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Show sdround the Cdount The Summit County Bee December 31 1999 1999 Year End Bee Editor l 1999 began with having to of deaths. A seminumber a report rollover near the bottom of the Echo Dam hill took the life of 35 year old Van Beavers of Indiana. East hound traffic was stalled for a time while Air Med responded to the scene and for clean up of the accident. A Salt Lake City man drowned in the Jordanelle Reservoir as he and several friends were swimming back to shore. The body of a woman repotted as a possible suicide in October was located in the Uintahs. Search and rescue teams had come close on several occasions. Summit County crowned a new Little Miss Buckaroo Royalty. Queen-To- ri Knight, 1st Atlcndant-CrystChristiansen. 2nd Attendant-Sydne- e Ilousley. Miss Congeniality-Dust- y Ercanbrack, Horsemanship-Emberl- y treasures. Marscllc's painting proved to be a winner and she was filmed and scheduled to appear on the program's television show in January. Fourth of July Celebrations rang out from one end of the County to the other. Parades, food, rodeo's, patriotic programs, games, fireworks, and lots of fun Many celebrated the event on Saturday, Sunday and Monday, due to the 4th falling on a Sunday this year. The life of a Coalville woman. Ruby Stokes, ended with a car accident ffear Jeremy Ranch on July 19th. Her talent with music was known by not only the community but readied far and wide. Just prior to her death she was able to fulfill a lifetime wish-thof singing on the Grand 01 Opry. Survived by husband. Bob, sons, Rob, Gary and Brandon. 3 daughters in law arid her 3 adored grandchildren. . al al Clark. Summit County Little Buckaroo Trincess was Autumn Smith. 1st Attendant-Natash- a Thompson. 2nd Attendant-AudreCranncy, Rookic-Stcphan- y AUGUST Jenny Smoot was crowned as the new Miss Summit County Queen. Chosen at her attendants were: 1st Attendant-Jod- y Rydalch, and 2nd ie Stokes, Horsemanship-Krist- Leavitt, Miss Ballard. Buckaroo-Qucen-Min- Henefer a a Congeniality-Vancss- Little Miss Atkinson, di Attendant. 1st Attendant- - Betsy Fitzgerald, and 2nd Farm Bureau Talent Contest. Winners were: Kathryn Winterton, Katy Price, Kami Mecham, Sarah Lake, where they waited several hours to find out the value of their JULY a Lazenby. was Miss Congeniality. Stuait Kelly 1998 Miss Summit County, Nicole Foust, hosted an evening honoring Senior Citizens for their personal contributions to the communi- ty, with the theme being The Senior Generation-Ou- r legacy". The evening began with an impressive flag ceremony which was followed by talent numbers from the Queen and other young people from the community. Awards were given in three categories and to recipients from the three individuals groups Brady Daley. Contestants were kept busy during the week leading up to the Attendant-Tahilh- July Through December Wrap-U- p antiques program showing in Salt PAMELA ROBBINS Searle, Hilary Lewis. Corinne DeSantos, Jessica Ovard, Amanda DeSantos, Leah DeSantos, Martie Leavitt, Brandon Foust, Chason Hortin, Mardee Goodwin. Jenny Goodwin and Cody Winterton. Summit County can be proud of their great fair due in part to a lot of voluntcerism from many folks. This year. Country Recording Artist, David Kersh, wowed the audience (especially the girls) with his talent. Add the parade, commercial buoths, arts, crafts, photography, 41 1, horticulture, rodeo, derby, food and games AND the great fireworks and the package deal was a great one with lots of neat memories. SEPTEMBER A rock slide in Echo Canyon Eastbound forced a portion of traffic to be rerouted onto the adjacent County road until a cross over lane could be implemented in the area. Traffic was continually backed up for several days due to the of Hoytsville were among the throng of participants who attended an resentative. ri Three buses filled with State Legislators and other dignitaries spent several days touring Wasatch, Summit and Morgan counties. They were extended a personal invitation to do so, in an effort to allow them to see first hand the problems confronting the region, and to help them make decisions concerning the Wasatch back". Good food, great scenery, tour guides and interesting speakers helped to fill the time. Vernon, Santa et y Ovard. Austin Powers-Rus- s Judd. linton-S- Hillary Ivia y Elvis-Ke- nt Richard ground breaking ceremony. The planned construction will add 106.000 square feet and approximately 18 new stores. Weather permitting. the stores should be open by late 2000 or early 2001 South Summit faced Manti in a . fight tor the 2-- A State Football Championship after defeating Beaver in a nail biting victory. The Wildcats winning streak turned against them in a heart breaking kiss to Manti who won the game with a score of 16 year old Zack Mortensen of Coalville ended his life tragically causing the community to suffer a great loss. He had been living the past several years with his grandpar ents. Merlyn and Jams Johnvm The Festival of Trees was held to host a fund raiser for the Primary Children's Hospital. Bigger and better than ever, the organizers hope for a great turnout, (which was accomplished). Several trees were displayed to honor the lives of community residents who had passed away. 4 COOL night by attending workshops that taught them poise, helped with their talent numbers and make up techniques among others. Pageant director was Jodi Russell with Billie Sue McNeil assisting her. "Wet Cement" , three young men from the Kamas Valley were on hand to entertain the audience as well. The County Demo Derby was held in conjunction with the County Fair and was once again termed a big success. Vernon Mortensen took home first place honors, w ith Jed Jensen and Steve Hamilton taking the 2nd and 3rd place positions. It was Jensen's first try at tackling the sport". Cindy lord won the Ponder Puff division. Vcran Moore was thanked by the County for his 25 years of service in providing stock for the Summit County Little Buckaroo Rodeo Seeing the smiles on the faces of the youngsters" is what Vcran said made the project worthwhile to him, and the reason he keeps doing it. Lots of talent was displayed at the events. g tioned. I hear what Promontory of what the community wants. Continuing, she adued We need to be assured that we adopt language to prevent houses from piercing the ridgeline. No more guesswork. We are already living with the results of weak enforcement and vague ordinance language from other projects. If you go on a case by case basis as your counsel suggests, you will be running the risk of no enforcement. 1 suggest you put teeth into the ordinance now, and put the burden of ridgeline wants-nothin- protection onto the developer not County enforcement. She encouraged the board to remember that there have been a number of 2nd home projects that have been converted into nock than was anticipated. Labor Day-th- e last long (Conserving Our Open Lands) held their first annual ridin week-en- d of the year before Winter sets in. It was celebrated in a variety of ways. Winter sports, camping, outdoor cooking, home projects, family reunions, fishing etc. FUN! FUN! FUN!. County Commissioners named BFI as the new Waste Removal System for the County, after a long year of going through the process of listing RTF's (request for proposals), holding meetings and forming a committee assist the to Commissioners in their decision making. The new Company will be replacing G&F Waste who had only recently received a high rating on their service from residents through- out the County. The selection brought with it a number of questions, after the Commission board chose not to open a sealed bid from G&F which their legal council advised them not to do, since it had come in after the set date. G&F officials said their computer program had a glitch in it and it had been for the range' fundraiser at the Oakley arena. Founded in 1998, the groups main focus is the preservation of the open lands in Summit County, maintaining the scenic beauty, preserving the wild life, and keeping the agricultural and recreational values of our communities in check. An estimated 250 people attended the rodeo event with 175 person's purchasing the S 100.00 VIP tickets w hich allowed them to participate in the auction, dinner and dance. Serenity Ranch AssisteJ Living Facility is on schedule and moving right along, according to Scott Turner. Being built by Union Pointe construction based in Salt Lake. Turner said the 35 studio apt, and the 10 bed Alzheimer's unit should be completed and ready to open in January. "This is not giving to be your run of the mill type of facility said Turner. r. Curtis McEntire and Brittany Padficld were chosen as the King and Queen of South Summit High School's Homecoming events. First Troy Duffin, representing the Basin Recreation District said his main concern focused on the trails systems within the project and the accessibility for the public. I hope there will be written somewhere a clear understanding that the public will be able to use the trails designed for use inside the project. Lewis Marchant, a member of the Eastern Planning Commission and a recently elected city councilman for Kamas, said that he was the one person on the commission who voted against the project approval, and that if the council members had known there was a minimum 1500 units set on the table, they would have voted against it as well. In every meeting held with Promontory representatives, there has been a big concern over the bonus density of the project, due to the fact that there has been a lack of a development agreement in place." I have confidence in the County Commissioners that they will take the concerns of the County residents into view, and will look at the project, Normal growth is knowing its not the last. necessary, but it will never be the same if this project is allowed to go through." Developers want an answer today. I hope if the decision is made to let the project go through that both Commission's will have input -- don't tie our hands. would urge the Commissioners to accept their plan and go with it." As the owner of a home in Rockport Ranches, Ray Southwick stated his concern was over water during the 'dry years, that the County docs experience. 1 am very concerned over the amount of water it will take to water 5 golf courses. The development is fine, but I would like to see more water come in before the development takes place. have been following the stories and progress of the region since about 1988 or 1989 said Gordon Warner, land owner of a nearby crossed. I understand that the developers would like to get moving, but if you approve it. you are doing a disservice to the citizens that you represent. Don't be afraid of litigation, it may cost in the short run but will be better in the long term. Commissioner Richins told those present that he appreciated their opinions and concerns offered. The board then tabled any discussion until later in the day. In the late afternoon, after an executive session, the board adopted an ordinance to amend ordinance 298 concerning the Star Pointe project. The board approved giving the project 885 guaranteed units with another 790 possible ir certain guidelines are met. This has been a bard decision" said Commissioner Pat Cone. We did what we thought would be right for the County, after doing all we could to work . through it. I primary homes. K)R COPY Cher-Margar- Gaus-Case- in the Mountain West Marching band competition held in Idaho. They planned to travel to California during the Oiristmas break to perform in the Holiday Bowl parade and half-tim- e show. How many times can we Kick up to avoid growih before we end up in Wyoming?"- - a quote from Zane Woolstenhulme in discussing the proposed Promontory Development located on the East side of SR 40. The land was purchased from Jack Johnson lnt1 after their Star Pointe planned development that called lor the building of 6.000 units was denied by the County. One ot the big issues confronting the proposal was the fact that the project was so large that it encompassed the three County school districts. County Commissioners began their annual visits with individual departments heads and other parties who wanted to present their wish lists to the board. County Auditor, Blake Frazier was present to go through the proposals along with the Commissioners. An expansion project located at the Park city outlet stores held a 22-2- 1 Continuedfrom page A incorporated ASAP. Yet, no where in Promontory's proposal has this been men- - Robinson, Show)-Kare- n OCTOBER ...Commissioners Approve Ordinance c- North Summit Homecoming Royalty included King and Qucen-RoAllen and Kirk Rehfield. 1st attendants: Wes Brown and Laci Moore and 2nd attendants Jalene Richins who was accompanied by Nick Williams and Terry Diston who tied for the position. People will never quite look at several locals in the same light again-afte- r their debut on the Hollywood squares panel in connection w ith North Summit's homecoming. The panel included: Mimi (Drew Carey . planned blast brought down more Roemmich be developed near the south end of the project received its first official "nod of approval" from the County Commission Board. I feel like a kid with my first driver's license" said Lew Swain. Boyer rep- David Reva Fitzgerald. Frank Moore, and Barbara later dropped. After years of working on the project and a past year filled with lots of effort in trying to make requested changes, the Boyer Project, slated to DuCharme, fic. The slide was caused when a and but their request was denied, and attendants were: Joey Edmunds and Liesel Pedersen, with 2nd attendants being Ethan Atkinson and Megan DcGering. Governor Michael Leavitt and his committee of Marriage Forum chose to honor couples who have been married for 70 years or more. One of the couple's who received rccogni-- . lion was Elmo and Ellen (Wilde) Carpenter of Salt Lake, who have many roots in Summit County. The couple recently celebrated 72 years of marriage. Simmons-Camill- e Receiving 1 Icrilagc" Awards were: Rosemary Sweeney. Quiet Giant Awards were presented to Mary . Smith, Beulah Willoughby, and Mel 'Fletcher. Given the Community Builder" Awards were: Mary Marchant, Ester Brown and Ella Sorensen. Commissioners Pat cone and Sheldon Richins were on hand to give their support and hand out the awards. Frederic "Fred" C. Hadden, age 43, of Henefer, died tragically' after drowning in the Weber river, despite efforts to save him. Survivors include wife, Rebecka. children: Sarah and Cliff Hadden and ShaLynne Hull. Rhea (McMurray) Wilde celebrated her 100th birthday in style with family and friends at the South Summit Senior Center. Bom on July 10, 1899 in Bear Lake County, Idaho, she remembers her treasured memories. A Thanksgiving dinner was enjoyed along with a short program. Marsclle Williams of Coalville repaired after it was noticed. None of the other bids had been opened at the time. G&F took the county to court KflAs.PP'ttS the County. from throughout Page A3 , parcel. I believe totally in what the planning commission said-- a project like this will effect the future. But, with view sheds containing beautiful homes, ponds, etc. it should be better than what is cunently there to see. 1 view this as a great opportunity for the County said Ed Rogers. Running livestock in an adjacent region, he stated he was pleased with what he had heard from the developers at several meetings and in conversations with them. Stuart Grow, who said he had moved from the city to Browns Canyon for some peace and enjoyment, commented that he thought that since someone would eventually be developing the property in question, it would be good to go 1 with qualified, competent developers. Larry Finch from Silvercreek, said that watering 5 golf courses was a great concern to him. With this process down to the final hours, the I's still aren't dotted and the T's still aren't Letterman- - Yance Fawcett. Jack Lord-CaDearden. The responses were unedited which made for a lot of laughs. The ground breaking ceremony was held for the Summit County Services Building at Kimball's Junction, as a satellite Tor several of the County offices. Construction on the S2.625.000.00, 22,244 square foot facility should be completed by July of 2000. A new regional hospital facility with all modem and updated equipment was opened in neighboring llcber City, a welcome addition to the area. A tragic accident claimed the life of 19 year old Beau Daley of Park City. The young man had been participating in some jeeping" along with family members and fnends in the Moab region, when the braking system failed. He was employed at rl his fathers business, Daley Excavation in Park City. Coalville City received a plaque in recognition for their participation in the 21st century program which was begun by Governor Michael lavitt. It is hoped that as communities embrace this program, unemployment will lessen, visitor growth will continue, and preparations will begin to lessen the impacts felt by grow th Issues. North Summit Headstart Teacher, Sue Bond, was selected to receive a State Award from the Uuh Down's Association for her dedication to her students. The Kamas middle school has begun to receive its new S4 Million dollar facelift, in order to help the district keep up with growth in the area. The targeted completion date is August of 2000. When completed, the school will have 8 new classrooms. a large hand room, and a bigger cafeteria. There will also be a new 500 seat auditorium as well as a new school administration area. On October 24. the sky's over Henefer were filled with smoke from a Wildland fire on Henefer's West Side. Firefighting crews were brought in to battle the Maze which threatened several new homes, especially the one owned by Grant and Diane O'Driscoll. The fire took several days to control and cost approximately $320,000. NOVEMBER South Summit High School DECEMBER County Employees decorated their own "angel tree in hopes of getting enough donations to be able Li ensure that several families in the County were given a nice Christmas. Donations were called in hi the Court House after the story ran in the paper and word got out hi the public, so the project was a success. A new Lite scan machine was put into place at the Summit County jail The new piece of equipment will allow officers to send and receive information from fingerprints in a matter of minutes, by using the scanner technique. The purchase was made possible by a lot of hands on effort in churning grant dollars. Summit Down's County Syndrome Organization hosted a dance for teen's and young aJuIl's with Down's in the state. The event turned even more special when ITA members next door left their own party to join in the fun and teach the Down's students line djneing and how to just have fun. These young people certainly taught others what having the Christmas Spirit is all about. The Summit County Historical Society hosted a "Cemetery Tour" of the Henefer, Echo. Coalville. Upton. Hoytsville, Wanship and Isoa cemeteries. Facts were presented at each of the individual stops and the group enjoyed lunch at the Chicken Inn. in (held in October-reporte- d December). A Morgan Man, Lan LaJcuncsse returned home to a hero's welcome after winning the Professional Rodeo Association's Bareback World Title. Dave Passey was honored by the County for his many yean of service in behalf of the residents. He had served in the Sheriffs Office and Search and Rescue along with his regular employment at the Cement plant at Devils Slide. Dave was given a police escort to the Court House and was surprised to find a number of his former friends and in the Commission Matching Band captured lop awards ailfef!So&P6Q3a!nEDBa aw |