys Caring Adults Program has brought a new focus and energy to the Youth Corrections volunteer efforts." The five state goals Utah's Promise is striving to accomplish are: A caring adult in the life of Utah children. Utah will have the-live- - . s 'Tisa grand day to get lucky with a great leasing deal f from your leasing specialists! at Mountain re- 3,000 stricted to the five resources mentioned above. Utahs Promise is about building communities and it is restricted only tty the creativ-- . ity of local organizers. Stevenson said that she is excited and impressed by the progress of Carbon County members, whom she described as well ahead of the other four counties selected to model the program. Carbon County residents interested n volunteering their time and efforts to mentor a local youth may cdntact .the areas chairperson, Greg Cowan, at and an Increased number of volunteers in new and existing mentoring programs for k dilldren. Make Utah a safer place to live. Every community will have or be part of a safe neighborhood at-ris- council. - J Give Utah's children a healthier start The number of low birth weight babies born in Utah will decrease by 10 percent. Give Utah's youth more marketable skills. 12,000 youth who are at risk of becoming functionally illiterate will be reading at e level. the 637-519- 5. third-grad- Background checks will be conducted on volunteers through ' participating partners in the Caring Adult Program to ensure the safety of the children. Provide opportunities for service. Seventy-fiv- e percent of volun12 will to 18, youth, ages teer a significant amount of time in service to others each month. peciflcally earmarked for use in purchasing carbon monoxide detectors for seniors. United Way of Carbon and Emery counties as well as the business sector contributed to the funding pot, thus enabling the SALT Council to purchase 30 monitors to be distributed on a sliding scale fee at reduced cost or no cost for low income seniors. Seniors with incomes exceed ing the designated levels were purchase price SALT received from local merchants, placing an additional 45 in homes. The Utah Sheriffs Association awarded a second grant in 1999 for the purchase of easy hang-u- p devices, Indoor motion sensor lights and extended life bulbs. Easy hang-u- p devices will assist seniors with fraud prevention. The light sensor will provide personal safety by eliminating stumbling through dark rooms. The extended life bulbs will reduce the need to change the bulb as often, especially in overhead light fixtures. The Vial of Life program was first developed through Castle-vieHospital and the localUnited View Motors A 4 Door . collection of information for the 911 emergency computer. TRIAD volunteers have con advisory council meets SALT monthly Carbon County Historical Society features district court judge as groups guest speaker During the group's last meeting, the Carbon County Historiod Society heard from Judge Biyce was sold to travelers passing through town. When the church discontinued found himself without ajob. He and his quently moved to Price, where he set to workl his own home. The Bryner family were some erf the first settlers in Price and they were Instrumental in its organization. Maity of the family members signed the Price Town incorporation papers filed and recorded on i I K. Bryner. The district courtjudge shared the history of the Bryner family in Carbon County with the members. Hans Ulrich TheJudges Bryner, is pictured in the murals at the Price mugrandnicipal buiiding along with by his son, Lynn FausetL . Fausett was commissioned in 1938 to paint the murals on die walls and finished the project in November 1941. Hans Ulrich Bryner was born April 29, 1827 in Zurich, Switzerland. At the age of 25, he was hit in the eye while working. The eye became infected and the infection spread to the other eye. Hans also had typhoid fever at the same time so he was unable to recover completely and spent the rest of his life totally blind. While he was recuperating from the typhoid fever, he dreamed about going to America. It wasn't long before Hans Bryner and his family Saints Joined the Church ofjesus Christ ofLatter-da- y and began theirjoumey to the Salt Lake Valley He March 26. 1894. Isabelle Birch Bryner is also pictured cm the mu--' ral in the Price municipal building. She was sent by train to Salt Lake to acquire the property for the local townsite. Isabelle traveled to the Salt Lake Valley On a flat car that had a tent pitched on it for her. It took her three days to make the trip. Isabelle arrived in Salt Lake Just minutes ahead of other Investors trying to purchase the same prop- CIHans moved back to St George in his old age and descendants still liv in ofhis buried there. : is Many to the Industrial and contribute and and Price Helper farming communities: The society is currently working on journals to preserve the histories and photographs of the Carbon County community and the local residents. Carbon County residents interested in contributing with family stories or histories for inclusion in the Journals are encouraged to contact Eldon Miller . at 472-825- 3. .'vr-- 7 SE fraud prevention. The packets were provided by the attorney general's office and volunteers addressed the information for mailing. The Carbon sheriff's office developed a safety checklist and made deputies available to perform home security chedts for senior citizens residing within the county limits. Seniors were also provided with information on where to go for assistance with structural corrections. The Carbon County TRIAD Way agency. TRIAD volunteers assisted with the initial distribution and - Sunfire to formation packet regarding w walked the 1,000 miles across die plains to Utah behind a hand cart Upon arriving in Utah, the Bryner family was sent to Nephi and then uprooted to go to St. George. While in St George. Hans made a living by oper: ating the winery used by the church to make sacramental wine. The wine thatwasn't used by the church faf tacted individuals on the 91 1 system to ensure information has beenupdated. TRIAD volunteers worked with the Utah Attorney Generals Office during a reverse boiler room campaign where seniors were contacted by telephone and asked If they would like to receive an in- of- fered the detectors at the same ' ; - . - . s r : . .i 'M' V 'C m m4Door-- , rag. . , v f ' I ' 'S'-'-'- ' v Mi'! 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