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Show GU- 1%71631F Arli j la X *lc Address Service Requested Presorted Standard U.S. Postage PAID Permit No. 11 Gunnison, UT ECRWSS e loote,t,o4ot Volume 7 • Number 28 2 Thursday, July 14, 2011 Copy Price • One dollar Halliday named new chief of police By John Hales Senior Citizen's Pot Luck Dinner Mon July 18 @ Gunnison City Hall Bring your own pot luck and dishes Redmond Pioneer Day Celebration Fri July 22 & Sat July 23 Everyone Welcome! For more info call 529-3279 Fayette's Sesquicentennial Celebration Sat July 23 Starts at 6:30 am Activities all day long Everyone is invited! I • RELAY FOR LIFE Donations for the Relay for Life's Silent Auction and Live Auction are now being accepted. Please contact Kim Sorenson @ 528-5289 or 979-8355 GUNNISON—Former Gunnison school resource officer Trent Halliday will be the city's new chief of police, following approval from the Gunnison City Council and administration of the oath of office on Wednesday. Mayor Lori Nay made the appointment earlier this week from six candidates who had applied for the position following the resignation of former Chief Blane Jensen. "I believe that the law enforcement needs to be more about protecting and serving than about penalizing, so I wanted a person that was all about serving the community, and Trent definitely fits that goal," Nay said on Tuesday. For the last seven months, Halliday has served as the police department's school resource officer for Gunnison Valley schools. "He's been very well liked at the school, and he's proven himself to be a very able and competent police officer, and I look forward to working with him," Nay continued. "And I think he has the right kind of personality and framework to do the job." Halliday said he has enjoyed his job with the schools and students, but applied for the chief's position out of career advancement considerations. "That's the one regret is that I have to leave them [the students]," he said. "That's the one big drawback to this." But, he said, "I've always known that I've wanted to progress in my career in that way, and to move up and have some say in a department. I've kind of been taking the training classes and doing the things that would help me with that. I've always had that as a goal, to move up that way in the career." As he enters the position, he will do so offering his own emphasis for officers. "I would like to see our officers out in the community, on the side streets more. My goal is that you touch every road at least once a shift. That's going to be my emphasis right now, on patrolling, is that we get out in the community a little more, spend some time on the back roads a little bit more, be a more vigilant and observant in our backstreets and residential areas. That's kind of always been my focus." Doing so, Halliday said, could help prevent some of the kinds of crime that has seen a bit of an uptick of late. "We're seeing an increase in some of our property crimes—theft, burglaries—sometimes the economy does that to you. People are hurting and they take crimes of opportunity a little easier. I think there's a rise in that, which re-emphasizes why I want our officers to be seen in the community a little more." He says he plans to continue and even strengthen relations with the county sher- Mecham conquers the Widowmaker Mike Mecham of Axtell participated in the Widowmaker Hill Climb on Friday June 24 in Croydon, Utah. Mecham rode in the 250-700 stock pro class with some of the best riders in the nation. He had two great hill climbs and finished in 4th place. Mecham has several sponsors including Fly Racing, Uni Air Filters, Klotz Oil, Hinson, Ryno Designs, Evolution Hill Climbing and Rockwell. Congratulations Mike and good luck in your future events! iff's department and the Utah Highway Patrol. If those agencies are more visible on Gunnison's Main Street, it should free up Gunnison's own city police to patrol elsewhere in the community, as Halliday suggests. " We certainly don't' feel like this is our territory and they can't be here," he said. "We're a small agency. We've got to rely on the other agencies' resources and the help that is available to us." A police department that he heads, Halliday said, would be "fair and balanced." "We'll continue to treat people fairly, and deal with each situation in a fair and respectful manner. If [citizens] need our assistance we're going to be available." Halliday said he also hopes to keep the community informed as to the law enforcement issues in the community from time to time as needed. Keeping people aware of what kinds of crimes are taking place could better help them from becoming victims themselves by helping them know what to prepare against. "That kind of information coming out every once in a while would be nice to share," he said, perhaps in a medium such as local media. Before coming to Gunnison last December, Halliday had worked in the Salina Police Department, and prior to that as an officer with the Utah Division of Wildlife Re- ar en me unnison Va ey azette New Gunnison Police Chief Trent Halliday. sources. Halliday's first item of business as Gunnison's new police chief will be to hire two new officers. He said he may have the name of one for the mayor and city council to consider this week. The other position, that of the new school resource officer, will open for application soon, he said. Fayette plans for a great 24th By JOHN HALES FAYETTE—If preparations for this year's Pioneer Day celebration in Fayette is any indication, the event could well be the biggest the town has ever seen. But that's to be expected, since the celebration has been 150 years in the making. Fayette Town's annual 24th of July party will do more than hark back to the Mormon pioneers who first entered and settled the state of Utah. As the town's sesquicentennial celebration, the event will call to mind more specifically those settlers who founded Fayette a century-and-a-half ago, and all the town's residents and history ever since. Fayette is one of Utah's three smallest towns, if not the smallest. But the celebration that is planned surely won't be, as indicated by discussions about final preparations held by the Fayette Town Council last Thursday. The excitement about the day, and the effort to make it memorable, was evident as council members spoke about it at the meeting. "We want to make it a big deal, and we're trying hard not to charge anything, but to make it a fun day, just a big party," said town Councilwoman Janice Bown this week. Most, if not all, of the day's activities will be free. So, too, are lunch and dinner, with the exception that people attending the Sanpete marinated turkey dinner are asked to bring a potluck dish to share. The only things people will pay for will be the annual Boy Scout breakfast, which is a fundraiser for the organization, and commemorative items for the day: shirts, hats, a special calendar, and historical memorabilia such as history books and directory of the city cemetery. Celebrating the town appears to be quite an attraction for those with connections to the town. Bown said people have received RSVPs from Coalville to St. George with people planning to come back "home" for the town's special day. Since the actual holiday falls on a Sunday, the Pioneer Day celebration will be on Saturday, July 23. Events get out of the starting gate with a 5K fun run (or walk, for the less vigorous) at 6:30 a.m. The Scout fundraiser breakfast will go from 7-9 a.m., with the annual flag raising ceremony taking place during the middle of breakfast, at 8 a.m. A parade will be after breakfast at 9 a.m. After the parade, around 9:30 a.m., games, competitions and other activities will begin at the town park. Quite a number of different activities are slated: relays and races of various kinds; old-fashioned contests; and root beer chugging, pie eating and watermelon eating contests. There will also be a "bounce house" and slide open at about 10 a.m. Lunch will be at the park around noon. Hamburgers, Sloppy Joes, hot dogs, chips drinks and watermelon are on the menu. See FAYETTE, Page 2 cow and enjoy Mayfield's lbest Try our Homemade Pies! BUSINESS HOURS Monday, Tuesday 8a Wednesday ► 8-8 Thursday, Friday & Saturday ► 8-9 Sunday ► 8-5 K 100 South 10th West, Mayfield • 528-3788 Take Out Available! |
