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Show Thursday AJJOA31T3M Bsrnu 0219 1IBIO-S- . ' 11 1th Year September 26, 2002 -- Price, Utah No. 78 500 CMS stages homecoming events, 10B Criminal bureau defines missing children, details ..vi i P - preventative measures V r f I - If . 1 1 V- - V J vjt7 " : t i ? . '. s" t tvrw l if V - V. 1 fy I lLi . i. V-- 1 fes- : '' ' V - w l7 S,'., ppSiUe ICKL ;5w u ';- ' b. - . Je 'i, AC . ; V SfcsrfSs' K -. ' ;. ;. ' ' ' ; ' materials available at the facilities during the last four-yeperiod. The Price Gfy Library is no exception to the mounting demand statewide, with more than half of a million visits recorded at the local institution last year. Price city librarian Norma Procarione assists patron Kathy Wortley with the process of checking out a book. Public libraries at locations across the state have tremendous growth in patron visits as well as the circulation of ar Reports of missing or abducted children continue to dominate the headlines in the state and national news media. The Utah Bureau of Criminal Identification defines missing children are youth who, for whatever reason, are not in their usual abode and whose parents or caretakers are unaware of their whereabouts. Missing children include youth who are abducted by a stranger or acquaintance, run away from families, are abducted by a parent or a relative due to custody disputes, become lost and have been discarded by lawful custodians or parents. While the majority of children who are reported missing are eventually recovered or decide to return home, the youth may be gone for significant periods of time. Some children are found dead and some are never recovered, points out the criminal identification bureau. Coordination and cooperation between law enforcement, the state missing childrens clearinghouse and all involved agencies can shorten the time children are away from their proper custodians or families, thereby lessening chances of exposure to dangerous situations. Abductions by a stranger account for the least number of missing children reports filed in Utah and across the United States. But the incidents have the most grim outlook for recovery, especially if the child is not located within 48 hours. Immediate and intensive location efforts are necessary, stresses the criminal identification bureau. In addition. Carbon County citizens should implement several Public libraries meet changing demands By RICHARD SHAW Staff reporter At the beginning of the 1990s many people expected public libraries to go the way of the wagon wheel, buggy whip, typewriter, the drive-i- n movie and the dinosaur. The booming business of computers made it look like .within a few years, libraries would become extinct or at least used much less. The electronic era of computers was supposed to replace books and other services libraries provided. Many experts anticipated that people would not visit the libraries because everything would be at their fingertips, in their own homes. But the public libraries have survived by evolving and adapting to the changing environment In fact, the facilities have thrived during the past decade. In a recent copy of Directions for Utah Libraries, a statistical review was published that showed library use is up and has increased in almost every category measured. Not surprisingly, some of the growth has taken place as librar-ieshav-e become part of the purveyors of electronics by providing ' computers with Internet service, Most public libraries, even i smaller facilities, provide some most new acquisitions that come in replace older materials that have to be weeded out There is only so much shelf space. Local libraries in the Carbon Couniy area are experiencing similar grcnvth in patrons and circulation despite the feet that, unlike the rest of the state, the areas population is relatively stable. "The number of people coming in the city library and checking out materials has definitely increased over the last four years, explains Nonna Procanone, Price citys library director. And the Internet use is up, too. We actually do have people standing in line to use the computers sometimes and they often get anxious when they cant get right onamachine. The official figures from the ftice City Library shows some interesting figures; much larger than most people would suspect. Ibtal visits to the library last year were 542,181. The Price library personnel kind ofworldwide web access. The computer, rather than being the comet that killed the public library, has become itsnourishment According to the newsletter, the number of stations installed at libraries has increased by almost 40 percent within the hut three years and use has dimbed 25 percent in the last two. Many library personnel report people lined up during heavy use hours to utilize the computers. But what about books, die traditional mainstays of library patronage? In the book category, asurpris-in- g revelation has come. People who predicted the end of the paper book were wrong, at least until now and into the immediate future. Public library statistics show that in 1998 19,425,917 books were circulated. The numbers changed dramatically by last year, but went up instead of down; 2001 saw 24,591,944 books circulated. Not only has die number of patrons increased, the newsletter answered 3366 reference questions. The total circulation for the library for last year was 59320 with a little over 20,000 of those pointed out that many items people are checking out at the libraries have also increased. The nlhantlnn L 1. 1 items being childrens materials. More substantial growth has taken place at the Helper City library where, two years ago, the regular patrons only numbered about 45. . - feet that library acquisition spending is down and that most libraries arc limited in space. Therefore We now have 350 people using the library regularly, notes Helper librarian Debbie Petersen. "We also now have a circulation items per of between 1200-130- 0 year, where only acouple of years ago it was half that Petersen attributes the growth to the installation of electronic media at the Helper facility, including Internet computers. People now come in and use the computers, and then they check something out, states Petersen. Werejust more modern and that attracts people. The newsletter points out that one of die major changes in public libraries to keep their names in front of people is also due to the outreach programs that a number of the institutions have put in place, ' such as story hours and literacy prosrcms. We have our regular story hours on Wednesday (5 p.m.) and Thursday (1 p.m.), explains Procarione. We abo now have another story hour on Hiesday where Dina Wise comes in with her yellow Labrador, Sunni, and tells stories to kids. This addition, with the dog there, has become very popular. Other electronic media availability, besides computers has also (Continued on Carbon commissioners approve design for flag to fly at courthouse, across county bon County, no official flag has ever been created, i The lack of a flag may not Seem like much of an issue until a local resident goes to a state function and realizes that almost every other county in Utah has a The members of the group had been working on developing the design for a county flag for the several months. I talked to a lot of people about this when we first discovered there was no flag, commented Pierce. We even spoke to some people in their 90s and they couldnt remember there ever beiqgany kind of flag for foe one. county. By RICHARD SHAW Staff reporter t ' In the 108-ye-ar history of Car- When we were at the state flair, there were all these flags from counties that looked great, said Patti Pierce. Someone had taken a white sheet and pasted a insignia from one of the county Vehicles on it for Carbon Countys display. In feet. Pierce and Rhonda v discovered that Carbon County was the only area in the ktate that did not have a flag. As of last Wednesday, however, the situation no ists. On Sept 25, fire County Commission approved a flag design proposed by a small 1 Pe-iers- en committee R .V people. r stranger abduction risks. Local residents should: lbach children how to use the phone to call home or contact a parents workplace. Make sure youth know their full names, addresses and phone numbers, including area codes. Practice making collect calls with children. Tell youth to call collect immediately should anything unusual happen. "ft11 children to call immedi- atety if anyone indicates dieir parents are dead or do not love them anymore. Make sure youth understand the importance of never accepting rides from strangers. Remind youth to remain alert against a stranger who sug-- . geststlxy go off alone for any reason. Examples include leaving together to find a lost puppy, etc. Educate children to let their mothers ex' fathers know immediately if another adult suggests keeping secrets from their parents. 2A) V judge. Filing certified copies of the decrees in the al tives. Keeping lists of information like addresses, phone numbers. Social Security numbers, passport numbers and birthdays of all relatives as well as friends of the parte al ent. Keeping photos of children updated every four months. In addition, know the current weight and height of their children. Residents should keep all information in two separate and secure places. Notifying schools, day care centers arid babysitters of custody orders. Give copies to the child caretakers and ask to be alerted if a parent makes an unscheduled visit to the facility. Runaways comprise the largest category of missing children, indicates the criminal identification bureau. The manpower and resources required to track youth, coupled with the perception that the children will eventually return home, have made the incidents a difficult enforcement problem Unfortunately, the youth are likely to be exposed to adverse and exploitative influences, including drugs and prostitution. Often, criminal statistics related activities. through Residents should promptly notify law enforcement authorities regarding runaway incidents, concludes the criminal identification al bureau : i'.y'y V Eventually, Chris Langstein The committee reviewed the logos for the many cities and towns in die county. The members of the group looked at the logos that had to do with the different industries and historical sites in the county and at backgrounds for a design as welL 1 :vy sites at locations throughout Car' t County. bon ' 'UP- 1 - fet V But now that the design for a county flag has been officially approved by the commissioners, what will happen? Tire first thing we are going to do is make up a banner with it on to hang id the county courthouse, explained Pierce. Then we are going to look for a flag company to make the actual flag. There are about four of them the county deals with now. Once a company is selected to produce the finalversion of the approved design. Pierce and Petersen indicated it will take abort eight weeks to actually produce. a flag that can be flown in front of the courthouse and at other, - ' backgrounds, then came up with the final design for the countys subsequent designs. , w-- groups ideas with logos and the The members of the group looked at a number of ideas and non-custodi- al parent's home county or state. The filings notify the courts in the county or stale that a valid decree has already been issued and must be honored. Residents should also consider filing copies of decrees with counties in which a parent has close friends or rela- economic development, but I thought it would make a great background for die flag. . , One day, I was over at the county dents office and I was shown a drawing by Randy Russell, pointed out Pierce. He had drawn it as part of the development for a letterhead for measures designed to reduce Never leave youth alone in a motor vehicle -- even fora minute. For children abducted by noncustodial parents, life Ls frequently on the run and the youth arc uprooted from familiar schrxrls as well as friends, indicates the slate criminal identification agency. The children are often moved to other states and the youth's names may be changed to avoid detection. In addition, the abducted children are frequently traumatized not only emotionally, but by physical abase from a dev perate absconding parent In order to alleviate the impacts associated with custodial interference, the criminal identification bureau recommends: Making sure that custody orders specify with whom the child is to reside at specific times and restricts removal from tire state without prior consent from the i. '.U il' Fall flowers create particularly beautiful slashes of color . |