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Show t ' : Hi, 50c Vol.70No. Ilcccnt Avalanche Claims Two Victims Judy Wade. Brothers Brett and Ryan and sister. Melissa. His grandparents. Howard Wade and Elsie Cottle. Steven Reed Barlow is survived by his wife. Jenny Miller Barlow, his daughter. Aly, and an unborn daughter. His parents. Reed and Diane Barlow. Four brothers, Craig. Todd. Tyler and Curtis. Grandmother. Connie Petleiborg. The deaths of the two victims come on the heels of an avalanche which claimed the life of 43 year old Sharon Reinfurt of New Hampshire on Tuesday February 27th. She was skiing with her husband and nephew and other family members in the Square Top Mountain hackcountry near The Canyons Ski Resort. The victim had lost a ski and others went to assist in finding it. Her husband had tried to call out to the others not to go down the mountain due to unsafe conditions but was unable to get their attention. The 4 I slide hit, taking the victim, along with her A massive of two life-lo- ng avalanche came rumbling down this chute last Saturday. This slide claimed the lives friends from Salt take City. Jason M. Wade of Layton and Steven R. Barlow of Salt Lake City, hah 29. lost their lives due to an avalanche slide at approximately I p.m. on Saturday. March 10. The avalanche occurred in the area known as the chutes at the head of Chalk Creek in the Uintah Mountains. The two men were part of a four man group who set out to enjoy a day of snowmohiling pleasure before the massive slide The slide was reported to he 12 feet deep and 180 feet wide . It roared down the mountainside 350 to 400 yards, taking the men and sleds along with the flow. According to a report from the Summit County Sheriff s Office, one man went to the top of the ridge which had an approximate 38-4incline and became stuck. His friend then went up to assist and he also became stuck. One member of the group. Jason Peacock, who lives in Weber Canyon near Oakley, knew of the severity of the terrain and the risks of avalanche danger and went to help the men and to warn them they needed to get out of the area. When he was about 23rds of the way up. he looked up to see the slide start. He yelled at his friends to run out of the path of the avalanche. Peacock had taken about four steps when he was hit by the slide and struck his head against a tree. Although he was covered with snow, he had one arm up and was able to dig around to give himself an air hole. He dug out enough so he could grab onto a limb which helped him to free him 0' scene by a Park City Resort Snow Cat. Air space was closed for a five mile radius from the slide to avoid triggering other slides while recovery personnel were in the area. Lieutenant Joe Offret from the Summit County Sheriff s Office said the rented snowmo-bilc- s were brought out on Sunday. Of the avalanche site he commented. We couldn't really see the ridgcline during initial search efforts, p.m. on Friday evening, March 9, ending the life of Patino Fernandez of Park City. Two passengers in the Chevrolet Corsica, Rafael Biscarra aged 15 and his 16 year old sister, Silvia, were not wearing seat belts and suffered critical injuries. Silvia was seated in the back scat, and suffered a broken pelvis and head injuries. She was extricated and transported via ambulance to L.D.S. Hospital in Salt Lake. Rafael was sitting in the front scat and received severe head and chest injuries. He was extricat- ed and transported to the University of Utah Hospital in critical condition. According to a report from the Utah Highway Patrol, Patino was of the avalanche slide which claimed the lives of A ski of a snowmobile sticks op out two snowmobilers on March 10. Bee Editor Two members of the local Chapter of the BPW (Business and Professional Women) organization, Helen Blonquist and DeAnn Geary were honored at a recent Women of Achievement Luncheon held in Ogden at the Marriott Hotel on Saturday March 10. The event was sponsored by The BPW of Utah. Utah Women's Lobby, Gretta and John Baur and Gwen Larsen. The program was under the direction of Ogden's BPW President, Denise Mason. Helen Blonquist was born and raised in Ogden, Utah. She graduated from Ogden High School and attended Utah State University. Due to her love of music she played a trombone in high school and college and was a member in an all Ladies Concert Orchestra. Among her interests are all sports especially bowling and she currently shoulder belt and his air bags deployed which minimized his injuries. The Corsica received extensive damage to the front driver side, and as a result, the driver suffered the fatal injuries. The area was receiving snow mixed with rain at the time of the accident. According to the UUP report the Corsica had several containers of alcohol in the passenger compartment and may have contributed to the crash. Toxicology results are pending. The accident is still under investigation. copy': allow all residents of Kamas to hook onto the system (for an appropriate hookup fee or possibly trading in a couple of water shares) and water their lawns or do their irrigating at a savings over their current water bill. This savings would come because the water would not need to be filtered or chlorinated like household water. He also stated that the city itself would be able to conserve water because its water would only be used in the houses. Alan Scales, Kamas mayor, agrees that irrigation water going into the settling ponds is a big problem for the city. He also added that using household water for irrigation purposes is causing a considerable drain on the cities own water resources. Mayor Scales stated that Kamas City is seriously interested in working with Beaver Creek in developing a secondary water supply. If any readers have comments about this subject they are, as always, encouraged to voice their opinion to Beaver Creek or members of the City Council. BY PAMELA ROBBINS the lanes into oncoming traffic and struck a northbound vehicle driven by Steven Colopy, age 36, of Park City. Both vehicles were traveling at rates of approximately 50 mph. Colopy was wearing his lap and DeAnn Geary I rmm,m m n . n.w, . I genev Xetrs WOOL AND MOHAIR: Sign-u- p has now started for the year 2(8)0 Wool and Mohair Program and will continue through April 13. Producers who produced and sheared wool and mohair during the marketing year Jan. 1, 2000, through Dec. 31. 2(88). are eligible for payment. Late filed applications can not be taken so please apply before close of business on April 13. Call our office for more details at (435) 336-557- 3. NEW COUNTY COMMITTEE MEMBERS: Summit County ISA would like to congratulate it's new County Committee members, Kerry Pace as the new Member and Metta Richins as our new Minority Advisor member as well as the l't alternate. Current members of the committee are Lyle Peterson, chairperson and Kay Richins. sice chairperson. These members' knowledge and dedication to agriculture will be very beneficial in representing Summit County. NEW STATE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: On Mareh 12. the U S. Department of Agriculture named Boyd A. Critchficld as I hah State Executive Director for the Farm Service Agency. Critchficld has 27 years of experience with FSA at the state and county level. formerly serving as a District DircctorProgruin Specialist. He holds a Bachelor's degree in agricultural economics from Brigham Young University and throughout his career has received awards for outstanding service to agriculture. Critchficld was horn and raised on a daily and beef cattle operation. He is active in his community and is a Century Club member of the Utah Farm Bureau Federation. FSA welcomes and congratulates Boyd Critchficld on his new 783-435- is a member of the Park City Ladies Golf Club. She has been a member of the BPW for 54 years, the Women's Lobby for five years and the American Legion Auxiliary. She is the mother of three chil- dren, eight grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. Helen says her first introduction to the business world was at age 16. when she became employed at a w holesale candy and tobacco distributor-learning many valuable lessons regarding relations between owners and customers, suppliers and distributors, and people in general. After returning from college, she was employed by F.W.Woolworth, being in charge of the stationary department. She was married to William C. Blonquist on July 2, 1942 and he promptly went to Europe as a guest of Uncle Sam. Continued on page A3 t wINwWt 1. l)(TS hnrsnil Utah's Child welfare system was supposed to he under federal scrutiny for four years. But. a ruling released recently by the 0th Circuit Court of Appeals will prolong the federal oversight indefinitely. Now the Utah Attorney General's Office is considering whether to ask the United States Supreme Court to take a look at the case. The 1994 settlement between Utahs Division of Child and Family National Center for Youth taw was Services and the California-base- d intended to end after four years. But United States District Judge Tcna Campbell concluded in 1998 the federal court had the aulhtirity to modify" there termination date because DCGS had not substantially complied" with 93 substantive terms of the agreement. Writing for the three-judpanel. Circuit Judge Michael Murphy affirmed the decision. We are disappointed the federal courts arc ignoring a bargain that was supposed to have a four-yelife span," said Assistant Attorney General Annina Mitchell. Utah has made tremendous efforts and invested huge sums of money to improve the way we serve the state's most vulnerable children. We will continue to do that important work." The class action lawsuit filed by the National Center for Youth taw asked DCFS to quickly investigate child neglect and abuse complaints, improve the services for children in foster care and speed up the process of finding permanent homes for foster children. We remain committed to the court-orderplan to improve our child welfare system." said Dept, of Human Services Director Robin s. This decision doesn't change that commitment." The Attorney General's Office hopes to have a decision in the next few weeks whether to seek further review by the United Slate Supreme Court. 1 ge Local BPW Members Honored Al Slate Luncheon driving his Corsica southbound when he drove his vehicle across l ann Senice AG Reviewing Ruling on BY JAMES (ilLGEN Rick Gines is the Acting Secretary for the Beaver Shingle Creek Irrigation Co. Beaver Creek is interested in building within Kamas City limits a secondary water system for the purpose of irrigation and watering lawns. Gines points out that about 25 percent of the water that is available to the irrigation company goes into Kamas City. Of that amount uhout 75 percent is lost due to not being used, evaporation from the ditches, and being- absorbed by the ground around the ditches. The part that is not used ends up in the sediment ponds northwest of Grassy Creek. Gines slated that the company itself has unneeded expenses because they have to clean debris out of the ditches and sometimes rebuild them because of vehicles driving over the sides. In Gines' opinion, this secondary system would Regional News Notes 615-321- BY PAMELA ROBBINS SR-22- ! Utah State UniversitySummit County Extension Service will be sponsoring a yard and garden shtirtcourse for homeowners of Summit County. The shortcourse is scheduled for the following dates: April 4. 1 1, 25 and May 2. Each session will start al 6:30 p.m. The shortcourse will be held at the Prudential Coleman Real Estate Office (basement). Saddleview Office park. 22(8) Park Avenue. Building B. in Park City. Topics will include basic landscape design, plant material imamcn-ta- l selection, annualpcrennial flower selection, ground covers, vegetable gardening, turf grass management, common insect disease control methods and a tour of the landscape grounds at Stein Erickson Resort. Each topic will be adapted for Summit County's growing conditions. U.S.U. Extension horticulturists and Agents will he the guest speakers. Handouts will he provided for each session. Cost for the entire shortcourse is SI 0.(8). Space is limited, mi contact the Summit 336-321- 7 or County Extension Service at (435) exL 3217 to reserve your space. Beaver Shingle Creek Proposing Secondary Water System For Kamas 4 A two car collision on occurred at approximately 7:15 1 USIJ Extension Snntsors Shortcourse Summit County Search and Rescue Unit. Summit County Sheriffs Office, and South Summit EMT's who were transported to the Kama Correspondent . appointment. Accident on SB-22- 4 Claims PC Resident Bee Editor 1 nephew who was also buried. Those in the group were able to get him out safely, but the victim's actual location was uncertain in which valuable time was lost. A Park City couple lost their lives in the same region of Square Top just over a year ago due to an avalanche. self. lie required no medical treatment. The father of one of the men, had watched the slide from the bottom where he was waiting for the group to descend. When the slide came to a rest, he and Jason went to where they could see portions of the snowmobiles and began to dig. The victims, however, were eventually located approximately 40 feet away and CPR efforts started were started. Responding to the scene were members of the but knew the area was unstable. We could feel the snow moving under us." Sunday morning brought with it some sobering moments when the cloud cover disappeared and it was realized just how unsafe the area really is. There were more ridges waiting to come down. Jason Michael Wade leaves behind his wife, Angela Angie" Wade and unborn daughter, Sydney Lauren Wade. His parents. Dean and ..T ' Coalville, Utah 84017 Friday, March 16, 2001 11 i T k 1 ar ed Amold-William- Sheriff s Deputy Injnnvl in Rollover Accident Deputies Ed Wilde and Bill Judd were responding to a downed power line call in Chalk Creek On Sunday when the front vehicle, being driven by Wilde lost steerage and went off the edge of the road. Because the road edge was steep it caused the vehicle to roll. Both deputies were driving approximately 35-4- 0 mph due to slick road conditions at the lime. Judd responded to assist Wilde who was transported to a Salt take hospital with neck and hack injuries. He returned home sporting a neck brace and will be off work for several weeks to recuperate. Fnie Diabetes Testing At Metlical ('enter On Tuesday, March 27 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.. Summit Medical Center located at 1750 Sun Peak Drive in Park City will be providing free diabetes testing. In addition. Medicare, treatment and healthcare information will be available at the center or by calling The Utah e at Department of Health's Health Resource Line For more local testing details call (435) 647-574toll-fre- Continued on page A2 Inside The Summit County Bee 2 Sections Classifieds Happenings 18 Pages B8-10- 8 A6 |