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Show Parpe go 1) | aWill I ee ae ere WASATCH COUNTY COURIER OCTOBER 18, 2000 Tt rr ein ment, while at the same time increasing the control of the elected governing body over all aspects of county affairs. The Manager will be responsible to _ can never show how truly _ grateful we are for everything you have done. You are in our prayers and hearts. Thank you! The Powers Family can a ik Sam Allen seent + ly dys! SG RR segghe ie demeeten, on « - 1mm, EI, Mmeme RE AMAR > ate, japetaetecn ANRC re ee | TOE, Lenn, ern ME DURE TOR Erin McGuinness Amber Stephens 3 4) oomnenmas3scennm : Dianne Davey ha“ as Dylan Stephens Ramona ~ ¢ Circulation/MIS Security. 453 SPT ae Advertising Executive Baer < te An atte SE . Books “Sameer . _ aie IR cote sett . 0g Bob King eT TU MMMTIET ar Te Te ee ae ren, mente sncamin, shenatin Steen SOON TRIBE TIORSE. 1? i comnean i ali a AE ¢ ede abi ks hf 2 ~ Trey * ae a ofl 4 Tales seein atte : Sapte nN Sam Tim Westby cetiac4-. - PRESIDENT/CEO re -. : ttt ten tnt 1 tn . a _ Michael J. Kearns . teen neta : tit Wednesday Monday. Friday Friday _— | innate For questions or comments to the Courier, please call (435) 654-2661, or fax information to (435) 654-2531 or visit during office hours, Monday—Friday, 9 am—5 pm, at 650 West, 100 South, Heber City, Utah 84032 - Disclaimer—The Wasatch County Courier, LLC is locally ~ owned and operated by Silver King Media Group, LLC ‘and printed by the Ogden Standard-Examiner. Any claims - made by letters to the editor, advertisers or in classified. advertising are not those of the Wasatch County Courier, “ELC or its staff: The Wasatch County Courier, LLC is not {| liable for any such claims or for any loss or cuatapr? claimed by. those not of the same opinion. © 2000 Eon County Courier, LLC err Noon Noon ~ . Noon Spm intent atthe ~ ae - DEADLINES Advertising © Classified Story & Article’ Flyer & Insert through the County Commission. The Commission has authority to hire and fire the County Manager at will, but for yourself, there are numerous layper- - continuation of the Commissioners’ son reports even I could understand, it term of office is determined by the votisn’t voodoo, it makessense: : ers. The Manager, therefore, is ulti- Here are EPA quotes I found on the mately responsible to the voter. Yet, this “buffer” of the Commission between issue: ‘The US Environmental Protection Agency warns, “There is reason for con- 3 the electorate and the County Manager STAFF WRITERS Kirsten Shaw _ Paul Swenson scenes somewhat skeptical about the informa Russ Riggs | Derek Jensen this info on the physicist’s method and home andto allof you who have opened _ tion until I began studying exactly how EMR effects cells and cell chemistry. See your arms and hearts to us. Words Sports Editor | ways. Directly, it can burn you skin if you service by county employees. come in contact with the lighted end (the The County Manager will be danicttl _ physicists method currently used to _ to. prepare and submit the annual budget assess safety of cell towers). The other” to the County Commission. In addition to ' thing we know about the danger of ciga- supplying information requested by the rettes is that they can cause cancer. It is body, he may make recommendations on © a biological measurement and more diffi- - any matter which requires Commission cult to trace. (Remember the very indusaction. The Commission may adopt or _ try that assured us they were safe, tobac-_ modify these recommendations at their co, is now on the verge of bankruptcy for choosing. Whatever action the their cover-up.) That is the foundation of - Commission takes is binding on the the controversy between scientists on the Manager. Once the Commission has safety of cell phones as well as cell towers. acted, the County Manager will assume _ That is why the cell phone company is the responsibility of implementing the — telling us that the tower is safe for kids -~Commissioner’s decisions as his arene when it is 80 feet away. They are basing administrative duty. | ‘A county manageroe of governnot on new studies by biologists. I was ‘ment provides for direct citizen control Pauletie Tillman Education Editor of 1 and Audreay’s and. continuity ——— builind day for Ben consistency | Thank you for the time spent to kneel and pray and to those who gave your wonderful. home cooked meals - which were greatly appreciated even on - those days when we forgot to eat. Thank you for the time spent on the ensure . Thank You On Sept. 14, 2000 tragedy struck our family when our father/husband. fell from the roof of our home, putting him in the hospital in critical condition. To say the least, we were scared of what the future had in store for us. As word spread of our misfortune so did your prayers. know a cigarette is dangerous in two 4° | | Or up were truly appreciated. We have alse aprreciated the clean-up efforts of the Midway 5th Ward High Priest Quorem. The Mousiaim Spa Resort Pe *y approached the. weight of evidence that have any relatives appointed to or hired. cell phone antenna tower in the school we're seeing with ELF (extremely low freyard and the company would pay the by Wasatch County. I was reluctantly quency) electromagnetic fields., Clearly the County. Commission. for, the proper school up: to $1000/month. ‘This condrafted, when I had many other obligathere is something here”’. The EPA in conduct: of all county activities under the tions and commitments; to work for a cit- - cerned me because I had heard of other direction of the Commissioners, provid1990 recommended that magnetic fields communities who had turned down izen’s. committee who: sincerely felt a ing them. with information and advice, be classified as a “class B” carcinogen. similar offers by cell phone companies more efficient and representative county and. making ‘recommendations. The This category is for “probable human cargovernment..should be proposed. It because of health and aesthetic issues. Manager: serves as the. Commission’s ccinogens” and included. formaldehyde, I decided to do some research on the angers me, as one of the original spontechnical advisor: and. consultant, but DDT, Dioxins, and PCB’s., -Due to intense sors of a seven-member county commis- topic to see what the issues were. To Constitutionally, . only the County pressure from. the electrical industry, the my surprise what I thought was a rather sion professional manager plan, when Commission can make. laws. and estab_EPAwas forced to back down and the ref citizens of the county are duped into. innocuous subject proved to be a raging lish policies. Thus the responsibility for issue nationally and: internationally. I erence to. “class b” was deleted. This did writing letters to the editor against a plan political leadership remains solely vestnot change the evidence that EMR’s prothat is allegedly sponsored by “special found literally hundreds of articles and ed to the county commisioners. motes cancer. Since then the regulatory interests.” It is clear to me that letters to. studies from all: over the world. While It is unfortunate that. the opponents authority for EMF’s in the U.S. has been the editor and advertisements being run - the aesthetic issue is rather simple, the of the seven-member, manager form of given to the Department of Energy, against the proposed plan are being sub- health issue is complex. Here i is a Samcounty government have chosen a stratinstead of medical doctors protecting our pling of what I found. fy mitted without reading the plan. My egy of deception to argue their position. health we have engineers. __ Aesthetics and Land Values- the “special interest” is the same as others" Public discourse should be conducted By afew decades after Rachel Carson’ 5 tower would be similar to the tower on the — on various volunteer committees who predictions as such, children’s cancers, ata higher level.. West side of J ordanell Reservoir on have devoted. hundreds of hours of time Joseph Smyly once a medical rarity, had become the Highway 40. If you want to see how that presenting the: seven-member commisVice-Chair, 7 most common disease killer of American a peak. Ask sion professional manager plan to the cit- would look in Midway, go take Wasatch County Democrats school children. We are in.a slow motion izens of Wasatch County for a vote: ; yourself what that would add to the curepidemic. Between 1950 and 1991 the A. A more representative county ‘rent panorama of the Wasatch Mountains. incidence of cancer in the United States Ask what it would do to property values i in government that will protect property has rose 49.3%. All since Post War WWII C —— WASATCH COUNTY _ that neighborhood and in Midway. values and quality of life issues. and modern technology. Is this what we ‘Health IssuesIn many communities B. A more efficiently run county. want to do to our children. For $1000. a iS in the US and countries around the world government‘month. Not me. No thanks Voicestream, : Wastitob eae s Source for News ~The single most sonal allegations of | the towers are banned from schoolyards keep your Trojan horse. and hospitals. The Connecticut PTA has those writing in opposition to the plan is _ Janet Johnson Olde pies et that it would cost more. Read the plan! — a policy that bans them from 1/4 mile of 210 East Main schoolyards. Lloyd’s of London refused If a professional fulltime manager County Manager Midway, UT 84032 to underwrite cellular manufacturers _ for the county saved a small percentage against future health risks. The World Clarification of the county’s current $17 million ~ PO Box 1030 | The scare tactics being used by oppo- | budget by efficiencies or reduction of Health Organization, with scientists from poe: UT. 84049 23 countries has started a 5-year project nents of the seven-member, manager | unnecessary lawsuits against the coun(435) 654-2661 » form of county government requires ee ty, the savings to the taxpayer would be that will assess health and environmental (435), 654- 2531(f) | effects of exposure to warying electric” rebuttal with common-sense facts. For considerable | ere ree oes and magnetic fields, and effects of EMR instance, one allegation is that the I urge anyone with questions aout (electromagnetic radiation), which will — appointed County Manager will “head” the seven-member commission profeswasatchcountycourier@yahoo.com include the cell phone antenna issue. the County Commission. The insinuasional manager plan to be informed by tion is that the County will be ran by an going to numerous area meetings cur-. This international organization of the ~ ASSOCIATE MEMBER - Utah Press Association rently being held, or by calling myself world’s top scientists all acknowledge appointed, unelected official. Wrong. — that there is “significant public health We can make a clear a distinction - or any other SpONNOE of the plan. To sin by silence when they should between the functions of “policy makconcerns”. | Jerry V. Strand — protest, makes cowards of men _ ing” and “policy execution.” Policy mak. Disagreement on how to measure r —Abraham Lincoln health effects between scientific commuing is solely the responsibility of a legMountain Spa Thanks nities has complicated the issue. Within islative body, such as our elected County We want to thank the Heber Valley the last few months it has been acknowl Commission. Policy execution will be an EDITOR & PUBLISHER and -the Jordanelle Fire Departmen, edged the old way of measuring effects, assigned duty of the county manager. Dan Stephens — Wasatch Co. Sheriff's Dept, and Heber by physicists is inadequate. Scientists are The new Wasatch County Manager ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Light and Power Co. for their extrememeasuring two very different things. -will be responsible to the County Susan Stanley. ly prompt response to our call for help Physicists are measuring EMF (electro Commission, which may terminate his OFFICE MANAGER when our barns burned. We were magnetic Frequency) levels and cellular service at pleasure. All department Dixie Bishop impressed with the professionalism and heads and other County employees will biologists are studying the effects of EMF ~~ MANAGING EDITOR service of all those involved in helping | | ‘Jon Lamoreaux — - on cell chemistry. To simplify the con- be responsible to the County Manager. us. Their all might vigilance and follow- cept I will use this cigarette analogy. We This structure of government will ~Jon Lamoreaux — Arts & Leisure Editor - A pala Several weeks ago I learned that the my daughters school, Midway elemenletting other, “I have-never seen a set of epidemitary was. considering VoiceStream Cellular.to: ‘put - an 80-foot © ological © «studies® ». that:. remotely between “politics” and administration, than is found in other forms of govern- te ers Martin Halper, the former EPA’s Director .of Analysis and Support goes even fur- ag I do not now, nor in the future, expect to insures a greater degree of separation cern” and advises “prudent avoidance”. eet on PROPS I am not developing any real estate in ‘Wasatch County. I do not intend to run for any public office in Wasatch County. Electromagnetic Dangers con catss E Vote fe oe Moniber |