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Show UMMI NT 50 4 Coalville, Utah 84017 Friday, August 27,2004 Vol. 75 No. 34 Search Continues For Missing Boy Scout in Uinta Mountains Regional News Notes Search Call Issued For Missing Man g £ 2nd Search in Uinta Mountains 0f": Searchers in the Uinta Mountains looking for a missing scout were notified of a second call involving a 43 year-old male individual. A command center was established at the Yellow Pine Campground after dispatch received a call about the missing man. Information at press time was limited, however the missing man and a roommate allegedly had an argument and the man had a gun in his possession, according to authorities. , . • . . , . • . . • • • . . - " >. -7',-. -.• ' , You Drink and Drive, You Lose National Labor Day Crackdown Garrett A. Bardsley 7/24/1992 17 Bee photos by Paul McFee A Wasatch County Search & Rescue p l a n e , piloted by Sheriff's Detective Brian Rowser, takes part in the search for 12-year-old Garrett A. Bardsley. pie on foot). Friends, associates of the family, church members, and many local residents also respondj ed. Search teams from Summit, " Wasatch, Duchesne, Salt Lake, Utah and Cache counties combined efforts during the search. Flyers that included a photo, description of clothing the missing youth was wearing and personal information has been circulated . throughout the region being placed ion markers, trees, outbuildings, etc. in hope that hunters or hikers in the area will be on alert for signs of the missing scout. Garrett has been described as being 5 feet 115 pounds wearing gray sweat pants, A t-shirt and a black hooded Continued on page A3 Wilderness Survival from a Boy Scout's Point of View BY ROBIN JOHNSON Summit County Sheriff Dave Edmunds and Search and Rescue Commander Don LaFay stand in front of the Command Center where a search for 12 year-old Garrett Bardsley commenced Friday. Search efforts will continue on a major scale until Sunday when they will be scaled back. BY PAMELA ROBBINS Bee Editor "We are using every resource available to us, nothing is being spared," said Summit County Sheriff Dave Edmunds Sunday Aug. 22 from a command post near Pass Lake in the high Uinta range. His comment came as he spoke about the search for 12 year-old Garrett A. Bardsley of Elk Ridge. The missing boy was taking part in a three day camp out with Troop 694 - Salem 8th LDS Church Ward. According to Sheriff Edmunds, the scout was fishing with his father and was sent back to the camp to change his shoes after his feet got wet. Apparently, the father noticed the boy was heading off the trail across the lake and yelled at him to head in another direction. That was the last time the youth was seen. A search assist call was reported to the summit dispatch center at 11 a.m. Friday morning Aug. 20. The boy and his father had allegedly been fishing at around 8 a.m. Sheriff Edmunds said a large number of searchers had arrived to assist in search efforts. Involved in the search were: fixed wing and helicopter units, horses, dog teams, ATV's and ground- pounders (peo- Special to the Bee *• A lost Boy Scout is a fear that plays in the back of many parents minds as they prepare to send their young sons on Scout camp outs. Those fears are seldom realized considering the vast numbers of Scout troops who set out and safely return each year, but the few who get lost are prominently in the news as search parties are organized to help find them. It keeps it fresh in everyone's mind how precious one life is. In spite of the risks, parents send their Boy Scouts out with the hope that their son will not become separated from his troop, but if he is they hope they and their son's Scout leaders have taught them enough skills to help them survive until help arrives. With a fellow Scout lost in one of their favorite camping areas along the Mirror Lake Highway, two Heber Valley Scouts were willing to talk about how they might approach being alone in a forest until help arrived. Nathan Johnson, 16, said, "We're suppose to always be prepared. If you get separated from your group you STAY WHERE YOU ARE. They taught us to always have someone with you." "If I was lost in a mountainous area I think I would try to climb somewhere high so I could tell where I was and where I should go," For most Americans, the Labor Day holiday is a special time to join family and friends to enjoy the last days of summer. Unfortunately, the Labor Day holiday also usually means an increase in impaired driving and alcohol related fatalities. That is why during Aug. 27-Sept. 12, more than 10,000 law enforcement agencies will join forces with hundreds of traffic safety organizations in all 50 States to protect citizens from this deadly and serious crime. The key to determine impaired driving is highly visible enforcement. The research is clear on the affect highly visible enforcement has on deterring impairing driving. The You Drink and Drive You Lose message is designed to convince audiences that the chance of being caught is too high to risk. The message works and has already influenced thousands of citizens around the country to not drive impaired. Drivers must perceive that the risk of being caught is too high before their behavior will change. However, prevention and not arrest is the goal of the camp a i g n - • , , ' • • : - . • ' • - • • . . . ; • • • • > • • : • • • - • • " • • ; . - " , r < Gasoline Price Decline Slows as Barrel Prices Hit Records > Hurricanes, referendums, rebellion, ethnic strife and tax battles, not to mention extremely high Asian demand, all played a part in setting record high barrel prices this past month. AAA Utah's latest report shows gasoline prices responded by remaining relatively consistent, halting the steep drops seen in the past months. The average national price of regular unleaded gasoline fell four cents to $1.86 this past month. Last year the national average was $159 In Utah the average price of gasoline fell one cent to $1.89. A year ago, Utahns were paying an average of $1.67. "Global factors worked together this past month to push barrel prices to the highest level since oil futures were first offered on the exchange 21 years ago," said Rolayne Fairclougtv AAA Utah Spokeswoman. "After consistently setting record highs, oil futures peaked at $46.05 after getting word of the results of the Venezuelan election." '•''•''•&?%.': y . The $46.05 price is for "sweet crude" or low sulfur crude, the most widely watched oil price. The oil price OPEC uses is for the less sought after grades that contain more sulfur. That price reached $40,76 a barrel last week, 41 per cent higher than last year. The election in Venezuela was critically important to the oil market because Venezuela produces four percent of the world's oil and 15 percent of U.S. Imports. The country has not fully recovered its production capacity since the near shutdown in December 2002. Other global factors pushing up the price of oil include the rebellion in Iraq's southern oil producing region disrupting the planned exports through Turkey. The ethnic strife in Nigeria led to attacks on the oil operations last year. Forty percent of the country's production capacity is lost as a result of those attacks. The tax battle Yukos faces with the Russian government has oil watchers concerned that output may be disrupted. Asian demand, particularly in China, continues to increase beyond predictions, causing another thirsty market in the world. Hurricane Charlie, which disrupted oil transports in the Gulf of Mexico, is 'die only temporary factor affecting prices. "OPEC nations have promised to increase production to lower barrel prices," said Fairclough. "Oil watchers believe OPEC's production has reached full capacity and may not be able to quickly turn prices downward." Continued on page A3 Continued on page A2 Students Help With Chalk Creek Watershed Project BY PAMELA ROBBINS Bee Editor Water quality is improving in Chalk Creek, a major tributary to Echo Reservoir and the Weber River in Summit County. Thanks to a decade-long watershed improvement project in one of the 25 priority watersheds in the Governor's Watershed Initiative, results have shown significant reduction in phosphorous loading into the creek. Thursday, Aug. 19, representatives from the Utah Division of Water Quality, the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food and other state, federal and local agencies along with officers from the North Summit National FFA Organizational team met at the Colby Pace/Dorothy Blonquist Ranch on South Fork East of Coalville to work on yet another project. "It's remarkable that 10-20 percent of the phosphorus loadings have been removed," said Walt Baker, acting director, Utah Division of Water Quality. "That may not seem like a lot, but nationally that is very significant." Baker said the beginning stepfwas prompted when an Ohio river "caught on fire" in the late 60's, prompting questions from the EPA which showed water systems were in bad shape and needed to be worked on. In 1972 the Clean Water Act was implemented to help provide funding for needed Stream bank erosion in the Chalk Creek Basin was replanted with needed vegetation in a recent project. Planting was accomplished with assistance on a state and local level. V. •••, A Continued on page A3 Inside The Summit County Bee ..-/ 2 Sections Today Saturday H68 L37 Partly Cloudy H74 L49 Sunday H78 L44 Monday H81 L49 Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday H70 L44 Scattered H76 L48 H66 L43 H79 L45 Isolated T-Storms Showers Sunny Sunny Sunny Sunny Partly Cloudy Classifieds Happenings Movies Obituaries Opinion Public Notices School News 14 Pages B4,5,6 A5 A7 B3 A2 B3 B1,2 |