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Show CIO' nM3-0'6- ' Dttf.EP oH 11 tn zl igs 50 VoL Coalville, Utah 84017 Friday, April 14, 2000 69 No. 15 Notes News County Cases Abuse Child r Settled Summit County Princess Summit Bee Editor of child The news is often filled with abuse and neglect and it is always in some other place." That adage is far from the truth and could be taking place right next door to where you live. The Summit County Attorneys office has worked hard to settle three cases during the past year with closure coming to the cases recently. Robert Adkins, Summit County Attorney, laid the three cases were "very disturbing in their have them end with nature" and he wu "glad-tconvictions." Walter Lee Gordon, age 31, was arrested in 1998, when he pled guilty to rape, a first degree felony and sexual exploitation of a child-- a second degree felony. Video tape evidence sealed the case. Gordon was working as a maintenance worker at the Canyon Creek Apartments when he had "consensual sex" with his girlfriends daughter for a six months to one year time frame. The young girl became pregnant and had a baby by Gordon. One of the most disturbing thoughts in the case was that the girls mother, Sioux Ann defendant was out on bail. The rape charge came about when Gordon raped a friend of the daughter who had come to spend the night at the home. The rape took place while the mother and daughter were asleep in another room in the home. While Gordon received jail lime for his crimes, five yean to life at the State Prism facility, Hale, the girls mother, also drew jail time-- 1 to S years, on charges of failing to protect her daughter and for giving alcohol to a minor. The County Attorney said the girl is now in the custody of her father and is undergoing counseling. In another case Sherman J. Haack, a 68 year old Snyderville Basin resident, began spending time with a 10 year old neighbor girl, eventually progressing to the point where he began showing her sexually oriented words in a dictionary, and getting her to remove her clothing. With the abuse of the young child getting close to a three year period of time, she was ready to tell someone. Haack then told his wife, who promptly called authorities which led to his arrest. He pled guilty to attempted forcible 'sodomy of a child County Dairy and sexual abuse of a child for which he received years jail time on each charge. David W. West, age 34. was charged with sexually abusing his girlfriends 7 year old son Hale, knew about the situation and even arranged a meeting between the two when the PAMELA ROBBINS ' Contestants Sought Its that time of year once again, when the search begins for contestants to compete for the Summit County Dairy Princess Title. The contest this year will be held on Saturday, May 20, 2000. Contestants must be between the ages of 17-2- 3 yean of age to enter, must be unmarried, have high moral character, a love of dairy products and be willing to "speak out" for the products and the Dairy Industry. According to contest organizers, the contest is a fon one AND contestants will not be required to display a talent number or model swimsuits. It is a great way to achieve scholarship dollars. If interested, or Kathy McNeil in please contact Karen Pace in Coalville at 336-392- 6 1. Kamas at and 3 year old daughter along with his own 2 year old son. The girlfriend, who moved from Hoytsville into Coalville, wu told by her son, that he had a secret between him and the suspect. When he told his mother the truth she called authorities. West was arrested on a misdemeanor warrant out of Morgan County, and later a video tape wu found which confirmed the testimony of die child. West pled guilty on February 29 to attempted forcible sodomy of a child-- a first degree felony, sexual abuse of a child-- a second degree felony and sexual exploitation of a child- - a third degree felony. He will be sentenced on May 2, at which time he could get a sentence of 6 to 13 years or life on the first degree charge, and up to 13 years each for the additional charges. Adkins qtated that he realizes there are more cades throughout the County which aren't being reported, but each one that is settled through the courts brings about a positive measure of hope for future resolution on other cases. 783-481- Annual Women's Conference Coalville Utah Stake Relief Society will be holding it's Annual Women's Conference on Saturday, April 13, 2000 at 9:30 a.m. in the Coalville Stake Center. The conference will begin with a brunch, followed by a special guest speaker. All women are invited to attend and enjoy the day together. Annual 411 Easter Egg Hunt The Summit County Fair Grounds in Coalville, will be the scene of a fun Easter Egg Hunt sponsored by Summit County 4H Teen Ambassadors. Time of the event is 9:30 a.m. on April 22, 2000. Age groups have been broken down into the following divisions: 0-- 2 Awards Received years Play Ground Area, 4 years Lawn Behind The Bowery, 6 years Ball Diamond In Front Of The Bowery and 7-- 8 years East Ball Diamond By The Bam Area. Each child should be able to locate 4 eggs (1 large and 3 small), which they can turn in to the bowery where they may claim their Easter 3-- 2-- tokenprize. its Mark your calendars and support this fun event......... Children's Singing and Performing Group Offered Kathryn Winterton and Kati Winterton Price are excited to begin the singing and performing group, "Celebration in Summit County.. Each child will receive vocal instruction in a group setting and learn lb experience singing parts and harmonizing while gaining confidence, poise and stage presence. An open house will be held on April 13 from 1 1 a.m. to I p.m. at the Kamas Town Park Building. Classes will begin on Monday April 24. 4:30 to 3:30 and 3:30 to 4:13, Starz (ages Sparklers-(age- s 3:30 to 6:30 . All classes will be held on Mondays. Shine (ages Discounts will be given to families with more than one child. For more information call 3-- 3) 6-1- 0) 11-1- 8) 783-487- 3. County Democratic Convention -- '3K. Coalville City Mayor, Meriyn Johnson (left), presents former councilman, Wu Robinson with a gold clock "in appreciation for the hours yon spent working on behalf of the dty of Coalville. Robinson chose not to run during the past election. Dennis Gunn wu proud to receive an award for being the Operator of the Year at the Rural Water Users Conference held in St. George recently. Ills nomination came from Coalville Mayor, Meriyn Johnson, who praised Gnnn for the work ethics he has expended In the city's behalf. County Commissioners Discuss Resources Hospital Contract PAMELA ROBBINS Bee Editor i Representatives from the University of Utah met with the County Commission Board to discuss the current Resource Hospital Contract Agreement that that is set to the County has with the Hospital-on- e 2000. June on 30, expire Deputy County Attorney, Dave Thomas, reminded the board that the resource hospital contract runs for two year's at a time then a review period takes place. it to The current contract was signed in the point of either signing with the hospital once again or sending out RFPs (request for proposals) that could possibly list additional items not on the current agreement. County residents strongly voiced their disapproval 1998-bringi- when the University of Utah Health Network (UUHN) - which is connected to, but operates primarily independently from the University of Utah, made a decision to dose the Family Health Center, located on Bonanza Drive in Park City to 24 hour patient care. According to UUHN officials, the decision was made primarily to cut back expenses. Dr. Robert Winn and his partners, who built the facility, made a decision to sell their clinic to the University of Utah in 1993 because they fell by doing so. they could "increase their service to their patients and the community." according to Dr. Winn. According to the press release from UUHN, included in the contract wu a provision that the five physicians would be paid S1.2 Million for their practice, given 3 year risk free employment contracts and a 10 year lease for their building. The purchase price COPY included payments of SI 00.000.00 to each of the physicians in return for their agreement to accept and honor clauses in their contracts, meaning the doctors would not be allowed to practice in Wasatch or Summit County for a period of two years, if their contracts were not renewed. The hospital extended an offer to the doctors to purchase the clinic back for a price tag of $1.88 Million, a price that the doctors felt was "inflated" and one they could not afford. On March 13, a "rally" in support of the doctors te was held at the Park City Librarys Jim Santy Auditorium at which over 300 residents from Summit County and Wasatch County were in attendance. The theme of the rally couldn't be missed, and was summed up by Gene Moser who was one of the organizers of the event. We don't want to lose our docs. It is unfair to have them taken away from us. It's unfair to have them removed from our community when they have given so much time and effort here." On April 3, 2000; the University Hospital announced that negotiations with physicians at the Park City Family Health Center "have concluded without any agreement on the proposed purchase of the practice by the physicians." The press release stat- ed that the physicians "failed to negotiate new employment arrangements to replace their contracts which will expire on June 30. With UUHN claiming they were not firing the currently employed 10 physicians and staff members of the clinic, a statement published in The Park Record, given by Dr. Bob Barnett, says, " I dont know what else you would call it. I was sent a letter of termination Continu'd on page A3 The Summit County Democratic Convention will be held iti the Nuiiir Soiiimit High SshcglAditorinw nn Tuesday. April 8 at 6 p.m. With 3 candidates, Shauna Kerr, Cliff Blonquist, Michael Many, Ron Perry and Alan Titensor running for the position of County Commissioner, delegates ar coming prepared to support their candidate of choice. In order to eliminate the need for a primary election, one candidate must receive over 66 of the votes. According to Chairman, Carma Bums, a portion of time is being set aside to honor County Commissioner, Sheldon Richins, for his years of service to the county. 1 A small open house will be held afterwards in the school Library while the convention is taking place. Francis Asked To Envision Utah BY JAN ROWLEY Kama CarmpondeM group has developed 6 goals, and 32 strategies to manage growth. Envision Utah provides tools and workshops to help communities plan for the future, creating a lasting legacy for children and grandchildren. Tuesday, April 11, members of the Francis Town Council viewed with interest, a pre- sentation from Envision Utah regarding their Quality Growth Strategy. Later that evening, the presentation traveled to the Kamas City Council meeting. There are 1.7 million people living along the Wasatch Front today. Envision Utah estimated that number would increase 2.7 million by 2020. Where will all these people live? How can cities and towns manage growth and have a say what is going od? There are questions Envision Utah is helping rural communities answer. "We believe control lies within local communities," said Envision Utah's presenter Bob Hicks. "But to make progress we need cooperation between cities," In 1996 Envision Utah, formed and look upon them the task of helping change growth habits. The They feel strongly that issues need to be addressed on a regional scale. Some ideas from Envision Utah are comdeveloping walk-abl- e munities and a regional public transportation system. They also encourage water conservation. Interestingly, they strongly encourage creating trail systems as an alternative means of providing access to recreation facilities as well as other areas of community. In addition. Envision Utah rec- ommends cities create a mix of housing for people of all income levels, with a wider variety of choices, such as twin homes and apartments. Perhaps the most critical growth management issue in the Kamas Valley is preserving agricultural land. Many people are finding they can make a substantia lot more money selling to developers than by farming their land. Transfer of Development Fights (TDR) and conservation easements can help, but often cities can't afford the legal fees to develop these things. One suggestion from Councilman Keyes was to encour age industrial businesses to move to outlying areas such as Roosevelt and Vernal. Bring businesses to the people instead of people to busi- nesses, he said. Abo at the Francis Town Council: Francis is planning on using CDBG (Community Development Block Grant) funds to make improvement to their rodeo grounds, primarily new bleachers. The cost for improvements is estimated at about $83,000; Francis will contribute $3,000 of that. Bids will be takrn on the project, and the council hopes to have the work done in time for their Frontier Days Celebration in September. Francis Town Council members were warm to. but undecided about, the idea of entering into an interlocal agreement with Wasatch County, Wasatch County has several developments taking shape in Francis' backyard. The interlocal, agreement would state that Francis would not allow hook ups to their sewer and water systems. Francis officials and their legal council will think the situation over and discuss it further at their next meeting. |