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Show ' ' t. . x'V 7 - ' VT--'.-". -- s,: V 'i:;v ' ). . r. i . - rjWBMaagglijesdaY . I "s Price, Utah 101 UOth Year-K- o, December 18, 2001; ; 500 Vikings win onhome court, IB y LI .... Vs - I v t jk . A t; "r,'' v'; T " 1. ous law enforcement harmed vS , The Price police department ' the aria durajgthe spiS! : . Gty Gounals Dec,T3meefing agenda wasrecognizing Several, law enforcement offers for ex-traordinaiy police wort during a , N to X' V S? - '- - ' H bowcver.evaded capture andfled die scene ob&xkl ' For die nert fewdays, officers patedinanouodsearcbforthe that recognizes honorable dutka c perfbnnedbypoliceofBcera. Finally, dK distinguished ser-- ; .7; vicemedalwaspresentedtoChief ' Tmtumtakh farhk efforts V' during 7smntMYrtinA Alhpri case. Thechief and ofvakxfiOTiMwoA a medal tbeHeffelfinger arranged for fte various agencies ; bravoyin die Heffeffinger case, A qiedal momento was given to assist in dm incident andcom- ; to AIlred at the meeting. Thcgrill mitted htsdepaitmenttothemaiv offdie patrol car waspresentedto hunt forthetwo suspects. The ;:C: i.'; bimwith theonginalbullet holes ' honor is thesecondhiiest award in tad ' After awards ceremony, the In addition tohoooring AHred, couikalsciis ;ZamaritakispresenteddKGn ;.:w i .. CountySheriffs OfBcewitha bage pickup in the city. ; contxithe to adoiowiedge CitySanitatioorepresentafive plaque butionsthe dqiartment made in Wide VTiUiams appioadied die Helperareaafteriepciitedlyshoot- ft wp in flnggrt rwinty' ing and leaving the scene with one. 'victinrttniot'.y 'i, y. faJlie (rfflie event While follow- - Ui. HitMf 6 attheearty stages Helper Gty Coundl mee- taward recognized Allreds Courage and contribu- fions during the manhunt lor two murder suspects in Kto at last week's : - ing the suspects, Allieds patrol car received damage due to; guh fire. The patrol cars damaged grill was given to Alfred ; awerds ceremony as a souvenir representing the the suspects along.; officer's exemplary pefice Worttotho.ihcideiiL v VembttTteHpolicomanpufsurt at the . ; f. V A . . j' - r- astancy and officers from various " agenriesrcsponded.- Wlnle the law enforcement agencies jdted thcchase, ADred continued to follow dm suspects who opened fire. Allreds patrol carsustainedgunshot damage, but theHeer policeman wasun- - . a medal ofvatof lp Geiifga Zamartakis awards Officer Knit Allied ; Mghw(iAttrcdrlioedfi . MicaChirf , The suspects were spotredhy Helper OfficCr Kent ADred, who attonpted to stopthc pair. The sigiects purportedlyignared the ofaxacommandto. stop and continued traveling south on US.. 3, . : MkiadHeffafioger entered die y i hounandaearchedtfootfordie towuspeF6rdiehravery,the .rsi $ men woe bononed with die award ? suspecte. Eventually, thetwo makesubects were found and ar- rested near Wsllingtav , At the coundl meeting last Thursday, Helper Chkf George : :S0 presentcdwiftmedakofmeiftfor theirworiin dje xnanhunt inci- dent The officers worked long . fromaQdielcxsiageiicicspsatici- - njanhuntfortvromxmfcrsusprcti mNovendjer.. Hie indqd occurred when two murder suiects, Lewis and , ;f- : ;v N s council withaproposaltochan; . toeHeffelfingerCasc. Zamantakis explained he and : thc days of garbMe collection for ; the city of Helper were pleased the commercial, properties in with the assistance die pdicede- - Hc.Theoouncflapprovtdthe (Continued onpage2A) partmentreceivedftomthcvari- . . . V 'V . . . reebrd production in 2002 Phillips Petroleum is gearing )farttcMdproductionin2002. he the biggest drilling for Phillips Petroleum ever year ; in Carbon and Emery counties, 7,' ' ?.y c ' Mike Leavitt is recom-mending aS35mi0ton uicrease in public education funding in maintain1 the wells, while the majority of new construction is contracted out - ByKEN LARSON Sun Advocate publisher . 2003C 'V BetwecnApril and October, Phillips contracted 378 cmploy- ees to build the companys 85 wells. Of the workers, 70 were : horn Carbon or janety counties, biifbutside the area. manager mun Bower, at a meet- ing in Price last TUesday before 30 sxrnmem and gs officials, - out-o- f- ; ?state. :v; J ; 4. We do everything weean to hire local people - that is our Phillips, the company that purchased River Gas Corpora tkmeariy last year. plansto drill goai explained development more thanlOO new wellsin Car- - stqimvisgrKniManzaiiares.He ;! pejnted outthasometime the bonandEmeiycountiesin20Ql Stacy, who heads up the companycant find local people. Drunkards Wash project, re- - ' " with the )eci&: expertise ncces dpedtheconmectivifor the atthe The man-- Sary. r. . a? 1 - 3. . ' " pupil unitfunding. !. ; But the governors recom- mendationsan short oftoe Utah Board (rfEducatumt budget re-V;. quests. Unfortunately, the states economic picture haschanged. Utah educmors know this, said instruc- superimendent of public ; tion Steven Laing. ' Leavitt recommends a 1.35 ; percent or $23, 400, 400 iiicrease - . . ; . jid . 'j v ; ' ; zflerv'- - - - v 5 ik 'V t Jl - J ' ' . . . ' . . . - r r tf .it - ' , , v-- : : jThe: governors total public budget recommenda- - : jr .4 ,n - "f y ?MMUM Im M .Phillips Fetrolewn development supervisor Ken Manzaneres and compressor operator Wayne JewkeS startup new dehydration units at the companys drilling opejation located about 11 miles southwest.of Pries. ; WPU figure becausie that is the amount employee health iftsur-t- o ance costs are expected to crease in 2003. Tbeeconomfcckwntuni"was in-'de- nt .. ; . r . . motek toveWdernaintenance," said the manager,: V Ofthe KBwells proposed for ; Property tales by Phillips N; rieriyear,45aredanncdmEni- - .arealso significant,atkling an- The rest are planned other $3,637,557 in revenue to ' eiyCounty. for Carbon! Most of the drilling Carbon County and $319,453 to is nearthe mountainsas theriefa EmciyCounty.Thefigure docs gas veins runs in the areas with not indude mineral royalties. heavier coal deposits. Drilling is expected tqctMi- ; The average well is 3,340 feet , ; tinueat afaigblem throui 20Q3 , with another 80 to lQO wells ex--4. 4eqVBaxding to Phillips. Increased production meanspected, indicated Stacy, v gxpanding job opportunities, ex-- ; After 2003, die manager ; , ; : pects drilling to slow down, but ; .The manager from Colorado Phillipswill have to maintain the reported that Phillips has 48 flow of .the existing wells. The numberwill exceed 600 wells, if ptoyeesandhastaidgetedfttf feven new positkms in 2002. The all the drilling activity is for themctpart,pletedasplaimed. Rrmt. the3Absatr sate armed at the L35 percent attendance humbera ' Thestateboardhadrequested a 3 percent increase in WPU funding from the state, amount- . ngfeW94?9,424, Leavitts recommended $35. mQlion increase in state funding .amounts to nearly S74 perstu- dent during thebouiseofascbool ; gasadayandmostofitgoesto v . v j mtheWPU. The weighted pupil Unit BtonCT represents funds released public schools based on stu-- d C creases.'. The governor indicated the. : . ; , PinDips is having a large imyear meeting. attendance tokl ager pact on the local eeonomy,stated tbegroupin theatoc cpm- that 85 new wells were drilled, Stacy. bringing Phillips total to 432. ; puiy has spent $1543258 tor wells. The company sella almost loadI services. 200 million crime feet of natural "This is fbreveiything from -- . . V . The lions share of the rev- enues will come in a proposed 135 pen inotase in wetted Only 35 people were hired from Leavitt agreed on one thing - it is v iihportantforthe statetomain tarn the momentum in the states public schoolsystem. , Despite the fact the state is in ; the midst of a recession and fao ing a $200 milium shortfall inthe Ourrent budget, the governor said, he wants to keep the moment , turn going in education. I wishitwerea rosier year,, but its not," pointed out Leavitt during a briefiog at the Capitol inSalt Lake City.: The governor said the pro- posed budget isresponsible, . but indudes no additional tax in-- . Gov. , . inevitable, said Sorensen; Thats why thc UEA took dra-- . matic action last year, urging thc Utah Legislature to devetop.a long-ter- m lie schools. funding plan foirpub- ' . ,v Theeducation comftiunity' ' has worked hard to build good programs in the school accord-educati- ou ingtptheUEAoffidaL tion is $2475,065, 000. It is projected that by 201Q, a pan 2001 enrollment counts .fetid of 100,000 new students; show Utah has 477301 students will enter Utah public schools, inpublicand charter schools. v Pupils me taught by nearly 22B001icaisedteadieisinni(ne.: than 800 schools throughout the state.: : ; according tothe UEA. That means we. will need 4,000 new classrooms pr 172 new Schools," pointed out Sorensen.Weflsoneed4,000 new teachers toeducate these ; Utah Educatkm Assodation President Phyllis Sorensenand , studoits." ' i Fire erupts KAREN BASSO Staff iqwrter in A: dews m dm house storied to Now but one right after another, indi--. - bated witnessed1 . Fire fighters had a difficult Afire in Kenilworth last Sat- ; ; snlay evening left two men home- - rime putting put the blaze be- -r hiss and a small 8(tyear- - cause the flames got into the at- -. ild house on Main Street into a tic of the structure. By the time the Crews arrived, the fire had fyackhulk. .Neiibors of the house, k- - about reached about every ace ; Vltotcdin the new town" section in the house. ; .; ; thesmaUiamimunity; noticed '; Originally.the main Concern raioke coming from the side iff was not only about saving as me home just before 10pjn.and much of the house as possible, but to keep the residencc next 4jlled911. ; the Three units feom ; Helper door from catching fire. ; Fire Department wwedis- - .. One ofthe men who lived in ijity ' batched to the scene, When the the home returned ftomPrice to .find it bn fire and feared that his . first unit arrived, flames were ' son was still inside coming out nearly every window. in the residence. : the structure. When the father! ; SomeonecaHedmeandtold left fee house earlier in the ; the they had been listening to evening, his son was asleep on theirscannerandtddmethata toe sofa in the front room. ' The younger man's truck was : : house bn Main Street wasxm resi-' a said Keith fire, Haycock, pked at die side the bouse so dent who lives across the street the father and the fire fighters .from where the fire occurred. I feared the worst since the front went outside and looked down ' room was totally engulfed by - flames. Y the street md didnt see anything at; With the turned whmi and then, I my help of Carbon across die street, ifeuld County Sheriffs Office deputies see smoke and a growing glow dispatched to the scene, the son from the front window." was subsequently located at a When the fire got going, win- on page 2A) ; (Contfr . 1) turd - X v & s. y-- , '4. C" ' sj . V . . I . rw : V s . ! J i -- fireman shoots a stream of watar through the window of a home in . called 911. Three emergsney units and crews from the Helper City fire Depart-tenti- on Kenilworth The fire last Saturday evening left two men homeless and filmed a merft were dispatched to fee scene. When fee first fire fighting unit arrived in Kenilworfe, flames were cfeiingoirtneartyeveff window infee structure. The fire unit in Kendworth, located in fee new town' section of fee smafi conununity . fighting cmn remained on fee scene until 4 a.m. on Sunday, putting out fee hot noticed snwke coming from fee side of fee residence just before 10 and spots and making sure fee blaze was extinguished. A Helper . . . pjn. : completely - - : ' |