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Show n lr r usn s$69-3Ti- i 108th Year -- No. ld3G post gg3 rnuios . W 1 m 'if Price, Utah 20 k Arivr7 i U3GM0 ftiNn-a- n uoimmow T SPZ g JLI9IQ-- J March 9, 2000 in Mjo dPT .4 in aiid 3vui nun wa s !? 3oa 51 i; Thursday '.ft'is- f'-- ,' miles north, northwest of Price In an area of active underground mining. By JACKIE ANDERSON Staff reporter ; re. The seismograph station corded the location of the earthquake at 39 degrees, 45.17 info utes north latitude and 110 degrees, 49.93 three minutes west Lynette Miles bad no warning Monday evening as she made : her way to Price from Pleasant Grove that she would be the first - to come face to face with an on- slaught of boulders. boulders and mounds of dirt cascaded down the hillside of Price Canyon directly toward the van carrying Miles and her three young children. ' "The slide was just beginning; but the right lane was covered ' wHh rode and debris. I didnt have time to stop, but made my way to the left lane. Both my front tires . popped, but I kept going and plowed my way back to the right : lane. The two small cars behind me followed in my wake like they would fi Bnow plow. Everything - occurred In slow motion. The road was shaking, but I thought , it. was the rocks falling that caused it The sound of falling rock was eerie, Impossible to describe and unforgettable, explained MQe& Willow Creek mine manager John Borla commented that although the earthquake was felt by coal miners on shift at the time, damage was not serious with some roof falls in the bleeder sec: : tion of the mine. There were no injuries and there was no damage to any of - - iWilf JKt, rs road slide . . M (Mdren read across America, 50? r jTTtol i'f If ;:sr "' i "F '1 -- v. ' r' GcslD Uc!!ey news briefs Check out the newspapers website atwww.sunad.com or call 637-073- 2. Filing deadline set for District 2 position on I state education board The deadline for Carbon County rest- -' j The earthquake was felt In dents to file for the District 2 seat on the i Utah Board of Education Is March 17. .. t Price and Helper and reportedly ? U. on S. alkie rode a education board race The triggered Highway 6 north of Price. I will be decided during the November gen Utah Department of Transporeral election. tation Russ Jensen confirmed ( District 2 encompasses Carbon, Morgan, Tuesday morning that there was i Summit, Wasatch, Daggett, Duchesne, a sizable rock Slide triggered by Uintah, Grand and San Juan counties. the earth quake near mile, post Local citizens, may pay the fee and '229, Just past the port of entry the filing process at the Carbon County and across from the Willow Clerks Office in Price. Creek mine load out Appointed by Gov. Mike Leavitt, the Dis- Boulders measuring from trict 2 nominating committee will review the . four to five square feet were re- 1 candidates and submit a list of three tq five ' moved from a 300 foot area. recommended names to the governor by . The slide also spilled rock i; Aug. 1. Leavitt will then select two IndMdu- onto to the railroad tracks f als from the District 2 nominating., wdL as there up committee's list and the candidates will be i ' Crews were aide to remove the placed on the general election ballot.;.. rocks from the roadway using A snow plows that were already present at the time of the slide. The highway was dosed to r traffic for approximately one and " one half hours while crews Sunnyside and East Carbon cites are In cleared the roadway and moni- 2000 the process ofpreparlngto present the tored the hillside. , . Community Daze activities. There was considerable dam- 4r; Organizers will host an event pfenning age to the road. Barricades were j; meeting on March 13 at 6:30 p.m. at the , placed and flaggers remained at i Sunnyside City HalL Local residents .who ; ' on (Continued page 2A) are interested in helplngwlth the event are . welcome to attend. ' In addition, the cities have announced that all donation solicitors will be carrying ' f blue cards. longitude. lie . non-partis- an . 1: -- . - . -- Largs boulders and mounds of earth line U.S. Highway' 6 the highway for mote than an hour, but crews cleared the roadway and travel resumed later in the evening. fol- lowing an earthquake Wednesday evening The debris blocked continuous miner section to resume production Ihursday morn- there Is no evidence to indicate Qiat the earthquake was caused ' ing. by mining activity Mine officials are workingwith The University of Utah Seisthe University of Utah Seismo- mograph Station reported a maggraph Station to determine why nitude 4.1 earthquake at 7:16 pjn. the shock was stronger In some in central Utah Monday The episections of the mine than others. center of the quake was reported The university also Indicated that five miles north of Helper and nine the equipment. Clean up of the roof falla delayed production briefly explained the mine official. One continuous miner section was producing again by Wednesday morning. Hie kmgwall was expected to run again . . . - day afternoon, .and the second . Cities starting to plan '00 Community Daze 1; . . .: . : ! Medical researchers antibiotic study phase in Price ' ; . , The majority of respiratory are due to viruses. . Traditional antibiotics do not help viral Infections, points out ibe medical school at the Unlver- . sltyof Utah. In tact, file overuse of antibiot ics for respiratory Infections is contributing to the proWondf antibiotic resistance, a situation where bacteria mo longer re-- .. spends to standard treatment Hie resulting altuatkm means drugs may not work when a serf- ous Infection requires antibiot-leInfections ' : -- ' . The University of Utah Is con-. ducting an epidemiologic study to trade the spread of resistant bacteria and determine methods to reduce frequency The study Is centered In two rural communities In Utah, v . : Local (Mdren have been cul-tured annually since 1998 to determine the presence of bacterial 'i antibiotic resistant bacteria study will be analyzed In a labo- ratory at the university antibiotic resistant bacteria on-ha- nd zip code. . ; ' . V. t y J. f ' Participants will reoeiveaSlO gift certificate alongwith a small - jr - Children who have already participated in the 2000 phase of Sen. Orrin Hatch visited the College bfEastemUtahon March 3 and conducted an open ques-- . session In the Geaiy C tkm-an8w- er jat the college : . The gathering preceded the United States senators appearance as keynote speaker at the Caibnn County Republican PertysLincoln Day din-- fj. .. At CEU, Hatch nfir-- 4; i ... , ; spoke candidly fest Friday about politics, college students voting, education, running for president and planned parenthood. Hie first question directed at the senator involved what Is htq-- ; penlng in the presidmitlal campaign between John McCain and GeorgeBush. . - I think its sponded Hatch. ' Jason Fredrickson tests the race car he built out of a mouse trap and two old records. Carol Carlson's third grade students at Wellington Elementary have been learning about simple machines. The children have designed and put together their ideas of working machines and presented the devices to classmates. Use of pulleys, levers, cranks and shafts, ropes and strings have given rise to a variety of ideas and working models v pathetic, . re-- , v The thing that bathers me about John (McCain) ls not his temper, its his tenqeramenL My Concern about George Bush Is that be doesn't have a lot of expe-- ; rience. But Iwouid pick Bush over ' McCainanydayofthewcdLBush Is the better person outof any of them, he continued, Addressing the subject of edu t ; ; tJonca-v"'- - i K BLM slates recreation , r City employee Gabby Hayes is one of the Price crewmen digging holes along Cedar Hills Drive on Wednesday. The work is part of the city's effort to locate gas and phone lines in order to safely begin excavation work in preparation for widening the road. Price Public Works spokesman Gary Sonntag said the actual road work win begin around April 15. . cation in Utah, the senator said he luma lot of respect for teachers, Indudlng his wife. You teadiers down here don't get nearly as much credit as you rule meeting in Provo w Price workers mark gas, phone lines f The Issue of recreational and In on vehicle use con lands Utah puWic way g tinues to raise serious concerns for resl-dents in the Carbon-Emer- y County area. V; - The United States Bureau of Land Management has Bet the federal agencys initial public recreation guidelines development off-hi-gh - i'vi The statewide resource advisory council will meet March 17 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. In I the Sundance Room at Hampton Inn, 1511 S. 40 East, Provo. ... ,7 . ; Public comments regrading the management of recreational and vehicle uses on BLM fends inUtah will be accepted from 8 until 830 ajn. f at CEU dinner, - !OR COPY t this year," commented Hatch visits Price to Third graders design simple machines twoyears and its quite wonderfol to get him CEU president Grace f . t VX iOnMay6,y .. First counselor Munson has been a ;. popular choice among students for the past ' . ' V i " fi. " iL'-- . . Eagle staff writer ' A counselor fromthe first presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints will act as the commencement speaker at College of Eastern Utahs gradu-ation ceremony in May President Thomas i S. Monson will address the CEU graduates - one-thir- By CARLY DAVIS k. f. LDS officiql to at college graduation j . i 0!: .4 of resistant bacteria in rural. Utah, similar to rates found In larger cities or among sicker populations. d of the bao- - . More than at teria have become feast partially resistant to 'commonly used -- ; " antibiotics. y . ' Carriage of resistant bacteria la associated with antibiotic treatment Hie association sup- pm8 file notion that unnecessaly use of antibiotics should be dis- - , couraged, concluded the U of U ' medical researchers. 638-849- 6. toy- , ;Hie results indicate a refer Price residents may arrange to have afield team from theUof U medical school visit homes by calling Kim McFhrlane at : - tively high frequency of carriage , V;-- , : - m - 5 Designated dates of birth are between Jan. 30, 1994 and July !, W . . 17, 1999. 4 More than 750 cultures have obtained from participating communities, ejqilained die research- - from 10 study will be 2 Kmart at until in Price. p.m. ajn. Conducted by U of U medical researchers, the 4tudy is open to (Mdren ages 6 months to 6 yean residing in Price with an 84501 r-- wvm fr the studywill receive the glft cep-- , tlflcate of appreciation. Samples gathered during the streptococcus pneumonia. Hie next phase Of the local community level of antibiotic resistant bacteria study la sched' uled March 11. Researchers conducting the . a. - abstinence Is the way to go," Indicated the senator - Hatch also discussed his bid for president of the U.S. .. I ran for president because I deserve, cmumentedHatcfa. Vlfe saw the people who were running . Families often face stress during times ;J dont put the emphasis on educa- and thought I should be presiof crisis or uplieavaL Pressures may mount tion as much as we should. Hatch. "revealed dent, HieUJS. senator noted that, in He said that he dropped out of I until situations become overwhelming for : j v Utah, the average amount of the race due to feck of funds for 'l thehidividualslnvdlved. : The Family Support and Advocacy Cen- to enchild teachers because he money given per campaigning and ! ter offers crisis care for children from in- - i for elementary and secondary tered too fete. . fonts to 1 1 years old. Fbmilles may use the educatkm Is $1,400. Sen. Hatch spoke highly of the nursery for medical emergencies, financial By comparlscm, the average youth in Utah, but said he thinks stress, dealing with divorce, family vkdence : to fw the country Is $5,600. more be involved need in they . and previous abuse, The senator also Indicated politics. ts s - Fbr information,' Carbon You young peopje getting inCounty that he supports the Head Start may contact the family advocacy cen- volved In politics Is one of the program! ? An attendee at the March 3 most Interesting tilings you can I ter at f. question-answe- r session at the do, stressed the U.S. senator. ' Hatch pointed out that only 10 I college asked Hatch about milveteran education itary higher percent of CEU students vote. He j funding programs in Utah. encouraged all students at CEU I think theyre tiylngto fund and everywhere to vote for the eduClimbing domestic violence incidence . elementary and secondary person they want. to represent rales contfeue to plague Carbon County cation more, "replied the senator. them. Another attendee at the The ones who support me are ; Utah and the United States.. of the topic Planned the ones who like nqr views, the Help and support are available for vlo- 5 tims 244iours a day who dial the local crl- Parenthood. who of support my points peopje ' One of the problems I have vtefff Hatch said of his support- sis line at . , ' susIn residents with PlannedParenthood is, with 7; addition, witnessing some of the organizations, they Wa all need to work on votj pectiHl abuse incidents are encouraged to j come In and preach abortion, ; contact the appropriate law enforcement a to Its vote. real ing. privilcgiilg nrick's nnd rcjxirt the cirrenf cs. ' ij . I'd love to have a lot of young pointed out Hatch. I Domestic vioiemv, spouse abuse and .1 I think what they're trying to people supporting me, comdo In sex education Is push that mented the U.S. senahm ihild abuse arc crimes. , v J. . ; . Center offers support to families facing crisis) ; .:x : ,.v . s : . . . v resi-den- 637-026- & Domestic violence line 1 : operates round clock gatb-eringrais- 'J ; - 837-658- 3 0. - I ! - A v : ' |