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Show " :: 7 . V1 y" . '"v.; "':,v": ;f.;.: . 7;-,.- ': i '. '.:?-:V:.J- . :j.';:-;-.TIi8Sday..- 109th Year March 20, 2001 -- Price, Utah No. 23 500 am kLZ- -J By JACKIE ANDERSON Staffreporter The road tauferls Dtr pert identified as one of the top 10 moat dangerous stretches of highway in (he United States sent Castle-vie- w Hospital Into modified disastercodelastFriday .' . Five Carbon County ambulances responded to two accidents Inrolvingnine fan Juries on U.8. Highway & Eight of the Injuries involved area residents of! southeastern Utah. ' A mishap occurred March 16 at 751 pun. when Carton Sheriffs Deputy Dave Vincent alleg- - v edty tort cantrolof an east-- ; bound county patrol vehicle . on snowyicy roads east of the Summtt.at mile post Day, ia IkrtMi ywuM iLlwJ Latid Li U.J Check out the newspapers website at www.sunad.com or call imposed in the case of a. shooting; bnt does not apply to an accident of this sort, the sheriff further ex.';VS'V plained. citations were Issued at die scene (d the threewe-hidmishap..-v.!..!'1- ; 'iv? Birch from Hmn: into the back of the Rangen Birch was seatbelted at the tim? of impact and received no injuries. Z Deputy Vincent, along with his passenger, Lance Wrigit, were transported to ! CastlevlewHospitaL '! Both individuals travel-in- g inside the oounty patrol .t Vehicle suffered broken; riba and internal injuries. The two men were wearing : seatbelts at the time of the imn afta V- - - 637-073- 2. Utah Power seeks ; , approval for e irrigation pump idea off-lin- e ; I i I 1 Darlene Jim; husband Edison and children, t April, Reshawn and i I ' 'i i i. 4'- - . ''m-- ' - 7: Utah Riwv has fOedAimogram with; the state public service commission requesting approval of the companys proposal to pay farmers to take Ini- e !'r; gation pumps in the coming ' .; off-lin- Shaqnda were all admitted toCastleview ;;! Darlene Jim was flown to the University of Utah , impact diswas Vincent Hospital with a severe lac-- : Deputy ' the from aatkm to the wrist . hospital charged The wpmens Monday confirmed Bonnie Cook, Wright was listed in daughterwas life flighted to ; fair condition in the fatten- - Primary Childrens Medical give care unit v; Center with massive head The men wage returning .tramna.';..!-.;,.--.o-The from.' an out of the area, youngwhen the accident ster was restrained in a ! ,21t;:'--.,,- ' explained Cartxm safetyseatatthetimeofOe v The accident and the mother county sheriffs of--; Sheriff James Cordova. SheriffContova said that was !, also S wearing !a flee .;vehicle reportedly crossed over the center line ; jaroutfae internal investlga- - seaibdtaoomffingtoaoci-- . of the highway and oofikled tton will be conducted into deittijivesaguon. ., - ; head on with a westbound:! the incident pendingthe re-- :i :. ; April and ! Fbrd Ranger driven by 85- - oebdofttm initial investlga- -' ! her father each underwent v remain in the Darlene Jim of tkm report year-ol- d ' surgery They Vincents injuries will fa vteheconditiou. Montezuma Creek, indin cated investigating Utah" keep flie deputy off duty for Two of the other Jim would he were and treated Highway Patrol Trooper . atime. Otherwise, - !' V be back on the Job tomorMark Cooper-;. .Vi. Fbllowingonthehedsof Athirdvdiide, driven by: row, Indicated Cordova. Rebecca L. - Administrative leave is ! (Continued on page 2A) . i;V. y.t three-vehic- le i. , -- f v- ryt- ' a -- : f ';n! : ; TheUtahofferingis similar to one filed at the end of February for the companys Idaho customers, ' i : Upon approval, the program would! he availaue to Utah irrigation custom- . ; '! ers currently on sdiedule No. 10 with 7 y pumps 1.5 kilowatts of demand or :? ; greaiee !7!;;. Customers wtxild need tosign iqi by. ! May f and agree to have pumps dla- - V: connected throughout the 2001 irrlga-- . f tkm season, concluding Sepi SQ. Cms- - !y. - - ; . . ,i. ' ; 1.V t : ' : - i itomerswouldalMharetooertffytliatv ; r :? :i : i . Ten-yearo- ; i i '-- ld 7- ' ."V-- y .! Js- - V , :- '. V ; : chfl-dro- .. i through other Utah Power metering connections such as parallel pumping plant systems wifii common main lines. -Customers could, howevenpursue ah; ternative energy sources. ; Seriousquestkmsabqutenogysup-- c ply across the West have created need t tor Innovative means of managing de-- ! .. - 7! mandfordectridty d, . t ' w f. 7 ,r v'i i . . - y ; 1 '? s'. .i f V ' y C s ' .. v ;7 UtahRiwerisworidngtokeepcua-tomer- -- . Agencies conduct routine drug check at junior high . : Caitoh Metro Dog Task force representatives, Help City Police Department personnel, East s L w' :.0 ' i' w v - i George Zamantakis. Ben had one hit on a locker at the school. But a ttwrough search of Carbon Officer Bovin Watkins and drug dog Ben the locker and its! contents subsequently felled awiBbea foflcw-u- p conduct a routine check at Helper' Junior High : to tum up.any drugs. The drug check is School last Thursday.! concontinue however. 7rith the student tb wi ! of routine :; checks duct as an ongoing pro-drug part Hypers aggressive approach to aflrn- iniBnntail UaLuw AKm Slajufi vnum measure,: V, . W 0 jnoicaiMiieipvroumuim'vjiaiingjiucBQrugenDmimiDWK.. By RICHARD SHAW, Staff repmter ' ' . The fire at East Carbon Devdopment Cbrporatkms landfill near East Carbonlast week caused reddentstohave amcerns about the incident sofl contained quit e sbtt of moisture frmn mdtlngsnow which only caused the fire to . bumhottec Magnesium bums more ; Intensely when water or. moisture is added to it. plying the damp soil - worries about the smoke the which led to the huge flames g firnt oouldbe seen fhm State burning materials were 123 and by some into the air and yriiat damagemightbeincurredin peoplelnEast Carbon. When the miptkm hap-. the finer that is usedto pro-- , ted flie sdl and water in the pened, ECDC offidala called . In Utah bDey State College area around fte facility " The fire was out by Friday night after the landfill facil- to help fiie oompany dealwifii ity used two backboes to reThe professionals sugmove the soil that had been Maze earlier on the gested that the dry boA would dumped in an attempt to put hout and be the answer to putting out replaced that soil with dry flie fire; which later proved to be correct aofl from alocal contractors V'--':- . The ooncerns area'rest-dentyard. had about the famwi The fire reportedly started when two cars of from the fires or what was magnesium batteries were . burnlngwere apparently le dumped in the cell and ap- gltimate. Howevm; fire offiparently pressure from one cials stated fiiat magnesium of the machines running over does not give off toxic fumes it caused it to burst Into when bunied but irritating put-tin- . ! : ' s fUira Mgiwhim g highly flammable In certain stages anrf ram ignite flftgffy Personnel moved to put the fire out by dunging soil from the landfill on it But die ones. Landfill personnel who wereworidngaround the fire were required to wear self contained tus (SCBA's) while doing sa e ; . . H i was bumingwasn't hazardous to file area. Other residents havebeen ooooernedaboutwbatfiiefire nfiht have done to tim cdL Scmie were wmried that file - . a - . . . or . bBen. In order for the officials ' to inqiect file finer where the fire had been burning in the disposal cell, the landfill company had to dig down below the fire site and dear off the finer for the inspection. .: . . 19-year- female had arrived at the roan with a four, to five inch knife, wound to the abdomen, confirmed Price Lt Ed Shook. woman had ,: The injured herself to driven reportedly the hospital for medical .treatment.'. : The unidentified Price woman was initially with police, refusing to answer questions except to claim that the an accident, indicated Lt Shook. Later in the day Price pio-- ; lice received additional . emm-genc- y . stab-blngw- . regarding the can-tlnu- ed 'A tempt early last Sunder V. v morning. Police responded at 5 ' ajn. on Marchllto acafi from Caatleview medical staff reporting that a . stabbing incident from an teenage giri, which It apunidentified, independent peared was his Intent, Shook. " source.addedShoML, follow- up investiga- z Law enforcement offlo-er- a tion based on the informaobtained a warrant to tion led Price police officers searchthe premises for the to arrest weapon, a folding knife, but George W. Schryver on were unable to locate the chargee of attempted homi- -. knife used in the stabbing ' dde, Indicated Shook. The: There are many unanBuspect is a resident of Las swered questions Surfepm,Nea!;--- . rounding the case. It is unIntoviews with the clear what the argument and sister of the between brother and Bister involved and what motialleged perpetrator the following stoiy vated theattack. as related by the Price dty LI Shook was unable to !' nommPTit UeutMant v iw) the pnaalhte hv. police The victim was staying1 vMvement of drugs in the in-- . with the sister of Sduyver, ddent since the investigaareeident of Price, when she tion inongoing ; was allegedly awakened by Schryver was booked Into the Carbon County Jail a commotion In an She went to inves-tiga- on an attempted homicide the noise when, upon charge: The stabbing victim was opening the door, she was stabbed in the stomach. ' from Caatleview released " The sister of the alleged hospital in stable canditkm attacker intervened, pre- - : on Mardi 13, Said nursing . J stab-bingvict- re-veal- ed VMitlnglitiw fmm HlUngflm dfleer Bonnie Cook. ee -- Carnival planned to benefit local suicide preventionprpgram The Sun Center will host a Stayta Alive Carnival on April 27 from 4 to 7 pm. at the College of Eastern Utah's ? . , Uitab Legislature trade., v The hinds raised at the event will go to the suicide prevention and aware-- ; nessprogramthatwinbestarttagBoat In the community The carnival is a community activ-tt- y that children of afl ages may attend-Chri- s Pehler, CEU health issues . ; leader, encourages community agencies and chibs to spousorg&mes booths, f . Group deciding to sponsor booths will need to provide the prizes candy stuffed animals, etc. Qtoups are . also responsible for .decorating the .booths. Fbr information about the carnival or booth space, contactPrider at the :! Sun Cotter at lie r' The 2001 legislative $67 millkm in new funding for textbooks and supplies, leeway and capital outlay n se-sio- represented a banner year for public education North 300 East in Price and replaced it with four inches of road base. Three inches of asphalt '. will be spread on top! The lot win be sloped hr water to run off into the canal. The 16,000 square feet of parking win allow far 35 stalls, iixMng two .. . fundtagtaUtah. equalization and future The Utah lawmakers in- education growth mitigacreased state funding for , tion. 'The major change in public education by 11.4 percent, pointed out the Utah Taxpayers Associa- edncatlon financing volved the tion. . plained the taxpayers asso- ciation. State lawmakers felt that locally elected school boards should make spendlngpriorfty decisions. The change was met with stiff opposition from many in the education community who wanted the Utah Legis-- 1 laiure to protect specific (ConSnued on page SA) yea '. The Utah Legislature not only provided a equivalent increase of 8 percent, but also approved eost-of-liv-l- i v' Mock-granttag- various special funding programs, ex- funding package totaled $2.4 bClioa for a 9.4 percent increase over the current ot In- line-ite- m When (he 11 A percent allocation is combined with the statewide property tax fbr public education, the A four-fochain link fence witt be instaiisd smund the south end east sites. Pad brick concrete matching the music building win be poured in the sections next to the )R :y'! - . 7 Eastern Utah campus. Crews from. Morgan 'As-- ', phalt, Salt Lake City, removed the sol in the vacant ! comer lot adjacent to the ca-n-al i : .7 building on the College of street and sidewalk. - te r . y adjoln-ingroo- n. . WoA continues on a new parking lot that win ease congestion south of the music handicapped.: : ! Construction work continues on parking lot on college campus In Price at 400 ! y APrioe teen was stabbed in an ajqmrent homicide at- finer that protects ground water from pollutants was damaged by the fire. That question was answered last Wfednesday afternoon when a third pmtyin-gpectexamined the orila liningalongwifii fiie Utah Department of Envinmineiital. Quality ; . Offidals found no damage either to the lining surrounding the cell or to the finer underwhere the fire had : . 9 ' "They didn't call me, stated Dooley on Friday, morning when the Sun Advocate talked with him. ByJACKIEANDERSON ; They didn't need too, What Staff reporter - 0 . ; ; Dennis Dooley Carbon Counties HAZMAT direchm , ! Theomcernsinduded caused a volcano effect OnecaB,totheAmdd-vocat- wondered if the iand-fishould not have ooutacted : !; . . s Informed of the issue and help them find ways to conserve powen in addition to mqiedifingnewgener&tkm. '. Were Woking with others in the region to solve the supply shortfall, .; pointed out DougLarson, actingvlce ' , :r mefildent of regulation. Tn the meantime, we face an unusu-ally dry summer with especially tight supply and are pursuing a number of ; ways to minimize the impact while serv- - . tag our customers. Fbr some of our fr-- ! rition customers, this new program wfil offer another option for the com-- . . ; tag season, explained Larson. ..V-Payment for the electricity will be based on file average amount rt energy ; used bythe customer duringflieprevl- oua five years. Fbr customers with less than five -, years use on the specific meters, a cal--!. culatlon will be made based on the ' f available average historical usage of ; ' that meter. Utah Row will compel sate participating customers monthly at j; 10 cents per kWh., y The coiqiany is requesting the Utah ;! Public Service Comm ission to make a !: decision by April 6, Carbon County customers who are ! interested In finding out more about ;; , the filing may contact Utah Power's lis !' ; at rigatlon line toll-fr9238 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday. 7-- t 613-562- 4. Residents tilled to volunteer for CASA' CASA representatives encourage , oonccrncdcitlzenstovMunteerforthe; advocacy program. Volunteers are trained community members appointed by a Juvenile or : family Judge to speak for the best tar 7 terest of children who are brought be- fore the courts ta the 7th District J Carbon County residents interested ' In volunteering as child advocates may contact 7th District CARA coordinator Tarasina Compagnl at . -- - : . 633-343- : V . i - . 1. ! |