am Page 2 Minardi County Chronfcte Progress February 2S 1998 Fourth District Court report Shellie Dmtscm end Derim Phelps Judge Donald J Eyre presided over Millard County Fourth District Court Feb 12 and 3 in Fillmore All defendants are legally presumed mnocal until proven doubt guilty beyond a reasonable On Feb 12 Rafael G Castellanos - pleaded guilty to a felony count of distribution of methamphetamine and another felony count of possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute As part of a plea Special Delta Council meeting By agreement both counts were reduced from felonies Eyre ordered the Utah of Adult Probation Department role (APAP) to prepare a is scheduled Sentencing report 12 and Pa- for March Stephen R Miller went on the court record Jan 29 promising to enter a plea agreement Chief Deputy Millard County Attorney Dexter Anderson said Miller was going to plead guilty to a felony count of assault by a prisoner Anderson was going to ask Eyre to dismiss a felony count of forgery and a class B misdemeanor count of theft For some reason he didn't want to enter the agreement immediately but agreed to enter it Feb 12 He changed his mind between Jan 29 and Feb 12 and decided not to enter die agreement The case file was sent to Fourth District Judge Schofield who was originally assigned to the case A trial dale is pending Miller fired public defender Donald Anthony and told the court he would attorney Anderson said he has the option of forcing Miller to take the plea agreement since he went on the court record with a promise to do so He hasn't decided whether or not he will force McCandless hire his own the issue Ashley L Rickard was found to be m violation of a plea in abeyance agreement case in which she pleaded guilty in a 9 to a class A misdemeanor count of of marijuana She will 26 An order to show cause hearing for Aaron D Elliott was continued iptil another case filed against him is He is accused of violating his Elliott is on probation for a third degree felony count of distnbutji controlled substance Jose A Mendoza pleaded guilty to a felony count of failure to stop tempted distribution be sentenced Feb of a peace officer As of a plea agreement three courts w ere a class A misdemeanor including DUI and two class C misdemeanors of driving on a denied driver's license and having an open container of alcohol reside the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle Eyre ordered a port from APAP Sentencing will be at die command March pt A Gibson was scheduled to apTerry pear for a preliminary hearing on a of felony court of possession stolen property and a class C misdemeanor court of driving on a denied Aiver's cense Eyre dismissed both of the charges Eyre ordered Sergio A Chapa and Robert Maldonado to forfeit a pickup truck and just more than $6000 cash They were both arrested hi January by the Utah Patrol and charged with a Highway felony court of distribution of methampbetamme a a felony count of dtslnbutioa of cocaine felony coiuit of possession of stolen property and a of marijuana felony count of possession Chapa was also charged w ah a felony count of failure to stop at die command of a peace officer They were prosecuted on the rtrug charges if Federal District CowL A conference was scheduled for Feb 26 for Ebon A Ropte and Dallas M Walts who are each charged with a class A misdemeanor court of supplying alcohol to a minor and aches B misdemeanor count of underage possession and consumption of alcohoL Eyre entered nocent pleas on then behalf On Feb 3 Lucas G Lovell of l ynndyi appeared to face four charges mdudmg a first- degree felony court of aggravated kidnapfelony court of kiding a felony counts naping and two of aggravated assault and domestic violence in front of a child The charges stem from an modem which allegedly occwred Feb 6 involving a woman Eyre scheduled a waiver hearing set at $10000 cash for Feb 26 Bail was only A 19 case agamst Steven R Hams was reviewed Hams entered a plea m abeyance agreement on a felony count of theft a class B misdemeanor cowt of canymg a concealed dangerous weapon and a class C misdemeanor cow of having an open container of alcohol mside the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle Eyre found that Harris met all of the plea in abeyance conditions so be dismissed the charges Eyre terminated Jacob Fleming’s probation as unsuccessful after an order to show cause hearing about an alleged probation violation He was on probation for two felony counts of possession of a controlled substance and possession of a controlled substance with to distribute and a class C misdemeanor count of speeding 77 miles per hour in a 65 mile per hour speed zone Eyre bound two counts against Jeremy R Labnun over for trial after a preliminary hearing He was charged with a assault felony count of aggravated Hus court was dismissed but Eyre bound over a class A misdemeanor count of brandishing a weapon during a fight or quarrel in its place Labium was also bound over on a class C misdemeanor count of intoxication A specific judge was not assigned to bear the case A trial date is pending Tamara K Greer was sentenced to years in prison on a felony count of possession of Eyre sentenced her to up to five years in prison on a felony court of possession of He then suspended the sen- tences and placed Greer on supervised probation for 36 months Eyre ordered Greer to spend 30 days in jail but stayed execution of the jail time for six months The jail time will be viewed Aug 13 If she adheres to all of the probationary requirements Eyre will dismiss the jail tune Greer was ordered to complete 200 hows of community service work She must pay a $500 fine a $425 court surcharge a $30 monthly probation supervision fee and $125 in restitution Eyre ordered her to complete a drug and alcohol She must not consume treatment program any alcohol or illegal drugs but must take all medication prescribed fora mental ness Greer is subject to random searches and seizures of herself and her property James E Rooney will stand trial Feb 26 on a class A misdemeanor count of violation of a protective older Bail was set at $500 by the Justice of the Peace At the request of Rooney's attorney Jim SLivens Eyre released him on his own cognizance Lann Lee Continued from frontpage and Idaho He was interned Mountain Wyoming Camp from the time he was a baby in 1942 until his mother's father died His parents then requested a transfer to the Mmadoka Idaho Internment Camp to be with his Totaro Mukumoto Itami was grandfather 3 years old in 1945 when he was released in Wyoming at the Heart He’s now 57 Jo have a cleartnertidry of the f i'lstove m our bariatk room because that rittHlcof the ceatoiSaMtcwaJact the only large object in the room" Itami said “Once in a while I have a flashback and remember bearing the family m the room but nothing really distinct" Itami wants people to remember that the US Constitution is supposed to guarantee that the weakest minority shouldn't suffer at the hands of ethnicity or any other difference from the majority He visited a Nazi concentration camp m 1976 He came away feeling that even though the Japanese internment camps in the US weren’t death camps they were just as bad Itami 's baby brother and many elderly people died in the camps of broken hearts because they lost everything "Whether you put them in an oven or break their hearts and kill them they die" a program at Cottonwood High School m Salt Lake City Lee spoke abou civil rights The program mcluded an examination of the internment experience and a performance by the Taiko Drummers A proclaMike Leavitt mation issued by Governor read was Beckwith spoke at the program about The Price of Prejudice” a history of paz written by Leonard I Arrington The Topaz Museum Board reprmtod the book lale last year Bock wxh said 2000 copies are being distributed so public suhuois md libraries in Utah David Schwendi U S Attorney’s office in Salt Lake was among the dignitaries in Delta Thursday he said Millard County Commissioner John Henne said it's important for Millard County were sible residents interned Delta City a child was sonal friends at to help the Japanese who Topaz as much as pos- Councilman Glen Swalberg during the war He had perwho lived at Topaz both and supervisors “They had children my age" Swalberg said “1 came out here to stay and sleep overnight many times" said there was a good relaSwalberg tionship between Delta area residents and the internees at the camp He said he never said he saw saw any animosity Swalberg much school and religious interaction between the two cultures as well as many meetings "There was more interaction between the internees and Delta residents than realize" people Swalberg said “We all tried honestly to get to know each other better” Delta High School senior Sarah Ogden joined the Topaz totr and said die best tribute to the legacy of is to remember their internment Ogden is in Beckwith's English and Journalism classes She said she's impressed w ith the size of the camp and the fact that it was approximately five and a half times larger than Delta was at the time "Coming out here and recognizing it is probably the best thing I can do" Ogden said' ' Tim Johnson a Delta High School nior is writing a symphony as a tribute to the internees at Topaz Beckwith asked bun to write something as a Music Sterling Scholar projecLHe's writing three The first movement movements Impressions” is finished “I’m taking it from the perspective of Japanese internees how they would have felt when they first arrived’ Johnson said The other two movements are called “America the Cold" and “Spring" “America the Cold" is has a hymn flavor to it Johnson converted “America the Beautiful" into a symphonic piece It's about the harsh winters at Topaz “Spring" celebrates the warmth and newal that comes with spring The Day of Remembrance ended with t Library expansion street vacation and zoning all discussed Derm Phelps Library expansion funding Delta City will file applications to to obtain Block By Community Development the funding is in place” Roper said and Curt Crosby of Delta Sara Bushman try Grant (CDBG) and Community Impact Board (CIB) funding to help pay for an of the Delta Public Library The expansion Delta City Council approved the applications last Tuesday night during a special City Council meeting The application for the CDBG funding did not specify an amount requested but the CIB application was for $287980 Delta Mayor Dale Roper said the recom- mended construction bid on the project is $496980 During a public hearing before the City Council meeting Roper said the city is requesting a 50 grant and 50 loan The CIB money comes from mineral rights A bond election is planned for either May or September The city will ask voters to pay for costs left over after all government grants and loans have been proved The Millard County Commission is contributing approximately $35000 to the project because the county uses the The contribulibrary for the Bookmobile tion will eliminate the need for die county to pay rent on the space it uses The city wiU have die current city buildthis r ing and library completely it would May If a bond is approved place the payments the city is now paying on the building so property owners would not see an increase in their taxes “We can't start construction until all tried to convince the City Council to purways of making more room asked for a printout on the the of library Library Director sue alternative Bushman age needs Deb Greathouse said she didn’t have a printout but explained that usage has creased over the past ten years from 8944 patrons to 8369 Usage has grown by approximately 6000 patrons in the past year “From the time that school's out it's pretty much packed until late in the evening” Roper said Bushman suggested extra space could be made by entering more agreements with other libraries to get rid of books that aren't used often Roper said is the need to part of the consideration upgrade technology to meet Rinding available Glen Swalberg sugCity Councilman with quesgested holding public meetings on the matter tion and answer sessions Bloomfield agreed that it would be nice to get the facts out to the public Sexually oriented business zoning a Planning The City Council approved recommendation and Zoning Commission change the zone on property on the east side of 1000 West running from 100 to North to about 320 North and tunning 8556 feet east from 1000 approximately West The total area will be justunder 26 acres The zone in the area will be changed (ID) to Light from Industrial Development Industrial to The zone change was necessary locate in low sexually oriented businesses the area The City Council has worked to it as difficult as possible for such to move to Delta but it cannot make and install more com- puters Greathouse said there are about 20000 books in the library including Bookmobile books City Councilman Wesley Bloomfield explained that operating the library based on usage is difficult because there are times when a book may not be used for many years and then demand for it increases without any warning He said the library needs to offer books the public needs Roper assured Bushman and Crosby that the residents will get a chance to voice their opinion when they vote for or against the bond If the bond does not pass the city will scale back its expansion project businesses legally keep them out In order for such a business to move here it will have to be in Zone and be at least 1000 feet the away from a school church or similar busiUse Permit will also ness A Conditional be required if such a business sets up in Delta Street vacation ordinance An ordinance to allow part of 200 South 300 South 300 East and 400 East was adopted Streets to be The street has been used by the public for at least ten years after it was vacated by the city Semis and pickups collide By Derim Phelps Two pickup trucks collided with two trucks in two separate SgL Howard Madsen of the Utah Highway Patrol reported a 1993 Petetbuilt with a tractor and two trailers overturned semi crashes junction of US Highway 50 and Route 64 in Holden Monday about ajn The trailers were hauling coal The semi owned by Barney Trucking Company was driven by Steven L Trejo of Monroe Trejo turned 50 from Highway 64 right onto Highway at approximately 50 miles per hour Madsen said he went into the turn too fast and had to make a wide turn A 1988 Ford Pickup driven by Darrell Teeples 71 of Holden was headed east on US Highway 50 from the Delta area Teeples tried to get out of the semi’s way but it slid into the side of the pickup There were no injuries Madsen said the steering axle brakes of the semi were out of adjustment Trejo was cited for speed to fast for conditions nd having faulty vehicle equipment at the State :30 i i i mt 1 993 Peterbuilt hauling coal which Trooper Rick Nielson reported a semi and a pickup got together about 7: 5 pm last Wednesday on just north of the Cove Fort exit A 1993 Ford Ranger Pickup was southbound driven by Kacey Page Page approached a 994 Frcightliner driven south by Dale Houser of Kanosh Houser was just entering the freeway and accelerating Page apparently fell asleep as he approached The pickup tan overturned in Holden Monday underneath the semi Both vehicles were in the outside lane The Ranger was taled Approximately $5000 worth of damage was done to the semi which was hauling a flatbed trailer load of steel Page was taken to Fillmore Commu- nity Medical Center with serious scalp lacerations Houser was not injured Page was cited for following the semi tpo ut ht closely iu