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Show 'M' • ; • • r ••: * - . - / / • • * " • * * • # • County Seat Newspaper Since 1904 Serving All of Beaver County Press Publication No. 047 -400 BEAVER, UTAH THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 2011 VOLUME 11 NUMBER 11 Beaver County Sheriff's Report Meili Christiansen and Amber Mitchell Place in State Writing Contest Meili Christiansen and Amber Mitchell were semi-finalists in this year's Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. essay contest sponsored by the Utah State Office of Education. This contest is in honor of Martin Luther King Jr., and hundreds of students throughout the state entered essays on a theme selected by USOE. frfeili Christiansen and Amber Mitchell are the first students from Beaver High School to place in this prestigious contest. ~ " A Young Boy With A Wild Imagination By Daris Howard Dustin's mother had locked him in his room for most of his ten years, at least whenever he wasn't in school. Because of that, his imagination was vivid and wild. Once his father gained custody of him, and he was free to come and go, it was obvious that his social skills were almost nonexistent. Dustin's father said he didn't care for church himself, but he felt his son could use it, and he asked us to take Dustin with us each week. I'm not sure if it was for Dustin, or because the dad just wanted some free time, but we agreed. When we stopped to pick him up that first Sunday, he came out to our van with his shirt untucked, his .hair uncombed, and his tie in hand. He smiled when he saw us. "My dad said he doesn't know how to tie a tie, so you wilt have to do it." While I tied It for him. my wife combed his hair and got him to tuck in his shirt. When we finished, he looked like any other boy that was heading to church. . Most of the congregation knew Dustin, or at least knew of him. As we made our way to our usual seat at the front of the chapel, people stopped to greet him. He loved the attention. But once the meeting had started, we were faced with the dilemma of how to keep him occupied. I don't think he had ever sat still for a whole hour before. His teacher at school told us-she had given up on that expectation. Any of our children who were older than eight were expected to sit quietly and listen, so we had not considered what it might be like for Dustin. As the meeting progressed, he was pretty much in his own world. During the stillness of the prayer, he stood and waved across the chapel, hollering loudly. "Hey, Mr. Smith, can I come visit you tomorrow?" Instantly, Dustin, whom I didn't know had even been paying attention to what was being said, jumped to his feet, waving his hand wildly. "I know! I know!" The speaker tried to ignore Dustin as we attempted to get him to sit back down. But he was not to be denied. He broke free and dashed away, plowing across those sitting in a middle pew. He stopped at the center of the chapel and jumped up on the bench, waving both hands high above his head. "Please! Please call on mel" When the congregation was singing a hymn, he decided to tell me all about what his father thought of a certain neighbor one who was sitting only a couple of pews away. He spoke over the hymn* and trying to quiet him just made it worse, as he felt he needed to speak even louder. I handed him one of my son's toy cars to divert his attention. He immediately entered it into a race and, loudly making the sound of the racing car, he zoomed it along the bench, up the wall, across the heads of those sitting in front of us, ending back in my hands at the end of only one lap around the track. Almost everyone knew the situation and looked over at us with sympathy. However, we had a visiting speaker that day who seemed less than understanding. When he got up to speak, he scowled at us and tried to ignore the disturbance at our bench. But then he made the mistake of asking a question. "So what is meant by 'Do unto others as you would have them do unto you1?" Not knowing what else to do, the speaker pointed at Dustfn and said. "Okay." Dustin, happy at being recognized, said, "It means you make sure you get In the first punch before they can do it to you." I turned to my wife and said, "Maybe we need to sit in the back next week." Thank You... We would like" to express our love and gratitude to all for the comforting words, the cards, food, and beautiful flowers provided to our family at the death of our beloved father, grandfather, and friend. Our family has been overwhelmed with your goodness to us. We especially want to thank the Long Term Care staff and the Hospice staff for their professional and loving care. The Sherman Carter family No man or woman really knows what perfect love is until they have been married a quarter of a century. —Mark Twain **• Snow • Precipitation Update Snow Water Equivalent Total Precipitation Elevation Current Average % Average Current Average % Average 9129 ft. 17.4 14.9 117 24.7 17.8 139 10349 ft. 29.4 24.7 16.7. 148 17.0 173 8703 ft. 22.5 16.6 12.1 137 14.3 157 Area wide percent of Average 134.0 156.3 Reference period for average conditions is 1971-2000. Snow Water Equivalent Columns represent inches of water in the snow pack. Total Precipitation Columns represent total inches of water received since £>ctober 1,2010. Site Kimberiy Mine Big Flat Merchant Valley March 7 - 1 3 , 2011 Included in the 63 calls for assistance received by Beaver County Dispatch were: 1 Abandoned Vehicle 2 Agency Assistance 1 Animal Problem 1 Assault 1 Assist Motorist 1 Attempted Burglary 1 Possible Heart Attack 3 Citizen Assist 4 Citizen Dispute 6 Controlled Substance Problem 1 Found Property 1 Fraud 1 Harassment 1 Injured Person 1 Juvenile Problem 1 Keep the Peace 1 Lost Property 3 Medical Emergency 7 Traffic Accident w/ Damage 1 Traffic Accident w/ Injuries 1 Property Damage, non vandalism 1 Sex Offense 1 Suspicious Person/ Circumstance 1 Theft 1 Gas Skip, theft 1 Traffic Control 2 Traffic Violation 3 Patient Transfer 3 Vandalism 4 VIN Number Inspection 1 Served FTA/FTC 4 Welfare Check 1 Obstructing Justice **** On Monday March 14, 2011 there were 383 inmates housed in Beaver County Jail. Beaver County Correctional Facility Booking Report March 7 - 1 3 , 2011. This report does not infer any guilt or innocence, only the name and charges of those booked during that time period. Timothy Matthew Combs of Kemville, North Carolina was booked on the charges of Assault. Eric James Boyington of Evergreen, Alabama was booked on the charges of Assault. Justin Farlow of York, Pennsylvania was booked on the charges of Identity Fraud, Warrant. Traci Marie Tripled of Las Vegas, Nevada was booked on the charges of 3-Warrants. Abdulazeez Shaalan of Ft Collins, Colorado was booked on the charges of Speeding, Warrant. Megan Nicole McMurtrey of Ivins, Utah was booked on the charges of Warrant. Cory A. Thompson of Saratoga Springs, Utah was booked on the charges of Warrant: SINGLE COPY 50 CENTS Home Country In A Nut Shell Slim Randies Both Marvin Pincus and Dewey Decker joined us for coffee this morning at the Round Table for the daily gathering of the world dilemma think tank at the Mule Barn truck stop. It was an honor for us, as these two were very busy entrepreneurs: Dewey as chief executive officer of "Environmental Enrichment Services" (he supplies cow manure to local gardens) and Marvin as proprietor of the Fly Tying Love Center, where his advice and the tying of an appropriate fly hopefully sends his clients happily into relationshipal bliss. By Mayor Mark J Yardley March 9, 2011 A special thank you to Doug Sorenson for helping with the proposal to acquire BLM property. This property will serve for expansion of the airport and long-range future of Canyon Breeze Golf Course. Our hospital is doing fine financially during these tough economic times. Very special thanks to Craig Davidson and staff. •& Alison Webb will be serving on the planning and zoning board. Ground breaking ceremony for our new elementary school will be April 14. Watch for details. Footings have been completed for our new metal building at the airport. Our water project is progressing again. Once again thank you for your patience and cooperation! Behind the scenes: a big thanks to the hospital volunteers who donate time and dedication to community service. They recorded over 6,000 hours of service during the past year to the hospital and long term care facility. The money from the gift shop, which Is run totally by the volunteers, goes for needed items for patient care, The volunteers have about 25 active members including 4 husband and wife teams. Thank you, Joann Grimshaw. Always exciting to watch spring arrive. We have truly been blessed to receive the beautiful snow that we need. Mayor Yardley Dewey was one of Marvin's success stories, Marvin having tied up a lead-wire-wrapped woolly bugger for him and advising Dewey to ask a woman for a date after showering. "So how's the love advice biz, Marvin?" Doc asked. "Slow, Doc. Everyone seems to be pretty happy right now. Cold winter doesnt help me much. They all kinda scrunch together to stay warm." "Marvin's tying fly earrings now, you know," Steve put in. "Hey, that's right," Doc said. "My wife got some. They're really pretty, Marvin. How's that going?" "Better than the love advice part of it, that's for sure. These women are sure funny when it comes to flies. You'd think they'd like the kind of flies we use around here. Adams, black gnat, mosquito, muddler minnow, stuff like that." They don't?" Steve asked. "Nope. They want salmon streamers. The gaudier the better. IVe had to learn to tie Silver Doctors and Parmachene Belles and buy turquoise feathers and a bunch of gold and silver wire to wrap on them."' "They're sure pretty though," said Doc. "Well, yes. But my biggie right now is a stone .fly nymph on a number four. Women wear those with plain black evening dresses." T h e big question is," smirked Steve, taking a sip of coffee, "do they work?" "Of course they do!" Doc said. T h e other day my missus was wearing hers when she went by the pond at the library and she came home with a sixinch rainbow trout hanging from each ear." Brought to you by "Sweetgrass Mornings," a collection of outdoor memories, atwww.sllmrandles.com. s W P.O. Box 351, Beaver 801-438-2891 www.bpress@xmlssion.com The Beaver County Fair is in need of a nonprofit group to run the concession stands at the Fair August 9-13tht 2011. The group will need to obtain a food handler's permit. To submit a bid, please list: name and address of group with contact person and phone number, possible food served with prices.. Bids should be sent to Alison Webb, PO Box 2249, Beaver, UT 84713 all entries must be received by April 5. ;jf you have questions you may call Alisori at 438-7688. <2/i7,24) ^^H Cm Lt Keith Draper Beaver County Correctional Facility Comments or Ideas? Contact UsI Possible Fundraising Notice for Nonprofit Groups •9 m 11 WfflM FiW>LIMG AROUND. •HHHBSt " - 1 |