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Show meee EA Cena rte WE a | Special Delivery experience was just the opposite. Although there were two other women delivering, there was almost always a nurse in the room with us during labor. During the pushing, there was always -My wife and I were lucky enough to have had a healthy baby girl on Friday. We felt compelled to write as we were so happy with the excellent service we received at our county hospital. Dr. Greg Tayler was our physician. Those that know Dr. Tayler know him to be a very likeable interesting perhim as our doctor, however, during the - you cared for us in a fashion that we would like our daughters to be cared for when they deliver someday. Heber Valley Medical Center is a facility that we should be very proud questionable state to that of a healthy baby. Dr. Tayler is very good at what he does and we are fortunate to have The nurses were just as impressive. We all know how nurses and doctors can become: they can seem so impersonal and uncaring. Thankfully, our Antje and Ian Harvey Heber | sg SEAx as CONTINUED FROM A1 Nivea was unclear late last week the age of the suspects and whether they all were from the Wallsburg area. Reesor was also charged with possession of marijuana. All three had prior drug convictions and will likely be charged with child endangerment and felony firearm violations, said Spanos. The three children were checked out at Heber Valley Medical Center before being turned over to the Utah Division of Family Services. Spanos. calls the growing meth problem “astronomical” and said _ he expects such arrests to become more common as the drug grows in popularity. 2S “It's cheap and we got a lot people making % it. It’s probably the drug | “It's op Says. * “We're seeing an starting. to.see an use of - 4 | Base Ecstasy isn’t a problem in the coun- Sarum ty—yet, says Spanos. But he expects to see more of it this year as the weath: “Everyone likes to come up here to have their parties,” he says. - Olde Swiss Square 210 East Main, Suite 202 Midway, UT 84049 (435) 654-2531(f) © editor@wasatchcountycourier. com. at MEMBER: UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION/ASSOCIATED PRESS. Editor & Publisher Managing Editor Office Manager — ; Dan Stephens ‘Derek Jensen _ . Education Editor... ~ : oe .1......scste008ess. Dixie Bishop slecsccatese-nossev Sports Editor.... e. 4baulette. Nillman : Russ Riggs ; STAFF WRITERS Kirsten Shaw ¢ Paul Swenson ¢ Tim Westby CONTRIBUTORS ~ PEE Sam Allen ¢Matt Heimburger ¢ Aaron Taylor : Art Director Books Circulation/MIS Security Erin McGuinness e. . a PRESIDEN ¥F/CEO Amber Stephens Dylan Stephens Ramona | : Michael J. Kearns as County laws in last year’s elec| ee are becoming increasto detect as the people labs get craftier, both men say. Law enforce- went officers all over the country are starting. to find labs in out of the way motel rooms that > are rented for a few days of intense drug making and then abandoned. They're even becoming mobile. | | Last week, Salt Lake MIKE SPANOS Wasatch County Sheriff increase er’starts, to, warm up. axe oe Wasatch _ kids use the drug. “I think for some kids its peer pressure,” said Rhoades. “For some kids, they see older kids doing it and they want to try it.” | ; - and we | are starting to see younger and younger a state’s seizure tions. — Meth labs ingly difficult operating the choice righ Enow. As ecstasy becomes cheaper and easier to get, Rhoades said his officers : . munity’s ability to fight back was hampered after Utah voters repealed the ably the drug of ecstasy, a drug that is popular in the rave party scene—especially among - teenagers. . - Sheriff's Department, and the Utah Highway Patrol, for helping to make a something of a dent in the county’s drug problem. “Our ability to fight and work against this is increasing just like the problem is,” says Rhoades. He complains that the law enforcement com- making it. It’s prob influx throughout the o state, notjustin Wasatch County,” Heber Police Chief Ed Rhoades told the Courier last week. Besides. meth, Heber police are also 3 Department, got a lot people of choice right now,” he case!) Dr. Tayler and lactate specialist Betty Wade that were much appreciated. Thank you to nurses Nicelle, Gina, and Rose, Betty Wade, and Dr. Greg Tayler question. Dr: Tayler kept his ealm and was able to bring our baby from a = the was very helpful. Even after we went home, we received follow up calls from delivery itself, things got quite scary as our daughter came out with the _umbilical cord wrapped around her neck four times! Her head was blue and her health seemed very much in | not (435) 654-2661 Afterwards, a nurse dropped by frequently to make sure that things were right. Although this was not our first child, the lactate/nutrition specialist son. We were very comfortable with METH was Bais Wasatch County's Source for News (We have delivered at another location this Y bated oe at least one professional in the room. where Oy Both men credit the area drug enforcement network, which is made up of officers from the Heber Police County Sheriff’s deputies, West Valley police and U.S. marshals were involved in a high-speed chase though Salt Lake City involving an old motor home they suspected was being used as a lab. The chase ended after the motor home slammed into a light pole. Police found meth-making materials in the motor home and in a black suitcase ' the suspects threw out a window during the chase. © Since many of the chemicals used to make the drug — like lantern fuel, acetone, ardous, and antifreeze—are the labs are often haz- declared hazardous waste sites with clean up. costs often running into the tens of thousands if not more. Spanos says his office needs help thousand boneheads. _ —HL.L. Menken. ~ from the public to bust more labs. “We need help from the public that we’re not getting. There are some good citi-_. zens call when they see something suspicious, but most people don’t want to get involved.” Wasatch County’s Source for News Be smart. Write us. COURIER | CONTRO WASATCH COUNTY letters@wasatchcountycourier.com Ae) seca nen STA EELS. Wasatch County’s Source for News ' 3 |