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Show a pace legen whee eellltntneenineln the lene erg ingen a — ne FIND MINGO! Register to win this week: _ Books and Beyond | ~103 East Main St, Midway _ SEE PAGE A14 FOR INFO! POT Huge Discrepancy in Initiative Spending _ its scenic beauty, few people are will3 SY | supporters have spent. and current: Olympic coordinator. TE: ORGS RENENG SY Anti seven-member’ change. ‘ing to put up with the primary down- | co-chairman Michael Moulton and Mike Davis refused to give side to the technology: cell towers. figures for their committee’s “Who wants to look like antenna city?” asks Bob Mathis, Wasatch — efforts in the final days before County’s former planning director | the election. Conservative esti- PALER I LOOT CFE — dwarfing the amount initiative | heen r But ina county that prides itself on : : : Z pdt of Wasatch County residents. - § committee wants to talk the wats numbers, group opposed to the change of government proposal has spent a mountain of money on the cause ‘tHe ability to. de up. and dial a: phone anytime, anywhere is proving to be too much of a | ‘temptation for an increasing. number y on the I ie | T : hough nobody - Ppt pais oe STAFF ye se COURIER er, COURIER STAFF __ PALA ae Ve ee ae” TIM WESTBY Commission Spending Closer OF OLRM DEREK JENSEN s "Ss — ym aS ee an Vote No = Group Spends Big ony NY vi | | mates however, based on expenses ae that OSG 3 no with the meager -_received, which he MR “As Gell Phone Use. Skyrockets, Cell Towers ae Across ee ~ NRT | I TMNT Going Wireless 4 = ee SS POLE ae BE eS on hae a 1G < 4s ct See MN Poh ee —) +e a | ied said averaged around $75. ; re Voters For Representative | for a Dan Jones & Associates poll, _amount n “We've got acini to pay it” he 5 it, the committee i in favor of = 70%"! adverfull-page enact one of the toughest cell tower - three mass Mailings, member council has. spent, | said. “There’s not.a-deficit.” tisements, phone calls and signs, ordinances in the state last year. ‘The. ‘antl he ‘contrast _ is staggering. : - County clerk and auditor ‘Beeut place the number — somewhere 2 section of the ordinance that causes between $15,000 and $35, 000. ‘Committee chairman Tim Quinn told Titcomb said he had not received word wireless companies the greatest from either committee by last Wasatch County Citizens For — the ‘Courier they had spent a total of Conservative Government has. also $2,200— 95 percent of which was used” Tuésday’s filing deadline. “They haven’ t reported anything,” he said. used the services, (reportedly for — for signs and advertisements. Quinn That aversion pushed. the county to. free), of Dea Riley and Associates for - also said the committee’s expenses — = : were Poses mr donations aren their grassroots public relations. . ) INITIATIVE continued on7 AS ee. - Midway Fire Station Opening — Inflames Controversy Cell phone towers near Heber Olde Town. Y Grand Opening Finally Ignites for November 13 - heartburn is the stipulation that all towers must be “stealth.” In other words, you can have a cell tower as ‘said some claim the board ~ KIRSTEN SHAW PHONE TOWERS continued on A8 ithout fanfare, the Wasatch VV er. He said the station needs to be stocked and prospective firefighters selected and tion to ensure proper proto- doesn’t want to hire female col, even though some com_ firefighters, ‘which he | plain. that the nearby adamantly denies. “The only September house fire at the COURIER STAFF County thoroughly trained to adequately protect the commu-_ nity. The county’s four sta- Fire District Board of Directors tions: (ie. County Commissioners) recently announced the Midway Fire’ Station open house November 13. The event fol- lows _ serving punch and cookies, -handing out smoke alarms, this is an extension of tradi- tional service. It’s a step to the cutting of the ribbon-_ even the shiny new ladder | truck will be on display. — , hire new people. We have to take that step carefully, from not-so- small controversy has: sur: rounded the station, and — Commissioner Mike Kohler is quick to stomp out the fire. | 3 “I’ve had calls that have insinuated we’ve been try- training to gender,” Kohler, FIRE STATION continued on A4 The new fire station on | _— West across from the Midway ) thing we're trying to avoid isi mistakes.” ing to avoid (hiring) certain... Kohler said the uci is people,” said Kohler, who | not rushing to open the sta- | ceadcaes re ae nee piety Town . of the life of his J ohn dog, could have been squelched soon- ae on POSTAL PATRON: Sas -~Murtaugh, which _ claimed es ae Wallsburg; teers; only one, Bob Probst, resides in Midway. = > “The big concern is that small town traditions, However, some Heber, id’ Jordanelle and Midway with one truck at Timberlakes, currently have 30 volun- la Presorted « Standard U.S. Postage Paid. Heber City, UT aye oe ermit No. 53005 3 cioit tibrry «Serial 295 So 1500E 84112 Sale Lake os UT |