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Show 50 Vol. 74 No. 3 Coalville, Utah 84017 Friday, January 17. 2003 Itegional Net vs Notes County Commissioners Jump Into The ew Year Department Heads Discuss Goals BY PAMELA ROBBINS Bee Liliinr With a new year just beginning, a swearing in ccrcmnny behind them and lots of things filto du" lists. County ling up their Commissioners; Shauna Kerr (who will remain as chairperson of the board for another year), Ken Wixilstenhulmc and Btib Richer invited the department heads to give tliem a heads up as to goals they would like to accomplish within their various departments during 21X13. Commission Administrator Anita Lewis began the meeting Monday, Jan. 13. by handing out packets to those present. Information included the meeting times and schedules for town meetings; Coalville 2nd Monday of each month at 7 p.m Francis - 2nd Tuesday at 7 p.m., Ilcnefer Town 1st Wednesday at 7:30 p.nt., Kamas City - 2nd und 4th Tuesday at 7 p.m. and Oakley City - 1st and 3rd Thursday (if needed) at 7 p.m. and Park City - Thursdays at 6 p.m. Perhaps the main watchword for Mondays meeting would be Communication." In listing his personal goals and objectives. Commissioner Richer slated he would like to build on the successes of the county and move forward to make it the best county in the Stale." lie then went on to present his 27 ideas - categorized into top priority down to moderate. They included; growth management, retraining the community development department after hiring a new director, resolve the water wars, resolve issues at The Canyons, establish friendly county meetings, resolve conflicts within the senior citizens piograms. form an open space committee. Also, meeting with the department heads on a regular basis, lornung various decision making teams which would utilize the uhil ily and talent of several department leaders, Develop a five year recession plan to aid in case of problems with the economy, news letter. News letter for staff employees, forming a citizens budget to piescnt to the residents, biochuics detailing public services to he placed in various locations, tiansii system expansion, impi-ivcitycounty relationships and sending congiuliilutoiy leltcis to icsidents for positive ciuiti ihutions. During the campaign. I focused on the idea of building and establishing Ivllcr communication between the dcp.mmcnl Icadcis. employees strengthen employee recognition programs. t 'ontinued on page .1.1 Children Enjoy Reward for Reading completed the list of requirements to attend a party to be held Jail. 25. at Wheeler I aim. The Iibiary clise to hold a pat ty closer to home just hi c.isc some of the participants were unable to attend the larger paity The children wcic gathered together and congratulated l r accomplishing tlicii leading goals, sang songs about bcais and a lew clul-dic- n helped with a papei bag pupvl show to help introduce the guest of hoiioi. Group highlights included an 'On the Moon" activity inspned by llnulicr Bcais, love of lockets where the cliildien lead the story and made their own paper lockets, launching them by blowing lliiougli a stiaw. The room was decorated with sp,uc pic lines. Filtering a loom with the tune of "I eddy Oakley fit; llisriisses Water Due to the uniqueness of (lie Artesian Water located in Oakley, several possible uses for the water have come before (lie board in recent years. Of main concern is keeping (he water for tlte city of Oakley almvc all else. A power point presentation was made to the city council last week by Robert Sasser, a marketing consultantcnginecr. On the docket was information relating to a proposed bottled water facility that would employ approximately ten people with the water being sold to resort areas und high end hotels in what he termed a low volume-higdollar" business proposition. IYnmotion of the product, which would be sold as Wasatch Ice Water, from pure Glacier Ice would have a number of positive aspects uccotding to Sjsser who staled that partnering with the town was tlte main goal or objective of their presentation. What is requested from tlte city is exclusive rights for using tlte water, while allowing the city to hold the water muitagcmcnt rights, along with a 20 year land lease with the city receiving a 7.5 percent slake in tlte company. The proposal calls for a goal of having a SKXI million dollar business by the end of ten years while keeping the company small und winking with the town. Also promised was low impact due to trucking the water. Sasser said lie just wanted to know w hat llie councils intent w as so he could report to tire potential group of backers whether to continue proceeding w iih talks or dropping all potential endeavors. Although liNikmg good on (lie screen, council members voiced several concerns ranging from possible negative impacts for the town, more water being needed as time and success is reached, and tlie low percentage rate mentioned for the low n. Mayor Paul Woolsicnhulme said there were a numlier of steps to be taken before reaching any decision including a view by lire city planning department, public hearings on the issue and having their water attorney review the proposal, l ire board voted to move forward with future communication. h 1 1 . Bear's Picnic" pitying i i. I lie b.ickgiound. childicn enjoy a picnic ol small suudw idles, carrots and apple slices, hcaf siig.ii oh ikies and punch. 1 j';. children sat on plaid table cloths und ate their picnic while watching a Berenstain Bear ntov ic. For the Too Much Bntlnlay" pinup inspired by Sistci Bears, love lorbuihd.iy parlies. the children had an oppoiluiuty to hug Papa Bear and have their photo taken with him. For this activity the children weie able to Continued on page .1.1 Iupu Berenstain Bear was warmly greeted at the Kamas Library in connection with their reading party rewarding children for reaching their goals. BY PAMELA ROBBINS Bee lulunr Saturday Jan. 1 1. in conjunction with KUED Channel 7 Television, the Kamas Library rewarded children who had signed up for a reading program held from Nov. 8 to Nov. 22 . The fun Super Reader Program" featured a visit from Papa Berenstain Bear and was held at (lie Kamas Library. Requirements for the program included I Ye school to 2nd grade reading three hours, 3rd-4tgrades - four hours and Slh hours. and five up grade Children could read independently, read to someone else or be read to by another person. Time spent with audio I looks, videos and DVD's did not count. Charting their progress on a reading log allowed participants a dunce to view their success as they read, alter which an adult had to sign the form. An invitation was then issued to the 60 children who rMt h BY KATHLEEN IIAYNES Tuesday, Jan. 14 in the cozy conference room of the Jack Johnson building in Park City, Inlcrmountuin Health Care took the Summit County Hospital Development Foundation through (lie painstaking process of planning and constructing a hospital from scratch. John lloopes, Regional Operating Officer for II IC and one of the three presenters, readily admitted that exchanging an old hospital for a new one is much eas r ier, hut everyone agreed that providing a community with a first-evhospital was much more cre- er fcP ative. The Faculty Development lYocess." as described by Morgan Busch, IIIC's Director of Community Health Systems Development, consists of four stages progressing from brainstorming to ribbon cutting, and takes ut least three years. Right now, the Foundation and IHC are in the first, strategic planning stage which involves such open-ende- d questions as What kind of hospi tal do we want to have?" What kinds of services will it offer?" What additional buildings will Ire serneeded for other health-relate- d vices'." Then the financial analysts crunch some numbers in the form of dollars and volume projections and the future hospital begins to have a hazy outline. The strategic planner then produces a vision statement and the project begins to gain momentum. The next stage, functional planning. included development teams for each service i.c. surgery, labs, outpatient, etc.) made up of physi .it OiirnitionsDriig Interdiction in Park l ily Jan. 10. at approximately 0530 hours, deputies from the Summit County Slreriff s Office. Specialized Fnrergency Response Team, served a search warrant at 1150 IVcr Valley Drive I(KX, in Park City, Utah. During lire execution of tire warrant, multiple drug paraphernalia items und a small quantity of suspected cocaine and nuuijuana were recovered. Included in tire seizures were forged government documents, written correspondence, photographs, scales and monies utilized by nareotics detectives to purchase cocaine from occupants of (Ire aforementioned address. One male subject was arrested for possessiondislribution of a controlled substance in a drug free zone, which is a first degree felony. Three otlrer mules were arrested for felony possession of forged government documents. Tire names of the arrested individuals are being withheld pending foimul charges by ihe Summit County Attorney's iiKkc. Park l ily Police llrimrlmenl llnsy The Puik City Police IX'parinrent has received several complaints from concerned individuals ahoul suspicious they have received, possibly targeting them for fraudulent activity. The request assistance from individuals to help set up a way to safe keep large amounts of sender and in return they offer to pay a large permoney for the centage of tire amount of money for the service. The amount of money that is being asked to put into sale keeping is $22 million dollars. In conjunction with the l)S Attorney's Office, lire Park City Police I or any suspiX'pjrtmeul is advising all citizens dial receive such that would target them as a fraud victim should contact their cious internet carrier and have tlwsc mailings screened and deleted. If they are mil screened the next step is to delete tlresc mailings from your computer screen. Summit County dispatch received a call concerning a car fire in Bark City. Paik City Fire District equipment which also included a paramedic ambulance was dispatched to the scene. Upon arrival, drey found a 1993 Jeep Clremkec engulfed in flames. Even with lire quick work of firefighters. the car was a total loss. It was unknown what cause tire fire which was being investigated by the Park City Fire Marshall. Kaknly Appointed Him to llttilil a Hospital in Four (not so rasy stops) - Inslrnt lions lniliiili'il Speciiil in Ok lire sSu cians and nuises. deciding how care should be organized und delivered. 1 heir charts and dia- Park (ily Manager After conducting interviews with four finalists, Park City Mayor, Dana Williams ami council chose to promote Assistant City M.m.igci Tom Bakaly to Park City's higlresl staff position. He has been filling lire position since (X tuber when Toby Ross resigned to become the City Manager of West Sacramento, lire mayor will formally request the councils consent to Bakaly's appointment at their next council meeting on Jan. 23. Tire Council and I are extremely pleased to offer Tom this opportunito ty serve the residents ami visitors of Park City. All of lire finalists were extremely qualified in the strengths we were looking for; background and experience; technical skills; management and leadership skills; and style and fit. . . Over the past three months while Tom held the position, he took on some very difficult challenges and handled them extremely well. We look forward to working with him in the years alwad." Suicide Investigation grams will inlorm the architect as to what needs to he included for each space to wink; thus ensuring that function determines form. In the third stage, design planning. an architect with expertise in health care is selected. The architect creates the diawings so that the building can be hid by a general contractor, and the final stage, construction, begins und usually Jan. 1 1, at approximately 9 p.m. the Summit County Slreriff s Office was advised of a possible missing person in lire Uinta Mountains Fast of Kanias. Upon further investigation, deputies found (Ire missing person's abandoned vehicle. Consequently, the Summit County Search and Rescue Squad was summoned to (Ire scene to conduct a search of tire area. After an extensive search lire male Caucasian was found deceased in a small lent. lYeliminary evidence strongly suggests the cause of death to he suicide said a release from the Sheriffs office. Name withheld. Continued an page A3 Continued on page A2 |