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Show September 7, 1999 WASATCH COUNTY COURIER -MATHIS continued from page 1 ‘was it anonymous or did you understand A. One year—well, two years I suspected I had. The first year I did not. | know some beef came and we kept it, but there was no instructions or anything. ~The second year I— because of some- at that time that it Cummings? A. It was anonymous. - thing he had said and the man that delivered it, who was a butcher at Day’s - his name was Cummings, I thought it names out then had us draw of a hat, which were the Deposition Q. Do you know the Was there know? but they couldn’ t- seule Ale BS ab t locate Mr. attorney about what it was he intended to do. ~Q. Do you know if there were ever any ‘contained money? “A. No. No. It’s a long time ago. It ea probably be — | don’t know, probably -be after 1980, which is I think when Joe newspaper articles or public discussion about Vee Cummings receiving special treatment from the county? Tesch took office. And it was — and he “was only in one. term, but I did have | A. No. I don’t know of any. Mr. Cummings’ relationship with = county is on-off quite a bit. ©. -On-off? that experience with him. And | don’t ‘know that he did. What do you-know? -Q. Just those are. the questions. And :then the first. time you received’: pf hy would you -ask-me?-- = or ~ A. You know, we’ve had some. ake between us. Not so much the county to . yr. O. How many, do you ] . A. Three that can think of. ee About what years were those- lawsuits? : A. Well, they were settled in ‘81. 1 don’ t know that we’ve had any since. -Q. ‘81 was the last lawsuit you can remember with him? | A. Uh-huh. Maybe it was — maybe it OR took longer. I] can’t remember. prints— ©. What was the nature of the settle- ment with Cummings? A. He got Plat 16 approved. — ©. How many lots in Plat 16? A. | don’t remember. ree ie your ©. Do you know if other county officials — went as well? A~« Yes. dismissed his. — Q. Was it dozens or a hundred? | . _ A. More than a hundred. | ©. More than a hundred? A. Uh-huh. Q. And was that in the nature of a settlement or was there a ruling on that case? , | : A. I think it was a settlement. Q. Can you name some of the county officials you may have seen there. A. Commissioner Provost, Mr. Provost’s wife. LeRoy Farrell, who worked for the commission. ~_ do you know? A. Well, yes and no. We’ve had difficulty getting him to build to the plans. DeerCrest ©. BY MR. DUVAL: Has DeerCrest or anybody associated with that organiza- tion ever provided you any gifts or gratuities of any sort? A. Well, no, but it depends on what you A. I don’t think so. I don’t think so. Q. Other than some of the elected- A. the bought out the whole ballet, by call a gratuity. Mr. Luber gave me a book about steam engines, which | have. | Q. ‘Anything else you can think of in that nature? A. We-went for a ride on the old Uoraa Pacific train with him. Q. Old Pacific — Union Pacific at A. I don’t remember the ae ‘of the engine. Q. Oh. It’s hoe in Hehe the way. Q. Okay. A. He sponsored it. Q. So:a ‘number from Wasatch of individuals, County, date in addition to those couples you’ve mentioned? Ce A. No, it’s on the main line here. Mr. . Luber likes old steam trains. He knows| have.a fascination that’s nowhere close to his, but I did go with him on fiat. =~ Q. Anything else you can think of, as far as something that may be in the nature of a gift or gratuity? A..Yes, a Christmas ago at my sae o sent a gift of food that would be — I can’t remember the name of the compa-ny, although I’ve seen it quite a lot — —. ©. I’m sorry. Was La Mr. Farrell and his wife? A. Uh-huh, and ae wife and their daughter, | think, Ashley. There may have been others. I’m not trying to evade the question. Q. Sure. Anybody else from the planning department that you’re aware of? I think it has David in the name. Probably with their catalog I could identify which it was. That arrived at Christmastime. A. I’m sure there were plenty there from Wasatch County, plus more a the Park City area. Q. Okay. A. | forget — I’ve forgotten the ballet: I’m sure he can tell you about it, though. Q. Any dinners where they've offered to provide dinner? A. Cannot think of any. I’ve bécti to lunch with him on occasion, at least twice that I can remember. Just before he bought it I had lunch with him at the Homestead. Once we went to Sundance for lunch. Q. Just. you: sa him ee or were others present? A. There were others present. | Q. Were there other county officials present? Q. Any idea what the value of that food i 7 fA. I don’t remember the Homestead. j gift would be? think McKay Edwards had invited me to A. I do not know. -Q. Was it in the nature of meats Gorse! A. It was a basket filled with colorfullywrapped packages, and it bad fruits and things. nuts and When my father died he sent a ud plant to my house. The plant has died. | think we still have the pot. Q. Anything else you can think of? AA cannot.*.<- = Q. Anything like me or ae or ee A. Yes. I have a DeerCrest cap, and a vest that has the ae embla- zoned on it. Q. Any worth? idea ‘what. the vest | might | be ae A. No. My daughter has it right now. Q. A. the ask Anything like Jazz tickets or ballet Jazz tickets. He sponsored a night at ballet some years ago. You’ll have to him about that. Many people were invited, among whom I was_ invited along with my wife. I did accept that Ee to meet with his potential purchaser. | I think I was alone with them that day. Ken Chang was — | think Ken Chang was ae et et one of David Luber’s partners... At Sundance — | Fe t know. You need to ask. | don’t know. For sure it’s on his income tax. ©. Any loans of any sort ae by DeerCrest? A. No. ©. Do. you: cae wearing the DeerCrest vest to commission meetings orA. Not commission “meetings. I wore it when -Q. I wanted Okay. Did to wear it. you any have concern | about of partiality? — A. I didn’t see it that way. A. No Q. Why not? A. Because I didn’t see it that way. Why should I see it that way? Z — DO os 3 ii:a: / ’ eee ’ mail eGR Asa Ye poy oa * 7 { 5 “ (435) 654-2531 ‘oF j 525 South Main Street Heber City, UT 84032 or fax them to ee 2. O DAS, geet ed || County Courier e The Wasatch 1 Bey aptenyne an mberstons serene opera a ERRNO esi ee aby announcements to: ge ¢ anata ge ipsa Caan 1 ne PRIN You'd have to talk to i “A. Why would you ask me that if you ~ had no notion of this? AS. do you Cummings. never saw the money. I assumed it was. ©. Did you ever hear comments that i County Courier taken, | I did go to the sheriff’s office with the attorney when he tried to get it done, deal with it, I don’t know what it was. | The Wasatch any action A. You’d have to talk to the county attorney. Perhaps the sheriff’s office. ‘trict attorney retained, and I guess the Q. The first time you received the beef, that incident. As Which incident? a ©. I’m sorry, the drug store. IT went. then to the county attorney, whose name was Joe Tesch, who went to the sheriff’s office, tried to have the dis- - O. The first time — result of the follow up with Vee Cummings, never opened the bag. I thought it was probably cash.I gave it back to him. he missed his lawsuit, and then he agreed that the county ordinance was valid and that he would abide by it. ©. And did he sulpequerly abide by it, Later in the and we were sitting on the at the counter. He offered me a brown bag, the county second year, you became aware that it may be associated with Mr. Cummings; is that correct? A. That's correct. Baptist congregation got it and didn’t think much of it. 1 met him there Well, lawsuit. The county dismissed—he dis-_ A. I know it was after 1980. It was while Joe Tesch was the county attorney. came to the house and got it. Then one other time he asked me over at the drug store, Patal Drug es ‘closed, it’s called Six Star now — and I MER) A. Q. And it was only the second time, the the Baptist congregation — there’s more than one Baptist congregation — the they invitation. I went. _ Q. And what did the county get, do you know? Was there anything the county got in return or - 1980? names of the churches in the area, and 5 a’ Mr. commission and the selection of the various religious entities, was that at a public meeting, do you remember? A. Yes. Q. Do you think it was sometime after thought it had come from him, and the only reason he would give me this was because I was the county planner. commissioners from 3 Q. Was this discussion with the county was - so I told the commissioners that | The was |