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Thursday, July 5, 2018 • Vol. 128, No. 27 • 75 cents
SPRING CITY VETERANS MEMORIAL BREAKS GROUND
Edwin Sunderland, Chester, received the majority of votes in the GOP Primary Elections. He will now move on, unopposed, to the November General Election seeking to fill the Sanpete County Commissioner Seat A being vacated by outgoing Commissioner Claudia Jarrett.
Sanpete GOP Primary Election results MANTI — Although the official results have not been tabulated yet, the unofficial results have been released by the Sanpete County Clerk Office. With reports received from all 29 precincts: A total of 7,630 registered Republican voters are in the county and 4,132 of them cast ballots, along with two blank ballots. Over half of the registered Republicans voted, or 54.15 percent. In the U.S. Senate race in Sanpete County, Mitt Romney received 2,758 votes, while Mike Kennedy received 1,363. Statewide results show Romney as having received almost 75 percent of the vote. He is the winner and will move on to go up against Democrat Jenny Wilson in the general election. In the race to fill the Sanpete County Commissioner Seat A, Edwin Sunderland has received 2,205 votes, while Justin Atkinson received 1,789. Of the 3,994 ballots cast, Sunderland received the majority vote. He will move on to the November General Election unopposed.
Home’s Cool Conference comes to Snow
Committee members, veterans and dignitaries joined in the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Spring City Veterans Memorial to be located by the Spring City Community Center. Those taking part in the groundbreaking are (left to right): Monte Bona, Mormon Pioneer National Heritage Area; Jake Christensen and David Tucker, VFW Post #4; Venoy Hansen, veteran, Nedra Allred, committee member; Heather Allred, veteran and committee member; Courtney Del Ray Syme, committee member and veteran; Robert Thomson, veteran; Chris Anderson, Spring City Councilman; Boyd Mickel, veteran; and Tom Brunner, Spring City Councilman and veteran. The committee is still seeking funds to purchase flags and lighting. Anyone who would like to be a part to this worthy project, may send donations to Spring City Veterans Memorial Association, PO Box 126, Spring City, UT; 84662.
BAER team begins assessment of Trail Mountain Burn Scar FERRON — Steep slopes in Huntington Canyon have been a challenge to crews fighting the Trail Mountain Fire and now the Burned Area Emergency Response team (BAER) is looking at the threat these slopes will pose when post-fire rainstorms occur. The Area of the Trail Mountain Fire is just below the burn scar of the Seeley Fire of 2012. After the Seeley Fire, Huntington Canyon was subject to flooding and damaging debris flows. Recognizing that the Trail Mountain Fire may cause the same kind of post-fire events, the Manti-La Sal National Forest and its partners are acting early to begin a survey of the Trail Mountain Fire. Partnerships are vital to this effort since the fire will impact Utah State, Emery County, water companies,
municipalities, utility companies and private individuals. The slopes, combined with the loss of canopy cover, ground cover, and the formation of water repellent soils, can lead to an increased watershed response to short duration, high intensity precipitation resulting in increased run-off and erosion. Due to physical and chemical changes in burned soils, water collects on the surface of hydrophobic soils, rather than soaking into the ground. Floods and debris flows are the likely result when heavy rain hits the fire damaged slopes. On June 25, the BAER team ventured onto the burned landscape and into the air to begin assessment. Aerial reconnaissance shows the steep slopes and deep canyons that characterize the Huntington Canyon drainage’s damaged by the Trail Please see BURN SCAR, Page A6 Mountain wildfire. (Photo courtesy USFS)
Forest Service completes first emergency short-haul on Trail Mountain Fire
EPHRAIM — All parents interested in homeschooling are encouraged to attend the Home’s Cool Conference Saturday, Aug. 11, in the Noyes building, Snow College Campus, 150 College Avenue East, Ephraim. The conference will include classes from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., for homeschoolers, taught by homeschoolers; an open forum discussion, “Ask a Homeschooler”; vendors selling class materials and accessories will be onsite; youth track for ages 12 and up will feature speakers and simulations; and an Please see HOME’S COOL, Page A6
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During the Trail Mountain Fire operations, an injured person was rescued using a shorthaul helicopter and transported to a waiting ambulance. (Photo courtesy of Lane Lamoreaux)
OGDEN — On the morning of June 18, at 10:30 am, a hand crew was working in rugged terrain on the Trail Mountain Fire on the Manti La Sal National Forest, 15 miles northwest of Orangeville, when a medical emergency occurred. The requesting person wanted a hoist helicopter for a patient that was categorized “red”. The injury was serious, but not life-threatening. “It was going to take the whole crew to carry him out over difficult terrain,” a fire spokesperson said. Due to the location and the patient’s condition, it was deemed that aerial extraction would be the safest and most efficient means to evacuate the patient. A short-haul helicopter already assigned to the incident was performing a recon when the call came in to the command post. The helicopter returned to Trail Mountain Helibase to prepare for short-haul operations. After a briefing and conducting
mission risk assessment, the Teton short-haul crew departed from helibase for the fire. Once overhead the accident scene, a reconnaissance flight was completed to confirm the information they received in the briefing was correct and to establish radio contact with firefighters on the ground. The location of the incident was mid-slope on a charred east facing hill side and was just above a cliff band. At 11:14 a.m., with the scene size-up complete, the short-haul helicopter landed nearby to configure the aircraft for a short-haul mission. Two Short-Haulers, with the necessary equipment were inserted into the patient’s location. They completed a medical assessment and packaged the individual for extraction. By 11:41 a.m., the patient and the EMT (emergency medical technician) short-hauler were transported to an awaiting ambulance. The ambulance personnel took over patient care at
11:47 a.m. and continued treatment on the way to a nearby medical facility. The strong work and incident response by the Teton Interagency Helitack crew is greatly appreciated by the firefighting community and their dedication to train and willingness to react has provided support to a fellow firefighter in need. While this event marks the first operational short-haul extraction for the Forest Service, it is foreseeable that other similar events may occur. In the meantime, the shorthaul program is diligently preparing for future events and looks forward to supporting the U.S. Forest Service and all of its partners to provide the very best service possible. To learn more about the Forest Service emergency medical shorthaul program, visit https://www. fs.usda.gov/detailfull/r4/newsevents/mediatools/?cid=fseprd558526&width=full.