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Show l Ulvtivtiffi UNTY Vol. 81 No. 19 INSIDE THE NEWS THIS WEEK N EWS 500 Friday, May 7, 2010 Coalville, Utah 84017 Peoa's Wooden Shoe Park will soon have shade "Digging and planting a beautiful tree for Francis commerates Arbor Day for the town. See more on Page A3 Everywhere we turn this week we see signs of spring... trees being planted all over Summit County... Check out Coalville's trees on Page A3 CHERYL OVARD SCN Editor Bright and early on May 1st, adorned with their coats, hats and gloves, volunteers began to arrive and "dig" in to help plant the 22 trees from the Kamas Valley Nursery in Wooden Shoe Park, Peoa. This valley has a unique rodeo — like the old fashioned rodeos used to be, stated one volunteer and the shade will be welcome! They also boast a nice pavilion in Today H55 L32 Mostly Sunny Saturday H63 L38 Partly Cloudy which the "Dirtbags Don't Die" live band donated their time to set up and entertain with music to "work" by! Food and drinks were donated by Food Town and Chevron thanks to the efforts student Cole Richins from South Summit High School. "I wanted to help make the project work". Everyone gets hungry and needs food! Taking on the project to complete his Eagle, Scott Jones, 16, decided to help organize and do much of the leg work in order to get supplies where they needed to be and to call in for helpers from the communities. "I heard they needed trees planted — the goal is to plant 100 trees in the area, and I helped set up to get people here to plant." He could be seen running from area to area to keep things going smoothly, getting needed tools, and guiding the planting with the CONTINUED ON PAGE A3 Summit County inmates Go Green Inmates have account to purchase items The $30 grand has been to get to this point. They have funded by the revenue from had the desire to go green, as the commissary revenue. Sheriff Dave Edmunds stated CONTINUED ON PAGE A3 the project took about 5 years Sunday H65 L39 Partly Cloudy Monday H55 L36 Showers 71. ) Beloved SC Treasurer bids farewell to office Tuesday H54 L34 Scattered T-Storms Wednesday H55 L35 Few Showers Thursday H59 L35 Sunny CHERYL OVARD SCN Editor Inside The Summit County News 2 Sections 14 Pages Opinion A2 Happenings A6 A6 Shows A8 Obituaries B2-3 School News B4 Public Notices Classifieds B5-6 The Summit County Sheriff's Department is proud to announce the addition of Kiosk's to eliminate the use of many hours of paper work in the Summit County Jail. As of April 20th, 2010, the new Kiosk's were installed in each pod inside the jail, as well as in the lobby of the Justice Center entrance. There are seven inside the pods and two outside of them (one of which is in the lobby). These machines are accessed only with finger print identification, which makes them virtually impossible to use someone else's account. Upon arrival inmates are registered in the Kiosks by use of fingerprints only. There are many factors which make this $30,000 investment worthwhile. Available to the inmates are commissary items, i.e. toothpaste, combs, make-up, snacks, hair and other toiletry items. As there are medical issues with some patients, and if they try to purchase some food items which are not compatible with their diet, such as if they are diabetic, the Kiosk has been programmed with this information and they are not able to purchase the item. This has also helped to cut back on the doctor's visits. Other items include extra socks, art and writing supplies, holiday cards, and phone cards. They can also purchase songs to download to their ipods! "I am announcing my retirement...and spending some time home with my family," announced Glen Thompson. "I have given the county nearly 26 years", he went on to say, "my reasons are strictly personal and related to my health - so will leave due to medical reasons." Glen Thompson took the office of Summit County Treasurer January 25th, 1985, taking over where Bob (Robert) Williams) left off. He finished out Bob's 2-year term of office. The people of Summit County - especially in Coalville, will miss seeing him taking his daily walks to the bank and back to the courthouse. One could almost set their watches by him making deposits and other business for the county. Everyone in the county will miss him...especially those who worked so closely to him in the courthouse. Good Luck, Glen, and we wish you well. (See more of "Glen Thompson Retires" on Page A3.) |