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Show Pie-kill costs bus driver his job THE ASPEN TIMES Aspen Two bus drivers for the Roaring Fork Transit Agency (RFTA) were suspended after one of them shoved a cream pie in the face of an RFTA board member. Will Stuhr, suspended suspend-ed for 60 days, committed the "pie-kill" on board member Dwight Shellman. According to reports, Shellman has been perceived as insensitive to the complaints of the drivers. Stuhr said he hit Shellman with a coconut cream pie because "I dislike that tot." Another driver, Thomas Wolters, knew about the assault beforehand the money was used up. The hospital had asked for $450,000. The FLB staff did not recommend the hospital for money. But after recommended organizations organiza-tions received money, there was still a little over $1 million left. There wasn't enough left, however, for those listed under T. The board took under consideration considera-tion St. John's request that the alphabetical order be reversed for its next grant meeting in January. The hospital received more bad news. A state certificate allowing expansion of the hospital expired this week. But that turned out to be just one blow on a well-nailed coffin. Last fall, voters rejected a $4.5-million $4.5-million bond issue for the expansion. In addition, two board members and the hospital administrator resigned. A hiker missiong on the west side of the Tetons wasn't lost-he just couldn't find his camp. Robert Edmands of Indianapolis stepped out for a pre-breakfast hike and couldn't be found later b his friends. After a day and night, he was found by searchers six miles from the camp. Apparently, Edmans met other people during his wanderings, but didn't say he could not find his camp. The county sheriff's office will bill his family $1,100 for a helicopter used in the search. The resignation ot a community college hear) in Rock Springs has a connection to Jackson Hole. The president to Western Wyoming College. Bert Slafter. ma be in trouble over $400,000 the college used for the Grand Teton Orchestra Semianr. which takes place in Jackson. It's unclear whether the money for the seminar was properly authorized by the college's Board of Trustees. Slafter resigned after an emergency emergen-cy meeting of the trustee board. At the same time, the college's financial records were sealed in a special vault to be turned over later to the county prosecuting attorney. and was there with a camera to record it. He will be suspended for 28 days for "conspiracy to pie." In his defense, Wolters said eight other employees had knowldge of the plot. An RFTA official said more severe action was considered, but both men have exceptional work records. Stuhr said he will return as a driver for the winter season and may retain the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) if he finds any obstacles. TAHOE WORLD Lake Tahoe Thomas Hsieh has resigned from the governing board of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, disrupting a delicate balance of political forces. The board contained seven members mem-bers who sought increased development develop-ment in the Tahoe Basin and seven, including Hsieh, who took a strong environmental stance. A new appointment ap-pointment might be made by the California Senate Rules Committee by the end of August. Jackson Hole News Jackson Hole Staffers at St. John's Hospital in Jackson were grimly joking last week that its name should be changed to Aardvark Hospital. The reason? St. John's went to a State Farm Loan Board (FLB) meeting in Cheyenne to obtain a grant for its nursing home. Unfortunately, Unfor-tunately, grants were considerd in alphabetical order. By the time the board got to St. John's listed as "Teton County Hospital District" - |