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Show Thursday Price Utah 108th Year -- No. 24 March 23, 2000 BLM officials announce emergency OHV closures - : . ; asweU. According to Aland. Peterson, local off road enthusiast, the BUI is now askingibr the help and support of the OHV community to police and regulate users. If the BLM falls to reduce the amount of resource damage (off route tracks) then they will dose - for the decision to leave these tour routes open and Manus win be the one taking the heat from SUWAfor his decision, so lets get In and help all we can. ftterson felt that this decision is In direct response to the SUWA 9 ; If IN rv . ' A CASA worker Is a trained community volunteer who is appointed by a Juvenile or family court judge to speak for the best Interest of children who are brought before the court The Seventh District case load Is currently 200 children, most of whom are from Carbon County according to Guardian Ad Litem Craig BiumelL The current CASA volunteer pool Is less than 10, according to Compagnl, and the program is In dire need of volunteers. Compagnl would like to see a district wide volun- -. teerpoolof 100, and Bunnell es '' .w - ' - - - 1 - J ' ' ' i !' ' ' A . . ' . ; -- H j; j s A-- ! . . to be closed So what does one dp when retired forces to see about catching fish oh from working at the Velvet Freeze the lake that day. They had not been tor the past 50 years fish, learn, .fishing long When Reed thought he how to fly radio controlled airplanes could hear someone struggling in the and save people's lives. Retirement water. Looking around, they spotted does offer some spam time that two fishermen floating in the water cannot be better spent than fishing and holding onto a ned cooler about a on Scofield Reservoir. :During the quarter mile from shore . Reed and Paid fished them out of the cold winfamous day the tornado hit downr town Salt Lake, the wind may have aiter. The wet duo had been blowing up a storm at Scofield, trouble. When both went to toe back but that didn't keep the diehard fishof the boat to check oh the motor, ermen from heading to the taka waves came up and over toe side, - . some-moto- Reed Wilson and Paul Cook joined ' By KEVIN ASHBY Sun Advocate publisher There are more changes for downtown Price. In a couple of weeks, that vyhlch has been the . home for Cooks Vfelvet Freeze for the past 50 years will no longer exist as the lot and building have been purchased to make room for a new McDonalds outlet Riul Cook and his wife. Put, came to Price in early 1950. He described himself as an entrepreneur and first went to the state capitol to find out what part of the state had the highest income per capita. He wins told that Carbon County and Price was the place, and so he came. After finding out the right location, he had to determine what to sell so that be could make a living At this point, soft ice cream machines had Just come on the market Cook took bis last $000, ordered a building to be built and a new Velvet Freeze ice cream machine. Cook stated that the building located at 409 East Main, Price, was constructed for - - - ' but wasnt discovered until February. Over 45,000 gallons of water a month was leaking Into - the ground during that period which saturated he soil. During this time the council looked at whether to restor or demolish the elevator tower. If a restoration project was and before they knew what had hap pened, the boat had sunk, taking their life jackets with it The twosome were in the water for twenty minutes before being found. They were clothed in foul weather cloth- ing, which included heavy doob and coats. They were hanging on to the small red cooler for dear life. One even had to holdlus finger in the hole on the end of the cooler to keep toe water from coming inWhat do you do when you are. retired? If saving lives is part of it then it was all right for Cook to retire. $2,700.,. The store opened on May 11, e, - ' , ' were beyond a reasonable , amount considering the age of the overall building and repairs to the main building B. Hansen Construct ion Com- Womens conference planned on Saturday 7 worked in for the lower level first year in business he paid out $800 in tal wages. RU and I did the rest, said Cook. TbeCooks remember opening day and that the business took in almost $100. The morning they were to open the main highway was blocked In front of the business in preparation 'to remove much of the dirt on Nickerson Hillwhicti is the hill where Radio Shade and Davis Crofts Motors are located. The segment of was towered about 30 highway tod. ' We thought we were dead when we saw the barricade, he : ;,- -" explained. But the people parked and walked down the street to get to the business. The road was under construction for a couple . of months. ; Thejob for the first fewyears induded making root beer in a 35 gallon barrel each day as well as running the new ice cream machine. Full meals from the grill were not added until six or seven years laten Over the years there have been (continued on peg 2A) . , ; The 7th District Juvenile Court has Implemented a change in the wage rate qualified minors receive as credit toward restitution obligations. . Effective April 1, court executive Tim Simmons reminds Carbon County residents that eligible Juveniles will receive $4 per hour for work completed in conjunction with the restitution program. cThe $4 per hour pay rate is in accordance with the guidelines governing the juvenile courts restitution fund, points out Simmons. , . pany demolished the tower for Brick work to coverup the two openings in the wall will be concluded sometime this summer. The top level will be completely bricked up. An entrance will be ; Juvenile court changes restitution wage rates stall pilings down to bedrock around the foundation of the elevator in five places. Once the tower was straightened, it would be locked to the pilings and then reconnected to the building The estimated cost for restoring the elevator tower would have been between $30,000 and $40,000. There was no apparent damage to the elevator Itself, but the council decided the costs $300. South Price, Creekview Elementary Spring Glen, old Spring Glen school. Carbonville, Castleview Hospital. Westwood, Castlevlew Hospital. Miller Creek Special, Wellington City HalL ap- to- . tary ' proved, crews would have to in- 1950. During his . , Ofd Velvet Freeze building COPY r Central School building elevator shaft is eliminated from building . ... .... uux i Y . . ed .( & V. ' v: ' - . . . f ' i' ''if !- Velvet Freeze building will soon be replaced . a " 1 . The elevator tower on the old Central School building was demolished after the foundation sunk and allowed the top part of the tower to separate eight inches from the building. ra. fr 'i.v.-- k'f, J . vt) A; .1 - " JT , . (CASA) Coordinator. v . . cently been assigned as the sev-- . enth district Court Appointed Special Advocate Association ' V ' After 25 years of having an elevator, the old Central School buildings elevator tower was demolished on Tuesday- - v The 75 year old building Is now owned by PriceCity and after much deliberation, the city court personnel and others. timates a local need of council made the decision to deVolunteers also learn effective molish the elevator towen CASAvolunteers are ordinary advocacy techniques for children The city became concerned citizens. No special or legal back-- . and are educated aboutspeciflc about the tower last fall when it ground is required, although vo- topics ranging from seminars on started separatingaway from the. lunteers are screened closely for child sexual abuse to discussions main building on early childhood development objectivity competence and comAccording to city engineer mitment. Background checks are and adolescent behavior. GarySontagg, the dty hired R3. The majority of CASA, & G. Soils Engineering to do a also conducted on all volunteers to screen out child predators and volunteers assignments are subsurface boring test. There ensure the safety of the children home placement cases where an were eight test holes that were abused and neglected child has bored as deep as 50 feet to shale involved, pointed out CompagnL Those considering volunteer- been removed tor protection from bedrock. The bora holes found ing should have a passion for the care of his or her parents. that the ground water was at 1 1 Some are victims of violence, feet ' helplngand protecting children ' .In some very serious situations,' psychological torment or sexual Next, the water In the bore abuse. Others have been ne- holes was tested. All was found explained BunnelL Volunteers undergo a thor- glected or even abandoned by to be the same except the bore ough training course conducted their own parents. Most of them hole next to ifie elevator shaft, by the local CASA program. An are frightened and confused. which was determined to be culiOften these children also be- nary water. average course Is approximately 82 hours. Volunteers learn about . come victims of this countries Crews found the existence of a courtroom procedure from overburdened child welfare two inch water line that ran within on page 2A) five feet of the elevator towen The Judges, lawyers, social workers, line was located and a repair was done (Hi the two inch copper line. Estimates show that the leak started the later part of October, re- . i r .1- has ' : V" ' The Carbon County republican and Democratic Party caucuses will be conducted March 27 at 7 p.m. . ' The purpose of the political party mass meetings is to select precinct officers and elect ddegates to the state and county . conventions and central committees. At the county and state conventions, the delegates select party candidates and virtually decide whether primary elections will be conducted. The Republican Partys caucus for all voting precincts in Carbon County is scheduled in the alumni room at College of Eastern Utahs old student center. Voting precinct locations for the Democratic Partys caucus meetings are: Scofield, town hall. East Helper, Helper Civic Auditorium. . Kenilworth, Marilyn Scorzato residence. East Price, county courthouse. South Price, senior citizens center. Wellington, Wellington City Hall. Sunnyslde, East Carbon City Hall. West Helper, Salty Mauro Elementary. East County Wellington City Hall ' East Carbon, East Carbon City Hall. Castle Heights North, Castle Heights Elementary. Central Price, prehistoric museum. Northeast Price, Price City Hall. .North Price, alumni room at new CEU . center. Castle Heights, Castle Heights Elemen- rv? w .7 t;--r s Republican parties set caucuses on March 27 ? r Jr Carbons Democratic, ' - ' .. s lawsuit, but the impairment help them manage the area analysis was begun about 18 rather than to dose these most months ago. The results of that valuable routes. 20-3- 0 637-073- 2. a J ( tv j ... Check out the newspapers website atwww.sunad.com or call 1 r hi ' I- ' ' ' . 5 Court child advocate ByJACKIEANDERSON Staff reporter Taradna Compagnl f ' Hr J die confidence by overruling the recommendations of his own staff on this decision, said Peterson. We believe that the staff members who produced the IA called for total closure of these routes. Wfe appreciate Mr. Manus for his willingness to work with us and take us up on our offer to Manus Is responsible Iteterson. ' -t closed routes as well said ftteraon. It la our feeling that Mr. Manus has shown the OHV community and Emery County officials a great deal of respect and these routes as well, stated Castle Valley news briefs V" (K presented to Mr. Manus late FU1 of 1999. Basically this Is a put up or ' shut up time for the OHV community If we fail to reduce Impact to the resources then the next announcement will be closure of these remaining routes, encouraged Peterson. The Southeastern Utah Off Highway Vehicle Club voted to help the BLM with signlngof the Devil's Racetrack, Eva Conover Road, North Coal, South Coal, Flx-i-t Peiss, eta Theywin also help with barricades and signingof the The Devils Racetrack The Justesen Flat access road to Eade Canyon BLM officials are calling the closures temporary emergency closures in the hope that after the rehabilitation efforts In the areas that are left open have been completed they may be able to open other areas back up to OHV use and address the Impairments caused by OHVs on those routes . ' LA were Cane Whsh temporary emergency closures for OHV use In all seven wilderness study areas (WSA) In the San Rafael Desert Sfecthne immediately The emergency closure will affect 15 routes located within current BLM WSAs being managed by the Price Field Office. These routes total approximately 2& miles and are basically spur routes that penetrate WSA boundaries. The WSA boundaries were set In 1980. These routes woe recognized in the original establishment of the WSAs but were not and can not be called roads, ' The good news is that tour major routes are, for nova beingleft open. Those four routes total approximately 53 miles and provide loop' opportunities and travel through the Sids Mountain WSA They Include: South Pork Coal Wish and Eva Conover Road North Fbrk Coal Whsh and FIxitP&ss (SaddlehorseRiss) to '' '(Hw f in San Rafael Desert I think Its about time to get serious, Dick Manus, Price BLM olllce, told members of the Emery County Public Lands Council Monday afternoon announcing - , serosa county, M Winds wreak havoc gQ Thp 2000 Carbon County Womens Conference will be presented March 25 . from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at College of Eastern Utah. .. Registration fees to attend the .conference will include a continental breakfast and lunch. - Fbr additional Information regarding the 22nd annual event or-t- register to attend the womens conference, local resi-- ; dents may contact the college or call the r Carbon County Chamber of Commerce office at J . . . 63-278- i " t ' Internet safety, night slated for Caibon area Members of the Carbon County coin- munity are encouraged to attend an Internet safety night on March 28. The event is scheduled to start at 7 pjn. at the Price Civic Auditorium, . . Former Carbon County law enforce-- . ment officer Willie Draughon will discuss the advantages. as well as the extreme ; dangers present in Internet use. The discussion will focus on provid- -. Ing information that will assist everyone, d especially children, in being safe and while enjoying the Internet experi-enc- e. , pro-tecte- Draughon has spent the last 20 years working in law enforcement. The major-- . ity of the time, the law enforcement officer was professionally focused on child abuse Investigation Issues. I1 . -- During the past several years, Draughon worked on many Internet crime cases where children were victims. The Informative event is being offered free of charge by the Carbon County Sheriff's Office in partnership with Surf- Partner, an Internet security corporation. : . : ; |