Show c (s) go n f fib 7 g a V Serving Utah’s Great Pahvant Valley Delta Utah $15 00 In 00 out ol county 6 month! 58 00 and 59 00 (In Advance) Copy USPS 50c Vol 77 No 22 Dec 4 1986 Space-ag- e technology aids watermaster pfTS I i it wi- - fWi tj £ v i: t Millard ommissioners Abe Johnson Warren proposal is set for next week Jensen and Mike Sty ler mull 198( budget Hearing on linal County budget hearing set to consider cuts County ollicials aic burning the midnight oil in preparation for a Tuesda Dec 9 budget where a hearing final budget will get a preliminary thorough review The meeting is set for 2 p in’ in the courthouse in Fillmore A copy ol the proposed budget will be available for public inspection Friday and Monday before the Tuesday hearing in the Bureau blasts filing fees proposal of the state’s largest farm organization aie blasting a proposal which would raise water filing fees in the state by 1000 percent Utah Senate Bill 5 which provides for a new fee structure on state water filings could effect agricultural production the state according to Farm Bureau officials The Act seeks to recover some of the costs of issuing permits But Thomas E Bingham director of public policy for the Bureau said that Officials and computer technology is A space-agguages system of job of measuring the flow of the capricious Sevier River transforming the On a cold rainy day Lower Sevier River Commissioner Roger Walker of Sutherland has only to punch a few keys on his Apple-l- l computer to find the depth of Gunnison Bend Reservoir or the flow of the Sevier River out of Yuba Lake inspections the US Bureau of Reclamation Though the new system can't replace the long drives for is engaged in a project to computerize water guaging for the entire Sevier River drainage from its head waters east of Cedar City to its nexus at Yuba Lake and then to its end at the Sevier "dry” Lake Commissioner Walker said that satellite commmunications will allow instantaneous monitoring of the river through Reclamation offices in Provo connected to his computer The system is based on what are known as Real Time Date Stations (pictured above) Using battery stored solar power the stations send data to an orbiting satellite which can be accessed by anyone on the computer system In addition the stations will activate an alarm system if the water level or flow reaches a dangerous level The system is being built at no cost to water users and is expected to be completed by 1988 "The main advantage of the system is that it allows us to see what is happening up stream so that we can prepare for what is coming our way" Commisssioner Walker said "However it doesn't really do away with any of the work of managing the water it just allows us to keep our finger on the system” raising fees will cripple agricultural producers at a time when farmers are striving to put their industry back on its feet Mr Bingham said the Bureau supports the concpet of recovering some of the costs in issuing permits but leels they should be borne equally by the public through legislative appropira-tioexcept for the cost of actually suing the permit The Act also provides for a recommendation by the division of fees less than full cost if in their judgement full cost is unreasonable Bingham noted He maintained the 1000 percent crease proposed or anything like it is totally unreasonable Bingham said Farm Bureau urges the Division to seriously evaluate the cost of issuing these permits before going to the legislature for authority to proceed Sidewalk celebration this Friday night All you people that enjoy an evening out of dancing entertainment and food be at the POD in Fillmore Fi iday night at 7 p m The Civic Arts Council and the City of Fillmore are hosting a celebration of our new Main Street sidewalks and Certificates of everyone is invited outstanding contribution will be given those people who paid for the new sidewalks Dancing and good entertainment is promised Please no children Utah voters want hospital charity care checked poll reveals Released this week were the results of a survey commissionHealth Care ed by Intermountain (IHC) to learn why Utahns turned down Proposition One —the constituwould have which tional amendment hospitals from exempted property taxes the people are not in‘‘Generally terested in taxing the hospitals” said Dan Jones of the polling firm Dan Jones and Associates which conducted the survey “They want hospitals to prove that they're chariiable and if they qualify fine In other words they want them to be accountable” The week following the election 1005 Utah Jones’ firm surveyed residents who voted November 4 Those for and against the proposition were 49 percent each with one percent unable to recall how they voted Those voting in favor of the amendment did so primarily to keep hospital costs down (23 percent) or because hospitals shouldn’t they felt be taxed (18 percent) Those voting against it did so first because they wanted the hospitals to be accountable (21 percent) second because hospitals run as businesses should be taxed as businesses (20 percent) and third because they thought hospitals were already exempt by the constitution (16 percent) During the last weeks Proposition One opponents launched a heavy attact on Intermountain Health Care and IHC officials were concerned about the effects of negative publicity Jones said that according to his survey 69 percent polled said the IHC involvment did not sway them either way “These numbers are low enough that can say with certainty that the One vote did not become an referendum" said Jones And to the voters according surveyed newspaper articles and television news programs are where voters received most of their information about the proposition and were considered the most effective in relaving accurate information I illmore courthouse and at the county oil ices in Delta The county faces budget cuts ol up to a third and priority topics are pected to be the issues ol roads debt service solid unemployment trust Transient Room Tax and Revenue Sharing Funds General Revenue Sharing (GRS) is a program of general fiscal support Irom the lederal government to state and local gov ci nmenis with onlv limited ledetal lequirements about how they money should be spent Decisions on the use ol these funds aie made at the local level by the government and the people closest to the local problems mien comments on the budget ptoposals ate also being accepted Teen gunman bound over to district court Rosebud Montana youth Gerald Glen Bell 17 has been bound over to district court to face trial as an adult in the shooting of Fillmore gas station attendant Carley Penney Bell was charged in a prehmmarv hearing last week with one count of aggravated robbery and two counts of tempted murder since Ms Penney was pregnant at the time of the shooting Oct 13 Justice of the Peace Ronald Hare ordered the defendant to remain held in the Millard County Jail in Lieu of $150000 bond Bell and another Rosebud by youth were arrested several Millard Countv authorities hours after Ms Penney was found on the floor of Ferg’s Service owned by her father Rodger Johnson She had been shot once m the head with a weapon and underwent neatly 10 hours of surgery after doctors delivered her baby boy Joshua Caesatean section to the relief of father and husband Clint Penney of knnosh lust moments after being shot Ms Penney was found by a customer She regained consciousness enough at that ol the time to give a description suspects who after a statewide alert were ariested near Cedar uy Millaid Countv pioseaitois charged the juveniles as adults I heir public defender’s appeal to have the cases iccallcd to Juvenile Court was denied for Bell However his companion who was also charged with the alleged crimes was recalled to His name was not juvenile court eleased Police said the juveniles were traveling from Montana to California after dioppmg out of school The only motive for the shooting was the of soda theft of $11 in gas a pop and cigaiettes bv UP&L hands county large tax check Millard County is the recipient of a check for $212891 71 this year as Utah Power and Light Co pavs its annual property tax bill The company is paying a total ol $30612078 35 in Utah property taxes this year with checks going to 27 ol the state's 29 counties Daggett and ayne counties are the Delta back is 2A MVP flic Sail ake liibunc coach’s poll has picked Delta High School lared Smith as the ( lass 2 Most aluable I’laver lot the 1986 season alter leading he Rabbits to then cond straight championship Smith was noted bv the Tribune lot his leadership qualities lus as defensive back and his determination while playing with mjuiies Othei plavers featured in the coach’s irst Team picks Dave poll were Portet delciisive line Bret Dtapci delcii running back and oil Moodv sive line ountv Also honored Irom Millaid I otlensive Millard were agle High lineman kelbv Swallow who was picked lot lusi Learn lionois and aglc Doug Slolt who took Second I cam ol lensive lionois only counties in which UPSL does not own property fmerv County received the biggest piopeitv tax check from the electric supplv companv with a whopping or half ol that county’s $15082919 propertv taxes On the low end Duchesne received $14187 |