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Show TheEmeryCountyReview.com Peach Blossoms Off & Running Ferron chooses its blossom queens and princesses Rodeo club riding hard in competition B1 A3 REVIEW Emery County The Volume 2, Issue 35. Local News, Local Voice, Locally Owned 75 Cents Tuesday, August 26, 2008 Stalemate over judge Commissioners disagree over Green River judge position Josie Luke Green River Citizens were given an uncommon opportunity on Aug. 19, when the Emery County Commission meeting was held in their city. Because of the uncharacteristic circumstances, the meeting focused on issues which held special importance to the city. Though there were four agenda items which were of particular interest to Green River, the issue which proved to draw many citizens to the meeting was the commissioners’ decision on whether to hire a judge for Green River since Judge Betty Burns retired earlier in the year. The decision has proven to be especially divisive for the county commission, since, with Commissioner Drew Sitterud on administrative leave, the two remaining commissioners cannot come to an agreement on the issue. Commissioner Jeff Horrocks related that the two had “agreed to disagree” on the subject, so until they have a full commission, with a third member to break the “stalemate,” a decision cannot be made. Green River Mayor Pat Brady addressed the sub- ject at the meeting, an action he said he would take at the city council meeting held earlier in the month. He maintained that the city has a great desire to keep the position in the area, both because it is a highpaying full-time job and because with the judge in the area, issues can be dealt with quickly. He reminded the commissioners of the distance Green River citizens would be required to travel, especially those with drug and alcohol problems who are required to attend programs in the other side of the county. Brady also reported that local law enforcement officers would prefer to have the judge in town. During the public comment portion of the meeting, Patsy Stoddard asked the commissioners why, if the funding was available two months ago to pay a judge, there was not money available to hire one currently. Commissioner Gary Kofford responded, saying he had not intended to bring the subject up, but said there were new positions to fill, and they needed the money to fill them. He explained that his view Continued on Page A3. Photo by Colleen Davis Chris and Sonny Nielsen outside their home. The couple have spent much of their married life on the rodeo circuit. Sitting in the Tall S A D D L E Chris Nielsen continues to compete, and win team roping events long after most would have called it a day James L. Davis F Photo by Josie Luke Concrete workers complete a pour for the minder’s memorial in Huntington. Miner’s memorial plagued by delays Josie Luke Though Huntington City is not funding the Crandall Canyon Miner’s Monument near the Huntington cemetery, the city council has been extraordinarily involved in the process, both emotionally and physically. At the Huntington City Council meeting on Aug. 20, this was made apparent when councilmember Julie Jones began speaking about the memorial. She revealed that unforeseen circumstances had held up construction on the memorial; stages of construction that should have been completed weeks ago were still waiting to be done. The anxiety and emotion were evident as Jones and Mayor Hilary Gordon described what was yet to be done to those in attendance. They revealed the wall the bronze sculpture will be mounted on had yet to be poured, which was in turn holding up the sidewalk and laying sod, and with school starting again, the six scouts who are working on Eagle projects at the site are now back at school, leaving them with less available time to finish their work. Continued on Page A6. or Chris Nielsen life is still about sitting tall in the saddle. Not to say that it’s always been an easy ride, but for Chris and his wife Sonny, the Emery County couple can look back over their lives together and not come up with a whole lot that they would change. In Chris Nielsen’s almost 70 years, he has been roping for all but perhaps the first four or five years. First school mates and then cattle on the ranch and later on the rodeo circuit. The fact that many of the rodeo hands he now competes with are young enough to be his children, or grandchildren, doesn’t dim his enthusiasm for the sport in the least. “It’s been our life. I wouldn’t change it for nothing. If this ain’t living, count me out,” Chris said, draping his arms over one of his horses and smiling softly at memories spent Chris Nielsen chases down a steer while sharpening his roping skills at his ranch. team roping. Standing in the driveway of the Nielsen ranch Chris gets two of his horses ready for roping, his hands moving out of habit as they saddle up the horses, while his mind jumps back over the years that brought him from a young boy in Price to an old cowboy, still roping, and still winning, in team rodeo events. Chris won his 21st saddle during a rodeo held over the July 24 holiday, taking third in a field of almost 100 ropers, and the 21st saddle will in all likelihood Continued on Page A4. Orangeville council considers changing parking ordinance James L. Davis The Orangeville City Council will gather for a work meeting on Aug.26 at 7 p.m. to develop a new ordinance for parking on city streets. The council has been discussing for several months a proposed change to its traf- fic code. Currently most of the parking on city streets is restricted to parallel parking only, but with the wide streets in most of the city it has been proposed that the parking be changed to 45 degree parking throughout most of Orangeville. The debate has been on how to word such an ordi- nance. Two earlier proposed ordinances were not voted on by the council because the council felt the ordinance would lead to confusion on the part of the public. What the council has been considering is changing the traffic code to allow 45 degree parking on all streets that are at least 99 feet wide, which covers most of the streets in the city. Only parallel parking would be permitted on streets less than 99 feet wide, which includes the streets of Orangeville subdivisions. In earlier draft ordinances streets had been listed that were permitted for Continued on Page A6. |
