It is a common dilemma for any hard-bitten politician faced with a hostile crowd: how best to make a sharp exit to avoid embarrassment?

For one 63-year-old Tory councillor confronted with a less than receptive audience during a climate crisis debate the answer was to clamber over some bins and scale a fence.

Nancy Bikson was a last-minute replacement for the Conservative prospective MP Maria Caulfield, who was too busy to attend climate hustings for candidates in the key marginal seat of Lewes, East Sussex, at a school on Monday evening.

Explaining that she was afforded little time to prepare for the event organised by local groups, including a branch of Extinction Rebellion, Bikson said she would not be sticking around for questions after making a short speech. She attracted groans from the crowd, with one man heckling her before she even began speaking, asking: Why dont you go now?

Bikson said she cared deeply about the environment and that she did her bit but concluded, to further groans: Its all about us, there is no such thing as government. Government is just people.

Though she eventually gained polite applause, Bikson left the stage after other candidates made speeches and the event was opened to questions from the audience.

However, when she left via the fire escape she found herself outside in a dead end as the school gates were locked. Rather than trudging back through the packed hall to get out, she pondered her predicament for up to 45 minutes before opting to climb over the fence.

Biksons great escape would have stayed secret were it not for a 13-year-old girl who saw the incident at Priory school.

The teenager, who did not wish to be named, said: I left about an hour early and about half an hour after she [Bikson] left the stage. I came outside and I was about to cycle off and she was behind the gate next to our school canteen which was locked and said, excuse me, can you help me? She sounded quite desperate. I said the only way back out is through the auditorium and she said she didnt want to go back through the auditorium because of everyone. She said they all despise me and they dont want me to go back in there.

Explaining that she felt sorry for the stranded politician, the teenager added: I went back into the canteen to try and open the door from the inside [allowing her a route of escape] but it was locked. Then I got a caretaker. I said a caretaker is coming but she said, dont worry, Ill just climb over the gate. And she got up on the school bins and climbed over the gate. Shed been out there for a while.

After hearing the tale, the schoolgirls mother, who runs a business managing composers, brought the councillors ordeal to a wider audience, posting on Facebook: Lewes Tory MP Maria Caulfield failed to show for tonights climate hustings. Her last-minute replacement left the hall before the questions, having first explained that she knew nothing about climate or the environment.

She was spotted by my daughter 45 minutes later still trying to find her way off the premises without having to go back through the hall. She ended up climbing the fence via the bins. Ignominious.

Bikson apparently admitted her actions later, telling the Evening Standard on Tuesday It was only because there wasnt any other way and I didnt want to disrupt everybody. It was either that or sit outside for a couple of hours.

But when the Guardian rang to get her version of events she was tight-lipped, replying: I can neither confirm nor deny, thank you.

Lewes was previously held by the former Liberal Democrat minister Norman Baker for nearly two decades before being won by Brexiter Caufield in 2015. But the Conservatives only have a majority of just over 5,000, meaning the constituency, which narrowly voted remain during the EU referendum, is a top target for the Lib Dems.

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Dashel Drasher off the mark over fences

Jeremy Scott will think about future plans rigorously after Dashel Drasher opened his account over fences in spectacular type at Haydock.

A four-time winner over hurdles, the six-year-old discovered solely the high-class Champ too sturdy on his chasing debut at Newbury however then made it solely so far as the primary fence when renewing rivalry with Nicky Hendersons cost in a Grade Two occasion on the identical monitor final week.

Bidding for swift compensation simply 5 days later, Dashel Drasher was the 10-11 favorite for the Conservatory Insulations Novices Chase and there was a lot to love about the way in which he dispatched Champagne Thriller by seven lengths underneath common accomplice Matt Griffiths.

Scott mentioned: It was a humorous race, as a result of they went no gallop and there have been numerous fences taken out.

I do not know the way a lot we will learn into it, however I am delighted as a result of he clearly jumped a lot better than he did at Newbury which was nice to see.

I am unsure the place well go now. Theres Cheltenham in 10 days time or Cheltenham on New Yrs Day for the Dipper Novices Chase, however that will likely be fiercely aggressive.

In case youre not cautious you may find yourself having your hand pressured, so well have slightly take into consideration what we do now.

I am unsure we have learnt right now. He appeared to quicken up nicely there over practically two-and-three-quarter miles, nevertheless it was a humorous race.

I believe well stick at this type of journey for his subsequent run anyway, and go from there.

Essentially the most taking efficiency of the afternoon on the Merseyside venue got here from Hendersons Maries Rock, who maintained her unbeaten report emphatically within the Be a part of Racing TV Now Introductory Hurdle.

Profitable on her solely earlier look in a Ffos Las bumper throughout the spring, the Middleham Park Racing-owned filly travelled with zest within the arms of Nico de Boinville earlier than displaying a wise change of drugs to seal a five-length success.

Middleham Parks Tom Palin mentioned: I assumed it was a powerful efficiency on simply her second begin. We thought it appeared fairly a deep race beforehand and we might have been proud of second or third, to be sincere, so she has stunned us a bit.

She was slightly bit eager early on, however general I assumed it was fairly knowledgeable efficiency.

How far shell go, I do not know, however she seems one of the crucial thrilling Nationwide Hunt horses we have had lately on the proof of what shes performed right now.

I will should run it by the syndicate and Mr Henderson, however I might be fairly eager to go for the Listed mares novices hurdle at Taunton on the finish of the month.

I believe she deserves to enter that type of race now, and well discover out a bit extra about her.

Coach Jonjo ONeill loved a double on the cardboard, with Ashfield Paddy (4-1) touchdown the Racing TV Conditional Jockeys Handicap Hurdle underneath Edward Austin earlier than Jonjo Jnr steered Cobolobo (9-Four favorite) to a clear-cut success within the College Of Liverpool Thoroughbred Horseracing Industries MBA Handicap Chase.

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Dashel Drasher off the mark over fences at Haydock | Racing Information - The Union Journal

TUNICA, Miss. (localmemphis.com) The Tunica Humane Society is helping cats and dogs beyond the shelter for this years Giving Tuesday. Its campaign, Freedom Fences and Full Tummies, is aiming to provide food for pets whose owners cant always provide food and fencing so dogs dont need to be chained up.

Sandy Williams works around the clock to take of nearly 150 dogs and 40 cats and rescue those in need on the streets. Their community is one of the poorest in the Mid-South and receives no funding from Tunica county or the state. The no kill shelter is the only animal shelter in the county and is run strictly by donations.

From the very beginning of our humane society, its always been our desire to help as many animals as we can in our community, Williams said. In reality, theres no way we can take all those animals to our shelter.

The money raised with this years campaign will go toward buying dog and cat food for their pantry and buying fences and shelter so animals are protected in the coming winter months. She said its important to keep animals dry, out of the wind, and with fresh water to drink at all times.

We want to set up a special fund, so we can get dogs off of chains, possibly install fences or dog pens to get the dogs off of chains, weve also had a food pantry here, Williams said.

The food pantry is for families in need in their community who cannot always afford to feed their pets. She said its her passion to help as many animals in her community no matter the effort it takes.

Somebody has to do this. Somebody has to be their voice, Williams said. There are so many animals suffering out there with no one to take care of them, and its our passion to provide them a good life.

Click here for additional information about the Tunica Humane Society.

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Over the summer, after some 15 years, the Trump administration announced the federal government would reinstate capital punishment. A federal judge in Washington, DC, however, last week halted that plan, blocking four scheduled executions. The Justice Department filed a request to stay the decision, and says it plans to appeal.

Yet de facto capital punishment continues to exist for one specific violation, at least for the inmates at an undisclosed number of federal prisons: Attempted escape.

Earlier this month, the federal government issued a solicitation for bids from contractors to refurbish a so-called lethal/non-lethal fence around a federal correctional facility in Tucson, Arizona. Three bids have so far been submitted, ranging from $3.3 million to about $3.8 million. One of the companies, KWR Construction, has been involved in constructing prototypes for US president Donald Trumps long-promised, and highly controversial, border wall.

A lethal/non-lethal fence is an electrified fence running around the perimeter of a prison. Upon first contact, these fences deliver a non-lethal electric shock, but a second one triggers a lethal high-voltage discharge, typically several times more powerful than a standard electric chair. This is meant to kill the potential escapee on the spot.

Lethal force is authorized to prevent inmate escapes, said Justin Long, a spokesperson for the US Bureau of Prisons, the agency that oversees the federal correctional system. Long declined to provide Quartz with the precise number of federal facilities now equipped with lethal electric fences, but said its more than seven.

A majority of US states, meanwhile, still have the death penalty, though few actually carry out executions. And like their federal counterparts, a number of state prisons are surround by non-lethal/lethal electric fencing. In California, where governor Gavin Newsom in March declared a moratorium on executions, about two dozen state prisons are equipped with the deadly fences. Electric prison fences in California deliver 5,000 volts of electricity to inmates trying to escape. In Missouri, the fences mete out 5,100-volt shocks.

As a comparison, most electric chairs employ a shock of between 1,700 and 2,400 volts for 30 to 60 seconds to produce a lethal current, wrote Milo Miller, a former researcher at Southwest Missouri State University, in a paper published in 2001 in the California Western Law Review.

Many states allow for the use of deadly force to thwart an escape attempt, but limit its use to situations where the officer reasonably believes it necessary to prevent or terminate the escape.

The use of firearms or other means of deadly force in a particular situation, by its nature, calls for the application of human judgment or discretion. Fences, unlike humans, cannot think, assess circumstances, or exercise judgment, Miller wrote.

Lethal fencing began in the early 1990s as a way to save money. Some state prisons, including in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Nevada, and Missouri, have now used them for more than two decades. In California, the first lethal fence was installed in 1993. It was part of a program to install 19 electrified fences in order to save $42 million a year ($79 million today).

The Bureau of Prisons began plans to install lethal fencing in federal prisons in 2006 for the same reason. The fences meant less need for tower guards, who earn up to $70,000 per year at some prisons, with overtime, and generous pensions after they retire. Fences dont.

The use of such fences is of concern to human rights advocates.

Under international law, guards standing on towersor any automated systemmust weigh whether or not the use of lethal force is strictly necessary, said Alison Leal Parker, director of US Programs at Human Rights Watch. In this, she told Quartz, the use of lethal force under state and federal law in the US contradicts international human rights law.

There are times when technology can be rights-respecting and even rights-protecting in a way that human decision-making may be flawed, she added. But there are also many, many instancesand I would argue this is onewhere the need to assess whether killing someone is strictly necessary cannot be done by an automated fence.

That is, fences lack the key element of human judgement that would make the use of deadly force legal.

The Eighth Amendment is what we would look at to see if [the fences] are legal, said Nila Bala, an associate director for criminal justice and civil liberties at R Street, a nonpartisan public policy research nonprofit. The amendment forbids the use of cruel and unusual punishment, and the indiscriminate use of lethal force by an automated device would likely not pass this standard.

This issue has never really reached the Supreme Court, Bala told Quartz, though the court has ruled on the use of deadly force in correctional facilities. The law is fairly deferential about what happens in correctional facilities, she said, allowing for good faith judgement made by law enforcement officials, even when it results in the death of the inmate.

But an automated device is different, and its use should raise questions even from a policy point of view, as their function can deviate from the goal of deterring escapees. Inmates could use the fence against each other, Bala said, or use them to commit suicide. Further, she added, there are plenty of examplesboth in the United States, and from other countriesshowing there is no added advantage, in terms of safety, in using indiscriminate lethal force when lesser force would be effective.

Whether or not lethal/non-lethal fences adhere to the letter of the law is almost beside the point, said Nick Schwellenbach, director of investigations at the nonprofit Program on Government Oversight.

This seems like a dramatic escalation of consequences without requiring human intervention, Schwellenbach told Quartz. While electric fences are a more pedestrian technology, this makes me think of the intense debate over drones that could kill without human oversight.

It turns out that inmates arent the only ones under threat from these lethal fences. Its other species that suffer the most.

Mostly they kill birds and small animals, Martin Horn, former commissioner of the NYC Department of Correction, told Quartz.

Indeed, the first five years after California installed lethal electric fencing in 1993 at 25 of its 33 state prisons, some 3,000 migrating birds were electrocuted, according to United States Fish and Wildlife Service data cited by the New York Times. They included 144 burrowing owls, 111 loggerhead shrikes, and 10 red-tailed hawks.

To Steven Van De Steene, a Belgian expert on the use of technology in correctional settings, a dynamic correctional model works best. That means focusing on creating a culture of rehabilitation, fostering trust between staff and inmates, and utilizing non-security-related tools and technologies to create a safer environment, he told Quartz.

If you treat people like animals, he said, they will behave like animals.

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Olympic fencing gold medalist Miles Chamley-Watson is G.H. Mumm's most recent celebrity endorser

G.H. Mumm & Cie., the venerable Champagne producer, has announced a new partnership with American world-class fencer, world champion and Olympic medalist Miles Chamley-Watson. The company, which is headquartered in Reims, in the heart of the Champagne district, is the fourth best-selling Champagne brand in the world, with annual sales of approximately eight million bottles. Its owned by French wine and spirits conglomerate Pernod-Ricard.

Mumm has a long history with celebrity endorsers. From 2000 to 2015, it was an official sponsor of Formula 1 racing. Its distinctive red stripe was showcased on the podium and its Champagne was used to celebrate the winner after each race. They are now the official sponsor of Formula E, a motorsport championship series that only uses electric cars.

Champagne and the art of fencing

The company has also been closely associated with international horse racing. It is the official champagne of the Kentucky Derby, Australias Melbourne Cup and South Africas The Sun Met. Since 2016, the brand has also been closely associated with eight-time Olympic gold medalist sprinter Usain Bolt. He has been featured in a multi-media promotional campaign as the companys CEO or Chief Entertainment Officer.

Its latest celebrity spokesperson, Chamley-Watson joins the G.H. Mumm family, sharing a mission to challenge convention and perceptions of what is considered 'the norm' in traditional fields.

Tina Reejsinghani, G.H. Mumm U.S. Director, noted that Mumm is

Proud to partner with Miles Chamley-Watson, who is a groundbreaking force in fencing and fashion. Miles exudes the values of our brand, driving progress in his field with style. He will be a key ambassador and partner of the brand. His bold and daring attitude is a natural fit to the G.H. Mumm style and heritage.

Chamley-Watson is not a typical fencer. Hes brought a dynamic, unconventional style to the sport. His trademark move The Chamley-Watson whipping his foil around the back of his head to score a point on the opponent, is making waves within the sport. Already in his career, he has modernized fencing and redefined people's expectations around the sport.

According to Chamley-Watson:

I live my life by the motto create a legacy not a moment, which is exactly what G.H. Mumm is doing in the Champagne space. Nothing great ever comes from abiding to the status quo, and Im excited to continue my legacy through this partnership with G.H. Mumm.

Champagne houses are typically conservative and tradition bound, but Chamley-Watson believes that G.H. Mumm is anything but traditional.

They're all about changing the game and doing things differently in their field, which I love.

Champagne and its marketing are usually associated with luxury brands. Fencing isnt usually thought of as a luxury item the way car racing or equestrian events are associated with luxury lifestyles, but Chamley-Watson believes that associating fencing with an upscale luxury item like champagne will help fencing expand its audience.

I think my fans and fans of the sport of fencing will definitely be excited by the association. I genuinely believe in the importance of breaking with tradition and making your own statement so I think G.H. Mumm will translate to the audience who enjoy the sport especially because of the versatility of the champagne you can drink it however you want. Who wouldn't be into that?

A bottle of G.H. Mumm Champagne

As the Olympian has paved the way and changed the face of fencing, so too, in parallel, has G.H. Mumm reinvented what it means to be an international Champagne house with a rich heritage, by modernizing the category to the new age. The brand prides itself on their legendary liquid and iconic heritage among Champagnes, yet insists on pushing boundaries and driving innovation. From the groundbreaking redesign of the Grand Cordon bottle, with a label-less bottle and sleek iconic Cordon Rouge indent, to its modernization of Champagne glassware and consumption, G.H. Mumm is consistently driving progress in its category.

Today, G.H. Mumm and Miles invite consumers to challenge convention and feel empowered to break with tradition, starting with the introduction of G.H. Mumm's newest disruptive innovation The Cloupe. The Cloupe is an innovative hybrid between a flute and coupe glass, drawing from the Maison's rich, disruptive history. Emblazoned with the iconic, indented red sash, this innovative glassware aims to modernize and enhance the Champagne drinking experience with the legendary liquid of G.H. Mumm.

To find out more about the partnership between G.H. Mumm and Miles Chamley-Watson, follow @ghmumm_us on Instagram.

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Getting To The Point: Champagne And The Art Of Fencing - Forbes

The Athletics Division of Williamson County Parks and Recreation (WCPR) will begin registering for Winter Youth Fencing and Junior Tennis Clinics in early December.

WINTER YOUTH FENCING CLINICRegistration will open on December 2 for Williamson County Parks and Recreations Winter Fencing Clinic for coed youth ages 7 to 17. The clinic dates are January 7 through March 5 and will meet on Tuesday and Thursday evenings at the Indoor Arena at Crockett Park, 1485 Volunteer Pkwy., in Brentwood. The cost is $125 (includes equipment rental for level 1 and 2).

Fencing is a modern-day equivalent of a sword fight and is one of the fastest-growing sports in the country. Clinic participants will learn the rules of the sport, basic footwork and posture, as well as the rules of the sport, scoring, weaponry and safety rules.

Online registration will remain open through January 4 or until the clinics are full. Register at http://www.wcparksandrec.com. Registration code #16460. The fee is $35 per child for the six-week clinic.

For more information contact Chris Podunajec at (615) 377-6530, ext. 6602, or Chris.Podunajec@williamsoncounty-tn.gov.

WINTER JUNIOR TENNIS CLINICSRegistration for WCPRs Winter Indoor Tennis Clinics (Session 2) for juniors will open December 3 at 10:00 a.m. The clinics will begin the week of January 6 and continue through February 15 at the Indoor Sports Complex in Brentwood, 920 Heritage Way. Junior tennis clinics (age 5 and older) in beginner through advanced skill levels are offered Monday(s) through Saturday(s). Prices vary depending on the duration of clinic. Space is limited. A full class schedule, fees and registration information are available at http://www.wcparksandrec.com.

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After the Verdi project was completed, Reliable FenceCompany went to work on the project to make U.S.Highway 50 over Spooner Summit a four lane highway. I did not work on the Spooner Summit project but the following story was told to me by Johnny Warren after theproject was completed.

On the Spooner Summit project, federal funds were involved and federal aid requirements had to be followed by the State Highway Department during construction. One of the requirements was that the general contractor and all the subcontractors had to submitcertifiedpayrolls every week to show that the contractors were paying the prevailing wage rates specified for each classification. This was a requirement of the Federal Davis-Bacon act.

When Reliable Fence Company started work on theright-of-way fence along the sides of the highway, they soon discovered that the slopes were very steep and the terrain was incredibly rough. Even military jeeps or other 4-wheel drive vehicles could not safely haul rolls of barbed wire, bags of concrete and fence posts to the job site.

Johnny Warren then decided to approach the State Highway Department to issue him a change order to use mules to haul the fence materials up the steep slopes. The bureaucrats in the construction office at the Highway Department at first told Johnny Warren that this could not be done, since there wasnot anequipment rental rate in the contract fora mule. Johnny Warren then replied with a proposal to have the mule ordonkeys put on his payroll so the animals could be paid at the prevailing wage rate forlaborers. This would cover the cost of buying themules and the hay they ate.

After considerablenegotiating, the State finally agreed to the proposal, but they cautioned him that as laborers, the mules ordonkeys must be shown by name and should have a social security number. They later dropped the social securitynumber requirement, but insisted thelaborers should be given a name.

When the change order was finally approved and Reliable Fence Company started work using a mule,the first certified payroll was submitted to theConstruction Office. Along with all the other equipment operators and laborers, there was one laborer listed with the name Jack Ass. Later, other mules and some donkeys were used on the project but Jerry Nelms could notremember their names. This information was confirmed recently by a telephone call to Jerry Nelms, Foremanfor Artistic Fence Co. He also told me that Harker and Harker Electrical Company had used a helicopters to put in the power lines on this same project due to the steep slopes.

This article is by Dayton Author and Historian, Dennis Cassinelli, who can be contacted on his blog atdenniscassinelli.com. All Dennis books sold through this publication will be at a discount plus $3.00 for eachshipmentfor postage and packaging.

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Building the fence over Spooner Summit - Mesquite Local News

I'll be totally honest, signing up for another streaming service does not excite me right now. And while my family is all about that Disney life, a lot of the movies and shows on its new streaming service I already own on DVD. Unlike Netflix, where seeing a physical release is super rare, Disney has been a part of our lives in every possible format for as long as I've been alive. And until I see more than one original series or movie on the platform that excites me, I wasn't sure this was something I wanted to invest in.

Over the holiday weekend, that changed. And now that Disney Plus (Disney+) is up for a super sweet $5 per month Cyber Monday deal, I am real happy I waited to pick this service up.

I grew up on cheesy Christmas movies. Miracle on 34th Street, Scrooged, Babes in Toyland, and so many others were part of a regular rotation at my Aunt's house. I have a soft spot in my heart for these films, and a lot of the newer Christmas stories don't really scratch that itch for me. Disney+ has an exclusive Christmas Movie, Noelle, with Bill Hader and Anna Kendrick, and I watched it after Thanksgiving with my family. It was perfect, the right blend of comedy and Christmas magic that made me feel like I was back on my Aunt's couch on Christmas Day. It really made me feel good, and was the final straw for me to really take a deeper look at what is happening with this Disney Plus thing.

Right now, thanks to Cyber Monday, Disney+ is $5 per month if you pay for the whole year up front. That's a cup of hot chocolate each month for me, which more than justifies having access to the massive mountain of things this service offers. While I originally shrugged off the service for all of the stuff I had already bought, there are tons of things here from when I was a teenager that I had totally forgotten about. It's a lot of fun to take this trip into my past, especially now that I have my sister to share it with.

If you've been on the fence about Disney+, you should give this a shot. I did, and couldn't be happier.

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If you were on the fence about Disney Plus, this Cyber Monday deal is everything - iMore

Ralph Hottinger has lived in Hidden Cove for more than 50 years, a relocation inspired in part by the Park City areas nature and wildlife.

But as the years went on and traffic increased on nearby Interstate 80, Hottinger said hed see more and more accidents between vehicles and animals. It got so bad that animals started to avoid the area, he said.

After a wildlife overpass and wildlife fencing was installed in the area, Hottinger said the animals are coming back and vehicle strikes are declining.

Hes the president of a group called Save People Save Wildlife that advocated for those measures and has been raising funds to install more wildlife fencing along the corridor.

Last week, installation finished on the latest mile of fencing, which is near the Jeremy Ranch roundabout project. Fencing now extends a half-mile east of Jeremy Ranch on the north side of the interstate and a little farther on the south side, near the Ecker Hill park-and-ride.

The groups vice president, Lorelei Combs, said the plan is to extend the fencing eastward to the U.S. 40/Interstate 80 interchange near Silver Creek.

Wildlife fencing starts where Home Depot is on U.S. 40 and goes to Heber, Combs said. Its about a 9-mile gap were trying to eventually close up.

The groups short-term goal is to extend fencing eastward to Kimball Junction, which would take about 3.5 miles of fencing, Combs said.

She said Summit Park is essentially the gateway coming into Park City, and animals follow the existing fence line looking for a place to cross the interstate.

If that fenceline is not completely closed, they cross, (and) theres an onslaught of vehicle collisions, she said. Its a natural migration path.

S.R. 224 is another common area for animal collisions, Combs said, shown to be one of the worst in the state in an upcoming report commissioned by the Utah Department of Transportation. The group is advocating for a wildlife bridge across S.R. 224 that she estimated would cost around $10 million.

We believe it has to happen, she said. There needs to be something done animals are going to die, it could cause a fatality.

She said an elk herd crosses S.R. 224 to reach its winter grounds, resulting in dicey situations nearly every day in certain periods.

Ever year, its an onslaught of dead elk, she said.

One mile of fencing costs around $85,000, but Combs pointed to a 2008 University of Utah study commissioned by UDOT that estimated each wildlife/vehicle accident that results in a human fatality costs $5.4 million in vehicle damages and personal injury costs.

She said Save People Save Wildlife has a cost-sharing relationship with UDOT for wildlife fencing where the agency will pitch in half the project costs if it has enough left over at the end of the year in its contingency fund. But the state has no dedicated funding for wildlife fencing, Combs said, and UDOT is only able to include the cost in certain projects.

Save People Save Wildlife has been able to raise $42,000 for its half of the project costs for the latest fencing along Interstate 80 and is continuing to raise funds.

The groups representatives have attended Summit County Council meetings a few times in recent weeks to request funding for the project.

While councilors did not commit to an ongoing budget item, wildlife fencing and cattle guards were included in the Jeremy Ranch roundabout project, public works director Derrick Radke told the council in early November. UDOT paid for the cattle guards on the westbound on-ramp while Summit County paid for those on the eastbound on-ramp.

The group is advocating for Park City and Summit County elected officials to take action.

At the rate were going right now, (with UDOT matching funds), it would take us 20 years to close that gap, Combs said. Without the help of Summit County, its going to take a long time.

The county also paid for about a half-mile of fencing near the Ecker Hill park-and-ride.

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Mile of wildlife fencing added along Interstate 80 near Jeremy Ranch - The Park Record

Photos: Eric Grossarth, EastIdahoNews.com

REXBURG Police are on the scene of a major crash that seriously injured at least one person.

It happened around 8 p.m. Tuesday on U.S. Highway 20 between the middle and south Rexburg exits in the westbound lanes. The driver of a vehicle was traveling at highway speeds when he crashed through a vinyl fence, hit three parked cars and smashed into a townhome at The Meadows on Sunflower Road, according to Rexburg Police Capt. Gary Hagen.

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Nobody was injured inside the townhome but Hagen says the driver of the vehicle sustained serious injuries. The passenger was not hurt.

Traffic in the area is backed up and drivers are asked to use caution.

EastIdahoNews.com will post updates as we learn more.

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