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Emery County Progress Castle Dale, Utah Tuesday November 05, 2013 1A
Tuesday November 5, 2013
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BRIEFLY San Rafael Veteran’s program San Rafael Junior High annual Veteran's Day Program will be on Nov. 12 at 9:30 am. All veterans and the public are invited to the San Rafael Junior High to be part of this special Veteran’s Day program.
Goblin Valley damage; no charges yet
Morgan Dow gets her picture taken with a large purple spider on Halloween. More Halloween pictures on pages 5 and 8.
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Social issues: Part three domestic violence Editors note: This is the thirdpart of a series on problems and issues in the country today as well as Emery County. Part three deals with domestic violence. By Alice Wadley, staff writer
The Emery County Domestic Violence Coalition held their 15th annual event. This year Donna Kelly was the guest speaker. Kelly is a sexual assault and domestic violence resource prosecutor for the Utah Attorney General’s Office. Law enforcement and other emergency responders frequently encounter people who have been traumatized. Until recently, there
were very few studies on how trauma affects victims. Rebecca Campbell, PhD, NIJ Studies and Russell Strand, US Military Police school are leading researchers on the neurology of trauma. There is definitely a divide when it comes to victim advocates and law enforcement officers. Law enforcement officers are trained to detect deceitful behavior in people, such as an inability to remember, not reporting a crime and sketchy behavior. These cues are consistent behaviors that would lead a law enforcement officer to believe someone is lying. Often times, victims of trauma exhibit the same behaviors leading officers to believe a victim is lying.
In a 2012, Campbell study these were actually responses given about sexual assault victims from police officers. “The stuff they say makes no sense. So no, I don’t believe them, and yeah, I let them know that�. “No way it’s true. No one would act like that if it was true.� “They lie all of the time I can tell.� In one police report it was noted, complainant refused to cooperate. Case closed. In the same study a victim advocate said, “It’s hard to change what they do to victims. They don’t believe them and then victims give up. It happens over and over again�. One victim’s response to the treatment she received was “He
Legion invites everyone to Veteran’s Day program The Emery County American Legion Posts invite all Emery County Veterans to come and join in a Veteran’s Day observance on Nov. 11 at 11 a.m. at the Veteran’s Memorial in Castle Dale. The memorial is located on the lawn at the Museum of the San Rafael. Commander Ray Quinn will welcome all Veter-
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ans in attendance. There will be speakers at the event including, Commander Quinn, Commissioner Jeff Horrocks and Blake Jones. The students from Castle Dale Elementary will present patriotic songs.
didn’t believe me and he treated me like (expletive). Didn’t surprise me when he said there wasn’t anything to go on to do anything. Didn’t surprise me but it still hurt.� With such polar views it is easy to see how victims may be neglected by the law enforcement and judicial community. There are two parts of the brain, the cortex and the amygdala. The cortex is the thinking, logical or “rational� part of the brain. The amygdala is the emotional or the “primitive� part of the brain. The cortex part of the brain will always trump the amygdala part of the brain except in trauma. In trauma, the amygdala turns off the cortex. It Continued on PAGE 2A.
The chaplain will give a prayer and there will be a flag ceremony. A 21 gun salute followed by the bugler with the playing of taps will conclude the ceremony. Everyone is encouraged to a t t e n d
this event to honor Veterans. There will be refreshments pro-
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Goblin Valley State Park damage update: On Monday, Oct. 28, Emery County Attorney, David A. Blackwell, and Deputy Emery County Attorney, W. Brent Langston, met with State Park officials at Goblin Valley State Park. The scene of the incident was reviewed, along with investigators progress in the case. The investigation is not complete and has not yet been submitted to the Emery County Attorney's Office. This is a unique case and investigators are being very thorough. The County Attorney's Office recognizes the public interest this case has generated and will carefully review the case when the investigation is complete.
ECBC Lunch and Learn
The November lunch and learn will be on Nov. 20 at noon at the Tamarisk in Green River. The guest speaker will be Jay Kinghorn, Utah Department of Tourism. RSVP to 381-2431. Cost is $12. Pay at the door. There will be a Green River business spotlight highlighting a Green River business.The lunch and learn is sponsored by the Emery County Business Chamber
vided by the Huntington and Ferron American Legion Auxiliaries.
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2A Emery County Progress Castle Dale, Utah Tuesday November 5, 2013
Commission approves tentative 2014 budget By PATSY STODDARD, Editor
The commission has held several budget hearings and Clerk/Auditor Brenda Tuttle reported the tentative budget is ready for approval. State law requires a tentative budget be in place by the end of October each year. The mineral lease money is down and the final budget will be approved on Dec. 17 after a public hearing beginning at 6 p.m. that evening. Commissioner James Nelson thanked Brenda for her hard work and keeping the county on budget. “Emery County is very well organized,” said Commissioner Nelson. Jacob Sharp presented the tentative budgets for the Castle Valley Special Service District. The commission approved the budgets for the county and the special service districts. Insurance rates have gone up and are expected to continue to rise in the future. The district has been able to keep the debt
service payments level and payments have been reducing in recent years. Ken Brown from the Western Counties Alliance presented public lands issues to the commission and asked for their support as a member. The board approved $500 in support of the organization. A contract for engineering services was approved with Johansen and Tuttle Engineering for emergency flood damage assessment. They took pictures of all the flood damage incurred this fall and prepared a plan and cost estimate to fix the damages. This included desert roads as well as mountain. The contract was also approved with Johansen and Tuttle Engineering for the Huntington Debris Basin Projects for both the upper and lower basin. The commission approved the agreement between Emery County and the Emery County Special Service
District for Phase 10 of the Moore Cut-off road project. This final phase will use up any left over monies from the previous phases and will include a passing lane on the steep hill on the I-70 side. It will also include an extension of the acceleration lane on SR-10. The project is now in the design phase and will be bid in late winter for construction in early spring. The commission approved a request for federal excess personal property for a ladder truck for Castle Dale City Fire Department. The truck is available at no cost from the state. Castle Dale fire department will be responsible for all repairs and maintenance on the truck. Commissioner Ethan Migliori said he would like an agreement with Castle Dale City that states they will be responsible for the truck. Commissioner Jeff Horrocks said they have had these agreements with communities in the past. Commissioner Horrocks
reported they have been through the budget process and money is tight. All department heads have been asked to minimize costs and only buy necessary equipment. He has met with commissioners from a four county area to work on projects that will be an economic benefit to our area as well as surrounding counties. Commissioner Horrocks met with the NRCS on the projects in Huntington canyon. The debris basins are proceeding. Commissioner Nelson attended the domestic violence lunch and his eyes were opened to those problems. The Emery Water Conservancy district and Castle Valley Special Service District are considering a combined office building along Main Street in Castle Dale. A coal symposium was held at the court house by the BLM on Oct. 24. Pacifi-Corp and the Bureau of Reclamation are having meetings on the contract
for water from Joe’s Valley for the power plant. Commissioner Migliori reported the travel bureau received three grants for advertising. The reports for the budget on the fair and rodeo are in and expenses look good in that area. On Friday, the museum is holding a tour of the desert where they will look at sites near Emery. Commissioner Nelson said the libraries are conducting a Super Host training to promote tourism in our area. He said people from all over the world come to Joe’s Valley to boulder. The commission approved Patricia McKee as a Perkie driver. Perkie Travels is named after Perena Marzo a.k.a. “Aunt Perkie.” The program came about in 1994 after Lisa Perla-Martinez was driving her Aunt Perkie to Utah Valley on a daily basis for radiation treatments, and noticed how many people from the Carbon and Emery County area were also making the 180 mile drive. She came back to ARECIL’s office
and stated that some type of coordination of rides might be looked at to help people get to their treatments. The effort for coordination began where Four Corners Mental Health, Carbon Senior Citizens Center, Active Re-Entry, Emery County Senior Citizens and Emery County each donated the use of their vans, gasoline, insurance and maintenance for one day each week. Since that time Carbon County Seniors and Four Corners Mental Health have dropped out, and Active Re-Entry uses a mini-van provided by Carbon County Recreation and Transportation Special Service District. Emery County valiantly continues to provide the use of their vehicles. Julie Spadafora was approved for a pay raise upon successful completion of her six month orientation. Michael Grange was hired as a full-time dispatcher. The next commission meeting will be on Nov. 12 at 9 a.m.
Murray Energy to purchase Consolidation Coal Company Murray Energy Corporation is pleased to confirm that it has entered into an agreement for the purchase of the stock of Consolidation Coal Company from CONSOL Energy, Inc. This includes the McElroy, Shoemaker, Blacksville, Loveridge, and Robinson Run mining complexes in West Virginia, certain coal reserves, related river transportation and dock facilities, and other assets.
“No Company has developed a better legacy with its employees, with its customers, with the financial markets, with the regulatory agencies, or with the public in general, over many decades, than has CONSOL and Consolidation Coal,” stated Robert E. Murray, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Murray Energy. “Murray Energy intends to preserve this well-earned legacy,” he
added. This purchase of CONSOL Energy by Murray Energy does not include the Emery mine. Murray Energy currently operates six underground longwall mining systems and 23 continuous mining units. Consolidation Coal operates an equal number of each. Further, Murray Energy builds virtually all of its own mining machinery, including the longwall systems. “With
our expertise, we will be able to efficiently operate the acquired Consolidation Coal mines and provide their employees with an opportunity for long term employment,” stated Mr. Robert D. Moore, Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, and Chief Financial Officer of Murray Energy. “Most especially, Murray Energy operates safe coal mines, with a particular emphasis on fire protection.
This will help assure the protection of the health and safety of our new employees,” said Murray. “The combined companies will allow Murray Energy to better serve our electric utility customers with reliable and low cost coal supplies, at accurate qualities,” said Murray. “This is truly a momentous time for the combined employees of Murray Energy Corporation, and for our
Company,” he concluded. After the acquisition of Consolidation Coal Company from CONSOL Energy, Inc. the employees will number of employees will increase from 3,300 to 7,100.The Annual Coal Production will increase from 30.1 million tons to 58.6 million tons. The Total Coal Reserves will increase from 859 million tons to 2,396 million tons.
continued Social issues: Part three domestic violence
Donna Kelly speaks about trauma among victims of domestic violence. focuses involuntarily on the danger or threat. It operates on primitive functions. There is no problem solving or highly logical thinking. During an interview with a suspect the cortex part of the brain is in control. The sus-
pect’s story will be rational, chronological and orderly. The victim’s behavior will be totally different because the amygdala is in control. They will be terrified, and overwhelmed. The victim’s story will be fragmented, illogical and not chronological. The assault experience for a victim is remembered in fragments. They can recall sensations such as smells, sounds and tastes because the primitive part of the brain is in control. Studies have also been conducted on critical incident amnesia. A large number of these studies have focused on law enforcement officers involved in shootings. The effects of trauma on memory are an inability to remember a sequence of events or a recall of any
information outside the perceived threat. The things that are well encoded during these events are details most important to survival, threat of harm (weapon focus), emotions and sensations. After experiencing critical incident amnesia, officers will not be able to write or give a detailed report of the incident. Research has shown that after one sleep cycle, officers memory increased by 50 percent. After two sleep cycles, officers memory increased to 90 percent. It has been long been thought that the brains response is “fight or flight”. The brains first response is to freeze then “fight or flight” if possible. The freeze mode is broken down into two categories, disasso-
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ciation and tonic immobility. Disassociation is the brains way of protecting against overwhelming emotions and sensations. Victims may report, they felt like they were having a dream or watching a movie or they felt like they were standing in a corner watching. The purpose of tonic immobility is to preserve life. It is caused by a perceived inability to escape. Tonic immobility can last for minutes or hours. The victim may report, I was frozen, I tried to scream but I couldn’t. A study of tonic immobility looked at serious traffic accidents, serious physical assault, sexual assault and a close call with death. The findings were 44 percent had significant immobility, 11 percent had extreme immobility. The greatest immobility was
that every action you take, you will make a difference. Kelly gave information on Start by Believing a public awareness campaign focused on the public response to sexual assault. For more information you can visit their website at startbybelieving.org.
Emery County Lions Club
Come join the Emery County Lions Club at an open house on Nov. 19 from noon to 8 p.m. at the Old City Hall in Huntington. You can learn what the Lions Club does and receive information about membership. Help us with the gift of giving. You can bring items to go along with a turkey for a family to have Thanksgiving dinner; instant potatoes, gravy, cranberry sauce, veggies, pumpkin, pie crust, olives, yams or sweet potatoes. For more info call Lion Shirley at 749-1554.
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from sexual assault victims, 60 percent experienced tonic immobility. The after-effects of trauma with victims can be dramatic. Victims can experience flashback, extreme mood changes, fear, hypervigilance, guilt, shame, shock, depression, suicidal thoughts, sleeplessness and physical pain. Kelly concluded with saying the system needs to be a victim centered response. You need to express sympathy and understanding to a victim. Express thanks to victim for reporting the crime. You need to give victims time to collect their thoughts. You need to provide specific ways to help such as victim advocate information and domestic violence resources, such as women’s shelters. Be aware
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